Hey guys, Flipkicks here and today I bring you is a new chapter for "A Reaper's Promise", thank you guys for checking out the story and letting me know what you all thought of the previous chapter.
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The Birth of the Reaper
Part 2
Yoruichi's Location
Same Time
While Ichigo is training off with Kisuke on his Zanpakuto, the others are having their own training sessions. Yoruichi has been 'training' them on how to draw out each of their own Spiritual Pressure and putting it into their attacks. Yang, Tifa, Chad, Tatsuki and Yui were the easiest due to them being more brawlers and focusing on their punches and kicks. Ruby and Orihime had to use their specific items such as Orihime's hairpins that her brother gave her and Ruby's pinkie ring that her mother gave her when she was young. They had to put their Spiritual Pressure into them and they were able to draw out their specific powers like Orihime's shield and Ruby was able to manifest a futuristic scythe that is able to morph into a sniper rife, shocking everyone that she is able to do such a feat.
Yoruichi has been trying to figure out why is the short one in the group able to a bizarre thing but she isn't the only one as Yang's bracelets that her mother gave her morph into gauntlets that has a shotgun shells around the gauntlet. This left the cat baffled at the sight. To think that they are able to do something like is is blasphemy.
For Chad, he was able to bring out that power that he had and put it into his right arm that forms as armor. The shoulder fans out a but into an upward extension, parallel to his height. It has indentation at the top in the middle of the extension, stopping just where his shoulder begins, operating the upward extension into two. There are two wing-like protrusions on either side of his wrist. The arm is black, with a dark magenta strip running down the middle of the arm, tapering down towards a point that stops at the wrist. The dark magenta strip is outlined by a think white line. These patterns are on the top as well as the underside of his arm.
Yoruichi is somewhat surprised that Tifa has grown somewhat strong as well. She already sensed that she was strong but only to a lieutenant 3rd seat or 2nd seat but she is able to move up a seat and might be strong as a 1st seat lieutenant but not to a captain. The cat has then start digging up files on this girl thanks to Urahara's assistance and will get an answer once their training is complete.
For Tatsuki, she relies on her martial arts skills in karate and judo from the looks of it. Like Chad, she was able to form an unusual right arm. It wasn't on par as Chad's current power but there was potential with Tatsuki.
For Yui, just like Tatsuki, she shows potential due to her martial arts skills in traditional karate and Brazilian jujutsu. Her powers are focused on her fists and her legs as well.
Erza on the other hand has been struggling to learn her Zanpakuto's true name. She still hasn't heard her Zanpakuto's voice as Yoruichi told her. She has been meditating and image training herself but still no luck on hearing the voice of her Zanpakuto.
'She's trying to hard...' Yoruichi says to himself, 'She needs to relax and let it come to her.'
"Hey Yoruichi." The cat turns his attention to Tifa, "How long are we going to be training here?" She asks the black cat.
"For 1 more week." Yoruichi stated, "You all have been progressing at a much better rate than I expected. Each of you are hard at working and are growing stronger as each day passes by."
"I feel like I can take on the entire world!" Yang proclaims in a confident tone, raising her hands up int he air, "Wooo! I'm all fired up!"
"Well you can't Xiao Long." Yoruichi stated to the hyped teen, "While I admire your enthusiasm, you can not face opponents that are way beyond your current strength. Only Erza and Ichigo are capable on facing the 1st seat Lieutenant or standing on equal ground against a Captain Level Soul Reaper. The rest of you could stand a chance against the 2nd or 3rd seat lieutenants."
Yang takes a glance at her best friend, Erza, who is still in her mediating position. Clutching her fists tightly, Yang felt jealous for the first time. She always felt an equal to her best friend and rival but hearing that she and Ichigo are the only ones to stand a chance against a 1st seat or even a captain, it doesn't suit her. Yang has always wanted competition between herself and Erza but if she's not on equal ground to Erza, Yang might have to do some serious training to be Erza's equal.
Yoruichi sense this from Yang, giving the cat the idea that she doesn't like being second place and always looks to be on equal terms or even better than Erza.
"When do you think she'll be done?" Ruby asks the cat.
"Hopefully soon."
Erza's Inner World
While the others continue on with their training at Yoruichi's training grounds, Erza on the other hand is stuck in her inner world. She's been here for the past 8 hours, non-stop training herself. She found herself in a world that is empty, the streets of an unknown city, no cars, no people, nothing but the tall empty skyscrapers and the white clouds floating in the air.
'Must get stronger!' Erza continues on swinging her sword and practicing her swordsmanship, 'If I can draw out that power from that night before, I can help Ichigo get Rukia back...'
"You certainly are driven..."
"Who's there?" Erza looks around to find no one, making the scarlet haired teen more cautious as she felt the presence, and it's more familiar.
"You should know who I am." The voice replies back, "I am you and you are me."
A tall, voluptuous woman with thickly braided, bow-adorned, scarlet hair. Her two front braids have two golden ornaments near the upper sections; she also wears two U-shaped earrings (one on each ear), and wears red lipstick. For clothing, the woman dons a risqué version of the typical witch's garb. Her black top has a diamond-shaped opening, exposing a portion of her breasts, and a heart-shaped pattern around the borders. It extends down to the naval of her stomach where it meets a large angular scar, is draped over by a dark-colored cape with a light-colored inside and two medallion gold-like ornaments, and is held together by a golden chain. Not left bare, too, her neck is decorated by other small cloth-based accessories, including a wide bow. Additionally, she wears an elongated black loincloth with the symbol of a red fairy mark emblazoned on its front, having white borders on its edges and being connected to another cloth piece with the very same heart-shaped design. She also wears black thigh-high boots with heels that have a white-colored border near the top and gloves of the same color and design, only having claw-like extensions. Her black witch's hat is much larger than her head and possesses dreadlock designs with white bandaging near its ends. It also has a fur lining near its edges.
"Who...who are you?" Erza asks the woman. 'Why does she look like me?' She asks herself this since this woman has a great resemblance to her, if she were around this woman's appearance.
"Seems you can finally hear me Erza." The Spirit says out loud and walks around the scarlet haired teen.
"Who are you? answer me!" She demanded from the Spirit.
"You know who I am Erza." The Spirit changes her staff and changes to the sword, solely used for offensive properties. The sword looks very similar to a regular katana, although with some different features. The grip of the blade is composed of a long handle with a somewhat thin base, rolled up in a distinctive pattern. The back-tip of the handle is coated in gold and from it extends a short dark blue rope adorned with three relatively big red pearls. Although the sword's blade is shaped in a standardly fashion, it appears as a bit thicker than your regular katana. The sword has a tsuba hand-guard, red and gold in color and shaped with flower-like edges. A grayish piece of cloth is fastened and tied around the upper part of the blade.
The name has finally started to become clear to her, the true name of her Zanpakuto is now finally. "Yōsei no Tengoku..." A strong wind started to occur as Erza found herself being lifted by the wind, and she felt her outfit starting to change as well.
Instead of having her wearing the Shihakushō , her outfit is primarily red with some gold, black and white. The outfit consists of a white sarashi round the upper chest and a red hakama with a gold flame-like pattern at the bottom with black highlights, tied by white strings. Erza's hair is tied up in a high tail at the back by a green headband.
"Now, time for the second lesson."
Back with Yoruichi and Co.
"What's with this wind!?" Ruby yells out loud as she was holding for dear life as well as the others.
"I thought all of the windows were closed!" Yui says as she was holding onto the a nearby pipe.
"It would seem that Erza has awaken her true powers!" Yoruichi stated as Orihime was holding onto the cat, "I didn't expect her to awake this kind of power!"
"And your telling us!" Both Yang and Tatsuki said while they were standing their ground.
Soon Erza's appearance would change to the outfit she was wearing in her inner world and her normal Zanpakuto would change into the sword that her Spirit had and the wind started to turn down a bit.
'This is odd...' Yoruichi says to himself, 'She would wear the traditional Shihakushō but why is she wearing that? Might have to ask Kisuke about this.'
Erza would then stand up and grab the handle of her new Zanpakuto and lift it up from the ground and she felt this incredible power that she has now.
'To think that I had this kind of power...' She never would have thought in her life that she would have this kind of power, let alone the powers of a Shinto Shinigami. 'Rukia, I will do what I can to help you. You done a lot for Ichigo and I and now it's time that we pay that favor back.' She takes a swing of her Zanpakuto and send a strong gale wind unknowingly at her friends.
"OI!" Yang shouts out, "Yo red, you know that we're still here!"
Erza turns around and sees her friends and felt bad for sending that wind at them.
"Sorry!" She immediately apologizes to her friends and bows her head.
And that ends the chapter guys! Erza awakens the true name of her Zanpakuto, Yōsei no Tengoku (Fairies Heaven). Her appearance and Zanpakuto look are based on Clear Heart Outfit and Demon Blade Crimson Sakura. Since it was easier to use those items that she has, it would make sense in a way. Also Yang is starting to become a bit jealous of Erza, I wonder why's that.
Sorry for not updating in over a month since the last chapter, was having a hard time figuring out Erza's Zanpakuto until just recently.
I was wondering who can help me out on the next side chapter for Artoria and Mai, since I also want to give them an chapter as to what is going on with them.
I hope to hear what you guys think of the chapter and as always, I'll talk to you all later.
