Day one at the Urahara shop. Ururu and a little boy named Jinta was preparing for the day. It was day one of Rose's training and it was best to start as early as possible. Rose was both nervous and somewhat optimistic. One of her favorite things she used to do when she was little was train with her father. To learn different fight tactics, skills, and some wisdom here and there.

When Ururu went to grab Rose, Rose was sitting on her mattress pad looking out the window. She was dressed in a soft pink crop top that showed her toned, curved stomach and a pair of black workout leggings.

"Miss Rose, Urahara is ready to start training now." The little girl said with a quiet voice. Rose nodded and got up, following Ururu to the training grounds. She thought that it was a small room but when she was lead down a large flight of stairs, Rose's eyes grew wide with shock and amazement.

The Urahara Shop Study Chamber was a large room with a ceiling and walls painted to resemble a cloudy sky over a floor of desolate, brown, craggy land dotted with dead trees.It was a place where a person can go to train and become stronger without having to do so publicly, allowing them to focus more on training or hide from others while training.

Urahara was standing at the end of the stairs. He was dressed as the same attire from yesterday and had his fan in his hand. The only difference was that he had his Zanpakuto in his left hand.

"Hey Rose! I hope you slept well!" Urahara greeted as he looked at her outfit. He fanned himself abit harder and grinned behind his fan. "You look rather ni-" He was immediately cut off by a slap on his head from a tall, dark skinned woman.

Yoruichi Shihōin was a slender and well-endowed woman of average height. She had dark skin, golden irises, and dark purple hair.Her hair was waist-length and kept in a ponytail with chin-length bangs framing the sides of her face. Her standard attire consists of a black, backless, sleeveless undershirt, an orange over-shirt with two white straps on each shoulder, a large beige sash around her waist, and black stretch pants with a pair of lightweight brown shoes.

"Keep that comment to yourself," she said as she looked at Rose. "I'm Yoruichi. I will be helping you with your training today."

Urahara rubbed the back of his head, laughed softly. "What a way to make an entrance, Yoruichi."

Rose felt some relief to know a woman will be helping with her training. She nodded and bowed slightly toward Yoruichi. "I'm Lee Jang-Mi. You can call me Rose."

Yoruichi nodded and gave her a small smile. "Now, Urahara had filled me in on the situation. You are a Soul Reaper but you expel powers like an Espada. We are first going to teach you how to control your spiritual pressure."

"How am I going to do that?" Rose asked as she puts her hair up into a high bun.

"By Fighting," Urahara said. "You are fighting Yoruichi."

"B-But we just met?" Rose looked at Urahara confused.

"Allow me to explain spiritual pressure for you, little flower. Spiritual pressure is a physical force that can be manipulated when it is released. Basically, it's just energy from your soul. It can manifest into different colors depending on how you use your power. For example, Ichigo's spiritual pressure is black but when he uses his Bankai its black outlined blue. When he uses his Bankai and his Hollow mask, it's still black outlined red."

"What's a Bankai?" Rose interrupted, super confused.

"That's another part of your training. I will explain then," Urahara said then continued, "It is important that you know the defense and offense of your spiritual pressure. Today, you are learning how to defend yourself. There are many ways on how to use your spiritual pressure defensively. Depending how high and strong your pressure is, you can use it to stun, paralyze, and create phantom pain on your enemy. To actually figure out how strong your spiritual pressure is, Yoruichi will attack you. First, we have to get you in your Soul Reaper form."

Urahara walked toward Rose and handed her what looked like a small ball. "Take this," he urged.

Rose took the small, pale pink ball and popped it in her mouth. She closed her eyes for one moment and when she opened her eyes again, she was in the Soul Reaper outfit with her Zanpaktuo attached to her hip. She looked over to see her body in Urahara's arms. "Woah."

He laughed. "Not the reaction I was expecting from you." He watched Rose observe herself, noticing how off guard she was. He glanced at Yoruichi and gave her a small nod. "Rose. Defend yourself."

As soon as Rose looked up Yoruichi was already in front of her ready to attack. Instinctively, Rose stepped to the side swiftly and pulled out her Zanpaktuo to block the Kido attacks. Her Zanpaktuo was a long light purple blade. Something inside of Rose was burning. This intense burning sensation felt... amazing.

Yoruichi saw the look in Rose's eyes. She withdrew from attacking and looked at Urahara. "Did you see that?"

Urahara placed his fan over his mouth, covering only half of his face. "Yeah I did. Tessai is on standby just in case things get out of control. Continue, Yoruichi."

She nodded and looked at Rose. A twinge of concern surged through her body. She knew that this was just training but something felt off. Yoruichi went for the attack again. Rose again stepped to the side with ease and swiftness.

Normally, only a couple people could keep up with Yoruichi and her speed. The way Rose was taking simple steps to dodge each attack Yoruichi threw at her, made Yoruichi suspicious of what Rose was planning. She was only to defend but it looked like she was ready to go on the offensive.

'Kill,' A voice rang out in Rose's head. That fire inside of her started burning more brightly. The look in Rose's eyes began to darken and the ground beneath her began to shake slightly. Yoruichi gasped and watched Rose carefully. She noticed the Zanpaktuo in Rose's hand swirl with her dark purple spiritual pressure.

'She isn't attacking. Is she defending? Trying throw off my footing?' Yoruichi thought, really trying to read Rose.

A smirk traced Rose's lips as her deep, chocolate brown eyes glowed purple.

"Oh shit! Urahara!" Yoruichi shouted, keeping her eyes on Rose. Yoruichi blinked once and Rose was suddenly gone.

"Too Slow," Rose whispered in Yoruichi's ear, her blade against the woman's throat. Yoruichi was stunned. She couldn't believe how fast Rose was. The spiritual pressure of her opponent was crushing her.

"Rose!" A familiar, male voice called out as he ran toward the scene to intervene. That voice caught Rose's attention and she tilted her head back and to the side, her glowing eyes glaring at the male.

'Kill,' The voice in Rose's head urged. She released Yoruichi and turned her attention to the orange haired male.

Yoruichi quickly flash stepped away from Rose and next to Urahara. "We need to stop her, Urah-"

"Wait, let's watch them. Right now, something is possessing Rose. If we try to stop or restrain her, we might be killed. Let's see if Ichigo can snap her out of it." Urahara said, watching the two.

The ground had stopped shaking. The air was quiet and still. Rose was engulfed what looked like dark purple flames. Her curly brown hair floated around her despite their being no air or wind. Her spiritual pressure felt different from the first time. It was darker than before like something else was consuming her pure soul.

Ichigo stood in his Soul Reaper form, his large blade in hand and resting on his shoulders. He was emitting his own spiritual pressure against Rose's. Though, Ichigo was already strong, he felt like he needed to go into Bankai. Was it really necessary? Did Rose really resemble that of a powerful Arrancar?

"Mmm, you look like you are going to be fun to play with." Rose said, her voice low and sultry as she licked her lips. "Go on, do it. Power up and see if you can defeat me, love."

"Rose, this isn't you. Remember, you are training to protect the people who protected you!" Ichigo yelled, becoming furious at her demands.

Rose laughed and pointed her sword at Ichigo. "If you want your precious little flower back, defeat me. You aren't going to get through her with useless words. Fight me."

Ichigo gripped his own sword and pointed it at Rose. "Ban-Kai!" He yelled and soon Ichigo was engulfed in his own black and red flames of spiritual pressure. Once it had subsided, Ichigo's Zanpaktuo was now skinnier and longer with a black blade. His whole attire changed completely as well. Instead of the traditional soul reaper outfit, his top was now a long flowing cape and was slightly opened in the chest area.

Rose licked her lips and slowly began walking around Ichigo slowly. She grinned devilishly. "My, my, what power you have. You will be so much fun to play with." She purred into his ear and giggled.

Ichigo flashed stepped away from Rose. He attacked first, swinging his katana toward Rose. Rose lifted her katana and blocked it. This clash created a large surge of power, causing Urahara and Yoruichi to flee closer to the steps and away from the fight.

Both Ichigo and Rose were pushed back from the impact. They made eye contact with one another and charged. Both defending and using some offensive tactics. From an outside perspective, Ichigo seemed to have the upper hand. He was more experienced and had more skill in fighting than Rose. Although it appeared that he was fighting hard, there was hesitation in his strikes. He didn't want to hurt Rose.

Rose felt the hesitation from each of his strikes. She decided to step it up a notch. She swung her sword at Ichigo and a large gust of wind pushed the male back. Her facial expression looked disappointed.

"You're holding back. Why?" Rose demanded.

"Because I'm not trying to hurt my friend."

Rose raised a brow. "In the short time of knowing her, you claim her as your friend?" She walked toward Ichigo, blade out at her side.

"Yes, I'm going to protect her from whatever you are. From Aizen." He replied.

Rose paused as looked at Ichigo. She smiled and continued to walk toward Ichigo. "I'm the true self of your precious flower. I am no intruder." She once again pointed her sword at Ichigo. "I'm merely here to cleanse this world." She smirked and the ground beneath her shook. Soon, large boulders levitated from the ground and surrounded Rose. First, it was air now Earth? What was this power?

"Machacar," Rose said. Pulverize. She commanded the boulders and they rushed toward Ichigo.

"Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo yelled as he cut through the boulders with a large and powerful force. A cresent shaped black slash left the sword outlined in red, slashing through the hard rocks

As debris and dust from the boulders fell from the sky, Rose has dark purple flames engulfed around her blade one more. She was grinning menacingly at Ichigo, finally enjoying the game. "There's that power I was looking for," she purred and charged once more at Ichigo.

"La quemadura," Rose whispered. Burn. The flames around her sword grew bigger as she swung her sword with the intent to kill Ichigo. Their swords collided and the flames slowly began to wrap itself around Ichigo's sword. It crept slowly down toward Ichigo's hands, burning his hands. Ichigo ignored the pain, remaining unfazed.

"Rose snap out it! Think of the people you want to protect! The people who helped you! Don't let this... thing control you! You are stronger than this! Lee Jang-Mi! This isn't you! This isn't your true nature! This isn't what your spirit is!"

Suddenly, the flames around each sword disappeared. The glow in Rose's eyes slowly begin to dim. Slowly blinking, Rose was regaining her conscious again. "Ichigo," she looked to see that they were in a battle stance with their swords together. "W-What happened?"

Ichigo withdrew his sword and sighed softly. "Something possessed you while you were training with Yoruichi."

Rose bit her lip and looked over at Urahara and Yoruichi. "I don't remember. All I remember was being turned into a Soul Reaper and..." Her voice trailed off. "A voice in head... It told me to kill. After that, everything went black." She dropped her katana and suddenly felt light headed. Rose fell to her knees and exhaled slowly. "I'm so tired."

The male knelt down next to her slowly scooped her into his arms, again ignoring the fact that his hands were just burned. He walked over to Yoruichi and Urahara. "We will talk about happened later. Rose exerted herself in this training session so she needs some rest."

Urahara nodded. "Of course."

Ichigo left with Rose in his arms as she closed her eyes resting against his warm, broad chest. She felt safe in Ichigo's arms. His arms were comforting and protective to her. A part of her never wanted to leave this embrace and never have to face this new reality of hers. Yet she knew she needed to protect Ichigo. As many times as he protected her, she should return the favor.

'I will protect you, Ichigo.' She thought as she drifted off to sleep.