Hey lads, So soon! EH!
Thank you for your heartwarming reviews :D I appreciate your understanding! SO! Here's another chapter before I go back to dying for a wage lol.
Again...Why do you guys think there's gonna be a harem...
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The next morning came quickly, as the inhabitants of the House of Ichigo awoke to a peaceful day.
However.
The air was filled with anticipation.
Pure Tension, so thick, an Espada's hierro would be frothing with envy.
"..You..said what?" Ren breathed out carefully.
"I...I too, am having difficulties understanding the weight of the words that you just spoke." Acero said as well.
Ichigo Familia had all gathered in the living area of the mansion as Ichigo broke the news to them.
What news?
The time had come for the foreign god to return to whence he came. Reio's domain.
"But...Why? Why now?" asked a Disbelieving Mirba, as she sunk deeper and deeper into the couch.
"..I'm Sorry. I am needed." Ichigo said, with a downcast expression.
Hephaestus was shocked into silence. Her husband? She'd known to love and cherish beyond her eons of existence? He was going to leave her just like that?
"But, Lord Ichigo? What about Orario? What about Genkai? What about the friends you've made here? Think of Lady Hephaestus and your child!" Daphne said, Absolutely seething at the thought of Ichigo abandoning them like this.
"..." Ichigo was silent, then his head rose to show a determined look on his face, One that told Daphne to silence herself.
"I'm not going to abandon any of you." Ichigo said, and stood. His armor and sword clacking around with the movement. "That being said, I wish to offer you all."
At that, Everyone's looks became confused and wary.
"I offer you to come with me. But since this is your homeworld, I have no clue if you'd even want to leave it." Ichigo said, and scratched the back of his head like he always does when he's nervous.
"Im coming." Hephaestus said, her look suddenly was steady with determination.
Ichigo's heart was warmed considerably, as he touched his black wedding band tenderly.
"...I cannot go. I still have family here, and cannot abandon them.." Daphne said, and looked down in shame.
"That's alright, I've given you a choice, and you chose not to go. Don't feel bad, There's nothing wrong with wanting to stay home." Ichigo said, comforting.
"I'm going as well." Mirba said, standing to meet Ichigo's gaze.
"Ditto, This place is a shithole anyways." Ren said. Causing Mirba to scoff.
Ichigo was suddenly feeling more and more better about the situation.
The feelings of dread slowly drained from Ichigo's form, as his face regained it's smile.
"Who else want's to go?" The Shinigami asked.
Acero stood up, and said "If I don't go, Captain Mirba will certainly have difficulties keeping Ren in check."
"Tch" Ren scoffed, and looked away with a smile.
At this, Ichigo was happy. But all that was left was Cassandra, the only one who hasn't chosen.
"What of you, Cassandra?" Acero asked, as Cassandra met his gaze with a blush.
"I-I-I...Im...I will...I will go." She said, and Daphne gained a hurt expression.
'Did something happen between the two?' Mirba said, curiously eying her second in command, and the resident seer.
"N-No..But, Cassandra, What about me?" Daphne said, placing a hand on Cassandra's shoulder.
"...I'm so-" Cassandra was interrupted by Ichigo, who then said
"It's not like we'll be gone forever. We'll definitely come back at some point to visit." Ichigo said, he had assumed the Hogyoku's power would be able to take them back here.
'You're right in that assumption, Ichigo. I've saved the coordinates to this universe...but...I don't know how.' Suki prompted from Ichigo's mind.
Ichigo gained a slight scowl at his thoughts being read again, but didn't comment on it.
"I-I...I see..Well...Don't make me wait for long, Okay?!" Daphne said, and hugged cassandra.
"well then, It seem's we've reached an agreement. We'll leave tonight, so uh...Go say whatever it is you want to say to people you want to say farewell to." Ichigo said, and sat down in his chair.
"Right!" they all said, and made way to the front door. Daphne was still processing her predicament.
"Daphne" Ichigo began, gaining her attention. "You don't need to stay in my familia, I promise you Cassandra will be protected. And, you as well. If we dont return in a year, all of this familia's wealth, property, and assets are yours to command."
This shocked Daphne. Ichigo was a popular god, who clawed his way past Apollo himself, and then his Familia had garnered fame by being the first to reach floor 67 in the dungeon, the end of the 'Glacier Territory'.
This and his immense fame meant the familia was indeed rich. Heavenly so.
Now this all would be Daphne's should Ichigo not return, this is sure to be a huge shocker to the woman.
"W-What? Why?" Daphne asked.
"You're going to be the last Familia member to remain in Gekai. Of course it'd fall unto you." Ichigo said, giving her a warm look.
"I...I see..." She said, still processing the weight of the words he'd spoken to her, while she went to her room.
"Well, If that's that. I'm going to go pack." Ichigo said, standing again, and then looking to his wife. "Coming?"
"Can you pack for me? Sorry, But I intend to go and say farewell to Tsubaki and the familia." Hephaestus said, Standing up with Ichigo's help.
"yeah, I guess." Ichigo said. "Actually, why don't I go with you?" Ichigo asked.
"No worries. It's not that far anyways." She said, and Ichigo sighed.
"Okay, But be careful, alright?" Ichigo said.
"I will." and with that, she made her exit from the house in a slow stride.
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()()()()()()(With Mirba, 1:23pm)()()()()()()
"Father! It's good to see you again" Mirba said. She was about a mile away from Orario, and stood in front of a quaint house.
"Ah, Little one." An old man said, Holding onto his cane as he walked off of his porch.
Mirba giggled and bounded over to the elderly man.
"How has the city been fairing?" The old man asked.
"It's been a wild ride. Honestly. First, two gods descended, I ended up joining one of their familia's, Im the captain no less!" Mirba said, proud of her accomplishment.
"Ah, That's so good to hear." Mirba's father said, patting her head.
"Thanks, hehe." Her face crumbled to reveal a gravely depressed expression.
"Then...I fell in love with him- the god I've joined. He ended up getting married to Lady Hephaestus, and now shes pregnant...But..As long as i can be there when he needs me that's enough for me...I hope." Mirba said lowly, no response from her father, as he continued to comfort her silently.
"I made a lot of friends too! Like Ace, my second in command, and Ren, he's honestly a jerk but I cant stay mad at him for too long heh." Mirba chuckled, as her face continued to scowl.
"I even won a war game! Imagine that!" Mirba said, still feeling proud.
"But...Even then, I'll never get closer to Lord Ichigo.." She said, sitting down on the porch steps, her father following her and sitting next to him.
"But...Like I said, I'll always be there for him." she said "Now, He's returning home and Invited me to come with him."
"Maybe...Daughter, Your role isn't clear yet, so if I were you, I'd try and keep an open mind, as well as high levels of Optimism." Her the Captain's father said.
"My..Role?" Mirba repeated.
"Yes, Perhaps your role has yet to become fully realized, Perhaps if you stay on the path you now walk, you'll find yourself embraced by happiness." The man smiled and stopped patting the woman's head.
"...I see..Thanks daddy.." Mirba said, and stood up, not turning around.
"I'll be back sometime, So...Please wait for me?" She said, walking down the trail once more.
Back at the house...Mirba's father, the old man was nowhere to be seen. The house was empty of all life and furnishings, and quite simply looked derelict.
Behind the house was a backyard that hadn't been kept in years, and at the very end sat two stones.
Two stones marked 'Orisma Tuganis' and 'Tourian Vash Tuganis, Head of House Tuganis of Ares familia'
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()()()()()()()()(With Ren, 3:50pm)()()()()()()()()()()()
"Yo Pops. You around here?" Ren said, Walking into a secretive tavern where lowlifes came to drink and deal.
"Hm? Oh well if it isn't Little Renny, How ya holdin up, shrimp?" A Tall muscular, bald and bearded half-dwarf laughed as he came from the backroom holding a new bottle of imperfect soma.
"Ah well you know, Chasing tail, getting the riches...Going into the dungeon deeper than anyone else" Ren said, bragging.
"Hah! You know, I couldn't believe it when I read about it. 'Ichigo Familia delves into rarely ventured dungeon Territory!' Imagine that!" The man said, gesturing Ren to sit down next to him at the bar.
Snapping his fingers, Everyone in the bar left, obeying the half-dwarf.
"Now, I'd imagine you wouldn't come here without reason, Ren." The man said, dropping the nickname.
Ren chuckled and drank from a mug that the Half dwarven man poured for him.
"You always were sharp, Kaio. But I didn't come here to ask favors or nothing, I simply wanted to bid you farewell. You see, I'm gonna go on an all expenses payed trip to a faraway land with my familia (you didn't hear it from me) and I just wanted to say bye to one of the only ones I consider family in this hellhole of a city." Ren said and chuckled.
"Awe, you're gonna break my little heart." Kaio Joked, and drank out of his own tankard. "Even then, I still would miss you, boy. Your help throughout the years was always welcomed. I assume I can call off the constant protection detail I have around the members Ichigo familia after you leave?"
Ren had hired shadows to protect his familia, and to step in if they get into fights they cant handle, after the night Mirba's head was impaled by Apollo familia's spear.
"Heh, Yeah you can. Can we atleast have it back if we come back?" Ren asked.
"Don't be stupid! HAH! Of course you can. You just gotta pay extra, Return fees, you see?" Kaio said and slapped Ren's back.
"Thank you, Pops. I can always count on you...Though, I gotta wonder. How'd mirba get attacked the other day? If we have a guard trailing her everytime she goes out?" Ren asked, suspicious.
"Well, Uh, It's good that you're sitting, but Ole Kassius was taken out by the assassin." Kaio revealed, and Ren's face sunk as well as lost color.
"Hmph. Serves him right...Bastard always shirked out on training..." Ren said sadly, and downed the rest of his drink.
Kaio knew that Ren didn't truly have any harsh feelings towards Kassius, they were best friends after all.
"I'm sorry, Ren. Truly." Kaio said, and refilled Ren's mug.
"Its...Okay. I'll get over it. But in any case, I'm grateful to you. Im in you're debt Pops." Ren said, deciding to feel sad another time, and took another drink of the sweet nectar.
"Don't worry about it, saving my daughter Ira from those kidnappers, all those years ago was your express ticket to a lifetime of service, my friend." Kaio laughed, finishing his drink.
"Heh, she still wont shaddap about it, huh." Ren said, and got off of the stool and finished his drink.
"Leaving so soon?" Kaio said, scratching his beard.
"Yeah, I can't make the trip if I'm drunk haha" Ren laughed out, as he moved to leave.
"Hold up a second boy, Here. Take this, It's good luck." Kaio said, and presented a shield shaped amulet.
"Let me guess, Its a present Ira made for me?" Ren chuckled.
"How'd you know?" Kaio laughed along Ren, and pushed the amulet to the man.
"Pfft, I grew up with her, old man." Ren said, and took the amulet, putting it on.
The Half dwarf stood up and grabbed the boy in a bone crushing hug.
"sjdfkjsnhjfhe" Ren breathed harshly.
"That's for good luck, Boy." Kaio said, and practically threw the man out of the tavern.
Ren crashed into the cobblestone road of Orario with a heavy thud.
"ahhh" Ren sucked in air through his teeth in pain and said "Classic Kaio.." as he nursed his side on the walk back to Ichigo familia HQ.
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The twilight sun broke through the
"So, you wish to enter another dimension with your god." A deep and gruff voice spoke out to Acero, who was sitting cross legged.
Acero had gone to a cave about thirty miles from the city. The cave itself had both Greek and Norse style decorations, and it seems that the cave had been customized to be fit for living comfortably in.
"Yes, Master. I've come to say goodbye, and Thank you for all that you have done for me." Acero said, and bowed his head.
The man sat cross legged in front of Acero. Between them was a fireplace that had a counter surrounding it, so you could place items onto it to cook or just to simply hold cups.
"Hmmmm." The man grunted, and reached underneath the counter, and grabbed two goat horns, fashioned into mugs, and handed one to acero.
"Master?" Acero spoke out.
"This is a drink from my homeland. Over the past couple thousand years, It's gotten sweeter, and never seems to run end. Though I do not drink it often." The man said, and filled both mugs.
"It is Lemnian wine, from the island of Lemnos." The deep and gravelly voice spoke out once more.
"I see.." Acero said,
"I've only shared this once before, With my son, But...That was an Era long past."
Acero hadn't seen this side of his pale-white master. He'd been trained by this man for over a millenia, and still, he'd never learned his name.
The Master rose his mug towards Acero, who did the same.
"To your journey's continuation." The man spoke.
"...To my journey's continuation." Acero echoed, and inched the foul smelling liquid to his mouth.
It smelled of rotten eggs, and had a blood red color, but he'd continue to trust his master and began to drink the...Sweet liquid, it was alcoholic for sure, and had a very mild effect that you'd get from drinking the Watermelon drink that Ichigo once made.
It was very, VERY strong.
Acero wasn't phased, of course, but this was the second time he felt his temperature raise from drinking. The first was the Watermelon drink.
"So...Master. Before I leave, I wish to ask you a question." Acero said, finishing his wine.
"Hm.." The man grunted. It was his way of saying 'What'
"..In all this time, You've never told me your name."
The man seemed to contemplate his next move, and then finally, he sat his mug down on the counter.
"You wish to know my name?" The man said, his deep baritone voice echoing just that much more around the home/cave.
"Yes." Acero said. Not hesitating. Hesitation was beat out of him by this man nearly 350 years ago during training.
"Very well." The man said, And took off his cowl. The same cowl he's worn in over 950 years of training Acero in the ways of combat and warfare.
It revealed a man with unnaturally pale white skin, and a bald head. He had a thick black beard and a vibrant red tattoo that stretched all over his left shoulder and came up and over his head that ended right under his left eye.
"I am known as the 'Ghost of Sparta', I am Kratos. The Greek God of War." the newly named Kratos said to an absolutely stunned Acero.
"I see. Thank you, for everything. Lord Kratos." Ren bowed once more, and after Kratos waved his hand- his usual motion of Dismissal, Ren left the abode, with a smile on his face.
'So...That's why the air shimmered whenever he attacked me...Fascinating.' Acero pondered, making his way down the 30k steps it took to reach his masters dwelling.
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Ichigo flashed atop the nighttime buildings of Orario shadowing Hephaestus, and making sure she was well.
'Like hell I'd trust Orario not to make one last 'Fuck you' gesture.' Ichigo thought, as he was perched on a rooftop in his signature 'Sneaking' cloak with Zangetsu's mask on his face. Ichigo's reiatsu distorted the air around him and caused him to shimmer slightly.
Looking down at his wife greeting and interacting with people in the streets, he'd kept a careful look around to see if there were any signs of bloodlust anywhere, but he found none. Thankfully.
She had already bid farewell to Hestia, along with Mirba who returned earlier this afternoon, and she and Bell had a small spar with Ais.
Currently, Hephaestus was walking slowly back to the Mansion, severely encumbered with her pregnancy. she wasn't fast at all at this time.
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A black shadow zoomed towards the unsuspecting goddess, and Ichigo moved to intercept.
Once he did, He caught the black-clad person by the throat and dashed back up into the sky.
Hephaestus felt a brisk woosh of air, and turned to see nothing behind her. She shrugged and continued her march back to the mansion.
Up in the sky, way above Hephaestus was Ichigo holding a black clad man by the throat.
Frisking the man, Ichigo found a note that read:
'Your sister, Eizara has failed me. You will not. This time, I have word that our main target, the hammer, is roaming the streets of Orario. Strike at your earliest and most discreet convenience.' -Solarrow.
Ichigo didn't have any want or need to continue to listen to the man's pleading for his life, for he crushed the man's neck as easily as one would mush dough in their hands.
And then tossed the man's broken body into the horizon, to join his sister somewhere else.
Descending down to a height to see Hephaestus better, he breathed out a sigh of relief at seeing Acero and Ren intercept the goddess and walk alongside her.
Ichigo decided that his 'Mission' was complete, and with a flicker of displaced air, Ichigo reappeared at the mansion and dissolved his mask.
He snuck back into the mansion through his window, and in great haste, he packed both his and Hephaestus's things into two large suitcases.
The door opened and Hephaestus entered.
"Hey dear, How are you? Finished packing?"
Ichigo wiped a bead of sweat off of his forehead, and said "Yes, Though I did have to force the case closed."
"Tsk Tsk. It is a Good thing I did not want to take anything fragile." she said, as stood up on her tippy toes to peck Ichigo's lips.
"Yeah" Ichigo said. He had already said his goodbyes to his friends here, though briefly due to his worry for his wife.
"Lets go then, the Familia is assembled in the living room." She said.
Ichigo nodded, and grabbed the two large suitcases, and lifted them like nothing as he followed the smaller woman down the halls and into the living area.
"Good evening Lord Ichigo. We're ready." Mirba said, standing and giving a small curtsy.
"Good. Double check and make sure." Ichigo said, and they complied. After some time, they all confirmed they all had what they needed...for some reason, Ren wanted to take the small barrel of Soma:Watermelon, and the bottle of Perfect Soma with him.
"okay, give me a second." Ichigo said, and closed his eyes.
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"Ichigo." Old man zangetsu greeted, and Shiro came from behind him.
"Hey guys. Where's suki?" Ichigo asked.
"I'm right here." Suki's voice said from behind Ichigo, and his eyes widened. Her body was glowing a green hue, and her eyes were all black.
Ichigo was taken aback from the creepy looking suki, and said "Are...you okay?"
"Of course? Why wouldn't I be? I'm just in 'Transport' Mode. Zangetsu has seen this form before." Suki said, and Zangetsu nodded. Reaffirming her statement.
"I see...Well, Get ready to transport six people total, where will we end up?" Ichigo asked.
"Of course. The ending coordinates My creator had given me are approximately beneath his shop. In the training area you attained Shikai in." Suki said.
"Ah..that place" Ichigo reminisced.
"By the way, Ichigo." Suki said, and gained Ichigo's attention. "I'm going to seal roughly 80% of your power. Dont worry, if you simply say the words 'Release, Suki', You'll be back to full strength. To seal, just say 'Seal, Suki'."
"The reason I'll have to seal your power, is if you entered the World of the Living with your Reiatsu as potent as it currently is, You'd disintegrate everything within five feet of you just by being in your presence."
"Alright, do it." Ichigo said, not wanting to kill anyone unintentionally.
The reason he'd been so agreeable, was truthfully...He missed home. Dearly. Gekai had been a sort of replacement, what with him finding his true love there and is about to start a family.
But nothing could ever come close to the sweet and cool summer air of Karakura, the daily wake up kicks from his father, and his dear sisters and Yuzu's cooking and his friends and...
The reasons really could go for quite a while.
"Let's go" Ichigo said, and went back to the waking world.
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"Lord Ichigo?" Mirba asked, seeing his glazed over eyes, and blank expression.
"...Perhaps it's him activating the ability?" Acero asked, holding onto his briefcase with one hand.
"He looks like he's sleeping" Cassandra said, Daphne had opted not to be there for the departure for some reason. But she agreed to keep watch over the mansion in their absence.
"Hmmm" Hephaestus said nothing and put her hand on his back, it was then when Ichigo returned from his inner world.
"Alright guys, hold onto me and get ready." Ichigo said, a purple/green glow emanating from a small point in his chest.
They obliged, and put a hand onto him, and suddenly, that same purple/green glow spread to all of them and then in the next instant-...they were gone.
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"Kurosaki-kun! Is that you?" The startled voice of Kisuke Urahara said, from the entrance of the Training area.
"Huh? Where are we?" Mirba asked, stumbling backwards, feeling slightly dizzy.
Ichigo dropped his briefcases, and stabilized Hephaestus's dizzy form.
"Hat'n Clogs?" Ichigo called back.
Urahara flash-stepped to the god of Death, who was shimmering in a black haze. Hephaestus had taken on the same shimmer, except hers was red tinted.
"My My, Kurosaki-kun welcome back to the world of the living." Urahara said.
"It's good to see you, again." Ichigo said.
"Indeed. We last spoke about two weeks ago." Urahara revealed, and Ichigo's eyes widend.
"Mister, Who are you? And how do you know Lord Ichigo?" Mirba asked, feeling better and now protective.
"I'm Kisuke Urahara. A humble shopkeeper. Nice to meet you..." Urahara revealed, and prompted her to reveal herself as well.
"Mirba, Mirba Tuganis, Captain of Ichigo Familia." she said, crossing her arms.
"Don't be shy, Hes a friend. Go ahead and Introduce yourselves." Ichigo said, rolling his eyes at his party's suspicions.
"I'm Acero D'atagne. A pleasure." Acero greeted with a nod.
"My, My! An Elf!" Urahara said happily, and inspected the man.
Acero was slightly put-off by the man's curiosity, but didn't say anything of it. He'd trust Ichigo's judgement.
"Sup. It's Ren Mori." Ren said, Reaching out a hand to the shopkeep.
"Nice to meet you" Urahara said.
Urahara then locked eyes with the timid Seer of the familia, and she squeaked while squeezing her pillow.
"Who are you?" Urahara prods.
"I-I-I-...Cass-Cassandra!" She spoke quickly, oddly enough, she was way more timid than before.
"Nice to meet you, Cassandra." Urahara said warmly. Trying to put the girl's mind at ease.
Urahara walked to Ichigo and Hephaestus, and said "And you are?"
"I'm The goddess of the Hammer and all things smithing. I'm Hephaestus." She said, and he bowed his head.
"Maa Kurosaki-kun, aren't you a lucky man." Urahara said, and chuckled. "Well, If you're being formal then I should as well." Urahara began and all ears were on him.
"I am Kisuke Urahara, Ex-Captain of the 12th division of the Gotei-13 Imperial Guard Squads. A pleasure to meet you, goddess Hephaestus." Urahara says, and meets her eyes.
"Imperial...guard squads?" Mirba tests the name on her tongue.
"Yes. But more on that later, I'm sure you all feel drained from your LONG and EXHAUSTING journey to this universe." Urahara said rather dramatically, but it was true. All of them- Except Hephaestus and Ichigo -were tired.
Urahara then lead them all back up to the top and into the shop, Ichigo had flown upwards while carrying Hephaestus, while Acero carried Cassandra. Mirba and Ren raced each other up the ladder.
Reaching the living area of the shop, Urahara said "Ichigo, I've just now called your father and friends to the shop to meet everyone here. I'm sure you had a plan of doing things but time is of the essence now." Urahara said, alluding to the evolving situation in Hueco Mundo, that Ichigo wasn't aware of.
"I see." Ichigo said.
"come, Sit, Sit." urahara motioned them to sit a the unusually large table with pillows to sit on underneath.
"SO. Ichigo, I bet you're dying to know...How are things here?"
"Yuzu has a boyfriend and I demand to know who." Ichigo said with a scowl.
"Ahh...No. In-Fact, Yuzu-chan had specifically requested that you didn't know. We told your friends and family we found you, by the way."
"...Hmm.. I will find him.." Ichigo said, the occupants of the table found this amusing.
"Well then- wait. What do you mean 'We'?" Ichigo said.
"He means Me." A silky voice said from right next to him. Ichigo nearly jumped out of his skin at Yoruichi's scare. If he had been as he was when we went to Gekai, he'd be blushing right now.
"Yoruichi-san? Wow you're as stealthy as ever." Ichigo said, half serious and half complaining.
"Thank you strawberry, OH! Who's THIS lovely lady?" the Flash goddess said while moving to greet Hephaestus.
"I am Hephaestus, Goddess of the forge. It is nice to meet you, Yoruichi." The redhead said
"Ohhh fancy. I'm Yoruichi Shihoin, goddess of the flash" The woman giggled slightly after saying that last part.
"Oh? You are a goddess too? Under which pantheon?" She said, genuinely interested.
"..." The Ex-captain was stunned into silence.
"Uh...Hephaestus, That's just her nickname. She's not an actual god, you see..." Ichigo said, sweatdropping.
Everyone had a nice laugh at that, aside from the embarrassed ex-captain. Things remained jovial for the most part, but Both Kisuke and Yoruichi shared looks of concern.
"So, Ichigo...what happened to you? Your hair is so much longer than it was when you were here, and what's with the armor?" Yoruichi asked, Kisuke began to listen in as well since he was curious.
"Uh well...My hair? I didn't wanna cut it. The armor is basically a physical manifestation of Mine and Hephaestus's marriage, and took the form of armor since Hephaestus is the goddess of smithing." Ichigo informed.
"What about your Zanpakuto? Why are you in Bankai?" Urahara asked.
"Well...Its not that I cant revert back to Shikai, but It's dangerous to do so. My Reiatsu is so potent that it'd probably knock out everyone in Karakura if I brought it back down to a level that could be sensed.
"I see...Give it a try?" Urahara said, his trademark fan flipping out and hiding his grin.
"Hm? Didn't you just hear me?" Ichigo said, but Urahara didn't budge.
"Come on...When did you become such a scaredy cat."
"Why you!...Fine, But if Anyone here feels anything different, anything at all, tell me and Ill stop." Ichigo said, and everyone nodded.
Hephaestus put her arm around Ichigo's and layed up against him.
'Ready Old man? Shiro?' Ichigo asked.
His spirits gave the go-ahead, and Ichigo began to lower his Spiritual pressure.
Thankfully, It looked as if everyone was fine. Nothing unusual.
until...CLACK CLACK.
Two swords materialized onto his person. A smaller black Trench knife and a larger pitch black sword. the blade part of the sword was hollowed, and had an elongated handle, that was also hollowed.
"Eh?"
WOO Okay lads!
We get to see some backstory of the main cast! and...KRATOS? WHO KNEW! That's why Acero is so strong! :0
anyways, In a previous chapter, I said Acero was 23 (He's actually 1,005 years old.) Soooo Hope that clears it up.
Now for the hogyoku's name? It's Tsuki No Negai. Suki is a petname Ichigo has for her, like Shiro is for Zangetsu.
after re-reading the story, I fucked up and called her 'Yuki' A couple times. My bad.
Thanks for reading! Leave a review if you liked it ;D