Author Notes: With Xcution's plan under way underway, Ichigo will now begin his training session with Urahara, Yoruichi, Tessai and the Visored. Also Orihime will get an upgrade.

I've been on a role with the Bleach Rinse chapters, I decided to take a little break from it to work on this.

On a serious note now that I look back on the series, Bleach had a lot of potential- just a large portion of it was repressed by the publishers' demands at the time of sales and it's not entirely Kubo's fault despite what everyone might say, though he is flawed- but so are Kishimoto, Oda and even Toriyama when they write their series. Hell, I got ideas for powers for characters from reading this manga and it was the one manga and anime I looked forward to reading/watching in the early 2000s because to me, Naruto and One Piece hadn't reached the point that I was fully invested in them yet. I sincerely hope that Kubo has a chance to write a sequel with Kazui Kurosaki- hopefully with more free control of how the story progresses this time around- I would definitely take time off my day to read it.

A pre-warning disclaimer, lewd material is heavily hinted at.

Chapter 18: Soul Reaper 4 Course Session


Ichigo in his Soul Reaper state was staring with a little irritated confusion at what he was doing- he was in a basement room that was designed like a blue sky canyon and just as wide as the real one.

He was facing two children- a small, tiny-pupil eyed boy with red hair sticking into three points, wearing a white t-shirt with a shop logo printed on the front and blue three-quarter length trousers, the bottoms of which were noticeably turned up. He wielded a large kanabō in his right hand.

On the right side of him was a young-looking shy girl with a perpetual blush on her cheeks wearing a white t-shirt with the same logo in pink print and a knee-length, pink skirt with white dots. She had round purple eyes and long, black hair with a purple tint- it parted down the middle, with two strands of her bangs in the middle of her face, opposing each other and the rest of her hair is in pigtails with pink ties. She wielded a large clothed object around her left side.

Ichigo then turned to the man with the green/white bucket hat as the latter held his fan towards his face. A black cat hanged around him with yellow eyes, which somehow made him think of the nude dark skinned woman from earlier.

"What are you doing, hurry up and kick those brats' asses. You should never hold back in a fight for your life unless you're Kenpachi...then it's ok," said the black cat with a deep male voice.

Oh my god! Did it just...no, I saw a furry hamster monster turn into a man who turned into a puppet who was controlling a bunch of dead folks...I should just roll with it. Not asking who Kenpachi is thought, it'll just be more confusing to add to the list of things I want to ask, Ichigo thought initially with shock until he calmed down.

"You manifested your powers against Grand Fisher- well, it was fine that he was still an inexperienced Arrancar- then you would've dead when Shinji showed up.," the bucket hat wearing man said cheerfully.

"Yeah, thank you for undermining my achievement of avenging my mother.," Ichigo answered sarcastically to the man.

It's best not to think about that thing Grand Fisher said about Andro-whatever...it's probably my mind playing tricks on me from last night, he thought to himself, ignoring the children.

"You had to have little Orihime to save you last night...especially after the fight," the bucket hat wearing man explained ending in a very overly romantic tone.

"I don't like how you said that.," Ichigo replied with a nervous pitch and a sweat as to what he saw when he woke up.

"He's chicken, Ururu! Guess, that was a fluke that he beat Grand Fisher last night by himself!," the red haired boy shouted cockily to Ichigo. The orange haired teen

"It's not nice to say those things Jinta. And it's isn't how it happened anyway.," said the girl sheepishly.

"Shut it, Noggy attack," Jinta angrily retorted by giving Ururu a noggy.

"Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow," said Ururu as she was pestered by Jinta's head noggies.

"Stupid Ururu," Jinta said angrily as her continued the actions.

"Ok, first don't you have school. Two, stop that she' doesn't like it and three, what the hell are you using a kanabō for- if this is for training, it's going to far. And you... what are you thinking sending two kids to fight me- didn't you say the 11 of you I saw earlier would train me?," Ichigo complained about the entire situation he was in right now.

"Yeah, ever wanted to know about the Spiritual Pressure amount calculations from yesterday?" the bucket hat man replied slyly.

"I'm asking about the kids- you're forcing minors to fight-," Ichigo retorted with aggravation to the man's dodging his reasoning for having to fight two children.

"As a Soul Reaper's concerned, most humans are minors so listen up-," the bucket hat wearing man said in a more serious tone.


He pressed a button and a large TV screen shot up from the plateau he was sitting on and began displaying numbers of the individuals who prominently showed up on the rating system in the battle last night-

Ichigo Kurosaki: At time of battle: 19 (Human)- 30 (Soul Reaper)- 1900 (with Visored Powers)...Full Potential Amount: 100 Billion

Rukia Kuchiki: 62 (Soul Reaper)

Orihime Inoue: 19.8 (Human) 90 Billion (Awakened Powers)

Yatsutora Sado "Chad": 15 (Human) 66 (Awakened Powers)...Full Potential 616 Septendecillion

Uryu Shida: 99 (Quincy)...Full Potential...80 Billion

Fishbone D: 30

Shrieker: 50

Grand Fisher: 99 (Hollow) 1900 (Arrancar) 3800 (Resurrección State)

Byakuya Kuchiki: 60 Million (6th Captain)

Toshiro Hitsugaya: 10 Thousand (10th Captain)

Loly Aivirrne: 400 (Arrancar) 800 (Resurrección State)

Menoly Mallia: 100 (Arrancar), 2000 (Release State)

Numb Chandelier: 35 (Hollow)

Individual Determined- Yammy Llargo: 10 Billion (Arrancar Sealed)

Shinji Hirako: 150 Million (Normal) 300 Million (Visored)

Tetsu Hitsugaya: 48,000

Hankyo Muteikei: 90

Hanekaeri Modish: 80

Kofuku Kenko: 800

Hose Jundo: 8 Billion (prior death)...recalculating...1080 (Post Reveal)

Tan'ni Hikaemena: 150

Kyodai Kigyō: 777 Thousand

Your Wakamono: 800 Thousand

O.K.-O.T.: 55

Kurikaesu Futatabi-Kurikaeshimasu: 90

Zankoku Yakunan: 6 Billion

Eien Shinko: 70

Kafka Kibo: 13 Thousand

That can't be right.

"Listen up, Soul Society decides its Spiritual Pressure amount to determine threats by calculated numbers and potential danger to a combatant based on our ranks of what we are on average- it changes when we're more battle ready and numbers can't read numbers in an intense battle. Humans have 1-9 are normal folks, but 10-19- is when they become Spiritually Aware. 20-59 is the average seatless Soul Reaper amount. 60-99 is the average seat officer below Lieutenant and where things go a little crazy. 100-999 is the Lieutenant level. Average Captains of 13-7: 1,000- 100 Thousand Higher Captains 6-2: 1 Million-100 Million. Head Captain of 1st Division: 100 Billion. Royal Guard: 100 Trillion-999 Trillionand Soul King is 100 Quintillion. Anything stronger is unknown," the man explained with a grave tone before resuming his jovial mannerisms.

"You're making this up...I swear you're doing it on purpose.," Ichigo said with a flat response to his voice with unconvinced eyes.

"Ah, you mad because you only got to 30 and the only reason that you managed to survived was the fact that your mask aided you in making sure you didn't die another time.," the bucket hat man joked humorously at Ichigo's expense.

"Why are Orihime and Mine's so high...? I mean higher than everyone you listed- I'm not sure that she's somehow stronger than the "Bankai" zombies or Grand Fisher?" Ichigo inquired on

"...Simple, your Reiatsu's are higher than most Captain's powers you just lack the training to use it properly.," replied as he complimented on their high stats.

"By the way, touch your face.," the buck hat man asked Ichigo without warning.

Ichigo did so in compliance grudgingly and revealed that he wasn't wearing his mask like he had been before to his surprise. He was completely unmasked.


In your soul is an Animal- I'd say it's a migrating vulture- not going to say it's one I killed this morning at the zoo I visited last night and stitched it to your Soul...it's not like it happened right?," the bucket hat man said as if he were denied a nasty truth.

"You what?!," Ichigo yelled in shock of the revelation.

"Yeah, you got me I stitched it against your-," the bucket hat man tried to explain before he was interrupted.

"Going out to kill an animal without a hunter's permit- you're probably wanted now for poaching!," Ichigo shouted in annoyance and justified reasoning.

"Yeah...Did you know? While Humans turn into Hollows all the time- Animals don't," the bucket hat man said as he changed the subject.

"I just became a Soul Reaper yesterday- because I was going to die and become a Hollow. I don't know anything about your culture.," Ichigo responded in an deadpan tone as he sighed.

"That's fair. Do you think it's because they're dumb?," the bucket hat man asked with his fan to his face.

"I wouldn't be versed in the subject. But, they seem to understand what to do with their lives from the very start. Hell, most people even as adults don't know what to with the rest of their lives- or ever do. So I'd say they got some more common sense than we do.," Ichigo responded with a rational tone.

"Yeah. Animals despite being capable of turning into Hollows tend to avoid attachment to the World of the Living, though a few do in spite of suffering far worse than any human could ever claim to have lived. Those end up as Hollows even more mindless than the average Hollow even as they get stronger. So animals and some really vengeful/incredibly stubborn human souls go to a place in the Afterlife other than the Soul Society called the Animal Realm, the human souls then become animals as well. There they're attacked and eaten by other animals- even cannibalized or murdered by their own kind if they're desperate enough- for this reason, some live in fear of this realm. They endure extreme changes of their realm's environment throughout the year, and they have no place that they can rest for long because it's constantly shifting. Those who are too scared to live in that realm go to the other realms. They then face incredible discrimination for being well animals that have reason. They're killed because humanity wants something from their bodies, made into enslaved "pets" or "beasts of burden" forced to work under brutal conditions until they're killed for their lack of usefulness at the end of their days. To make this more tragic, they chose to be ignorant of knowing or understanding with clear thoughts of why they either chose the unforgiving nature of the constantly changing realm or being subjected to poor treatment by their "owners", why they allow it to happen to them without finding a way to better their lives or do anything about it with more enlightened thinking- cursed with the rigid instinctual wisdom of maintaining this cycle. The ones that do adapt are ostracized by their own kind for defying the nature of their race. They're stubborn, but at least they have more more common sense than humans who waste their enlightenment on hedonistic wants.," the bucket hat man said with a tone of melancholy as his eyes peered under the hat, looking very grief as he spoke.

"Wow, that's harsh...I can't imagine a life like that.," Ichigo responded with the revelation of this information.

"Well, unlike the Adam and Eve story- do you know about that in school right?," the bucket hat man asked Ichigo who shrugged a mild "yes".

"They're not as easily tempted to do the things that make people go Hollow. Over time, with the few exceptions that become Hollows- the Animal Realm developed antibodies in their Reiatsu that causes the Hollow side to be suppressed by instinct. It's how the other Visored have managed to keep their masks repressed despite being Visoreds.," the bucket hat man explained with dramatic gestures and tone to his voice.

"I felt that eight of you eleven had the same kind of odd...thing... that was the same as mine... how many animals did you kill to do that stitching thing?," Ichigo asked with concern that was hidden in hot-temperedness.

"About one for each individual specifically chose for their affinity towards the chosen person. You have a black soul.," the bucket hat man related to Ichigo as he folded the fan and pointed it to the orange haired Soul Reaper.

"Sorry that I'm a gloomy guy most of the time. So it's to keep me for going Hollow and dying?," Ichigo asked with some soreness.

"I'll answer that if you beat those two.," the bucket head man replied with a chipper air as he waved his fan.

"Ok, I'll go easily on them.," Ichigo agreed reluctantly as he pointed his sword towards the kinds.

"Oh...while we were talking- they started the fight already.," said the bucket hat man said he unfolded his fan to cover his face.


"Huh?!," Ichigo asked in extreme surprise as he saw Jinta rush towards him with his club above his head.

"By the way, you're only slightly higher than the average Soul Reaper's Spiritual Pressure amount- while those two are 17th-18th seat officers respectively!," the bucket hat man said whimsically as Ichigo ran in the other direction while the boy chased him.

"Who the hell are you- You know way too much about stuff to be just a normal shop employee. Keigo forced me to read too many manga to make me get the gist that you're probably somebody important!," Ichigo shouted as he questioned the man as he continued to run away- because he wanted to find a solution to not hurt the kid too badly.

"I'm Kisuke Urahara- the bonafide owner of the Urahara Shop...well, shucks- I better explain more since you savvier than I thought. I am a Soul Reaper- I'm the founder of the The Department of Research and Development in the Soul Society as well as its first president. I was also the 12th Captain- there's 13 Divisions that Soul Reapers answer to by the way- before I made a mistake in making something that a very dangerous Soul Reaper took advantage of in order for himself to become a replacement for the Soul King. To that end, he turned the eight you mentioned into Visoreds- including his own Captain...the one who saved your life last night...and me and my two colleagues decided to leave so the Soul Reaper government wouldn't execute us on the grounds that I made them Visoreds instead of the "innocent" Soul Reaper- who I definitely believe is still doing unethical things behind everyone's back. Though my replacement is kind of creepy himself, but he's more amoral than that man's immorality.," the man in the hat explained with severe importance to his words.

"Ok...I'm involved in something bigger. So you're training me to defeat this man who took over and became a Captain," Ichigo inquired sarcastically.

"Nope, this is a favor to your father for always helping out in hiding us. Killing him is our job- at the moment, we're speaking...he's now a monster that needs to be killed- more literally if he's continued on the research that I think he's done till now.," said Kisuke with his eyes showing under the hat.

"Wait-how do you know my old man...Oh my god- it's another of the tropes Keigo brings up- the incredibly badass parent that explains the powers I have," Ichigo asked with more attention to Kisuke's words.

"Bingo. You were unconsciously taught Shunpo from a young age, refined through karate classes and through your various fights with...less upright students.," Kisuke explained in a somewhat creepier tone.

"So he's a special human who can see ghosts...you got to be kidding me-," Ichigo replied with astounded annoyance.

"He's a Soul Reaper and the former 10th Captain- Isshin Shiba. The Kurosaki name is from your mom...who's a Quincy like Uryu except much highly regarded in her race's society. The Arrancar are planning something through their partnership with that man and the entire Soul Society and the World of the Living is going to need everything just to beat them. Aizen's going to be an opening act instead of the boss like he planned because of Grand Fisher revealing his little secret, the caught Arrancar telling us that he's in cahoots with them and becoming what he considers a "God". You can help, but it's mostly going to be a fight between him, 13 Court Guard Squads and us.," Kisuke explained with a grimace to his face before smiling again as the cat began to change shape to Ichigo's wide-eyed shock that caused him to halt.


Suddenly the cat turned into the purple haired, dark skinned woman from before- completely naked to Ichigo's chagrin. She winked teasingly at the flustered young man.

A few seconds later, the cornrow man with glasses showed up with the large pink haired man with a mustache from earlier. Only this time, the cornrow haired man wore an ornate dark blue robe with a large upturned collar and a symbol on it over a Soul Reaper uniform and carried a shakujō in his right hand. The pink haired man now wore a long purple mantle over a Soul Reaper uniform. This helped confirm that the people he saw were Soul Reapers- however...

What are eleven people like this hiding in a shop for?, Ichigo thought to himself.

Followed by the gray haired man with his green haired assistant, both stern and happy-go-lucky respectively. The other four appeared as they sat down to watch the fight. The braided ponytail woman now in a sailor school uniform that exposed her midriff tossed orange and black clothing to the dark skinned woman.

To Ichigo's shock, she was in a orange over-shirt with two white straps on each shoulder that revealed her midriff, a large beige sash around her waist, and black stretch pants with a pair of lightweight brown shoes. Not due to the attire-, but the instantaneous speed that she had dressed herself. From his perspective, the clothes were tossed and the next moment she was clothed.

Orihime emerged from behind, wearing her hair in a ponytail like the dark skinned woman and wearing a pink version of the midriff exposing over-shirt and dark blue-version of the woman's clothing- she blushed as she saw Ichigo. This made the young man temporally burst out a nose bleed that propelled him into the sky and land a few feet away to Jinta's confusion.

"Former 2nd Captain: Yoruichi Shihōin- also former head of the Shihōin Noble Family clan- the clans that served under me were the Ōmaeda and the Shāolíng clans. I was the boss to Urahara when he was a 3rd seat. The Urahara family were one of the serving family of the Otoku Noble Family clan. By the way, you had a blast last night with Orihime and Lisa.," said the dark skinned woman teasingly to Ichigo's confusion and fear.

What happened last night?, Ichigo thought with concern.

"Former 3rd Captain: Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi- though Rose is more elegant. Like Urahara, my family served under the Otoku Noble House. I'm a Visored like you...though, my mask is more elegant.," said the wavy blond man as he posed elegantly to Ichigo's annoyance.

Oh great, a narcissist., thought Ichigo with pestering irritation.

"Hi again. Former 5th Captain: Shinji Hirako. Likewise, an Otoku stooge like Rose and Kisuke's families. The bastard who took my title and made me a Visored is called Sosuke Aizen...he's not your concern. Also I'm sort of the unofficial leader of the Visored group 'cause Rose's too obsessive on aesthetics," said the blond haired man with a blasé expression that revealed his upper teeth.

Oh it's that guy. Probably should thank him for saving me later, Ichigo thought of what he should do after the fight.

"Former 7th Captain: Rabu Aikawa- call me Love, man. I'm a big fan of Shounen Jump. Speaking of which, there's a manga that based on us called Bleach written right now by a man called Tite Kubo that I'm into at the moment. A bit of a mind screw here since the main character's exactly like you. Why do I get the feeling that a lot of factors will cause it to downfall in popularity...," said the star shaped haired man with mirrored sunglasses, his odd statement caused Ichigo to wonder what the heck he was talking about.

I have so many questions about that statement., Ichigo thought.

"Former 9th Captain: Kensei Muguruma. You better not be a slacker like your old man- he's always like that.," said the gray haired man. Ichigo then imagined his father being really laid-back. This quickly returned to his usual goofy persona because Ichigo couldn't imagine his dad being any other way.

Nah, dad was probably incredibly annoying to him- being dad I guess, Ichigo thought with some pondering.

"Tessa Tsukabishi: Former Kido Captain. I'm the heir to a longline of Kido practicing Soul Reapers. I was acquitted with Kisuke and Youichi from childhood. I currently act as an employee for the Urahara shop and sell these types of items.," said the bespectacled man with cornrow hair and a mustache as he bowed and showed Ichigo a TV advertised object that the orange haired Soul Reaper knew was faulty from Keigo's own accounts.

I can why I never heard of this place till now, Ichigo theorized in his thoughts.

"Lisa Yadōmaru: Former 8th Division Lieutenant. Nice, f-," said the bespectacled girl in a sailor school uniform before her mouth was covered by an aggravated Shinji. This caused Ichigo to have some very concerning thoughts to what happened after Grand Fisher especially due to her touching of her crouch. Orihime's blushing as she mimicked the same body gesture made it even more suspicious.

Did she just say what I thought she said, Ichigo questioned in his head as he gulped.

"Masher Kuna: Former 9th Division Lieutenant. I'm a ditz, little Carrot Top. Me and Yoruichi are teaching Orihime how to fight.," said the green haired girl in a flighty tone. Ichigo did a double take when he heard the last part of the sentence.

When did that happen, Ichigo wondered internally.

"Hiyori Sarugaki: Former 12th Division Lieutenant. I worked under Captain Kirio Hikifune until she was promoted to the Royal Guard and became this bozo's assistant. I got turned by that bastard Aizen into a Visored. I don't like you- just doing a favor to Isshin for helping us that one time...personally, you should've been left to die far as I'm concerned.," said the blond pigtailed girl with a snaggle tooth as she looked away in annoyance.

Well you're a bitch!, Ichigo thought back with irritation.

"Hachigen Ushōda. Former Lieutenant of the Kido Corps as Captain Tessai's command. It is an honor to meet the heir of the Shiba Clan.," said the large pink haired man with a mustache. This made Ichigo think how important was his dad.

Seriously, what was my dad before he met mom?!, thought Ichigo as he pondered until the kanabō hit him in the back of the head. Even with the large bump emerging he still remained focused.


"Zankensoki (Cut-Fist-Run-Spirit)- the basic techniques of an elegantly mastered Soul Reaper. Zan for the sword, Ken for unarmed combat, So for movement techniques and Ki for Kidō

"Hakuda (White Hits)- Close Unarmed Combat using the Body!," shouted Kensei with his right fist raised.

"Basically Taijutsu (Body Skill) from the manga- Naruto I'm also reading.," Love interjected in a blasé tone to Kensei's annoyance.

"Hohō (Step Method)- using fast footwork to dodge opponents involving speed and agility. Shunpo (Flash Step) is the greatest mastery of this technique thought there are variants.," said Yoruichi being serious for the first time since Ichigo saw her.

"Kidō (Demon/Spirit Way)- it involves compressing your Spiritual Power into spells for defense, offense and support. Divided into Hadō (Way of Destruction) for direct attacks, Bakudō (Way of Binding) and Kaidō (Turn Away) for healing. They go from 1-99, the higher the number, the more powerful it is. You need to learn the incantations in order to use the spells to their effective capacities," Tessai explained.

"Zanjutsu (Swordsmanship)- which you use your Zanpakuto to cut crap. Ya gotta at least master this kinda of shit before you can move up.," said Shinji with the least complicated explanation, which seemed anti-climatic as Ichigo's blank eyed expression thought-

So, this is what comes after beating the kids...Oh crap.," Ichigo thought with a flat whimper of fear.

"I call it the Soul Reaper 4 Course Session. Have fun with it after you beat those two.," Kisuke said happily with the fan to his face. The silly term the bucket hat man referred to their training session annoyed several of the members because they had already decided on Tamashī no Karitori Ni Yon Dankai no Kaidan (Four Step Stairway to Soul Reaper) before Kisuke changed the name at that moment. Yoruichi and Tessai weren't as concerned as they were more used to this spontaneous behavior.

Ichigo then turned to see Ururu with the clothed object that suddenly shot several missiles at him. In shock, Ichigo continued to run- now in fright of being hit by one of the projectiles.

"You gave a child a missile launcher- what is wrong with you?!," Ichigo yelled in exasperation.

"Come see us when you've beaten them.," said Kisuke as the eleven vanished from sight.

Ichigo continued to run from the missiles while Orihime looked on with concern in her eyes.

"I hope he'll be ok- I'll won't be able to do the thing, Lisa taught me last night.," Orihime said to herself as she blushed and drooled from her mouth.


Chapter 19: Awakening Powers