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His mother.

Tier Harribel, a Vasto Lorde like himself, much like himself. She was where the green edge to his eyes came from, and he got his messy blond hair from her. She was much taller than he was, and only a small amount of her skin was visible underneath her near-full body white armor. What wasn't covered in armor was covered in a light blue hollow skin. She could pass for humanoid easily, if it were not for her face being covered mostly by a mask that only showed the smallest portion of her face, and the large sword connected to her arm.

She was a Vasto Lorde, and she had 3 Adjuchas that worked with her.

While an Adjuchas was considered enough to fight a Captain-class Shinigami and challenge them, a Vasto Lorde was considered above a Captain in power. In their little group, they had the power that could be compared to 4 Captains from the Soul Society if he counted himself in their power structure. Nobody really messed with them, or tried to attack them, because of the simple fact that there were 2 Vasto Lorde amongst their group.

"Mother... can we talk in private?"

"Does something concern you?" Tier asked without looking at him directly. His voice got the attention of the others in the group. Tier refused to sacrifice others, so to recover and control her hunger, often times she would sit and just relax. A deer, lion, and large snake hollow group lifted their heads and looked towards him.

He was more human looking than even his mother.

With only armor covering the top of his chest, shoulders, lower face, and legs, he could more easily pass for a human soul among them all. He was the smallest of their group exactly because he was the most human looking, but his power was not inferior to his own mother's might. Their similar status as Vasto Lorde, and the fact neither of them ate souls to increase their powers put them on equal footing.

"Yes." Naruto answered her.

"Is this about your trips to the Soul Society?" Tier asked Naruto as she looked at him with a sideways glance. "... Yes, I know about thos trips. I'm your mother, I never take my eyes off you." Tier answered the unasked question. No matter where he went, she never allowed him to escape her senses. If he ever felt like he was in trouble, she would go rushing towards him without hesitation.

The first time he left for the Soul Society, she was angry, but she said nothing to him because he came back safely. Then the next few times he came back safely, she decided that he could keep his secret until the day that he brought it up to her himself. Judging by his tone, he was about to bring it up.

A conversation this tense prevented Apacci, Mila Rose, and Sung-Sun from speaking as they listened to what was being talked about.

"I was offered a chance to become a Shinigami." Naruto came out and said it. There was no way he could become a shinigami or go to the Soul Society without his mother discovering his disappearance anyway. As much as he hated hollows, his mother was one of the few exceptions to the rule. She didn't eat hollows anymore, ever since she became a Vasto Lorde, she had not eaten a single soul.

She was different.

The tension in the room rose.

"... Shinigami are the enemies of Hollows." Tier told Naruto plainly.

She believed him, that he was offered the position. She believed he would never lie to her about being offered such a thing, it was too outlandish of a lie to make. If he accepted the position and trained to become a shinigami, then that would make him an enemy to hollows.

"I've never considered Hollows to be my allies... as far as I see it, the Shinigami are my allies."

"What about us?" Apacci couldn't hold herself as she stood up on all fours and approached Naruto, and there was clear hurt in her voice. Naruto couldn't look at her directly, since she was a Hollow that still ate other hollows in order to not regress back to their mindless previous forms. She was hurt by his words, but there was a lack of anger in them. The others seemed curious about his answer.

It was known that he hated his own species, they always knew, but they never knew that he considered Hollows to be his enemies. Then again, they could understand it. Hollows for the most part looked at each other as future food, or a current meal. It was rare for hollows to be allies with each other or bond.

Hollows typically didn't like or trust hollows either.

"Family... you're family... but I want to become a Shinigami. I want to put hollows to rest with a Zanpakuto... I want to purify them." Naruto glanced at Apacci, before he returned his attention back to Tier. She stood up and looked down at him, meeting his eyes with her own stern gaze. "... I want to kill Hollows in a way that helps them."

"Will you kill us?" Tier asked him.

"No... you're family... but I'm sure if I become a shinigami, and prove myself, then I can convince them to accept you all as shinigami." Naruto promised. Tier could possibly become a shinigami/hollow in the future, but the others would have to become a Vasto Lorde before they could be accepted.

If they had that potential.

They silently communicated with each other while Naruto and Tier stared each other down. Tier's body started to glow golden as she staryed to exert her spirit pressure, and Naruto's own golden yellow spirit pressure fought her pressure off. The two of them contested each other with a battle of spirit pressure.

"They will never accept you... we are enemies... but you may go." Tier stopped fighting and walked, before she sat down. She closed her eyes and took a breath, before she turned her head sharply towards Naruto. "... when they turn on you, come back. I want you to come back at every chance you get. Your safety comes first and foremost." Tier gave him conditions, and they were easy to fill conditions.

"What, Lady Tier, you can't be serious."

"No Shinigami could accept a Hollow!"

"He's your own child, you can't let him do this!"

Tier heard their protests, and she lowered her hand, and she touched her hands to where her hollow hole was. She looked at where Naruto's hole was placed on him, because the two places were so close together.

"... I'm going to rip my mask off once you leave." Tier stated to Naruto, and he looked at her with his eyes narrowing.

"Why?"

"As a Vasto Lorde... there is a good chance I can become an Arrancar by ripping my mask off. If I ever think you are in danger, I'm taking you back from the Soul Society by force. If you are hurt, then I will kill whoever hurt you." Tier gave him that warning. It was a deadly warning for anyone who Naruto came across. It was her way of telling him that she still viewed the soul society as her enemy, and that she just barely approved of him going to try and join them.

It was her duty to make sure she had the strength to protect, but their strength was too similar to each other at the moment. If she wanted the strength to protect him, then she needed to get stronger than whatever enemy might hurt him. The only way to do that was to gain the power that came with ripping her mask off.

"Me too... if you're going to join the enemy, then when you fail and they turn on you, I'm going to rip heads off." Mila Rose stood up. She would be happy to try and rip her mask off to gain the power that she would need.

Sung-Sun nodded.

She planned to join.

"... I'm going with you." Apacci stated as she lowered her head towards the ground, and with an awkward display she stomped her hooves on her horns. Tier didn't stop Apacci from doing what she was doing. If anything, she placed her hand on Apacci's back and helped her get herself steady enough to rip her own mask off.

She ripped her mask off her face.

Apacci let out a blood curdling scream that got everyone to back away from her as her body glowed bright red and started to shrink down. Red mass jumped off of her body cane became 2 weapons on the ground next to her. When her body finished taking a human form, she was a lot smaller than before. She was about 156 cm tall, and her body was covered by nothing. She was average in height, but she had a more petite frame to her, and what remained of her mask had transformed into headgear. Her hollow hole moved so that it was in the middle of her stomach, just above her belly button. She had medium sized pressed on her petite, lithe frame.

"Apacci, you cheater!"

"You thief!"

Apacci stared Naruto in the eyes, her left eye yellow with a red ring around her entire eye, while her right eye was blue. She stared him down, and her her spirit pressure rose in response. Her spirit pressure was instantly equal to a lieutenant, almost captain level, giving her the ability to provide a challenge to even Captains. She stood up and walked towards Naruto on shaky legs, not used to having 2 legs instead of 4.

She touched his chest.

"Nobody touches you, got it?"

"What?"

"Nobody touches you... I am your bodyguard. You are Lady Tier's child, and she is my Master. I am loyal to her, and I am loyal to you. I don't trust those fuckers in the Soul Society, so I'm coming with you... because honestly... I know they won't accept you." Apacci didn't believe in him at all. She wasn't going to patiently sit back like Tier and allow him to put himself in danger. She was going to stay by his side as his bodyguard.

Tier didn't say a word.

'Her spirit pressure still feels similar to that of a Hollow... with where her Hollow hole is located, she could cover it up and pass for a shinigami if she suppressed her spirit energy.' Tier felt that Apacci's idea had merit to it, so she didn't disagree with it. Not to mention the fact that as an Adjuchas, Apacci had just taken a major risk. She didn't hesitate to rip her own mask off, which had a higher chance of killing her, since she was not a Vasto Lorde.

She could not disrespect what Apacci sacrificed to gain the power she needed to accomplish her goal.

"How much can you suppress your spirit energy?" Naruto asked Apacci.

She pushed it down as much as possible, to the point that her spirit energy was less than a seated officer. Naruto frowned under his mask when he realized that she was so much better at suppressing her power than he was. With how suppressed it was at the moment, nobody would ever pay attention to her.

He was jealous of her.

"... Whatever... see you later." Naruto looked at his mother, before he opened up the void and walked through it.

-In the Soul Society-

"... I hate these clothes."

"Wear them." Naruto finished getting dressed in his usual disguise, and he had some clothes that he gave to Apacci. His spare disguise, but she refused to wear half of it. She wore hakama pants, and she wore a mini-kimono top that was tightly tied around her hollow hole. She left her stomach exposed, with just her hollow hole being covered by bandages under the kimono, and she left her cleavage exposed. "... are you going to cover your mask?" Naruto looked at her head gear.

"No."

"... I'll just say it is a hair accessory... come on, lets go." Naruto started to walk towards the point he would be meeting Kisuke, so that he could give his answer to the man. He glanced at Apacci, who walked with an unlady-like swagger to her steps, and he just sighed at the way she gladly drew attention to herself.

She had her zanpakuto hanging from her wrists.

They didn't have long to wait.

"Ah, Naruto, nice to see you... and you're cute friend."

"Don't look at me like that bastard!" Apacci shouted at the shinigami, who just stepped away from her with his hands raised in surrender. She smirked at his body language, and she looked at Naruto, who stared her down.

Kisuke didn't seem bothered by her.

He glanced at the remains of her hollow mask, and he looked at the bandages peeking out from under her kimono top. He gained a glint in his eye as he looked at Naruto, before he smiled pleasantly.

"So..."

"I want to become a Shinigami... you can ignore her."

"I'm his body guard, so you better not ignore me! You make a move on him, and I will rip your asshole out with my hands." Apacci rudely pushed her face up towards Kisuke, who just laughed off her aggression.

"Wonderful, and as it has it, I was able to get 2 other Captains to agree to writing you letters of reccomendation. My friend from Squad 2, and the Captain of Squad 13 both agreed! I explained that your spirit pressure was already at a 6th seat. You'll be given an Asauchi when you join your squad. Your Captain will give you the rest of the details." Kisuke stated as he started to walk towards where the shinigami lived in the soul society.

"No academy?"

"Me and my friend thought it would be better if you didn't go to the academy." Kisuke informed Naruto with a hinting smile. "You can learn Kido from your squad, and they will teach you everything you need to know." Kisuke stated.

Naruto nodded.

"So, what is his starting rank going to be... Lieutentant obviously, since he's so powerful." Apacci stated.

Kisuke grinned.

"He won't have a rank until his Asauchi becomes a Zanpakuto, after that, he will be given a rank by his captain... so he's unranked."

Naruto sighed in relief.

That worked in his favor.

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