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Chapter 11
~Three weeks later~
Ichigo woke up and got ready for his classes. He opened the door shocked to see Rukia still in his bed. She stays with Ichigo after his classes and when she's done with her work. The Advance class is progressing nicely. They're Shunpoing faster without a loss of breath. Some of them have achieved Shikai. Some are having trouble in Kido, and everyone is proficient in Hakuda.
"Good morning, Rukia," Ichigo greeted.
"Good morning Ichigo," Rukia greeted back.
"What brings you here?" Ichigo asked.
"I'm here to see how the students are doing in class," Rukia answered.
"Anything else," Ichigo said.
"I'll be participating in Zanjutsu and Hakuda," Rukia replied.
"Maybe I'll finally have a challenge," Ichigo said with a smirk.
"You're just as bad as Kenpachi," Rukia replied.
Ichigo locked his door and walked to the cafeteria with Rukia by his side.
"This brings back memories when we used to walk together at school," Ichigo said smiling.
"Missed everybody back in Karakura?" Rukia asked.
"Yes, I do," Ichigo answered looking at Rukia noticing she's not wearing her lieutenant badge.
"When you graduate and settled into a squad, we'll go and visit your friends and family," Rukia said.
"How come you aren't wearing your badge?" Ichigo asked.
"My badge got destroyed yesterday when I was training with one of Squad 6 members. I'll be getting another one in a couple of days," Rukia answered.
"Wow, it must be some serious training," Ichigo said as they walked inside the cafeteria.
"It was," Rukia replied as they got in line for breakfast.
They picked pancakes, fried eggs, bacon, toast, and orange juice for their breakfast. They headed towards the tables not seeing Senna or the others anywhere. Ichigo found an empty table and sat down on the seat. Rukia sat across from him and started eating.
"If we are facing each other in my Zanjutsu class, we have to be careful not to cut my wristband," Ichigo said as he took a bite of his bacon.
Senna, Shizu and Fuyuko arrived at the table Ichigo, and Rukia are sitting at. They sat down eating their breakfast. Senna and Shizu are sitting on each side of Ichigo, and Fuyuko sat on the right of Rukia.
"Good morning you two," Senna greeted.
"Good morning, Senna," Ichigo greeted back.
"Are you a student here?" Shizu asked Rukia.
"No, I'm not. I'm a Lieutenant of Squad 6," Rukia answered.
"You must be Rukia Kuchiki," Fuyuko said.
"Yes, I am," Rukia replied.
"I'm Fuyuko and this is Shizu," Fuyuko said introducing her and Shizu to Rukia.
"What are you doing here?" Shizu asked.
"I'm here to scout for new members for my squad," Rukia answered.
The five of them are eating their breakfast when Ryuji walked up to them. Ryuji tapped on Rukia's shoulder, and she turned around in her seat.
"We should go to my room when classes are over," Ryuji said as they looked at him.
"No thank you," Rukia replied.
"You think I'm out of my league as you hang out with these losers," Ryuji said.
"They're not losers, and I know you're out of my league. There's no one here that is good for me. So leave and don't bother us again," Rukia replied.
"You're coming with me right now if you like it or not," Ryuji said grabbing Rukia's arm and yanking her out of her seat.
Senna was about to give Ryuji a piece of her mind until she felt Ichigo's hand on her shoulder. She looked at him shaking his head no, letting her know Rukia is okay.
"Bakudo #1, Sai," Rukia changed as she restrained Ryuji's arms behind his back forcing him to the ground.
"Apologize to me, or you can stay like that for hours," Rukia said.
"I can break out of this," Ryuji replied.
"No, you can't," Rukia said as she sat back down.
"It's a low-level spell," Ryuji replied as he attempts to break the spell.
"I can sense your Reiatsu and it's not even at a fourth seat level. Your Reiatsu is at a seventh seat level," Rukia said eating a bite of her pancakes.
"You're bluffing. No student can sense Reiatsu," Ryuji replied struggling to break the spell.
"I'm a lieutenant and Kido is my specialty," Rukia said shocking Ryuji as he realized that he fucked up.
"I'm sorry," Ryuji apologized and Rukia let him go.
Ichigo and his group went inside the classroom for Zanjutsu. Ichigo has Zangetsu back around his waist. They lined up against the wall as Rukia stood next to the teacher.
"Rukia will be sparring with everyone for a few days to see if you're strong enough to join her squad," Genkei said.
"Who's brave enough to spar against a lieutenant?" Genkei asked and Ichigo stepped forward.
"Shikai is permitted if you achieved it," Genkei said as they unsheathed their Zanpakutos.
"You ready Rukia," Ichigo said as he pointed Zangetsu at her.
"Of course," Rukia replied and she disappeared.
The students are shocked by the quickness of Rukia's Shunpo. What came next shocked the teacher and the students. Rukia appeared above Ichigo swinging her blade downwards only to have Ichigo catch the blade with his bare hand. Ichigo threw Rukia towards the left wall that he's facing. Rukia disappeared just before hitting the wall. She appeared in front of Ichigo.
"Dance, Sode No Shirayuki," Rukia said as she released her Shikai.
"Amazing," Senna said staring at Rukia's Zanpakuto.
"Bakudo #1, Sai," Rukia chanted as Ichigo's arms are restrained behind his back forcing him into the ground.
"The idiot got himself restrained and lost," Ryuji said laughing at Ichigo's predicament.
"What makes you think I lost?" Ichigo asked.
"You can't break out of it," Ryuji answered, still laughing.
Ichigo shut him up by standing up. Ryuji looked dumbfounded as the rest of the class and the teacher looked shocked. Ichigo raised his Reiatsu a little bit and broke the spell.
"You were saying," Ichigo said smirking at Ryuji.
"Are you going to release your Shikai?" Rukia asked and Ichigo nodded.
"Kill My Enemies, Zangetsu," Ichigo said releasing his Shikai.
Ichigo's Zanpakuto changed from one blade to two blades. The short blade is in his left hand, and the longer blade is in his right hand. The class were glued to the sparring match as Ichigo kicked Rukia towards the wall. Ichigo put the smaller blade on his left hip as Rukia hit the wall.
"Let's take this outside," Rukia said getting up without a scratch.
"Fine by me," Ichigo replied.
Rukia destroyed the wall and created a barrier around the building. Rukia and Ichigo disappeared out of everyone's sight. The class went outside as Ichigo and Rukia continued their fight.
"Unbelievable," Senna said as they looked up in the sky.
"Is Ichigo really that strong or is Rukia holding back not to kill him?" Shizu asked as Ichigo blocked Rukia's attack.
"It looks like Ichigo isn't have any trouble keeping up with Rukia," Fuyuko answered.
"Tsugi no mai, Hakuren," Rukia said as the blast of ice blasts out from the tip of her blade and encasing Ichigo's lower half in ice.
Try as he might, Ichigo couldn't break the ice. Rukia charged towards him and swung her blade downwards. Ichigo moved his arm to block the attack with his blade. Rukia missed his blade and made contact with his arm. They were shocked when she made contact with his arm. Instead of cutting skin, she cut Ichigo's wristband.
Ichigo's Reiatsu skyrocketed. His Reiatsu destroyed the ice and forced the class onto their knees. Rukia's barrier is still up. Her barrier keeps Reiatsu from being sensed. It took a minute for Ichigo's Reiatsu to disappear completely. Everyone stood up shaking from the explosion of Reiatsu. The class is shocked at seeing Ichigo's new appearance. Ichigo's hair is now longer and now taller at 5'11.
"When did your appearance change?" Rukia asked.
"My appearance changed?" Ichigo answered confused by Rukia's question.
"Yes, it has," Rukia said.
"It must be a side effect from the wristband," Ichigo replied as he sealed his Zanpakuto.
Everyone walked back inside, and Rukia used a Kido spell to fix the hole in the wall. Rukia took down her barrier as Ichigo stood next to her.
"Who exactly are you?" Genkei asked.
"I am Ichigo," Ichigo answered.
"How can you have this kind of power?" Senna asked.
"I was born with it," Ichigo answered.
"I need to contact Captain Kuchiki and Captain Yamamoto about you graduating early," Rukia said as she relayed a message to a Hell Butterfly she created.
The Hell Butterfly went on its way to Byakuya and Yamamoto about Ichigo. Rukia sparred with the other students while waiting for them to arrive. Rukia is sparring against Fuyuko, and she is holding her own against Rukia. Byakuya and Yamamoto arrived as Rukia was sparring against Shizu. They stopped sparring and everyone knelt down.
"Good afternoon, Head-Captain Yamamoto and Captain Kuchiki," Rukia greeted.
"Good afternoon. Where is Ichigo?" Head-Captain Yamamoto asked as they stood up.
"I'm right here sir," Ichigo answered shocking Byakuya.
"Lieutenant Rukia made a request for you to graduate after three weeks of starting the academy," Head-Captain Yamamoto said.
"Yes sir. I've outperformed every student in every class, and I feel like it's necessary for me to join a squad," Ichigo replied as Yamamoto looked at Genkei.
"Is this true?" Head-Captain Yamamoto asked.
"Yes sir. Ichigo hasn't broke a sweat when he's sparring with his classmates. Same thing goes for his other classes. Hotaru told me Ichigo has done over two hundred laps using Shunpo in under two hours," Genkei answered.
"Very well. Come with Captain Kuchiki and I," Head-Captain Yamamoto instructed.
"All right. I hope I'll see you three soon," Ichigo said to his three friends.
Ichigo, Rukia, Byakuya, and Yamamoto left to the assembly hall.
They're standing in the assembly hall waiting for the other captains and lieutenants to arrive.
"When did you get a new appearance?" Byakuya asked.
"It's a side effect from the wristband that I had on," Ichigo answered.
"What do you mean?" Head-Captain Yamamoto asked.
"I'll tell you when everyone is gone," Ichigo answered.
The captains and lieutenants arrived for Ichigo's graduation ceremony.
"We don't normally do graduations for academy students. When they graduate, they'll be given a squad. Since you're an exception, I'm allowing you to choose a squad and position that you would like to join," Head-Captain Yamamoto said shocking the captains and lieutenants.
"Thank you, sir. I'm choosing the lieutenant of Squad 13," Ichigo replied.
"You can't be serious. Letting an unknown person choosing their position and squad is unheard of," Captain Kurotsuchi said.
"Are you judging my decision?" Head-Captain Yamamoto asked as he opened his right eye and glared at Mayuri. Mayuri went quiet as Yamamoto continued talking.
"Congratulations Lieutenant Ichigo. Captain Ukitake has the armband in his office. Everyone is dismissed," Head-Captain Yamamoto said slamming his cane on the ground.
"Congratulations Lieutenant Ichigo. I'm Sosuke Aizen. Captain of Squad 5," Aizen said introducing himself extending his hand out.
"Nice to meet you," Ichigo replied shaking his hand, mentally gagging from the interaction.
Everyone left except for Ichigo, Rukia, and Byakuya.
"What is it that you need to tell me?" Head-Captain Yamamoto asked, and Rukia put up a vision barrier to keep outsiders from seeing what's going on inside the barrier.
"Rukia and I are from the future. Kisuke invented a time machine for us to stop Aizen from creating an army and starting a war," Ichigo said, and Yamamoto fully opened his eyes.
"You are speaking of treason. You better have proof of your accusation," Head-Captain Yamamoto replied.
"I have a small cube that has the evidence you need," Rukia said reaching in her pocket for the cube.
Rukia took the cube out of her pocket and handed it to Yamamoto. Yamamoto pressed a button and the cube started playing the video of Aizen betraying the Soul Society.
"Thank you for showing me Aizen's betrayal. We'll arrest Aizen and Tosen and sentence them to death," Head-Captain Yamamoto said as he finished watching the video.
"You're welcome. We need to do this during a meeting in order for them to drop their guard," Ichigo replied.
"I agree. We'll have a meeting soon and act on your mission," Head-Captain Yamamoto said.
"Not too soon. Maybe a week from now," Ichigo replied, and Yamamoto nodded.
"What is the deal with the wristband?" Head-Captain Yamamoto asked.
"Kisuke created the wristband to help suppress my Reiatsu. When Rukia cut the wristband, my Reiatsu skyrocketed. I'm able to completely suppress my Reiatsu to unreadable levels," Ichigo answered.
"You will be a great asset to the Gotei 13," Head-Captain Yamamoto said.
"That's everything you need for evidence. I'll be visiting my family before the meeting," Ichigo replied.
"Before you go, do you have a last name?" Head-Captain Yamamoto asked.
"It's Kurosaki," Ichigo answered.
"Enjoy your visit," Head-Captain Yamamoto said and Rukia destroyed the barrier as the left the assembly hall.
Byakuya returned to his squad as Ichigo and Rukia went to Squad 13.
