"Talking"
"Kido"
"Zanpakutō /Inner being/Hollow/God talking."
"Zanpakutō /Inner being/Hollow/God Kido"
"Thinking"
"Zanpakutō /Inner being/Hollow/God Thinking"
Chapter Name
Destination
Learning and Traning
Soul Society, Seireitei, Sōkyoku Hill, Secret Underground Area
Haō looked at the Shinigami women, the Hybrid that would be his heir and his heir's Zanpakutō spirits in front of him with his guard as they all looked surprised.
"What do you mean Haō-Sama," Unohana asked him.
Haō looked over at the 4th division captain, "What I mean is that I've named Ichigo Kurosaki Shiba my heir," He said with a proud smile.
"What do you mean," Ichigo asked him.
Haō walked over to a bolder and sat down, "When you entered the Seireitei, I felt a part of my son with you," He explained to Ichigo as he looked at Mond Ritter, "But I also felt the essence of my brothers spawn," He said as his eyes moved over Diablo Luna.
Yoruichi at both of Ichigo's spirits before turning back to the Soul King, "But why is Ichigo your heir," She asked him.
"It's because, after his fight with 11th Kenpachi, he stopped the fighting between the two of them," Haō said as both spirits nodded, "So I looked at his soul to see if he was like his grandfather or my brother," He continued as they looked at each other.
Ichigo looked at him stoically, "And what did you find," He asked.
"I found a soul like my own but something more," Haō said as his smile widened, "How while my soul is something like that of god," He said as the women nodded.
He then looked at Ichigo as all 8 irises looked at him, "Your soul, on the other hand, is practically the tale of how Samael fell and became Satan," He told the orange-haired teen.
"So Mond Ritter was Samael when he was in service of god, Zangetsu him when he was falling to hell," Ichigo started as Haō nodded his head, "And Diablo Luna is him when he became Satan," Ichigo finished as Haō nodded, "But that does not explain why I'm your heir," Ichigo replied.
Haō nodded at that, "That's true, but," He said before becoming serious, "When I saw your soul, I found it in perfect harmony from that moment, and I still see it now, and there are only two other people alive who have that," Haō said as Unohana's eyes shot wide.
"It's you and Yhwach," She said as he nodded.
"That's right, only us two were the ones with a soul that had true harmony," Haō said as Ichigo was reeling from this information, "But then when you became whole and joined your Quincy and Hollow powers with your Shinigami powers," Haō started as Ichigo fell over as he looked at the Soul King.
"I became as powerful as you," Ichigo said, but Haō shook his head.
"No, but you became the strongest Shinigami within the Seireitei," Haō corrected the teen, "Or that was the case until I gave you the power and soul of the Hōgyoku," He told Ichigo, who looked confused.
A female spirit to Ichigo as she looked at Haō.
She was a girl in her early-mid teens with a slender physique, and she was very tall and slim with long black hair that extended past her waist with locks of hair that framed her face down to her chin and showed off her high forehead, green eye and pale skin. She has a narrow waist and huge breasts. Her attire is a defined, robe-like overcoat with white lining and a hood.
"But how does my power make him on the same scale as you," Hōgyoku asked him.
"It's simple; your body hiding within Rukia Kuchiki will slowly send power back to her with an order only to make the traitor see why the power of the Soul King is not all that it seems," Haō told her.
Ichigo looked at the spirit before asking, "Do I need another Asauchi."
Hōgyoku looked down at Ichigo before holding a hand out to him, "No," She told him as she helped him up.
Once he was steady, she held out a hand hot glowed and showed a necklace with a snarling wolf on it, "I already had one given to me by him," She said as she pointed at the one with sunglasses.
Ichigo looked at the necklace before taking it, "We siphoned the power out of the body of the Hōgyoku when Kuchiki slept and sent it into the necklace," The man in the sunglasses said with a shrug.
"So what can it do," Ichigo asked as he put it on.
"When my body is out of Rukia's, I will gain a form that is not imprinted on her and a form that is only mine," Hōgyoku told him as she looked at her master, "And you will have a small boost to your three powers," She informed Ichigo who nodded.
But Haō decided to add more insanity to this, "And you will gain a new power that will act like the power of the Zanpakutō and Spirit Weapon," The Soul King added as everyone looked at him, "With that, you will gain a new power," He told them.
"Oh, I see," Unohana said as she scratched her cheek.
Haō held his hands out as light enveloped them, with all three of Ichigo's spirits forcibly returning to Ichigo's inner world as the Shinigami coved their eyes before the light faded, showing they were gone.
Not soon after, one walked in; they looked like they were the same age as Ichigo, who had brown eyes and long crimson hair, usually kept in a high ponytail in the shape of a pineapple.
His head had what looked like tribal tattoos, and he was dressed in the standard Shinigami shihakushō and a white headband.
He looked around before sighing, "So Zabimaru, let's do this," He said as his Zanpakutō formed in front of him.
Zabimaru is a large, white baboon with long, purple markings along his back and arms with a white snake, which extends from the back of the baboon in the form of a tail with the snake head on end.
"Shall we do this, Renji," Zabimaru asked in a female voice.
The now-named Renji did not speak but nodded.
Soul King Palace, Vestibule-Road
A bright light formed at the entrance to the palace before it faded, showing Ichigo and the others.
Ichigo, Unohana, Isane and Yoruichi uncovered their eyes as they looked at the palace around them, "Where are we," Ichigo asked his companions.
"I don't know," Isane said as she looked around before turning to her captain, "Where are we, captain," She asked.
But it was not Unohana that answered them; it was the man with the bald head, "You at the entrance of the Soul King Palace," He told her.
They looked at him before giving a joyful laugh, "Oh, I'm sorry, I never introduced myself, did I," He asked as they shook their heads, "I'm Ichibē Hyōsube, and I'm the leader of the Zero Division," He continued.
Ichigo raised an eyebrow at that, "I thought that there were only thirteen divisions," He asked.
The woman with the six artificial arms nodded her head at that, "The divisions one to thirteen are the ones that are the armed forces of the Soul Society, while we of the Zero Division are the royal guard of the Soul King," She told Ichigo who nodded along, "And I'm Senjumaru Shutara, my prince," She introduced herself.
"Now then, shall we start your training," Haō said as Ichigo nodded, "Now, just so that you know that seven hours up here is one hour down there," He explained to Ichigo.
"So that means I have 3024 hours to work with to get stronger," Ichigo asked as they nodded, "And each day is 144 hours," Ichigo muttered.
"That was some quick maths," Isane thought as she looked at Ichigo in surprise.
The purple-haired woman then walked up and bowed to him, "I'm Kirio Hikifune, my lord," She said before standing tall, "And with the training that you will undergo, you will be able to fight on the same level as the most of the captains," She told Ichigo who nodded as the man with the sunglass walked up to him.
"Now, prince Ichigo you will receive training from each of them and us three," He said before bowing, "And I'm the father to all Zanpakutō, Ōetsu Nimaiya," He told the teen.
Ichigo nodded, realising that he had no say whatsoever, so he turned to Haō, "So what's my training going to be like," He asked.
"Now the program your going to go thou is sixty hours of training with five hours for each person," He told Ichigo, who nodded along, "Then you will have three hours of rest between each form of training," He said the teen, who nodded along.
"Then you will have two times a day that you can eat, but they will last twenty hours, but that time is needed so that you can gather energy, and you must learn how to cook as well," Haō added as Ichigo nodded, "And finally you will have eight hours of sleep where you will be sent to the join mind that you have with Rukia where you will teach her how to use her Hollow mask," He finished as Ichigo wished that he had a notebook.
"So, who starts with my training," Ichigo asked him.
Haō looked around at each person before turning back to Ichigo, "Retsu Unohana will teach you Zanjutsu," He said as Ichigo looked at the captain of the 4th division in confusion.
"I don't question you on your skill, but you're a medic," Ichigo said as she nodded.
"You would be right, but," Unohana said as she waved off the confusion as her lieutenant, "I'm the first Kenpachi," She told them as the three others looked shocked.
She then looked Ichigo in the eye, and he could see that she was a warrior at heart, "And I will break you and then build you up like I did when I led the 11th," She told him as he gulped.
"Yoruichi Shihōin will teach you Hohō and how to be at the same speed as her," The Soul King told her as Yoruichi nodded.
"I understand, my lord," She said before turning to Ichigo, "When I'm done with you, you'll be faster than Byakuya," She told him as she thought, "I may also teach him Shunkō and my animal transformation."
"Then you're going to Senjumaru for Hakuda training," Haō said as Senjumaru nodded.
Ichigo looked at the woman before bowing to her as she looked him over, "I will also be making clothes for you," She told Ichigo, who nodded.
"Kirio will teach you about Barriers and how to make them," He told Ichigo, who nodded as he looked at the chubby woman.
"During your food breaks, I shall be teaching you how to cook for many people and your future wives," Kirio told him as he nodded before doing a spit take.
"Wait a moment, wives," Ichigo asked as Kirio looked at him with a raised brow.
"Did you think that you would rule over the Soul Society alone and without a wife or nine," She said as Ichigo blushed as turned away.
Haō had a small laugh at that before continuing, "The Hōgyoku will teach you how to use and make Hadō," Haō told him.
"That's right, master," The Spirit of the Hōgyoku said to him.
"Then you will have your first food break," Haō said as Ichigo understood, "Then Mond Ritter will teach you your Quincy powers," He told the teen as he knew that the Quincy half of Zangetsu nodded.
"Then it will be Diablo Luna's turn to teach you how to use your Hollow Powers," Haō informed Ichigo.
"So I'm after you," Diablo Luna said to Mond Ritter with a moan.
"Then Isane Kotetsu will be teaching you how to use and make Bakudō," Haō told him as Ichigo looked over at Isane, who nodded at him.
"I hope you can keep up," She said to him.
Ichigo gained a small smile, "I'll try my best," He said as she nodded.
"Then you'll come to be for me to teach you about the responsibilities that I and when I retire, you will have," Haō told the orange-haired teen, who nodded along, "Then you'll go to Ichibē, who will teach you seals," He continued as Ichibē walked up to the teen, "I hope your a quick study," he said to Ichigo.
"Don't worry, I am," He said to the red-eyed man.
Ichibē laughed before Haō continued, "Then your going to get your second food break before going to Nemaiya to learn about your Zanpakutō's Shikai and Bankai," The Soul King said as Nemaiya walked up.
"You will be luring how to use your swords and what a Zanpakutō is," He told Ichigo, who nodded.
"Then you'll go to Tenjirō to heal and be taught Kaidō," Haō said as Ichigo nodded once more as he looked at the man with the pompadour.
"I'm going to show you the path to becoming a world-class medic on the same level as her," Tenjirō said as he pointed at Unohana.
"I hope so," Ichigo said as he turned back to Haō.
"And finally, then you are going to sleep, but only your body is going to sleep," Haō told him as Ichigo nodded, "And you are going to help Rukia with her Hollow powers," He continued.
"Where am I going to sleep," Ichigo asked him.
"Why in your bedroom," Haō said with a massive smile.
"And then I'll let my body sleep while I'm teaching Rukia how to use a Hollow make and some powers," Ichigo said as Haō nodded.
He then looked at Ichigo and Unohana as he raised a hand, "I'll send you to the training room that my guard uses for their swords and other blades," Haō told them as he snapped his fingers.
Both of them glowed before they teleported away as he turned to the others, "Most of you will return to your duties until Ichigo goes to you," He told them before looking at Nemaiya, Isane, and Yoruichi, "While Ichigo is training with Unohana and the others can you two," He asked Isane and Yoruichi.
"Go to Nemaiya to regain your Zanpakutō," He said as he looked at Yoruichi, "And also learn how to use your Zanpakutō's power," Haō told them before Yoruichi cut.
"I don't use my Zanpakutō because she's not the best in my combat style," She said.
Ichibē walked up to her, "What's your Zanpakutō's name," He asked her as Yoruichi's raised a brow at him.
"Raiko," She said back to him.
He looked into her eyes before shaking his head, "That is her name," Ichibē told her.
"What do you mean," Yoruichi asked him.
"I know the name of all Zanpakutō as I am the one that gave it to them so," He said as he looked back at her, "Do you see why you do not have the Shikai that you would need," He asked her.
Yoruichi clenched a fist as she looked down.
Soul King Palace Sword Traning Room
Ichigo and Unohana formed in a room full of bokken and other equipment that can be used for training with a blade.
"This will be good," Unohana said as she put her Zanpakutō down along with her haori, "Place your Zanpakutō and Spirit Weapon down and pick up a bokken," She informed Ichigo.
He did as told as he faced her as; she also went and got a bokken, "Now we will have a small fight to see how well you are in swordplay," She said as he nodded.
They both raised their wooden swords and clashed, and from that one moment, it showed Ichigo that Unohana was the queen of the battlefield.
He blocked a sword strike heading for his head, but she started to move faster and faster with her blade movement.
He could somewhat keep up with her movement before her stikes became stronger, and that was when he was hit on the arm and head in a fast flurry of strikes.
He soon dropped the bokken as she looked at him before she nodded, "Right, who taught you swordsmanship," She asked him.
"Urahara," Ichigo said as Unohana nodded.
"Right, pick up the bokken," She ordered him as he did, "I want you to do eighty overhead swings, right swings, left swings, right block and left block," She told him as Ichigo nodded and picked up the bokken.
As he did the sequence, her mind was starting to wonder, "From teaching him Kidō and now with Zanjutsu, I can tell he will help me with my sin," She thought as her mind showed her a pitcher of Kenpachi Zaraki.
"Hay Unohana-san," Ichigo called out to her as she turned to him, "If you were the first Kenpachi, why is Zaraki the leader of the 11th division," He asked her as he went thou the sequence.
She was quiet for a while as Ichigo reached 15 before she spoke, "When I was the captain of the eleventh, I loved to fight and found it exhilarating when I was hurt," She told Ichigo, who nodded along but continued with what he was doing.
"But one day, I decided to learn Kaidō would help me fight longer, and it did help me fight longer until I came across someone in the eightieth district of the North Alley of Rukongai," She said as Ichigo paused with what he was doing.
"It was Zaraki, wasn't it," He asked as she nodded.
"When we fought, it was the best battle I ever had, but I made him seal his power away after he wanted to fight for longer, so I realised that I did not do my job as the leader of the eleventh right, so I left my spot and gave it to my lieutenant at the time who I told that I failed the name Kenpachi," She told him as tears started going down her face.
"You know it's not your fault, right," Ichigo said as he walked up to her.
"But," She tried to say.
"But nothing he would have done the same thing if any other person who had the same power as you fought him," Ichigo said as he walked over to her, "Zaraki is who he is because he loves to battle, and he wanted to be like you," Ichigo said as she looked at him.
"What do you mean," She asked him with her head cocked to the side.
"When I was fighting him, he made sure that he had to do to prolong a fight, and he loved it," He told her as her eyes started to go wide, "And now that he's got his eyes on me," He started she began to cry once more.
But this time, it was with happiness.
"You can undo my sin," She said as she launched at him.
They stayed there for a few minutes before she let go of him, "Now continue with what you were doing and give me forty more of each," She told him.
"That's an extra 100," He said, but Unohana only giggled at him, so he grumbled and went back to his training.
She watched him move the bokken before a thought formed in her head, "When he's ready, I'll claim him."
Realising what she thought, her eyes widened, "How can I even think about that? I'm two thousand one hundred and fifty-three years older than him," She thought.
"And so what," Her Zanpakutō said to her.
"Minazuki, I can't wait for two reasons," She told her sword.
"And what are they," Minazuki asked her.
"Well, for one, he's only sixteen, and I'm two thousand one hundred and sixty-nine," She told her sword before adding with a red face, "It's call cradle robbing."
"I believe the age-old saying is age is only a number," Minazuki said as Unoihana looked back at Ichigo, who had taken the top of his Shihakushō off, showing off his muscles.
Unohana looked at him and was mesmerised by the way his arm moved.
"What was the other thing," Minazuki asked, shaking her out of her imagination.
Her look became sombre as she turned away, "He's still alive," She said back.
Munazuki did not reply, but they sent her a wave of emotion that showed her that she did say sorry.
A few Hours Later, the Soul Kings Palace Obstacle Course
Ichigo found Yoruichi standing in the room with an angry look before she spotted Ichigo, "Alright, we're going to run this course together, and we'll be timed," She told him.
"Got it," Ichigo said as they both turned to the starting point.
The course was a series of platforms on some water where long with some balance beams.
It had a spinning pole that led to two large rolling logs and a series of pendulums over the water that led to the finish.
On the wall next to the course was a screen, "You ready," She asked as she pressed the button to start.
Ichigo nodded.
And once she pressed it, they were both off, and Ichigo could see that he was ahead of him, but he was managing not to fall into the water.
That was until he was hit by the spinning pole that sent him into the water.
He then climbed out of the water and finished, only to find that his time could have been better.
The sheen showed that Yoruichi's time was 2.4 seconds.
While his time was 90 seconds.
It wounded his pride a bit.
"Now I want you to run this course over and over until you can match my time, and after each time, you will have ten minutes of brake before you go again," She told the teen.
"Right," He said as he took his first 10 minutes.
After his rest was over, he did the course as Yoruichi washed while talking to her Zanpakutō, "So why did you never tell me your real name," She asked her sword.
"Even if I showed you my true form, would you have used me," The spirit asked her with a feminine voice.
Yoruichi did not respond to that, "You see what I mean; A Zanpakutō wants to be used in battle, but you saying that you fight without me does not help, so I gave you a fake name along with fake Shikai and Bankai," She said as Yoruichi's anger turned to sadness.
"If you had told me, I would have made a new fighting style to add you in," She told her sword, "And you told me that your ok with me not using you," She said as she felt frustration from her sword spirit.
"I told you that so that It would make you happy, but if I said that, I would be sad," The Zanpakutō started.
"I would never have made Shunkō and my animal transformation," She said as she felt the spirit nod before seeing Ichigo pass the finish.
The screen showed that he had improved by six seconds.
Yoruichi looked at the teen before saying to her spirit, "When we fight, Aizen, I'm going to need to be at full power, so will you help me," She asked the spirit.
Everything was quiet within her head before she heard, "Ok then, but you must first learn my true name and my true power," The spirit said to her master.
Yoruichi nodded before asking one question on her mind, "How did you have another Shikai."
"What spirit is now within that hunk your teaching," She said while Yoruichi looked at Ichigo.
"The Hōgyoku," She said before thinking about the only person crazy enough to make one aside from Aizen, "I knew that Kisuke had one, but I never knew that he made one," She thought before she blinked as her mind came back to something the spirit just said.
"Wait a moment, what did you call Ichigo," She asked the spirit.
"A hunk," The spirit said as she could feel the eyes of her spirit look Ichigo up and down, "And I know that you want him to mount and breed you," The sword spirit said as Yoruichi's face became crimson as Ichigo started once more.
A Few Hours Later, Senjumaru Shutara's City
Ichigo walked into a room full of fabrics of multiple types; he found Senjumaru sitting on a chair that had wooden bars at the top of it.
She was sowing some clothes that Ichigo could tell would be his, "Now I am going to teach you Hakuda, but I need to find out about your skill in hand-to-hand combat," She said as someone came in.
They were dressed in a black hakama that had a purple sash tied around their waist and a black mask with four light-coloured lines tracing over their heads, and their hair was tied into a long spike at the back of their head before being left to hang free about halfway through the length.
The person got themself into a fighting stance, and Ichigo did the same as they met each other in the centre.
A Few Hours Later, Kirio Hikifune's City, Gatonden
Ichigo walked up to Kirio, who was getting food ready as she turned to him, "Ah, Ichigo-Sama, it's time for your first lesson on Barriers," She said as Ichigo nodded and walked over to an archway.
"Now, the first Barrier that you will learn is called Kyōmon," Kirio told him as she held up an arm to the archway.
A thin layer of energy from within the archway barely showed them like a mirror.
"Now, this will help you with your control as Haō-sama said that you have trouble with it," She told him as he nodded, "Begin with the smaller archways and then move up to the big ones when they hold their shape for more than three minutes," She told him.
"Right," Ichigo said as he walked over to a small archway.
A Few Hours Later, Soul King Palace Hadō Traning Area
Ichigo was standing in front of targets as the spirit of the Hōgyoku formed next to him as she looked ready to teach him, "Now, by my will, I have all the knowledge of Hadō, and so it's time to show you how to use them," She said as he held out a finger.
A ball of light forms on the finger before shooting off and hitting the target.
"That one was Hadō #1. Shō," She told him as he nodded, "This uses a considerable amount of kinetic force at a target, which is pushed back a few feet from the practitioner," She informed him as he nodded.
She then pulled something out of her cloak and handed it to him, and he saw it was a notebook with a pen.
"Thanks," Ichigo said as he started making notes about what she had said.
"I want you to do this until you can do it silently continuously," She told him as Ichigo nodded.
He held out his finger as energy started to form.
Gatonden
Ichigo had returned to the Gatonden, where Kirio was waiting for him, and then started to lead him into a kitchen.
As he looked around, he found that she was now in front of him; she handed him an apron, and he put it on.
"Now I have been told why you have twenty hours to cook food," She told him as he looked confused, "Each day, you will be making an eight-course menu," She told him as his eyes shot wide.
Ichigo gulped as he nodded, and she handed him a book, "This is a blank recipe book that I had someone get for me," She said as he held it, "I want you to fill that in with each dish you make," She told him.
"Right, so what I start with," He asked her.
"The Hors d'Oeuvre," She said as he looked over the abundance of food in the pantry, "Something small to start the meal off," She told him.
Ichigo went over and thought back to teaching his sister how to cook, so he walked over and grabbed bacon and asparagus.
He then walked over to the oven and preheated it as he picked up the olive oil and boul.
"It seems you know your way around the kitchen," Kirio said as she watched him.
"I had to make food as my dad can't cook to safe his life, and my sisters were too young to cook but then when one of them was older, she asked me to teach her, and I did," He told her as she nodded.
"I see," She said as she watched Ichigo pour some of the olive oil into the bowl with some salt.
He then put the asparagus in the bowl and tossed it around into the olive oil before pulling them out and wrapping them in bacon.
He then put them on a tray and in the oven, "They'll be in there for 15 minutes," He said as Kirio nodded.
"Now, while that's cooking, move on to the fish dish," She said as she noted that he was not writing down anything, "Why are you writing down anything," She asked him.
Ichigo started looking around before looking at the salmon and picking it up, "When I was younger, I grabbed cookbooks now and then, and one of them was from a game that I liked, and I remembered the recipe," He said before looking over at her, "Can you help me get a fillet from this please," He asked her.
She walked over, grabbed a knife and showed him what he had to do to remove it.
Ichigo copied her as she nodded at him, "What is this game called," She asked him.
"Dungeons and Dragons," He said as she looked confused, "It's a game where you use your imagination to tell a story," He said as he started to cook the salmon.
A Few Hours Later, Soul King Palace Archery Range
Ichigo stood in front of archery targets where Mond Ritter formed next to him.
"Right now, I will need you to continually fire arrows at the targets while I do something that needs to be done," He told his master.
"What do you mean, Mond," He asked the Quincy Spirit.
"Your grandfather has Quincy powers that you do not have at the moment, and I'm going to get them and then sever the link between him and me," Mond Ritter said as Ichigo nodded as Mond Ritter faded from view.
Yhwach's Inner World
Mond Ritter walked thou a room that looked like a medieval castle where he was looking for a door that held the Quincy powers.
He held a hand as a cyan light formed as he gained all the needed knowledge.
Every Quincy power flowed into his soul as he got ready to give it to Ichigo, but then a voice alerted him.
"So the Quincy Soul of my Grandson is here," The voice said as Mond turned around to see the Quincy king standing before him.
He was tall with a long face, broad chin, and pronounced cheekbones.
He has long black hair, which looks to reach his lower back and reddish-brown eyes with thin eyebrows. He has well-kept mutton chops and a connected moustache but is otherwise clean-shaven.
He was dressed in a white, double-breasted trench coat, reminiscent of the five-pointed variant of the Quincy cross in the middle, with large buttoned cuffs and lapels, white trousers, and trench boots. Over this, he wears a tattered, ankle-length maroon-black cloak with a red ribbon near the neck and fastened to the left with a single large button.
"Yhwach," Mond said as he summoned his blade.
"So you rebel agast me," Yhwach asked as he walked up to Mond, who raised his blade.
But Yhwach blocked it with his sword, "So tell me, does my grandson know about me," He asked.
Mond glared at him, and seeing that he would not answer, the blade in Yhwach's hand blew cyan and slashed out at Mond, who jumped back, but Yhwach sent out an arc of cyan energy at Mond.
"I can't dodge," He thought as he closed his eyes.
The arc closed in, but a distorted voice cut in, "You are useless without me, aren't you," The voice said as a crimson beam came out from behind him and hit the cyan arc, destroying it.
Mond looked behind him to see Diablo Luna there with his arm raised and two fingers out, "Thank you," Mond said as he turned back to Yhwach.
"Thank King because he was the one to ask me to save your ass," Diablo said as he walked up and summoned his blade, "So what's the plan," He asked his brother.
"Well, I was just going to use something called Schrift to sever the link, but now I think that you can do it," Mond said as Diablo looked confused, "Hollows are venomous to Quincy's, so I will need you to take the shadow that is connected to him and me," Mond told the Hollow spirit.
Diablo looked down to see that the two shadows were linked, "Aren't you going to be affected as well," Diablo asked him as he turned his blade around with the sword pointed at the ground.
"I never knew you cared for me," He smiled slightly at Diablo, who gained a sadistic smile, "Thanks for using searing Ichigo as his Zanpakutō; the Shinigami part of me will shield the Quincy half from the attack," He told his brother.
"THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO HEAR," Diablo said as he brought down his sword onto Mond's shadow.
The tearing paper sounded throughout the room as Mond held Diablo by the shoulder, and the two started to sink into the shadows.
"Don't worry, and I will find you and teach you why no one rebels against me," Yhwach said as he turned around and walked away.
Ichigo's Inner World
Diablo and Mond came out of a shadow that was on a building, "We are never doing that ever again," Diablo said as he started to shake his body like a dog.
Mond looked at a Tv store to see that it was nearly time for Diablo to train Ichigo.
"It's almost time for you to teach Ichigo how to use some hollow powers," He told the Hollow spirit.
Diablo looked over at the Tv store and saw the same thing before nodding, "Will you be alright," Diablo asked Mond.
"I will need to time arrange the new powers for Ichigo, but so and I am feeling a slight tingle from the severing of the connection between Yhwach and me," He said as the Hollow spirit nodded, "But with the time that I'm arranging the new powers for Ichigo I will be back to normal," He told him.
"Right, well, I'm off," Diablo said as he faded to head to the Soul King Palace.
Mond then turned around and started to look at buildings before nodding, "I think that will do there," He said as he walked off.
Soul King Palace Normal Traning Room
"Hello, King," Diablo said as he formed next to Ichigo in a room with a mix of workout equipment.
"How's Mond," Ichigo asked the Hollow half of Zangetsu.
"He's doing ok," Diablo said before looking at Ichigo, "Now let's begin your training," He said as Ichigo nodded.
"So what is the first thing you're going to teach me," Ichigo asked.
"I am going to show you how to use a Cero and the many variants," Diablo said as he pointed two fingers out, "First, you gather Hollow reiryoku in front of your fingers or mouth," He said as a crimson orb formed in front of the fingers.
"And then you fire it," The Hollow spirit said as the ball turned into an energy beam.
Ichigo looked at the beam, "Isn't that the attack that the Menos uses," Ichigo said as Diablo nodded.
"That's right only Hollows of Menos, or higher, can use a Cero," He told his master, "Now, king, I want you to fire a Cero," said Ichigo, who nodded as he held out his two fingers.
A crimson ball formed in front of them before he called out, "Cero," a tiny beam shot out, but Diablo nodded.
"You gathered only 22% of your power with that one," Diablo said as Ichigo nodded as he held out his fingers once more as another orb formed.
A Few Hours Later, Soul King Palace Bakudō Traning Area
Ichigo walked into a room filled with dummies as Isane stood nervously looking around, "Are you ok," He asked her as she turned to him.
She looked down with sadness, "While I'm a lieutenant, I never really had to teach my division anything; it's all ways captain Unohana," She told him.
Ichigo nodded, "But why did she name you her lieutenant," He asked her.
She looked at him confused, "I'm a Kidō expert and a descent swordswoman," She said with a shrug.
"Then I think that you have your answer," Ichigo said as he looked at her, "Now, what are we learning," He asked her with a gentle smile on her face.
Her cheeks gained a slight pink dusting at his smile, so she turned around as yellow energy formed around her hand, "Bakudō #4 Hainawa," She called out as she sent the energy at one of the dummies as it turned into a rope of Reishi.
"The first thing that you need to do is gather Reishi in your hand before sending it out in the form of a rope that will bind your target," Isana said as she turned back to Ichigo, who was writing down what she was saying.
A few Hours Later, Greater Soul King Palace, Throne Room
Ichigo walked thou the throne room, where he met Haō waiting for him, "Ah, Ichigo, how has your training been going," Haō asked as he walked over to him.
"It's been alright, so what is the first thing I'm going to learn," He asked the Soul King.
Haō looked at his heir before gaining a sad look, "Now, before I say anything, I must tell you something that Kisuke Urahara or Yoruichi Shihōin should have told you," as he looked confused.
"What is that," He asked Haō.
"As you know, I know every soul in existence which you will gain when you become the Soul King and then when you pass it on to your children and so on," Haō said as Ichigo nodded, "And I can tell when someone dies," He continued.
Ichigo narrowed his eyes at the Soul King, "What are you getting at," He asked Haō.
"You are dead, Ichigo," Haō asked gently.
Ichigo's eyes shot wide at that, "W-w-what," He asked.
"After Rukia made you a Substitute Shinigami, you started to leave your body for only a few minutes at a time, but it adds up," Haō said as Ichigo nodded to show that he was following along, "Now, for those four months you would jump in and out of your body it was slowly dying, but then you went and regained your powers and cut your soul chain," Haō continued as realisation sank into Ichigo.
Ichigo sank to the floor; he looked at his hand before looking back.
"No, this can't be right," He said as he tried to think about anything that could dispute what he had heard.
But nothing came before he started to punch the floor repeatedly as his knuckles slit and blood with tears down his face.
"Was there another way," Ichigo asked Haō, who looked angry.
"Yes, if Kisuke Urahara used a spell, it would have awakened your power, but the spell takes time, and it was time that he did not have," Haō said as Ichigo looked up, "When he put the Hōgyoku within Rukia; Urahara hoped that they would use the Kikōō destroy it so that Aizen would not have it, but when he realised what he had done he waited for you and did the next best thing to bring back your powers," Haō told the teen.
He then felt his world falling down as Haō walked over to him, "But know this, even if you never had your soul chin cut, you would have died anyway," He told the teen, who looked at Haō with a confused look.
"Four months and jumping in and out of your body would have taken you out within another month or less with the amount of time you jumped out of your body," Haō said as Ichigo took a deep breath as started to stand up as he sends his Hollow reiryoku to his hand to heal it.
"Thank you for that," Ichigo said as he let his breath out, "So what is the first lesson," Ichigo asked as he heard Diablo's cursing and Mond's chuckling.
Haō smiled at Ichigo, seeing that it did not destroy the teen, "Okey, this lesson is going to be about how to talk with people within the clans," Haō said as Ichigo groaned.
A few Hours Later, Ichibē Hyōsube's City
Ichigo walked up to the Ichibē, with two large brushes in his hands, while standing in front of two large sheets of paper, "Ah, Ichigo-Sama, how are you," He asked as Ichigo asked as he walked up.
"I'm not ok, but I'm dealing with it," Ichigo said as he nodded, "So what are we going to do," He asked.
Ichibē handed over one of the brushes to Ichigo, "The first thing that you are going to need to learn about seal is that you need to make clear strokes of the brush," Ichibē said as he dipped his brush in ink and started to move the brushed over the paper.
Ichigo did the same as Ichibē, moving the brush fluidly.
Twntey Eight, Ōetsu Nimaiya's City, Hōōden
Ichigo walked up to a shack on the end of a cliff where Nimaiya was waiting outside it waiting for him, "Ah, Soul Prince, it's good to see ya," He called out to Ichigo.
"So what are we going to do," Ichigo asked as Nimaiya led him into the shack.
"Now, do you know what a Zanpakutō is," Nimaiya asked the teen.
Ichigo opened his mouth before the words from his mother and Hollow spirit said, "It's me," Ichigo replied.
Nimaiya nodded, "That's right, but you are slightly different from that," He told the teen.
Ichigo looked confused at that, "What do you mean," He asked Nimaiya.
"You see, when Haō-sama asked me to train you, I thought It would be found as you're holding a Zanpakutō like every other Shinigami," Nimaiya started before shaking his head, "But I was wrong; you see, Haō-sama told me that your Zanpakutō is different," He said.
"Different, how," Ichigo asked as Nimaiya took off his sunglasses.
"Let's start with the Hollow half, shall we," He said as he rubbed his eyes.
A few Hours Later, Tenjirō Kirinji's City, Kirinden
Ichigo walked up to Jenjirō with Nimaiya's words going thou his head as Jenjirō was in front of a wooden, feudal-era onsen.
"Now listen up, kid, I'm going to teach you like I taught Unohana," He said as he opened the gate to the onsen and walked in as Ichigo followed him, "I'm going to show you how to diagnose your patient and how best to heal them," Jenjirō continued as Ichigo nodded.
"I live above a clinic that my father owns," Ichigo said as Jenjirō looked back at the teen, "So I know how to diagnose your patient," He added.
Jenjirō looked the teen dead in the eye before smirking, "Good, now show me," He said as they walked into an area with patients waiting to be seen.
A Few Hours Later, Ichigo's Bedroom
Ichigo entered a room where he would sleep, and the only way to describe it was a royal bedroom.
The bed was super king-size with black sheets and pillows.
Ichigo looked at it, tired, before just faceplanting the bed and drifting off to sleep.
Ichigo's Inner World
Ichigo formed in his world to find both halves of Zangetsu, and the Hōgyoku was waiting for him.
"So how do we get to Rukia's inner world," Ichigo asked the spirits.
Mond walked up to him and pointed down to the pavement where there was a subway tunnel, "Haō took Kuchiki's Zanpakutō down there, and I think that; that subway tunnel is the pathway to her world," Mond said as they stairs to walk over to it.
They climbed into it and found that it led to a bunch of stares.
They walked down the stairs until the concrete stairs turned into a stone that looked like a cave leading to a snow-covered forest.
"Now all we have to do is find queen," Diablo said as he walked ahead of them.
"He is a child in the form of a teen," Mond said as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Don't we know it," Ichigo said as he walked thru the forest until they found Diablo hugging a hollow version of Rukia.
Rukia looked up and saw Ichigo as her Zanpakutō nodded at Mond.
"Hey, midget," Ichigo said as Rukia's eye twitched before she jumped at him.
"You idiot," She said to him as she cried into his chest, "Why'd you come after me," She asked him with her face buried in her chest.
"Do you even want an answer to that one," Ichigo asked as he hugged her.
They both hugged for a while before they parted, "Why are you here, Ichigo," Rukia asked the teen.
"Has your Zanpakutō filled you in," Ichigo asked her.
"Only a small bit," Rukia admitted.
"Well, long story short is that at least one of the captains is a traitor to the Gotei 13," Ichigo told her as she nodded, "And when you gave your powers to me; You had something placed within you by Urahara made you lose your powers," Ichigo told her.
Her eyes widened before she scowled, "So that was why," She said.
"It was your guilt that did that," Hōgyoku said as she walked up to them, "And when you saw that he looked like Kaien Shiba and you thought that he would be alive if you never had your powers, so I transferred all your powers over to Ichigo," She continued.
Rukia looked at her before looking back at Ichigo, "I'm the bate, aren't I," She asked him.
"Yes, but when he's out, you'll be back at full strength where you and I will fight together," Ichigo said as she narrowed her eyes, "But first," Ichigo said as he turned to Diablo and Hollow Rukia as making out, "Brother," Mond called out as Hollow Rukia looked at the others.
She detached from Diablo with a broad smile, "Thank you for bringing Diablo, King," She said to Ichigo.
"Your welcome," Ichigo said before shaking her head, "We're here to teach Ruika how to use Hollow powers," Ichigo said as Rukia looked at Ichigo in question.
"How do we do that," She asked him as she looked at the Hollow version of herself.
"Well, I had to fight Diablo, so," Ichigo started before he was cut off.
"He's right, queen, you're going to have to fight me," She said as a scythe formed in her hands, "Alone, but unlike Diablo if you lose, I would not take over; I would just let you try another time again so that you can fight me with all you got," She told Rukia who nodded.
The scythe was large and exquisitely designed, dark red, and double-edged.
Rukia looked at her Hollow before turning to her Zanpakutō, "Sode No Shirayuki," She asked; the woman nodded as her Shikai appeared on the ground next to Rukia.
She picked up her sword and turned to the Hollow.
They both looked at each other before jumping at each other, "Look at her go," Diablo said as he watched the Hollow form of Rukia fight, "Dose she has a name yet," Diablo asked Sode No Shirayuki.
"She calls herself Nieve Zorro," She said to the Hollow with a look of indifference.
But he did not care as it was love at first sight for him, "What a beautiful name," He muttered.
"Ichigo, I'm starting to question his sanity at this moment," Mond said as the spirit of the Hōgyoku turned to him.
"Your only now questioning his sanity," She said as Mond looked at her before nodding.
"Fare," He said back to her as he watched the battle.
Nieve shaled at the air with the longer blade of the scythe, sending a blast of dark energy at Rukia, who stabbed the ground four times; ice particles began to flow up from the punctures she made in the environment before a blast of cold hair shot out from her sword.
Both blasts hit each other, forming an icy mist around them; Nieve looked around to see if she could find Rukia, who appeared next to Nieve and blocked the slash heading her way.
"She's doing well even thou her powers have not returned," Mond said as the others nodded.
"This is her mind, so she can use her Shikai even if she can still fight," Ichigo told him.
Mond looked at Ichigo before turning back to the fight as Rukia separated Nieve from her scythe, "You're right," The Quincy Half of Zangetsu said.
Nieve held out a hand as a florescent blue orb formed in front of her hand, "Cero," Niece called out as the ball turned into an energy blast.
"Hadō #33. Sōkatsui," Rukia called out as a blue flame blast sounded out of one of her hands.
Once more, the blasts of energy hit each other before Rukia's voice rang out the area, "Some no mai, Tsukishiro," She called out.
Everyone turned to see a gigantic ice pillar form with Nieve within it, "I win," Rukia said before she fell to the floor, exhausted.
And she would have it on the floor if not for Ichigo, who caught her, "Well done, Rukia," Ichigo said as Mond placed a hand on his shoulder.
Ichigo turned to him, "It's time to go, Ichigo," He said to the teen, who nodded.
Ichigo turned back to Rukia, "I'll be back tomorrow to help you with training using your new mask," as he walked to the exit with Rukia following him.
She waved him off before walking over to the ice pillar that held Nieve and turning to Sode No Shirayuki, "I know that we should let her go, but I want to sleep, so I'll let her out in the morning," She told the sword spirit.
Sode No Shirayuki nodded as Rukia faded off to sleep.
The Next Day, Throne Room
Ichigo was sitting next to Haō for his lesson, "Now you see, when you speak, you say 1, and that is fine when talking to a friend and being informal," Haō said as Ichigo wrote this down, "But when in a formal setting you must say one," Haō told him.
"Right, so when I speak with the Old man, I have to say that I'm the one prince of the soul society," Ichigo asked.
"Well, not that far, but along those lines," Haō told him.
The Next Day, Kirinden
Ichigo sat at a table with many books on it; as he read them, they helped him with medical knowledge, and the one he read about was someone by the name of Ukitake.
Two Days Later, Soul King Palace Bakudō Traning Area
"Bakudō #37. Tsuriboshi," Ichigo called out as a ball of blue energy shot out from his hand, firing six ropes from its centre.
It then anchored itself to some pillars as Isane nodded at him, "Well done now. Are you ready for the next one," She asked him.
"Yea," He said to her.
The Next Day, Soul King Palace Normal Traning Room
Ichigo and his Hollow spirit fight each other in sword fighting, with Ichigo using his mask and firing a Cero at Diablo.
"Good," Diablo said before he jumped away from a sword strike, "Now try to use Boca Infernal," He told Ichigo, who nodded.
The Next Day, Gatonden
Ichigo was cooking a dish with Kirio, showing Ichigo how to make a pizza, but Kirio's form had changed as she was now very skinny with large breasts.
The Next Day, Ichibē Hyōsube's City
Ichibē looked at Ichigo as the teen gathered Reiatsu while he watched him.
"Genryū Kyūfūjin," Ichigo called out as nine blue energy dragons formed around him before they were sent at a metal slab.
The dragon bit into the metal Ichibē; they could see that the dragons were eating the Reiatsu within the slab.
The Next Day, the Soul Kings Palace Obstacle Course
Ichigo was standing in front of Yoruichi, in her cat form, gathering Reiatsu and pitching something in his mind as his body started to come off him as his form changed to be more bestial and then that of an animal.
Black fur grew over his body, and two large fangs were produced from his mouth.
He was a sabertooth cat or a smilodon.
Yoruichi looked at the tiger in front of her before nodding, "Well done, Ichigo," She told the teen before a 'U' form on one of Ichigo's paws.
The 'U' looked like a circuit board as he placed it on her back.
"What are you..," She started saying as her cat grew and her form changed to a black jaguar.
Yoruichi looked at her new form before looking at him, "What did you do," She asked him, and he gave her a smilodon form of a shrug.
Four Days Later, Soul King Palace Archery Range
Ichigo was standing in front of Mond Ritter as the letter 'A' formed on the back of his left hand.
The 'A' looked like two hands together as if they were preying, forming the legs of the 'A' with what looked like a halo forming the bar connecting the 'A'.
"Good, now move on, B and give it a meaning," Mond told Ichigo, who, still with his eyes closed, nodded.
The 'A' changed to a 'B' with a lightbulb within it as the light around Ichigo became brighter.
Two Days Later, Soul King Palace Hadō Traning Area
Ichigo had one arm out with the other holding it steady with his eyes closed before his eyes snapped open, "Hadō #88. Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō," He called out as he fired a massive beam of electrical and spiritual energy.
A large explosion followed as Hōgyoku looked at it, "Once more, as it was not strong enough," She told him as Ichigo grunted before starting to gather energy once more.
Two Days Later, Senjumaru Shutara's City
Ichigo was fighting someone who seemed to be swaying and could not stay up as he could not focus on Ichigo.
Ichigo's clothes have had a change to them as well.
He still had the black shihakushō, but with some notable changes: He had four black vertical lines on his forearms and black, tattoo-like bands, crossing over his chest, wrists, and ankles. Similar bands, but with white ends, lie around his neck as collars.
In addition, the shihakushō has two white shoulder plates crossing his chest in an X shape that hold his Sealed blades in place, with the first plate on his left shoulder having three sections adorned with red scales, the second plate having three areas adorned with red scales on his right wrist and a white cloak with black markings tied around his waist.
And he was told that they repaired themselves so that he could not have to worry about them if they were torn to shreds.
Two Days Later, Hōōden
"Right then, Ichigo-sama, are you ready to use your Bankai," Nimaiya asked Ichigo, who nodded.
Ichigo raised his swords before slamming the pommels together as he yelled out, "Bankai."
Black Reiatsu exploded out of him, covering him before it died down, and Nimaiya looked at crimson eyes that looked deep into his as the voice of Ichigo called out, "Tensa Zangetsu."
Nimaiya swallowed some spit as he looked at the Soul Prince and said, "Now that is some powerful Bankai," as Ichigo put a jet-black blade on his shoulder.
The Next Day, Soul King Palace Sword Traning Room
Ichigo was fighting Unohana, and he managed to keep up with her as she was happy about the fight.
And they were not using bokken.
No, they were using their sealed Zanpakutō.
"Chōetsuken," Ichigo called out as he slashed with the sealed form of Zangetsu.
The Next Day, Throne Room
Ichigo, Unohana, Isane and Yoruichi were standing in front of Haō and the Zero Division as they were ready to return and reveal the traitor.
Unohana and Isane were dressed as they always were, but Yoruichi was dressed differently from when she arrived.
She still had a short dress, arm warmers and thigh-length boots, but under it, she wore a black leg, sleave and backless leotard.
And on her back was a chokutō with a rectangular handle.
"You all did well with training Ichigo and the training of your own," Haō said as he looked at them with a smile before his face became serious.
"Now, Unohana, I do not know where the man is hiding, so I will need you and Isane to act the part and join the other captain at the Sōkyoku Hill and wait for Ichigo to arrive and save Rukia and then you two will try and find the traitor," He told them as they both nodded.
"Understood," They said as Haō then turned to Yoruichi.
"Jūshirō Ukitake and Shunsui Kyōraku are using a seal made by your clan to seal away the Sōkyoku, so I'm going to need you to fight your former student while Ichigo fights Rukia's brother," Haō told them as they nodded.
"Got it," Yoruichi said while Ichigo's eyes hardened.
Haō uses his eight eyes to look over them before teleporting them back to the Soul Society.
Ichibē looked at the Soul King and asked, "Do you think they will succeed in beating him."
Haō looked over at Ichibē before looking back at the spot where Ichigo and the others were, "Not on this day, but someday in the future," He stared as an amber cocoon formed around him, "I think that they will not only beat the traitor but my son as well and free the souls that he has captured," Haō finished as Ichibē nodded.