Chapter Thirteen: Espada
A few days had passed since Yoshiro's transformation into an Arrancar. Yoshiro was rather surprised with how well the process had gone. He was quite glad to look almost entirely like his previous human self, what hollow features he did have blended quite well with his humanoid ones in his opinion.
Thankfully, Arrancar can remodel their uniform to their own liking. He didn't care much for the stock uniform, especially the pants and shoes. He'll be damned if he was gonna walk around wearing glorified MC Hammer pants and sandals. Yoshiro modified his outfit so that his top looked like a sleeveless jacket that was zipped up, it had a pair of zipper pockets on his chest and normal pockets, along with a hood. He had fingerless gloves that went down just past his wrist. His pants were long cargo shorts that hung a few inches past his knees. He wore a pair of combat boots as well. Everything still followed the traditional color scheme of mainly white with black trimming of the Arrancar. He also now wore sunglasses that were styled like Oakley Gibstons with white frames and black lenses. He kept his zanpakuto strapped behind him at the waist with the handle pointed towards his right side in a white sheath.
Something major was happening after everyone was turned into Arrancar. Lord Aizen as he had to call him now, at least when he was around anyways. Called them all to explain the reformation of some group called the Espada.
They had all entered the main chamber where Aizen was sitting on his throne, with his soul reaper pals. One was named Kaname Tosen, a blind black guy with long dreads who had an obsessive thought process about justice. The other was Gin Ichimaru, some silver-haired guy who seemingly always had his eyes closed. Yoshiro just thought that he was fucking creepy.
As they had finished gathering, he noticed Dordoni, Cirucci, and some others he didn't know. He noticed Grimmjow and Barragan were all there too. His mother, Apacci, and the others were there, then Aizen started speaking.
"Welcome everyone. I have brought you all here to discuss the Espada. The ten Arrancar within these ranks are the most powerful amongst you all. Your ranks determine how powerful you are with ten being the lowest and one being the highest. You will have command over all non-Espada Arrancar and may take as many as you wish for fracción. With that said, let us begin. Dordoni, Cirucci, would you please step forward."
Dordoni and Cirucci stepped forward in front of Aizen and merely bowed their heads and dropped to a knee. Then Aizen began to speak.
"You have served well in your time as Espada however there are now other Arrancar far more suited to being in your positions. You shall be moved to the ranks of the Privaron Espada."
They said nothing and simply nodded their heads in understanding. Aizen then dismissed them. They got up and walked back to where they had been before. While they both kept a good face, Yoshiro could tell they were both sad about losing their spots. Aizen continued
"Now then, Yammy Llargo step forward." A giant-looking Arrancar stepped forward and kneeled before Aizen.
"Yammy, I declare you the Decimo Espada and your aspect of death will be that of rage." Spoke Aizen, he then held out his hand, and a moment later a stylized gothic ten appeared on Yammy's left shoulder. The massive Arrancar then stood up and went back to his spot.
This process continued with Aaroniero and he was made the Novena Espada with his aspect of death being greed. Yoshiro gave a nod towards his friend as he made his way back to his spot.
Then a pink-haired guy named Szayelaporro Granz stepped forward and was declared the Octava Espada, his aspect of death being madness.
After him, an Arrancar by the name of Zommari stepped forward and was made the Septima with his aspect of death being Intoxication.
Then went Grimmjow as he was made the Sexta and his aspect of death being destruction. Yoshiro and the new Sexta gave smirks at each other as Grimmjow went back to his spot.
"Yoshiro Abe please come forward." Yoshiro walked forward and kneeled in front of Aizen as he continued.
"Yoshiro Abe, you are one of the most interesting individuals here. After all for a normal hollow, even a Vasto Lorde. To kill an Arrancar as powerful as Nnoitra was is quite a feat. At that rate, it's only fitting that you should assume the rank of the one you slew. Thus I name you as the Quinta Espada and your aspect of death shall be Rebirth. For death and the recreation that comes with it is how beings are reborn into the next journey of existence."
Aizen brought his hand forward and Yoshiro felt a burning sensation spread across the front left part of his neck as the gothic five formed on it. After that, Yoshiro stood back up and walked back to his place. As he did Grimmjow was grinning at him, he saw Dordoni and Cirucci looking at him with approval. He noticed Aaroniero give him a slight nod. Then he looked at Apacci, Luppi and, all the others who were looking at him with smiles. He then noticed his mother who even behind her covered face, he could tell had a look of beaming pride on her face.
The appointment of the Espada continued as Ulquiorra was named the Cuarta Espada and his aspect death being Emptiness. Yoshiro and the newly appointed Cuarta gave slight nods to each other.
Then his mother was called up and made the Tercera Espada and her aspect of death was declared to be Sacrifice. Rather fitting to Yoshiro when he gave a quick thought about it. As she walked back to them, Yoshiro and the others put smiles her way. She returned with a happy expression of her own, Sung-Sun whispered something to her as she stepped in place. Halibel merely gave a coy look in response.
Then Barragan was called forward and made the Segunda Espada with his aspect of death being Senescence.
Finally, Starkk was called the Primera Espada with his aspect of death being Solitude. They were then all told that no Espada at the rank of 5th or higher were allowed to use resurrección inside of Las Noches. Except within the strictly stated zones. The same restriction was also applied to Luppi and Tres Bestias Then they were all released until further notice. Apparently, there were going to have extra time to prepare as the soul reapers. were going to busy dealing with a group called the 'Bounts' that mobilized against them. Aizen however had already anticipated that the Bounts efforts would ultimately fail.
"I've been wondering something, for a bit here now that it crossed my mind. Why did you, Mila, and Sung-sun not join the Espada?" Yoshiro asked as he and some of the others were hanging out in his mother's palace after the Espada ranks were established.
"Simple," Apacci replied, "we thought it better to serve lady Halibel directly as her fracción. Even if we are stronger than Espada ranks six through ten, we wouldn't be able to serve our mistress as effectively as Espada."
"The twins and I could have become Espada as well but we also chose to simply be your fracción for similar reason's" Luppi chimed in
"Plus," Apacci spoke "it provides a good security blanket for you and Lady Halibel. Against anyone who may try to make moves against either of you. We heard the stories about how the previous Tercera disappeared without a trace. Nel, I think they called her?"
After that, another thought crossed Yoshiro's mind.
"By the way," Stated the Quinta "Where's Mila, Sung-Sun, and the twins?"
"Currently training with each other." His mother answered.
"I need to go and do some training. With everything that's coming, we need to head out and do something before this fighting with the soul reapers begins. We can't afford to be ill-prepared for when the time comes."
"We'll join you then son." Said his mother "We should all work to better ourselves as much as we can before the coming battle against the soul reapers." No one argued and headed off to the training grounds. As they reached the training grounds they ran into the others who appeared to have just finished.
"Going out to train yourselves, eh?" Mile piped up
"Yeah, I need to work on my skills." Replied Yoshiro.
"I see" Sung-Sun chimed with a tone of curiosity in her voice.
"It will be interesting to see Yoshiro fight as an Arrancar," Yin spoke. "Very much sister," Yang replied
Yoshiro and Halibel paired off with each other for training, as the others went to the sidelines to watch.
"Good thing we can train using our release forms out here I need to actually use mine and see what it's all about," Yoshiro spoke, the training grounds across Las Noches had been reinforced. So that even upper-ranked Espada could use their release. They were the only spots within Las Noches they could.
"Quite so, now let us begin" replied Halibel. With that said she drew her large hollow fin-like blade and Yoshiro drew his wakizashi blade and prepared himself. He held the weapon by the handle with the blade edge pointed outward and behind him. He knew his mother would try to push him as much as possible even it was just a spar. He made the first move.
Using Sonido he got right at Halibel's left side and swung at the mid-section. She blocked with her blade and shoved him back. Then dashed forward with a stab. He ducked and lunged forward swinging his blade. She dodged by jumping up and then countered with a swift kick that caught him in the face. He flipped back and away from the kick and landed on his feet. He paused for a moment and then lunged forward.
Expecting him to strike at the front Halibel was taken by surprise when he suddenly used Sonido as he was only a few feet in front and reappeared behind her and focused energy into his fist and slammed her in the back with it. She was sent flying and landed hard on her belly but quickly recovered.
"Good move Yoshiro"
"Thanks, you good mom?" He replied
"Don't be so concerned I'm much tougher than that. Now let's go higher with this."
She then pointed her blade and yellow energy enveloped it.
"Oh fuck" Yoshiro mouthed to himself.
"Ola Azul!" She said and a blast of yellow energy rocketed towards him.
He quickly focused his energy into his blade and swung it while saying "Temblor!" a wave of white energy flew out and collided with yellow, a mass explosion took place sending sand high into the sky, creating a dust cloud around the area. Yoshiro couldn't see through the sand, he tried focusing with Pesquisa. Suddenly he felt his mom's presence behind him. He quickly whipped around and blocked her blade with his. They were locked in place for a moment and then pushed off. Landing a good distance away from one another.
"Good work Yoshiro but I think we're done warming up." Spoke his mother as she reached for the bottom of her jacket and started to zip it open. When fully open it showed her hollow mask covered the bottom of her face and stretched down her chest with just enough covering the nipples on her breast. Though the rest was exposed and showed a gothic three tattoo on the left side of her right breast. Yoshiro was immediately all sorts of uncomfortable and looked down and away from the sight of his mother being practically topless.
"Yoshiro you need to keep the focus on your enemy, looking away will leave you open to an attack." She sternly said.
"Don't blame me, your one who's practically topless tight now and exposing yourself, how am I supposed to react! You're my mother for kami's sake I don't want to see you so exposed in front of my face. If it was anyone else, I wouldn't care at all!" He retorted.
Halibel thought of reprimanding her son for letting himself be distracted in the middle of a fight over such a thing but then when she quickly thought about it. She realized what child in their right mind would ever want to see their parent in such a manner. Sadly, it wasn't going to get any better for him as she released her power.
"Hunt, Tiburon!" She spoke. There was a massive release of energy and Halibel was suddenly covered in a vortex of water, it spun around for a few moments before falling down revealing the Arrancar woman. Her face was completely exposed now. Yoshiro was rather transfixed by it. He had a few photos back in Karakura of his mother when she was human, so she knew what her face looked like but now actually seeing it in person like this. With her looking almost just like she did practically when alive. Unlike the gigai that was altered so she didn't look like her original self. It made him realize just how much he really did look like his mother; it was kind of surreal.
"Yoshiro!" She yelled out snapping him out of his daze. "Stop losing focus! You'll get killed in real fight otherwise!" She berated
"Sorry mom," He stated "this is the first time I've ever seen your whole face in person before. Just had a surreal moment of realization of how much we really are like. Sorry about losing focus."
"I see, I can understand just try not to let it happen any further please." She said kindly.
He was about to respond when he finally noticed her outfit. Knee-high boots, a too-short skirt, strips of hollow mask barely keeping her breast from being fully exposed, shoulder pauldrons, gauntlets, and a giant shark tooth-shaped sword. That was it.
"Oh, kami why is your outfit like that!?" Closing his eyes to not look at his mother in such a revealing outfit. Her normal Arrancar outfit was bad enough as it was in his opinion. This was taking it to levels he really didn't need to see.
"What's wrong with my outfit?" She asked wondering what her son's issue was. She didn't have control of what her release form looked like after all.
"I shouldn't say, it'll only piss you off I just know it," Yoshiro replied wanting to spare himself the punishment that would come if he answered.
"Tell me now!" She retorted demandingly.
He sighed in defeat and said, "Your outfit right now makes you look like some kind of Arrancar-themed pole dancer." And he was right, the moment the words left his mouth they pissed his mother off.
Halibel suddenly appeared in front of him with a stare that could freeze hell itself over multiple times. Her sword glowed yellow and she simply said as she swung her blade in an icy tone "Cero".
"Son of a bitch," Was all Yoshiro could mutter to himself as he was hit by the blast of the cero. The next thing he knew he was on his back a good 60 yards from where he had been, he had cut and burn marks all over him. The bottom of his jacket was shredded. Amazingly, his sunglasses had remained perfectly intact somehow. It could have been much worse all in all. As his pissed as his mother was over his comment, she must have still held back a bit nonetheless. He stood back up starting to question some of his life choices.
"You need to learn the importance of choosing words more carefully Yoshiro." She said still upset with his pole dancer comment.
"Look at yourself and tell me that I'm wrong?" He retorted
His mother just stared him down harder and growled like an angry predator. Yoshiro at that moment suddenly remembered the golden of knowing when to shut the fuck up.
"Kit, shut up while you still can, you're only angering her more." Said, Zorro
"I really can't seem to catch a break today?" He replied
"Kit, may I recommend using your resurrección already?" She suggested
"Dually noted."
Yoshiro held his blade with one, the blade pointed directly down and the handle pointed directly up. Holding the blade so its guard was pressing against the left front of his chest.
"Conquer, Zorro!"
Halibel watched as a massive cloud of white energy engulfed her son, a few moments later it dispersed, Halibel was surprised by what she saw. His chest was covered by sleeveless chest armor that was bone white and stopped just above his hollow hole with straps that ran over his shoulders. It resembled a Japanese tanko. His waist had what resembled an haidate going down just past his knees and all the way around. His feet had what looked like to be shinobi sandals that exposed his toes and on his hands were what looked like kote gauntlets that ran halfway down his arms and left his fingers exposed. His mask fragment had disappeared off his face entirely. The black wave-like swirls of his mask were on the right side of his face. He had a pair of fox ears sticking out through the now, white hair on his head. They were colored white with black tips, he also had three very long and fluffy fox tails that were pure white except for tips that were colored black.
Then there what was his zanpakuto transformed into. It was now a naginata with a blade at each end. The shaft was four feet long and was wrapped top to bottom in all-white cloth with black going down the middle. The blade at each end was eight-teen inches long with a curve at the end, both sides of the blades looked deadly sharp. Where the blades and shaft met was wrapped by tuffs of black fur with white tips.
Yoshiro took a moment to drink his resurrection form, then he noticed something he wasn't expecting, he only had three tails.
"How come I only have three tails? I had a full nine in my Vasto Lorde form?" He mentally asked Zorro.
"You see kit, in your previous state while your tails had some combat usage. They were mostly for aesthetic appeal, now that's changed. Your tails now represent the levels of your power you have access to. With each tail a very sizeable power boost. You will not have reached the true heights of your power until you unlock all nine. With being an Arrancar now, you're now able to start developing the true depths of your strength." Zorro's replied
"I'm strong enough to be Quinta at only three tails? Just how deep does my power run exactly?"
"Deeper than you think my little kit. Do not fret I will be here to help you along the way. We can discuss all that and more later. There are some rather major developments within your inner world you need to address once you're finished here."
While he wondered what Zorro meant at the end. He decided it could wait and put his attention on the spar with his mother. "So mom, what do you think? Not too bad I say?"
Her anger from earlier having dissipated, Halibel had to admit her son's resurrection form was something to look at. "I will admit your resurrection is certainly interesting but now let's see just what it can do." She finished and readied a stance. Yoshiro readied a stance of his own and lunged forward.
Halibel had little time to react when her son lunged at her with his naginata. He stabbed with quick and accurate efficiency, she could dodge and block where she could. While she didn't take any direct hits, she was getting plenty of shallow cuts on her. Then he twirled one end of the weapon at her, when she made a move back, she didn't take into account the blade on the other end of the weapon. As the first blade missed Yoshiro grabbed the weapon at where the blade and shaft met and swung it around, stretching his arm out as he did. This gave a lot more reach to the other end as it came around. It caught Halibel right across her right shoulder leaving a decent gash in it.
They both separated away from each other for the moment, feeling the blood pour and pain from the wounds that were inflicted.
"Well done, Yoshiro that weapon is quite dangerous in your hands." She said impressed with her son's skill.
"Thanks, I didn't hurt you badly, did I?" He said concerningly
"It's fine, nothing that will stop me from going, now let's continue." She said and then rushed forward. Yoshiro barely had time to block, Halibels weapon may have been large, but she could swing with fast deadly proficiency. He was constantly on the defensive, dodging, weaving, twirling his weapon around to adequately block. His mother was really pushing him hard now, suddenly she managed to knock his staff up to leave him open. She just pointed her blade at him and said simply with a calm tone. "La Gota"
A missile of water shaped like Halibel's blade nailed him dead on. He immediately went flying back and crashed into the ground with earth-shaking force, as water and sand exploded all around. Halibel watched closely waiting for everything to settle to see the damage done. When the dust cleared Yoshiro was standing there but rough for wear. He had plenty of cuts on his body and blood coming from his mouth and nose.
"Do you wish to stop?" Halibel asked
"Not a chance mom, I can still go a little longer" Yoshiro replied with a smile, showing the fang-like canines he had in his release form. He readied himself and charged forward. Halibel was better prepared for his son's naginata assault this time around, he swung, twirled, and lunged with his weapon. It was practically a dance, then Halibel caught the blade in place with her own. Their blades crossed, Yoshiro used his physical strength to force her own down a bit. When the tip of his blade was pointing roughly at her stomach he said.
"Choque de temblor!"
Suddenly, she felt the air tighten around the tip of the blade and shot forward. Halibel could feel her abdomen area caving from a mass ball of force, then it went off and sent a massive vibration that ripped through her body. She went rag dolling back from the force of it and crashed into the ground hard and slid for a good 20 yards before stopping. She was able to stand back up, but the attack had left her coughing up a good amount of blood, but she could still fight well enough regardless.
Yoshiro however was on the ground, the last bit of effort draining him of what he had left. It took a lot on his end to hold his own against his mother like he was. She was ranked two spots higher in the Espada than him for a reason.
Halibel walked over to her son and helped him up. They both returned to their sealed states. "What was that last attack of your son?" Halibel asked in genuine wonderment
"It was a vibration blast, it's what Zorro's specialize in. Manipulation of quakes, tremors, vibrations, and so on." He replied.
"A very potent power I must admit, it's much more difficult to defend against vibrations and soundwaves effectively compared to most other things." She retorted with an air of satisfaction of her son's progress.
"Thanks, you kicked some serious ass too mom." He cheekily replied with a smile.
They both just stood there for a bit allowing their regeneration powers to work their magic. Yoshiro's was much more powerful than those of other Arrancar and was done after a few moments. He and Ulquiorra both felt having very strong regeneration was more useful than more raw power. After a while more, they headed off to meet with the others, both happy with their progress and having some proper mother and son time.
It was sometime later, and Yoshiro was at his own palace, that granted to him as an Espada. While he would more than likely spend most of his time at his mother's palace. He still needed to properly set up his own, boy was it something to marvel at. The master bedroom was practically as big as his house back in Karakura. With a bed as big as a pair of king-sized ones. Hell, the bathroom was as large as an entire high-class spa with an equally large bathing area. The rooms for all his fracción were almost as big. The twins each had a room to themselves as did Luppi. Though Luppi would no doubt spend his nights alongside Apacci in Yoshiro's bed. The living room area was as large as a small warehouse, the size of the place overall was hard to fathom. All the Espada palaces were just as equally huge if Aaroniero, Starkk and, his mother's palaces were anything to go by.
It made Yoshiro wonder just how they all fit in Las Noches on top of everything else. Then he remembered that Las Noches altogether was roughly 650,000 sq miles in size. Which was mindboggling when one considered that's nearly the size of the state of Alaska.
Yoshiro was currently in his room by himself meditating on his bed to enter his inner world. Zorro had mentioned they had things they needed to discuss. After a few moments of concentration, he found himself in the lush forest of his inner world. He didn't see Zorro right away, but he did see the well. With the lid blown off and the broken remains of the chains laying around it. Yoshiro raised an eyebrow at this and walked closer to inspect it better.
"What the hell happened here?" The Quinta muttered as he looked more closely at the area.
"Greetings, my master." A girlish voice whispered in his ear from behind. Yoshiro reacted to this as any rational person would.
"Fucking Hell!" He cried out as he quickly dashed forward and twisted around. His hand went to the hilt of his weapon on instinct. "Who the fuck are you!?"
The girl in front of him merely giggled and gave a Cheshire smile showing rows of fang-like teeth. "You have the funniest reactions to things master." She merely replied. Yoshiro looked at her more carefully and noted she looked like a young teenager. Long dark hair, dark navy blue eyes, and an outfit that was completely white except for a blueish tie. Yoshiro was about to draw his blade when he suddenly felt a large delicate hand grip his sword arm. He turned his head to see Zorro standing behind him.
"No need for that kit, she means no harm to you." The fox stated in a calm tone.
Yoshiro looked back between Zorro and the mystery girl a couple times before letting go of his weapon. He knew he could trust Zorro's word on things.
"Am I to assume she's what was locked up inside the well all this time until now?" Yoshiro wondered out loud.
"Indeed I was master, it was necessary for your own safety." Explain the girl "Only when you became part soul reaper when you turned into Arrancar. Was it finally safe for me to be free from my imprisonment."
Yoshiro thought about that for a moment, then he remembered his first trip into his inner world. "You knew about her from the very beginning, didn't you?" He questioned Zorro. "I remember asking about the well my first time here."
"I was vaguely aware of what sort of presence that was within the well. Though I was not aware of who exactly resided within it." Zorro answered honestly.
"And who are you exactly by chance?" Yoshiro asked the girl dressed in white.
"You see master where Zorro was originally the representation of your hollow powers and now both your hollow and Shinigami sides." She said before placing a hand on her chest and giving a slight bow. Keeping eye contact with Yoshiro and her smile never left her face. "I am the representation of your Quincy side." She finished in a tone of delight.
Yoshiro stood dumbstruck for a moment from that news. He had learned a lot about Quincy's in Las Noches's library. He took off his sunglasses and looked at the girl incredulously. "Could you please elaborate further on that, like how were you a part of me, to begin with?"
The girl stood back up and her smile faltered a bit as she thought of an answer. "I do not know exactly master. All I know is I was a part of you but was sealed by some outside source. I believe most likely when you were just a baby still growing inside your mother. I admit it's all rather hazy in truth, all I can say for certain is this. As I was being sealed away, right before I lost total connection with you. I felt the hollow presence of Zorro begin to take root in you. After that everything goes blank up until your transformation into what you are now, and I awoke after so long."
"And I vaguely felt her presence before it seemingly disappeared." The fox woman explained. "That whole period is also hazy for me too as for not long I was bound to you. I too was sealed by some sort of means and did not awake until your exposure to Hueco Mundo's energies for the first time."
"Okay, so someone was fucking around with my soul before I was even born. Well gee, that's not concerning in the slightest bit." Yoshiro drawled out sarcastically. "But why the hell was all the sealing necessary, to begin with?"
"For the safety of your soul master." The girl simply answered.
"Of course is all so obvious!" Yoshiro exclaimed after some thought. "Quincy's and hollows are a direct antithesis in every way to one another. So much so, the powers of a Quincy outright destroy hollow souls permanently. While hollow energy is poisonous to a Quincy to such a degree. It can be deadly to a Quincy if their system becomes exposed to too much at once. The two could never safely interact with one another inside someone without violent results. It would require a third party that can properly balance them. Goddammit, which could only be Shinigami powers, since Shinigami and hollow powers can safely coexist with each other." Yoshiro then gestured to Zorro. "And said Shinigami powers would be the needed bridge between for safe interaction. Cause without it, soul suicide would be guaranteed to happen. That's why you would need to be sealed away in order to prevent interactions with my hollow side. Before the needed balancing agent was present. Considering the seal on you was so much stronger on you than the one on Zorro. Someone in a crazy manner must have anticipated Zorro awakening before you would, as nuts as that sounds. Who the hell could have possibly calculated that?"
In his room within another section of Las Noches, Aizen felt his nose tingle. "Someone must be referring to me in some manner, probably Yoshiro Abe." He smoothly spoke as he then took a sip of tea. "Just as I planned."
"Yoshiro gave a sigh of exasperation. "Still, none of this does anything to explain why I have a Quincy side, to begin with. My mom certainly wasn't a Quincy before she died, and she said dad never showed any signs of spiritual awareness around her. Growing up, he never showed any signs around me. Nor did I find anything over the years that would indicate my dad. Had been hiding something like being Quincy from me. Unless my dad was really good about hiding certain things from me even after death. Though that seems rather unlikely from how I remember him. My dad wasn't the most skilled at that sort of thing."
"Questions for another time kit, for now, let's focus on the current happenings." Zorro piped up.
"A good point Zorro," The Quinta replied before speaking to his Quincy side. "So, if I'm part Quincy via you and since I now have proper balance. Is it possible for me to use Quincy powers to any kind of degree?"
"That won't be so easy I'm afraid master." The girl began explaining. "As you said hollows and Quincy's are total opposites. While being part soul reaper creates a balance. You being an Arrancar makes usage of such powers very difficult. Much like say for example. If someone who was mainly a Qunicy but also part soul reaper and hollow. Tried to use hollow powers, possible but very difficult too. Plus master you're under a rather tight time constraint. You and your kin have an upcoming war with the Shinigami. A war that will be coming much sooner than later. I believe your time is better spent mainly focusing on mastering and honing your Arrancar abilities granted by Zorro. As those come much more naturally and will always be your main abilities of usage."
"Well, shit I can't argue with all of that." Yoshiro chimed with some disappointment lacing his tone.
"Fear not, master for all is not lost." The Quincy girl spoke up "I can still provide with raw power that you can handle at your current level. Alongside what Zorro provides and while most Quincy abilities are beyond you, at least currently. There is one you may be able to learn even with the current time constraints. It's an ability called 'Blut', do you know of it?"
"Isn't that basically to a Quincy what Heirro is to an Arrancar?" The Quinta replied as he thought about what he read about Quincy's.
"It's a bit more complex than that, but more or less that is correct. By making Reishi flow directly into their blood vessels, users of this technique can drastically increase their attack and defense power to inhuman levels. Blut possesses one major flaw: because the independent forms of the technique for attack and defense operate using two different Reishi systems, they cannot be employed simultaneously. You'll be focusing on learning it defensively as that will come easier to you. In theory, you should be able to use it in conjunction with your Heirro once you manage to call upon it."
"Damn, my Hierro is already stronger than all the other Espada as it is. Granted, that was probably acquired when I devoured Nnoitra. If I can manage to learn that ability I'll be damn near unhurtable to just about anyone. Though, any of the higher-ranked Espada could still probably hurt me, except maybe Ulquiorra. He's only one rank above me after all. Unless he has some crazy power-up he's hiding, but I highly doubt that. Aizen no doubt could still hurt though, the power that man wields genuinely scares me."
"Don't worry too much about it kit, as she said. It's better to mainly focus on your Arrancar powers." Zorro spoke trying to ease her wielders concerns.
"Fair enough Zorro," Yoshiro replied, and then stray thought came to mind. "What's your name anyway?" He asked the Quincy girl.
"Apologize master, but I'm afraid I do not have a name." She replied with a somewhat subdued tone.
"You don't have a name? Well can't have that now, can we?"
"Huh?"
"What? I'm not going to refer to you as 'Quincy girl' or something like that." Yoshiro explained. "Give me a minute here, while I think of a good name." Yoshiro stood in deep thought for a few minutes before finally thought of something he liked. "How does the name 'Adelphie' sound to you?"
"Adelphie?" The Quincy girl repeated in curiosity.
"It's Greek, it means 'sister'. Seeing how you and Zorro are both a part of me and, also extensions of my soul. You two are kind of sisters in a way I think, so the name's rather fitting when you get down to it." The Quinta explained.
The girl in white rolled the name of her tongue a few times before her smile beamed across her face. "I like it, call me 'Adelphie' from now on." The now named Adelphie said with joy.
"It's a good name." Zorro chimed in
Yoshiro chuckled a little. "Good to see you like it. Well, I got a lot to reflect on, I'll talk to you later I'm sure. Zorro, Adelphie goodbye for now." He said before breaking the connection and waking up in his room.
"Things just keep getting more complicated. I have a very strong feeling that trend isn't going to end anytime soon."
A/N:
'Temblor' means Tremor
'Conquer, Zorro' means Conquer, Fox
'Choque de temblor' means Tremor Shock
If my translations are wrong, please tell me. I don't use google translate since I know that's horribly unreliable. I've instead stuck to actual translation sites but I'm not sure how reliable those are. If any of my readers are good with Spanish, I would greatly appreciate having a proper translator. Especially once I get later into the story and have to come up with plenty of original stuff for certain characters. If Interested just drop me a PM, if you would kindly.