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" Talking "

' Thinking '

" God like being speaking "

" Ichigo talking and using hollow powers "

Dreams

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Chapter 2: That's new

Ichigo was trying to comprehend what was happening with his fusion that still wasn't complete, how does he know? he just does, ' If I am in the royal palace and the Soul King is not sealed then, 1. I time travel, the how will be for later, 2. the Soul King that Yhwach made me kill, was a fake all along and the actual Soul King was hiding in another dimension which would explain why the outside looks like this… Worst possibilities… Aizen. A dumb idea, it's one of Urahara's experiment , he is a mad scientist…. Probable but also impossible, this is all a dream and the old man is going to come in my room, attack me and I'll kick his butt like every morning. '

While he was thinking, the Soul King was trying to unravel the mystery in front of him, In front of him was a being that suddenly appeared, who himself seemed to not understand where he is and how he got there. The Soul King decided to use his precognition first with his four black iris… ' Impossible ' " May I know of your name and what you are ? " he asked, hoping to get information before using another of his abilities.

The substitute didn't know how to answer so he tried his theories one by one. He pinched himself " Owch. " ' Ok not a dream ' " Can I ask you a question first ? " the god-like being in front of him didn't do a single movement so he couldn't know if he was angry or thinking.

" You may. " so Aizen is probably out, if it was before the Quincy invasion, why let him be striked by The Final Getsuga Tenshou. Knowing Aizen the best, he would have brought his loved ones back then ripped the hope out of him by torturing them in front of him instead of doing all this, maybe even manipulating him to kill them by his own hands, so no.

" What year are we in ? " he doesn't know what Urahara's invention was supposed to do and look like, so he can't figure it out.

" You are in the chaotic primordial world, the years hasn't been counted yet. " the Soul King answered, somehow knowing that the man before him knew what he was talking about, if he was a man that is.

His mind was running a mile per seconds, lost with that information that was revealed to him. Silence fell for seconds before Ichigo decided to just go to hell with it " Do you have a way to read memories or something like that ? " he was to shocked and especially tired to explained.

" If you would allow me to, I could enter your mind and seek my answers but, you are risking your life, I could take this chance and kill you the moment I touch you. "

" I know but, what I have inside is something that could help you. " the Soul King, using his Telepathy tried to see if the entity before him was hiding something, while he couldn't read his mind for some reason, he could feel the honesty in him, and he was curious himself. He stood up and placed his left hand on the chest of the person, it started to shine with a white light and the Soul King was looking at an entire lifetime.

Thirty minutes later, which seemed to only last a second for the both of them, the Soul King got back to his throne " Ichigo Kurosaki, hybrid of the three races as well as human, survivor of the destruction of the three world, hero and protector… and now time traveler. " he spoke like a general giving a medal to a hero. " I understand your situation but for now I wish for time to decide what to do now, you need some too. " he lifted his right hand and a set of downstairs appeared to Ichigo's left " There is a room for you at the end of it with a bathroom from your time and a white yukata. "

" Thank you Reio-sama. " he said with a short bow.

" Please do not use honorific, I think that we will become closer with the years to come. "

Ichigo was surprised by the last part but decided to just shrug it off and go down the stairs " Well then I'll see you later Reio. "

Arrived at his room, it looked like a simple room, like at the Kuchiki estate. Mattress as the floor with a futon in the middle, there was four slipping doors on each side with the entrance he comes from. The left one did lead to a bathroom that was similar to the one in his house, the right one was a closet with a white shihakusho with a hakama and a towel, the middle one was leading to a fake sky with the stars and the moon, he was thankful to the Soul King for giving him such a nice view and he really needed peace at the moment. After taking the shower and getting to the futon, chest naked, he started to try and go to his inner world, see what changed since the fusion.

Inner world

He opened his eyes to a garden, there were all kinds of flowers with some that didn't exist at all, all seemed to have glowing petals, in fact, the entire nature was glowing (AN : Avatar forest at night). Looking around he spotted a big house (AN : https/i./474x/70/85/db/7085db9f6e9f215c8d4cd9ba57517883.jpg too lazy to describe), and some trees faraway that seemed to be at the end of his new inner world. Looking up he gasped at the sight, his couldy sky was now replace by the Milky Way. At the horizon was one planet, glowing purple, one ring that was diagonal was glowing blue and another one was glowing red. At what seemed the top of the planet, between the rings, were two enormous longsword rock formations crossing each other.

" …God damn… " he was at a loss for words, who wouldn't be with such a view?

" Ichigo. " a calm and peaceful voice brought him out of his state, the voice seemed feminine and young, calling from the house. Ichigo opened the double doors and lost his breath once again. In the middle of the house was a garden with only grass but in the center of the garden was a big beautiful glowing blue willow, where a constant wind was swinging the leafs of the tree.

Walking around calmly, admiring the tree in the middle of the garden, he spotted a speck of pink, he then walked to the other side of the tree and there, sitting at the base of it, with a black shamisen with purple strings in her hands, was a calm woman. She was wearing a white kimono with a pink sash, at the end of the kimono the white was turning a light purple, on the upside was purple butterflies inside blue vines. The woman itself had white skin, the same as Sode No Shirayuki, her hair was straight, white and stoped at her neck, her fingernails were purple. Her body was fair, the same height as Soi Fon and as thin but her "assets" were a little big, but not as big as Yoruichi. Her face though, her eyes were strawberry red, not like his hair, her face was very beautiful and cute, her lips had rose pink lip balm, they were inviting especially with that sweet little smile. ' My hollow is really affecting me. '

But something caught his eyes, she was playing but… he didn't hear sound coming from the instrument. " Hum… " the guy was really nervous, this time he couldn't ignore the beauties of women. " Who are you ? " The woman looked at him right in the eyes and he was mesmerized by them.

" It is my pleasure to finally meet you in person and in better circumstances. " Ichigo was about to ask " I know who you are because you and I met before in a different place and form, but I will give a hint. You attacked me indirectly and you held me once " so she was something that can be hold by someone and the person was using her to attack him.

" Are you Kyoka Suigetsu ? " Aizen did hold her and he did attack her, maybe she saved herself with the Hogyoku or something.

Now she was pouting, and damn, it was cute. " No I am not. I wanted to see Yamamoto Genryusai when he was young but this happened instead. "

" Wait a second, you are responsible for my time travel ? " she nods " Then you're the Hogyoku, I'm not smart but I know that time travel needs a lot of energy, or something like that. "

She sighed of exasperation " Finally you figured it out, sit down and let me explain. " she patted the ground in front of her, the boy did so immediately with his legs crossed. " What are your questions, I will answer with all honesty. "

" Why am I at this time ? Why are you here ? And do you know anything else regarding me by any chance ? " he said pretty quickly, but clear so that she could not mishear him.

" I wanted to bring you to the foundation of the Seireitei but instead you ended up way before it. I have become your Zanpakuto. And because of that, yes I know everything that is happening to you. " she surprisingly answered with the same speed, also clear. " Why didn't you ask why did I bring you here ? " she asked, a little bit surprised.

" I know that you realize the wish of people around you. What do you mean by you're my Zanpakuto ? " at this point he was curious about why, the most powerful object, responsible for the Winter War, was here with him. Urahara did talk about the will of the Hogyoku when Aizen was sealed.

" Well first, I was never really awake, when Aizen completed me he had unconsciously wished for control over me, not knowing that I was like a Zanpakuto, I didn't want to do that but his version of his Hogyoku already had most of his desire within so I couldn't free myself and automatically got to sleep in a box with most my power at his hand. When you used Mugetsu, you awoke me but I was not free. And when you held me with you Bankai, your power was so great that you freed me, so I wanted to help you and did what you wished for, to change everything, but I also senced that your Zanpakuto was gone and that your power was beyond Aizen so I juged you worthy of and way better then Aizen, you are someone who protects anyone who you demmed as a good people wich I like about you, so while we were being transported back in time, I took my chances and became your Zanpakuto. "

The teenager blushed a little bit, and thanked Zangetsu or else he would have embarrassed himself, like with Yoruichi reddening like a tomato " So were you the one who kissed me back there ? " it was more of a statement then a question.

Hogyoku was now blushing and mumbling " Y-yes it was me, and I needed a way to make certain contact with you so yeah… " she really was cute. She coughed to get back on track " Since I am now your Zanpakuto then yes, I know everything that is happening to you. First off I'm sure you want to know about your inner world. " he nodded as a confirmation " Didn't Ossan tell you that he wanted more vegetation ? Well that's why it's a garden, as for the planets and sword, that's Zangetsu, he wanted it to look cool. I also do have a part in this, the glowing vegetation, the galaxy, the house and willow. "

" Well I kinda like it, it's beautiful. It's amazing you were able to make it glow like that. " he said honestly

" Well I am the Hogyoku, I can do many things. " she said proudly with her chest pumped up.

" What about my abilities ? " while he welcomed the change of his soul, he was curious of what he could do that his spirits from before were capable of.

" I know what you're thinking. You have complete knowledge on the Hollow art and the Quincy art as well as other techniques from Yhwach because of Ossan. But that's not all, with me here there will be some change in your power, some will be new skills, others simple modifications, for instance your Getsuga in seal state will now be purple instead of blue. Either way, even if you have the information, you don't have the experience and the memory muscle to use them. "

" Wait a moment, I have a seal state ? " before he was always in constant Shikai, even after having his new swords, so he could never seal his blade. Heck, he didn't even know if he had a seal state to begin with.

" With me yes, while I was inside a box I could still have access to Aizen knowledge. So yes, I am going to teach you reiatsu control and more along with the rest of your skills. I don't want to be wield without finesse and style. "

" Okay. " he said, already tired from thinking about what's coming.

" There is one last thing that you have to do. " she said looking in the ground shyly as she put the instrument aside. " To become your Zanpakuto I had to force myself in you so… toofficiallybeyourZanpakutoyouneedtokissmewillingly ! " she said that so fast that he didn't understand a single word but somehow, he remembered cleary the words " kiss me ".

Aaaand he's broken, ' I'm not ready for that, I mean it's to sudden and I was supposed to kiss someone I love. Well she is cute and beside she is my zanpakuto so I guess it's okay right ? Plus I need to accept the emotion and personality of Zangetsu, I can't just regress myself like last time so man up me, you can do this ! ' he decided with determination and embarrassment as he thanked again Zangetsu for having balls to silently accept the request.

She had her eyes closed waiting for him to yell, slowly she opens one eye to take a peek then she opens them both by surprise, Ichigo was there, blushing nervous, looking at her directly in the eyes. Then he looked away and said " Can you close your eyes for a second ? " he said quietly, acting like a child. She gulped and did so, still blushing.

' Oh boy if goat face was there he would have yelled at me for being such a kid and would have talk about grandchildren. ' he took a deep breath ' Here goes nothing ' he leaned in slowly closing his eyes too, their lips closing in slowly, and slowly, and slowly…

They connected and oh boy.

A rush of energy filed him, the sensation was the same when he completed his soul. Pure instinct took over and his hands grabed her shoulder and started to cuddle her, slowly descending with his right to her back and his left to her side. She also seemed to enjoy it because she had her arms around his neck, They continued their making out session for a few seconds before they separated for air, they looked at each other in the eye and jumped away, back to back, both blushing furiously. She had her hands hiding her red face and he had his right palm on his mouth.

" That was my first. " she was really happy that he didn't reject her.

The boy, him, was trying his hardest to not faint by his own embaressment as his face was even more red and smoke was coming out from the top of his head.

" Hey… why didn't you reject me ? "

He was back at being serious at the question " Why would I ? "

She didn't want to say this " Well I killed your friends and family, I helped Aizen and created those Arrancar. " she then feels a hand on her hair smoothing it.

Ichigo was on her left " I heard you crying, " now he was sure it was her back then " you didn't want to do this. Plus Aizen wanted my help to evolve beyond his limits, and Yhwach wanted to cultivate and stole my power, both used me for their own benefit without me knowing, so I understand that it wasn't your doing. "

Ichigo was tackled on the ground and was been hugged " Thank you. " he heard her but couldn't see the one tear of joy on her cheek.

When she ended the hug, she wiped her tear with her sleeve so he couldn't see. But she then asked the ultimate question " What will you do now ? "

He took a moment of silence for this. He wished to change everything and the Soul King knows that, he is now at maybe the creation of the Soul Society. Then all he has to do is find a way to change everything by becoming an important figure in the eyes of the people, and when the Shinigami and Central 46 will be born, he will be higher than them, the details are for later, he knows that Yamamoto was 2000 years old and was the first Captain Commander, so he must have been here when the seireitei was created, so he has... ' Now that I think about it in the library in the Seireitei I did see something about a primordial world that was... over 100 milion year... oh my god. ' he didn't thought that he was that far, he hoped that he will still remain sane after so much time, but on the positive side he got time for his plan, and also training " I will become someone important and change everything, the how doesn't matter, but I will make everything right. " There it is again, a promise similar of his determination to protect. " For now let's just rest and see what Reio has for us. " She nods and takes the instrument back, when she played he could hear it and it was beautiful, the music was soothing him and finally sleep captured him in a slumber without nightmares.

To be continued...