It had been a week since the training incident with Rose. Things had been quiet since that day. Rose continued on with the hard-hitting training sessions, despite whatever triggered her to lose control. Each day, she grew stronger and more able to control her spiritual pressure. After a twenty-four hour meditation session, the figure who appeared in her dreams told her its name. Gaia was the name of the Zanpaktuo. She said her name also goes by Soshi Megami, meaning element goddess.

It was a Friday, Rose was sitting outside of the Urahara shop. It was a nice, warm sunny day. She longed to get out of the house and go for a walk. A soft sigh had escaped her lips as she ran her fingers through her hair. Urahara came out to see her sitting alone. He raised a brow and took a seat next to her.

"Little flower," He said, a new nickname he had grown customed to since meeting Rose. "How are you feeling today?"

"I'm okay. I'm kinda getting sick of being cooped up in the house." She replied. "I found out the name of my Zanpaktuo by the way."

He glanced at her. "Oh really? What's its name?"

"She prefers to be called Gaia but her true name is Soshi Megami, Element Goddess."

He nodded. "Good. It's best to create a relationship with your Zanpaktuo. The stronger the connection, the stronger the strike. In my opinion anyways."

Rose nodded as she looked at the sky. "About... that incident. I asked Gaia if that was her but she said it wasn't. She doesn't know who possessed me."

"Or she does and doesn't want to tell you. Some Zanpakutos are known to keep some secrets. It's their way of protecting their holder."

Rose was new to this world. Maybe Urahara was right but maybe she shouldn't lose faith and keep trusting her Zanpaktuo. "Are we training today?" She asked, changing the subject.

"Hmm, maybe. What do you think?"

"I think we should... not." She looked over at him with an innocent smile.

He shook his head and laughed. "Nice try but we are training. Come on." He got up and walked toward the door.

She groaned and followed after him. Rose felt Ichigo's presence and immediately stopped and looked behind her. "Ichigo!" She smiled warmly and went to greetthe male at the bottom of the porch.

He was wearing his typical street attire. Blue jeans and a graphic tee. He looked at Rose and greeted her with a small grin and wave.

"How are you today?" He asked as he walked up to the porch.

"I'm fine. We are about to go train since I've learned the name of my Zanpaktuo." She replied.

Ichigo looked at Urahara then back at Rose. "Already?"

Rose nodded. "Yup. Did you want to train with me? I can show you what I have learned and maybe one up you a little bit." She teased with a friendly grin.

Ichigo was about to accept her little challenges when a spiky red head called out for him.

"Ichigo!" A husky, rough voice yelled.

Renji Abarai had brown eyes and long crimson hair, which was usually kept in a high ponytail.His upper body was covered in tribal tattoos, covering his entire back, much of his chest, and even much of his forehead. He wore a white headband over his forehead covering his tribal tattoos slightly. He wore a white graphic tee and black jeans. Next him was Toshiro Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto.

Toshiro was dressed in dark blue jacket with a black shirt underneath and black pants. The woman next to him was dressed in a pretty pink blouse and high waisted blue jeans.

Rangiku Matsumoto had long and wavy blond hair, blue eyes, full lips, and a beauty mark located under the right side of her mouth. She is well known for her curvaceous figure; of which her most distinctive trait is her very large breasts.

"Oh hey guys," Ichigo replied casually and looked at the trio. "You must be here to protect Rose. Where's Rukia?"

"She's still in the Soul Society. She will join us later in the evening." Renji replied and looked at Rose.

"She's a cutie Ichigo! Looks like Rukia and Orihime has some competition!" Rangiku teased as she walked over to Rose. "I'm Rangiku! Its a pleasure to meet you!"

Rose nodded and smiled. "I'm Lee Jang-Mi. You can all me Rose. It's nice to meet you too."

"I'm Renji and this is Toshiro." The red haired male added. "Ichigo, what were you about to do?" Renji asked.

"Rose and I were about to go tra-"

"Hell yeah! Count me in!" Renji interjected and walked up to Rose and Ichigo. "I can take the both of ya!"

Toshiro stepped up. "Rangiku and I will watch. We need to make sure what Rukia said was true and not a waste of time."

"Alright everyone! Looks like I'm going to be housing more people." Urahara laughed and fanned himself. "Let's go everyone."

All six of them entered the Urahara shop and headed to the training grounds. Once they all arrived, Renji took a small pill and immediately popped it in his mouth. He grinned ear to ear and watched Ichigo and Rose do the same. Urahara pulled Ichigo aside afterward and whispered in his ear.

"You and Renji are on the same team. Don't question it and just do it."

Renji's focus was on Rose. The moment she went into her Soul Reaper form her spiritual pressure was some what intimidating for Renji. He tried to look unfazed but he clenched his jaw and looked away for moment, focusing on himself.

"Today, Ichigo and Renji, since Rose now knows the name of her Zanpaktuo we are going to try to see if she can achieve Bankai. She has learned alot in such a short and frightening amount of time so might as well test the waters." Urahara pulled up a chair and took a seat.

Rangiku and Toshiro looked at each other and then looked at the three preparing for a training battle. They stood besides Urahara.

"You really think pushing her is a good idea? Both Ichigo and Renji are pretty strong. Can she handle it?" Toshiro asked Urahara.

"Watch and see." Urahara simply replied.

In the middle of the training grounds stood Rose, Ichigo, and Renji.

"So it's two against one." Rose and looked at Ichigo. "Me and you against Renji?"

Ichigo sighed and shook his head. "No, It's Renji and I against you."

Rose shot a glare at Urahara who simply just waved at Rose then looked back at Ichigo. "You gotta be kidding me?"

"Well, princess," Renji placed his blade on his shoulder and grinned. "Let's see what you got!" The red haired male charged forward and clashed swords with Rose. He was impressed that she was able to block his attack.

'Don't call for me yet, Rose. I will give you the signal to call for me,' Gaia spoke to Rose as she felt Rose's urge to call for her.

Renji sensed Rose's spiritual pressure slightly spike and it threw him off his footing. "What the hell?" He regained his footing and narrowed his eyes at Rose. He underestimated her.

Rose stood there with a small grin on her face. She was thankful to both Urahara and Yoruichi for being excellent Teachers. Seeing that he was thrown off his footing, Rose flash stepped, reappearing infront of Renji. She pushed him back with her blade as they made contact again.

"Ichigo! Are you going to help or are you going to let her kick our asses?!" Renji screamed at him, snapping Ichigo out of his trance.

'She is getting stronger and she's holding back," Ichigo thought as he snapped out of it. He quickly ran toward Renji and appeared infront of him, blocking Rose's next attack. The force behind her attack knocked both Ichigo and Renji down. The two looked at each other then back at Rose.

"You boys aren't going easy on me just because I'm a girl," Rose teased as she grinned playfully.

"Looks like I'm going to have to go into my Shikai form." Renji muttered as he rose to his feet. "Roar, Zabimaru!" He shouted as his blade began to change form. His katana transformed into an even longer 6-part segmented blade; each segment wider than the one preceding it from the hilt, with 2 pick-like protrusions on the front and back of each segment, with the ones on the front much longer than the ones on the back.

Ichigo looked at Renji. "Remember we are only training, Renji." He reiterated as he got up and picked up his Zanpakuto. He was wondering if he should go into his Bankai form but it is unknown about Rose's Shikai too.

Rose looked at Renji's katana transformed right before her eyes. She was awed by the Soul Reapers. They were powerful. She confidently held her sword up. She emitted a bit more spiritual pressure than before becoming more serious now that Renji was showing more of his power.

Renji grinned and ran toward Rose. He swung his arm back and thrusted it forward. His sword followed that motion and suddenly extended. This caught Rose off guard and she quickly deflected the attack and jumped up into the air.

'Now Rose,' Gaia called out in her mind.

"Splash, Soshi Megami!" Rose yelled as a wave of water appeared behind her. With one swift movement of her sword, the wave behind her aimed itself at Renji and came crashing down.

Renji looked at the wave, stunned by the power behind it. Ichigo quickly grabbed Renji and flash stepped away from the wave. Rose landed on her feet, a smile of determination and confidence traced her lips.

Back near the stairs, Rangiku and Toshiro looked at the scene stunned. "So Rukia wasn't exaggerating." Toshiro said.

"But right now, she just feels like a regular Soul Reaper." Rangiku stated.

"That's because she finally learned how to control her spiritual pressure, Rangiku. Right now, she's just as strong as a lieutenant in the Soul Society. If she continued to train, she may reach the level of a Captain. She's very similar to Ichigo." Urahara explained briefly.

"Is she now?" Toshiro questioned, lost in his thoughts.

"Although, there was an incident where Rose lost control and her spiritual pressure was darker." Urahara began, "I think her soul might be split in two."

"Is that possible?" Rangiku asked.

"I don't know. Maybe." The blonde haired male responded with a shrug and watched the water splash and move about.

Back to the training session, Ichigo and Renji panted softly as they avoided another one of Rose's water attacks.

"You got a plan, jackass?" Renji asked Ichigo, getting real sick and tired of getting his ass handed to him.

"No idea." Ichigo replied at him with a slight glare when Renji referred to him as a jackss.

"You boys done? I was just getting started." Rose teased, really enjoying training for today.

Renji growled in annoyance. He stood up and pointed his sword at Rose. "So are we!" Ichigo shook his head and stood beside him. He also pointed his sword at Rose and looked at her.

"Go ahead and go into Bankai, Ichigo. I can handle it." Rose smiled and stabbed her sword into the ground. "Quake, Soshi Megami!" She shouted as the ground beneath them began to shake. Small rocks began to rise from the ground, encircling Rose.

"Another Shikai call out?!" Rangiku said as she felt the spiritual pressure of Rose get even more powerful. She couldn't move and felt weak in the knees.

"Hmm," Urahara began thinking deeply about Rose's Zanpaktuo. Many theories and hypotheses formulated in his mind. Then slowly it began to click. "Her Zanpaktuo..." his voice trailed off as he rose to his feet and watched the training battle unfold.

"Two call outs?!" Renji was just as confused as Ichigo went into his Bankai form.

"Looks like we really have to get serious, Renji." Ichigo said with a serious tone, looking at Rose. He began to see alot of himself in her. He could only imagine how hard her week of training was and the determination she had. Seeing her this strong, it made Ichigo proud.

"Renji cover me," Ichigo demanded as he flashed stepped toward Rose.

The rocks surrounding Rose took aim at Ichigo. Renji easily deflected the rocks for Ichigo, his sword moving like a thick metal whip. While Renji was covering Ichigo, he appeared behind Rose and released his Bankai attack. Rose glanced behind her.

"Burn, Soshi Megami!" Another Shikai call out from Rose. Flames surrounded Rose, blocking the bankai attack from Ichigo and returning an attack. The attack was a fire whip, snapping at Ichigo, pushing him and Renji back a distance.

Renji was growing more annoyed by the minute. He has never face anyone with more than one Shikai form. He watched three out of the four elements dance around Rose.

"HihiĊ Zabimaru!" Renji called out and once again his Zanpakuto changed its form into a skeletal snake. Renji had also slightly transformed, gaining a fur cowl around his neck. The cowl appeared to be the fur of an ape, and the ape's skull can be seen over Renji's left shoulder, while the rest of the fur extends to cover his right arm. He was getting real serious now.

With both men in their respective bankai forms, Rose looked between the two. 'Things are getting abit serious, if I call out my final element, I'm one step closer to reaching my bankai.' She thought to herself and exhaled slowly, relaxing her nerves.

"Blow, Soshi Megami," With that, a rush air began to surround Rose. Fire, Earth, Water, and Air. All four elements danced around her like a goddess. She had a plan to keep the two at bay, hopefully.

Renji's Zabimaru slithered quickly toward Rose. Before Zabimaru had a chance to attack, Rose used her fire whip and her air whip to keep him from getting any closer. Ichigo was attacking from the right. He was close enough to have sword to sword contact with Rose. Water and Earth was used as a defensive.

'Call me out one finally time, Rose." Gaia said to Rose. With that the spiritual pressure surrounding Rose got stronger than before. 'Not yet Gaia," Rose replied. For a split second, Rose's guard was down and Renji took notice. He thrusted the enormous snake at Rose. Its large mouth found Rose's shoulder. This stunned Rose, this pain in her left shoulder shot through her body as if she had gotten electrocuted.

Ichigo looked stunned as well as he pulled back and glared at Renji. "YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO ACTUALLY HIT HER!"

"She's the one actually hitting us! Besides we need to push her!" Renji protested.

"She wasn't injuring us though! You injured her!" Ichigo snapped back, pissed off.

While the two were going at it, Rose fell to her knees and clasped her hands together into a prayer hands, her katana sticking straight up into the air from inbetween her hands.

"Bless me, Goddess of the Elements, Soshi Megami." She whispered. Suddenly, a large gust of wind surrounded Ross and exploded outwards toward the arguing males. The two fell over atop of one another and Zabimaru shattered into a bunch of pieces before returning into it's katana form. With the wind knocked out of them both, they both sat up gasping for air. They looked at the Rose then looked at each other.

Dressed in a beautiful dark green, leafy type gown with ribbons of light green and dark green wrapped around each arm. Her curly black hair grew longer and floated in the gentle breeze around her. Each of her elements were now in a form of orbs. Fire was burning a bright red-orange with its flames flickering in the center. Water swirled into an orb as well, its color a bright blue. The Air orb resembled smoke in a way, a dull grey color. Finally, Earth was a bright green orb with rock compacted into the middle. She had become the Goddess of Nature.

From the bleachers, Urahara was on his feet. He stared, intrigued by the display infront of him. Rangiku was on her knees, trying to muster up enough strength to get up. The spiritual pressure in the room was too overpowering for her. Toshiro was right next to Urahara.

"She's powerful, Urahara. She feels like an Arrancar."

"Yeah, I know." Urahara replied, nonchalant and began walking toward the scene. "Might as well stop the training now before things get out of hand."

Ichigo slowly rose to his feet and just stared at Rose. Stunned and in awe of her power and beauty. Her Zanpaktuo was really something special. He didn't know if she could really control her Bankai. It wasn't likely since this may have been her first time using bankai. He felt Urahara's presence and turned to look at him. "Training is over with?"

He nodded and walked toward Rose. "Good job, little flower. Now, rest." He placed his staff on Rose's chest and she instantly fell limp. Her form changed from her bankai to her normal human form. She felt light headed and collapsed to her knees.

Ichigo hurried to her side, kneeling down beside her to help her up. He also congratulated her and gave her a small pat in the back. "Good job, Rose. I think you are fully capable of protecting and defending yourself."

"Can we get some Tonkotsu Ramen? I'm craving it after that session." Rose smiled at Ichigo and Urahara, bouncing back rather fast. She did lean on Ichigo abit as she looked at Renji.

"You're pretty strong, Renji. Sure gave me a shock having your Zanpaktuo bite me."

Renji just scratched his head and blushed abit. "Yeah sorry about that. Got a little carried away."

"Little Flower, Renji and Ichigo will accompany you. As well as Toshiro and Rangiku. You deserve to go out, just wear this." He goes into the pocket hidden in his cardigan and pulls out a necklace with a lotus flower charm. "It will cover your spiritual pressure and make it look like you're a regular human."

Rose took the necklace from his hand and puts it on. She gives Urahara a big hug and smiled warmly. "Thank you so much, Mr. Urahara! I appreciate everything that you and Yoruichi have done for me!"

Urahara blushed a dark pink hue and returned the hug with a gentle pat on the back. "You're welcome, little flower. Be safe."

The five of them set off to the best Tonkotsu Ramen shop in town. Ichigo, Renji, Toshiro, Rangiku, and Rose. Little did they know of the danger that awaited0 for them.

Back in Hueco Mundo, Grimmjow and Ulquiorra were called upon by Aizen for an emergency meeting. The two waiting in the meeting room. Grimmjow was posted against the wall with his arms crossed over his open chest. His eyes were closed, lost in his thoughts.

Ulquiorra was on the opposite side of the room, sitting in his spot that he normally sit during real meetings. His eyes were closed, patient and quiet. Both males opened their eyes as they sensed Aizen approach the door.

The door swung open and Aizen strolled into the room. His hands were deep in his pockets of his hakama and his eyes were sinister yet calm. He stopped at the edge of the table and looked between Grimmjow and Ulquiorra.

"We are moving up the capture of the flower." Aizen began. Grimmjow devilishly and pushed himself off the wall, approaching the table.

"When?" Ulquiorra asked bluntly.

"Tonight." Aizen replied with a smirk. "There was a spike in spiritual pressure in the World of the Living. Find her and bring her too me."

"With Pleasure!" Grimmjow growled excitedly as he made his way toward the door. Ulquiorra walked behind him in a distance but was stopped by Aizen.

"Make sure he doesn't go over board. I need her in one piece." Aizen demanded and Ulquiorra nodded slightly.

"Understood."