Three Powers

by Relo

Desperately needs a rewrite. Maybe when the anime returns.

5. Chapter 5

Blah, next chapter this weekend. And it will be long, maybe not as long as this one but total they should enter above 25k. But for an explanation: I have another story, which I spent like a while on. The one chapter was like 25k itself, and I wasn't even one. Anyways, let's just get going.

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Heuco Mundo

"So…nothing new?" Starrk asks looking over to the Octava. The emergence of the Quincy suddenly dropped, but the Hollows still intentionally come and attack the walls, which is strange because they believe only Adjuchas could do that.

"No, however, there is something I wish to show you all." He said calmly, he also had a massive smirk on his face, as if he was just proud of accomplishing something.

"What if we don't care?" Yammy asked getting a nod from Grimmjow. The Octava ignored the ridiculous question and proceeded to move on.

"Aaroniero and I have conducted many experiment, we are beginning to learn how to use their powers, which is by gathering the reishi around here and converting it into power." He said looking over to his comrade.

"What's the purpose of that? If there powers are weaker than ours, why bother learning them?" the Segunda asked in an arrogant tone.

"Well, from the memories we search through, there are these people known as "Sternritter" they are said to be equivalent to captain-class Shinigami, although we have not seen their powers." The pink-haired man answered.

Just after he uttered those words, he reached inside of his attire and pulled out a unique looking sphere, it was glowing blue, filled with reishi.

"This is our prototype Hōgyoku, and right now, it's absolutely worthless."

"That's great..." Starrk said, completely bored out of his mind. The others sighed, they've been at this meeting for a such a long time.

"Hold on you degenerates, just wait. Come Aaroniero, show them your new power." the Octava ordered. The Semptima walked over, he had already changed into his soldat form. The Hogyoku was handed him, and soon everyone was amazed by what came. Suddenly, a wall within the room began to evaporate into spirit particles. These particles began emitting towards the purple sphere, filling it with energy. The smart Espada members knew what was going on, and the ones that were not so smart, sort of stared with puzzled expressions.

"You learned there powers." The Segunda noted, getting as nod from Aaroniero.

"Forget that, look at the damn wall!" Grimmjow said aloud, noticing how it isn't replenishing it's self like it normally would. Halibel, being the observation person she is, quickly figured out what is going on through everything.

"I see, you take the reishi which is filled all within Las Noches. You then convert it into energy, which the same way these Quincy use there powers. The Hogyoku Aizen had was filled with Shinigami and Soul filled energy, but this will be created from the energy of Quincies."

"Precisely, at least one of you have a brain. Now, come over here Rudborrn." the pink-haired man ordered. He quickly did as told and stood next to the three, the Octava smirked and placed the Hogyoku within his hands.

"Now, do your resurrection." he commanded. Rudborrn did as told, not really wanting to go against any o of his comrades. He may not be the highest number, but he still respects everyone. A trait of gratitude he gained when he first came to Las Noches.

"Grow...Arbol." he uttered before his body transformed into its tree-like form. Everyone already knew his release, it wasn't that special to them. Only Starrk and Barragan knew that he is an important necessity for the army, which is why they prompted him to the Espada position. "Do you wish me to grow Calaveras?" he asked looking down at the Octava. The pink-haired man smirked and nodded.

"What is your limit?" Starrk asked curiously.

"I can grow up to 75, but when they die I can replenish them." he answered quickly. Szayel frowned, but smirked once more as he approaches the man. He looks up and tosses the new Hogyoku at the Novena, completely surprising him. "Szayel-sama?" he asked wondering why he would be holding such an important device.

"You will be the care take of the Hogyoku." he declared, getting puzzled expressions from everyone else.

"Give it to the weakest, huh?" Yammy commented, getting nods from everyone else. No one ever questioned why Yammy was the Decimo and always commented on others strength, as most knew his reiatsu was always growing.

"If you're planning to outsmart the enemy, then it is risky..." Halibel spoke in.

"They won't expect it, it's a good tactic." The Segunda said.

"Everyone, SHUT UP!" a loud roar erupted. Everyone lowered their eyes and looked over to a frantic Grimmjow. His hands were slammed on the table, his eyes exhausted and blood shot. He hasn't been sleeping much. In fact he's been screaming through the entire fortress. Halibel once had to go and put him down for a while, he was starting to really bother the others. Even Starrk didn't know what the hell was wrong with him, it's as if he's going insane for whatever reason. It's not like anything new happened. If anything he would expect the weaker Espada to be frightened, the constant fear of an enemy hovering around or above, or anywhere to be exact. But no, they all wanted to fight. Grimmjow's head hit the table, finally gaining little rest. Everyone continued back to what they were doing, not giving a damn about the Sexta's condition.

"Hold onto it, impress it into your body as you feel the power run through you." Syzael said. Everyone watched as Rudborrn squeezed the sphere-like ball into his center chest. His body suddenly glowed purple aura, different from the original Hogyoku's blue essence. The Novena was then filled with large reishi, as if gaining all of it.

"I can feel it...with this my limit can exceed." he said. A few smirked, this is what was going to give them the edge in the fight.

"I see...so powering Rudborrn would enable his resurrection to exceed greatly. This will be useful when going against them, we should prepare now." Starrk said, but the Octava was not finished.

"Not yet, there is so much more I wish to do. For one, I wish to go to the Menos Forest, there I will gather more souls." he said causing the Segunda to lower his eyes.

"You cannot leave, we already lost one worm, and you're weaker than he was." The King said in an authority-filled tone.

"He's right," the Primera said.

"Agreed," The Tereca also spoke.

"You three aren't getting it. Do you even know how the original Hogyoku was made? Aizen gathered many Soul's, weak and strong. The problem for him was, he had the fear of getting caught. We can amass farm the souls here, starting from the weak Gillian, to the strong Adjuchas. This would make our Hogyoku, perhaps stronger than his own."

Damn, that was something hard to resist. It did make sense, having this many resources needed to form an ultimate weapon. If they had a Hogyoku more powerful than Aizen's then the Quincy would surely have no chance. It's just the problem with time. Killing their own wasn't something they all cared for. They believe they are their own race, a race just like Shinigami or Humans. They are not beasts, and they hate being compared to them. Starrk looked over to his fellow leaders, they both nodded. Even Baraggan would want such a weapon.

"Alright, but you're not going alone." the Primera said, agreeing to his terms. "Who should we send then?" he asked looking over to the Segunda. He was in charge of the military, which everyone strongly disagreed to. But he had to give him some power, otherwise he would go on a huge rampage against everyone.

"Hmm, I'll send some of my fraccione. An espada should be unnecessary, but one other might just do fine."

"I'll go," Halibel said, volunteering herself. "My fraccione will be going as well, and they all need someone in lead."

The Primera and Segunda nodded, this may be a bit too extreme, but precautions were necessary. They don't want to have another Nnoitra incident, otherwise they will really start to feel fear. Having lost the fifth member means that the Sternritter were very capable of defending themselves.

Starrk had it worse, he couldn't even perform his resurrection, but luckily he and one other know that.

Karakura Town

"Stand up straight, fix your stance, and look straight ahead. Remember, if you ever do hold your own sword, don't ever close your eyes." Nel instructs looking down at determined Karin. Since Ichigo wasn't here, she decided to stay around and help the young girl. The only reason why she stayed was only because she fears Karin will done day have to battle against hollows. And if no one is around, she might as well know the weakness and plan to run away.

Karin slashed the green blade out, which cleanly cut the tree in half. They were practicing in the nearby forest, where it was most quite. The young girl was breathing heavily, it was her first time doing any true straining activities. She places the sword in the ground and looked over to her mentor.

"So...what can you do?" she asked. Nel smiled and happily prepared herself.

"Well, have a lot of powers. But apart from my sword, I can do this."

The Cuatro held out her hand, Karin watched as red crimson energy began emitting from her opened palm. "Cero," she uttered before crimson energy shot out. It wasn't a power filled cero, otherwise the color would have been purple. She just wanted to impress Karin as much as possible, something adults tend to do. Karin was surprisingly amazed, nothing ever seemed to faze or impress her. But when it came to the world of super natural, her entire interested grew behind proportion.

"That was...That was..." she couldn't finished, the power wasn't even that great. It was just filling her young mind with. Nel crossed her arms and smirked, doing this really was fun.

"That was my weakest one to, you should Ichigo's."

"Ichigo can do that?" she asked even more surprised. Nel's eyes widen for a moment, Ichigo couldn't perform Cero, and he's a Shinigami.

"No... never mind, I don't know why I said that. But he can do other amazing things!" she answered, now filled with joy at the mention of her orange-haired friend.

Silbern

"We really shouldn't be walking around here." Liltotto warned. Ichigo scoffed it off and headed in his own direction. He's been locked up in that room for a long time, and he has to wait till tomorrow for his second day of training to being. "I'm not that strong, if someone tries to kill you..." she said.

"Do you care?" he asked with a smile. She raised an eyebrow, clearly not understanding the question.

"What are you talking about?"

"Well, you always seem to be disinterested in everything. How come you want to come with me?" he asked looking over.

"You seem important, and his majesty would have wanted someone to accompany you. And also… to keep you away from the...sirens." she answered.

'Sirens? What the hell...' he said to himself wondering why she would say something about old myths. When in reality, it was obvious who she was talking about.

Most people right about now would be sleeping, as they did have a long day of training. Only those who have superb stamina or didn't bother training themselves are up. The two just kept at their normal pace, Ichigo passed by many rooms of people sleeping.

The Glutton noticed his sudden movements. Every time they would turn to a corner, he would stretch his head out in the other direction as if he was looking for something, or anyone to possibly chat and meet with. He isn't exactly someone who would go out of there way to meet new people. They either came to him or, he meets them through fighting. Which is exactly how he met most of the people he now knows today.

"Do you think she went this way?" he asked looking down. For a moment her eyes widen, she instantly knew what he was talking about. The question is, why? No one in the Empire seeks each other out, so to see it happen is baffling. And to make it even more strange, he's chasing after one of the worst females the Glutton has come to known.

"...Why?" she asked with crazed eyes.

"Well, she's mad, and I don't want her to be mad." he answered simply.

"But why do you care if she's mad? It's not like she can hurt you or anything."

"She's my friend, I care about her."

Her expression died down, although the back of her mind was still shocked. 'He probably doesn't know.' she told herself. She assumes Ichigo probably doesn't know what 'E' used to do before he came, which he doesn't. She now just wonders when she should tell him, or if she should. Not like she really cares what happens. But she does believe she has a duty to keep him away from any threatening Sternritter.

Elsewhere in Silbern

A lone Bambietta storms down the hallways of Silbern, clearly not patient enough to take anyone's crap. Even a few weaker Sternritter ran off. She was just not in good mood, as always. 'I can't believe him.' she told herself. She couldn't believe he was dreaming of someone else other than her, what a complete jerk. She should have killed him, especially since it was about that Shinigami she hates.

*Bump*

"Oi, watch where the hell you're going." a calm but annoyed voice called to her. She darted her lower eyes back, but the man was not intimated. In terms of strength, he was higher, but what did she know. He was a muscular man with light shoulder-length hair. He was wearing a winged helmet, with a white cape fastened at the front with three button and a black, six-pronged cross to indicate his rank.

"How about, get the hell out of my way?" she shot back. Gerard Valkryie, Sternritter 'M' The Miracle, narrowed his eyes. He's elite, a higher rank than 'E', meaning he doesn't even get crap taken from other Sternritter.

"Aw, someone's a little pissed off because they weren't special enough to be promoted." He taunted. She scoffed him off, she was upset over a bigger issue.

"No, I don't care about that."

"Hoh? Then what's gotten you also bitchy?"

Before she could respond with a counter insult, the two felt something approach them very lightly. They knew someone was following them, or perhaps trying to catch up.

"The hell do you want?" Bambietta asked with still angered eyes, clearly not happy to see the person standing before her.

"Ah damn, Meni was right." Candice said taking a sigh. "I was hoping to meet the new member."

The dirty joke was not amusing, in fact it only fueled her fire even further. However, her mind was opened up when the other potential female wasn't alongside her. "Where's Meninas?" she asked. Candice smirked and licked her lips.

"Well, she was very eager to meet him. But you know how she is, unable to control herself." she answered.

Now she had two options. She could continue her stress-relief walk, which also wasn't working. Or she could go to her orange-haired friend and help him.

"God damn it." she said turned back around in the direction she came in.

Ichigo

"Are we lost?" he asks looking up at the sky. The Glutton purposely lead him outside, where she believes no one hangs around, except the training Soldat.

"No, I just lured you out here because you were going to do something stupid."

"WHAT!?" he yelled, causing her to stagger and almost fall down. Luckily, he caught her just in the neck of time.

...

Liltotto didn't say anything, sure he was pissed off but she didn't really care. Ichigo actually felt bad for yelling, her young look makes her seem like an innocent child. "Sorry..." he said

"It's fine, but you should just be worri-"

"Hello there," a calm but cheerful voice called from behind.

'Damn...' the Glutton said to herself, clearly knowing whose voice that is. Ichigo turned around and widened his eyes. She was slender and light-sinned, her hair was long and pink with short bangs that frame her forehead. She was wearing her own unique white attire. But the one thing that got his attention, was not her attire or appearance, but the odd look in her eyes. They were lit up, sparkled with stars. Some people say it only takes a minute to like someone, well this took only one look. Meninas walked over and sat next to Ichigo, she was close, perhaps too close.

"...Hey..." he awkwardly responded. He wasn't too good on handling situations like this. She put her hand on his knee, he tensed up. Liltotto's relationship with Meninas was actually a positive one. When she first arrived in Silbern, her first actual friend was the pink-haired beauty. She knew her well, and the look she was having right now was not a good one. Well, not a good one for Ichigo. The Glutton cursed herself, she's already outside, which is The Power's favorite spot to do 'it' in.

"Meni..." she said hoping to drift her attention away. She didn't hear it. "Meni!" she said louder. By now 'P' was started to get annoyed. All she was doing was looking at him. She was one of the few Sternritter who grew up without the strict prohibition of using her power, so she would 'accidentally' use it against her peers. She placed her free hand with his, and using her strength, which was hidden, held it with her own. "Meni don't, you'll hurt hi-"

The Power was annoyed with her friend, because of her yelling she was forced to release the comfortable hand connection. The Glutton was sent flying through the air, yelling at her friends reckless decision.

"Mennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnni!" she yelled from the sky, her voice becoming quite as she was no longer in visible range. Ichigo had his slight panic attack, 'Was this she was talking about?' He felt his hand being suddenly snapped once more.

"Now that she's gone, I can finally introduce myself." she said taking another close seat next to him. "My name is Meninas McAllon, Sternritter 'P' The Power." she said with a smile.

*CRASH*

A small crash was seen in the distance, Ichigo saw the unconscious body of Liltotto lying on the ground.

"K-Kurosaki Ichigo..." he replied with a hint of fear.

"I like that name." she stated lovely. He flinched back, fearing she could come at him for whatever reason. This girl sort of reminded him off Inoue, a bit blunt and oblivious, but at the same time always happy and cheerful. He thanked her and looked straight ahead, clearly wondering why she is taking a grasp of him.

...

"Well I think I should go, Bambietta is probably looking for me." he said with a fake smile. He stood up but was suddenly halted when he couldn't carry his own weight.

"She's not." she replied firmly. "I came here because I wanted to meet you, and now you want to leave me?"

Oh...

Well, it's not like he was trying to hurt her feelings. But her sad expression really did bring him down. He had patience for people, if they weren't constantly tampering with him like a set of other people.

"Ah yea...sorry I'm just tired. I'd like to spend time with you also."

He sat back down again, but she stood up. His expression went confused, but she quickly eased him. She let go of his hand and focused both of hers towards her chest area. She slowly began to unbutton her top attire, only to be yelled out by the person she is trying to 'bond' with.

"Oi, Oi, what are you doing!?" he asked shielding his eyes, but leaving a small opening between his fingers. He heard something light hit the floor, his eyes widen as he notices it was her entire top. His hands were suddenly forced from his control, he was now faced with a pink bra that was far too small.

"It's fun, you'll like it." she informed. Before he could throw another argument, his faced was shoved inside the large cleavage of Sternritter 'P'. "You're squirming, are they not big enough?"

It's not they weren't big enough, it's just perhaps they were too big. He was struggling to breathe, but she didn't notice that. Being a straight forward person, she didn't take the time to make a complete introduction. Sex wasn't the only thing she wanted to do, she also wanted to spend lots of time together, but it was night. It didn't matter for her, she was a Sternritter. And since no one else is claiming him, she knew he could be hers in an instant. After much more struggle, Ichigo died down and began simply resting himself. After much more thinking, her strength also rested, believing that he was simply enjoying.

Ichigo gasped, he was finally free. He was close to dying just now, not just from suffocation, but also from blood loss. However, death struck him once more when powerful arms wrapped themselves around him. He couldn't even scream, but at least she wasn't trying to kill him in the other way.

"Did I hurt you? I'm sorry..." she said sincerely. Ichigo tried his best to just push her back a little, which she finally agreed to.

"It's okay...just don't do that again alright?" he replied with a happy tone. Her eyes stared up once more, his brown eyes were absolutely stunning. To her he looked more amazing right now than ever. It was strange, she was the only person to fall for him just this quickly, while everyone else took some time to develop.

Perhaps they were just made for each other.

Well that's what she thought.

"Kurosaki..." a deep-dark voice called from the sidelines. Ichigo quickly shifted his head towards his left. Bambietta stood there, with a narrowed expression, clearly not happy to see him being straddled by another girl, and to be worse, it was a comrade which she could not kill.

"Bambietta I...!" he didn't finished, he quickly used his low-level strength to try and lift The Power off, but made no do. Eventually she gave in, letting him go. Ichigo quickly got up and ran over, still happy to see his friend. He didn't notice the pink-haired beauties off stare, it wasn't like her other ones. It's as if her eyes are trying to decipher why he would leave her, and go for the Explosion. A true mystery, but above all, she felt jealous.

She lowered her eyes, "Do whatever you want. I'm done with you, Ichigo." she said before turning. He didn't have this time, he put her hand on her shoulder and looked into her jade blue eyes.

"...Sorry..." he said as soft as could. Now if that wasn't the softest, saddest, most regretful, most sincere apologies she's ever heard, then she truly has no heart. But everyone does. She stood still, completely fazed by his tone. He looked down at her, smiling that she didn't continue with her turn around. She suddenly noticed something on his face, something that needs to be washed away. She pulled out a small rag out of her pocket and spit on it, Ichigo has never seen such a girl with boyish antics. She then placed it below his nose, where stains of dried blood were remaining.

"You must have liked it a lot, huh?" she teased with a smirk.

"No! She almost killed me!" he replied, loud as ever. Eventually the two had a small laugh. Her old explosive attitude died down, now replaced with the one she had when the two first met. Her eyes lowered, but not in a negative way. By then the Glutton had showed up, she quickly accompanied the Power and asked why she was brutally thrown. She was once again ignored, but understood when she saw what her friend was staring at.

Soul Society

An old Head-Captain stairs off into the distance, vast valley of Soul Society, having neutral expression looming onto his face. He had just gotten word of something troubling occurring; many souls have disappeared throughout the realm. And no one has an idea why. One thought came to mind, or rather one man did. He knows things aren't going to go so well soon and only he knows he is only one to stop it. He does not want another incident like Aizen to occur, where the Gotei is forced to use a human to fight their battles.

Three minutes.

A loud shocking sound roared with his years, and only one other time in his entire life did he ever hear that sound. Yamamto turns around but only widens his eyes as a body was being hurled towards him. An old friend fell beside him, with life barely in his eyes.

Two minutes.

"Yamamoto Genryūsai," a deep voice called from ahead. The old man narrowed his eyes at the sight of the approaching fighters. He didn't say anything, words cannot describe the sudden rush of emotion running through his mind.

"The time of the Shinigami has come to an end, and yours will be even sooner. With this, we, the Vandenreich will invade the Seireitei in five days."

"…" He didn't even flinch.

"Still no response? I see, well then. Think of this as an act of kindness, but in the end, you will fall." The figure said turning his back around.

One minute.

"Oh and, don't think you can rely on that special piece of yours. He's ours now." He ended darkly. He wanted to know what he meant, but was too outright furious. He can easily sense the sudden disappearance of spiritual pressure in his barracks.

"They…ca…n…" a weak voice calls from below. The old man goes down and listens carefully to the close words of his old friend and student.

"…"

"They can erase it…they can steal it…" he managed to utter, using the last levels of strength his life could gather. Yamamto let one tears go down his cheek, one tear for all the years the two spent together.

"You're words will not be in vain, Chojiro." He uttered before rising up.

He slammed his fist into the ground, which caused the entire area to shake immensely. This meant one thing.

An emergency meeting.

Everyone could feel it, the immense heat and pressure running through the air. He was mad, no, mad was to light of a word to describe his feeling right now. He was outright ready to kill thousands of people, and with pleasure. He just hopes this doesn't lead to him backfiring, and that he will need another outside source for help. Ichigo has fought too hard for Soul Society, and he isn't even a member.

Hueco Mundo

Szayel stood at the base of the fortress, staring at his team. They were all bickering, mainly because they were all fraccione and not that disciplined. Well, some only being professional when there Espada master is with them. "Alright, what are your names? Just in case you die and I take your body for test subjects." he said with a funny smirk. They didn't take it as a joke at all, but still do as told.

"Sung-Sun,"

"Ggio Vega,"

"Apacci,"

"Findorr Calius!"

"Tesla,"

"Mila Rose,"

Tesla came on behalf of his friend's disappearance. He was quite sad when Starrk told him he went off, but he also noted that there was no way he could have died that easily against them. The Octava then looked over to Halibel, as if expecting her to say her name. Her eyes lowered, as if saying 'you better know who I am.' He took it as a joke and turned back around, facing the desert. "Let's go," she said before they all vanished with the sound of Sonido being rung.

They quickly arrived in the forest, it wasn't that far away from the fortress but it still was a good distance away. They all withdrew their blades and scattered around. Over the two years there mentality and strength have improved, but what really got them going was there mind progress. Aizen's words led them to believe they were naturally superior to the Shinigami, but that only led to their own down fall. Now, they all act individually and make sure not to underestimate anyone or anything. They also improved their relationships, becoming friends would lead to a more decisive victory. But this only happened because a certain Quinto Espada nearly killed a Sexta.

"We will travel in twos, what then next?" the blonde-haired beauty asked looking over.

"Well I'll need to preserve my energy, so every time you get a weakened hollow, bring it over here. I will then absorb its soul and power, fusing it into the Hogyoku." he said, prompting everyone to scatter around. "What are you going to do?" he asked.

"I will take a further look around, I assume you can handle things here." she said before leaving off on her own. She wasn't allowed to do that, but then again no one was really there to stop her. He watched from the distance, the fraccione battling it out against the large number of hollows. The Quincy did kill many, but then against there was just as many hollow as there were Humans alive. Perhaps a bit less, but still too many to be counted. He was just waiting until a more superior hollow comes about, it has been two years since they even took an interest in this forest. Only Aarionero came, and he stayed in the outer most layer, where only the weak were. The more powerful hollows lied in the depths, more towards the center and strongest area.

Even he fears going there, alone that is.

Halibel

The Tereca took it upon herself to go out and search deeper, perhaps they left some clues or notions that they are still staying. She comes to stop when something catches the corner of her eye. A small looking cave, just hidden within the center of a mountain portion. Her curiosity got the best of her, and she used her superb Sonido to approach the entrance. She landed, but wasn't too impressed with anything. However, when she kept going in, things became a bit strange.

There was blood, and lots of it. This wasn't hollow blood, so she immediately assumed they were still around here. She withdrew her blade and enhanced her Pesquisa, for her to be caught off guard in this situation would be shame to everything she had been working for these past two years. She had expected another engagement with someone, but she sort of expected it to be the Shinigami. Now that it's a common foe, things could quickly go in their favor. Unlike last time.

A light was seen, but it wasn't a light force, it was the end of the cave. She quickly jumped out, as if anticipating an army to lie beneath her. She was a bit disappointed, but still was shocked at the scene. She knew the area, it was a very intensive hollow strive, battles were fought here daily. In fact she was once here at one time, when she was first pointed to a Vasto Lorde. After that she went to the surface, done with consuming her fellow race.

Bodies were there, and lots of them. She recognizes them as Quincy body's, but didn't care for those. She also thought it was very amusing to see them die to Hollows, as if another fourth-party was in the entire three-way strife. Suddenly, an unknown body really catches her eyes. She walks over and lowers herself. The body was not that of a Quincy or a Hollow, but of a Shinigami. He had red hair and was caring notable Hollow Masks. She thought it was clever, using them to deceive the mindless Gillian.

The deceased corpse of Ashido Kano remained on the ground, hollows hadn't even come to look at the chaos. Whatever happened here must have been an intensive battle. He had many cuts, scars, and other wounds over his body but what really confused her was the mysterious holes in his body. She carefully placed her hands to investigate, 'Fire?' she asks herself. These holes were perfect in diameter, it's as if someone did a perfect shot...with it being coated with some sort of fire. It also looked as if he was clawed, but they were in spots that it took a hand to place.

*BOOM*

A suddenly explosion came, destroying the Shinigami's body. Halibel already sensed this and leaped into the air, not really caring that the body was destroyed. She looked over and narrowed her eyes at the sight. It wasn't a Quincy that attacked her, but a fellow Hollow. The Hollow was a high one, but no higher than herself. It had the appearance of reptilian lizard, except on a larger scale. It's eyes mixed with green and yellow, scales on its back and a long thick tail. Despite that it had a full conscious, meaning it was a Vasto Lorde.

"Heh, I thought you arrancar were all dead." he said with a hint of sadness and disappointment.

"Why would you think that?" she said, raising any eyebrow.

"Well, it's just these fuckers here came out of nowhere, killing many of us. Want to hear something crazy?"

… She didn't move.

"We've been fighting that Shinigami for hundreds of years, and this one time we both came together, crazy isn't it? That all the time we spent against each other, this one time we came as one and fought side by side. Now everyone's dead, but I consider him more of a comrade and friend then you arrancar will ever be."

"I see, good work then." she replied, not really caring about the story he was sharing.

"You people...I hate you people so much." he said lowering his eyes. She wasn't fazed, many hollow dislike the arrancar for joining Aizen and betraying their own race. "We all believed you controlled this world, some even praised. They all believed you would make sure not out siding forces would come against us. That's what we all thought, but then it happened."

"What happened?" she asked, pretending to care.

"My friends...my family, they all died. Those Quincy things despise more than the Shinigami. They came in small groups, we easily butchered them. Then there stronger ones came, and that's when we struggled. We controlled this area of the forest, and I'm sure deeper down its chaos."

"I see, keep at it then." she said before turning her back, ready to head back towards the rest of the group. As she expected, the reptilian didn't take that too lightly. A gray cero was sent flying past her, she was lucky to dodge that. She turned back around and narrowed her eyes, she didn't want to have to fight, but isn't going to let someone walk all over her.

Not again.

"No, now that I've lost everyone, I've got nothing to lose. I'll kill you all for letting everyone die. They sacrificed themselves for you." he spoke with a deep amount of pain and sadness. Those fellow hollows he was with were the only thing he had, and now, he has nothing.

"If that's how you feel, then at least I can put you to use." she said before reading herself. "What is your name?" she asks. He ignored the request and quickly revealed his own weapon. A curved-like cleaver which literally was a part of his left arm. Not only that, she could also tell his razor-sharp teeth were also a huge threat.

He leaped at her with killing intent, clearly no longer ready to chat. She lifted her blade and easily came into a stale mate. He cursed at her strength, he truly believed that if she was never an arrancar, he could easily kill her.

Vanish

"GUH!" he suddenly screamed, in the corner of his eyes he can see the Espada looming over him, and the original he thought he clashed blades with was just an after images. Still, with a large slash on his back, he managed to swing his arm back, cutting a small piece of her hair.

She didn't mind since it was already messy. She placed her left foot on his chest and violently sent him down to the ground, the force was strong it actually created a small explosion to occur. Her blade was then charged with yellow spiritual energy, "Ola Azul!" she uttered before sending the power down.

"Cero!" he managed to utter. His grey-like wide cero was sent beaming out of his open right palm, but as soon as it came in contact with Ola Azul, the result was bad for him. The yellow beam dived it's self in, cutting through the strong resistance the cero possessed. He widened his eyes in agony as he brutally stabbed in the shoulder.

The problem with normal Vasto Lorde is that they don't have much to offer. They can only possess so few abilities it makes them look weak to the arrancar, who have gained many abilities. The man made a sudden smirk, even with the large amount of blood rushing down his body. He raised his reiatsu, which had a grey-blue like color. It's powerful, around Grimmjow's level. She widened her eyes as his cleaver began to gain a sudden projection, it was an enhanced larger version of the normal cleaver.

"Muerte Cleaver (Death Cleaver)." he uttered before its final form came. Around his arm was a large reiatsu filled curved blade-like weapon, it was created from his reiatsu alone. It's similar to her own ability, to create water. But this was on a smaller-scale.

She raised her own levels, but she was not impressed enough to release her sword. Her pressure reached the skies, it's immense yellow light shining in the forest, everyone one felt. Even people in Las Noches felt it. The Vasto Lorde charged with his new power, but he was not determined enough to win. He was filled with sadness, like a hollow normally would be. But this was a different case. He found something to fill him in, but now that they're gone, he doesn't seek a will strong enough to live.

Her sword was vibrating from the intensity, she didn't spend these past years doing nothing. Sure, she spent a long time making sure her Fraccione were stronger, but she had time for herself.

He slashes his cleaver, sending the projectile directly towards her. She responded by slowly raising her blade, but then slashing the air current in front of her, as if he was basically in front of her.

"Cero." she uttered coldly, his eyes shoot open as an immense amount of reiatsu was sent coming out him. He puts his arms out in front of his face, shielding him from the attack. But this Cero was a bit different than the common one. Instead of it being focused in a way of obliteration, she changed it into a form which made it just as if she slashing the person dead on. Except, the energy was long length wise, and it was hard to dodge.

His arms were easily cut off, by then such pain filled his mind that his brain was forced to go black. He couldn't even handle the attack, his mind lost it. She stood above his body, completely calm despite almost losing control of her attack. 'It's still not perfect.' she told herself, noting the large change in pressure she was faced with. She still didn't know what to do with him, with that last look on his face, it's as if he wanted to die. She closed her eyes and sighed, trying to search for a good decision.

"You and your friends sacrifices will not go in vain." she said aloud before grasping his body. She threw it over her should and headed back towards the head point.

Szayel

The group gains a sense of weariness when they notice the leader of the team has been quite for a while. Just a moment ago they felt a massive spike of her reiatsu. That alone was enough to gather most of the hollows in the area towards her direction. The Octava could determine she was battling another hollow, and a powerful one.

"Where's Halibel-sama?" Mila Rose asked looking over to the pink-haired man. Without the Tereca he would be in charge, but it's not like he's some prophet.

"I don't know, why ask me?" he replied in a cold tone. Completely disregarding the amount of attachment her Fraccione had for the Tereca.

"Let's just go, she's probably dead." Ggio Vega said, causing the three to sneer and curse at.

"The hell we will, and you're going to stay with us!" Apacci retorted.

"Yea right, Baraggan-sama would never forgive me if I died for another Espada, and her of all people!" he replied. The Ocatva sided and rubbed his temples, he truly hated dealing with these people who acted like children to him.

"Fine go ahead kill each other, more experiments and sacrifices for me!" he yelled with a sadistic laughter. They all flinched and became quiet, not daring to say anything further. Eventually with long moments of silence, the Blonde did reach them, but she was not alone. She was carrying the Vasto Lorde on her back, which caused her fellow Arrancar to widen their eyes. She was probably the only one there who could possible take him on.

"As expected of the Queen." Szayel said with a grin. She kept her eyes lowered and threw the body next to him. Even after the victory, she did not feel the satisfaction of winning.

"No need to praise. Hurry, take his soul, he's almost dead." she commanded. He nodded and placed the purple sphere-like orb upon the Vasto Lorde, his body was then transformed into a bright white light. The light flashed towards the Hogyoku like a vacuum, it absorbed his soul and grew immensely.

At that moment loud and far Hollow roars were heard through the Arrancar ears, they somehow knew something was up with Forest.

"We should get going, we made much more progress than I had expected. That Vasto Lorde had a large portion of power left, was he holding back?" he asked curiously, wondering why he could have been taken down so quickly. Even if it was the Tereca, the fight should have been much more devastating.

"He held back everything, his emotions override him. And he wasn't even an arrancar." she answered with a sigh. "Let's go." she said walking ahead of the group. Everyone nodded and followed her steps.

Day Two

Ichigo stood in place with determined eyes, completely focused on his new teacher. Yhwach was in front of him, ready for instructing. The only reason why he chose himself to show Ichigo how to gather reishi, is because he knows how hard-headed he is, and only he knows that Ichigo can handle intense enduring training. And since it was Yhwach, people gathered to watch.

"This will be the only time I will train you, ever." he informed coldly, as if training Ichigo would be the worst possible thing he could do. "This won't take long, for me that is. If you can't keep up then you will die."

While Ichigo pretended to pay attention, he can see a group of spectators in the distance. Some familiar faces, and some new ones. Bambietta had her normal stern look on, but was happy to see him. Meninas was to her side, now once more forming stars in her eyes. Giselle and Liltotto stood side by side also, with the Zombie cheering.

Then there was a new face.

She is a tall and well-endowed woman, with long, green hair. She has green eyes, prominent eyelashes and thin, thunderbolt shaped eyebrows. Her attire is a heavily modified and revealing variation of the regular Sternritter's white uniform, consisting of the typical double-breasted jacket, which she keeps tied up to reveal her midriff and unbuttoned, as well as removing the fabric on the sides, to display her cleavage.

Candice had a lewd smirk on her face as she stared down. Ichigo couldn't help but tense up when she began ravishing her own lips with her long tongue.

"That's fine." Ichigo responded calmly, hoping to forget that scene.. "I've trained like this for powers before." he added in, remembering the time he first lost his Shinigami powers because of Byakuya.

"Yes, and remember, you're not training to gain those back. You're learning the blood Quincy powers, the Shinigami ones you once had were given by Kuchiki Rukia, correct?" he asked, getting a nod from Ichigo. He only nodded because he was done talking, he didn't know for sure if all of his powers were given by Rukia. Clearly not considering he formed his own powers and own signature move.

"I know, let's just go." he said, almost threatening.

"Fine. As you already know, Quincy gather the resishi around them, and then you combine it using Reiryoku to create our weapons. But in your case, we will use reiatsu, since you're more familiar with it." he said before reaching into his coat. He unraveled an odd looking blade, Ichigo has seen a blade very similar to that one before. This has the form of an ornate sword, a reminiscent of a Chinese Daodao. It had a cross-guard shaped like a bird.

"I've seen that before, Bambietta has one like that." Ichigo said, remembering the sudden blade she used to execute the invading Hollows. The Emperor's expression lowered, he obviously doesn't like being compared to his lower members. And it was even more obvious that it was her idea to copy him, but no one seemed to care.

"Most Quincy use bows, and weapons comprised of pure reishi. Once you become more advanced, you will able to materialize the sword, and it can be a replacement for your Zanpaktou." he replied. Ichigo didn't bother commenting on how ridiculous it was to compare a reishi created sword to a Zanpaktou. He knew his sword was so much better than the one Ywhach is wielding, it was baffling to his mind.

...

"Let's begin, try forming a weapon with the creativity of your mind. Let the atmosphere come to you, and whatever you do, do not focus the energy within your hands." he instructed. Ichigo took a stoop back and held his hands out, he closed his eyes and began imaging a weapon, a bow to be exact. It was quite obvious that the bow is the easiest weapon to form, at it is the first and most common tool. "To a sufficiently powerful Quincy, there is no difference between Reishi and Reiryoku as a source of power. Since you inherited your mother's powers, being a powerful Quincy should come naturally. And since you already know the advanced methods of sighting and expelling reiatsu, it should be even easier."

The King watched as tiny bits of the surround area began emitting from the ground, they soon approached Ichigo but in small quantities. As he expected, they were more focused towards the center and parts of his body instead of them being into weapons. They coated his arms instead of being in the open palm of his hands.

"No. Stop." he suddenly said in a loud, dark tone. Ichigo flinched and lost his concentration, but was obviously upset about.

"What the hell!?" he yelled.

"You were doing it wrong, remember you're not a Shinigami. Stop focusing it in your body, remember it does NOT come from your body, it comes from around you." he replied, just as angry and frustrated. He was never the best teacher to his subordinates. Ichigo silently cursed, which didn't go unnoticed by the emperor. He closed his eyes and tried again.

One Hour Later

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"Have you given up?"

"No!" he shot back, a low dead-panned expression formed on his face. Ichigo released his frustration and calmed himself. The bored spectators had already left, but five girls decided to stay back and keep an eye on him. More directly, on each other.

He tried once more, but with a similar result. However, Ywhach noticed something different as he stares into Ichigo. The reishi particles are going towards points of his body, but some are escaping into the right direction, the right direction being his palms. Ichigo felt something odd as well, he felt as if someone was doing everything for him. His eyes were already open, but it wasn't his mind that was focused on the gathering. Someone was there, someone was with him, and someone was assisting him.

He soon lost his focus, and the gathering that was in the other parts of his body suddenly was attracted to his open palms. The particles began to shape and morph into the desired weapon, but since this was his first time, he had to get it to the weakest.

A bow

A light-blue, large bow was formed. His first weapon shining in his hands, but he wasn't too impressed with himself. He spent so much time on just learning the first basic move, he would need to speed everything up.

"Finally. Now, don't be too amazed. This is a very basic thing, even the lowest of the low can do that."

Well that shattered his pride.

"We will learn how to fire one shot, and then we are done for the day. Well, I am." he said, causing Ichigo to form a puzzled expression. They only just started the real training. "The reishi is only in the bow, try expanding it or focusing it into the hold." he instructed. Ichigo nodded and concentrated, his eyes darted on the string. He pulled it back, which magically formed a light-blue arrow. He released it, but the complete opposite happened. Instead of it going straight, fast line it went bad.

The arrow hit the ground, but only a few feet in front of him. The Emperor's expression went dead-panned, completely annoyed by his lack of progression. "I'm done, it's up to you to finish this. Tomorrow you will go to Seiren. There is a location called Funft Field (Fifth Field). There you will learn to dodge and to fire at the same time." he said before turning his back. Ichigo watched as he headed towards his palace, completely void and unimpressed by Ichigo's progression. Just then the other spectators left, excluding a few who came for... other reasons. Ichigo didn't stop, he already had massive amounts of stamina to being with. So he could go on for hours, perhaps days of doing this. It's not as if it was exhausting, he was only firing one arrow.

He tries again, but with the same result. It's not so much difficult, it's just he can't focus his attention on where the arrow would go. He decides that this isn't the best spot to train, perhaps knowing the fact that there are five girls staring at him make it a bit harder than usual.

Surprising all of them, a sudden green luminescence appeared below his feet.

Vanish

They didn't know where he went, but he's sure is gone. The Explosion widened her eyes, she had never seen him use such a power before. They couldn't even sense him, it's as if he used some sort of teleporting ability. Perhaps on only humans can use.

Ichigo

'With the little reiatsu I have, I was able to use Bring Light...weird.' he said to himself as he enters his room. What made it so weird was that his Fullbringer was stolen by Gingjo, but then again, is Bringer Light part of someone's Fullbring? Or is it something that is just attached to his body? Whatever, he's at peace with no pressure from anyone.

"Watcha' doooin?" a familiar child-like voice calls from behind. Ichigo flinched and lost his balance, completely shocked by the voice of Giselle. He was sure no one was following him, in fact he remembers seeing her back by the open area. Ichigo quickly got up, slightly embarrassed by sudden surprise.

"How the hell did you get it? He asked, still a bit weary on how she got here.

"Weeeeell, you left and there was nothing else to do."

"I asked how..." he mumbled.

"You were struggling, plus I wanted to save you from her." she replied, causing him to raise an eyebrow.

'Her?' he thought, who could she be talking about? It's as if she's implying he's scared to meet someone. "Alright, can you help me then?" he asked with a smile. Although, in the back of his mind he was starting to become very odd about Giselle, she really freaks him out. Despite that, he is more comfortable with her than anyone else. Her goofy attitude makes him feel a bit relaxed, and more friendly. Training with Bambietta...could be chaotic, especially for his health. He knows how much she enjoys toying with him, making him feel embarrassing...hurting him.

Giselle pressed her fingers against the heart on her belt. Ichigo watched as a short bow popped out above her. The arms of the bow are shaped like linked bones, she takes a hold of the heart portion with one hand and pulls the reishi string back.

"Heilig Pfeil!" she uttered before one small arrow, it hit the wall, completely crumbling it.

"...Thanks..." he mumbled.

Now for Ichigo, forming the bow isn't as complicated as it was before, it's starting to come naturally. Giselle stood next to him, and for once, he saw a true happy smile. Not a lewd one, or one that meant she wanted someone to hurt her. He instructed him to watch, and he did so without complaint. She slowly pulled it back, and once again, fired another arrow.

It's not that doing it was complicated. Ichigo just cannot seem to actually use the bow, since it is very foreign to him. The Zombie took a note of this and placed her own weapon back. She walked behind Ichigo, which scared him. She then grabbed his arms and placed them in the right position. It's ironic, normally a guy would be the one to show a girl how to handle a certain object, but it didn't matter in this case. Ichigo really did need help, and he's grateful he got someone friendly.

"Like this," she said before guiding his hands. The placement was always key, without then he would fail to shoot any type of arrow. "You can ignore some of what his Majesty says, everyone has their own style. He just likes keeping tradition." she noted. Ichigo nodded, and decided to try something else. Instead of gathering more reishi, he implemented his own reiatsu from his body. Doing so his energy and stamina would be decreased, but it could be easier. "I don't know if that will work, that's Shinigami stuff'."

He kept his concentration, ignoring her words. Suddenly, the reishi bow and arrow changed. The color turned to dark red, and the energy was amassing. Giselle kept quiet, thinking that if she comments it will ruin his train of focus. She moved his hands back, causing the string to be pulled back as well. She then moved her hands off, letting Ichigo be in full control. He was shaking, but soon released the arrow.

It flew just as any other one would, except when coming into contact with the wall, it suffered an explosive fate.

"Good!" she yelled, happy with his first successful shot. Still, something confused her, 'Was that...Hollow reiatsu?' she asked herself. At first it felt like Shinigami reiatsu, which wasn't surprising. But when it turned red, that's when she began to question to everything. 'Hollow...and Shinigami?' It just didn't add up. There was no way he could have both, his body would be unstable and would probably die from it.

"Yea...thanks." he replied looking down, a warm smile appeared on his face. Giselle's heart fluttered.

"Keep going..." she said quietly, she slightly felt surprised on how she suddenly feels. He nodded and charged up another arrow, it fired as the first one did. He kept doing this until he was completely out of stamina, it was exhausting while focusing his little reiatsu. If he was on his prime then he could do this for countless hours.

The small destruction was strong enough to attract three searching females, who were astounded to see such progress. Bambietta entered first, wondering if it was someone else who was destroying the large room of her friends. "Ichigo!" she yelled, but narrowed her eyes at the sight. Of course, Giselle had to infuriate her two friends by placing herself in between the arms of the orange-haired Quincy. She was even facing them, as if mocking. Ichigo didn't even know how she got there, he still had the red bow in his hands. "Nevermind." she said, as if angry for herself for even caring.

"Oi wait, I actually did it." he replied, he smiled when she turned her head back around. She widened her eyes at the sight of the bow, it was very unique. While many people here had strange powers, he had filled his own with sources from another race. The Glutton and the Power were also shocked.

"Yep, we did it together!" The Zombie yelled, now jumping on Ichigo's back. She wrapped her arms around his neck and held herself. "We do many things...together." she said, now in a luscious tone. Ichigo tensed when he felt something wet on his cheek. In the corner of his eyes he could see the long black hair, but her head now up to his own. Gigi placed a nice kiss on his cheek, causing him to go red. It wasn't that bad, she could have done a lot worse. But he still felt awkward and uncomfortable.

Giselle got off and approached the group, the ones that actually cared were blown away by her action, even jealous. "Don't be sad you two, you can have him tomorrow and the next!" she said with a smirk. The Zombie then walked past them, the smirk changed into a victorious grin.

...

The room was silent, no one not knowing what to say. Ichigo looked over to Meninas, her body was flaring with aura. "I uh...don't know why she did that..." he said truthfully.

"It's fine." Bambietta said calmly. "As long as you didn't know, it's not your fault."

"Yea! I had no-"

"Just be ready for tomorrow." she said, interrupting him. The tone had many emotions towards it, dark, angry, sad, SADISTIC. He really, didn't like that tone. Before he knew it, she vanished away. He sighed and laid on his bed. By now the Power left, with surprisingly, no words.

"It's like you want to die." The Glutton noted, taking the spot next to him.

"No...It's just everything seems to go against Me." he replied, closing his eyes. Training was taking a toll on his body, but he was glad that he progressed this far. Still, the worry of his black-haired friend is looming in his mind. He hopes he can reconcile with her. He just got done calming her down before, and now he just got kissed by another black-haired girl. He really has the worst luck, he just can't seem to fully ease her.

Day III

Ichigo was lucky enough to gain a full nights rest without the disturbance of some troubled females. Well, that's what he thought for now. When his brain fully awoke, so did his eyes, but so did the feeling of pain. "G-Giselle?" he stutters. The Zombie was happily laying on top of him, her noes touching his, as they perfectly matched together. She wasn't even blinking, her eyes just shining against his own. He didn't know where to moves his hands, whether to keep her in places from falling off, or to just throw her off.

"You sleep a lonnnnnnnng time." she pointed out.

"Yea...can you get off?" he asks nicely.

"Sorry, I just like hanging out with you!" she replied with a fake frown. She jumped of, leaping onto the ground. Ichigo got up as well, fearing that if he lays down for too long something bad might happen. He really didn't know how to act against her, it's not like she ruthlessly woke him during his slumber. She was different, but in a positive way. Yes, it was creepy for her to suddenly be on him while he was sleeping.

"Were you...there the whole night?" he asked.

"Nope, I went to Bambi-chan's room for a while. She didn't seem to mind either."

"That's good." he replied, happy to know her patience was now high, and that must mean she is a bit more calm.

"Yea but she was holding everything in, saving it for you."

Oh, well that was good to know.

*KNOCK*

A sudden knock on the door grabbed their attention. Giselle quickly got it, but lowered her eyes at who decided to bring themselves up. Two men, one partially bald and the other with a unique scar on his lip. They both let themselves in, pushing the Zombie aside as if she was nothing. This luckily went unnoticed by Ichigo. "He doesn't look like much." Bazz-B said taking a full look at Ichigo's appearance. He was about to say something back, but Giselle suddenly had a small laugh, gaining everyone's attention.

"What's so funny?" he asks, getting slightly annoyed.

"For you of all people, to be judging others on appearance...you are sure a hot head huh?" she finished with a cold tone, as if now he was nothing to her. He ignored it for now, clearly remembering what happened last time he tried striking her down.

"So what do you want?" Ichigo finally asked, clearly not happy with the way Bazz spoke to the Zombie.

"I guess we should introduce ourselves huh? Bazz-B, Sternritter 'H', The Heat. And were here to getcha' to the training ground, orange boy." the God-hawk man said with a smirk. Normally the man would have straight up challenged him to a fight. But the words of 'He lost his powers' sort of rang in his mind. There was no way he would get him while he's weak, when his potential is great.

"Cang Du, Sternritter 'I', The Iron." the black-haired man said holding his hand out. Cang was a friendlier person, especially towards his comrades. Ichigo took the handshake without hesitation, returning the respect. "We should get going, she's going to be pissed if he's late."

He had an idea of he was talking about, but didn't want to ask. "I'll go to!" Giselle said grabbing a hold of his arm. He cautiously looked down, "I don't want to get lost!" she noted. Oh, Ok then. He nodded and smiled, but he knew she had a better idea on Silbern than he did. But of course, where would arguing get him?

As the four made many turns and swings down the hallway, Ichigo began to see many people stare at him. It's as if there saluting him good bye, as if he was going to die or something. He's watching some weird people, he even saw one large man floating on top of a white basket.

Then there was the mask man, what was his deal. "Hello hero!" he said as Ichigo walked passed. He gave a friendly node and looked straight ahead. There was another child, he had a messy blonde hair with red eyes. He had a deliberate smirk on his face, as if joyed to see him.

And there she was, not Bambietta, but the other female which he has yet to meet. She was leaning back on the side entrance doors, a vicious grin on her face. "Don't even think about it." Cang says in a threatening tone. Ichigo couldn't help but stare, her body was a bit exposing. She didn't even hear those words, she just kept ravishing her lips and having her gaze on Ichigo. As he walked past she made an off sound, one that a woman would only make in a very intimate position. The sound caused him to blush, but he desperately tried to cover it.

Ichigo enters a dark hallway, which then leads to a massive training field. The area was black, but there were holes in the ceiling which give barely enough visibility to see one another. "Good luck, and don't die! After all of this me and you are going at it." the God-hawk man said before kicking Ichigo through the entrance. He stumbled and fell to the ground. He was standing before someone, someone who had mixed feelings as she looked down. Ichigo looked up and smiled at Bambietta, he held his hand out hoping she would help him up. Her look was very neutral, not showing any happiness but at the same time not being fueled by frustration.

She turned around, "Let's begin." she stated, leaving him behind. He frowned and lifted himself up, now sudden losing the mood to train. "You will learn how to properly dodge while firing arrows, and I also want to show you a common power among us."

"Common power?" he asked now interested.

"Yes, think of it as a high-powered unique shot, it can be used for executions as well." she answered now turning back around to face him. The two stood on opposite sides, facing one another. "It is called Heilig Pfeil. I will say this once, in order to do it you just need to focus everything into the one arrow. You can design your own in a unique way later, but the basic way is to even suck the reishi from the bow to the arrow, it then becomes an ultimate weapon." she explained simply.

He nodded and prepared his reishi comprised bow, he then filled it with reiatsu, causing it to turn red. He waited for something to happen, but nothing came. She had her eyes closed, as if meditating. 'At least she isn't getting angry.' he told himself. He feels as if fighting her in an angry or unstable state can end badly for anyone. He eventually gains an unintentional smile from just looking at her.

"Now then...are you ready Kurosaki?" she asks forming a very vicious grin.

"Y-Yea..." he stutters. At that moment she begins to imagine the things she has seen him do with other woman, by this she can fuel her instincts. Her instincts being natural sadistic ones, and once she's had that anger, she can enjoy it even more.

"Good because...YOU'RE GOINA FUCKIN DIE! LICHT REGEN!"

The scream already sent him jumping, but not only that he is suddenly faced with a shower of high-speed of arrows. His eyes shoot open and his mind goes blank, the only thought that he can manage to run through his white brain is to dodge. Running is literally useless, there is no way he is standard run can dodge that. He quickly uses bringer light and leaps above the oncoming attack, but his eyes never leaving her.

"WHAT THE HELL!?" he yells back, but she only has that familiar grin. He returns the attack by shooting one average red arrow towards her direction, which she dodges easily be tilting her head.

Boom

Ichigo feels a sudden wave of heat onto his legs, he panics when he notices the arrows that were lodged into the wall suddenly exploded. He didn't have time to scream or yell, he only had to focus himself on Bringer Light. The step movement is the only thing keeping him alive, and without he would have been killed long ago.

He watched carefully was as she removed her bow. But then he really got scared when she revealed her reishi sword. It looked horrifying; it's as if it was made to bisect its victims. He feels bad for the people that had to actually face that blade in contact before.

He never thought the explosions were that difficult to go against, mainly because he never has gone against them. But this time he regretted every action of angering the Explosion. Along with her chase with a sword, she was throwing large amounts of reishi and reiatsu towards him, it then of course it exploded. A very devastating signature move, he was lucky she was holding back. It's just her normal sadistic nature has kicked in, and she's has been wanting to do this for a while.

It's not like she wanted him dead, she just wanted to have that joy of inflicting pain on another person.

Ichigo, unfortunately, was not a masochist. So he was above all, was not enjoying this. He had to keeps his mind entirely focused on dodging these bombs, it was just a mess. He tried firing arrows but he would always be in fear that he would be hit.

'What are you afraid?' he asked himself, although it felt as if the thought was forced into him. He was afraid of being hit, but at the same time he was afraid of being slashed. This is training, he shouldn't be terrified like he is. Perhaps it's just that's Bambietta who's trying to kill him, if it had been someone like Bazz then he would have had an easier time. He just knows her too well, he knows what she likes and will do.

"C'mon Kurosaki, I don't want to kill you, I just want to hurt you!"

Oh well, at least he didn't have to worry about dying.

'Harden the fuck up.' he told himself, or did he? He flinched at this thought, he wasn't really someone who would tell himself to do things. They just sort of came naturally in his mind, he would never say them out loud. He took his own advice and lessened up a little. He did a swift spin and shot one high-speed arrow at Sternritter 'E'. She was surprised, but it exploded before it came even close to her. Her reishi control was phenomenal, to be able to use it with such a high-speed reaction is lethal.

'I will say this once, in order to do it you just need to focus everything into the one arrow. You can design your own in a unique way later, but the basic way is to even suck the reishi from the bow to the arrow, it then becomes an ultimate weapon.'

He took a note of her words and charged another arrow, except now he focused more on that, then running away. He suddenly felt that feeling once more, as it he was being led to his ability rather than trying to figure it out on his own. His body began to change colors once more, the red darkened and the arrow became entirely pitch black with a coat of red on its sight. He could at the send of it a small human skull with black markings on it.

What a weird symbol.

"Heilig Pfeil!" he uttered, completely shocking the Sternritter. Ichigo released the power at such high volume it created an aura of that trailed behind. A pitch black arrow which had its size increase by the immense reiatsu that was poured into it

Later

Dead

No, he wasn't actually dead. He looked dead, just by the high amount of blood around his body. Dodging explosions isn't something people can just do. You literally have to be far away to be completely protected against it.

The training grounds were not that large either, the space was relatively small and unfavorable for Ichigo. His body was still intact, it's just that there were small fragments of reishi arrows and terrain stuck into his body.

He couldn't move his body, and he couldn't even manage to get up. He watched as she slowly walked over. Her smirk went into small frown. She had hoped she would gain more adrenaline and ecstasy through her sadistic tendencies.

She holds her hand out, but fails to notice he is in a paralysis state at the moment. When Ichigo ignores it, his eyes began to close. Darkness hit him, but only from blood loss. He would need to attend the infirmary now.

Spectating

The arena was closed for outsiders, with the exception of Ywhach of course. He alongside Hascwalth were the ones monitoring his progress.

"He isn't doing as well as we had anticipated, your Majesty." 'B' said, causing the Emperor to look over.

"He works better in battle, the only reason why I wanted her to go against him is because I thought he would be more comfortable training. It seems though I was wrong. Either way, he only needed to know that. In battle he will learn his fighting style then, it's what has worked for him in the past." he replied, wise as ever. The Second in command couldn't believe how someone's fighting style was developed through fighting, rather than learning it prior. It just didn't add up, but many things about Ichigo didn't make sense.

"That reiatsu of his...it seems darker than Shinigami." he also noted.

"Yes...it is very odd. I'm starting to believe that he was born with something more than natural skills of a Shinigami."

"What do you mean by that?" the blonde-haired man asked.

"I don't know for sure, but there is something even stranger with him...perhaps it was when his mother was attacked."

Karakura Town

After leaving a passed out Karin back at her home, Nel decides to look around for her other human friends. It wasn't that hard to find them, using her pesquisa was simple really. She looked over to her right and uses her superb Sonido to fast travel her way there.

The human world looked so peaceful, people just walking about their days. The Cuatro takes a good note at the interaction between the humans as well. The way they hold hands and don't let go, to anyone who doesn't know what that means, it signifies they don't want the other lost.

But she could easily figure it out it means a lot more than that.

'Urahara Shop…' she said aloud in her mind. This is where she is picking up the most frequent signs of reiats.

The door was locked.

Smash

The door was open.

Her eyes lower when she sees a small boy with red hair sweeping the floor. Except his expression was widened with fear when he took a notice on how terrifying Nel looked. Her sword made her really intimidating to the human boy.

"Hello!" she says cheerfully.

"H-Hi…" he stutters back. "There underground…" he said slowly backing away. Nel nodded and walked passed him. He watched closely as she leaped down into a huge pit.

'What the hell…' he told himself.

Despite being in the city, and entering the shop, she was still undetected by the shop keeper. He was just too busy testing and training certain things. Certain things that he had obtained when Ichigo was still around.

The fourth Espada noticed her other orange-haired friend, except she was female. She was quietly concentrating herself on her shield maintenance and healing powers. Something which cannot be helped if she is disturbed.

"INOUE!" she yelled grabbing her from behind.

"N-Nel!?" she yelled surprised and freaked out by the appearance of her old friend. Urahara, Chad, and Tessai all looked over and they to, shot their eyes open at the sight of an Espada.

"Well, well…this is an unwelcomed surprise." Urahara said rubbing the back of his head. They all walked over and introduced themselves, except there a few people missing.

"Hello Sado!" she says with a bow. He replies back with his own.

"Hey." He replied shortly.

"Where's Ichigo and glasses?" she asked looking around. She didn't sense Ichigo at all, but she still hoped he was around somewhere. Everyone looked away and formed a frown.

"Ishida-kun's…around, but I haven't seen him lately. Kurosaki-kin…has been missing." She replied sadly.

"Oh…"

Even her words were depressing to their ears.

"He's fine." Chad said, hoping to gain everyone's hopes up.

"Yes of course he is. But that doesn't mean we haven't stopped looking form him." The shop keeper said while browsing on his computer. They couldn't understand what he was doing, but it must have been something productive.

"Right, we've just been wondering on what had happened as well. After he defeated Aizen, he lost his Shinigami powers so he tried looking for some others and well…lost them." He explained.

"Lost them?" she asked tilting her head.

"Yes…a man stole them, but he's gone. After that Kurosaki-kun became depressed, and well…disappeared with someone."

"I see…" she replied neutrally, trying to hold in her own emotion.

"I hope he's doing okay…." Orihime said looking down.

Infirmary

Ichigo was not okay. In fact the word okay had to be the exact opposite from what he was feeling right now. 'Why is everyone here a sadist…' he asked himself. The nurse just so happened to be female, and in fact, she made his pain a lot worse than it had to be.

For one she didn't warn him when putting on alcohol to the wounds, in fact she pressed the entire bottle against it.

"Kukuku, be right back sweetie." She said before taking off. Luckily for him, a lot of people get hurt here. This means she has to use a lot of chemicals to help them. Chemicals that also burn and harm the patient more so than helping them.

Ichigo closed his eyes, just enjoying the sensation of not moving. His body relaxed, with no one here to bother or disturb him. It was truly something amazing.

"Dang, you got beat pretty badly. I mean I've seen people get killed here, and it was a lot less gruesome than watching that." Liltotto said appearing before him. He already knew she was coming, but he didn't mind her. At least there was someone who didn't enjoying hurting him he could talk to.

"Yea, yea whatever. I'm just weak right now, that'll change once I'm out." He replied looking over.

"Out? His Majesty has plans before you go off on your own." She said causing him to raise an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

She thought about this, she knew how to put him in a position where he would feel compelled to go. If she straight out told him there was a war going to happen then me might reconsider everything, she couldn't have that. So, she decided just to keep something away from his knowledge.

It's for the best.

"Were going to be having an invasion on Hueco Mundo, to capture the Hollows." She said.

"Heuco Mundo? Why are we going there?"

"Well, you're going. I don't know for sure if I'm going to be. The mission is to just capture the arrancar, like how we got that Espada." She answered.

Ichigo didn't know why the hell they would want arrancar in the first place. His experience with them isn't a good one. The only exception is Nel, and she's just a child so it's not like they would want her. Still, does he really care about them?

No, what good have they done. They served Aizen, they almost killed his friends. Well, even if he excluded the Shinigami ones, his human friends were also in danger.

Ulquiorra, he remembers that unfortunately. He was going to kill him, Ishida, and Orihime, since Aizen had no use for her any longer.

"I see…" he finally replied.

"Are you okay? Do you like them?" she asked, question his motives.

"No…I don't." he answered coldly. The Glutton had an invisible smile on her face, it was nice having to successfully trick someone. It's not that she wants to, it's just there is no other option.

"I'll be going to lunch then, before everything is all gone."

And with that, she turned around and vanished.

Ichigo closed his eyes once more, this time he felt no one approaching. Lunch must be a huge deal for everyone. Still, he had a lot to think about.

He really hopes someone doesn't come in the room and kills him. He knows people have a dislike towards him, just from the things Liltotto has told him.

"You're not like me, huh? Good lucks, but bad with woman." A sarcastic tone said from his right. "I mean yea, you even got the pink head girl for ya, but that don't mean much." He said again crossing his arms.

Ichigo's eyes shoot open, he didn't even sense anyone come near him. It was man, who has medium length black hair, with a strand hanging down in front of his face, reaching his mouth. In addition to his Sternritter uniform, he wears an ornamental bracer on his left arm. He has a thin face with pronounced cheekbones and markings running from the ends of his eyebrows to the corners of his eyes. He also gave a weird vibe, just by his looks Ichigo could tell this man was off.

The thing that confused him to the most, was not that he caught him off guard. It's just he was leaning on the wall beside him. The one not near the open door.

It's as if he just teleported in, or perhaps, used a portal.

"How the hell did you get in here?" he asked, not even considering what rank the man is.

"Good question, my name is Askin Nakk Le Vaar, Stenritter 'D', the deathdealing." He answered, but that wasn't for the right question.

"I didn't ask for your name, I asked, HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE."Ichigo replied in a louder and slow tone.

"We all can get places where we want to be."

"What are you even talking about…?"

"Nothing, does it matter how I got in? I'm here aren't I? I just wanted to chat and relax. I know you want to, after seeing you die a few times back there."

"Does everyone have to come and remind me…"

"A few, anyways I just thought to know ya'. I like meeting knew people." He said getting closer to the bed. He made a very loud yawn and then did something that freaked Ichigo out.

He got into the large bed with him.

"What the hell are you doing!? Get out!" Ichigo yelled backing away.

"Woah! Calm down, I was just tired is all. There's nothing wrong with that…" he said making himself comfortable. Ichigo couldn't believe how laid back the man was, there's something called personal space.

"I'm leaving." He stated before recklessly getting out of bed. The pain was strong, but the man made him feel very uncomfortable, even more so than Giselle does.

"Everyone here is so lame." He said before closing his own eyes. At that moment a certain nurse walked in, except he became fearful taking a good look at the smirk on her face.

Elsewhere in Silbern

Bambietta sits herself once more on a table alone. Her group of friends seemingly vanished once again, leaving her to be by herself. She had wanted to come here with her fellow orange-haired friend, but soon realized the damage once she came to the infirmary.

'Ichigo's hurt right now, he doesn't want to see you.' Meninas said leaning at the door, as if guarding it.

'He…He said that?' she asked, surprised that he would ever say something so hurtful.

'Oh Bambi-chan, just take a look if you really want to see him.' Giselle said, leaving an opening. The explosion curved her head to get just a small glimpse of what was inside, and didn't like it.

He lied there, almost dead. There was dried blood and fresh blood everywhere. They didn't have the best health in the Vandenreich.

The feeling of remorse and regret eclipsed her mind, she wasn't even hungry anymore. She thought about going back and apologizing, but that would just be so out of character for her. It's usually him that comes and apologizes, but he never did anything really wrong.

"God damn you Kurosaki, always making me feel weird." She said aloud.

"Not my fault!"

Who the hell is trying to bother her at a time like this.

"You idiot, what the hell are you doing up!?" she yelled loudly. If they weren't so separated from the rest of the group then a scene would have been made, but she didn't care.

"There was someone there…it was weird." He replied before sitting down. He felt awkward talking about it. "They got into bed with me and I was…shocked." He finished.

"She got into bed with you?" she asked trying to contain herself. She really didn't want to hear those kinds of words right now.

"No…he did." He corrected her. For a moment she was phased out, but came back in laughing hysterically. "It isn't funny!" he yelled back. Her laugh eventually got on to him, and now he was the one joining.

"No it's isn't funny, but you are." She said open heartedly. He stopped at her tone, it was nice. "You always make me laugh, remember?" she asked.

Ichigo thought about it, and it's true. He wasn't even trying to be funny, it's just his actions and reactions are the primary cause of her enjoyment. He didn't seem to mind, mainly because it was her who usually caused his problems.

"Yea, I guess I do." He answered smiling.

For once in a long time, she spent an evening with someone else, and only with someone else. She didn't go off on long walks, or she didn't go off and randomly killed Soldat. She just ate alongside him in peace and happiness, for once not feeling completely betrayed by her group of 'friends'.

Later

Well, after they had that time together, they then began walking around. Ichigo didn't know the place was modeled after Soul Society, in fact he thought it was very strange. But he didn't say anything, he only walked next to her. She had that dominant look on her face as they walked through groups of Soldat and fellow Sternritter, but most no caring about them.

They eventually reached a cliff, it was the highest one to be exact. It was very cold here, so she had kept legs crossed under her skirt, she then leaned to her side and caught Ichigo's attention.

"How was being in Soul Society?" she asked snuggling herself closer. He didn't mind, he only prepared himself for the answer.

"Well, there a bit chaotic. There were a lot of good people who just had to do things, but then there were some who chose justice over the right thing." He replied tonelessly. "I don't have the most fond memories being here, since whenever I came it was because they needed fighting support."

"Why did you help?"

"Well, Aizen was planning on destroying the entire world, apparently. But I don't even know if that's true." He replied, now getting colder.

"You can tell me ya know, no need to hide thins from me." She said becoming a little more distance.

"It's not that, and I'm not hiding anything. I'm just thinking of things of the past, things I could have done, things I should have done…things I would have done."

Hearing him so…lifeless was a bit depressing. Sure, losing everything twice is never something people want to have, but he seemed to have already gotten over it. She looked closely at him, if he ever thought about returning to the human world, or being reunited with his Shinigami friends.

She really hopes not.

It would be indescribable if they were on the opposite sides, she doesn't even know if she could pull it off. If that time does so come, she just hopes they won't have to face. Then whoever is alive in the end could still remember the happy memories they shared with one another.

"But whatever, you know?"

"Hm?" she asked looking up. By now she was pretty much attached to him, literally. Ichigo had already placed an arm to keep her in place from falling, it was called after all.

"I'm glad everything has happened the way it did. I don't have any regrets." He said now gaining his old happy tone. She widened her eyes, he always seemed depressed when thing turned out the way they did, so she could only assume he had wanted them differently.

"I'm glad I became a Shinigami, I'm glad I met Rukia and invaded Soul Society. I'm happy that I went to Hueco Mundo to defeat the Espada, and then Aizen. I'm glad I met Gingjo, and mastered by Fullbring. Even if I lost all of it. And then, I'm glad you came along, now I get to know another set of powers."

Wow, that was a mouthful. Sure she expected something, but to hear pretty much his entire story in that short time was…amazing. She was the newest person he had come to meet, and hopefully she'll be the last.

"I won't be like the others, I won't betray you." She replied looking away. Ichigo smiled and held her even closer. His eyes read 'Thank you', and he really did hope she was going to be the last person he has to meet before being forced to sacrifice everything once more.

"I'm sorry…" she uttered, remorsefully.

"For what?" he asked.

"For hurting you badly, it was unnecessary." She answered, but still looking him in the eyes. Ichigo moved closer, a warm-hearted smile appeared on his face as he was right in front of her.

"I needed that, it just helped me realized how weak I am. I promise I won't end up like that again, and only you'll be able to keep him down like that." He said slowly. She smiled and made an internal laugh at joke. Still, she didn't mind knowing she could be the only person that could ever hurt him that badly again.

Her eyes softly lower as she stares deeply into his brown her eyes. They came closer together, until they came as close as they could be. Then they shut, leaving only the lower parts of their face to make physical contact.

From a Jealous Distance

"Man, you guys suck." Candice said taking a very good look at the intimate contact between Ichigo and the Explosion.

"HM! I didn't think Bambi-chan would be so straight forward." Giselle said crossing her arms.

"Is that how he is supposed to kiss?" Meninas asked, noticing the struggle by Ichigo.

"Has he not kissed someone before?" the Thunderbolt asked, hiding her small laugh. Bambietta has a funny smirk as Ichigo struggled to moves his lips in the correct way. In fact she became so hysterical she managed to push him down and completely dominate him through the experience. He just didn't know what to do.

"No he hasn't." The Zombie answered with a frown. She only kissed him to tease everyone else, she didn't expect it to end out like this.

Liltotto noticed something odd with this picture. It was her that she normally would insult her comrades for being vulgar or too lewd, or whorish. But now, they aren't being that because there is only one Ichigo. But there were many females.

So, the thought came. "No way…" she said aloud.

"What?" Candice asked, annoyed by her sudden outburst.

"He's a slut." She answered, forming a deadpanned expression.

"…Good." She replied, forming a vicious grin.

"I suppose so." Meninas commented. She turned herself around and headed back, she had a lot to think about if she was going to be a top contender in this.

"You guys are too slow, it will be me trying for him next." Candice said before departing off. She already formed a plan long ago.

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(A.N End)

This was ridiculous, tedious, and slow as hell.

Next chapter, THIS WEEKEND. It will be above 10k, so that will be 25k for this week.

More Sternritter interactions next chapter. I think I have a basis who will be on his side and who will not.

Candice comes next chapter also.

Well, see you Friday/Saturday with a more specific authors note on thing.

Also, for those who are strict on grammar. Sorry for my poor usage of semicolons, I just hate them with a passion. They make the entire sentence look ugly as hell. I just hate using them.