[AN l- The Hogyoku made it's presence known in the last, it was a little bit rushed I admit and I won't really use it for now. I revealed quite early the Hogyoku's 'power' , not very detailed as it isn't relevant to the story for now, because it's quite normal for a kid to make this kind of mistakes ( entering in close combat with an recently awaken spirit ).

I did mention that the Hogyoku's power was the result between Aizen's experiment and Urahara's experiment,

from one it gained the power to evolve and adapt and from the other it gained the power to destroy the boundary between different beings, in the series this powes were just an sort of secondary effect it's main power is something else, it can capture and manifest the users wishes. In this fanfic

all three powers will be used but the last one will have major limitations.

From now on i'll call the energy used by this world reiatsu, after a small period a research I couldn't find another type of energy to fit, not even this is a perfect fit but it's close enough.

This is what I wanted to clarify -End AN ]

' Take a break Ichigo ' Isamu's voice voice was heard in a small clearing inside the small forest bordering the village

'I can continue dad, I don't even feel tired' responded Ichigo

'Sigh, Ichigo even though thothis is body tempering it doesn't mean that reiatsu isn't used for tell me Ichigo what exactly is reiatsu ?.'

' Reiatsu is a type of energy that appears as an result of the interaction between the spirits and the roots '

' This is basically correct, but why did old Ling forced you to remember ? '

Flashback

' Write this down brats and learn it word by word. Reiatsu is a type of energy that appears as an result of the interaction between the spirits and the itself cannot be measured using physical means, but the same cannot be said about the energy produced by the roots.

Spiriton is the name.'said old Ling as he watched the kids, after a short pause in which he appeared to be lots in thoughts whilst looking at Ichigo he continued ' The number of spiritons one produces can be measured using an soul crystal, like this one, unfortunately this is a basic crystal and we can only read the amount of spiritons each of you have, some more advanced crystal can be used to read , the density and nature of the spiritons, anyway let's not make things too complicated for the bunch of you. The spirit is constantly releasing some pressure over the root forcing it to release spiritons, the amount of spiritons released by the root is almost proportional with the pressure applied. The root usually resists some of this pressure and depending on the amount of resistance the root gives an grade is given to it.

Well this should do for now and unfortunately as this is the only crystal I have I can only test one of you." said old Ling, looking at Ichigo again

"He must be worried about my spirit" thought Ichigo"He doesn't know about it's potential, and I made that oath with I Imoyama-san from the Heavenly Pill Association so I can't tell him."

' But since this is not fair for the other I won't test anyone '

End Flashback

' Sigh I remember dad '

' If you remember tell me why I won't train you anymore '

' Because when I use the tempering method my spirit is putting pressure on my roots forcing it to release spiritons.'

'Not only that, a body tempering method interferes with the normal circulation of spiritons, they no longer arrived at the spirit sea to be used to produce reiatsu,

they are forced to take another route towards your bones, muscles or inner organs in order to strengthen them '

' Dad, I also heard grandpa Ling talking about this spirit sea, what is it ? '

' This is advanced knowledge Ichigo, it will be explained in greater detail once you join a school or a sect, but the simplest explanation of the spirit sea would be : the place your spirit is located '

'Oh, I almost forgot, dad is the Heavenly Pill Association a school or a sect '

'The Heavenly Pill Association is neither a school or sect. Sigh, during the reign of the Blood Emperor Tai Qiang, alchemists were used as pill producing slaves by the noble and royal houses, having rights barely above common cattle, in order to protect themselves they started forming groups giving pills to some schools and sects in exchange of protection. One group in particular managed to create pills of extremely high quality and so entered in contact with the Heaven Sword sect and made a small contract with them, in exchange for twelve pills exceeding 9 stars the Heaven Sword sect will protect this group for three hundred years. Twenty years later a group with the Blood Emperor himself at it's head, attacked this alchemist group, the Heaven Sword sect respected the contract and ended that internal era.

In order to honour the cultivators that fell fighting and their protectors, the group picked the name Heavenly Pill Association establishing themselves as one ofthe biggest powers in the world. Leaving the storytelling behind, you should go an sleep Ichigo, tomorrow is probably one of the most important days for you, if picking your school can be considered important.'

Scene Break

Aiko's P.O.V

"This really is frustrating, not even this book had anything remotely closely about Ichigo's spirit or that purple glow"

Flashback

'Ichigo look, your sister got you another bracelet.' said Aiko when she finally saw Ichigo, several hours after she arrived

'Wow, thank you sis, you are the best' responded Ichigo happily

Several hours later Ichigo was getting in bed not noticing a figure trying to hide outside his window

"Whatever drained the first bracelet was doing it when Ichigo was sleeping for sure, I did follow him the entire day and nothing, so this is the only other explanation."

Several minutes later aiko looked through the window and saw it

"What is that ?" thought the girl as se noticed a purple glow surrounding the bracelet " Whatever that is it was clearly what drained the first bracelet, it stopped.

Sigh I guess that I won't be sleeping tonight."

The next day

'Ichigo can you show me the bracelet please ?'

'Why sis?' asked Ichigo curiously

' Well I want to check if it's another counterfeit'

' Oh, sure' said Ichigo, believing that obvious lie, as he gave the bracelet away.

"Nothing, but how ?"

End Flashback

"Well at least I have several theories for it's behaviour, whatever that glow was it could have reached a limit after absorbing the power of the first bracelet this is highly unlikely but not impossible, it's also possible that whatever it is can handle just so much energy and requires a long time before each intake this, it could also have had found another energy source and it may not require the bracelet's." though Aiko as she closed the book.

"Leaving the Immortal Fire School and joining the Nirvana Searching Sect was a good decision after all seeing as even with the help of the sect known for its library barely helped with some clues about that glow, as for Ichigo's spirit... nothing and that by itself is suspicious."

[AN- I still suck at naming things, I did try to get better, failed obviously but tried nonetheless End AN ]

Break scene

' Lao, I believe that today is the day Kurosaki Ichigo is supposed to join some sect or school, am I right ? '

' Yes gui..' Alchemist Lao got interrupted by the guild master look

'Now there's really no need for such formalities considering that you did manage to breakthrough an reached the spirit realm Lao, or should I call you Alchemist Lao?'

' Sigh, very well Alchemist Su ' responded Alchemist Lao respectfully

' Ha, I knew this day will come eventually, it's finally your turn to pay for the drinks '

' Sigh, this really doesn't matter right now, as I was saying Kurosaki Ichigo, the holder of the mutated incomplete fire spirit is indeed supposed to pick his school today, but since information about the incomplete fire spirits is only known by the major power, we must help him join the whatever school he wishes.

This shouldn't be a major problem as all local powers will give us face and accept him without checking his spirit, but that only applies for the recruiting part unfortunately we cannot interfere with the inner workings of another organization."

' Indeed, this may be a possible problem, it doesn't really matter if information about his fire spirit spreads, even the other major powers won't try to fight us for it, especially considering that we are the ones best suited to train this kind of spirit. His other capabilities are the problem, a eighth years old kid capable of using soul attacks is too big of a temptation. We could try to influence whatever school/sect he joins but that will be only a temporary solution as word is sure to spread it'll raise some suspicions. Sigh, this kid is making my hair go white even faster than my daughter. We'll wait for now and see how things evolve, go and meet the child, but make sure it looks as an accident, we really don't need anymore eyes watching us.' said Master Su ending the conversation.

Scene Break

' Ichigo listen, I know that you are excited about joining a school but you should really pay attention to the terms on the contract, not everyone is a good person, some schools are being known for tricking their future students atat the recruiting stage. '

' Why is that dad ? '

'They try to gain whatever little advantage they can in order to save some funds, like verbally promising some sort of reward for joining them but once you join them nothing is given. It really isn't that much of a problem since this kind of public recruiting is supervised by representatives of most major powers, but tricking some kids in order to gain several spirit crystals is simply wrong. And as we parents can't interfere with the decision our kid makes in this situation this kind of trickery is just way too lowly for any school worth mentioning.'

As they continued their conversation the duo didn't notice a plump middle aged man heading directly towards them, said man holding a paper sheet in front of his face, looking like he didn't noticed them either.

The plump man clashed with Ichigo making him fall.

' Hmmm ? Oh, sorry kid, I didn't saw you, are you alright ? '

' Yea, I'm fine ... ' said Ichigo looking up

' Oh it's mister Imoyama ' said Ichigo making a vein bulge on Imoyama's head

' You know this man Ichigo ?' asked Isamu

' Yea, mister Imoyama was in the audience when I was getting my spirit awakened ' said Ichigo

' Kid, I think your ability to butcher your name is more surprising than your incomplete spirit. '

' You know about Ichigo's spirit' said Isamu quickly, preparing to strike if the situation arose

' Please calm down and allow me to explain. My name is Lao Mào and I am an alchemist from the Heavenly Pill Association, I've met your son at the awakening ceremony and explained something about his spirit. Did two years really passed since then ?' said Alchemist Lao trying to sor convincing

' Well it didn't really matter, I'm sorry kid for making you fall. ' said Alchemists Lao thoughtfully

'It seems that my age is starting to make it's presence known, how about this kid, I'll write for you a letter of recommendation as a form of apology, is that fine with you.'

' Sure ? ' said Ichigo uncertainty

' What was your name kid ? '

" Well things couldn't go any better this kid's name butchering ability made all this fall in place perfectly, and by giving him an letter of recommendation I managed to create a somewhat good impression "

' Thank you mister Imoyama ' said Ichigo respectfully

"I definitively can see this Imoyama thing getting old really quick ", ' Sigh '

' Is everything alright mister Imoyama ' asked Ichigo innocently

' Nothing kid, I was just considering changing my name '

Scene Break

' The Heavenly Pill Association contacted a kid, Ichigo Kurosaki the name ' an old voice sounded in a small empty room, telling this news

' Kurosaki ? Is he related to the possessor of the white flame ? ' another voice sounded

' I believe so ' the old voice sounded again

' So why is this Ichigo so special ? ' a third voice asked, judging by it's tone quite young and possibly female

' From what I could gather he awakened an incomplete flame ' the old voice said

' If it's true then it isn't all that surprising, given that almost all incomplete fire spirit users were contacted by the Heavenly Pill Association at one point or another ' the second voice spoke again

'Indeed, whatever the properties of this kind of spirit are, tthe other powers aren't willing to challenge the alchemists for it so it's can't be all that great' a fourth voice, cold and emotionless, sounded

' Well if this is all, I'm going back to sleep ' A fifth bored voice interjected '

' If you have anything else to say, make it quick fourth ' a sixth voice sounded

' No nothing else really important ' the old voice now named fourth ended the conversation

Six voices were heard in a small room.

Six voices were heard in a room without doors or windows.

Six voices were heard in a room were a single body rested.