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Just so you know Ichigo wasn't evenly matched when he was fighting Kichko it is a thing hollows do, they play with their pray for a bit. It is something Ichigo does subconsciously.

Chapter 4 Training

Ichigo was walking to see the diamonds because they wanted a report of the mission he just got back from. Blue was walking by his side on the way to the meeting room. She was still looking at him in wonder because of what he was willing to do to protect her.

{Why would he do such a thing, I'm just a pearl. Why does he see it fit to protect me? I'll ask him after the report.}

They walked in to the large set of doors and closed them behind them.

"Well out with it already, how did it go" Yellow Diamond said forcefully.

Ichigo clenched his fists, "Why didn't you tell me you would send me to war" he said with a strained tone to his voice?

"We wanted to see how you would fare and we needed to finish them off too".

"Why did you need to do that"?

"We needed the resources in there planet to make more gems" Blue Diamond said calmly.

Ichigo snapped his head up, "I was forced to kill, I hate killing. It doesn't matter what you need if innocent people are being killed because of it".

"Do you have a way of proving that you killed, you could just be saying that after all"?

Ichigo pulled the sword out of his gem and dropped it at their feet.

"That is the sword of their strongest fighter. I was forced to kill him to protect her" he said as he pointed at Blue. "I lost an arm protecting her but I had to kill to save her".

"Preposterous, you still have both arms".

Ichigo looked at them strait in the eye, "Cut off my arm" he said as he held it out.

"We can't"…

"Blue Diamond it is his request, Pearl do it".

"Yes my diamond" she said pulling out her sword.

[Swing]

His arm fell to the ground and blood was dripping from the stump.

"Why did you have us cut off your arm" Blue Diamond said with some concern in her voice?

Before their eyes Ichigo's arm began to regenerate and reform. When it was complete he flexed it to show them that it was just like his old arm.

"That's why, I have the ability to regenerate".

"It is true my diamonds, his arm was cut off when he pushed me out of the way from an attack".

"Why would you risk your life to protect a lowly pearl" Yellow Diamond asked with a distasteful look on her face?

"I can't stand to see anyone get hurt if they don't deserve it". Ichigo turned around, "Don't send me on anymore war missions... let's go Blue" he said as he walked off back to the room they gave him.

"Yes master" she said as she followed him.

Yellow Diamond looked at Blue Diamond, "He named the pearl"?

"It would seem so, Painite is a strange being. I think we better listen and keep him away from war. We could just send him on escort missions instead".

"Fine but to use a sword like this the enemy must have been powerful. Have some humans from the zoo taken to the labs, we must create more of these powerful super soldiers".

"What if they turn out like that and what are we going to do with him and that named pearl"?

"He is powerful so if he continues to follow orders he can remain as he is. The pearl can stay with him, she can't do anything anyway she's just a pearl. As for the other humans, we won't give them the chance, and if any of them try to resist then we will shatter them. The chances are worth the risks".

"Alright, I'll have a few delivered right away".

Blue Diamond walked out of the room back to her own ship to take care of Yellow's Request.

{I have to do something about this. What Yellow is planning doesn't feel right. That human doesn't belong here and if he rebels we won't survive. I have to come up with a plan of my own so humanity can survive, like Pink Diamond wanted all those years ago.}

…

In Yellow Diamond's office she was getting a message from her communicator.

"Well it appears that Painite has entered the training room. Let's see how he has trained to become so powerful".

She opened a large amount of screens looking in the room at many different directions.

…

As they were walking away from the meeting room Ichigo saw that blue was fidgeting.

"Is something wrong Blue"?

"Well master, I wanted to ask you something. Only if you would allow me to of course".

"Blue, you can ask me anything whenever you want. What is it"?

"Why did you see it fit to save me back there"?

"It's just like I said before, I don't like seeing anyone get hurt if they don't deserve it".

"Master I disobeyed your command to stay put, I should have been shattered because I didn't listen but you saved me".

"That doesn't matter to me, all that matters is that you're okay. The diamonds may think you should have died but I'm not like that. To them you are just a pearl but to me you are Blue, the person who watched me till I woke up even if it was an order".

"Thank you Master Ichigo but I have one more thing I want to ask you".

"I told you already, just ask" he said with a chuckle.

"Yes um, can you train me to be as powerful as you"?

Ichigo stopped for a second and walked on again.

"Why do you want me to train you"?

"I want to be as powerful as you so you don't have to look out for me again. I don't want to cause you to get shattered by mistake. I also don't know why but I want to be able to help you in whatever way I can".

"Alright".

"What"?

"I'll train you".

"Really"?

"Sure, your mind is made up so if I didn't train you you'd try it on your own anyway right"?

Blue blushed, "Well".

"I hope you know that I won't go easy on you. I'll teach you the same way my teachers taught me".

Blue looked a little nervous, {what kind of training could he have went threw to be that powerful?}

In answer to her silence, "He kept trying to kill me until I unlocked my powers".

Blue was shaking, what had she gotten in to.

"Um, master where are you going"?

"The training room".

"Master we've past the training room a few minutes ago".

"Um, dam it".

…

They WERE FACING EACHOTHER IN THE TRAINING AREANA AND Ichigo WAS PULLING OUT Zangetsu.

"Alright BLUE I'M GOING TO TRAIN YOU THE SAME WAY MY TEACHERS TAUGHT ME," Ichigo SAID AS HE GOT IN TO A STANCE.

"What METHED IS THAT MASTER?"

"I'M GOING TO TRY TO KILL YOU UNTIL YOUR POWERS SHOW UP like I said before."

"Um, MASTER I THINK I COULD COME UP WITH A MORE SOOTABLE TRAINING METHED."

"You SHOULD FIGURE out HOW TO USE YOUR POWERS THEN … BECAUSE I'M REALLY GOING TO TRY TO KILL YOU," Ichigo SAID AS HE FLASHED RIGHT ABUBV HER.

He SWONG Zangetsu DOWN AND BLUE STARTED RUNNING. Ichigo FLASHED RIGHT INFRONT OF HER AND SWONG Zangetsu AGAIN. Blue DUCKED JUST IN TIME AND RAN IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.

"Come ON BLUE, YOU WILL NEVER GET STRONGER IF YOU DON'T ATACK," HE SAID AS HE RAN AFTER HER.

"Master I HAVE NO CHANCE OF BEETING YOU."

"You DON'T HAVE TO BEET ME … JUST TRY NOT TO DIE BEFORE YOU UNLOCK YOUR POWERS," HE SAID AS HE FLASHED TO HER.

She DUCKED UNDER ANOTHER SWING AND RAN AGAIN.

"Ichigo STOPPED AND YELLED, "If YOU DON'T STAND YOUR GROUND IN BATTLE YOU WILL NEVER STAND A CHANCE."

Blue STOPPED AND TURNED AROUND. She THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT HE SAID AND TOOK A STANCE OF HER OWN. They RAN AT EACHOTHER AND Blue WAS DODGING MOST OF Ichigo's SWINGS. She GOT A FEW CUTS HEAR AND THERE BUT NOTHING TO MAGER. She SAW AN OPINING IN Ichigo's GARD AND THREW A PUNCH.

The PUNCH CONNECTED AND THEY BOTH STOPPED. Blue WAS SHOCKED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO BRING HERSELF TO DO IT.

"Ichigo LOOKED AT HER AND SMILED a little, "Good JOB BLUE BUT NOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU CAN FIGHT I CAN STEP IT UP."

He BEGAN TO RASE HIS POWER AND BLUE STEPPED BACK IN FEAR. HE RASED HIS POWER SO MUCH THAT BLUE WAS ON HER KNEES STRUGLING TO GET UP. Ichigo WALKED TO HER SLOWLY AS HE RAISED Zangetsu OVER HIS HEAD.

Blue LOOKED UP AT HIM WHEN HE stood RIGHT BEFORE HER. She SAW Ichigo's POWER FLOWING AROUND HIM AND Zangetsu GLOW BRIGHT. She LOOKED DOWN AND COUVERED HER HEAD AND HOPED HER POWER WOULD COME TO HER.

"Well BLUE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT," HE SAID IN DISAPOINTMENT.

HE SWONG Zangetsu DOWN AND…

[Clang]

Blue LOOKED UP AND SAW THAT Ichigo's SWORD WAS STOPPED BEFORE IT COULD HIT HER. She SAW THAT IT WAS HER THAT STOPPED THE STRIKE THAT WOULD HAVE KILLED HER. Ichigo LET HER STAND UP AND BACKED AWAY. Blue STOOD UP AND TOOK A LOOK AT HER WHEPPEN.

In HER LEFT HAND WAS A SMALL ARM SHEALD WITH A SHINING BLUE COLOR. In HER RIGHT HAND she had a short thin sword with a sharp edge and a deadly point. The handle and guard were dark blue and the blade was almost white but it had a light blue tint. She held them up and admired them.

"Good job blue I knew you could do it."

"It's my very own power, it's so beautiful," she said still lost in her own little world.

Ichigo walked to her and put his hand on her shoulder, "What is it that you want to do with your power?"

She put her arms down and looked at him, "I want to be strong so I can make master proud, I don't want master to get hurt for my sake and if master needs it I will help him in any way I can."

"Alright then I will tell you something that someone important told me. Look forward, never turn back, if you hesitate you will die, if you turn back you will age, face foreword and take down anything in your way. That is what they told me and it has helped me so much."

"Thank you master for training me."

"We aren't done training, you still have much to learn. You have your weapon but you don't know how to use it. You also have to learn how to use and control your energy. I have to learn those still too so we will learn that together. There is so much you can learn. You can even make your own attacks with your energy and we will also learn that together."

"You don't have to do all that for me."

"I want to, also it will give me something to do during our time off. Also your training isn't over yet," he said as he made a familiar bucket hat appear over his head.

"Master, why do you have that over your head?" she asked with a confused look on her face.

"The next part of your training is to knock off my hat. I know this doesn't make sense but I had to learn like this."

That sounds easy enough."

"We will be fighting at the same time."

"Alright master get ready because I will knock that thing off your head."

"Bring it on blue."

They rushed at each other with big smiles on their faces. They know that they would have one another's back for many years to come. They will train for now but when trouble comes in two years it will test there bond and growth. Also what will Yellow Diamond do with this knowledge and how will it affect this world.

A/n

I am sorry but my caps lock key got stuck and I didn't feel like fixing the text when it was fixed. Also Ichigo is training her because he doesn't want Blue to get hurt and to pass the time. It will also allow me to make a time skip. Also I took some grammar courses so the quality may have changed mid way through.