Zrocker119:WOW! I wasn't expecting so many people to like this story, and it has only been a few days!.

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~Zanpakuto/Tailed beasts~

-START-

The next morning all of Konoha is silent. The streets are empty, not even the animals were awake. Everybody was enjoying their sleep.

Ichigo woke up screaming and in a cold sweat. Throwing off the covers he sat on the edge of the bed. Holding his head, he began taking deep breaths to slow down his rapidly beating heart. He felt the bed shift as his partner woke as well. He didn't need to look to know that she was concerned.

"It was the Rukia this time." Ichigo never had good dreams anymore. Whenever he dreamt it was always about loosing those closest to him.

Orihime sat next to him. Resting her head on his shoulder, lacing her fingers through his. "I miss them Orihime." He wasn't just talking about Rukia. He missed her, Renji, his father...Yuzu and Karin.

"I do too Ichigo." She made him face her. "But they wouldn't want us to be stuck in the past, thinking about what we could've done different. They would want us to move on."

"I know." Ichigo sighed. She turned his head towards her. He felt her lips on his own. Ichigo Wrapped his arms around her beautiful frame and laid her back to the bed.

Orihime moaned as he left her lips and started working his way down her neck. He was just starting to pull up her night gown when.

"Wwaaaahh!" The sound of Naruto crying stopped them.

~Wow.~ Zangetsu said. ~Hasn't even been a day, and the kid's already being a cock block.~

'Slap him for me Oldman.' There's a loud crash and Zangetsu yelping in pain. 'Thank you.'

Naruto started crying louder. Orihime went to go get him but Ichigo stopped her. "Me screaming probably woke him, so I'll take care of him. " Kissing her he left the room. Orihime shook her head and started getting ready for the day.

Opening the door Ichigo found Naruto crying loudly in his crib. "There there." Ichigo picked him up, swaying a bit. He sniffed and instantly knew what was wrong. "Let's get you changed."

Using skills he developed from taking care of his younger sisters, Ichigo quickly got Naruto cleaned up and in a fresh diaper. Once that was all done Ichigo put some formula in a bottle and heated it up. After making sure that it wasn't too hot he started feeding Naruto finally calming him down.

"Slow down Naruto." When Naruto finished the bottle , Ichigo rested him on his shoulder and statred patting his back.

Now that she was dressed, Orihime stood in the door way watching the two. Naruto burped making them laugh.

"You always hear stories about how hard it is taking care of a baby." Ichigo smiled. "I think those people had no idea what they were doing." He felt something tugging on his hair. Ichigo glanced over and saw Naruto chewing on it.

"I think that's the sign for me to get a hair cut." Orihime giggled. Naruto noticed her and held out his arms.

She walked over and took him from Ichigo. Naruto snuggled into her bosom and started playing with her hair. "Let me put him in his crib and I'll give you a quick cut."

A minute later Ichigo is sitting in a chair. Orihime stood behind him with a pair of scissors. "What do you think your test is going to be?" She started cutting off his long locks.

"Most likely one that involves me showcasing my skills. I'll restrict myself to swordsmanship and martial arts. Don't want them to know the extent of my abilities." She nodded snipping off some more hair.

"Done." She exclaimed brushing the hair off of his shoulders. Ichigo looked in the mirror. His hair now barely reached his shoulders. After taking a quick shower he stood at the door dressed for combat.

He noticed Orihime looking at him. "What?"

"Nothing." She smiled clasping her hands together. "So I was thinking that while your off playing ninja," Ichigo rolls his eyes, "I would take Naruto for a walk around the village." Ichigo took a thinking pose.

"You know what?" He smiled and wrapped his arms around her. "I think I'll come and join you two when I'm done."

Orihime kissed him. "You better get going. The sooner you finish the sooner you can join us." After giving her one last kiss, Ichigo left.

Orihime went back to Naruto's room. "Want to go for a walk with mommy, Naruto?" He tilts hit head cutely at her while sucking on his foot.

Closing the door behind him, Ichigo waves at Kakashi who was waiting down on the street. Jumping off the railing, he lands silently next to him.

"Ready? Follow me then." As they walked through the streets Kakashi pulls out a orange book and starts reading.

Curious about what he was reading, Ichigo read the cover and almost trips. "You're reading porn in public."

"What one of my spares?" Ichigo facepalms. Kakashi just shrugged. "Your loss."

"Only a guy that hasn't had sex reads smut." Kakashi took the obvious jab in strides.

They spent the rest of the walk to the training fields in silence. Arriving at their destination Ichigo saw that there are four people waiting for them. He couldn't help but noticed that he was the oldest one there.

"Your late." The one with purple hair said.

Kakashi put his bood away. "Sorry but there was this old lady that needed help with her groceries."

"Bull shit." Everyone said at the same time. Ichigo snickered even though Kakashi was shooting him a glare.

"So your the guy getting tested." The guy smoking a cigarette eyed him for a moment.

"You know smokings bad for your health." The red eyed woman smiled at Ichigo's comment.

"That's what I keep telling him." She offered him her hand which he shook. "I'm Kurenai, the purple haired ones Yugao." She was busy scolding Kakashi about being late. "The smoker's Asuma, and the one in green is-"

"I am Konoha's Sublime Green Beast of Prey, MIGHT GUY!" Guy gave Ichigo his signature nice guy pose. Even the the sun had been up for an hour already, a sunset appeard behind him.

Ichigo blinked owlishly. "Uhmmm...I'm Ichigo Kurosaki, nice to meet you all." He sent them a look, daring them to comment about his name. None of them did much to his pleasure.

"Are you from the Land of Iron?" Yugao asked eyeing his blades. Both of them are finely crafted. 'He must be strong two carry such a large blade.' She hoped that he wasn't some guy that only carried swords like those for looks.

"No." Ichigo answered not knowing where she was talking about. "Why do you ask?"

Asuma spoke this time. "You have the appearance of a samurai."

"Sorry but I'm not."

"It doesn't matter what you are or were." Guy said swiping the air in front of him. "The Hokage wishes us to test the flames of your youth!"

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~Holy shit. This guy makes me look sane.~ Ichigo and Oldman Zangetsu could only nod and agree.

Ichigo shook off his stupor. "How's this test going to work anyway?"

Kurenai guestured to Guy and herself. "The two of us will be testing you. Guy's going to fight you in a taijutsu only match. After that I'll be subjugating you to a few different kinds of genjutsu. Kakashi will evaluate you based on your performance."

Ichigo nodded. "Sounds easy enough." He looked at Asuma and Yudao. "Why are you here then?"

"We just want to watch the show." Ichigo just nods.

He looded between them. The two shivered slightly at the predatory glint in his eyes. "So who's up first?"

With Naruto secured safily in her arms, Orihime left the safety of their apartment. "OK Naruto let's go." He only stared at his mother and gurgled.

"You're too cute for your own good." She exclaimed tickling his nose making her son giggle. He grabbed her finger and started playing with it.

While he was doing that Orihime was enjoying the sights Konoha had to offer. As she walked by people would say hello and she would wave back.

Orihime stopped at one point looking at the towering Hokage monument. For some reason she couldn't tear her gaze from the one furthest to the right.

"First time coming to Konoha?" Orihime jumped at the voice behind her. Turning around she came face to face with a woman with long, straigh black hair with bangs framing her face. In her arms was a baby that was maybe a few months old. She laughed a bit. "Sorry I didn't mean to scare you."

"It's OK." Orihime laughed. "I'm Orihime Kurosaki and this is my son Naruto. My husband and I just moved here yesterday."

The woman smiled. "It's nice to meet you. My name is Mikoto Uchiha and this is my youngest Sasuke." They both looked and saw that the two babies were staring at each other.

"Did you make a friend Naruto?" It was good that he was. Orihime looked closer and noticed that they actually seemed to be...glaring at one another. Can babies even do that?

"Sasuke?" Mikoto realized the same thing. The two mothers looked at each other and came to the same conclusion.

"Awww, that's so cute!" Like all mothers, they thought that everything their baby did was adorable.

"Would mind if I walked with you? I don't have many friends outside of my family." Mikoto didn't know why but she liked the younger woman.

Orihime nodded scratching her head sheepishly. "Please do, I don't really know my way around."

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!"

Guy soared past Ichigo's head, missing it by a hairs breath. The moment Guy's feet touched the ground he shot back at Ichigo and unleashed a barrage of punches in rapid succession.

Ichigo held his ground. Bringing up his hands he blocked each hit. He winced slightly as they connected. 'This guy's strong.' Catching one fist Ichigo shifted his footing and slammed Guy into the ground.

Guy lessened the impact by bringing up his arms. He recovered faster then Ichigo expected and caught a kick to the face.

Kakashi and the others watched from the sidelines as Ichigo rolled with the blow and hit Guy with a right hook.

Asuma took a drag and exhaled. "He's pretty good."

"I'm not impressed." Yugao said dismissively.

"He's holding back." They all turned to Kakashi who had spoken. "When I shunshin into the Hokages office the other day, he had me pinned to the floor with a sword at my throat before I could even blink." Kakashi looked at them. "And he said, that it was just instinct."

After landing that last hit rattled his head a little Ichigo decided that Guy's more powerful than he seemed. Wiping his cheek Ichigo pressed the attack. Left, right, block, counter, it was like the two martial artists were locked in an elegant dance.

They jumped away from each other. "You're very good." Guy complemented him.

"You're not too bad yourself, but I've fought stronger." Ichigo said honestly. "I can tell you're holding back though and I'm telling you right now, don't" He released some spiritual pressure to move his point across.

Guy only smiled in response. "If that's the case, then I'll cut loose a little." He crossed his arms.

Kakashi new what he was planning. "Things are about to get interesting."

"FOURTH GATE OF PAIN, OPEN!" Guy's body undergoes a strange transformation. His skin turned red, his eyes went white and the veins around his temples bulged.

Ichigo's eyes widened when his opponent disappeared from sight. Sensing him to his right, Ichigo blocked a punch with his forearm, it was snapped like a twig. "FUCK!" He lashed out with a kick but Guy ducked. Next thing Ichigo knew was that he was sent into the air from a kick to his jaw. Guy was infront of him, repeatedly kickinghim in the jaw, sending him further into the air.

Ichigo started getting punched all over the place so quickly, that it looked like he was bouncing off of the air. Guy finished it with an open-hand and kick to his chest.

"REVERSE LOTUS!"

His head hit the ground and all Ichigo saw was darkness.

Guy lept out of the dust cloud and deactivated the hidden gates.

"Guy!" Kurenai shouted. "We were suppose to test him, not...kill..." Her eyes widened as a Ichigo could be seen getting up from the crater.

"Damn that last one hurt." Ichgo turned his neck untill there was a loud snap. That was when they all noticed that the viens on his neck, going up his head were glowing blue. "Good thing I activated Blut Vene when I did." He then grabbed his limp right arm and snapped that back into place as well. His instant regeneration kicked in, healing it.

Guy laughed and got back into his fighting stance. "I'm glad to see you still standing. Not many can say they have after tasting my reverse lotus."

Ichigo allowed himself to smirk. Grabbing his armor he removed it. He didn't want it to get destroyed from what he was about to do. "I never thought that there's someone here that would force me to use this."

"Shunko." The clothes covering his upper body were blown completely off by the sudden increase of energy flowing . The only thing covering his chest is a black, skin tight shirt similar to the one his old teacher Yoruichi use to wear. This was the final skill that she passed onto him. While hers took the form of white lightning, his took on the appearance of black flames.

The ground withing a two meter radius around him cracked and lifted off of the ground.

"Come!" Guy reactivated the sixth gate, the gate of view, making him even more powerful than last time. "Show me the flames of your youth!" Both combatants disappeared, leaving only shock waves as they collided all over the training field.

Not being able to track them, Kakashi lifted his headband, revealing his sharingan. His eye widened even further. "That isn't possible."

"What?" Yugao asked trying and failing to spot the two masters of speed.

"Kurosaki isn't using chakra, wait no that's not true." Kakashi said as he looked closer. "It's more accurate to say that he's only using half of it." He couldn't quite understand it himself, he would have to wait until the two stopped so he could get a better look at Ichigo's chakra network.

Ichigo couldn't fight off the grin that made its way onto his face. He was enjoying this. He couldn't go at max speed since he wasn't in Bankai, but he could tell that Guy wasn't going all out either. The two of them were defiantly going to be sparing partners in the near future.

They appeared on opposite sides of he field. "Think I passed yet?"

Guy nodded and cancelled his inner gates. "You are a worthy opponent Kurosaki-san, I wish that we could go all out, but one of us would end up hospitalized."

"I knew you were holding back." Ichigo shook his head and cut the flow of kido to his limbs, allowing the shunko to fade. "You may not be the fastest person I know, but damn you're still fast, and it's just Ichigo. I'm not one for formalities."

"You know somebody faster than Guy?" Kakashi was curious about Ichigo's statement. Guy was the fastest person he knew, so it was hard to believe that there's someone faster.

"One of my teachers, but I can't really tell who's faster. I have yet to see Guy go all out. If anything he could be just as fast as her." Ichigo was sure that Yoruichi would've loved to get into a game of tag with Guy.

"I hope I can meet this teacher of yours." Guy smiled. "She sounds like a good way to test myself if she's as fast as you claim."

Ichigo smiled sadly. "I'm sorry, but that's impossible. She died a few years back. All that remains of her are the skills that she taught me." Guy rubbed his neck sheepishly. He hadn't meant to bring up bad memories.

"By the way Kakashi, what's going on with your eye?" Ichigo asked changing the subject.

"It's my sharingan. With it I can see another persons chakra network, predict their moves, and copy any jutsu I see." Now that Ichigo wasn't moving all over the place he could clearly see his chakra. "But your chakra is very strange. Why's that?"

"Question." Ichigo raised his hand like he was in a classroom. "What's chakra?"

"..."

"Are you serious?" Kakashi looked at him like he had been living under a rock. Ichigo just glared at him. "Chakra is the embodiment of ones stamina. It's created by mixing physical energy with spiritual energy(correct me if I'm wrong, seriously do it if I am)."

Ichigo nodded. "Then the answer to your is simple. I only use the spiritual part."

"That shouldn't be possible." Ichigo shrugged.

"I've been told that I'm good at doing the impossible." Ichigo said without revealing too much information. He looked at Kurenai. "Ready for the next part?"

That brought her out of her shock. It wasn't every day that you met someone that only use Yin Release "Y-yes." She cleared her throat. "I'll start out with a simple genjutsu. If you release it, then I'll move onto the more advanced ones."

She flashed through the required hand signs and Ichigo suddenly found himself wrapped in thorns. 'An illusion, great.' He thought dryly. This reminded him of Aizens zanpakuto a little too much.

Kurenai watched as Ichigo was covered in a blue hue, and her genjutsu was broken. "I figured that one would be easy for you. This one though will hopefully give you a bigger challenge."

This time the whole landscape changed. He was standing in the middle of a forest. A vine shot out from the tree line, wrapping around his foot. Another joined it, and another after that. Soon Ichigo was hangging upside down, with vines wrapped around his whole body like a cocoon. Minus the dizziness from the blood rushing to his head, Ichigo found it to be quite relaxing, at least until they started to squeeze him.

After that he tried breaking it like he had before, but it wasn't working. 'Little help someone!'

~Don't get your panties in a bunch.~ Zangetsu said helping his wielder out. After a second Ichigo was once again standing in the training field.

He looked at Kurenai and said. "That wasn't very pleasant."

"You actually weren't suppose to be able to get out of that one." Kurenai admitted. "I was going to let you out after a few more minutes, but the flow of you chakra changed and I lost my hold on you. How did you do that by the way?"

Ichigo was going to come up with some bullshit excuse when his stomach rumbled. "Are we finished with the tests, cause I'm kinda hungry." He had the decency to look sheepish.

Kakashi chuckled. Covering his sharingan he said. "I think I've seen enough. I'll talk to the third later, but for now let's get something to eat." They would defiantly have a lot to talk about.

"Sounds good." Asuma tossed his spent cigarette. Ichigo put his armor back on and his swords in their sheaths, when he felt it. 'That's Orihimes spiritual pressure!' It was hers alright, and it was spiking.

"Does anyone else feel that?" Yugao asked, having felt the same thing. She noticed Ichigo's face become shocked and he disappeared with the sound of static. Seeing that something was wrong they all followed Yugao as she tracked Ichigo. Kakashi had to carry Guy because of the damage to his muscles.

-At the same time-

Hiruzen was in the middle of reading his favorite little orange book when an anbu appeared in front of him.

"Hokage-sama." The anbu kneeled.

Hiruzen fumbled with his book before putting it in the draw of his desk. "What do you have to report?" He was some what irked by the interruption.

"Someone leaked information about the new jinchuuriki. A mob is heading towards Kurosaki-san's wife."

Hiruzen was on his feet. "Do we know who is responsible?" The Anbu shook his head. "We better get to her first, before somebody ends up dead." And he wasn't talking about Naruto or his mother.

Mikoto laughed at what Orihime told her. "There's no way he was that dense."

Orihime nodded vigorously. "I'm serious, it took me confessing right in front of his family for him to finally realize. Later he told me that he had felt the same way for some time, but he didn't think I would return them."

The older woman shook her head in disbelief. "Men, we'll never understand them."

"Mother?" Mikoto turned to see Itachi standing behind them. "I thought you went to get groceries. When you didn't come back, father sent me to find you."

Mikoto gently hit her forehead. "Sorry Itachi, I completely forgot."

"Oh it's you." Orihime recognized him from yesterday.

"You know each other?" Mikoto looked from her sone to Orihime.

"I simply gave her and the man that was with her at the time directions to the Hokage's office." Itachi explained.

Orihime nodded. "Thank you again for helping us. Everyone else was too scared of my husband."

"Have you tried telling him not to scowl?" Itachi asked in all seriousness.

"That would be like telling the sun not to rise." Itachi almost laughed when he noticed that people near them were whispering.

"I heard that that child has the Kyuubi sealed in him."

"Wouldn't that make him the Kyuubi."

"We should take care of it while it's weak."

Itachi turned to his mother. "I think now would be a good time for us to leave." He didn't know exactly what the people were talking about, but he could tell that some of them ment ro harm the woman's child.

Mikoto nodded. "Orihime, follow us to our home, it's the safest place for you to be right now."

Holding Naruto close, Orihime followed after them as they made their way to the Uchiha compound. All along the way they could hear more people whispering.

"That woman's child is the demon."

"It might be controling her."

"Kill it before it can destroy the village!"

That was the one that rallied the crowd. The group moved faster as they tried to get to safety before something bad happened. Soon they were running as a mob had formed and was chasing them.

With Mikoto leading they almost made it when they were cut off. Doubling back they tired to find a way around but the a crowd was there as well. They turned into a alley hoping it would lead to an escape, but to their horror, it was a dead end.

Orihime turned to see the mob blocking the exit. Mikoto was shocked to see shinobi among them.

"Hand over the child. It's the Kyuubi!" One of them shouted.

"No! Leave me and my son alone!" Orihime shouted. Naruto started to cry, joined by Sasuke. Unknown to them all, Orihime had raised her spiritual pressure. It would only be a matter of time before Ichigo got there.

"Itachi, hold your brother." Mikoto handed Sasuke to him. She may be retired, but she was a former Jounin for a reason. Itachi gently rocked Sasuke trying to calm him down.

"She's being control by the demon!" A man tried grabbing Naruto but a orange barrier stopped him. It was triangular shaped. One of the shinobi in the crowd threw an kunai, only for it to bounce harmlessly off.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?" Ichigo appeared between the mob and the barrier, and, he, was, pissed! The mob backed up at his sudden appearance. "WELL!?"

"None of your business stranger!" The one that spoke was knocked to the ground from Ichigo's foot kicking his face.

"Wrong answer!" Ichigo grinded his foot into the back of the mans head. "Anyone else want to try!?" When no one answered he stomped his foot and pointed at Naruto. "Were you all not just trying to rip him from his mothers arms and kill him!?"

"That thing is no child! It's a demon!" Unlucky bastard number two quickly joined number one on the ground.

"That kid's the only think keeping a demon from killing you all!" Ichigo's eyes changed to their hollowfied state. "Unless you want me to show you a real demon, I suggest you all leave." Nobody moved. Ichigo flared his spiritual pressure, surrounding him in a black, red hue. "I SAID SCRAM!" That got them all moving.

He reared his foot back and kicked the two unconscious men after them. "AND TAKE THESE BASTARDS WITH YA!" He scowled for a moment longer before turning to Orihime.

Lowering the barrier she smiled. "I was wondering where you were."

"Sorry, I was on the other side of the village. I may or may not have broken through some towers on my way here." Ichigo looked down to see Naruto holding out his arms out at him. Ichigo smiled and held him. "It's OK Naruto, daddy's here."

Mikoto and Itachi both smiled at the family. Sasuke made some baby noises, catching Ichigo's attention.

"How long have you guy's been there?" Everyone collectively sweetdropped.

Orihime covers her mouth to stifle a giggle. "Ichigo, this is Mikoto and her sons, Itachi and Sasuke. They were trying to get us to safety when we got cornered."

"It's nice to meet you Ichigo. Orihime has told me much about you." Mikoto greeted.

Ichigo nodded. "Like wise. Thank you for trying to help. Is there anyway I can pay you back."

Mikoto was about to say no, when a thought came to her. "Actually, we would love to have you all over for dinner some time soon."

"Really, that's all?" Ichigo looked to his wife, who nodded. "Sure then, how about tomorrow?"

"That would be perfect." With that all settled they bid each other goodbye.

Ichigo watched them leave. "They seem nice." They left the alley just as the Third, along with Kakashi and the others appeared.

"Is everything alright!?" Hiruzen let out the breath he had been holding when Ichigo nodded. "That's great to hear."

"How did the people find out about the Kyuubi?" Kakashi asked. Only a select few of the elders and jouning knew about Naruto being the jinchuuriki.

"I bet it was that bastard, Dozo." Ichigo growled.

"It's "Danzo", Ichigo." Orihime sighed taking Naruto, rocking him. "I know your bad with names dear, but we just saw him yesterday." Even though the situation was serious, everyone laughed as Ichigo blushed from embarrassment.

"We can't prove anything without edvidence." Hiruzen sombered up. "We'll figure out who told who later. But for now," He turned toward Kakashi, "I would like to hear you assessment of Kurosaki's skills."

"He was able to match Guy while unleashing the sixth gate in both speed and strength, and was able to dispel one of Kurenai's strongest genjutsu." Kakashi looked at Ichigo. "While they were holding back, he was too. I think that any rank under Jounin would be an insult to his skills."

Hiruzen nodded. He had come to the same conclusion. "Ichigo, come by my office and retrieve you Jounin vest." He was interupted by a loud growling sound. Ichigo blush deepened.

"Can I do that after I get something to eat?"

Ichigo left the restaurant patting his full stomach. Kakashi and the others had treated him to a free meal as congratulations. Guy couldn't be there due to the muscle damage and all, but it was still enjoyable.

He started making his way to the Hokage's office when Yugao came up to him.

"What's up?"

"I was wondering if you would mind having a spar with me some time?" She asked.

"With swords?" She nodded. "Sure I don't see a problem with it." He resumed walking with her beside him.

"What's their names?" Ichigo tilts his head. "Swords like those must have a name."

Ichigo finally got it. "Zangetsu."

Yugao waited for more. "OK, what about the other one?"

Ichigo shook his head. "They're both Zangetsu. Both of them are an extention of me, and of my soul. They are the ones that I'll always trust to have my back and stand beside me, no matter what the situation is."

Yugao looked at him strangely but then her eyes widened. Two men were now walking beside him. One looked like a pale version of himself, while the other, was a tall man, with long ragged black hair and a dark overcoat. She blinked and they were gone. Shaking her head she thought.

'Must've been my imagination.'

-END-

Zrocker119: Sorry if the fighting wasn't that good, I'm still working on those. If you have any questions I'll be happy to answer them. And I would just like to thank all of those that have been supporting this story. I never imagined that it would get such good thoughts.

One last thing. I'm gonna have to go back to using my phone to write future chapters, so don't be surprised if they don't come out as fast. I'm not done, I'm just going to be slowed down. Until next chapter please review and favorite/follow if you haven't already done so.