The broken leash
Ku-chan: ok, I need ideas. I'm not afraid of going back am doing thing that before the war. Just need idea!
Hichigo: I really don't think people even read this…
Ku-chan: one more word from you and you are going back in the flooded building!
Hichigo: Ku-chan own nothing, I don't even think she owns the picture.
"Impossible! Why? Didn't you break your own zanpakuto to fix it again?" Ichigo yelled, he was freaking out because tensa was broken and he couldn't fix it.
"How stupid. I didn't fix it, I remodeled it. To fix a zanpakuto you need the owner's reiatsu and time to pour them into the sword. Just that." Kurotsuchi tried to explain to the orange hair idiot.
But Ichigo being Ichigo didn't let him finish, "Ok… so basically I need to take it home and fix it myself. Well then…"
"Listen to the end. Were currently talking about shikai. If it brakes during bankai and not shikai it's a whole different matter. A brake bankai never goes back to how it was." He when on to explain the others who had their bankai broken. Ichigo was no longer paying attention, to busy freaking out about Zangestu. Only for Kon to jump out of no were in a supped up body… classic Kon…
Suddenly Kurotsuchi ear rang, he told Ichigo that squad 0 had arrived.
Ichigo arrived to all the remaining captains just standing there. He learned that the zero squad stayed in the soul palace and not the seireitei.
"Look, there here." A giant pillar suddenly fell from the sky, "this is the zero division means of transportation." The one-eyed head captain explained. "The zero division has no soldiers. All five members are captains. And their total power surpasses, the power of all 13 divisions together."
As they stepped out of the pillar, what Ichigo saw… well, it wasn't what he expected.
"Its been a long time, fledglings of the 13 divisions! Are you eating and sleeping properly?" said the man with the big hair.
"Kinda different from what I was expecting." Shinji said.
"FEEL PAIN!" a 'chubby, woman with maroon hair said, as she slammed her hand into poor Shinji's face. This followed by some bickering and the weird hair man talking to Unohana about people dyeing.
"So, what reason did you come for this time?" the one-eyed head captain asked, suddenly putting a serious face on.
Bonze put on a big smile and said, "first of all, Ichigo Kurosaki… we're going to take you to the palace!"
Again some bickering came about, this time it was because of soi-fong. But that soon faded as well. Soon a creepy looking girl with wooden arms showed up. With her she brought weird looking spears. In side of the floating spears was; Renji, Rukia, Bakura, and most importantly, Tensa Zangestu.
Ichigo demanded to know why he was coming since the others were going to palace to heal, all his injuries were fine. "Your going for a different reason." Bonze said.
Suddenly Kon's head opened up to show a projection. He told Ichigo to do what he wanted and not what the others needed.
"Bald guy" Ichigo said. "If I go to the palace, will my tensa Zangestu be fixed?"
"That's imposable. But… we can refuge your sword, into something similar to the original."
"Ok…" Ichigo had made his chose; he went to the palace with the 5 captains.
(I'm skipping this part for 2 reasons: 1, it doesn't mater for the story. 2, im really tired so I'm struggling to get this done.)
During his first few minutes (?) of staying at the palace, Ichigo had nearly been drowned, crushed Kon's super body, and stuffed his face with latterly mountains of food. Finely he was told that it was time to get his sword remolded.
After yet another awkward moment, Ichigo and Renji were finally lead to the real Hououden. Both boys walked inside and immediately fell. The hut was not a hut, but in fact a ditch. "Even tho ya're shinigami, ya can't distinguish between them and Zanpakutou? Ya got no love for your Zanpakutou, that's why I lose the ability to distinguish 'em, rite?" suddenly Ouetsu smashed both blades and told them that if they could make it out of the pit alive, he would reforge their zanpakutou.
Suddenly both boys were attacked.
"Please king" the white Ichigo whispered, this was his chance. With the old man's sword broken, Ichigo could only accept his power. Not as a hollow, but as a Zanpakutou! Not as king and hoarse, but as partners, wielder and blade. He could be free at last! But…
"He's to week. He doesn't know." Shiro sighed; he could not let Ichigo take his power before he knew the truth. For three days he and Ichigo fought. But of coarse king didn't know that. To him, he was just fighting a bunch of nameless swords. How could Ichigo know that he was in among the blades? King still believes that his sword was the old man. And that he, the white one, was nothing more then a bloodthirstily hollow.
"3 days and 3 nights" the sword maker said when Ichigo finally collapse. "Ya passed the test. Renji-chan!" a pause, the white knew what was coming. After all, he was the one who stuck the final blow. "And… Ya didn't. Ichigo-chaaaaaaan." Ichigo tried to protest. He could still fight. "It ain't a matter of wither ya can do it or not. Asauchi didn't choose ya. That's all."
'I'm sorry king. Its just not time for me to stand by you.' Shiro thought as he disappeared into the flooding city that made up his kings mind. He looked down at the water, now lapping at his feet. He stared into his reflections eyes as he whispered, "do you know what the difference between a king and his horse is?" he touched the water with his hand, sending ripples across the surface. "The horse is a animal, only meant to assist the king. They are not equal. Although they both can kill the other ant any moment, both have the same power, they do not and they can not stand by the other. You and me king, we are equal, but we cannot stand by the others side until the truth is known."
Shiro stood up and walked away, he knew his king could be no shinigami until he knew the truth, until he had a sword. He knew the sword king would send Ichigo back home to hear the truth.
The rain began to fall harder as his king learned the truth. About how his father was a captain and his mother was a quincy. And how his mother was almost killed by a hollow that was the base for his soul. The whole lot of it. Even why his mother was dead.
Poor Ichi's world was flooded; the water was up to shiro's chest. Suddenly the water evaporated, the clouds turned a puffy white, and Shiro just stood there smiling. "So you've found your resolve, hu king?" he shrugged the walked away "lets see if you can find me this time. And brake the chains that juha has placed on you."
When Ichigo arrived back in the pit, he was ready this time. He knew what must be done. "I'm sure ya'll be able to do it now, Ichigo-chan. Come on. These asauchis will…" but he never finished. All the asauchis bow down to Ichigo.
He simply turned around and reached his hand out.
The black eroded away reviling the hollow Ichigo. "Its you"
'Its time, for the horse to die and for the partner to stand' thought shiro. His partner knew now. They could finally stand together.
The two went down a slide to the ocean beneath. There the sword king, along with his five assistance, began to turn Shiro in a sword.
"did you figure it out, chan-Ichi? The reason why you turned white the moment you came in contact with this asauchi?" the sword king asked. "Did you not think of this? It looks just like my hollow?" he began hammering the sword, not waiting for the berry's answer "yep. This thing's the hollow in you. What im saying is that this hollow the very same one as your Zanpakutou"
"Wait… so that means"
"Yep, you should know it your self. What that guy who has been pretending to be your zanpakutou really is."
Ichigo fell into his inner world, "old man Zangestu?"
'Zangestu' simply looked down.
"Chan-Ichi, do you know that man?" came the voice of the sword king.
"Of coarse I do, this is Zangestu."
"Wrong. That's not it. Take a closer look." He demanded "you should've actually seen him with your own eyes recently. As the enemy who overran the soul society. That is juha."
Memory's came back to Ichigo, the first time he saw Juha, he felt like he had been summand there. How he had reminded him of some one but he pushed it away.
The rain was falling heavily by then, "explain your self, Zangestu."
"It is as you were told, but my name is not Zangestu."
The building beneath the two was destroyed, the city flooded. "So you really are Juha Bach! You were never really Zangestu?"
"I am but at the same time I'm not."
"What does that mean!" he yelled "are you my enemy or not!" Have you been lying to me all this time! ANSWER ME!"
"I am not an enemy or an ally. However, my wisdom has never lead you astray. My only lie was my name." Juha told him "Have you really never noticed? All those times I tought you, I used your hollow. Whenever you could not control your powers, or your life was on the line. The one who saved you was never me, but your hollow. I never wanted you to be a shinigami, I did every thing to surprises your powers. If you became a shinigami, you would eventual die by my hands. But before I knew it, instead of surprising your power, all I wanted was for you to succeed. Even when doing this, I am more then happy giving up my control of you. You have become strong, I am final at peace."
Ichigo ran forwards as the old man disappeared, "hold on! I still haven't had a chance to-" but he was cut off when Juha dissapered. A small tear and a sword was what all was left of him. "Take this, your real Zanpkutou" his lingering voice said.
Ichigo fell with the building, but quickly got up and reached out, 'Im sure your both Zangestu. Are ok with that?' he asked him self.
Ichigo reached into the fire and pulled out his blades, "come on, take out your Zanpatous." Suddenly all the water dissapered "how is it Ichi? Ya think you can do it, with THOSE Zangestu's?"
ku-chan: that's a rap people! Sorry if it sucks, I'm tired and I want to get this done before the one-month mark. Please give me ideas on other parts of bleach I can work with. I need something to write about until Ichi shows up again. And I'm kinda down a hollow… please review! Thanks for reading!