Now, for some Saito POV; since he's just entered this story XD

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-Chaoskeeper

Saito

I groaned as I felt someone's finger poke my face. I lightly swatted it away and turned over, trying to keep from waking up. I was comfortable on this bed.

'Wait…bed?!' I thought as my eyes shot open and I leapt up to my feet startling the purple haired girl sitting on the bed I was sleeping on.

Looking around, I noticed I was in a room that looked kinda like those you'd find in a royal's castle.

"Where am I, miss?" I asked as I turned to the girl who was still sitting on my bed looking confused after I spoke.

Then she pulled out a staff of some kind and said something I couldn't understand as the green jewel in the middle of it glowed lightly. She walked over to me slowly and gently tapped my forehead as I suddenly got a splitting headache.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow" I said as I grabbed my head in pain.

"Oh! I'm so sorry, familiar-san! I didn't know the spell would hurt you" she said as she fell to her knees and looked at me in concern.

"Wait; I can understand you!" I exclaimed in shock.

She nodded her head.

"Yes, that was a translation spell, familiar-san" she explained.

"Um…my name's Saito. Why do you keep calling me that?" I asked as I turned to look at her.

"Because you're my familiar; I summoned you" she responded before beginning to explain the process of familiar summoning.

Ichigo

I groaned as I woke up on the roof of the small house I had left my body on before.

"Fuck; I'm sore" I complained as I forced myself to my feet.

'King, may I ask why the fuck you're sleeping on the roof?!' Shiro shouted as I paused in my stretches.

Why was I sleeping on the roof?

'Ichigo, maybe this will help jog your memory' Zangetsu said as memories of the past night flooded into my mind.

-Flashback; Start-

I flash-stepped to the balcony I had leapt off of before with my body slung over my shoulder. I leaned it against the wall and stepped into it as the screaming banshee returned to shout at me some more.

"What were you thinking, baka-inu?! You could've gotten killed because you disrespected a noble! Do you hear me?! A noble; someone's whose status is higher than you because you're a lowly commoner!" she shouted as I sighed.

I heard the crack of a whip and barely ducked in time to avoid a leather whip aimed for my face.

Now, the bitch was starting to really get on my nerves.

"You know; I like how you were crying for me thinking I was committing suicide earlier yet, now after I save your ass! You come in here and attack me?! Fuck this!" I roared back at her.

She shut up instantly before her face turned red and she attacked me again with the whip. I reached out to grab it and teach her a lesson when I felt a sharp pain behind my shoulders and on my back. I faltered and the whip sliced through the skin on my upper arm and grazed my face and I felt warm blood trickle from the wounds on my back.

Rukia's words from long ago shot through my mind.

'Remember to be careful Ichigo; any wounds you receive in your shinigami form will transfer over to your human body when you get back in if not fully healed' her words echoed as I cursed my luck.

'Damn it, King! I haven't had enough time yet to heal them!' Shiro shouted in my mind as I fell to one knee.

The girl stood over me with a look of confidence in her eyes as she raised the whip once more.

'Fuck it; gotta do what I gotta do' I thought as I forced myself to leap backwards over the balcony once more. Only this time; I couldn't use my powers to save myself from my imminent crash-landing. Luckily, there happened to be a group of servants carrying a large pot of cool water at that instant and I fell into the 'pool' with a resounding crash.

Needless to say, the servants were not happy with that. I remember sprinting away from them when I re-found this house. There were some vines growing on the side of the building I used to climb to the top and hide on the roof until the servants were gone.

-Flashback; End-

'I must've passed out on this roof' I thought as I slowly used the vines to climb off the roof.

After wandering through the academy halls for a bit; I decided to sit and take a rest.

'I wonder how long till she realizes I didn't end up a bloody stain on this academy's lawn and comes looking for me' I thought as I sat against a tree.

'Hey, King. Zangetsu and I were talking earlier and we decided that since we don't know how long you'll be stuck here, why not train you a bit? Zangetsu'll handle your quincy training while I'll handle your hollow training. Specifically, we'll be teaching you techniques that're unique to each race. Like, Zangetsu will teach you Kido and how to handle a reishi bow or whatever while I'll show you how use a Cero, Bala, and some other stuff like reinforcing both your human and shinigami form with Hierro' Shiro explained as I nodded.

'Well then, why don't we get started' I said as Shiro grinned and Zangetsu nodded approvingly.

I took a meditative pose as I closed my eyes and slipped into my inner world seamlessly.

When I opened my eyes I standing on the side of a skyscraper in my shinigami form; I felt an unfamiliar weight on wrist and looked down to see a quincy cross on my wrist similar to Uryu's after the Winter War. Assuming it was part of my new training regimen I looked around to see Zangetsu on his flagpole not too far away with Shiro standing next to him; leaning on said flagpole with his sword hefted over his shoulder.

"So; what's first?" I asked as Zangetsu stepped off the flagpole.

'You run' Shiro cackled as he leapt after me with his sword held high. My eyes widened in surprise as I reached behind my back for Zangetsu when I realized that the sword was no longer on my back. Instead, Old Man Zangetsu held the blade in his hand while I was unarmed.

I managed to flash-step away just in time as Shiro slammed into the ground with his blade.

"What the fuck?!" I roared as I was about to try and flash step away once more when Shiro appeared in front of me with his hand held in front of my face.

"No shinigami powers to help you out here~" he sang as he closed his fist and I felt my reiatsu being thrown away where I couldn't reach it.

"How did y-" I was cut off as he almost took my head off with a horizontal swing while a nearby skyscraper shattered from the force of the blow.

I was being forced to fight my hollow with no powers, no weapon, and no escape. My eyes widened in fear as I realized how thoroughly fucked I was. So, I did what any sane person in my situation would have done; I turned and ran like hell.

Ichigo, be calm. You're panicking over the loss of your powers when they're not completely gone. Your reiatsu isn't gone; all that's happened is that your shinigami powers are sealed right now. You have other ways to defeat the opponent before you. Focus and draw on your power; force it into that cross and imagine it taking shape. Let it form into a bow that will be a beacon of light in times of darkness Zangetsu said as I leapt off the skyscraper onto another one.

I stopped at the edge of the roof and took a few calming breaths as I focused and imagined my reiatsu flowing through my veins like blood. Suddenly, my body felt lighter than it had been mere moments before.

'Hmmm, this isn't what Zangetsu was talking about but….it feels great' I thought as I noticed my senses were enhanced too. Before, I was only still alive because my combat-weary eyes picked up the slight movements Shiro's body made before he actually moved so I was already running when he started after me. Now, I saw Shiro's movements clearly as if they were in slow-motion. I stood still and waited as he rushed towards me with a wild grin on his face.

'Down you go!' Shiro cackled as he slipped into a wild barrage of attacks. They all moved in slow motion to me.

'Down, left, down, up, right, diagonal, horizontal, feint to the left' I thought as my eyes darted everywhere; following Shiro's every movement and dancing out of the way of each swing with seconds to spare.

'Damn it; stay still so I can cut you into pieces!' Shiro roared in frustration as he sped up his attacks.

Soon, his swings were nothing more than a blur yet I still saw them as if they were just normal swings. I ducked, side-stepped, rolled, leapt, flipped, and continued to gracefully evade his attacks as if we were in a deadly dance.

Little did I realize I had just mastered a Quincy technique, Hirenkyaku; their version of a Flash-Step. We danced wildly; moving faster and faster until our bodies were nothing more than blurs of color that flew across the roofs of skyscraper after skyscraper. Once I was satisfied with being able to control that power without too much conscious effort I leapt over three skyscrapers onto another, smaller one; shattering the one I was standing on in the process and sending Shiro crashing to the ground, far below.

'Focus my reiatsu into the cross around my wrist…..and imagine the power taking form into a bow' I thought as I closed my eyes and imagined the reiatsu flooding my body once more. Then I gently pushed the energy towards my wrist as I opened my eyes to see the cross glowing a bright red. Soon, reiatsu exploded outwards and obscured me from view as the skyscraper beneath me was torn apart from the force of my power.

I eased back on the output of my power as my black-and-red reiatsu began to condense and take shape. Soon, a black reishi bow with red outlining it was in my hand; I tried condensing the reiatsu even more until the reishi bow was no longer an insubstantial mass of reiatsu but, an actual bow. It was completely black and looked similar to Uryu's bow back when we were invading Seireitei to rescue Rukia, except the color scheme was different while his was white and blue; mine was black and red.

I ducked underneath Shiro's horizontal slash and reflexively pulled the bow up to block. Immediately, my hollow mask materialized over the handle where my hand gripped the reishi bow tightly and acted as a guard just as Shiro's blade slammed into it. I grinned and spun the bow; using Shiro's momentum against him and sending him spiraling out of control into the air.

I focused and held my free hand as if I was holding an arrow as I imagined my reiatsu flowing through the cross on my wrist and into the bow; creating a bowstring and thin, black arrow with a red outline. The arrow-head seemed to dance like fire as I pulled back and let the arrow fly towards Shiro whose eyes widened in surprise as the arrow pierced through his shoulder.

"Goodnight" I said with a grin similar to one of his trademark smiles as I fired 3 arrows at once; piercing through both his legs and sword arm simultaneously. Immediately, I felt the return of my shinigami powers as Zangetsu reappeared on my back. I smiled lightly at the familiar weight of the large cleaver-like blade on my back.

Meanwhile, Zangetsu gave a small smile as he leapt off his flagpole with a black quincy bow forming on his hand from his cloak.

Be ready, Ichigo.

'Because if you're not'

You're gonna die! Shiro and Zangetsu roared as they both charged towards me with their weapons drawn.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter guys, I know it's been a while; main reason being….. 1) You people don't feed meh, my reviews. You can't starve a writer if you expect him to work hard D: 2) I'm having to fight writer's block a little bit more now. Anyways, see you guys around!

-Chaoskeeper