A/N: Happy New Year! hahaha I was working on this chapter as a new year's gift to yall :P Enjoy!

Chapter 6

Everyone was by the gate waiting patiently for Elrond to see them off. Soon enough the Elf Lord made his presence to the Fellowship. He looked at each one of them carefully, "The Ring-bearer is setting out on the Quest to Mount Doom. On you who travel with him, no oath nor bond is lad to go further than you will," Elrond told them. "Farewell. Hold to your purpose. May the blessings of Elves, Men, and all Free Folk go with you." With that he nodded to the company as they did the same and stepped away from the gate.

Looking down at the hobbits, Gandalf cleared his throat "The Fellowship awaits the Ring Bearer."

The hobbit looked at the wizard sheepishly when Gimli voiced the question from his mind for the hobbit, "Which way is Mordor? Right or left?"

The wizard pointed his staff to the left and off they went on their quest.

Gandalf once again spoke, "We must hold to this course, west of the Misty Mountains for forty days. If our luck holds, the Gap of Rohan will still be open to us. From there, our road turns east to Mordor."

The hobbits shuddered slightly at the mention of Mordor.

Legolas had sealed his position of walking in between Rukia and Uryu when he finally asked the quincy the question he's been meaning to ask since the moment the petite shinigami told him of her group.
"I heard your power is similar to an archer. Is that true Uryu?"

The blue haired quincy raised an eyebrow at the elf, looked at Rukia before nodding at the elf. "would it trouble you to show me. I would like to see for myself if you permit it."

Uryu sighed as he made a pulling motion on his arm as the blue bow formed from spiritual power became visible. The non-shinigami's stared in awe at his power as Uryu began explaining to Legolas the function of the Heilif Pfeil. And from the very beginning, Kojaku to being able to fuse the bow and arrow into a broadsword.

While the two archers were busy with their conversation, Aragon approached Ichigo. "Ichigo where did you learn to wield your sword and gain that kind of power?" ichigo just grinned at Aragon and he started telling the Gondor heir of his adventure. From being a human to a substitute shinigami, his lost of powers and the process of regaining them through hollowfication, saving Rukia and defeating Aizen only to lose his powers again.

"if what you say is true, you shouldn't be able to wield Zangetsu right?"

Ichigo nodded at Aragon and continued his explanation of the Xcution and his meeting with Kugo Ginjou and his help then betrayal. That he was the first substitute shinigami. He continued on with Aizen not truly dead and how he finally killed him and being the king of hueco muendo.

By the time he was done with the explanation, it was nightfall and they already set up camp.

Uryu had already agreed in helping Legolas train his spiritual energy and if possible creating is on Kojaku. Rukia and Nel returned from scouting around for enemies and information, "Seems like we're clear for now and soul society has been watching Saruman's every moves and its safe to say we have the next two weeks of time to ourselves. I suggest we make full use of this time to train. No need to worry about Soutaichou, he's given us the consent to help the humans train. And with a plus! He's using the intelligence department to place clones of all of us walking off a different route and hide our real self as we venture towards Mordor. Let's not disappoint the commander shall we?" She seems to grin mischievously at the hobbits that looked at her anxiously.

Ichigo nodded in approval and began to gather the fellowship around the fire. "Rukia told me we are going to be safe for the next few weeks before Saruman decides to do something. So how bout we help you train to ease our future battles that are sure to come our way. We won't force you if you decide against it. But those who decides to train with us, it won't be an easy week."

Legolas was the first to speak, "if it would aid me in my battle then so be it."

Sam was next as he declared that he will be needing all the power he needs to help Frodo complete his quest. And so did Pippin and Merry.

"well if the elf is getting help to get stronger, no way am I going to be left out!" Gimli huffed as he stomped the butt of his axe hard on the ground.

"it would be interesting to learn your ways Ichigo, and I will be honored." Aragon bowed with respect to Ichigo.

Even Gandalf had decided to take up the offer. Only one left was Boromir who decided against it, saying it would be a disgrace to learn how to fight from a mere bunch of children which the group ignored.

"great" Ichigo said, "sleep well tonight, tomorrow we train" with an evil grin all the shinigami's turned in for the night with Boromir doing the night watch.

The next morning

Everyone was anxious as to what the shinigami's were going to teach them. They waited patiently when the group were discussing something over breakfast in a language they can't understand.

Ichigo finally stood up and grinned at the rest. "Well, we've discussed and we've agreed in who's going to be your teacher and what they will be teaching you. Good news is that all of you have spiritual energy enough for us to teach you the basics and if you excel in these two weeks of hell, you will probably learn more." He motioned for Rukia to continue the rest of the conversation.

" So here's the catch, Gandalf you absolutely need nothing else in the form of swordsmanship. However you have magic as you call it, but I rarely see you ever using it. If you are afraid of harnessing the power because of fear being drained, then you have nothing to worry about for I will teach you the basics of Kido. It won't eat your life source don't worry." The wizard was astonished at the new information! He could actually make good use of his power without being weak. Indeed it was a good idea to take them up on the offer.

"Legolas, obviously Uryu will be the one teaching you about the Kojaku. Aragon, you're with Ichigo since you need to work on unlocking that reaitsu. Master dwarf, you are indeed my favourite!" she squealed as Gimli gave her a look that didn't know whether to be afraid or thankful, "You are strong! I like strong men, you will be training with Chad so that in case you lose your axe, you have something else besides kido to help you fight." She grinned mischievously before turning to the hobbits and stared coldly at them, making them fear her.

"you hobbits will be trained by Renji. As stupid as he seems, he's gotten a lot better at handling he's sword and since Ichigo will be busy with Aragon, he will train Frodo, Merry and Pippin." Sam looked up at her 'What about me Ms Rukia?'

"You are a special case Sam. You're different from the other hobbits. You have undying courage and willpower. I will personally see to your training Samwise Gamgee. I will teach you everything you need to protect people who you hold dear."

Rukia smiled broadly at Sam as he slowly processed her words then to smiling widely at her excitedly. 'When do we start Ms Rukia?'

Rukia grinned further as she faced Chad and nodded at him. Chad immediately stood up, "Bravo Derecha de Gigante" his right arm turned into an amoured arm in red with black colour. His shoulder had a shield like spike. "Inoue.." chad looked at Inoue before she nodded her head and muttered some incantation and a door came out of nowhere and startled the fellowship. Chad pushed his fist into a hole at the door and it opened.

"Come on guys, gather your stuff let's get going. You come too Boromir. Don't be stubborn. You will either follow us willingly or I will knock you unconscious and drag your sorry body." Ichigo warned and watched as Boromir's eyes widened and he reluctantly relented and followed the rest of the shinigami into the door as Ichigo was the last to enter and the door closed and vanished, leaving no trace of where they once were.

What the non-shinigami's saw was beyond their imagination! It was a huge, wide area that has ceiling and walls painted to resemble cloudy sky over a floor of desolate, brown, craggy land dotted with dead trees. In other words it was Uruhara's training area that Ichigo had demanded the guy to clone and make it portable in case they needed a secret area from enemies to train. He even forced Uruhara to make them able to open the portal elsewhere and ten hours of training in the facility was equivalent to one hour if they were back to real life. so that they wouldn't lose track of time and behind schedule.

"quite the perfect place to train isn't it?" Ichigo said. Renji was laughing at their looks when Rukia nudged him and Ichigo with a serious face. "Right anyways before we begin. Nel will be helping Inoue with healing you after the training. Ten hours of pure hell in here is the same as only an hour back in reality. This is a dimensional training facility specially created from my old teacher. We have healing springs to heal minor injuries. Or we can use Nel's saliva" everyone eewed at that comment except Nel who pouted. "Well, spread out people let's get cracking!" with an evil grin he grabbed Aragon by the collar and shunpoed further away from the group for their own safety as would the rest of them. However Ichigo was stopped by Rukia who crossed her arm and glared at him.

"he needs to know the basics Ichigo. Only then can you crush him" he puffed and glared at Rukia before dropping Aragon back to the group who stared at their teacher's.

"well don't listen to the strawberry. Before you start training like cows you first got to learn to gather spiritual energy. If you don't know and can't release even a wee bit of reaitsu, no way am I going to let you advance further." She stared coldly at all of their future disciples before continuing.

"you won't need your weapons and armours, so strip and change into these" she held out three fighting hakama's for Legolas, Aragon and Gimli since they were the only ones that are heavily armoured. They stared at the garments given to them and made no comment as they changed into it. Surprisingly, they found it rather comfortable and easy to move in despite the look.

When they were done trying out in their new outfit they waited for further instructions from Rukia, who watched them with a keen eye.

"right since you're all spaced out evenly, now the first lesson is to release your reaitsu. I want you to focus and concentrate. Imagine you are in a near death experience and you can't give up yet coz there's someone important you need to protect or there's something you need to do and you just can't die yet. When you have that in mind, focus hard on that one thing you want to protect and you'll feel a burning but soothing sensation within you. Grasp that feeling, embrace it. Do not fight it. And when you feel its there within your hold, release it! Get that?" seeing a few nods from them, Rukia ushered them to get to work.

The first to clear it was Gandalf of course. Since he himself knew his powers well. His reaitsu level wasn't really that strong and that just made Renji laugh which earned him an elbow at his ribs. Rukia was going around helping those which needed help. She found Legolas closing his eyes and was engulfed with green reaitsu. He opened his eyes and saw Rukia smiling at him in acknowledgment. "Well done Legolas. Since you did well, why don't you go help Aragorn and the hobbits. Leave Sam and Gimli to me." The elf nodded his head before bowing and walking towards his friends to help.

"So whatcha think about them Rukia?" asked an orange headed shinigami.

"alright I guess but they need one hellava training. Heck even Hanatarou is stronger than them!"

Ichigo chuckled at Rukia's comment before leaning down to her ear and whispered, "Well that means you get to give them hell then Rukia-chan" his hot breath trickled her ear which made her blush. He was teasing her. Unknown to the strawberry what he did had cracked up the poor raven haired shinigami on the inside. If only he knew. She sighed heavily when Ichigo went to talk to Chad. her change of mood did not go unnoticed by a certain elf.

Rukia busied herself with Gimli and Sam "Master Dwarf, what is the matter? Its almost been five hours and yet you haven't gotten grasp the feeling."

The dwarf huffed at her before claiming that it was too complicated for him to do. That earned him a smack on the head and a cold glare from Rukia. "Are you trying to tell me you are about to give up and lose to Legolas?" she would use the rivalry between the elf and dwarf to her advantage if it meant him doing better.

Gimli's eyes widened and he focused once more and within minutes of huffing and sweaty concentration, he managed to gather reaitsu which was has a similar feeling to Renji's. It was even the same colour, red.

Satisfied with Gimli's achievement, she turned her attention to Sam. The hobbit that Rukia had taken a liking to, was wearing a distraught face and was in deep focus and frustration. "Sam?" the hobbit snapped his eyes opened and smiled sheepishly at Rukia, "I am ever so sorry Miss Rukia. I just can't get this damned reaitsu thingy to pop out like daisy for me! Its getting on me nerves!" the distraught hobbit stomped his foot and crossed his arms over his chest and glared at the ground, upset with himself.

Rukia could only giggle at the hobbit's tantrum. She went over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder before closing her eyes and searched his soul. For what she was unsure but she was searching. Sam was staring at the shinigami and felt the urge to close his eyes and continue where he left out minutes ago.

Suddenly, the thoughts of fighting orcs flashed through his mind. He saw frodo falling, and they were alone, surrounded by hundreds of orcs. The feeling of pain and fear struck him hard. He was afraid, afraid of dying, afraid of failing his friends, his quest. Why are you afraid? Sam couldn't find whose voice that was but said nothing, do you wish to be stronger? Don't you wish the power to overpower your enemies? No… I want the power to protect my friends! Not to use it for my selfishness! He could've swore he heard the voice chuckle at his reply. Very well. I will help you. In time you will learn my name. and when you do, call out for me young hobbit. I will help you protect those you hold dear. For now… accept my power. And sam did just that. He embrace the warm feeling he felt.

Rukia opened her eyes when she heard Sam conversing with his zanpakuto. He reminds me so much of Ichigo. Sam opened his eyes and his sudden burst of golden reaitsu was strong, so strong that he attracted the other's attention. The shinigami's grinned at Sam while the others stood, watching in awe at the little man's power. Gandalf's eyes were twinkling with amusement.

"Well done Sam. Well done." Rukia patted Sam on the shoulder and snapped him told him to control his reaitsu and dispersing it. After he did, he went to rest with the rest of those who completed their first training.

After another three more hours the rest of the group managed to gather their reaitsu and were resting.

If they thought this was tiring and tough. Boy were they in for hell. It would be months of training in there before their two weeks time in real world is up. And they would be in for hell. Especially with Ichigo as their Zanjutsu and Hakudo instructor. Rukia will be teaching them Kido. Hohō with Ichigo. Uryu and Renji were smirking with the future events. Yes, they were in for hell.

A/N: I could've done better, I know T-T but was rushing and all *sighs* sorry T-T Happy Belated New Year! Hope you like this chapter and please review!

Ja Ne!