I'm so sorry that I couldn't post in so long. This is my first year with AP courses (Ugh)

And I was unused to the workload. Then when I was ready again, my hard drive blew up.

Here it is, finally, hope you like it!

Chapter 4

The Training

Link threw himself at Ukitake, unable to hold himself back any longer. These two day's were the most physically grueling experiences he had ever encountered. In order to hang in there, he had to use every scrap of skill and power he had, and he couldn't show fear, because then Ukitake would slash him, and say "Fear is the enemy…blah blah blah." Link felt fear, but he felt the fear kept him on his toes. To Link, fear was what tempered his boundless courage, what kept him from killing himself, and allowed him to think analytically. Once he set on his objective, however, his fear was pushed aside, revealing a near insane fortitude. It would not help him here, where he had no time to think, only action, and reaction. I hope whatever hell Ganon is festering in is worse than this torture

"You'll have to do better than that!" Ukitake admonished Link "at least if you hope to survive!" Ukitake then unleashed a ridiculous chain of blows at Link, and Link was hard pressed to block it's deadly blows. Link recalled Ichigo's description of his training. If Ukitake trained people the same as Urahara, he would have a very real chance of death. Link therefore, recalling his training on Hyrule from the past hero, and his fight with Ganondorf, and when Ukitake attacked again, he forced him into a sword lock, twisted his sword, and thus, disarmed Ukitake. "Very very good." Ukitake smiled brightly "With that skill, you are almost ready…to last 5 minutes in the pit.

"What!" cried, aghast "I disarmed you! If I can't do it, then how can you be strong enough o train me!" "Because, I have been only fighting you with a small fraction of my true strength. If I were to fight you with that, you would die, horribly and quickly." "So how can I become strong enough to survive?" Link questioned. "By continuing." Ukitake replied. "But one thing is true, at this rate, you will die in the pit. Therefore, I will tell you what you must try to do next. You must find out the name of you're zanpaktou. "And how in hell am I supposed to do that!" Link exclaimed, thoroughly lost. "By talking to it, of course." Ukitake replied, "But that is for later. Now, I will teach you how to shunpo, or flash step. Observe…

Link retired to his room, completely exhausted. He didn't know how much more of that training he could take. Training? More like a masochist's playground. Link shuddered, then lay down on his cot. I should try to talk to my zanpaktou, though that just sounds stupid. "Hey sword, wake up!" The sword exhibited a profound lack of loquaciousness. Maybe I have to concentrate thoughts at it, or I can only talk to it in battle… Link thought as hard as he could at the sword he did not know. THAT'S the problem. Link realized I was trying to get the sword to help me, but if I can talk to it, then it must be a living thing, not just a sword!It's part of my soul! "Please tell me your name, so I can speak to you and you can help me." "I AM! MY NAME IS ---." Link nearly fell off his cot "Sword! Is that you!" "Finally!" the voice cried in relief, then stopped, dissatisfied. "You called me sword. That means you didn't hear what I said. Just come in here!" "Where is…Ahh!" Link yelled as he fell through a hole that appeared in the floor.

Link woke up in the middle of a forest, similar to the one he grew up in. He heard a flutter of wings and heard a familiar voice say "Get up, you lazy boy!" "Navi…is that you!" Link cried. Could it all have been just a dream! "No you idiot! It's me! -----!" "Oh," Link said, nostalgic for the time where he was the hero to all; when he felt he had a definite purpose. His sword-fairy obviously heard is thoughts, because it groaned, exasperated, "Please, please spare me those stupid, distracting, worthless thoughts. You are a shinigami now, hero to many more than you were in life. Now hurry up and find out what my name is!" "Why don't you just tell me!" Link burst out. This only inflamed the spirit "Because I did, and you aren't listening! However, if you want to do something constructive…" the fairylike being disappeared from Link's side, and in it's place, a huge hollow appeared in front of him. "What the hell!" Link said, shocked, reflexively grabbing behind him for the sword no longer there.

Damn it. The hollow, Link noticed was about 20 feet tall and 30 long, with a spiked tail, and spines covering it's back, resembling a dinosaur. Link drew his new sword from his side, just in time to avoid a spine lobbed at him from the hollow's back. These things always have new tricks up their sleeves. He spun out of the way of two more spines, then ducked under it's massive tail, and sliced the spike off the tail. YES! The hollow roared in anger and pain, and it rolled into a ball. Shit, it's gonna launch every single spine at me at once! he looked at one of the launched spines at the ground, and saw a green liquid dribble out. Poison! I can't let a single one hit me! On the other hand… Link settled into a defensive stance. I'm going to have to time this just right… NOW! "Heyaa!" Link cried as he flipped towards the hollow, using shunpo to get all the way to it. The hollow launched right then, an explosion from it's back shooting at him. Link plucked one of them right out of the sky, and with a yell, plunged it in the exposed flesh of the hollow's hide. With a final, defiant cry, the hollow died, and then…vanished into thin air!

"Now what in hell happened?" Link wondered "Again, and this time faster! You don't have enough time to sit around like an idiot!" "Shut up! Why am I doing this anyway?!" "You're too damn weak, that's why! All of the hollows in that pit are going to be around that strong! In order to stand a chance down there, you have to defeat at least seven at once!" "Where did you get seven! And how do you know about what is going on! Where were you! How…" "Shut up! These questions are immaterial compared to the fact that in 6 days, you will die at your current skill level, unless you can achieve shikai in that time!" "What is shikai? Is that question important enough for you!?" Link asked, angrily. "No, it isn't. Ask Ukitake about it next morning. What you should be doing now, is increasing your spirit energy by exposing it to more life-and-death situations, like…" Suddenly, two hollows appeared, and attacked Link. Damn, again?!

In Hyrule, most have forgotten the Hero. The King was glad he was gone, he thought he was an upstart pauper who had no reason to save the kingdom. The people viewed him as a hero, but one that had accomplished his task, and went to the realm of legends. The Kokiri, knowing him not to be one of them, let him be gone, though the Deku Tree, Saria, and Navi, who knew him well, were sorry at his death. The Gorons, who thought of him as a sworn brother, were happy, and feasted at his honorable and glorious fall in battle, and his success at killing the evil one. However, there was the one who could not live without him. To this person, it was inconceivable that the world should go on so smoothly without him. Unable to stand living in this world without him, she created a portal to a new world, any world, that didn't hold such memories of him. And then, Princess Zelda stepped through the portal.

Hey, thanks again for reading my story. I would really like it if you review it, I'm a greenhorn at writing fanfic. Thanks to all of you! Also Ch. 5 should be out much sooner.