It has been waaaaaaay too long! Remind me to update next time. I've had this sitting around for ages...
Ichigo couldn't keep his mind in school. With all the recent events he just knew something was going to go horribly wrong. Having Rukia around isn't much cause for concern but Renji can be a bit impulsive, adding Toshiro and Rangiku to the mix was already a recipe for disaster, having Ikkaku and Yumichika around is always a problem, and now he has to watch out for Momo as well. Momo is pretty quite so there was no chance that she would do something destructive but he truly didn't want the girl to het hurt.
Suddenly someone called out to him, "Ichigo get down here!" the sudden yell got everyone's attention, except Ichigo's. Looking out the window, Orihime identified the owner of the voice to be Renji.
"Ichigo, Renji and Ikkaku want you." She said.
"What do they want?" was the bored reply. All of a sudden Miss Ochi had had enough.
"Why don't you go down there and find out." She told him, knowing that he would eventually come back. Ichigo complied; he walked to the door, opened it, turned right and walked down the hallway without even looking at the girl who had been standing on the other side of the door.
"I thought I asked you to stay home." He told her as she caught up to him, settling into her spot three paces back.
"I was just worried about you, you've been so down lately." She told him.
"Do you have any idea why Renji might be here?" he asked, waving the previous issue aside.
"No, Renji and I have been friends for forty years but I don't know what he could want!" She told him.
Ichigo grunted. "I guess we just have to find out then." He said, walking outside.
"So you actually came, we though you were going to chicken out." Renji said, before, to Momo's protest, proceeding to drag Ichigo out of the school gates.
"Ah sensei," Tatsuki said a little nervously, "Ichigo appears to be leaving." Her teacher, Miss Ochi, didn't seem perplexed.
"Is he going of his own free will or being dragged?" she asked. Tatsuki studied the scene out the window for a bit before answering.
"The red haired one, Renji, seems to be dragging Ichigo. The bald one, Ikkaku, looks to be shouting at Ichigo who is yelling back and a fourth, the girl who came into class the other day, Momo, is trying to stop Renji from dragging Ichigo.
Renji continued to drag Ichigo around town to Momo's constant protest.
"Renji, let him go. He's a captain, you can't just drag him around as you wish," She told him. Eventually the four of them reached Renji's desired destination, Urahara's shop, where Ichigo was removed from his body and forced into the underground training ground.
"Okay guys, what is this about?" he enquired.
"Yeah guys. What is this about?" Momo echoed, somewhat angrily.
"This is about Ichigo's recent depression!" Ikkaku yelled as he took a swing down at Ichigo's head. Ichigo grabbed Zangetsu and lazily blocked Ikkaku's attack, the bandages still covering his zanpakuto.
"What are you talking about?" he asked, throwing Ikkaku off.
"You've been all gloomy lately. Roar Zabimaru!" Renji announced, flicking his zanpakuto, extending it in a direct attack which was again blocked by Ichigo. "We're going to beat it out of you." He went on as he barraged Ichigo with a series of attacks. Ichigo just stood there, taking all the attacks on the blunt of his sword. Ikkaku just stood to the side, watching as Renji brought Zabimaru down on Ichigo again and again.
"It's not right to gang up on someone but since it's Ichigo I can make an exception." He said before unleashing his own barrage. Ichigo found he had to start taking this fight seriously, he let Zangetsu unravel and started to strike back. Ikkaku took some damage but but Renji was too far away for Ichigo to strike directly.
Momo understood what Renji and Ikkaku were trying to do and thought she might just use it to her advantage. "Forgive me, Captain. But you haven't had any luck with Kido." She muttered under her breath before beginning a well rehearsed incantation.
"Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south! Hado number thirty-one: Shakkaho!" The kido blast shot at Ichigo who jumped out of reach of Renji and Ikkaku.
"Getsuga Tenshou!" He yelled, aiming his attack at the incoming ball of energy. He stuck Zangetsu in the ground before starting his own incantation, "Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws. Hado number thirty-three: Suigetsu!" The kido produced was huge and aimed at Renji, who tried to cut it in half. The kido split but kept going, creating a huge explosion with the wall of the area. Ichigo promptly fell over backwards. The kido had taken a lot of his reiatsu and was too dense but, secretly, he was glad it had worked.
Momo was also happy, her captain had finally been able to use kido. Renji was glad Ichigo had stopped being depressed. Ikkaku though, he couldn't care less; he had fun and that's all that mattered.
Little did they know…
Are you guys gonna spam me with reveiws this time? cause you didn't last time. How about a flame? huh? even a flame...