Hello and welcome back to another update to A Loving Blade. I just want to say sorry if I held this out to long for you, couldn't really get this chapter right so if you hate it I apologize but please keep it to yourself. Now before we begin
Characters in the story may become OoC, I apologize if you don't like that
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"Talking"
'Thinking/Talking to inner'
'Hollow'
'ZanpakutÅ'
Now then without further adieu, Lets begin
"So what are you up to Kisuke" Yoruichi asked as she walked into the living area of the shop to see Urahara messing with some device on the low table he was sitting at
"Nothing~" Urahara replied playfully as the device sparked as he twisted a screw into a lot on the side
"Kisuke whenever someone says nothing is going on it just means something is going on" Yoruichi replied dryly as Urahara stopped messing with the device and gave her a pout
"You're no fun you know that" Urahara said playfully as Yoruichi rolled her eyes and sat down on the other side of the table to him "Well if you really want to know I'm working on the next part of Operation: Loving Blade" Kisuke said as Yoruichi gave him a blank
"You named a plan, Operation: Loving Blade. . . . What, was Sacred Love taken" Yoruichi joked at the horrible name for a plan
"Oh ha ha, very funny Yoruichi. And for your information, yes it was taken actually" Urahara stated as Yoruichi gave him a dry look "Well anyways, I'm planning on taking Ichigo to Koryo (A/N: I have absolutely no idea what the town they live in is called so I'm using the school's name) to have him spend time with Shigure" Kisuke said as the device turned on with blinking lights as Urahara laughed with joy.
"How exactly are you going to get him there or more importantly, how the hell are you going to get him to agree on going" Yoruichi asked curiously as Urahara's shoulders started shaking with laughter
"Don't you worry your pretty little head Yoruichi" Urahara said as he was chuckling in a low tone causing Yoruichi to scoot away from him "Don't worry about a thing" He said with a big grin
"What the hell do you mean an Arrancar was spotted in Koryo town!" Ichigo asked in both shock and exasperation that he needs to go deal with the Arrancar miles away from his home
"The scans Sereitei has recorded in the area doesn't lie Ichigo, for some reason it's just standing there waiting and Central 46 isn't letting anyone deal with it in fear of losing a high member so they're asking you to deal with it" Urahara explained as Ichigo let out a tired sigh not noticing the mirth in the ex-captain's voice
"So how the hell am I supposed to get there, I can't just get rid of my body and leave it. And before you even ask why it's because I don't trust you or Kon to take care of it. Not with all that crap you had Kon do with my body while I was away. Karakura Raizer, the hell were you thinking" Ichigo said dryly as Urahara held his hands up at Ichigo's rant
"Calm yourself Ichigo, I've actually been working on a device to let me travel anywhere around the living world and much faster than any other mode of travel we could possibly think of" Urahara explained while Ichigo gave him a questionable look
"Exactly why did you make something like that" Ichigo asked wondering what's the main point of building such a device if he is never leaves the shop or if he has a ulterior motive
"What? I get bored being in this town time to time and I wanted to go somewhere fun. I heard Hawaii is nice this time of year" Kisuke said happily as he hoped it would convince the man in front of him
". . . . . Do you honestly expect me to believe you made something like that for the sake of a vacation" Ichigo said in a deadpan manner before noticing Urahara was in the corner
"Is it so wrong to have a vacation once in 500 years" Urahara sniffed as he cried
"O-Oy are you seriously crying!" Ichigo exclaimed as he had no idea Urahara could emotional like this "Alright I'm sorry for doubting you so how about you use that device to take me to Koryo before the Arrancar does any damage there" Ichigo asked desperately as he didn't notice shit-eating grin on the mad scientist's face before it returned to the sad look on he had before
"Of course Ichigo" Urahara sniffed as he was still in character "Just stand right there and I'll send you to the coordinates" Urahara as he pushed the buttons on the side of the device and aimed it at Ichigo "Alright all set and ready to go. You may have a slight tingling sensation when you get out though" Urahara warned as Ichigo rolled his eyes
"Just get it over with. The sooner I deal with the Arrancar the sooner I can get back here" Ichigo said irritated as Urahara nodded as he pushed a button and the device glowed
"Oh and by the way Ichigo" Urahara began as Ichigo raised a brow at the man "Isshin will cover for you, so have fun" Urahara said with a sadistic smile as Ichigo looked at him utterly confused
"Wait wh-"
*ZAP!*
"-at?" Ichigo said as he noticed he wasn't in his clinic anymore and was standing in front of a giant door with a sign on top of it. Ichigo stared at the sign before letting out a low growl after he read what it said as his sclera turned black and his pupils turned an ominous gold "Kisuke" Ichigo's warped voice hissed out with pure unadulterated rage as he realized where he was currently standing in front of "Urahara" He was currently standing in front of the Ryozanpaku
"Okay I got to admit that was evil of you to do that to him" Yoruichi said as she walked in with Isshin who nodded
"I know I'm one to screw my son over once or three times a day but that went a little too far don't you think" Isshin said as he worried for his old friend's health when his son returns
"Oh pshaw, I'm sure Ichigo won't be mad" Urahara said waving off the impending doom he signed himself on as his friends looked at him worriedly "I'm sure when Ichigo returns he'll give me a big thank you for helping him with Shigure"
"I'M GOING TO KILL THAT MAN!"
". . . . . So do you want to help me write his eulogy" Yoruichi asked Isshin in a deadpan manner
"I'll go see if there's some papers lying around for us to fill out" Isshin said dryly as the two walked away from the mad scientist who huffed at them
'Calm yourself Ichigo, there will be a time and place for you to kill Kisuke' Zangetsu said in Ichigo's mind but was actually thinking if he could figure out a way to tell Urahara that he did good job by sending them here so that drizzle in Ichigo's inner mind could finally stop
'O-Oh my god' Shiro laughed as he was rolling on the 'Floor' of Ichigo's inner world 'This has got to be the greatest thing he has ever done to you' the albino said still laughing as Ichigo appeared in his inner mind and stomped on his hollow personality's stomach
'Shut the hell up Shiro' Ichigo said hotly as Shiro tried to muffle his laughter but failed and kept on laughing which earned him another stomp
'You have to admit' Shiro said as he got up and wiped a tear of mirth from his eyes 'You fell for his plan like an idiot' Shiro said which earned him a punch to the face that sent him flying across the open sky of the inner world
'Shut the hell up Shiro before I end you' Ichigo threatened as Shiro just let out a chuckle when he landed on another tower
'Ichigo, I think you should return to your body. Someone is here' Zangetsu said as Ichigo exited his inner mind to see he was still standing in front of the gates but noticed several signatures on top of the gate. Ichigo looked up to see six individuals, two he instantly knew
"Well isn't this a surprise Shigure, Ichigo came to visit" Akisame said staring down at the orange haired doctor while Shigure looked like she wanted to tackle him "Mind explaining what you're doing here. Or why we felt such killing coming off of you a moment ago"
"Well shit"
~Few minutes earlier~
"You're all insane!" Kenichi cried out as he was in a new tortu-Training device that Akisame created for him
"Just keep running or those electric spikes will impale you" Akisame said nonchalantly as he took a sip of the green tea Miu just brought him
"So what does this thing help him with" Sakaki asked lazily as he drank a can of beer
"Just his endurance, nothing more" Akisame replied casually
"Are you kidding me! You could've done that by making me drag you around the city instead of this!" Kenichi shouted at his master in disbelief
"Mm~ You're right. We'll go running after an hour of this" Akisame said with a mischievous smile on his face
"You're evil! Evi- ACK!" Kenichi choked when a wave of cold suffocating killing intent covered the surrounding area causing Kenichi to pass out. Akisame rushed to Kenichi and pulled him away from the device before he actually impale himself on the machine
"What is this evil killing intent" Kensei asked as he appeared next to Akisame along with the other masters "Miu actually passed out from the sheer denseness it has" Kensei said as Akisame laid Kenichi down on the ground gently as all the masters stared in the direction of the gate and rushed towards it without a moments haste
They all jumped on top of the gate to see where it was emanating only to find it in front of them as they stared down at the orange haired man "Is that" Akisame asked silently to himself as Shigure instantly knew who it was.
"Ichigo" Shigure said breathlessly as the masters turned to her
"Wait. That's Ichigo" Sakaki asked making sure he heard it right that the man before them, emanating such killing intent, was the same guy Shigure fell in love with. Shigure just answered with a nod as she didn't move her gaze from him as her body shook a bit as Kensei could tell from the body language she was giving out she wanted to tackle him.
The wave of killing intent soon dissipated as Ichigo looked up and the masters swore they saw black and gold in his eyes but kept it for reference later. Akisame knowing he had to say something as an awkward silence fell onto them, spoke up "Well isn't this a surprise Shigure, Ichigo came to visit" Akisame tried joking as Ichigo stared back at them unflinching and he knew was better to just get straight to the point "Mind explaining what you're doing here. Or why we felt such killing intent coming off of you a moment ago" He questioned as he noticed Ichigo flinched when he said that.
"Well shit"
"Well shit" Ichigo cursed as he didn't realize he was releasing such killing intent "Sorry, I kinda forgot for a moment. No one was affected by it too badly, right?" Ichigo asked warily as he could tell the men before him were looking at him in a calculative look
"You knocked out my granddaughter and our apprentice if that's what you meant" Ichigo turned to his side to see the biggest of the group standing next to him with speed that rivals a high lieutenant to a low captain. Ichigo was impressed, never before he met a normal human that trained to move this fast and yet this person could.
"Impressive speed old man, I almost lost track of you for a moment" Ichigo said as he was being truthful as he didn't expect him to be this fast and was only lucky that he kept up even if he was caught off guard
"Ho ho~ being able to keep up to my speed when I used 40% is quite impressive. I'm guessing what Shigure said about you being possibly able to keep up with me is fact" The man who Ichigo guessed was the Elder that Shigure spoke of cryptically during her time at his clinic stated as Ichigo noticed everyone else was startled by the fact
"I'm guessing 40% is something grand to you guys right?" Ichigo guessed as they nodded
"Elder never uses more than 20% when scaring people off and you caught it like nothing" the man with the scar Sakaki, as Shigure told him before, said with his arms crossed
"Really? If I could guess what his 100% is then it's nothing compared to my old master" Ichigo taunted as they all looked shock at this new bit of information
"Oh really" Elder asked slowly as he stroked his beard with one hand with passive contemplation
"Yep. She was even called the Goddess of the flash, because she was so fast that no one could touch her" Ichigo said as he noticed the short ones eyes gleamed with perverseness making Ichigo figure out that this was Kensei Ma that Shigure would always state was a massive pervert
"Is this just goddess in power is she a goddess in body" Kensei asked with the gleam in his eyes shinning brightly as Ichigo gave him a dry look
"She could snap your neck in an instant and be on the other side of japan in a span of ten seconds. And I don't mean the west or east side, I mean the north or south point of Japan" Ichigo told him dryly as Kensei gulped at that fact
"You still haven't answered my question Ichigo, why did you let out all that killing intent" Akisame said sternly as Ichigo let out a tired sigh
"Sorry about that, I truly am" Ichigo said as he rubbed the back of his head embarrassed he did that all unconsciously while he was talking to his spirits "It's just that I was sent on a job here by someone and I just found out that there was no job at all just him playing a prank on me" Ichigo said bitterly as he clenched his fist as his knuckles cracked "I'm going to break every single bone in his body, repercussions be damned" Ichigo stated seriously as they all sweat drop at the fact he would say that so casually
"Well I'm sure seeing as you have nothing better to do, why don't you join us. I'm sure Shigure here would love to have you here" Akisame said suggestively as Shigure blushed along with Ichigo while the others laughed
"I, I don't see why not" Ichigo said bashfully as Shigure had a bright smile
"Alright then, come on in. We have much to talk about" Elder said as Ichigo watch as he and the others jumped over the wall excluding Shigure who was now standing in front of him
"It's good to see you again Shigure" Ichigo said sincerely before taking off guard as Shigure tackled him with a hug
"I missed you" Shigure mumbled against his chest as Ichigo blushed at the closeness Shigure was but his expression soften as he hugged her back gently
"I missed you too" Ichigo said softly as the two stayed like that for a few moments before they reluctantly let go "Come on. The others are waiting for us" Ichigo said as he walked towards the giant gates and put one hand on the gate and pushed to only find it extremely heavy
"Is something the matter Ichigo?" Shigure asked as Ichigo looked at her
"Nothing, just thinking" Ichigo responded knowing his human body isn't that strong to push the door without Reishi to absorb and for some reason the area lacked a bit of Reishi to help him 'OY, Shiro I need you for something'
'Already on it' Shiro quickly replied as Ichigo felt his hollow nature strengthen his muscles as he pushed again and the door was sent into the walls on the other side of the gate with a massive crash
'I think you gave me too much' Ichigo thought meekly as he noticed the cracks in the giant wall the walls hit
"You didn't have to use that much strength to open the door Ichigo" Akisame said as he and the man with dark skin and silver hair, that Ichigo realize was Apachai, pulled the two doors out of the wall and back in its original position
"Sorry about that. Didn't realize I used too much strength" Ichigo said as the masters looked at him in wariness
"What happened!" Ichigo was thankful for the kid to wake up with a shout that took the masters attention off him.
"You passed out from a killing intent Kenichi, seems we need to toughen your resolve some more to handle tougher killing intent" Elder stated as Ichigo was slightly perturbed to see all their eyes glowing when he said that last part
"Ugh, I feel so lightheaded" A girl wearing an apron said as she walked out a sliding door as she held the side of her head
"Sorry about that. Didn't mean for you two to be affected by it" Ichigo said sincerely as the girl Ichigo realized was Miu as she was the only girl other than Shigure here
"Don't worry about it, as long as you didn't mean to do it then there is no harm done" Miu said happily as if nothing happened making him realize that the girl was sort of an airhead "So may I ask who you are" Miu asked politely
"My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, it's a pleasure" Ichigo introduced himself as he noticed the girl stare at him blankly. She turned her head slowly to Shigure as she pointed to Ichigo as weapon mistress nodded silently with a faint blush. Miu let out a squeal that shocked Ichigo as he had no idea what just happened as Miu rushed towards him
"It's such a pleasure to meet the person who stole Shigure's heart" Miu said with her eyes sparkling and her hands clasped together as Shigure seemed to choke a bit when she said that
"U-Um, it's nice to meet you too" Ichigo said unsure what to do at the moment as he gave her weak forced smile
"So um, what are you doing here" Kenichi asked as Ichigo gave him a nod of appreciation at the change of subject
"Well I was supposed to come here on a job but apparently the job never existed and it was all but a twisted prank of my friend who gave me the job" Ichigo half lied as he was supposed to come here for a job but not one they would understand
"What was the job" Sakaki asked as he pulled out a beer and popped it open
"Sorry, can't say" Ichigo said avoiding the question as the masters stared at him
"So how long are you going to stay" Miu asked as Shigure gave her an appreciative nod as she wanted to know as well but felt embarrassed asking him
"No idea, when does the train out of town come" Ichigo asked as he seriously doesn't know when the train comes but most importantly. He has no idea where the hell in Japan he is at the moment.
"There are no trains today because apparently there was an accident on one of the tracks that stopped all trains from leaving or coming" Kensei explained as they all entered the living area as Ichigo looked exasperated when he heard that. And he couldn't use a plane because he didn't bring his passport and he couldn't just shunpo his way back as that would raise suspicion and questions about why was there a man with orange hair appearing out of nowhere and disappearing all around Japan.
"Well it seems I'm stuck here until the problems with the trains are fixed" Ichigo said with sigh as he crossed his arms as the group entered the living area of the giant dojo and sat down at the table with the others
"How about Shigure shows you around town" Miu said bring Ichigo's attention to her "I'm sure it'll be a great way to reconnect with her while she shows you around town" Miu asked as Shigure nodded as Ichigo sighed knowing what the girl was doing and contemplated about the idea
'Do it' Shiro said appearing in his mind 'You know you want to'
'Shut up Shiro' Ichigo thought back to his hollow
'I agree with the hollow, do it' Zangetsu said joining in the conversation 'It would do some good for you to spend time with girl' Zangetsu said
'I can't believe you two are actually doing this' Ichigo thought to them in exasperation
'Just shut up and take the girl out on a date' his two spirits said at the same time which irked him a bit before going out of his thoughts to notice everyone looking at him curiously
"Sorry, did something happen" Ichigo asked as he immediately forgot that he was with others while speaking to his inner spirits. Every time he talks to his spirits while being away he would stare off into space.
"We were just waiting for your answer and then your eyes turned dull as you had an aura of concentration surrounding you as if you were meditating. Quite interesting how that happened" Elder said with great interest as Ichigo flinched
"Sorry, whenever I go into deep thought I usually tune everything out when I do" Ichigo replied as that was sort of true when he usually talks to his spirits he ignores everyone else until someone shakes him out of it "But anyways, sure why not. I might as well get familiar with this town if I'm going to be here for awhile" Ichigo said trying to change the subject off him and onto something else
"Great! Come on Shigure" Miu said happily as she began pulling Shigure out of the room
"H-Hold on, what are" Shigure didn't get a word in as Miu dragged her out the room and into her room
". . . . Well that just happened" Ichigo stated dryly as everyone nodded in agreement "You have questions I can tell. Just ask already" Ichigo said dryly as he stared at the masters while Kenichi wondered if he should be listening to any of this
"We just want what's best for Shigure, we think of her as family so just one thing" Akisame stated as Ichigo raised a brow as the masters eyes glowed white as the seemed to loom over Ichigo "You hurt her in anyway and we will forego our peaceful nature to take you down" Akisame threatened slowly as the masters let out their own killing intent that knocked Kenichi out once more. Ichigo silently rolled his eyes as he realize that the killing intent was only directed at him so Shigure wouldn't notice
'Shiro, if you please' Shiro let out a sadistic squeal as Ichigo's eyes turned golden as his killer intent smothered theirs "I won't do anything to hurt her, I swear to you on my sisters lives that I won't" Ichigo said narrowing his eyes at them as they couldn't believe such killing intent, that could smother all theirs combined, could even exist "I want you to understand I do care for her and you don't need to worry about anything" Ichigo said as he let go of his killing intent as they relaxed a bit "Now you got anything else to ask or are you just going to badger me about Shigure's well being" Ichigo asked dryly putting what just happened behind him
"Alright" The Elder drawled slowly "I wish to know how you became this skilled at such a young age, if you're willing tell us" he asked what the others were thinking as well
"Sorry but that's something I won't let any of you find out about. I may tell Shigure in the future but that's only when I have her absolute trust never to tell anyone else" Ichigo explained sternly as he did not want anyone of the living to know what he is. The masters nodded as the door opened to reveal Miu with a smile on her face
"Come on Shigure" Miu said walking into the room as she beckoned Shigure to come in. Shigure walked in as everyone gawked at her in surprise.
Shigure was wearing a light pink, long sleeve blouse that hung off her shoulders and white pants while standing on high heels. The entire outfit clung to her curves that made Kensei have a nosebleed but the most eye drawing part was the fact Shigure had let her hair down "Could you stop staring at me. It's embarrassing" Shigure muttered as she had a faint blush on her cheeks as she looked away from the group
"Ugh, my head. What happened" Kenichi muttered as he picked himself up and looked at Shigure "HOLY! Is that you Shigure!" Kenichi shouted in amazement at his master which earned him a slap to the back of his head by Akisame and Miu, the latter of which seemed irked for some reason
"Come on Ichigo, tell her what you think of her outfit" Sakaki said chuckling as Ichigo said nothing as his hair covered his eyes
At the moment Shigure walked in Ichigo went into his inner world by force thanks to Shiro 'Dammit Shiro, I'm not letting you have control so get back in your damn cage!' Ichigo shouted at Shiro as Zangetsu was helping him contain Shiro. Even Tensa came out of his spot in Ichigo's mind to come and help restrain Shiro
'Dammit Ichigo! I'm your instincts and as your instincts I say take her NOW!' Shiro shouted as Ichigo punched him while Zangetsu put him in a strangle hold and Tensa brought out thick chains
'There is a time and place to do something, Ichigo may take things fast at times but this isn't one of those times' Zangetsu said as Tensa agreed as the two began tying Shiro up
'Oy, I'm standing right here you know!' Ichigo shouted at his ZanpakutÅ spirits who ignored his protests
'Enough Ichigo, they're calling you. We'll be sure to restrain him during the date, and if you say it's not a date we WILL let Shiro go' Tensa said seriously as Ichigo glared at him but muttering curses as he left his inner world to hear the last bit of Sakaki's question
"I think you look amazing" Ichigo mumbled out his answer as he looked away with a blush as Shigure let out a small smile
"Well we shouldn't keep you two. Go on, have fun" Elder said as he waved them off as the others grinned
"Don't do something I would" Kensei said with a mirthful chortle as Ichigo stood up rolling his eyes at the small master as he walked to the door with Shigure
"Really though, don't do anything he would do" Akisame deadpanned as Ichigo rolled his eyes once more before leaving the room with Shigure
". . . . . . . . . . . So we're following them, right?" Sakaki asked as the Elder shook his head
"We would but sadly I already sensed he left already with Shigure and no I have absolutely no idea in which direction they went" Elder stated as the others looked distraught they couldn't spy on them
Ichigo appeared around a corner a few blocks away from the Ryozanpaku with his arm around Shigure's waist "Well that's a good distance to keep them from spying on us" Ichigo said dryly as Shigure sighed knowing they would spy on her
Shigure was about to say something but she felt something around her waist and saw Ichigo still had his arm around her "Um, Ichigo" Shigure said nervously as Ichigo looked at her before noticing his arm
"S-Sorry" Ichigo let go and looked away blushing as he coughed
"It's alright" Shigure murmured
"So where should we go first" Ichigo asked trying to change the subject but noticed Shigure flinched "You have no idea about anything in town do you" Ichigo asked bluntly as Shigure looked away
"The only time I leave the dojo is to go on jobs to find my father's swords or if the Elder takes us somewhere" Shigure answered as Ichigo sighed shaking his head
"Come on" Ichigo said starting to walk in a random direction as Shigure looked at him confused. Ichigo stopped and looked back at her "Might as well and see if we can find a decent restaurant so we could eat and catch up while we're at it" Ichigo said with a smile that Shigure smiled back and nodded happily as she followed Ichigo wherever he went, not once feeling lost as she was with him
"Well at least we were able to find a decent restaurant" Ichigo said as they exited the restaurant they recently ate at. Shigure nodded as she walked down the street with Ichigo, walking closer bit by bit closer to him
"So where should we go next" Ichigo asked as he had small smile as he looked at her
"I don't know, I'll just follow you wherever you want" Shigure said with a blush as Ichigo blushed as well. Ichigo could hear all his spirits shout at him to hold her hand, especially Shiro who was flailing around in his chains. Ichigo slowly reached for her hand and grasped it as he felt her go tense but relax as she slowly intertwined her fingers with his as the two had a smile on their faces as they continued to walk on not caring where they go as long as they had one another.
Ah a little fluff at the end felt nice to make, kinda cheesy but nice. Well that's all I have, I hope you enjoyed this chapter so if you please leave a comment, review, PM but please no flames and I'll see you all later, have a great day.