W00T!!! second chappy, well here goes nothin.
Yours Truly,
Ithio
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Chapter Two: The Siege begins
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Urahara Shop, the next day:
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Ichigo stood staring at the man that had caused all this pain to him originally, trying his best to control himself. Next to this man stood his friends, all supporting him as much as they could.
"Ishida, Inoue, Chad, I can't ask you to do this for me. But if you feel the need to then I'll tell you this, we're going against some of the most powerful beings in existence, I would recommend that you spend the two weeks we have to train. I think you'll each find your own way of training, Uryu I think that your grandfather or your dad might have mentioned a type of training you could use. Inoue, Chad, There's a trainer for you out there, one that specialized in what is known as shunpo, or near instantaneous movement," said Ichigo sending a glare towards Urahara so that he knew that Ichigo wanted him to find Yoruichi and have her train the two of them, "If it would be alright could I speak with Urahara in private?" he finished.
"Hai, Kurosaki-kun" said Orihime.
"I guess," said Ishida, in his ever stoic manner.
"Of Course, Ichigo" said Chad.
At that moment the three of them had stood up and left, allowing Ichigo and Urahara to speak in private.
"I should kill you, you know that right?" asked Ichigo.
"And what did I do to merit such hatred Kurosaki-san?" responded Urahara, hoping to get what Ichigo knew out of him.
"Several things Urahara, and you know perfectly well what they are, but unfortunately I need you alive, at least for now." said Ichigo, "Just know, that if you decide to betray me, even in the slightest manner, I won't just kill you, I'll destroy you. I'm not going to get Rukia because you want me to, I'm gonna go get her because I want to, and the moment I do I'll destroy Hougyoku."
"H...h...how...how do you know?" asked Urahara, he had made perfectly sure that it would be undetectable, he had made perfectly sure that even Kurosaki Isshin would never notice, yet here he was, caught by a boy who had barely been a shinigami for a month.
"Denki o Keshimasu, Zangetsu" said Ichigo, and his sword transformed back into the tachi that had become almost as legendary as the cleaver knife and the simple black Katana.
"Odd isn't it that my zanpakuto has no phrase to be released, but it has one to be sealed?" he asked, "Also isn't it odd that I have about as much reiatsu as half of soul society put together, including the thirteen division captains into that half?"
"Of course it's odd Kurosaki-san, but it's not unheard of, although it's generally that way only with the king's family." said Urahara, having found himself pushed against a wall.
"Ah, yes, dear Kurosaki-ossan." said Ichigo, and he paused slightly before he continued, "The war that will be caused by hand of yours, will be ended by hand of mine Urahara Kisuke, just remember that when the time comes and the Great Adventure arrives, you will be left behind."
Urahara just stood there completely stunned, Ichigo seemed to know more than even he himself did. "And how do you know this information Kurosaki-san?" asked Urahara.
Ichigo didn't bother responding immediately instead he went to the door and opened it, giving Urahara a glaring look he said, "just remember what I said, and don't bother asking how I know." and he shunpo'd away teleporting back home and into his body.
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Two Weeks Later, Urahara's shop once more, as the group prepares to leave:
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Ichigo and the group stood impatiently as Urahara described the process which must be observed for a group to pass through the Gate to Soul Society. As soon as Urahara was finished Ichigo didn't even wait for the full gate to open, he just dove in, rushing into the events that he knew would occur. As he shot forward he was followed closely by his friends, who had been with him through everything. As they passed Ichigo stopped abruptly before turning to the others.
"You guys take the lead, Yoruichi, show them the way, I'll bring up the rear. We won't exactly make this entry the nicest we possibly could, and that's saying a lot. You know what will attack us if we stay here too long, let me deal with it while you fight there." said Ichigo and Yoruichi immediately agreed, she of course knew of Ichigo's royal heritage, and if one being could control the horror that would appear from the Gate to Soul Society it was Ichigo, descendant of it's captor.
As the five of them ran towards the otherside a black claw like object suddenly shot at them only to be stopped by Zangetsu.
"RUN!!" yelled Ichigo and all of them sprinted away as fast as they possibly could. Just as Ichigo reached the door he turned around and decided to leave the beast a special little gift, "Yonban hado: Byakurai"
and he jumped through the door, shooting down into the floor of Rukongai.
As he got up he enjoyed looking around at his sorroundings and he soaked everything in. Not one building was destroyed, and that made him glad, but not wanting to be seen for any longer than he had to he shot forward. Ishida, Inoue, Chad and Yoruichi quickly found his reiatsu and followed him, and the group met up near the front of the holy gate of Seireitei, the Senkei Gate. As Ichigo walked up calmly towards where the wall would appear he jumped back as it actually came into view and he didn't even bother to move back as Jirobou slammed down. Simply raising Zangetsu he stopped the giant axes of the huge man with the tiny tachi (1) blade of Zangetsu. As the others stared even Yoruichi was surprised at the huge amount of control and ability that Ichigo showed, although it was to be expected with his heritage, it was still extremely impressive.
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Well the first chappy and my first #/'d AN.
(1) W00T first #'d AN lol. A tachi is very close to the traditional katana and was favored by earlier japanese cultures. It has the blade (edge that cuts) pointing down instead of upwards while as the Katana has it the opposite way. This is simply because a katana is favored for a more lengthy battle while as a tachi is more for what's referred to as the killing draw. This is shown most effectively in Isshin's fight against Grand Fisher, and for those of you that watched Rouroni Kenshin, the Hitokiri BattÅsai was known for such a killing techinque. These techniques were later deemed unhonorful because of the fact that you kill your opponent in a single strike, and the fight is completely one sided because the opponent is never given the chance to riposte.
Yours Truly,
Ithio