W00T!! second chappy, well here goes nothin.
Yours Truly,
Ithio
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Chapter Three: An Opening
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Senkei Gate:
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Ichigo felt the massive pressure of Jirobou (1) crash on top of him but didn't move, his will and control being all that kept his body, which wanted to crash to the ground, up right. The moment that the huge giant noticed his strike had been stopped a questioning look entered his face, at least until he noticed the Haori drapped over Ichigo's kimono. No shinigami could wear a captain's haori unless they were granted either the position, or it was placed on them by a captain, and this was starting to give Jirobou a headache. If a captain trusted this kid with his haori, should he let him in, or should he still try to keep him out.
'This is confusing, I'll just beat the answers out of him,' thought Jirobou and he slammed his massive axes on the ground causing a huge shockwave, making several pillars of rock and stone come up in front of the group, separating them from Ichigo. Then he charged and the massive power he used was enough that Orihime had to reject the blow, or it would have cleanly cut through even the group, just as it pierced the wall of rock, but in it lay a most surprising sight. Ichigo's sword had blocked the strike with such ease and so cleanly that it seemed almost impossible. Even Yoruichi stood awestruck at the perfection of this boy, who should barely have any control over his power whatsoever, and the others were nearly blown away at the calmness that Ichigo struck.
"Let us pass Jirobou," said Ichigo, "I really don't want to have to hurt you."
"We are the guardians of Seireitei, and we do not let any but Yamamoto's chosen few in without orders." said Jirobou, and Ichigo grimaced, he didn't want to do this to Jirobou but he had no other choice.
"If that's your choice, Jirobou-san." said Ichigo, and he put his tachi in the scabbard, and proceeded to stand firmly. Jirobou at this point seemed more insulted than anything else, there weren't many shinigami alive that could fight him without resorting to their Zanpakuto, and he took pride in that fact. The anger that started welling up inside of him was waiting to be released, and eventually he attacked. As he struck once again the massive pressure nearly knocked the 'ryoka', except for Ichigo, out. The massive cloud of dust that rose, hid the greatest feat that any of the ryoka had ever witnessed. Ichigo had blocked the huge axe with nothing but a finger.
"I'm sorry, Jirobou-san," said Ichigo and he shunpo'd forward slamming against Jirobou at such speeds that the massive giant of a shinigami was thrown back against the wall, and the difference in abilities became so apparent that Jirobou was starting to believe that this boy could actually have been a captain. As Jirobou, who had passed out, finally came back to the world of the conscious he fought as hard as he could to not break out crying when he saw his two axes on either side of him broken.
"Please open the gate Jirobou-san, but let me stand next to you as you open it." said Ichigo, and turning to his friends he told them, "Stay here, there's someone I don't want you to see yet."
And as Jirobou lifted the massive Senkei Gate, a the sillhouette of a shinigami came into view. As the shinigami came closer Ichigo muttered, "Gin". The fox smile Captain had been one of the three that had betrayed Seireitei, and it was because of Gin that Matsumoto, whom he later said he had loved, had died.
"What are you doing Gate Keeper?" asked Ichimaru.
"Opening the gate for this shinigami, who beat me. Because when a gate keeper is beaten, he should open the gate." said Jirobou.
"No, he should die" responded Ichimaru and he moved slightly closer to the gate. Chad immediately charged towards Gin, intent on stopping him before he hurt Ichigo, only to be stopped at the gate by Ichigo's hand.
"Move back, this guy's way past your level." said Ichigo, and he pushed Chad 'lightly' nearly sending him flying through a wall.
"Ikorose, Shinso" said Gin pointing the blade at Jirobou.
Shooting the blade at Jirobou, Ichigo shunpo'd infront of him, taking the blow upon himself and shooting both him and Jirobou back through a wall. Ichigo immediately felt the loosening of his nerves, his muscles relaxing, before the blade left his body...and he plummeted to the ground. Luckily for him Jirobou was there to catch the boy that had saved his life as he fell.
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Four Days Later, A house in Rukongai:
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As Ichigo finally came back he opened his eyes and looked at who was around him. He saw only Yoruichi, now in her human form and lightly clothed, and his eyes must have betrayed him, because she said, "Everyone is outside, I wanted to take care of you myself. Aren't you surprised by how I look Ichigo?"
"Cats can't talk Yoruichi-senpai." said Ichigo. Yoruchi reached over to Ichigo's shinigami uniform and moving it so that his whole upper body was visible, she gasped.
"Th...Th...That's..." she stuttered, pointing at Ichigo's shoulder.
"The dragon and the tiger, yup, signifying me as a member of the Zero division, or more importantly as one of its heads. Dad and I have both shared that I guess, although it stands to reason that I should defend my family shouldn't I?" said Ichigo looking down at the tattoo on his shoulder.
"B...b...but y...you shouldn't have come here, and I know for a fact that Yamamoto-sotaicho wouldn't have allowed you to join that division unless..." said Yoruichi and the reason came to her mind again.
"Unless I told him who I was, yea, although by all rights and purposes I could easily have made myself a member of that division, having been a commander General. Also, they needed people they could trust, and I filled in that category. Now if you would please excuse me, I need to make plans." said Ichigo and he started to get up only to fall back to the floor out of pain in his midsection, where Shinso had pierced his body, "God Dammit, I can't move."
"Anyone else wouldn't have survived a blow like that Ichigo, or should I said Kurosaki-sama, heir to the throne of Soul Society." said Yoruichi, starting out in a normal tone but leaning in towards the end her voice changing to a barely audible whisper. As she returned to her original position she took another wet towel and placed it were the wound had opened again, slowly she cleaned the wound letting the towel soak in as much blood as it could and also disinfecting it.
"Is there a reason you didn't let Inoue do this?" asked Ichigo, a small smile appearing on his face as he saw the peaceful look that Yoruichi had on her as she cleaned his wounds.
"I had a feeling there was more to you than met the eye Ichigo, and I'm sure you know the punishment that comes from letting a ryoka know of that tattoo." said Yoruichi, and the smile immediately dropped from Ichigo's face. There was only one punishment for having a human know of your position within the Zero Division and that was death by the Soukyoku. After about an hour of cleaning and sanitising the wound Ichigo was finally able to stand up, and not have the wound start bleeding again.
"Can you pass me my haori Yoruichi-senpai?" asked Ichigo, standing as slowly as he could. Taking a bandage and using it to cover his entire shoulder, and hence his tattoo, so that no mistakes could possibly occur he organized his haori and his shinigami uniform. As he stood up he said, "It's time I break open the gates of heaven."
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Well there's the third chappy.
(1) I know that the name is wrong, but it's the one I had used last chappy, and I decided to keep it so i didn't confuse ppl. He's the gate guardian that Ichigo fights, the one with the two axes.
Yours Truly,
Ithio