"Awakening"

Ichigo walked into the dining room with Rukia, he was rather taken back by how easy it was to get along with the other. He thought it would be different, but it was like talking with anyone else, though she was much more intelligent than someone that looked her age should be. Sitting down at one end of the low table he took in the room. It was traditional just like the rest of the house. Paper walls, sliding doors, calligraphy art, neatly arranged flowers, everything one would expect to be in this home. Even an imposing looking lord!

When Ichigo's eyes landed on the raven he couldn't help but look at him. He was unlike anyone he had met before and though his heart fluttered in fear he felt something else coil in his blood, something he would rather not define just yet. The raven had taken on a different look and now properly cleaned and dressed Ichigo could defiantly tell he was higher class. His raven hair flowed around him, but two white hair pieces were place on the top of his head and on the right side, just above his slightly pointed ear.

Though he wasn't looking at him Ichigo felt a little smothered by his presences, he demanded respect without even looking at someone. When he heard Rukia laughing at him he turned quickly, his face instantly heating up for being caught staring at the raven.

"W-what!" He demanded as he felt heat rise more quickly to his face.

The look of horror on the small female though instantly had that color draining from his face as he looked to see what had her so terrified.

"NII-SAMA!" Rukia's word echoed through the room, but Ichigo would have though she was somewhere far off if he had not known that just seconds ago she was next to him. His hearing was impaired as the rushing of his blood flooded his ears. Only moments ago he had been sitting, but now he was firmly pinned against the floor, with a rather strange creature atop him being the cause.

As the male creature opened his mouth Ichigo got a good look at sharpened teeth that were stained with blood, both dry and fresh. Ichigo was moving instantly as the creature's intent became clear to him; it was going to bite him. Fighting against the much stronger creature Ichigo moved until he was sure his foot was firmly planted on the creature's chest before using all the strength he had to kick the thing off him. To his surprise the creature was lunched clear across the room and through the thin paper walls.

Ichigo stared up at the ceiling, blinking a few times before he jump to his feet. Rukia was there, standing in front of him, whispering some kind of chant that caused her hand to glow yellow. As the creature came busting threw the wall once again Rukia let the chant go and the yellow energy shot out towards the creature creating five planks of translucent energy, binding the creature where it stood.

"Scatter, Senbonzakura" Ichigo looked to the Raven who stood only a few feet away, holding a katana. Slowly the katana seemed to break apart, shattering into a million tiny pieces. These little pieces though didn't drop to the floor, but rather moved as if the wind was pulling them towards the bound creature. Ichigo couldn't help but be reminded of watching cherry blossoms petals floating in a gentle breeze as those tiny pieces reflected the light in a soft pink color.

Those petals were deceiving. As they wrapped around the creature Ichigo could see that they sliced through flesh like tiny little blades. Clenching his fist he looked away as the creature screamed with his dying breath. Sure the thing had tried to kill him, but he was still a doctor or at least a doctor in training and death wasn't something he handled well.

"Ichigo? Are you okay?" Rukia's voice brought his attention back to the group. He felt a shiver run down his spine as the raven stared at him. He quickly looked away from the taller male to Rukia and nodded his head.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine" He rubbed one of his arms as if he had suddenly become cold, still refusing to look at any of them.

"How did you do that? No mere human could kick a Bloodling off them like that" Ichigo stilled and looked at Rukia.

"He's not a mere human, he's a half breed, though it seemed his vampire side is making itself more known" Ichigo quickly turned to the new comer. The taller male gave him a warm smile.

"Most half breeds that are born either take after their vampire parent or their human parent, the other side remains dormant and many times people don't know their a half breed unless someone finds out who and what their parents are, you took after you mother, who was a human, but it seems that your vampire side is reacting to the stress of this world and becoming more dominate in a way to protect you" The blond went on to explain as he tipped his green and white hat.

Ichigo racked a hand threw his hair; once again he had been given more information than his mind could deal with. So if he was mostly human and his vampire side was become more pronounced did that mean he would have to drink blood? The mere thought causes his stomach to turn and twist.

"Don't worry half breeds who are born human can only take a few vampiric traits like strength, speed, hearing, but other than that nothing else vampiric will happen to them, meaning you won't grow fangs or need to drink blood, even though you might crave it, something you can easily ignore" The blonde answered once again. Ichigo looked him over; the male wasn't wearing a Gotie 13 uniform, but rather green outfit and tall clogs.

"Urahara! what are you doing here?" Rukia asked as the blond just smiled.

"Ah, yes, I was on my way here to meet the half breed, it's not every day a human half breed is discovered, when I saw that the half breed had kicked the Bloodling like he weighed nothing, I just knew that I had to met the boy"

Ichigo sighed, was he really that different?

"Byakuya, you don't look so good, have you been eating well?" Ichigo looked to the raven and sure enough he didn't look well. He was currently leaning against Renji, breathing rather irregularly and seemed to be sweating. Ichigo moved forward instantly and checked the man's pulse, nearly cursing himself for his stupidity when he didn't find one. Vampires didn't have heart beats…but then again he had one when he had checked him a few nights ago.

"Ichigo!" Before he could turn to see what was the matter Ichigo felt a strong grip embrace him, pulling him closer to the chilled body that was Byakuya. Once again the sensation of sharp teeth racking across his neck flooded him with panic and another emotion. These teeth though didn't pierce his skin, much to his joy and dismay. Just as suddenly as he had been pulled into that embrace he was forced from it by the same man who had grabbed him.

Byakuya was nearly ready to jump the younger male, his exposed neck calling to him in such a way it was hard to ignore it, but he had to, for now something else required his attention. The male he had been so enamored with was now being pinned down by a Bloodling! How the thing had gotten into the Seireitei, let alone the Kuchiki estate was something he would have to look into later. For now he needed to dispose of it before it tore the orangette apart. Byakuya went to move to pull the creature from the younger male, but it seemed Ichigo had already decided to fight back and wow! Ichigo had one hell of a kick! The creature was sent flying out of the room in mere seconds, making Byakuya a little confused until he remembered the boy was a half breed. His vampire blood was probably just waking up, thought the raven.

Stepping over to Rukia and Ichigo he waited for the thing to enter the room once again. Renji was beside him as well, his backup if needed. The creature came through the opening it had just previously been kicked through and Rukia let her Bakudō Kido hit the target, successfully binding the creature. Pulling his Zanpakuto from his side he closed his eyes.

"Scatter, Senbonzakura." He felt the blade scatter and moved the tiny blades to engulf the Bloodling. Once the deed was done he pulled back the piece and sheathed his sword. He felt much more drained then he should have been, so much so that he wavered in his stance, nearly collapsing. If it hadn't been for Renji, Byakuya would have hit the floor. The red head helped him stay up, even as his breathing became harder to control and if felt like his insides were setting themselves of fire. A clear sign of hunger, but a sign he shouldn't be feeling at all! He could hardly make anything out, but when warm finger touched his neck he knew one thing for sure… He needed blood.

He latched onto the closest warm blooded being and raked his fangs across the rapid pulse point that was singing to him. The trembling body within his grasp only excited him more, calling for him to plunge his fangs into the delicate skin beneath him. He couldn't bring himself to do it. Something was wrong. Just as suddenly as the spell of hunger was woven it was broken. Byakuya pushed the younger male from him and turned on his heels, quickly retreating as far away as he could.

Rukia stood stunned as Urahara explained that Ichigo was a half breed. She had noticed his scent was vaguely familiar, but the vampiric blood had been very subtle, like maybe an ancestor of his was a vampire, not one of his parents. Though now that she took his scent in again, the vampiric scent was strong confirming that he was indeed a half breed and one that was awakening. Her attention was then brought to her brother, who like Urahara had said, did not look well. She recognized the symptoms and when Ichigo hurried forward to check on her brother she called out to him, trying to stop him. Her warning didn't reach the male in time. Her brother had already moved and now gripped the younger male in an embrace no one in this room would be able to remove. All they could do was wait and hope that Byakuya gained his control before it was too late.

Her worry was short lived however, for Byakuya pushed Ichigo away from him and quickly retreated, Renji following him to help him in any way he could. Rukia was beside Ichigo instantly, catching him as his legs gave out on him and the full brunt of shock from the last few minutes consumed him. She had to admit he was handling this much better than most would. Sure, he was trembling and staring down the hall after Byakuya, but he wasn't screaming or crying or babbling some nonsensical gibberish. Urahara crouched in front of the boy, blocking his view of the hall. He had a calm smile on his face.

"How about I take him to my shop until Kuchiki calms down?" It was more of a statement then a question and Rukia agreed that it might be better for the boy to be elsewhere while her brother's strange hunger was so out of control.

"Oh Rukia, you should get Unohana to look at Kuchiki and go tell Yamamoto about the Bloodling so that he can have someone look into it." Rukia nodded her head. She was reluctant to leave Ichigo alone, but she knew Urahara would take good care of him. So using her inhuman speed she went about gathering the proper people and informing others.

Once everyone was gone Urahara looked over half breed. Yes, he was definitely Isshin's son and that alone would cause quite a lot of problems. The boy continued to stare at nothing, no doubt his mind trying to comprehend everything. That was a good sign. If he could figure this out alone he would surely be able to handle more stressful situations given a little more training and information.

"Come on, stand up, we should get going." Urahara was pleased when the boy snapped out of his stupor and looked up at him. He quickly comprehended what had been said to him and stood up. Urahara turned and headed out of the room, expecting the boy to follow and when he didn't hear foot steps behind him he looked over his shoulder at the boy.

"Oi."

"Yeah, yeah, I heard you the first time, but first who the hell are you?" Urahara chuckled at that, at least the boy had enough sense to not follow someone he didn't know.

"Urahara Kisuke, ex-vampire of the Gotei 13." The boy clearly seemed confused by what he meant by ex-vampire, but they would get to that later.

"I would suggest following me, unless you would like to become someone else's meal?" That got a reaction from the boy, but not one he was expecting. He was expecting fear and tension. Instead he got a scowl and a glare. Despite his action the boy did step forward to follow the blonde and Urahara led him out of the estate.

Ichigo didn't know who this Urahara guy was, but as he was willing to take him out of here and considering all Ichigo wanted to do was leave, he decided to follow the blonde. He'd had enough of being jumped for one night. Hell if he could go the rest of his life without being jumped he would love it. Once was enough for him, even if fate seemed to have other plans for him. He took in a deep breath of the night air once they were outside. He followed behind Urahara as he looked around, taking in the scenery. It was so much different than what he was used to. It was like he had stepped into the past, everything was so old fashioned. From the way the buildings were designed to the way people were dressed. Though most of the people they passed were dressed in the normal black Gotei 13 uniforms, there were a few that were dressing in traditional clothing. He didn't even see cars, but people pulling carts .

It was strange yet familiar. They continued to walk in silence for an unknown amount of time and Ichigo didn't really mind. It was nice this way. It allowed him to slowly take everything in. By the time he had settled his nerves and his mind had calmed, they had made it to wherever Urahara was leading them. Ichigo found himself in front of what seemed like a shop. He was a bit confused about it, but oh well. He followed the other inside to find out it really was a shop. It was filled with many things he'd never seen before, but could easily figure out some of them, mostly because they were labelled. All in all he guessed this was a shop for the vampires to gather supplies that they couldn't get normally. Urahara didn't seem interested in showing him anything in the front of the store though and Ichigo was a bit nervous about going in the back after Urahara, but followed nonetheless.

The shop reminded him of his own home, as it was a business and a home all in one building. As he went into the back he was greeted with the sight of a small dining room, where tea and some food had been put out. Looking at the food reminded him that he had yet to eat and was starving.

"Go ahead, I'm sure you hungry, we can talk once you're ready." Ichigo nodded his thanks to the other before sitting down and tentatively ate one of the dumplings. He wasn't sure what he was expecting, but he knew it wasn't something like this. The dumpling was great, nothing like his sister Yuzu's cooking, but still, quite good.

"May I suggest you put on a shirt? Unlike Byakuya, I'm not against seducing someone for their blood." The words were whispered against his neck, instantly Ichigo was moving, twisting around to punch the other male. He wasn't out of it like he had been earlier and wouldn't stand for such comments, even if they were meant to be a joke.

Urahara easily caught the boy's fist. There was a lot of power behind it, but it wasn't strong enough yet to do much damage to someone like him. With the proper training though Urahara could easily see the boy surpassing him one day and maybe even Yamamoto. Smirking he pushed the smaller male down, pinning him. The boy still fought back, a good trait to have when it came to fight or flight against a vampire. It was always better to fight. Fleeing just made the beast inside more hungry. Leaning forward to nip the boy's neck he chuckled as the boy stilled only for a second until he was fighting against him more fiercely. Good thought Urahara, letting the boy's foot free just enough for him to think he could kick him away. Urahara let the boy push him off. Once Ichigo was free, instead of running away he ran towards him ready to punch him once again. Urahara jumped out of the way and continued to dodge his way down the hallways until he came to a dead end.

"Don't fuck with me." Urahara had to chuckle at that. The boy's vampiric blood was surely starting to wake up. Already his honey colored eyes had a soft red tinge to them and almost seemed to glow gold. His punches had also gained some strength and even his speed had increased but the boy didn't even seem to notice and that wouldn't do. Tapping the wall beside him Urahara smirked as the floor dropped. He was left standing on the air as if the floor had never been removed from his feet, but the boy plummeted towards the underground training field. When the boy crashed into the rock floor he cringed slightly before heading down towards the crater created from the boys fall.

"Now, now, no need to get violent. We'll have plenty of time to train your untapped skills, but for now you need to learn the basics."

"No need to be violent!" the boy was up instantly and Urahara pulled a fan out of nowhere to hide the smirk on his lips.

"You threatened to bite me! You pervert!"

"I merely wanted to find out what you would do. If I'm going to train you so you don't become someone's blood bag I have to make sure you have a fighting spirit in the first place." That left the boy dumbfounded.

"Wait, train me? Train me for what?"

"For protection. You're a half breed. Your kind is very uncommon and as such many people will try to….acquire you. If you weren't Isshin's kid I wouldn't even care, but I owe him a favor and what better way to repay it than to train his son to protect himself from those that would use him."

Byakuya remained still as Unohana examined him. His whole body felt like it was on fire. His hunger was almost out of control and if it wasn't for the binding Kido, he was certain that he would have gone on a rampage and drained those in the room already. It was disgraceful that he was in such a position. He shouldn't be having such problems with his hunger. Even Unohana was a bit taken back when she had arrived and seen him. She had ordered his immediate restraining and also asked for someone to round up Kurotsuchi. For now she was trying to figure out what was affecting him so strongly. By the time the scientist had arrived she had deduced that it wasn't the Bloodling poison like he had hoped it was. If it had been the poison that meant that he could be used as a test subject to cure it, but since it was something else that Unohana didn't know about, it meant that it was new and unheard of.

"How long has he been acting strangely?" The question came from Kurotsuchi as he entered the room. Byakuya gritted his teeth and his fangs started to burn. He hissed in pain and despite himself tried to struggle against his restraints. Instantly Unohana was there, placing her chilled hand on his burning forehead. The numbing Kido helped dull the pain as he relaxed once again.

"I would guess since he woke last night and attacked Kurosaki, maybe beforehand, but he was hurt then so it's hard to say." Renji's voice was soft to him, he knew the other was next to him so that meant his hearing was starting to fail him.

"What was he hurt by?" Kurotsuchi asked.

"A Bloodling. I thought it might have been one of the evolved one's you mentioned last night, but Unohana has already confirmed that it is not from the Bloodling's poison"

"How was the wound treated?"

"The Kurosaki kid treated it like a human wounds. Cleaning it and then stitching it up. Isshin confirmed that his son had treated it correctly to where it wouldn't bring any harm to Byakuya and even gave him a small amount of blood supplement to help the healing process"

"Where is the Kurosaki kid now?"

"Urahara took him to his shop."

"Hmmmm. Nemu, go retrieve a sample from the brat."

"Yes sir."

A small female bowed and disappeared, using her speed to quickly complete her task. Kurosaki stepped closer to Byakuya and looked him over. Byakuya could feel colds hand on his neck, and even the prick of a needle as some of his blood was removed from him, but he felt like he was wavering from one world to another.

"Did you notice the color of his blood as I was removing it? Astounding!" Kurotsuchi said as he looked at the blood he had pulled from Byakuya. When he had first drawn the blood it had been a strange very vivid red color. All vampires had black blood, so to have been red was strange. The blood was now slowly returning to the normal black color, which piqued his interest. Whatever was affecting the Noble it was clearly in his blood system and not in his body.

"Do a blood transfusion."

"I have already thought of that, but with his hunger so high it would be dangerous, he could very well turn into a Bloodling or something worse." Kurotsuchi tisked at Unohana's words. Of course they couldn't do that. If the woman wasn't here he would do it anyways. If Byakuya transformed, then he would have a new test subject, but since she was here he had to make sure the Noble had every chance of surviving.

"Why not let him feed on something small that would curb his hunger enough for a transfusion?"

"The chances of that curbing his hunger are too low. He is almost into the state of blood lust. If he was to drink now he would lose the control he currently has and would frenzy."

Infuriating female! He glared at her and she just gave him that sweet smile that masked something much more dangerous than the Noble going into a frenzy. Suddenly Nemu was beside him and handing him a vial of what he knew to be the boy's blood. Uncorking the vial he stilled as Byakuya suddenly started to struggle against his restraints once again. Both he and Unohana looked at him before looking at one another. Before he could say anything Unohana took the vial from him and forced the contents down the raven's throat. The reaction was almost instantaneous. Byakuya's raging red eyes softly diminished to tired steel grey, his fangs retreated and even his extended claws retracted. Once again, he and Unohana shared a look before turning their attention back to the now slumbering noble.

"What the hell was that?"

Ichigo was thoroughly confused now. Had this prick really just teased him to see how he would react? Fine, if he wanted to see how he would react he had seen it and he wasn't finished either. Clenching his fist he jumped out of the crater he had created and launched himself at the blond once again.

"Good stance, but you need to keep you balance better or someone could…" Ichigo felt his fist go right through the blonde, slightly confused until he felt a swift kick to his side, sending him flying into a rock not too far away.

"…dodge and then force you off your feet." Ichigo pulled himself from the rubble and proceeded once again.

This went on for a good while. Ichigo would attack. Urahara would dodge and point out a flaw in his stance or his power usage and then kick him into a rock. Only to have Ichigo come out more determined to land a blow then he had before. By the time he landed a hit on Urahara, he was already drained of most of his energy and the punch was merely a small tap as Ichigo fell forward completely exhausted and blacking out.

When Ichigo woke he found himself in something rather warm with strong hands massaging his sore muscles. Wait? Strong hands? Ichigo jolted forward only to be held in place firmly by the hands that were currently on his shoulders.

"Relax Ichigo, Tessai is just making sure you won't be too sore to continue training." Ichigo tensed and looked behind him to see who Tessai was. A much larger and older looking male instantly had Ichigo struggling again, though strong hands gripped his shoulders roughly and forced a scream from him as one of his muscles clenched painfully.

"Now Ichigo, if you hadn't struggled that wouldn't have happened." Ichigo only glared at Urahara as he gripped his sore shoulder that was currently still being held by the larger Tessai.

"I'm sorry young master Ichigo, but if you would please remain quiet and relax I can remove and pain you are currently feeling." Ichigo looked back at the man, Tessai, who was smiling at him calmly. The larger man was strange indeed. Ichigo hadn't been scared of him, but more from the fact that someone he didn't know was behind him rubbing him. Now that he knew who and why Tessai was there behind him he relaxed a little. He took into account that he was in a hot spring but he didn't remember getting into the spring.

"I brought you here once you passed out. The spring has a natural ability to help people regain their strength." Urahara explained and Ichigo nodded his head slowly.

"Though you seem to be regaining your strength much quicker than most, another good trait to have." Urahara said smiling at Ichigo.

Ichigo wasn't really paying much attention to Urahara. He decided to close his eyes and concentrate on the fight he'd had with him instead, going over everything that he had done wrong and how to fix it. Ichigo knew that their power levels were completely different. The other male was much stronger, faster and more skilled. Ichigo had only gotten into fights with high school delinquents, not skilled fighters and never a skilled vampire.

"I-chi-go." Each syllable of his name was accompanied by a soft nip to his neck and Ichigo growled as he shot his fist forward, making contact with the blondes face, surprising him. Ichigo opened his eyes to check he had really made contact just as Urahara had flown out of the spring, revealing much more than what Ichigo wanted to see.

"ARGHH!" Ichigo quickly covered his eyes and heat rose to his face. He now knew of two things he could go the rest of his life never having to deal with again. Vampires trying to jump him and Urahara's manly bits! The bellowing laugh from that large man behind him only intensified his blush.

"That's wasn't very nice, I was just trying to get your attention." Urahara said with a pout. Once again, Ichigo growled as he slammed his fist against the water and glared at the other before quickly covering his eyes once again. Urahara seemed to display himself rather than cover himself up, much to Ichigo's horror.

"Cover up would you! No one wants to see old man dick!" Ichigo hissed. Even though he was currently covering his eyes, he was sure the blond was looking down at himself trying it figure out what Ichigo meant. As if to confirm his suspicion, Urahara's next comment drew an annoyed groan from him.

"It doesn't look like an old man dick, it's not wrinkly or anything. I just happen to be a grower." That was definitely too much information for this orangette. Quickly turning around and away from the horrid sight of a naked Urahara, Ichigo climbed out of the hot spring with full intent on leaving this wacky place. Screw training, he would learn elsewhere. The cat call he got suddenly sent a chill down his spine. Why was it suddenly so cold? Looking down he felt heat rush to his cheeks once again and quickly he dodged behind a rock.

"WHO THE FUCK TOOK MY CLOTHS OFF!" That only earned him a laugh from both men.

"Well we couldn't put you in the water still dressed now could we, otherwise you would have been fighting… wet." The last word was whispered in his ear as Urahara suddenly appeared behind him. Ichigo once again twisted his body around to punch the male, but this time he also aimed his other fist at the man's gut in case the one aimed as his face was caught. To his dismay, both fists were caught and he was pushed back against the rock. Fear raced through his blood as both his wrists were captured and held in place by one of Urahara's hands while his free hand started to travel over the flustered and naked orangette.

"This is the part where you give in because you have been caught Ichigo." The whisper was accompanied by a soft nip to his ear this time.

Something inside Ichigo started to boil, twist and coil. He felt like his body was on fire wherever Urahara's slender fingers touched him. It was a sickening feeling and one that forced him to struggle even as he was pushed harder against the rock in Urahara's attempt to dominate him. He felt something snap inside of him when Urahara reached around to his ass. With unbound strength he roared in rage and forced Urahara away from him. He would not be dominated. He was not someone's bitch!

Urahara knew he was pushing it, but he had too. He had to make the boy snap. He had to make him taste the power he had locked away within him. When the boy finally did snap he felt his own adrenaline race through him. His back was slammed hard against one of the rocks in the training ground and he heard a few of his ribs snap from the impact. He didn't have much time to really do anything as Ichigo was already upon him, flipping him onto his stomach. That action alone had Urahara reeling with an emotion he hadn't felt in centuries. Fear… He was truly fearful of what was about to happen. Urahara shut his eyes as he prepared for the worst, as his ass was lifted and the back of his neck was held in place by a clawed hand.

He had expected Ichigo to be violent, but not in a sexually violent way. Getting his ass beat by the boy he could deal with, but having his ass literally beaten was completely unexpected. When the boy hesitated Urahara used it to his advantage and slammed his elbow into the male's gut, hearing a satisfying cracking sound and a whoosh of air from Ichigo. With the grip on his neck loosened he quickly bolted from under the younger male. He felt he air waver as Tessai chanted a Kido spell. Urahara went to warn him, but was too late. As the spell released, Ichigo dodged it and was suddenly behind the other man. Ichigo let out another roar of rage as he slammed his fist into the large man's face. Blood came forth from various spots on Tessai as Ichigo raked his claws across him. Urahara forced himself to act then, knowing if he didn't Ichigo would kill Tessai.

Jumping in front of Ichigo, he took the next blow before quickly moving away. When Ichigo realized he had not disabled his prey he looked to Urahara. At this point in time Urahara had noticed the changes in Ichigo's appearance. His orange hair was fading into a snowy white, his honey colored eyes now gold rings in a sea of black. Even his sun kissed skin was fading to a pale white. This wasn't good at all. It would seem he would have to pull out a few tricks he hadn't wanted to use just yet. But that will teach him to make someone snap, at least someone like Ichigo.

End Chapter.

Authors note:

I know, I know I'm such a bitch. This chapter is meant to be confusing and keep you guessing. It will tie some knots of information together and destroy current theories. The next chapter is actually almost finished so don't be surprised to have it posted in the next couple of days.

Ichigo: Finial I'm not such a bitch, for a while there I though you were going to make me take it.

Byakuya: There is still a higher chance of you being dominated. You might have strength, but you lack skills to wield such strength.

Ichigo: We'll see about that, Kisuke going to train me.

Byakuya: he'll train your body to accept.

...O.o...I'm not going to get in the middle of this...

Ichigo & Byakuya: *evil grin*

EPPP! *runs away into locked room to hopefully finish the next chapter"