"Talking"

'Ichigo Talking with Shiro"

"Shiro Talking"

The branches that hung high above the forest floor swayed back and forth in the strong winds. Looking up at the treetops the leaves rustled and you could catch glimpses of all the colors that were present. The wind seemed to be the only lively thing in the dense forest, the whistle it created blowing through the treetops was the only noise that could be heard.

On the ground small puddles riddled the area, changing the normal muddy ground to a muddy mess. The water has moved so much of the topsoil that roots from some of the huge trees stuck from the ground in a scattered mess. Tangling and creating an even more difficult area to travel through.

As the wind started to die down again the sound of gunfire broke through the silence of the forest. In an instant the quiet atmosphere was filled with shouts and bursts of gunfire. In the distance the flashes of a gun barrel shined through the thick brush, getting closer and closer.

Crashing through a tangle of low hanging branches a body started bolting through the forest. The person stood just over six feet tall, and was somewhat slender. As he ran his white cloak whipped in the wind behind him. As the man slid down behind a tree a blue arrow crashed into the trunk of a huge tree beside him. Quickly from where the arrow was shot several more men came running through the trees.

All of them outfitted in what looked like a military outfit. Mostly white clothes that had some blue accents to them, and they all wore a hat that had a five pointed star inside a circle design on the front. Ten of them in total, eight of which were holding onto a giant blue longbow. The bow looked like it was made from light itself, and inhuman.

The other two men were both wielding a sword of some kind. The handle of the sword looked to be made of silver, however the blade was made from the same blue light as the bows.

As the cloaked man slide behind the tree he quickly got back to his feet and dashed forward. As he darted through the trees his cloak starting blowing in the wind yet again. The man made a quick turn and his cloak blew to the side, showing part of his outfit.

He wore white pants that hung loosely, yet didn't sag much. While his boots were covered in mud you could tell they were also mostly white. They had accents of red and the laces where red and black. Around his waist he wore two different belts. One was a red leather that hugged his waist tightly. While the other was more of a red cloth and was wrapped around his waist and also a loop around his left leg.

The leather belt had around fifteen to twenty small loops that ran around the back, in each a small vial was held that had a red liquid inside. On the cloth belt he had ten flat pieces of silver that hung from it. All spaced out evenly and hung from a small ring, they also ran around the back of his waist and continued to the sides. The cloak was only blown from blocking this for a second before it fell back in tow behind him as he ran.

The men behind him continued running after him and didn't seem to fall too far behind. There was a flash of red in front of the group and a second later it was gone. The whole group stopped and looked to where the light flew past them. The last person in the group was pushed up against the trunk of a tree and a sword looking similar to theirs only different in color was sticking from his head. Looking closer the sword went right through his head and impaled itself into the tree, sticking a few inches out the back. The red light that formed the blade slowly dissipated until it was completely gone, once it vanished the man's body fell limp to the ground.

Among the group there was shock and confusion, as the looked forward the cloaked man was standing there staring down the group. For the first time you could get a good look at what else the man was wearing.

He wore a solid white shirt with a red trim. His leather belt was held on with a black buckle and his cloth belt was held together with a black swastika looking pendant. The cloak that he wore over everything was white with a red trim around the whole thing. As he walked closer the sound of his footsteps echoed through the area, overtaking the silence. The group that had been chasing him were frozen, most of them have already dropped their weapons.

Lifting up his head, the hood created a shadow that covered his face. The group looked on in fear as a red light shined from under the hood, and they acted like it peered into the soul. He continued walking closer and closer, until he was only a few feet in front of them. The light that shined from under the hood flickered for a second and then he was gone. He disappeared for only a second before he reappeared in the same spot. Across from him all of the soldiers fell to the ground, each having a large slash across their chest.

The man didn't pay this much mind he just started walking back in the direction he originally came from. Making his way back through the brush he broke through into an opening. Around him were hundreds more of those soldiers, all dead. While he started walking towards the center of the clearing he removed his hood.

His hair shifted with the hood and pulled back for a second before going back to its normal position. Orange spiky hair that was shaggy and hung down over his face. He flicked it over to the right to get it out of his eyes. While revealing his chocolate brown eyes it also revealed some kind of bone around his left eye. It looked somewhat like a monocle in shape, however it created a black void in the center. As if it was an eye itself a lens opened and the red light from earlier shined again.

Physically he had lightly tanned skin, and a toned phasic. His whole body seemed to have little to no fat on it, even his face was defined and no baby fat was present. As he kept walking through the field he brought his hand up and a faint light came from it.

Instantly the surrounding area started to change. All of the dead bodies started to break apart into particles of blue light and vanish. While the plants and ground started to reform back to normal.

"You really wish to do this again Ichigo?"

Ichigo just kept doing what he had been. The dead soldiers that had vanished slowly started repairing and buildings numbers. Slowly the clearing started becoming filled with these soldiers.

"Why waste your time doing this again Ichigo?"

Several flashes of lights came around the area. Looking around most of the soldiers had summoned their bows and started aiming at Ichigo. Quickly Ichigo pulled a pendant out of his shirt and let it fall against his chest. For a second a red light came from the black and red swastika pendant. In his right hand there was a blast of red light and his weapon was there.

A red and black M4 assault rifle. With his left hand he drew his hood back on and quickly disappeared. Reappearing by the top of a tree, Ichigo started firing on them.

"Seriously Ichigo, why are you still doing this? It isn't anywhere near a challenge for you, it hasn't been a challenge for six years."

'Okay I'm done Shiro, you want to know why I'm still doing this!"

"That is what I've been asking, also why you acted like you had to run from that earlier group would be nice."

'Because I'm fucking bored Shiro, okay. I've been trapped in this place for eight years. I read all of those damn books several times, other than that this is about all there is to do. I've trained my ass off for these past eight years to the point nothing I can make this room into is a challenge anymore. I'm so fucking bored all the goddamn time, I just want to try and enjoy myself.'

The whole time Ichigo was telling Shiro this he was taking pot shots at the soldiers on the ground.

"I understand you being bored Ichigo, I definitely can't blame you for wanting to finally get out of here. The past eight years hasn't been the best has it?"

'No, it hasn't been the greatest. I have to admit that I would have killed myself if I didn't have you here though. I just wish that those girls would have been able to come back after a while, it's been several years since I've talked with them.'

"I know Ichigo. I'll let you do what you want and I'll talk to you again later."

'Yeah, I'll talk to you once I let off some steam. Sorry about yelling at ya Shiro.'

~ Line Break ~

Ichigo walked out of the training room and shut the metal door behind him. Pulling his hood off he ran his hand through his hair. Letting out a sigh he walked over and took a seat on the couch.

"Get it all out of your system?"

'Yeah I think so. Sorry about how i was acting again Shiro. I think I'm just starting to go crazy or something. I just wish I could do something, see something besides this room.'

"It will happen Ichigo, just stay positive a bit longer."

'I've tried staying positive, it's pointless anymore. Only way I'll get out of here is if Yhwach decides to fucking let me out.'

Ichigo kicked his feet up onto the table and laid back, putting his hands behind his head and closing his eyes. Slowly he started to doze off

"You know as well as I that Yhwach will eventually need you. When is the only question."

~ Line Break ~

Yhwach was sitting on top of his throne, around him the large empty room of his throne room. It seemed like he had been sitting there for a while, quietly thinking. The silence of the room was broke when a knock from the door rang through the room. Looking over at the door Yhwach said, "You may enter."

A moment later the large door started to open, then Haschwalth walked in. Closing the door behind him he offered a slight bow. Looking down at him Yhwach asked, "Have you gathered all of the Sternritter yet?"

"Yes Yhwach, they are all gathered. Is there anything else you need me to do?"

Yhwach waved him off and said, "No Haschwalth. There has been more than enough delay, the Sternritters need to meet their leader. Just go and make sure that everyone stays there, you know how some of them can get."

Offering another small bow Haschwalth said, "Yes your majesty I know how some of them act. I'll make sure that they stay under control."

"Good, now go."

As Haschwalth walked out of the room the large door loudly closed and the sound rang through the room. Yhwach sat there for another few minutes before getting up and leaving the room. He made his way through the maze of hallways, until he finally stopped at an old door. Looking it over he whispered, "Finally the time has come. I hope you have grown up as much as I believe, or else this will all be for nothing."

Once he unlatched the door he opened it. The door seemed like it hadn't moved for ages, the hinges were so rusted that the door screeched. Quickly Yhwach flung the door open and rushed to the coach that Ichigo was lying on. At this point Ichigo was starting to wake up, before he could Yhwach was already on him. From his pocket he pulled out a pair of handcuffs and forced them onto Ichigo's wrists.

As Ichigo struggled the cuffs let off a faint glow and Ichigo's body went stiff. Yhwach got up and looked down at his body, "I guess you have grown up physically. These cuffs absorb any Reiatsu that you are releasing and collects it. As it does this it slightly modifies it, changing it just enough to seem like a foreign Reiatsu. Once it gathers enough it forces it back into your body, as you could tell resulting in severe pain. I'm surprised you didn't even let out a whimper, you never were good at suppressing pain."

Ichigo quickly made his way to his feet and stared into Yhwach's eyes. "I see you're smart enough not to just walk in here. To scared I'll actually kill you this time?"

Yhwach just shook his head, "I know full well of your power Ichigo, that is something I don't plan on facing unless there is no other option. However why would you wish to attack me? Without me you wouldn't be here, or alive for that matter. I also know many things that you would probably like to learn about, so killing me wouldn't do anything for you."

While still trying to break his way out of the cuffs Ichigo yelled, "What the fuck would you know that would possibly benefit me!"

Yhwach let at a small sigh and walked up to Ichigo. Putting his hand on his shoulder he said, "I know the true reason that your father left you, I also know where he is right now. There is more, but I think that is enough to prove my point."

Ichigo just dropped all his emotions, he just stared past Yhwach towards the wall. He tried to say something but his body wouldn't let him.

"Don't be too shocked Ichigo. The truth is quite obvious, you were just too young to understand. If you work with me I'll tell you everything I know about him. I'll also give you all the information I have on similar topics. All you have to do is help me. Help me take over Soul Society and overtake the Soul King. Be the leader of my Sternritter, that's all I'm asking of you. In return I will tell you everything there is to tell."

Yhwach just watched and waited for any kind of response. The minutes that they sat there seemed more like hours. Ichigo mumbled, "I'll lead your Sternritter."

Putting his hand back on Ichigo's shoulder he said, "I knew you would make the right decision Ichigo. Now let's go and meet your Sternritter."

Yhwach pushed Ichigo forward who started walking. Yhwach closed the door once they left and lead them down the hallway. They walked down several different hallways until coming to an open doorway. Walking through they were outside of the building. All around where several different sized white buildings.

They looked to be in some sort of garden. It was a fairly big wide open area, with plants and trees growing around. The floor was made of white and grey bricks that made several paths through the area. Yhwach continued walking and Ichigo eventually followed. As they made their way, they passed by building and Ichigo got his first good look at where he had been living. Still Ichigo didn't spend much time actually looking around, he was just walking quietly with his head down.

Yhwach quickly stopped and Ichigo almost bumped into him since he wasn't paying much attention. There wasn't really anything special about where he stopped except for a door to their right. Yhwach pointed towards the door, "Go in there, Haschwalth should be there. He will help you get ready for the presentation."

He gave Ichigo a small push in that direction and waited for him to walk into the door before leaving. He quickly disappeared in a burst of Hirenkyaku and reappeared in a big opening. Landing on a platform at the edge of this clearing he looked over it. Several people stood around the area. There were some that looked like the soldiers Ichigo fought in the simulation earlier, they were all standing near the edge and away from the main group.

In the center near the stage where the Sternritter as Yhwach had been calling them. Looking them over Yhwach seemed to study all of them, looking for anything. Seeming satisfied he started, "I have gathered you all here for something very important. The biggest piece in the war to come."

From the crowd a man's voice echoed, "What are you talking about Yhwach?"

Looking over Yhwach quickly pinpointed who it was. A tall man with a long red mohawk. He stood out fairly well among the others he stood by. The hair wasn't the only unique thing about him, he had two distinct ear piercings. On his left two nuts in the top part of his ear while on the bottom of his righ there was a bolt. His outfit was a slight variation of a normal Sternritter outfit, consisting of a cloak, a thigh length trench coat, black gloves, and pants that are rolled up just above a pair of military boots. Looking over at him Yhwach said, "Bazz B. Well I'm glad you asked. I'm talking about the person that will shift the tide of this war. Someone strong enough to take on anyone that Soul Society has to offer."

Bazz B just laughed at this. "I can see you art convinced Bazz B. Why don't we set up a little competition then?"

With a smirk Bazz B asked, "What kind of competition?"

"It's quite simple once you all meet this person you will have a little spar with them, I'll even let you have the first shot at them."

"Fine."

Around the crowd some of the people looked somewhat happy about what was planned to happen. Yhwach gave one quick look over the other Sternritter and turned around. "Haschwalth would you please bring them up."

In the center of the large platform they were on, opened. Revealing a square hole four feet long by four feet wide. Haschwalth quickly reappeared next to Yhwach and offered a slight bow. Turning to him Yhwach quietly asked, "Did he give you any trouble?"

Haschwalth just shook his head. "Good."

A loud siren blared for a second and then all you heard were grinding of gears and loud screeches of metal against metal. Looking down into the hole, a large elevator of sorts was rocketing towards the entrance. It started slowing down near the top but still traveling at a fast speed. Once the metal box made it to the top a loud bang echoed through the area, as it came to a complete stop. The force of the hit created a large amount of dust to fill the air around the box.

The reaction of the crowd was minor, only a few people seemed to be really interested. Yhwach gave a quick glance over to them and then put his attention back at the elevator. Taking a few steps towards it Yhwach said, "I give you my Schwarzer Ritter, the leader of the Sternritter!"

On que with this a red light illuminated from inside the small cloud of smoke. It moved around in a few quick jolts and quickly came to a stop staring directly towards Bazz B and the group that surrounded him.

Yhwach looked from the box over towards Bazz B, "It seems that you've been called out for this challenge of yours. Would you like to have the first move? Maybe even have a few of your fellow Sternritter help you?"

Bazz B just smirked, "Like hell I'll need any help, I'll finish it in an instant." Bringing his right hand backwards, the atmosphere starting getting hotter and hotter. The people around him quickly moved back and watched as he called upon the heat. Flames started coming from his arm and quickly surrounded it. A few seconds later the flames started to alter in shape, forming what looked like a giant sword around his arm. As he brought his hand forwards a crossguard erupted from the blade and a circle of flames surrounded his elbow. Looking towards the elevator Bazz B yelled, "Burner Finger 4!"

The blames erupted from his hand and shot towards the elevator like a cannon shot. The pillar of flames tore through it easily and continued on for another couple hundred feet until stopping. Everything in it's path was either destroyed, charred, or burning. Bringing his hand back down he laughed, "The leader of the Sternritter huh?"

Bazz B watched his flames slowly burn with a smile on his face. After a few seconds two radiant beams of the red light appeared in the center of the flames. The lights just glared in Bazz B's direction for a few seconds. They flashed for a second and a loud monstrous roar followed suit. All the spectators were covering their ears and watching on with question.

Near the left side of the platform there was a group of girls looking on. Five very distinctly different girls, from their size to appearance. However they all shared one thing, all five of them have heard this terrible roar once before. The roar slowly died down and they let go of their ears. The girl in the front of the group was a little shorter than most the others. She had long black hair that went past her shoulders, covered by a white military cap. The rest of her attire is a variation of the Sternritter's typical white uniform, consisting of the order's signature hooded-cloak, a thigh-length trench coat, knee-high boots, a miniskirt, and black stockings with a red trim on her gloves and boots

She took a few steps forwards towards the action and quickly stopped once the red beams of lights quickly turned towards her direction. Her chocolate brown eyes looked on and tried to get a good look at who she new was there. The lights quickly darted away from her and back towards Bazz B, who still hadn't moved. The lights shifted upwards as if the source was shifting position.

Everyone in the area was staring on, while Yhwach was waiting for something to actually happen. It didn't take very long for that to happen either. In an instant a large gust of wind came from within the flames blowing them away and revealing nothing. Without warning Bazz B was thrown forwards towards the platform, where he was standing a cloaked figure stood. The red beams of light coming from under his hood staring towards the ground.

A small amount of steam came from under the hood and the person quickly vanished yet again. Repairing behind Bazz B once again, Bazz B quickly turned around while summoning his spiritual weapon. The small crossbow like weapon came hurtling back towards the cloaked figure. Before Bazz B could turn all the way around his arm was caught, just as quickly the man kicked out the back of Bazz B's knees sending him to the ground.

Kicking him in the stomach Bazz B was pushed back and rolled until he came to a stop. Coughing up blood he tried to get to his knees. As he tried a boot on his back pushed him back into the ground. As the red lights from under the hood glared down at Bazz B the man moved his right hand over the back of his head. A quick flash of red from his cross and his spiritual weapon was in his hand. Bending over slightly he stuck the barrel of the gun to the temple of Bazz B's head. Bazz B tried to look up at the man but couldn't turn his head enough.

The expression from most of the people gathered was shock. While Bazz B might not have been the strongest he was definitely in the top ten when it comes to strength. The group of girls slowly made their way towards them.

Yhwach and Haschwalth both looked on and Yhwach said, "I wonder how this will play out? It's obvious that they remember him, I just wonder what his reaction will be. I wonder if he even remembers them?"

Bambietta was the closest to the two and she whispered, "Ichigo?"

Ichigo slowly turned his head to look at her. The red lights flashed once again, a moment later they were gone. Once again Bambietta asked, "Ichigo?"

'Could it really be them?'

"Who else would know your name."

'I guess you're right, but what do I do?"

"I don't know, but a good start might be to drop your weapon and let the man up. You can always talk with them later, right now you might want to avoid making them feel any more afraid of you."

Ichigo let his gun disappear, and backed away from Bazz B. Who slowly got up and looked over at Ichigo, once again he coughed up a small amount of blood. Letting out a small sigh Ichigo reached up and pulled his hood off. He flicked his hair from his face and looked over at Bambietta. "Is that you Bambietta?"

Yhwach stepped in before she could answer though, "Now that you have seen how strong Ichigo is are you satisfied Bazz B?"

Picking himself up Bazz B just said, "Whatever, I get how strong he is."

Yhwach made his way over to them and said, "Now that you have all seen him, this is Ichigo Kurosaki. He is the newest member of the Sternritter holding the position of Schwarzer Ritter, the leader. We will have a meeting later today, for now you may do what you wish. I'm sure some of you would like to get to know him or catch up."

Then Yhwach disappeared followed suit by Haschwalth, leaving all the Sternritter. Ichigo looked over everyone and eventually stopped at Bazz B. "I'm sorry about going so far Bazz B." Offering his hand Bazz B excepted. The handshake only lasted a second but the Ichigo got across what he wanted to.

While walking away Bazz B turned around and gave a wave, "I'll see you around Ichigo, we can talk later."

Giselle quickly ran up to Ichigo and jumped on his back and laid her chin on his shoulder. With big eyes she said, "You're so strong Ichigo, when did you become so amazing? You're also even hotter than last time I saw you!"

Bambietta grabbed her by the back of the shirt and threw the slender girl off of Ichigo's back. "Sorry about her she is a bit crazy, you already know that. Anyway it is nice to see you again, it has been a very long time."

It took a while for Ichigo to answer, after not seeing them for eight years it took a minute to get used to their new looks. Giselle acted very much the same. 'She is definitely the same Giselle I knew.'

She also wore the same hairstyle that she did back then, just a bit longer. Her new attire is a variation of the Sternritter's typical white uniform, consisting of a trench coat with long sleeves, white shoes, and black leggings. While she also wore a blue heart shaped buckle on her wrist. She was just above shoulder height on Ichigo and was slender, not being as physically defined as most of the others.

He looked over at Meninas and she definitely looked grown up. 'She is definitely more defined, for the lack of a better word.'

"True she does have some nice curves and a big pair of tits."

'Ya know I said it like that because I didn't want to seem like a pervert.'

"I'm the only other person that would even know. Secondly you can't deny that she is hot, I'm sure you'd like to see her naked."

'Would you shut the fuck up, I wouldn't want that.'

"Are you saying you're gay, is that why you kept looking at Bazz B?"

'NO! would you just shut the fuck up!"

"Fine, you can't deny the truth from yourself though. You think that they are all hot in one way or another."

'No, I don't.'

"Yeah, Yeah whatever you say champ."

Her new attire is a variation of the Sternritter's typical white uniform, consisting of a frilled skirt, frilled gloves, frilled boots, leggings, a belt with a heart-shaped buckle, and a large purple bow around her neck.

With a small frown Meninas said, "It is really nice to see you Ichigo. We tried to talk to you again, but we never really knew how to after that night. You had that fight with Yhwach and then when we were heading to your room you let out a terrible scream and we didn't know what to do, so I'm sorry."

By know she almost looked like she could cry, and was having a hard time keeping it in.

'Oh fuck, what do I do?'

"Well you got to let her know it's okay, that you don't have any hard feeling and such. That would be a good start."

'Yeah that really helps, I have no idea how to talk with them.'

"Oh is Ichigo embarrassed?"

'What, No! Why would I be embarrassed to talk with them?'

"Well they are a group of gorgeous young girls around your age. So I'm sure you're having some problems controlling your hormones at the moment, which definitely isn't helping the situation."

'Would you shut up with that already!'

"Man you really did lose your sense of humor didn't you, what a shame. Anyway try saying what comes to mind, maybe throw a hug in with it."

'I guess that's the best option I have.'

Walking up Ichigo wrapped Meninas in a hug and whispered in her ear, "It isn't your fault Meninas. I'm just glad you guys are here now."

Quietly she answer, "Thank you Ichigo."

Giselle was wide eyed and yelled, "Ichigo has a crush on Meninas!"

Instantly the two broke apart and Meninas tried to cover the blush on her face, while Ichigo looked away to keep his hidden.

Seeing this Giselle yelled, "So you don't have a crush on Meninas. That means I still have a chance!"

Once again Bambietta shut her up by smacking her in the back of the head. Falling over Giselle looked up at Bambietta with teary eyes, "But Bambi, you were there when we all talked about this."

Bambietta quickly covered Giselle's mouth and said, "I have no idea what you're talking about." Leaning next to her ear Bambietta whispered, "Don't even mention that around him, it never happened."

You could hear Giselle try and answer but it was muffled out. Once again Bambietta whispered, "It never happened Giselle."

Giving a small nod Bambietta let go of Giselle's head who overreacted, pretending she hadn't been able to breath for minutes. While Ichigo didn't see what Bambietta did he turned around to see Giselle overreacting. He cracked a small smile to this but quickly asked, "What did she do?"

Looking over to Bambietta she justs shrugged her shoulders, "I got no idea."

Candice walked up and got Ichigo's attention, by placing her hand on his shoulder. Ichigo turned around and his eyes shot open. He stuttered, "Candice?"

Candice was probably the most defined girl among them. While she also wore the most revealing clothes. Her attire is a heavily modified and revealing variation of the regular Sternritter's white uniform, consisting of the typical double-breasted jacket, which she keeps tied up to reveal her midriff and unbuttoned, as well as removing the fabric on the sides,[5] to display her cleavage, and a pair of short-shorts which are held up by a black belt with a green [6] heart buckle attached to the side.

Ichigo had a hard time looking at her without his eyes wondering, so he tried his best to keep his head turned. In a soft voice Candice said, "Why aren't you looking at me, I just want to talk Ichigo?"

Liltotto said, "Maybe because you look like a whore, he just doesn't feel comfortable looking at you. I don't blame him either."

Candice turned around and yelled, "What the fuck Liltotto!" What she didn't notice was she had herself basically right up against Ichigo's side, almost pressing herself against him. To this Ichigo just brought his hands up and tried to keep himself looking away from her.

"See even now you're showing yourself off even more. Basically throwing yourself onto him, yelling take me Ichigo, please take me."

Candice went wide eyed and stepped forward, brushing herself up against Ichigo as she did so. "What the fuck is wrong with you Liltotto! I'm not a whore who is throwing herself at him!"

Liltotto just waved her off, "Yeah, yeah say whatever you want."

Ichigo finally calmed down enough to turn around and got his first look at Liltotto. She was the shortest and wasn't the most developed but had curves and was definitely attractive like all the others. Her attire is a variation of the Sternritter's typical white uniform, consisting of a skirt in place of the signature trench coat, gloves, and patterned leggings. She also is wearing a golden heart buckle on her belt. In all she looked like an attractive girl that was still growing into her body compared to the others.

Bambietta stepped in again and said, "Everyone just shut up, I doubt I'm' the only one that wants to catch up with Ichigo. However we will never be able to if we don't stop argueing, so are you guys done?"

Giselle, Candice, Meninas, and Liltotto all looked at her and stopped talking. Then Bambietta turned towards Ichigo, "Sorry about the awkward reunion but it's been a while and I'm sure we're all happy to see you again."

Ichigo just cracked a smile, "It's fine Bambietta, I'm just glad you're all doing okay. I'm the happiest I've been in a really long time being able to see you guys."

Giselle jumped on Ichigo's back again and laid her head on his shoulder. Turning his head to look at her Ichigo asked, "Are you okay Giselle?"

She just blushed and mumbled, "Yeah I'm fine."

Letting out a small chuckle Ichigo said, "Alright, so do you guys mind introducing me to anyone you guys get along with."

Bambietta just shook her head, "You already meet Bazz Be other than that we don't really talk with many of the others besides ourselves. I guess if I had to choose Askin, Cang, Lille aren't that bad. I'm sure you'd get along with them more so than most of the others. Askin is strong, but he is also kinda lazy and I've never really seen him do much. Cang is different for the lack of a better word, but there is something that makes me think you two could get along. Then there is Lille he is the leader of the Schutzstaffel, the group of Yhwach's Elite Guards. Truthfully I don't know too much about him other than that, however I'm sure you could be able to get something from him and decide what you think."

Ichigo turned and looked around finally noticing all the other people around that have been mostly watching them, "So who are these three?"

Bambietta pointed over towards two men standing off in the distance, one of them was very tall and had broad shoulders while the other was a lot shorter and slender. The taller man was wearing a white helmet which conceals its entire head and a single, glowing eye. At its front, the helmet has a peak at the center with slits on both sides. He was also wearing a white, high collar cloak. Bambietta pointed towards him and said, "That is BG9, he is a really quiet guy and I don't know really anything about him except him and Cang are normally seen together during things like this.

Then she pointed towards the shorter man, "That is Cang." He had pale blue eyes and short black hair, with bangs that hung between his eyes. the most distinct feature was the vertical scar of the left side of his mouth. He was wearing a variation of the Sternritter's typical white uniform, consisting of the order's signature hooded cloak, a trench coat-like gi ending just past his waist with a black sash, and a pair of black fingerless gloves.

Ichigo looked the pair over and eventually mumbled, "So if I'm going to get Cang on my side I'm going to have to get BG9 as well."

He turned back to Bambietta and asked, "So who is Lille?"

Before Bambietta could answer Guselle pointed I've towards a small group of three people. "The darker skinned guy is Lille, next to him are Askin and Pernida."

Like they said Lille was a dark-skinned young man with short white hair and a black mark shaped like a crosshair over his left eye, which was shut. Underneath a long white cloak, he was wearing white gloves embroidered with a winged X; a light-colored, sleeveless shirt with a light brown, furred pauldron on his right shoulder; light brown pants; white pant legs with missing sections near his calves which are attached to his shirt; and light-colored shoes. Lastly he was wearing a light brown, furred bicorn on his head with a small Wandenreich emblem on either side.

'So that's Lille, he definitely looks like an interesting one.'

"He is an interesting character, however there is something about him that makes you think he is a strong person."

'Yeah I thought the same thing, I'm not sure what it is though.'

Looking over at the others Ichigo asked, "I'm guessing the taller of the other two are Askin?"

Askin has medium length black hair with white streaks, with a strand hanging down in front of his face, reaching his mouth. In addition to his Sternritter uniform, he wears baggy pants with the cuffs tucked in his boots, 3 layers of collared silver armor around his neck, shins, and crotch accented with periwinkle stripes with an indigo jewel in the center, as well as ornamental pink, purple, and red bracers on his left arm. Physically he has lavender eyes, a thin face with pronounced cheekbones and markings running from the ends of his eyebrows to the corners of his eyes.

Giselle said, "Yeah he is."

Ichigo then looked at Pernida. Who was wearing a long white cloak fastened at the front with three buttons and with a black Hagal rune on its side. The cloak obscures his face with shadow, only showing a set of glowing eyes. Physically the only thing you could notice was his height, he was considerably shorter than the two he stood by. Most likely between four and five feet.

"Ok than, are Askin and Pernida both members of this royal Guard like Lille?"

Bambietta cut back in this time, "Yeah they are. The three of them are suppose to be the strongest, not to sure though. They have never really displayed any of their power, besides their weapons."

Ichigo cracked a smirk and said, "Interesting, I think I should be able to talk with them fairly easy. Lille looks like the normal leader type, Askin looks relaxed and laid back like you said, while Pernida just looks calm. I can't really think of any the way to describe him."

Ichigo was broke out of his thoughts when Cang and BG9 who he was looking at earlier started walking up to them. Turning over to their direction Ichigo looked them over. Cang and BG9 both stopped a few feet away from Ichigo and the girls and just stood there for a moment. Cang eventually took a step forwards and said, "My name is Cang Du Sternritter I, The Iron."

Then it was BG9, "I'm BG9 Sternritter K"

Ichigo gave a quick look over the girls and said, "I'm Ichigo Kurosaki Schwarzer Ritter, you can just call me Ichigo."

Cang quickly asked, "Did his Majesty not give you a letter?"

Ichigo just shrugged his shoulder and sarcastically said, "No his Majesty hasn't."

Cang stopped in thought for a second before saying, "That is definitely interesting, there isn't any other Sternritter without a letter. Maybe it has something to do with your actual title, perhaps he doesn't think you need one."

"Maybe you're right Cang, either way I don't' care that much. Something like a letter isn't something I care too much about. All I really care about right now is being able to see other people and interact with some very old friends of mine."

BG9 and Cang both looked at Ichigo with a questioning look, before either could ask Ichigo told them. "When I was younger I woke up in a room somewhere here in this city. Haschwalth was the first person I ever saw, and he quickly took me to Yhwach. From there I had a little bit of training with him, after a while of that though there was an, incident. He locked me away in my area I guess you'd call it. I was locked in that area for just over eight years, to be honest with you I only got let out this morning. The past eight years I have been isolated and training by myself, to accomplish my own goals."

You could tell that the two of them were surprised by this, however you could only see the change of expression on Cang's face. They weren't the only ones either, while the girls knew about him being locked away they had no idea of how long or that he was alone.

Only pausing for a second Ichigo continued, "Either way that part of my life is over and I wouldn't be who I am if it wasn't for it. That is how I see it, still there were times some recent that I wondered if my life truly meant anything. This morning I learned what my life means and I learned how much Yhwach ways my life."

After a long silence Cang finally said, "Well I'm sorry about what you had to go though, but it is clear just how strong you have become going through something like that. While everything that I presume both of us are wanting to, I can say you are someone that I hold respect for like Yhwach. Next time we meet I would like to talk with you more Ichigo, until then it was nice to meet you."

Ichigo gave a quick nod and said, "The same to you and BG9. We can always talk another time."

Offering a slight bow Cang quickly disappeared followed suit by BG9. Ichigo watched as the two go and let out a small smile. 'I think I can get along with those two.'

Looking at his shoulder Giselle still had her head resting on it and she looked up at him and stared into his eyes. Ichigo just stared back and wasn't able to get himself to say what he was going to.

"Finally noticing how attractive they are huh. Took ya long enough."

As Ichigo looked into her eyes he saw the light reflect from them creating several different shades of blue. 'She is cute.'

"Of course she is and she is right there. It's almost like she is saying kiss me, touch me, ravage me."

'What!"

"Okay I admit a bit too far, let me rephrase that, defile me."

'That is just as bad."

"God what do you want from me, fine. Have your way with me, are you happy?"

'No, your just talking about doing that to her like it's nothing.'

"I'm not talking like it is nothing, I'm simply saying it like I see it."

Ichigo was brought out of his talk with Shiro by a force pulling on his back. A moment later it stopped and a loud crash followed by someone saying, "Ouch."

Turning around Giselle was laying on her back and the other girls were all standing around her in a 'U' shape. Ichigo just watched, 'What are they doing?'

Walking up to them he asked, "What are you guys doing?"

All of them but Giselle almost jumped and looked over at him with a look of surprise. Bambietta quickly broke out of this and said, "Nothing, Giselle just lost her balance and fell over. We were just making sure she was alright."

With a questioning look Ichigo said, "Alright, so are you okay Giselle?"

Giselle just looked up at him with slightly wide eyes and quietly said, "Yeah I'm okay."

Reaching his hand out Ichigo said, "Well here let me help you." Grabbing his hand Ichigo helped her to her feet. "So what do you guys want to do, I think I'm going to wait to talk with Askin and them."

The girls looked at eachother until Meninas spoke up, "We could always go one of our rooms and talk a bit, you know catch up. It has been quite a while since we talked, I'm sure I can't be the only one that wants to learn a bit more about you."

Bambietta was the first to agree, followed by Candice and then Giselle and Liltotto. Once they all agreed they looked to Ichigo and waited for an answer. Raising his hands up in front of him he said, "Okay, that sounds like a good idea. So where are we going to go?"

Giselle quickly said, "We can go to my room!"

The others quickly shot her down and Candice said, "We can go to mine, I think it is the biggest anyways."

Ichigo just nodded his head, "That works for me, you guys have to lead the way though."

Candice who was trying to keep herself from letting out a small smile said, "Good just follow me, once we get close we can walk. That will let you get a look around to."

"Works for me Candice."

"Okay then let's go." Candice was the first to leave followed by Meninas. A moment later Bambietta and Liltotto followed. Giselle looked at Ichigo and then turned away with a small blush on her face and mumbled something.

Looking over Ichigo asked, "What did you say Giselle?"

She turned to look at him while still mostly covering her face, "Could I ride on your back again?"

Ichigo just chuckled, "Of course Giselle, I don't mind if you do."

Giselle still tried to cover her blush but Ichigo could see the large smile on her face. Looking towards the area the others went Ichigo looked over his shoulder, "Come on Giselle."

Quickly Giselle made her way over and got onto his back like before, laying her head on his shoulder she wrapped her arms around his neck while laying them on his chest. "You ready to go Giselle?"

She nodded her head and whispered, "Yeah" in his ear.

"Okay hold on Giselle." Then they were gone, heading in the direction the others left at a far greater speed.

Candice was the first to stop and Ichigo stopped next to her a moment later. She jumped a little and looked at him with a questioning look, "How did you get here so fast?"

Ichigo just looked over at here as chuckled, "I had to follow you, if not I would have already been here. I'm also carrying another passenger."

Candice glared over at Giselle, "Really Giselle!"

Giselle just pouted and said, "Ichigo offered."

Looking between the two Ichigo let out a small sigh. "I did offer and I don't mind doing it, I can do it for you if that's what you want Candice."

Offering her a smile Candice just looked away to hide the small blush and quietly said, "No, I don't really want to."

The three others appeared and looked at Ichigo and Candice. Bambietta was the first to ask, "Are we interrupting something?"

Candice turned around with a big blush on her face and yelled, "No we aren't doing anything!"

Bambietta just smirked at her, "Sure you aren't doing anything. Why would he want to do anything with a whore like you Candice."

Candice just stared at her, without warning a burst of lightning erupted from her. "Fuck you Bambietta!"

As she was getting ready to launch out at Bambietta Ichigo walked up to her and put his hand on her shoulder. Her lightning instantly stopped and she turned around to look at him with a surprised expression. Ichigo just offered a small smile, "You okay Candice."

Candice was just staring into Ichigo's eyes and looked somewhat lost in thought. As she was staring into his eyes she slowly moved her head closer and closer to him. She was only a few inches away when Bambietta yelled, "We're going guys!"

Ichigo turned to look at them and then back at Candice who was looking the other way. "You coming Candice?"

She didn't turn around but said, "I'll be there in a second."

With that Ichigo followed the others. Candice stood there for another few minutes and thought. 'I almost kissed him! Why did they have to be here to ruin it.'

While she was thinking to herself she didn't notice that Ichigo was walking over. "Candice are you sure you're alright?"

She almost jumped a little and slowly turned around. "What are you doing here?"

Ichigo just shook his head, "I wanted to know if you're okay. You've been out here by yourself for a while."

Crossing her arms Candice looked away, "I'm fine."

Ichigo walked up and put his hand on her shoulder again, "I think you're lying to me."

"Why do you care anyway?"

Ichigo turned her around and looked her in the eyes. "I care because you're my friend Candice."

Candice quickly pressed her lips against his and wrapped her arms around his neck. Ichigo went wided eyed for a second but slowly eased his way into it. Wrapping his arms around her waist Ichigo pulled her closer. They stayed locked like this for a while until they broke apart to take a breath.

Looking in her eyes Ichigo asked, "Why did you do that?"

"Because I wanted to be the first one."

In the distance you could here Bambietta yell, "Are you guys coming!"

Cracking a small smile Ichigo said, "Let's go Candice, I'm sure they are tired of waiting."

She laid her head on his chest and said, "Yeah, let's go."

So there's chapter 3 and a large time skip. I felt like this was the best way to go, it lets me start writing what I'm wanting to happen a bit sooner. If you guys want it I can always do some kind of flash back to certain events. Anyway I just figured you guys didn't want another two or three chapters worth of Ichigo training and no other characters.

Next few chapters I'll reveal a bit more of what Ichigo's powers are and you'll get a better idea of just how strong he is. I might also start getting a bit more interaction between Ichigo and the girls. If there is one of them that you want to be seen as his main girl (Have no idea how else to say that) then let me know. They will all eventually get involved with him just not all of them to the same extent. That also takes me to Liltotto, I'm not having her be the same young looking kid. She is more of a teenager and a bit more developed, I just couldn't write this story thinking of her as a young kid.

Ichigo – 21

Bambiette – 21

Candice – 19

Meninas – 19

Giselle – 18

Liltotto – 17