"Talking"

'Ichigo's Thoughts'

"Shrio Talking"

Ichigo and Candice made their way inside to find everyone else already sitting around the room. It was large for a single room but seemed to be divided into two different areas. The area closest to the door was somewhat like a living room, with a coach and a few chairs. A large table was sitting in between them and a few other small tables and chairs were against the walls.

Partial walls and a few stairs split this area from the other one. The far side of the room looked a lot like a bedroom from the door, with a large bed sitting against the far wall. You couldn't see much else besides the two small end tables on either side of the bed. However, you would imagine there were a few other bedroom items such as a dresser and a closet somewhere.

Ichigo was busy looking around the front room while Candice went and joined the others. He noticed there were a few small paintings around the room, most of which were simple designs. There was one that caught Ichigo's attention. Walking over he cracked a small smile and asked, "When did you guys take this one?"

The small conversation the girls were having stopped and they all looked towards Ichigo. Ichigo jestered up towards the picture hanging on the wall. It was a photo of the five of them most likely a few years ago and all looking happy.

Meninas got up and walked over and looked over the small photo. She looked at it for a minute and turned to Ichigo and said, "It was taken when we first became Sternritters, it was a pretty big deal for us at the time."

Meninas went back to her chair and motioned for Ichigo to come and take a seat. Ichigo walked over and took the only open seat in in a chair between Meninas and Giselle. Ichigo looked over the girls and asked, "So what did you guys want to talk about?"

Giselle quickly wrapped her arms around his and asked, "Do you like zombies?"

Liltotto just smacked the back of her head and yelled, "Would you cut that shit out already, not everyone wants to talk about zombies."

Giselle's eyes went big and started tearing up a bit and she mumbled, "Do you Ichigo?"

Ichigo finally got his arm free and looked at her. Quietly he chuckled to himself, "Zombies are pretty cool Giselle. I'd have to say I like them."

Giselle quickly dropped her sad expression and basically threw herself into Ichigo's chair. She ended up being mostly in the arm of the chair while trying to hug Ichigo. In all she looked almost like a little kid.

Ichigo looked down at her, 'She isn childish at times.'

"Yet you still want to bone her."

Almost instantly a faint blush crept into his face. 'No I don't, I don't see her like that.'

"Yeah of course you don't. You just keep on lying to yourself."

'I'm not lying to myself Shiro. She's my friend one of the only ones that I have.'

Bambietta got his attention by saying, "Would you be willing to tell us about what you did while you were ya know?" Hearing this broke Ichigo out of his conversation with Shiro. Bringing himself back to reality he realized that he had been staring down at Giselle the entire time and she was happily staring back up at him. Seeing this he freaked out again, turning away with a massive blush started working its way onto his face. Giselle watched and just giggled to herself and pressed herself onto him even more.

Across the room Liltotto yelled, "I can't believe how big of a whore you are Giselle."

Giselle just huffed and got up back into her own seat. Still though she leaned onto Ichigo and stared across at Liltotto. Ichigo's blush died down but it was still there since he knew Giselle was still there. Getting himself together enough to talk he said, "I mostly just trained after that day, learning as much about my abilities as possible. Mastering everything I could and waiting to have the chance I've been dreaming for."

The whole time he spoke he just stared at the blank wall across from him, looking almost in a trance or something. All the girls saw this but none of them said anything. He stayed like that for a minute and finally looked back towards Bambietta. "I'm sorry I can't really tell you all that much because nothing really happened. Being alone twenty four hours a day for about eight years I think it was, not a lot of crazy or interesting things happen."

Bambietta just shrugged her shoulders, "I shouldn't have asked, I just thought something interesting might have happened."

Ichigo just held his hand up, "I don't mind if you guys ask me anything, I want to talk with you guys. It's just my life hasn't been that interesting unless you think training like mad is cool. Other than the training I read a lot of books, slept when I could, and just thought of what my life could be like. I thought back to when I meet you guys basically every day and wondered if you even remembered who I was."

Meninas smiled and let out an 'aww'

Hearing this Ichigo's blush got a bit worse and he just looked away again.

"What can't handle a few cute girls?"

'Would you just shut up, I'm not used to this kind of thing. I have no idea what to do or how to really talk with them.'

"Yeah you're probably too busy imagining them naked, I don't blame you."

'NO, I'm not! It's just kind of weird going from only talking to you for so long to actually trying to hold a conversation with a real person. You know ones that can see you and have feelings.'

"That almost hurts Ichigo, I thought we were friends. Guess I won't give you your birthday present afterall."

'Seriously Shiro, you know that you're my best friend. I also know that you don't have much in the department of feelings so don't even pretend you do.'

"Fine, fine. Just try and get them to talk about themselves I guess, that might be easier than trying to come up with things to tell them about you. Just don't make yourself look to stupid Ichigo."

The whole time Ichigo talked with Shiro the room was quiet and they all watched Ichigo just stare off again. Giselle just giggled at him once again and leaned back in her chair. Liltotto who has been eating a sandwich the whole time gave a quick glance and then went back to her food. Meninas looked at him almost worriedly and then towards what she thought was what he was looking at and back at him. Candice cracked a half smile and kicked her feet up onto the table. Bambietta shook her head and looked down at the floor.

Ichigo snapped out of it once again and blinked a few times, looking around he saw everyone look back at him. Liltotto took a break from her food and asked, "Why do you keep zoning out Ichigo? It's a bit weird."

'I zoned out?'

"Well not always but sometimes when you talk with me you forget about the real world and end up blanking or zoning out per say."

'I didn't know I did that.'

"No shit! No one's seen you when you talked with me before. Give it some time and you'll start breaking out of the habit. It's nothing crazy or anything just one of the stupid things you've trained yourself to do."

Liltotto pointed at him and yelled, "See, you did it again!" Candice just glared at her then looked over at Ichigo.

Snapping out of his conversation once again Ichigo shrugged his shoulders, "I've never noticed I did that."

Candice assured, "It doesn't matter Ichigo, we all have stupid things like that that we do. Most of the time we don't really try to either."

Liltotto turned her head towards Candice and sarcastically asked, "When did you become so caring? What happened to the bitch I always knew that never felt anything for someone else. Is it because you're attracted to him?"

Standing up Candice clenched her fists and yelled, "What the fuck did you just say bitch."

Not ever really paying her mind Liltotto said, "I asked where the old bitchy you went, you just haven't seemed like your old self today. The only thing that is different about today's meeting Ichigo again. So it's obvious that you're changing your attitude to impress him somehow. I don't see why it would even be worth your time, he'd never want to be with some whore like yourself."

By now Candice was stood up and staring across at Liltotto. If you looked at her just right you'd say small sparks kept flickering from her and her clothes. As she made her way towards Liltotto her fist was engulfed in lightning. Ichigo was gone in an instant and behind Candice, put his hand on her shoulder and whispered, "Candice."

Almost instantly the Lightning that had been engulfing her hands were gone and froze. "You don't need to get so worked up Candice." Letting go of her shoulder he went back to his chair. She just stood there and thought, 'How did he do that? Once he touched me it felt like I was calm and nothing mattered. It felt so much like before when I kissed him, his touch alone calmed me down so easily.'

A loud knock on the door got everyone's attention, Ichigo looked from the door towards Bambietta. "Do you want me to answer it?"

Bambietta crossed her arms and shook her head, "No don't answer it, it's probably just some stupid Soldat or something."

The person knocked once again and Ichigo looked over at Bambietta with a small smirk, "You think it's just some stupid Soldat?"

Rolling her eyes she said, "Fine whatever, you can answer it."

Opening the door Haschwalth was standing there looking off in the distance. The opening of the door got his attention and he turned to see Ichigo, looking a bit surprised at first he let it slide. Looking past Ichigo into the room he said, "I'm here because Yhwach has requested the Sternritter to come to the Square once again. We have new information that you all need to know."

Looking over his shoulder Ichigo said, "Give us like five or ten minutes Haschwalth and we'll be there."

Offering a small smile Haschwalth said, "Very well Ichigo, we will be expecting you all then. One more thing, just a bit of personal advice. They obviously hold you in fairly high regards, you're the only man I've seen them actually show real interest in. Just trying to say you're going to have a hard decision ahead of you."

Waving him off Ichigo asked, "What decision are you talking about?"

Haschwalth was already gone though and his question went into the wind. Going back in Ichigo closed the door and found all the girls looking over at him. Before they could ask Ichigo said, "Apparently Yhwach is having some kind of meeting or something, we need to be there in like ten minutes or so."

Everyone but Meninas went back to what they were doing but she looked at Ichigo with a bit of a frown. "Why don't you like Yhwach Ichigo?"

Crossing his arms Ichigo looked over at the same blank wall once again. "Let's just say he ruined my life and leave it at that."

"Oh, sorry for asking. I just thought you two had some kind of relationship is all. Even if it wasn't the best I figured there was one there."

Seeing Meninas with her head down and obviously feeling bad about asking that he went back to his seat and leaned his arm on her shoulder. She froze for a moment and then turned up at him, "I wouldn't say that there isn't some kind of relationship there. It's just that after everything he has done to me I couldn't care anymore. I don't give a shit about him anymore except for one thing, and I don't even know how much I truly care about that anymore either."

Letting out a sigh he continued, "I just feel like he has done so much more to fuck my life up than actually make it better like he always said he was going to. None of that matters anymore though because I know what my value to him is and he knows what his value to me is."

Halfway through what Ichigo was saying the other girls looked over and noticed the two of them. Once he was done Bambietta coughed in her throat to get their attention. "We should probably get going, don't want to be late or whatever you know."

Shrugging his shoulders Ichigo stood up, "Yeah don't want to be too late, let's go guys." Everyone followed him out except Meninas who was still sitting there staring at the door. 'Why did he rest his arm against me? Does he think I'm comfortable or something, no that can't be it. He did similar things to Giselle and Candice, so what is it.'

From the door Ichigo called out, "Meninas you coming everyone else is already heading out."

Snapping out of her daze Meninas made her way to the door. Stopping next to Ichigo she quietly asked, "Why did you rest against me?"

Ichigo just went stiff and started stuttering. Meninas held her finger up to his mouth and he went quiet, "I'm just wondering what it is, I'm not upset." Looking towards the ground she quietly said, "I actually kind of liked it, something about you makes me feel weird. Not a bad weird, a good weird if that makes sense. I don't know."

"Meninas it's okay I should have just asked or something, didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable. I won't do it again if you don't want."

Out of nowhere she yelled, "No!" Instantly a blush covered her face and she held her hand up to her mouth. "I mean I do want you to do something like that again, I liked it." Just as quickly as she yelled before she leaned up and quickly kissed Ichigo's cheek. Offering a small smile she disappeared.

Ichigo froze once again. 'What was that for?'

"It's pretty obvious what she wants Ichigo. Just stop and think for a moment, maybe if you actually focus on that you'll be able to come up with an answer."

'Yeah really funny Shiro. Seriously though, why would she do that and earlier Candice. I don't understand it. I don't know what to do, what does it even mean exactly.'

"Means they want to fuck you or the very least have you caress them at night."

'Whatever Shiro, there is no way that they'd want that. Even if they did what would I do, how would that ever work if they somehow do want that?'

"That's easy Ichigo. There is one of you, multiple of them who all want you. Do you know the word that fits that definition perfectly? A fucking harem Ichigo."

'What! No way Shiro. I'll talk with them later and figure out what they are doing okay. That would never happen though Shiro.' Shaking his head Ichigo disappeared leaving a small gust of wind in his wake.

~ Line Break ~

In the square that Ichigo was introduced in earlier today everyone was gathering once again. Haschwalth was standing on the small stage looking around at everyone that had already arrived. Everyone except the girls and Ichigo have made it and were waiting. Haschwalth thought, 'I should have expected they would be somewhat late, I was just hoping Ichigo would be able to get them together quick enough. It seems that I was wrong though.'

As he looked back over the crowd Bambietta, Candice, Liltotto, Giselle, and Meninas appeared in the back of the group of Sternritters. A moment later Ichigo appeared and shocked the five of them.

Ichigo laughed to himself as Giselle and Meninas jumped a little and the others tried to act like they didn't do anything when he got there. Walking past them Ichigo motioned for them to follow him. He made his way around the outside of the group that was gathered and found his way towards the front. He stopped at the edge of the clearing a good distance away from everyone else, the girls found their own spots around him and then looked around. Candice was the first to ask, "Why don't you want to be near the others Ichigo?"

Letting out a small sigh he looked across at the other Sternritters most of which he doesn't know. "I just don't feel like getting to know any of them at the moment or having a stupid conversation with ones that want to know who I am."

Looking at the stage Ichigo saw Haschwalth looking at them and nodded at him. Haschwalth gave one last glance over the crowd and Hirenkyaku over to Ichigo. Lazily he glanced over the girls and saw how they were all staring at him. Looking back at Ichigo he said, "I'm glad you were able to make it in time. If you don't mind could I speak with you for a moment in private?"

"I don't mind Haschwalth, lead the way."

As he left Ichigo looked back at the girls and said, "I'll be back in a minute or two." He offered a small smile and then left following Haschwalth.

Ichigo appeared in a small alleyway not to far from the square. It was basically an empty back ally with nothing there, looking around he found Haschwalth leaning on a wall. "Got here a little faster than I originally thought you would Ichigo."

Ichigo just leaned against the wall he was close to and said, "Well I'm full of surprises Haschwalth, so what did did ya want?"

Putting his hand on the hilt of his sword he looked at the ground. "To start I'd just like to apologize for what I did to you. I've thought over that day several times over the past few years and I always wonder what would have happened if I never did it."

Ichigo just laughed to himself once again, "Don't worry about it Haschwalth. I got over that a long time ago. So was that all you wanted to tell me?"

"No there is more. Today Yhwach is going to give you a mission that is basically the whole start to this war. He feels that you are the best choice to do this because of your strength along with another reason he wouldn't tell me. While I'm not sure of what he wants you to do, I have a feeling it has to involve Soul Society some how."

Kicking himself from the wall Ichigo offered a nod and turned back the way they came from. Haschwalth quickly put a hand on his shoulder to stop him. "That wasn't the only thing I wanted to talk to you about Ichigo."

Putting his hands in his pockets Ichigo leaned against the wall once more. "So what else is there?"

"This is more advice than anything. You're going to get attached to those girls, I can already tell they're attached to you. It's only a matter of time before you get together with one or maybe even all of them."

Ichigo just stared at Haschwalth wide eyed. "What are you talking about? I'm not with any of them."

Haschwalth just walked past him heading towards the end of the ally. Turning to look back over his shoulder he said, "You can deny everything you want now, but when it actually happens it'll be different. It might not happen instantly but I've noticed it's going to happen sooner rather than later Ichigo."

With that said Haschwalth was gone leaving Ichigo leaning against the wall thinking to himself.

'Now even Haschwalth is talking about it, why?'

"Because it's fucking obvious as hell, that's why."

'How is it obvious as hell? What do they do that makes it obvious?'

"Let's see, firstly, Candice and Meninas kissed you. While Meninas didn't kiss your mouth Candice did. Then there is Giselle, who is always looking at you with that cute face. She's also always trying to either hold onto you or have you hold onto her."

'Giselle could just be a clingy person. Then Candice and Meninas probably don't really want anything from me they just are confused or something.'

"Yeah, their confused. Whatever dumbass. The way everyone else sees this is how it actually is, then there's you. All you see is them as friends and them being your only friends. That is blinding you from seeing them in the way they want you to see them, as attractive young women who want you to fuck the shit out them."

Kicking himself up from the wall Ichigo made his way to the end of the ally. 'Just shut up Shiro.' Then Ichigo was gone, heading back towards the square where everyone was.

Appearing behind the girls Ichigo quietly made his way towards them. He stopped when he heard his name in their conversation. He stood there a moment and then kept walking. Standing behind Candice he grabbed her shoulders and said, "Candice."

She jumped and turned around to find Ichigo laughing at her. She crossed her arms and rolled her eyes at him before staring away. Finally getting himself together Ichigo walked back up to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "I didn't expect you to react that much, yet alone at all."

Huffing Candice turned her head from him. "Well I never expected you'd do something like that."

Ichigo just shrugged his shoulders, "You can't expect me not to do something. I'm an interesting person to say the least." With that he turned around and walked back over towards everyone else.

Candice stood there for a moment and brought a hand up to her shoulder. Quietly she whispered, "Yeah, you are interesting."

As Candice made her way back to the rest of the group it seemed like the meeting was about to get started. Haschwalth had made his way back to the stage and was getting people to move up closer."

Ichigo glanced from the girls up to the stage, "Let's get a bit closer guys." Before any of them answered Ichigo already started walking up closer. The girls all looked at eachother for a minute and started walking after him.

Ichigo found a spot closer to the stage, but you'd still say it wasn't very close. Standing up against one of the trees that lined the outline of the square he looked over the people that were all here. He didn't notice the girls walk up and find their own places around him until Giselle jumped onto him, wrapping her arms around his neck she hung from him and looked up at Haschwalth to see what was happening. Still Ichigo didn't react to this just acknowledged it.

After Giselle looked around for a second she waved her hand up at the stage and said, "Yhwach is here."

This finally got Ichigo's actual attention, as he just glared over at Yhwach and he made his way towards the front of the stage. Once there Yhwach quickly got started, "I'm glad that you're all here, now I have some very important information."

Haschwalth had opted to find a place near the edge of the stage and glanced over at Ichigo, seeing the way they were all standing together almost made him laugh. To himself he thought, 'Somehow you don't think they are interested. They way you act is almost leading them on, I don't understand how you think they aren't interested.. I'm guessing a few more days max until one or all of you say something.'

From the front of the stage a light flickered from a hole in the floor and then a projection shot up into the air above Yhwach. He pointed up at it and said, "This is the final battleground of the Shinigami's recent fight against one of their own. Sosuke Aizen, the former leader of a group known as the Espada, in other words hollows. However, these hollows were much more than the giant monsters that you've all seen. Espada, which is a group of his strongest soldiers, similar to you the Sternritter."

Taking a short pause he started walking back and forth along the front of the stage. Pointing back up at the projection it changed to a view of a man in a white outfit. He wore a white undershirt that reached down to his hips. A pair of white pants and a white trench coat of sorts. Lastly he had a purple sash wrapped around his waist. Physically he was slender with a straight face, brown eyes and medium length brown hair that was pulled back except for one strand that hung in the middle of his face.

Yhwach simply said, "Sosuke Aizen. An incredible strong individual with great prowess. I'm emphasising him so much because he is the first of a small group that can determine the outcome of this war."

Ichigo looked over the crowd and noticed the minimal reaction. Only a handful of people seemed to even be interested and he didn't know or recognize any of them. After a moment Yhwach continued.

"The group I'm referring to are the War Potentials. Five people in all and all five of them are on that list for a reason. Most of you wouldn't stand a chance against one of these war potentials. This is why I'm giving you this information now, so you can act accordingly when you see one."

Pointing once again at the projection it changed from the old battlefield to a small town district, with several small buildings and some looking a little run down. It closed in on one of the buildings that looked like a small modern japanese home sitting in the middle of a dirt lot. Sitting on the porch was a man in a green coat with a white diamond pattern along the bottom. Underneath he wore a dark green shirt and pants, while wearing a white and green striped bucket hat. The man stood up and started walking from the house, with a hand fan covering most of his face. The only thing that wasn't completely covered was his blonde almost white hair that stuck out from the hat and his gray eyes that seemed to be staring at something.

In the projection he offered a small wave to something that wasn't in the image and there was a quick flash of brown and then the image cut out. The only person that seemed to pay this clip any mind was Ichigo. The entire time he was staring at the protection it seemed like he was in a trance or something. Bambietta walked up and put a hand on his shoulder, "Ichigo are you okay?"

Ichigo took a minute to blink and looked at the projection once again, as it went black he turned around. Bambietta asked again, "You okay Ichigo."

Ichigo just tried to wave it off and shook his head. "I'm fine Bambietta."

She put her hands on her hips and stared at him, "Really you're just going to lie to me Ichigo."

"FIne, I know who he is. The man is Kisuke and he basically saved my life when I was younger. He also made sure I kept the only thing that reminds me of my childhood and past life. That's all there is to it."

From the stage Yhwach said, "That man, Kisuke Urahara is another member of the war potentials. While he doesn't live in Soul Society he does have ties with them and worked with them in the past. For now these are the only two that you need to be aware of because we have other matters to talk about."

As the projection faded Haschwalth walked up behind Yhwach. He looked over at Haschwalth for a moment and he nodded back at him. Raising his hand up Yhwach said, "Now it's time to talk about what our first move is going to be. Haschwalth would you please?"

The two switched places and Haschwalth put his hand on the hilt of his sword. "It's time that we start making our move. We are going to gain control of Hueco Mundo and the Arrancar that live there. Push Soil Society even further into a hole and give them nowhere to run. Today I will be leading a group to Hueco Mundo, a few of you will be coming along with me."

Hearing this got Ichigo's attention once again. Meninas asked, "Do you think we're going to be going Ichigo?"

Ichigo just shook his head, "You guys might, but I know I'm not going to be."

"Why would you say that Ichigo?"

Letting out a small sigh he said, "Because I already have a different mission, one that Yhwach is going to give me once this is done."

The girls looked from one another with a questioning gaze and then looked back towards Ichigo, who was only paying Haschwalth any attention.

"Quilge Opie, Jerome Guizbatt, and Nianzol Weizol you will be accompanying me to Hueco Mundo along with a group of Soldat. Half an hour from now meet me at the Gate of the Sun. That is all I have to say at the time being, I will explain more than."

Stepping back away from the edge Yhwach offered a small nod to him and then went up to the front. Looking over the crowd once again he stopped on Ichigo who was staring back at him. They locked eyes for a moment and Yhwach finally looked away from him. "Now there is one last thing for today." Raising a hand in Ichigo's direction he said, "Ichigo would you please join me up here?"

In an instant Ichigo appeared next to Yhwach, and his cloak flapped in the small wind he created for a second. Crossing his arms Ichigo examined the crowd and quickly spotted Cang and BG9. Offering a small nod towards them he looked back over at Yhwach. 'I'm surprised he is actually going to tell me with everyone around, I expected it would be more of a secret.'

Yhwach walked behind Ichigo across the stage and said, "Everyone already knows of Ichigo Kurosaki, so there is no need to introduce him. Now then I'm going to be sending Ichigo to Soul Society. He will be telling them of our declaration of war."

'So that's what I'm going to be doing then? Why even offer that declaration in the first place though, why not just attack when we still have surprise on our side.'

"It's not how this works Ichigo. Yhwach has a lot of history with them and wants to crush them with them fully understanding what power it was that did it."

'Just seems stupid to me is all.'

A sudden breeze blew through the square and whipped Ichigo's cloak and bandaleir of Seele Schneider in the wind. The gust died down and the sound of the metal clanging together slowly died down. Once it stopped the entire square was silent, there wasn't even a whisper.

Ichigo got right to the point of things and asked, "When am I going and how am I getting there?"

Yhwach said only loud enough for him to hear, "You will be leaving within the hour the sooner the better and you will be using the gate of the sun. It will teleport you to the Seireitei and from there it is up to you to find the First Division and from there it's simply."

Ichigo sighed, "That isn't what I meant Yhwach. Where the hell is this gate of the sun and how the fuck do I use it?"

Haschwalth was the only other person to hear what Ichigo said and he just cracked a small smile before leaving.

"The gate of the sun is about half a mile east of here, it will be obvious when you get close enough. You will need this for it to work." Yhwach pulled a small medallion from his cloak and offered it to Ichigo. Taking it Ichigo looked it over. It was a small metal flame that had a chain attached to the top of it.

"So what do I do when I get there, and how do I get back?"

"When you stand on the platform just hold onto the medallion and think of going to the Seireitei, a gate will open that will take you there. When you have completed your mission just hold onto it once more and imagine the same gate you originally went through."

Ichigo just placed the medallion inside his pocket and said, "I'll be gone within the hour." Then he was gone reappearing next to Giselle and the other girls.

"So what do you guys want to do before I have to go? I have around half an hour or so."

Ichigo just looked between them and waited for an answer yet none of them did. "Nothing? None of you have anything you want to do? Okay then why don't we just start heading towards this gate of the sun then?"

With that Ichigo stared walking in the direction Yhwach said the portal was. Before he could walk out of the square someone grabbed onto his arm and he stopped. 'Wonder who it is this time?'

Turning to look Candice was holding onto his arm and the other girls were behind her. "What?"

Candice just started walking and dragging Ichigo, who was in a bit of shock and wondering what she was doing. As they made their way out of the square Candice said, "We are going to try and have some fun before you go, we are all going to play a little game."

Finding a quiet place Candice let Ichigo go and the girls all found a place to either sit down or a wall to lean against. Ichigo just stood there and waited for an explanation that never came. Bambietta asked, "Ichigo, truth or dare?"

"What?"

"I said, truth or dare?"

Ichigo shrugged his shoulders then pulled his hair back from his face. "Dare, I guess?"

"I dare you to summon that mask thing of yours."

Ichigo quickly shouted, "NO! No way I'd do that right now."

Bambietta just looked at him with sad eyes, "You said dare Ichigo, that means you have to do whatever I said."

'Should I really do this?'

"Why not? It isn't really that big of a deal when you think about it, yeah we aren't fighting anyone but still. She just wants to have a good look at it, why keep that from her?"

'She's going to be scared the second she see's it.'

Looking at her Ichigo finally said, "Fine, I guess I can't convince you. I'm sorry if it frightens any of you."

Holding his hand over his face red Reiatsu started gathering around his hand and fingers, looking almost like claws. He brought it down across his face with a lot of force and it erupted. An instant later his mask was there. A white bone mask that had features similar to a human, just intensified. The teeth looked more like those of an animal and looked razor sharp. From the top of the mask two solid black stripes ran down, running over each eye and down to the chin. Looking into his eyes they changed from his normal brown to bright yellow with a black iris.

Ichigo just looked at Bambietta and said in a deeper voice, "Are you scared of it?"

She just shook her head, "No I'm not scared of it Ichigo, I'll never be scared of you."

Ichigo just let his mask fade and asked, "Why did you want to see it?"

She just shrugged her shoulders and said, "Just personal reasons, nothing that important. It's your turn by the way."

He looked around at everyone and finally asked, "Candice, truth or dare?"

"Truth."

'What should I ask her?'

"Ask her how big her boobs are?"

'No! I'm not doing that Shiro.'

"FIne, ask her why she kissed you. Maybe ask her if she wants to do it again."

'I can't do that, everyone else is here.'

"That doesn't mean anything. Oh that does give me an idea though. Why not ask if she'd be willing to share you. You know get involved with all of them right now right here."

'I don't even know why I ask you anything, you don't give me any help when I need it.'

"That's what you think Ichigo. Just ask her about her hair or something, that might get you somewhere."

'Whatever, I guess that couldn't hurt.'

Breaking out of the conversation with Shiro he asked, "Okay Candice, how long do you spend doing your hair?"

Candice's eyes went wide and she asked, "You really want to know?"

"Yeah, they way it looks I'm certain you spend a good amount of time doing it. So I'm just curious."

She just smiled and said, "Well I spend anywhere from an hour to two or three on it, just depends on the morning. So it's my turn right?"

Taking a moment to think Candice asked, "Giselle, truth or dare?"

She just went giddy and said, "Dare."

Candice just chuckled to herself, "Okay, I dare you to take your blouse off."

Giselle just clenched her hands together. "But Ichii's here."

"I don't care Giselle, I dared you."

Ichigo just looked away and put a hand to cover and possible view he might have. Giselle looked over at him and saw this and tried to smile to herself. "Come on Giselle, don't take all day."

Taking off her blouse it revealed a flat stomach and a small black bra covering her small breasts. She quickly wrapped her arms around herself and looked at the ground. Candice clapped and said, "Okay it's your turn know Giselle. Just remember you can't ask the same person that just asked you."

Taking a look to see if she was done Ichigo saw Giselle and quickly turned away and covered his face once again. Both to keep himself from looking at her and to keep his blush hidden. Giselle looked at Meninas and asked her, "Truth or dare?"

Meninas just shrugged her shoulders and said, "Truth?"

"Do you want Ichigo to kiss you?"

Meninas face just went red and her eyes widened, "Ugh, I."

"Yes or no Meninas?"

Putting her head down she mumbled, "Yes."

Ichigo wasn't close enough to hear her answer but said, "I think I'm going to have to go guys. It's been fun but I can't stay forever, have stuff to do ya know?"

He tried to walk away put Bambietta called out to him, "Ichigo waite a minute will ya?"

Without turning around Ichigo shouted back, "What?"

"We want to wish you luck. Just remember to come back in one piece alright, we'd like to see you again."

Looking towards the sky Ichigo chuckled to himself, "I'd like to see you guys agian to. I'll talk to you guys when I get back okay."

As he turned around the only one still standing there was Giselle who still hadn't put her blouse back on yet. Ichigo just froze like a deer in a headlight, "Ugh."

Giselle glanced down at the ground for a second and then walked over to him. Looking up into his eyes she wrapped her arms around him, "You don't mind the way I look do you?"

"What do you mean Giselle?"

Biting her lip she paused for a second, "You know I'm not developed like the others are."

Ichigo rested his chin on her head and pulled her close to him, "Of course not, you're perfect the way you are Giselle. Just because you don't look like the others do doesn't mean I like you any less then them. You shouldn't be embarrassed of they way you look or try and change it okay."

Leaning against his chest Giselle giggled when she heard his rapid heart beat. "Are you embarrassed Ichigo?"

"I don't know if I'd call it embarrassed, but more like uncomfortable. Not really the best with touching especially since you know you don't have a shirt on. It just is a little weird I guess."

She just laughed even more and looked up into his eyes. Before Ichigo could react she pressed her lips against his and put her arms around his neck. It took him a second to get over the initial shock, but he eased his way into the kiss. As it went on his hands started to wonder down her bare back and she trembled under his touch.

Breaking apart Giselle asked in a seductive tone, "If you really want to touch me so badly you can Ichigo."

Ichigo just pulled away and threw his hands up, "No I'm okay, sorry about getting a bit out of control there. I'll see you later Giselle." Offering a small wave he was gone.

Giselle just laughed to herself and put her blouse back on. "He is so easy to tease. I shouldn't have said anything though, he would have probably kept exploring a little longer."

~ Line Break ~

Ichigo kept using long strides of Hirenkyaku, opting not to land on any of the buildings to keep his speed up. Ahead he spotted the clearing Yhwach talked about and quickly landed.

Looking around it was a lot smaller than the square he was just in, but it was still fairly large. It was surrounded on all sides by buildings, most looking almost like houses. While a few where a couple stories and have a flat roof on them. The outline of the clearing was lined with small trees that looked to be some kind of pine.

Making his way towards the center there was a small elevated platform, walking up the stairs there was a flame insignia on the ground. Pulling the medallion out of his pocket they looked the exact same. 'Guess this is it then.'

"It's seem so. You ready to go?"

'I guess, no real reason to wait any longer.'

"You sure, you could go back and make out with Bambietta, Meninas, or Liltotto. Since you haven't done it with either of them yet."

'Would you just shut up, I never tried to kiss any of them. Candice and Giselle both started it and Meninas almost did.'

"Yeah you were an innocent butterfly. You didn't pull them closer, explore every part of their naked back, try and slip your tongue into their mouth."

'I didn't do that!'

"Not the tongue thing, well not yet. I'm sure you'll try it some time. Anyway you should go, don't want to hold the war up any longer do ya."

'Whatever Shiro.'

Pressing his thumb onto the center of it, the medallion started heating up. As it did the insignia Ichigo was standing on lit up and a moment later there was a blast of light that engulfed him. As it stopped Ichigo was no longer there.

~ Line Break ~

Seireitei was normal, soldiers running around giving orders, checking in, and anything else that needed to be done. Since the defeat of Aizen a lot has changed within the Seireitei. Three new captains were reinstated, Shinji Hirako, Kensei Muguruma, and Rose Otoribashi. These three taking up the vacant positions left from Aizen's betrayal. Other than the new captains most of the original Captains and Lieutenants have been training. After the hard fight with Aizen they learned they needed to become stronger than ever.

This normalcy they've had over the past few months was broken in an instant. In the center of the Seireitei a large pillar of orange and red light erupted from the sky and rocketed towards the ground. It was seen all over and a second later a loud siren echoed throughout the entire Seireitei.

At the center of this pillar of light Ichigo stood, looking around he was standing on top of a large cliff. On three sides of him a large drop off a few hundred feet high and behind him a distant tree line. Making his way towards the treeline he pulled his hood on and the large pillar of light faded as he put the medallion back in his pocket.

'So I need to find the First Division, it shouldn't be too difficult. Maybe I'll even ask around and sightsee a little first.'

Before he made it to the treeline Ichigo was surrounded on all sides. In a large circle around him a large number of people appeared,almost thirty in total. Ichigo just glanced around and acknowledged all of them.

'The ones closest are all wearing that white haori, so they are most likely the captains. After them are soldiers in black with a badge on their arm, they are probably lieutenants. So everyone came to welcome me then, I should feel honored.'

From the circle an old man with a wooden cane walked forwards. He was shorter than Ichigo, but most people are anyways. He didn't have any hair on his head, instead he opted for a long white braided beard. 'This guy is definitely the strongest one here, none of these others are even on his level.'

He stopped and looked over Ichigo. In a deep voice he asked, "Who are you and why are you here?"

Ichigo mostly ignored him and started to slowly walk in a line left to right. Stopping and holding onto his chin like he was thinking he said, "Well I'm not going to tell you who I am, that would ruin the whole surprise part of this. Let's just say I'm your enemy for now."

The old man raised his bushy eyebrow to this, "So you are here to fight with us then."

Quickly Ichigo corrected him, "No I'm not here to fight any of you, well if you try and attack I'll naturally defend myself. I'm here to deliver the First Division captain a message actually. Would I be correct in assuming that that person is you old man."

From the large crowd around him several people started to draw their swords and others looked at the old man, almost waiting for an order.

After a while with no answer Ichigo yelled, "Are you the first division captain or not old man!"

From behind the old man a younger looking man in a black robe with white hair that was pulled back walked up and stood beside him. He quietly asked, "Do you wish me to take care of him, Yamamoto."

Yamamoto just offered a nod and the man drew his sword. Walking closer to Ichigo he said, "I am Chojiro Sasakibe, Lieutenant of the first division."

The moment he finished his sentence the sound of a gunshot echoed through the area. A second later Chojiro fell to the floor with a large part of his head blown off. Shock was the only reaction from the people there. Their attention turned from Chojiro to Ichigo who was standing their with his rifle in one hand still pointing towards where Chojiro stood.

Ichigo just shook his head, "That was really foolish of you old man, to send you subordinantes to death like that. I imagined you would have evaluated your enemy better and easily determined someone of his power wouldn't even reach me before he was dead on the floor."

Resting his rifle on his shoulder Ichigo said, "Now for the reason I'm here."

In an instant Ichigo had four Shinigami on him with their swords drawn, three of whom were captains. Ichigo just turned his head to look at all of them that had their sword pressed to his neck.

On his left there was a man with shoulder length black hair, with silver hair pieces in the back and curling up to the top of his head. A single long strand of hair fell between his eyes and the rest framed his face. He wore a normal black robe with a white captains haori, featuring a high collar with gold edges and small gold tassels attached at the corners. Even though he reacted so quickly and without hesitation his gray eyes seemed calm and he looked just as calm.

Ichigo turned to look at the man in front of him who was much larger than the first even a little taller than himself. He was tall and muscular while also being lean. He has long black hair that is pulled back and a dark green eye. His right was covered by a black eyepatch with a gold trim and he had a long scar running the entire length of his face over his left eye. His outfit was mostly the same as the first, just not having the special collar on his haori.

Next to the large man a very small women stood, easily the one that looked the most angry. Her gray eyes only seemed to hold anger in them. She had short hair that had some pieces stick out on the sides and along her face. She wore a sleeveless white haori and a yellow sash tied around her waist. Unlike most of the others she wasn't wearing sandals instead she was wearing shoes with white socks.

The last person was a tall and lean man with a body build similar to the first. He had long red hair that was pulled back in a ponytail. His face was slender and black tribal looking tattoos covered his forehead and ran down his throat. He wore a black robe with white sash along with a wooden badge on his left arm.

Ichigo just chuckled and let his gun fade away. "This is funny, you all thinking you can do anything in this situation."

Before anyone could react a monstrous Reiatsu weighed down on them. Instantly the four around Ichigo fell to their knees followed closely by everyone else gathered except for the old man. Making his way around the bodies Ichigo walked up to the only standing man.

"I knew you were stronger than any of them and you just proved it. I'm sorry I had to resort to showing these children so much power, but they don't seem to understand when they should and shouldn't intervene. So now back to what I was originally going to say."

Walking around Ichigo noticed that everyone that wasn't a captain had passed out and some of the Captains looked like they might. Looking back at the old man he hasn't even moved, still just standing there with his hands on his cane. "I'm here with a message from Yhwach."

This is the first time the old man reacted to anything. His cane instantly started to disintegrate revealing a sword. Drawing it from the sheath he said, "I'm the Head Captain, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto. I will put this to an end now boy. Reduce all Creation to Ash, Ryujin Jakka."

Flames erupted from his sword and they increased the temperature greatly. Ichigo just shook his head and said, "I'm not here to fight ya old man. I'm just here to give you a message. I'm part of a group known as the Wandenreich, unfortunately we are run by Yhwach. I'm here to give you some insight on the future. War, we are declaring war on Soul Society and will attack soon. Just want you to be prepared and fully aware of the power that will inevitably destroy all of you."

As Ichigo let up his Reiatsu the Captains slowly caught their breath and picking themselves up. Turning away from Yamamoto he walked towards the edge of the cliff. He reached up and took his hood off, letting his hair blow in the breeze. Near Yamamoto there was a buzz and small gust of wind as three people appeared.

Ichigo turned around and was about to say something but he froze when he saw who was there. Kisuke and Yoruichi standing on opposite sides of a young women. She was a little shorter than Kisuke and had short black hair and light brown eyes. She was wearing a black robe with a red sash around her waist, but you could tell she has a lean frame. The two both froze the moment they saw each other.

The women started walking forwards followed by Kisuke and Yoruichi. They closed most of the distance between them and Ichigo. Kisuke went in front of the other two and walked up and put a hand on Ichigo's shoulder. Looking him in the eyes he let out a small sigh, "I thought I'd never see you again Ichigo."

Ichigo just brushed his hand off and walked up to the black haired women, stopping just a few feet in front of her. Gently he put his hand on her cheek and whispered, "I watched you die How are you still alive Tatsuki?"

Chapters out later than I had wanted so I'm sorry about that. Been busy with school and been working a bit more than usual, so haven't had the most time. Still I hope you all enjoyed and let me know what you think.

Before anyone says anything the next chapter is going to have some back story into what happened with Tatsuki. It also isn't just going to be her taking up the canon role of Ichigo, there will be an actual story there. While I can't say it will be extraordinary it will be different and hopefully interesting.

Also she isn't going to become the main female in Ichigo's love live. While I can't say she won't be involved with him I also am not having this be an Ichigo x Tatsuki fanfiction. If she does end up being in a sexual relationship with him she'll be part of the harem. Just figured I'd say that because I want to focus mostly on the Quincy girls right now. I just wanted to add something a bit different in to make this story a bit different.

Thanks for reading and sorry again for the waite. With my schedule the way it is I can't promise a time for the next update yet, but I'll try my best to get it out soon. I'll be updating my other story before this one again because I'm trying to go back and forth on updates. So if you want to know a more solid date for the next update go look at my other story in a week or so.