Chapter two: Power of her Zanpakuto
CHING! The sound of him drawing his Zanpakuto echoes through the scene. He flips it and rests it on his shoulder and looks over at me. He gives me a rough pat on the back and chuckles, "Come on it's going to be fine." I have to admit I have doubt that it will, both have no idea why Urahara's called us out here at this hour. I am full of thought and I have so many questions I feel I need answered, yet we have no more time for fooling around. We scurry across the road over to the open field… silence. I close my eyes and attempt to feel the spiritual pressure around me. "GOT CHA!" shouts a voice. I open my eyes and turn to see Urahara leap out at me and Ichigo. Ichigo swings Zangetsu at him, yet his blade is met by that of mine. "Can't you see who it is?" I shout. Ichigo stares at me, frozen in his place forcing pressure on his Zanpakuto. His eyes open wide, he slowly lowers Zangetsu. "Lucky, lucky, I'm so thankful that FlamingSakura was able to save me." Urahara says. Ichigo grunts aggressively,
"Are you telling me you're so rude you would thank her Zanpakuto and not her?" Urahara looks at Ichigo puzzled. "No, no, no that's not what I meant." I get kind of fed up with this pointless conversation, I want answers. "That distress call you sent out, was it fake?" I say.
"Not entirely. I wanted to give you some training." Ichigo smirks,
"I'm sorry to say this but I don't need any more training from you." I can't believe that Ichigo is this draft, yet I guess I always found it kind of funny.
He and I had been friends ever since he saved my life. It was 3 years ago, to be totally honest I have no memory prior to that moment. I remember a castle and then a bunch of hollows then finally Ichigo coming and saving me. I only remember that battle, I only have a faint image of a castle and I made it my mission to find it again. I still have yet to find it. Urahara nudges me,
"Sweetheart, I'm here to train you." I shake my head, I must have been day dreaming about it again.
"Oh ok, how come?"
"I want to see what you've learnt these past 6 months," He says. I grip FlamingSakura tightly and grin ready to show him what I've learnt. "Ok, but I'm not like I was before. I'm much stronger now." Ichigo pats my back again and laughs, "Well then let it rip Ama." I smirk, I know I've finally found FlamingSakura's Bankai release. Now I know why she's called that. "Your opponent is going to be Ichigo," says Urahara.
"What! She can't beat me?" Ichigo yells. I feel like bursting out laughing, I know I might not be able to beat him but I certainly can last quite a while. He holds up his Zanpakuto and grunts eagerly, "All right, I'm ready." I can feel the rage building up inside FlamingSakura, she's really getting pumped up and I can't wait. I raise her in the air. "You don't know what you're in for Kurosaki," I pause as I close my eyes for a second and kiss my Zanpakuto's blade gently, her normal blade transforms into a deadly spiked and sharp blade almost double her normal size. "She has awakened her Zanpakuto," Urahara grins. "Now FlamingSakura, Flare!" as I utter those words FlamingSakura bursts into a series of crimson flames. The blaze swirls around me and forms a fierce fire dragon. "Hahahah You like FlamingSakura's Bankai form Ichigo?" Ichigo stares at me in disbelief.
"How could this be, she mastered Bankai in 6 months? You almost as good as me." I snicker at his comment, "Actually it took me three days." Now Ichigo turned all red, I know he wasn't expecting that from me. "Enough talk." I rush over to Ichigo, and FlamingSakura's fangs of fire pierce his skin releasing a splash of blood. I did it, I hit him. I look back at him, his shoulder is covered in blood. HE chuckles, "Ha is that all you got?" I grin impishly and raise my hand to have FlamingSakura wrap around my arm. "No," I reply. A scurry of flames burst from FlamingSakura's mouth as I click my fingers. The flares cover Ichigo, he screams and jumps away. He grips his hand, it seems the blaze has burnt it. "Wow you've also managed to come up with triggers for your Zanpakuto to attack without even saying anything. I never thought you'd have tamed you power so quickly."
"Thanks sweetheart," I say. Ichigo swipes me with Zangetsu, yet I slightly manage to get out of the way. He cut my leg, but only a little. He tries to slice me again, FlamingSakura covers me and forces him back. I slice his other shoulder with her tail which fades into the blade of my Zanpakuto. Now I've got him. His counter attack is easily dogged be my quick movements, I spin back around and cut deep into his side. "UGH!" Ichigo cries out as he pushes me away with his blade. "I'm glad you became so strong Ama. Now I have someone to practice with that has a chance." I have to admit I'm also glad I have gained this strength to fight him as an equal. I'm just lucky I had such a great Sensei. "Ok let's call it a tie and head back home," Urahara says as he steps in between us.
Back at Urahara's house... "So how did you find your Zanpakuto's Bankai so fast, and what's more is how come you were able to come up with such cool triggers for attacks." Urahara's questions are always sophisticated and cute at the same time, I'm not sure if that's because we're dating or not. "You mean like when she clicked her fingers so FlamingSakura knew what to do without her even saying it right." I let out a little giggle, I always loved Ichigo's naivety. Urahara glares at him,
"Yeah…that." I bite my lip to stop from laughing at them.
"Well if you must know I had a very good sensei." They both lean in waiting for me to say who it was. It's not that I don't want to tell them I just don't think It will be that important. "I won't tell you." I say. They both look disappointed. Urahara cuddles me and bombards my face with a flurry of kisses. "Oh come on you can tell me." I giggle wildly,
"Stop it Kisuke, that tickles."
"well then I'll just have to force it out of you," he says. I notice Ichigo's awkward expression. I push Urahara off me, "Ok that's enough, and I'm still not going to tell you. There's no point I still wasn't able to find what I was looking for." Both Urahara and Ichigo look at me sadly.
"I'm sorry," Urahara says as he rubs my back. I shake my head,
"Actually I think I'm close, I got the name of someone who might know something about it." They both lean in again. "They live here in this town too." Urahara's face looks like a hurt puppy's.
"So that's why you came back." I nod in reply. "Here I was happy that you finally came back for good, but now you have to leave again." I kiss his cheek.
"It's ok. I know now that I can't find this place alone, I'll need help."
"It's a place?" Mutters Ichigo. I guess I forgot they didn't know what I was looking for, when I left I wouldn't tell anyone because I knew they wouldn't let me go. They would think it was too dangerous or impossible to find. I must know, I have to find this place I came from. "So are we going to go look for this person or what?" Ichigo cheers. I take out the small piece of paper with the name of the person who knows about this place. I got it from a prophet I met a while back, I got his lost pocket watch back from a thief and he decided to help me. I told him I was looking for a black castle, and he told me the name of this person who he saw in a vision. The man said when I gave him the watch back that he saw the image of this person and gave me their name. I found it a bit strange but I realise I don't have anything else to go on. I look at the piece of paper with the name on it, "Kisuke Urahara."