Chapter 4 – Training Begins

In the previous chapter...

Urahara turned around and began walking, just turning his neck so his face was only half-visible. His eyes were shaded by his hat, making him seem even more mysterious than I thought he was,

"Well, then. Shall we get started?"

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I picked myself up after landing flat on my face at the bottom of the training room. I sighed,

"Stupid Renji..."

~*About 1 Minute Ago*~

"Jump? Down there?" I was worried. The jump was pretty big, although Ichigo and Urahara had gotten down there with ease. I'd been standing there for about 5 minutes, stalling going down there. Urahara had said the ladder was fake, it was just there for decoration. I had nearly gathered the courage to jump when I heard Renji mutter 'For God's sake!' and the next thing I knew, his hands pressed on my back, forcing me down the hole.

~*End Flashback*~

"I'm gonna get him back for that..." I mumbled, rubbing my lower back. As I looked around, I had almost forgotten we were indoors. A bright blue 'sky' hung over rocks, gravel, and more rocks. Not much to look at, but its open space was obviously the best for combat. Ichigo came over and looked at me,

"Are you okay? You took a pretty hard landing there. Sometimes Renji doesn't know what he's doing. Teme," he held out his hand which I took, as he led me towards Urahara. He clapped his hands together and rubbed them, before he took me from Ichigo's grasp. He spoke softly as he lightly placed his hand on my forehead,

"You're going to go into your inner world. Don't die in it, because if you do, your existence will be wiped from this world. I'll try to communicate to you from here, but it may be hard to hear me. Good luck, Kishiko," as he finished, I slipped away from the training room, and a few seconds later, I was in a huge field. As I looked around, I came across a waterfall, but instead of water falling, it was sand. A pack of wolves lay by the 'sandfall'. As they looked up at me, I panicked, but they didn't do anything except lay their heads back on their paws. As I looked up, the sky was a pinky-orange, like a sunset, but thick black clouds lined the sky. I raised an eyebrow, and looked down at the grass, which, luckily, was a thick lush green,

"Well, at least the grass is normal," I mumbled to myself. A voice suddenly ran through the air,

"It's about time you showed up," a deep growl rumbled as I looked up to see a beautiful looking wolf with long, thick, silky fudge-coloured fur. He was taller, and more larger than the other wolves I'd seen earlier, signalling that he was the alpha. As I took a closer look, I saw three small rings pierced in his right ear. I cocked my head to the side, deciding since I'd already asked so many questions, I shouldn't lack the confidence to now,

"Umm... why is your right ear pierced?" I asked. A smile formed,

"I'm glad you asked," he closed his eyes, and after a few seconds, he began to morph. As it progressed, I realised. He'd become a human. His new appearance hadn't changed much. He was very tall, definitely taller than Ichigo. His eyes were a bright ocean blue, with tanned skin. Instead of having long fur, his hair was spiky. It would have probably come up to his chin if it was brushed down or straight. I noticed the same small silver rings across the top of his ear, as well as rings across his fingers. He wore a grey with dark ripped denim jeans. His high tops were black, and he wore chains around his waist with different coloured wristbands clad on each wrist. His muscles rippled through his shirt. I was so knocked away I hadn't noticed the ground had begun to rumble. He smirked and clicked his fingers, and the ground began to shake with even more ferocity. I was shook out of my daydream as his smirk grew wider,

"This is your test Kishiko. Your test to see if you can survive," though his smirk held mischief, his eyes held sadness. The wolves resting peacefully had took off at the sudden interruption, and a huge hole formed underneath me. Before I knew it, I was falling. The only thing I heard after that was the faint words of his voice speaking,

"I'm so sorry, don't die," All of a sudden, Urahara spoke,

"Ask your zanpakuto... its name!" I heard his voice faintly through into my world as the ground began to crumble. I felt like I was falling, but at the same time I was feeling nothing at all.

"My zanpakuto's name... is..." Then, everything went black.

"Were you my zanpakuto?" That man's figure was standing in front of me. He nodded, and spoke,

"You have more time. Ask me my name! Before it's too late!" he yelled, trying to encourage me. My throat felt sore, as if I'd been screaming out forever. All I wanted was to be back in the real world. Back to my normal life. But still, back with Ichigo. I couldn't feel anything. I couldn't feel my heartbeat. I couldn't feel my limbs. I couldn't feel anything. But I knew I was going to die if I didn't pull everything together,

"Wha...what is your name?" I seemed to be choking on my words. When no reply came, I sighed,

"I...I'm de-" Before I could finish my sentence, I was grabbed by the man who was my zanpakuto, and he caught me in a hug so tight it seemed like he would never let go. He whispered gently into my ear,

"My name, is..." as he softly whispered his name in my ear, a big white explosion filled my vision, and I was falling out of his arms, and soon landed into Ichigo's.

"Are you okay?" he asked. I stood up and took my Zanpakuto off my back, and took my first real look at it. The top of it was a sort of star shape, but as it got to the bottom, it turned into a blade, which, as I gave it a quick flick, fanned out into several blades. The black ribbon was still tied around it, but it seemed longer than last time. I smiled, and closed my eyes,

"Yeah, me and Kirilo are just fine."

TBC.

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Yayy, she found out her Zanpakuto name :3 Hope your just as happy for her as I am :P I know I've already described Kirilo once, but I left some things out :P Some Ichigo smut coming up soooon! So if you're not an Ichigo fan girl, tough luck! 'Cause me and Kishiko are! xD Sorry the preview for the next chapter isn't very good :P

In the next chapter...

"So, figured out how she got her powers yet?" Ichigo asked. Urahara nodded,

"Yes, but it's so strange. I haven't seen a case of this in 350 years," Ichigo raised an eyebrow,

"What is it?"