A/N: I wasn't really sure if what I explained in a part of this was something that occurred in the actual manga/anime or not, so I just made up an explanation, I based off from what I knew of physical manifestations of the blade, and of communication with a blade's spirit. My bad if I'm a little inaccurate. Try to enjoy it anyways, as this is my own little world and some details are probably going to be altered later on anyways.
I stared at him for a minute. He was going to force me to train, even after all of that? I scowled even though I knew it was probably a good idea; I did need to train, but now he could force me to train for any amount of time, if I wanted to get my body back. I wasn't in the mood to be dealing with this sort of thing, but I was going to have to do what he said, in order to get my body back again. The thing that annoyed me most that he went to the trouble to hide it, just to get me to train. He could've just asked me and I probably would've said yes, despite the annoyed mood I was in. It didn't matter now, he already had hid it.
"You didn't really have to do that. I would have trained anyways." I snapped at him.
"I figured you would say something like that, but I hid it anyways, just as an incentive." He said. "Also, if it seems like you aren't trying, then I won't give it back."
"That's stupid!" I shouted. "You're a lot stronger than me, so it won't seem like I'm trying to you!"
I had pulled my hand free from Ichigo's at that point, and had my arms folded, scowling. This was ridiculous. He had taken extreme lengths to make absolutely sure that I would train properly. Then something told me that now was a good time to tell them about the whole thing between Yoso and I. I didn't want Urahara to know, but it was for petty reasons, so I knew I'd have to tell him as well as Ichigo. But was now really the best time? Yoso was now pressing me to say something, I could feel the urgent need radiating from my blade, it was strong, and nearly overwhelming. Ichigo frowned, and his eyes fixed on my blade in its sheath. Urahara was looking at it as well.
"I can sense something coming very strongly off of your blade." Ichigo said.
So they couldn't identify what it was, but they could feel something. "She's being very…vocal. She taught me things, when I was fighting the Hollow. It was as if we were one person. It still feels like we are sometimes." I put my hand on Yoso's hilt and I felt her pleasure radiate through my body.
"That is interesting. My Hollow and Zangetsu were one person basically, because they were both my power. But it's as if you completely separated the Hollow and your blade's spirits completely and merged with her." Ichigo said, surprise on his face.
"I've heard of that very rarely occurring. That's just with normal Soul Reapers who don't have an awakened Hollow spirit. I know of communications with blade's spirits, where you can feel certain emotions coming from ones blade when the blades come in contact with each other, and normally you can only contact your blade's spirit while inside your mind, but what it sounds like, you've set it up, somehow, so she can communicate with you all the time, rather than when you want to speak to her, or if you were to say, physically manifest her. She has her own voice, that you can't really ignore. You've become one with your blade in a complete sense, which, when these rare occurrences happen, usually can only happen with a highly trained Soul Reaper of a captain's level." Urahara sounded awestruck. "Which means, even in your head, she can merge into your spirit, or separate, but is not a part of the Hollow in any way. Your blade has completely accepted you."
I stared at him for a long minute. I didn't even understand what he meant. So Yoso and I had combined our powers, or are we just like one being, that can separate in to two when necessity arises? I wasn't entirely sure what this meant for training, but I knew one thing for sure; it would be easier to suppress my inner Hollow. I felt joy, that was joined by Yoso's exultation. I realized that she had already known all this, she just was waiting for an outside explanation or for me to figure it out.
"This just means that your training can be more advanced." Ichigo said to me then looked at Urahara. "Right? Because her blade's spirit helped her in the fight against her Hollow, taught her?"
Urahara nodded. "Yes, that is what it means. It also means you could achieve Ban Kai pretty fast, since your blade's spirit is less…distrusting and more willing to teach you. It usually takes Soul Reapers a long long time to either learn why their blades won't give them some information, or finally become like one being in the complete sense with it. Most Soul Reapers don't even bother to achieve it, or just don't know about it." Then he started to the ladder. "Soul Society doesn't need to know about this either. Come, let's start training."
I was feeling a lot more confident now that I knew what Yoso and I's forged connection meant. What I didn't understand was, how we seemed to be so easily trusting of each other in the beginning, and more reliant on her teaching, rather than just taking her power and wielding a small portion. Yoso was telling me that's what most Soul Reapers did and that's why they never form a completed bond with them, enough for them to reach Ban Kai release in under ten years. Yoso already knew about how Ichigo achieved Ban Kai, although heaven knows how she learned that. Apparently he was actually really close to forming a complete bond with his Zanpakuto, which was why he was capable of achieving Ban Kai as fast as he did. All Zanpakuto wanted to form a bond with the one who wielded them, a complete one, but because of ignorance of the Zanpakuto soul's real purpose, although I didn't have much of an idea myself, I just was learning as I went, the Zanpakuto then chose to distance themselves, only allowing the bond to become strong enough to get them to fight alongside them, rather than totally relying on them to allow them to totally use their power. A lot barely got to fully understand their Zanpakuto, and therefore, that's why some of the Zanpakuto disliked their wielders, and didn't allow them to know some of their secrets.
This made me wonder, if Ichigo was close to this sort of bond with his, then why had he never reached it? I pondered this as I made my way down the ladder to start training.
