Hey Everyone! Sorry for the late post I was busier during spring break than I'd thought I would be. Anyway here you guys go!

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Akira followed behind Kenpachi and Ichigo while Kenpachi tried to convince Ichigo to fight him, again. Akira looked over to Maharet and saw that she was smiling softly at the two of them. From what Akira could tell Maharet looked that way for Kenpachi 'cause their old friends, but couldn't help but think that she looked at Ichigo that way because of other reasons. Good she deserves happiness, for once. Akira thought solemnly.

"What's the matter my daughter?" Akira jumped a little and looked over at Maharet's concerned face.

"Nothin'!" Akira said with a big grin. I don't want her to feel sad. I'll bring it up or one of us will, I think.

Maharet looked skeptical at first but just looked ahead and laughed as Kenpachi asked Ichigo to fight once again. They sure are good friends.

Soon they arrived at the 11th division and saw that most of the men were already drunk and fighting. Akira grinned at the chaos, "I like it already." Making Ichigo sweat drop at her comment.

Maharet grinned at her, "I knew you would."

"Hey Captain." Yumichika approached Kenpachi noticing Akira but not Maharet who was blocked by Kenpachi's large frame. "Is this the new visitor that will be staying with us?" He looked Akira up and down while her eye twitched from him staring, "She's alright looking."

"Eh?!" She stomped over to him and grabbed his collar, making the whole division look at them. "Whatcha say ya bastard!"

"Even the way you talk and act is ugly." Yumichika sighed, "What a disappointment."

"The fuck you say?!" Akira looked like she was gonna punch him till a hand grabbed her arm.

"Akira that's enough." Akira turned her head and saw Maharet giving her a look of slight disapproval. "But he said.."

"I know but that's not the appropriate way to handle it." After some twitching on Akira's part she let him go.

"I apologize, she tends to react violently to most things." She smile at Yumichika.

He looked at her and couldn't help but stare at her in awe. Now this one isn't ugly, not one bit.

"Though I have to ask you not to insult her so much, can you do that?" Maharet said with a slightly dark look on her face.

Yumichika gulped a little and nodded, not trusting his voice at the moment. Maharet grinned, "Good! I'm Maharet and this is my daughter Akira." She said now addressing the whole division.

Many of the men gave them both looks of disdain and desire. Akira sneered at them daring one of them to speak down to her.

"What's weak women doing in our division?" And there it was. Everyone turned to see that it was Ikkaku who said it.

"Huh?!" Akira looked livid and stomped over to him and Maharet didn't stop her. "Who you callin' weak bastard?!"

He scoffed at her, "Obviously you. All woman are weak."

"Hah! I beg to fuckin' differ! How bout we prove that right here right now you bastard!" Akira said knocking her forehead in his.

"Pfft, yea right with that weak amount of reiatsu you won't even last a second!" All the men in the division snickered at her.

Slowly a smirk crept onto Akira's face making some of them uneasy, "Then you should beat me easily right? Or you too much of a pussy to actually try?"

Everyone saw Ikkaku start to get mad as he drew out his sword, "Alright but you asked for it!"

He flew toward her and she easily dodged his attack, not drawing her sword making him growl. This continued a little until Ikkaku yelled, "You just gonna keep dodging or actually gonna fight me?!"

Akira looked at Maharet and Ichigo saw the silent exchange between them until Maharet smiled and nodded at Akira, "Show them what you're made of."

Akira grinned widely and saw Ikkaku charge at her while she drew her sword. After her whole sword was unsheathed everyone was hit by a massive wave of reiatsu. Everyone, including Ikkaku, looked at Akira in surprise as she just gave Ikkaku a toothy grin while knocking him back.

Before Ikkaku could even recover Akira was in front of him slashing her wavy sword diagonally at him. He was able to block her attack but grunted a little from the force of it. Where the hell did this come from?!

Ikkaku was able to knock Akira back a little but she disappeared from his sight. While he was trying to search for her, she reappeared in front of him and knocked his sword out of his hands, making it land ten feet behind her. Ikkaku was about to run his sword but she kicked him to the ground.

Akira straddled Ikkaku's hips and pointed her sword at his throat. He looked at her face and saw the blood thirsty look in her eyes and couldn't help but be slightly attracted to her, only slightly.

Akira leaned down and whispered into his ear making him shiver a little, "And that's not even all of my power."

Akira swiftly got up from him and sheathed her sword making her reiatsu disappear. She reached down and held out her hand to Ikkaku. He looked at her hand skeptically, "Oh come on I aint a sore winner, most the time."

Ikkaku took Akira's hand and she helped him up. He went to grab his sword while she was approached by Maharet, and most of the men in the division. Some patted her back while she cursed at them to leave her alone.

"Good job Akira." Maharet said getting Akira's and everyone else's attention. This statement made Akira blush a little and look away grumbling a little.

The men now approached Maharet and started to ask her well, lewd things. "So, wanna keep me company tonight?"

She smirked at all the men making them jump and blush, "I don't think you could keep up with me." That made all their faces turn redder as she sauntered away toward a laughing Kenpachi and stunned Ichigo.

Maharet looked at Ichigo's surprised face and he promptly closed his mouth coughing a little, "Good way to get them off your back."

She stared at him a little, "Well it's true." This made Kenpachi laugh harder and Ichigo blushed really hard.

Kenpachi slapped Maharet hard on her back but she didn't even flinch, "It sure will be even livelier with you two around!"

Maharet smirked at him a little, "If I didn't know any better I would think that's your way of saying you're glad to have me here Kenpachi."

"Heh like I would say that," and he added quietly so only she would hear, "out loud."

Maharet laughed a little at him and slapped his back hard making his eye twitch a little, "Well now that that's settled I need to speak with Ichigo alone if you guys don't mind." She grabbed Ichigo's hand and dragged him away from the division.

Akira and Kenpachi gave each other knowing looks then looked at their retreating backs. Things sure will get interesting around the whole Soul Society now.

Ichigo walked in step next to Maharet and noticed that they were still holding hands making him blush a little. God what's wrong with me?! I've blushed more in this day than my whole life. He was so into his thoughts that he didn't notice when they stopped in a meadow not far from the gates.

Maharet let go of Ichigo's hand and sat in the grass followed by Ichigo sitting in front of her. "I'm sure you're curious as to why I need to talk to you." Ichigo nodded his head at her and she let out a small sigh, "You see it's about Aizen. It's inevitable that you two are going to clash once again. Now I want to know how you feel on training with me?"

Ichigo's eyes widened in shock and tried to see if she was joking, "Are you serious? But why me?"

Maharet gave him a small smile that looked more like a grimace, "Like I said you two will clash and I'm not going to let you go in blind. I know Aizen's fighting style more than anyone."

Ichigo gave her a confused look, "How would you know better than anyone?"

Maharet looked at him for a while contemplating if she should tell him or not. He deserves to know. She closed her eyes and gave him a pained look, "What I'm about to tell you is something that must stay between you, me and my children alright?"

Ichigo nodded slowly unsure what she saw going to tell him, "I promise."

Maharet sighed loudly, "I've known about Aizen's deceit long before you guys did." Ichigo looked shocked and was going to say something when she held her hand up so she could continue, "I know, why didn't I stop him long before? Well you see my job is to protect the Soul Society from threats that the Gotei 13 can't get to in time but only ones that are a threat at the time. I wanted to tell Yamamoto or even kill Aizen before anything major happened but the Soul King forbade it. And I'm not sure you're aware of how much my life is in his hands. He can't easily replace me but if I ever went against his orders he would probably lock me up until I'm really needed again."

Maharet gave him a small smile when she saw his angry expression. "I know you're angry Ichigo but I know that there has to be a balance of good and evil in the Soul Society. Everywhere there is some sort of balance but it's not like the Soul Society can do it on its own. That's where the Soul King, the Gotei 13, and I come in. I have had numerous run-ins with Aizen and every time that I even thought of killing him I knew that it would have more consequences than rewards."

"But you could have just done it anyway, damn the balance or whatever, you had the chance and you should have taken it!" Ichigo said with a slightly raised voice.

He was about to say more until he saw Maharet's sad and pained expression. "You know before there was balance in the Soul Society it was even worse than it is now. Hollows ran ramped and everyone fought and starved because they all had no control of the amount of reiatsu given to them accidentally. The Soul King had to sacrifice one soul to save them all and that one person took in all the excess reiatsu and was sealed inside them by thirteen gold bracelets till all of it was needed. Though it's said that that person has slowly been giving back reiatsu, until the last bracelet is broken."

Ichigo looked a little shocked by the bedtime story and couldn't help but had to ask, "What happens to them when the last bracelet is broken."

Maharet looked in his eyes with a sad expression but looked away, "They'll die because even they will give up the last ounce of their reiatsu and slowly die. Thankfully getting your reiatsu drained is painful till the last second, when it feels like your falling asleep."

Ichigo swallowed and looked at her emotionless face, "Where are they now?"

Maharet smiled softly into the distance, "Hopefully living a happy and full life. They won't be needed for a while but I'm not sure when that will be."

"Why did the Soul King do that? That person gets to die for everyone else?" Ichigo furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"Well it's like everyone says 'one life to save a thousand'. If you really had the choice would you die for the ones you love?" Maharet said while looking away in his eyes.

Ichigo didn't have to think about it, "Of course I would."

"See? I'm sure that's exactly how that person feels." Maharet said with a small smile, "So will you train with me? I can't guarantee that my training will help you win automatically but you would have a chance."

Ichigo sighed and looked at Maharet who was patiently waiting for his answer, "Ok."

She smiled brightly at him and got up with him following suit, "Great! We can start tomorrow." She grabbed his hand and led him back to the division. "You'll stay here so you won't have to travel back and forth between Karakura town and here."

"Are you sure Kenpachi will be ok with that?" Ichigo asked worriedly.

Maharet laughed a little, "Don't worry I'm very persuasive. Either way I'm sure Kenpachi will love the opportunity to train with you."

Ichigo shivered a little at the thought, "Oh joy."

Maharet giggled a little at him, "Don't worry I won't make you fight him, till you're ready that is."

Ichigo looked at her curiously as they made it back to the division, "I was wondering. How do you and Kenpachi know each other?"

Maharet had a small smile on her face like she was recalling a good memory, "It's actually quite a long story and it's late so next time I'll tell you."

Maharet was wishing him good night as they separated to their rooms that was on a note on the gate when they got back. Ichigo had a sudden thought and called out to her making her look back at him, "Was that story fake you know about the person who holds all the reiatsu?"

Maharet looked shocked but gave him a sad smile and spoke so quietly that he thought he didn't hear her right, "If only." But before he could ask anything else she walked away.

Maharet made it to her room and slowly slide to the ground when she got inside. She lifted up her left sleeve and looked at the three bracelets on her wrist that used to hold thirteen bracelets. A single tear slowly slide down her emotionless face. "I wish it was all just a bedtime story Ichigo, I really do."

Say what!? I know I just gave up a big secret of Maharet's pretty quickly but their is more to it and for plot reasons.

I just want to clarify that before any of the big fights and Orihime's rescue the time lapse will be much longer once again for plot reasons.

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