Here is the next chapter, took a little longer to write I have been really busy. I'll talk a little more about that at the end. Thanks to everyone that has read, followed, favorited and reviewed this story. That lets me know there are people out there that are enjoying this and makes me want to keep writing it. Now onto the story before you get to bored of my talking.
Miquel's Speech - Wrote the same way as Ichigo talking to himself
I wonder what kind of business we will be discussing today, I doubt that they already know how they want to kill him. Maybe it is more to get us up to speed on what is going on, I don't know. "It is very nice of you two to join us, I was wondering if you would show up or not. Maybe you two were busy with other activates, if so do tell." Oh god Gin why do you always have to be see weird, hopefully Nel didn't get it and everyone drops it.
I took a quick look over at Nel and her face was bright red, damn she did get it. She started waving her arms and saying, "No, no we weren't doing anything like that. We were just talking with Aizen about something, we didn't do anything else." The whole time her face kept the dark red tint on it and Gin was laughing like crazy, he almost fell off of the coach which would have made me laugh.
"Don't worry about what Gin says Nel we all know you weren't doing anything like that, even if you were it isn't our place to know or judge you." I'm glad Stark understands, he can be silly at times but when it comes to something really embarrassing he normally gets serious. "Now that you are here we really should get this started, Tosen would you like to start." Tosen nodded to what Stark said and got up.
"First it is nice to know that you two are on our side, I can't tell you to much about why Gin and I are going against him. You will understand in time though, hopefully it won't change your opinion of us. Also I'm sorry to say this so soon but it is the truth. Ichigo you will have to be the one to kill Aizen, none of us are strong enough to beat him in a fight. So it will be up to you to take him down, you are definitely strong enough to do so."
I guess that does make sense, Aizen is support to be very stung. I don't know how strong but if Stark isn't enough to beat him than he will be a strong opponent. "I don't have a problem with being the one to fight him, I just want all of your words that you will do everything to keep people out of it. I don't want anyone else getting hurt because of it, if you will do that for me than I will fight for you." That would be the last thing I want, someone getting hurt because of a fight they aren't even a part of.
Harribel was the first to respond to what I said, "We will keep everyone we can away from the battle, you won't have to worry about anything but the fight. We will also make sure that Nel is fine during the fight, I'm sure you would like her to be watched over while you cannot."
"Thank you very much Harribel that would be very nice, I would want someone to watch over her while I cannot. Probably two people actually, I would feel it least a little better about it that way." Harribel just nodded to what I said, Ulquiorra stood up and got ready to speak.
"Now that we have that taken care of we should probably discuss the future, like who will be the new leader, what we will be doing, and what will happen to our relationship with Soul Society. I would like to star with who our new leader would be, I think that it should be Ichigo." I guess he was serious after all, I thought he was just saying that to make me feel better or something.
Stark answered first, "I think he would be the best choice to become the new leader as well, he is more than fit. He is the strongest being here and he treats everyone fair and equal, he would become a nice leader."
"I would have to agree with you Stark, Ichigo is a very fair person. He would receive my vote as well." This came from Aaroniero which some what surprised me, it is weird having people say things like that about you. It is even weirder coming from someone that you don't know all that well. I wonder what everyone else's thoughts are.
It didn't take Gin long to answer my question, "Yes Ichigo would make a good leader for many different reasns. He is a far and good man unlike Aizen, I'm sure that most everyone would be willing to follow him. Next he is very strong this will make enemies think twice before attacking you, if anyone knows about his strength they would be weary. Lastly and this is the most important in my opinion he already has a queen, well she will officially be his queen shortly."
Again why does he always have to say things like that, I guess he is right about it though. "Oh so you two are going to go through with the reishi connection after all, that is nice to hear."
"Thank you Harribel we are planning on doing it sometime tomorrow actually, I would like to thank you for all of your help on the topic." She just nodded back which I took as an exception of my thanks.
"I would have to agree with what you said Gin, Ichigo you would be the best choice. I hope that you would accept the offer when the time comes." It sounds like Tosen thinks I'm going to be the leader no matter what, there are others that might not want me to be. I wonder if I really am the best choice, I would think Stark or Ulquiorra would be better choices. They are both strong and willing to do whatever is necessary, Stark is a little lazy and Ulquiorra is a bit quite. I'm not the most energetic person either and I'm normally even more quite than Ulquiorra so I guess that isn't why they weren't picked.
"I won't agree to being the leader yet, there is still a lot of things we would need to do first. So what was it you were going to say about our future plans and our relations with Soul Society."
"Oh yes Ichigo thanks for reminding me, I was thinking that we should come up with plans for after all of this happens. That can wait though first we should discuss what we should do with Aizen and anyone who is still going to follow him." Know we are getting into what I was expecting, maybe this will go better than the last topic.
"We are going to kill him of course and anyone who is still going to follow him should die to." There is the Grimmjow I know, he has been acting a lot more reserved but he still has that murderous side.
"Grimmjow that is the basic plan but we need to discuss how we will do it, also when and where." Harribel yet again brings us back to topic, I'm glad someone else is willing to do it. I'm not really sure when or where we will though, any ideas Miquel. It will most likely be in front of the shinigami that way they know we did it, if anything they will be willing to accept us in a way afterwards. That makes the most sense to me, we get rid of Aizen and can help our connection with Soul Society.
That does make sense Miquel if we don't do it around the shinigami they won't believe that he is actually killed. "We should probably take him out around the shinigami, it would make the most sense. It should get them off our backs and might help with our connections with them."
"That is a really good idea Ichigo, it definitely could help with our relationship with them while getting rid of Aizen. I think that we should definitely find a way to do it in front of them." I'm surprised Stark is agreeing with so much of what I'm saying.
"Yes that could work very well I say we should go with that for now, we should get onto the last topic. I'm wondering what are your thoughts on anyone that is still going to be loyal to him. If we are lucky most of them will die to the shinigami, if not we will have to kill them to." Gin keep surprising me he can be serious if he tries.
"Gin that sounds good to me, however it is getting late and I would like to get some sleep. This should be enough for tonight, I'm glad that everyone came and we can pick this up in a couple of days. Now if you would all excuse me I must get back to my palace for some rest." Jeez Stark takes his sleep over everything, I wonder how he can sleep so much though. I was getting ready to ask him but he was gone in a buzz of sonido before I could. Maybe next time I see him I can ask him.
"Well now that Stark is gone I guess we should go ahead and finish up with this meeting, It was nice to have all of you here for this. Ichigo and Nel hopefully they next meeting will be able to give you two some more information, if there is something you would like to know before that just ask." With that Ulquiorra started walking up his stairs probably to his room. So now this meeting really is over huh.
"I guess the meeting is over huh, well Nel and I should get going too. We will see you guys tomorrow Aizen did want us to meet in the morning, the training starts tomorrow as well." I received nods from everyone and a complement from Gin.
"I understand that you would want to get home as soon as possible, it gives you more time for your night time activates with Nel." Oh my god why does he never shut the hell up about that stuff. I looked over at Nel and she was reacting in a similar way, even though I might be thinking about it sometimes. I'm never going to admit to it but it is still a bit embarrassing.
"Gin stop pestering them their lives are none of your concern, so don't go messing with them." Tosen is such a life saver, I'm glad he is willing to shut him up for me.
"Thanks for the help Tosen, we should be going though. We will see you guys tomorrow, hopefully whatever Aizen has planned won't be too crazy." I received some more nods and no comments from Gin which was nice and Nel and I sonidod towards our palace. When we got there we headed straight to our room, today has been a little nuts and I'm beat.
"Ichigo do you want to become the new leader, it seems like everyone is wanting you to be."
"I'm not sure Nel I might it just depends on what happens, if you would be willing to stick with me through it than I would do it." Nel just ran up behind me and gave pulled me into a tight hug while resting he head on my shoulder.
"Of course I would stick with you Ichigo, nothing would make me leave your side. We have been together through a lot and I don't want to have to face things without you." Well that is really nice to hear.
"I'm going to stick with you through anything to Nel, my life has become what it is because of you. I couldn't imagine my life without you any more, you make my life what it is." We shared a moment just to let everything set in, after a couple of second I turned around to face her and pulled off my hood. "Nel I'm always going to be here for you, I love you more than anything else in the world." I leaned in and locked my lips on hers, it feels exactly like the first time we kissed. Her lips are nice and soft and taste fruity, she quickly started putting her own passion into it.
We stood there locked in the kiss for a while, we pulled apart both gasping for breath. "Thank you Ichigo it means more than you imagine to hear that from you, I love you to."
"We should probably head to bed Nel it is getting late and we have to get up kind of early tomorrow."
"Yeah we probably should, let's go." She grabbed my hand and pulled me straight over to the bed, she jumped on and pulled me on to. Now I'm laying right on my back and Nel is resting her head on my chest. "I'm glad that you helped me that day Ichigo, you didn't have to do anything but you jumped right in to help me. Than once you saved me you didn't just devour me, we became partners and then friends. Now we are more than I ever thought we could be, so many things have changed but some things are the exact same. I still see you as my best friend and part of me sees you as my protector, I know how funny that sounds huh."
"No it doesn't sound funny Nel I see myself as a protector over you, I'm also glad that I did what I did. If I didn't I wouldn't be happy like I am now, I also wouldn't have you that is the most important part for me." She smiled and snuggled deeper into my chest.
"Good night Ichigo."
"Good night Nel." Once I said that I let myself slip into sleep, it is going to be a good night's sleep. I didn't really dream but that didn't matter to me, normally dreams aren't that nice for me. I finally started to wake up, I started to open my eyes and shut them right away. The light is way too bright in the morning. I noticed that Nel was still cuddling up to my chest just like last night, she was still asleep and he mouth was open a little bit.
"Hey Nel it's time to get up." I started to shack her should a little bit.
"Uh. Itsygo I don't wanna... get up." Now she is talking in her sleep she just gets even cuter.
"Istygo please.. I want to do this." Now what is she talking about, I wonder what she is dreaming about. "
"Come on Nel you need to get up, we will miss the meeting if we don't get ready." Now she started to open her eyes and looked up at me.
"Okay Ichigo but you have to promise me something first." She went from the soft quite voice to her serious tone. I wonder if this has anything to do with her dream.
"Okay Nel what is it that you want me to promise to."
"Only do it when I say I'm ready okay, just promise me that." What in the world does that mean, when she is ready for what. What are we suppost to do that we need to be ready for, I don't remember getting a mission from Aizen or anything.
"I promise Nel I'll only do whatever it is when you say you're ready okay."
"What you don't know what I'm talking about. Oh man this is embarrassing." She started blushing right away and looked away from me, how is it embarrassing?
"I don't know what you where meaning Nel just let me know what it is when you are ready to." I reached out and turned her head to look at me and her blush was calming down but it was still very noticeable.
"Okay Ichigo I'll let you know what I was talking about when I'm ready to do it okay." She gave me a small smile than leaned in and gave me a small kiss, I could get used to that.
"Lets get ready Nel we have some important stuff to do today, including the rieshi connection."
"Oh yeah we are doing that today, I can't wait to do that." I'm glad she is really wanting to make this connection.
"Let's get ready Nel." It only took a little while to get ready, Nel showered first while I got all of my stuff ready. After we both showered and got ready we headed out to the espada meeting. We arrived fairly early the only other person there was Ulquiorra.
"It is nice to see you two here this early, normally I have to wait for others to arrive for a long time." I guess he is always early to these meetings, well it gives us a chance to talk.
"Yeah we got ready quick this morning, have a lot of stuff to do today."
"Yes we have this meeting and then the training that Aizen has planned. Are you two also doing your reishi connection today." I looked over at Nel and she got a big smile on her face.
"Yeah Ichigo and I are doing that today after the training, it should be really fun."
"That is nice to hear I hope it goes well for the two of you. I have never seen anyone go through the process before so please do inform me of how it goes."
"Thanks for your support Ulquiorra and we will let you know what happens, I'm really excited to be able to do it." We sat and talked with Ulquiorra for a while before anyone else arrived, first was Harribel and Stark. We all talked about the training, who we think is going to be going against who and what the twists Aizen said he has planned are.
After about an hour everyone had arrived and Aizen got the meeting started. "It is nice to have all of you here, today we are going to begin the training. Before that I would like to start with some information about two new missions. One will be to Soul Society and the other is the mission to the Menos Forest, I have already given some information on that one. Ulquiorra, Harribel, Nel and Ichigo you four will be going to the Menos Forest and look for any hollows worthy of joining my army. You will be leaving tomorrow afternoon so be ready."
"Next is the mission to Soul Society, Ichigo you will be the only one going on this mission. I will be in a few days, I haven't decided the exact date yet but I will give you some time after the Menos mission before I send you. I need you to retrieve a few things from my old division and from the 1st division for me. I will give you more information later, now lets get to the training. Today will be interesting. Stark, Ulquiorra and Harribel will be facing off against Ichigo. Everyone has to attend these training sessions, so if you will all follow me please."
He quickly left the room using flash step, I guess we should follow him. "Come on Nel lets get going." We both stood up and I grabbed her hand than disappeared in a buzz of sonido. We finally made it to where we were going, now we are all standing above the dome of Las Noches. This is apparently the best place to do this fighting, it least we can't really destroy anything important. The only things up here are tall towers made of the same material as Las Noches.
"Glade no one got lost on their way, with everyone here we will get started. Everyone that isn't training today please go to the top of that tower, it will give us a nice view and keep us out of the way." Again he disappeared in flash step, followed by everyone else but Nel.
"Just don't go to crazy Ichigo and don't get hurt either. I don't want to have to hit you or worry about you."
"Come on Nel I'm not going to do anything to seriously hurt any of them and I'm definitely not going to get hurt too bad. You don't have to worry Nel it is just training." I pulled her closer and gave her a quick kiss. "Now you should get up there before we start." She gave me a quick smile and sonidod up towards the tower.
"Man Ichigo I didn't know you two where getting so intimate have you guys done it yet, no probably not saving it for after your connection huh." Jeez why does Stark have to be such a pervert sometimes, he can almost be as bad as Gin.
"I don't know how to answer that Stark, honestly I have no idea."
"You don't have to worry about answering him Ichigo just ignore him. If you aren't comfortable talking about it don't."
"Yeah your right Harribel, sorry Stark but I'm not going to talk about it anymore."
"Now that we are done with that conversation should we start with the training. I'm sure that most of our spectators are waiting." Good things Ulquiorra is paying attention to that, we might have sat here and talked for a while longer.
"Yeah lets get this started, I'm looking forward to see how strong all of you are." For the most part that is true, I have a good idea of how strong all of them are already. I just don't know their fighting styles, that is just as important as their strength. A good fighting style can win against someone with more strength but not as much experience or skill.
"They only rules I have are do not kill each other, Ulquiorra, Stark and Harribel you are on a team so no attacking each other. Lastly you may all release but please refrain from doing so as long as possible. Now you may begin." Aizen had to yell for us to hear that but we got it. Now I can finally get a feel for their strengths and weaknesses.
"So are you guys ready to get this started."
"I think that we all are, lets get this started everyone." Stark drew his sword and sonidod right in front of me. I had more than enough time to draw one of my swords and block though. I was winning the fight of strength so he sonidod back to everyone else. "You are stronger than I originally thought Ichigo, now lets see how you do against something else."
He lifted his left hand and started to charge a cero at the point of his index finger (I know he charges it on his chin in canon but I think that is a bit to weird), the light blue cero only took a couple of second to get to size. He yelled out, "Cero" the energy of it came at me right away. Should I block or dodge, what're your thoughts Miquel. You should do nothing, show them how strong you really are Ichigo.
I guess I can do that, wonder how much damage it will actually do. The cero hit me dead in the chest and made a huge explosion, it kicked up a lot of dust in its wake. I could here a couple of yells from the group watching probably some happy I might have died, and Nel probably a little worried. The smoke and dust cleared up after a couple of seconds and I looked down at myself.
"Well Stark that sure was impressive but not good enough, you need to try harder next time." I could see the surprised look on his face even from that far away, I would be surprised to. I didn't take any damage. The only part of my clothes that were damaged was the end of my cloak, it received so small cuts and tears. If anything it added to my look so I don't really care.
"Now it's my turn Stark, you should probably dodge or block mine though." I held out my left hand and started to gather reishi at the end of my index finger, the black ball of my cero started to form instantly. I only made it about the size of a golf ball, I don't want to really hurt any of them. Then I let it fire, it was double the size of Stark's and solid black. Stark, Harribel, and Ulquiorra all sonidod away from where they were standing, to get clear from the blast.
It was probably the best that they did dodge, once the cero connected with one of the big stone towers it exploded. The explosion was a couple of hundred feet high and sent a shock wave out towards us, the wind blew my clothes and tore my hood off. Well that was a lot bigger than I thought it would be, I guess it's good I never fired one off before now.
I noticed them sonidoing towards me and stopped about twenty feet in front of me Stark started yelling right away. "Are you trying to kill us or something Ichigo, that was massive it could have done a lot of damage." I think he might be overreacting a little bit there. Ichigo your ceros' are very strong compared to everyone else's, it's because of your huge amounts of reishi that they don't have. Maybe he wasn't overreacting than, I didn't really think it was that much stronger than his was.
"I'm sorry about that guys, I tried to make it as small as I could. I guess I have to work on it a bit huh."
"You were actually holding back Ichigo, that is very impressive but we should be getting back to the fight. Let us all continue were we left off." I wonder how Ulquiorra always stays on the task at hand. Before I could say anything else he sonidod next to me and sent a slash at my chest, I jumped backwards and was able to dodge but only just. I didn't expect him to attack so suddenly, going to have to make sure to stay focused.
I jumped back at him with my sword cocked back ready to strike, I brought it forward but was blocked by Harriebl's blade. Now everyone is getting into this, going to have to keep my Pesquisa up. I was blade locked with Harribel for a couple of seconds before I sensed Stark coming at my left, I sonidod behind him as quick as I could. I delivered a downward struck on his back, it wasn't very deep but it went from his left shoulder to his mid back.
The wound started to heal right away, I know his regeneration is good but not as good as mine and Ulquiorra's. He turned around and we meet blades, "You surprised me there Ichigo, didn't expect for you to react that quickly."
"Don't worry Stark I can start trying harder if you wish." His smile dropped and he took up a serious face.
"Than I should get serious as well, LILYNETTE GET OVER HERE." He jumped back away from me and Lilynette appeared next to him. he placed his left hand on her head and a pillar of blue reishi shot up around her. After a second she disappeared, I'm not really sure how that happened. "Kick About Los Lobos." Once he said that the same blue reishi shout out of him into the air, it busted out into a cloud around him. It cleared out in a couple of seconds revealing Stark in his release state.
He's wearing the same shirt just with some buttons now, his pants are now black with white fur on the calves. Around his waist is a sash made from the same fur, he is also wearing an overcoat. It is also white with fur on the forearms and a big collar made of it to. His left eye is now covered in an eye patch, the center black with the trim white. Lastly his sword is now replaced with two pistols, I'm still wondering what the hell happened to Lilynette.
"So what do you think Ichigo, this should kick our fight up a notch. Are you ready to go Lilynette." Did he absorb her or something.
All of a sudden his guns started talking, "Of course I am dumb ass stop standing there and get to work." Okay that is definitely Lilynette but how. Stark either noticed I was confused or was going to say it anyways.
"Lilynette and I are connected when we are in this form, she becomes my pistols." That is kind of cool if I'm being honest. "Now lets get the real fight started." He pointed both of his pistols at me and ceros' started to form at the end of the barrels. They grew to double the size of his old cero, "Cero Oscuras." Okay this is going to hurt.
I brought my sword up to block as much damage as I could from the ceros', they both crashed into at full force. The strength behind them was crazy, I'm going to end up losing this if I don't do something's. I guess I'll just have to give that a try huh. That might not be the smartest thing to do Ichigo, you have only tried it a couple of times and only accomplished it once. This is a perfect time to give it more practice Miquel, don't worry I know how to do it know.
I started to charge up a cero in my right hand, instead of firing it I sent the energy into my blade. The energy souronded my blade and almost looked like black flames. This was enough to break through his two cero oscuras's. I sliced through the two of them and they went flying off into the distance. See Miquel I told you it would work, that wasn't even the most dangerous thing I have been practicing. Don't remind me, your inner world was a wreck for a while after your "practicing."
"What did you do now Ichigo, I figured I had you with that last attack."
"Nothing all that interesting Stark, just trying out some of the things I have practiced is all." So should I attack him from close range or from a distance, his pistols give him a bit of an advantage at a range. Let's go for distance than, I started to charge up another cero in my left hand. "Now lets see how your ceros' compare to mine Stark." I could see him charging up two of his own ceros' and we both fired them off at the same time.
They meet in a huge explosion, this one was really huge. I could feel the ground starting to shack from the pressure, not long after a couple of the closer towers started to collapse. Oh that was awesome, glade it didn't blow me over. "Are you alright over there Stark." All I got for a reply was coughing, it least he is alive. The smoke started to clear and I could see him crouching on the ground, his resurrection dropped and Lilynette laying next to him.
I guess this is over than, I should see if he is really okay though. While walking over to him Ulquoirra and Harribel sonidod next to me, I forgot that they were even a part of this fight. "Well Ichigo that was a very interesting fight, I had no idea you could beat Stark in his release so easily. I'm actually somewhat glade I didn't participate after Stark got into it, I would have fared a lot worse than him."
"Harribel you are stronger than you let on, I'm sure you would have done fine fighting against me. Ulquiorra why didn't you join in though."
"You two seemed to enjoy you battle very much and I didn't want to interrupt it. I'm sure we can fight sometime if that is what you want Ichigo."
"I don't know Ulquiorra, I don't mind fighting all that much but when it's against friends I don't like going all out. I just let myself get to into it with Stark, I wasn't planning on using the ability I did."
"Speaking of which what was that Ichigo it reminds my somewhat of my Ola Azul but you store the energy in the blade instead of releasing it." Maybe it is similar, now I want to see this attack of hers.
"It probably is similar Harribel, I do it by forming a cero in the palm the hand I'm holding my sword in. Once it gets strong enough I shift the power into my blade, after that I just have to control its energy."
"That is similar to the way my attack works Ichigo, yours definitely is stronger than mine since it is the power of your cero in the blade. You should practice with it to try and release it as an attack." That is something I will probably try.
"We should really check out Stark, and Harribel I'm going to start practicing that." I turned over to where Stark was and now he was laying on his back, Lilynette was sitting down close to him talking with him. Once we got close enough I could hear what she was saying.
"Stark you are a dumbass why did you make the fight between just you and Ichigo, there is no way you could have won against him. Even with all three of you in your resurrections, I don't think Ichigo would lose if he released to."
"I know I couldn't win Lilynette that wasn't the point." What was it than?
"Hey Stark how are you doing, hopefully not too bad. I didn't mean for you to get hurt that bad." I startled him a bit because he jumped slightly.
"Don't worry Ichigo I learned what I wanted to so don't worry, sorry about taking it so serious by the way."
"Don't worry about it Stark, I took it way to serious too." Before we could say anything else everyone that was watching our fight sonidod over to us. I noticed Aizen with a small smile on his face, and Nel who looked a bit worried. I locked eyes with her and could see she was feeling a little hurt, probably from when I was hit with the ceros'.
"That was a nice performance everyone, Stark and Ichigo you both surprised me greatly. That is the only fight that I had planned for today so you are all dismissed. It didn't take a second for a lot of people to leave. Aizen, Ulquiorra, Stark, Lilynette, Nel and myself were the only ones left. "Ichigo and Nel I will be ready for you in about ten minutes or so. Just come to the meeting room." With that he left.
"Well I guess Nel and I should get going to, we'll talk with you guys soon. Are you ready to go Nel." I looked over and she gave me a nod, we both took off in a buzz of sonido. We made it to the hallway the meeting room is in.
"You really made me worry Ichigo, don't do that to me again okay." Now she looks like she could start crying, man I hope I don't mess this up.
"I'm sorry Nel I didn't even think about what you might be thinking until after I already did everything, I shouldn't have just thrown myself out there like I did even if I didn't get hurt I made you worry. Seeing you upset and sad like this is even worse than getting hurt in a fight, I won't let myself do that kind of stuff again okay."
"Okay Ichigo, thank you." I wrapped her up in a big hug and we just enjoyed ourselves for a couple of seconds. "I love you Ichigo, please just don't do anything to dangerous okay." Oh man now she is going to make me start getting emotional.
"I love you to Nel and I won't do anything dangerous unless it is for you, that is a promise." We locked eyes again, I leaned in and gave her a kiss. She started to add some more force to it and we started to get carried away, I ended up with my arms around her waist and hers where around my neck. I heard someone laughing quietly and we broke apart, looking to my left I say Gin standing there smiling.
"Oh now why did you stop, who knows where that could have lead. Young love is really funny to watch at times, you try to control yourselves in public but you let loose when your by yourselves." What we don't let loose, this is the craziest thing that we have ever really done. It was only because of what we were talking about and I let my emotions take control for a second.
"Gin Ichigo and I don't let loose when we are by ourselves, it was just the heat of the moment."
"Of course I understand, just don't deny it to yourselves okay." He just walked past us and headed down the hall after that.
"It was really nice though Ichigo, I don't think it really was the heat of the moment but he would have gotten really nuts if I said what I really thought. I think that our relationship is starting to become stronger and we aren't as embarrassed about it either."
"Yeah I think your right Nel and it's only going to get stronger. Lets go we should meet up with Aizen before it gets too much later." After getting to the meeting room we found it empty, Aizen wasn't anywhere to be seen. On the end of the table was a metal sphere, about the size of a soccer ball. That must be what we are using to transfer our reishi's.
I heard someone walk in and I looked over to the side door and Aizen was walking in. "Glade you two made it in time, we can start in a minute I just have a couple more things to prepare. Go ahead and sit down for the moment." We went over to our normal seats and sat down.
"So what exactly are we going to have to do Aizen."
"Not too much, Nel will pour some of her reishi into this device." He pointed over to the metal sphere on the table. "Once she has put enough into it, you will take hold of it and her reishi will be forced into you. This is where the real important part takes place, your reishi will fight hers off at first. This will cause you pain, how much exactly I couldn't say, just be prepared for outstanding pain okay. You will have to calm your reishi down, once it calms down Nel's will start to mix into yours. You will than put your new reishi into the machine and Nel will take it in."
"Okay I can deal with any pain that comes from this but what about Nel, is it going to be really bad for her."
"No you don't have to worry, the reishi she will be taking in already has hers traced in it. Because of this her reishi won't fight it off that much, if anything she will only have some mild discomfort." That is a relief I don't want Nel to have to be the one that gets hurt during this, it is too important to her so I want it to go smoothly for her.
"Okay than I think we are ready whenever you are." I gave a glance over to Nel and she still had a small smile on her face, I'm so glad she is excited for this. Seeing her like this is nice, hopefully she will start smiling more and more after we do this.
"Okay Nel would you please pick up the machine and start pouring your reishi into it."
I leaned over to her and whispered, "We are finally doing this Nel, let's make sure it goes good." She gave me a big smile and walked over to the sphere, picking it up and brought reishi into her hands. Her reishi started to be sucked into the sphere, it kept gathering up her reishi for a minute. It eventually cut off from her reishi so she stopped pouring it out, "That appears to be enough Nel would you please hand it to Ichigo."
I got up and walked over to her and she handed it to me, "Thanks Nel, I know you are worrying about me. You don't have to I have already told you I want to do this and right now I'm wanting to even more than before."
"Okay Ichigo, I love you."
"I love you to Nel." I looked over to where Aizen was and waited for him to tell me what I had to do.
"Now Ichigo I'm going to press a button on this machine, small spikes will shoot out of the ball and some will pierce your hands. Reishi will start to pour out of these spikes whatever happens don't let go of it, if you do we will have to start over." Okay that doesn't sound too bad, should have known something would happen to it I can't just absorb her reishi. Aizen walked over and pushed on a small spot on the sphere, I felt the spikes shoot out and into my hands. About fifteen in all shoot into my hands.
I started to feel small amounts of reishi pouring into my hands and up my arms, it started to burn like crazy. It got to the point where it felt like my arms where rotting or eating themselves, the pain became too much and I feel down onto a knee. "Ichigo are you okay."
"Yeah... Nel, don't ...worry." That won't calm her down I know it, if I was okay I would be able to stand up. How much worse is this going to get, I really wish I didn't ask that. The pain stretched down to my chest and let out a big gasp, it feels like my lungs are being crushed. The pain just got worse and I started to feel sharp pains around my body, probably where my reishi is battling against hers the most.
Why won't my reishi just calm down. "Ichigo you need to calm yourself and concentrate on calming down your reishi flow. If you don't the fight between the two reishi's will end up killing you." Oh crap, okay I can do this it's just calming my reishi flow. I have done this tons of times, just breath. Just stay calm Ichigo, clear your mind. Okay, I started to let in and out slow deep breaths. I could feel the pain start to recede, it's working just keep breathing.
The pain is almost gone now, it seems like it is mostly just the aftershock. I did it, oh man I'm so glade that over. "Oh Ichigo your okay thank goodness."
"Yeah I'm okay.. Nel just kind of shaken up." Aizen walked over to me and hit the area he did before and the spikes went back into the sphere.
"Okay Ichigo now just put some of your reishi into it, once there is enough it will stop absorbing it." I gave him a small nod and started pouring reishi into my hands, the sphere quickly absorbed it. It only took a couple of seconds for it to stop and I cut the flow of reishi.
"Good now if you would please give it to Nel. Nel you just have to do what Ichigo did, don't worry though it won't be anywhere near as painful."
"Here you go Nel, the spikes surprised me a bit they don't hurt too much just try and ignore them." She gave me a small nod and a smile, I handed it to her and Aizen hit the button again. The spikes shot out and I could sense reishi flowing out of it, it didn't feel like my old reishi though. Know that I think about it my own reishi feels different, not really any stronger but different almost like it is more whole. I can also sense Nel without even trying now, I just can sense her. I know where she is and I can sense how much reishi she has perfectly. I guess that is one of the benefits of doing this.
The reishi started to be pushed into her and I could tell a change in her reishi. It became bigger, she now has a s much if not more than Baraggan. The cool thing is it feels exactly like mine does, no real difference. Our new reishi is big and heavy like mine but at the same time light like hers used to be, that the only real way to describe it. Aizen turned off the machine and took it from Nel than put it back on the table.
"Nice work both of you, now all you have to do is connect one of your hands with the others, once you are doing this pour reishi into that hand. This is the final step and will complete the connection, there might be some pain that is from the mark forming." Oh yeah I forgot about that, a mark based on our new reishi forming on our hands.
"Are you ready to do this Nel."
"Of course Ichigo get over here." It's hard not to laugh when she is trying to be serious but her playful attitude is in control. I walked over to her and we connected hands my right and her left, we both started to pour reishi into our hands and they were covered in a small cloud of it. It was my normal black reishi but in it were several traces of Nel's, I think it looks cool. Aizen was right about some pain it wasn't anywhere near as bad as before it almost felt like putting your hand in hot water.
This only lasted for a couple of seconds and we stopped our reishi flow, I looked down at our hands and sure enough there was a brand new mark on each of ours. They looked very much tribal in design, it looked like one of my swrods strapped to hers. It stretches from the middle of our hands down a couple of inches past our wrists, it had a similar affect as our reishi it was black but traces of purple in it. It also looked pretty cool.
"It appears to have worked, I'm glad it went well could I please see what your marks shape is." Aizen walked over and I showed him my hand and he got a slight smile. "I should have known it would be something like that, the sword design most likely symbols protection and strength. I'm sure that this symbol was chosen because of your relationship beforehand. Now I must get going I hope you two like this new change." With that Aizen left and took the machine with him, now what are we going to do.
"It actually worked Ichigo it feels great, I can sense you without even trying and it feels like you are always right there." She ran up and wrapped my in a huge hug. "Thank you so much Ichigo this means everything to me, I love you so much."
"I love you more than anything in the world Nel I would do anything for you, I'm glad you're as happy as I am." I could hear Nel start to cry a little bit and she pushed deeper into my chest.
"Thank you." I could barely make out what she said but I'm glad I heard it.
"Your welcome Nel, I'm always going to be here for you."
Okay another chapter done for you guys, hope it was interesting. A lot of plot development happened in this one. The fight was going to be more of the three on one at first but I got an idea in my head I liked and went for it. Okay now on the reishi connection it didn't make Ichigo any stronger because he already is bad ass. It did make Nel slightly stronger, it won't play too much into the story but I figured it made sense to do it. Their new reishi is black with traces of purple in it, and the mark is the same way. I have some things planned for the mark so it is actually going to be a bit important. Lastly I'm not sure about my update schedule at the moment, I'm trying to get them out every week but it's getting harder to do so. One will be out every week to two weeks though they just might lean more so to the two week deadline. Thanks to everyone that has read, let me know how it is and if you would like to see anything in the story. I also came up with a new idea for my next story, it will also be a Bleach story with Ichigo as main character. I'll give some information about it in later chapters, I only have the basic idea of what I want to do with it anyway.
Next chapter is going to be mostly a suprise, I don't want to spoil anything that is going to happen. Bye for now guys.