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This is a shorter chapter, pushing the story forth a little bit.

Its a bit rushed but I seriously wanted to get the story rolling.

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Chapter 6

Ichigo let the hot water from the shower warm up his body. Parts of him were still covered in Ice. He reached for the shampoo on the shelf in front of him grimacing slightly feeling the pain in his arms. It seemed he had pushed himself too far today.

He had hung up his Haori before entering the small bathhouse, surprised the thing didn't have a scratch on it. Those guys at the Zero division sure did know their stuff.

Frowning slightly remembering the last time he saw them in the Soul Palace he shook his head.

He glanced over seeing his two Zanpakuto leaning against the wall next to his clothes.

He let out a sigh as he leaned against the wall, remembering the events from earlier today.

After Aokiji's declaration to have him join the Admiral in his adventures, the tall man had laid down and taken a nap right in front of the teen. Ichigo tried to kick his head but the pirate crew jumped him stopping him from releasing his anger on the frizzy haired man. Ichigo calmed himself realizing just how tired his body was.

Porche had dragged him off to get away from the Admiral hoping another confrontation wouldn't happen between the two. She was flustered and was avoiding his questions when asking her what was wrong.

After being taken to the showers by her, she left to check up on her Captain in the infirmary.

Leading to where he was right now.

Gazing around the bathhouse he noticed it was actually quite large, probably to accommodate the large crew on the Sexy Foxy. The room was spacious and there was no one around which surprised him.

He had expected more of the crew to be here after the events of today.

Or everyone is avoiding me?

Ichigo's thoughts traveled back to the fights he had today. He had only been in this world for a full day and he already had two fights back to back.

Foxy wasn't too much of a threat to him during his fight, he felt he needed to bring himself down to his level to honor the fight between the two. Even if he did beat the Captain with single punch in the end.

Then there was the Admiral. He was a real problem, his powers almost identical to that of the late Captain of the 10th division Toshiro. His gaze hardened as he tried not to think of the depressing thoughts of his old friends. He really needed to stop comparing people back from his world.

Ichigo turned the hot water off in the shower. Now that he felt refreshed he walked over to the large tub in the room and settled himself down in the hot water, releasing a sigh of relief as the bath water felt nice against his aching body.

He knew he was pushing himself today, he barely had any Reiatsu left after that last attack. That didn't stop him from fighting in the past though.

The fight he had with Aokiji was still fresh in his mind, letting the battle mull through his head. He was sure he could have used some other techniques during that fight, but none came to mind in the heat of battle. He didn't even have his Zanpakuto's for the majority of the fight. He had pushed himself enough.

Speaking of which, next time he saw the the Admiral he would give him a piece of his mind for the stunt he pulled when he tried to freeze the ship.

"Ohh there you are Ichigo." He heard from behind him as he almost jumped out of the water at the sudden mention of his name.

Turning around he spotted the tall dark skinned man, his white suit was gone and the only thing covering his manhood was a towel wrapped around his waist. Ichigo's eye twitched from the sudden shout from the tall man.

"Don't scare me like that! What are you doing here?" Ichigo questioned pointing at the tall man. Ichigo sunk himself lower into the hot water.

"I asked the nice pretty ladies where you went and they told me I'd find you here." Aokiji simply said closing the door to the bathroom behind him. Ichigo's eye twitched, his scowl forming on his face at the odd wording used for the girls on the ship.

Was this guy secretly a pervert like Kon?

Ichigo watched as Aokiji walked over to one of the showers on the wall and turned on the cold water starting to wash himself. Ichigo turned away to give the man his privacy remembering the tall man didn't answer his question about why he attacked the ship.

"Why did you really target the ship with that attack earlier?" Ichigo spoke up causing Aokiji to momentarily stop his scrubbing of his body as he turned his head towards the teen.

"I said it earlier didn't you hear me? It was a test for you." Aokiji turned away continuing his cleaning of his body.

"Stop saying it like that!" Ichigo retorted loudly turning his head away from the man. "Were you seriously trying to kill the pirates with that attack back there?" He questioned him, wanting to know why he would do such a thing.

"Do you know what it means to uphold justice as a Admiral, Ichigo?" Aokiji asked not expecting the teen to understand his train of thought.

"Not really." Ichigo waved off the question waiting for the taller man to elaborate.

Aokiji let out a sigh washing the soap off his body. "Every Admiral has his own form of Justice." Aokiji spoke up as Ichigo listened. "I said it earlier, I uphold the motto known as 'Lazy Justice'." Causing Ichigo's eyes to roll at the ridiculous name.

Standing up he walked over towards Ichigo as the teen heard his footsteps across the wet tiled floor towards him. Watching the taller man put his foot in the water his eyes widened slightly remembering the times his body shattered into Ice.

Ichigo was about to voice out that it was dangerous entering the bath, expecting the man to melt away, but watched as the Admiral continued his descent into the hot water, seemingly fine with the temperature. Ichigo felt like hitting himself for his own stupidity.

Of course he's not going to melt just because of some hot water. He can turn into Ice doesn't mean his body is always made of It.

Aokiji settled into the bath with a loud sigh as he looked at Ichigo noticing the strange look on the teens face directed at him.

"What's wrong? Something on my face?" Aokiji asked as Ichigo turned his head away hoping the taller man didn't notice his stupid thoughts.

"It's nothing." Ichigo let his body sink into the water, his full head of orange hair and eyes were the only part of him sticking above the water. Aokiji raised his eyebrow watching the strange antics from the teen but brushed it off.

"As I was saying, the Admiral's duty is to uphold Justice." Aokiji started again as Ichigo had to stop the roll of his eyes.

"Get to the point." Ichigo spoke up surfacing slightly leaning back against the side of the pool.

"Chill out, I'm about to." Aokiji said as Ichigo ignored the obvious, possibly unintentional pun. "My justice, is that the pirates on board this ship, whether they live or die, it doesn't matter to me." Aokiji admitted as Ichigo snapped his head towards the man.

Ichigo had to stop himself from yelling, for all he knew, he could be attacked by the Admiral at a moments notice, but seeing his laid back attitude, and his relaxed posture, it was hard to tell what the man was thinking.

"So if your attack hit the ship, you wouldn't have cared if the crew died?" Ichigo tried to understand the meaning behind his words narrowing his eyes.

Aokiji nodded glad the teen understood what he was trying to tell him.

"Exactly. The pirates of this world are dangerous. The pirates on the Grand Line even more so. Many are strong and cause nothing but destruction and death for the innocent people who try to live normal lives." Aokiji turned his gaze to Ichigo as the teen nodded understanding what he was saying.

He didn't know if he could agree with his biased view. He had only met the Foxy pirates so far in this world and they didn't seem like bad people. He didn't know if he could trust Aokiji when he mentioned about the ships the Foxy pirates took crew members from usually sank.

"What made you change your mind about Foxy? Sure he may be a jerk but did you really have to try killing him?" Ichigo asked glancing at Aokiji.

"He's small fry on the Grand Line. Leaving him alive makes my job easier." Aokiji began getting a questioning gaze from Ichigo, wanting the man to elaborate. "I was serious when I said the ships he takes crews from usually sink. Ships sink all the time on the Grand Line." Aokiji finished as Ichigo tried to understand the Admiral's reasoning.

If the Admiral let Foxy continue his expeditions out on the Grand Line, continuing to take pirates from other crews into his own, more pirate ships would sink without the crew necessary to keep the ships afloat, meaning….

"You'll have less pirates to deal with." Ichigo came to the conclusion earning a nod and small grin from Aokiji.

"Bingo." Aokiji gestured a finger gun towards Ichigo as he stared at the Admiral. He wasn't sure if he could agree with that logic. So this was his 'Lazy Justice'?

"So the Grand Line is a pretty bad place huh Aokiji?" Ichigo said out loud to himself earning a stare from Aokiji.

Aokiji grimaced slightly hearing his name spoken by the teen. "Ararara, call me Kuzan. I don't know why but It makes me feel old when you call me Aokiji." Kuzan said as Ichigo glanced over at the man.

"But you are old, aren't you?" Ichigo noted as he felt the temperature of the water cool down a little seeing the frosty glare from Kuzan.

Ichigo turned his head away from the Admiral sinking further into the water. "Forget I said anything." Earning a small laugh from Kuzan.

"So full of life you kids are today. I'm looking forward to our travels." Kuzan relaxed leaning back on the side of the pool. Ichigo raised a question eyebrow at him.

"I don't remember agreeing to anything." Ichigo reminded the tall man. The Admiral sighed before standing up turning his gaze towards Ichigo. The teen suddenly felt like he shouldn't have said that.

"I promised I'd surrender only if you agreed to join me." Kuzan reminded the teen, parts of his body started to cover with Ice as Ichigo felt a tick of irritation.

Ichigo picked up a wooden bucket beside him and threw it at the Kuzan's head. The bucket bounced off the Admiral's head who stared wide eyed at the teen, not suspecting that kind of response.

"Don't challenge me to a fight in your birthday suit you pervert!" Ichigo fumed turning away from the tall naked man. Kuzan looked down remembering he was in fact naked grinned slightly.

Kuzan settled himself back in the bath as Ichigo turned back to the man.

"Let me think about it. I don't know anything about the Marines remember?" Ichigo asked honestly earning an understanding nod from the Admiral.

"I said I wanted you to uphold justice with me, not join the Marines." Kuzan reminded the teen as Ichigo turned back to the man forgetting that. "I want you to travel with me to see this world for yourself. To uphold your own justice, not mine. If you want to join the Marines later I won't stop you. If you don't join the Marines it doesn't matter either way." Kuzan admitted as the teen listened carefully.

Standing up the Admiral made his way to the wall, grabbing a towel drying himself off. Grabbing his clothes from a basket he made his way to the door.

"I'll be waiting for your answer on the deck. Take your time." Were the last words he said before he opened and closed the door behind him, leaving Ichigo alone in the large bathhouse.

Ichigo let out a sigh before he let his body sink further into the water. He suddenly felt he was way in over his head with what was happening in this world and he had only been here a single day.

Should I take his offer?

It would be an eye opening experience for him to get a better understanding what was happening in world. If his rank of Admiral meant anything, than he had a lot of power. Maybe Ichigo could get away with doing something that would normally earn him on a wanted list of some kind.

He didn't agree with the Admiral's sense of Justice, it went against his sense of protecting others, but maybe travelling with the man could give him a reason to get away from the Foxy pirate crew. He was honestly thankful the Foxy pirates saved his life and the company they gave him, but he wasn't a pirate.

He couldn't agree with the stupid Davy Back Fight and hoped maybe Foxy could change his ways of getting new crew members the normal way and not taking people against their will. Ichigo didn't know what a 'normal way' for getting a pirate to join a crew was, but it certainly wasn't Foxy's way.

Getting out of the bath Ichigo made his way to the towel rack drying himself off. Grabbing his Hoari he slowly put it on.

Feeling his clothes nice and snug on his body, he reached over and grabbed Zangetsu, feeling the familiar weight of his longer sword placed on his back as it's form wrapped with bandages. Placing his smaller sword on his hip he made his way to the door. Pushing the door open he made his way to the Infirmary for a quick visit with a certain Captain.

Ichigo made his way to the front door of the infirmary, opening the door slowly he walked inside. The front lobby was surprisingly quiet. He expected there to be more of a commotion, but remembering no one was actually injured earlier today it made sense to him.

Glancing around the lobby, he remembered the letter he had left under his bed. Opening the door to his room, he noticed no one was inside. Shrugging he kneeled down beside his bed reaching under it, feeling for the piece of paper. Feeling it between his fingers he let a small smile cross his lips pulling his hand back.

His eyes gazed down at his at his father's handwriting, seeing the last words he had left to him. Wanting to avoid those sad feelings he placed the paper in his Haori and stood up glancing around the room one last time.

Nodding to himself confirming he had left nothing else behind, he opened his door catching sight of a doctor walking past him.

"Hey do you know where Foxy's room is?" Ichigo asked the doctor who jumped slightly at the sudden attention. The doctor turned towards him eyes wide recognizing the teen who had beaten the Captain, and fought the Admiral to a stand still.

"Ah, he's in that room down the hall." The doctor said regaining his composure pointing his finger at a door a few meters away.

"Thanks." Ichigo waved off the doctor who nodded and made his way back to his task at hand.

Ichigo walked down the hallway, reaching for the doorknob for Foxy's room he slowly twisted it and pushed open the door.

Walking inside Ichigo caught sight of Foxy laying on a bed, his face was comically covered in bandages even wrapping around his nose. Porche was sitting down on a chair next to her Captain. They both turned and stared wide eyed at the teen who entered the room, the events from earlier still clear in their minds.

"Ichigo." Porche greeted the teen standing up from her chair. Her opinion of the teen had shifted dramatically from the fights prior. "How are you feeling?" She asked looking over his body.

Ichigo stretched his arms feeling a little bit stiff. "A little sore but other than that I'm fine." Ichigo admitted gaining a small smile from the girl. It was incredible that he could move after fighting an Admiral at all.

"Ichigo." Foxy finally spoke up gaining the teens full attention. Foxy sat up to a more comfortable position to get a better look at the teen. "Why are you here?" Foxy asked glancing up and down the teen noticing the small white handle over his shoulder with his smaller sword on his hip. He blinked remembering the strange X shaped attack he had used to stop the wave of Ice from destroying the Sexy Foxy.

"I just wanted to check up on you to make sure you were fine, in case I hurt you too much." Ichigo admitted gaining a small glare from the Captain. Porche took a step back away from the two to avoid being involved.

"You have some nerve to say that after that fight with that Admiral. Why didn't you tell us you were ridiculously strong!?" Foxy all but shouted as Ichigo had to almost cover his ears at the loud tone.

"You never asked." Ichigo admitted honestly earning a palm to the face from Porche.

"Knowing you held back during our fight makes me angry you know." Foxy glared at the teen gritting his teeth. Ichigo put up his hands defensively.

"I wasn't holding back that much." Ichigo crossed his arms trying to defend his reasoning. "You honestly caught me off guard with some of your moves." Ichigo didn't want to mention that he wasn't even close to half his full strength for the fight.

Foxy let himself sigh falling back sinking slightly into his bed, he was still stressed from this defeat, but even more stressed from the Admirals unexpected arrival on his ship. He was nervous about that frizzy haired man, but he seemed honest when he said he wouldn't go after him anymore.

He trusted Ichigo would make sure he would keep his word when he protected him and his crew.

"I can't stay mad at you after you saved my life and my crew's. How could I possibly be mad after that." Foxy said shaking his head. He may be a scheming devious man, be even he knew when to be thankful.

"Dont worry about it." Ichigo said waving off the gratitude. He did it because that tall bastard pissed him off.

"I'll beat you next time, after I take my revenge on that Straw Hat you better prepare yourself." Foxy suddenly spoke up catching Porches attention. It seemed her Captain had made another great enemy on the Grand Line.

"I'll be glad to beat you down again." Ichigo sent his own challenging smirk towards the Captain. Ichigo was glad the man was feeling better.

"What about the Admiral's offer?" Porche asked the teen, Aokiji's words still fresh in her mind. "Will you actually join him?" She asked tilting her head.

Ichigo let out a sigh scratching his head. "I was on my way to talk to him before I came here." Ichigo began putting down his arm. "I've made up my mind." He said catching the Foxy's and Porches attention.

"I'm going with him." He spoke up, Porches and Foxy's eyes widening. "Not to join the Marines, but to figure out what the hell it means to uphold justice." Ichigo said turning away from them in thought. His back visible the tall form of his sword was wrapped in a strange white cloth that caught the pirates attention.

"When will you leave?" Foxy asked. He hadn't expected for the teen to accept the Admiral's offer, but this was something that was out of his league to understand.

"After talking to him I guess." Ichigo shrugged. Porche shook her head in amusement. The teen was so simple minded, but had a good heart to help those in need of help.

"Take care Ichigo. Don't try picking fights with him anymore. He's an Admiral for a reason you know." Porche tried to reason with Ichigo, getting a nod from the teen.

"Thanks. I'll be on the deck." Ichigo made his way to the door, grabbing the door handle he stopped perking up slightly before turning back around.

"Ohh I almost forgot. Try to take it easy with the Davy Back Fights. Remember what the Kuzan said about the ships?" Ichigo tried to remind Foxy about the reason why Aokiji had tried to kill him.

Kuzan? When did Ichigo and the Admiral get so close to start casually calling each other by their first names? Porche thought.

Foxy gulped remembering the intense fight between Ichigo and Aokiji.

"I'm not mad at you. Look, I'm not telling you to change your ways, but think more about the pirates of your crew." Ichigo tried to placate the Captain. Foxy put his hand to his chin in deep thought.

Foxy noticed the mood of the ship wasn't as high as it usually was after Aokiji revealed the truth what usually happens to the crew members previous crews.

"Maybe…" Foxy began catching Porches attention with his tone of voice. "Davy Back Fights should be a thing of the past." Foxy finished as Porches eyes widened.

"Captain, you don't mean….?" Porche started not believing what her Captain was saying.

Foxy turned to Porche, she flinched seeing the determination in Foxy's eyes.

"We should stop the Davy Back Fights." Foxy said shocking Porche. Her mouth hung open as she stared in disbelief at her Captain. Davy Back Fights had been the backbone of the crew for as long as she could remember.

Ichigo noticing the mood between the two felt he was out of place. Wanting to not interfere with the crew bonding moment, made for his exit.

"I'll be looking for Kuzan." Ichigo said pushing the door open and disappearing behind its frame.

Foxy and Porche both stared at the door not expecting the teens quick exit. They could only hope the teen wouldn't do anything rash.

Stepping out onto the deck, Ichigo held his hand over his eyes to protect his eyes from the bright sun. The mist that had hung around the ship was gone, most likely swept away by the wind.

Ichigo's head swiveled trying to find the form of Aokiji on the deck. A few pirates were still around cleaning up from the previous fights. Their heads looked up noticing the strange orange haired teen who had caused a big stir today.

They didn't know what to think of the teen, he has beaten their Captain and protected them from certain death from the Marine Admiral.

They sent a casual wave towards Ichigo as the teen sent a wave back not sure how to respond to the pirates attention. He walked up to the higher parts of the deck hoping to get a better view to find the Admiral.

Ichigo spotted the Admiral laying out in the shady part of the ship with his sleeping mask covering his eyes. Ichigo felt a tick off irritation seeing the admiral had fallen asleep. He was just talking to him ten minutes ago!

Walking over to the tall man Ichigo noticed the his mouth hanging open. He could hear quiet snoring coming from him.

Ichigo grinned devilishly as he readied himself for his revenge. No one was around to stop him this time.

Lifting up his foot he sent it down on Kuzan's head hoping to get some well deserved revenge.

An outstretched hand caught the descending appendage as a small grin found its way on the Admiral's lips.

"Ararara?" Aokiji started using his other hand to lift up his sleeping mask.

"Attacking someone while they are napping? That's not very nice-." Ichigo put more pressure on his foot as the Admiral struggled to keep the foot away.

"Get up you idiot." Ichigo said with clear mirth seeping from his words, enjoying the position he was in.

Aokiji felt a bead of sweat go down his brow seeing the devious smile on the teens face.

"Alright chill out." Aokiji felt the teen lift his leg away from him, watching him roll his eyes at the pun.

The pirates watching the exchange felt their hearts stop expecting another fight to break out.

Aokiji stood up brushing the dust off his body. Ichigo looked up feeling his neck strain from the odd angle he had to position his head just to look at the man's face. Ichigo wasn't sure if he could ever get used to this.

"So, have you decided?" Aokiji asked looking down at the orange haired teen.

Ichigo let out a loud sigh making up his mind. "When do we leave?" Ichigo asked gaining a small smile from the tall man.

That saved the Admiral from using a cheesy speech he had planned hoping he could convince the teen to join him.

"Give me a moment." Aokiji walked off to a opening a door on the deck walking inside.

Reaching inside he pulled out something that Ichigo honestly thought he would never see in a water world like this one.

It was a bike.

Ichigo had to make sure he wasn't hallucinating, maybe he had Reiatsu deficiency that made him see things.

Aokiji pushed the large bike over to Ichigo who stared long and hard at the two wheeled monstrosity. It was ridiculously huge, probably custom made to accommodate for the Admiral's rather large size.

"Hop on." Aokiji said simply earning an angry glare from Ichigo.

"Like hell I will!" Ichigo felt like flipping something. He was no way in hell sitting on that monstrosity to bicycles everywhere.

He could see it now, how the Admiral used his ice powers to freeze the ocean beneath him giving him a solid platform to ride his bike now. It was so stupid he honestly wished this was a practical joke.

"Ararara? How do you plan to keep up with me?" Aokiji gazed at Ichigo not expecting an answer.

"I'll walk." Ichigo decided earning a questioning gaze from the Admiral. His eyes widened slightly remembering the teens strange ability that let me stand on the air.

"Suit yourself. But don't ask me for a ride when you get tired." Aokiji said picking up his bike and walking down the stairs to the lower deck.

Ichigo had to stop his eye from twitching seeing the ridiculous sight. Following after him down the stairs, he caught sight of Porche walking out of a door looking around the deck before she perked up spotting Ichigo.

Ichigo watched her walk her way over holding a small backpack of some kind. Walking over she tried to ignore the Admiral gazing her way.

"Ichigo. Before you go take this." Porche said handing Ichigo the backpack. The teen raised an eyebrow taking it, opening the zipper he peeked inside to find containers of water and preserved food. Porche looked at the Admiral and had to do a double take seeing the huge bicycle he was carrying.

"It was the Captain's idea." She said ignoring the Admiral's strange bike. "He didn't want you to die of starvation or dehydration before you see him again." She said with a smirk placing her hand on her hip as Ichigo nodded.

"Thanks. I'll return this next time I see you guys." ichigo said gesturing to the backpack earning a smile from Porche.

"Don't worry about that. Just make sure to drop by sometime. The Captain mentioned this ship was going to the New World. We can meet each other there again someday." Porche said gaining a questioning look from Ichigo.

"New World?" Ichigo asked Porche. She perked up remembering Ichigo didn't know much about the world for some reason.

She was about to speak up when Aokiji beat her to it.

"It's on the other side of the Grand Line. It's the most dangerous place in the world." Aokiji spoke up catching Ichigo's attention. "With your crew as it is now, you won't survive there." Aokiji admitted earning a slight frown Porche. Ichigo held his tongue seeing Porche struggle trying to think of a response.

"That's why we are training. Ever since the Straw Hat's beat us we've been giving it our all." Porche pumped her fist in the air. Ichigo watched the antics not sure what to think.

"Well it doesn't matter to me. Ready to go Ichigo?" Aokiji said placing his bike down against the railing. Ichigo nodded walking beside Aokiji.

Picking up his bike the Admiral jumped over the railing, landing on the ocean, his feet freezing beneath him as he set down his bike.

Ichigo turned around looking at Porche one last time. Ichigo let a rare smile cross his face as he looked at Porche. The girl felt a small blush dust her cheeks seeing the teens smile.

"Thanks for taking care of me. I'll see you in that New World one day." Ichigo stepped up standing on the railings.

"Stay safe." She said waving her hand at Ichigo. The pirates watching starting waving towards Ichigo as well. Teen not sure how to respond awkwardly waved back before jumping down landing next to the Admiral, creating a small platform of Reitasu beneath his feet.

The Admiral gazed down at his feet curiously trying to deduce what kind of technique the teen was using. He would ask the teen later after gaining more of his trust.

"Where are we going?" Ichigo asked as Aokiji got onto his bicycle.

"I need to check up on someone." Aokiji started pedaling his bicycle as Ichigo walked beside him. The teen ignored how odd it was walking on the ocean next to somebody riding his bike on it.

"We're heading to Enies Lobby."

Authors Notes

This chapter felt more like filler honestly but I wanted to wrap it up.

No action so its definitely a change of pace.

I have more great idea's I hope to include in this story.

Leave a review and let me know if I made any spelling mistakes.

Until next time.