Late at night in the Kurosaki Clinic, the rest of the Kurosaki family, and Senna have gathered in the hallway, with Isshin gaping his mouth, doing his standard comedy relief shock procedure, Yuzu widening her eyes, and Karin looking at her brother with skepticism in her eyes of the story he just told them.
Ichigo wishes this could all be over.
"I don't know what to say," Karin says, folding her arms, "This bad guy story sounds fishy."
"Yeah, it's crazy, I know," Ichigo sheepishly rubs the back of his head, "But you gotta believe me, it's true. And besides, it's just for one night."
Senna makes a small sigh that goes unnoticed by the others, "I'm Senna," She says in a dull tone, as though she didn't want to be here. And well, she didn't.
"My name's Yuzu!" The younger, more optimistic Kurosaki twin exclaims as she clasps her hands, "It's a pleasure to meet you!"
"Thank you for having me," Senna speaks in an ever dull tone as she bows down, though not fully. The lack of enthusiasm in her voice causes her to get glared at by Ichigo.
"Hey, Yuzu, you don't mind if she sleeps in your room tonight, do you?" Ichigo asks as he walks past his family, and Senna follows him behind, "And she probably wants a bath too."
"B-B-Bath?!" Isshin stammers at the mere prospect of such a thing, "Gugh!"
"What's with you, dad?" Karin asks as Senna and her brother have long since climbed up the stairs as they go to his bedroom. It's then that both Yuzu and Isshin start to sneakily head up the stairs as though they're cartoon characters, "What are you — hey!?" Karin exclaims, "No! You're both crazy!"
Upstairs, Ichigo opens his door to his bedroom, letting Senna in before turning on the lights, "Here you go," Ichigo says.
"Man," Senna looks around Ichigo's room before sitting on Ichigo's bed, "Boys' rooms are so dry and boring. At least it's not messy."
"Not you too," Ichigo rolls his eyes as he puts his hands in his pockets.
"I'm just joking," Senna giggles, "But you got told that by someone else?"
"More like it not being fancy enough just because she doesn't live in a mansion," Ichigo replies, as the images of Rukia, Byakuya, and their home pop into his head.
"No way!" Senna begins to laugh, "That is hilarious!"
"Oh shut up."
"Hahahaha!" Senna holds her belly as she continues to laugh before stopping, "Oh man… but hey, look on the bright side, at least you have a pretty nice family."
"You think?" Ichigo is somewhat surprised to hear this, "You don't think they're some weird lunatics that just live here?"
"Nah!" Senna begins to spin her finger in a circle, "Compared to my dad, yours is so different that—" Suddenly, memories from her past flow into her mind, those revolving of herself in her teenage years having a heated argument with her father, who is grabbing her hair whilst she claws his hand to get away while her mother is begging them to stop.
This causes Senna to become paralyzed from the unexpected memory that pops into her head just now. Seeing the sudden halt of her movements makes Ichigo notice this, "You alright?" He asks, snapping Senna out of her tumor as he sits in his chair.
"Hunh!?" Senna exclaims in confusion, "What did you say?"
"I asked if you're alright," Ichigo clarifies, "For a second there, you spaced out on me."
"Oh!" Senna then stretches her body, putting her arms together above her head, "Yep! Everything is alright!"
Ichigo stays silent for a good moment, noting that Senna didn't seem like herself, as at every moment's notice, Senna seems to space out on random points, which highlights Ichigo's suspicion of her of what she is. Otherwise, he says nothing, "Right…" He nods his head, "So, anyway, what did those guys want from you back there? Did they say anything odd?"
"Hmmm…" Senna puts her finger on her head, beginning to drill it, "I think that one of those guys said that their commander, Gan… somebody wanted me brought to him."
"For what exactly? Did they say anything else?" Ichigo asks, wanting to get more info, as this doesn't really help him.
"That was it!" Senna shrugs her shoulders before she gives a pout, "If you hadn't come by when you did, I might have learned more, y'know…"
"Oh, that's bullshit," Ichigo spouts, right before Senna quickly leans her back on his bed, kicking her legs, which is exposing her thighs due to the skirt she is wearing. This makes Ichigo blush, "Hey! What are you doing?!"
"I just decided that I'm gonna sleep in your bed tonight!" Senna exclaims as she kicks her legs in the air faster, kicking her shoes away, "If you have a problem, then deal with it!"
"Oh, no you won't!" Ichigo yells, knowing what this might entail, "Now you're getting off my bed!"
"Why?!"
"Because it's my bed and it's my rules!"
"Meanie! It's just a bed!"
"It's MY bed!"
Outside the room, Yuzu and Isshin are pressing glass cups against Ichigo's door, listening intently to their conversation. Karin is standing next to them, folding her arms as she casts a disappointed look on both of them.
"And here I thought you learned your lessons, both of you," Karin says as she leans against the wall.
"Shhhh!" Yuzu puts her finger on her lips, urging her twin sister to be quiet, "She says she'll sleep on Ichigo's bed!"
"Doesn't he already have a girlfriend? An older chick for that matter?" Karin asks, "What, you think he's just gonna get another one like some harem protagonist? Besides, he's practically a man already, not a little kid anymore."
"Nooooo!" Yuzu starts to hold her head, tears streaming out of her eyes.
"Oh, Masaki! It's the day we've all been dreading!" Isshin exclaims in an exaggerated tone, "It's finally arrived, and I don't know what to do!"
"What's going on here?!" Ichigo slams the door open, hitting his dad in the face as he gets knocked back. A strange sense of deja vu washes over him, feeling as though he's seen this before.
"Erm…" Yuzu laughs nervously, "The bath is ready, just so you know…"
If not for the fact that the bath has been ready, he'd have torn everyone a new one, "See? Now you got him all mad," Karin says.
Ichigo makes a sigh, not being in the mood for this tonight, "Hear that, Senna? Your bath's ready," The teen tells the girl, but she doesn't respond. Ichigo turns around fully, seeing that Senna is sleeping on his bed, "Wha… you gotta be kidding me," He slumps his shoulders as he grumbles, with Karin going to his room to see what is the deal.
Well, at least this way he can carry her to her room without her noticing.
An hour goes by, and Senna still hasn't woken up, which is good enough for Ichigo. The last thing he needed was to have more arguments with her. As much as he'd like to go to sleep, Ichigo finds himself unable to. That's when his phone rings, and once seeing who it is, he picks up and accepts the call, putting the phone against his ear.
"Hello?" Ichigo says.
"Ichigo, it's me," Urahara replies over the phone, holding a telephone in his shop, "How's it going on your end? Find out anything about the Shinenju?"
"Not exactly," Ichigo says over the phone, "Although, I did run into some weird guys that tried to take that Soul Reaper girl I told you about."
"Strange guys? What did they look like?" Urahara asks.
"It was weird," Ichigo scratches his hair, "They looked like Soul Reapers, only, they wore some kind of dark armor, like they were rogues or something."
"Are you alright?" Urahara asks, being a little concerned with Ichigo's constant drop of Spiritual Pressure.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Ichigo answers, "I don't have a scratch on me. I tried asking Senna about what they wanted, but she didn't really say much besides wanting her."
"That's good. Do you know what they looked like? The armors, I mean," Kisuke asks.
"It's weird to tell, but… they wore the outfits of Soul Reapers, except it looked green, the armor they wore also had some yellow markings on them, but I don't know if they mean anything," Ichigo informs the shopkeeper of this.
For a moment, Kisuke doesn't say anything over the phone, "I have a feeling I know who it might be, but I hope I'm wrong…"
"What are the chances of that happening?" Ichigo sarcastically asks.
"I'm afraid the matters of this are a little more serious, Ichigo. We're talking about people who might want complete and utter annihilation of the Soul Society and the World of The Living." Urahara says, "Just like what the Bounts wanted."
"Then it's up to us to stop them," Ichigo says, already understanding the gist of this, "Kisuke… if you don't mind, I have a question to ask."
"Sure, fire away."
For a moment, Ichigo ponders just how exactly he should word this. "Earlier, you mentioned how these Blanks are a combination of memory and energy because they couldn't make it past the Cycle of Transmigration, is that right?"
"Blanks are the result of what happens when a soul loses its memory, that's about it. Why ask this exactly?" Kisuke is curious to know.
"Nothing," Ichigo shakes his head, "I was just wondering… since this Shinenju is the result of these memories coming in together, and they don't really know who they are, do these memories… just suddenly pop to them?"
"Hmmm…" Kisuke thinks over the phone, "Well, I suppose that would be possible, after all, having that many memories inside you is just asking for it to burst open with the overall density they possess. Though why ask for this exactly? Did you figure something out?"
Ichigo considers whether he should tell Kisuke about his suspicion of Senna, but he isn't completely sure of his theory yet, so he pushes it aside, "Nothing... I thought I had something, but turns out it was just a dead end," He tells the shopkeeper.
For a moment, there's nothing but silence over the phone, and Ichigo wonders if the former Captain is doing something else, "I see then. Well, it's something at least. I called you because I wanted to see if you made any progress so far, but I see you're not having much luck with it either," Ichigo doesn't say anything, "Well, at any rate. Sorry to have bothered you on such a late night. I'm sure you have plenty of studying to do."
"Yeah… you could say that," Ichigo says, nodding his head, "Good night," He then disconnects the call. He then begins to ponder more about Senna.
Morning comes, both Ichigo and Senna are now at the same station where the Blanks first showed up yesterday, but the only difference is that there's a whole crowd this time, just minding their own business. Ichigo and Senna stand close to a building as they wait for their next move.
"So, do you really think those things will show up here again?" Senna asks.
"I have no clue," Ichigo puts his hand on his hair, being unsure himself, "Right now, the only clue we have is they showed up here yesterday, so it has to mean something," He says.
"Man, this is totally boring!" Senna complains as she stretches her arms.
'Still, this is weird,' Ichigo thinks to himself as he sees the abundant amount of people walking by, 'I don't think there should be this many people around here. Usually, things are pretty quiet, there's not much going on. Though… come to think of it...' When he thinks about it, this is like what happened last night, only in reverse. There was a huge amount of people in the shopping mall, only for them to just disappear out of thin air when he sensed Senna was in danger, 'Yeah… it's just like that night,' He sighs, "Senna, do me a favor and stay close to me, okay? I have a feeling something weird is going on here."
He gets no reply at all, "Hm?" Ichigo notices this, and turns his head, only to see that Senna has disappeared, "Oh no…" The teen mutters, realizing his mistake, "Senna! For the love of — where did you go?!"
"Over here!" Ichigo hears Senna's voice calling out to him from behind. He turns around and sees her standing in the corner, being all smiles.
This makes Ichigo annoyed, this is the second time she's done this and it makes him worried. He scoffs as he runs over to her. He just hopes she doesn't wanna play hide and seek again, "For someone who just got attacked last night, you really don't know how to—!" Ichigo stops his motions, as when turning around the corner he sees and hears a crying boy that Senna seems to be comforting, "What the…?" Ichigo is surprised by this, having not even sensed the soul to begin with, "A Soul?"
As much as he wishes he could comfort the child himself, he doesn't have time for this. So it's better to get straight to business and see what's wrong. He doesn't sense a Hollow nearby, so that can't be it, "Hey, kid," Ichigo gets closer as he leans down on the crying boy, "What's the problem?"
This only makes the boy cry louder. Suddenly, Ichigo is grateful that the boy is a soul, otherwise he isn't in the mood for a public misunderstanding. Senna sees this and frowns, putting her hand on Ichigo's chest, "Come on, you're scaring him," Senna mutters before she kneels down to the boy and puts her hands on his, her nature having a different change, "Hey there, big guy, my name is Senna. What's yours?" She asks.
The boy stops crying for a moment and looks at the older girl, "T-Tomoya…" He says his name, sniffing.
"That's a really nice name," Senna smiles, carrying an older, carrying sister nature in the air, "Maybe if you tell me what's wrong, I could help you."
"I-I'm lost… a-and I'm all alone," Tomoya says, still having some tears shed, "Cause my dad's gone."
"Were you going someplace with your father?" Senna asks.
"Uh-huh," Tomoya nods his head, "We were going to the car, and he was taking me to the festival," His voice quavered, "But I fell asleep, and when I woke up, he was gone…"
"Oh, you poor thing…" Senna speaks in a sympathetic tone.
"Listen…" Ichigo leans in, putting his hands on his knees, "I'm sure you miss your dad, and I'm sure he misses you too. But right now he's up in Heaven," He breaks the news to the child, hoping to simplify things. He's already done this plenty of times, "But I can—"
Tomoya furiously shakes his head, "Nuh-uh!" He clenched his fists, looking up at Ichigo, "He's not in Heaven! My dad is looking for me right now!"
Senna clasps her hands in delight, "Well, that's great!" Ichigo looks at her in confusion, "If he's looking for you right now, then maybe Ichigo and I can help you find him!"
"Really!?" Tomoya feels joy from hearing this, believing that these people can help him search for his father. He puts his little hands on Senna's bigger ones.
"What?!" Ichigo is surprised to hear this. He has nothing helping against Souls like these, but this really isn't a good time right now. The fate of two realities hangs in the balance and they're gonna waste time helping a Soul look for his father who's up in the Soul Society? "Hang on a second—"
"We'll all find him together!" Senna exclaims with a smile, as she and Tomoya completely ignore Ichigo, "Alright, now which way did you come from?"
"Over that way!" Tomoya answers, pointing his finger where he last came from.
"Then let's get going!" Senna exclaims as she takes Tomoya's hand and begins to walk to the east.
"Hey, hold on!" Ichigo puts a stop to the two, making them pause as they look at him with confusion. He looks at Senna, "Can't we just put a Konso on him and go back to what we were doing?"
"Go back to doing what? Standing around and waiting for something to happen?" Senna is confused by what the teen means, "Besides, you said yourself we practically have no leads. So, no point in standing around here," With that said, she sets off with Tomoya.
"But…" Ichigo puts his arm in front as if to make an attempt to stop them, only for it to be futile. Having nothing better to do, and realizing Senna is right, he has no choice but to follow her.
Ichigo has been following Senna and Tomoya for over an hour now. Honestly, he's been impressed that the kid even managed to remember all this stuff, though that's what also confuses him. Of course, there were moments where they were messing around for fun, particularly with him.
Of course, simply following where Tomoya's father could be, isn't the only thing they did. Senna also shows the boy some sightseeing, making him amazed as he explores the city. Yet, every so often, Ichigo can't help but feel a faint tingle on his danger sense, as though somebody else is following them, but he can't make out who or what.
Soon enough, they reach the same site that's close to the graveyard where his mother was buried. He is starting to get annoyed. Tomoya is running ahead of them, and Senna is close to him, so it gives Ichigo a chance to speak without hurting the boy's feelings. Frankly, this is what annoys him the most. Giving that child false hope.
"Senna…" Ichigo calls out her name, hands in his pockets.
"Yeah?" Senna replies.
"How long are you gonna keep this up?" Ichigo asks, "I know this place, and there's only gonna be a gravesite nearby, there's no festival around here. Besides, his father might as well be on the other side."
"Don't worry about it, we're gonna find him," Senna answers with a smile as she continues to walk in front, "Besides, that little boy doesn't have much time until he has to leave this world. And then… that little boy is gonna have a long journey ahead of him."
"But, Senna… there is nothing there," Ichigo replies, not understanding just where she's coming from all this, "That boy and his father died in a car crash for… who knows when, and some Soul Reaper probably sent him to the Soul Society already."
"So what if he is?" Senna shrugs her shoulders, which makes the Substitute confused, "This is Tomoya's very last wish. If his father really isn't there, then we'll just spend some time with him, and then we'll go back to looking for those pointy hat thingies," Ichigo wants to say something, but he just can't bring himself to do it, "I just can't bring myself to perform a Konso like this. If I did…" Senna looks down on the ground with a solemn look, "Think of how sad it would be if his wish didn't come true. After all, wouldn't you want to have one last wish when you die leaving this world?"
Ichigo widens his eyes in shock at this. He thinks back to how he used Konso on that Soul from yesterday. Dying isn't really something that crosses his mind very often. He's experienced near death before, multiple times, but he always believed he could get back up. He's young at the moment, so the concept of death doesn't occur to him despite everything he's been through. Maybe it could be chalked up to his naivety, or maybe it's something else, either way, the thought of helping Souls having their one last wish granted before leaving…
It's a thought that's never crossed his mind before.
"I just…" Senna turns around to look at Ichigo with a gentle smile, "I wanna give him that one last wish. One last good memory."
"Senna!" Tomoya's voice reaches afar, catching Senna's attention.
"I'm coming!" Senna calls out, raising her voice so that Tomoya could hear her.
"Hurry up! I found it! I found it!" Tomoya exclaims, urging Senna to hurry as he points to the festival.
Ichigo widens his eyes in shock upon hearing this. He runs over to them, and he can't believe his eyes when he sees people coming out of the said festival, wearing kimonos and all in the pavilion. He enters inside, and sure enough it's a festival that's performing its role.
'I don't believe it…' Ichigo thinks, looking around the place, 'But… how?'
"Where is he?" Tomoya asks, looking around the place, "I don't see him…"
"Don't worry, we'll find him," Senna says with a reassuring smile as she leads Tomoya, putting her hands on his shoulders.
"Okay…" Tomoya mutters as he walks forward.
"I'm so glad this place is still here," Senna says, as chatters, buyers are doing all their business, "I came to this place a lot when I was a little girl."
Ichigo perks up upon hearing this. This place was shut down decades ago and has been replaced since then. So for her to have been here would mean…
"Tomoya! Tomoya!" A man's voice screams from the shrine as he starts running towards the trio.
Tomoya widens his eyes, recognizing the voice, "It's daddy…!" He starts running towards his father as well, and the two embrace each other tightly, refusing to let go as they share tears of joy.
"I don't believe it…" Ichigo mutters to himself, not believing that they actually found the father and the festival all at once.
"Thank you… thank you so much!" The father sheds his tears before he gets up, holding Tomoya's hand, "It's all thanks to you," The father thanks Senna, who, in turn, is stunned by this.
"M-Me?" Senna points to herself before she waves her hands in front, "Oh, no, I didn't do anything at all."
"It's hard to believe," The father says with a smile, "You must have been so wrapped up in helping Tomoya that you didn't even notice," He then looks at the other people within the festival, "All these souls here? I was able to find this place thanks to them."
Senna is confused by this. Ichigo's body tenses upon hearing this, "Wait… all these people led you here?" Senna asks.
"Yeah. Don't you understand?" Now Tomoya is the one confused, but he seems more so surprised if anything, "All these people are here because of you. I'm surprised you didn't know. If it wasn't for you, none of us would be here."
"Tomoya…" The father says, catching the boy's attention, "It's time for us to be going now," Both their bodies glow in golden energy. The father bows down in gratitude, and Tomoya greets them goodbye as he waves his hand. Both the souls disappear from this world, having seemingly moved on by their will.
When they disappear, the atmosphere changes completely. Having both noticed this, Ichigo and Senna turn around to look at the festival, which was once bright and full of life is now nothing but a barren, dead wasteland with barely anybody in there.
One man, with his head slumped down, walks away from Ichigo and Senna. This attracts Ichigo's attention as he catches the man, grabbing his shoulder, "Hey—" But the second he turns him around, his skin is completely barren, as though he's never had a day of sunlight in his life, "What the…" When touching him, the Spiritual Pressure emitting feels familiar to the Blanks he came in contact with yesterday, 'Wait… if he's what I think he is, does that mean these guys are…?' Ichigo looks over at the other "people" around them.
"Why me...?" The Substitute Soul Reaper lets go of the "man" before he turns back to Senna, who is confused and somewhat frightened, "Why is it that they're all attracted to me?" Suddenly, memories resurface from Senna's mind, previous memories she's already experienced, and new, foreign ones pop into her head, ones all too brief but remembers them nonetheless, "No… it can't be... Ichigo, do you think… that I must be…" She speaks in a frightened tone.
Ichigo frowns upon this. He's had his suspicions, but it seems that right now this just confirms everything. Give him the green idiot to fight any time rather than deal with this, as this is an uncomfortable position to be in, "Senna…" Ichigo begins to walk towards her, putting his hands on her shoulders, "Listen to me—"
A bright light blinds both Ichigo and Senna, causing them to shield their eyes. A blue smoke appears as the Senkaimon Gate opens. As the light diminishes, out in the field step Toshiro, Rangiku, and Soi Fon along with her Stealth Force officers. The Senkaimon Gate closes itself, letting Ichigo and Senna see again.
They're both confused, so Ichigo decides to press what they're all doing here, "Toshiro? Rangiku? Soi Fon?" Ichigo says their names, "What are you guys doing here? What is this all about?"
Rangiku doesn't say anything, as she looks away. It's then Soi Fon who steps up, "We are here to carry out a Level 1 order from Central 46," Soi Fon says, "You are to hand over the girl immediately."
"Say what?!" Ichigo is shocked to hear this.
"Kurosaki…" Toshiro says, "I searched every record of the 13 Court Guard Squads, the Stealth Force, and the Kido Force. I even went as far as to search records of the Soul Reaper Academy. There is no Senna mentioned anywhere in any of the records. I even double checked to make sure," Before Senna could say anything, Toshiro continues, "I also verified that the Zanpakuto the girl uses, Mirokumaru, was swallowed up by the Restrictive Current in the Dangai Precipice World 100 years ago, along with its own owner." Senna gasps in shock, "In other words, her so-called Zanpakuto, is a living paradox that shouldn't even exist."
"But that's not possible!" Senna argues, "What you're saying isn't true! I am a Soul Reaper, I just know it!" Ichigo looks over to Senna. Despite finding out about the truth, she still seems to deny it as a form of coping mechanism.
"Then when did you come to the World of The Living?" Soi Fon asks, "How long ago?"
"It's… confusing," Senna darts her eyes, "I remember walking up to the banks of that river 2 days ago. And I know I'm not confused about my name! I know it's Senna! I do remember the river. When I was a little girl, I…" She stops her words, as though something is holding her back, "But then I…" Her eyes flicker back and forth, holding her head as all sorts of memories flood all at once, "And then I was alone! There was no-one else!"
"Let me make this perfectly clear, all those different memories you're experiencing are not yours," Soi Fon bluntly says.
"I know this must be difficult… but ironically, the thing we've been searching for this whole time, this so-called Shinenju… is actually you," Toshiro adds.
Senna shakes her head, either from the memories or from the harsh reality she's facing, she doesn't know anymore, "Is it true…?" She frantically asks as she's shaking.
"Hey…" Ichigo says, seeing that Senna is shaking intensely as she's having a panic attack.
He gets interrupted by Toshiro, "The Valley of Screams became visible 24 hours ago," The youngest Captain says, "We still aren't sure as to who's behind it, but we know that whoever's doing it intends to destroy our universe, along with the World of The Living. To do this, he or she intends to utilize the Shinenju… the Shinenju, Senna," Toshiro and the others start to draw their blades, "By the order of the Soul Society, we will now take you into custody!"
If Senna has been frightened before, she's now terrified. This is where Ichigo has had enough as he puts his foot down, "Alright, that's enough," Ichigo puts his hand on Senna's shoulder, sensing that she's trembling with fear, "What the hell are you guys thinking?"
"I strongly suggest you move out of the way, Ichigo," Soi Fon remarks, "You're not to be involved in this."
"Guys, just look at her," Ichigo says, moving his hand towards the Shinenju, "She's scared out of her mind, and she doesn't even know what the hell she is. Don't you think this is going overboard?!"
"That's not our decision to make," Toshiro answers, "It belongs to Central 46."
"Central whatever," Ichigo makes a snide remark, "If some assholes can decide to kidnap—"
"Taking into custody—" Toshiro says.
"Kidnap…" Ichigo presses his point, as that's the situation that's being presented, "Then you got some shady people you're working with to say the least. Just look at her…" He looks at Senna, "She's someone who has feelings, thoughts and dreams just like you do! She's just a person. Take a look at me," He points his thumb to himself, "We were enemies once, but you don't see me turning my backs on you!"
"It's not that simple, Kurosaki," Toshiro says, "We can't just say no from a higher order of something like Central 46."
Suddenly, a memory springs from Ichigo's mind, after finishing his battle with Byakuya, his words of upholding the law ring back to him. Ichigo sighs, "Fine… you're not leaving me much of a choice here," With that said, he grabs his pocket and pulls out a Soul Candy and quickly puts it in his mouth, exiting his body, "Noba, take care of Senna," He orders the Mod Soul.
"Mhm," The Mod Soul nods his head. Before Senna could say a word, Noah grabs her bridal style and starts running.
"Get the Shinenju!" Soi Fon orders her squad.
"Yes ma'am!" The Stealth Force speak all at once, using their Flash Step to get to Senna.
"No you won't!" Ichigo unsheathes his sword and uses a wordless Getsuga to scar the concrete, making the Stealth Force members back away at the sheer magnitude of power he's releasing.
The Stealth Force starts trembling in fear as the swords in their hands are shaking, 'What incredible Spiritual Pressure!' They think.
'Alright, what am I up against here?' Ichigo analyzes the situation around him, thinking quickly, 'I'm up against 2 Captains, a Lieutenant, and a bunch of nobodies. My Spirit Energy is still high, but I rather avoid using Bankai, unless I got no choice…' He tightens the grip on his blade, "Alright, let's do this…"
"So, are you all done with your little squabble, or should I join in too?"
"What the…?" Ichigo looks over the Soul Reapers to see Jean Grey standing, hands in her pockets as she forms a smile on her face. The Soul Reapers turn around to see the beautiful woman.
"What!? A human!?" Toshiro exclaims in shock.
"Not exactly…" Jean replies as she lightly taps her foot on the ground, "I'm something a little more… unique, so to say," She gets her hands out of her pockets.
"I don't know who you are…" Soi Fon spits as she gives a glare, "But you better run away from here, this is about to get ugly."
"I'm afraid I can't do that," Jean lightly brushes her hair, "I hid myself, and came here to talk to that guy," She points her finger at Ichigo, who seems confused, "Look, I don't know what the whole story is here, but I can tell you're threatening him and that girl. Having a small army against one man seems rather unfair, don't you think?"
'Who is she?' Ichigo thinks in confusion.
"Look, I'm not here looking for a fight," Jean puts her hand in front, "I'm just here to say that you guys are just gonna be wasting your time fighting one another when there's a bigger target that's just waiting for you to tire each other out."
"What?" Toshiro is confused by what she means.
"What I'm saying is there's other forces at work that's at this moment trying to capture this girl!" Jean points her finger up in the sky, "They're right there!"
As of this moment, dark energy portals blink open as multiple individuals that Ichigo met last night emerge once again. One of them fires multiple projectiles coming towards the Soul Reapers and Jean. The Mutant casts a force field around herself as there isn't time to project it onto others. But this isn't needed, as the Soul Reapers leap out of the way when explosions occur from the projectiles.
Rangiku is the first to come out of the smoke, right before she senses a presence coming at her from behind. A large man with two hammer-like weapons comes at her, and unsheathes her sword. Their weapons clash, and Rangiku gets pushed back as the large man overpowers her.
"Rangiku!" Toshiro yells out his Lieutenant's name in concern as he rushes in to save her, only to get pushed back by another one of the mysterious men from last night.
Ichigo is the only one who's still on the ground, having used Flash Step to get away. Behind him, he senses many odd Spiritual Pressures, and he turns around to see the "human" people with disheveled skins, only for their bodies to twist and turn, mutating themselves as they transform into Blanks. Ichigo widens his eyes as he senses a presence again, one more powerful than the rest of the Blanks as he crashes down on the ground, only for Ichigo to leap out of the way.
'It was an ambush!' Ichigo thinks as he looks around the battlefield, looking for the woman who told them of such a thing, 'But how did she know it was gonna happen?!' As the smoke clears, he sees it's Jai. Ichigo can't help but make a smirk as he puts both of his hands on the handle of his sword, "Oh, it you again…"
Jai makes a smirk of his own at seeing Ichigo, his arm having been restored now, "Hey, kid!" He calls to Ichigo, "There wasn't time for us before… but there is now!"
"Yeah, I agree. It's time for you to lose your arm again!" Ichigo then comes at him, as he swings his sword down vertically, only for Jai to block it with his weapons. Ichigo curls his eyebrows, noticing that something feels wrong. Jai pushes Ichigo back, moving forward as he swings his weapons at the young Substitute, but Ichigo keeps blocking one attack after the other with his Zanpakuto, 'Something's wrong!' Ichigo thinks as he continues to be pushed back in the defensive, 'His power doubled since yesterday! And his weapons… they don't feel like Zanpakuto at all!'
Soi Fon is clashing with a female member of the mystery group, the two seeming to be evenly matched as their fighting skills are a counter to one another. The female member with lavender hair leaps away, and Soi Fon looks at the Punishment Force, "Go! Get the Shinenju!" Soi Fon orders.
"Yes ma'am!" The soldiers obey the order as they're trying to cut down the multitudes of Blanks with their swords, but the Blanks don't go down, as they surround the Punishment Force members, grabbing them to prevent them from escaping.
"Reign Over the Frosted Heavens, Hyorinmaru!" Toshiro releases the command for his Shikai release, unleashing a massive ice dragon at one of the members who fired the projectiles from earlier.
The opponent in question grabs a weapon, before activating it as it spins at ultra-high speeds, completely destroying the ice dragon. The man in question then flies towards Toshiro, and once he's at point blank range he fires his projectiles yet again, only for Toshiro to use Flash Step as he barely avoids the lethal blows. Toshiro is surprised to see the projectiles aren't just straight home attacks, but they're tracking units coming after him. The Captain of Squad 10 leaps in the air to avoid the projectiles, which seem to have timers on them as they explode before they can reach Toshiro.
Rangiku is on ground level as she runs away from the same large man who overpowered. He runs towards her with speed that's surprising for his build, and launches one of his weapons down at Rangiku, who makes a backflip to get away from him. She puts her hand on her Zanpakuto, "Now Growl, Haineko!" Ashes dispurst from her sword as they come at the large man.
But the man seemingly swings his weapon blindly, but the ashes twist as Rangiku controls them to attack from behind, but the man turns around in time to swing his weapon from behind, the result behind the contact causes an explosion, burning away the ashes, "What!?" Rangiku is surprised by this. The large man jumps towards her, making a battle cry as he swings his weapon down at her. Rangiku has no choice but for the ashes to return to her sword, and they barely make it in time as she gets knocked back.
In another part of the battlefield, Jean uses telekinetic abilities to hold over a dozen Blanks in place. Around her are Noba and Senna, who are surrounded by the Blanks. Before she could help them, her senses act up as she senses danger coming from behind, as another man comes at her, only for Jean to turn around and say, "You don't really wanna harm me, do you?" She goes into his nervous system, playing with his emotions, making him halt at what he's about to do.
"I…" The man stumbles, his body struggling to break through as his emotions are being manipulated, "No... I don't," He says with a smile, dropping his sword as he gives up fighting, not wanting to harm the gorgeous woman.
Around her, Senna has reached her breaking point as to how long she can endure all this. First she finds out the truth about all the souls that have been attracted to her because of her being a Shinenju, then she gets to be used for some sinister purposes, threatened to get locked in, and now this.
She's had it.
"I'm going to prove it…" Senna mutters to herself, too low for Noba to hear. She enters her spiritual body, making her physical form disappear all together. She gets away from Noba, charging right in front of one man who's standing by his lonesome in the sky, "Hyaaaaaaaaaah!" Senna makes a battle cry as she jumps far in the air, unsheathing her sword, "Bring Them to the Twilight, Mirokumaru!" She unleashes her Shikai and goes to attack the man in the sky.
However, her heart isn't in it. The man turns around, and for the next moment, an explosion occurs that attracts everyone's attention. As the smoke clears, it's shown the man stopped Senna's Zanpakuto with his bare hand. Senna is in utter shock, "No way…" She mutters, right before the man uses his other hand to hit Senna in her gut, knocking her unconscious.
Ichigo sees this and widens his eyes, "Senna, no!" He yells in worry. Suddenly, all the fighting ceases as the group retreat from the Soul Reapers and regroup together with their commander.
Soi Fon grits her teeth as she sees the group, "That armor they're wearing…" She's read about them in the books. When you're the leader of both Squad 2 and the Punishment Force, it's imperative you have knowledge of this, "It belongs to the banished clan, the fallen house of Ryodoji!"
"Oh, I wouldn't know about that…" The commander chuckles, as he moves his arm, his cloak swinging in the air, "We are from the clan of darkness, the Dark Ones!"
Some of the Blanks gather together in the sky, some attack the Soul Reapers, but strangely enough in doing so they explode upon contact. The Blanks that captured the members of the Stealth Force explode as well, killing them in the process, scattering their remains as they vaporize. The explosions are continuous around the pavilion until the smoke screen becomes so large that it blocks out everyone's views.
The commander, satisfied with this as they completed their mission of capturing the Shinenju, sets off to leave, "Well be going now," He says as the rest of the group follows the leader.
Suddenly, black and red energy escape through the smoke, dispursting it all at once from sheer power. The black energy comes straight towards the commander, who moves out of the way, with Senna still in his arm. A black blur escapes past the commander and soars higher in the air until it stops, and high in the air stands Ichigo in his Bankai form, holding his black, long blade.
"Alright, I strongly suggest you put the girl down, now," Ichigo says in a firm tone. He can already feel his Spirit Energy decreasing faster than before, so it's better to finish this as quickly as possible.
Senna begins to regain her consciousness, rather quickly as well. Once she regains her senses and realizes what's happening, she gasps, "Hey!" She yells at the commander, who pays no heed to her, "Put me down, you jerk!" She furiously starts beating her fists on the commander.
"Senna!" Ichigo calls out her name, and she stops what she's doing, looking at the orange haired teen, "Don't worry! This'll be over before you know it!" He reassures her. He then points his sword at the commander, as though challenging him to battle.
The rest of the lackeys charge at Ichigo all at once, to which he scoffs, "Too slow," Once the first goon gets close to him, Ichigo uses Flash Step to cut him through his chest. He goes to the other side, doing the same thing he did to the first goon. Rinse and repeat this several times, taking them down in a single blow as he gets closer to the commander.
Once he does this, he speeds up even more, going around circles over the commander as multiple blurs of Ichigo appear as he continuously uses Flash Step, the same move he used against Byakuya and Kariya, speeding up around the commander until he gets behind the commander, "It's over!" Ichigo exclaims, as he swings his sword to decapitate him.
To his surprise, the commander turns around and blocks Ichigo's sword with his own. Ichigo widens his eyes, having not expected this, "Your speed is formidable, Substitute Soul Reaper," The commander says, as their blades struggle to overpower one another, "But to be frank with you, I expected more," The commander starts pushing Ichigo back, "Is this really the strength of the man that defeated Aizen?"
"Piss off!" Ichigo starts using his Getsuga, compressing it into his blade as he puts more strength into his attacks. This seems to take the commander by surprise as Ichigo starts pushing back. The commander then grins as with his other arm, he pushes Senna's Zanpakuto through Ichigo's gut, stabbing him further as it goes through his back as well, "Gagh!" Ichigo coughs up blood before the commander forcefully pulls Senna's Zanpakuto out of his body, drawing blood out of him.
"Ichigo! No!" Senna yells out in terror as she sees the wound on Ichigo's body.
"Kgh!" Ichigo grunts as he falls down a bit before finding his balance. It's then that the Captains and Rangiku come out, charging towards the commander.
"Getsuga…!" Ichigo flies towards the commander, ready to fire a small Getsuga Tenshou towards his opponent's head, before the commander puts Senna in front, making Ichigo hesitate as he stops charging.
The commander smirks before a dark portal opens, swallowing the commander in an instant. As it does, Ichigo widens his eyes, flying at maximum speed as he reaches his hand towards the Shinenju, "SENNA!" Ichigo screams the girl's name.
"HEL—" Her words dry out as the portal swallows them completely, and Ichigo rushes past the portal, missing her by mere inches.
It takes a good moment for Ichigo to progress what just occurred. He stands in the air, with his wound bleeding profusely, but he doesn't pay heed to it. He's taken much worse damage than this. The Captains and Rangiku come up behind Ichigo, "You're bleeding," Toshiro reaches his hand towards Ichigo, "We need to get you—"
"Don't touch me!" Ichigo swats Toshiro's hand away, looking beyond furious, "You have any idea what all of you did?! Do you?!"
"Kurosaki, calm down…" Toshiro rubs his hand over Ichigo's slap, "We did what we could to save the Shinenju."
"Stop calling her that!" Ichigo spits, his anger increasing, "She's not some object! She's a person! For fuck's sake, didn't you see how badly she was shaking before?!" He clenches his fist in utter fury, "After all I did to save this world, I sacrificed my fucking powers to stop that! I sacrificed the one thing that was my gift! And you decide to repay me by not even allowing me to fight back on a girl that's having an identity crisis!? All because you're afraid of losing your jobs!?"
"It goes more than just that, Kurosaki," Toshiro puts his hands in front to calm Ichigo down, "Disobeying an order from Central 46 is like—"
"You know what, I have had it to hell with your orders!" At this point Ichigo isn't thinking straight, as he can feel his blood spoiling, "What kind of orders allow you to murder your own sister just because she wanted to rescue a human!? What kind of orders do you take to kidnap someone and lock them away when they don't even know what's happening!?" Ichigo starts walking towards them, "Well here's something for you to know… if any of you get in my way of saving Senna… know that I'm going to fight every one of you, I don't care who it is," He then turns around, his voice becoming hoarse, "Now if you excuse me... I have to heal myself."
Orihime finishes treating Ichigo's injury as she, Uryu, Chad, the Mod Souls, Jinta and Ururu are in Urahara's shop, having been there due to Yoruichi calling the others while she was giving Ichigo superficial treatment until Orihime arrived. The reason the others showed up is due to how serious the situation has gotten.
"All done now," Orihime says with a smile.
Ichigo sighs in relief, having taken only minutes for Orihime to heal his wound, "Thank you…" He tells her.
"Man, some wimp you are!" Jinta exclaims, "You didn't even slow those guys down!"
"Watch it you little shit!" Ichigo bites back.
"Now, now, let's not get hasty here," Urahara remarks, his hands in his pockets, "As we know, 2 Squad Captains were present in the situation, and even they couldn't do anything about it. Besides, let's not be so harsh on Ichigo, he did take down all the others by himself, so it's not a total loss."
"Those guys… what happened to them?" Ichigo asks, remembering how he cut those guys down.
"Well, as you can imagine, the Soul Society came in to take them back and interrogate them, though so far we haven't had any info yet," Urahara informs them.
"Do we know their plan at least?" Ichigo wants to know.
Urahara shakes his head, "Unfortunately, we don't. We don't even know how they got here, but however they did, it seems they prepared for this and made an escape plan."
"Do we know what they plan to do at least?" Uryu asks.
"Same thing I told Ichigo," Urahara tips his hat, "And if what I heard is true, they plan to use the Shinenju as a means of destroying the Dangai Precipice World, drawing both the World of The Living and the Soul Society. The impact of these two realms colliding would cause instant destruction for both..."
The others widen their eyes in shock from hearing such a thing, "But why?!" Uryu wants to know right away, "What do they gain from doing this?!"
"That, I don't really know," Urahara peeks through one of his eyes, looking at the young Quincy, "But would you really ask this after all you've been through? You had the Bounts, and then Aizen wanted the same thing."
"They at least had some reason for doing this," Ichigo says, not buying what Kisuke is saying, as though they're just mad men, "Kariya just wanted revenge on what the Soul Society did, and Aizen said something about a king…" He proceeds to get up.
"So what's the Soul Society doing right now?" Chad asks, "Y'know, besides interrogating."
"Knowing them, they're working on a plan of action in a Captain's meeting," Urahara tells them, "Although… I doubt they could do very much."
This makes the others confused, "Why not?" Ichigo asks.
"That's because the Valley of Screams is completely inaccessible to the Soul Society," Urahara says in a serious tone, "Without it, it's impossible to plan an attack there."
"But there's gotta be some way in…" Orihime says.
"Well…" Urahara folds his arms, coming with his ever present theory, "I imagine that the Shinenju must have created a passageway from the World of The Living to get here. After all, she had to have come here somehow."
Ichigo widens his eyes, remembering how her lack of memories of how she got here in the first place begins to add up. "That's right!" He exclaims, "So if we can find the entrance to where Senna came from, we should be able to take that bastard out!"
"Easy there, Ichigo," Yoruichi ushers her boyfriend, "You don't wanna just rush in this time," She's worried for him. Though his injury wasn't that serious, she's worried as to what his state of mind is considering his wobbly Spiritual Pressure.
"It's just one guy," Ichigo replies, picking up his sheathed sword as he puts Zangetsu on his back, "And he's the leader, I just know it."
"Ichigo, this isn't just gonna work forever, you know?" Yoruichi rolls her eyes, "You need to come up with some attack. Rushing in head first isn't always gonna work. It usually doesn't."
"I'm stronger…" Ichigo clenches his fist, "I can beat him. I know I can. I made a big mistake when I fought him, and I refuse to repeat that…"
"Ichigo…" Orihime gently puts her hand on her friend's shoulder, "Maybe it's better if we listen to Yoruichi… we can't just repeat the same thing when we first headed into the Soul Society…"
"Unfortunately, I'm afraid we won't have too much time on our hands," Urahara says, catching everyone's attention on what he means, "We don't know how much time we have until he uses the Shinenju to destroy the Dangai, and with his operations, it's better to strike quickly. And if we're gonna do this…" He makes a grin, "It's better to do it when we're all together, isn't it?"
"I agree, which is why I should tag along," The door slides open, revealing Jean.
"Who are you!?" The others in Ichigo's group prepare themselves to draw their weapons, having not even sensed Jean until now.
"Wow, easy!" Jean puts her hands in front, waving them furiously, "I'm not here to fight!"
"Wait… you again!?" Ichigo points his finger to Jean, "Who are you?! How did you even get here?!"
"Ok, I know this looks bad…" Jean slowly backs away, "But I swear, I'm not your enemy. If I was, I would have just killed at least one of you when I managed to sneak my way here."
"Well she does have a point there!" Urahara waves to his fan that he spawned out of nowhere, "So then, stranger," He peeks through his hat with one of her eyes, "What exactly do you want?"
"I'm here to help you," Jean tells them, "I swear, no strings are being pulled or attached. I heard about the problem you guys have, and I wanted to help."
"But what's in it for you?" Kisuke asks, "I assume you didn't come all the way out here just to really help now, do you? You certainly don't look Japanese, and there's gotta be some reason you came to us besides just wanting to help, isn't there?"
"Well…" Jean scratches the back of her hair, "Yeah, I guess so. I honestly just wanted to talk to him," She points her finger at Ichigo, pausing for a moment, "Ichigo Kurosaki… well that's a pretty nice name."
"It means strawberry," Jinta snickers.
Ichigo gives a side eye to the childish redhead before he sighs and gets up, "I don't know how you know my name… but how exactly can you help us?"
"I have… abilities, ones that allow me to track people in this case," Jean says.
"Look, I don't know who you are…" Ichigo takes a step forward, "But frankly, I don't really care right now. If you can help us find where Senna is, then that's good enough for me."
"Ichigo!" Uryu exclaims, nor believing what he's hearing, "You can't actually be this stupid in trusting a stranger to help us!"
"I don't!" Ichigo snaps as he whips his head to look at Uryu, "But what choice do I have?! I gotta find Senna! Even if it means being with somebody I don't know! So maybe instead of bitching about it, how about you shut up and get your ass moving!" He yells.
Uryu doesn't say anything, as instead Ichigo leaves through the door, "Come on, we're leaving," Ichigo tells Jean as he storms his way through the hallway, with Jean following him.
"Welp, I guess we can't sit around and do nothing," Kisuke turns to look at the rest of the crew, "We better get to work here!"
"Yeah!" Everyone exclaims.
Ichigo hops off from one rooftop after the other, with an invisible Jean following him. Eventually they make it back to the same place where they met, the same place where the fighting commenced with the Dark Ones.
Though as to be expected from the damage, the area was surrounded by the police, making people back away. Ichigo lands inside, with Jean standing next to him.
"There's no trace of any gunpowder or chemical residence—" One of the cops says.
"The hell is going on here?"
Ichigo walks towards where the crater is at, remembering the battle that took place at, and remembering his failure of saving Senna, he clenches his fists, "Kgh…!" Gritting his teeth, he looks down on the crater.
"Hey, listen," Ichigo feels Jean putting her hand on his shoulder, "It's not your fault. You did what you could."
"And just how would you know that?" Ichigo asks in annoyance.
"I can read what's happening in your head," Jean tells him.
Ichigo is surprised to hear about this, knowing what this entails, "You can… read my thoughts?" Knowing about this makes him more irritated, "Well that's just great, why don't you go read my private thoughts while you're at it!?"
"Hey, calm down," Jean tries to reassure him, "I just wanted to know if—"
"Because it's my fault that I let my fear get the better of me!" Ichigo argues, letting out his frustrations, "Senna is stubborn, strong-willed, and maybe even crazy at times… but she was just a girl who has no idea who she even is. She was terrified, damn it… and I let her down," He wants to punch something. Anything, as his anguish and guilt surface, "I held back because I was afraid of losing my powers the more Spirit Energy I kept releasing. I should have gone all in, right from the start!" He gets his knees on the ground, slamming his fists on the crater, "But my stupid fear got the better of me! I couldn't protect her and it's because of my weakness!"
"Hey, listen…" Jean whispers just so the cops don't hear her, "You're blaming yourself way too much on this." Ichigo doesn't hear, only thinks of Senna's words from the times they were with one another.
"Remember when you said you'd do anything for me when I answered all your questions?!"
"Oh, you finally noticed! You like it? You gotta admit, the red looks way better than the yellow, don't ya think?"
"I dunno… I just… really like it when I'm way up high. Everything that seems confusing or messed up suddenly becomes clear to me."
When remembering this, Ichigo's eyes perk up, as if something comes to him, "Wait…" He mutters.
"What is it? Did something come up?" Jean asks, seeing the look on his face.
Ichigo gets up, remembering what Senna also said.
"I remember walking up to the banks of that river 2 days ago."
She appeared at the same time as when the Blanks appeared…
Up high… the things that seem confusing are clear…
"That's it…" Ichigo mutters, and hears Jean standing up.
"What? Did you figure something out?" She asks.
"I think I just did," Ichigo answers as he begins to walk away, "Follow me."
At the top of a Ferris Wheel, Ichigo and the invisible Jean on top of the highest point they could reach in Karakura Town, though Jean still doesn't understand what the whole point of doing this is. If anything, it's as though they're taking a break from something that's supposed to be important.
"What exactly are we doing here, Ichigo?" Jean asks, "You haven't told me what this is all about."
"Something that came to mind…" Ichigo tells her, looking far and wide, "Senna said something about walking to a riverbank, and that heights makes things clear for her."
"And that's a clue to finding Senna?"
"Yeah it—" Ichigo then widens his eyes, as he spots something abnormal in a river, something circular, "No way… is that it!?" The Substitute Soul Reaper points his finger to what he's seeing, "There! Right in the middle of that river!"
Ichigo then leaps as far as he can, with Jean following him as she uses her telekinetic abilities to propel herself, watching as to how Ichigo gathers Reishi in the air and uses it to boost himself. It takes them minutes to reach to the far side of the river, and both widen their eyes when they see a dimensional vortex spinning around.
"What is that…?" Jean asks in surprise, having never seen something like this.
"No clue… but this must be the place where Senna came from. Who'd have thought it was right under our noses this whole time. I didn't even sense anything," Ichigo says, looking at the natural phenomenon that's the Valley of Screams. Ichigo clenches his fists, ready to jump in, "I'm going in. You contact Kisuke Urahara and tell him we found it."
"Wait, hold on a second," Jean makes a part of herself visible, "You can't actually be serious. Isn't it better to wait for backup to arrive?"
"Don't you remember what Kisuke said? We don't have much time, and who knows when that asshole is gonna use Senna to do who knows what," Ichigo looks at Jean, "So do it, contact Kisuke and tell him we found it, the others should be here shortly."
"But I can help you to—"
"I remember when I first entered a realm like this, I was told the only way to enter it is to become a spiritual being," Ichigo tells her, "And that's to convert your whole body into a spiritual being, do you have an ability like that?"
"Well… no." Jean answers.
"I'm the only one who can do this… so please, just give me a chance," With that said, Ichigo dives towards the open dimension, letting his body fall as he ignores everything else around him. His only mission is to save Senna. He unsheathes his Zanpakuto, making a battle cry before he bursts through the dimension, traveling inside it. For a moment there is blackness around him as he goes inside, right before he sees a green light, and Ichigo goes through it. The end result is a massive collision of the water, the impact being so great that the water reaches even higher than the Karakura Bridge.
Jean watches as Ichigo has successfully went through the Valley of Screams, "That guy is crazy…" She mutters to herself.
To the guest that asked me to update this story, I do apologize it's taken so long, but I finally got my motivation back. Even after having finished through my exams I honestly kept procrastinating and haven't done all that much progress, but I am back now.
Instead of explaining some stuff for the story like I usually do, my partner advised me to reply to reviews properly. I wanted to let you all know I read every single one of your reviews that pop into my feed, so if some take longer for me to respond to, I'm either doing something or it hasn't popped into my feed. The logged accounts that do leave reviews I usually respond to them in PM's since that's the quickest way to do it, but for those who are just guests I'm not able to do so as that option doesn't exist, I guess to show I do read the reviews, I'll respond to the most of the reviews that came out recently.
To sfbolzu: The differences between the old chapters and the new ones are still being rewritten, I just recently posted Chapter 14 of Overflow. I'll let you all know when it's finally done since I really don't like what I wrote when I was more inexperienced as a writer.
To ReviewerPops: I don't really understand what you're saying, can you please make it clearer on what you're saying?
That's about it from what I felt was fitting to reply to so far. Until then, I'll see you all next time.