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Speech: "Hi"

Thoughts: 'Hi'

Abilities: "Getsuga Tenshou!"

Zanpakuto or Inner Voice: 'Hi'


- Bellcaster's Office-


Standing in his office, stares at the picture of his wife on his wall with a sorrowful expression on his face. "I can't do this without you, Miya." he says softly talking to the picture. "I am a failure as a father."

Suddenly his office doors open causing him to look at the person who opened them to see Ichigo who currently does not look happy. "We need to talk." Ichigo states sternly.

"Ah yes, I believe I should be giving the location of the caves, you can find them-" Bellcaster began thinking Ichigo meant about the quest well he did but not in the way Bellcaster thought.

"Not about that. We'll get to that in a second, we need to talk about you." Ichigo said, cutting him off. "You need to start by telling me the truth."

"What do you mean?" Bellcaster questions.

"I'm talking about you letting your daughter get captured."

With that leaving Ichigo's mouth, Bellcaster looks down and then goes quiet for a couple seconds but looks towards Ichigo again, deciding to play dumb. "What are you talking about? I don't know what someone has told you but I didn't let anything happen to my daughter, Skyla is in her room right now." The rich man said deflecting

"I'm talking about Kayla." Ichigo corrected as he then walked to the man, getting angry because not only was he lied to, but Bellcaster was continuing to lie to him. "Why are you hiding the fact that you let your daughter get captured!? What kind of father does that!? You better start telling the truth!".

Bellcaster stared at the boy. "Fine, sit Ichigo."

Ichigo then sits down in front of the man crossing his arms. Bellcaster then sat. "You know about Kayla which I assume Skyla told you?" he asks Ichigo, to which the boy nods in response. "That girl has no idea what she has even told you. Well to start, I haven't lied to you. My daughter was kidnapped just not in the way you think. I never wanted my daughter to get hurt" Bellcaster began.

"My family's caves have been one of the main sources of beautiful gems in fiore for generations but it's not just gems, it's lacrimas as well. As you may know, lacrimas are very important as they can be used for various magical purposes. Which means they sell for a very high value, in fact that's what keeps my family swimming in money." He explained "However, my family has another reason for watching over those caves besides mining." He informed Ichigo

"And what's that?" Ichigo asked, wondering what this has to do with his daughter getting captured but he understands there is a point the older man is getting to.

"Ichigo, what I'm about to tell you must stay in this room. No one must know about this, not even my daughters. I hired you so you will learn eventually…" He says, speaking in a tone that makes Ichigo focus on the man in front of him. "The caves my family owns are just regular caves. Deep within the caves, there is a gate which is the entrance to my family's most sacred treasure. A divine lacrima one with incredible power." the rich man states

"A…divine lacrima? I've never heard of that kind before." Ichigo says in a very confused tone. He is aware of lacrimas thanks to the help of Raubual informing him of many things of this world.

"That's because it's one of a kind, my boy. No other exists and there is no record of this one's existence. My family has kept this secret for eons even from the royal family that rules over fiore, we feared a power like that would fall into the wrong hands." The man then opened his drawers in his desk and pulled a file that had a bright red stamp reading 'confidential' he then placed it on the desk.

"You see, three months ago, I held a party here in my mansion to honor my workers who have been very loyal and hardworking, but one of my newest workers or who i thought to be a worker broke into this room trying to steal money or whatever he may have wanted to find but instead he found that exact file and stole it." Bellcaster explained. Ichigo wanted to read it but decided it doesn't matter he's not here for the lacrima anyway.

"In this file, it explains everything about my family and the lacrima, the man then confronted me a day later trying to blackmail me into giving him the lacrima or he would expose me and my family." The man informed

Ichigo sat there in silence taking all of this information in. This is so much at once and it still doesn't explain the kidnapping. "I don't get this, what does this have to do with the bandits and your daughter?"

"Patience child, when he did this, I obviously thought he was full of crap but he knew about the lacrima so I took him seriously once I realized that. I told him no one would even believe him. Then the fool pulled out the file, which I managed to get back from him, though I had to rough him up a bit to do so." Bellcaster stated he then leans forward and crosses his fingers

"That..was a costly act, I just hadn't known it yet. The man was a younger brother to a very powerful wizard who leads a bandit group, when he learned I fought his brother he came here to teach me a lesson and more than likely planned to kill me, however, his younger brother ignorantly told him of the lacrima and that's when it all began…"


-Flashback-


Bellcaster sat at his desk filing paperwork, it was a boring day just like any other. Suddenly his office doors burst open making one of them break and fall on the floor. The man didn't see who did it but this enraged him. He then gets up and walks around the desk. "Who the hell do you think you are?! I'll have you arrested for thi-" the man was then stopped by a hand grabbing his neck and choking him.

"You'll doing nothing but shut the fuck up and speak when spoken to." an unknown voice spoke. BC(Bellcaster) was then thrown into his desk. The assailant chuckled "You thought you could put your hands on my brother and not receive consequences? No matter the reason brothers are here to protect the younger siblings"

BC then looked up at his attacker while coughing he just got the wind knocked, he looked up to see a tall buff man who looked to be in his early thirties with spiky long indigo hair with matching eyes, he had scar that went from his left ear to the left corner of his mouth and other scars on his arms mostly likely from battles, He wore a white shirt under a black leather jacket with black leather open finger gloves and beige baggy cargo pants that were tucked in black combats boots but the most noticeable thing he had was the huge double sided ax on his back. "W-who the hell a-are you?" BC questions trying to catch his breath.

"My name isn't important, usually I would just kill you and be on my way but my brother, the man you fought, told me what was in those caves of yours." the man spoke with a smirk while looking down at BC "Sounds like it could sell for a hefty price but that's just a close-minded approach, I want its power." The man then grinned maliciously "And you're going to give it to me."

BC then chuckled "Over my dead body!" This only made the bandit smile

"Well you see, I thought you'd say that but, I already had a plan for that." The man then snaps his finger and another man comes into the room holding something that made BC's skin crawl, his daughter who was restrained and has her mouth covered with tape. "I asked around and learned you had two daughters while I couldn't find the other one, this one was just roaming the halls. All I need is one anyway."

"Don't involve my child-" Bellcaster began but was stopped by a kick to the stomach causing the man to scream in pain and his daughter let out a muffled scream with tears starting to fall.

"I wasn't done talking, you need to shut your mouth and wait your turn. Now, as I was saying, you're going to tell me how to get this lacrima or your precious little girl dies." The man spoke in a tone that sent a chill down BC spine. Not wanting to give up his family's most precious treasure but even more he doesn't want his daughter to get hurt.

"Fine I'll help you but only if you let my daughter go." BC pleaded

"Tsk Tsk, no can do. I need insurance to know you won't try to get any guilds involved, I don't need any wizards coming around here or even worse the magic council. So I'll keep your daughter until we reach the end of our little arrangement." He said leaving no room for compromise. "Besides you have my word no harm will come to her. Once I have my lacrima, she's free."

"The door to the lacrima has ancient magic seals that can take months to remove. I'm sure a man like you has other things to worry about." BC threw in as his last hail mary attempt to persuade the man

"Nah, I'm all free" The bandit leader swiftly said "For something like this, everything else can wait. I already know where the caves are, I just need you to tell me how to remove the seals. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship as far as I can tell." The man said as he began laughing maniacally.


-End of flashback-


Ichigo was appalled from what he just heard. 'So he didn't let his daughter get kidnapped? maybe he wasn't lying after all but it's still not matching with Skyla's story.'

As if knowing the boy's thoughts, Bellcaster then spoke getting the boy's attention "I understand if you don't believe me but this is the truth. After that I fired all of my workers to get them out of harm's way without any explanation, I'm sure you know that went."

Not good probably, after getting a party thrown in your honor you get let off? Ichigo guarantees Bellcaster had an event time with his ex-employees that day. "Did your workers ever question what your caves led to?" Ichigo asks out of pure curiosity.

"No, for years the people of this city never questioned it. They trusted our people for decades and that trust is probably destroyed now."

"Then how do you explain Skyla's version? She said you fired them because you didn't want to pay them more"

"Our stories don't match up because I lied to her and made the entire story up. I didn't want either of my children to know the truth about our family just yet because they're both so young and I wanted to be their choice to keep up the tradition also… I don't want her to know how weak of a father I truly am. I couldn't protect her sister, my daughter, when it counted." Bellcaster said with anger in his voice not to Ichigo but to himself.

He then looks towards the picture of his wife " I promised my wife when she died that I would protect these girls no matter what in front of the both of them. I couldn't let Skyla know what truly happened so I'm keeping her in the dark for now and if she hates me because of it, then so be it."

"You're wrong." Ichigo let out. "You're not weak. You dedicated your life to this secret and you were willing to give it up quickly for your daughter, It's not your fault that she got captured. I understand you made a promise to your wife, and you haven't broken it yet, from what you're saying Kayla's still alive, meaning you didn't fail." Ichigo reassured the man which surprised the old man. He expected Ichigo to scold him for the whole thing. "I promise to save your daughter and protect your family's treasure as well."

Bellcaster looked at Ichigo with a deep smile "Thank you, Ichigo. You have my deepest gratitude."

"There are still two things on my mind." Ichigo announced "Are you really not gonna pay me? Also, how did you set up the quest without the bandits knowing?" Ichigo said, making the room lose all its tension.

Bellcaster then let out a laugh. "Yes, I will pay you for this, I was not going at first because I thought of you to be another wizard wanting the money and I feared that once you found out about the true essence of this job, you'd either not care or try to take the lacrima for yourself since it would be worth more of what I'm paying you." Bellcaster explained to the boy. "I see now you're a special person and I believe all the words you tell me. As for the quest, Richard simply went to do it for me. Somehow the bandits knew about my daughters but not him."

"Well then, I'll head out but before that can you share the information you have about the caves and the bandits?"

"Absolutely, from what I know none of the bandits have magic only they're leader. While I do not know what magic he possesses or even his name, that's the most I can give you. Now as for the location of the caves.."


Half an hour had passed since Ichigo left the Bellcaster Mansion, and he had been running towards the location of the caves. 'From what Bellcaster told me it should be a bit up ahead.' as if on cue Ichigo heard the laughter of men. He then hid behind trees to listen in on the conversation, he looked to see three men sitting down while drinking as if they're celebrating.

"Ahh da' boss really got over that rich prick now he's about to receive incredible power."

"Yeah, now we are finally close to getting that lacrima and after that we'll be unstoppable if we're working under the boss, no one will test us."

"Yeah, As long as we work under Dante, we'll run this joint."

'Dante huh? so that's his name.' Ichigo noted.

"So after all this, what's the plan?" a bald man questioned

"Dunno, Dante has said nothing about his next plans." a skinny man with indigo hair replied.

"C'mon you're his brother Jacks, I'm sure he's told ya something, right?" a fat one jested.

"Nope, nothin'." Jacks answered. "But it doesn't matter he'll take care of us, he always has."

"True that." The bald one agrees and the fat one nods.

"To Dante, the greatest man we know." The bald one said, raising his cup. The three men then raises their glasses

"To Dante." Jacks and the fat one replied in unison. and they touched glasses.

Jacks then drops his cup and goes down to grab it, once he does, he turns his head back to his drunk buddies only to be met with a sword to his face. He looks up to see Ichigo in front of him looking down at him. Jack's face turns into one of fear.

"Yo, sorry about your friends but they're taking a little nap." Ichigo informs the man pointing behind him revealing the other two knocked out.

"H-how did you knock them out so fast?" Jacks stuttered out.

"Not Important, tell me where the girl is or else." Ichigo threatened

"O-or else what?"

"You don't wanna find out."

Jacks then gulps and points behind himself "She's in the caves with the others."

"Well that was easy, I thought I would've had to beat it out of you." he says while sheathing his sword. "You're not really cut out for this kinda stuff are you? I bet you're just doing it cause your brother is."

"Doesn't matter anyway, you're not gonna beat my brother in there with his magic." Jacks spoke confidently "I may not be able to do something but Dante will-"

"I doubt it." Ichigo cut him off. "But thanks for letting me know your brother is in there that makes this easier. Also, sorry by the way but I really don't feel bad for what I'm about to do."

"Which is wh-" Jacks couldn't finish because Ichigo knocked him out with one punch to the gut. Ichigo then dashes into the caves, leaving the three drunk men to enjoy their nap.

Ichigo, not wanting to take any longer, begins to put his butt in gear and sped up to find Kayla, which is his first priority. Second, he'll take out all the bandits within the area and Dante, hopefully he'll have Kayla out harm's way by the time he has to fight Dante. Soon enough Ichigo arrives at a giant open area filled with gems and bright lacrimas were stairs leading up to a door with a large gate which looked to be open. 'Shit, he already got in the room? Better end this quickly then' He thinks as he jumps in the room and lands in the middle of it.


-Two minutes earlier inside The Caves-


"Cmon men move it, we don't go all day. Dante wants us to get as many gems and lacrimas as we can before we ditch this place. Right now he's getting the lacrima as we speak." the bandit tha seems to be in charge shouted. "This has been 3 months in the making boys, let's not slack off now!"

"Yes sir!" Many of the bandits spoke.

Sitting on the far end of it all in a cage chained up, Kayla Bellcaster sat in the corner of her cage wearing a white shirt and white pajama pants which had dirt spots all over. She sat and watched as these bandits tore up her family's caves. Normally she would beg them to stop or to let her go but they'd just ignore her cries, 3 months have passed and she was on the verge of giving up. Suddenly a guard kicked her cage, startling her.

"No words today, missy?" He poked. She just Ignored him, the man wasn't worth her breath. He then hit it again but this time much harder. "Don't ignore me, bitch." He insulted her, but then another guard spoke up

"Hey, you know the orders, Don't hurt the girl. Dante told us to leave her alone."

"Tch, whatever." He relented

Kayla then looked at the ground and wondered how much longer she would be held here. She desperately misses her sister and her father. She just wants to go home. It's been months since she was captured. She cant take this anymore while these bandits kept their promise of not hurting her. She's still just a child that wants her family but then again, are they thinking of her? They haven't sent anyone, even though she understands why, but nothing? Are they even worried about her? Of course they are right? Maybe they gave up on it and decided to let the bandits have her? 'Maybe I should just give up hope and-'

"So all of you are the bandits terrorizing the Bellcaster's?. Nothing impressive if you ask me." an unknown voice spoke, Kayla looks towards the direction of the voice and then spots a boy with orange hair and two katanas that seems to be around her age in the middle of the cave. He spoke loudly which got the attention of her and every bandit in there. The boy began scanning the area.

"Who the fuck are you!?" one of them shouted.

Ignoring them, the mysterious boy then notices Kayla in the cage. Before anyone in the room registers it the boy blitzes and knocks out the two guards. This spooks the girl and she didn't even notice him move until he stood right next to her cage. "Hey you must be Kayla, I know you don't know me but I know your father, he sent me here." he told her. This made the girl look at him with widened eyes, her eyes started stinging from tears that began to fall from her eyes.

"W-who are you?" she hesitantly asked.

"The names' Ichigo Kurosaki, I'm here to save you." Ichigo states proudly with a smile. The girl lets a small yet hopeful smile appear on her face.

"Like hell you are! Get him boys" The leading bandit from earlier ordered.

"Sorry Kayla, our conversation will have to be cut short for a bit. Hold on just a little bit longer, this'll be over quickly" Ichigo smiled at the girl. The young boy then looks back at all the bandits running towards him "Mr. Bellcaster told me that none of you can use magic except for your boss, Dante." Ichigo stated while fully turning around "Which means…" Suddenly Ichigo flashes and lands right back where he was standing by Kayla only this time he's facing her again. Right when he lands all of the bandits fall to the ground almost in unison. "None of you are a problem." he finishes. Kayla sat there flabbergasted

'How did he do that!? He's just a kid like me and he's so strong. none of the guards have cuts or anything, did he even draw his swords?'

Ichigo then looks at Kayla, he grabs hold of his smaller zanpakuto then slices the lock on the cage and the chains on Kayla swiftly then re-sheathes it. "Are you able to stand?" He asks gently while walking into the cage and grabbing hold of her hand.

"Y-yes." she answered quickly as her face began to turn red 'he's pretty cute' she thought while standing up. "Thank you."

"Don't thank me yet, we still have to get out of here." Ichigo stated as he began to lead Kayla out of the caves. "Once, I get you outta here, I'm gonna find Dante and put an end to this."

"What a sight we have here." A deep voice echoed through the cave which stopped the duo in their tracks. Ichigo turns to see the man behind it all, Dante, standing at the top of the stairs with a disapproving look on his face. He was a tanned muscular man with purple eyes and long dark indigo spiky hair that reached his back. He wore a black muscle t-shirt with white milatary pantsand black combat boots also fingerless gloves, but his most noticable feature is the giant double sided ax on his back. "C'mon men, I expected more out of you, You're making me look bad. You all will have to do extreme training after this." Dante said facepalming. "Now you, you managed to take out all of them by yourself?" He inquired about Ichigo.

"Yeah, what of it?" The substitute-shinigami replied. "Kayla, go find some cover." Ichigo nudged the girl. Not saying a word, she complies by going towards the cart where the men were stashing the gems and standing behind it but peeks out to watch.

"I'm impressed, for a child, that's pretty damn good. Say, would you care to join us? You'd make a great right hand man." Dante offers "I don't want to kill you, it'd be such a waste of talent." Dante tries to convince the boy but Ichigo chuckles. Which makes Dante raise a brow. "What's funny? You didn't think I'd give you an offer?"

"No, I'm laughing at the fact that you think you would kill me." Ichigo taunts "And to answer your question, no, I wouldn't want to join anyone who would kidnap a child."

"You sure? I won't ask again." Dante stated then sighs when Ichigo gives him a silent answer

The man frowns as he reaches for his ax as if he truly doesn't want to do this. "Such a shame…" The older man then lunged from where he was standing with a burst of speed and is now over Ichigo "we could've been unstoppable!" He screams as he brings down his ax.

Quickly Ichigo unsheathes the Zangetsu on his back and blocks the attack but the force creates a small crater under Ichigo. "Very good boy. What's your name? I assume you know who I am seeing that you're probably a wizard hired from a quest here to save that girl right? It's only fair I know yours" Dante suggested but he already knows that.

Ichigo then felt a sharp burn in his nose.'The hell is that smell?' He question the foul stench that attacked his nose. "It's Ichigo, and yeah I know who you are somewhat, Dante." Ichigo stated.

Dante then uses his free hand and sends a punch towards hitting lightly grazing the boy before Ichigo jumps back. "Okay then, Ichigo let me tell you what's gonna happen I'm gonna kill you then the girl and her entire family. I already got the lacrima now."

Upon hearing this Kayla speaks "That wasn't the deal you said you'd leave us alone once you got the crystal!"

"Quiet girl, your father broke the agreement the moment he hired this kid!" Dante yelled at her.

"You're not doing anything because you're not getting past me." Ichigo declares "This ends he-" suddenly Ichigo's body begins throbbing. His vision began to become blurry.

"Wow, I didn't expect it to take effect so quickly, though I did use a very potent dosage, just for you." Dante smirks as he then raises his left hand and a dark red gas begins to emit from it. "Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Dante Gaston, The Bandit King of Poison."

"P-poison?" Ichigo questions trying to keep his balance but falls on one knee. "I don't understand you barely hit me." Ichigo stated. 'It's starting to be hard to breathe'

"I did, but that's not all, did your nose ever start to burn? I was slowly releasing it while I was talking to you after I swung my ax, then with the punch I put a small piece of it on your skin which would spread quickly. A small portion is all I need to kill you." Dante explained "Hell, a dose of my poison could kill 12 elephants, if I wanted to."

Kayla then raises an eyebrow '12 elephants how does he know that? Did he kill 12 elephants? one would be enough.'

"Kayla, I need you to get out of here! Go, before the gas reaches you!" Ichigo spoke urgently as he looked towards the girl. "Just trust me, you'll be safe once you go outside." Kayla then looked up showing concern for her rescuer but then she saw Ichigo's eyes. "This is nothing."

"Okay, please win Ichigo." Kayla then runs as quickly as she could out of the cave. Dante eyes the girl as she leaves.

'Ah what the hell I'll let her leave. I already got what I wanted and besides I'll kill her eventually' Dante thought to himself then he looked at Ichigo who didn't look well. "You okay over there Ichigo? You don't look so good" Dante taunted as he then sat down " I don't want to cut you down so I'll let the poison kill you instead I don't feel like getting blood on me." Dante said with an uninterested tone as if he believes he already won the fight.

'Fuck, I should've been more careful' Ichigo cursed in his in head. Ichigo then lost his footing and dropped to one knee. "This isn't over yet." Ichigo stubbornly declared, but it's all for show, the poison is spreading rapidly and it's making it hard for Ichigo to even stand. 'Damn, am I really gonna die here? After everything? This is pathetic, the battle just started and I'm already gonna lose?.' Ichigo panicked in his head. Suddenly a voice rang in Ichigo's mind, one that he thought he wouldn't hear again.

'I left you alone for a little while and this is what you get yourself into huh?…partner." A voice spoke.

'N-no way…Zangetsu!?' Ichigo screamed inside his head 'How are you here!?' Ichigo questioned. He hadn't heard from his hollow/shinigami spirit in a very long time.

'Later, right now is not the time for that. It's time for action.' The spirit remarked. 'Get up and make a move already, time's wasting' Zangestu urged

'You come out of nowhere and make demands? That sounds about right.' Ichigo snarled but nonetheless the spirit was right. 'Wait, does this mean I can use my shikai?' that would turn this battle into a joke.

'No, we don't have enough energy for that as of yet, but it's enough for us to win.' Zangetsu claims

'We? Didn't know you were a team player now?' Ichigo jokes, forcing himself to stand back up.

'I've always been one, you just never trusted me. Now focus.'

Ichigo deeply exhales then closes his eyes and channels his reiatsu with his body glowing a deep shade of blue. 'Maybe i can slow down the poison by focusing my reiatsu throughout my body' Ichigo theorizes. Slowly the poison's effect starts to dwindle but its still spreading but at a much slower rate. "That's good enough." Ichigo says taking a stance "Let's go Zangetsu"

'We're going to have to end this as soon as possible. Thankfully, we still have another trick up our sleeve, thanks to the old man.'

Dante looks at the boy with a smirk. "Maybe, you might be a challenge after all, Ichigo Kurosaki." Dante grins as he stands up readying his ax once more. He rushes towards the boy with great force Dante swings his ax trying to slice him from the left but to the bandit king's surprise, Ichigo doesn't move instead he raises his left arm to block the blow.

A loud clang and the sound of shattering was then echoed through the entire area .

"The hell?" Dante questioned aloud as he looked at where the ax blade was stopped and saw that Ichigo's left arm stopped the attack. Not only that, The Axe had completely shattered after making contact. The boy's arm had blue lines going down from his forearm to his hand. 'He stopped the ax with his arm and broke it?! Why the hell is his arm glowing? What kind of magic is this?' Noticing Dante's confused look, the soul reaper decides to take advantage of this moment.

'NOW PARTNER'

Ichigo lets a smirk appear on his face but quickly before Dante could react. Ichigo takes Zangetsu and slashes downwards leaving a large wound on Dante's chest, blood begins to spill from it.

"GYAHHH" Dante hollers in pain and falls to his knees and drops the handle of his weapon. "The hell did you do!?"

"You're not the only one with abilities, Dante." Ichigo states mockingly. Ichigo then punches Dante square in the face causing the man to pass out. "Now I just have to get the lacrima. He then searches Dante's body and feels a crystal in his cargo pocket. Ichigo then pulls out a small a black lacrima that's glowing with a dark red hue. "the hell is this?"

"You little brat!" a voice behind Ichigo screamed.

Ichigo turned to see the bandit that kicked Kayla's cage walking up to him with a sword in his hand. Ichigo tries to move but his body begins to throb in pain causing him to fall back down 'The poison, shit.' Ichigo curses as the man slowly closes in.

"I see then the boss must've hit you with his poison. Good, this will make killing you much easi-" suddenly the bandit felt a kick on his family jewels from behind and fell to the ground, passing out once more due to the pain revealing the perpetrator to be someone Ichigo didn't even expect.

"Skyla?"

"Ichigo-" He hears her call out to him before he falls unconscious due to the pain and poison.


The next chapter will end the (First Job) mini arc.

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