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Speech: "Hi"

Thoughts: 'Hi'

Abilities: "Getsuga Tenshou!"

Zanpakuto or Inner Voice:'HI'


Grimmjow slowly opens his eyes, looks around and notices he's in a familiar desert, a place he hasn't seen in two years. "What's going on? Why am I here?." Grimmjow wondered. In all honesty, he thought he would never see this place again. 'My inner world…then that means-' Grimmjow sits up and looks ahead of him and sees Pantera sitting on the throne staring at him.

'Yo Grimmjow, long time no see.' The cat greeted him.

"Pantera? To what do I owe the pleasure?" Grimmjow mused standing up. "Haven't heard from ya' since you kicked me outta here last time." Grimmjow scorned. The panther chuckled in response.

'You're still upset by that? I thought by now you would have gotten over all that by now.' Pantera teases.

"I am, but it still happened." The boy huffed.

'That's fair.' The spirit said flatly. Grimmjow then looks at the cat with a confused look.

"So…what do you want?" Grimmjow questions the black feline. "I doubt you brought me back here after two years just to joke with me all day.' The boy spoke with a snappy attitude. This made the cat roll his eyes, which only annoyed Grimmjow more. "This prick." Grimmjow mumbled

'Rude. ' the cat said playfully. 'Anyway, I summoned you here to talk to you again because I thought after two years, you had enough time for you to loosen up a bit.' the cat informs. 'To which you have.'

"What makes you think that?"

'You're not being as rude as you usually are.' Pantera answered honestly. 'I actually wanted to congratulate you on your first quest.'

"Why do you care to do that? Thought you didn't like me?" The ex-espada asked rhetorically "Truth be told, I thought I'd never hear from you after a year passed." Grimmjow vocalized. Pantera then looked at Grimmjow with a look of indifference.

'You do know you could've come here anytime you wished, right? This is your inner world. I still don't like you, but I've been watching you and your progress in this new world with that boy Ichigo. This journey is beginning to affect you in ways that you can't even recognize and that intrigues me.' He shared with Grimmjow much to the confusion of the boy. 'Also, this place can be quite lonely. So, yes while I do not like you, you're literally the only person I can talk to.'

"Is that so huh? Well, what if I chose not to talk to you?" Grimmjow questions.

'Then that's your choice' Pantera responded not skipping a beat. 'Even though I know you won't do that because you want your powers back, eventually.' He stated which caused Grimmjow to grunt, not denying it. 'Anyways, congrats on your first mission, you put up a good fight.' he praises 'That Devil-Slayer magic will be very useful to you, study it well. That is all.'

"Really? That's it? Gee, thanks I guess." Grimmjow says sarcastically. "That's really it?'" he repeated, there is no way the cat pulled him in here just to congratulate him about a quest. He at least thought it would be to discuss if he could get his powers back but to his disappointment it's not.

'Yeah, hard work deserves praise even to someone like you.' Pantera commented. ' I'm actually gonna look forward to seeing you grow.'

"Well if that's all, I see no reason to stay here if you aren't willing to talk to me about giving my powers back. Am I able to leave whenever I want? just like I can come here whenever? I'd rather not have you force me out of here again"

'Yes you can, it should be as easy as breathing. Goodbye for now, Grimmjow. Expect to hear from me more.'

Grimmjow, wanting to leave, then became enveloped in white light and vanished from the inner world once again. Leaving Pantera by himself with his thoughts. Pantera then looked towards the night sky as a current of wind came by causing the sand to blow and the tree to flow with the breeze.

'Grimmjow, I wonder if you've noticed the small differences in your behavior?' He wondered. 'That's what made me want to talk to you.'

'What I said was true, you're less rude than before because your heart is beginning to soften because of this world, the boy Ichigo and even that little girl. These last two years have been very bizarre to me, I was never supposed to even exist but I do now, my existence is an experience and I wish to continue experiencing it with you. I can feel emotions such as anger, fear, hate, sadness, compassion and since we are one and the same Grimmjow, I know that you feel them too but you'll deny it because you believe certain emotions are useless but I disagree.' The spirit thought as he rested his head down.

'Grimmjow, I know you have the capacity to change, for I am witnessing it slowly occur. I'm deeply sorry for treating you the way I am, but I'm hoping that this is the best way to get you to see that power isn't everything when you're alone and that you can depend on me for strength and not just see me as a weapon, and that one day we can be true partners' Pantera finishes.


-Shiso Town Infirmary-


Grimmjow wakes up to find himself in a bed wearing white robes, his leg and some other parts of his body wrapped in bandages. He looks to his left and sees a drawer with his sword standing next to it and what seems to be his neatly stacked clothes, lastly he saw his travel bag. Getting off the bed the boy walks over to the drawer and notices a note on top of the clothes, he picks up the note and reads it:

~ To Grimmjow, (I hope I spelt it right.)

If you're reading this then that means you've recovered enough to move around, after you came back from your battle you passed out and I had you sent here to recover. You took bad damage from that battle though it wasn't severe but be cautious and try to not exert yourself. I had someone repair and clean your clothes as they were damaged and dirty. I also had your sword cleaned to get the dry blood from the monster off. Please, once you feel good enough, get dressed and come to my office, where I will reward you. I have more to say to you but it can wait for when you arrive.

From, Kaizen ~

"Okay, so meet him at city hall. Time to get my reward." Grimmjow places the note down to the side and begins to undress, his mind wanders back to Pantera. After two years, he finally hears from the Zanpakuto again but it was short lived as he and the spirit didn't have much to talk about but somewhat progress had been made. They were on speaking terms now at the very least but he can tell they still had a long way to go. "That cat might be the death of me." He jokes as he finishes putting his clothes on then grabs his sword and his travel bag and heads out the hospital.

Walking out of the hospital Grimmjow sees the townsfolk partying, some are drinking and dancing with music playing while others are repairing some buildings. Just as he began walking towards city hall. A young man then notices him.

"He's awake! Everyone looks like our hero is okay!" He cheered. As soon as the man finished Grimmjow was swarmed by multiple people. Some praised him and thanked him. Grimmjow would normally tell them to fuck off, being annoyed by the attention and getting stopped from reaching city hall but decided not to do anything. He is going to let them get it out of their system.

"Thank you, young man."a elderly man thanked

"Such a brave boy." a woman spoke.

"He's so cool!" a little boy said in awe as he spoke to his friend with the other kid nodding in agreement.

"And cute!" a random fangirl cooed.

After the people thanked him, the crowd began to disperse as they went back to their festivities, after all the monster that had been terrorizing them had finally been slayed, while yes they've lost loved ones, but they have all the time in the world to grieve. Right now it's time for celebration, they're free. Grimmjow, finally being able to leave, continues on to city hall.


Opening the doors of the building Grimmjow then sees a familiar face sitting at her desk, the mayor's secretary woman hearing the doors open looks up. "Oh, Grimmjow, it's nice to see you.' Tera smiled at him. "I hope you recovered well. You were unconscious for quite some time." she informed him.

"Really, how long was I out?"

"For twenty-four hours." She answers making Grimmjow look at her with widen eyes

'What a whole day? My injuries couldn't have been that bad.' He thought, genuinely surprised by the information. 'Then again, I am a kid at the moment, my body isn't as tough as I'm used to.' Grimmjow noted. "Oh. Well, I feel fine though. Is Kaizen here?"

"Oh yes, he's in his office and he is expecting you." She told him, already knowing where the office is, Grimmjow nodded and began to walk away. "Oh, Grimmjow!" she shouted, the boy then turned to her wondering what she wanted "Thank you." she says softly expressing her gratitude and goes back to her work.

"Hmph"

Kaizen sits in his office filing paperwork for the city, now that the monster is dead he can focus on making sure his city recovers from this awful disaster. His office door then opens causing him to look up and smiles to see the wizard responsible for this even being possible

"Yo, I'm here for the reward." Grimmjow greeted walking up to the man's desk.

"Ah yes, I would've had Tera give it to you but it would be disrespectful to do so, I should give it to you." Kaizen stated as he then leans over to his right and picks up a suitcase and places it on the desk and opens it for Grimmjow and as expected is full of jewels. "Fifthteen million jewels. As I promise." Kaizen smiled as he closed the case and slid it towards the boy who took it and turned around to leave.

"Wait, I know you want to leave and I don't want to hold you here any longer than need be but I have something I want to say. Please just listen." he requested.

"Yeah, you mentioned that you want to say something in your note." Grimmjow recalls. Kaizen nods in response

"Mmh. Firstly, I want to let you know that you and any family or friends that you have are always welcomed here and whenever you come, you will never have to worry about anything." he started " Secondly, This town will forever be in your debt, I understand this was just a job for you but that thing has been terrorizing this city nonstop and you were the first wizard to slay it, even with the money I paid, it will never be enough." Kaizen said genuinely. "Lastly, with your permission the citizens would like to build you a statue in your honor here."

Grimmjow then smirked while he didnt care about everything else, having a statue built for him though, he can't deny it's stroking his ego. "Sure, I don't mind at all." Grimmjow accepted. Kaizen stood up and walked to Grimmjow and put his hand out trying to shake his hand. Grimmjow looks at the man's hand and then at Kaizen himself. Grimmjow sits the suitcase down and shakes Kaizen's hand.

"Thank you young man, you're one hell of a wizard." Kaizen spoke genuinely. "Make sure to come back to see the statue one day."

"Hmm, yeah" Grimmjow replied in the most respectful way that Grimmjow could. He then picks up the suitcase and leaves the building to head to the train station.


-Shiso Town Train Station-


After paying for a train ticket, Grimmjow sits down on a bench with his belongings, and the boy patiently waits for the train to arrive. The next train will be here after a short period so he's gonna be here for a little bit. 'This is the perfect time to test out my new powers.' Grimmjow thinks to himself.

He then takes his hand and focuses on his palm and focuses trying to recreate the feeling he felt after killing Aktzin. The sound of crackling lightning begins to fill Grimmjow's ears as he smirks after seeing he created a ball of lighting in his hand. 'So this is magic, it feels lighter than spiritual energy and it's so easy to manipulate.' He concludes as he then turns the ball into a square of lighting. "Kurosaki is gonna be so jealous." He laughs as he can't wait to show 'brother' that he is now ahead of him after all, Ichigo is still his rival.

Grimmjow stops focusing, causing the lightning to disappear. 'On that topic, I wonder what Kurosaki is up to? I'm sure by now he finished his quest. It was just some bandits.' Grimmjow mused. He laid back against the bench and looked up 'Yeah, I'm sure he's fine.'

'Not like you to worry about someone' a voice teased

'Pantera? When did you start listening and I'm not worried.' Grimmjow remarks 'I thought our little chat from earlier was over, what is so important now?' Grimmjow asked, wondering why the cat is talking to him again after they just had a conversation not that long ago.

'Nothing, can't a zanpakuto talk to its soul reaper?' Pantera responded

'I'm no soul reaper. Don't call me that' The boy spat. 'Also I just didn't expect it at all, typically when someone doesn't like you they tend not to talk to you.' Grimmjow informed sarcastically.

'Touché, but I told you sometimes I get lonely and rather you like it or not you're a soul reaper more than a hollow now.'

'Even if that is the case don't call me that.' Grimmjow snorted. 'But, since you're here I have a couple questions that've been on my mind since I came to this world, something I wanted to ask Ichigo but I'm sure he doesn't even know either.'

'Shoot.'

'How come we have physical bodies and our zanpakuto's are out? I thought it was strange that we aren't in our soul forms but we can use our swords and reiatsu.'

'Hmm, that's actually a good question. Why didn't ask me this earlier? Well, considering that souls are able to roam free in this world, for example the chief of the village, Roubaul. It wouldn't have been out of place if you and Ichigo had to be in soul forms from the beginning. Though we already know that you and Ichigo have physical bodies so that cancels that theory.' Pantera concluded 'Ichigo said when the Soul king gave you new bodies, he changed the properties of them allowing you to be able to be in this world without any extra difficulties, so maybe your powers changed to remedy that, but this is just a hypothesis for now.'

'Oddly enough it makes sense somewhat so that could be the case.' Grimmjow accepted that answer. Suddenly a train's horn boomed, getting Grimmjow's attention he sat up and saw the train making its way towards him. "Finally." The boy grabbed his things. The train came to a halt and people began to step out. After some people get off Grimmjow gives the conductor his ticket like normal and steps into the train.

"Yo, Grimmjow!" a voice called trying to get his attention, the mentioned boy then turns to see none other than Ichigo sitting in the train with his belongings on the empty seats on the side of him. Grimmjow then sits in the seat in front of Ichigo and after placing his things in the same seats as Ichigo's stuff. "How'd your quest go? You look like shit" the orange haired one asked with a chuckle, noticing the bandages on Grimmjow. The train then began to move.

"It went by just fine and ended the day I got there. Though the monster wasn't a normal one. It was a demon, and not just any demon, a demon of Zeref. It wasn't anything I couldn't handle though." He boasts. "You talk about me but you don't look so good yourself." Grimmjow points out. Ichigo looked a little pale and he had slightly dark rings under his eyes. "Are you sick or something?"

"No, I got poisoned during my quest but it's all out of my system, though my body still is recovering. There was a wizard among the bandits that had poison magic but I got the job done. Anything crazy happened on your quest?"

Grimmjow then smirks and lifts his left hand and channels magic though letting his hand be covered in dark blue lighting. Ichigo's eyes widened a bit. "The demon gave me this power after I defeated it. It's called Lightning Devil-Slayer magic, pretty cool right? This makes me one step ahead of you" He gloated as he canceled the power.

Ichigo smirked at Grimmjow. "That is pretty cool, I won't deny that, but that doesn't make you one step ahead of me. You're not the only one who got new power." Ichigo hinted as raised his right hand and suddenly it became engulfed in a black flame-like eerie power with a red hue. Grimmjow's smug grin is quickly removed as he looks at Ichigo in shock

"The hell is that?" Grimmjow probed in disbelief 'Are you kidding me? he got power too?' This now shuts down his thought of being stronger than Ichigo.

"Before I tell you, Let me tell you how I got it." Ichigo said much to Grmmjow's annoyance. "So after I defeated the bandits, I passed out and..." He began.


-Earlier in Migi City Hospital-


Waking up with a groan, Ichigo Kurosaki finds himself in a hospital room, squinting his eyes because of the bright lights. "I have an awful headache." He mumbles trying to move his hand to cover them but it feels heavy as if something is on it. He looks to see a sleeping Skyla in a chair holding it with her hand while resting near him. Slowly moving his hand, Ichigo then barely sits up.

The sudden movement causes Skyla to open her eyes, the young girl smiles softly as she sits up slowly "You're finally awake." She said groggily, rubbing her eyes. "I was wondering how long it would take you to wake up." she says gently. "You passed out due to the poison in your system which gave everyone quite a scare."

"How long was I out?" Ichigo inquired.

"Just a couple hours, they were able to bring you back to the hospital in time before the poison could truly kill you." Skyla answered. Ichigo was confused, who could have brought him here? Skyla could not have done it by herself, Kayla was around but she probably didn't have the strength to carry him with her sister.

Just as Ichigo was about to ask, the door to the room opens with Kayla, and Richard entering the room. "Hey sis, we're back and we brought the clothe-" Kayla stopped with a gasp. "ICHIGO!" Kayla squealed as she then jumped to hug her savior. "You're alive! I'm so glad" she cheered, letting go of him.

Ichigo is taken back by the sudden affection of the girl, then smiles. "Hey Kayla, are you okay? Shouldn't you be resting?" Ichigo questions the girl, noticing the little bit of bandages she has on wrist.

Kayla, knowing what Ichigo is mentioning then giggles "Oh I'm alright. I'm not really that hurt. The cuffs they put on me were just really tight, but the men surprisingly never harmed me in a really bad way."

"Worry about yourself, why don't you? You got poisoned really bad. You are the one that needed to rest." Skyla added. "You could've died. Granted it is impressive you took out someone that strong."

"I had it under control, it was never a problem for me." Ichigo replied. Another being decided to join in the conversation on that remark.

'Ha, you're so full of crap. You almost died.' Zangetsu commented.

Ignoring the spirit, Ichigo looks at the girl's father. "How did I get here?" Ichigo questions the man.

"The city's police force brought you here. While I believed you when you said that you would stop the bandits and save Kayla. I still sent backup after you because I felt that I had to help in some way." he explained. "Fortunately I did because you would have potentially died if not."

Ichigo then looks at Skyla "How'd you end up there?" he asks remembering the girl saving him from that bandit that was going to kill him.

Skyla then looked at the ground and smiled sheepishly. "I u-um, I went with the police because I wanted to see if Kayla was okay." She said with a light blush appearing on her face. 'Yeah, totally not to see if you were okay as well.'

"Well I'm glad you did, you saved me back there, thanks."

Getting praised by Ichigo only made her blush even darker. "Yeah, no problem." She responded smoothly. Skyla then looks up at Kayla and nods to her sister. Kayla nods back, turns her attention to Ichigo and bows to the boy.

"Ichigo, thank you for saving me, you put your life on the line for me and I will always be grateful." She said showing her gratitude towards her hero.

"Please don't bow and don't mention it, I saved you because I wanted to. No need to thank me." Ichigo clarified.

Kayla stops bowing to look at him and smiles "Still, It was really kind and brave so that's why I want to personally give you this." She then reaches for something on the floor at the end of the bed that Ichigo couldn't see, she then pulls up a bag holding it in her hands. "This is ten million jewels. I know it's more than what was offered but we all agreed that you deserved this." She expressed. Ichigo was in shock.

'Damn, how much money do these people have?' Zangetsu questioned

Ten million!? He was okay with just the two but that's five times the original amount but he wont complain about it. Ichigo then looks at everyone in the room and they all smile at him including Richard so in response he smiles back. "Thank you."

Richard then steps in front of everyone holding clothes in his hands and places them on the bed. "Now with that out of the way, here are your clothes. Come girls. Master James has something he wishes to talk to this young wizard about in private." Richard announces as he walks up to Kayla, the girl then hands the bag of money to Richard. "Ichigo, I will take this and bring it back to the manor. It will be there waiting for you with your other things that I gathered from the police. It shall be packed for you when you depart." He finished on as he walked out the room with the girls waving Ichigo goodbye following behind. Leaving Ichigo and the man who hired him alone in the room.

"Ichigo, I still can't thank you enough for saving my child. I will be forever in your debt." James Bellcaster began. "Now that being said." James then reaches in his pocket and pulls out a very familiar crystal. "The police said that you had this in your possession when they found you but I know that you probably had it after you took it from Dante Gatson who is currently on a ride to the magic council as the same fate for his followers." He disclosed. "Ichigo, I wanted to tell you about this lacrima and afterwards I have a proposition for you." the man shared.

"What is it?" Ichigo wondered

"To start, as I told you this lacrima is special because of the power it possesses. lacrima's are able to hold magic within them and if they are implanted in a being that person will receive the magic within it. This one is a lacrima blessed with the power of Shadow God-Slayer magic. Ichigo, I think you understand where I'm going with this." James implies to Ichigo, which causes the boy to look at him in disbelief.

"You're not offering to-"

"I am. I wish for you to take this power, Ichigo." James reveals. "I understand if this is sudden but I would like to give it to you."

"What? Why do you want to do that?! Didn't you say that your family has been protecting it for years? Why quickly give it up for no reason and not only that to someone you just met?" Ichigo flabbergasted at the offer. After everything to get a hold of it again, Bellcaster is just going to give it away? It doesn't make sense.

"Yes, for many years my family has hidden this powerful item because we were afraid of its power falling into the wrong hands and that the user would bring destruction upon others." he confided to the child. "However, in the right hands this power could be used to protect others. Ichigo, I wholeheartedly believe that you are those right hands." James declared.

"Still that's.." Ichigo trailed off not knowing what to say

"I understand if you want to say no but please think about this." the rich man urged. "This lacrima is the reason why my daughter was captured and the reason she could've died and it's why my family could never truly leave this place behind. For years this thing has controlled my family and even me, I never got to experience life truly because I had a duty to this crystal. I don't want that for my daughters. This thing is a curse to my family but it can be a blessing to you. Please take it." Bellcaster insisted.

Ichigo, still not knowing what to do, sat there in silence but someone else had something to say.

'Partner, you should take it.' Zangetsu encouraged his soul reaper.

'Huh? You too Zangetsu? What makes you think I should?'

'Think about this, right now we are currently weaker than we've ever been. This can help us fight until we regain our strength.' The spirit said. 'I joked a second ago but seriously you almost did die, this Shadow magic is the best offer we could possibly receive at this current moment, take it.'

Ichigo thought deeply about all of this. "How would it be implanted? Will it be surgically placed?" Ichigo questioned, he doesn't want to be cut open, and have a shard or crystal placed inside him.

"No, it won't be implanted that way. I can assure you it will be quick and painless, you won't even be able to tell it's there."

"Well, then I'll take it." Ichigo states accepting the gift. He'll need more power to survive in this world and this could help him in his future plans to destroy Nirvana.

"Thank you Ichigo. You will not regret this." James said as he then walked to the young boy's side "Please lie down." He instructed the boy to which Ichigo complied.

Bellcaster then squeezed the crystal while closing his eyes and focused. The lacrima started to glow a bright red light and began to hum as it was being channeled with magic. James then opens his hand and the shard begins to float. The man proceeds to move his palm with the crystal following it above Ichigo's chest. Bellcaster then slowly moved his hand downwards as the crystal started to sink into Ichigo's body.

Ichigo then sits up and looks at the man "is that it?"

"It should be, do you feel anything?"

Actually he did, Ichigo felt a density in his body and he then began to focus on it and channel it. His body began to be enveloped in a coat of black-energy. It was like spiritual energy but only easier to channel as if it was second nature to him. "This power is incredible."

"And it's all yours Ichigo, use it well." James said very pleased that the boy accepted the gift. "Please know that if you ever need anything do not hesitate to ask, I'll be on my way. See you at the mansion." Bellcaster finished as he left the room, closing the door behind him.

'So what'cha gonna do now?'

"I need to head back home and catch up with Grimmjow. Hell, he probably finished his quest by now." Ichigo states getting out of bed but his foot touches the shadow of the bed and sinks in, he falls and trips with his foot slipping back out.

'Pfft, Dumbass' Zangetsu guffawed, not being able to control his laughter at the fact Ichigo forgot to stop channeling the magic.

Ichigo picks himself up as he stops using his shadow magic. "Oh shut up." He mutters annoyed as he starts to undress and put his clothes on. He then left the room to head to the Bellcaster mansion to get his things.


-To the present-


"..After that I said my goodbyes, got on the train and left." Ichigo finished. Grimmjow then looked at Ichigo with an uninterested face. "What?" Ichigo asks

"You wasted precious time of my life telling me all that. When you could've just said 'I got the power as a reward from my quest' but no, you became Ichigo the fucking storyteller." Grimmjow deadpanned.

"Whatever, I was just trying to be nice and have a conversation but obviously I can't do that with you." Ichigo retorted

"Womp womp." Grimmjow jested mockingly, he looked out the window. "So what now?"

"Next, we stop at the city closest to home and get the training gear for Wendy." Ichigo answers him.

"Hmm."

Arriving at the stop, Grimmjow and Ichigo get off the train. The boys walk through the town. "So, what are we supposed to be looking for here?" Grimmjow asks, looking at Ichigo.

"We head to the weapons shop. Thankfully, I saw where it was on the map from the train station." Ichigo stated. A few minutes went by before they saw a small building with a wooden sign hanging over the door that read: 'Tim's magical shop and weaponry.' The boys walk into the shop and look around and see all kinds of weapons hanging on the wall and potions on shelves and what seems to be a rather long rectangular box sitting on a shelf away from everything else. There was a bell on the counter to which Ichigo reached and rang it.

"Coming, give me a moment." a raspy voice spoke. The duo heard footsteps and were then greeted by a pale old man with a very long white beard. He wore square glass and a black wizard robe and a hat to match.

"Welcome young ones to my shop, the names Timothy but everyone calls me Tim. What could I do for you today?" Tim cheerfully says behind the counter.

"I wanted to see if you had any training gear in here?" Ichigo asks the old man

"I might, depending what'cha looking for."

"Something that I would use for sword training. Also any kind of training armor." Ichigo describes. Timothy then heads to the back for a brief moment, the two then hear a lot of shuffling around in the back.

The man comes out of the room and puts two wooden swords on the counter. "Here is what I could find for the swords." Then he placed chest, leg and head training gear next to the swords. "And here's the armor."

"Wow uh, this is perfect." Ichigo said

The old man laughs "Well I aim to please. That'll be 150 jewels in total."

Ichigo then digs in his bag, pulls out the money and tries to hand it to him. Grimmjow then stops him "What's up" Ichigo asks, confused.

"Hey old timer, what's in that box?" Grimmjow questioned the old man pointing to the rectangular box on the shelf. Timothy looks to see what Grimmjow is pointing to.

"Oh, are you interested in it?"

"Depends on what's in it."

The man then grabs it, brings it down and turns it to the boys and opens it. Inside was a katana. It was sheathed in a white scabbard that was gold at the tip and mouth of it. The Sageo was made of rose gold colored silk. The katana had a golden handle with the same rose colored silk used as the Tsuka-Ito while the hilt is shaped like the white Freesia flower.

(A/N:The Tsuka-ito is that cloth wrapped around the handle of a katana that makes those diamond shapes and The Sageo is a knot of fabric that is put on the scabbard of a katana which is mostly used for decoration. Hope that helped anyone confused)

"This sword was the last thing crafted by my wife before she retired years ago, she was a blacksmith. No one ever wanted to buy it, well could buy it. It is her last and best work so I sell it for a very big price. It hasn't been used ever, I polish and clean it everyday." He then picks it up and unsheathes it so the boys get a good look. "This sword is special because it is embedded with a special lacrima that allows magic to be channeled through it."

The boys looked at it and then looked at each other with them both nodding already knowing that it can be gifted to Wendy. "How much is it?" Grimmjow asked, looking back at the shop keeper.

"It's a pretty hefty price." The man warned. "It's in the million range."

"We can pay for it, trust me." Ichigo assured the store owner. "Let's go half on whatever the price is, Grimmjow."

"Yeah that's fine, I wanted to chime in somehow." Grimmjow agreed he didn't mind spending money if it was for Wendy. That girl had a hold on him more than he even realizes.

Tim then sheathed the sword and placed it back in the box. "Well this plus the other things will be…7,000,150 jewels."

"We'll take it." the boys said in unison.


Leaving the shop satisfied with their purchase, they went back to the train station. Knowing this next one is the last for the day and they can't miss it. Currently they were sitting in a booth waiting for it. Grimmjow played with a ball of lightning with Ichigo holding the box with Wendy's sword in it patiently waiting for the train. "Hey Grimmjow?"

"What?" Grimmjow responded not taking his eye off the ball.

"Let's not tell Wendy about the sword, let's surprise her after she completed our training." Ichigo proposed looking at the box.

"Like a graduation gift, I got it. A reward for when she's done" Grimmjow responded, understanding what Ichigo was trying to say.

"Also I was thinking that we train her four days out of the week and we spend two days training amongst ourselves and the last is a rest day." Ichigo formulated.

"Okay, I don't really care either way." Grimmjow stated but not in a rude manner. "Is that all?" Grimmjow asked, wondering if Ichigo had anything else he wanted to say.

"Yeah."

After a few more minutes another train arrived. The boys hopped on finally ready to head back home.


-At the Cait Shelter Guild-


Wendy was currently at the gates of the village sitting down with Carla sitting next to her. Yesterday she began to sit at the gate for hours waiting for her brothers to come home. Carla never told the girl anything knowing how much the girl loved them but she always made sure to not let Wendy stay out here for too long. "Wendy, don't you think it's time to head back for the day?" Carla pleaded looking up at the girl.

"Yeah, I guess they're not coming back today." She said somewhat disappointed even though it's been only two days she misses her brothers deeply. "I just hope that they are okay." Wendy said as she began to stand up.

"Don't worry Wendy, those two boys are strong, I'm sure they are safe. They probably finished their respective quests by now." The cat comforted the girl, not even knowing how right she was. Wendy began to walk back into the village with Carla but just as they started making a little distance Wendy stopped in her tracks. "What's wrong Wendy?" the cat asks

"Finally." Wendy muttered as she turned around and dashed out of the village surprising Carla who then used her magic to grow wings and chased the girl.

"Where are you going? Wendy, slow down!" Carla screamed trying to catch up to the girl but Wendy kept running.

'I'd know those scents anywhere' Wendy thought to herself thanks to Grandeeney, the girl has heightened senses and she smelt two very familiar people.


After they finally rode their last train ride, the sun was beginning to set and the two young wizards were walking through the forest heading back to their village. "I never thought I'd say this but I'm glad to be back in this forest." imparted Ichigo

"For once I agree with you." Grimmjow commented. "Say, you and I need to have a talk later." Grimmjow stated. The ex-substitute soul reaper looked at him curiously.

"We can't talk about it now?"

"No, to be honest I'm too tired to have the conversation."

"Then why bring it up?" Ichigo griped.

"Just to let it be known." Grimmjow stated swiftly.

Ichigo then sighed deciding not to argue with Grimmjow, he was pretty tired too. "What do you think Wendy is doing?" The boy asked his blue haired friend, wondering about the girl. Ichigo couldn't lie, he missed the little one. Grimmjow, not ever willing to admit it, felt the same as he too cares about the child.

"I don't know, wouldn't be surprised if she was at the gate waiting for us even though we told her not to." he noted

"Yeah that's sounds about rig-" Ichigo couldn't finished his statement as he and Grimmjow were tackled unexpectedly with them dropping their belongings including the box with Wendy's sword but thankfully it didn't open. They both looked to see who was the assaulter, just to see Wendy squeezing the both of them.

"Well that answers your question, Ichigo." Grimmjow then grumbled not expecting Wendy to tackle the shit out of him.

"I'm so glad you guys are back! I've missed you so much." She beamed, squeezing the boys even tighter. Finally letting go, she then gets off of them allowing the two to get up. "Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you guys drop your things." Wendy explained apologizing to her brothers. Carla finally catches up.

"Wendy, Why did you storm off like that?" Carla questions but then sees the two boys getting up. "Oh, that's why." She deadpanned but chuckled at the girl's antics 'She really must love those two.'

"You're okay. We missed you too Wendy." Ichigo smiled. "Thank you, for waiting for us and Carla thanks, for giving her company." The boys then began to pick up their things.

"Oh hush, I love being with Wendy, it's not a chore." The cat responded sincerely. As she descended in towards Wendy who caught her and held Carla in her arms.

"I know, still I appreciate it." Ichigo told her. "Now that we're back, Grimmjow and I have something we want to talk to Wendy about." declared Ichigo as he then looked at the mentioned girl. Wendy looked at him with curious eyes.

"What is it? Did something bad happen while you guys were gone?" She asked with a worried tone. "Because Grimm-nii you have a bunch of bandages and Ichigo-nii you look sick." She points out looking at the two boys.

"We're fine, it's nothing to worry about but we do have something we want to tell you tomorrow morning." Grimmjow stated, patting the girl on the head.

"Okay Grimm-nii" Wendy chirped, deciding not to question her brothers about it any further, they were gonna tell her anyway so it doesn't matter. She then notices a long box Ichigo was holding. "What's in the box?" She said pointing to the long box Ichigo was picking up.

"It's a secret, sorry Wendy." Ichigo says playfully making Wendy pout.

"Aw come on!" She whined. "Can you guys tell me anything exciting about your quests?" she begged. Grimmjow then raised his hand which grabbed the attention of everyone as he began to coat in lightning. "What?! Is that magic but how!? I thought you didn't have any?!" sputtered Wendy as her and Carla eyes widened in shock

"That's incredible!" Carla exclaimed. Ichigo then did the same but with his Shadow magic. Which got the attention of the girls.

"You too?!" Wendy gasped then she smiled "This is so cool!" she bubbled now her brothers were even stronger. "What kind of magic is it?" she ask the both of them

"Mine is Shadow God-Slayer Magic"

"And I have Lightning Devil-Slayer Magic."

These answers then made her and Carla extremely confused. "How did you guys both manage to obtain Slayer Magic?" Carla questions. What on Earthland possibly happened on these quests? The boys left for only two days and both of them came back with powerful Lost-Magic.

"We'll explain another time as both of the stories are long and to be honest I'm tired." Ichigo avowed speaking for both he and Grimmjow since the other boy nodded in agreement. "So for now let's head home, eat and go to sleep." he advised. The others then nodded as they headed home.


Welp that's the chapter, now I want to address the age of Ichigo, Grimmjow and Wendy. Currently the story is taking place in the year x779 which is two years after the dragons and their kids came through the eclipse gate in x777.

Now correct me if i'm wrong but in the beginning of the fairy tail manga, Natsu is biologically 18 years old and someone like Erza is 19. The story of the manga began in the year x784 so subtracting 5 years gets x779 that would make Natsu 12 years old and Erza 13 years old currently in my story. Now in a past chapter I put Wendy as 10 which was a mistake (Which i went back and fixed) , I meant 7 which makes her the correct age of 12 when the manga begins. I hope that cleared some things. Well until the next chapter.

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