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Chapter 9
Almost a week passed on by since Baraggan, Zensuke kept his promise to the Quincy girls, and met up with them a few times to begin training, and went over things such as the basics, and getting down their arrow control, they progressed pretty well, considering he could only come a little time, since he was also working on the Hogyoku.
Moving to outside of Karakura, a desolate area where they'd not be disturbed, Zensuke faced them all, but Candice had other ideas.
"Hello again handsome~" Candice flirts, raking her teeth along her bottom lip, a seductive look in her eye, moving closer to the young man, her hands delicately wrapping around his arm. "Ooh, someone works out, don't they~?"
Bambietta made gagging noises, coughing "Bad flirting." drawing an ire look from Candice.
"Sorry? You speaking to me?" Candice spat out, showing irritation on her face.
Bambietta stood, her eyes filling with a small desire to do battle. "We're not here for your flirting, we are here to train, so sit down and stop flirting alright?!"
"Especially since I'm gonna flirt with him~" Giselle interjected.
"Yeah, especially since Gigi is…" Bambietta paused, her eyes shifting to Giselle who was playing with her hair on the top of her head. "No Gigi! Don't flirt with the Shinigami! We're training, not flirting with him!"
"Can I flirt with him?" Meninas asks, sending a wave towards Zensuke, who offered one back.
"No!" Bambietta snaps. "You can't, Gigi can't, Candy can't, Lil…" Liltotto raises an eyebrow as Bambietta stared at her, ultimately sighing and shaking her head. "…Well, she can if she wants."
Candice erupts with electricity sparking all around her. "WHAT!? WHY CAN THAT LOLI AND I CAN'T!?"
Liltotto twitched her eyebrows. "Did you say something?"
Candice grimaced as she saw Liltotto's unforgiving eyes on her.
"N, No, I was just commenting why you can, and we can't~" Candice covered for herself, then fired her eyes at Bambietta. "So, why can she, and I can't huh? Its a bit bias, isn't it?"
Bambietta smirked. "Because I said so, that's why. Don't question me."
Candice scowled, as sparks radiate from her eyes.
Zensuke looked between them, seeing the agitation growing, knowing he'd have to stop it, so he then cleared his throat, gaining their attention.
"Okay everyone, since we've covered your abilities, and you're improving in them, you also all wished to know more about Quincy techniques, why don't we go around, and you can tell me which ability you wish to go into first?"
The girls agreed, and began explaining what they each wished to improve.
As Zensuke got a better understanding of their powers, he hums in thought, and deduces a few things in his mind.
"Well, it seems that Blut definitely is something to be worked on. I think with your abilities, combining with Blut, it would be quite devastating. Alright then, lets get to it~"
Zensuke began giving them tips on how to use Blut to a better level, and because they were all pure Quincy, they could all use Blut, to varying degrees.
"Hmm, using Blut like that huh…"
"Ooh, then I'd be even more durable~"
"Me too, my fists can break anything~"
Liltotto got it pretty much straight away, Giselle took a little time, but showed how she was able to get his lessons, and Meninas followed up soon afterwards.
"Blut with my explosives, but damn…"
"Ugh…its so damn annoying, you stupid Blut…"
Bambietta and Candice took some extra time, so Zensuke helped them out a little more.
"First, try and Master using Blut as if it was second nature. You don't have to combine it right away with your new powers. Blut on its own is also very good, in helping you fight, or defend, either one is pretty good~"
Candice flashes her flirty smile. "I need some private lessons, Sensei~"
Bambietta scowled. "No, I do!"
Candice shot a glare her way. "Don't even dare trying anything!"
Bambietta held her hand out, summoning her explosive orbs. "Ooh I'll dare alright!"
Sparks of electricity and little explosives met one another, or were going to when Zensuke got between them.
"Its alright, I can help you both~"
Candice blushes. "Both of us at once? You're quite the adventurous guy, aren't you?"
Zensuke rapidly blinks, while Bambietta huffs, pouting her lips ever so slightly. "If you can handle both of us at once, then I don't see why we couldn't do it together."
Liltotto shook her head at the blatant flirty nature of the girls, but to her amazement, Zensuke was able to begin calming them both, and helped them with their Blut.
It took about an hour, but soon enough, they were beginning to use Blut in stronger ways, making their skin adopt blue energy vein like patterns, and used the defensive form of Blut as Zensuke threw some non lethal Kido blasts all their ways, seeing them tanking it very excellently.
"Good, it seems you're able to activate Blut quicker the more you practice. Soon enough, it'll be like second nature, you wont really have to think about it, you'll just reflexively be able to activate it when you're getting attacked."
"Yeah, that's gonna be a good goal to have." Bambietta murmurs, taking in everything he was saying.
Zensuke was glad to hear that, and continued on.
"But please remember, even though it does boost your defences, it doesn't make you invincible, people can get through with their attacks, but its definitely something you can use if you need to. I guess what I'm saying is don't think you'll be able to walk through all attacks, dodging and parrying is still important, but this is an extra layer defence."
The girls listened to his wisdom in battle.
He was a Captain, even if Bambietta was still wary of Shinigami in general, she felt like all Zensuke was saying did make a whole lot of sense.
After the training, everyone was beginning to head on home for the night, as Giselle came closer to him, and put her hands behind her back, pushing herself forward with a small grin beginning to emerge on her face.
"So~? What do you think about my power~?"
Zensuke looked amused. "May I ask, say if your zombie bites someone, do they turn into a zombie? Or are we playing off rules were only your blood is the one that activates the zombie power?"
"Just mine~" Giselle giggled. "Though the others say I can't even make zombies. I mean, it isn't that bad? Its my power, and I'm apparently not allowed to do it, it would cause problems~"
"Well, what would you do with the zombies?"
"I would simply have them around me, a group, comrades, friends~ I would use them to fight and all that good stuff~"
Zensuke raised a keen eye towards her. "I see, well I suppose it could be handy that way. From what I've seen so far, it seems you've got a degree of healing potential."
Giselle cocked her eyebrows up, playing with her hair strands. "Sure, but its limited to corpses, and the likes~"
Zensuke agreed with what she was saying, and thought it made a good deal of sense.
"Well, maybe I could help with that, leave it with me, I've got a few ideas."
Giselle's eyes glitter like diamonds. "Really? You'd do that for me~?"
"Sure, I'd do that~" Zensuke replied keenly.
Bambietta watched on, and her lips curl upwards.
But then she caught herself smiling, and turned her neck, wondering what she was supposed to do.
Liltotto furrowed her eyebrows, and approached. "What's the next lesson?"
"Well, now that you're beginning to Master a bit of Blut now, I think next would be general combat training. While I've seen your skills so far being pretty good, I think we can take it even further with the potential I can see in all of you, and I don't know if you girls have any access to Quincy equipment, but I could make some for you if you'd want~?"
Liltotto was taken aback by the praise, but was happy nonetheless that he was doing his best to help them, and go out of his way for them.
"Sounds good. Though, I feel as if we're not doing enough. It feels like we're one siding this arrangement."
Zensuke waved his hand. "Don't worry about that, I've got to study these intriguing powers that you all possess…ooh yeah, in a few days, Orihime-chan, Rukia-chan and myself are going to see a man named Don Kanonji, apparently he's some spiritual medium guy, but we thought it could be fun, what'd you say~?"
Candice flung her hands up happily. "Hell yeah! Sounds like a good night out! Aah yeah…with a hot guy, dreams can come true~"
"Ooh, we could go and have fun, all of us~ A fancy place…" Meninas said dreamingly.
"The food…" Liltotto drooled.
Giselle grins. "The people, potential zombies…"
Bambietta chews her bottom lip in thought, not sure if she should take the next step or not.
She didn't hate the Shinigami before her as she thought she would.
But he was still a Shinigami, and their Majesty hadn't even contacted them yet.
It felt very strange to her, why he wouldn't have said a single thing.
"W, Well, we could I guess…" Bambietta murmured after a minute of thought.
Zensuke claps his hands together a single time. "Great, then lets all have a good time~!"
Candice felt like she was on cloud nine, a chance to spend an evening with Zensuke, it felt like a dream to her.
A small time later, Zensuke went to go and work on the Hogyoku, together with his father, and Yoruichi. Tessai appeared with some drinks, and laid them down before the two scientists at work, his eyes shifting to Zensuke.
"Eeh, everything okay Tessai-san?" Zensuke asks while raising a brow.
"I'm just happy to see father and son together again. You've grown tall."
"I guess so~" Zensuke chuckled, as Yoruichi climbs onto his lap and snuggles up against his thigh.
Looking down at the young woman in cat form, he saw her cheery cat like grin aimed up for his body.
Zensuke then watched Tessai move to another room, and he could see Tessai on the laptop, noticing his father grimacing.
"What's wrong?" Zensuke asks.
Kisuke sighs. "He's ordering things online again."
Zensuke looked amused. "Does he do that often?"
"More than you'd think, it seems that he's well adapted to this century, that's for sure." Kisuke said with amusement. "So, you were telling me about these Quincy girls?"
"Yeah, they've got these abilities, and while we're becoming closer, it seems they're reluctant on explaining how they managed to get them. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Quincy have some kind of Quincy in the past, like a 1000 years ago that had strange abilities."
"Old man Yama apparently put him down." Kisuke mused. "At least, that's what I heard, I wasn't around back then so I couldn't tell you. Why're you asking? I'm sure that you're aware…unless, you're thinking he wasn't?"
"I couldn't say, but they got their strange powers from somewhere. Though I don't sense malice in them as time goes on, even Bambietta-san seems to have calmed down. I'm glad that they don't have to fight with the Shinigami of this town."
Kisuke rubbed his chin. "It is a curious situation. Have you figured out how their abilities came to be?"
"As far as I can tell, it seems that this power was awakened inside of them. Based on what little they've told me, I think that they received the gift from some strong being, its why I was asking about that one from a 1000 years ago."
"Honestly, apart from legends of course, never seen it with my own eye. But speaking of strong beings, Aizen-san?"
Zensuke chuckled. "Currently looking for me, or rather what my 'Arrancar' self is doing."
Kisuke raised an intrigued eyebrow. "Arrancar self huh? You've been busy."
"Had stuff to do, people to rescue, and if it gives Sosuke-san a distraction, that's all I need from it." Zensuke held the orb of Hogyoku in his hand, and clenched it tightly.
As he did, Kisuke saw a little glow radiate between his fingers, and looked at the Hogyoku when Zensuke unfurled his fingers, revealing the glowing orb, his eyes scanning the small orb while Zensuke exhaled, and put it in its case.
Zensuke exhaled, and rotates his shoulder.
"Hopefully, not much more needed now, but its a risky situation we've gotten ourselves in." Zensuke murmured. "Also, while we're here, I was wondering about how you used it. I know you used it on the Visored, so it must've responded to your hearts desires…"
"Yes, that's correct. Though, even though I managed to do a good thing with it back then, now with Aizen-san, and his group…"
"You saved the Visored." Zensuke said affirmingly. "What happened to them was terrible, but they're alive, and I've been speaking with Hiyori-san, it seems even in exile, they've had good times. Hopefully soon, we'll be able to end it, together."
Kisuke adopts a fond smile. "May I ask you a question?"
"Go for it." Zensuke said cheerfully.
"Then, did you ever come up with the idea of Hogyoku?"
Zensuke didn't move for a moment, then nods. "Yes, I did."
Kisuke leans forward, stroking his chin with intrigue. "I see, well it seems great minds think alike~"
"Including Sosuke-san in that?" Zensuke said with a small chuckle.
Kisuke looked amused. "Being linked with him isn't my ideal, but can't deny he's a smart guy."
Zensuke inclines, and yawns. "Yeah, I feel the same. Hopefully he'll be stopped soon, and we can finally relax~"
Zensuke hoped that was the case, and showed his effervescent smile.
Kisuke felt the same, and couldn't deny it was a good feeling to deal with this together with his son.
The next day, Rukia found herself in an odd predicament, as she was currently dressed in a school uniform, similar to the likes of Orihime, and next to her, Zensuke was dressed in a similar attire as well, for boys.
"Erm, so school…" Rukia hadn't questioned it until now since a Captain had said it, but now she was curious.
"Yeah, I've been a few times over the year, its really different to the academy, besides the obvious like classes~ I went with Orihime-chan once just to see what it was like, and found myself quite enjoying it, a good way to spend time with friends."
"Ooh, but Honsho-san is gonna be there~" Orihime giggled, as they walked through the school gates.
"Aah yeah, Honsho…my apparent arch nemesis." Zensuke's tone was whimsical.
"A-Arch nemesis?" Rukia thought she had heard wrong.
But Zensuke nods, confirming it with a grin. "Yup, she calls me that because of my close relationship to Orihime-chan."
"I see, so she's a friend of yours, Inoue?" Rukia inquired.
Orihime nods happily. "She is, but she's so mean to Zen-chan sometimes, like trying to peel us apart, and says such outrageous things~ As if Zen-chan and I are dating one another and gonna have a fun fantastical life with one another~"
Zensuke eyed up the young girl, who in turn looked on with a quizzical face.
"Huh, well I'm sure that we could have a little bit of fun~"
Orihime felt her face heat up a little bit, her cheeks soon turning as red as rubies, as they walked through the courtyard of the school, and walking through the building, Rukia was taken aback by everything that was going on.
When they entered the classroom, they were abruptly ambushed with a "Bwahahahaha!" coming from a red haired girl with large glasses.
But when she saw Zensuke, her face fell, her finger aimed at him aggressively.
"My eternal rival for my Hime's affections!"
"Hello Honsho-san, its been a while~" Zensuke waved at the young girl.
She in turn scowled, and wagged her finger at the young man.
"No, no! You can't have her! She's my Hime!"
"Eeh, can't we be friends~?" Zensuke threw a disarming smile.
Chizuru's eyes grew with a scowl on her lips. "I wont lose to you-"
"Quiet, you idiot!" A young woman came up behind Chizuru Honsho, her grin growing. "Yo, Zensuke! Were have you been huh?" The girl named Tatsuki playfully punched his right arm. "Sorry about Honsho, she doesn't think about anything other than her desires for…you get the point, don't worry about her."
Rukia was bewildered as Zensuke flashes a peace sign. "Hey, Tatsuki-san, nice seeing you~ Don't worry, I'm used to it, and you know me, I'm here, there, everywhere~ All over the place~"
Tatsuki grins. "Good thing you're back, your girlfriend was missing you~"
Orihime's face flushes even brighter. "T-Tatsuki-chan! You can't say that! We're not…I, I mean, I'm…w-what we are…that's something that I…erm, I don't…"
Orihime's face looked the picture of embarrassment, Zensuke thought she looked pretty cute.
Tatsuki laughed a little louder. "Ooh Orihime, I don't know why you're fighting it! Go for it, and…" Tatsuki paused upon seeing Rukia. "New friend?"
Chizuru looks up to Rukia from her position on the floor, hearts immediately replaced her eyes, her grin growing by the second.
"Oooooooooh! Who is this treasure?! She's got-"
"Seriously, knock it off! Don't scare the new girl!" Tatsuki snaps.
Rukia couldn't fathom what was going on, her eyes snapping towards the only Captain there.
But Zensuke seemed so chill, and relaxed, the more she learned about his life in the human world, the more she wished to delve into it herself.
"Yes, my name is Rukia Kuchiki, its a pleasure." Rukia offered her smile to the class.
Zensuke saw she was already gaining fans, boys and girls alike, as they crowded around her, and began firing so many questions at her, he was glad that Rukia could be more of herself in the human world, and saw Rukia enjoying herself, which made him happy.
When lunch came around, Zensuke, Orihime, Tatsuki, and Rukia sat under a tree, catching Tatsuki up on what was going on with Rukia, minus the spiritual stuff.
Tatsuki took to Rukia right away, chatting away happily.
Though when talking about Zensuke, Rukia accidentally said "Captain." she looked like a deer caught in headlights, Tatsuki gave an inquisitive look towards her.
"Captain? Captain of what?" Tatsuki's inquisitive nature didn't help Rukia in the slightest.
Rukia grimaced, Zensuke looked amusingly at her.
"C-Captain…C-Captain of…the debate team!"
Zensuke sweat dropped, Orihime suppressed a giggle.
"Debate team? You're on a debate team?" Tatsuki asks Zensuke.
Zensuke slowly nods, glancing at Rukia who sent an apologetic look towards him. "Yeah, that's right. I love my debates, you know how I can be~"
Tatsuki saw him chuckling lightly.
Scrutinizing his appearance, Tatsuki hums in thought.
But after a few moments, Tatsuki looked between them, and lightly laughed.
"So, you're all going to Don Kanonji tonight right? Its a total crazy thing, but I think that'll be pretty interesting, if not only for a laugh or two."
Zensuke nods with a chuckle. "Yup, we're heading off to Don Kanonji, always gotta have a little bit of fun~"
Orihime sways side to side. "Tatsuki-chan, even some other friends are coming with us~"
Tatsuki whistles. "Been making a lot of friends, should I be jealous~?"
Orihime giggled, shaking her head. "Nope, you're one of my bestest friends in the entire world~"
As they talked, Rukia took out a juice box, and straw, looking over it.
She lightly tapped the top of it with the sharp bit, mumbling "Huh…" as if she was astonished by it.
Zensuke looked amusingly at her, casually taking it, and whispered "Like this." and pierced the place it was supposed to be pierced, and handed it back to the bewildered Rukia, finding the experience rather fascinating.
"I didn't know that could be a thing. Nothing like that in Soul Society."
"I know, its all more old traditional Japanese back there, but here, its got some quite fun modern things~"
Orihime overheard their conversation, giggling, and looked to Tatsuki. "She's nice, isn't she? Kuchiki-san I mean~"
"Yeah, best keep her from Honsho though. She's a very… She's a wild beast, Kuchiki-san might be on the receiving end of a scary situation, and the same for Zensuke, but for different reasons~"
Orihime let out a happy cry, Zensuke and Rukia facing her, showing their enthused smiles.
After school that day, Rukia left together with Zensuke with a sense of intrigue, and a desire for more.
Orihime stayed behind for her club, while Zensuke and Rukia casually walked to go and deal with a Hollow together.
"So, what'd you think of school Rukia-chan?"
Rukia puts a finger to her chin in thought. "It wasn't what I was expecting. But I truthfully don't know what it was I was expecting. I thought that it was fascinating, and the people there…that Honsho girl can give Lieutenant Kurotsuchi a run for his money."
Zensuke snorts. "Yeah, I'd hate to put them together in a room, couldn't tell you who'd come out on top~"
Rukia began laughing, holding her sides as she did so.
"Ooh no, that's a scary thought." Zensuke could see Rukia was unwinding, less stiff, as they talked, something he had hoped for. "I noticed today Arisawa-san seemed to have some spiritual power, but not nearly as much as Inoue." Zensuke nods as Rukia continues. "Captain, may I tell you something?"
"Sure, what is it~?" Zensuke replies with a gentle grin.
Rukia inhales. "Then Captain, all these things going on lately, with the Arrancar's. And the Quincy's. I've learned more in my time in Karakura, than I have in the Seireitei for a good long while now."
Zensuke was glad for Rukia.
Seeing her becoming more excited, truly made him feel good that Rukia and Orihime were able to come together like this.
As they talked, they arrived at the area where the Hollow was, so Rukia took out her Zanpakuto and rushed closer.
"Hah!" Zensuke watched from the crowded street, seeing Rukia's technique, able to cleave through the Hollow before it could reach any of the other people down below, splitting it right down the middle.
"Good one." Zensuke called as she came to his side.
Rukia adopts a kind hearted smile. "Captain, I'm glad that you could come here. Even though I'm sure you've got plenty to do…I like having you around."
After she admitted that, Zensuke felt his heart squeeze, finding her to be rather sweet if he did say so himself.
"I like being around too, Rukia-chan. I'm glad you were able to become friends with Orihime-chan, it seems you've bonded so well~"
"It seems so, she's a nice girl. Though, after hearing her story about her brother, its a shame that she wont get to see him. Even though he's crossed over. I haven't really thought about it much, but I guess a lot of people are in situations, similar to Inoue. Though not exactly since she knows where her brother is, yet wont be able to ever go until many years hopefully pass for her."
Zensuke understood what Rukia was saying, and he did feel like it would be difficult.
"Don't worry about that, I'm sure they'll reunite way before then."
Rukia tilts her neck. "You think so?"
"I believe so, things have mysterious ways of working, so I don't doubt we'll soon see things happening."
Rukia wondered about that, but did hope for her friend to have a happy time, since she thought that Orihime was a very sweet girl, and thought she deserved good things happening to her.
When the time came, Zensuke, along with Rukia, and Orihime (Nel and the others decided not to go) went towards the place the shooting of the show Don Kanonji was being filmed, an abandoned hospital.
The trio walk on ahead, Orihime sticking close to Zensuke as they walk through the crowd.
"My, what a turn out~"
"Yeah, not bad. Glad I got the night off for this, spending time with my friends~" Zensuke muses. "Didn't know it was this popular, but its cool to know that at least some people are interested in the supernatural."
Rukia twirls her eyes left and right, then turns to Zensuke, and puts her arms across her body.
"Bwahahahaha!" Mimicking the voice, Rukia also made similar facial expressions to Don Kanonji himself.
Zensuke sweat dropped. "That's terrifyingly accurate."
"Yeah, well done Kuchiki-san!" Orihime burst into a giggle.
Rukia looks proud. "I studied the show in preparation for this evening, so I knew what we were doing. And then I came across that fun laugh, I think it goes best if we play along for the evening, don't you believe that Captain?"
Zensuke raised an eyebrow. "When you say play along…"
"Get into the spirit of things. Laugh, like how the spirit medium does, I think it will reap us the best rewards out of this evening."
Zensuke didn't even know what she meant by that.
But he rolled with it for the time being, wading through the crowds of people.
As they tried getting to the front, Zensuke saw Orihime's face twist notably uncomfortable.
"Orihime-chan, you okay?"
Orihime's eyes snapped onto Zensuke, then shift to the abandoned hospital they were getting closer too.
"Zen-chan, is there a Hollow here? Because I'm sensing something here that's crying out in pain, it reminds me of Sora, when he was turned into a Hollow, and now I'm feeling the same thing within the hospital."
Zensuke nods. "Good catch. There's a spirit in there, basically on the way to becoming a Hollow. I can feel its chain of fate binding it to the hospital."
Rukia nods, and carries on. "We refer to these beings as Demi Hollows. Their Hollow holes are beginning to open up, but haven't fully yet, and their chain of fate hangs there, peeling off slowly before they become a Hollow, but from what I can tell, it seems we have a good six months before it does."
Zensuke happily smiles. "She's right, as long as nothing messes with that process, the spirit shall be fine. We'll take care of the spirit before then, make sure that he can move on."
Rukia agreed, looking around to see so many people coming up, and around them.
It seemed like a packed crowd.
Zensuke's fingers placed on the tape that barricaded them from the main abandoned hospital, seeing TV crews, and all sorts of people making sure the show was set up. He even saw people taking out their phones, and recording video on them.
Then Rukia caught sight of the Bambi's arriving, and looked to the hospital, recalling what Zensuke said about Hollows, and Quincy's, and how the girls didn't want to become involved in such a situation, but knowing they could try and fight the Hollow.
"Captain, the Quincy girls have arrived. Its going to be quite the evening."
"Seems so. Unless something big happens, I'd say that we're all good." Zensuke beams, as the Quincy approach.
When they do, Candice adopts a flirty smile, and makes her move, edging herself closer to Zensuke, while pushing Bambietta away with a sway of her hips, something that antagonized the young Quincy.
"Hello my Shinigami boy~ I'm glad we could arrive." Candice fires a look to Bambietta who in turn scowls. "I wanted to arrive earlier, but Bambi was so busy doing her hair."
Bambietta growled. "YOU WERE DOING YOUR HAIR, FOR OVER AN HOUR!"
Candice's face looked a picture of embarrassment. "Well…I mean, my hair came out pretty well. But that's besides the point! The point is that we're here now! So stop bringing stuff up like that!"
"You brought it up, don't pin the blame on us." Liltotto scrunched her eyebrows together.
Candice scowled, as Meninas casually pushed her off to the side, her face curling into a cute smile.
"Well, I'm just glad that we arrived." Using her super strength, Meninas lifts Candice with a single hand, and places her off to the side, agitating her.
Giselle foamed at the mouth at so many people around, her hands twitching together.
"Oooooh, look at so many people, so many zombies, so little time~ We're gonna have to work double time~" Giselle showed her enthusiasm, something Bambietta sweat dropped at.
"We can't do anything like that, they'd not be worth it anyway. Hardly any powers are here, besides us, that is."
Giselle giggles. "Ooh that's fine, I just wanna try my powers out. Hey, does anyone want to donate to the zombie cause~? Don't worry, it just means we get to be friends forever, and we can enact the Walking Dead~ Any takers~?"
Zensuke loved how Giselle was basically trying to sell her view point as something outstanding, when it probably sounded scary to most.
Liltotto shuddered. "No one wants to donate to the zombie cause, though if anyone wants to buy me food, I wouldn't be opposed to that. In fact, there's a crepe shop a little ways back there, I could go for one."
"Or ten." Candice smirked, only to receive a sharp glare from Liltotto. "A-Anyway, Don Kanonji huh! I heard Bambi's got a crush on him~"
Bambietta's eyes widen. "WHAT!?"
Candice snickers, as Zensuke gained their attention.
"Crepes sound good actually, anyone want any? My treat~"
Liltotto's mouth watered. "If you're offering…"
Seeing the others all for it, Zensuke grins. "Sure, lets have some crepes~"
Zensuke walked off to go and get them, with Orihime helping.
Rukia looks to Bambietta, who in turn looks on awkwardly.
Neither spoke for over a minute, but kept looking to one another.
Bambietta sucked in some air, and pulls closer. "Yeah, about the time we first met, on reflection, I didn't handle that all too well, so just wanted to offer an apology."
Rukia's face turned bewildered. "O, Oh. Its alright, I understand, if I had lived through what you did, I'd probably react the same. No hard feelings on my end."
Bambietta exhaled. "That's good, I tend to jump before I think, really should work on that. But yeah, it seems there's some decent Shinigami out there. Though, then I think of that mad clown that came to where we live, such a monster. I don't know how you can put up with it, same for Zensuke, you both seem so normal."
"Well, its true that we've got eccentric people in Soul Society, Lieutenant Kurotsuchi is one of them, and sometimes it can be troubling, but there's good points to it as well."
Bambietta wished to know more, so her and Rukia began speaking for over a minute about various topics.
When Zensuke and Orihime returned, they began digging into the food they brought with the others, chatting along the way about various things, laughing, enjoying their time together…
As they talked with one another, soon Tatsuki joined them, and gelled with the others.
However, in the midst of their conversations, as time goes on by, reaching just past eight in the evening, spotlights began to shine just over the barricade that had been set up.
Bathing the ground in light, Zensuke and the others watched as from up above, they heard a sound that drilled into them the feelings of annoyance.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THE SPIRITS ARE ALWAYS WITH YOU!"
They capture the sight of a flamboyantly dressed man, wielding a cane in his hand, a cape flowing behind him, a hat too big for his head, sporting a pencil thin moustache, thick small blackened out glasses, his eccentric eyes flood the area almost immediately.
"Ooh! There he is Zen-chan!" Orihime exclaimed. "So Zen-chan, can you sense anything from Don Kanonji? Is he really a spirit medium?"
Zensuke focused his eyes upon the man, and exhaled.
"Yeah, he's got enough to see the spirits and the likes, so he's not lying about it. But you've got way more than he has." Zensuke explained to Orihime.
Don Kanonji then leaps from on top of the abandoned hospital, and lands on the ground, with a thud, Zensuke and a few others grimacing, noting for an ordinary human, that must've hurt.
And when Don Kanonji stands up, most see him fighting back tears as he spins his cane around.
"Welcome, one and all!"
Zensuke watched as Orihime, Rukia, Meninas, Giselle, and even Candice begin to laugh "Bwahahahahaha!" as they mimicked the actions of the older man, Bambietta and Liltotto grimace, while Zensuke and Tatsuki simply chuckled at the sight.
They watch as the episode begins, with him doing some antics such as playing up for the camera, speaking about ghosts, and while Zensuke knew some was inaccurate for what he was saying, he did find it fascinating to see how someone like him viewed the spirit world.
However, what happened next, startled him.
"Bwahahahaha! Now, I need a volunteer from the audience! Put your hands up boys and girls!"
Orihime and Meninas thrust their hands to the sky, while Giselle begins shaking her hips, and swayed her hand in the air, even Rukia put her hand up, Zensuke was honestly surprised how much she was getting into it.
"I'm not doing that." Even Candice, who did the laugh, didn't want to get chosen to go up.
"Yeah, totally not me." Tatsuki mumbled, shuddering at the thought.
Bambietta sighs. "What craziness, though I guess its pretty funny when the guys doing his usual tricks."
Liltotto pulled out a lollipop, and begins sucking on it. "I can't imagine who would want to subject themselves to this."
"Yeah, I'm happy back here." Zensuke agreed with a small snicker escaping his lips.
But as Don Kanonji looked all over, his eyes focused in on Zensuke.
Zensuke felt a chill go down his spine, as Don Kanonji shot closer, his hand going out to the Shinigami.
"You! You're the one I want!"
Zensuke's eyebrow twitched, and tried to dissuade him. "No, no. I'm not the one you want~"
Don Kanonji shakes his head rapidly, and thrusts his hand to Zensuke once more.
"Come on boy! Don't let the crowd down now!"
Zensuke twitched an eyebrow. "No, really. Its fine…"
"Go Zen-chan!" Orihime cheered.
"Yes, go Zensuke!" Rukia adds on.
"Go on up Sensei~" Giselle sings.
"Yes, please do~" Meninas adds her enthused words.
"Yeah, go on up~" Tatsuki interjected.
"Have fun~" Bambietta grinned.
"Ooh, slay them handsome!" Candice snickered.
"A good man indeed, your sacrifice shall be noted." Liltotto joked.
Zensuke didn't want to.
But seeing the eagerness of his friends, before he knew it, Don Kanonji took his wrist, and began dragging him to the stage, so to speak.
Zensuke glances at the others who all cheered for him, as he stood beside Don Kanonji, the eccentric man's eyes lift over his glasses, his grin growing to encompass nearly his entire face.
"Don't worry son, just follow after me! I'll make ya famous by the end of the night!" Don Kanonji offered with his wide grin.
"I'm good, but thanks."
Don Kanonji howls with laughter. "Fiery passion for the young man here! Everyone give our laugh! And cheer for this young man who's gonna help me with those bad spirits~!"
[BWAHAHAHAHAHA!]
Zensuke felt himself sweat dropping.
"Now young man! As my helper-"
"I never actually agreed to be your helper." Zensuke injects.
But Don Kanonji carries on regardless. "-you'll be tasked with supporting me as we find some bad spirits! But don't worry young citizen, I shall protect you!"
"That's great, but I don't really need protection…"
"Yippe!" Don Kanonji played up for the crowd, Zensuke felt like this would be a long evening. "I've just spotted an evil spirit! Watch everyone, as I rid the world of this bad spirit!"
Zensuke noticed that Don Kanonji was talking about a ghost that had chains on its chest, bound to the hospital.
Zensuke wondered how he was going to help them.
But the next thing he saw drew genuine worry to him.
"Here we go!" Don Kanonji takes his staff, and jams it in the little opening in the chest were the chains were attached too, and the spirit let out an unholy shrieking sound.
"Shit…" Bambietta murmured.
"What an idiot." Liltotto commented.
"He's gonna speed up the process." Meninas explained.
"Ooh no…" Orihime worried.
"We've gotta stop him." Rukia finalized, seeing Zensuke running off already to Don Kanonji's side.
He got to the man, and snatched his staff off of him, stopping him before he could fully open the hole up.
Looking at the hole in the spirit, he was glad it hadn't expanded much. "You're gonna be okay, I'll help you soon, okay?"
"Aah...yeah, that really hurt..." The spirit groaned in pain.
Don Kanonji looked back at their exchange, confused, but then grinned.
"Ooh! I see, so you're playing the role of evil spirit protector!" Don Kanonji roared, then whispered. "Not bad kid, keep it going~" Before Zensuke could comment, the eccentric man flailed his arms. "But I, Don Kanonji, shall be getting rid of that evil spirit young man!"
Don Kanonji thrust his hand out, and concentrated.
"What are you doing?" Zensuke asks, feeling flickers of spiritual power entering his hand.
Soon enough, a small ball of blue energy formed, and he thrust his hand at Zensuke.
"With this, the evil spirit possessing you shall be vanquished! Yippe!" Though nearly all of the crowd couldn't see it, they all cheered as Don Kanonji posed.
"Yeah, that's not a nice way to talk about you, is it Kurohime~?" Zensuke mentally joked, only to see within his head a beautiful woman's face looking amused.
Don Kanonji roared. "Now try this, Kanonji-Style Final Super Attack: Kanonball!"
The crowd, minus those with Zensuke roars with cheers, as the sky light blue energy ball came at the spirit slowly, really slowly.
Zensuke got in the way, and just stood there, Don Kanonji panicked.
"Watch out young man, that'll hurt you!" As he said it, the ball came to Zensuke's chest, and simply vanished due to Zensuke's overwhelming spiritual power crushing it without worry, Don Kanonji's face turning pale. "W-Well, that's never happened before~" Don Kanonji chuckled awkwardly. "But alas, that spirit has a hold on you, however for the safety of this wonderful crowd, I shall send that evil spirit-"
"He's not an evil spirit. This isn't a game. This spirit is in genuine agony." Zensuke stopped him, surprising Don Kanonji. "Don't tell me you've been going around doing this to others." Don Kanonji wore a sheepish smile, beginning to realize something was wrong by how Zensuke was speaking as if he had knowledge on this. "You want to be the great spirit medium, but doing that to spirits, isn't helping them move on, didn't you hear the cries of pain?"
Don Kanonji pulled his head back, his eyes flickering sadly. "I, I thought the chain, symbolized its chained up evil, and I, I was trying to help…don't tell me, I've been doing it wrong…have I, been hurting good spirits…?"
Don Kanonji felt the realization dawn on him, his head slinking down to his chest.
Regret soon settled into his eyes.
Zesnuke could see the clear remorse etched onto his face.
Inhaling, Zensuke pulls closer to the spirit medium.
"I'm sorry, but yeah, doing that wouldn't help them, it would turn them into monsters." Zensuke conveyed as kindly as he could, seeing Don Kanonji already beating himself up, so he tried to soothe his soul.
The crowds suddenly got quiet, seeing the forlorn expression on their favourite spirit mediums face, and kept asking "What's going on?" and "Is he okay?" as concern built up for Don Kaonoji, seeing him collapse to his knees.
Orihime exchanged glances with Zensuke, who in turn knew that Don Kanonji wasn't an evil person.
Misguided for sure, but not evil in anyway possible.
Zensuke inhaled, and pulled closer. "Its okay. Listen to me. Yes, you've been hurting the spirits by doing that, but I can tell you didn't have evil intentions behind your actions. You thought you were genuinely helping them, right?"
Don Kanonji looked up, sniffling as he did so. "Y-Yeah, I just wanted to help them, to be the spirit medium, to inspire the children, help them be courageous...I truly didn't know I was, hurting them...turning them into monsters..."
Zensuke nods slowly. "People look up to you, and you can inspire many to be good to spirits, the right way."
Don Kanonji looks to the crowd, inspiration filling him. "You think I could do that?"
Zensuke exhaled. "Yes, you're inspiring the kids here tonight, right? Now its time to show the crowd your best self. Everyone's worried for you right now, and while yes, it was a mistake, mistakes happen, and we can learn from them. I'll help you by educating you, but you've got to promise me no more pulling stunts like that with spirits. Alright?"
Don Kanonji dried his eyes, taking to his feet.
His hand reached out and placed itself on Zensuke's shoulder.
Zensuke looked awkwardly at the hand, as the man showed his toothy grin.
"You are quite knowledgeable about spirits, aren't you?"
"Yeah, I've been around spirits, all my life." Zensuke told truthfully without revealing the full depth of it. "Now, it seems the audience wish for a show. I think you could give them one, even without the 'evil spirit' thing you've got going on."
Don Kanonji's grin grows bigger. "Then I shall become your Number One Pupil from today onwards! Please stand beside me, and lets save these spirits together! Bwahahahahahaha!"
Don Kanonji began doing his laugh, and the audience followed along.
Even the group Zensuke came with began laughing in tandem with one another.
Zensuke saw Don Kanonji moving his head, as if encouraging him to do it.
Zensuke couldn't, he thought it was way too crazy for him to do it.
But he supported Don Kanonji the best he could, and was glad that the others in the crowd were being inspired by Don Kanonji, and he could inspire others to gain courage, he always thought that was a good thing.
Later on that night, returning to Orihime's, Zensuke, Rukia, and Orihime herself all spoke about what had happened.
The evening went off without a hitch, and after it was done, Rukia sent the spirit to Soul Society, via Konso, and then they returned home.
"I can't believe I had to get on stage with that guy for the entire evening…and do a photo shoot afterwards..." Zensuke murmured.
Orihime offered an endearing smile. "But, at least you managed to stop him Zen-chan, and he's even offered you a chance to become an executive producer of his show~"
Zensuke shuddered. "Yeah, that's something..."
Rukia snickered. "It could be a good source of income, and according to my research, having a show introduce new characters is a good way to boost ratings, especially if they're likeable, and I think you're likeable Captain."
Zensuke blinks, then chuckled. "Thanks, that's sweet of you."
"Now, what would your alias be I wonder..." Rukia mused, as Orihiime and Zensuke shared a look while they made their way to the kitchen.
When getting there, they suddenly saw something shocking.
It was Nel, in her adult form, wearing nothing but an apron.
Her curves on display, her hips, her shapely butt, everything.
"Zen-chan's home! Welcome home Zen-chan~! Look what I found!" Nel pulls out a book. "I was reading some of Orihime-chan's books, and it said the naked apron is the best way to greet your favourite guy at the door! Don't worry, I sent Pesche and Dondochakka out, so we've got the house to ourselves~!"
Zensuke's cheeks began turning red, upon seeing the slender curves of the Arrancar woman, her big grin shining, the apron hugging her breasts, barely containing them, her thighs on full display.
Orihime's face turned as red as Zensuke had ever seen it before, a deep embarrassment flooding her facial features and some jealousy at seeing how Nel's form was drawing Zensuke's eye, the same for Rukia, but Rukia then had another thought, and turned towards Orihime for clarity.
"Y, You have books about naked aprons?" Rukia inquisitively questioned, a deep crimson staining her cheeks.
"Ooh no, T-Tatsuki-chan gave it me as a joke…!" Orihime was the picture of shyness right now, burying her face into her hands.
Nel rushed over to Zensuke, and embraced him tightly, her eyes dazzling as she took his arms, and wrapped them around herself, his fingertips brushing up against her soft skin, while Nel wore her big smile.
"We can spend all night together Zen-chan! Lets cuddle all night long~!"
Zensuke, seeing her up close, and feeling her assets pushing against his chest, felt his chest swelling with heat.
Orihime and Rukia thought Nel truly was going to be a dangerous girl…
When the Quincy girls returned home for the evening, Bambietta felt elated by how she, and the others, managed to have a good relaxing time together.
How they all enjoyed themselves, and played together, had fun together.
So much so that she was pulling away from the army she was apart of, and she could tell the others were doing the same thing.
"You know, I actually really like this town." Meninas began, flowing fingers through her pink hair.
Candice stretches. "That Kanonji guy was a total weirdo, but it was pretty funny. Bwahahaha~"
Liltotto shudders. "Can we not do the laugh? It stirs my soul in ways I don't like."
Giselle threw her arms around Liltotto's neck, giggling in her ear. "You tried so many foods Lil, I don't know where you put it all~"
Liltotto nods. "Yeah, the foods good, the companies good too. I thought I wouldn't like it either. But its been good fun."
Bambietta nods. "Yeah, I hate admitting it, but I had fun with the Shinigami tonight."
Giselle grins happily. "The fact you're saying it, must mean that you're truly letting yourself be happy here~"
Bambietta didn't want to admit it.
But she did feel like that.
She was enjoying herself.
She was happy.
She felt free, and she felt as if she could take on many things, as she was getting a good grasp on her powers thanks to Zensuke's tutelage.
However, things came crashing back to reality, when they finally got a reply from His Majesty after so long of waiting .
And the reply, only had one sentence which shocked them all.
"He can't be serious..." Liltotto murmured.
"He wants us too..." Meninas looked conflicted.
"Aah crap, but we're friends..." Candice uttered, tightening her hands.
"Ooh dear, this is messy." Giselle expressed.
Bambietta stayed silent, and read it over, and over again, trying to get it through her head on what His Majesty wished for them to do, if there was wriggle room, if they could do something else, if this was a mistake, if this was wrong...now she had to face reality.
Why did he want it?
Could they question it?
But most of all, could they really betray their new friends, the Shinigami, for His Majesty?
End chapter!
So, this chapter had some bonding for the Quincy girls, and the Shinigami's, getting closer, and becoming deeper friends. Bambietta and Rukia had a moment together, Zensuke spoke with his father further, and they all went to go and see Don Kanonji, managing to stop his misguided ways.
Though at the end, it seems His Majesty wishes for something that'll pit them against the Shinigami. We'll see where that goes very soon!
Well until next time, thanks for reading!
Zensuke; Nemu, Orihime, Rukia, Toshiro (fem), Rangiku, Yoruichi, Momo, Nel,