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"Speech"

'Thought or internal dialog'

Ichigo laid in a large shaft twitching in pain as the individual chains ate themselves getting closer to his chest. Ichigo grunted as he turned to face the opening of the shaft wondering how long he's been in the hole. He was supposed to escape the hole in three days, but with his arms bound the task was nearly impossible.

'DAMN! I have climb out of here.' Ichigo raged internally as he faced the opening to the shaft. 'How can I get out of here…The walls are vertical and I can't physically climb up the wall with my arms bound.' Ichigo thought trying to think of a logical why to escape. He may have been brash and quick to anger, but he was smart, which no one gave him credit for always assuming he was an idiot because he charged into things half-cocked.

Ichigo noticed a head poke itself from the entrance of the shaft causing him to squint to get a clearer image. The figure jumped down and Ichigo recognized him as the boy who tormented him for his entire stay in the shaft.

"HI!" Jinta yelled enthusiastically seeing Ichigo in pain. "I brought you some food. I'd figure you'd be hungry." Jinta taunted, causing Ichigo to glare at the kid.

"I don't need it see…The chains still long." Ichigo voiced with false confidence he noticed he only had a few links left.

"Whatever you say, in any case I'll just put the food right here…you can't tell what time it is in here." Jinta said. Ichigo saw his chance to figure out the time frame.

"What time? How much has pass?" Ichigo asked.

"You've been in the hole of despair for '70' hours…If it goes well, someone should be a hollow by now…oh and when the last link corrodes, the pain is said to be the worst." Jinta said with a smirk before he jumped out of the shaft.

'What a little psychopath.' Ichigo thought in preparation to prepare for the pain that he knew was inevitable. He knew that he had no idea how to escape the shaft, and he knew that he could become a hollow, but he would bare it if he got the strength to save his friend.

The chain links grew mouths and started eating themselves causing Ichigo to loss his composer as the searing pain enveloped his body.

"AHH…" Ichigo yelled as with substance shot out from his eyes, nose and mouth. "GaHHH…AHHHH…AHHHH" He continued to scream as a mask slowly started to form on his face.

"So this guy's really going to turn into a hollow? Jinta asked.

Ururu looked into the hole with a sad look before she tried to help Ichigo, only for Urahara to grab onto her shoulder. "Hold up." Urahara ordered.

"But." Ururu said sadly.

"You have to watch him…usually when a person is turning into a Hollow, their soul will explode and then regroup, but his order is very random. His body is still the same. However it's starting with the Mask." Urahara said. "This is represents he is resisting it, there's still a chance for him to turn into a Shinigami, let's watch for a little longer and see if he's really transforming." Urahara finished as he watched his friends son go through tremendous pain just to save his own friend. Urahara just hoped he could teach Ichigo how to protect 'himself' or else he would never be able to protect what's important to him.

The mask forming on Ichigo's face was almost complete. Before the pain could be to much to Ichigo, everything blacked out.

"Can you hear me…Ichigo-kun?" a female voice echoed through Ichigo's mind before everything went black.

Ichigo woke up with a loud gasp as he quickly looked around. He noticed he was in a large city that looked like Karakura Town, but he felt no pain that he originally felt. "What…what is this…what is this place?" Ichigo asked to no one as he scoped the area.

"HEY Ichigo-kun! I'm over here!" an energetic female voice yelled getting Ichigo's attention. Ichigo quickly turned to face where the voice came from and his eyes widened slightly at who he saw. It was a young girl with black hair with light-red streaks along with silver eyes; she wore a black blouse and a skirt with red trimmings, with a red cloak and hood. Ichigo noticed she was standing near the edge of the building and quickly raced to pull the girl away from the edge.

"Are you crazy, standing near the edge like that?!" Ichigo yelled but the innocent smile never left the girls face.

"Nope." The Red and Black themed girl said with extra emphasis on the 'P'. "I could never get hurt here, unless…you tried, but I know you would never try and harm Me." the girl still said happily.

"Fine, whatever, now tell me, where is here, what is this?" Ichigo asked waving his hands around to the city.

"We'll tell you later, but now you have to find your Shinigami powers." The girl said getting Ichigo's attention.

"We? Wait, how do I get my Shinigami powers back? I thought that Byakuya bastard destroyed them!" Ichigo exclaimed, but the girl wasn't fazed by his outburst.

"Nooo…wrong, Byakuya removed Rukia's powers, but her powers awoken your dormant Shinigami powers, so all you all gotta do is find yours and you won't become a hollow." The girl explained.

"Thanks for the help…but, who are you?" Ichigo asked, but he noticed a hurt look cross the red and black themed girl, Ichigo had to resist the urge to hug and comfort her.

"Y-you don't know me?" The girl asked sadly. "My name is…" she said but Ichigo couldn't hear her.

"Um…could you repeat that, I couldn't hear you?" Ichigo asked casing the girl to look sadder and he noticed her silver eyes started to water. Ichigo did what any older brother would do in a situation like this and tried to help the girl. "Don't cry, look I'm sorry…really I am, you seem like a nice girl…But I really can't hear your name and…I'm sorry." Ichigo forced out, usually not use to giving apologizes but he couldn't stand to see this girl cry.

"It's okay, look at this, you're in danger, but here you are, worrying about me." The girl said as her mood lifted.

"Oh Crap, how do I get my Shinigami powers!?" Ichigo asked hysterically.

"Oh that, all you have to do is find our sword…When you have it we'll finally be able to help you." The girl said cheerfully. "Bye!" the girl waved before she pushed Ichigo off the building.

"What, 'We' again…Wait, fuck, fuck , fuck…Shit!" Ichigo yelled as he fell off the building. Ichigo crashed into the ground and plummeted through it. He immediately noticed dozens of white boxes.

'How will I find my Shinigami powers…Wait…Ishida said something about Shinigami Reiraku being red maybe…" Ichigo thought as he expanded his senses. The orange hared teen saw dozens of white ribbons but one red ribbon. Ichigo pulled on the red ribbon which led him to a single white box. He opened the box and saw the hilt of his previous Zanpakuto.

"You found it!" The girl said excitedly as she appeared by Ichigo's said. "Now you can definitely hear my name now!" The girl declared happily as Ichigo pulled the hilt out of the box.

"Great." Ichigo groaned out with lot less enthusiasm as the girl did, as he glanced around. "So, how the hell do I get out of this place?" Ichigo asked with his usual scowl forming onto his face.

"Oh that's easy." The girl said before she launched Ichigo out of his Inner World.

Ichigo awoke in his own soul body in pain as the hollowfication process was almost complete. "I think it's over boss! I'll have to eliminate him!" Tessai as he slammed his fists into the ground. "Bakudou no Tsukumo Dainibani…Manjikin!" Tessai announced.

"Shokyoku – Shiryū(First Song - Halting Wrap)" Tessai yelled as a white bandage like object wrapped itself around Ichigo's body.

"Nikyoku – Hyakurensan(Second Song - Hundred Serial Bolts)" Tessai announced as dozens of blade like bolts impaled Ichigo through the wrappings.

"Shūkyoku - Bankin Taihō(Final Song - Full Ban Great Mount)" Tessai exclaimed as a large metal box materialized a few meters above Ichigo and began to fall. Ichigo himself quickly broke out of the bindings with his intense Spiritual Pressure. Before the metal box could come in contact with Ichigo he exploded his Spiritual Pressure around him to slow the decent of the box giving him enough time to escape.

Ichigo jumped out of the shaft landing near Urahara and his group. "Look, it seems like something came out…is it the kid!" Jinta announced, before he Urahara and Ururu looked to where he landed. Dust rose covering Ichigo's form hiding him from their view.

"Oi! Is it you in there kid?!" Jinta yelled. "Answer me already!" Jinta demanded only for glowing red eyes to gleam from inside the dust cloud.

The dust started to clear revealing Ichigo wearing a Shinigami uniform but he was also wearing a hollow mask.

"A Shinigami uniform plus a mask…is it a Hollow or a Shinigami, which is it?" Jinta questioned, as Ichigo pulled out his broken Zanpaktuo out of its scabbard and used the Zanpaktuo's hilt to smash it into his mask before he peeled the mask off revealing he hadn't changed into a Hollow.

"Congratulations!" Urahara announced happily as he clapped his hands. "You have completely changed into a Shinigami! Good Job! You passed the second Test!" Urahara yelled eccentrically and dramatically.

"Shut Up." Ichigo said as he jabbed the hilt of his Zanpaktuo into Urahara's face, earning a giggle from inside his head causing him to freeze for a second before he regained his composer and watched as Urahara lay on the ground weeping.

'So it was real…and so was that girl, but what was her name, and what did she mean when she said 'We', what was she?' Ichigo asked himself before he faced Urahara.

"Since I came back alive, that means you'll be dead…I've already made a promise, as long as I can leave that hole alive! I will and must! Kill you!" Ichigo declared.

"Oh, that's okay, with that attitude we can quickly proceed to the third Test." Urahara voiced as he stood up. "Talking about the Third Test! There's no time limit, if you can use your Zanpaktuo to cut down my hat, you win." Urahara informed only for Ichigo to speed towards Urahara's location and slash at him. Urahara dodged but noticed he had a slight cut on the rim of his bucket hat.

"Pretty Good! Even a broken sword can have such power." Urahara said but Ichigo ignore him as he focused on Urahara's form as he pulled a sword out from his cane.

'Should I worry, it isn't a Zanpaktuo so it shouldn't hurt me…but that's thinking on the level that everything here is normal…If everything is normal than there shouldn't be Shinigami, Hollows, or A Giant ass hole under this guy's store! So I shouldn't assume he's not a Shinigami.' Ichigo mused analytically but didn't have time to continue before Urahara charged at him with his thin blade.

Ichigo dodged accordingly but at the speeds that Urahara was charging at Ichigo was losing his composure allowing Urahara to land a hit near Ichigo's face, cutting the remains of his Mask off.

"You're losing you're composure Ichigo." Urahara voiced as he slashed at Ichigo again, only for Ichigo to block the incoming blade with his own broken blade.

"You're taking me to lightly Ichigo…If you're going to fight me, fight at me with your all." Urahara stated, "Scream: Benihime" Urahara announced as his thin blade shifted into a deadly looking sword.

-Flash back-

"Howl Zabimaru" Renji shouted as his blade shifted into a nasty looking segmented bald. "Heh, you don't even know the name of your own Zanpaktuo." The red head taunted.

-End Flash Back-

"A Zanpaktuo's, name." Ichigo whispered out.

"That's right, every Zanpaktuo has its own name, and this is her name…go Benihime." Urahara announced before he appeared next to Ichigo's side and slashed, Ichigo barely dodged but the sword obliterating the rock near Ichigo. Urahara attacked again only for Ichigo to block with his broken sword.

"Instead of running away, you used that broken sword to block my sword I should complement you. You have a lot of courage however, with this kind of Zanpaktuo you have, there's no way you can block Benihime." Urahara voiced in an eerie whisper as his blade cut through Ichigo's blade easily.

"How was that possible, how can he break my Zanpaktuo?" Ichigo said to himself.

"Didn't I tell you? Your strength is only a little bit greater." Urahara said as he sliced through more of Ichigo's already broken sword. "Your power didn't solidify. It only bloated up into the shape of a sword. That is why I can so easily break it." Urahara informed as he sliced away the rest of Ichigo's blade leaving him with only a hilt.

"Now your sword is gone, what now, do you still want to use that to beat me? What was all that talk about? You just have to slash my hat. Can you do it with that hilt of yours?" Urahara asked. "However it can no longer be solved by guts and courage, let me tell you this right now…if you try and fight with that toy, then I will have to kill you." Urahara threatened.

Ichigo ran as Urahara charged. 'Is this really how it ends…this, this is embarrassing, have I been reduced to running…am I too weak and naive to save myself. 'Ichigo thought as time seem to freeze and noticed the girl he saw from his Inner World standing in front of him.

"w-what are you doing here?" Ichigo asked.

"I'm here to help you of course…But you have to call my name, Ichigo-kun." The girl informed causing Ichigo to scowl in thought. "Now prepare yourself, I think you be able to hear my name now…there's no need to be afraid about anything…not of failure, not of pain, not of yourself, so get rid of it, you're not alone…You have me, and the others here, we will help you…so abandon your fear and continue forward Ichigo-kun…now say my name…"The girl spoke passionately.

Ichigo stood still, while Urahara watch from a few meters away.

"What happened why did both of them stop?" Jinta questioned. As he, Tessai and Ururu watch from the sidelines. Ichigo slowly turned to face Urahara and glared at him defiantly before he held his hint in both of his hands and aimed it at Urahara, getting a raised eyebrow from him.

"Flicker upon the blood stained petals… Gengetsu Bara(Crescent Rose)" Ichigo exclaimed as a Black and Crimson aura exploded around and enveloped him shielding him from his 'audience'. The aura and dust cleared revealing Ichigo who had a slight outfit change. He wore black hakama pants, black bandages around his abdomen and chest, along with a long-sleeved, ankle-length Red cloak with a hood attached to it. Ichigo's audience got a look at his Zanpaktuo, Urahara's eyes narrowed slightly from his perceptive it looked like Ichigo was carrying a large red and black scope-less sniper rifle.

Ichigo's eyes narrowed as his listened to his Zanpaktuo's directions, before a smirk formed on his face, getting Urahara to tense, before Ichigo disappeared completely in a burst of crimson rose petals.

Urahara quickly looked around for Ichigo, only to see a shadow above him. He glanced up to see Ichigo about twenty meters above him aiming his rifle at him. Ichigo pulled the trigger launched a black and crimson projectile at Urahara, causing him to Shunpo out of the way to dodge.

'W-was that, was that the Bala, but I thought it was a hollow technique…but I didn't sense any Hollow Reiatsu from that attack, maybe it's a technique from the Zanpaktuo.' Urahara thought as he analyzed the situation.

Ichigo landed on the ground and sprinted at Urahara only to drop to his knees and slid towards Urahara, surprising the shop keeper long enough for Ichigo to aim Crescent Rose at Urahara's face and fired it from under him, launching Urahara back a good distance.

"Hey, Urahara-san…weren't you going to kill me, if I could easily get passed your guard than what does that say about you?" Ichigo taunted with a smirk.

"Heh, arrogance already, if you haven't noticed that my hat still is on my head, if you can't do that then how are ever going to save Rukia." Urahara replied before he slashed at Ichigo with his sword, only for Ichigo to block the attack with Crescent Rose's handle.

"Your Zanpaktuo looks to be only able to fight at long-distances…I was only surprised by your attack at first, but now I know…your weapon as inferior to mine." Urahara taunted, Ichigo felt the hurt coming from his Zanpaktuo inside his mind, causing him to imagine his Zanpaktuo spirit's hurt expression when he first met her. Making Ichigo glare at Urahara with a high amount of anger, the glare surprised Urahara immensely. He didn't really think that the insult would set him off.

"Well see who's inferior." Ichigo whispered in an eerie whisper. Before he jumped up and laid flat in the air and then slammed his legs into Urahara's chest while simultaneously shooting Urahara in the face. The recoil sent Ichigo back, and he back-flipped while he was mid-air and shot of another projectile at Urahara only for the Shopkeeper to evade accordingly. Ichigo landed on his back and quickly stood up, as his and Urahara's eyes met. Ichigo twirled the Crescent Rose around his shoulder shifting Crescent Rose from its "Gun Mode" to its "Scythe Mode".

Urahara, Tessai, Jinta and Ururu all had wide eyes at Ichigo's new weapon. 'Is this his, Bankai? No, that's not possible…maybe his Zanpaktuo isn't just a Rifle.' Urahara mused.

"Sorry, Urahara-san…but you might have to dodge this, because if you don't…you, will die." Ichigo said.

Ichigo twisted the staff part of his Crescent Rose making the scythe blade face outwards. The Silver blade of the scythe gleaned a luminescent red, as Ichigo lifted the large blade over his head then quickly swiping it down, launching a condensed wave of red Reiatsu with a black outline at Urahara.

"Nake, Benihime (Scream, Crimson Princess)" Urahara yelled as he created a shield around himself. Ichigo's attack collided with Urahara's shield creating an explosion. While on the outside Urahara was calm but on the inside he was intrigued. 'To be able to utilize a Getsuga into that type of weapon, plus having the power to create one only after getting his powers is nothing short of amazing.' Urahara thought as he noticed his hat was on the ground ruined, causing him to pout childishly.

"Hmm…if it wasn't for Chikasumi no Tate(Blood Mist Shield) I would have surely lost an arm." Urahara commented. "I would never have thought you'd exceed such a power in just one swing, Kurosaki-san you're such a scary kid…You passed the third test." Urahara finished as he noticed Ichigo leaning against his giant scythe sleeping.

Tessa, Jinta and Ururu came out from behind the rock. "Boss?" Tessai asked. "What happened?"

"Nothing, just Kurosaki-san just found his Zanpaktuo is all." Urahara commented as he looked over Ichigo's unconscious form and inspected the Scythe-Sniper with a critical gaze.

"That's what I'm wondering, I've never seen any Zanpaktuo like this before. There's never been a gun based Zanpaktuo." Tessai voiced.

"Trust Kurosaki-san, Tessai, there will be many interesting things going on around him and he'll need all the help he can get…Carry him to bed would you." Urahara said as he sheathed his Zanpaktuo into his cane and walked off.

Ichigo gasped as he woke up. He opened his eyes and noticed the clouds moving with tall buildings in the background. He looked around and noticed he was sitting on the side of the building causing him to freak out. "Shit, shit, shit…Fuck, Fuck…Wait." Ichigo said when he noticed he didn't move. But the sound of giggling quickly got his attention.

Ichigo turned to glare at whoever laughed at him but he saw his Zanpaktuo spirit. "What are you laughing at!?" Ichigo demanded.

"You silly, this is your Inner World, so you can't be hurt here, well unless you want to be." The girl voiced happily. Ichigo's scowl turned into a slight smile, 'Damn, I can stay mad at her, her happiness is to damn contagious.' Ichigo thought.

"That aside, I wanted to thank for your helping me with Urahara." Ichigo thanked.

"No problem Ichigo-kun, you're my partner I would do anything for you." The girl voiced cutely.

"Y-yeah, of course." Ichigo said slightly flustered by the cute girl's proclamation. "I have question, several actually." Ichigo stated as he scratched the side of his head and sat at the edge of the building the two were standing on.

"Sure, ask away." The girl said happily as she sat next to him.

"You said Rukia's powers awakened my own…Does everyone have the dormant powers of a Shinigami?" Ichigo asked.

"No, that's just crazy." The girl informed.

"Then how does it usually work?" Ichigo asked.

"Usually Shinigami powers are passed through Lineage, but there are some Shinigami that are an exception to that, and there usually not that strong in comparison." The girl said.

"So one of my parents or grandparents was a Shinigami?" Ichigo tried to clarify.

"Hmmhm…It was your dad actually." The girl corrected.

"WHAT?! How is that guy a Shinigami, he can barely run his own clinic, how the hell is that possible?" Ichigo yelled only to get a shrug from the girl.

"I don't know, ask him…or don't, I just know that it's him, due to his higher than normal 'Reiryoku' which is larger than what normal people have…but…that's not all." The girl voiced though Ichigo could see her hesitance to say something.

"What is it?" Ichigo questioned, only to see she was more hesitant. "Hey, you don't have to say anything if you don't want to." Ichigo stated.

"No, no I have to tell…While one of use doesn't want you to know your heritage, the rest of us do…I just don't want him mad at me." The girl voiced, casing Ichigo to grab onto her shoulders and have her face him.

"It's alright, you can tell me, if that bastard tries to touch you, I beat the crap out of him!" Ichigo declared earning a blush from the girl.

"O-oh you don't have to do that, if '...' ever tried to hurt me, my sister would kick his butt" The girl declared.

"Good." Ichigo nodded satisfied with that answer.

"Anyway, you heritage…you are hybrid." The girl said nervously wondering how Ichigo would react. "You're a hybrid with a Shinigami, a Quincy…and a Hollow." The girl voiced, getting a mortified look from Ichigo.

"I-I-I'm I'm related to Ishida, Nooo, if, if I'm a Quincy do I have to wear those weird cloths too?" Ichigo groaned on in misery as a black cloud formed over his head.

Ichigo's Zanpaktuo watched with a large sweatdrop on the back of her head as she watched Ichigo get depressed over being a Quincy.

"Um…Ichigo." The girl voiced unsure, getting the orange haired teen's attention.

"Yeah." He replied doing a complete 180 on his original behavior getting a larger sweatdrop from the girl.

"What about your Hollow part." The girl informed, causing Ichigo's eyes to widen considerably.

"I HAVE A HOLLOW IN ME!?" Ichigo yelled as he started to frantically run around and start grabbing at his chest, causing his Zanpaktuo spirit to sigh, before she summoned her own Crescent Rose and hit Ichigo over the head with it.

"*pant**pant* Thanks, I needed that." Ichigo breathed out as he calmed down.

"No problem." The girl said cheerfully.

"What do I do?" Ichigo asked confusing his Zanpaktuo Spirit.

"What do you mean, what do you do about your Quincy heritage or your Hollow heritage?" The girl replied.

"Um…both I guess." Ichigo said unsure.

"Weeelll…you could confront Ishida or his family and ask them for some training or talk to your father about that." Ichigo's Zanpaktuo spirit informed causing Ichigo to think about confronting his father about something like this. 'I'll ask Ishida when I see him.' Ichigo quickly agreed to himself.

"And about you're Hollow…" The girl said unsure. "Remember, your Hollow is a part of 'you', so don't suppress it, embrace it, don't fear it, because if you fear it, you fear yourself in the process." The girl voiced philosophically getting an understanding nod form Ichigo.

"I was wondering." Ichigo voiced getting his Zanpaktuo's attention.

"Yeah?" the girl asked.

"Well I don't know what I should call you, I know your names Crescent Rose but, it just doesn't fit you. If you know what I mean?" Ichigo said getting a nod from his Zanpaktuo.

"I understand, so what do you want to call me then?" The girl questioned, Ichigo looked at her intently causing her to shuffle her feet nervously.

"I don't know…How about Ruby?" Ichigo asked getting a slow nod from his Zanpaktuo spirit as she mulled over the nick name.

"I like it, how did you come up with it?" Ruby asked.

"It was mostly due to your color scheme." Ichigo stated getting a confused look form Ruby. "You wear a lot of red." Ichigo voiced dryly.

"B-but reds a good color." Ruby argued.

"And I agree, I just don't think I can wear so much of the same color like that…but it looks great on you, Ruby." Ichigo informed quickly, trying not to offend his Zanpaktuo spirit.

"Thanks Ichigo-kun, but I can tell you have a few more questions." Ruby replied.

"Wait, how do you know that?" Ichigo asked.

"I've lived with you almost all my life. I know how to read you silly." Ruby answered happily.

"Huh, alright, I was wondering, when you said 'We' before um…Do I have more Zanpaktuo?" Ichigo asked confused, only for Ruby to shuffle her feet nervously.

"D-do you not want me anymore." Ruby asked with watery eyes, making Ichigo's eyes widen.

"No, no I would never get rid of you, I just wanted to know who else was in my head, or soul or whatever it is…that's all, I would never replace you Ruby." Ichigo frantically voiced out, only to receive a giggle form the Red and Black themed girl.

"I know that, I was just messing with you."" Ruby replied with a grin on her face, causing Ichigo to glare at her, though she wasn't affected by it.

"Anyway, there are four other spirits in you right now…technically five but two of them merged creating one entity." Ruby informed. Ichigo had wide eyes as he tried to image himself having five Zanpaktuo, 'That is really dangerous...but badass' Ichigo thought, Ruby looked at Ichigo's face and knew what he was thinking and flicked him on the nose.

"I know you have Four Zanpaktuo, plus me…so that makes five, but that doesn't mean you have to wield all of us at the same time, that's just stupid." Ruby voiced causing Ichigo to glare at her again.

"That's fine then." Ichigo sighed out, "When will I ever meet them?" Ichigo asked.

"Whenever they want to, I guess." Ruby voiced. "But it's alright, you can still kick ass with me and my baby." Ruby declared with a slight glee at the aspect of kicking butt, while hugging Crescent Rose close to her chest.

"Yyyeah…Sure." Ichigo said as he glanced around nervously. "I was wondering. I know that I have no idea how to even wield Crescent Rose, so I was hoping…could you teach me how?" Ichigo asked in a low voice but Ruby still heard.

"Of course, then when you charge Soul Society with your awesome skills with My Blade, everyone will be like. 'Oh my God, look at that guy he looks so badasss' or 'Look at his wicked looking blade, I totally want to be his friend'." Ruby announced in excitements she did several poses with her Crescent Rose, causing Ichigo to stare with a sweatdrop forming on the back of his head. 'Is-is this innocent girl really supposed to be my Zanpaktuo? Eh…who cares, I like her.' Ichigo thought as he watched Ruby rant on about random things dealing with fighting.

But after a few minutes Ruby got her composure before she looked at Ichigo intently causing him to stare back.

"So you want to be trained by the best scythe wielder, huh?" Ruby asked, getting a raised eyebrow from Ichigo 'Really, a cute girl is the best…but hey, I thought Ururu was just a cute girl I never thought she had the strength to create craters with her fists so, I'll just reserve my judgment for now.' Ichigo thought.

"Of course, please take care of me…Ruby-sensei." Ichigo said with a bow, only to get hit in the side of the head with the handle of the Crescent Rose. "Ow, what the hell was That FOR!?" Ichigo yelled.

"One, never bow…to any one, none of us with accept you if you do that." Ruby voiced seriously, "But you can call me Ruby-sensei though, I like the sound of that." Ruby finished with a grin, causing Ichigo to sigh while rubbing his head.

"You could have just told me you know. You didn't have to hit me." Ichigo stated, getting an apologetic look from the Red and Black themed girl.

"Sorry, it was just in the moment, Ichigo-kun." Rube apologized.

"It's fine, don't worry about it." Ichigo waved off getting a cheerful smile from Ruby.

"Good, let's get started." Ruby said as she got into a stance as Ichigo himself materialized his own Crescent Rose and she began to train the Shinigami/Quincy/Hollow Hybrid in the art of Scythe wielding.

After a few hours of training in his Inner world with Ruby, Ichigo opened his eyes only to close them when the sun reflected light through the window blinding him momentarily. The orange haired teen felt something on his chest causing him to crank his neck to look at what was on him. Ichigo saw a black cat curled up on his chest.

Ichigo raised his hand and pet the cat softly electing a purr from the creature. "Hello, little guy." Ichigo said getting an angry meow from the cat. "Girl then?" Ichigo asked only for the Cat to rub against his hand affectionately.

"What are you doing here…are you Urahara-san's?" Ichigo asked though he felt stupid for asking. The cat Meowed angrily at the door to the room. "Oh you want to kick his ass too, maybe if you scratch his nuts, I'll be able to punch him in the face." Ichigo mused, only for the cat to meow when Ichigo stopped petting her, causing him to start petting her absently.

"No, he seems like a person who gets hit in the face a lot, I probably won't hurt him that much." Ichigo voiced as he continued to pet the black cat.

"Well, if you're not Urahara's cat then, whose are you…maybe you're a stray who came in through the window…you don't have a collar." Ichigo said as he held the cat near his face as he looked around the cat's neck looking for a collar, but the unamused look the cat had made Ichigo snicker slightly.

"I'm sorry, but I can't do anything for you. My dad would freak if I brought a random cat home." Ichigo said as he stood up and put the cat where he slept. The cat gave Ichigo the saddest look it could muster making its golden eyes extremely large, along with a chorus sad meows, Ichigo defiantly looked away, but the meows got him to look and his resolve eventually broken.

"Fine, you can…stay with me for a while, but I'm not sure I can bring you at my place during the day though." Ichigo stated getting a happy meow from the cat, as it jumped and landed on Ichigo's shoulder. Ichigo looked around for his body or his Zanpaktuo but found neither causing him to scowl, the scowl made the cat rub its face against Ichigo's cheek.

"It's alright. I'm just looking for something." Ichigo voiced as he looked around further yet to see his body or Sniper-Scythe anywhere.

"OH! Look who's up!" A loud obnoxious voice announced. Ichigo turned to glare at the person who yelled to see the eccentric shopkeeper standing in the door way with a fan covering his face.

"Where's my stuff!?" Ichigo demanded as he glared at Urahara.

"Such a scary face Kurosaki-san, but no need to fear, you have all of your belongings." Urahara dramatically announced.

"Where are they then?" Ichigo demanded again.

"You're in it." Urahara said as he snapped his fan shut. "While you we're passed out I had Tessai-san put you back into your body, your Zanpaktuo followed suit. " Urahara explained. "I'll be seeing you under the store, you have your Shinigami powers and you Zanpaktuo all you need now is experience…you have an hour to get ready." Urahara said before he cast a glance at the Black cat before opening his fan and used it to cover his face before leaving.

"That dude is fucking crazy." Ichigo voiced as the eccentric Shopkeeper left. Ichigo put on his cloths before he prepared to meet his 'relative' Ishida. 'I know that there are far more powerful Shinigami in Soul Society…If Renji was a lieutenant of 6th division and Byakuya was the captain of said division…then logically there have to be five more divisions before six, and a high possibility of there being more divisions after it…man I wish I listened to Rukia's explanations of Soul Society now…So by my math, there are 6 definite Captains and Lieutenants, plus any other possible divisions to add to them plus any generic Shinigami.

So I need all the strength I can get and if that means embracing all of my heritage's power then so be it…I will not let Rukia down, she saved me and my family. This is the least I can do to save her. 'Ichigo thought as he walked through Karakura Town tracking Ishida's Reiatsu. Well he wasn't able to sense Ishida yet, but Ruby could and offered to help and track him, which Ichigo gratefully allowed.

Ichigo received weird stares form passerby's mostly due to his hair color and the cat crawling on his shoulders which he ignored. The orange haired teen eventually arrived at Ishida's house and sighed as he glanced at the curious cat.

"I have no idea how to convince him to train me." Ichigo muttered out getting a wide eyes form the cat not that Ichigo noticed. The cat meowed causing Ichigo to glance at her.

"Are you curious as to why I'm asking Ishida for help?" Ichigo questioned and the cat nodded slightly. "You know if it were any day before this I would question how weird it is that you understand me…but I realized something…something important." Ichigo said as he glanced in sky getting the cat's attention.

"I don't care." Ichigo voiced casing the cat to form a sweatdrop. "I realized that this world is full of shit, there are tons of monsters that are constantly hunting for people's souls and immortal spirits that hunt said monsters and are complete and total assholes." Ichigo continued causing the sweatdrop on Yoruichi's head to increase in size, before Ichigo faced the black cat. "So, the fact that you can understand me isn't even on the radar of crazy shit that's out there." Ichigo ranted as he approached Ishida's house.

"Anyway, when I awoken Crescent Rose, my Zanpaktuo she informed me of some things." Ichigo alluded getting Yoruichi's attention. "She told me that I'm a hybrid…of a Shinigami, Quincy…and Hollow." Ichigo said, getting wide eyes from Yoruichi, which he noticed. "Yeah that's how I reacted too." Ichigo lied it would be sort of embarrassing to say he flipped out.

"And I asked Ruby, that's what I call my Zanpaktuo spirit, where I got if it from…Ruby said I got my Shinigami powers from my Dad which I'm still skeptical about, and by process of elimination that would mean I got my Quincy powers from my mom…The Hollow powers I could have gotten from the Hole of Despair, but Ruby told me I should embrace all aspects of my heritage and not just one…so I'm going to ask Ishida to help me with my Quincy powers." Ichigo finished. Yoruichi herself was in shock, she knew Ichigo's father was an ex-Shinigami, but even she didn't know Masaki Ichigo's mother was a Quincy.

The orange haired teen stood at the door of Ishida's house and breathed deeply. 'Oh God, I'm going to have to be polite.' Ichigo thought, he knew that some people respond better to politeness than others.

Ichigo knocked at the door and waited for a few seconds before the he heard locks unlocking. The door opened revealing a tall fair skinned man that had white hair and narrow blue eyes along with a white suit and glasses.

When Ryūken saw Ichigo his eyes widened slightly as he recognized him as Masaki's son. 'What is Ichigo doing here?' The ex-Quincy thought as he looked at Ichigo.

"Can I help you?" Ryūken asked in his usual calm cold voice.

"Yes actually, I was wondering if Uryū was around?" Ichigo asked nonchalantly.

"He just left and I don't know where he left to…what do you need from him?" Ryūken questioned.

"I…uh, discovered something recently, and I need his help." Ichigo explained.

Ryūken looked at Ichigo with narrowed eyes. "Are you gay or something?" he asked causing Ichigo's face to pale and turn a sick green color.

"I'M NOT GAY ASSHOLE!" Ichigo yelled. "I discovered my heritage and I need his help!" Ichigo exclaimed. Ryūken narrowed his eyes. 'I thought Isshin would have wanted Ichigo's heritage to be a secret, whatever, I have no idea what the hell he thinks half the time.' The ex-Quincy thought.

"You want Uryū to teach you Quincy techniques." Ryūken stated causing Ichigo to deflate and nod. 'I know I swore off the Quincy way, but…Masaki was a close and dear friend to me.' Ryūken thought.

"Why?" Ryūken questioned, but narrowed his eyes as he watched Ichigo look around nervously before he zoned out for a few seconds.

'What do you think I should do, Ruby?' Ichigo asked internally.

'Tell him only what's needed…that you wish to save a friend and embrace your Quincy heritage along with your Shinigami heritage.' Ruby replied.

"I want to save a friend…Rukia, a she was a…Shinigami that saved my life along with my family's, she gave her own power to me to help her, but Soul Society came and arrested her because if it. The Captain that arrested her said she might get executed for what she did…She was my friend and I will always protect them…When I lost her powers, Urahara-san helped me archive my own…My Zanpaktuo told me about my heritage, and suggest that I don't try to suppress it, but to embrace it." Ichigo explained leaving out his Hollow heritage, and his multiple spirits.

Ryūken studied Ichigo's form, from what he remembered of Masaki she too had the will to protect everyone dear to her and even protect strangers from harm. The Ex-Quincy sighed as he was about to do what he hadn't even done for his son.

"Fine, Ichigo Kurosaki…But I will be the one that teaches you." Ryūken voiced getting a surprised look from Yoruichi and an excited look from Ichigo.