"You got the hang of that orb pretty quickly."
"If you want some tips on how to do it then don't ask me, I do it with pure talent. Which is the opposite of what you have." I said with a serene smile as I held my hand in front of my face, catching the orb Ichigo had thrown at my face. It was almost funny, the guy before me was biologically the closest thing to the local god of this universe but he had trouble with what was the equivalent of a middle school level subject for most Shinigami.
"On second thought, I think I might have an idea about how to help you." I said as an idea came to me and threw the orb back at Ichigo. "I just need you to stay still."
"Okay, that's easy enough."
"Good." I nodded before manifesting my spirit gun and started shooting at the carrot top, who immediately jumped in order to avoid the concentrated spirit power.
"I said you needed to stay still."
"Screw that! The hell were you thinking shooting me?!" It seemed like the substitute Shinigami could not comprehend the genius of my training idea, so I explained it to him.
"The only way you could not get shot while staying still was to use the orb and create a shield around yourself. My plan was to trigger your survival instincts in order to activate your hidden potential. And it would have worked if you weren't such a cowardly bitch."
"Who you calling a coward! Just shoot me again and I'll fucking stop them either the orb!"
"No you won't." Ichigo's newly found impressive vigor for training was cut shot as Yoruichi appeared out of nowhere and slashed his face, making him writhe on the ground in pain.
"Honestly, I left you two alone for only five minutes and you're already doing shit like this."
"Don't blame me, blame Kurosaki's delinquent aura that subconsciously pushes everyone around him into violence." I defended myself quite reasonably but for some reason Yoruichi didn't look like she believed me, and the substitute Shinigami behind her looked ready to throw hands but that was his natural look anyway.
"Just come with me you moron, we have to talk." The cat said with a shake of her head before turning back to Ichigo. "And you, try harder and master it already. Our time isn't unlimited." And then we left the room, leaving Ichigo to his broody grumblings.
"So, I'm guessing this is about our plan?"
"Yes, but before that tell me. Why are you so insistent on trying to get Ichigo so mad?"
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When Yoruichi had accepted Kisuke's request to help the kids save their friend, and expose Aizen's dastardly plans for all to see, she had not seen her becoming a pseudo therapist like this. Yet she simply couldn't contain her curiosity when it came to Cain. The Quincy with hollow powers that appeared out of nowhere and just granted powers to a normal human, just because
he could.
He was fascinating.
"Hmm, honestly it's because that I think this is the fastest way to make him succeed." He said with a shrug and leaned backward as he looked up. "He's kind of ridiculous you know, he almost got killed by a lieutenant who had his limiter on two weeks ago and lost his powers. Now, he's strong enough to defeat an average lieutenant. Defeat, not force a draw. That kind of growth isn't prodigious, it's creepy." Well, he wasn't wrong.
She knew that Ichigo being talented wasn't anything surprising since his father had been an above average captain level Shinigami before losing his powers and his mother, from what she heard from Kisuke, had been hardcore enough to let a fucking Vasto Lorde bite her so that she could get an easy headshot. But when the facts were laid down before her like that... yeah; Ichigo's talent surpassed the level of a prodigy and became borderline, as Cain so eloquently put it, creepy.
"Not to mention he got almost as twice as strong when that lieutenant almost defeated him. He might not be some moron but he does do his best when something pisses him off about the subject, if only to prove them wrong." He said with a smile, actually praising the young Shinigami for once. "Also, his reactions are hilarious."
Before she could actually give an answer to such a statement, which likely would have been her agreement, the building started to shake as a high level of spiritual pressure appeared out of nowhere. With it's origin being...
"You idiot, get your power under control!" The young Shinigami they just had been talking about, surrounded by huge waves of spiritual powers that shook the building they were in with each pulse of power till it receded and took the form of a crystal orb around him. Leaving the onlookers shocked.
"What did I tell you?" And Cain smug.
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