73 Hunter from the Soul Society
Edited by_Dark Spider
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"At this rate, we are never gonna get to the top of the mountain." complained Yuzu with a tired face while walking on the Mountain Road.
"Don't let dad hear you." Karin said with a serious face as she turns to look at Isshin who is walking beside Ichigo.
"Don't worry if you can't then let big brother Takashi help you." Takashi who was walking by their side said with a smile before putting Yuzu on his left shoulder.
"Thank you big brother Takashi." said Yuzu with a smile.
"Hey, Ichigo, can't you be a little considerate like elder brother Takashi and help me climb the mountain?" asks Karin with a serious face when she sees Yuzu being carried by Takashi and doesn't need to walk.
"You seem alright, so why should I?" said Ichigo without hesitation while denying her suggestions.
"Hey look, someone is waving at us." says Yuzu who is sitting on Takashi's shoulder.
"She looks oddly happy for visiting a grave." says Karin in surprise, not understanding why is the girl is so happy.
"She might have to wake early in the morning to beat us to claim so high." said Yuzu in surprise, not understanding where the girl got her energy from.
"Ah~ it's Rukia."said Takashi as he also waved his hand when he saw Rukia waving her hand at them.
"You know that girl, big brother Takashi?" asks Yuzu with a surprise.
"No wonder she is waving at us." says Karin with an understanding smile as they look at Rukia.
"Hey~ Rukia, what are you doing here so early in the morning?" asks Takashi with a smile as they walk closer to her.
"I was free in the morning and decided to walk around." said Rukia with a happy smile as she pointed at Ichigo before asking "Oh~ look Ichigo is also here."
"Do you know her Ichigo?" asks Karin with a surprise, not understanding how can Ichigo know her when he only has Takashi and Tatsuki as his friend while hardly if not he will play with other friends ever.
"Um~ she is a friend from my school and I remembered I need to have a small conversation with her." said Ichigo before running with Rukia very fast before they disappeared into the woods.
After Ichigo left with Rukia they started moving towards the grave where Ichigo's mother is laid to rest.
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Arriving at the grave Yuzu was very sad and started crying so Takashi started cherishing her head before saying "It's alright to cry Yuzu."
"Is it really alright brother?" asks Karin with a sad face as she looks at her mother's grave.
"Yes if you are also sad then feel free to let go of all your emotion because it's part of life and no one will think you are weak." said Takashi with a deep sigh thinking about the hard truth those who are born must taste the feeling of death then what about him, who has tasted it 3 times and don't even remember it then except the first time when he felt extreme cold, the pressure of the whole world on his chest that made him unable to breathe and finally the time of the world had stopped as he only felt complete silence at that time.
But after that, he discovered himself in Soul Society and you know the rest.
As the girls were crying Isshin finally arrived at the grave and started acting like a clown which not only broke Takashi's thought it also made him very annoyed by it so with an angry face he said "Can you keep quiet for a while."
"Yes, I will." instantly Isshin said with a nod as he stopped.
"Good look after them while I go look for Ichigo." said Takashi before leaving Isshin with Yuzu and Karin.
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Walking through the forest Takashi finally found Ichigo who had a soft lion toy on his shoulder and called out with a smile "Ichigo why are you talking so long?"
"It's the tough guy from before?" before Ichigo can give a reply it was the soft lion doll that shouts from his shoulder before recognizing Takashi whom he had a bad encounter from the past.
"Ah~ the mode Soul, were you brought here with Rukia? Speaking of Rukia, where is she?" says Takashi with a smile as he turns to Ichigo for more answers.
"That's right Ichigo, Rukia is in trouble you need to hurry else that Soul Reaper will hurt her." hearing about Rukia Kon said with panic.
"Just shut up and point the direction, will you?" finally Ichigo said as Kon leads them to where Rukia is confronting a Shinigami.
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Arriving at the spot they discovered Rukia standing opposite of the Shinigami who has already taken out his Zanpakuto as Ichigo and Kon directly went running in the middle to interrupt so Takashi didn't have any choice but to follow them.
"Rukia~" Kon said as he ran behind Ichigo who said with a worried face "Rukia, are you alright?"
"Good thing we made it in time." said Takashi with a smile as he walks by her side to discovered Rukia is still unharmed even after he interferes in the event.
"What are you doing here?" asks Rukia with a smile as she feels safe from his arrival or because he cares about her.
"How can I not when you are in trouble?" asks Takashi with a smile.
"You and your honey-coated words." Rukia said shaking her head with a smile as she cannot deny this guy has a way with girls but they have something more important than this to worry about and Ichigo has already started his confrontation.
"Hey, who are you and what do you want?" asks Ichigo with a serious face as he turns to look at the Shinigami while Takashi is flirting with Rukia in the back.
"Ah the spikey hair, am I really visible to you lover body?" asks the Shinigami then turning to Ichigo's back he looks at Takashi who is not looking at him as if he is invisible to Takashi who can only see Rukia and the rest before he said "Did the princess has more than one love but why is the dark hair unable to see me?"
"Kon who is this clown?" not getting a proper answer Ichigo asks Kon with a serious face.
"I don't know, beats me. I just saw him and ran to inform you." said Kon with a confused face.
"Then why did you make me run her in a panic saying it's an emergency? You fur all." Ichigo said pulling Kon off the ground in anger.
Getting no attention, the shinigami finally said with a smile to attract some attention at him or satisfy his curiosity "Don't worry about me son, first tell me about yourself and what do you do?"
"Ichigo don't say it." hearing the important question Rukia who was arguing with Takashi finally asks in a hurry but it was too late as Ichigo said without hesitation before turning to the Shinigami with a serious face "I am a substitute Shinigami."
"Ichigo you idiot." said Takashi under his breath as he finally turned towards the Shinigami to see his reaction.
"A Shinigami? That has to be a joke and I am waiting for the punchline because I don't think it's funny, however not getting any I can only assume it's true." said the shinigami before his smile vanished as he concluded that "Well Rukia what you have done is a big mistake and it's considered as a great crime."
"Crime, what's he saying?" asks Ichigo in surprise as he hears it was a crime of Rukia when she made her into a Shinigami.
"Maybe it's better to kill a Shinigami imposter than another dumb Gigai." said the Shinigami before he started moving with his Zanpakuto to attack.
"Hey what are you doing?" asks Ichigo with fear as he moved out of the way of the Zanpakuto with Kon but before he can get enough distance the Shinigami suddenly vanished from his spot before trying to slash Ichigo who was caught off guard making Rukia close her eyes while Ichigo freeze on the spot in fear.
'Let's put my effort into mastering the Divine energy from last night and see how much I progressed.' thought Takashi with a smile before he used a Flash step to arrive in-between Ichigo and the Shinigami's Zanpakuto before stopping the Zanpakuto with only the tip of his index finger before asking "You forgot to ask my permission before attacking my friend in front of me."
"It's impossible..."
