19 Ch. 19 Awakening

Jotaro looks to his Zanpakuto spirit and stands. up straight as he faces him.

"If my mom was infected before I was born, which I can assume with 85% certainty, that opens up many doors" Jotaro thinks about his various options.

"Indeed" The Z-Spirit responds helpfully.

"But, if I have Fullbring powers…..If I awaken them they would just get shoved in with my Shinigami powers….And it would be vice versa as well" Jotaro thinks of what Fullbringers are. "But I would be able to use certain abilities without having to leave my body...and this is not including whatever 'non-Quincy but Quincy like' abilities I have. But I'm fairly certain it's just increased physical strength and higher Reiryoku than normal. That's probably what helped me advance so far so fast…..but there's more to it"

Fullbring powers start with the ability to feel the soul of anything. Including usual 'non-living things' like water. And along with feeling the souls you have a certain limit to being able to manipulate that soul. And then there are stages where you use the Hollow like abilities within you. But that doesn't help him currently.

He doesn't understand how a Hollow could infect him if he's a Shinigami, even with his human body considered. He would have been 'infected' in his soul. The Shinigami powers should be enough to combat this infection….

Jotaro then thinks. Maybe it's not his fault he is dying to this. He looks to his Zanpakuto Spirit who is standing with his arms crossed across his chest.

"Bastard, you're name isn't actually 'Hōfuku-Ryoku" Jotaro stands a few feet in front of his Z-Spirit.

"No" The Z-Spirit responds as it smiles. "Took you long enough Jotaro Joseph Kujo"

"Thanks….it's almost like I trusted my own soul….or at least the manifestation of it" Jotaro was not in the mood. He had noticed that there was a difference within himself after he saw that terrible memory. His Zanpakuto Spirit was hiding something from him so he couldn't fully get to know him.

"How much did you hold back?" Jotaro asks.

"Not much" the Z-Spirit says back. "The Shikai is true and won't change. Just the name. And with this...Bankai"

"You really are a bastard you know that" Jotaro wants to punch him right in its chiseled jaw.

"If I'm a bastard, what does that make you?"

"Enough! We don't have time for this!" Jotaro was fed up. And his Inner World was only getting worse. He didn't have the luxury to waste time.

"Indeed" The Z-Spirit let's his arms rest at his side. "€¥+%&><{{%?<+€$#" Jotaro couldn't hear the words that came out of his mouth.

Jotaro looked up at the sky. Then he looked back at the Star Platinum look alike to see it was smirking.

Jotaro punches it so fast that it couldn't react with a right jab.

"Ow! Ok ok! I get it. Not funny" The Z-Spirit holds its jaw and then stands back up straight after a moment. Jotaro was frowning. He did not appreciate the fuckery it was trying to pull on him.

"Ok, seriously" it says. "My true name is Kagayaku Hoshi. You can just call me Ayashi. But the release command is still Kagayaku Hoshi though" Ayashi says with a smile.

"Yare Yare" Jotaro shakes his head. "Okay Mr. Shining Star"

"Says the one that chose to look like Jotaro Kujo and then got scared into acting like him because he watched a woman get eaten in front of him!" It seems Jotaro his a sore spot and so Ayashi hit Jotaro's own sore spot.

Jotaro wasn't focusing on Ayashi. It was more about what his Bankai was. It was stupid over powered if he trained it properly.

Jotaro felt his Spiritual Pressure start swelling and flooding his body. "You we're holding back more than just your name"

"Meh, holding back a little bit here and a little bit there. It adds up. But at least it saves our asses right?" Ayashi shrugs.

"And that's why I'm not more pissed" Jotaro states as he glares at Ayashi. "At least we know that Orihime can reject the Hollow's infection in Saiko. We just need to wait for Orihime to awaken and train it and then she will be able to save her. It should be relatively simple. And then I can just heal her soul with Kaido. Even my current capabilities should be enough for now. And then when I get back from SoulSociety I can finish what I started"

"Are you done monologuing? Because you still need to fix this place and save us both" Ayashi points out as a lightning bolt strikes a few few away from them.

Jotaro looks at his Zanpakuto spirit.

"Ban-kai" A large shockwave ripples throughout Jotaro's Inner World. Centered on Jotaro and Ayashi. And his platinum Spiritual Pressure explodes and blinds the surrounding in a bright light.

"Halt then Obliterate, Kagayaku Hoshi!" Jotaro calls.

The clouds get pushed into the distance and dissipate as the winds die down. And this sets Jotaro's Inner World back to the way it was before. A nice grassy field with a bright blue sky and a small breeze as the light from him dies down revealing the new Bankai transformation of Jotaro Kujo.

Ayashi whistles as he looks at Jotaro. "Damn we look great" He narcissistically says.

Jotaro didn't have the Buster Sword on his back anymore. Instead there was an Odachi that was abyssal black except for the sharp blade edge of the sword that was a metal platinum color. It also had a platinum mist like aura around it. The Odachi was excessively long like Sephoroth's blade.

His Zanpakuto isn't the only thing that changed.

His Shinigami attire also changed.

Now he wore something very similar to Jotaro's usual attire than a Shinigamis attire.

He wore a black undershirt that fit him nicely and was tucked into his pants loosely. His pants weren't the school uniform pants that were oversized and required belts to stay up. No, they were much more tailored and fancier looking pants that hugged his legs but not tightly. And got looser below his mid calf. His shoes were that of a dress shoes that were white with the toe cap being black like his pants and shirt. His uniform blazer was thrown to the wind and replaced with a long overcoat. The collar was popped up of course and it was black except for the bottom of the overcoat. The bottom was a pure white that turned gray and then mixed with the black as it went up the coat. The cuffs on the sleeves were triangles that were in a pattern, Half the triangles being a light green while the others were a darker green. And Jotaro's 'unique' belts had been exchanged for actual belts and had a small pouch hanging from the bottom belt loop. And of course his hat that faded into his hair was there, it was black with white lining on the visor. He also had the substitute Shinigami skull emblem on 2 small metal rectangles. One on his hat and the other just above his collar bones attached to his shirt.

Jotaro felt…..complete almost. He felt stronger than ever before. But it's almost like there was something missing, and he knew where to find that missing thing…..

Hueco Mundo.