23 Ch. 21 Live Broadcast

It's been a few weeks since Jotaro fell for Kisuke's scheme of a plan.

Moving past that, Tessai had agreed to teach Jotaro forbidden Kido.

Turns out he had already planned on doing so whenever Jotaro asked. Apparently Jotaro was Tessai's favorite student he has taught, and he holds a great amount of respect for the young lad already. The amount of respect could be said to be the same for the other 'teachers' at the Urahara Shop. Kisuke and Yoruichi respecting him around the same amount as well. Which is relatively hard to achieve. But after years of watching Jotaro learn and try his best, it was inevitable.

Just like some other things are...

Essentially, Jotaro had learned a good deal of Forbidden Kido. And he fully understood why they were named so. The Kido cannibalizes the soul reapers body or Reiryoku, the raw spiritual energy, of the caster. And most costs are permanent. One such cost is the loss of an arm. But the costs vary between the Kidos.

It's possible to learn the Kidos. But not practice them due to such costs.

Jotaro had managed to also make a few new Unique Kido as well, or even alter some current Kido thanks to the knowledge of the forbidden Kidos.

He had even learned the Kido: Hanki.

Hanki is a Kido that allows the cancelation of other Kido. It involves matching and countering the opponent's Kido. It's very difficult to achieve and can only work against certain Kido. It's not Forbidden, just very difficult.

Jotaro really didn't like most forbidden Kidos due to the sacrifice needed for them. But just learning and understanding them helped him in making his own. Specifically the time altering Kido's. He may not be able to stop time, but slowing it down is a possibility. And it won't cost him an arm and a leg. But to be able to use the Kido in battle is a long ways away.

The knowledge from the various forbidden Kidos have helped him come up with a 'Hyperbolic Time-Chamber' of sorts. A restriction is that since it's his own Reiryoku forming the Kido, only he can use the HTC. And not even Tessai can learn this one either. Apparently he has been able to use some of the power from his Zanpakuto while using this Unique Kido.

The HTC currently is just a rectangular shield type Bakudo that has been altered to have time manipulation properties. And it's pretty good if Jotaro had to say so. It will definitely help him master his techniques. The only downside is that it will also age him.

So to have an alternative he has been able to alter the time in his inner world. This allows him to not age as much as well since it's like him speeding up how fast he thinks instead of how his body reacts to time.

So most skills he will be using his inner world to master while others will be using the HTC.

Jotaro has let Rukia and Ichigo handle the Hollows around town since none have been too strong, and he's been busy. And he will continue to be busy. His Bankai is more confusing to master than he predicted and sees why they require a minimum of 10 years before you use it in combat.

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Jotaro had let Kai go to school for him so he could quickly learn the forbidden Kidos and make his own Unique Kidos. But he would rather go to class himself just in case something stupid happens.

He went to school himself for the first time in weeks. Each day he had Kai report if anything special happened. The only thing of note was Ichigo and Rukia repeatedly leaving class to deal with Hollows.

Jotaro walks in and sees everyone look at him. And not the way they used to. He moves over to his seat and kicks his feet up onto his desk.

"Bwahahahaha!"

He hears Orihime beside him.

"What is it". He bluntly says to the orange haired girl with her arms crossed in an x and her hands were open like she's grabbing something facing herself.

"Ohhhh~. JoJo, did you already forget that today was the day you promised to go with me and Tatsuki to that show that's filming in town tonight?" Orihime drops her arms to her sides and pouts.

"No, I didn't forget. I'm just wondering what the hell you're doing" Kai told him yesterday about this 'show that's coming to Karakura town' and how Orihime invited him and Tatsuki.

"Oh! This is the special pose that is used. Isnt it great!" Orihime crosses her arms in an x again.

"Yare Yare" Jotaro moves his hat down on his head. Of course he would get to deal with this right when he comes back. And that's not including the show coming up.

The door open and Ichigo walks in. Orihime moves over to him and….. "Bwahahaha!" She laughs as she strikes the pose again.

Ichigo has no idea what that is and takes a step back as he makes a weird face like he's constipated or something.

"Huh? That's a faint reaction….Don't you know what this is?" Orihime leans forward and emphasizes her arms in the x.

"D-Drop in…." Ichigo flatly responds.

Orihime claps her hands. "Bingo!" And then she moves her hands to her right as she smile widely at Ichigo. "It's a fun show, huh? Then you should come with us and Bwaaaaa-"

"Banzai!!"

Orihime was about to strike the pose again but Tatsuki goes behind her and holds her arms in the air.

"T-Tatsuki! What? What?" Orihime looks at her friend.

Tatsuki puts her hands on her back. "Yeah, yeah…Jotaro and I are going with you to the 'Bwahahaha'" She says as she pushes Orihime back to her seat.

"Why?" Orihime was trying to invite Ichigo to go with them but was being denied.

Ichigo was left staring blankly into the space ahead of him. He looked to Jotaro for an answer but he just shook his head meaning he had no idea either.

The pervert duo and Chad appear behind Ichigo in the hallway. They each had their arms in the 'Wakanda Forever' pose but their hands were open and like they were clawing their shoulders.

Chad had a blank expression the entire time. "I'm Asano" "I'm Mizuriho" "Bwahahahaha!"

The brow haired pervert speaks first and then the black haired pervert that's into older women introduces himself. Then both 'Bwahahaha!'.

Ichigo looks at them for a few second before moving over to the window behind Jotaro to get some air.

"What do you mean you're not going?!" Asano exclaims. He's the brown haired pervert. "It's the most popular show in Japan! On top of which, it's coming to Karakura to broadcast live!"

Jotaro heard that and knew it was asking for trouble. He was already feeling like going was a bad idea.

Asano continues to try and convince Ichigo. "As a resident, if you don't go to see it, you might as well be dead!"

Ichigo is leaning on the windowsill. "I'm fine being a zombie. Beat it. Beat it" He shoos Asano away with the back of his hand.

Asano takes a step back as he has tears in his eyes. "I even invite…. Ms. Kuchiki!" He shouts while closing his eyes and motioning to Rukia who appeared out of nowhere behind Ichigo at her seat standing behind it.

Rukia pinches the sides of her skirt and raises it slightly as she slightly bows in a formal greeting. "How do you do, Mr. Kurosaki?" She asks in a very forced polite tone. But it seems natural to everyone but Jotaro.

Asano moves beside Rukia and crosses his arms. "Try this….. Bwahahahaha!"

Rukia glances at the idiot with barely open eyes. Then she acts all embarrassed with her right hand behind her and her left on her cheek. "Oh dear, I'm so embarrassed. I just couldn't"

"Aw, Ms. Kuchiki, don't say that" Asan says as he keeps trying to get her to do the thing.

Ichigo watches with a frown. "That girl…" Ichigo looks at Rukia as she continues her act. "…gradually, her friggin' acting repertoire is expanding…"

"Even I'm going Ichigo. Just suck it up and go. You don't have to have fun, but you won't have to deal with their nagging if you just go and get it over with" Jotaro looks at Ichigo as he contemplates it.

"You…." Ichigo's eye twitches. "….are right. Haaaah, it'll shut them up about the stupid thing at least"

Ichigo goes to his seat and gets ready for class. Asano follows Ichigo to convince him, and when Ichigo agrees he begins talking about random facts of the show.

Rukia takes her seat next to Jotaro. "So, you're also going to this show? How surprising? I didn't think you were someone who liked these sort of things" Rukia continues her 'cute schoolgirl' act.

"I'm going so nobody bugs me about not going. But it seems people bug me about the fact I'm going as well"

Jotaro and Rukia have been walking on thin ice. Jotaro doesn't necessarily care, but Rukia seems to be walking on her tippy toes around him. She had stopped by Urahara's Shop a few times.

"Ah. Well isn't that smart of you~" Rukia continues.

Jotaro really doesn't care for her act. He prefers her blunt and straightforward self. Along with the not serious and goofy way she normally is. Anything other than this fake act.

Luckily the teacher enters and starts the class.

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Now it's night time and Jotaro is with Orihime and Tatsuki in a crowd of people outside a random building standing in front of a stage that's set up for the live broadcast.

Ichigo is with the other group and is also not having a good time like Jotaro.

Jotaro was about to just leave when a man walks onto the stage. He's tall with darker skin and dreadlocks. He's got a mustache on his upper lip and his outfit is…..unique. He's wearing a suit that has blocky shoulders where the cape attaches at. His collar is a giant ball of white fuzz. His sunglasses are circular and he's wearing them in the dark of the night. His hat is just as weird with white fuzz around the sides and back but not the front.

He reminds Jotaro of a sickly and uglier looking Tessai.

The man walks to the center of the stage and addresses the crowd.

"Thank you all for coming!" He flap his cape to the sides in a flashy manner as he raises his hands to his sides. "My name is Don Kanonji and I'm the popular spirit medium that's hosting the broadcast tonight for Casual Soul Realm Assault Trip! But we can all just use the easier and catchier name, Cazh Soul!"

Don puts his hands down and walks to the front of the stage as he addresses the crowd. "I would like to give an extra thank you to the people of Karakura for coming and joining me tonight for this event!"

He stops after he moves from the left side, then to the right side and ends in the middle of the stage.

"Tonight we will do something a bit different! I'll be picking a volunteer! But that person will be picked later!"

Don Kanonji turns around and walks back to the center of the stage. Lights all trained on him. "Now!"

He turns back around to face the crowd dramatically with his hands on his hips. "How are you all feeling?"

He raises his arms out and slightly above his head like he's ready for a big hug. "Tonight I'll let all my babies hear the whispers of the spirits!" He says with his charismatic voice.

The crowd cheers in excitement. It is the most popular show in Japan after all so they are amazed to be before the host of the show himself as it's broadcasted live.

On the stage a woman with brown hair and a pink sweater over a white sundress walks forward with a man who doesn't look like he should be onstage is behind her in a suit. They both have a mic and the woman asks. "What do you think of our location, Mr. Kanonji?"

Don leans forward slightly and puts his right index finger infront of his mouth and on the top of his nose. "My nose is 'filled' with the smells of horrible spirits. This is without a doubt…"

"""SMELL LIKE BAD SPIRITS""". The crowd finishes his phrase.

Immediately after the crowd finishes, Don stands tall and strikes his pose with his arms crossed in front of his chest and shouts "BWAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"""BWAHAHAHAHAHA""". The crowd mimics him. But Ichigo, Jotaro and a few others don't get into it. But they are a small majority. Even Chad had struck the pose. He just didn't do the laugh/phrase.

"Alright!" Don puts his hands on his hips. Then he points out with his right hand at the crowd. "It's time to pick someone from the crowd to assist me on this show tonight!"

The crowd gets excited at the possibility of getting up on stage on a live broadcast show. The show that almost all of Japan is watching.

"Yare Ya-"

"You! The tall student there in the middle!"

Jotaro looks up to see Don Kanonji pointing at him. The entire crowd looks at the group of students in the center of the crowd of people. It's either Jotaro or Chad but Chad is over with Ichigos group.

"The young man with the amazing school uniform! Yes you!" Don waves him up to the stage. "Come on up here!"

"You've gotta be shi-" Jotaro was about to walk away when Tatsuki grabs his arm and Orihime grabs the other. "Let go"

"Cmon JoJo! He picked you!" Orihime cheers as she tries to push and pull him to the stage.

"Yeah 'JoJo'. Let's get you up there" Tatsuki says as she drags him towards the stage.

Tatsuki does have some more pull than he expected. But he in the end allows them to pull him to the stage.

The crowd makes a path and the girls let Jotaro go.

"Yare Yare" Jotaro fixes his hat as a spotlight shines on him and the crowd gives him even more room to get to the stage.

Jotaro can't believe his 'luck' in getting picked. He looks back at Tatsuki and Orihime. Orihime has the biggest smile and is waving at him. Tatsuki has a sadistic grin on her face as she knows he is hating every second of this. Ichigo also has that same grin along with Rukia.

He sighs and puts his hands in his pockets as he walks the rest of the way to the stage.

"Jump on up her young man! Or there are some sta-" Don pointed to the side but stopped talking when Jotaro jumped onto the stage that was 6 feet off the ground like it was nothing.

"I guess all that muscle isn't for show then!" Kanonji crosses his arms. "BWAHAHAHA!"

The crowd didn't join him this time.

"Now what's would the name of our volunteer be?!" Kanonji asks. He has a mic but Jotaro doesn't.

"Jotaro Kujo" He says after moving next to Don Kanonji facing the crowd. He takes his hands out of his pockets and folds his arms across his chest. He just hopes he doesn't have to do the stupid pose.

"Our fantastic surprise volunteer for our live broadcast here in the town of Karakura is the one and only….. Jotaro Kujo!" Don dramatically introduces Jotaro to the crowd with his right hand. Then he stiles his pose and shouts. "BWAHAHAHAHA!!". Fog fills the stage as the silhouette of Don and Jotaro disappear. Some music beats as the fog thickens.

A guy from somewhere shouts. "Going to commercial!"