Chapter 41: Hellish Training

As Ichigo turned around to see who called to him he was stunned to see the girl from the night before who had helped him save his family.

[Rukia?... I thought you were just a Dream… Turns out you really ar-]: Ichigo

Ichigo couldn't finish his words before the girl Rukia shoved her hand over Ichigo's mouth saying.

[Don't bring that up… There are people around]: rukia

Rukia took a look at Soren when she said that. At that point Ichigo looked towards Soren and then thought for a moment.

'Do I really want to bring him into this mess? What would I gain from it? I also don't want Soren to get hurt'

Soren then broke Ichigo out of his thought process saying.

[What happened last night? Between you two?]: soren

Ichigo snapped out of his thoughts and quickly and shortly responded.

[Nothing!...]: Ichigo

Soren had a grin appeared on his face, not only did he know what happened last night but he felt in the mood to tease Ichigo.

[Oh? Was it that good that you forgot?]: soren

Ichigo was confused until he saw the grin plastered on Soren's face, then Ichigo took a quick look at Rukia who was standing there watching, waiting to be acknowledged by the two.

[No! That's not what happened… Why would you say that]: ichigo

Rukia seen the look Ichigo gave her and how he replied to Soren's comment. For the life of her she couldn't understand what Soren meant by his words.

[So you mean to tell me that both of you did nothing all night long? Then what were the loud noises I heard that I graciously Ignored, to me it sounds like the two of you enjoyed it very much… hehe]: soren

Rukia seen how Soren was giving a slight laugh and how Ichigo's face was getting red and then how Soren was looking between the two of them, then she asked.

[Did you see us?]: rukia

Soren was breaking down inside, he could use all of this to tease Ichigo.

[No… I only heard stuff… Let me ask, is it as big as you said it was? I went back to sleep when you said "I've never seen one so big"]: soren (Rukia said this about Ichigo's Zanpakuto)

Ichigo was breaking down in tears over how Soren was able to say all of this with a straight face, Rukia on the other hand was only thinking about the stuff that happened outside, to see how much Soren knows.

[So Ichigo… Did you tell him what happened between us?]: rukia

[No!... and that's not what he is talking about]: rukia

Rukia was stunned to know that Soren was not talking about the things that happened with the Hollow.

[Then what is he talking about?]: rukia

[He is-]: ichigo

Just before Ichigo could clear himself, and let it fall over to Soren, Soren spoke up.

[Don't worry Ichigo, I'll help you out… I'm sorry my brother is a monster in bed, I hope you can still walk straight, and I am guessing you are here looking for more. I am also sorry to tell you that he is one of those "I don't stop at the same gas station" kind of guys. I hope you can forgive him, and if you are interested, I am free]: soren

It was at this moment Ichigo knew, He fucked up. He could see Rukia piecing 2 and 2 together, and in the next second her face became red like a tomato and steam could be seen rising from her head. She then took her gaze towards Ichigo, Ichigo knew he was in trouble. Soren seen this and then bid his farewell to the two.

[Looks like I ruined the honeymoon, I will be on my way then… Sorry. Also see you in class Ichigo]: soren

[He won't be making it to class…]: rukia

Soren got out of there quick, in his mind, he knew that he either signed Ichigo into a hellish training or, his demise. Either way, Ichigo will be at death's door, so there was no use looking into it. When Soren got to class he could see Orihime sitting in her seat waiting so he joined her.

[Orihime, It looks like I made it to class on time]: soren

When Orihime seen Soren she looked ecstatic, she gestured for Soren to sit next to her. When Soren sat down he started a conversation with her, then out of nowhere Soren heard a scream coming from outside. When he had gone to see it he got a view of Rukia wiping Ichigo around.

[Where did she get the whip!?!?]: soren

A little bit later Ichigo and Rukia came to the classroom along with the teacher, Ichigo sat down and Rukia stood next to the teacher.

[Hello class, today I will introduce a new student… Everyone say hello to Rukia, she will be with us from today onwards]: teacher

From that day on, we would all go to school then afterwards Rukia and Ichigo would break off and do their training. One day Soren got curious, so he followed them, when he seen how Rukia trained Ichigo it was like someone training a devil. Ichigo would be doing reps of something and Rukia would be wiping him even if Ichigo did nothing wrong in the rep. It went on like this for a couple of months but as time had gone on Rukia started to be more lenient. Soon training was over and Ichigo has started to kill Hollows, when Soren found out he started to release some spirit to draw in more Hollows.

[Looks like I will see just how many Ichigo can take]: soren

After a couple of weeks Ichigo was out killing Hollows with Rukia and Soren decided to make a move, the whole time Soren was watching Ichigo train, Soren would train as well. Soren had broken through 370x Gravity, he was coming to a peak in his power. But, he was still far from the Apex of this world, Training in just Gravity will not pose much help anymore, so Soren came up with an Idea to free himself and make Ichigo work harder. One day while Ichigo was fighting a Hollow, Soren put on his Hollow mask and Shihakusho that had some Armor pieces on it along with a scarf.

[Ichigo! The right!]: rukia

Ichigo blocked from the right and cut off the Hollows hand. In the next second the sky started to darken and the Hollow started to howl, When Ichigo took a look up to see what was happening a man wearing a mask appeared on top of the Hollow.

[You!... Get down here so I can beat your ass]: ichigo

The masked man looked down at Ichigo, then started to speak.

[You have gotten strong indeed… But still nowhere near what I want you to be at… since I have waited this long I will take something in return… You can take it back when you surpass me]: masked man

On the inside while the masked man a.k.a. Soren was talking he was asking Sakura if there is a way to make a fake body of his to present as either unconscious or dead.

{HOST CAN BUY A (Gigai) AND USE IT AS A WAY OF ESCAPE FOR HOST}

'Buy it please': soren

{DING!... HOST HAS BOUGHT 1x(Gigai) DEDUCING 10.000 POINTS}

'Expensive… But it's worth it"

Then the Masked man pulled the Gigai out and had it under his arms.

[I have taken your friend here… I will keep him until you can take him back, see you then]: masked man