Small girl

A lot of people are asking me how long the arc will take. It will take a while to say the least. So if you don't like Bleach, then I recommend you stop here for a while and come back next year or something.

I have no intention to rush this.

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(Hades POV)

"I challenge you to a fight!", the small girl in front of me said with a serious expression.

I raise one eyebrow to show my confusion. I don't even know this girl and yet she just outright challenges me to a fight. Who would do such a thing? 

"What's your name little girl?", I ask her. There is no need to start fighting without knowing someone's name, right?

"Yachiru ... Yachiru Unohana. And I challenge you to a fight. Are you ready? Because I will start now. AAARRRRHHH", the girl screams and attacks me with her sword. I can already tell that it is not her sword and that she probably picked it up from somewhere. 

"Oh bother."

The young Unohana begins to swing her sword which is not really hers, around like a baton. There is no skill involved but surprisingly ... she attempts to use some form of technique. She probably saw some moves be used and now tries to copy them. She is failing horribly though. 

However, the girl surprised me. Her talent is phenomenal in the use of the sword. As we 'fight', which is more her swinging her sword around and me dodging it all, I can see improvements. She is picking up on certain things that don't seem to work as she tries to hit me. I am impressed. 

What I'm also impressed by is the high amount of bloodlust coming off of her, even though she is such a small child. Age works differently in the Soul Society but she looks to be about 8 or 9, maximum 10. But she still has such bloodlust ... quite troubling. 

"Argh, stop running away and face me!", she screams at me. It seems the frustration has gotten to her finally. It is impressive that she managed to keep a 'cool' head this long, considering her age. 

"And why would I do that?", I ask her.

"What's the fun in fighting if you just run away? There is no fighting then and I want to cut something."

"Then pray tell, why did you choose me as your opponent?"

This makes her stop for a moment. She begins to think about it ... but comes up with nothing. She has no idea why she challenged me it would seem. 

"I ... don't know. You seem like a fun fight. And that's what it's all about. Having fun and cutting people down. It makes me smile and then I feel so good ... So we are going to fight and stop running away!", she says.

"That's quite concerning little Yachiru. You should not be out in the Rukongai, swinging a sword that is not yours. Loving to fight is not a bad thing but letting yourself be consumed by your bloodlust is dangerous and will eventually lead to your death."

"What does that mean?"

"It means you will die if you continue to challenge random strangers that feel strong. Because out here in the Rukongai, only the strong survive and you ... are not strong yet. So it would be better to stop this for now and grow up first. I heard there is a new food supplier that will give you food for free ..."

"Yeah ... I heard about that ... but I want to fight. What am I going to do about that? Whenever I see someone strong, I can't help but want to fight him or her ... and it just doesn't stop until I have spilt some blood and killed them ..."

"Yare yare ... that is quite concerning young Yachiru ... How about this ... you can come every day to my house and then we will have our daily spar. However ... you will have to learn some other things from me as well. That is the condition that I am presenting to you. If you accept then we can start tomorrow and we'll see where it leads us. What do you say?", I ask her. 

"Hmmmm ... I agree with the fighting but the other thing ... no!", she says.

"Well, that's too bad. It's a package deal. Either yes to both or no to both as well."

"Hmmmm ... then ... I agree."

"Very good. Alright, come with me. I'll show you where I live.", I told her and then led her to my mansion. I told her to come here the next day and we would begin with her fights and training. 

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Yachiru really came the next day and I showed her around the training area. She was very excited and couldn't wait to fight against me.

"All right. Before we fight, we are going to set some ground rules though.", I said.

"Urgh, I don't want to fight with any rules. I want to kill and spi-"

"Yes yes, I know. But that is not how this will work. First, you will listen to me. When I say we are done, we ARE done. There is no whining or whatever that you might think of. 

Second. You will study other things after we are finished here with training. Should you not do that, we are done and you are not allowed to come again. Is that understood?"

"...yes."

"Good. Well apart from that there is only one other thing.", I say and have her 'sword' appear in my hand. I look up and down and when I see her panicked state I stop with what I was going to do.

"Is this sword special to you in any way? Does it belong to anyone you knew or something like that? Because if not, then it is time for you to move on and take an Asauchi of your own.", I tell her.

"No ... I did know the person it belonged to ... but she wasn't special to me.", she said. 

"You are a terrible liar. I don't like lying. So from now on, no more lying. If this Katana is important to you, then we'll leave it here for now. You can grab it when you leave this afternoon. But you will still need your sword.", I say and put the Katana to the side. 

I then walk to the weapons rack and take two bokken from there to train with. She will have to go through the correct stances, but with her bloodlust and will to fight, she won't stop bothering me until I have shown her her place. 

"All right. Here take this bokken for now. Even though you are a fierce warrior already, you will have to train with this bokken for the time being.", I say.

"Why?! I want to fight with real swords!!", she is angry it seems. I don't care though and simply tell her the truth.

"Well the truth of the matter is this ... you are weak and I am strong. So strong in fact that you wouldn't understand right now. So if I say that you are not ready for a real sword then the reason for that is that for you to reach higher levels of strength, you will start from the bottom. Now take the bokken and get in the same position as me.", I said.

She got in the same position as I did and I began to show her different stances that were meant to build her foundation as well as serve as the first introduction of Zanjutsu. I have gotten a lot better at teaching since the first time with Shigekuni.

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After 30 minutes, Yachiru was drenched in sweat and almost couldn't keep conscious anymore. I had a smile on my head when I saw that. The little girl had experienced something that made her this blood lusted and she had developed quite a strong will due to that. I was not going to tell her what she should and shouldn't do, that was her decision.

The female Zanpakuto who acted as a maid, called Fujin, carried Yachiru to the bathhouse for females. There she took care of her and waited for her to wake up. The young girl was very tired and slept for 8 hours straight. I knew that she was tired but this was not just the tiredness from training ... this was more and I was happy that she slept.

After 8 hours of sleeping, Yachiru came to the table to eat late lunch. She was famished and didn't trust the food at first. She must have been living in quite harsh conditions. But that should not be the case anymore. I made sure to provide most of the Rukongai with enough food. If it wasn't that, then there had to be something else. But it wasn't important for now.

"So ... how are you feeling?", I asked her.

"Refreshed...", she said timidly. 

I smiled at her response. It seemed she was still a small child. 

"All right then. We can then begin your lessons in the afternoon."

"Do we have to? Can't we train again?", she pleaded.

"Yes we have to and no we cannot. But if it makes you feel better, then just think of it as mental training. The smarter you get, the better and faster you will be in future fights."

"I don't want to!", she said and I was faced with my first-ever 'parenting'-like situation. But unlike other parents ... I had a safe way to solve this problem. Intimidation. She will do what I tell her to, or else ... 

I wasn't going to do anything to the girl. I wouldn't manage that. But she didn't know that. I was going to try using words first but then ... we'll see.

"You will do it nonetheless because that was our deal. You don't intend to break our deal do you?", I ask her.

"It was not my deal but your deal. I only want the training."

"I see, then are you willing to go back on your word? Remember, once you lie or go back on your word, no one will be able to trust your word again. And that means ... our deal is over as well and you will go back to where you came from without training with me ... Is that what you want?"

"...no..."

"Then will you uphold your end of the deal?"

"...yes..."

"Good. Then let's go. You still have much to learn.", I told her and we went to the study room. 

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The time studying with Yachiru was strangely enjoyable. I liked to answer her questions and teaching her how to do calculus as well as read and write was also enjoyable. It was a blast to see her improve thanks to my efforts. 

It was a small taste of what it would feel like to be a parent. And I couldn't help but be excited for that time. Unlike other fathers, I had no interest in leaving anywhere or going away from home to do my job. My job was my home and I would take the time to teach my kids all the things I can ... 

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(Senjumaru POV)

Well, I got an interesting Quest today. I'm not sure why though. And not a day too soon either. My patience staying up here was wearing thin and my will to 'grind' was too. So when this new quest arrived, I couldn't help but be happy. 

||QUEST

[SPECIAL QUEST:

BECOME THE DIVINE WEAVER! (1)

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THEY MIGHT CALL YOU 'DIVINE GENERAL OF THE NORTH' BUT THAT IS NOTHING BUT A MEAGER TITLE. 

BECOME THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE 'DIVINE WEAVER' AND COLLECT SPECIAL REWARDS.

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QUEST REQUIREMENTS:

- CREATE 10,000 SPECIAL CLOTHS 

- CREATE 1,000 DIFFERENT PUPPETS AND USE THEM IN DUNGEONS

- REACH SHIKAI: LV.100

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REWARDS:

- 1. GAIN 1 SPECIAL ITEM 

- 2. BONUS STATS +20

- 3. UNDISCLOSED REWARD

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I couldn't wait to get to work. This sounded like an interesting reward. A special item and the undisclosed reward. I never got anything that was bad for me. Anything that the system/Hades gifted me was somehow useful in one way or the other. So this was interesting and I just had to finish this.