Chapter 146 - 146: Meeting the Vizard

While we were in my Back Channel, the double digit numbers from the Arrancar came to attack. This time it was Grimjaw and his buddies. Sado and I missed the whole thing and apparently Grimjaw was looking for me instead of Ichigo to fight. Without finding out where I was he started to fight Ichigo and was then called back like in the original but, like the original story, all his friends died in the encounter.

Before Sado went home I told him to restrain his strength as best he could and rest up for the Hueco Mundo trip. During the time we were training, Ichigo sought out Shinji and the rest of the Vizard. Ichigo most likely got some training in the process so now he is, hopefully, able to use a good amount of his Hollow powers. I won't know much until I meet up with them.

I went home to get me cleaned up so I could get the news on what went down only to find a hurt Toshiro and Rangiku. The wounds did not look deep on Toshiro so I gave him a Senzu. Once his breathing calmed down Rangiku also calmed down. At this point I just wanted to relax because of the time I spent training just to find a prem.a.t.u.r.e Captain bleeding on my floor. I took a nice shower, got out to cook for myself and had a drink. I asked Rangiku if she wanted to join me but she seemed more worried about Toshiro not waking up. I told her that he was going to be fine and all she had to do was wait, so she had a few drinks with me.

It didn't take long for Toshiro to wake up and ruin the fun so once he woke up I got the information on what happened while I was gone. Ichigo put up a little fight but he wasn't ready so he was beaten rather quickly but not fast enough that Grimjaw could have prevented the death of those that accompanied him. Renji was going to stay with Urahara, Ikkaku and Yumichika are going to stay with Keigo. Rangiku and Toshiro were going to stay with Orihime but they chose to stay with me. Rukia on the other hand though stayed with Orihime.

After a good nights sleep I went to meet up with Ichigo where he was "supposedly" training to use his Hollow powers. The reason I say "supposedly" is because they are under a barrier that Hachi created so they wouldn't be detected but I can sense all of them miles away. I didn't look for their Reiatsu but their life signatures so finding them was too easy. I slipped past the barrier and knocked on the door…

Sage: Yoooo! Anyone home? Ichigo, introduce me to some of your new friends! Shinji, you Beatles wannabe, where the f.u.c.k you at?!

When I yelled out loud and walked through their doors all of the Vizard were startled and launched an attack at me. I simply smiled because I found it cute. With a burst of Haki and Reiatsu I blasted them away. Since I only meant to push them away, no real damage was done but that didn't mean they took it that way. Most of them already unsheathed their Zanpakuto and started manifesting their Hollow masks. I didn't mean to start a fight but who am I to say no to a little spar. When I took out Shinigami they were taken aback, but that was all I needed because when I unsheathed her I used Iai to slash all of them at the same time.

A loud boom resounded throughout the large storage facility and all the Vizard members were embedded into the wall. The weaker ones fainted while the latter were hurt. The only one that didn't attack was Shinji, but he was too late to stop the others from attacking me. Ichigo and Shinji jumped into the fray to calm the others and me, especially me from accidentially killing them.

Ichigo: Sage-san, Please, sheathe your Zanpakuto!

Shinji: Oy, oy, at least wait until I explain before you guys start attacking someone who could've destroyed the entire place!

I smiled with a wide grin and egged them to attack again. This time I was trying to at least claim one of their limbs in the exchange. Shinji and Ichigo put themselves in between them and I so not much was done but the few that were reckless or brave attempted to catch a hit on me by bypassing Shinji and Ichigo's blockade. My smile became more vicious as I layed the pressure without any remorse. Hachi made a strong barrier and then put layers on top of it but it was no use. My aura overwhelmed them all, waves of power electrified the atmosphere, the ground started to quake and the warehouse started to break apart.

Hachi: Guys!!! I can't contain this amount of power!!! Please, either kill him or stop fighting!!!

The others turned around quickly when they heard Hachi. I admit, I was bloodthirsty considering the amount of time I spent away from action to train Sado. I wasn't them to stop fighting and apologize though. The moment I saw that, it killed my mood. I clicked my tongue as I restrained my aura and sheathed my blade. The ground, the air and the building stabilized. After Shinji and the others stopped shitting bricks…

Sage: I came to play. I wanted to know how far Ichigo progressed.

Shinji: You coulda just asked man. You didn't have ta make a mess of things at our home.

Sage: I called out to you and Ichigo, it's not my fault for you being unresponsive. They attacked me first so I attacked back.

Shinji: Shit man, I almost crapped myself. Restrain yourself next time. Aren't you a lil too bloodthirsty?

Sage: Yeah. I was training and it took a while so I wanted to relieve some stress and I couldn't find Rangiku. Maybe they can help me?

Shinji: Ha, you can try.

After everyone calmed down, Shinji introduced me to everyone. I got the gist of how much Ichigo progressed but was halted due to Grimjaw coming. I made a small Back Channel and used a day in the outside to 100 in the Back Channel. I told Ichigo to enter it with me for quick training. I didn't like the little progressed he had made so within that short time I was going to whip him into shape. Like Sado, Ichigo improved tremendously, much better than the original. Before, Ichigo could only use his Hollow mask for 10 seconds max but now he can hold it for days.

Maintaining the mask didn't mean anything if he couldn't increase his power so in order to do that, Orihime needed to be captured and used to lure Ichigo away to fight Ulquiorra. Good thing I didn't step in to save Sado before he had his arm broken apart, that way Ulquiorra had a good look at Orihime's power to intrigue Aizen to capture her. Now that Ichigo and Sado's strength are on track I just needed to wait for to "choose to leave" to Hueco Mundo.