Chapter 272 - Soul: Dreaming Training Montage. (1/2)
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After we exited the candy shop it was just a matter of waiting for the night to fall, we spent most of the day messing around and throwing new ideas about three-digit [Kidos] at each other. Soon enough I was already night and Ichigo was already sleeping on his bed.
Seeing this as the perfect moment for me to enact my plan I simply used a [Shunpo] towards his room, covered my hand in [Reiryoku], and with a clever technique I developed with Allessa's help pushed his soul out of his body.
This of course immediately woke him up, but before he could do anything, or even open his eyes, I sent a palm strike towards his chest, teleporting him towards a clearing in the depths of the Amazonian forest, this is a place I prepared with my [Primordial Runes] to be used as a training ground.
Ichigo's reaction was something completely normal; ”WHAT THE HELL? What the f.u.c.k is this place? Who the f.u.c.k sent me here?”, he was understandably disturbed and on guard, I would too if I was suddenly teleported to a strange place.
Seeing as this was the perfect moment to appear I used my skill to look like a wise old man, getting out of the shadow of the trees I appeared inf front of Ichigo; ”Rightfully wary you are, young man.”, Ichigo, of course, reacted by drawing his big katana and pointing it in my direction.
”Who are you old man?”, asked Ichigo with a mixture of wariness and irritation on his voice.
”Important is it not, who I am.”, I purposely took a long pause in the middle of my speech, and when I sensed that Ichigo was going to interrupt me I continued, ”What Important is, that a lot of potential, you have.”.
Ichigo was a tad bit confused about my Yoda way of talking. Yeah, talking like that in Japanese was more troublesome than I would like to admit, but it works just fine, so whatever.
Ichigo getting a little more pissed spoke louder, ”Hey old man, I am not joking here. What is going on.”, Ichigo was getting dangerous vibes from the old man and his creepy way of talking. It never occurred to him to question why the old man could see him, even if he was in his Shinigami persona.
”Potential, you may have-”, with just a single step was at his right side, his [Zanpakutou] already on my hand, I made a show of looking at the blade, while the still clueless Ichigo widened his eyes in surprise at my apparent 'teleport', continue my speech ”- but brash and young, you still are. Much to learn, you have. Young Strawberry.”.
My last comment seems to make Ichigo get out of his stupor by the sheer annoyance the Strawberry comment cause to him; ”Shut up old man. My name is Ichigo, Kurosaki Ichigo. Not a shitty fruit.”.
I just arched my extremely long eyebrows at him as if simply mocking him for answering to such a simple insult. This seems to anger him, even more, when he almost exploded and said in a way louder voice; ”Oi old man. Speak what you want before I decided to beat you for being annoying.”.
”Training you, is what I want. Simple as well, it is.”, I said conveying my intention from the beginning. Ichigo seems a bit surprised at my answer, but he quickly answers; ”That won't do old man, I have school tomorrow and work to do. So I don't have time for this shit, I need to sleep.”.
I just smiled and simply changed the subject; ”Dreaming, are you? Kurosaki Ichigo.”, my strange question seem to end Ichigo for a loop, it is almost as if he couldn't believe those world, he looked around and saw a dense-packed forest, but when he looked up and saw the sun he paled a little, ”Wasn't it the middle of the night?” he murmur to himself in a low confused tone.
”Am I dreaming?”, he asked, this time in a more even tone of voice filled with worry and untold questions.
I simply smiled and answered; ”Remember waking up, do you?”, I asked with a somber and mysterious tone of voice. Ichigo paled a little bit, before finally smirking to himself; ”Aah, so this is all just a dream.”, understanding marred his face; ” So... this means this is one of those lucid dreams I can control right?”
Immediately he tried to jump high, but it didn't exactly work, he just jumped a few feet in the air before crashing down rather pathetically. Normally he would easily be able to land normally, but he wasn't expecting this in the slightest.
Deciding to do something, because if I let the poor boy by himself he may as well kill himself by sheer idiocy alone; ”Wrong you are, young one. Dream this may be, but close to reality this still is.”, I said lying as easily as I breathe.
Ichigo by himself seems a little disappointed, so he just got up dusted himself in and in a very disappointed manner asked; ”So what now old man?”
”Right now, train we must. And train we will.”
”Okay, guess I don't have anything better to do here, might as well have some fun training.”, said Ichigo with some boredom on his voice, showing why I choose this specific environment for training him.
”Good. Eager you may not be, but open your mind is. For now, more than enough that is.”.
”So what are we going to do? Fight some monster? Beat some bastards? I am ready grandpa, come on, throw the best you have at me.”, said Ichigo in a slightly c.o.c.ky tone.