Chapter 101: Tsukishima
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Chapter 101: Tsukishima
"So, anyway, when's the drink done?"
Hearing Yuna's question, everyone in the room could only look at her in bewilderment. Everyone had a lot of questions, but the first person who managed to restart his brain was Ginjo, who sighed deeply while facepalming.
"Yuna? How did you even find this place?"
"Mhh? Isn't that obvious? I stalked Ichigo."
"Y-You stalked me!?"
"Yeah, it was piss-easy. As always, your detection abilities still suck, hahaha~"
Ichigo's eyebrows twitched in irritation due to Yuna laughing at him. Frankly, he never was good at detecting presences, but now that he had lost his Shinigami powers, things got even worse. Although he was confident in detecting someone who pointed their killing intent at him, Yuna, while tracking him, would obviously not do so.
While Ichigo was glaring at Yuna, Giriko Kutsuzawa, the butler-looking man, had actually started making a drink for Yuna and Hinata, resulting in Yuna nodding in approval.
Silence briefly reigned the room before two glasses with colorful drinks were placed in front of the duo. Seeing the colorful liquid, Yuna briefly pondered if Giriko might have put some poison into it and then quickly took a sip to find out.
"Not bad, not bad. Mhh? No poison, huh?"
"WHY DO YOU SOUND DISAPPOINTED!?"
Although Yuna heard Ichigo's outcry, she opted to ignore it in favor of taking another sip, yet again causing Ichigo's eyebrows to twitch in irritation. Yuna really knew how to annoy people, and it was rather clear to Ichigo that she enjoyed doing so as well.
However, realizing that arguing with Yuna about common sense was a futile endeavor, he decided to focus his attention on Ginjo, who still wasn't sure what he was supposed to think about two people casually invading the base he had secretly built.
"Anyway, let's put Yuna's antics aside and ask the real questions. Who the hell was that?"
Hearing Ichigo's question, sad expressions appeared on the faces of everyone in the room before Ginjo sighed deeply and started talking.
"That was Shukuro Tsukishima, and just like us, he possesses a Fullbring as well. It's called 'Book of the End', and it basically is a sword that can cut through everything."
Ichigo kept quiet for a few seconds before nodding his head, indicating that he had absorbed the information that had just been given to him. Moments later, his gaze wandered from Ginjo to Sado.
"Chad, I think he was about to say Orihime's name. What's that all about?"
Realizing that he didn't stop Tsukishima from speaking in time, Sado couldn't help but sigh. Frankly, he didn't want Ichigo to be bothered with things happening in the outside world and wanted him to fully concentrate on mastering his Fullbring, but now that the information was already out there, there was nothing that could be done.
"*Sigh* While you were training, Orihime was apparently attacked by Tsukishima, but..."
"WHAT!?"
Sado couldn't even finish speaking before Ichigo stood up, ready to leave to look for Orihime to make sure he was fine. However, before he could leave the room, Sado grabbed his arm, preventing him from leaving.
"Calm down, Ichigo. Orihime is fine. Although she felt like she was stabbed, there was no wound on her body."
Realizing that Orihime wasn't in any danger, Ichigo sighed in relief and sat back down. Unlike Ichigo, who was relieved that Orihime wasn't wounded, Yuna couldn't help but frown when she heard Sado's words.
"Wait a moment. She thought she was stabbed, but there were no wounds left behind. Tell me more. Were there any other side effects, or maybe she got some weird feelings in her body after she was attacked?"
Sado briefly pondered Yuna's question while Ichigo's wariness yet again spiked. After all, Orihime clearly felt like she was cut, yet there were no problems. He didn't initially think too much about it after hearing Orihime wasn't wounded, but now that Yuna had pointed out that there was something wrong, he became alert.
"Mhh, I don't really know about that. Oh, now that I think about it, Orihime briefly mentioned that she felt like Tsukishima was her friend after being cut."
Everyone looked at Sado in confusion after receiving that kind of information, and Yuna's gaze sharpened.
'Memory manipulation? That is quite the nasty stuff. Although I'm rather confident I can overcome whatever is thrown at me, I still need to find out what exactly is going on and how his ability works.'
As those thoughts passed her mind, Yuna's gaze landed on Ginjo, who instinctively shrunk back due to the intensity of Yuna's gaze.
"You said that Tsukishima's ability is simply creating a sword that can cut everything, but it seems like there is more to it than you told us. Are you hiding information from us?"
Feeling Yuna's seething glare, a shudder went through Ginjo's spine as he defensively raised his hand while shaking his head.
"I didn't, I swear. I don't know what is going on either. I can only assume that this is either a misunderstanding or that Tsukishima has never shown me his real ability."
Hearing Ginjo's words and observing him closely, Yuna nodded her head in understanding. She was certain that he wasn't lying. However, there was still something fishy about this whole situation.
'He's too genuine.'
[That's a bad thing?]
'Usually, it isn't, but the first time I met him, he seemed rather secretive, attempting to hide all kinds of plots by speaking truths that weren't full truths, but now, he is suddenly revealing information freely, without even an attempt of deceit.'
[Isn't that just because it's a different topic?]
'I wonder why Ichigo is out here in the middle of the night~ Is it an affair~ It's an affair, isn't it~'
[It's not like he's dating anybody. Well, I guess he has that orange-haired bimbo following him around, but I don't think that counts.]
'It's mistress! It must be a mistress!'
[So you decided to ignore my words, huh? Besides that, why aren't you commenting on the part of Ichigo's Spiritual Power being back?]
'Mhh, or maybe... A CHILD!?'
[... *Sigh* hopeless.]
Moments later, loud popping sounds could be heard, followed by the voices of a bunch of excited-sounding people, and a few seconds later, Yuna saw the source of those noises: An old-looking two-story building in the middle of the forest.
'Well, that isn't suspicious at all~'
"Welcome back, Ichigo!"
"Welcome back!"
"Isn't it great, Ichigo? Shu said he isn't mad at you!"
"That's right, isn't it great?"
"Come one, Ichigo, you should apologize to Shu."
As Yuna came closer to the building, she could hear more and more of the voices, causing her to tilt her head in confusion.
'What kind of conversation is this; it sounds really abnormal and forced. Besides that, who the hell is Shu? Oi, Kurama, who is Shu?'
[Huh? How am I supposed to know that?]
'Oh? I thought it was another man whose name I have forgotten, but it seems that that wasn't the case.'
[... Utterly hopeless.]
The happy atmosphere continued, but suddenly, Yuna could hear someone breaking something while a commotion happened on the second floor, rousing Yuna's curiosity.
Moments later, she jumped up, resulting in her squatting in the window of the room where she perceived the action to happen.
Inside the room, she saw a lanky man with wavy black hair and black eyes holding his right arm, which was severed slightly below the shoulder.
Opposite of him stood Ichigo, anger clearly visible in his face. No, it wasn't just anger; Yuna could clearly read a combination of terror and despair on Ichigo's face.
'What in the world happened here?'
As those thoughts crossed her mind, Orihime and Sado entered the room as well, but to Yuna's surprise, they actually placed themselves between the man with the cut arm and Ichigo while facing Ichigo, making it look like Ichigo was their enemy.
'Seriously, what the f*ck is going on?'
Orihime swiftly healed Tsukishima, making it as good as new, while Sado went into a defensive position, making Ichigo despair. As soon as Orihime fixed Tsukishima's arm, she started talking to Ichigo with sorrow in her eyes.
"Why are you doing this, Ichigo? Don't you remember all the things Tsukishima did for us? Saving Rukia and defeating Aizen. Doesn't that mean anything to you?"
"Okay, what the f*ck?"
Suddenly hearing another voice, everyone's gazes landed on Yuna, who was currently still squatting in one of the opened windows.
Seeing Yuna, a tinge of hope appeared in Ichigo's eyes as he quickly started talking to her.
"You know the truth, right, Yuna? You know what had actually happened. You know that Tsukishima wasn't there when we attacked Soul Society...right?"
At this point, Ichigo almost begged Yuna to affirm Ichigo's words, but Yuna only tilted her head in confusion.
"Tsukishima? Who is that? Well, about the matter with Soul Society, I was pretty drunk during the climax of that, so I'm actually not sure."
Within an instant, the whole room was silenced, while the huge fox within Yuna could only facepalm.
[The peak of uselessness.]
'Oh? Is that a new title?'
[Gahaha~ useless~ useless~]
[*Sigh*]
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Chapter 101: Tsukishima
"So, anyway, when's the drink done?"
Hearing Yuna's question, everyone in the room could only look at her in bewilderment. Everyone had a lot of questions, but the first person who managed to restart his brain was Ginjo, who sighed deeply while facepalming.
"Yuna? How did you even find this place?"
"Mhh? Isn't that obvious? I stalked Ichigo."
"Y-You stalked me!?"
"Yeah, it was piss-easy. As always, your detection abilities still suck, hahaha~"
Ichigo's eyebrows twitched in irritation due to Yuna laughing at him. Frankly, he never was good at detecting presences, but now that he had lost his Shinigami powers, things got even worse. Although he was confident in detecting someone who pointed their killing intent at him, Yuna, while tracking him, would obviously not do so.
While Ichigo was glaring at Yuna, Giriko Kutsuzawa, the butler-looking man, had actually started making a drink for Yuna and Hinata, resulting in Yuna nodding in approval.
Silence briefly reigned the room before two glasses with colorful drinks were placed in front of the duo. Seeing the colorful liquid, Yuna briefly pondered if Giriko might have put some poison into it and then quickly took a sip to find out.
"Not bad, not bad. Mhh? No poison, huh?"
"WHY DO YOU SOUND DISAPPOINTED!?"
Although Yuna heard Ichigo's outcry, she opted to ignore it in favor of taking another sip, yet again causing Ichigo's eyebrows to twitch in irritation. Yuna really knew how to annoy people, and it was rather clear to Ichigo that she enjoyed doing so as well.
However, realizing that arguing with Yuna about common sense was a futile endeavor, he decided to focus his attention on Ginjo, who still wasn't sure what he was supposed to think about two people casually invading the base he had secretly built.
"Anyway, let's put Yuna's antics aside and ask the real questions. Who the hell was that?"
Hearing Ichigo's question, sad expressions appeared on the faces of everyone in the room before Ginjo sighed deeply and started talking.
"That was Shukuro Tsukishima, and just like us, he possesses a Fullbring as well. It's called 'Book of the End', and it basically is a sword that can cut through everything."
Ichigo kept quiet for a few seconds before nodding his head, indicating that he had absorbed the information that had just been given to him. Moments later, his gaze wandered from Ginjo to Sado.
"Chad, I think he was about to say Orihime's name. What's that all about?"
Realizing that he didn't stop Tsukishima from speaking in time, Sado couldn't help but sigh. Frankly, he didn't want Ichigo to be bothered with things happening in the outside world and wanted him to fully concentrate on mastering his Fullbring, but now that the information was already out there, there was nothing that could be done.
"*Sigh* While you were training, Orihime was apparently attacked by Tsukishima, but..."
"WHAT!?"
Sado couldn't even finish speaking before Ichigo stood up, ready to leave to look for Orihime to make sure he was fine. However, before he could leave the room, Sado grabbed his arm, preventing him from leaving.
"Calm down, Ichigo. Orihime is fine. Although she felt like she was stabbed, there was no wound on her body."
Realizing that Orihime wasn't in any danger, Ichigo sighed in relief and sat back down. Unlike Ichigo, who was relieved that Orihime wasn't wounded, Yuna couldn't help but frown when she heard Sado's words.
"Wait a moment. She thought she was stabbed, but there were no wounds left behind. Tell me more. Were there any other side effects, or maybe she got some weird feelings in her body after she was attacked?"
Sado briefly pondered Yuna's question while Ichigo's wariness yet again spiked. After all, Orihime clearly felt like she was cut, yet there were no problems. He didn't initially think too much about it after hearing Orihime wasn't wounded, but now that Yuna had pointed out that there was something wrong, he became alert.
"Mhh, I don't really know about that. Oh, now that I think about it, Orihime briefly mentioned that she felt like Tsukishima was her friend after being cut."
Everyone looked at Sado in confusion after receiving that kind of information, and Yuna's gaze sharpened.
'Memory manipulation? That is quite the nasty stuff. Although I'm rather confident I can overcome whatever is thrown at me, I still need to find out what exactly is going on and how his ability works.'
As those thoughts passed her mind, Yuna's gaze landed on Ginjo, who instinctively shrunk back due to the intensity of Yuna's gaze.
"You said that Tsukishima's ability is simply creating a sword that can cut everything, but it seems like there is more to it than you told us. Are you hiding information from us?"
Feeling Yuna's seething glare, a shudder went through Ginjo's spine as he defensively raised his hand while shaking his head.
"I didn't, I swear. I don't know what is going on either. I can only assume that this is either a misunderstanding or that Tsukishima has never shown me his real ability."
Hearing Ginjo's words and observing him closely, Yuna nodded her head in understanding. She was certain that he wasn't lying. However, there was still something fishy about this whole situation.
'He's too genuine.'
[That's a bad thing?]
'Usually, it isn't, but the first time I met him, he seemed rather secretive, attempting to hide all kinds of plots by speaking truths that weren't full truths, but now, he is suddenly revealing information freely, without even an attempt of deceit.'
[Isn't that just because it's a different topic?]
'I wonder why Ichigo is out here in the middle of the night~ Is it an affair~ It's an affair, isn't it~'
[It's not like he's dating anybody. Well, I guess he has that orange-haired bimbo following him around, but I don't think that counts.]
'It's mistress! It must be a mistress!'
[So you decided to ignore my words, huh? Besides that, why aren't you commenting on the part of Ichigo's Spiritual Power being back?]
'Mhh, or maybe... A CHILD!?'
[... *Sigh* hopeless.]
Moments later, loud popping sounds could be heard, followed by the voices of a bunch of excited-sounding people, and a few seconds later, Yuna saw the source of those noises: An old-looking two-story building in the middle of the forest.
'Well, that isn't suspicious at all~'
"Welcome back, Ichigo!"
"Welcome back!"
"Isn't it great, Ichigo? Shu said he isn't mad at you!"
"That's right, isn't it great?"
"Come one, Ichigo, you should apologize to Shu."
As Yuna came closer to the building, she could hear more and more of the voices, causing her to tilt her head in confusion.
'What kind of conversation is this; it sounds really abnormal and forced. Besides that, who the hell is Shu? Oi, Kurama, who is Shu?'
[Huh? How am I supposed to know that?]
'Oh? I thought it was another man whose name I have forgotten, but it seems that that wasn't the case.'
[... Utterly hopeless.]
The happy atmosphere continued, but suddenly, Yuna could hear someone breaking something while a commotion happened on the second floor, rousing Yuna's curiosity.
Moments later, she jumped up, resulting in her squatting in the window of the room where she perceived the action to happen.
Inside the room, she saw a lanky man with wavy black hair and black eyes holding his right arm, which was severed slightly below the shoulder.
Opposite of him stood Ichigo, anger clearly visible in his face. No, it wasn't just anger; Yuna could clearly read a combination of terror and despair on Ichigo's face.
'What in the world happened here?'
As those thoughts crossed her mind, Orihime and Sado entered the room as well, but to Yuna's surprise, they actually placed themselves between the man with the cut arm and Ichigo while facing Ichigo, making it look like Ichigo was their enemy.
'Seriously, what the f*ck is going on?'
Orihime swiftly healed Tsukishima, making it as good as new, while Sado went into a defensive position, making Ichigo despair. As soon as Orihime fixed Tsukishima's arm, she started talking to Ichigo with sorrow in her eyes.
"Why are you doing this, Ichigo? Don't you remember all the things Tsukishima did for us? Saving Rukia and defeating Aizen. Doesn't that mean anything to you?"
"Okay, what the f*ck?"
Suddenly hearing another voice, everyone's gazes landed on Yuna, who was currently still squatting in one of the opened windows.
Seeing Yuna, a tinge of hope appeared in Ichigo's eyes as he quickly started talking to her.
"You know the truth, right, Yuna? You know what had actually happened. You know that Tsukishima wasn't there when we attacked Soul Society...right?"
At this point, Ichigo almost begged Yuna to affirm Ichigo's words, but Yuna only tilted her head in confusion.
"Tsukishima? Who is that? Well, about the matter with Soul Society, I was pretty drunk during the climax of that, so I'm actually not sure."
Within an instant, the whole room was silenced, while the huge fox within Yuna could only facepalm.
[The peak of uselessness.]
'Oh? Is that a new title?'
[Gahaha~ useless~ useless~]
[*Sigh*]
Chapter 101: Tsukishima"So, anyway, when's the drink done?"Hearing Yuna's question, everyone in the room could only look at her in bewilderment. Everyone had a lot of questions, but the first person who managed to restart his brain was Ginjo, who sighed deeply while facepalming."Yuna? How did you even find this place?""Mhh? Isn't that obvious? I stalked Ichigo.""Y-You stalked me!?""Yeah, it was piss-easy. As always, your detection abilities still suck, hahaha~"Ichigo's eyebrows twitched in irritation due to Yuna laughing at him. Frankly, he never was good at detecting presences, but now that he had lost his Shinigami powers, things got even worse. Although he was confident in detecting someone who pointed their killing intent at him, Yuna, while tracking him, would obviously not do so.While Ichigo was glaring at Yuna, Giriko Kutsuzawa, the butler-looking man, had actually started making a drink for Yuna and Hinata, resulting in Yuna nodding in approval.Silence briefly reigned the room before two glasses with colorful drinks were placed in front of the duo. Seeing the colorful liquid, Yuna briefly pondered if Giriko might have put some poison into it and then quickly took a sip to find out."Not bad, not bad. Mhh? No poison, huh?""WHY DO YOU SOUND DISAPPOINTED!?"Although Yuna heard Ichigo's outcry, she opted to ignore it in favor of taking another sip, yet again causing Ichigo's eyebrows to twitch in irritation. Yuna really knew how to annoy people, and it was rather clear to Ichigo that she enjoyed doing so as well.However, realizing that arguing with Yuna about common sense was a futile endeavor, he decided to focus his attention on Ginjo, who still wasn't sure what he was supposed to think about two people casually invading the base he had secretly built."Anyway, let's put Yuna's antics aside and ask the real questions. Who the hell was that?"Hearing Ichigo's question, sad expressions appeared on the faces of everyone in the room before Ginjo sighed deeply and started talking."That was Shukuro Tsukishima, and just like us, he possesses a Fullbring as well. It's called 'Book of the End', and it basically is a sword that can cut through everything."Ichigo kept quiet for a few seconds before nodding his head, indicating that he had absorbed the information that had just been given to him. Moments later, his gaze wandered from Ginjo to Sado."Chad, I think he was about to say Orihime's name. What's that all about?"Realizing that he didn't stop Tsukishima from speaking in time, Sado couldn't help but sigh. Frankly, he didn't want Ichigo to be bothered with things happening in the outside world and wanted him to fully concentrate on mastering his Fullbring, but now that the information was already out there, there was nothing that could be done."*Sigh* While you were training, Orihime was apparently attacked by Tsukishima, but...""WHAT!?"Sado couldn't even finish speaking before Ichigo stood up, ready to leave to look for Orihime to make sure he was fine. However, before he could leave the room, Sado grabbed his arm, preventing him from leaving."Calm down, Ichigo. Orihime is fine. Although she felt like she was stabbed, there was no wound on her body."Realizing that Orihime wasn't in any danger, Ichigo sighed in relief and sat back down. Unlike Ichigo, who was relieved that Orihime wasn't wounded, Yuna couldn't help but frown when she heard Sado's words."Wait a moment. She thought she was stabbed, but there were no wounds left behind. Tell me more. Were there any other side effects, or maybe she got some weird feelings in her body after she was attacked?"Sado briefly pondered Yuna's question while Ichigo's wariness yet again spiked. After all, Orihime clearly felt like she was cut, yet there were no problems. He didn't initially think too much about it after hearing Orihime wasn't wounded, but now that Yuna had pointed out that there was something wrong, he became alert."Mhh, I don't really know about that. Oh, now that I think about it, Orihime briefly mentioned that she felt like Tsukishima was her friend after being cut."Everyone looked at Sado in confusion after receiving that kind of information, and Yuna's gaze sharpened.'Memory manipulation? That is quite the nasty stuff. Although I'm rather confident I can overcome whatever is thrown at me, I still need to find out what exactly is going on and how his ability works.'As those thoughts passed her mind, Yuna's gaze landed on Ginjo, who instinctively shrunk back due to the intensity of Yuna's gaze."You said that Tsukishima's ability is simply creating a sword that can cut everything, but it seems like there is more to it than you told us. Are you hiding information from us?"Feeling Yuna's seething glare, a shudder went through Ginjo's spine as he defensively raised his hand while shaking his head."I didn't, I swear. I don't know what is going on either. I can only assume that this is either a misunderstanding or that Tsukishima has never shown me his real ability."Hearing Ginjo's words and observing him closely, Yuna nodded her head in understanding. She was certain that he wasn't lying. However, there was still something fishy about this whole situation.'He's too genuine.'That's a bad thing?'Usually, it isn't, but the first time I met him, he seemed rather secretive, attempting to hide all kinds of plots by speaking truths that weren't full truths, but now, he is suddenly revealing information freely, without even an attempt of deceit.'Isn't that just because it's a different topic?'I wonder why Ichigo is out here in the middle of the night~ Is it an affair~ It's an affair, isn't it~'It's not like he's dating anybody. Well, I guess he has that orange-haired bimbo following him around, but I don't think that counts.'It's mistress! It must be a mistress!'So you decided to ignore my words, huh? Besides that, why aren't you commenting on the part of Ichigo's Spiritual Power being back?'Mhh, or maybe... A CHILD!?'... *Sigh* hopeless.Moments later, loud popping sounds could be heard, followed by the voices of a bunch of excited-sounding people, and a few seconds later, Yuna saw the source of those noises: An old-looking two-story building in the middle of the forest.'Well, that isn't suspicious at all~'"Welcome back, Ichigo!""Welcome back!""Isn't it great, Ichigo? Shu said he isn't mad at you!""That's right, isn't it great?""Come one, Ichigo, you should apologize to Shu."As Yuna came closer to the building, she could hear more and more of the voices, causing her to tilt her head in confusion.'What kind of conversation is this; it sounds really abnormal and forced. Besides that, who the hell is Shu? Oi, Kurama, who is Shu?'Huh? How am I supposed to know that?'Oh? I thought it was another man whose name I have forgotten, but it seems that that wasn't the case.'... Utterly hopeless.The happy atmosphere continued, but suddenly, Yuna could hear someone breaking something while a commotion happened on the second floor, rousing Yuna's curiosity.Moments later, she jumped up, resulting in her squatting in the window of the room where she perceived the action to happen.Inside the room, she saw a lanky man with wavy black hair and black eyes holding his right arm, which was severed slightly below the shoulder.Opposite of him stood Ichigo, anger clearly visible in his face. No, it wasn't just anger; Yuna could clearly read a combination of terror and despair on Ichigo's face.'What in the world happened here?'As those thoughts crossed her mind, Orihime and Sado entered the room as well, but to Yuna's surprise, they actually placed themselves between the man with the cut arm and Ichigo while facing Ichigo, making it look like Ichigo was their enemy.'Seriously, what the f*ck is going on?'Orihime swiftly healed Tsukishima, making it as good as new, while Sado went into a defensive position, making Ichigo despair. As soon as Orihime fixed Tsukishima's arm, she started talking to Ichigo with sorrow in her eyes."Why are you doing this, Ichigo? Don't you remember all the things Tsukishima did for us? Saving Rukia and defeating Aizen. Doesn't that mean anything to you?""Okay, what the f*ck?"Suddenly hearing another voice, everyone's gazes landed on Yuna, who was currently still squatting in one of the opened windows.Seeing Yuna, a tinge of hope appeared in Ichigo's eyes as he quickly started talking to her."You know the truth, right, Yuna? You know what had actually happened. You know that Tsukishima wasn't there when we attacked Soul Society...right?"At this point, Ichigo almost begged Yuna to affirm Ichigo's words, but Yuna only tilted her head in confusion."Tsukishima? Who is that? Well, about the matter with Soul Society, I was pretty drunk during the climax of that, so I'm actually not sure."Within an instant, the whole room was silenced, while the huge fox within Yuna could only facepalm.The peak of uselessness.'Oh? Is that a new title?'Gahaha~ useless~ useless~*Sigh*
