Renji cannot believe his ears and asks Byakuya to repeat himself. Byakuya does not wish to repeat himself, but does. “Class one felon, Kuchiki Rukia shall be confined on Death Row and 25 days from now, shall be put to death in the Central Court. That is Soul
Meanwhile, under the Urahara store, as part of Lesson Two “Shattered Shaft”, Ichigo and Tessai are in the pit. Ichigo must become a Shinigami and climb out of the pit despite his binds, if he does not wish to become a Hollow and be exterminated by them when his Chain of Fate erode up to his chest, which would take 3 days. Urahara will kill him the moment he gives up.
Chad and Orihime are training with Yoruichi at a construction site, and both are trying to bring out their powers by making noises. Yoruichi tells them that this is hopeless and it will never be able to send them to Soul Society if they cannot manifest their powers at will, as they would just die there. It tells them to remember the first time and follow that. Orihime says that at the time she was frantic, and Yoruichi asks her what she was frantic about, as people normally fight to protect something, be it their lives, status, honor, a loved-one or beliefs.
Chad remembers that he was trying to protect Ichigo’s sister, but cannot remember what she looks like. He remembers, though, that she wore a red hat, had shoulder-length hair, and being Ichigo’s sister, looked like Ichigo. Matching these three, and adding lipstick, he ended up with an odd picture in his mind. He almost vomits at this. Yoruichi is disappointed at his failure, and turns to Orihime, who remembers that say when she tried to save Tatsuki. Chad notices her hairpins glow, and they burst into the six Shun Shun Rikka. Shun’ou tells her that whenever she needs them, she can call them. Tsubaki kicks him away and, irritated, asks Orihime why she called when she did not need them. Orihime apologizes, saying she was remembering things, but Tsubaki flies towards her and starts pulling her hair. The others try to stop him, but he does not. Yoruichi is pleased, but sees that she needs to learn how to control her powers. It then asks Chad why he will go to Soul Society.
At the bottom of the pit, Ichigo lies exhausted, as the fifth erosion ends. He notices a cycle in which erosion takes place and he is totally immobilized by pain, followed by a rest period. He decides to try and get out during the rest period, and stands, then runs vertically up the wall, only to slip halfway and fall back down to square one. Urahara, Jinta and Ururu watch from above, and Jinta finds Ichigo’s feat unbelievable – he had climbed 3 meters up the wall.
As Ichigo lies on the floor, he hears Jinta calling from above asking if he is hungry, and Ichigo retorts that he, as a soul, is not. Jinta tells him that if he is feeling hungry, it means that he his becoming a Hollow. Being thirsty is okay, and when he is, he can always drink his (Jinta’s) spit. He begins to drool over the edge of the pit, and Ururu joins in too, much to Ichigo’s annoyance. Urahara merely watches from a distance eating apples, and when he finishes the apple, throws in on the floor with the rest of the cores. He comments that it is hard to tell time under the store, and he does not know if it is nighttime yet.
In the dark pit, Ichigo wonders how much time has passed and how he will climb the wall. Jinta comes down by a rope, holding a platter of fruits as he figured Ichigo would be getting hungry by now, and Ichigo retorts that there is still much chain left. Jinta loses his
The final erosion begins, and all the links begin eating away at themselves until a hole is formed in Ichigo’s chest. White liquid flows out of his eyes and mouth even as he screams. It begins to cover half his face, as Jinta climbs out of the pit and tells Ururu that he is really become a Hollow. Ururu prepares to intervene, but Urahara stops her, saying that normally, the spirit form shatters and reconstitutes into a different form before the mask is formed. However, in Ichigo’s case, the mask is being formed first while his body is still a Plus, showing his resistance, and hence, the chance that he might still become a Shinigami. Therefore, he wishes to wait and watch a while more until he really becomes a Hollow.
As Ichigo continues to scream out, he hears a voice asking if he can hear him. As he opens his eyes, he finds himself in a place full of blue buildings. He turns around to see a long-haired bearded
Ichigo is shocked to know that he possesses his own Shinigami powers, and the man explains that they were awakened by Rukia’s power, but had hid in the depths of his soul the instant before Byakuya’s attack. Righting himself in midair, he tells Ichigo to find the powers hidden in one of the millions of boxes falling from the crumbling world. Ichigo finds this impossible, but the man will not take any excuses, as there is no time. If the world completely crumbles, that would mean that he becomes a Hollow.
Ichigo falls headfirst into a black hole (so to speak) which seems like an ocean, followed by the boxes. He wonders how he will find just that one box out of the many, as he has always been lousy at sensing spirit power, as Ishida had said. Remembering Ishida, he then wonders how Ishida had found out about his Shinigami identity, and remembers Ishida telling him that a Shinigami’s spirit threads are red. He then materializes all the spirit thread, and finding the one which is colored red, pulls the box open.
Inside, he finds the hilt of his Zanpakutou. Behind Ichigo, the man congratulates him on finding him and tells him that he hopes the next time; his name will reach his ears. Ichigo starts to recognize him, but they hear a loud roar as the world begins to crumble further, and the man orders Ichigo to pull him out. Ichigo puts his hand around the hilt to pull it out.
On the outside, the Hollow mask is new complete and as white liquid spurts out of other areas, Ichigo snaps the binds. Tessai has no choice but to terminate him before he turns into a full blown Hollow by switching to suppression style. He puts two fingers of each hand into the ground, reciting the incantation, “Way if binding number 99, type 2: Bankin!” A white blanket-like thing rushes towards Ichigo and covers him like a mummy. “First song, Shiryuu!” Small knives come flying toward Ichigo, as Tessai continues, “Second song, Hyakurensan!” The knives pierce Ichigo and Jinta, watching from above, warns Tessai that if he hits Ichigo with that, Ichigo will surely die. However, Tessai has no choice as he has reached his limit for just holding Ichigo. He claps his hands together and recites the last part of the incantation: “Last song, Bankin Taihou!”
A cuboid drops from the sky and Ichigo seems to explode. As the cuboid nears Ichigo, the whole pit explodes as Urahara uses his body to protect Jinta and Ururu. Jinta notices something fly out of the explosion and rebound off the walls and ceilings, finally landing not too far away from the three. They get up, waiting for the dust to clear, and Jinta walks toward the landing spot, shouting and asking if he is there. The dust clears, and before him stands a scary looking shadow with red eyes. Jinta is shocked to see an orange-haired Shinigami with a Zanpakutou slung on his back, face covered with a Hollow’s mask. He wonders if what he sees is a Hollow or a Shinigami. The thing draws its broken Zanpakutou and Jinta and Ururu prepare to fight it if necessary, warning it not to take them lightly. Instead, it uses the end of the Zanpakutou and breaks the mask. Pieces of mask fall to the floor as it pulls off what remains. It is certainly Ichigo, who greets them with a grunt.
Jinta is surprised that Ichigo did not become a Hollow, while Ichigo stares at his hand as he clenches and unclenches his fist. Urahara begins to clap, and congratulates Ichigo on becoming a Shinigami just on time. Lesson Two, Clear!
Instead of being overjoyed, Ichigo uses the back of his Zanpakutou to poke Urahara’s face as he tells him to shut up. Urahara squats on the floor, his hands over his face in pain, as Ichigo stands over him proudly telling him that the second he (Ichigo) came back to life was the second that his (Urahara’s) luck ended. He had sworn to kill Urahara dead if he got out of the pit alive. Urahara uncovers his face and, with the aid of his cane, gets to his feet and says that that is just perfect, as Ichigo may use that energy and go
Ichigo immediately takes a swing with his Zanpakutou, and Urahara steps back just in time such that his hat merely gets a small cut on the edge. He is impressed that Ichigo could perform such an attack with a broken Zanpakutou. A confident Ichigo declares that once he’s serious, there would be more where that came from. He abolishes the “no time limit” rule and says that he will knock off Urahara’s hat within 5 minutes.
Urahara himself becomes serious, and from his cane, draws a sword.
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