And again the amount of response I got makes me want check my eyes. I had this idea for years, and I only now decided to try and I really didn't think that it will gain so much positive marks. Well, if you like it so much, here's more!
KazumaKaname: Thank you!
Kinunatzs: 1) Sorry, force of habit, repeating Skills is kind of my way of showing that they are moving forward even if slowly. 2) I agree that they are Blank and could be used any way possible simply because they have basically no past, it's the reason I like them so much! 3) They are the Young Generation that never bothered to learn such things as Tactics and Strategy, so I'm going the other road and going to turn the whole thing into a more or less Game Variation of it. 4) Well, they will get something like that but later, it's really to early for them to even think about something like that. 5) WIS is the control, while INT is the amount, it's actually is quite logical if you think about it. Intelligence is giving you a bigger range of possibilities while Wisdom is giving you the skill to use these possibilities to the best of your abilities. 6) Party System if like in most Games is working as long as the person is the Member of said Party, so the only options for the person to leave the Party is to Die Permanently or Leave the Party Manually. 7) ID Create/Scape? Can you please elaborate? 8) I wouldn't spoil it, so don't ask about the Skills they would learn in the future please. 9) About Sado, I wouldn't spoil it, but considering how different Ichigo is in this story I think that you can guess that Chad would be a tad bit different too.
Cloud Narukami: 1) Thank you! 2) Sorry, but no, can't see her in this way.
mahadx: 1) I'm not afraid, just wanted to try and put the first day into one Chapter with more details to better describe the situation. 2) Thank you!
Redripper666: 1) You mean my Response to the Reviews? You know, most authors just outright ignore them or only answer to the ones that stroke their Ego more than in an innocent way, but I personally think that each opinion matters, and therefore I'm answering all of them to show it. 2) Yeah, I'm going to fix it with the Skills, I know it looked bad but I was just so exited that my old and bearded idea actually found a place in people's hearts.
Bobboky: Thank you!
Spear-of-the-doomed: 1) Well, it's kind of a matter of perspective here, and how do you see her ditzy behavior. I actually think that it was more of a personal quirk and very wild imagination, but it wasn't connected to her being dumb or anything like that. 2) STR Improves their muscles, DEX Improve heir Speed and Flexibility, making them leaner and therefore making the muscles gained from STR denser instead of bigger. VIT Improves their Stamina and figures making them more 'In-Shape' so to speak. For example because of her high VIT Tatsuki has a far more curvy figure and bigger high and low 'assets' than in Canon. If Orihime would Increase her VIT too much... You got the picture. 3) Until it would be actually Officially announced it wouldn't consider her Abilities a Fullbring.
Gacsam: Believe me, I really want to tell you, but it would be a huge Spoiler, so sorry, but you'll have to wait and see.
karthik9: 1) Thank you! 2) Here you go!
Culaio: 1) Thank you! 2) That was Canon, but here Ichigo is a tad bit weaker than her physically because he decided to become a more balanced fighter than simply pushing his physical aspects to the maximum. In hand-to-Hand combat he and Tatsuki are actually equals in Skill department, you could see it in the first Chapter. 3) It doesn't work like that, Ichigo can literally use Hollow Powers, while Riruka's powers are originating from Hollow's she can't actually use anything that a Hollow can. Ichigo can literally become Part-Hollow while Riruka simply use the power that is similar to Hollow. See the difference? 4) Sorry, but no Spoilers for anyone! Keep reading and see for yourself! And believe me, you won't be disappointed! 5) Oh, don't worry, I have something special prepared for Ginjō, he would be very surprised when he'll try to con Ichigo into something. I'll even give you a bit of a Spoiler here, what does [Gamer's Spirit] do? 6) Read and see! 7) Oh, I will!
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notsae: Believe me, there is.
FoxOnPie: Well, I'm trying to be unpredictable!
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themightybob: 1) Thank you! 2) Bad habit I'm trying to fix.
voider: I know, and yes, it's because of Automatic-Corrector, and I'm still trying to get all the bugs out of it.
Moscow2009: Ох, не волнуйся, я не собираюсь забрасывать мои основные истории, так что продолжение будет. Проблема лишь в том, что я и мой со-афтор попали в тупик с тем фактом, что Карин вскоре должна будет сражаться с более умелыми противниками, что представляет проблему в написании.
yiggdrasill: 1) Well, it saw at least three, with the one Crack that I mentioned. 2) Thank you! 3) Good for you, it's so full of clichés that it's not funny anymore, just sad. 4) Here it is!
Selias: I hope so!
.master: 1) I'm trying, believe me, I'm trying! It's really hard get the flow under control and not just let them all run amok through the World with Power Yet Unknown(Cookie to the one who'll guess the Reference!). 2) No, each Level of Karate gives 1%, and each Grade of Karate has 5 Levels, do the math. 3) Thank you and I will!
Malix2: 1) I will try, but real life can be a bitch... 2) She wouldn't be taking head-shots in the near future, but I'm making a honest attempt to drag her into the spotlight without giving her a bullshit power from out of Urahara's ass. 3) I'm not going to Spoil it for you, but she will be a lot better than in the Anime/Manga, and with a lot more backbone. 4) I'm trying to move towards 'Balance' without retarded handicaps that most authors use for some bullshit reasons and misguided idea that by weakening Main Characters it would be more interesting to read their stories. No, there would be none of that crap. If Ichigo and Co would meet a person who would keel over from one kick they would kick him or her and move forward, no bullshit and Deus Ex Machina for the Villains to make them live longer and leave a little less worthless corpses behind.
A simple fool: 1) No problem! 2) I honestly don't know if author wrote anything else besides crack. 3) Yeah, that's the starting Party but there would be more! 4) Ehem, thank you!
Aoirann: Yes! Yes!
DragonBlade00: 1) Thank you! 2) Wait and see!
Guest(1): 1) I know, and I'm trying to improve. 2) What is so bad about the Dialogs/Socializations? 3) Riruka isn't from a Filler, she's a Canon Character! You can find her in the Manga! 4) Also, I'm going to include every Filler and Movie in my story, so...
OoOXylionOoO: 1) Thank you! 2)But why don't you like the fact that he isn't alone in this madness?
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Guest(2): Thank you!
NotSoSlimSh4dy: Sorry, but no Spoilers!
Watcher045: 1) Thank you, and I'm trying to get better! 2) It doesn't excuse their behavior and the fact that they hid a shitload of important information from Ichigo and Co. Isshin is no better with him basically lying and hiding the truth from Ichigo for absolutely no reason, he's the worst father ever, and I really didn't see any indications that he even care about his family. 3) They have a pretty decent amount of proof that they can show. They are just so deep in their manipulations that they basically see everyone around them as a tool who isn't smart enough to actually know the true motives and reasons of anyone around it. 4) What do you mean, 'shoved'? 5) Aizen doesn't spy on them non-stop, he's not that obsessed with them so it was even seen in the Anime/Manga that he didn't know everything. 6) I don't think that Aizen would constantly watch Ichigo simply because Ichigo is one of his many projects that can walk and talk, so...
Detinc: Thank you!
Piterio: 1) Glad to hear! 2) Actually, as you could see in the Anime/Manga you don't need to be Shinigami to learn Kidō, as we saw Kūkaku Shiba using it and I'm sure as hell that she's isn't Shinigami! The same could be said about Hohō so it wasn't that much of a leap of logic to assume that it's a simple manipulation of Reiryoku and nothing more so anyone can learn it. 3) On the other hand both Sonído and Hirenkyaku require a specific bloodline/nature to be actually used because they require a very specific manipulation of their respective base-energies.
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Thespurgin: I know, but I'll correct it in the future!
Strife666: 1) Thank you!
2) I will!
LeoKing: '5' is a Stat for a fit human but it doesn't always show their stamina, Orihime is just that healthy. '10' is an Olympic Level, more will already break upon the Superhuman and higher.
stewart92: 1) Thanks!
2) Couldn't find it...
3) Here!
kenegi: 1) It's Bleach, just imagine how bullshit or Yamamoto's Stats and then think about it for a minute.
2) The only difference from the normal [Gamer] here is that they doesn't see their HP and RP but can feel them and the damage fully displays on their bodies.
Mojtaba13: Em, no? That was actually a problem with the Settings that they didn't fix. Any invitation would automatically trigger the damn thing until they will fix it in the Menu so no, I didn't force anything. Also, I'm not PerfectLionheart so no Cults here! If you want a sex-cult go read 'Chuunin Exam Day', PL shows us how to brainwash people there!
talesfanjmf: A lot of them, believe me!
4everfictional: A De-Buff due to their age, it limited almost everything they could do. No it's gone and they can do whatever they want!
edboy4926: 1) Thank you!
2) I'm working on them!
OrionAlphaCentauri: No problem.
Ddragon21: They will, I just can't decided how...
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Biblio388: Thank you! I aim to impress!
Saikuron no Senkai: 1) ... I'll figure something out.
2) I'll fix those.
3) Thank you!
TheTacoKnight: There is one but it's slow on Level-Gaining and Skill-Grinding.
Jarjaxle: Currently [Spoiler], so don't worry!
Chapter 003: Skills and Encounters!
Tatsuki was doing vertical push-up in her room, while balancing her heavy oak bed on the soles of her feet. She actually had to thank Ryō for actually testing out if the ending of the Tutorial brought any changes into the basic Game's mechanics. Well, the the fact that they were able to create Skills from nothing was already a major bonus in Tatsuki's eyes.
She looked at the Skills Window floating in front of her.
[Spiritual Cadence(Passive) LV3 EXP: 34.56%]
Increase the Recovery Rate of your Health, Stamina and Reiryoku while Meditating.
Passively Increase Health Recovery Rate during Meditation by 120%
Passively Increase Stamina Recovery Rate during Meditation by 90%
Passively Increase Reiryoku Recovery Rate during Meditation by 60%
Tatsuki had to chuckle at this. Ichigo didn't have it in him to simply sit down and meditate and therefore didn't bother to try and see if it will work for him or not. Tatsuki on the other hand actually decided to try out what Ryō suggested and did a lot of stuff that made her look stupid several times, but in the end she actually gained some very good results.
Thanks to a Continuous Work-Outs your Strength Increased by 1.
She grinned and looked at her Status Window.
STR: 49.45(43+6.45)
VIT: 48.3(42+6.3)
DEX: 60(40+6+14)
INT: 37.5(30+7.5)
WIS: 37.96(26+5.46+6.5)
LUK: 20
Apparently not, that the Tutorial was over she and other could Increase their Stats by simply doing an appropriate Exercises. Exercises for muscles for STR, speed and flexibility for DEX, Stamina-training for VIT and they still couldn't figure out how to Increase INT, WIS and LUK like that. INT would probably require insane amount of studying, but other two were a mystery to them.
Right now she put everything that could be moved on top of her bed and used it as a makeshift weights to make her work-out more challenging. After their spars inside one of Riruka's 'cute' boxes that were made to look like rooms all five of them learned a lot of new things and improved what they already had.
Tatsuki looked at her Skills Window again.
[Hohō(Passive) LV7 EXP: 1.11%]
Passively Increase DEX by 35%
Passively Increase WIS by 21%
There was a lot of running there, the battle on the insane for normal humans speeds between her and Ichigo was more than enough to motivate the others to train too. Tatsuki actually had to eat several times during their sessions because of the damage done to her body, she was pretty sure she had an internal bleeding after the third exchange of blows with Ichigo, the small trail of blood seeping from her mouth was a tad bit alarming for the three girls, even more so when she spit out a glob of blood on the ground, but after seeing with their own eyes how her wound literally healed before their eyes while she was stuffing herself full from the bags with food that they bough in the nearest store they calmed down and gave her a stern talking about overdoing her training.
No matter how much they bickered or teased each other, they were close and would protect each other with their lives.
[Reiryoku Control(Passive) LV5 EXP: 22.11%]
Passively Increase WIS by 25%
Another Skill that grew with use, she could literally feel how her Reiryoku was flowing through her body, it was under her control and the more she used it the more control over it she got. it was like with each time she called upon it she became more in-tune with its flow and feel for the lack of better word. She was literally salivating at the thought of reach the MAX of this Skill and how good she would become with the inner working of her Soul.
[Physical Endurance(Passive) LV9 EXP: 33.57%]
Passively Physical Attack Damage Decreases by 27%
Considering just how much punishment she took during their their springs she really wasn't surprised by this Skill gaining so much Experience and growing so fast. She literally got shit beaten out of her for five hours almost without any pause and Ichigo never pulled any punches so she was receiving the blows that were actually breaking bones and tearing flesh.
But it wasn't all that she gained during their spring, oh no.
[Iron Fists(Passive) LV3 EXP: 15.53%]
Increases Attack Power and Attack Speed of Fists and Knuckle-Type Weapons.
Passively Increase Attack Power of Fists by 45%
Passively Increase Attack Speed of Fists by 15%
Passively Increase Attack Power of Knuckle-Type Weapons by 45%
Passively Increase Attack Speed of Knuckle-Type Weapons by 15%
When she got this beauty she literally was grinning like a loon, making sure to rub this into Ichigo's face as much as she could. And the best part was that she didn't need to sleep anymore because of her [Spiritual Cadence] she literally could just meditate for a bit and be back at full power! No sleep meant more time to train and Grind her Stats.
One more Skill that she gained was actually gained by Ichigo first and then by others because they had to counter his use of this particular Skill.
[Reiatsu Control(Passive) LV5 EXP: 79.01%]
Reiatsu, also known as Spiritual Pressure, is the physical force/pressure that a person's Reiryoku creates when released. Most Shinigami can manipulate the release of their Reiatsu.
Passively Increase INT by 25%
It actually felt very uncomfortable to be pressed down by someone's Reiatsu, it wasn't painful or something like that, just really uncomfortable and Tatsuki was glad she figured out how to counter it with her own Reiatsu. She was constantly training it too, because apparently any being with high enough Reiatsu was like a beacon for Hollows and an invitation for dinner, so it was understandable why she was strongly suppressing her own Reiatsu to the point where she just couldn't anymore.
'Where dad keeps his old dumbbells?' She thought as she kept doing push-ups.
"I hate my life." Muttered Ichigo while doing push-ups with one hand and with all of the stuff in his room that wasn't connected to the floor on his back.
It was several hour since he started and the progress, even if slow was still there. He was sweating and already emptied several bottle of water and some energy bars to restore his Stamina so he could keep going. He really envied Tatsuki right now, her [Spiritual Cadence] was a freaking Cheat and she got it simply because she could meditate while he just didn't have the patience for such a thing. Oh, he knew how to clear his mind and all that, but to sit like a statue for a prolong periods of time wasn't something that he really liked to do, no matter how much he wanted something similar to Tatsuki's Skill.
'Well, water and bars for me then.' He thought while chewing one another bar that he pulled from his Inventory. Damn, good thing that whatever he put there wouldn't go bad with time, the one he was eating right now he bough three years ago, and it was still fresh and brand new as if just picked up from the shelf. 'I really should clean the damn thing some times, there is a lot of trash here that I really don't need.' He thought to himself and the looked at his Stats.
STR: 45.6(38+5.7+1.9)
VIT: 42.55(37+5,55)
DEX: 56(35+5.25+14+1.75)
INT: 46.5(30+10.5+6)
WIS: 44.7(30+7.2+7.5)
LUK: 31
He really didn't know anything that would let him gain more flexibility, but Ryō said that she would look into it. Considering her gigantic collection of books she was more than up to the task to find something usable for them. He really hoped that it wouldn't so crappy thing like ballet or something like that, he would sooner die than do that sissy crap. Girls wouldn't let him live it down until the end of his life!
He then turned towards his Skills Window.
[Hohō(Passive) LV8 EXP: 13.98%]
Passively Increase DEX by 40%
Passively Increase WIS by 24%
He really was better at it than Tatsuki, because she was a more stationary type of a fighter and only used her Skill to keep up with him, while he literally used it all the time he was training, without stopping even for a moment. He wasn't even walking just blurring from place to place to Increase his Mastery over the Skill.
[Reiryoku Control(Passive) LV5 EXP: 78.33%]
Passively Increase WIS by 25%
Well, here he was a bit better than Tatsuki but only because he had more WIS and if Ryō's theory was right it helped him Increase this Skill faster, but only a bit. He wasn't complaining and knew that it would take a lot of work to reach this Skill's MAX, because with each Level it was becoming harder to gain Experience with it. Even with [Human's Nature] giving him and the others an advantage, they were still slowed noticing just how much slower the Skill was developing with each gained Level.
[Physical Endurance(Passive) LV8 EXP: 65.11%]
Passively Physical Attack Damage Decreases by 24%
At least he got hit less times than Tatsuki, not that he didn't want to get this Skill Increased, but it was actually painful to Grind something that only grew when you were physically injured in some form or another. Oh, Tatsuki's punches started to hurt more when she gained that damned Skill [Iron Fists] giving her a very damn good advantage over him until he gained a similar Skill but a bit different.
[Sword Mastery(Passive) LV3 EXP: 0,76%]
Increases Attack Power and Attack Speed of One-Handed Swords.
Passively Increase Attack Power of One-Handed Swords by 60%
Passively Increase Attack Speed of One-Handed Swords by 30%
It was a very interesting battle, her fists against the wooden sword that he pulled out of his Inventory. While his Skill [Zanjutsu] gave he a basic understanding of how to wield a sword, it was only basic and considering that Zanpakutō weren't always swords it was more of a all-around Skill that game the Beginner Level understanding how to wield any and all Type of weapons, with the exception of firearms and more modern ones. But now with [Sword Mastery] he was able to hit harder even if not without an actual style to speak about his attack were as dangerous if not more because of their ridiculous power behind each blow.
'I really need to get myself an Asauchi!' He grumbled to himself.
Asauchi, also called 'Shallow Hit', are the nameless Zanpakutō which all low-class Shinigami wield. All Shinigami must spend every waking moment with their own Asauchi, and as they progress in their training, they slowly and methodically imprint the essence of their soul into their Asauchi. This is how they guide and mold their own unique Zanpakutō.
"Just where the Hell will I get one?" Ichigo really wasn't a happy camper, considering that a pretty large of his power was connected to his Shinigami side, and therefore he needed to actually awaken it to properly fight Hollows and any other crap that world would try to throw at him and his friends.
One thing that he actually got out of today's training and was immensely pleased to get it were two particular Skills.
[Reiatsu Control(Passive) LV7 EXP: 18.99%]
Reiatsu, also known as Spiritual Pressure, is the physical force/pressure that a person's Reiryoku creates when released. Most Shinigami can manipulate the release of their Reiatsu.
Passively Increase INT by 35%
He could swear that Tatsuki's eyes were as big as saucers when he accidentally unleashed his Reiatsu for the first time. Tatsuki said that it felt like like something was pressing her down, but she was able to counter it by actually countering it with her own Reiatsu. It took others some time to get it, but they were able to figure out how to use the Skill too and got it. For some reason Ichigo had a far easier time using while the others struggled a bit and couldn't quite grasp it. In the end they all could do it, but Ichigo was better at it.
He too, along with others were constantly keeping his Reiatsu as suppressed as it was possible for him. While calling it out and rising for Ichigo was far easier than for the others, suppressing it was a constant battle for the orange-haired teen because his Reiatsu just wouldn't stay put and always tried to leak out! At least he got some training out of it.
Hell, he even was able to accidentally create a an addition for this Skill.
[Reiatsu Hardening(Passive & Active) LV4 EXP: 37.77%]
When two Spiritual Beings collide, the side with weaker Reiatsu will get hurt. In this way a Shinigami with a greater amount of Reiatsu can use their own Reiatsu to harden their skin, and effectively protect themselves from attacks. Shinigami battles are battles of Reiatsu, if one possess a greater level Reiatsu then the other can be overcome completely.
Passively Increase INT by 20%
Actively Physical Attack Damage Decreases by 40%
Actively Spiritual Attack Damage Decreases by 40%
Oh, tomorrow Ichigo was going to abuse this Skill for what it was worth! He was actually still holding it active, but it was crawling up slowly now because its Level was already high. He would keep it active non-stop and without the need to sleep he would milk it as much as it was possible. And evil grin appeared on Ichigo's face as he emptied another bottle of water, tomorrow he didn't need to got to school and it meant more training, and more sparring meant more Grind.
'And Ryō said she would look into making us more rounded in out Skills.' He thought, trying to imagine what she would bring to their session.
Ryō herself was doing the same thing as others, training.
Right now she was doing heavy-lifting with her father's barbell. Considering that her father today was working the whole night and her mother was in America on a business trip, Ryō could train without the risk of waking anyone up because she was alone in her home. Today's training session opened her eyes at sheer possibilities that their abilities opened for them.
She understood only a small part, with how much there was to learn, but it was something she would spend her entire time studying. Orihime's joke about them becoming Superheroes maybe wasn't that far from reality, considering that they were now teen with superpowers! Oh, Ryō saw the Souls of the dead floating around the town, some of them even noticed the fact that she could see them but it didn't really matter.
She was doing her best to come up with a plan, with some way to get the most out of their situation. Ryō wasn't a greedy person but she dumb either, she understood that there always was a bigger fish in the ocean, and the bigger the fish the more food it would need.
Big fishes ate small fishes.
Maybe it was not an appropriate metaphor, but the fact that the moment they gained these abilities they painted a pretty big targets on their back was pretty obvious to her. Hollows, from what they were able to figure out were creatures that like to devour Souls with high Reiatsu, and they hit the bill like no others.
'And now the only way for us is up.' She concluded.
Thanks to a Continuous Work-Outs your Strength Increased by 1.
"Finally!" She breathed out and looked at her Status Window.
STR: 14
VIT: 9
DEX: 5
INT: 9.6(8+1.6)
WIS: 11.5(10+1.5)
LUK: 5
She took another deep breath and took out a bottle of orange juice from her Inventory. Another thing that made her want to bang her head against a wall, a personal limitless Pocket Dimension. She tried putting different things into it, getting different result from each try. Apparently the thing that she wanted to put there mustn't be attached to anything, must be light enough for Ryō to actually lift it and push into the slot of the Inventory and it mustn't be alive. The last part she actually figured out when she couldn't store a fly that she caught into her Inventory, it just wouldn't enter it no matter how hard she tried.
She sighed and looked at her Skills Window.
[Reiryoku Control(Passive) LV3 EXP: 53.99%]
Passively Increase WIS by 15%
First Skill that she had gained. After Tatsuki and Ichigo explaining to her how to draw her own Reiryoku she was able to get this Skill for herself. She also understood just how pathetic teachers were her two friends, it took them half an hour to get her understand the basics and they actually spent half of that time trying to find a way to describe it without using the phrases like 'that thing' and 'you just need to feel it'.
After understanding the concept and gaining a basic understanding she finally gained the Skill.
Next thing that she knew was that Riruka told her to attack her, apparently the sparing they were going to perform was more in line of a brawl with both Orihime and Ryō being put against Riruka, while Ichigo and Tatsuki we duking it out on the other side of the... 'cute box'. Riruka's ability was very useful when it came to getting them a training grounds, she could literally build them one in a matter of hours!
[Physical Endurance(Passive) LV6 EXP: 5.03%]
Passively Physical Attack Damage Decreases by 18%
Both Ryō and Orihime had their asses handed to them by Riruka, this Skill was a proof of that. Ryō learned a very important thing in their first sparing, it didn't matter that she had more STR than Riruka, a kick boosted by [Bringer Light] would always be far stronger. Ryō literally flew backwards from the first kick she received right into her chest, at least three of her ribs were broken and she was spitting blood in alarming quantities, Riruka was the same as Ichigo, she didn't pull any punches!
After eating enough food to feed three grown men Ryō was ready to continue, but decided to actually arm herself this time. She asked Ichigo is he had another wooden sword which he did and after she armed herself she charged at Riruka again.
[Sword Mastery(Passive) LV2 EXP: 1,13%]
Passively Increase Attack Power of One-Handed Swords by 40%
Passively Increase Attack Speed of One-Handed Swords by 20%
Ichigo was right, even if this Skill didn't grant any real style, the fact that the strikes of your sword were able to break ground was very satisfying. Hell, she was even able to get a couple of hit on the magenta-haired speed-devil. Considering that Ryō didn't have any High-Speed Movement technique and she didn't think that she would be able to learn [Hohō] with such an incompetent teachers as Ichigo and Tatsuki, she decided that the risk of ending up without legs was far greater than her desire to moves as fast as them.
At least she was able to get one more Skill out of the whole session.
[Reiatsu Control(Passive) LV4 EXP: 96.49%]
Passively Increase INT by 20%
She, as well as the other was keeping her Reiatsu suppressed and by doing it she was Increasing this Skill, at least she getting a solid Bonus out of it.
She actually spent several hour sorting through books that her parents wouldn't notice missing and that would prove to be useful for their group as a whole. Some of them she wanted to learn herself, but it wouldn't be necessary until tomorrow, it's not like she could improve them alone anyway. The main problem was that most of the useful for fighting Skill could be only improved in an actual fights, she could probably hit something with a sword to get her [Sword Mastery] up, but it was all.
'It would be an interesting day.' She concluded, finishing another juice-box and getting back to her exercises. Considering that she could actually see the results of her training there was just something very satisfying in the way that her body looked a lot less scrawny and muscles could be seen on the open pat of her arms and stomach.
"This is hard." Muttered Orihime as she finished another series of exercises from the book she found.
It was more of a guide to physical fitness but with the added weights she was able to get a better results. She was really looking forward to tomorrow, maybe Kurosaki-Kun would spar with her considering that Tatsuki-Chan would take a break from fighting him. Orihime wasn't a violent person and she was horrified by the sheer brutality of her two friends' spar, the amount of wounds and blood that she saw just from a five minutes exchange was more than she saw in her whole life!
And then Riruka attacked.
Orihime still flinched every time she thought about her own 'spar' with magenta-haired girl, she was literally pummeled into the ground with only short breaks for snacks so she would be able to heal her wounds. She probably managed to get most of the bones in her body broken in each spar, Ryō had to help her eat on several occasions because both of her hands were broken and fully out of omission.
[Reiryoku Control(Passive) LV3 EXP: 19.15%]
Passively Increase WIS by 15%
This Skill she got after Kurosaki-Kun and Tatsuki-Chan explained to her how to draw on her own Reiryoku which was pretty easy for her when managed to find it. For some reason Ryō thought that their explanations were bad, Orihime didn't understand why because she really like how they did it, their animated explanation was very fun to watch.
But even with it Orihime felt powerless.
[Physical Endurance(Passive) LV7 EXP: 7.93%]
Passively Physical Attack Damage Decreases by 21%
This Skill was the proof just how much beating did she take, Riruka-Chan's kicks and punches hurt! Orihime knew that she was trying to help but it didn't change the fact that the magenta-haired girl could've taken it a bit easier on her! Orihime never in her life felt so much pain, her whole body was aching and blood was leaking from numerous wounds but she didn't give up because she knew that her friends wouldn't have!
She didn't want to feel useless.
When she lost her brother she actually was considering suicide. Yes, it was a cowards' way, but she was so desperate that she couldn't think straight. And then she saw just how happy Ichigo's family was and she felt jealous of them, she couldn't think of a reason why she couldn't be as happy as them... or they couldn't be as miserable as she was.
She actually bit herself drawing blood for that last thought, she wouldn't be able to face her brother again if thoughts like these would be her guide into the world. On that day she gained she lost her older brother, on that day she gained a person whom she cherished more than anything in the world. Ichigo just smiled at her, and gave her a warm hug that drained all of her anger and pain away, making her cry in his embrace until she fell asleep.
[Reiatsu Control(Passive) LV3 EXP: 51.04%]
Passively Increase INT by 15%
She understood how important it was to keep her Reiatsu under control so people wouldn't be affected by it, so Hollows wouldn't be attracted by it. She kept it all in and didn't let even a tiny leak to be released, she would never fail her friends.
Thanks to a Continuous Exercises your Dexterity Increased by 1.
"Finally." Orihime breathed out and moved to the next set.
Her progress was slow, but it was simply because she didn't have the same Stamina and Strength that Tatsuki and Ichigo had. She was doing her best to get her Stats up and catch up to her friends, her thought made her look at her Status Window.
STR: 4
VIT: 8
DEX: 5
INT: 13.8(12+1.8)
WIS: 13.8(12+1.8)
LUK: 1
She was getting better, she could feel it, but it was still not enough.
Riruka grunted, lifting her own table over her head while doing sit-ups. There was no way in hell she would loose the the other girls in Skill or power, the only one who could actually beat her was Tatsuki, but considering that she could be considered a monster by normal human standards it wasn't such a great achievement.
She looked at her Skills Window.
[Reiryoku Control(Passive) LV8 EXP: 0.03%]
Passively Increase WIS by 40%
It took her a lot of effort to actually get this thing up and she was sure that it had something to do with the fact that she was such a high Level to begin with. But she had time and she wasn't going to stop, so it was just a matter of said time till she would be able to get it higher. Ichigo was right, telling her that with each Level she would need a lot more efforts to actually Increase her Skill and the fact that she took almost a whole Level in one day was a very good progress.
[Reiatsu Control(Passive) LV2 EXP: 98.11%]
Passively Increase INT by 10%
She was actually the last one to learn this particular Skill, simply because she was used to her powers so much that she wasn't sure just how to do it, even with both Ichigo and Tatsuki explaining it to her. Yes, Ichigo's little stunt was helpful and she gained the rough idea just how it felt but the fact that it took her several hours was actually a bit disconcerting.
[Bringer Light(Active) LV4 EXP: 9.21%]
Passively Increase DEX by 20%
Passively Decrease the Cost of the Skill by 4%
Oh, she abused this particular Skill so badly, making sure to always be on the move and never stop. Ryō and Orihime were barely able to actually keep up with her, and with the amount of 'tough love' that she delivered there was absolutely no way that they didn't get at least the basics down. Riruka knew that the best way to make the person grow is to put his or her life in danger, she did something close enough to it for both of her friends.
It's not like she liked kicking the shit out of them, it was just practice and she knew that she had to be careful and not kill them accidentally. They still didn't know if it was possible to actually bring back the dead with their abilities and weren't that eager to find out through practice.
Thanks to a Continuous Strain your Vitality Increased by 1.
"That's better!" She smirked and double her efforts, while glancing at her Status Window.
STR: 11
VIT: 16
DEX: 24(20+4)
INT: 38.75(25+11.25+2.5)
WIS: 46.25(25+11.25+10)
LUK: 3
'It's a bad thing that I actually can't use my father's training room, he locks it every night and I have no idea where he keeps the damn key.' She grunted and reached with one hand in her inventory, making sure to keep her balance. Removing a bar of chocolate she used her teeth to tear it open and devored the whole thing in a matter of seconds, giving herself enough Stamina to continue.
Ichigo looked at his clock, it was eight in the morning and he was eccentrically finished with his new set of exercises that he would have to do each and every night from now on. Hard and monotonous task, but it was one of the ways to get better, even if it made him want to kick someone simply to get his own blood flowing just a little bit faster.
In the moment like this he was actually disappointed that his father didn't attack him anymore. Well, considering that the last time it happened Ichigo kicked the man hard enough to send him flying right through the window made it pretty obvious that he wasn't interested in his father's safety, and next time it would something more harmful than just a simple fall from the second floor's window.
Changing into fresh clothes he walked down and saw Masaki and Yuzu already cooking breakfast, the smell told him what would be soon served on the table and the only thing that he could do was to sit down and wait. It was a very dangerous thing to try and interrupt the two while they were cooking, Isshin learned it the hard way, women always protected their sacred territory with passion and some very dangerous kitchenware. The fact that Masaki was able to produce a frying pan out of thin air to remind her husband that trying to mess with her kitchen was enough of a reason for Ichigo to back off and forget that he could even enter the place.
Instead he just sat down and looked at Yuzu while utilizing [Observation].
{Youngest Daughter of the Kurosaki Family}
LV1 Kurosaki Yuzu
This wasn't something new for Ichigo, Yuzu always was a very soft and caring girl, so he just couldn't see her fighting and defeating foes just to get stronger. She didn't even know how to fight and protect herself, Ichigo of course made sure that any punk that would try and come close to her was swiftly dealt with by either him or Tatsuki.
{Matriarch of the Kurosaki Family}
LV? Kurosaki Masaki
And he still couldn't see his mother's Level, the only things that he could tell even with his Skill was her position in the family and her name, that was all. He knew, from his Passive Skill that she was a Quincy, but the information that he had about them was minimal at best and that didn't sit well the Ichigo. He really wasn't sure just what his parents were hiding or how it would affect his life, but this was more or less their business and he really couldn't care less about their 'skeletons in the closet' as long as they wouldn't cause danger to the people he cared about.
And his musings were interrupted by the loud and energetic entrance of his father, who decided that it was appropriate to try and sample the food that was being cooked. After being scolded by Yuzu, who apparently inherited Masaki's ability to be adorably accusing and threatening at the same time Isshin sat down at the head of the table.
{Patriarch of the Kurosaki Family}
LV? Kurosaki Isshin
'Today would be an interesting day.' Thought Ichigo with a sigh.
Ichigo was walking towards the park where he was going to meet his friends for todays practice.
'Ryō said something about bringing some books...' He thought to himself. The only reason that he wasn't using [Hohō] at the moment was because he exited his house at least an hour and a half earlier than the time they agreed to meet in. Just simply strolling around the still not very populated streets and breathing in the fresh morning air... 'Is it just me, or the whole thing is making me too sappy?'
He smiled slightly as he walked towards his destination.
Well, yesterday was a very eventful day, he revealed his and Tatsuki's strange condition to his friends, gained new and unexpected abilities and found out some pretty interesting things about one of his friends, Riruka. Maybe it wasn't in a best terms, but at least they now knew that it was possible for other people to somehow gain powers like their own, maybe there were other people like them out there? Well, it was actually possible now that he was thinking about it logically.
Because of his ability he and Tatsuki were so strong that it wasn't even funny! Tatsuki could literally punch with a enough force to make a hole in a thin wall, moving fast enough to make normal people see only blurry colorful blobs instead of them was also possible and with monsters literally coming from the other world it was all looking like a very shitty Manga with a plot written by piss on the snow.
But he couldn't do anything about it and the only way for him to go was forward... or upward if you look from the Game's perspective. He actually was very glad that he wasn't alone in this whole mess, he didn't know what he would have done without Tatsuki by his side all these years ago, probably he would have been lost and confused... It didn't really matter anymore, wondering what could have happened would only bring him an unnecessary headaches.
He was living a wonderful life, had an almost perfect family and several very close and dear friends.
Suddenly Ichigo's attention was caught by the floating yellow question mark. It was a Quest, that much was obvious, he saw something similar in one of the many Computer Games that he and Tatsuki played earlier in their lives. One problem was that the question mark was floating oven an empty spot and near the entrance in the empty alley.
'It's not like I have anything better to do.' He thought as he walked towards it. As soon as he stepped under the mark a Window appeared in front of him, telling him the specifics of the Quest.
Random Quest Alert: Explosive Temper - Surviving the Accidental Meeting!
Survive the first meeting with Bambietta Basterbine without any serious injury.
Completion Award: ?
Completion Award: ?
Completion Award: ?
Completion Award: ?
Additional Completion Award: ?
Additional Completion Award: ?
Additional Completion Award: ?
Failure Penalty: Death
"Who the hell is Bambietta Basterbine?" Muttered Ichigo. What ever this Quest was talking about, was probably very dangerous if the other option was an early departure to the next great adventure. "Well, the last one with this kind of Penalty wasn't that bad and I really hope whoever this Bambietta is, she isn't some sort of a serial killer or something like that."
He knew that he should probably ignore the Quest and move on, he was alone and there was a very good chance that he would end up in a fight with such a Penalty hovering over his head, but it wouldn't be logical to just ignore a possibly high Reward... And there also was no guaranty that the Quest would still be here when he would return back with others, some Quests were only given to people who met a specific set of requirements and if this was one of this kind he would probably miss this opportunity by walking away.
He nodded to his own logic and pressed the acceptance button. As soon as the Window vanished he felt as someone bumped into him, a sound of something made from glass hitting the ground and shattering told him that he would probably need to say goodbye to some of his money.
'This is the worst mission ever.' Growled Bambietta to herself.
"You've been summoned by His Majesty."
This particular line said by this bastard Haschwalth was the start of the horrible set of events that made her day take a deep dive and turn from bad to disastrous. She knew that some of her more recent activities were more than a little questionable and she even wished that she didn't release her frustration the usual way today, maybe it would've made a difference. But there was not point of dwelling on the thought, at least she was alive and that was what mattered at the end of her audience with His Majesty.
Bambietta was absolutely sure that all the information that she was required to attain was already in His Majesty's possession and the only reason she was sent out was to get rid of her. It was pointless to try and guess what was the real reason for her to come here, the only one who would know it for sure was His Majesty himself, and maybe by a small chance that pathetic bastard Haschwalth, but it was only a slim chance for the later. She understood just how close to death she was not more than half an hour ago, she could practically feel the blade nearing her throat but for some reason she was let off the hook, not fully but at least she wasn't going to be executed any time soon.
There wasn't any retirement plan for a Sternritter, you either did your job and was a loyal and obedient soldier, or you was executed as a warning for the other Sternritter to behave or else. Bambietta knew that when she joined their ranks, she knew that there wouldn't be any tolerance for an incompetence, but it was more in lines of walking around the cage of hungry animals that would kill you the moment they would caught the scent of weakness or injury.
Concepts like 'friendship' and 'camaraderie' were utterly alien to the military organization like Wandenreich.
And there also was no alternatives, for a Quincy there just wasn't anywhere else to go if they wanted to actually fight and not be on the sidelines. Shinigami made it pretty obvious that they didn't want anyone and anything to go against Hollows but them, arrogant bastards were so full of themselves to proclaim that they were the only ones fit to kill Hollows that Bambietta sometimes wondered just how the Hell did they managed to talk and not choke on the literal waves of shit that were coming out of their mouthes. She knew all about the problem with the Balance, but the problem was that if she would need to choose between her life and stroking Shinigami's ego she knew what she would choose ten times out of ten.
Bambietta shook her head to get rid of thought, it was not here and not now, so it didn't matter.
She mentally checked the list of... targets that she was assigned to investigate, it was pretty obvious that she was riding on her last chance and if she would screw this up she would be turned into an example of what happens with incompetent members of Wandenreich. It would be a blessing if she would be just beheaded by His Majesty upon reporting, it was entirely possible that she would be dragged out to one of the big meeting halls and executed there in public for more effect.
First one who she needed to look for was Ishida Ryūken, one of the rare Echt Quincy that still lived freely without the risk of being murdered by Shinigami. She didn't have full information on him, but from what she could remember he renounced he heritage as a Quincy because he couldn't 'make a proper living' out of it, or something equally pathetic. Bambietta couldn't tolerate such a person, he basically spat on what he was simply because he couldn't squeeze any material gain out of it? Personally she didn't care about what happened with Quincy in the past, their loss was not hers and she didn't care what happened with someone she didn't even know to begin with, but basically telling everyone that something that made them special was actually worthless because you couldn't turn it into profit?
She clenched her fist and growled.
The urge to simply kill the white-haired bastard was strong but she was already grasping her last straw here and even a little step out of line would result in her head being separated from her body.
Then there was his son, Ishida Uryū, another lost case in her opinion. The boy had potential, but that was pretty much it. He could only form a basic Kojaku that could only launch arrows no stronger than a toothpick when compared to a real Heilig Pfeil, even Bambietta who didn't specialize in those could make them far stronger in her sleep than this kid in his dreams. All he did was whine about his Quincy Pride, brood and train without any real results to speak about. Well, the last part was mostly because he didn't have a teacher but even if he had one she really wasn't sure if he would be able to actually pull out something worth noticing out of his without some inhuman effort. The little fact that the brat somehow survived His Majesty's Auswählen could be just a mere fluke, considering that he didn't show any outstanding talents for all his life.
She knew that he was taught by his dead grandfather, Ishida Sōken, who for some unknown reason, probably senility in Bambietta's opinion, decided against the innovations in Quincy's techniques and held onto the old traditions till his last breath.
'Who's dumb enough to actually still use that crappy Quincy: Letzt Stil? I mean, you'll not only lose your power as a Quincy, but there is a very big chance of you being killed while attempting to regain them!' Bambietta shuddered from the thought, to actually willingly lose you powers, it was beyond he understanding how someone could actually do something that stupid. 'That is the reason Quincy: Vollständig was made, and the old fool just refused to accept it and used that outdated piece of crap.' She sighed and shook her head to clear away the unpleasant thoughts, the old fart was dead and she didn't actually care about his retarded ways.
Next on her list was Kurosaki Masaki, one of the Echt Quincy that were later considered Gemischt Quincy due to their impure choices in life, like marrying a Shinigami for example. Another case of surviving Auswählen, but without keeping her power intact, no matter what actually kept her alive, her abilities as a Quincy were lost for her forever so Bambietta was only checking upon her due the the powerless idiot's legacy.
Kurosaki Ichigo, the person she was most interested in due to him actually having much more potential than any other of her targets and that was saying something. She wasn't sure just how much she knew, considering the reports that she studied and what His Majesty told her Ichigo knew nothing about his heritage and was totally obvious to the power hidden inside his own Soul. Yes, due to Shiba Isshin there was a pretty big part of his being that was of a Shinigami, but that didn't mean that there wasn't any hope for him and her job was to make sure that he wouldn't waste his heritage on walking in the wrong direction, well, as far as she knew her mission, everything be damned but she wouldn't try and seduce someone orders be damned! She just needed to make sure that the kid moved in the right direction and wouldn't side with the enemy when the time comes.
'The only problem is actually introducing myself to him and not to make it look suspicious.' She winced inwardly, she was a soldier, not an actress! 'How hard it would be to trick a fifteen years old civilian into talking to you? He can't be that smart or be able to detect my Reiatsu so there just isn't any way for him to notice that I'm anything but a normal person. Also, the reports said that he didn't receive any form of training and shouldn't even be aware of he heritage at all, which is actually good considering that I would be able to simply tell him the truth after some time to gain his trust.'
The only problem that she could foresee was the presence of another Shinigami in the city, two of them actually who were far less relaxed and a fair bit paranoid which made it almost impossible to get close to them enough to actually put them down. Bambietta maybe was a bit arrogant and and too much of a hot-head but even she knew just how dangerous of a person Urahara Kisuke was, even is he wasn't labeled as a 'Special War Power' he was too smart and too resourceful to be taken lightly. Even His Majesty didn't know the full set of Urahara's tricks and skills that he would be able to utilize under direct assault, and that was saying something!
And that wasn't even taking into account that he always associated with that woman, Shihōin Yoruichi, the Twenty Second Head of the Shihōin Clan as well as the former commander of the Onmitsukidō. Bambietta didn't know much about her but with the information that she had it was obvious that there would be more problems that she would care to count if the damn purple-head would find out about her presence.
'Doesn't need to worry about it right now.' She sighed and took a gulp from the bottle of orange juice that she bought in the nearby store.
Wandenreich didn't actually have such a thing as a paycheck, and therefore with both food and water being provided for them no one actually had any need for money. But it was different in the real world, considering that here you actually have a need for them to acquire anything that you needed. She couldn't actually steal so not to attract attention and with how much of a hassle it was to find a job she decided to go an easy road.
Karakura Town was now three muggers lighter and Bambietta was some so much needed cash heavier. Seriously, she just went into the most dangerous part of the city, where the gangs usually were hanging out, well the ones that weren't beaten to the bloody pulp by Kurosaki and his girlfriend, and let them attack, it was a bit disappointing but she didn't even hope to find something worth her time there so them being pathetic wasn't a real surprise.
Right now she was more concerned with the fact that she didn't have the time to find the Kurosaki kid, and the fact that she could sense two moderately strong Shinigami snooping around the town wasn't helping the matter at all. She knew that she couldn't engage them, even if it would be really easy to wipe them away she didn't have the permission to use her power at all! If they will find her she was as good as dead because any leak of information about a strong Quincy would surely make its way to the higher-up of the Soul Society, making her a liability for His Majesty and therefore someone who would be executed on the spot for revealing the existence of Wandenreich to Shinigami.
She was deep in her thoughts that she accidentally bumped into someone, dropping the bottle with juice and making it shatter against the hard ground, spilling its content all around the place. Some of it even landed on her shoes.
"Watch where the hell you're going you moron!" She barked while turning to the person she bumped into, ready to blow up the bastard.
"It was an accident!" He, definitely a boy jugging by the voice, answered.
She finally got a good look at the person that she bumped, his brown eyes connecting with her blue ones, his spiky orange hair making it hard not to recognize just who was in front of her.
'Oh, fuck...' Thought Bambietta.
"And I still think it was really unnecessary for you to trouble yourself and come with me, Hinamori-Fukutaichō." Said short and petite girls with black hair with several strands of hair hanging between her eyes, light skin and violet-colored eyes. She was wearing a standard Shinigami's shihakushō, a black kimono with white undergarment. Her Zanpakutō, a normal katana, had a rectangular tsuba with a vaguely flame-like pattern on the long sides and a curved line on the short sides, inward-curved corners with curved slits above and below the blade, and a series of curved lines embossed on either side of the blade. It also had a reddish-brown hilt. "I know that you wanted to visit Human World, but..."
"Please, it wasn't such a bother and considering that lately there was little to no reports about Hollows in this area think of it as a little vacation, Rukia-San!" Said a cheerful girl nearby. She had brown eyes, and wore standard Shinigami robes, with her black hair pulled into a bun held in a tied cloth. She also wore the Gobantai-Fukutaichō armband. On her hip she carried a regular katana with a light red handle, with the only slight difference being the five-petal flower designs stamped on the rectangular tsuba. "Even Aizen-Taichō agreed that it was a wonderful idea for me to come too!"
They were standing on the tall building and looking over the crowd moving below them, considering that it was day they weren't noticed only because nobody actually could see them because of their status as Shinigami. Even if it was just a simple routine patrol both of them were happy to get out of Soul Society, even if for a different reasons.
Both of them missed a black cat with amber eyes that was looking directly at them from the nearby roof, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that the cat was actually smirking at the two girls.
Tatsuki Arisawa looked at the blond brat that she noticed arguing with the cashier in the store, trying to prove something that couldn't be actually distinguished because of her screaming at him. She really couldn't actually see the point of the whole argument because she came too late and it was the shortest line, not she knew why.
Apparently people knew about the blond brat and decided to save themselves some nerves and just used other lines to pay for their purchases.
'Who the Hell is she even?' Tatsuki wondered, as she looked at the girl's name.
{Vizored}
LV? Sarugaki Hiyori
"... and that means that it costs only..." The brat was still ranting, and it made Tatsuki's head hurt.
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