Naruto's mind continued to remember forbidden images, things that he could not truly contemplate. These images were confusing him greatly, the images disappearing as they appeared. Naruto had no choice but to shake them off and get back into the game. He shook of the sensation he was feeling as he returned his focus to the Menos. It was being neutralized by the two kids Kisuke had brought with him, Tessai also giving them a hand. Ichigo also was doing quite well, taking out most of the Menos as Uryū gave a hand with his arrows.
"Naruto, what happen to you there?" Kisuke suddenly asked as Naruto turned and faced him. "You were seemingly in a daze for quite a while, did something happen to you?" Naruto nodded without thinking, Kisuke looking down at the black cat that sat next to him.
"I was seeing things that weren't meant for me to see," Naruto replied as he looked up at Kisuke with a blank expression. "Things that were uncovering parts of my past that I had completely forgotten... and I don't think it was by accident either..."
"Are you saying that you think somebody erased your memories?" Kisuke asked as Naruto nodded slowly.
"Either that or there is something wrong with my brain," Naruto muttered as Kisuke once again looked at the black cat. He then looked up at Kisuke as another memory rushed into his mind.
"You were once a Shinigami weren't you?" Naruto asked suddenly as Kisuke smiled, chuckling softly.
"Well, I guess Yoruichi was right about you," Kisuke replied as he patted Naruto on the back. "You definetly are quite the gifted individual..."
"Yoruichi, my sensei right?" Naruto asked as Kisuke nodded with a confused look on his face. "Was I her first apprentice?"
"No, you were her second apprentice Naruto," Kisuke responded as Naruto looked down on the ground. "Don't you... know who was her first?" Naruto shook his head no as he remembered Soi Fon and him training. "Was it... Soi Fon?"
Kisuke patted Naruto on the back as he straightened his hat and looked at him with a kind smile.
"Naruto, I want you to come up to my shop later," Kisuke said as he turned around. "Everything will be explained to you, but come alone. The others are not ready to hear all of this just yet..." Naruto nodded as he watched Kisuke and the black cat walk away, the cat following him as Kisuke seemingly whispered something to it. Naruto could have sworn that he seen the cat nod, but Naruto just pushed it off as being tired. He turned back to the battle and jumped in immediately, Ichigo and the others watching in surprise. Naruto unsheathed his sword and cut the Menos from the top of its head down to it's legs. Ichigo and everyone cheered as Naruto walked away from the towering Menos in style, sheathing his blade as the Menos fell to the ground and disappeared.
"Way to go new guy!" one of the kids that Kisuke brought shouted as he ran up to Naruto. "So, what's ya name stranger?"
"Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto answered as he grinned broadly.
"I'm Hanakari Jinta and this isTsumugiya Ururu," the boy said as he pointed to a girl next to him that was waving shyly at Naruto. "So, you coming back to us to the shop right?" Naruto nodded as Rukia and Ichigo walked up behind him and looked at him with surprise.
"What are you going to Urahara's shop for?" Rukia asked a little too suspiciously, looking up at Naruto. "We should probably get Ichigo a little more training..."
"You are gonna have to take it from here Rukia," Naruto answered as he followed Jinta, Ururu, and Tessai. "I'll be back around later, so try not to get into any trouble without me Rukia."
"Oh, I'll try really hard," Rukia replied sarcastically as she smiled, watching Naruto leave with the Urahara gang. Ichigo smiled at her knowingly as Rukia looked at him with an annoyed glance.
"When are you going to tell Naruto that you like him?" Ichigo asked as Rukia walked past him, not saying a word. "You know, I doubt he will be available forever..."
"Shut the hell up Ichigo," Rukia replied as she continued to walk ahead. "Now are you coming or not?"
As Naruto reached the Urahara shop, he was surprised to see Kisuke already waiting for him at the door. Kisuke ushered Naruto in the shop as they went down to what seemed as if it was a secret area. As they went into this secret area, something was glowing brightly, as if it was the sun.
"Wow, who would have expected such a huge training ground would have been here?" Kisuke asked as Naruto shook his head. "Anyway, welcome to the area. There is someone..."
"Uzumaki Naruto," a male's voice said as Naruto looked around the area.
"Um, who's there?" Naruto asked as he looked around the area.
"Down here," the voice said as Naruto looked down and spotted the black cat from earlier. "Hello Naruto, it's been a long time."
"WHY THE HELL IS THAT CAT TALKING?" Naruto shouted as he backed away from the cat. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"
"Maybe I should go back to my true form," the cat muttered as he began to grow. Naruto watched in shock as the cat grew into his master Yoruichi. She was also standing there butt naked, Naruto unable to look away as his nose bleed slightly.
"Uh..." Naruto stuttered as he pointed to his master's body, Yoruichi not even seemingly paying attention to this fact.
"Naruto, so how have you been?" Yoruichi asked as Naruto continued to not even hear a word that she said.
"Here you go Yoruichi," Kisuke said as he handed her some articles of clothing, Yoruichi putting them on as Naruto shook himself out of a daze.
"Sensei, it has been a while," Naruto said as he bowed with respect. "What are you doing here in Karakura Town? And why were you a cat?"
"All these things will be explained in due time Naruto," Yoruichi replied as she looked at Naruto seriously. "Now Naruto, what do you remember about the time during your training?"
"I remember learning shunpo from you and..." Naruto began as his head began to throb terribly, his mind going blank for a second.
"His mind has been wiped," Kisuke stated as he watched Naruto's expression. "It makes sense, he must have figured out who it was that framed me and tried to stop him."
"So what do we do Kisuke?" Yoruichi asked as Kisuke shook his head, not knowing what to say.
"We need to infiltrate the Soul Society and uncover the truth about this entire situation," Kisuke responded as Yoruichi nodded in agreement. "But that is a lot easier said then done. Even with our current numbers, we are nowhere near even remotely capable of entering the Soul Society and pointing fingers at anyone without getting captured."
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked as he looked up at Kisuke, his head still throbbing in pain. "You have a member of the Soul Society right next to you. I don't know what is going on, but I will help Sensei no matter what. I'm willing to help in any way I possibly can..."
"Naruto, I cannot allow you as your Master to do such a task for me," Yoruichi stated as she patted him on the back. "This is something that will have to be decided be me and Kisuke..."
"I get no respect," Naruto interrupted as Yoruichi and Kisuke looked at him in surprise. "I'm on a mission like this and I'm the third seat of Squad 10 and I'm protecting a town from Hollows. As much as I like working with Rukia, I'm not trusted nor respected for some unknown reason. I'm treated like I'm evil, and the only time I didn't feel this way was when I trained with you Sensei. I'm sick of being second banana to all of these other Soul Reapers when I'm just as good as they are!" Yoruichi and Kisuke listened to Naruto's rant, Yoruichi seeing that the young boy that she had trained had became a man. He was a frustrated one, but his morals were in the right direction. Even though he hated all of this, he still did his job without any comments or complaints.
"Well, this might mean that you will need to betray the Soul Society to save it," Kisuke warned as Yoruichi looked at him in surprise. "Right now, we will operate in secret. We need to investigate more, and I think the perfect time for that will come soon. For now, do nothing unless I tell you Naruto. You cannot repeat this to anyone, not even Rukia... but in order to even stand a chance against the challenges that will be coming, you will have to achieve your Bankai."
"You want me to do Bankai training?" Naruto asked as Kisuke nodded.
"We will begin tomorrow night, me and Yoruichi will help you achieve you Bankai," Kisuke answered as Naruto's eyes widened. "Hopefully, this will prove useful in the difficult times that will be ahead... but for now, do your job in peace. Protect this town and don't worry about what we talked about tonight. We still have plenty of time before anything will occur..." Naruto nodded as he looked around and realized it was probably dark outside.
"Sorry, gotta go, I'll be back tomorrow!" Naruto shouted as he rushed away, running up the stairs to outside of the shop.
"Are you sure about this Kisuke?" Yoruichi said as Kisuke nodded.
"Naruto possesses a sword that has tremendous amount of strength within it," Kisuke explained as he looked up at the ceiling. "If he was able to master that zanpakutō, he will be almost unstoppable. With your training and the training I could give him, he could become one of the strongest Soul Reapers in existence. Only thing, to master his Bankai, he must go face to face with his zanpakutō spirit. And if I wasn't mistaken, you had told me that it might be evil. So, it would be best for us to start no before something prohibits us from doing this at all..."
"You know something Kisuke, why aren't you telling me?" Yoruichi asked as Kisuke smiled, looking at Yoruichi with his signature grin.
"Things are about to get rough is all I'm saying," Kisuke replied as he walked away towards the door. "See you later..."
"Naruto, what happen to you there?" Kisuke suddenly asked as Naruto turned and faced him. "You were seemingly in a daze for quite a while, did something happen to you?" Naruto nodded without thinking, Kisuke looking down at the black cat that sat next to him.
"I was seeing things that weren't meant for me to see," Naruto replied as he looked up at Kisuke with a blank expression. "Things that were uncovering parts of my past that I had completely forgotten... and I don't think it was by accident either..."
"Are you saying that you think somebody erased your memories?" Kisuke asked as Naruto nodded slowly.
"Either that or there is something wrong with my brain," Naruto muttered as Kisuke once again looked at the black cat. He then looked up at Kisuke as another memory rushed into his mind.
"You were once a Shinigami weren't you?" Naruto asked suddenly as Kisuke smiled, chuckling softly.
"Well, I guess Yoruichi was right about you," Kisuke replied as he patted Naruto on the back. "You definetly are quite the gifted individual..."
"Yoruichi, my sensei right?" Naruto asked as Kisuke nodded with a confused look on his face. "Was I her first apprentice?"
"No, you were her second apprentice Naruto," Kisuke responded as Naruto looked down on the ground. "Don't you... know who was her first?" Naruto shook his head no as he remembered Soi Fon and him training. "Was it... Soi Fon?"
Kisuke patted Naruto on the back as he straightened his hat and looked at him with a kind smile.
"Naruto, I want you to come up to my shop later," Kisuke said as he turned around. "Everything will be explained to you, but come alone. The others are not ready to hear all of this just yet..." Naruto nodded as he watched Kisuke and the black cat walk away, the cat following him as Kisuke seemingly whispered something to it. Naruto could have sworn that he seen the cat nod, but Naruto just pushed it off as being tired. He turned back to the battle and jumped in immediately, Ichigo and the others watching in surprise. Naruto unsheathed his sword and cut the Menos from the top of its head down to it's legs. Ichigo and everyone cheered as Naruto walked away from the towering Menos in style, sheathing his blade as the Menos fell to the ground and disappeared.
"Way to go new guy!" one of the kids that Kisuke brought shouted as he ran up to Naruto. "So, what's ya name stranger?"
"Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto answered as he grinned broadly.
"I'm Hanakari Jinta and this isTsumugiya Ururu," the boy said as he pointed to a girl next to him that was waving shyly at Naruto. "So, you coming back to us to the shop right?" Naruto nodded as Rukia and Ichigo walked up behind him and looked at him with surprise.
"What are you going to Urahara's shop for?" Rukia asked a little too suspiciously, looking up at Naruto. "We should probably get Ichigo a little more training..."
"You are gonna have to take it from here Rukia," Naruto answered as he followed Jinta, Ururu, and Tessai. "I'll be back around later, so try not to get into any trouble without me Rukia."
"Oh, I'll try really hard," Rukia replied sarcastically as she smiled, watching Naruto leave with the Urahara gang. Ichigo smiled at her knowingly as Rukia looked at him with an annoyed glance.
"When are you going to tell Naruto that you like him?" Ichigo asked as Rukia walked past him, not saying a word. "You know, I doubt he will be available forever..."
"Shut the hell up Ichigo," Rukia replied as she continued to walk ahead. "Now are you coming or not?"
As Naruto reached the Urahara shop, he was surprised to see Kisuke already waiting for him at the door. Kisuke ushered Naruto in the shop as they went down to what seemed as if it was a secret area. As they went into this secret area, something was glowing brightly, as if it was the sun.
"Wow, who would have expected such a huge training ground would have been here?" Kisuke asked as Naruto shook his head. "Anyway, welcome to the area. There is someone..."
"Uzumaki Naruto," a male's voice said as Naruto looked around the area.
"Um, who's there?" Naruto asked as he looked around the area.
"Down here," the voice said as Naruto looked down and spotted the black cat from earlier. "Hello Naruto, it's been a long time."
"WHY THE HELL IS THAT CAT TALKING?" Naruto shouted as he backed away from the cat. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"
"Maybe I should go back to my true form," the cat muttered as he began to grow. Naruto watched in shock as the cat grew into his master Yoruichi. She was also standing there butt naked, Naruto unable to look away as his nose bleed slightly.
"Uh..." Naruto stuttered as he pointed to his master's body, Yoruichi not even seemingly paying attention to this fact.
"Naruto, so how have you been?" Yoruichi asked as Naruto continued to not even hear a word that she said.
"Here you go Yoruichi," Kisuke said as he handed her some articles of clothing, Yoruichi putting them on as Naruto shook himself out of a daze.
"Sensei, it has been a while," Naruto said as he bowed with respect. "What are you doing here in Karakura Town? And why were you a cat?"
"All these things will be explained in due time Naruto," Yoruichi replied as she looked at Naruto seriously. "Now Naruto, what do you remember about the time during your training?"
"I remember learning shunpo from you and..." Naruto began as his head began to throb terribly, his mind going blank for a second.
"His mind has been wiped," Kisuke stated as he watched Naruto's expression. "It makes sense, he must have figured out who it was that framed me and tried to stop him."
"So what do we do Kisuke?" Yoruichi asked as Kisuke shook his head, not knowing what to say.
"We need to infiltrate the Soul Society and uncover the truth about this entire situation," Kisuke responded as Yoruichi nodded in agreement. "But that is a lot easier said then done. Even with our current numbers, we are nowhere near even remotely capable of entering the Soul Society and pointing fingers at anyone without getting captured."
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked as he looked up at Kisuke, his head still throbbing in pain. "You have a member of the Soul Society right next to you. I don't know what is going on, but I will help Sensei no matter what. I'm willing to help in any way I possibly can..."
"Naruto, I cannot allow you as your Master to do such a task for me," Yoruichi stated as she patted him on the back. "This is something that will have to be decided be me and Kisuke..."
"I get no respect," Naruto interrupted as Yoruichi and Kisuke looked at him in surprise. "I'm on a mission like this and I'm the third seat of Squad 10 and I'm protecting a town from Hollows. As much as I like working with Rukia, I'm not trusted nor respected for some unknown reason. I'm treated like I'm evil, and the only time I didn't feel this way was when I trained with you Sensei. I'm sick of being second banana to all of these other Soul Reapers when I'm just as good as they are!" Yoruichi and Kisuke listened to Naruto's rant, Yoruichi seeing that the young boy that she had trained had became a man. He was a frustrated one, but his morals were in the right direction. Even though he hated all of this, he still did his job without any comments or complaints.
"Well, this might mean that you will need to betray the Soul Society to save it," Kisuke warned as Yoruichi looked at him in surprise. "Right now, we will operate in secret. We need to investigate more, and I think the perfect time for that will come soon. For now, do nothing unless I tell you Naruto. You cannot repeat this to anyone, not even Rukia... but in order to even stand a chance against the challenges that will be coming, you will have to achieve your Bankai."
"You want me to do Bankai training?" Naruto asked as Kisuke nodded.
"We will begin tomorrow night, me and Yoruichi will help you achieve you Bankai," Kisuke answered as Naruto's eyes widened. "Hopefully, this will prove useful in the difficult times that will be ahead... but for now, do your job in peace. Protect this town and don't worry about what we talked about tonight. We still have plenty of time before anything will occur..." Naruto nodded as he looked around and realized it was probably dark outside.
"Sorry, gotta go, I'll be back tomorrow!" Naruto shouted as he rushed away, running up the stairs to outside of the shop.
"Are you sure about this Kisuke?" Yoruichi said as Kisuke nodded.
"Naruto possesses a sword that has tremendous amount of strength within it," Kisuke explained as he looked up at the ceiling. "If he was able to master that zanpakutō, he will be almost unstoppable. With your training and the training I could give him, he could become one of the strongest Soul Reapers in existence. Only thing, to master his Bankai, he must go face to face with his zanpakutō spirit. And if I wasn't mistaken, you had told me that it might be evil. So, it would be best for us to start no before something prohibits us from doing this at all..."
"You know something Kisuke, why aren't you telling me?" Yoruichi asked as Kisuke smiled, looking at Yoruichi with his signature grin.
"Things are about to get rough is all I'm saying," Kisuke replied as he walked away towards the door. "See you later..."
