Bleach: Azashiro

2 years have passed since my first publication. Last year I completed my studies with Sato Sensei. During this time, a lot happened. The Ito family took a vassalage to our clan and now they live near our estate. Our family began to sponsor and help them grow herbs and open stores and recruit staff.

This also affected me. Daughter Hanae-san now follows me everywhere and wants to become my assistant. She even spent a year trying to persuade Sato Sensei to train her and last year, she studied with me. I wasn't against her presence, she had potential. In the future it will become a strong shinigami. Yasuko is 3 years older than me, but she started her training at the age of 10. But a year of study with Sato-sensei helped her a lot; she used to work with self-taught Shinigami, who knew only kido up to number 10.

In the first year, Azashiro's family gave her a full-time coach, he was not very strong, but he was able to explain and teach the kido up to level 30. At the same time, she pestered Sato-sensei in every possible way so that he could teach her. After two years of hard training, she mastered number 35 kidos.

Six months ago she was able to master shikai. At that moment, everyone congratulated her and wished her success. And they consoled me and said that I still had everything ahead of me, they tried to console me. Everyone knew that I was stronger than her, even after mastering shikaya, Yasuko never managed to defeat me in sparring, a banal difference in strength and control.

Since the start of my training, I have learned control and optimal use of reatsu. It gave me a lot of opportunities to fight without even having a shikaya. Now my fighting style has not changed much, it also relies on kido, but I am no longer so physically weak. My body, fueled by spiritual strength, became stronger and stronger from year to year.

But Yasuko became a great sparring partner for me. Like her, it was useful for me to fight someone else besides Sato Sensei. At the moment, in the entire clan, only three can resist me, Yasuko, my father and Sato-sensei. The rest either perform their duties, serve in detachments or perform tasks.

During our first sparring, after finding Yasuko shikaya, if she had acted decisively and been more experienced, using her shikaya abilities, then I would have lost.

In shikai, Yasuko has the hieroglyphs Strength, speed and magnification on his blade. The symbol is strong, increasing its physical strength by about 2 times. The speed symbol accordingly increases its speed, and also approximately 2 times. And the increase enhances the power invested in the kido reatsu.

In the future, I am sure she can become very strong. She lacks the amount of reirek. Now I have 3 times more spiritual power than her. But since birth I have had a large supply of spiritual energy, for example, comparing Yasuko with my father, he has about 2 times more reireku.

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Today we must go to the last place of residence of the Ito clan. For a year now I had been persuading my father to let me go outside of Seireitei, but he refused all the time. According to him, I am not yet old enough to walk Rukongai on my own, albeit with security.

Even though I understood my father and didn't resist too much, I still wanted to see what a rukongai was like. Reading books and textbooks on this topic was not the same; you need to see everything with your own eyes. And recently my father himself suggested going to the 15th district of Rukongai.

My father instructed me to check the condition of the Ito family estate, left in the 15th district of Rukongai. There are still several servants of the Ito family there at the moment. Hanae-san handed over the estates to our family, his father did not refuse.

-Akihiko-sama, everything is ready, we can go. - I use my gait, Yasuka appeared in front of me.

-Let's go. - straightening the sword, I walked past her.

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Moving away from seireitei, one could notice how the number of shinigami on the streets was decreasing in each subsequent area. People's standard of living deteriorated as they moved away from Seireitei. If in districts 1 to 10 people dressed in different clothes decorated with drawings or wore jewelry, then after that the variety of clothes became less and less. There were more often dilapidated and old buildings that required renovation, but there were not many such buildings.

Akihiko thought they lived in these areas, quite well. There were no beggars on the streets, which means there was enough work for everyone. A sufficient number of establishments where you can go and spend time, and hot springs were usually located on the edge of the districts.

Continuing its movement, the detachment passed one area after another. The next four districts, after the tenth, were not very different from each other. A smaller number of stone buildings immediately caught my eye. Most of the houses in these areas were built of wood. And occasionally completely white facades of houses flashed on the outskirts.

In the 15th district, a detachment of the Akihiko clan was met with devastation. Broken doors, lack of sashes on windows in houses, destroyed stone tiles. All this forced Akihiko to stop. The area was strikingly different from past areas. It was as if there had recently been a battle that engulfed the entire area.

Akihiko looked around and didn't like what he saw. Residents, seeing their detachment, immediately ran away or hid inside their houses. They were afraid of them very much. He did not understand why they had such a reaction to shinigami. If he guessed correctly, things may not be as simple as he thought at first glance.

He went simply to check the condition of the estate given by the Ito family to the Azashiro clan. But observing the environment and noticing the reaction of residents. Akihiko became more focused and began scanning the area.

-Yasuko, has it always been like this here? - looking over her shoulder, frowning, asked Akihiko. Just in case, I decided to find out Akihiko.

After all, if this is always the case here and given that the following areas should be in even worse condition, then the Soul Society may have big problems. If areas 15 to 80 rebel and go to war on the Seireitei, the situation could get out of control.

"No, sir, we haven't received reports from the estate for the last 3 months", she answered, placing her hand on the banpacto.

"So something happened". - nodding lightly towards the street, Akihiko went forward. - Toshi, go find out from people what happened here. Let's move on, be careful.

One of the 10 men of the detachment separated and ran towards the people hiding in a nearby house.

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All we had to do was turn the corner and we would have already seen the estate, but five shinigami blocked our way. After looking around, I saw seven more people coming out of the alley and surrounding us.

All but one standing in front of me had shinigami shabby clothes. On the shoulder of apparently the leader, one could discern the coat of arms of some clan that I don't know. Everyone except the leader exposed their blades, I followed them with a smooth movement and took the zanpakto out of the sheath.

They looked at us like prey, smiling and threateningly, as they thought they were waving swords. They don't look like shinigami, but I can say for sure what they have asauchi in their hands. They don't have much spiritual power, but they are approximately equal to the members of my squad. Of course, they are far from me and Yasuko, but even so, it may not be pleasant.

But thinking about the upcoming battle, I became excited. The last time I fought was back in that life. Having scanned the immediate area with my spiritual feeling, I found no more opponents. After making sure that there should be no more surprises, I prepared for my first battle in this world.

-Yasuko, Yasuko haven't seen each other in a while. You grew up and found a protector for yourself. - this guy mocked the girl. - You're a kid, you can go, but leave the girl.

-Maybe I refuse, I've waited too long. - I was excited, looking forward to the battle. I don't think he understood what I was talking about, but I didn't care. I just continued to look at him appraisingly. He feels less spiritual strength than me, but if he is great, the battle will not be easy. I hope he doesn't disappoint me. - Yasuko, the rest are on you, fight at once to your full potential, and he, mine.

-Help, Zofukuki! - I heard the command to release the zanpakto Yasuko, followed by a surge of reatsu.

Not wanting to wait any longer, I leaned forward and rushed into battle. Fiercely advancing, striking after striking, causing the enemy to spin wildly, walking, striking. He clearly did not expect such strength and speed from me. Entering the wedge, we looked into each other's eyes, a rare smile played on my face, and anger flared in his eyes.

-AAA.- screamed, he pushed me away with all his might.

After flying a couple of meters, I turned over in the air and landed on my feet. The fight will not be easy, even surpassing him in speed, I cannot strike him. Behind me you can hear the sounds of blades colliding and moaning, but I can't be distracted, this is my first battle in this world.

-Bakudo №30 Shitotsu Sansen- yellow energy appeared in my left hand. With the same hand, I quickly draw a triangle in front of me, in each corner of which a beak forms and release the kido at the opponent, who has placed his left hand in front of him.

-Hado №4 Byakurai- -Hado №4 Byakurai- -Hado №4 Byakurai-

Apparently, he put enough reatsu into the kido so that the lightning bolts that escaped from his index finger, towards my spell, could destroy each of the formed beaks. Shumpo, finding myself behind the enemy, I made a roundhouse shot, hoping to halve it. And it was at this moment that I heard.

-...Unmei no kori. - and I was thrown away by the wave of reatsu.

I was thrown back 10 meters, landing on one knee, but the landing was not very successful, my knee hurt a little. While I was getting up, he apparently decided to talk to me.

"Do you even know who I am, motherfucker". - he shouted at me.

"No, and it doesn't matter". - raising the blade in front of me, I answered him. Now I didn't care who he was. I initially knew that he was from a noble family, but it didn't matter, because if there was a whole heir to the Kuchiki clan or Shihoin, the Azashiro would not tolerate attacks on their people.

At the same time, I examined his blade, hoping to find a clue about his abilities. His zanpakto changed, now it was a rapier with an icicle instead of a tip. Most likely he controls the ice; it remains to be seen on what scale. My thinking was interrupted by the attack of this talker.

-Die!!! - pointing at me with his zanpakto, he shouted.

Four ice needles flew at me, and when I was above it, I brought the sword to strike.

-Hayen! - while making a swing, he released an arc of purple flame from my sword. Shumpo, breaking the distance, I peered into the rising cloud of dust.

Sensing danger from behind, I turn and take a stabbing blow to the side of the blade. The impact was strong and I was thrown ten meters, somersaulted, and landed. A long needle pierced the left shoulder, piercing it for elimination, and there was a small scratch on the right shoulder. Apparently it can create needles within a certain radius of zanpakto or itself. We need to be careful, it was dangerous.

A hail of ice needles is flying at me again, dodging and blocking some of the needles with a blade, I waited for the moment to attack. The situation is frank, it sucks. I couldn't get close to him, he just stood in one place and pointed at me with his blade, sending more and more ice needles at me. It looks like he has to indicate the direction of the flight to the needles, his zanpakto. Apparently this is the weakness of his ability or his control. This can be used.

While I was looking for a chance to get closer to it, I had more and more shallow cuts from needles that I did not have time to deflect. If this continues, I will have to try, fight my way through with force. Unfortunately, at the moment my speed is simply not enough to get away from all the needles with one shumpo.

Deciding to try, expose himself to his blow and give him the opportunity to "finish off " me, I, cutting another needle, bounced to the wall, leaning against it a little, as if already exhausted. By giving him a chance "to finish off " me.

And he got caught. The moment he turned his left side towards me, bringing the sword in front of him, as if preparing for a breakthrough. With the help of shumpo, I appeared five meters behind him, with my left hand raised.

-Bakudo № 62 Hyapporankan-a pole of blue energy appeared in my left hand. At the teacher's insistence, I improved the speed of the spell and there is no way he can evade it from such a distance.

Throwing a pole with all my might at the enemy's back, I watched as three meters before the target the pole divided into one hundred parts and covered my enemy with hail. He tried to get off my kido's attack line, but it didn't work out, he was too slow and all he had to do was try to block.

He was instantly nailed to the wall of the building, all he managed to do was turn his face to me and put a rapier in front of him. He froze in a ridiculous pose, nailed to the wall and looked at me with a withering gaze. His zanpakto was still in his hand and he made attempts to escape. I wasn't worried, the kido will hold him back for about 30-40 seconds, this time will be enough for me to tightly shackle him.

Approaching him, not paying attention to the screams, I put my palms in the lock, preparing to apply the strongest bakudo available to me.

-The wall of iron sand, the pagoda tonsured into monks, the shine of miraculous steel, let the unshakable stand until the very end of Bakudo №75 Gotyutekkan. - raising my hands above my head, I hit the ground with them, after a few seconds five pentagonal columns, chained, fall on the target and press him to the ground. When I finished, I knocked the zanpakto out of his hand and hit him on the head, knocking him out.

Feeling a little tired and pain in my shoulder, I decided to check how the others were doing. Using shumpo, I quickly found myself on a building from where the battle was clearly visible. There were two living from my detachment, Yasuko and Toshi. They fought with the last enemy, who also took possession of the shikai. I didn't expect anyone from their rabble to take possession of the chicai. Watching him injure and throw Toshi away with his air attacks, I decided to help and began to prepare a spell.

-Zipper cart, spinning wheel spokes. Let the light be divided into six parts! - reading the spell, I saw how he fought Yasuko.– Bakudo №61 Rikujokoro!

When I finished, I pointed my index finger at the target, releasing a stream of yellow energy, after which six thin and wide rays appeared, which cut into the target's body in a circle, depriving it of the ability to move. When I went to shumpo, I found myself between Yasuka and her opponent.

-Do you know him? - looking at this individual, thinking about what to do with him, I asked Yasuko. - And how are you?

"Everything is fine, sir". - turning off the shikai and putting the sword in the sheath and coming up to me, she continued. - Yes, I know. He is one of the thugs who attacked our family's stores.

-Clearly-and cut off his head. - Go check on Toshi. I'll be near those pillars.

-Yes--

Heading towards the nailed shinigami, with pillars to the ground, I thought about the first battle in this world.

Apparently the Nakamura or Kobayashi family is behind this attack. Their leader is clearly an aristocrat; no family will allow a passerby to walk around with the clan coat of arms on his clothes if he is not a member of the family.

It's strange, of course, that he decided to attack us, seeing me and my squad at the same time. The coat of arms of the Azashiro clan was embroidered on my clothes, and he could not help but recognize it; all the children of noble families have been taught heraldry of the strongest families since childhood.

He couldn't help but know which clan I came from, but he attacked anyway, it could be much more serious than I think.

Even though he may not seem too smart to me, to attack one of the strongest Soul Society families, you need to have minimal confidence that you can survive when they come for your head.

-Aki, soon...- at the end of my thoughts, I heard the whisper of my zanpakto. Well, apparently I started my journey.