The Adaptive Quincy of Bleach

Time skip.

Sora was basically 10, his birthday had long since passed by now, and he was now a stronger boy, an Apex-ish predator.

A being worthy of being glazed nonstop, his only real flaw was the fact that his Reiatsu pool seemed to be growing, like by a lot.

Probably has something to do with him converting the Reishi of the outside world into his own Reiryoku.

His Reikaku also known as his ability to pick up on Reiatsu has gotten way better than it was before.

He had like 5 Gintō on his belt, they were filled to the brim with Reishi, he had made sure that this was the case, so in case he ran out of Reishi, he had about 5 Uryu worth of Reishi to use.

Uryu who was in the middle of training felt like he was being disrespected by someone.

It had to be Sora, he would teach him a lesson someday for now he was a bit too weak to think of revenge.

Time skip

As the moon could be seen high on the horizon, Sora lay on the floor, drained of energy, he still had his 5 Ginto, but he himself was fully drained.

He forced himself to get up and approached Soken.

The older man could be seen standing by the edge of the clearing, his hand clasped behind his back as if he were observing the now-distant target that Sora had utterly destroyed.

Sora decided to go for it, better late than never.

"Granpa," Sora added, Soken had allowed him to call him grandpa, well the alternative was an old man or Mister Ishida, watching Sora acting like that was awkward at best and disrespectful at worst.

Soken turned around, meeting his gaze with the 4'11 kid in front of him, pretty average for a 10-year-old.

He gave the boy his full attention

"What is it, Sora?"

Sora wonder how he should say it, he hesitated for a moment, his yellow eyes glowed just a bit as he thought of a way to say this without coming off as a dick.

"Do Quincy really have to use bows? Like, is that necessary?"

Like in his opinion, he found guns to be more better, like come on, by the time a Quincy could shoot one arrow, he would have had 20 bullet holes in their body, he already knew how the gun would work and all that store, all he would have to do is place a Ginto inside it to work like its battery or ammunition and fire.

When the Reishi store in the Ginto is gone, remove the Ginto, replace it with a full one, rinse, and repeat, if he gets better, he won't even need a Ginto.

"The bow is a Quincy's primary weapon, Sora. It's a symbol of discipline, precision, and mastery of Reishi control. Without it, you'd lack the refinement required to be a true Quincy."

That sounded like BS, Sora was graceful enough with his bow, he would consider picking up a bow again when Uryu gets close to his level...

Sora ducked as a Reishi arrow almost hit his arm.

Turning around, he saw that Uryu had fired off that arrow, could his cousin Perharp read his mind?

"Sorry, I was aiming for those birds over there," Uryu said pushing in his glass.

Sora glanced at the bird in question and they were very far away from Sora...Uryu was ass at giving excuses.

"Well, at least your excuse skills is the same as your aim"

...

...

Soken could be seen standing in between the two boys, stopping Uryu from unloading a bunch of arrows at Sora.

Sora just teased the boy.

Wasn't this fun

Anyway, he had better stuff to do now, instead of worrying about his cousin's bruised ego.

"Aw come on, Uryu could use the bow, so, I was taking, what about If I use a gun, I would still be retaining the long-range fighter vibe" He had a pleading look on his face as he said those words.

He felt like he had said the worst thing ever to this traditional man, as the silence that followed was deafening.

Sora could feel the disapproval in the man's voice, however, he was not willing to back down, he stood proud as he looked at his grandpa figure.

The old man gazed at Sora as if pondering this option.

"We Quincy have always used the bow-"

"Yes, Quincy used to use a bow, but come on, respectfully it's not the Middle Ages anymore, how are we supposed to show the shinigami we change if we still cling to our old belief" Sora explained with an innocent yet devoted look.

The old man looked at Sora, his argument was valid.

"Is that what you want"

"YYYYYYEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!"

Maybe he was just a bit excited.

"Do not neglect your bow skill, as long as your skill with the bow stays sharp, I will consider letting you use a gun" Sokken added in a wise voice.

"Hey, don't pull a fast on me, I may be 10 but I am plenty smart"

"Say who..."

"Shut it Uryu"

"You have 2 brain cells, both are fighting for third place"

Truly a brotherly bond right there.

As the two boys argue, Soken couldn't help but see young Ryuken and Kaede.

This reminded him of a wonderful past.

A/N