To Undo it All

Chapter 2: Execution(Once Again)

"There was a secret group of Quincies in hiding, led by the most powerful Quincy to ever exist. They declared war with an assault that nearly killed half the Seireitei. At first, it was all we could do to not die. The Zero Squad got involved." I looked down at Zangetsu as I brushed my fingers along their blades. "They helped me find out my heritage, and unlock my true power. It was thanks to them that we turned the tide. Kisuke and I won." In the corner of my eye, I saw Yoruichi confused by my phrasing. Then it clicked, tears formed at the corner of her eyes, and she pulled me into a hug.

"I'm so sorry." She whispered guiltily into my ear. "You shouldn't have had to go through that. We shouldn't have made you."

"I wasn't forced. Everyone I cared about was in danger, no way was I gonna let them be." I mumbled into her shoulder. "I came back because I didn't get strong enough, fast enough to save everyone. I'm strong enough now. I'm not gonna let anyone die." She cradled my head at that.

"You're too young to carry the fate of the world on your shoulders." I smiled painfully.

"Not the first time you've told me that." I felt one of her fists clench the back of my shihakusho.

"Doesn't make it any less true." A moment of silence passed between us, and the hand Yoruichi had fisted in my clothes lifted.

"S-so," she sniffed, "You said you unlocked your true power?" I sighed, happy for the obvious change in subject.

"Yeah. You know my heritage, right?" She let go and we both sat up straight to look each other in the eyes.

"Yeah, your Mom's a Quincy that had a Hollow sealed inside of her, and your Dad's a Captain." I rubbed the back of my head, I knew it was a nervous tick but never bothered to try to fix it.

"I, uh, kinda have the powers of all three?" Her face blanked and she slowly blinked.

"…What?"

"I have the powers of Shinigami, Hollow, and Quincy. Or, that's the power of my zanpakuto."

"I thought your zanpakuto had that energy slash power?"

"Getsuga Tenshou," I explained, "And that's just a small portion of what I can do. In my Shikai, I can use every basic power of all three races, like Kido, Ceroes, and the arrows. By the way, those arrows are called Heilig Pfeils. The only thing that's mine are the Getsugas, but those I technically got from Goatface."

"…Getsugas?"

"There are two forms, but Dad can't use the other one cause you need two swords for it."

"Got it. What about your Bankai? What can it do?"

"You don't need to know. There's only really three people, four if I let Aizen get that strong, that are strong enough for me to use my Bankai against, and one of them is the Head Captain." Her yellow eyes widened at that.

"Wow. You're that strong?" I rubbed the back of my head again.

"Zangetsu claims that our shikai is Bankai-level in terms of power, and I haven't seen anything that disproves that."

"Well, damn. Seems Kisuke and I underestimated how much of a powerhouse you could be. What about the new clothes? Looks good on ya."

"Oh, these? I got them from Senjumaru. Originally it was just armor, but then she got pissed that I kept on wrecking it in fights and make me a set that self-regenerates."

"Holy shit. Get anything else from the Zero Squad?" And my hand was rubbing the back of my head again.

"Yeah, about that…the entire Zero Squad trained me?" Once again, her face turned blank.