New Third Seat

Starting the day with a cigarette, Zetsu was still in his sleep clothing, as he walked out for a smoke. He took a deep breath, and let out all the smoke he let into his lungs. He flicked the ashes off, and threw the rest of the cigarette on the ground, then stomped on it. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and walked inside. He opened his closet door, and looked around on what to wear. He had his formal suit, and his Shinigami robes. He liked his formal suit more, but today was the day he had to meet with his new squad. He put on the black robes, and kicked his top hat onto his head, and walked out into the sunlight. His blade was next to him, on the left side of his waist.

He jumped down, from the top of his home, and landed on the street. He had a smile on his face, as he walked towards his new squad barracks. “Well, I know who my captain is, Captain Ichigo Kurosaki, eh?” Zetsu smiled at the thought of him being his captain. He had heard a lot about Captain Kurosaki, whole he spent his time in the shinigami academy. He was surely a strong shinigami, and more importantly, the only captain to be allowed to have his hollow powers. Zetsu had shown a lot of interest in becoming a vizard. He laughed a little bit, as he took out another cigarette, and continued to walk to the Squad 13 barracks.

Zetsu had reached the door to his new Squad, and put his cigarette out. He shook his head and looked around. It almost seemed dead. He hoped he had been early. He knew his captain was a little quick to action, so he took out his sword, and slowly opened the door. He hoped nothing was going to come his way, but if it had, he would be ready. “Zetsumei Kaosu, reporting for duty.” He said as he took his top hat off, and entered the barracks. “I am the new third seat of this Squad. I am here to work under Mr. Kurosaki.” He put his top hat on a nearby chair, and waited for someone to come out.

After Zetsu entetered the 13th Squad barracks, after he announced why he was here. He could hear footsteps on wood coming towards him, as the floorboards creaked louder and louder upon the approach. Zetsu then saw Ichigo come into view. He looked the same as ever, with his ginger hair and haori that captains have. Today he looked rather tired, and his eyes were still baggy. He also didn't have Zangetsu with him. It was there he laid eyes on his new Third seat officer. He spoke with a very tired tone. "Hey... He rubbed his eyes before opening them and looking upon Zetsu again. "You kinda woke me up when you came in...

Ichigo thought he was giving a bad impression to the guy, why else would he be sleeping when his third seat had just arrived with him. "Let me just get one thing straight though. I am not lazy.. okay? Hope you understand that! Anyways, welcome to Squad 13. I don't have to tell you who I am.. i'm too famous... everyone seems to know me from first sight. I hope we get along together. He extended his hand out to Zetsumei, offering him a formal handshake. Ichigo still felt tired though, so you could tell by his face.

Zetsu had woken this guy up? It was almost the middle of the afternoon, Zetsu had been up for at least a good two hours. He must have been some kind of lazy captain. This would not go over well with Zetsu, but Ichgio was known for his strength, so hopefully, Zetsu could learn something from him. Zetsu put his top back on and walked around the barracks. It looked quite big, and he liked that. He looked away from Ichigo, so he would not see Zetsu's evil looking grin. "It does seem you have a nice place around here, this will be perfect for me to train in. As well as to test my ability." He smiled once again, and looked over Ichigo. He did not look big by any means, but his spiritual pressure was amazing. This would be a great person to spar with, and become stronger under. Zetsu tilted his hat on his head, and looked down at Ichigo's hand. Did he want some kind of handshake? Zetsu nodded his head, and gave Ichigo a fake smile. He put his hand next to Ichigo's and closed tight, but not tight enough to hurt his hand, and gave him a firm handshake.

Zetsu had wondered if he could get along with his new captain. He would at least give it a shot, if nothing else. "Hmm, well I hope you don't mind me asking you this, but from what I've heard, you have control of a hollow that lives inside you?" Zetsu had been interested with vizards, since they first day he had heard of them, which is the main reason he had joined Squad 13, because he heard a rumor about the captain having the hollow. The fact that having both Hollow, and Shinigami powers, was an amazing thought. Such power from both sides, and if Zetsu could obtain the hollow's power, he would be to finally become strong man he longed being. "If you don't wish to answer that, I understand. I have not yet gained your trust, but once I do, I want an answer." He said, while he gave off a devilish grin. Power was his main goal, it had been for his entire life. He wasn't really an evil man, but he was however, a bit selfish, and greedy.

He walked away from Ichigo and looked closer at the barracks. He unsheathed his sword, and turned towards Ichigo. He hoped that he was up for a battle, because it had been some time since Zetsu was really in a fight. However, he noticed that Ichigo was not holding his blade. This upset Zetsu, but he quickly shook this feeling off, and put his sword back away. "I guess, I should let you get back to what you were doing. You seem tired, we can talk another time, I guess." He looked at his clothing, and noticed his shinigami robes had still been on. This would not do for him. He soon unsnapped the buttons and let the robe his the ground. He was now in his normal suit. "I'm sorry, but I cannot wear those robes for too long. They don't fit me well." He grinned again, and walked over to his robe, to place it on a chair. "I shall be outside, if you need me." He took out a box of his cigarettes and waited till he was outside to have one. "If you want one, I will share." He said looking back at Ichigo.

Ichigo felt something was admist with with his new 3rd seat. He just felt he couldn't trust him yet fully. He then grinned as he talked about training in here. "You know, training in this build would probably damage it.. and I think most of the damage would be caused by me. Thats not so clever. I don't have any intentions of damaging my own barracks, but sometimes it can't be helped. Ichigo let go of his hand, and he listened to him about Ichigos inner hollow.. Ichigo wasn't shocked that he knew. He was the only vizard to be in the Gotei 13 at all. But listening to him demanding to know when he trusts him.. and his grin at that moment, only concerned Ichigo further. He was wondering what his intentions were.. "You heard right. I do have a inner hollow that I control. I nearly died and lost control of my body to him though. If your curious about having hollow powers at all, don't bother! The risks are stronger than the benefits of it!

Ichigo was speaking with a serious tone, he wanted to stick into his mind that he shouldn't pursue that path of becoming a Vizard, Ichigo didn't become one by choice. He had to become one because of the way he first regained his Shinigami powers years and years and YEARS ago. He saw him draw his sword at him, at first he was suspicious about what he was going to do, then he saw him sheath it again. He thought it was because of the fact he wasn't armed. "If you wanna fight, maybe later when I feel a bit less.. tired. After he went outside for a smoke, Ichigo went back to his room to retrive Zangetsu, putting it onto his back. He then walked outside to Zetsu to see the outside world from the Barracks. "Oh damnit.. it looks like the afternoon.. I must of stayed up really late last night for it to be this time. He wasn't noticing Zetsu right now, he was more concerned about how long he had been asleep..

It had seemed that Zetsu's captain was trying to keep him away from the path of controlling a Hollow and becoming a Vizard. However, it was in vain, because Zetsu already had his mind set on the power. Even if the risk was high, Zetsu was willing to do whatever it took. He looked over at Ichigo when he tried to keep him away from becoming a Vizard. All Zetsu did was shake his head, when he first heard him speak. "Well, we can talk about that some other time. I'm not sure if its such a good idea, from what you've said. It seems risky." Zetsu showed Ichigo another fake smile, and turned his head away from him. He tried to lie to him the best he could. Zetsu watched as Ichigo went inside. He sighed and took out a cigarette, and lit it up. The wind blew in his face, as he smiled, looking around. He was put in the perfect squad. It would be much easier to get powerful, with someone of such great power. Zetsu stretched himself out, and waited for Ichigo to come back. "Oh, this is going to be such a great time." He said with another evil grin on his face. It was time to test his limit, but he had to wait for the perfect moment.

He finished his smoke, and awaited for Ichigo to come out of the barracks again. He smiled and noticed that Ichigo had brought his blade with him this time. Maybe he thought it was a good idea to have his weapon around Zetsu. It was a good idea, because Zetsu would attack anyone, if he felt the need to do so. Zetsu took out his sword, only slightly. The blade still looked tucked away, but Zetsu was about to make his move. Soon Ichigo spoke about waiting to fight, because he was tired. Zetsu gave him a weird look, and was a little upset that a captain would complain about being tired, faced with a fight. If this were a real fight, Zetsu hoped he would not care about how tired he was. Zetsu was about to see how this would fare out. Zetsu took his blade out and held it at his side. He looked over Ichigo's sword. It was rather big, and it must have meant it was slower in this form. It looked hard to swing, but seeing as Ichigo was a captain, he probably knew the best way to use it. "Yes, you did stay in quite late."

Zetsu then brought his sword up and acted like he was going to swing at Ichigo. Hopefully, this would give Zetsu an opening, because he was now really behind Ichigo and an after image was left behind. The image disappeared, within a few seconds after appearing in front of Ichigo. Zetsu held out two fingers, towards Ichigo. He laughed, and held his sword tightly. "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south!" Zetsu began to yell out, and a small fire ball formed in front of his two fingers. "Hadō, 31 Shot of Red Fire." Said as the fire ball in front of his fingers shot out at Ichigo. He hoped this his, but even if it did, it would not do too much damage because Zetsu was facing a captain after all. He held his blade tighter, waiting for Ichigo to attack.

[bIchigo was not expecting a sudden attack like this, and he was also a bit fazed due to his tiredness, but he had realised his laughter and his speech came behind him. He then drew Zangetsu from its bandage hold and turned around, and as the Hado fired at him, Ichigo simply cut through it with Zangetsu. The halves went off behind Ichigo, causing a explosion behind him. Ichigo still looked tired though, but he was not amused about that.. [/b] "HEY! What do you think your doing!? I didn't agree to no spar match or anything! I only just woke up! GIVE ME A BREAK! Ichigo was maturer 400 years on, but he was still hot headed at times, especially when he had only just woken up. He looked at him with a annoyed stare now that still had that tired feel..

"If your really itching to fight me, can't we do this thing later!? Ichigo couldn't really understand why he was doing this right now, he just thought he really wanted to fight him, or something like that. But what else could Zetsu have in mind for him other than just fighting him?

Sweet memories of Ichigo...

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