Ichigo and Tatsuki's Fullbring

"Wake up, Tsunayoshi. School's over."

Tatsuki's gentle call woke Tsunayoshi from his deep sleep. He yawned and asked groggily, "School's over?"

Tsunayoshi looked around and realized that he, Tatsuki Arisawa, and Orihime Inoue were the only ones left in the classroom.

"What kind of training are you doing? Why are you always so exhausted?" Tatsuki asked with concern. She already knew Tsunayoshi was undergoing secret training, so she didn't scold him for sleeping through the day.

After entering into a mutually beneficial and friendly partnership with the Visored and the others, Tsunayoshi basically spent every day clearing out Hollows after class before rushing to their base. He didn't get home until midnight every night, and sometimes even pulled all-nighters, so his daytime classes had become the place where he recovered his energy.

Fortunately, Sawada Nana had gone on a business trip with Iemitsu, which was the only reason Tsunayoshi could train his abilities so recklessly.

After walking out of the school gates with Tatsuki and Orihime, Tsunayoshi suddenly realized that the noisy guy who was usually around him seemed to have disappeared recently.

"Oh, right. Inoue, where's Ichigo?" Tsunayoshi asked.

Ichigo and Orihime were living together now, so logically, the two of them should have been going home together. Why was Orihime Inoue left all alone?

"Kurosaki-kun ran off as soon as class ended. I think something came up?" Orihime Inoue said worriedly.

"That Ichigo is obviously off playing the big hero. Orihime, if you don't keep a close eye on him, who knows where he's off saving some damsel in distress right now!" Tatsuki said bluntly.

"Huh? That's..." The moment Orihime Inoue pictured Ichigo holding some beautiful woman she didn't know, her mind became a mess.

Tatsuki understood Ichigo's personality all too well. After gaining power, even someone as friendly as Ichigo would fall into fantasies of saving others, so these past few days, whenever Ichigo slipped away after class, he was going out to patrol Karakura Town.

As Tsunayoshi's friend, he knew Tsunayoshi had protected Karakura Town for many years. Now that Ichigo had power too, he wanted to do the same, hoping to ease Tsunayoshi's burden a little.

"With that Fullbring of his, he's going to hunt Hollows? Is he serious?" Tsunayoshi complained.

"Don't worry. Ishida went with him. With Ishida's help, Ichigo should be able to learn a few things too."

Tatsuki had thought things through very thoroughly. After noticing this tendency in Ichigo, she had asked Ishida Uryū to patrol Karakura Town with him and protect Ichigo while he was at it.

Ishida Uryū had agreed readily. To him, it was just routine. In the past, he had done it to compete with Tsunayoshi, but now his thoughts were the same as Ichigo's: to help reduce some of the pressure on the exhausted Tsunayoshi.

Yes, Ichigo and Tatsuki had already gained power, and their Fullbring abilities could now be put into actual combat.

Orihime Inoue's Fullbring was basically complete as well. All that remained was improving her proficiency before she could begin combat training. It was precisely because Ichigo had considered Orihime Inoue's strength that he had not taken her along on his patrol of Karakura Town.

Orihime Inoue's Fullbring was the same as in the original plot: Santen Kesshun. In the story, she had manifested this Fullbring by rejecting her brother's death.

The current Orihime Inoue already knew that, in order to accompany her as she grew up, her brother had willingly turned into a monster. To make her brother return to normal and reject the power of that monster, Orihime Inoue once again awakened Santen Kesshun.

Ichigo's Fullbring was rather strange. After a period of training, that thing of his that looked like a bow but wasn't quite a bow finally condensed into a black bone bow. Ichigo could use this black bow to condense Reiatsu and fire arrows.

There was just one problem: Ichigo's Reiatsu only allowed him to fire three arrows a day. The level of his Reiatsu only affected the power of the arrows, not the number of arrows.

Tsunayoshi guessed that Ichigo's bow and arrow had originated from several factors combined: the fact that Tsunayoshi had saved him when he was little, his mother being a Quincy, and Ichigo's own Quincy power. Even Ichigo himself couldn't say what his Fullbring was called.

As for why he could only fire three arrows, Tsunayoshi suspected it was Ichigo's Fullbring acting up inside him. Ichigo's power wanted to protect him, but didn't want him to fall into danger.

That was why Ichigo's power had only responded to him with the ability to use the bow three times a day. Under normal circumstances, he would only encounter one Hollow at a time, and even if his aim was terrible, three arrows would be enough. If Ichigo hit every shot, then with his Reiatsu, he could absolutely kill one Hollow with one arrow. In other words, the power inside Ichigo was limiting his current abilities.

Tsunayoshi even suspected that Ichigo hadn't actually mastered Fullbring at all. The so-called Fullbring he was using now was nothing more than a shell molded from the Quincy power inside him. It wasn't the true manifestation of Ichigo - Fullbring at all, which was why Ichigo didn't know the name of his Fullbring ability.

In any case, Ichigo, who had three shots, still joined the patrols of Karakura Town. On top of that, since his ability was archery, being with Uryū could also improve Ichigo's combat ability as a marksman.

Tatsuki's Fullbring ability was called Side by Side. It was a Fullbring born in response to her inner desire to fight shoulder to shoulder with Sawada Tsunayoshi. The Fullbring was divided into four stages in total: Shoulder to Shoulder, Replication, Manifestation, and Side by Side.

Shoulder to Shoulder: any target that bore no hostility toward Tatsuki Arisawa could be considered part of the same camp and a comrade-in-arms. Such targets could become the targets of her Fullbring ability.

Replication: by touching a target of her Fullbring with the hand wearing the wrist guard, she could copy a portion of the other party's innate abilities. The type was random, and the strength was random. She could only replicate one target per day, and targets could not be repeated.

Manifestation: she manifested the replicated innate ability on herself and completely mastered its use. Tatsuki's karate combat uniform was the manifestation of her own ability to train in karate.

At present, Tatsuki had replicated four people: Sawada Tsunayoshi, Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, and Urahara Kisuke. Of these, Tatsuki felt a clear improvement from the first three. From Urahara alone, she had only obtained an extremely faint amount of Reiatsu, so little it could almost be ignored.

Regarding this, Tsunayoshi analyzed that Tatsuki's replication success rate was related to the target's favorability. People like him, Ichigo, and Orihime trusted Tatsuki completely and were completely unguarded, so Tatsuki had a greater chance of obtaining a complete ability. But Urahara Kisuke, with his personality, perhaps there was no one in this world besides Yoruichi who could make Kisuke completely lower his guard.

Based on the above speculation, Tsunayoshi had Tatsuki temporarily stop using the Replication ability and wait until she became familiar with Yoruichi and the others before trying to use it again.

From Tsunayoshi, Tatsuki obtained Tsunayoshi's Reishi control ability. This disappointed Tatsuki somewhat. She had originally thought she might be able to copy those colorful Dying Will Flames, but after Tsunayoshi talked her through it, Tatsuki recovered.

In truth, Tsunayoshi's Reishi control ability was very strong. Back when he had undergone Quincy training, he had passed everything on the first try. It was just that, for some unknown reason, he couldn't form a Reishi bow suitable for combat, which had led Tsunayoshi to turn toward Bleach instead.

Moreover, excellent Reishi control ability was very helpful for learning Kido. Tsunayoshi had learned a few practical Bakudo techniques. As for Hado, he truly didn't have the energy to learn it.

After her Reishi control ability improved, Tatsuki could already attach a portion of Reiatsu to her fists and feet to launch powerful attacks against enemies.

As for what she had obtained from Ichigo, Tatsuki couldn't describe it clearly. She only felt that her acceptance of all abilities seemed to have become stronger, and that she could master new powers faster.

Lastly, from Orihime Inoue, Tatsuki obtained the power of rejection. When she replicated abilities that were meaningless or had negative effects, Tatsuki had the right to reject them.

The final stage was Side by Side. The Side by Side target was Sawada Tsunayoshi, and it could not be changed.

When Tatsuki Arisawa's power reached the same level as Sawada Tsunayoshi's, she would no longer be able to improve herself by replicating target individuals.

Tsunayoshi walked along the street, making idle conversation now and then. When they passed a convenience store, he came to a stop.

"Tatsuki, Inoue, you two go home first. I'm going to the convenience store to buy some bentos, then I'll head to training," Tsunayoshi said.

Tsunayoshi lifted his foot and walked toward the convenience store. Before going to the Visored base to train, he still had to bring food for that bunch of people. Every one of them was lazier than the next when it came to cooking. Fortunately, they were in a country of pre-made meals, so eating wasn't much of a problem as long as one had money. Any convenience store could sell bentos.

"Wait, Tsunayoshi. Have you been eating bentos lately?" Tatsuki asked.

"No choice. I get back too late. I don't have time to cook for myself," Tsunayoshi said, scratching his head.

Tatsuki thought of the Tsunayoshi from back then, who could cook just by using Fullbring. Judging by his state at school, by the time he got home, he might not even have the strength left to cook for himself. Tatsuki silently made a decision.

"Um, if you don't mind, I can make lunch boxes for you." Tatsuki's face was a little red, her gaze drifting as she found an excuse. "I mean, my ability needs me to get to know more friends anyway, so I can bring lunch boxes to you all."

With Tatsuki's current Fullbring ability, controlling a bunch of kitchen utensils to make a meal for seven or eight people was not too difficult.

"Sure. Thanks for the trouble." Tsuna agreed readily. He even took a set of keys from his pocket and handed them to Tatsuki. "These are the keys to my place. This month's living expenses are in my bedside cabinet. You can take them out to buy ingredients."

"K-keys?" Tatsuki's already shy face turned even redder. What did this mean? He was even giving her his keys?

"I can't have you helping out and paying for it too, can I?" Tsuna took Tatsuki's hand and placed the keys in it. "I trust you. I'm counting on you."

"If I have the keys, how are you going to get home?" Tatsuki's brain had already short-circuited. She wished she could slap her own mouth and swallow those words back down, then hurriedly corrected herself. "How about I wait and go back with you?"

"Uh, the timing's not really fixed. Sometimes it gets pretty late," Tsuna said. In truth, the front door could not stop Tsuna at all. Whether through becoming a Soul Reaper or using Fullbring, he could easily get inside.

"Tatsuki, why don't you just move into Sawada's place? Sawada's living alone right now anyway, isn't he?" Orihime Inoue, watching the fun from the side, suddenly gave her an assist. As far as she was concerned, moving in was no problem at all.

"Huh?" Tatsuki's brain completely turned to mush. She had no idea what to say, yet a faint little sense of anticipation stirred in her heart.

"No problem. As long as you don't mind, Tatsuki," Tsuna said. "When I get back, I'll tidy up a room for you."

"No, why would I mind?" Tatsuki waved both hands wildly, her brain already unable to control her movements. All she could do was push Tsuna away and say, "All right, hurry up and go train. Send me the base's address. I'll bring food over later..."