The Final Tutoring Session

An unsettling tremor seemed to ripple through the air. Then, for no apparent reason, a violent gale rose from the ground. The earth, mountains, rivers, rocks, and even the trees began to shake violently.

The dark clouds overhead spun rapidly, as though a massive vortex lay within them, drawing all the clouds across the sky into a circling convergence around one point.

Aizen looked up at the twisting vortex gathering directly above him, his brow furrowing slightly.

"Kisuke, protect Kurosaki Ichigo." Cang Nan's voice came from the portal, distant and somewhat distorted.

The moment Kisuke heard the voice, he immediately nodded...