Research on the past (Bishamon Saituo)

Outskerts of the Shinigami Acadamy

Ren was walking along the forest border; just thinking about what Niko had said to her a few days ago. "and then hollows have been abel to turn into arrancars which is pretty close to us. only one who was able to do make such a shift has been that sub soul reaper ichigo, but even to find out he was still under that things power so i would say you need a medium of sorts though i don't know where to find one...." nikorasu had said. She had to learn more about the Arrancars and this "Ichigo" person.

If she wanted to become an Espda she had to learn more about them. Also that "Ichigo" seemed to be in the same position ah she is now.

Bishamon had just finished covering for a class in the academy, not his ideal scenario by any means, he was pretty much forced into doing it by a seated shinigami, but fortunate for him the class only lasted two hours on the sparring grounds, by this time it was dusk; the sun was setting and their wasn’t too much wind to speak of. He was making his way back to the academy to hand in his reports and get some much needed rest, he was on the outskirts of the academy and he sensed a spiritual pressure; it wasn’t a big one it was about the same as an academy students, damn i guess one of them wondered off, Bishamon approached the presence and saw a large cat in the distance, he looked around, where is it? He wondered, it couldn't possibly be that, he thought, he got closer to the large cat, his calm collected expression turned to a shocked one "Ren?! What the hell are you doing here!?"

A voice brock into Ren's thoughts."Ren! What the hell are you doing here?!" Huh? Is that.. Bisha? she thought. Ren turned around and sure enough it was Bisha. "Bisha what are you doing here? I'm not doing anything." She thought again about the origanal Espada. Where can I get the information that I need? I can't ask the hollows they would eat me, I can't ask a shinigami they would kill me on site. she thought in frustration.

She looked at the Shinigami Acadamy then to Bisha and back to the Acadamy. She blinked for a moment just then an idia came to her. With a wide grin she looked back to Bisha. "Bisha could you do me a tiny favor?" she asked in a sweet voice. She waited for Bisha's reply. "I need to know more about the origanal Espada and someone named "Ichigo". Please?" she begged.

He let out a groan, Bishamon only takes this route back to the academy so he doesn't run into people who could talk to him or ask him favours, but he couldn't turn her down, no matter how much he wanted to, at least it wasn’t a physical activity, and he was quite good on the history of the soul society and stuff like that, and he would be lying if the espada didn't interest him, but the soul society tried to keep that sort of stuff restricted to shinigami's at his rank but he did know a thing or two, he gave her a smile "sure, what do you need to know?"

Ren's happyness showed. Thank you Bisha. What can you tell me about the origanal Espada? What were they like? How did they become Espada?" Ren wanted to learn everything that she could about them. I waunder what they were like? she thought.

"Also who is "Ichigo"? I know that he was a Substitute Shinigami. What else is ther about him?" she asked Bisha with a cureious look on her face.

Bishamon was flooded with question, he watched Ren's face light up so he had to do it now, he waited until Ren finished speaking and then thought about it for a moment, and smiled and scratched his head "well i don't know much, but the original Espada had a ranking system, of 0-9 i believe, they had something called a resurrection which was their equivalent to a captains bankai, i believe they were created by using a device called the hogyoku on a vaste lorde, they looked like humans; still having the hollow hole somewhere on their body and they had a piece of their hollow mask still attached to them, i believe they had zanpakuto also they where incredibly intelligent a lot more so than the average hollow"

He took a breath after his explanation, "Ichigo? i don't know much more than you on him I’m afraid i believe he revealed the captains in power and speed and he was also a vizard" he looked at Ren hoping that would answer most of her questions "why do you want to know this?"

"I want to be come stronger. I need to know what will happen if I ever get that far. Do you know any of the names of the Espada? Have there been any hollows like me back then?" Ren asked. Hoping for an awnser after this she will stop asking questions. I'm sorry to bug you like this Bisha but, I have to know.

Bishamon gave her a concerned look "you don't have to become strong, don't take this the wrong way but you don't seem the combat type" he looked at Ren face "But i have no say in what you do, so i will help you" he gave her a grin "im sorry i don't know any of their names, however i believe there was a woman Espada, who was number 3 in the ranks and i believe she helped this Ichigo guy out in heaco mundo" he sighed knowing that it wasn't a very good answer.

Ren looked at Bisha. Her eyes shining with tears, she looked down trying to hid them. He's right I'm not much of a fighter. But, I. "I want to protect those that I care about! Thatis way I want to be stronger Bisha." Ren looked back at Bisha. As the tears fell she continued. "When I was a human I was unable to protect the ones around me! They were after me! But, but." she turned away braking down. "The hollows took those kids souls. It should of been me!" she shouted.

She ran to a near by tree and began to hit her head against it. "Darn it! Darn it, darn it!" Ren cryed. She hated to cry to her it was a sign of weakness. Why? Why is it that I'm here? she thought.

Bishamon stood there completely confused, crap i shouldn't of said that now she has gone all emotional on me, he remained in the same place "hey Ren calm down it's fine" Bishamon wasn't to great at normal conversations, never mind awkward situations like this, he was at a loss for words "you can protect people you care about, but you don't need to fight to protect people, believe it or not running away from a battle and using your head can protect people as well" Bishamon looked at Ren hoping that she would cheer up.

Ren gasped, slowly she looked at Bisha. "what do you mean?" she asked. She was confused. How can you protect someone by running away? She wanted to be stronger. Takeing a deep breath she said, "I will get stronger. Not for myself but for the new friends that I made." Ren just had to try her best. She may be a hollow, but she had the heart of a human.

Bishamon smiled, thankfully she calmed down "i mean if a strong enemy attacks you and your friends simply retreating could save all of your lives." A drop of rain fell from the sky and with that a downpour started, crap i could have been in my bed by now, he quickly took refuge under a tree and looked over to Ren "by the way how did you manage to get here? Even the strongest of hollow's are scared to step foot here"He watched as the rain plummeted to the ground, and then heard the thunder roar, what a pain, he thought.

Ren looked at the rain. "I don't know." she said in a quiet voice. She has been here a few times not getting in to too much trouble. then she remembered when they first met. "Ahh! I'm so sorry!" Ren appoligized while bowing.

Bishamon stood up and turned tp Ren "i hope the information o gave you was helpful" the rain started to let up "well i better get going we don't want any shinigami's find out what we are doing, you should probably get out of here soon" he then stood out from under the tree and as he did the rain stopped, guess its my luck is turning, as he gave a smile to Ren and darted off.

" Thank you Bisha!" Ren called out to him. She looked at the light rain. It was time for her to go. She tuned and left for the World of the Living.

The End