I woke up the next day and casually went downstairs and took a cup of milk. I was dancing a little, enjoying the morning while whistling. Then, when I turned around, I found Urahara and Ichigo sitting with Kasami and Yui.
Yui gave me an annoyed expression, and I looked at them dead in the eyes. Urahara holds his fan covering his mouth, and I can tell he is smirking right now, and Kasami is doing the same with his skull mask! Ichigo in other hand, had an awkward expression on his face.
Yui: "Nii-San… is that how you start your morning every day…?"
I didn't answer her, but I waved to Ichigo to come to me. When he came, I pulled his head closer to mine while giving our backs to others.
Hoshito: "Oi! Ichigo! Why are you here with this shady guy?!" I said in high whispers.
Ichigo: "Why… because that person is Urahra and he came to apologize for the 'Fireworks'."
Hoshito: "I'm not asking that?! I'm asking why this shady bastard is actually here?!" I point at Urahara.
After two moments of explanation.
Hoshito: "It's nice to meet you, Urahara-San. I didn't expect a quest today, so please excuse my manners." I said with a fake smile, holding my embarrassment and irritation.
Urahara: "No, it's my fault for not giving notice for my visit~" said with a playful smile on his face.
Hoshito: "Is that so? Then what is the reason for your visit?"
Yui: "Nii-San, you are rude to our quest!" she said as he held a cup of tea to Urahara and Ichigo.
I apologize since I don't usually sit with guests in my previous world. Urahara wasn't bothered by this and told us he came to check on us and apologized again for his 'failed experience'.
Hoshito: 'I don't care about any of that! Just get the hell out of my house, I don't want to slip up and reveal about me being other worlder!'
I told Kasami to take Yui to another room. As he took her, my expression changed from good to an annoyed and angry one.
Hoshito: "So? Did you come here asking me about those masking monsters? Or about the Quincy who helped me?"
Urahara: "No, no, the reason why I came here is to confirm something when you turned to Shinigami." He said with playful sound and slyness.
Hoshito: "You mean when my clothes turned to Black ropes, and I was holding a Katana? What about it?"
Urahara: "I want to ask you at that time whether you were wearing a mask? Like for a second or a moment?"
I nodded as confirmation, and his expression changed for a moment, and he closed his fan. He told me that the mask represents my Hollow power, and it seems I can control it. He also explains the difference between Hollow and Ghost, your usual thing. The positive ghost is called Plus, and the negative ghost is called Hollows.
Hoshito: 'This is the basic thing to know… but then again, I always call plus, ghost, and I bet Ichigo does that.'
Urahara: "Oh, right, I heard from Ichigo that your Zanpakuto's size was normal, is that right?"
Hoshito: "Yes, it was easy to swing, but it didn't have a strong impact on Hollow."
Urahra: "Hoshito-San, do you know the size of your Zanpakou is the same size as your reiatsu?"
Hoshito: "No, I didn't know." I said while narrowing my eyes.
Urahara turned to Ichigo with a playful smile.
Urahara: "Say, Kurosaki-Kun, when you turned into Shinigami for the first time, what was the size of your Zanpakuto?"
Ichigo: "Huh? Well, it was body-size…" he was puzzled by the sudden question.
Hoshito: 'What was with this…? Why did he ask Ichigo that?
Urahara looked at me with a smirk. Then he excused himself and told me to visit him if I needed to buy something from him, and Ichigo left too after saying it will trouble if I fight hollow again since I'm inexperienced, so he will stick with me for a while, not a big deal with me.
After all, that day went normally, and Yui told me she will go back home tomorrow. But at night, while I was in my room, I felt strange inside me. I don't know what it was, but I could guess it's from Tsukishima's ability.
A strange memory came to my mind, an image of me as a kid sitting alone in the park, looking at the ground with a lonely expression on my face. Then a foot suddenly appeared, and I saw Tsukishima, and I smiled with a happy expression.
Hoshito: 'Shit…! It's begun already…'
I sit down on my bed, calming myself from getting puzzled or fighting this memory.
Hoshito: 'I can't fight it! It only makes pain more painful, but then again, I will eventually take Tsukishima's side…'
A race of thoughts went through my mind to find a way to make me not take Tsukishima's side. There wasn't a way to solve this problem without a plot hole in it, as the book of the end's end power is so broken that it can't be stopped easily by a third party.
Then I noticed something on my desk, and an idea came to my mind.
Hoshito: 'This is it!! I can use that! But it's risky… arge, screw it!'
***
In the living room, I was sitting watching TV with Kasami. Kasami noticed my tense expression and asked me what was bothering me.
Hoshito: "Well… It's Urahara's question to Ichigo. He asked him what the size of his Zanpakuto was."
Kasami: "Is that so? I guess it's strange."
Hoshito: "Yeah, and most strange is before it. He told me the size of Zanpakuto is the same as my reiatsu."
Kasami: "Oh… hmm, I guess he was hinting something to you since he sounds like a person who gives hints in a puzzle game, so the player solves it."
I agreed with Kasami about that, and I started recalling early episodes of Bleach.
Hoshito: 'At an early I remember there was a clip about that explaining the connections of reiatsu and Zanpakuto… wait, it was when Renji commented on Ichigo's Zanpakuto…!'
The image of Renji, who was angry because Ichigo was the one who borrowed Rukia's reiatsu.
Hoshito: 'If I recall, he said Ichigo was poor in controlling his reiatsu… wait minute, control… could it be…!'
I slapped my forehead as the answer was in front of me the whole time.
Hoshito: "I'm truly an idiot…"