Life Novel: Part 1 and 2

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As I was finishing my business with the Captains I decided to visit a relative, the Shiba house, I've been meaning to meet whoever Talon, Solar Ember, Levy, and Raven were related to. Same with Colossal Jagaur and Serene Jewel, but I'll visit the Kuchiki manor some other time. I entered the open field, I took deep breaths because this is actually nerve wrecking for me to do this alone, so I tapped the gauntlet with my fist 3 times, Onyx jumps out, sword at the ready. Then sees on where I am, "Let's see on who father was related to." "Yeah," I said, "I guess this only makes sense if we, as siblings, would like to know where our parents lived with." He nodded, thinking the same thing, we walked up to the front of the house of the Shiba Clan since me and Onyx are a part of the Shiba Clan, we both heard, "Halt! Who goes there?!" "Oh, great, guards, I hate them," mumbled Onyx, I was seeing his arms tense up like he was flexing his biceps but he tells me that he does that if he is either angry, scared, or going out of control. All I did was touch him and he immediately calmed down, even though he is in a relationship with Blizzard, his hollow form won't allow him to trust anyone else but myself. The guards jumped down, one of them notices on who we look like, "Children of Trinity Kuchiki and Talon Shiba, what can we do for you?" "We are here to see the Shiba clan, we want to know on who we are related to," I said, with confidence. We were let inside, Onyx was being watched carefully which I don't blame them for keeping a sharp eye on him, he does still have that wild beast inside of his entire being.

We went to a room where a woman was sitting down, minding her own business, she harshly asked, "What is it this time, you idiots?" "I can see where Aunt Shadow Phoenix got her attitude," said Onyx. I nodded in agreement, "But I don't sense any trait that Levy and Raven has within her." "I think they chose to be like that," said Onyx, "Water, as we know, it's calming and soothing, like her, but when angered, a tsunami is formed." "Explains why no one angers her or Raven, mainly Raven," I said to him, "Enough chit chat, let's get to know our relatives." "Right," he said. The woman was informed that we are children of Talon Shiba and Serene Jewel, we saw a smile forming on her face, "Well, well, well, children of the 2 rebels, state your name." "Yes ma'am," I said, out of instinct, "I'm Akari Itsuki Shiba." "I'm Tristan Salem Shiba," said Onyx, "Though I prefer to be called Onyx." "I call you by whatever I want, am I clear?" she asked him. His arms tensed up again, he's either getting angry, scared, or going to go out of control, I only whispered his hollow release form so he can go into his Black Panther form, he changed immediately as soon as I said it, now he's in his Black Panther form. I sat down and begin to pet this feeling away, I'm always know what to do when it comes to what is about to happened to my brother.

She asked, "Why did he turn into that?" "He was tensing up, I can only do this because I am the only one that he trusts the most," I said, "Let's just say that we are working on him trying to trust other people other than me." "Well, good thinking that you did that," she said softly, "Look, I know that you came here to get to know your relatives but if you can't really see, I'm not in the best mood right now." "I understand, we'll leave," I said, understanding the situation at hand. Then I felt something in my pocket, I pulled out it was a smoking pipe, "Uh, does this belong to you?" "What is it?" she asked. I showed it to her, a shock expression creeped on her face, then I tossed over to her, she just stared at it then a moment passes by when she asked, "How in the hell did you get this?" "It just appeared in my pocket, I don't know where it came from," I said to her, speaking the honest truth. Then I felt a nudge, I looked at Onyx, it was him, "How did you get that?" "Let's just say that I have my ways of getting things when no one expects it," he said, "You're welcome by the way." "Thanks," she said. Onyx did the smart thing, "You haven't told us your name, Ms Shiba." "Hm, oh, right, my name is Kukaku Shiba," she said, "I hope to see you guys around in the future." "We'll try," I said, sounding like I'm not promising that I would visit with what I am dealing with.

Onyx sees this, tells her, "I'm afraid that we are currently in the middle of a fight with something that can't seem to get her mind off of." "I understand, just visit whenever you feel like," she said, sounding kind right now. We left the area, I said to Onyx, "That was a smart move on your part, Onyx." "Yeah it was," I heard him say, "I was actually expecting her to strike at me." "Why would she attack a Black Panther that has the Dark element?" I asked, having a good point. He flat out said, "I didn't think that one through, geez, I know I'ma stupid." "No, Ichigo is the stupid one, you are far beyond that," I said to him, "So, your true name is Tristan Salem?" "Yep," he said, "I was given the name Onyx by myself because in Hueco Mundo, I was being taken care of by Hollowified Black Panther which was this form at the time." "So, your elemental spirit is a female?" I asked. He was not expecting anyone to catch on to that, "How did you know that?" "Any mother would take any orphan," I said, "I would know, Shadow Phoenix took me in and was being a mother in Serene Jewel's place." "I guess that makes sense," he said, "But the wild one happened to be her mate, didn't like the fact that she took me in without telling him." "What is going on within you now?" I asked. Onyx said, "Ever since you started seeing me as a brother than just a friend, she is currently trying to take him out because I'm might not be her biological son but she is still the one who I am right now. She's an Adjuchas while her soon to be ex mate is a Vasto Lorde."