The blades and me (2)

''Speak''

'Thought'

[Zanpakuto speech from the inner world]

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''Me? I'm a zanpakuto.''

''A what?'' The man said

''It seems that you don't know what I am. To put it simply, a zanpakuto is a, to put it simply, soul-cutter sword.''

''Soul-cutter sword? Are you saying you are a sword or something?'' He said

'Wait, before I am here, I was doing some meditation while holding the sword. Does that mean the sword that I am holding is....'

''You are the correct master.'' The mask zanpakuto said

''Wait, did you just read my mind?''

''Hm, not really, let me explain, master.''

''The place that we are at right now is your soul, or you could call it your inner world. This world represents the state of your soul and our souls. And a person soul is always connected to a person mind, so anytime you thought of anything in this world or the outside world, we can hear it too.'' The mask zanpakuto explain

''Ok... Make sense so far. But wait, you said we, and before I come here, I heard a lot of voices, and I mean a lot of voices, which I assume are the zanpakuto, so where are they right now?''

''Well, that question is more tricky, but I will explain with the best of my ability. You all those lands around you, those are where each zanpakuto reside, which is already weird enough considering that to have a place like this, the zanpakuto need to have their soul, which is weird already.''

''Wait, wait, wait, what do you mean it weird for a zanpakuto to have a soul?''

''Well, master, a zanpakuto is not a living being. A zanpakuto is the master who wields them, and the masters who wield them are the zanpakuto. The zanpakuto and the master are the same beings; they are the same that including their soul.''

''But you master is a different case. Instead of having a zanpakuto as your own, you have us instead. It's like someone forcefully injects all of us into your soul, creating this place.''

''That sound, kinda bad.'' The man with four irises said

''Indeed it is because after you can't just inject someone into someone else soul, it will cause both of their soul to collapse and make both souls cease to exist. But you master is a special case.''

''Me? A special case? How?''

''Well, you were we standing at right now? This white platform represents your souls, and to put it simply, your soul is empty and yet not at the same time. Your soul is still there, but there is nothing inside of the said soul. In other words, it empty or hollow, you could say.''

''I see since my soul is empty in the first place, if something were to put inside my soul, it would not collapse, is that right?'' The man said

''Correct.'' The mask zanpakuto answer.

''Then technically, I'm not your master, right? Since you were a part of someone else before me.''

''Correct again.''

''Then why are you calling me master? In fact, why are you even talking and explaining all of this to me? From what I learned so far, a zanpkauto is technically a living being in a way, and all of you serve your own master. Won't you be more like, I don't know, mad that you somehow end up here separating from your master?''

''That another thing, master, we are not the original zanpakuto. We are more like a copy who have all the memories of our past, and yet we know we are not the original zanpakuto and all of us have a feeling that we should, no, we need to serve you.''

''That explains it, I guess? Then back to the original question, where are all the other zanpakutos?''

''To the answer that question, master, let put it this way, your soul is like a bottle of water with a cap on, and a zanpakuto is the water itself. Your soul might be empty like a bottle of water, but when you have too much water in it, it will burst no matter what. And the amount of water is determined by how strong the zanpakuto is.''

''I get it, so to put it simply, if the zanpakuto is too strong for my soul to handle, my soul will still collapse, am I right. Then how can I hear their voices when I'm at the outside world.''

''Because you are here, master when you are at the outside world, we can come here to your soul no matter how strong we are and can communicate with you freely. But when you come to your inner world, we will be forcefully teleported back to our inner world no matter we want it or not, so that our power will not crush your soul.''

''I guess that makes sense; I think I understand all of it.''

''You're a smart one, master. I think ******** might like you more.'' The mask zanpakuto said

''Wait, what was that?''

''Ah, that? That was the name of a zanpakuto that belong to a mad scientist, with a very nice hat.'' The mask zanpakuto said but he only mutter the last part.

''Name? But I didn't hear anything.''

''Of course, after all, you are not worthy to hear any of our names yet.''

''Now, what do you mean by that?''

''Well master, the name has power, and when you utter our name, it is a way to bring out our power.''

''I see. Then, what is the point of all of this then? I mean, do I need power?''

''Master, you probably don't know yet, but I can sense some strong reiatsu, not the strongest but still there, and there is a lot of, above averages reiatsu that does not belong to a human or any normal in that matter. So, master, you will need strength to defend yourself, whether you like it or not.''

''Because, if there is one thing that all of us can agree on, we will not let swing us around like a fool.''

''So you will be training me?'' The four irises man ask

''No.'' The mask zanpakuto answer

''What?''

''I said no, master. I, no, we will not train someone who doesn't even know your name.''

''That...''

'That makes sense, considering that they said the name has power, and they take pride in their name, training someone who doesn't even name in the first place would be quite hit on their pride.'

''Then tell me, master, what is your name?'' The mask zanpakuto ask

'But I don't even know my name!! Can I just name myself anything? No, the name has power, and I cannot loosely name something meaningless. I need to name myself something meaningful, something that will show my resolve, my pride, my power.'

'A name that will be fitting to wield all of their power.'

''My name is .....''

A/N

Well, what do you think? I know this chapter has a lot of exposition but I better tell you all about the information now better than telling you later on. So all of those who are not bleach fans will at least understand the basics.