Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

It seems I had been oversimplifying things.

Just as he was feeling frustrated, the sound of wooden clogs came from the edge of the pit.

Kisuke Urahara, leaning on his cane, walked down step by step.

"Oh my, congratulations, Mr. Kurosaki."

He walked up to Ichigo, rested his chin on his fan, and looked at Ichigo with great interest. "It seems you have successfully wrested your power back from the Hollows."

Ichigo Kurosaki ignored his teasing, simply raising the broken blade in his hand and asking somewhat irritably, "Wooden clogs and hats, how do you fix these?"

"Well..."

Kisuke Urahara's smile became even more meaningful. "Then it depends on how you perform next, Mr. Kurosaki."

He snapped his fan shut, pointed to the open space outside the pit, and his tone suddenly became serious.

"Now that you have regained the power of death, the real training shall begin now."

……

On the other side of the training field.

Sasuke slowly shifted his gaze away from the man with the orange hair.

He could sense that Ichigo's spiritual pressure had undergone a dramatic change compared to before.

It seems that they have truly awakened to what belongs to them.

Sasuke's gaze involuntarily darkened.

He turned to look at the black cat yawning on his shoulder, his voice carrying a hint of barely suppressed urgency.

Yoruichi.

"Hmm?" Yoruichi's cat-like eyes were half-closed as she lazily responded.

"Can we continue now?"

Sasuke's voice was calm, "Regarding the training for Bankai."

Upon hearing this, Yoruichi finally straightened up from his shoulder, a sly glint in her eyes.

"Oh? Theoretically speaking, it's not impossible."

Her voice trailed off, “After all, you’ve already met your ‘sword spirit,’ although the process was a bit unexpected.”

“Then let’s continue.” Sasuke’s answer was crisp and decisive.

"No rush, no rush."

Yoruichi nimbly leaped off his shoulder and landed on the ground, her tail swaying slowly behind her.

"There are still many things I don't understand before I begin that dangerous training."

She stopped, looked up, and her cat-like eyes shone with an astonishing light.

“You said before that you developed a lot of ‘interesting techniques’ in that world, but you can’t just talk the talk.”

Yoruichi's tone was full of curiosity, "A mere 'summoning technique' can't satisfy my curiosity."

"Before you continue with your Bankai, you have to show me the results of your training in that world."

She licked her paws, as if to emphasize her importance, and then added a sentence.

"After all, I'm the teacher who's responsible for guiding you. If I don't know more about the student's background, it will be very troublesome."

Sasuke stood expressionless in the center, while Yoruichi, in cat form, sat on a protruding rock not far away.

"Then let's start with the basics."

Yoruichi's voice was languid, "Let me see what kind of interesting techniques you learned in that world."

Sasuke glanced at her, forcibly suppressing the anxiety in his heart.

He knew that if he didn't satisfy the curious cat in front of him, he probably wouldn't be able to start his cultivation today.

Is it interesting?

Sasuke pondered in his mind, then quickly formed several hand seals in front of his chest.

It's not some incredibly powerful technique; it's just a basic "transformation technique" taught at a ninja academy.

A burst of white smoke exploded without warning, completely engulfing Sasuke's original figure.

The smoke dissipated.

The black-haired boy in the shihaka uniform had vanished, replaced by a tall woman with a healthy tan and long purple hair.

It was Yoruichi in her human form.

"Eh?!"

On the rock, the black cat suddenly froze, its golden cat eyes widening instantly, and its mouth instinctively opening into an "O" shape.

She instantly leaped down from the rock, circling the "Sasuke" who looked exactly like her several times, her tail taut.

"This, this, this..."

Yoruichi's voice stammered, "Reiatsu, physique, even the details of this outfit..."

She stopped, looked up, and stared at "herself" who also had long purple hair, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Finally, as if to confirm something, she suddenly exerted force with her hind legs, lightly leaping up and landing on Yoruichi's shoulder.

It stretched out its tiny paw pads and carefully poked the face that was exactly the same as its own.

The realistic tactile sensation comes from the paw pads.

“It’s exactly the same…” Yoruichi exclaimed in amazement.

Sasuke glanced at her expressionlessly.

"Is this technique based on an understanding of the body structure of the person being altered?"

Yoruichi's curiosity was completely piqued, and she wrapped her arms around Sasuke's neck and jumped onto his other shoulder.

"Yes," Sasuke succinctly admitted.

"Oh......"

Yoruichi trailed off, a sly glint in her cat-like eyes.

She nimbly jumped back to the ground, transforming back into human form, and snuggled close to Sasuke, a pitiful expression appearing on her pretty face.

"Hey, Sasuke..."

Her voice became sweet and cloying. She clasped her hands together and winked at that "self," "Since change is based on 'understanding,' does that mean...?"

Yoruichi leaned forward slightly, her voice filled with anticipation, "Can you also transform into my naked form?"

"I'm really curious about how I appear in other people's eyes."

"Please, just let me take a look, okay?"

"..."

Sasuke's face instantly darkened.

“Boring,” he uttered coldly.

"Don't say that! This is very important academic research!"

Yoruichi pressed closer, "This is really important to me, Sasuke-sensei! Please, please, Sasuke-sensei?"

Sasuke immediately deactivated the transformation jutsu, reverting to his original appearance. He glanced coldly at the naked Yoruichi, a barely perceptible blush creeping up his ears.

Although I hate to admit it, he can indeed do that, even perfectly replicating every detail of the body, but this...

"Sigh, how stingy." Yoruichi pouted in disappointment upon seeing this.

"Do you want to keep watching?" Sasuke's voice was already full of impatience.

"Of course!"

Yoruichi immediately regained her composure and jumped back onto the rock.

Sasuke slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers spread open.

"Sizzle—!!!"

A ball of energy, woven from black and white lightning, instantly formed in his palm, emitting a shrill cry like the chorus of a thousand birds.

"This is..." Yoruichi's eyes instantly turned serious.

"Thousand Birds".

Sasuke whispered, then flicked his wrist, and the raging ball of lightning instantly lengthened, transforming into a condensed black and white lightning spear.

"Thousand Birds Sharp Spear".

Without pausing, he brought his fingers together, and the lightning spear transformed into countless tiny electric snakes, coiling around his arm and eventually covering his entire body.

"Thousand Birds Stream".

The series of fluid and graceful movements made Ye's eyes light up even more.

"So that's how it is. It's a technique developed by combining spiritual power with the power of that world?" she murmured to herself.

"It's not over yet."

Sasuke's voice rang out, and a jet-black flame surged from the "Indra" sword at his waist.

Immediately afterwards, he raised his right hand, palm facing forward.

"You rulers! Masks of flesh and blood..."

A familiar chant came from his mouth.

This is the path of ghosts!

"Hado #33, Azure Flame Falls!"

A bluish-white flame condensed in his palm.

Just as the flame was about to leave his hand, the black flames on Sasuke's left-hand sword suddenly shot into the bluish-white Kido.

The nature of the flame underwent a qualitative change at this moment.