Thousand Cherry Blossoms

III

~Rebirth~

~Zanpakuto~

It was the next morning. Izuku woke up imagining all of what happened was a dream but was proven, to his relief, incorrect when he saw Senbonzakura walk in from the corner of his eye

"Hello Izuku, how was your sleep?" He asked with a fatherly tone which was new to Izuku's ears

"It was... Nice, it was liberating. It had been sometime since I have slept this peacefully" Senbonzakura understood what his knew user was referring to

Having spent so much time together, Senbonzakura had come to understand Izuku's mentality

"Now what?" Senbonzakura under his mask rose an eyebrow. Izuku flushed in embarrassment and explained further

"I meant now what should we do? Do I tell my parents and friends? Can they even see you? They'll definitely notice the sword and probably, most definitely take it from me?! Ah what shou-" *Bonk* Izuku was effectively cut off from his muttering by Senbonzakura gently hand chopping his head in a playful and friendly gesture

"Calm down and I'll answer your questions" Izuku did as told and calmed down, though he had a visible bump on his head from Senbonzakura chopping his head with his hand while wearing metal gauntlets!

"First, you do not tell anyone of my existence, if they should, by some miracle come across my sword form, just tell them you are training in the art of sword to become a professional Kenjutsu master, after all, when I am through with you, you will be one"
Izuku got chills when he heard the last part 'he sounds like he's plotting my murder'

"Secondly, they cannot see me unless you wish for it. I have no control over who sees me and who doesn't however you can not make it so I can be seen by someone you wish as of right now. You still lack the knowledge and mental strength to focus on exerting such a large amount of energy in a condensed form as well as including your low stamina, if you did that you would die instantly. We shall focus that task in the far future but I would like to state that someone who is like you would, outright, be able to see me"

Izuku was confused but went along with it not really understanding half of it, Senbonzakura noticed and just said "You'll understand in the future"

"Now for the last part. No one can take the sword from you if you keep it hidden" Izuku rose and eyebrow and Senbonzakura decided to elaborate

"Since you and I are connected in mind and soul, you can, logically speaking, absorb the sword as the sword is nothing more than a place for me to reside in" "but how do I do that?!" Izuku yelled in a Panic

"Hold the sword and focus on absorbing it. Remember, we are one and two. While you may absorb it, you are doing nothing more than giving it a temporary place to be held while you are not in combat or are not in use of the weapon" Izuku did as said and focused on absorbing the sword

We are one and the same, but at the same time two and different

A bright blue glow blinded the room accompanied by the katana disappearing in a pink light

"How do you feel?" Senbonzakura curiously asked "I feel fine but also different... Like I have something else living inside of my body- Ugh!" Izuku yelped and held his head in pain with senbonzakura doing the same

Izuku saw some men dressed in white and black with weird weapons in their hand. He saw what looked like to be an ancient society with traditional Japanese styled houses and temples