New King Chapter- 1
First story ever! YEEP! Please, R&R. Sorry for the short first chapter, they will get longer. Disclaimer:
I don't own Bleach or its characters. Tite Kubo does. (Wouldn't it be awesome if I did? Don't answer that...)
'The last time I was here... I won the battle. All the times I've fought him, was he holding back? Was he just waiting for when I was vulnerable? All the times I've tried to protect my friends... Were they for nothing?' Ichigo thought desperately.. He stared at the buildings in the innerscape, the never-ending rain accompanied by deafening thunder. He couldn't do much now that he didn't rule anymore. Not that he would want to rule after what happened. How he could probably never say sorry, and that there was really no one left to forgive him. He'd really messed up.
Zangetsu standing at his side was the only thing keeping him from screaming at the sideways sky for forgiveness. His life, all he worked for. What he almost died for over and over again.. All ruined in his one moment of idiotic courage.
'Could I ever face Rukia again? After what I did? The blood on my hands? Not even considering if I could take back enough control to do it.' Ichigo thought, not really even believing anything anymore.
"Zangetsu." he said to his materialized zanpakutou. The only other being in this personal hell. Where he was only left to his thoughts and those thoughts did nothing to ease the guilt.
"Ichigo.. What you had, is his now." His look matched that of Ichigo's, giving up all hope. His zanpakutou knew, as well as he did that there wasn't much that they could do to stop what was coming now.
"Oh would you saps just SHUT UP! All your self pity is giving me a freaking headache." a shrill voice came from all sides, almost engulfing the inner world in its eerie tone. "I am king. Get over it."
"Hichigo..." Ichigo said, knowing Hichigo would probably hear him if he even whispered, "You aren't king. You aren't human. YOU AREN'T KING!" He was furious, even if he got his life back; it would never be the same, all because of him.
"Don't you idiots know… Ichigo Kurosaki doesn't exist anymore. Only Hichigo Shirosaki does." Then, as in response to Hichigo's anger, Ichigo and Zangetsu were blown down by a gust of wind that also succeeded in knocking the breath out of them.
"Now all you need to get in your THICK heads that I am the king now, and there is NOTHING you all can do about it!" Hichigo's command came crashing down through the innerscape. His emotions severely affected the inner world, as nothing was in Ichigo's control anymore. Then from what they could tell, Hichigo had made it to the Soul Society.
Head Captain Yamamoto of the 13 court guard squads heard a soft knocking at the door, recognizing the reiatsu; he invited the person to come in.
"Kuchiki Rukia. You wanted something, this isn't the way to-" The head captain started saying, though interrupted by Rukia.
"Sorry sir. But there's not much time." She started saying. "There needs to be an elimination..." Rukia said, her voice wavering. "Of a threat in the human world. Requested party size would be 2-4 captains along with at least 10 seat member Shinigami." Rukia was breathing more heavily in remembering what had happened to her friends, in the hands of this same person.
'We can't have anymore dead in his hands.' she thought as she was fought to keep her composure by digging into her palms with her fingernails, drawing small amounts of blood.
"2-4 captains? 10 seated? Kuchiki, we haven't used a force that powerful since full-out war." he said with a shocked, unbelieving, and almost amused expression. "Who or what needs to be taken care of so forcefully?" he was now thoroughly curious, his expression told it all. He suddenly wondered if she needed a mental examination.
Rukia took in a piercing breath. She let it out, barely being able to form words. Of a name.. A name she loved.. A name she adored.. A name that had killed Renji, Orihime, and brave shinigami of another squad and then smearing their blood on her and laughing in that shrill voice that she had come to hate. But, it wasn't really him it was the side that, the one she loved had no control over. The only way she could do this now was by reminding her that the person she knew and loved was gone. "Kurosaki Ichigo." she replied as a tear of anger and regret ran down her face.
But before the head captain could process this, a small black-haired shinigami wearing the uniform of the research department ran in in. "Sorry to disturb head captain Yamamoto sir! We have an emergency." he said, taking an apparent pause to hear how mad Yamamoto would be for his intrusion.
"Spit it out boy! We don't have all day." he said, scaring the poor Shinigami out of his wits.
"We... We have a large hollow reiatsu coming from the East Rukongai district sir! It's off the charts! It just appeared, spiked, and destroyed all our scanners in the area." he said, panting to try to recover from the run.
"Weren't those scanners made to detect a reiatsu all the way up to the level of two or three captains releasing all their energy at once?" Yamamoto questioned.
"Yes sir." the small Shinigami replied quickly.
"Rukia, I will speak to you of this matter later, this cannot be ignored." with that the head captain followed the Shinigami out the door.
Rukia sunk to her knees and in a muffled sob mumbled out "Ichigo, stop your other side. Don't let him kill anyone else. Because... Because... I swear... If you threaten to kill one more person... I will kill you." she sobbed, tears streaming down her face without fail. Sticking her zanpakutou into the floor she stopped her tears to say in warning... "Ichigo, run."
END OF CHAPTER 1
(I finally got the time to fix these first chapters.)