The strawberry berserker
Chapter 1
A young nine year old boy was walking with his mother he had orange just like his mother and brown eyes. The kid at this point wasn't anything but happy, he had a nice mother and father and two little sisters at home what else could you want so he didn't feel bad about how he had just lost a fight with a girl and had cried afterward. 'Ichigo' his mother said while looking down at him 'why don't we go to the park tomorrow with your sisters'' she asked, 'sure' Ichigo exclaimed happy they would be doing something together.
But as they were walking down the road Ichigo saw something to his left down in a river next to them, a girl was there and she looked like she was drowning and Ichigo being taught to help people when they needed it rushed down to help her, his mother saw this and panicked thinking 'he can't tell between ghosts and living people yet'. She rushed after him yelling 'Ichigo wait, stop' but he kept going wanting to help the girl when suddenly when he got close something bigger more like a monster appeared, it was big, hairy and had a mask on it's face what's more the girl that Ichigo saw was hanging from the monster's head almost like a lure.
'Ah' it spoke 'I have easily lured you down here foolish boy now it is time to consume you' Ichigo was terrified unable to move as it's jaw was coming down on him he closed his eyes expecting death when something warm and wet sprayed him, and he realized as he opened his eyes was blood, red and dark, he looked up slowly tears falling as he was choking back more but the image was there burned forever into his mind as his mother's body fell lifeless and bloody and that was the last thing he saw before he passed out from the trauma his mind unable to take it his mother dead her body ruined and torn.
Six years later within the shattered shaft
Ichigo even now while he was in this damn hole couldn't get over what had happened how Rukia had just given up like it was over and those damn soul reapers arrogant he felt an intense rage build up just thinking about them 'Renji Abarai and Byakuya Kuchiki' he thought teeth gritted 'I will definitely beat both of you' but a voice something he didn't recognize spoke 'that rage and anger, the desire to kill I like that' it was dark and ominous but Ichigo wasn't a afraid he had heard voices like that from hollows but this one sounded even more familiar like he had heard it in dreams.
'Who said that' Ichigo yelled out loud and Urahara actually looked down at this. He had thrown Ichigo down in the pit actually hoping the boy would succeed because A. the boy had potential he had seen it with him just using Rukia's power and B. Isshin would be pissed if his kid turned into a hollow, but now it seemed the chance of that happening was slimmer. He had thrown the kid down there in spirit form with his chain of fate cut and his arms bound behind his back, he had thrown an asauchi there as well not that he could use it, it was only there so his zanpakuto could form successfully, he had told the boy he needed to somehow get out of the pit but really he wanted him to figure out he had to awaken his powers in order for that to happen.
'Remember Ichigo' he called 'If your chain of fate fully erodes, then you'll turn into a hollow and we'll be forced to slay you'' he said all seriously but raised a brow when the kid didn't even twitch.
Ichigo's inner world
'Where am I' he thought as he sat up, it looked like he was in a forest with tree's as tall as the sky and the floor of the forest where he was sitting just as beautiful as anything else he had seen, the sky was blue and the sun was bright not a cloud in sight 'Come child' he heard again the same voice as before 'Keep forward and you shall find me' Ichigo wanted more though 'Who are you' he yelled but all he got was a laugh so he kept on until he found a cave 'Is this where you are' he asked but got no answer. He ventured farther into the cave until he saw sparks and suddenly it was revealed by fire just what it was lured him here, it was big, it looked like a big ferocious black dog with red lightning like eyes but it didn't scare Ichigo because it made sense thought he was hesitant to believe it 'are you my zanpakuto spirit' he asked nit a trace if fear but not knowing that a spirit could be like this.
It stared at him for a moment before answering 'Yes' very simply 'Oh um' he started but the beast cut him off 'You want power, you want to be able to tear the tattoed baboon and arrogant noble in half' it stated almost smiling 'Ichigo remembered and once more gritted his teeth 'why was I so weak' the beast answered 'you were weak because you hesitated you didn't fight like a beast you fought like a man' it spoke 'What' Ichigo spoke, the beast or dog whatever it was breathed from it's nose 'When you fight with just your instincts and hatred, anger and rage you fight your greatest' it explained while Ichigo looked shocked replaying it in his mind 'but with thoughts and feeling you fight like a weakling'.
Ichigo didn't want to admit it but it was right 'how do you know this' he asked 'Because I' it boomed 'am your zampakuto spirit know this if you do not heed by what just told you, if you do not embrace me your darkness' it growled looking right into Ichigo's eyes 'then you will die and so will the girl'.
'Now what is my name' it roared 'Beast of Darkness' was Ichigo's roar back.
Outside Ichogo's mind
Urahara watched as Ichigo sat there most likely still talking to the spirit. 'Damn when's that guy gonna do something, doesn't he know he's gonna turn into a hollow soon' Jinta spoke 'Shh watch' Urahara spoke feeling the spiritual pressure spike and suddenly from the very pit itself fire shot upward, a tower of flames and from them a person stood looking out at them.