I do not own Naruto or Bleach. This is only my second bleach story so please be nice but feel free to call me out on my mistakes. It's after the Fullbring stuff in Bleach and after Pein's attack on Konoha in Naruto. It's also AU so don't expect the details of each timeline to match up just right. Plus I still haven't read or watched Bleach.
Stranger Danger
Ichigo stepped into Urahara's candy shop and looked around. Kenpachi was present, along with Rukia, Urahara, and Shinji.
"What's this about?" Ichigo questioned referring to being summoned to the candy shop in the middle of class.
"We need your help," Rukia stated.
"What, fighting a Hollow?" Ichigo questioned.
"Not exactly," Rukia sighed. "There's...someone, going around fighting and defeating Shinigami, Vizards, even Hollows, seemingly at random. Every time one is defeated, they go missing. The only reason we know anything about it is because Shinji saw him fighting Lisa and defeat her before the man, or whatever he was, blasted him and knocked him out. I caught a glimpse of the same man later on when I was looking for Byakuya, who has also gone missing."
"Your brother got beat?" Ichigo blinked. "I'm sorry."
"Not that I want to interrupt, but there's a bit of a problem with this," Kenpachi stated.
"What?" Ichigo questioned.
"He also apparently defeated Hitsugaya, Hinamori, Shunski, Ukitake, Amagai, and a list of others," Kenpachi stated. "He's been searching for Yamamoto, I'm guessing, and will try to kill him as well."
"That would not work out well for anyone," Ichigo sighed. "Anything else?"
"Nel was defeated," Shinji spoke up.
"She's missing?" Ichigo questioned.
"No," Shinji sighed shaking his head. "If she was I'd say she just went back to Hueco Mundo. I know she was defeated because I found her corpse pinned to the wall over our doorway with her own zanpakuto."
"I see," Ichigo sighed. "I take it we'll be hunting him down."
"Good guess," Urahara nodded. "No one here, you included, is allowed to engage this guy alone. We have no way of knowing how strong he is."
"Just remember what Aizen did to us when he fought all of the Vizard, Captains, and Ichigo at once," Kenpachi stated shivering.
"Us?" Ichigo blinked looking at him. "You weren't even there."
"Okay you then," Kenpachi shrugged. "Anyway, Like Urahara said, no one fights him and no one travels alone except me."
"I'll stick with Rukia then," Ichigo sighed. "We're going to go check on Yamamoto to make sure that he's not in danger. Shinji, you and Urahara go get the rest of the Vizard and as many Shinigami as you can. Tell them to search for the man, carefully. The less beaten the better. And Shinji, what does he look like?"
"You'll know him when you see him," Shinji stated. "He wears a strange cloak and an orange mask. Be careful, Lisa couldn't even land a hit. It was hard to tell from the distance I was at while they were fighting but it definitely looked like he managed to dodge all of her attacks. And she was pissed about it."
"Alright," Ichigo nodded. "We'd better get moving."
"We'll have to take the Dangai," Rukia stated. "I don't have a Hell Butterfly with me."
"Terrific," Ichigo sighed. "Alright. Let's go."
Rukia nodded and they both left. Urahara and Shinji both left to collect the remaining Vizard and Kenpachi left the shop to gather nearby Shinigami who were in false bodies.
Ichigo looked around and sighed. He wasn't sure why, but the Dangai always depressed him. He looked over at Rukia and saw her looking around worriedly.
"What?" Ichigo questioned.
"The Kototsu should be sweeping the Dangai today," Rukia stated. "But it's gone."
"Maybe it's just not here," Rukia stated.
"Maybe," Rukia agreed. "Come on. We should hurry."
The two began to sprint through the Dangai as fast as they could but skidded to a stop when they saw two people ahead who looked perfectly calm, aside from their evil grins.
"What luck," one chuckled. "Just the one the boss was looking for."
"Yep," the other chuckled. "And a new slave too. He's going to enjoy you."
Both were dressed in black jumpsuits with complete masks and black chest plates that looked to be leather or something similar.
"Out of our way!" Ichigo snapped drawing his sword.
"Fancy zanpakuto," on laughed drawing a pair of knives with ring pommels, and leaf-shaped blades that curved backward like mini scimitar blades. "Let me guess, Shikai? You'll need a lot more than that."
He suddenly appeared behind Ichigo, slashing at him, only for Rukia to block it with her own zanpakuto. Ichigo charged forward and slashed at the other man who easily sidestepped the blade then slammed a knee into Ichigo's stomach, launching him away while his zanpakuto crashed to the ground.
"Pathetic," the man chuckled. "Show us what you're made of, Boy."
Ichigo stood and charged again, throwing a punch, which the man blocked, while kicking his Shikai into the air and grabbing it, slashing at the man who extended a knife like the other man's and blocked it before kicking Ichigo away.
"Fine then," Ichigo growled holding his zanpakuto out in front of him, making Rukia and the second man stop their fight to watch. "Bankai!"
Black spiritual energy shot up around him, leaving him holding his Bankai and he darted forward, cutting the man he had been fighting in half instantly.
"Oh shit!" the other man gasped running away from Ichigo.
"Hakuren!" Rukia, who had been preparing an attack while her opponent watched Ichigo's fight, shouted sending a burst of cold air at him.
The air froze him solid, stopping him in his tracks and Ichigo smirked.
"Come on," Rukia said running past him. "We need to move!"
He followed and after a time, they finally reached the Soul Society and turned toward where they could sense the Head-Captain's Spiritual Power. Yamamoto was fighting. They were late.
"I'm going on ahead!" Ichigo called as he sped past Rukia, easily outpacing her. "See if you can find some captains on the way but don't take too long!"
Rukia nodded and Ichigo sprinted through the streets toward the First Division HQ. Just as he neared the entrance, most of the headquarters exploded in a massive fireball before it went out, leaving Yamamoto lying on the ground with a man over him, holding his sword with the blade pointed down toward Yamamoto's throat.
"I would send you too but I suspect that he would have a bit of trouble finding a use for you, or a way to restrain your power," the man over him, wearing a black cloak with red clouds, spoke, more to himself than anything. "So, I suppose I will just bring him the weapon. I thank you for giving me the full power, by the way."
The blade, which should have burned the man into nothingness long before he could take it, looked like a worn, ancient katana with a badly scorched blade. Ichigo began to sprint forward but before he could even get a forth of the way, the man spun, revealing an orange mask with a spiral design around his right eye, which was the only one visible. The man pointed the sword at Ichigo, making him skid to a stop as the man stared at him, his eye having a red iris and three tomoe shaped marks around his pupil at even intervals.
"Wait your turn Ichigo Kurosaki," the man instructed calmly. "I'm almost finished. Do not be impatient."
And with that, the man spun back around and drove the sword through Yamamoto's face as Yamamoto reached up toward the sword. Yamamoto instantly turned to ash and fell away while the man turned toward Ichigo, holding the sword in front of himself.
"Now then," the man spoke. "I suppose I should thank you for sparing me the trouble of tracking you down. I should also warn you that I have quite a lot of experience fighting your kind. I killed that slutty bitch, what was it, Nelliel To Odelschwanck? Not to mention that half-breed bitch Lisa Yadomaru, your greatest warrior, the man who fancied himself Gaara, the best team your pathetic military had, the boy that wanted to be an ice dragon and his girlfriend, and that brat with Mini-Dick-Syndrome that could shoot flames out of his massively over-sized sword. If you think you can defeat me without the sword, feel free to try."
"Not while you're holding that," Ichigo stated staring at Yamamoto's blade. "Put that down, and I'll kill you."
The man chuckled and the sword suddenly began to spiral around the air, seeming to be sucked into the man's eyes before another came out, much the same way. This one, however, was a bit shorter and looked like short tsurugi with three jutte-like prongs extending from the blade, two on the front and one on the back.
"That's Hinamori's!" Ichigo shouted. "What, do you keep the sword everyone you fight uses?"
"Only those I can use," the man shrugged. "Observe."
He swung the sword and sent a gigantic fireball flying at Ichigo. Ichigo slashed it and cut it in half before the man appeared in front of him and slashed him across the chest. Ichigo leapt away, suffering only a small scratch, only to be blasted by a fireball. When the smoke cleared, the man looked around for Ichigo. He was gone, however.
"Damn," the man sighed. "And to think, you almost got away."
He turned to Ichigo, who was standing about a hundred feet away, seconds from a turn. Ichigo sighed and turned around as the man drove Hinamori's sword through his stomach. Ichigo blinked in surprise and the man ripped the sword out then stepped back.
"Shame," the man sighed. "I thought you would be a challenge. What a shame."
The man turned to walk away just before black spiritual energy flew past him along with a strong gust of wind. He stopped, sensing the change and turned around slowly, seeing that Ichigo now had white skin with a hole through the center of his chest and black lines spider-webbing out from it, and a thick black line running down through each eye then turning in a forty five degree angle at the cheekbones. Long orange hair extended down his back and a pair of sharp horns jutted out from the sides of his head and forward.
The man grinned behind his mask and turned all the way around as Ichigo watched him with his completely black eyes. The man fired a blast of fire at Ichigo experimentally only for Ichigo to fire off a Getsuga Tensho, blasting straight through the fireball and then through the man. Ichigo roared in triumph for a moment before the Getsuga Tensho passed the man, leaving him unscathed.
"Impressive," the man stated. "That would have hurt, were I someone else."
Ichigo roared in rage and charged forward, slashing at the man, only for the blade to pass completely through the man. The man spun and slashed him across the back. Ichigo roared and spun, slashing at him again only for the blade to pass through him again. Ichigo roared in rage and began rapid firing Getsuga Tensho, succeeding only in blasting several dozen buildings around them, leveling them all. Just as the man slashed Ichigo's sword arm and grabbed him by the throat, Rukia and all of the remaining captains, with the exception of Kenpachi, arrived.
"Drop him!" Rukia shouted.
"Or what?" the man questioned as Ichigo began to spiral and stretch through the air.
Then, Ichigo and his Bankai were gone. The captains all charged at once, but before they arrived, the man sank into the ground, disappearing.
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