So, I was in a Bleach mood and planning on continuing my Soul King's Wish story when this idea popped into my head and I just had to do it, so here it is. before we begin however, I'm putting up a poll to decide who Fem! Ichigo will be paired with so go and vote on that please. Without further adieu, here is Unwavering Souls.

Chapter 1

Third Person POV

It was currently September 3rd, 4 weeks since the original group of 4 teens with an extra member of a certain black cat exited back to their home Karakura Town from the Soul Society after succeeding in their mission to save their friend from execution and had uncovered a treacherous faction within the government of said Soul Society. Now things had died down and a calm has descended on the teens while Soul Society is busy gathering intel on Aizen to learn his of his plans. However this peace is short lived as three figures appear from a tear in the air at a park in Karakura Town.

The first figure was a slender, yet fairly muscular, male of average height with a melancholic appearance. He had fairly short, messy black hair, pale white skin, a black upper lip, and green eyes with small slit-shaped pupils, similar to a cat's. Part of his bangs fell between his eyes, and he had distinctively thick eyebrows. He also had teal lines which descended from the lower part of his eyes. He wore a high-collared white jacket with two coattails, black sash, a white hakama, black tabi, and white waraji. On his sternum was hole like that of a hollow and on the top-left side of his head lied on the top-left a horned half-helmet.

The second figure was a young woman with pale skin, medium-short white hair, and emerald eyes and wore the Arrancar's normal white coat and black sash, but her her umanori of her hakama is replaced by a white skirt, and she also wears black tabi and a pair of heeled white boots.

The final figure was another young woman with a peachy skin tone, long vibrant orange hair with white streaks, and hazel colored eyes. She wore a white jacket with a white hakama, black sash, and the addition of two belts crisscrossing around her waist. She also wore black tabi and a pair of white boots.

"Since I had to bring you two, you will provide your skills if any shinigami appear." The male ordered dismissively.

"Hai Ulquiorra-sama." The short haired girl said obediently while the longer haired girl grunted grudgingly in agreement.

With that interaction done the now dubbed "Ulquiorra" began looking around, meanwhile the presence of the trio wasn't being ignored as their spiritual pressure alerted the protectors of Karakra and they all began to make their way to deal with this unknown group. The first to arrive were a young woman with burnt orange hair and grey eyes, wearing a school uniform of a white blouse with a red bow, grey skirt, white stockings, and a pair of simple shoes and a boy of hispanic descent with brown hair and eyes wearing a boys uniform with a white shirt, grey pants, and a pair of shoes.

"Ulquiorra-sama, two humans with shinigami level reiatsu spotted. Do you wish for us to get rid of them?" The white haired girl asked.

"No, leave the trash where they are." He sighed in disinterested.

"Whatever, if you humans wish to live, leave now. If you bother us, we'll be forced to get rid of you." The orange haired woman among the trio informed.

'These reiatsus are too strong for Orihime and I, we'll just have to wait for Tatsuki-chan.' Yasutora Sad, normally called Chad, thought.

Then as if summoned a voice called out,"How about instead you get out of our town."

Ulquiorra looked with his comrades to see a young woman of average height with short and spiky black hair and brown eyes, she wore the standard Shinigami attire of a black shihakusho with a red rosary-like strap across her chest. In her hands was a katana with a rectangular bronze tsuba with gently inward-curved edges, a stylized flame pattern on the long sides, and a simple decorative slit on the short sides. The hilt's handle had a red wrapping and two light blue tassels attached to the handle's base, which was decorated with a flame design on its short sides.

"Ulquiorra, is this our target?" The orange and white haired girl asked.

"Yes, Ichigo test her." He ordered simply.

She nodded,"Akemi, stay close to Ulquiorra."

"Hai Onee-chan." The solid white haired one said stepping closer to the apathetic-looking man.

Comforted by this she turned to the target.

"Well, we've never met but I've heard a bit about you Tatsuki Kurosaki," She began making Tatsuki's eyes narrow, "but where are my manners, I am Ichigo, it is a pleasure."

"Just Ichigo, what about your last name?" Tatsuki asked confused.

"Don't have one, now come at me." She replied.

Tatsuki drew her zanpakuto but noticed her opponent made no move to draw her own.

"Why don't you draw your zanpakuto?" Tatsuki asked.

"Because at the level we are fighting it would simply be boring if I started with my precious zanpakuto." She informed patting the hilt of the weapon in question.

"How so?" Tatsuki asked.

"Simple, at base level, I have access to a mastery in 3 shinigami arts and 5 hollow combat arts. That alone should be enough to fight you. However, if you insist, I will start with less of a handicap." Ichigo said making a ripping motion in front of her face to summon a white mask appearing to be designed like a menacing skull. The mask was white, and had two thin vertical black stripes, each on one half of the mask, which are interrupted by the widened eye-holes and the jaw. Behind the mask her eyes were now a slightly familiar golden on black scalera.

"A-Are you a V-Visored?" Tatsuki stuttered surprised.

"No, my imouto and I are simply hybrids, this mask as it is now allows me to access 2 fourths of my full Hollow powers." She explained.

"2 fourths?" Tatsuki asked shocked as the black reiatsu of her opponent was easily surpassing her current levels of reiatsu.

"It seems Ulquiorra is getting annoyed with me. I suggest you enter shikai otherwise you just might get hurt." Ichigo informed sugarcoating the truth with large amounts of sarcasm.

"Cleave the Heavens, Zangetsu!" Tatsuki cried out.

Then her katana shifted into an oversized khyber knife with a silver hilt with gray wrappings, and a length of cloth at its base.

"I see, well then come at me, let us test the power of your shikai."

Tatsuki's POV

With that said, my orange haired opponent moved used a high speed movement technique, though Tatsuki wouldn't call it shunpo since a low buzz filled the air as it was used. I hastily lifted Zangetsu to block a strike from the orangette's fist. The strength behind said punched pushed me back slightly before I pushed back and she moved back with the hum of her speed technique. Then she attacked once more with a kick, but when I blocked she simply put her hand on the ground and brought her other leg around. I dodged to the side as fast as I could but her quick kick still ripped a hole in my shihakusho. Then, back on her feet, the orangette threw a punch hitting me straight in the jaw and sending me flying.

"Tatsuki-chan!" Orihime cried running towards me.

"Not allowed." The enemy orangette informed apologetically before punching her away too.

"Orihime!" I cried before summoning up my reiatsu and taking the all to familiar stance,"Bankai! Tensa Zangetsu!"

Then as I entered bankai my clothing changed, the blade of Zangetsu shrunk my sword down to a daito with a black blade just as long as my shikai. The tsuba guard was four curved and jagged prongs bent out to form the shape of the manji (which is the kanji for "ban," meaning "full," as in "full release"). In addition my robes changed and were replaced with a long-sleeved, ankle-length black coat with red lining, which was closed at my chest and left to flare out into ragged ends. I then shunpoed in front of the orangette with my blade covered in black and red reiatsu.

"Getsuga Tensho!" I yelled the name of my signature technique.

As I waited for the dust to fall I noticed the orangette's sister seemed only marginally concerned, instead of worried.

"So, you have that technique as well." I blinked when my mind processed what was happening and the words spoken as the orange haired enemy stood un blemished with her her smoke curling from her hand, which was just as undamaged.

It was then I notice her reiatsu had risen.

"I actually had to release some of my mask's real power. Making me use this much of my Gillian level power, I'm impressed. I guess it is time to end this, if that's all you had." The orangette sighed, pointing her index finger at me and a familiar red ball formed and I tried to move, but only heard a cackle in my mind and the voice of her saying,'... Should switch with me.'

The cero hurtled towards me when it was released and right before it hit me black and green robes and getaed feet blocked my vision as a red shield protected us.

The orangette blinked and looked to her comrade,"Well Ulquiorra, Aizen put you in charge. Orders?"

"We are leaving." He decided opening a garganta and entering it, with the telltale hum, the orangette joined the two before anyone could ract and they were gone.

Later

I sat in my bed with some light bandages on my jaw as I thought back to the words of that Ichigo girl.

"Akemi, stay close to Ulquiorra."

"... It would simply be boring if I started with my precious zanpakuto."

"... My imouto and I are simply hybrids, this mask as it is now allows me to access 2 fourths of my full Hollow powers."

"So, you have that technique as well."

"I actually had to release some of my mask's real power. Making me use this much of my Gillian level power, I'm impressed..."

'Akemi must be her neesan, but why ask her to stay close to the apathetic guy if she's similar to her? Her hollow power made her that much stronger, but that was only her at Gillian level, is she an Adjuchas or is she a Vasto Lorde? And, that technique, did she mean Bankai or did she mean Getsuga Tensho... Is it possible for her to have it as well?' Tatsuki thought.

Later, Tatsuki requests help from the Visoreds

Third Person POV

"I know you want me to join you, but I don't understand what truly differentiates a Visored. Karakura was invaded and from Hueco Mundo came three people. From the male member's reiatsu he was an Arrancar, but the other two. They had masks,but the one I fought said she and her neesan were hybrids. Her mask was allowed her to draw on a quarter more of her hollow powers, I knew even without her mask she had hollow powers, but she said her mask only made her Gillian level. Then when I fought another Arrancar, he stated that the two has masks and zanpakuto, but they weren't Hollows, nor were they Shinigami. What truly makes one a Visored?" Tatsuki asked after the Visored Shinji Hirako finished speaking.

The Visored were speechless at her words,'hybrids.' was the main thought.

Those who were captains remembered hearing stories and reading about Hollow/Shinigami hybrids. Those who survived the merging of Hollow and Shinigami DNA were either mindless beasts that murder all around them or broken souls, hence they were coined as the Koware Reita, Broken Souls.

"What you speak of Tatsuki Kurosaki, is a being who was born half Hollow and half Shinigami. There have been enough of them born that they could be studied and were given the name Koware Reita. The former of the three, as you now know Arrancar, are Hollows who risk being killed to gain a safer existence and more control over themselves so they do not have to eat as many souls, they trade power for control and escape from the hunger of a hollow. Visoreds like you and us, are Shinigami who must adapt from gaining Hollow powers, we gain power without the control and we try desperately to keep our humanity. Koware Reita however, go one of two ways." Shinji informed seriously.

Tatsuki was on the edge of her metaphorical seat as she waited for him to finish.

"They either become mindless killers with power exceeding that of the Shinigami Captains and Vasto Lordes or if they survive that, they live their lives with mental disabilities. Some go completely numb to their feelings, some have their bodies go numb, some get a form of depression that will never leave them, the list goes on. The girl you fought, whatever Aizen offered has her willing to follow him, listen to him, and possibly even trust him." Shinji explained.

That's the end for now, see you next chapter and don't forget the poll.

~Nox