"Mugetsu" he uttered as his blade swung down and he released the most powerful attack ever seen in all of the soul society's history, however he wouldn't see just how his attack had affected his target nor if it even hit as from the moment the blast left him, so did his awareness in what seemed like a bright flash.
Time held no meaning to Ichigo anymore as once his final conscious moment during the battle he had only seen brief flashes of the world, the cheering of a rebuilt soul society, the tears of his family and friends, even a few arrancar. "Why are they crying?" He asked himself before black consumes him once more for an amount of time that he couldn't decipher, however his next moments were in a long hall with black walls that seemed to be moving- no, they seemed to be alive and he saw four people.
Kiskue.
Ol' goat face
Youroichi
And...Tatsuki?
"What going on?" He tried to ask but almost nothing happened, the most he could do was grunt, but the looks he saw terrified him.
They all tuned with one of two expressions
1. Tears and joy from Tatsuki as she hugged Ichigo but backed away and examined her arms to see slight burns
And 2. Fear on the remaining three as they scrambled to assemble some contraption
"Tatsuki don't get near him, that effort he just made to talk has sped up his destabilization and he's now volatile to any life form that comes in contact with him" Kiskue said as Isshin remained silent. "What?" Ichigo asked, this time getting the whole word out, but also making Youroichi slap a hand on his mouth
"Stop! At this rate you'll die before we can save you you moronic irresponsible hard headed hero!" She hissed at him and pulled her hand away and cradled it close to her and he could see her healing it with a kido.
"I-Im hurting them!' He realized as Isshin began talking. "Listen son... We are going to save you by sending you to another dimension, we don't know where you'll end up but if I know you you'll find a way to at least send us a message... So hurry up and figure it out for us will ya,we are going to throw you into the restrictive current with seals on you to keep you whole, the current will place a curse on you that will prevent you from destabilizing again... or ever...but we don't know what else it will do so...be care-" he was interrupted by a hole opening up in the wall as Kiskue shouted to throw him in fast, however before Isshin could Tatsuki leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheek and said with tear stained face "I guess I won't be getting a rematch anytime soon so...good luck out there Ichigo."
That was the last straw for Ichigo as he began to flail to fight being thrown into the current but as he flailed a vacuum formed in the hole sucking everything save for the four people not in a near death state into it and it closed just as quickly as it appeared.
"H-hes gone..." Tatsuki said quietly as she wept and Isshin carried her back to her home...in her world...the one that her berry boy was no longer a part of.
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Almost as soon as he entered he regained full control and several markings appeared all over him. "WHAT THE FUCK!" He roared as he was sent barreling through an empty void. "She kisses me, and I get sent to another fucking dimension?! Is that how the law of nature works, just fuck Ichigo huh? No one cares if he's happy dealing with our mistakes!" He ranted to the nothingness. Midway through his rant he felt something fill up inside him and a bright light engulfed him. "Is that wind?" He asked himself as he blinked to get rid of his vision spots only to see a large floating...thing? It it a maze floating on nothing? "Whelp I know where I'm landing!" He shouted as he felt that feeling of being full drain by a fraction of what he had and he felt his old shihakshou and sealed zanpaktou form on him and his descent slow down. "Was that my spiritual pressure?" He wondered as he touched down in front of a set of doors... So he went and knocked on them.
"Welcome you are the 7th team to a-huh? Where's your team" he asked as both fairytail teams showed up to the door.
"Who's this punk?" Gajeel asked slamming his fist into his palm and licking his lips at the sight of Ichigo's sword. "I'm not sure, he doesn't seem to be affiliated with any teams...I'm sorry sir you won't be accepted as number 7 of the winning teams and the remaining two slots go to fairy tail teams a and b!" The weird little...pumpkin man declared.
"I don't give two shits about who won whatever this is, my question is where the hell am I?" Ichigo asked with a tick mark. "O-of course we are in crocus." He said waving his hands around. "The hell? Where's crocus?" Ichigo thought to himself. "OK level with me, where the hell on earth am I?" He asked again to the people that showed up. "You mean earthland? Right?" A woman in armour asked as she stepped forward. "Oh fuck." He said as he rubbed his temples and muttered "I had to get sent to another dimension and the planet isn't even earth, they added land to it!" As he paced back and forth. "You said another dimension?" Natsu asked as he rocketed toward Ichigo who simply stuck out a fist that knocked Natsu unconscious as if on instinct without even breaking stride. "I need help if you guys are willing." He said abruptly stopping what most would consider crazed mumbling. "Uh sure we'll help, but you gotta fight me first!' Shouted Natsu as he instantly revived from his comatose state on the ground. "Alright. When and where pinky?" Chucked Ichigo as he watched Natsu fume about the joke inwardly wincing as he realized that was him when people called him berry boy.
"So you're from another dimension huh?" Asked a blue haired girl as she meekly walked toward Ichigo staring in awe. "Yea why?" Answered Ichigo slightly nervous. "I can see your power, its more frightening than guildarts but more refined!" Exclaimed Wendy. Ichigo snorted as he said, oh its not refined, just heavily suppressed. Also I don't know what power this is, it feels like spiritual pressure but...different?" Ichigo said to the girl only to see her in a trance talking about something called a milky way spell dealing with remnants of a spirit.
"Soooooooooooo, what do I do next?" Ichigo asked himself as his shihakshou vanished and his sword slowly dissipated into the air, much to gajeels dismay as his stomach rumbled.
"Where'd it all go?" Wendy asked as she inspected ichigo.
"What, you mean my soul reaper gear? I just tried to will it away by focusing on my hand and it did, just like how I got it back...why don't you all seem freaked out by this?" Ichigo asked.
"Pshh this kind of stuff happens weekly for us. Hell flame brain there was raised by a dragon and Lucy here summons other dimensional beings so its not that hard to believe." Said Gray.
"Ok last question before I take off?" Ichigo directed at Gray.
"Sure"
"why are you almost naked?" Ichigo shouted and several of the females present began to attack Gray.
"You should really grow out of that habit, now for new guy...where'd he go?" Asked Wendy. "He brought back those cloths and is now about *sniff sniff* 13 miles that way." Said gajeel pointing towards the woods.
"Surely you're mistaken, there's no way he traveled such a distance without putting out a large portion of magical power." Said erza as she bopped Gajeels head.
"Listen red, my nose never lies, and it helps that I really wanna sink my teeth into that blade of his, it just smells so...blood thirsty, reminds me of the good ol' days " said Gajeel as his mouth began to drool.
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Sitting in jinzen was Ichigo as he attempted to get inside his mind scape. "Come on, the one time I fucking knock. No one answers!" He shouted as he sat down and tried again for a minute before he heard a voice from behind him... No wait its in front of him, the voice was odd so he couldn't tell before his blade warmed and spoke "ichigo, calm yourself, you're close to collapsing your entire mind!" "Zangetsu?" He asked.
"Yes, when you unsummon us I lose my connection to you so I am using our blade as a medium to contact you, as we are now you can not enter your mind, soon maybe however all you will do now is damage yourself, the markings of the dangai current have bound us to the laws of this world."
"What do you mean by bound?" Ichigo asked as he felt a significant spike in killing intent from all around him but brushed it off as it wasn't enough to hurt him in the slightest.
"I mean that your spirit energy is no more, replaced by magical power. From Shiro however we have been able to decipher an aspect of your power... Your magic is that which is capable of slaying demons with ease, however the demons here won't all just die from hacking and slashing, as I've learned fighting Shiro, but they can be killed, thanks to your magic you can use a few different getsugas that these markings have made possible."
Ichigo stood up as a large malicious force, almost comparable to Kenpachi, appeared beside all of the others he'd sensed, however most of those beings shrank away at his arrival. "Come on out, I know youre there! Who are you?" Ichigo shouted.
"I...am called zeref!" The guy said as he stepped into the clearing, and he said it as if he was some important figurehead in this world or something.
"OK, so?" Replied ichigo leaving zeref largely confused as to why he wasn't feared by this one...oh was this the one who he had sensed?
"Answer me this sir, but you're not from this dimension are you?" He asked as he stepped closer, his death magic seeming to avoid ichigo as he got closer.
"yea, what of it?"
Ahh, that explains the lack of fear. "Allow me to re introduce myself, I am the black mage zeref, writer of the books of demons." He reiterated with a sickly grin.
"Sup. I'm Ichigo Kurosaki." Ichigo responded causing zeref to face fault. "Are you any good with runes and symbols?" He asked the stranger.
"Well I used them to make living demons so I'd say I'm a little experienced." Answered zeref.
"What do these mean?" He asked showing Zeref his arm and upper right chest.
"Hmmmmm, I've never seen these markings, at least not in person!... From what I've read these are all binding you, however the markings are much more complex than that as these right here are working 24/7 converting your soul into magical power and filling the area your previous power contained, but the rate that they are doing it should be eating away at you physically, however this line here is a link to your previous location and is sucking power from there as well! However that is the extent of my knowledge on these divine runes." Said Zeref as he backed away as if on instinct.
"Sorry did my power hurt you?" Asked ichigo as he sealed his gear and as he did so Zeref's magic rushed to consume him causing his instincts to take over and he, summoning his sword and coat, swung shouting "GETSUGA'S THUNDERING ROAR!" Sending a crescent moon of energy easily dispelling the malicious magic and as he looked around he could see Zeref in a very damaged looking egg shape of the magic that seemed to ooze out of him. Ichigo ran up to him and offered his hand through a crack and said "sorry, I just don't trust that magic of yours."
Tenderly reaching out and grasping Ichigo's hand he said "and you're right to be wary of it, you're the first person I've met who hasn't died from being around me this long." Zeref admitted. "However who is this Getsuga? I know I didn't make any demon named that." He said confusing Ichigo. "He's no demon...sort of, he's a part of my soul, this blade is a part of me, this is Zangetsu!" Said Ichigo as he brandished his sword as he saw a lot of what appeared to be footsoldiers of a fantasy world...wait he is in a fantasy world after all. "What the fuck do you guys want?" Ichigo asked as they all readied their spears.
"W-we place you under arrest in the name of the great country of Fiore for the crime of aiding and abedding a criminal by the name of Zeref!" Shouted a random soldier.
"What the fuck crime did he do?" Asked ichigo as he stepped fearlessly toward the soldier.
"Only the mass murder of millions." Came a smooth voice as a man stepped up from the front, it was obvious that he was leagues ahead of the men before ichigo but he knew it wouldn't be much of a fight.
"I take it you're captain of these fuckers?" Ichigo asked looking toward he man, absently noting that Zeref had vanished.
"I am, I lead this platoon and demand you give us the location of the black mage Zeref and we might get your sentence reduced!" He shouted cockily.
"Sorry bud but I don't know where he went, I just met him, all we did was talk so if that's illegal I'll have to arrest you for talking to me." Ichigo said holding back his laughter as the man facefaulted.
"Regardless, you are to follow us to the prison where you will be held for your crimes against his magesty and the country of Fiore!" He said once he regained his composure
"if you want to take me in, you gotta beat me first!" Said ichigo as he got into a battle ready stance.
"I'm not platoon leader for noth-" he shouted as he charged ichigo with his short sword raised. However in the blink of an eye ichigo appeared in front of him with his fist burried into the mans stomach, shattering his chest plate, causing his mouth to gape before he rocketed off and slammed into a tree out cold.
Cracking his knuckles ichigo said "who's next?" Only to see the troops fleeing for their lives. "Hmph, wusses. I need a good fight!" He shouted as he started walking towards the city.
He needed an anger outlet.
