Here you guys, girls, and unidentifiable gendered zanpakuto, go chapter 1 of this AU rewrite, I hope you like it.
normal
'thinking/writing/flashback'
Zanpakuto
Hollow/Vizard with mask
Chapter 1
Ichigo's POV
I blinked staring at the woman in front of me. She was a well endowed purple haired lady with styled swirl-shaped markings on her cheeks and black lips. She had a large silver adornment in her hair and wore the standard Shinigami uniform beneath a white, long-sleeved haori.
"Say again, I don't think I heard you right?" I asked.
"I'm here on behalf of the Reio to give you an offer from the Reio himself." She repeated.
"Ichi-nii, who is it?" Yuzu called from inside.
"Invite her in before Goat-chin does something stupid." Karin said.
"Oh, yes, I must speak Isshin-kun as well." She informed and walked in, I closed the door and when we entered the living room I saw Dad jump up.
"Kirio-chan?!" He asked/yelled.
"Isshin Shiba-kun." She said walking forward and when she was right in front of him she sweeped his legs from under hima katana appearing in her hands and she pointed it at his throat.
"Shit!" I said looking between her and Karin and Yuzu.
"What's going on?" Karin asked blinking.
"Uh..." Dad and I said at the same time.
"I see, looks like Ichigo-san wasn't the only one lied to." Kirio said glaring at Isshin.
"Well girls here's how it works." She said and began explaining souls, shinigami, and hollows.
'Crap...' I though as she finished unable to find a way to stop her.
'They'd find out eventually.' My inner hollow said.
"Your father was once taicho of squad 10 and soon to be member of the zero squad before he disappeared into the human world where he met Masaki Kurosaki who was a Qui-" She was cut off when Isshin pushed her off and clamped a hand over her mouth but was too late I knew what she was trying to say.
"A Quincy correct?" I asked and she nodded and with a shrug was back in the same position as before.
"Well Tousan, when were you going to tell us you were a shinigami, I admit I was keeping it from Karin and Yuzu but I didn't want to drag them into the current situation?" I asked.
"I can't deny I feared telling you, but more on that later, after Kirio-chan is finished I'll answer Yuzu and Karin's questions." He said and we turned(or in his case looked) to the purple haired shinigami.
"Well, the reason I'm here as I've told Ichigo-san is that the Reio has an offer for him." She informed.
"This offer is?" Isshin asked.
"I wouldn't know, I'm only here to inform him and give him the decision of going for an audience with him or declining." She said.
"I accept the honor." I said politely bowing.
"Very well come with me, I have Kisuke Urahara setting up the reishi converter on Oetsu-kun's portal." She said and we all left with her to the Urahara Shouten.
Upon arriving everyone was silent as we passed even Kisuke and we entered without resistance. When a overwhelming reiatsu covered us but then pulled back I blinked and looked at the Soul King, he was a black haired, wierd eyed, figure surrounded by an orb.
After a few minutes the orb shifted and a shimmerformed into a charismatic man with black hair and purple eyes wearing a golden shihakusho and wielding a golden katana in a gold sheath.
"Well Ichigo Kurosaki, it is nice to meet you, I feel you are surprised, do you wish to know why I have asked for you?" He asked with a kind smile.
"Yes, sir." I said adding sir as since I didn't know what to call him.
"Akihiko is my name and you may call me by san, I have called you here Ichigo Kurosaki-san, because I have found you to be a being much like myself." He informed.
"What do you mean Akihiko-san?" I asked confused.
"Ichigo Kurosaki, you are a mixture of Shinigami, Hollow, and Quincy, I am the first of all three, do you understand?" He asked and I blinked eyes widening.
"Yes, you understand." He noted.
"The reason I called you here is because few can be what we are my children in fact are not the same." He informed.
"Your children?" I asked.
"Yes, the first and oldest being Yhwach, King and Father of the Quincies and the second you will meet soon." He said.
"But, that is not for just yet, you see, I wish to as the humans would say, retire." He informed making Kirio gasp.
"Why?" I asked.
"I have ruled too long, since the dawn of time I have ruled over the afterlife keeping the balance between souls, until the Gotei 13 were created, then I rested but I must still keep the balance, but this debacle with Aizen has made me realize, I can no longer sit back, but I also cannot leave things as they are, so I will crown an heir to fight and make decisions on my behalf, I have chosen you Ichigo Kurosaki to do so." He said.
"M-me?" I asked.
"Yes, you are the perfect choice, Ichigo do you know your zanpakuto's name?" He asked.
"It's Zangetsu." I replied.
"Zangetsu?" He asked.
"Ichigo you have been lied to, your zanpakuto is Angetsu." He said.
"What?" I asked.
"Ichigo, I know the true zanpakuto of every shinigami and yours doesn't have the name Zangetsu." He said.
"Before, you leave here meet with Oetsu Nimaiya and gain your true zanpakuto." He ordered.
"Wait, if you want me to be your heir I would have to be your son, so how would that work?" I asked.
"That brings me to this." He replied.
"I have a daughter whom is quite beautiful, smart, powerful, and kind, but she isn't confident so you can see if you might like her and if so then you will become my heir through marriage if not, I have another way, but let us go with the easier option if possible." He replied.
"You spoke of your son being older wouldn't he be heir?" I asked.
"No, he is unfit for the throne and not to mention he would misuse the power, no you are the best choice, Hikifune-san go and tell her I wish to see her." He ordered and the woman walked off.
"While we wait I wish to speak to Isshin Shiba, speak to your "Zanapkuto" before you meet Oetsu Nimaya." He said.
'Shiba?' I asked myself and walked to the corner of the room performing Jinzen.
Inner World
I blinked as instead of the blue skyscrapers I was in a field with three, three story houses the first a traditional Japanese home except for its all black coloring.
The second was a house much like my normal one except it was painted royal blue and didn't have a sign saying "Kurosaki Clinic".
The third and last appeared to be a stone temple of some sort. Arranged in a triangle each was surrounded by black lotus flowers and dry ponds(if the flopping koi were anything to go by) kept them apart.
"Yo King." I turned quickly to see the albino figure of my inner hollow.
I got on the defensive but he smirked.
"Calm down, you must have notice I didn't attack you, I have no reason to want you dead or take control, I'm getting what I want." He said.
"He speaks the truth." I turned once more to see a teenager with medium-length ragged black hair and azure eyes. He had pale skin, high cheekbones. His attire consisted of a black shirt, black pants, low-heeled boots, and a long, hooded, amorphous black overcoat that flared out into ragged ends. On top of the blue building stood old man Zangetsu.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I am Angetsu, the moon who blankets the world in darkness and lets no light escape." He said his tone that of pride in his name.
"And you are my zanpakuto?" I noted.
"Yes, I am."
"Then what are you?!" I called to Zangetsu.
"I am a Quincy." he said as if it was obvious.
"So is Zangetsu your name or do you prefer something else?" I asked.
"My true name is Schutzengel." He said proudly.
"Do you have a representation as a weapon?" I asked.
He reached into his coat and threw a bracelet my way. I caught it and looked at the pendant which was that of a Celtic cross.
"That is my physical form, you use it to form a spirit weapon, the style and form of which matters little, though it is traditionally a bow." He informed jumping down and going inside the house.
"You're trusting him?" Angetsu asked.
"I am, he'll do as he has and advise me, as is his right to offer what advise he wishes." I informed.
"Okay then, when you get the blade from the forger, you will know what to say." He said, walking into the Japanese home.
"Well King, anything to say to me?" The hollow me asked.
"I want to make a deal." I said gaining confidence.
"I'm listening." He said.
I thought carefully about my terms and smirked.
"You listen to me and don't fight me and I'll do four things. Firstly, I will take any serious advise you have for me. Secondly, If I feel like it I'll manifest you. Thirdly, If I am about to die you are allowed to manifest and fight with me, no holds bar. Lastly if you were to eat another hollow what would happen?" I asked.
"It would be purified cause I use your zanpakuto..." He trailed off.
"I was correct." I said smiling. My guess had been correct, having a zanpakuto means a hollow purifies any hollows it eats sending all other spirits to the Soul Soceity.
"So?" I asked.
"Deal." He said quickly his eyes glinting with glee.
I smiled as I exited my inner world, now confident.
Real world
I opened my eyes to hear a knock on the doors of the hall.
"Come in." Akihiko said and through the door came a dark-skinned man with thick, black hair that is shaven and dyed green on the sides of his head. He wore a variation of the Shinigami shihakushÅ, featuring instead a green undergarment, and a shortened hakama that exposed his lower legs. Worn over this was a white, sleeveless puffer jacket, His attire was completed by gold-framed sunglasses with blue lenses, and a pair of green slippers that were gold trimmed and had a shoe-like appearance.
After him came a 15-year-old with messy white hair reaching her shoulders and golden eyes, wearing a white shihakusho with a shortened hakama resembling a skirt, and at her side was a katana with a circular tsuba white wrapping ending with two elegant sapphire colored tassels in an ivory sheath. She walked shyly behind the dark skinned man.
'She's pretty hot.' My hollow noted.
'That's not all that matters with a girl.' I replied.
After them came a lean-built and very tall man with black hair arranged into an outlandishly large pompadour, or "regent" hairstyle, with tapered sideburns. He was chewing upon a small stick. Instead of the standard Shinigami uniform, he wore a waist-length white jacket that left most of his chest exposed. His attire was completed by a black hakama, a large yellow sash around his waist and a pair of sandals.
Upon reaching the orb in front of which Akihiko stood the men dropped to a knee and bowed their heads and the girl gave a simple bow.
"Ichigo Kurosaki, meet my daughter Shiori Urahara." Akihiko said and I stepped forward.
The girl looked at me and my brown eyes met her golden ones and she looked away bowing quickly.
"Nice to meet you, Ichigo Kurosaki-sama." She said not looking up.
"Urahara?" I asked.
"Yes, you are confused?" He asked.
"Well, I know Kisuke Urahara, any relation?" I asked.
"Yes, the Urahara family has been under my direct control since the beginning of the Seireitei, in fact it was they who discovered sekiseki and it was also they who created the blueprints for the Seireitei." He said smiling.
"Now then, Shiori you'll be going with Kurosaki-san and his family as it appears the Gotei 13 need help." He said to his daughter.
"Y-yes Otou-sama, I'll leave immediately." She said bowing.
"First Kurosaki-san must get his zanpakuto, you and Nimaiya can help him with this if necessary." he informed.
The dark skinned man smirked and made a 'follow me' motion.
I followed him and soon we were standing in front of a pit.
'Dodge right.' My hollow said and I did so to see Nimaiya fall on his face.
"Yeah no." I said,"Just give me a blank zanpakuto and I'll show you my way of doing things." I said and he nodded handing me a katana.
'You'll know what the phrase is when you hold the zanpakuto.' Angetsu had said.
I breathed in deeply and then exhaled.
"Blanket them in Darkness, Angetsu!" I yelled.
So, this is just a change I decided to make and I hope you guys like it. Also if you'll notice, Ichigo is a lot quicker mentally than normal, this will be explained later so bear with me. Also anyone who can tell me what Schutzengel means gets to decide if a character that has died in the series gets to live, except for certain characters like Zomari, if anyone asks that he or characters of that 'what the hell?' factor like him get to live, I will ignore it. That includes Tousen and his 'justice for justice sakes must be upheld in the name of justice' attitude.