My first post and fic. Tips and advice will be appreciated. Enjoy.

Zero, the Ultimate One. Chosen by the Great Mother, commonly referred to as Mom by Zero, and molded into the person he is today, Zero traverses the multi-verse; he often visited universes that interest him or have a certain imbalance to them, which Zero then attempts to fix.

"What a strange system of an afterlife that this world has."

Zero had just arrived in a town. Karakura Town to be exact. In a hospital located in the town, a baby had just been born.

"He's so precious, isn't he Isshin?"

"Hahaha, of course, he's Masaki's beautiful child, so of course he'd be precious."

Invisible to all but those he chooses, Zero hovered outside of the hospital where the child had just been born.

"Interesting mix of energies. I'll keep an eye on him, could be fun later on."

Back in the room with the Kurosaki family, the baby had just been named.

"Ichigo, our number one protector."

Now knowing his name, Zero took his leave.

"I will be seeing you soon, *ICHIGO*."

With a flash of light, Zero vanished, promising to return.

9 Years

"M-Mom?"

Hunched over his mother's unmoving body, little Ichigo was desperately trying to wake his mother up from her eternal slumber. His whole world was crumbling around him and nothing Ichigo did would save her.

"What a cruel world we live in."

Startled, Ichigo looked up to find a strange man towering over him. The only visible part is his face and black hair. Fearfully, Ichigo shielded his mother's body from the strange man and stammered out, "W-Who are you?"

"A simple passerby with an offer. I can give you something that will let's say assist you, later in your life. What say you?

"H-help? Would it bring back my M-Mom?"

"Eh, who knows, it could do anything really. It all really depends on you, Ichigo."

Ichigo looked into the man's eyes. His eyes were a deep black with specks of color and white in them, akin to a galaxy, not that Ichigo would know that. There was not a hint of malice or ill intentions, just curious about what could become of the future.

"I'll do it."

Light exploded around Ichigo, threatening to engulf him. Right before his vision faded to black, Ichigo heard him.

"Welcome to the Universe partner."

Next update date is unknown. I would like to make the chapters longer. That's all I have to say. Goodbye.