Ichigo ran out of the shop, leaving a stunned Urahara behind. He didn't understand why Ichigo wanted to go there so badly. But It couldn't be helped, it was his choice. All he could do was hope for him to return alive.

Ichigo flew as fast as he could. Leaving his hometown behind. He hoped to get stronger. So that he would be able to protect his friends.

He landed in a small town, unfamiliar to him. He took a good look around. There was no hollow around. He started walking towards the park nearby. But he stopped as he saw something black appear.

He looked at it but couldn't make out what is was. It turned into a cloak and underneath the hood a skull started to form. It's red eyes looked straight into Ichigo's.

" What are you doing here, shinigami1 of the east?" It spoke, with a voice causing shiver to run down his spine.

"None of your business!" Ichigo replied.

"Leave this place at once."

"no"

"very well" The being said and he disappeared into the air, the same strange way he had appeared.

Ichigo was surprised. He left just like that. But he didn't know the skulled being had silently appeared behind him.

Black smoke appeared at his feet, he turned around to see where it was coming from, only to see he now faced the skulled being right in front of him. It's face was close to his making him creep out. As he looked into the frightening eyes he felt his breath slip away.

The being reached out a bony arm and grabbed Ichigo's right upper arm. It instantly rotted away, exposing the bone and causing terrible pain, which made Ichigo scream.

"Leave, now. Unless you want to die here." His face, or at least what's supposed to be a face, was only inches away from Ichigo's.

He pulled away his hand, the moment he did that the flesh on his arm grew back. He still hovered in front of Ichigo.

"I will give you one day to leave." After that he left this not coming back.

Out of breath she ran through the town. Where could he be? She thought to herself. She couldn't find him anywhere. He left his body here, in which Kon felt himself right at home now following her by foot, so he must have gone somewhere by himself. She couldn't feel his reiatsu2, either.

He was too far away to be able to be sensed by anyone in Karakura.

He ran further, not heading home. But he continued on his way, further to the west. He must've been in Europe quite a while now.

Then he felt a shock. He looked to his right side and saw the landscape take a different shape. The earth cracked open. His eyes widened as he saw big claws slash the earth open from underground and a monster like being made his way to the surface. It had a white mask that covered only half of it's head.

That must be a hollow like they are here in the west! Ichigo thought.

He came here to become stronger, to fight these beings, since they are stronger, and more scary, than the hollows in the east. Different hollows live in Japan, they are way weaker there.

The hollows eyes looked into his. The gaze of the hollow was almost paralyzing Ichigo. It scared him.

He felt a strange feeling creep up. It was a feeling like one of a little child scared of monsters that might come and eat him from out of a closet. The feeling of a nightmare standing right in front of him. He was that scared, but he did not back away.

Instead, he tightened his grip on Zangetsu3. The hollow took a stance, ready to fight, and exposed his huge fangs and claws.

At this moment Ichigo swung his blade.

"Getsuga Tenshou!"4 He screamed, A blue wave of reiatsu flew towards the hollow, it never hit its target. It just bounced right of the mask. The hollow didn't even move.

Ichigo just stood there. H-how is that possible? It didn't even twitch.

As he came back to his senses, and he tried again, trying a different approach this time. He used shunpo5 to get above the hollow. He charged his Zanpactou6 with 'Getsuga Tenshou', without releasing it, and stabbed at the hollow's mask as hard as he could from behind.

Unfortunately nothing happened.

Ichigo's attack had barely inflicted any damage on the hollow's mask.

The hollow swiftly turned around from underneath Ichigo, leaving Ichigo in the air.

His claws made a fast move which Ichigo couldn't see, and a big wound from his left shoulder to his right hip appeared.

The hollow roared causing the earth to split open. Ichigo fell to his knees. The earth split further and flames rose up above Ichigo and the hollow, capturing them both. The hollow charged at him again, then Ichigo leaped into the air to counterattack, but what Ichigo didn't notice was that the flames surrounding them had formed a dome.

" Raaargh!" Ichigo screamed as he charged at the hollow.

Ichigo raised his zanpactou, and tried to make a move when he felt warmth above his head. The dome was shrinking, causing Zangetsu to get stuck in the dome.

He looked up, Zangetsu was almost completely consumed by the flames.

"Shit! Getsuga-" But he was cut off as the flames reached his hands and he quickly pulled them back in respond.

Ignoring the pain in his hands he charged down at the hollow, stabbing the mask. But the mask only cracked, getting Zangetsu stuck in it.

" Getsuga Tenshou!" he roared, and he send the blue wave of reiatsu directly into the mask. The mask split in two together with its body. The hollow dispersed into air, and so did the flame dome.

"What was that thing?" He asked himself panting as he stood up putting Zangetsu in the ground next to him. " It looked way different than any other hollow I've ever seen."

He looked at his hands. They were half burned. He took some of the hilt wrap of zangetsu and bound it around his hands so it wouldn't hurt so much. He took Zangetsu again and strapped him on his back again and he continued west.

Hiya, this is my first fanfiction (like ever) so please review and tell me how you think about it.

(oh and I neeed ideas)

Aringatou gozaimasu!

H1me-chan

1 Shinigami: Death God, Soul reaper in the English version of Bleach.

2 Reiatsu: Spiritual pressure

3 Zangetsu: cutting moon

4 Getsuga Tenshou: Moon's fangs slices heaven

5 Shunpo: Flash step

6 Zanpactou:Soul slayer