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Hollow Ichigo = Bold

Ichigo raced through the skies flash stepping as fast as he could, he had never felt a hollow anywhere near as powerful as this one; it is possibly as strong or stronger than a Shinigami Captain, and there was two of them. There was no telling how much damage they could do. As he stepped, Ichigo could feel hundreds of souls being snuffed out.

"BAN-KAI!" Ichigo yelled as he transformed, he needed to get there faster.

He landed in the clearing just in time to see Inoue blocking an attack from a hulking menace; beside her was a wounded Chad whom she had quickly started to heal, with a second enemy off to the side. Ichigo released a burst of Spiritual energy to get their attention.

"Hey Ulquiorra, is that our target" The giant man asked as Ichigo observed them. They looked like a parody of the shinigami, white uniform, carried swords and had about half a hollow mask on, who were these guys?

"Orange hair and the black sword, yes he is." The green eyed pale man replied. It didn't matter, they are the enemy.

"Maybe this one will be FUN!" The giant man yelled as he threw a punch at Ichigo.

Ichigo blocked it with Tensa Zangetsu, standing defiant as the ground behind him crumbled from the force of the blow.

"Are you the one who killed all these people and hurt my friends?" Ichigo asked, his anger raising deep within.

"Yeah I did, what are you going t ΜΆ " using the extreme speed of his bankai, Ichigo cut the giant off by decapitating him instantly.

"You deserved no mercy." Ichigo stated as he turned to the next foe.

"Unfortunate; but ultimately his own fault for being careless." Ulquiorra said with disinterest, Ichigo instinctively knew this next fight would not be so easy.

"Inoue" He called back to his friend, "Take Chad and get clear, this one is far more powerful."

"Right" She answered back with a strange fear in her voice. He knew she could use her shield as a stretcher to move Chad, he trusted her to look after him.

No words passed between the two foes, for none were needed. Their mission had been simple, investigate the new shinigami from the human world to determine threat level. And while it was surprising that he could cut through Yammy's Steel hard skin and move at such high speed, it did little to impress the Espada.

Ichigo attacked first, his strikes were easily dodged, yet to his credit Ulquiorra did have to block a few more well placed stabs with his hands.

A competent fighter Ulquiorra thought to himself as he noted that his opponent was constantly trying to create an opening in his defence. Advanced skills with powerful spiritual energy behind it, yet he is only at this level? As a test he extended his hand and fired a small volley Bala.

Ichigo, caught by quick timing of the counter attack, was only able to partially block each blast while being pushed back, thankfully remaining unharmed. "Damn it, how strong is this guy?" Ichigo muttered as he prepared to keep fighting. Suddenly an invading presence made itself known.

"Come on, you can do better than that! Better yet, just switch me will ya? I'll take care of this guy." His inner hollow said as it tried to take over.

Go away Ichigo replied putting his hand over his face trying to stop his mask from forming, Go away go away go away.

"Strange" Ulquiorra said as he fired another Bala that knocked Ichigo to the ground."Your power fluctuates wildly yet you are incapacitated."

Damn it, I reject you so you screw me over Ichigo cried inward frustrated that his Hollow was making it damn near impossible to move.

"Perhaps you require proper motivation," Ulquiorra stated and disappeared. He reappeared holding Inoue up with one hand by the back of her neck, the sight of her in pain caused Ichigo's thoughts to freeze.

"Would killing this woman be enough to spur you to action? Isn't that what your emotions lead you to do?" Ichigo struggled to remain in control, the blind rage may have been his but if he gave into the pure urge to kill his hollow would instantly take over.

"However, I find her strange healing power far more interesting than an unstable Shinigami. Perhaps Granz would enjoy experimenting on her, should I take her back with me?" His last threat broke Ichigo's self-control.

Ulquiorra blocked a swift punch heading for his face with his free hand and went to crush the girl's neck, however an unseen kick had him flying away from the humans and into a tree. Looking down, he noticed his left arm from elbow down was missing. As he turned back to the humans Ulquiorra noticed 3 irregularities: the Black sinister, hollow-like energy emanating from the black sword; the girl prying his severed hand off her neck; and the half white mask striped in Red.

I see, so he is like Captain Tosen, a shinigami enhanced by hollow powers, the reverse of the Arrancar, Ulquiorra processed as he regenerated his arm, Yet he lacks full control and will likely become controlled by his inner demons.

"Hey girl, get the hell outta here, you aren't fit for the battlefield stick to the sidelines" The hollow-fied Ichigo ordered Inoue who was deeply disturbed by his presence. "Don't worry, I ain't going to hurt you, that might make this wannbe king strong enough to knock me down." He laughed, and with that the girl fled the scene faster than before. "However, when I'm in charge full-time, lock your doors!" He cackled.

Inconsequential trash Ulquiorra thought with his hollow drawn out, she's of no further use at this moment. However this boy, he is no threat to lord Aizen, but if he gained control of his hollow, how strong could he become? Or how strong an ally would he be if he lost complete control and Aizen made him an espada? We need a replacement for Yammy and he might even get that annoying Grimmjow off my back

"Hey you, gotta say thanks, don't get much chance to be on the outside and have some fun" The boy's new persona said to Ulquiorra.

"It doesn't matter, this will play out one of two ways" he replied

"Oh" a playfully savage smile crept along what he could still see of the boy's face as the mask slowly expanded.

"Either I will kill you, or you will join me" Ulquiorra said seeing a possibility.

"Join you?" He laughed "You're funny I'll give you that"

"Lord Aizen could easily give you control over that body, possibly even more power, and you would be fighting against everything the boy's soul stood for as a shinigami"

"Hmm good sell, but here's the thing, there are two things I want, freedom and fun" Ulquiorra sighed at how obvious his answer would be "I'll have my own freedom soon and don't wanna be following some stuck-up rebel shinigami's orders. Plus I'm itching to see how strong you are." Hollow Ichigo raised his sword ready to have the time of his life.

"Very well, I'll take you seriously" Ulquiorra responded by releasing a large amount of spiritual energy as he focused. The Hollow-fied boy charged at him, but the espada was done testing him.

He flashed behind the boy who, to his credit, instinctively reacted and tried to catch the attack, but it was like a snail trying to stop a foot, impossibly slow to Ulquiorra's eye's and he stabbed his hand through the boy's heart.

"Son of a" Was the boy's response as his mask was ripped off and he fell to the ground.

"I won't risk a Hollow's potential healing factor; die with your human mind intact." Ulquiorra stated while bidding him a farewell.