Thanks to my Beta Writer: DeathKnightArmory, for editing this chapter.

Prologue

"This is a weird feeling," Ichigo said, beginning his taunt. "You, who once asked me why I distanced myself, have gone and distanced yourself from me," he finished, looking at Aizen.

He felt... smug in seeing the disbelief on the glorious bastard's face. "Should I do the questioning now?" he continued, "just now, why did you distance yourself from me?"

Aizen's body shook in what appeared to by unadulterated rage. "I see. Are you happy that you stopped my sword? Are you happy you destroyed my kido? Are you happy that you injured this body?" Ichigo could see that Aizen was about to shout. "Abandon your arrogance, human!"

'Heh', Ichigo internally scoffed at the hypocrisy.

Suddenly, the small slit on Aizen's forehead burst open, revealing a small pitch black orb with a white dot in the middle. Blood drenched down Aizen's pretty boy face.

A third eye.

Or what looked like that moment.

"Hahaha!"

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the middle of Aizen's face and quickly separated his face into two. Yet, something emerged and a black skull with hollow-like teeth took the new face of Aizen. Wings with toothy heads were on the ends of it.

Aizen looked horrendous, a monster.

Yet, Ichigo felt calm as he stared at the former-captain.

"I see," Aizen said, "so you will not truly allow it, hogyoku. For me to be... defeated by a mere human." A cero formed from the mouth of one of the head things.

Boom!

Suddenly, Ichigo's vision was covered in white as the cero detonated in his face. Luckily, his body as a whole didn't receive much damage, instead, his left arm received all the punishment from the blast.

The blast started to die down, allowing the orange haired Shinigami see Aizen in his horrendous glory. "Understood. So this is the extremity of taking such an attack. Although, I doubt your left arm would be of any use anymore." Suddenly Aizen dashed towards Ichigo.

The said Shinigami made no attempt in defense, allowing Aizen to grab him by the neck. All 6 of the heads opened their mouths and a circle of reishi encircled him.

Yet, he gave no reaction.

"Can you understand me, Kurosaki Ichigo? It is true you once destroyed the barrier between Shinigami and Hollow and became a transcendental. But you have lost the power you once possessed, a mere shadow of your former self.

"But the way you are now, you're not even worth understanding. You will meet death by my transcendent hand. And my killing of you will invoke complete separation from the vulgar existences of Shinigami and Hollow.

"You are finished! Kurosaki Ichigo!"

Whilst Aizen talked his head off, Ichigo had stood deadly still. Now, it was his turn to act. "Finished? Is that all you got?"

Aizen's eyes widened as the circle of reishi he had formed broke apart from a single swing of Ichigo's sword. I-Impossible!

"Let's put an end to this, Aizen... I'm sick of your logic... Let me show you the Final Getsuga Tenshou!"

"What is that form..."

Flashback

Ichigo's sword was broken. He panted heavily as he stared at his opponent, Hollowfied Tensa Zangetsu. Blood dripped down on the concrete.

"Why do you still stand, Ichigo?" Zangetsu asked, swiping his the Tensa Zangetsu in his hand, removing the blood from the blade.

"I thought I said I wouldn't fall until you teach me the Final Getsuga Tenshou," Ichigo replied, his form unwavering even in his injured state.

"No, why?"

Ichigo stilled. "To protect the people closest to me," he said.

"Why use the Final Getsuga Tenshou when you could defeat Aizen in your current state?" the hollowfied sword spirit asked.

"We both know that is a lie," Ichigo said. "With his immortality, we could never kill him."

"I never said kill, I said defeat," Tensa Zangetsu reminded.

"This is the only path I could take, Zangetsu," Ichigo said calmly.

"No, it is not." Suddenly, Tensa Zangetsu shot towards Ichigo, sword ready to slice.

"Tell me then, how do I defeat Aizen without the Getsuga Tensho?" Ichigo asked as brought up his sword to defend the strike. He then repelled the attack, forcing Zangetsu to jump back.

"Use your heritage!" Zangestu roared. "Think! What else power do you hold?! Think of who the hollow is! Think who I am! Think about what your mother was?!"

"Mom? What does she have to do with anything?!" Ichigo roared back.

"Everything! Who gave you the Hollow?!"

"I got it w-"

"Wrong!" Suddenly Zangetsu kicked Ichigo away. "You were born with him!"

'What?! I didn't gain him from back then?!' Ichigo skidded to a halt, his mind trying to decipher what his sword spirit meant.

"I am Zangetsu!"

"You mean...?"

"You finally get it, the hollow was Zangetsu," 'Tensa Zangetsu' said.

Ichigo reeled back in shock. "But if he's Zangetsu, who are you?!"

Suddenly, 'Tensa Zangetsu' stabbed his sword into the ground and brought his hands together.

"That stance..."

The standard Quincy stance that Uryu had used when they first met. The drawing of the bow.

"Yes, Ichigo, I am the manifestation of your untapped Quincy powers," affirmed the spirit. "You can call me, Juha."

Suddenly he released the arrow, which pierced Ichigo's stomach. He then picked up the sword and dashed towards Ichigo, stabbing him in the gut.

"But I guess that doesn't matter, any more does it? I guess I just wanted to get that off my chest before you make your decision..." Juha said softly, slowly backing away from Ichigo. "With this, you should be able to kill Aizen but the cost is..."

"My powers."

Flashback End

Suddenly, the place in which they fought, exploded in black, red, and blue reishi. "The Final Getsuga Tenshou is when... I become Getsuga itself."

I'm sorry, Juha... Forgive me in being selfish... But I can't let Aizen slip away anymore.

No response was given to Ichigo from Juha or Zangetsu.

He was clad in grey bandages and his hair had turned black and mane long. His eyes had gained a scarlet color with a yellow tint and his skin was white. Yet despite his chaotic hollow characteristic and his destructive Shinigami manifestation, his reiatsu was calm and serene. Instead of massive amounts of energy pouring out, all his energy was internalized.

Like a Quincy.

"If I use this... I will lose everything... I will die. But don't you suppose that's a good trade-off?"

Aizen stood stock still as he saw the transformation Ichigo had undergone. I still feel nothing. It can't be... Impossible... Is he on a higher dimension than me?! Suddenly, something akin to primal fear overwhelmed the usually calm-minded ex-captain.

"Get away from me!" Aizen screamed, the Hogyoku shining. "I said get away from me!"

The Hogyoku shined once more. The power to bend all laws of the universe to manifest the user's deepest desire activated.

And Aizen's desire came true as Ichigo vanished from the world entirely.

Prologue End

Thanks to Super98 for breaking the Author's Block on the end.

Okay... I got a lot of explaining to do...

You see this version was the original version on how I envisioned it. The reason why I preferred this point in time on the timeline than at the end of Bleach was that of growth and character development.

At the end of Bleach, Ichigo is the pinnacle of his potential and in the previous version, he absorbed Ywach's power, thus making him stronger and limiting his character growth.

The emotionless part was my attempt to make character growth but that was badly executed and was more of character development. While that could've been an excellent plot, it just didn't feel right...

I was also bothered by the cheesy and lousy dialogue I had written as well as the pacing... It just felt so like me when I was beginning to write fanfictions, quick and cheesy.

Anyways, I believe this is going to be the last rewrite...

I'm sorry if I had caused any inconvenience but this was for the best.

Also, vote on my profile page on the next crossover I shall do alongside this one.