This is my first fanfic so please review! Bleach does not belong to me at all, but Kubo does.
Summary: Things have changed since the war 50 years ago. Ichigo and his friends have died and all become shinigami but the other captains start to dislike him despite his help throughout the war. Ichigo is too strong for one man to be. Some captains start to plot against him and get rid of him. Ichigo goes back in time instead, taking his place right before he saves Rukia from Seireitei.
rated t for language and fight scenes. Gets worse later.
Please excuse me for capitalization and grammer mistakes, my computer doesnt like me very much.
"Hello": Speech
"Hello" : Hichigo
"Hello" : Zangets
"Kurosaki-Taicho! Theres a fight going on in the training grounds!"
"ugh why cant you handle it?"
"i cant sir, its between Ishida-fukutaicho and 3rd seat yukimura. They have already released shikai!"
"Nan-ni? Lets go." with that, the orange haired captain shunpoed away.
"why don't you just go back to where you came from you stupid quincy?" yelled yukimura as his double headed sword swung through the air, aiming for the quincy's neck. It never came since the quincy dodged skillfully and flash stepped away.
"Well as you can clearly see, i have died and become a shinigami so deal with it" countered the vice-captain as his sword started shooting arrows towards the third seat.
"damn it, that vice-captain seat should be mine you bastard!" yukimura screamed as he knocked the arrows away with his sword. "ill kill you with this, Roar Reimei!" a large electrical shock wave exploded towards the surprised quincy, he wouldn't be able to dodge or block an attack of that magnitude. He quickly brought his sword up, bracing for it.
"bakudo 80, danku"
A huge blue shield instantly appeared in front of the shocked quincy. The shock wave was effortlessly negated when it came in contact with the kido.
"damn it Uryu, you cant even handle yukimura by yourself" said a voice as the 3rd squad captain appeared. His long orange hair and white haori blowing in the breeze.
"i could have handled him but i didnt want to kill him, hes not worth my time" the quincy fired as he went away.
"why that little" yukimura's chase attempt was blocked by the captain.
"and where are you headed 3rd seat yukimura?"
"to kill that hybrid monster, he doesn't belong here!"
"so your calling hybrids monsters now?" said Ichigo as his mask formed over his head. Ever since Hichigo had accepted Ichigo and given him complete control over his hollow powers, his mask had permanently changed into the one used when he fought with Ulquiorra. Two rough lines cutting down the mask, meeting the two horns that protruded from the top of his head.
"Am i a monster too yukimura?" Ichigo said with his hollow voice.
"n-no s-s-sir, y-you are n-not a m-monster." yukimura nervously replied, clearly frightened by Ichigo's mask. With a sigh, the visored made his mask disappear.
"listen yukimura, i chose Uryu as my fuku-taicho because of his brains and abilities. He has been in the front line of the winter war and he wasnt even hesitating. Thats what it takes to be my vice-captain. Your not ready for that yet. Now go back to training the recruits."
"Hai, Taicho!" with that, he shunpoed away.
Ichigo's POV
The training area was in ruins, it would take days, no weeks to fix the damage done. Although there wasnt any danger or action since the end of the winter war, there was still this to cause a huge amount of stress. "whats the point of transcendent power if there is no use for it?" i was about to shunpo back to my office when a Hell butterfly came into view. I held out my finger to receive the message.
"All Captains and Vice-Captains are to report to Yamamoto commander-captain at once for a emergency meeting. That is all."
I wonder what this is about, i shunpoed there in a second. Yamamoto seemed to surprised for a second of my quick entrance. It didnt last long since all the other captains started coming up behind me. Then followed by the vice-captains. I gave Uryu a "talk to you later" look before i took my place next to soi-fon. Once everyone was here, a loud bang announced the beginning of the meeting.
"this meeting is being held so that i may be able to witness the abilities of our new captains and vice-captains. I have not seen all of you and i wish to see them.
"and whom would that concern so-taicho?" Byakuya asked with his always stoic face.
"captains Abarai, Sado and Kurosaki. Vice-captains Inoue and Ishida. They will be judged with 5 tests. Test 1 would be reiatsu level. test 2,3 and 4 will be hoho, kido and hakuda. Test 5 will be sword and releases. Exceptions to Orihime fuku-taicho will apply."
"where and when is this test going to take place?" soi-fon asked.
"at Sokyoku hill. Gather your selfs and meet in 5 minutes. Dismissed." most of the soul reapers shunpoed away to wait. The ones remaining were the ones being tested.
"oi Chad, you ready for this?"
"yeah, i've been waiting to show my skills, i wont let you down Ichigo."
"ano, Kurosaki-kun?"
"what is it Inoue?"
"can i heal you to show my power?"
"yeah sure, but i might not get hurt. I am Ichigo anyway."
"Don't flatter yourself Kurosaki."
"shut up Uryu."
"i don't want to intrude but i think we should go, how bout it strawberry?"
"whatever pineapple." the soul reapers disappeared from the room.
~Sokyoku hill~
"now if everyone is here, lets start. Fuku-taicho Ishida and Orihime please step up and release your reitsu. Ishida first." Uryu stood up and took a deep breath. Soon a the air turned heavy as a blue reiatsu started glowing from him. The vice-captains dropped to their knees while the captains stayed fine.
"very good, you may go back now." the pressure lifted and Uryu went back to his place, Inoue taking his spot. A soft yellow reiatsu filled the air, not as forceful as before. It was strong but did not make the vice captains drop.
"i believe my vice captain does not need to go further in this exam" said Unohana-taicho
"indeed, Orihime, you may go back to your division with captain Unohana. It is now the captains turn. Captains Abarai and Sado please come up. Kurosaki, you'll do it later." the captains wondered at this. Why does Ichigo have to do it differently?
Renji went up first, another forceful red reiatsu crashed down, making the vice captains fall and the captains to sweat. It soon disappeared as Renji stepped away, Chad taking his place. White reiatsu started to pour out, almost as strong as Renji's but just as comforting as Orihime's.
"alright, that is enough." Chad stepped away and stood next to the other captains. "Hachi fuku-taicho, please erect a barrier around Kurosaki and another around everyone else." the other captains all has shocked and puzzled faces as they were covered in a pinkish yellow barrier. A similar barrier was put around me.
"now Kurosaki, i know that you have tried to hide it as much as you can but please release all of your reiatsu, including your hollows." i nodded as i started to reach inside me. My reiatsu, an ocean now instead of a lake, was there. It felt like it was being held together by a dam. I imagined the dam breaking apart, releasing the entire ocean outwards.
Here it goes i said as i pulled back all restraints on my reiatsu.
Yamamoto So-Taicho's POV
I know that Kurosaki had a lot of potential before, i wonder how much he has moved along now. Its happening!
Blueish white ropes started to reach out of Ichigo, reaching the barrier and snaking around it.
"are you sure that barrier would hold Hachi?"
"yes, that is my most powerful barrier, capable of even trapping you Yamamoto."
"lets just hope its enough." pressure started to seep out of the barrier, causing the vice captains to shift uncomfortably.
"its not enough!" i yelled as the blueish energy exploded out, crashing into the barrier. It lasted a second before a stronger black energy swirled out from Ichigo, combining with the white. The vice captains had already fell to the ground, unconscious while the captains were one by one dropping to their knees. I even had to drop, my cane not being able to support me more. I looked up at Ichigo again. Cracks could be seen, edging along the barrier, threatening to break apart any second. Thats all i saw before a stronger red reiatsu overrun the other 2, breaking both barriers down in an instant.
Ichigo's POV
"damn that felt good, to let all my reiatsu out after all those years of hiding it." i opened my eyes, only to met with a huge cloud of dust. I took my sword out and swung it sideways. Wind swirled out, blowing the cloud away. What i saw next shocked me. On the ground in front of me lay the commander-captain, captains and vice-captains of the 13 court guards. I quickly sheathe my sword and ran to them. Judging by their breathing they all seemed to be unconscious. Damn, was i too hard on them? I grabbed 4 captains, 2on each shoulder and shunpoed to the fourth division, hoping that they were all okay. When i got there, i was greeted by Hanataro.
"yo Hanataro, get 23 beds ready and call captain Unohana." he just nodded and left. A few minutes later, Unohana-san came back with Inoue.
"my my, you really over did yourself this time didnt you Kurosaki-san" she said as she ushered me to follow her to a huge room. I lay down the 4captains and returned with 4 more. I did this again and again until all of them were safely in beds. I said my leave as i went back to my barracks. I took a nap, entering my mind scape.
Ichigo's mind scape
I opened my eyes to see the familiar sideways skyscrapers, now even higher than before. I looked back to see Hichigo and Zangetsu standing and looking at me.
"how does my power feel King?"
"great Hichigo, just keep it up and maybe ill let you loose in Hueco Mundo."
"Are you sure this is the right thing to do Ichigo? Too much power is unhealthy for anyone. You just singlehandedly brought the gotei 13 to its knees." the old mans words made me think about it.
"are you kidding? Those losers needed Ichigo to knock them on their sorry asses. They need to know whose boss." the air filled with ice as my two soul parts had a stare battle. I was about to interrupt but my mind was invaded by a hell butterfly's message.
"the captains and vice-captains are all now awake and resting. Head-captain would like to speak with you right now." Unohana-Taicho's voice projected, vibrating the skyscraper.
"looks like i have to go"
"Be wise Ichigo, think before speaking"
"go give them a piece of my mind King." i forced myself out of my mind scape. I stood and shunpoed back to the 4th division.
Yamamoto's POV
When i woke, i was met with a blinding light. Shaking my sleep off, i stood up and remembered what had happened. Kurosawa's reiatsu itself had knocked me out. He didnt even use and releases. I must speak with him. I looked for my cane, finding it i looked at where i was. The 4th division hospital had really changed since the last time i was which was about 200 years ago. It still shocked me as to how Kurosaki did such a feat. I saw that all the captains and vice captains were already awake. Communing amongst themselves in their beds. Not wanting their leader to look weak, i sent a hell butterfly to Unohana. and walked to the middle of the room. The captains and vice captains all stared at me as i tried to make a report. Nobody knew how hard it was to do this.
"now if you do not know or remember what happened, raise a hand." almost everyone with the exceptions of some of the captains did.
"now we were doing the evaluation test of the friends of Kurosaki, we started with a reiatsu level test. All were at a respectable level but Kurosaki's surpassed even mine." the captains all got wide eyed at this and started to protest to each other. How can a former ryoga be that strong?
"how do you know this, so-taicho?" Toshiro asked since he was one of the first captains to fall.
"all lieutenants were knocked unconscious immediately. You and several other captains fell with them in a matter of seconds. The rest of the captains followed 15 seconds after and i too was soon incapacitated in 30 seconds time." Toshiro stepped back at this and was shut up.
"um if i may say something too, the barrier i created was a level 120 that protects and absorbs reiatsu, what happened to it."
"your barrier shattered a few seconds before i was overwhelmed, it was not enough for Kurosaki." now the captains were all But calm. They all could not believe that he had broken a level 120 barrier, which by itself is a almost impossible feat, with just his reistsu. It was too much to comprehend in such a short time. The commotion died down as Ichigo walked into the room. I could see the shocked and nervious looks that were being thrown at him.
"You wanted to talk with me Jiisan?" he casually said to me. i got angry for 2 reasons. One for the obvious lack of respect for me and two for him being so thick skulled. how could he not see the gravity of this situation he was in.
"Yes but i think that we should speak in private. Meet me in my office tomorrow morning." i threw back, trying to seem normal. With a nod he left the room after giving his friends and some of the captains a glance. Once he left, i shunpoed back to my office, hinking about what had just happened.
Some quick facts that you might be confused about.
1: The reiatsu turned red and it was much more powerful because if you remember the Ulquiorra fight, the reiatsu coming from him was a red color.
2:Chad's reiatsu is strong but soft as well because he only fights for others and to protect.
I wanted this chapter to just introduce the characters and to demonstrate Ichigo's power to the people. Im gonna get to the threachery and time travel in a few chapters. i didnt think it was good to jump right into it. I also jump back and forth with the language so sorry about that. Next post will be around June 6. Please review both bad and good comments. Arigato!