Bleach- Meet My Soul
When an explosion from the 12th division leaves some, interesting side effects on all Shinigami's. It materializes Zanpakuto spirits, it surprises everyone when it is found that Ichigo has more than one spirit, in fact he has 8 and each one is protective of their King. Post Winter War, but Ichigo doesn't loose his powers, spoilers for up to the latest chapters for Ichigo's powers. Focused on Ichigo and the possessiveness of his spirits.
Shiro: Normal hollow Ichigo/actual Zangetsu.
Kyo: Hollow that fought Byakuya, is the insane one.
Rei: Full hollow form that appeared during Ichigo's fight with Ulquiorra.
Chi: Version of Ichigo after training to learn the Final Gestuga Tensho.
Zangetsu: The Quincy powers within Ichigo, still called Old Man Zangetsu by Ichigo.
Tensa: Younger Zangetsu, in Bankai form.
Higo: The combination of Shiro and Tensa, when Ichigo fought them to learn the final Gestuga Tensho.
Mugetsu: Ichigo's form as Gestuga Tensho.
Warning: swearing, violence.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I got the names Shiro, Kyo, Rei, Chi, Tensa and Mugetsu from other fanfictions, but I created Higo.
Meet My Soul
"So…" Rukia cleared her throat as she looked around the Vice-Captain meeting.
"This is different?" Renji added in rubbing his forehead.
"I blame your Captain." Rangiku looked at Nemu who just sat silently with an uncaring look on her face.
"Stuff it old lady, can't handle me can ya?" Haineko shouted at her wielder, a tick mark appearing on Rangiku's head.
"What did you just say?" Matsumoto leapt to her feet and the two slammed their foreheads against each other in anger.
"Please calm down Rangiku." Hinamori raised her hands in front of her, Tobiume shaking her head, giant bells jingling as she moved.
Sode no Shirayuki watched the meeting as she floating behind her wielder, her white hair flowing over her white kimono, ignoring Saru and Hebi's bickering as she found it pointless as they were connected, Renji was doing his best to keep out of his Zanpakuto's bickering as from past experiences it was a loosing battle. Yachiru giggling as she poked Gegetsuburi while Omaeda patted his Zanpakuto on the arm in sympathy knowing the pink haired Vice Captain wasn't going to leave him alone for a while. Wabisuke, Kaeshini were sitting beside each other, behind their respective Shinigami's looking bored at the meeting that was not so much taking place. The only ones that were not being followed by their Zanpakuto spirits were Isane, Iba, Mashiro and Nemu
"…So Nemu, what exploded this time to cause this?" Rukia turned to the purple haired Vice Captain, gaining attention of the others in the room.
"Captain Kurotsuchi was experiment with some highly unstable chemicals and reiatsu he gathered from Kurosaki's fight with Aizen and it exploded, the result being the materialization of Zanpakuto spirits for all Shinigami's who know their Zanpakuto's names." Nemu explained in a monotoned voice, her hands folding on her lap looking.
"Then why hasn't Itegumo come out?" Isane asked curiously, glancing at her sealed Zanpakuto.
"It all depends on the Zanpakuto themselves, if they do not wish to appear they will not." Nemu guessed and Mashiro nodded her agreement as she had talked with her spirit and said spirit didn't want to be seen or worry anyone with its hollow side.
"Wait, if you said all Shinigami's that know their Zanpakuto's names…" Renji trailed off as Rukia slammed her hand flat against the floor in front of her in shock.
"What about Ichigo?" Rukia spoke up as the doors opened and the Captains trailed in, flanked by their own Zanpakuto's.
Kurotsuchi had Ashisogi Jizo fluttering behind the Captain of the 12th, adorable white haired and green-eyed twins were hanging off the hands of the Captain of the 13th, the sickly Captain was smiling down at them softly as they talked at him and eyes darting towards Captain Hitsugaya as he did look like them making Sougyo no Kotowari plan on making him their older brother. The child Captain of the 10th had a tall teal man standing beside him; a large X scarring his face and the presence was one of protection all aimed at the small Captain beside him.
Komamura stood strongly beside Tenken, the larger spirit's mouth flaring up with fire every so often. A terrifying looking samurai that was Senbonzakura, the mask hiding his face from the world, flanked Byakuya. Unohana was gliding to a halt beside a just as unnerving figure in a green robe, the face section black and white bandages crossing across its chest. Sui-Feng had a bumblebee themed Suzumebachi who was a small pixie like girl with long brown hair pulled back in pigtails sitting on top of her head, humming away cheerfully. Katen Kyokotsu flanked Kyoraku, both woman looking threatening in their ninja clothing with skull and bones as accessories they both had purple hair, one eye covered on each of them. Kenpachi, Shinji, Kensei and Rose like Mashiro were lacking their spirits as they opted not to come out around the other Captains and Vice Captains. Yamamoto was also lacking a Zanpakuto spirit, but there was a good reason for that so no one questioned it.
"Our thoughts exactly Vice Captain Kuchiki." Yamamoto stated, resting his cane on the floor before him. "Contact Ichigo Kurosaki and bring him here. Dismissed."
With that Yamamoto left while the Vice Captains went to join their Captains while Rukia pulled out her cellphone, hitting Ichigo's number. She pressed it against her ear as it dialed the orange haired Shinigami. The Shinigami's of the1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 11th and 12th divisions followed Yamamoto out.
"Speaker phone." Renji nudged the girl who nodded and hit the speaker button, pumping up the volume for the others in the room.
"Rukia! OI stop blowing shit up I'm on the phone!" Ichigo shouted off into the distance.
"Ichigo, has your Zanpakuto I don't know… Materialized recently?" Rukia asked loudly hearing an explosion in the background.
"So I'm not the only one then?" Ichigo sounded relieved.
"Head Captain Yamamoto has ordered you to bring yourself and Zangetsu to the Soul Society as soon as possible." Renji piped up.
"We can come too right King?" A distorted voice asked as Ichigo yelped in surprise. The Vizored's exchanged surprised looks at the voice, it sounded a lot like Ichigo when he was in his hollow mode.
"Things are going to get more interesting." Shinji chuckled while the other Vizored's nodded their agreement.
"Shinji? What the hell are you doing in the Soul Society?" Ichigo asked surprised.
"I'm a Captain again genius." Shinji rolled his eyes fondly.
"So are we?" Another voice asked more calmly than the previous voice.
"You must think I'm stupid if I'm going to leave you guys here alone. Chaos would be unleashed on the town if I did leveling it completely, we're going to the Soul Society so you all can wreak chaos there." Ichigo sighed and there was cheering from behind him.
"Rei can open a Garganta and we'll be there in a flash. It'll freak the hell out of the little Shinigami's too as an added bonus!" A distorted voice laughed, different than the last one.
"No! No Garganta's! What is wrong with you Kyo?" Ichigo shouted.
"Ah, I gotta go before they do something stupid, we'll be there soon!" Ichigo promised and hung up leaving the listening Soul Reapers in confusion.
"…Does it sound like he has more than one spirit and some sound like hollows?" Renji looked at his Captain.
"It does seem that way, we will not know until he arrives." Byakuya said stonily.
"Captain?" Rukia looked at Ukitake who smiled in understanding.
"Go ahead and wait for Kurosaki Rukia." Ukitake granted his Vice Captain permission before he was pulled out of the room by Sougyo no Kotowari who were demanding to play.
"We'll come with you Rukia, right Captain?" Rangiku smiled standing beside her Captain trying to smother her laughter as Hyorinmaru was being hit on Haineko. Toshiro rubbed his forehead while Momo giggled behind her hand at the sight.
"Matsumoto control your Zanpakuto." Toshiro took pity on his dragon Zanpakuto who shifted to stand on the other side of his master while the cat Zanpakuto pouted.
"I can't do anything about her Captain, I've tried." Rangiku and Haineko clashed again shouting out insults.
"Let's go greet Ichigo." Shinji spoke up and the others followed the Captain of the 5th out to the Senkaimon where in a bright column of light appeared and the large white doors opened up. Instead of Ichigo and Zangetsu stepping out, Ichigo stumbled out, a completely white version of him self with black and yellow hollow eyes was latched onto the Shinigami's back.
"Get off of me Shiro!" Ichigo grunted as six more people stepped out much to amazement of the gathered group.
"What the hell?" Rose gasped at the sight before him.
"Ah, yeah let me introduce you guys." Ichigo said finally getting the white version of himself off his back and he ducked to stand beside two other figures.
"Please do Kurosaki." Toshiro stated getting a horrible feeling he was going to have to a do a lot of paper work soon in reference to this group.
"Ah right, pay attention would you? I don't want to repeat this! Okay so this is Zangetsu!" Ichigo pointed to the tall, brown haired man in a long torn cloak with glasses across his face.
"This is Tensa, he's Zangetsu in Bankai mode." Ichigo pointed at the younger version of Zangetsu who had blue eyes and no glasses to hide them.
"That's Higo, he's the combination of Tensa, Zangetsu and Shiro that I fought when I was learning the final Gestuga Tensho." Ichigo gestured to the young adult that had white hair on one side and black horned hollow mask on the other, the long cloak he wore was white and it had large black trim, one eye black with a silvery blue iris and the other eye had a blue iris.
"Chi, he's was what I was like when I was finally facing off against Aizen." Ichigo pointed at another version of himself, but with longer hair. Chi had a serious look on his face, mouth set in a frown, one sleeve was missing and a chain was encircling it and a black glove on his right hand below the black chain.
"That's Mugetsu, he's me when I became the final Gestuga Tensho." Ichigo jerked his thumb at a version of him with red eyes, hip length black hair and a black tattoo visible on his right arm while the other arm had a bandage wrapped around it, the bandage mask was off to reveal an older looking Ichigo.
"Then we have Shiro he's my inner hollow, the one I usually converse and fight with." Ichigo took a deep breath before he went on as Shiro hefted his huge white Zanpakuto onto his shoulder and he grinned evilly at the gathered group.
"That Kyo, he's the one who took over while I was fighting Byakuya." Ichigo sighed as Kyo gave Byakuya the middle finger with a smirk, one eye covered in broken section of a hollow mask and piercings in his earlobes, other than that he looked just like Shiro.
"Awe are you sure I can't kill him King?" Kyo whined and Ichigo cuffed Kyo upside the head.
"I said no killing!" Ichigo shook his head.
"I swear to god, these guys will be the death of me. Okay, this is Rei; he's what I became when I was fully hollowed fighting Ulquiorra. He's usually calm, but can go off at any moment so be careful of what you say." Ichigo pointed at another albino version of himself, eyes mirroring Shiro's while his white hair was to the midway point down his back and he had his arms crossed over a very Arrancar looking white outfit, a white and red stripped horned hollow mask sitting on top of his head, red fur around his neck and wrists with a hole in his chest.
"That would be all of them." Ichigo sighed in relief and took a moment to look at his friend's expressions.
"What the actual hell Ichigo?" Renji stalked forward to whack his friend upside the head, but paused when Ichigo was suddenly yanked back by Tensa and Higo while Shiro and Kyo pointed their soul cutters at the redhead while Mugetsu, Chi, and Rei all tensed, their hands going to the hilts of their swords as Zangetsu raised his right arm up, blue veins popping up slightly as he started to ready his Quincy powers.
"Yeah… I've noticed they are a bit overprotective about me… They basically threw my dad out of town when he came to greet me in the morning with his usual face kick." Ichigo called from Tensa and Higo's grips.
"Do something about this would ya?" Renji held his hands up in surrender.
"Guys, chill they won't hurt me." Ichigo tried to sooth the spirits.
"Awe, am I just not allowed to have any fun?" Kyo pouted and Shiro agreed wholeheartedly.
"Go find Kenpachi or something if you really want a fight, but that means you have to leave me." Ichigo spoke up with a knowing look on his face.
"Ain't happening King." Kyo snorted, sadly sheathing his sword.
"So… What now?" Ichigo glanced at the assembled group.
"Whatever happens next I'm not taking any blame for it." Hitsugaya shook his head before he flash stepped away, Hyorinmaru following behind, guarding his master's back out of reflex.
"Gee thanks for the help Toshiro!" Ichigo shouted after the Captain of the 10th.
"He has great potential." Chi mused.
"Anyone with a brain can see that."Mugetsu agreed.
"So which one of ya is the one we helped Ichigo push back?" Shinji took a step towards the group and was slightly pleased that he wasn't put at sword point.
"That would be me." Shiro wiggled his fingers at him. "I didn't appreciate that by the way, King and I work just fine together."
"We didn't know that then." Kensei spoke up in their defense.
"How did this happen Ichigo? Did you always have so many…Spirits?" Rukia questioned and was surprised when a hissing Kyo, Rei and Shiro pulled Ichigo away from her.
"We don't like you." Rei stated simply and Ichigo wiggled in Rei's grip slightly as the longhaired hollow version of himself had Ichigo's back facing his chest and arms draped loosely, but possessively across Ichigo's shoulders with his chin resting on the orangette's head.
"Sorry about them, they have no tact what so ever." Ichigo rolled his eyes at the hollow versions of himself.
"You always kick or punch him and he won't let us come out and return the favor!" Kyo pouted.
"…Well?" Rukia swallowed hard trying to ignore the glare she was getting from the hollows.
"I'm not totally sure, about a month after I fought Aizen I was went into my inner world for a daily spar with Shiro and Zangetsu, these guys just kind of appeared…" Ichigo explained from within Rei's grip, leaning his head back against the chest behind him having given up on being released from Rei's grasp.
"That shouldn't be possible." Rose muttered to the other Vizored's who were nodding their agreement.
"We can't let Kisuke know about this, poor kid would be experiment on the moment he found out." Shinji hummed.
"Too late." Ichigo sighed catching their conversation.
"What do you mean?" Rangiku asked confused as Haineko and Tobiume prowled around the new group of male spirits, nodding approvingly.
"Well I couldn't exactly stay in my house when these guys showed up could I? So I dragged them to Urahara's and he tried to question me and he wanted to experiment on my reiatsu, but… Well…" Ichigo trailed off.
"We beat him back." Rei stated.
"He shouldn't touch King." Shiro shrugged his shoulders.
"Basically." Ichigo agreed and managed to wiggle his way out of Rei's grip.
"Then you should steer clear of Captain Kurotsuchi, he's worse than Kisuke." Shinji offered Ichigo some advice.
"Good plan, so where am I going?" Ichigo looked at the gather group before suddenly Ashisogi Jizo yanked him up into the sky, it's butterfly wings beating hard as its small hands were gripping Ichigo's biceps as it flew towards the 12th division.
"Hey let me go you overgrown insect!" Ichigo wiggled in the Zanpakuto's grip.
"Ah, too late." Rose shook his head and quickly backed up as the group of Zanpakuto spirits surged forward.
"Higo, you're the fastest. Get ready to catch Ichigo, the rest of us aim small, condensed versions of Gestuga Tensho's at that things wings and elbows." Chi said seriously, eyes blazing from underneath his long orange bangs as he lifted up his black Bankai.
"Why should we listen to you?" Kyo spat out, but he copied the others and brought out their own Zanpakuto's.
"You forget Kyo, Chi broke Aizen's Hado 90 with a wave of his hand." Tensa spoke up as he adjusted his stance. This new information shocked the Shinigami's and Vizored's who were not fully informed of what happened in the final battle against Aizen.
"On three." Chi eyed the others as reiatsu ran up and down their Zanpakuto's as they kept their sights on Ichigo. "One… Two… NOW!"
"GESTUGA TENSHO!"Each spirit released a small black burst of reiatsu that flew towards Ashisogi Jizo and Ichigo while Higo disappeared in a flash of white and black and appeared just below Ashisogi Jizo when the blasts made contact with it's wings and elbows slicing them apart. It screeched in pain and dropped Ichigo into the awaiting grasp of Higo, who spun on his heel and flash stepped away from the general area.
"We'll take care of King, even if we have to hide him away from you crazy Shinigami's." Shiro stated pointing his Zanpakuto at the Shinigami Captains and Vice Captains before the group flash stepped or Sondio'ed away following Higo and Ichigo.
"…Did everyone else see that?" Hiasgi asked rubbing his eyes.
"I knew Ichigo was different, but this is something else completely." Kira muttered.
"He's something alright, but he'll be safe with those guys." Shinji said fondly and he nodded at the others before he sauntered away with Momo following behind him. The other Captains left and their Vice's followed minus Renji as Byakuya gave him a short nod of permission to follow Rukia to find Ichigo.
"It shouldn't be too hard to find them, right?" Renji eyed his friend as the two started to search for their orange haired friend.
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"Why is it so freaking hard to find them!?" Renji pulled at his red hair in annoyance a few hours later making Seru and Habi laugh at him.
"They must be hiding all their reiatsu's very well, I can't even pick up Ichigo's and he really sucks at hiding his reiatsu." Rukia sighed as the two entered a back alleyway where a house was sitting alone. Sode no Shirayuki absently making ice designs in the air above her hand as she watched her wielder amused.
"This is the only place we haven't checked I swear." Renji sighed as the two pushed open the door and stood frozen in their spots at the sight before them.
Ichigo was asleep or passed out sitting on a massive throne made out of white bones with black darkness outlining it, his head tilted to the right side with his short bangs brushing over his closed eyes, his skin very pale almost the same color as his hollow spirits.
Rei was sitting on a small step below the platform the throne was sitting on, back against the leg of the throne with his arm was draped over Ichigo's knees in what looked like a relaxed position, but in reality it was a possessive one. Tensa was sitting on the other side of the step, head resting on Ichigo's knees as he watched the room with intense eyes.
Zangetsu and Mugetsu were leaning against the wall behind the throne looking disinterested, but their bodies were tense and hands curled around the hilts of their Zanpakuto's. Higo was leaning against the side of the throne, a hand gently carding through Ichigo's hair as he slept while Chi was leaning against the other side of the throne.
A few feet in front of the throne Kyo and Shiro were sparring with their Zanpakuto's only, but when Renji and Rukia entered the small house they stopped and pointed their Zanpakuto's at them in a threatening manner.
"Whoa, we just wanted to make sure Ichigo was okay!" Renji held his hands up in surrender again, getting sick of having swords pointed at him.
"King is just fine, as long as he has us he'll be safe." Kyo snorted, shouldering his Zanpakuto.
"Is he asleep then?" Rukia eyed the passed out Ichigo in the throne while the spirits around him tensed slightly.
"Ya, seems that having us all out here is taking a toll on him. So the faster you Shinigami's find a cure for this the better." Shiro explained tensely.
"Is he going to be okay?" Rukia asked worriedly.
"He just needs rest." Zangetsu spoke up while the more stoic spirits grunted their agreement.
"Should we take him to Captain Unohana?" Renji looked at Rukia and stepped back when growls came from around the room.
"We can take care of King fine here." Higo hugged Ichigo's head closer to his chest protectively.
"Okay, okay. Just promise that if he gets worse then you will take him to the 4th division." Rukia pinned the spirits with a glare.
"We will, now leave." Mugetsu nodded his agreement, voice deep and triple toned sounding like a mixture of Ichigo, Tensa and Shiro.
"I would advise taking their advice mistress." Sode no Shirayuki said in a soothing voice. "They are more powerful than they appear."
"And they appear pretty powerful if not insane." Renji muttered.
"Alright, just take care of him okay?" Rukia shot the spirits in the room glares before the two left to go to the 12th division to get an update on the cure or at least a stabilizing agent for Ichigo.
"About damn time they left. So are we just going to sit here until the creepy fucker that is in charge of the 12th figures out a way to get us back into the King's mind?" Kyo sat cross-legged in front of Rei while Shiro did the same in front of Tensa.
"The reason he is exhausted is because his reiatsu is overreaching, trying to support all our forms in this world."Chi explained, pursing his lips together tightly as his eyes were trained on the unconscious form of Ichigo.
"So, if we give him some of his reiatsu back then he'll be okay?" Tensa looked up hopefully.
"In theory, yes." Chi said.
"If we each give him just enough to stabilize him we can still exist on this plane to look protect him and he will be fine." Mugetsu pushed off the wall alongside Chi.
The gathered spirits placed their hands on a different part of Ichigo and closed their eyes, the room was enveloped in a mist as each spirit was outlined in a crimson black before the reiatsu was transferred to Ichigo, slowly the mist faded and Ichigo's eyes fluttered open and color returned to his skin.
"Ugh I felt like a truck ran me over." Ichigo put his right hand to his forehead as he looked at each of the spirits around him.
"Reiatsu exhaustion." Zangetsu stated and Ichigo nodded understanding.
"Don't ya worry one bit King, we won't leave your side until that creep fucker at the 12th figures out how to fix this!" Shiro puffed out his chest.
"Wonderful… Am I sitting on a throne made of bones? Where the hell did you find something like this? Oh god you didn't kill some more Soul Reaper did you?" Ichigo gave a halfhearted glare at his hollow spirits as he looked at the throne he was sitting on.
"You'll never know King." Kyo cackled and Ichigo just rubbed his forehead having a feeling this was going to be a long day.