A/N: This story is VERY AU. If you see anything that would not seem likely and/or has never happened in the Bleach Timeline remember that this is done intentionally. Also at this time I would like to announce for those who can't realize it that I don't own Bleach but I did come up with this idea on my own.
At the present time in a district known as Karakura Town, Tokyo...
Bleach Wars:Revenge of the Quincy
War! Soul Society is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Arrancar leader, Sōsuke Aizen . There are heroes on both sides. Hollows are everywhere.
In a stunning move, the fiendish Espada, Gin Ichimaru , has swept into Karakura Town and kidnapped Ryūken Ishida, last of the Quincy.
As the Arrancar Army attempts to flee city with their hostage before the royal key is to be created, two Shinigami lead Gotei 13 in a desperate mission to stop the Arrancar before it is too late...
A/N: I just had some adjustments to the story that I felt like I HAD to make. If you like this version please tell me. I love reviews and it gives me an inspiration to move faster. If you don't like something I'm doing just tell me and I'll try and improve...I LOVE my feed back!
With all that had transpired in the past two hours, Ichigo found it hard not to be amazed that none of the other humans were aware of what exactly was going on...though they were quite aware something was going on. Renji, who was at his side as they both raced through street after street with no time to stop and fight, appeared to show no worries despite Soul Society's ailing state under the Arrancar's ruthless attacks.
The defense of Karakura Town would not even have been attempted at this point if it wasn't for two reasons. Firstly, there was no way Soul Society could allow 100,000 people to die...especially when it would give Aizen exactly what he wanted. If Aizen ever got his hands on a key to the Royal Family, Soul Society would officially be dead. The second reason was of far more consequence, to Ichigo at least. While Ichigo and Uryū were not exactly the best of friends, they had come to have a better understanding of each other and as such Ichigo could not possibly allow his father to be killed.
Ichigo and Renji both did a jump-flip as a Adjuchas-class meno was thrown into the side of an apartment complex, sending concrete and scared humans flying. So far, the two had gone relatively un-opposed until...
"Renji!"
"I see them!"
Straight ahead directly in their path, was an entire legion of hollows. Instantly, the two Shinigami had their zanpakutōs in hand and headed into the mass of dark spirits. With little time to get into any sort of serious fight, they charged in with all their strength and speed, cutting through anything that got in their way. Fighting close by, Isane Kotetsu noticed the two trying to get through quickly and rushes the hollows head on.
It doesn't take long for the two to get out of the mass considering how weak the hollows are and Ichigo starts getting a little cocky.
"Hem, if all the hollows were this weak, this battle would have been over before it even start..."
Renji's crimson eyes grew large as she looked past Ichigo and saw a massive hollow wearing an unimaginably sinister skeletal mask with long crimson lines carving their way along the sides formed his fingers into small 'missiles'. Ichigo turned his head just in time to see four missiles head directly towards him.
"Ichigo, you got a hollow head right towards you ya cocky bastard!"
Before Ichigo reacted, Renji was there beside him and held his zanpakutō before the missiles, which easily destroyed them. The massive hollow started to pursue after them but after a few of its own missiles were redirected back on him, he thought otherwise. They both continued on despite the number of interferences they had encountered already and they were all TOO happy when finally they found their temporary command center...
"Karakura High School!"
Ichigo glared harshly at the building standing before him. Any other time of day it wouldn't have mattered if the Arrancar leader was in this building but it was 12:00...the middle of the school day. Ichigo lowered his voice down to almost a whisper.
"Gin, you bastard."
Renji and Ichigo both looked at each other for a moment before Ichigo gave a slight nod of the head and they both ran inside.
Gin Ichimaru stood across from where Ryūken Ishida was encased in his seat. Gin stared...or at least that's what he most likely was doing, with his usual, intimidating, slitted eyes that were just slightly covered by his long silver bangs. Ryūken stared back into those emotionless eyes and malicious smile with an evenly intimidating glare, clearly stating that he was not afraid. These few moments of silence would likely have been extremely disturbing for any outside audience since Ryūken looked just like a slightly older version of Gin.
Gin made his smile broader as he let out a soft laugh at Ishida's apparently foolish outlook.
"You're quite calm Quincy considering that you're the last of your kind...and that Aizen has 'special' plans for you."
Gin brought his smile back down to its previous level before Ryūken made his retort.
"You sound just like a Soul Reaper."
"I'm an Arrancar Commander now...I am nothing like those pathetic weaklings!"
For a split second, Ichimaru's mouth and dropped its smile as he took a rarely seen serious tone. The moment ended rapidly though as his smile quickly came back along with a sarcastic tone.
"I suppose that since I once was a Shinigami captain then that means I could never be anything else. Oh, how horrible it is...maybe next time I try going for Quincy instead...oh wait, I can't...you're the last one."
Ryūken's eyes curved as he increased the intensity of his glare. How dare he! Maybe being a Quincy isn't my most favorite thing in the world but I can't help what I am...and if Gin Ichimaru or anyone else thinks they will destroy me they are wrong. Don't you worry Gin, I have something special planned for all of you... Ryūken's train of thought was interrupted as he suddenly felt massive spirit energy very close by...very, very close by...it was in the school! So, Ichigo was coming for him after all.
At about the same time Gin felt the presence to and turned his head to the door. As if on schedule, Ichigo and Renji busted through the doors, creating a thick cloud of dust. After a few seconds the cloud cleared but Gin was clearly gone...but Ichigo and Renji weren't entirely sure they had seen him either.
With nothing hindering their way, or so they thought, the two Shinigami walked casually closer to the Quincy. Renji roughly cleared his throat before speaking.
"Ryūken, are you alright?"
"Gin Ichimaru."
With his reply, both Renji and Ichigo turned to see Gin standing on top of the ventilation shaft running through the top of the gym. Ichigo his way around to Renji's other side while they lowered their voices.
"This time, we'll do this together Ichigo."
"I was about to say that, jackass."
Now knowing that everyone had their eyes on him, Gin let loose his widest grin yet before doing an overly elegant flip down to the other side of the gym. Ryūken got in his most serious tone as he saw Ichimaru slowly walking towards them.
"Get help. You're no match for him, he's an Arrancar Commander."
Renji half turned his body and brought up one of his classic bright grins.
"Ryūken, Arrancar Commanders are our specialty."
She turned back and now Ichigo and Renji started walking themselves until Gin was only a few feet away. Eventually they stopped and prepared for the battle, with Renji naturally releasing his excessively long red hair.
"Your swords please, we don't want to make a mess of things in front of the Last Quincy."
"You wont get away this time Gin."
Renji and Ichigo both brought up their zanpakutōs and then a slit second later, Gin had his blade held at angle from his side. Quickly, the two charged him but it took Gin little effort to block all their maneuvers...though, they had forced him back a little. Gin brought up a possibly even more sinister smile as he brought his blade up in front of him.
"I've been looking forward to this."
Ichigo gave Gin the most hateful glare possible.
"My powers have doubled since we last met Gin."
"Good! Twice the pride, double the fall."
"Bastard!"
Ichigo slung his zanpakutō down hard against Gin's but yet again, despite all the power both Renji and Ichigo put into their fighting, Ichimaru was always just as good. The three slowly fought their way to the back stairs where Gin uses the knock back kidō binding spell, effectively sending Renji flying all the way over to the other stairway.
Ichigo easily becomes even more enraged and sweeps his sword across in a move that easily could have removed Gin's head had he not ducked. The two moved up the stairs while still fighting and at the same time, Renji was heading up the second stairway. Two very small and weak hollows tried firing spirit energy at him like a chain gun but in return she reflected their own fire back on them and quickly defeat them both...to which Ryūken smiled and gave a simple 'yeah'.
Renji charged Gin from the front while Ichigo got him from behind (A/N: Sorry, didn't mean for that to sound so...well, wrong). Before either one tried another hit again, Gin kicked Ichigo hard into the wall and then...
"Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini! Look upon yourself with horror and then claw out your own throat! Binding spell number nine, GEKI!!!"
With all Gin's spirit power quickly built up, the spell lifted Renji off the ground slung him back down to the gym floor and effectively knocked him unconscious with a blinding red flash of light. Ichigo laid on the floor barely able to move as he also watched Gin bring part of the ventilation shaft down on top of him...which brought yet another bright smile to his face.
Ichigo, now with anger feeling him inside, built up his spirit energy and before Gin could block him, Ichigo sent him flying down over the stairs to the main level. Gin was just getting up when he found Ichigo already coming down on top of him (A/N: Seriously, I don't mean for it to sound the way it's probably coming out). Their zanpakutōs met several more times before the two brought theirs together and were temporarily incapable of pushing one past the other.
"I sense great fear in you, Kurosaki-kun. You have hate...you have anger...but you don't use them."
Finally, Ichigo forced down against his sword so hard he sent Gin back several feet. Both quickly raised their zanpakutōs over their heads before clashing them again. Suddenly, Ichigo was fighting with even more furiously than before and after only a few more seconds of fighting, he brought his sword down below Gin's defenses and sliced off both his hands.
Gin's zanpakutō went flying through the air until Ichigo caught it with his hand and brought both blades down to either side of Gin's neck. At this moment, Gin's eyes had become wide open, a truly rare moment indeed, as he looked up into Ichigo's face. How is this possible?! I'm stronger than him, he couldn't possibly have defeated me! And yet...
"Good Ichigo, good."
Ryūken was watching with almost a sense of entertainment as Ichigo continued to hold the blades just inches from Gin's throat.
"Hahaha, kill him...kill him now."
Gin and Ryūken both exchanged looks at this time but something had definitely changed. Gin looked not only like he was afraid, but there also was almost a since of confusion...as opposed to Ryūken who seemed to be both enjoying this and at the same time taking it quite seriously. Gin looked back up into Ichigo's face which now Ichigo had become confused himself.
"I...I shouldn't...it's not the Shinigami way..."
"Do it!"
There! Something was undoubtedly different about him, his voice had become demanding and cruel and for a second, Ichigo could have swore...no, he was right, time to end this!
After another moment of stalling, Ichigo brought the two blades together and Gin's head was sliced from its body and rolled out of site. Witnessing what he had done, Ichigo placed his zanpakutō back behind his back and threw Gin's across the gym.
Walking back over to where Ryūken was still tied down, Ichigo brought his hands together as he carefully targeted the rope.
"Ye Lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, The sea barrier surges, March on to the south! Destructive spell number thirty-one, Shakkahō!"
At first nothing happened but finally the robes broke. What at first had seemed to be the simple binding spell number four, which just put energy robe around the arms, turned out to be that on top of a hidden layer of spell number ninety-nine, kin, the most powerful of all binding spells! Ichigo began to think to himself why would Gin have considered him so powerful that he needed not only the most powerful binding spell but two binding spells?! Ichigo didn't think long on this as the Quincy rubbed his arms where the binds had been and then they both ran towards the blasted doors.
Right before they would have stepped through, Ichigo came across where Renji was lying, partially covered by the vents. Despite the fact that there were probably more Hollows that were on their way, Ichigo bent down to try and release Renji...who hopefully was only knocked out. Ryūken stopped as well and watched Ichigo pulled Renji's limp body from the debris.
"Leave him or we'll never make it."
"His fate will be the same as ours!"
There really was something odd about Ryūken, for a guy who owned a hospital he sure seemed to be having a low concern for life.
Ichigo lifted him up and slung him over his right shoulder. The three of them moved on out and eventually came across the stairs where they could finally get roof access and get out of here. They made it up to the third floor when suddenly, an explosion rocked the school. With his weight no longer balanced, Ichigo fell over the side and barely was able to grab on to the side of the railing...now with both Renji and Ryūken holding on to him. At this time, Renji began to stir and as he saw himself hanging almost forty feet above ground he hung on just a bit tighter to Ichigo.
"Dammit Ichigo, can't you just once get the job done with out putting everyone's ass on the line?"
A nerve above Ichigo's right eyebrow twitched.
"Shut up!"
It took a moment for him to build up his power but finally he flipped everyone back over to safety and they continued on to the roof. Once they made it to the roof, however, in they were in for a most unfortunate surprise.
"Well now, what do we have here?"
Ichigo looked around for a moment wondering as to who could have said that but he already had a bad feeling as if he already knew...ultimately, he did. A black slip had opened up from on top of the school, a portal from Hueco Mundo. Joining them now the roof was Ulquiorra Schiffer, Grimmjow Jeagerjaques and the leader of them all... Sōsuke Aizen.
Ichigo felt like his stomach was suddenly full of butterflies at the appearance of the most powerful of the Arrancar's forces right in front of him...but that wasn't the last surprise he was in for. From behind Aizen, Ichigo heard an all-to-familiar chuckle...which belonged to Gin.
"Aizen-sama is incredible at making copies...isn't he?"