This is basically a complete rewrite of Shinobi Arrancar.
I do not own Bleach or Naruto
I edited the lines for this chapter but not any of the text, that may be done later.
Edited July 14, 2012 at 1:06 PM.
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How long has it been?
How long has it been since then?
Since I died?
I don't know. But I sure am hungry.
Naruto opened his eyes. He was facing up to the night sky. The first thing he felt was the paining hunger in his stomach. Or, atleast where his stomach would've been. Instead there was a gigantic gaping hole there. Naruto groaned. He wondered how the hell he still alive with a hole like that in his body. The next thing to catch his eye was the sand he was lying on. It was cold, and very grainy. Painful, eve, to lie on. He stood up and smacked his head on a diamond hard tree. But instead of hitting his head, a Rrlayer of bone protected him. He felt his face and realized that he was wearing a mask, just like a foxes skull. He had the sudden urge to get down on all fours, and so he did. Whe he did, he noticed that he was covered in red fur, protected by a skeleton type thing, just like his 6-tailed form. Realization struck him, and he looked behind himself, only to be met with the sight of one swishing tail.
He didn't know what to make of it. Did he let Kurama take over his body? No, it was different. He distinctly remembered killing Tobi, then fighting Sasuke at the Valley of the End. Did he lose? No, he won. But they both died. He remembered that much. So where was he now? It sure as hell didn't look Hi no Kuni, nor did it look like any of the Elemental Nations. Maybe it was Tsuchi no Kuni. But there weren't supposed to be any deserts there. Possibly Kaze no Kuni. No, he visited Gaara there many times. There wasn't a single area in Kaze no Kuni like this. So where the hell was he? Wait, was he in Hell? That was the only possibility that made sense right now. He was in Hell. He was going to be tortured by monsters and creatures to repent for crimes in his life as a shinobi.
"Welcome to Hueco Mundo, brat."
Naruto turned around. There, he saw two creatures, one was extremely short, and crawled along on all fours. He to had a mask that completely covered his face. The other was much larger, like a gorilla. It even had a mask that was like a gorilla's skull. The difference was that its legs were puny and its forearms were gigantic.
Naruto stomach started aching again. He was hungry, and for some reason, these two creatures in front of him looked pretty damn appetizing.
"We found a new hollow around. Hehe, " laughed the smaller one, "He's pretty big too. We're going to feast tonight."
Is that what he was? A hollow? What hell was that?
"Am I in Hell?" Naruto tentatively asked.
"Nah, kid. You're in Hueco Mundo. It's where we hollow live. We're the creatures that feast on fellow souls. Trust me, they taste delicious. Especially a new born hollow. Those are the best."
The big one started guffawing like an idiot.
Having heard all the information that he needed. Naruto assumed his battle ready stance. Th small hollow laughed and was about to say something, but he never got the chance. In less than a second, Naruto was on top of him and had already punched his his fist, I mean, paw, through the hollow's face. The ravenous and bloodthirsty Naruto immediately set upon devouring his prey. The big hollow reeled back in surprise and before he had a chance to react, Naruto began eating him alive. Unfortunately for them, No one could hear their scream in the deserts of Hueco Mundo.
147 years later
It wasn't very often, that an Adjuchas class Menos Grande graced the living world with its appearance. But tonight that was the case. After 147 years of feasting only upon hollows and evolving thorugh the stages of the Menos, Uzumaki Naruto would be visiting the human world for the first time.
At 3 in the morning, Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia got a call for a hollow. Ichigo was glad to have Rukia back from the Soul Society, that didn't it wasn't annoying to get up in the middle of the night to fight a half-assed hollow. But this time was serious trouble. Standing in the middle of the road was a frog like Hollow holding the soul of an innocent little girl. It was just about to put her in its mouth. They were too far away to get to the girl in time and the ranged attacks that both Rukia and Ichigo had would only end up harming the girl also. But before either Ichigo or Rukia could react, something pounced on the frog's back. The frog hollow howled in pain and dropped the girl, Rukia sprang at her chance to grab the girl before she was back in harm's way. After a few minutes of struggling, the frog fell over, dead. The thing walked over it's body and started feasting upon it's corpse. It finished it pretty quickly too.
"Hey Rukia," Ichigo called, "It's another hollow, should I take care of it."
For the first time, Rukia paid attention to the second hollow, that now turned it's attention to the two shinigami. It looked like a human sized fox, with 6 tails swinging behind its back. Its mask was even fox like. Rukia felt its spiritual pressure and suddenly recognized it from her training back in the Soul Society and textbooks she had read. This was Menos Grande. But no ordinary Menos Grande, it was an Adjuchas class Menos Grande. The second stage of evolution of Menos.
Suddenly Hitsugaya Toshiro showed up, the captain of the 10th division of the Gotei 13.
"Hitsugaya-taichou, what are you doing here?" Rukia asked.
"I felt the reiatsu of a Menos. Never thought that I'd come face to face with an Adjuchas, though." he answered.
The Adjuchas chuckled, "Well, hello to you, too. So you're Hitsugaya Toshiro, I recognize that name. Your one of those captains. And that one's the famous Kurosaki Ichigo, the substitute shinigami. That one's Kuchiki Rukia. Aizen's made your names pretty famous all over Hueco Mundo."
The three shinigami tensed at his words.
"But then again, I don't really listen to that idiot Aizen much in the first place."
A few other shinigami appeared out of nowhere and landed beside Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya looked at all of them and ordered, "Abarai, Matsumoto, Madarame, Ayasagawa, stay back. This is an Adjuchas class. Leave it to me."
The other shinigami stepped back and grunted in approval, but readied their weapons in case they had to provide backup.
This time, the Adjuchas went into full blown laughter. When he finally calmed down he said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I just couldn't help myself. It's like the babies hiding behind the mother. But it was the right idea anyways. Not a single one of you could beat me. I'm Uzumaki Naruto, remember it."
Toshiro cocked his head to the side, "You sure are an odd one for an Adjuchas, Uzumaki."
"Well, how many Adjuchas have you met?" asked Naruto.
"Hmm," Toshiro scratched his head, "Not that many."
"Well there you have it. If you haven't met that many Adjuchas, how hell are you supposed to know which ones are normal or not, hmm?" Naruto replied.
Toshiro raised his sword, "That doesn't matter right now, because you will fight me and lose."
"Don't count on it, " retorted Naruto. Naruto blurred from view and Toshiro was just able to move quickly enough to keep from having his head sliced off.
"Sit Upon the Frozen Heavens: Hyorinmaru!"
A dragon made of ice extended from Hitsugaya's Zanpakuto and dove towards Naruto. To everyone's surprise, Naruto just raised a paw and swiped at it, sending flying to the side.
"You'll have to do better than that, Hitsugaya-taichou," Naruto mocked.
Naruto felt something on him, and looked down to see ice forming around his feet. He broke free of it by releasing an extremely intense wave of reiatsu. The ice cracked and flew in all directions.
"For a captain, that's pretty pathetic, " Naruto teased, "How about you switch over from your shikai to bankai?"
All ice retracted back to Toshiro. Toshiro raised his sword in front of him and shouted, "BAN-KAI!"
Ice wings formed around Tochiro and a tail of ice appeared. His zanpakuto appeared to be encased in ice, "You ready hollow?"
Naruto nodded.
Toshiro pointed his Zanpakuto at Naruto and a large burst of ice erupted from it trapping Naruto within in it. Toshiro then proceeded to shatter the ice.
"Stupid hollow. Bankai was bit much even for you." Toshiro then felt something tap his shoulder. He turned around only to see the Ajuchas he suposedly defeated, "Wha-?"
"Boo!" Naruto let loose a large Cero from his mouth, completely obliterating everything in it's path.
"HITSUGAYA-TAICHOU!" all the shinigami called out worry.
Toshiro appeared to have been pushed back while his ice wings were shattered. The only reason Toshiro was able to survive the blast was beacuse he was able to wrap his ice wings around his body to protect himself. Bit by bit, his ice wings and bankai began repairing themselves.
Naruto chance a glance down at the other shinigami. They all looked worried but refrained from interfering.
Toshiro swung hiw swor din an arc and a large array of ice daggers sprayed at Naruto. They were unavoidable and Naruto was pierced on all sides by them. Naruto fell to the ground with a thud. The other shinigami were engrossed with the fight.
Toshiro landed next to Naruto and said, "You're powere is greater than that of the average Adjuchas, based on research done by the 12th division. Care to explain why that is?"
Naruto mumbled something incoherent.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Toshiro asked.
"I said," Naruto repeated, "How many times you gonna fall for the same trick."
Toshiro gave him a puzzled look, but that was quickly replaced by a look of pain when an arm made of pure evil red reiatsu burst out of the ground and delivered a uppercut to Toshiro's jaw. Toshiro landed a couple feet away, but by that time Naruto already charged up a fireball, which was promptly shot at Toshiro. After the fire from the explosion died down, an unharmed Toshiro was revealed getting back to his feet while the orange-haired lady shinigami with gigantic breasts stood in between Naruto and him.
"Growl: Haineko"
Ash filled the air and a tornado formed around Naruto, and he was suddenly cut and scraped all over his body. The tornado picked him up and sent him flying into the wall of a flower shop. Naruto groaned while getting to his feet when he was knocked down by a whip sword hybrid.
When Naruto looked up he saw all the shinigami pointing their Zanpakuto's at him. Looked like it was time to get serious. Like last time, he let loose a wave of pure reiatsu, blowing them all back, including the wave of smoke.
"Something isn't right here," Toshiro said, "That Adjuchas is more powerful than any other Menos I've fought. It's even more powerful than any Adjuchas described by the a research and development division."
Naruto spoke up, "Well, that's what you get when you fight an Adjuchas who's nearing the level of Vasto Lorde."
All shinigami reeled back in surprise. They had only heard of Vasto Lorde's in legends.
"Relax, everyone. He may be nearing Vasto Lorde, but he's still an Adjuchas for now. We can take him." Toshiro encouraged.
Toshiro was having internal turmoil right now. He needed to take down this hollow without having his team injured. But that seemed impossible in this situation. He motioned for Renji to come over.
"What is it taichou?" asked Renji.
"Please, ask Soul Society to send backup. Preferably another taichou. This hollow is far too powerful for us to handle on our own." said Toshiro.
"Yes, sir!" replied Renji. He didn't particularly agree, but he decided to trust Hitsugaya-taichou's judgement. He used shunpo to disappear from the battlefield.
Toshiro turned his attention back to Naruto, who was currently fighting the other shinigami, and brought his sword forward.
Naruto saw the attack only second too late. A wave of ice blared forward from Toshiro's sword and nailed his torso. This other shinigamis' hits looked like push pins in comparison to this. This one actually hurt.
"Ichigo," Toshiro called out, "You will have to release your bankai. Just the two of us will fight him. Please back off, the rest of you. If you interfere, you may ended up injured, or dead."
The other shinigami took quite a few steps back, while the famous Ichigo as well as the captain Toshiro took a few steps forward. A large amount of reiatsu bore down on Naruto as the two released their bankai.
Naruto had already seen Toshiro's bankai but Ichigo's bankai was new to him. His sword shrunk down to a black short sword. Naruto could literally feel the power radiating off the sword. He made a mental note to not underestimate it.
"Getsuga TENSHO!" Ichigo roared. A black wave shot out towards Naruto, who was only able to narrowly avoid it. He dodged it by jumping into the air, that was his mistake. Toshiro was waiting above him and brought his zanpakuto down on Naruto's head...hard. The speed of Naruto flying into the ground could only be rivaled by a rocket. A large crater formed in the middle of the street upon impact. Toshiro, Ichigo and the others waited a few tantalizing moments to see what happened. Naruto groggily got up, but once he was on his feet, he was ready to go.
By now Naruto realized that his normal hollow skill set wasn't going to work against them. And he knew that the Toshiro guy realized that Naruto wasn't exactly using reiatsu. It was denser. I wasn't reiatsu, it was chakra.
As Naruto was preparing to attack once more, he sensed a presence behind him and jumped away just in time for a shinigami to come flying down from the sky.
This shinigami's reiatsu was nowhere near that of Toshiro or Ichigo. Maybe around the level of the Rukia girl and the guy with feathers adorning his eyes. Then Naruto felt a gigantic amount of pressure bear down on him. He looked up and saw the piniapple head from before land near the shinigami the fell from the sky. Naruto couldn't help but think, Strange, that guys hair reminds me of someone. And sleeping. It reminds of a person and also of sleeping. Maybe about a person who slept? Someone in a coma?
Then the source of the large reiatsu landed next to the fallen shinigami. It was the weirdest thing, this guy had the head of a wolf! A motherfucking wolf! Naruto had to admit, it was pretty damn cool, yet slightly disturbing.
Who were this guy's parents?
The wolf shinigami bent down and helped up the fallen shinigami.
"Be careful 6th Seat Ikora. You have plenty of potential, don't waste it on skydiving...without a parachute." The wolf man scolded.
Ikora laughed embarrassed and rubbed the back of his head, "Sorry Komamura-taichou."
Naruto narrowed his eyes, the wolf head was a captain. Komamura-taichou? Never heard of you. I hope that means you're not very strong. But it's probably my luck that you can kill me as easily as I can kill a gillian.
Toshiro seemed annoyed, "Komamura-taichou, I don't mean to question your judgement, but do you think that bringing a 6th seat on a mission where I specifically requested a captain, is a good idea?"
Komamura turned his attention to Hitsugaya, "Of course, he's new with the squad and he needs experience. Plus, anyone else ranked higher than him was busy. Anyways, that hollow is the problem? I feel something off about him. His reiatsu feels different. Hitsugaya-taichou, Ichigo, please stand down. I would like to test this Menos on my own for a bit. I want to see what's wrong with it."
Komamura then draw his zanpakuto and went into ready stance. Not really in a hurry to face another captain-class shinigami, Naruto stood his ground.
"Roar: Tenken!" Naruto stood, waiting for Komamura-taichou's shikai to take effect. Naruto noticed no visible difference, and was thinking that Komamura-taichou had a brain fart and forgot his zanpakuto's command.
"Hollow, what is your name?" Komamura-taichou asked.
"Uzumaki Naruto, believe it!" Naruto responded.
"Well Naruto-san, I do not wish to hurt you, so if you would come along quietly I may be able to send you to soul society without causing you any pain. There you may be examined for your inconsistencies in reiatsu by Shinigami Research and Development Institute."
"Forget it, Komamura-taichou. As tempting as that offer sounds, I prefer it in Hueco Mundo." Naruto retorted.
"I see." was all Komamura offered back. He then brought his zanpakuto down from above his head. At this distance, Naruto didn't expect to be hurt at all, but was completely flabbergasted when a disembodied arm came down at the same rate and angle as Komamura's arm. Except this arm was so much larger that it reached Naruto and it held a oversized sword in it. Naruto didn't have enough time to avoid the attack and was crushed by the sword. The sharp end of the sword just being able to off his left front leg. When Komamura lifted his arm back up, Naruto retreated a few steps back, limping all the way. Much to everyone's astonishment, Naruto's arm began to quickly regenerate. His arm healed so well, it was as if it had never been cut off in the first place.
Wanting to see more of what Komamura-taichou could do, Naruto decided to test him. Naruto charged up a rather weak cero in his mouth, and fired at Komamura. As expected, Komamura used the giant blade to deflect the cero upwards. While Komamura-taichou was distracted with this, Naruto disappeared from sight.
"That's neither shunpo nor sonido. So what the hell is that? Oh shit! Sajin-san watch out!" Toshiro warned.
Komamura looked down just in time to see Naruto flying upwards from right underneath him, his right claw held out as a knife to slice Komamura's throat. Komamura's eyes widened as he realized that he wouldn't be able to deflect the attack in time. Naruto let the beginnings of a victory smile grace his lips, but just as he was getting to the good part, a zanpakuto intercepted his frowned and looked to the left, it was Toshiro who blocked it. Naruto brought up his newly formed left claw up and stabbed it straight through Hitsugaya's chest, then immediately jumped back.
Hitsugaya fell to his knee, heavily panting. Komamura picked him up and carried him to the sidelines asking Renji to take Hitsugaya-taichou back to the 4th division barracks in the Soul Society. Renji complied and leapt away as fast as possible, carrying Toshiro on his back.
Komamura then motioned the other shinigami over and asked for their help in defeating Naruto. Lastly, he turned to Naruto and said, "I don't usually hold grudges against anyone, but you, my friend, must be brought to justice."
Naruto grinned foxily as he dodged the other shinigami's zanpakuto.
"Dance: Sode no Shirayuki"
"Grow: Hozukimaru"
"Growl: Haineko"
"Bloom: Fuji Kujaku"
Some form of danger came from all these zanpakuto whether it be ash, ice, or physical attacks.
After he successfully dodged all the shinigami, he jumped on a rooftop of a nearby bookstore. He was able to get a good look at the area. But something was off. Where was Ikora, the 6th seat that came with Komamura-taichou?
"Blaze: Nobi"
Ikora finally made himself known, appearing behind Naruto's back. He pointed his zanpakuto at Naruto as a whirlwind of fire blazed to life from it and entirely surrounding Naruto and trapping him a burning prison. The prison he was in started to shrink contiguously until the flames were feeding off of Naruto's body.
Ikora used shunpo to appear with the group of shinigami. For a while, all that could be heard was the agonizing scream of Naruto as he was being burned to death. Eventually, the flames dispersed, revealing no remains. Everyone finally gave a sigh of relief, while a few gave respectful nods to Ikora. Ikora felt proud of himself for earning the respect of his captain and was going to give himself a pat on the back, when he didn't feel a thing. Naturally, he looked down only to scream out in horror. What was once the left side of his body was now nothing but a bloody mess. His entire left arm as well as a good portion of his torso had been bitten off. Before he could react any farther, his head and upper body were bitten off in one clean chomp. All the remaining shinigami turned to Naruto, their faces showing nothing but horror, save for Madarame and Komamura, whose down unbridled fury. After finishing his meal, Naruto felt a sudden rush of power. Because he had only eaten other hollows in the past, he thought this spike in his reiatsu was normal after eating shinigami. Boy, was he wrong.
What the hell! I'm shrinking! What the hell if going on?
True to his thoughts, Naruto was shrinking, dramatically in fact. But it was only Komamura who knew what was happening. That hollow will no longer be a Adjuchas.
Naruto's shrinking stopped when he reached just under the length of a great dane. He was compelled, no, forced to stand up right. His body was no longer covered in fur, but a thick later of bone that was colored to resemble the fur. His blonde hair was now visible, yet the fox skull mask remained. The only difference being, that his sky blue eyes were visible. Naruto looked behind himself, instead of six, there were now nine complete tails swishing around behind him.
To say the least, Naruto felt absolutely amazing.
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Back in Soul Society, everyone had been informed of the situation. Captain-commander Yamamoto was holding an emergency captain's meeting to discuss what to do in this state of emergency. Many suggestions were thrown around, but everyone agreed that this Vasto Lorde must be dealt with. In response to the captains quarreling, Yamamoto decided to form an emergency response team.
"Enough with your bickering!" Yamamoto commanded, "I have decided that I will send vice-captains Hisagi, Kira, Kotetsu, and Iba. I will also send along 5th seat Haruno of the 4th division, 4th seat Nara of the 10th division, and 7th and 3rd seat of the 6th division Hinata Hyuuga and Neji Hyuuga, respectively. To lead this task force will be the new 5th division captain Sasuke Uchiha. Understood? Now get moving, we have no time to waste."
Uchiha-taichou nodded and moved to collect his team.
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Komamura-taichou fell to the ground, completely exhausted. This hollow seemed to have a limitless supply of energy. By now, everyone was on the ground. Komamura couldn't tell if they were dead or alive, he just knew that they wouldn't be getting up anytime soon.
"Hey Foxtrot, take a gander at this," called out Ichigo.
Naruto paid him no mind, and instead grabbed Komamura's zanpakuto out of his hand. He raised it above his head and prepared to bring it down, ending Komamura's life.
Ichigo watched helplessly. He had his left arm and both legs broken by Naruto. He was so sore all over, he could barely move an inch. But as he watched Naruto about to kill Komamura-taichou, he felt the need to do something. He grasped his zanpakuto and prepared to release a Getsuga Tenshou. But apparently it wasn't needed. As soon as Naruto began his downward arc, a flash of blue slammed into him, sending him flying backwards.
"Still can't take care of a measly hollow, your pathetic Kurosaki," Uryuu stepped onto the ground and adjusted his glasses.
Instead of mocking him back as he usually did, Ichigo warned him, "Get out of here Ishida. See Komamura-taichou over there. That Menos took him down in mere minutes. That guy's a Vasto Lorde! Get out of here Ishida!"
"All the more reason to kill him," Uryuu stated blandly.
"You should pay more attention to your friends warnings, dattebayo," Uryuu's eyes widened. He hadn't even sensed the hollow move, yet here he was, face to face with it. Before he could react, the hollow grabbed his face and threw him down the street.
"Pssh, I'm not usually so disrespectful, but that guy was a quincy, right? He was just as pathetic as you shinigami." Naruto smirked.
"Don't you dare class me in with those idiots." Naruto turned around, unsurprised. Uryuu was slowly limping towards him, his bow out.
Naruto threw his head back and chuckled, "How many people are gonna keep showing up to this party, huh?"
Naruto had already sensed the opening of a senkaimon and was going to laugh again, when he realized exactly who was coming.
He quickly turned his attention to the quincy and said, "I have to go right now. We can continue our little chat next time. Good bye."
Naruto opened a garganta and stepped through, sealing it from the inside.
Ishida let out a sigh of relief, then realized that he was the only conscious one here. The local authorities were bound to show up any minute, and he would be the only visible one. Things were going to get messy and, as usua, he was going to be in the middle of it.
"What the hell happened here?" Hisagi asked.
Ishida had only just made out the presence of more shinigami. All them had considerably high amount of reiatsu. No doubt a team sent to exterminate the hollow that was present until just recently.
"If you're looking for the hollow, you just missed it. It left not a minute ago. But he did leave behind quite a mess. I will leave it in your hands now." Ishida said as he walked down the street.
"Isane, Izuru, Haruno, these people need medical attention immediately," Hisagi called out. The three, addressed quickly served and set about patching up the wounded.
Uchiha-taichou shunpo'd next to Hisagi.
"Quite a grisly scene if you ask me taichou. What do say we do, we were ordered to exterminate the Vasto Lorde, our next orders come directly from you. What do we do now?" Hisagi asked.
Sasuke gazed on at the sight in front of him: One half dead taichou, one dead shinigami, and the whole Karakura patrol squad unconscious. Not to mention the severely wounded Hitsugaya-taichou back in Soul Society.
The raven haired duckbutt pondered the situation, "We cannot chase the hollow into Hueco Mundo otherwise we would be put at disadvantage. We can't just wait for him to ambush us again, what happened to them may happen to us. We cannot return to Soul Society otherwise we would give the hollow a perfect chance to attack this town's civilian population. We cannot make any decisions until we have more information." Sasuke replied.