Above the serene town, a vicious battle was taking place. The sword slashed, both the wielder and the sword itself screaming, the hollow disappearing with a gurgle. There were many hollows approaching Karakura Town. Too much to just be a mere coincidence. The orange haired teen let his Zanpaktou, Zangetsu, rest at his side for a second. He scanned the area, his hazel eyes taking in the numbers.
'Shit! How many of these bastards are there?' He was getting increasingly pissed off. He was in the middle of class, again. "At this rate, I'm surprised I'm not expelled, the assholes!"
He charged at them once more, unleashing 2 Getsuga Tenshou's, which seemed to deplete the hollow's numbers considerably… for the time being. It didn't take long for more to come through, though.
"I hope Renji and Rukia are okay. They seem to be having a hard time as well"
He didn't have much time to ponder, as the screech of the hollow approaching him broke his concentration.
While he fought a seemingly never-ending battle, another Garganta split open the sky. An army of humans wearing wolf masks poured through the opening, Ichigo was concentrating too much on the hollows to sense the human's presence approach him. Without as much as a second passing between the human's arriving, they surrounded the boy. The Hollows backed off, and retreated back to where they came from… but Ichigo was a little preoccupied to notice.
The masked humans wore army uniforms, but instead of the usual green camouflage, these had dark grey and blacks. Their entire look was…unusual. They all wore the same mask, the exact same clothes, and a dark hood to cover their hair.
Ichigo was confused, his eyes darting around, trying to keep all of the new enemy in his sight. It was impossible though. There was simply too many.
A flash of metal and what felt like a very hard shove was all that Ichigo could register.
He found himself panting, even though he was perfectly fine a couple of seconds before.
He went to clutch his injury, but his hand was not able to touch his shoulder.
There was what seemed a piece of machinery attached to it. The little machine couldn't have been much larger than his hand, but it had the weight of something ten times the size. Suddenly the machine spluttered and roared into life, with an angry metallic sound, light's started flashing.
Ichigo roared in pain, as the machine stabbed into his shoulder, through the flesh and muscle, and eventually grasping on to the very bone. The deeper it dug, the louder it was becoming.
"Who the hell are these guys? AND WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING ON MY SH-"
Without warning, his eyes rolled back, and he began to fall, his body limp.
One of female humans dashed under him and managed to catch him by his collar. With a casual flick of her wrist, he flung him over her shoulder.
The portal opened again, and the army retreated.
There was a crackling of electricity, as the army disappeared. One of them stayed, and turned to look down on the town below her feet.
It was the same woman who saved Ichigo. She talked into her dying radio, a smug tone on her already silky voice.
"This is Hunter. We got him. Mission: Accomplished."