Something Missing
a Bleach Fanfic
by
PimpedOutToast
"The Creator" was displeased, so inter-dimensional Demigod Vicktor was ordered to create an alternate branch from a key point in the original Bleach Universe by intervening in the death of one of that universe's strongest warriors. Armed with the the powers of an arrancar, he must now stop the event and alter the fate of that universe.
Chapter 1
The Hell Spawn
"Do it."
The new born Hollow Ichigo Was about to fire its Cero and mortally wound the Espada known as Ulquiorra.
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Vicktor appeared within the universe, a good distance away from the scene, but the glow from the charging cero was visible.
"I don't have too much time."
He thought back to what The Creator had told him his abilities were.
He drew his sword, which was a kilij as opposed to a katana, matching his blade in most of his other inter-dimensional variants.
"What was the release command? Right... Devour, Infierno Desovar!"[1]
He was consumed by a deep red aura. His new form had his spinal area on his back covered with the bone like material that a Release granted, leading into a thin tail with a trident at the end.
The bony material also covered his shoulders and the outlines of the bone within his body. His muscles also grew in size, mostly on his upper body. This bone all led up to his mask; it was an angular skull shape, more so than Ichigo's hollow mask. In fact, it was almost primitve in quality, with some of the edges looking as if they had been cruedly chiseled..
It curved back over his skull, and two horns curved out of the sides. He also grew another 5 inches in height.
He preformed the arrancar's match to the flashstep, the sonido, and rammed the Vasto Lorde that was once Ichigo, knocking him off balance and sending the Cero's blast in another direction.
The other three beings looked at him with wide eyes, confused.
"I'll explain everything... once I deal with him."
Hichigo stood and charged another cero.
"Get out of the way unless you have a deathwish." Said Ulquiorra calmly.
"You focused your power into regeneration. I focused mine into defense. My Hierro is roughly 15 times as thick as a normal Arrancar's. Each layer is like a sheild unto itself. Once one layer is broken the next begins taking damage until it finally reaches my body."
Vicktor lowered his head and stared down the glowing ball of energy with a straight face.
"This is nothing."
The blast fired and Vicktor took it head on from a mere few feet away. Layers of his "armor" cracked and shattered as his armor failed. Then the blast ended... and he was still standing. His chest was burned and smoking, but he was otherwise unharmed. Slowly the light began to reform.
"Cero Rapidos." he rased an arm and fired a cero.
Hichigo didn't flinch. Then another fired roughly one second later. Then another, then another. Hichigo stumbled back a bit.
Vicktor took advantage of this and charged Hichigo, landing a punch to his gut.
Then something unexpected happened.
The real Ichigo, in bankai form, flew out of Hichigo.
"I don't think that was supposed to happen."
Then Hichigo's eyes turned yellow from the black they once were. The hollow opened his mouth... and laughed.
Vicktor looked over to Ichigo.
Ichigo was motionless on the ground with Tensa Zangetsu lying in his hand loosely, bar the signs he was breathing.
Relieved at this,Vicktor took a step back.
"I suppose I oughta thank ya for getting me outta of his body! How's this do?" He drove his zanpaktou, his personal white equivelent to Tensa Zangetsu into Vicktor's torso.
It shredded through his Hierro with ease and the arrancar coughed up black blood.
"I don't know who you are, but I have you right where I want you." He mentally damned The Creator for not warning him about this creature.
The hollow laughed again, this time the mask remaining closed.
"Whadda ya mean?"
"Cero Finale." A black cero began to form in front of Vicktor's horns. He grabbed Hichigo's arm and held fast.
"What?"
There was a deep hum as the blast fired at point blank range, engufing the two combatants.
When the smoke cleared, Hichigo was severly scorched on his chest. Some of the fur around his neck was burned off.
"What was that ya bastard?"
Vicktor smirked. "That was my Cero Finale. It's a cero so strong it makes this guy's Cero Oscuras look like a tickle." He pointed a thumb over his shoulder at Ulquerria.
"However, I can only use it once every half hour. Believe me though, I can last another half hour to fire another of those off."
Hichigo laughed. "Who cares, I've got instant regneration!"
Vicktor raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? Then why aren't you 'regenerating'?"
Hichigo growled. The half breed bastard arrancar in front of him was correct; he wasn't healing.
"That attack has slowed your abilities to that of a human." Victor smirked.
Hichigo withdrew his blade and vanished in a sanido.
"I'll be back ya bastard." Hichigo's voice echoed. "and next time, I'll kill all of ya!"
Vicktor made his way over to Ulquerria. "We have to talk. Eizen is going to betray the Espada in the near future."
"Oh, you've done it now you dumbass! I wanted to change the timeline, but not that much! Now we have Ichigo unable to use his Vizard powers, Hichigo on the lose, and the remaining Espada and Aizen runnig amok as well! You're staying there until you get the chance to reunite Ichigo and his Hollow half!" Yelled a voice in his head.
"You're kidding me, right? I have to stay here and help him defeat that thing?" Replied Vicktor telepathically.
"No, I'm dead serious you idiot. Get to work. If I think you desparately need it, I'll lend a helping hand."replied the voice.
Vicktor returned to reality. "Sorry. Anyways, I know you won't believe me from just telling you."
He raised his hand to Ulquerria's eye level. "So I'll show you."
Ulquerria's eyes went wide as images appeared in his mind; Harribel's fall, Aizen's transformation...
"How do I know you are not decieving me?" the Espada replied in his usual monotone voice.
Victor crossed his arms and reverted to his "sealed" form. "That isn't within my power. I can only show what I have been shown. Aizen will eventually go berzerk with power... and we need as many allies as we can get, particularly since our red headed friend can't use hollowfication."
"I am not his 'friend' stranger." commented Ulquerria.
All heads turned to face Ichigo as they heard a groan.
Vicktor turned around and walked over to the substitute Shinigami.
"Ichigo Kurosaki."
Ichigo rose slowly, using his sword to help.
"Great... First Ulquerria, and now another one? Damn it..."
Vicktor extended a hand. "I am not your enemy, and neither is Ulqueria, now that he has seen the truth. However, you have a problem."
Ichigo scratched his head as he rose to his full height. "What's that?"
Victor looked the black clad shinigami in the eyes. "You no longer have your hollow powers."
Ichigo's eyes widened. "What?"
"This also means your strength has been reduced to roughly half."
Ichigo was in disbelief. "You mean that 'He' isn't inside me any more?"
"If you're refering to your inner hollow, yes. He's on the loose."
Ichigo started to move but was stopped by Vicktor.
"We can't worry about him now. Let me explain how your powers worked before this mess."
Vicktor sighed. "You see, imagine you and Zangetsu as one "part" of your reiatsu. Now, imagine your Inner Hollow as the other half. When you use hollowfication, your inner hollow becomes a sort of magnifying glass for your power, making it stronger. Likewise, when your Inner Hollow takes over, you and Zangetsu become the magnifying glass. So without the other, both of you are at half power. Understand Ichigo?"
Ichigo slowly nodded. "So... how am I supposed to beat Aizen?"
Vicktor smirked. "I can't say. You'll find out in time Ichigo Kurosaki. For now, we have to aid your friends below." Victor walked over to the edge of the hole where Ichigo and Ulqueirra had errupted from earlier. "Can't you feel that reiatsu? It's Yammy, and he's fighitng your friends. Don't worry, you have the aid of Ulqueirra and I now. He shouldn't be much of a challenge for the three of us."
"But first, Miss Inoue, if you would be so kind as to heal these two..."
Orihime nodded and began healing Ichigo.
End of Chapter.
Thought I'd take a dip in the Bleach fanfiction pool, and make another of the rare non-selfcest, yaoi
Hichigo fics.
Next time: Yammy's fall and the Rebirth of Neliel
[1] Hell Spawn