Sup y'all, I've been thinkin'(I know it's dangerous) and I've decided to write a bit 'bout Bleach. Masaki, Ichigo's mother, and Isshin, Ichigo's father, chose to be smart parents. Which means they told Ichigo everything, he was their first born and they'll later tell Karin and Yuzu.
"Sup" speech of people
Yo thoughts of people
"Boo" hollow speech
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Masaki and Isshin were surprised that their first child, an infant no less, had saved them a great deal of trouble. The little boy with orange fuzz had started to gather a white substance from the very air, the substance gathered at his face and began to form a mask. When they saw the mask forming they feared that they would have to kill him. But then he did the unthinkable, while looking at his mother with black eyes and yellow irises, a face of hunger apparent on his young face, he started to eat his mask! The little boy began to cry, but he continued to eat away at the barely formed mask.
Masaki and Isshin, after the initial shock, felt relief. Their first born would be able to live a relatively normal life. But as this crossed their minds, they realized they wouldn't be able to keep any secrets from their future kids as will as their current one. As they thought, the infant in Masaki's arms began to cry from the uneasy feelings his parents were feeling and from the pain of eating his own hollow mask.
That day, Masaki and her husband made a solemn vow to never keep any life threatening secrets from any of their children, be they present or future. Isshin spoke up after their son calmed down, "What are we going to call him?" Masaki thought for a moment, looked at her son in her arms and spoke, "Ichigo," Isshin looked confused at this, "Strawberry?" Masaki giggled at her husband's dense nature, "Guardian, because he guarded his parents, us, from his hunger." Isshin looked to his son and nodded happily, "Ichigo it is, then."
Timeskip, 6 years
Ichigo was six now, his mother had birthed twin sisters two years prior and Isshin was training Ichigo in discipline to curb his hunger until he was ready to fight hollows with his father. Ichigo was always struggling to fight it, but he had amazing amounts of self control to have lasted six years straight. Ichigo's mask had manifested a few times, but they weren't worried too much, it was bound to happen sooner or later. (I'm not going to describe the mask, 'cause by now, y'all 'ave seen it) They had learned early on how strong of a hollow he was, his parents' strength had passed to him and made him a force to be reckoned with, even though he never fought another hollow.
His training was almost over, he had shown considerable restraint when his father had released his Reiatsu. His hold on himself was almost inhuman, ironically, they were going to send him to school sooner than they expected. Isshin was almost sad he couldn't keep training his son, "Alright, Ichigo, I'm sorry to say," Ichigo looked up scared he'd done something wrong, getting Isshin to smirk inwardly, "That you no longer need me to train you!" When Ichigo paled from the anxiety of his father's joke, he nearly passed out from blood loss to the head. "Tou-san, please don't do that to me, ever again," whimpered the now dizzy hollow-child.
"Hehehe, I'm not making any promises, heck I make no such promises to even you Kaa-san." Isshin was watching his son fight off exhaustion from their training, until Ichigo fell asleep and he said affectionately, "Goodnight, son"
Timeskip, 2 months
Ichigo had been behaving in school as any normal child would, he had understood that he wasn't allowed to eat the children and to not show them his mask. He was walking home after fighting with one of his few friends, Tatsuki, at school. He had been on a few hunts with Isshin, who's powers returned because the hollow that had been in Masaki was no more(read on the wiki on Masaki's history, she was raised by Uryuu's family and when hollowfication began to commence on her body, Isshin offered his powers as a Shinigami until the hollow in Masaki left or she passed away). Ichigo understood he was a hollow, his mother was a Quincy and that his father was a Shinigami.
"Ichigo, remember what I told you about Quincies?" Receiving an innocent nod, she continued, "Well, how about you meet a family of nice Quincies, like me? They raised me when my family died. The name we carry is my family's." Ichigo gave her an incredulous look that made her giggle at his dense personality resembling her husband's.
"But...You said, that Quincies hate hollows and that you were the only Quincy who was nice to hollows?" His confusion and memory of what she said made her almost facepalm herself for forgetting his incredible memory and her boasting of how nice she was, "Yes, I did say that. But, I was so caught up in taking care of you, Yuzu, Karin, and your Tou-san, that I forgot about the Quincy family that took care of me."
He looked a little cautious about the idea, she understood that he trusted her but she also knew that he was somewhat scared of Quincies in their ability to instantly kill a hollow, "Tell you what, if any of them point a Reishi Bow at you, then I'll stop them from releasing any arrows?" He still looked hesitant, but h slowly nodded and then grinned from ear to ear, "I don't think they'll want to after they get to know me!"
When they got to their home, Masaki told Isshin about where they were going after Ichigo did his homework(she's a mother first and foremost, even if she's taking a hollow-child to Quincies). Isshin wasn't all that thrilled, after all, he had had a rough time dealing with them in the past. But, he relented when he saw her demanding and pleading eyes for his approval of her idea.
"I still don't know, Masaki-chan, what if they try and shoot him? He's at least at Menos Grand-" Ichigo interrupted his father on accident when he heard them talking about the plan as well as his kind, "They're called Gillians, Tou-san. But we don't have to worry about me getting shot at, Kaa-san said that if they aim for me, she'll stop them from letting go of their arrow. Although, there's something worse on this topic, two somethings actually." The two parents exchanged worried looks until Ichigo explained, "I'm having trouble with all the math on this homework. But I also smell a strong hollow-I think? A hollow-smelling thing nearby, it's stronger than a Gillian and it's on par with but isn't an Adjucha...I'm kind of worried, I've never caught a scent like that?"
The two parents were confused when he said 'smell', but realized he was trying to equate it to any of his five senses. They got a bit worried when Ichigo said it was as strong as an Adjucha but it wasn't one, although they let it be for now. The Soul Society would take care of it if it were a problem, "Well, the homework is serious. I don't know what to tell you about the hollow you 'smell', but I'm sure that if it's a serious threat that we'll get it and then you can eat it after words." As soon as he said the word 'eat', a bit of drool escaped Ichigo's mouth without him noticing.
The next day
Ichigo and Masaki reached the house of the Ishidas(Yes, Ichigo's going to meet Uryuu) without much trouble, aside from the hollow-child being on edge at being in close proximity to a large meal. She knocked on the door and was led in, with Ichigo close behind. They made it inside when Masaki suddenly disappeared from sight and returned with one disgruntled Ryuken Ishida in a headlock.
"What are you doing, Masaki?! Why would you allow that thing, one of those into this house?!" A vein popped up visibly on Masaki's forehead along with a tick mark, "Because, 'that thing' as you called him, is my son!" Suffice to say that any struggles left in the headlocked man ended when she said who he was. A boy around Ichigo's age came down the stairs with an elderly looking man behind him, when he saw Ichigo he put his hands into position and made a bow of light and jumped in front of Ichigo.
"Any last words hollow?!" He practically was drooling venom at the word. In response to his question, instead of answering, he jumped back a few yards and his mask started to form. His mask was completely formed when Masaki stepped in front of him saying soothing words, while he kept glancing back to the glowing bow in the young marksman's hands trained for him. "Uryuu-kun, I suggest you release the Reishi Bow from your hands and the equation or my son might perceive you as a hostility and attack in self-defense..." She let that hang there in the open air, Uryuu was so shocked that he lost his grip on the arrow which went flying towards Ichigo. Said hollow-child, jumped out of the arrow's path with his mother holding him as he was on the railing at the top of the stairs now.
"Ichigo, calm down, no one's going to hurt you. You're safe, they won't hurt you, especially if they don't want m angry at them..." When her son, started to calm down she knew he would need a bit more persuasion so he didn't forget that his mask was on, "Now Ichigo, remember what you do in a situation like this?" She was given a nod in return, "Alright, do that and stay calm." Th second she said that, he opened his masked mouth wide, getting the other Quincies to be on high alert in case he tried to eat Masaki, and he began to grudgingly eat his own mask. "Ow, it hurts, do I have to Kaa-san?" His whines were hard and they sounded like he wanted to cry from the pain, and Masaki nodded her head sadly as he returned to 'removing' his mask.
"Alright Masaki, he isn't a danger. Now, Uryuu, take Ichigo out back and play for awhile. Don't shoot him, if any hollows come near the house let him take care of them, he seems as strong as-" Ichigo piped up into the conversation to put in his two cents, "Gillian! Tou-san says I'm about as strong as a Gillian!"
Ryuken nodded as his son and Masaki's boy went outside. Masaki stood there on the railing and decided the silence wasn't comfortable, "SO, how have you been?" She asked this innocently and Ryuken glared at her.
Timeskip, 1 year
A hollow was at the edge of the river, where it had been for the past year, driving Ichigo to near madness. One day they passed the river once more and Ichigo looked to his mother somewhat pleadingly which was when Masaki could never tell him no, "Huuh, yes, you may at it. Just be careful and be quick about it, this is a public place after all." He nodded appreciatively at her and took off down the hill while generating his hollow mask.
Masaki watched as he ran and then looked to the hollow that would be her son's meal. What she saw made her blood run cold, for there by the river was The Grandfisher, a hollow that was stronger than most Adjuchas and was clearly almost a Vasto Lorde from how his Reiatsu felt, "Ichigo stop! That hollow's close to becoming a Vasto Lorde!" But her cries fell on deaf ears, his hunger for this hollow had been prevented for over a year now, he wasn't about to turn back now when a fresh meal was within his grasp!
Masaki ran down and tackled him to the ground, alternatively knocking the wind out of him, "Ichigo! That hollow is too strong, your Tou-san and I wouldn't be abl to fight that hollow with any hopes of winning! You need to calm down." She was winded since her son was very fast, over-riden with a hunger for another hollow. However, The Grandfisher realized they were there and made for them with speed one would not expect from a hollow of that stature. It reached them and almost crushed them with his hand, but Masaki pushed Ichigo out of the way. She was killed instantly. Her son, who was getting reoriented, saw his mother's lifeless body be swallowed by the larger hollow. His hunger was forgotten as all he wanted now, was to destroy the offending monster before him.
The battle went on for hours, sometimes seeming like Ichigo would die. But in the end, The Grandfisher got cocky and let his guard down. Seeing his chance, Ichigo leaped for it and killed the larger hollow. Ichigo, in the heat of the moment, began to devour The Grandfisher. When he finished, he found that his mother was almost dead as she lay there on the ground. He rushed over to her, his mask degenerating to nothing, "Kaa-san! Come on, we'll get you home to the clinic and you'll be fine! We just-"
She shushed him, to which he began to tear up that his mother died because he let the hunger get to him. "It's alright Ichigo, I'm so proud of you. I knew you were special, My Little Guardian, you will do greater things for the world yet. I know it, take care of your sisters for me. I love you, My Little Guardian." And with that, she passed over. Ichigo in his grief released all of his Reiatsu to ward off anymore hollows. It wasn't until midnight that Ichigo was found slumped over Masaki, by Isshin.
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