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Chapter 1

Wishful Thinking

Ichigo Kurosaki substitute shingami, now nobody was left to call him that, nobody was left alive anymore.

Aizen had fallen, at last but the price he had paid was too great, he lost his family, friends everything. He had failed them; he failed the promise made on his mother's grave. He couldn't protect them. He couldn't protect anyone.

Everything had fallen to pieces his dreams, hopes for the future. All shattered and thrown to the winds.

All because of the tiny ball he held in his hands, if only he could have changed things, if only he could have become stronger faster then he wouldn't have to suffer this fate anymore.

If only that would have been the case, he screamed in frustration and he screamed with all the pent up anguish and pain that he had swallowed over the years.

Then that little ball glowed bright purple, he was pulled into his mindscape. "Shiro, Zangetsu I thought that I had lost all of my shingami abilities after the Final Getsuga. How is this possible?"Ichgo asked amazed as he looked about seeing the skyscrapers rise slowly out the water.

"Thank the little runt King, all of that drama ya did there made her restore your powers." Shiro replied, "So you are my new master " a purple haired toddler came in his view.

"That is the spirit of the Hogyoukuo" old man Zangetsu said as he stared at him through his sunglasses."Okay "Ichigo replied as he took in the information " Don't call me Master, its Ichigo" he continued.

"Ichigo-sama, my name is Chouka. Your wish has been fulfilled I am sending you to the past in order to fulfil your request. I have even sent us back to time period where you can operate comfortably." Chouka said with a slight bow.

"Don't sama me, it is just Ichigo and loosen up a bit . You behave like you are going to be executed any minute." Ichigo replied nonchalantly.

"You might want to wake up any minute now" Zangetsu said with an air of urgency." Why, what am I stuck in the middle of?" Ichigo replied alarmed, " Sorry it sucks to be ya, so heads up " Shiro smirked, before he could reply he was pushed out of his inner world.

He found himself in the middle of forest, "Where the hell is this ?" he asked aloud. " Ichi-nii I have bought you back to the past by several centuries, in order for you to have ample time to fulfil your aim " Chouka said in his mind "Soon you will observe one of Aizen's earlier experiments " she had hardly completed the sentence when he heard screams of people ringing trough the forest.

'Shit I better hurry up' he thought as he shunidoed out of there,( well it was technique he developed during the war) . A grisly scene awaited his sight.

Miyako had given up all hope when the hollow had attacked her squad. She had no choice but to try destroying this hollow by herself to avenge her squad's honour. She raised her zanpaktou and was about to charge at it when a humanoid figure dropped from the trees in front of her.

She couldn't sense any rieatsu from the figure; it looked like a shingami . The figure took a stance she had seen in the human world, 'What was it, ah yes karate' she thought as watched the figure disappear.

What followed was a massacre blood sprayed everywhere, the hollow had his mask torn in half by the humanoid. Then she noticed something off about this person there was a horn poking out a side of the face and it looked the thing was wearing a mask on the same half of the face. It had to be hollow, it was pretty creepy but she put up a brave face and with all the courage that she could muster and asked "Who are you?".

The said humanoid turned around and she saw his face for first time " Kaien !", she fell unconscious due to the shock.

Ichigo was shocked, "Amazing Kingy, I knew that a bit of me coming out would have girls swooning all over ya" Shiro cackled in his mind .

" What do you mean you coming out" Ichigo worriedly asked he knew that whenever his hollow was happy something bad was bound to happen.

" Actually Ichi-nii I have balanced your Shingami and hollow halves to make you the perfect vizard" Chouka answered his question. Ichigo ran to a nearby pool.

"You changed my appearance " Ichigo nearly shrieked when he saw his reflection, gazing back at was face which was familiar yet strange at the same time. Half of his face was covered with his hollow mask, his eyes looked like that of a hollow. Zangetsu had become different there were several veins of purple which ran along sword.

"Why" was the only thing he was able to say as sat down defeated, " Ichi-nii are upset with me" Chouka asked giving him mental puppy eyes. He succumbed to it she was like Yuzu when she made that face "No it is fine" he replied .

"Look on the bright Ichigo now you have a new identity, a new life. You can start over, plus this body is much stronger" Zangetsu consoled him " Stop whining like a brat Kingy or I will overthrow you" Shiro screamed in his mind.

Ichigo took a deep breath jumped from the clearing and ran into the hills surrounding Rukongai .

Meanwhile inside his mind

"What is with this Ichi-nii all of a sudden" Shiro turned to Chouka who gave him a big grin "I looked into his memory banks, he has a weakness for little girls he calls sisters. So I acted accordingly" she replied. " I am a figment of his imagination and I take different forms for different masters " She continued.

Shiro was scared "Manipulative brat, I am lucky that you are not my sister", Chouka gave him a bigger grin " Oh but you are, aren't you Shiro-nii", Shiro shuddered.

Later in the third division

"Kaien hollow" she kept on muttering the entire while. Unohona walked in just then, "Taichou why is she repeating these words over and over" Kaien worriedly asked her.

"She was in shock because she saw something, something terrifying. She is coming about." Unohona explained with her ever present smile.

Indeed she was waking up and as soon as she woke up Kaien hugged her, " Thank god that you are all right". Miyako hugged him back and wept " I was so scared, I thought that I was going to die."

Unohona spoke up then " Since you are up, Captain commander has requested your presence in the captain's meet, you are requested to recount the details of your encounter with this hollow".

"But taicho isn't it a bit too early for her, she just woke up right now" Kaien interjected worriedly. "These are orders coming from Captain Commander himself. You may question him personally on his methods later on" Unohona replied giving him a smile which sent shivers down his spine.

In the hidden Lab beneath the fifth division

Aizen was intrigued, that is to put it mildly. This strange new hollow which had defeated his creation was different from the others.

His creation had been on at least gillian level in terms of power and could move much faster than one. He had to find out more about this hollow, it could be a great ally for his cause and also be a great thorn in his path.

Well he was going to find more in the meeting soon, time for his little kind, loving captain act had come.

Ichigo ran into a cave to do a bit thinking with himself, his thoughts were racing he had the chance to solve all his problems right in front of him.

"King cool it will ya, your making a storm in here." Shiro shouted in his mind "He is right Ichigo take a deep breath, and think out a plan carefully. Chouka has given us the opportunity to right several wrongs don't take harsh decisions which can mess up the your chances" Zangetsu offered.

"Ichi-nii do what your heart tells you, the rest will come automatically" Chouka cheerily supplied. Her behaviour had been rapidly changing as she looked deeper and deeper into his memories she had taken to behaving like Yuzu.

Ichigo took a minute and calmed himself " You know what, a storm is indeed coming. One that is going to destroy Aizen". He as he walked out of the cave.

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