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"I will show you. The Final Getsuga Tensho!"
As those words left his mouth, black and blue reiatsu covered his being, completely blocking off Aizen's view of his enemy. Slowly, the reiatsu depleted, revealing this 'Final Getsuga Tensho'.
"What is that form…?" Questioned Aizen as he stared in awe.
"With the final Getsuga Tensho, I myself become Getsuga." Said Ichigo as he stood bravely, no hint of fear on his visage. His hair grew out past his bottom and is now coloured black, his eyes went from a warm chocolate brown to a deep red. His left arm is covered from hand to chest in black swirling tattoos; similar to that of tribal tattoos. His remaining hakama pants looked as if they too, became black reiatsu and the rest of his body from feet to underneath his eyes were covered in dark grey bandages with black reiatsu slowly moving up his right arm, almost like it's seeping out of his hand. The form itself emitted power.
"By using this technique, I lose all of my Shinigami powers. That is why it's called "Final"."
Aizen continued to stare at Ichigo as the words processed through. 'I still don't feel anything.' He thought. His eyes widened in sudden realisation. 'It can't be. When I evolved to a dimension beyond Shinigami, It became impossible for humans or Shinigami to sense my reiatsu unless I purposely lowered the level to something they could comprehend. Just as a two-dimensional being cannot comprehend a three-dimensional being. It can't be. Could it be, that he is standing yet a dimension above me?'
Aizen began grinding his teeth together in anger and fury. "It isn't possible! A mere human could never surpass me!" 'It's impossible!' "It can't be…!"
As Aizen lashed out in fury, Ichigo calmly raised his right arm, a thin black blade of reiatsu formed in his hand, stopping Aizen in his tracks.
"Mugetsu." (Moonless Sky)
A wall of pitch black was emitted from the blade of reiatsu, racing forward and rising high in the sky. As the technique was unleased, no sound was emitted except for a eerie low ringing sound from the deafening silence. When the wall of black reiatsu depleted, sound returned as a billow of dust finally settled back down on the earth, and in the middle was a defeated Aizen, with a large gash on his back and front running right down his being from head to toe.
Ichigo slowly made his way to the ground and released a sigh he didn't know he was holding in. 'It's finally over.' He thought. He could feel bits of the grey bandages crack and as they did Ichigo slowly started to feel helpless. 'This is it, I'm going to lose all of my Shinigami powers. Before I was willing to risk this in order to end this war but now… Who will watch out for the souls? Uryuu, Chad and Orihime can't, they won't even be able to perform Konso. Who will look out for everyone? Who will look after Yuzu and Karin? I don't want to lose my only hope at protecting everyone.'
Behind Ichigo, Aizen stirred. The large injury caused by Mugetsu healing rapidly and closely after Aizen slowly got up on his feet.
"Still regenerating?" Questioned Ichigo as he shunpoed in front of Aizen.
More of the Final Getsuga Tensho started to breack away and Ichigo was left feeling weak, collapsing to the ground.
"You've lost, Kurosaki Ichigo. Look," Boasted Aizen as his zanpakuto slowly breaks away. "My zanpakuto is disappearing. You should understand what this means. THE HOUGYOKU HAS DECIDED THAT I DO NOT REQUIRE A ZANPKAUTO! JUST LIKE YOU, WHO HAS BECOME ONE WITH YOUR ZANPKAUTO AND ITS POWERS. NO-I AM NOW RISING FAR HIGHER THAN YOU, WHO HAS LOST THAT VERY POWER! YOU'RE FINISHED!"
'Dammit, I don't want to di- No, I can't die. I won't. Who will protect Yuzu and Karin and the others? I must defeat Aizen, but I can't without my powers. Come on, please. I need something, anything so that I can end this once and for all. I don't want to lose my powers!'
A surge of power filled Ichigo once again. He could feel his hair grow and can feel the bandages cover his body once again. Surprised, Ichigo got back up and looked at his hands. His right arm was covered in the same dark grey bandages while the other was covered in black tribal tattoos. He's gotten his powers back. A wave of relief and happiness washed over him and he let the feeling of his power embrace him.
"Wha-!" Ichigo looked back over at Aizen only to have his eyes widened in shock. The Hougyoku was cracking, bit by bit until it broke in half. Seeing this as Ichigo's chance, he lunged himself at Aizen, not wasting a single moment. Ichigo summoned the familiar black blade of reiatsu and slashed at Aizen, cutting him from the shoulder to his waist. It was over within seconds. Aizen collapsed on the ground once again. Now he laid there on the ground bloodied and dead. The war is finally over.
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Ichigo now sat down on a rock under a tree, relishing the peace. He examine his arms again, still not fully believing that he has his powers back, thinking that if he actually believed, only to wake up to the cruel reality and have it into that of a dream and that he was actually feel unconscious the whole time. But no, this was real.
"Kurosaki-san?" Said a cautious voice. Ichigo turned behind him to see who the owner of the voice is only to find Urahara Kisuke.
"Urahara-san!" Said a surprised Ichigo.
"Kurosaki-san… Is that really you?"
"Yeah." Said Ichigo as he stood up.
"Why are you like that? Do you know why?" Always getting down to the questions.
"This is the form I used to defeat Aizen, it's called the Final Getsuga Tensho. And as to why I'm like this, I don't know. When I use this technique, I should have lost all of my Shinigami powers and for a minute I was about to. But then, they came back, and now I'm stuck like this. I can't get out of this form." Replied Ichigo.
"The Final Getsuga Tensho, huh. How'd you defeat Aizen? If I'm not mistaken, once he's fused with the Hougyoku, it shouldn't have been that easy to defeat him." Said Urahara as his curiosity rose.
"Oh, that's because it broke."
At this Urahara's eyes widened with a look of shock and disbelief. "Urahara-san?"
"Ichigo, before you regained your powers, did you….wish for anything? Have any strong desires?"
"Well… After I used the technique and started losing my powers I started to feel helpless, and then I thought of everyone, Yuzu, Karin, everyone. And how I won't be able to protect them anymore. Why do you ask?"
Urahara looked deep in thought, he then looked up at Ichigo, a serious look was visible on his visage.
"This is only an assumption but, during that time you were able to weaken Aizen a great deal. You were also more powerful than him, correct?" He received a nod in response. "Well, what if the Hougyoku heard your wish and granted it? It'd explain why you're stuck in the Final Getsuga Tensho form and hance the reason why the Hogyoku broke."
Ichigo visibly paled, "So you're saying…that I'm stuck like this?" he asked.
"Don't look at me, it's not my technique." Said Urahara with a grin.
Ichigo visibly fumed in frustration but it quickly left. "It's over, right?"
"Of course, and we have you to thank for Ichigo, you're a hero." Ichigo was about to respond but was interrupted by a shout from the distance by multiple people.
"Urahara-san!"
Both Ichigo and Urahara turned around to see everyone running their way. Orihime, Chad, Rukia, Uryuu, Tatsuki, Mizuiro, Keigo, Renji and Chizuru.
"Everyone…" Spoke Ichigo quietly.
"Urahara! Where's Ichigo? We all saw and felt that huge explosion, so where is he? Is he alright?" Asked an anxious Rukia.
'Overprotective midget.'
"Why are Ichigo's friends here too?" Asked Urahara behind his fan.
"As we were heading here we came across them and after a bit of talking we decided they can come with us after all they've seen today. Now stop changing the subject and tell us where the hell that strawberry is!" Shouted Renji. Before Urahara or anyone else could respond, Renji was sent to the ground by a punch to the face by Ichigo.
"I'm right here you stupid pineapple!" Exclaimed an angry Ichigo.
Renji, holding his bloody nose, glared up at the familiar, yet mysteries individual with anger. "What the hell is your problem!? Who the hell are you!? You're not Ichigo, you don't even look like him!"
"Why you…!"
"I'm afraid it's true, Abarai-san. This here is Ichigo. Although I understand you're confusion with his sudden change in appearance." Replied Urahara with a smirk.
Everyone's eyes widened in shock at this, but those that were kept in the dark until now were the worse.
"Kurosaki-kun? Is that really you? What happened? Why do you look so different?" Asked Orihime as she stepped forward to get a closer look. "Why can't I sense your reiatsu anymore?"
"This," Said Ichigo as he pointed to himself, "Is the Final Getsuga Tensho. It's what I used to kill Aizen. Originally, I was supposed to lose all of my Shinigami powers once I use this technique. As to why you can't sense my reiatsu I guess it's like with Aizen."
"If that's true then why are still like that? You're appearance, I mean." Asked Rukia.
"Well, Urahara came up with a hypothesis. When I used the technique, my powers were slowly fading away, but because Aizen was drastically weakened as well, the Hougyoku thought I was more worthy than him and restored my Shinigami powers. Now, the Hogyoku is broken and I'm stuck like this." Stated Ichigo calmly as he looked at a lock of black hair.
His friends stared at him flabbergasted before relief washed over them, knowing that the war is over and that Ichigo is okay. No Aizen to worry about, no war, and no Hogyoku. However, the peace was shattered by a shout form Chizuru.
"Tatsuki!" She shouted as Tatsuki ran up towards Ichigo, punching him across the face. The moment the punch landed she recoiled, kneeling in front of Ichigo clutching her hand as she hissed in pain. Ichigo remained firmly in place, as if Tatsuki's punch hadn't affected him in anyway shape or form. After realising what just happened he looked down at Tatsuki with worry.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
Tatsuki glared back up at Ichigo, "No, I am not fine! I'm pissed because you left me, Chizuru, Mizuiro and Keigo in the dark all this time, we're you're friends too ya know! We deserved to know too, and shit! What the hell are you made out of!? It felt like I was punching a brick wall!"
"That was a rash move there Arisawa-san. Ichigo here, while in that form, is a being beyond that of a Shinigami or Hollow. Any of our attacks wouldn't even so much as leave a bruise of him. So as you can see, a human with low reiatsu such as yourself punching him wasn't wise. Please keep that in mind for future reference." Said Kisuke as Orihime ran up to Tatsuki to heal her injured hand.
"Whoa….That's amazing!" Said Keigo as he runs up to Ichigo and started whacking him on the chest, seeing for himself. Some of the others followed, wanting to see if it was true as well while some, aka Uryuu and Chad, watched in amusement. Ichigo stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say or do as Keigo continued to hit him on the chest, each hit getting harder and harder. Well, at least he thinks he's hitting harder by the way his arm moves. Truth be told, Urahara was right, he didn't feel Tatsuki's punch and right now he can't even feel Keigo hitting him, it was a weird sensation.
Within a minute, Keigo had stopped, his hand now red and sore from continuously whacking Ichigo. Orihime had already finished healing Tatsuki and now the two were talking. Uryuu, Rukia and Renji were in there own conversation which left Ichigo and Urahara.
"What happens now?"
"Well, construction will undergo to place Karakura town back in the World of the Living, then after that everyone wakes up and continue with their normal lives."
"That's good. But, what do I do now? I can't go to school like this, what will everyone think?" Urahara chuckled softly at hearing Ichigo's complaint.
"Another thing to add is that you won't be able to return to you normal body again." Said Urahara as he pulled out his fan to cover his grin.
"What! Why!?"
"Because of your reiatsu, it's changed. Also, why do you think that gigais look exactly like the Shinigami? It's because when a Shinigami enters a gigai, their reiatsu changes the gigai to look like its owner, understand? You won't be able to enter your old body again." Concluded Urahara.
Ichigo stood there, mouth a gaped as he stared at Urahara in disbelief. "Then what am I suppose to do now!?"
"Hmmm, well I could modify your body so that it looks like how you look now." Said Urahara with a grin.
Before Ichigo could respond Rukia called out to him.
"We need to go; Head-Captain Yamamoto would like to speak with you." She said as Renji opened up a Senkaimon to get there faster.
"Where are you going?" Asked Tatsuki.
"Orders. Head-Captain Yamamoto has called a meeting and wants Ichigo to attend." Replied Renji.
"Can we come along? We could be of some help in the repair of the Soul Society." Ask Orihime. Renji and Rukia looked at each other in thought.
"Why not, with your healing powers, I'm sure Unohana could use a helping hand." Said Ichigo, Rukia and Renji nodding at this.
"I'm coming too." Said Tatsuki; Keigo, Mizuiro and Chizuru following too. "You've kept us in the dark for far too long, plus I'd like to see this Soul Society." She said stubbornly.
"No harm in that, why not let them?" Said Urahara.
"Alright," Said Renji, "When we enter the Senkaimon, don't touch anything and follow us." They all nodded and made their way inside.
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"Ehhh, this place is creeping me out, what did you say this place was again?" Asked a freaked out Keigo.
"This place is the Dangai. It allows Shinigami to travel from one place to another within seconds. Example, in here it may take us 5 minutes to get to the entrance, but outside only a second has past." Replied Ichigo.
"That's so cool."
"We're here." Said Rukia, as light entered the Dangai. As they stepped outside, Tatsuki, Keigo, Mizuiro and Chizuru all stared wide eyed.
"Welcome to the Soul Society!" Chirped Orihime.
"Amazing." Said Chizuru as they looked around.
"Rukia and I are going to show Ichigo to the Captains meeting. We can trust you to find your way down to the 4th squad barracks alright." Chad, Uryuu and Orihime nodded their heads as Ichigo, Rukia and Renji shunpoed out of sight.
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"Are you really Kurosaki Ichigo? If so then why the sudden change in appearance?" Questioned Byakuya after Renji and Rukia announced their arrival.
"It's a long story." Ichigo already had to explain his situation twice today and he wasn't in the mood do explain a third time.
"We have time, explain." Said Head-Captain Yamamoto.
Ichigo sighed once again. Of course he'd push on, Soul Society always wanted to know any and every thing that remains a mystery to them.
"This is the form I used to defeat Aizen, it's called the Final Getsuga Tensho. Originally, once I use this technique, I will lose all of my Shinigami powers."
There were some small gasps while others eyes widened in shock and surprise.
"If what you are saying is true, then why are you still standing with us?" Asked Kyoraku.
"Urahara-san and I don't know ourselves, but we came up with an idea. When I used this technique, Aizen was drastically weakened. So as I was slowly losing my powers, it thought I was more worthy than Aizen and gave me its power. Which explains why I remain in this form with no way of returning to normal, and why the Hogyoku is now broken." Finished Ichigo.
All Captains present now stared wide eyed after listening to Ichigo, and Head-Captain Yamamoto now looked at Ichigo directly in the eyes with seriousness.
"A being with great power cannot just be left to wonder. So tell me, Kurosaki, what do you plan to do?" Asked Yamamoto.
"Well… Continue my life as a human." Said Ichigo, "Urahara-san is working on altering my body so that I can walk around. Knowing him he'll most likely be thinking aling the same lines and add something without me knowing."
"I see." Said Yamamoto. "What about your services as a Substitute Shinigami?"
"… I will continue my life as a human but," Ichigo looked at each Captain in the eyes before looking directly at the Head-Captain. "If there's anything, I will do my best to help the Soul Society."
There was a moment of tense, suffocating silence as everyone took in what Ichigo had said before the Head-Captain spoke up. "Very well, we thank you for your services, Kurosaki Ichigo. You may go."
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After the meeting Ichigo decided to join up with his friends once again and made his way down to the 4th squad barracks. Along the way, he decided to slow down his journey by taking the longer route.
'So I'm stuck like this. I can explain why to Yuzu and Karin when I get home seeing as the two have been left in the dark as well. They deserve to know. As for school… I don't know how everyone's going to react to my new appearance.' Thought Ichigo during his walk.
Sighing again at what's to come Ichigo continued to walk down the streets of the Seireitei. 'Something tells me that the bullying won't go down when I go back to school.'
Reaching the 4th barracks, Ichigo made his way inside and began searching for his friends. As he walks along the corridors, searching each room in the hopes of finding at least one of his friends, he heard a yelp of surprise and a thud. Ichigo looked down in front of him only to find Isane on the ground rubbing her head.
"Ouch, what on earth did I run into?" She said as he gaze drifted up in front of her only to have a deep blush form across her face.
"Are you okay, Isane?" Asked Ichigo in concern. After learning about the advantages of being in this form, he's more aware when someone hit's him. And not wanting to be rude to the shy Lieutenant, so he offered a helping hand, which she slowly accepted.
"I'm so sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't see you. Are you okay?" She asked, still fighting off her blush.
Judging by her reaction Ichigo gathered that she doesn't recognise him. "Yeah I'm fine. By the way, you wouldn't happen to know where some of my human friends are, do you?"
"You mean the humans that came to help during the war? They should be down there." She pointed down the corridor and gave him directions before quickly leaving to continue her work. Ichigo stared after her in slight wonder at her earlier reaction to him before shrugging it off and following the directions she had given him.
'I wonder if I missed a turn or something...'thought Ichgio as he continued on his search to find his friends in the labyrinth of the Seireitei. Earlier, when he reached the room his friends were supposedly to be in, one of the nurses told him that his friends went outside for a break, once again giving him directions to where they were heading. So here he is, walking around clueless as he battled the maze like corridors of the 4th division barracks which later turned into the walls of the Seireitei.
After about 10 or so minutes of walking around and getting nowhere, Ichigo gave up and tried a different method of finding his friends. He searched for their reiatsu. 'They're close by.' He thought as he headed towards their direction.
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After a few more minutes of walking, he finally spotted his group of spiritually aware friends eating under a tree in a clearing. "I finally found you." He said, startling the group.
"Oh! Kurosaki-kun! I didn't sense you there; we were just taking a break and catching them up." Spoke a cheerful Orihime.
Ichigo grimaced slightly. He wanted to tell them defiantly. But telling them would be somewhat hard, especially when it comes to talking about the war and the fight against the Arrancar's. But he didn't complain, and instead decided to help explain.
"What are you up to?" He asked.
"When we first meet the 4th and 10th Espada." Replied Uryuu with hesitants. Even though the war is over, the very mention of the Espada tends to bring back unpleasant memories. Mainly the one where Ichigo lost control. And both Orihime and Uryuu know how much that weighed down on Ichigo, no matter how many times they told him it wasn't his fault.
"Who, or should I say what, are Espada?" Questioned Tatsuki, picking up on the tone of Uryuu's voice.
"I'm sure by now you're informed of who Aizen was and his plans?" Asked Ichigo, who received a nod. "And you know about the Hogyoku and what he used it for?"
"Yeah, he used it to created Arrancars, right?" Said Keigo. Ichigo nodded.
Espada are Arrancars, but a rank above, I guess you could say. It's like that of the ranking system in the Seireitei. You have your seated officers, then a lieutenants then the Captains and then the Head Captain. Think of it as the Arrancars as lieutenants, the Espada as Captains and Aizen as the Head Captain. Does that make scenese?" Again he received nods from his friends.
"How many Espada were there?" Asked Chizuru.
"10."
"10? That doesn't seem like much."
"Yeah, but they're very strong. An Arrancar can be of equal to a Captain. They go from 0, being the most powerful to 9."
"0?"
"Yeah, he was number 10 but when he entered his resurrection, his true form, he became Espada 0." Explained Ichigo.
"Have you been in a battle with any Espada?" Asked Keigo. You could practically see the excitement bouncing around in his eyes.
"Well, I know for sure I have, the same with Uryuu, and Rukia." Said Ichigo as he looked up in a thinking gesture.
"Really!? Who'd you fight!?" Shouted Keigo with eagerness.
"Um… well, I fought Espada number 6 Grimmjow Jeagerjack, number 4 Ulquiorra Ciffer and Uryuu and I have both fought Espada number 10, Yam-" He wasn't able to finish his sentence as Keigo abruptly cut in.
"WHAT!? NO WAY! YOU AND URYUU FOUGHT THE 10TH ESPADA!?" Yelled Tatskui, Chizuru and Keigo in unison.
Ichigo blocked his ears at the sudden loudness before nodding. "Yeah, but we weren't able to beat him. He's tough. Although, now that I look back at it now Kenpachi and Byakuya last fought him and I saw them both at the Captain's meeting so they must have won."
"WHA!? But you defeated Aizen! How could they defeat him when all the Captains couldn't defeat Aizen!?" Shouted Keigo.
Ichigo chuckled at his friends fanatics. "I wasn't as strong as what I am now. Remember, I didn't have access to this form during my time in Hueco Mundo." Said Ichigo as he pointed to himself when speaking about his form.
At the mention of his current situation, a sad look crossed over everyone's face. The facts were there in front of them yet they all want to believe that there was a way to fix this.
"Ichigo, is there any way to get you back to normal?" Asked Tatsuki with a pained look.
"I talked with Urahara-san and there's no way for me to go back to normal. He said he'll be able to modify my body so that I can walk around and go to school though. Imagine how everyone will react when they see my sudden change in appearance. Just thinking about it makes me dread the whole thing." Chuckled Ichigo, seeming to bring life back to the dead saddened faces of his friends.
They continued to tell the others of what's been happening and catching up. To Ichigo, it was good. Good to be able to relax around his friends and not have to hide anything and it brought a smile to his face.
Everything is finally at peace. The war is over. No more Aizen, no more Arrancars. He can feel it… the sun is shining brightly in his inner world.