Chapter One: The Prologue
The Espada known as Ulquiorra Cifer had his tail wrapped around his enemy Ichigo Kurosaki's neck, lifting him up in the air. He then notices one of Ichigo Kurosaki's friends named Orihime Inoue arrival who looked in shock to see what's happening to Ichigo.
"So you come how nice of you women." Ulquiorra noted.
"Ic...hi...go?" Orihime whispered.
"Perfect timing watch carefully here's the man to whom you entrusted all your hope into, bare witness as his life comes to an end." The Espada said charging up a Cero Oscuras with his left hand.
"NO" she screamed as it echoed though Hueco Mundo.
Ulquiorra blasted his Cero Oscuras into Ichigo's chest.
Orihime was seen looking up at Ichigo with wide and terrified eyes. Ulquiorra still held him by the neck with his long tail. Finally the Espada let him go, causing Ichigo to fall very high in the air.
"...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Orihime screamed, horrified as she ran to where Ichigo was landing. She immediately used her Santen Kesshun to cushion his fall, allowing him to land safety onto it.
Seeing this, Orihime tried to make her way over to him. But then, Ulquiorra appeared right in front of her.
"It's useless, Ulquiorra calmly spoke to the panicking Orihime. "No matter how badly you wish to help, your powers are not strong enough to save him from his fate."
"You should save your energy forget him". Ulquiorra calmly spoke.
Before Orihime could respond, Uryū appeared behind Ulquiorra, firing an arrow at the Espada's back. However, Ulquiorra easily smacked the arrow away with one of his wings.
With Uryū fighting the Espada, Orihime took this chance to run over to Ichigo's side.
Using Hirenkyaku, Uryū appeared above Ulquiorra with an angered expression. "Licht Regen!" Uryū shouted.
Soon, a devastating amount of arrows was raining down on Ulquiorra! The attack made a big explosion and caused a large amount of smoke to circle around the Espada.
Landing back on the ground, Uryū watched as the smoke cleared. To his displeasure, Ulquiorra was unharmed.
"How unexpected I studied everyone closely allied to Ichigo Kurosaki and of all who surrounded him I thought you were the calmest ".
"I am calm as a result I have the best chance of stopping you." Uryū answered
"Ichigo!" Orihime cried, using her Shun Shun Rikka to create the healing half-oval barrier over Ichigo's seemingly dead body.
Uryū continues to fire his arrows at Ulquiorra multiple times at different angles while using Hirenkyaku however Ulquiorra effortlessly blocked all the attacks with his wings.
("Just as I feared those wings will deflect everything if I keep on attacking from a distance but if I get any closer I'll give him the advantage.") Uryū thought. (I have to buy Orihime sometime so she can heal Ichigo I`ve got to keep this guy engaged")
Uryū began to fire two arrows at Ulquiorra who effortlessly blocked it with one of his wings then Uryū appeared above Ulquiorra and once again and shot two more arrows but this time away from Ulquiorra and at the ground creating a large smoke around Ulquiorra.
Uryū then went around the smoke and shot an arrow through the smoke and towards Ulquiorra from behind but Ulquiorra quickly avoids it.
To Uryū surprise he saw that his arrow was heading towards him and he quickly jumped out of the way.
"Where is he?" Uryū question, then suddenly Ulquiorra quickly appeared behind him.
"Damn it!" Uryū shouted as Ulquiorra hit him with one of his wings sending him flying into a tower.
Uryū who was now in the broken tower and was trying to catch his breath back
("It's no surprise his strength is overwhelming. I need to keep my distance and find another way to attack him he must have an opening somewhere.") Uryū thought.
Then suddenly Ulquiorra slowly appeared in front of the broken tower.
"Is that all you have?" he question as Uryū slowly got back on his feet.
"When you first began attacking me I studied exactly how fast you were able to move, your merely human and that seems to limit your abilities." Ulquiorra calmly spoke.
"I'm not done yet." Uryū calmly states. As he summons his bow back and then pulls out a Seele Schneider but suddenly Ulquiorra appeared in front of Uryū holding his wrist.
"Is this supposed to harm me?" Ulquiorra calmly questions. To which Uryū looks surprised.
Orihime watched...and watched...and watched as the barrier tried to heal Ichigo. But yet...nothing was working.
("...What...should I do?") Orihime thought as a tear started to come out her right eye. Then she fell to her knees.
"I always believed that everything was going to be alright...that Ichigo would be okay because he was so strong he was unbeatable that he was gonna win. I was blinded by my faith in him and didn't realise that I was wrong!" Orihime thought as more tears came. Then she started to hold her head in disbelief and panic. ("What should I do? What should I do? What should I do? What should I do? Tell me Ichigo,what I should do?")
All of a sudden, Uryu was seen, jumping back, and landing right beside Orihime. The Healer gasped, seeing blood pouring out of him. "Uryū...!"
The Quincy panted heavily his right hand was completely covered in blood.
"There's nothing to worry about ...I managed to stop the bleeding ...!" Uryū hissed, taking out a Seele Schneider. "Orihime ...just focus on healing Ichigo...!" With that said, he charged at Ulquiorra!
"Uryū!" Orihime cried out in horror, seeing Ulquiorra slashing Uryū with his tail. Then he smacked him away with his tail, sending him across the ground.
Orihime watching all of this in despair and started to become distraught. She tried to use Santen Kesshun to protect him, but Ulquiorra smashed it into pieces with his tail.
("What should I do? Help me Ichigo what can I do? You can't leave me alone like this I'm not prepared I don't know how to fight this opponent he's too strong I need your help Ichigo I never had to face this kind of power by myself before you always been there when I needed you I need you now please!) She said mentally in her distress mind.
"Please help me, Ichigo Please!"Orihime screamed with all her tears and despair. As she closed her teary eyes, she didn't see Ichigo whose hair grew out and his arm started to move.
"Orihime... She's...calling me. She's in trouble. She needs me. Get up. Get up. I have to get up I promise I will... I will protect you."
Orihime lifted up her head. For some reason...she felt a very menacing presence. She turned around with tears in her eyes.
In front of her...was a terrifyingly looking Hollow. The Hollow had long straight hair, reaching down to its waist. A Hollow hole was also seen, and it was decorated with markings stretching from the hole across its chest and shoulders. It had claws on its fingertips and toes with small, furry red tufts, two starting from the collarbone and stretching around the neck and one each on the wrists and ankles, and white skin. The Hollow mask covered the entire head, and its markings were of four spike-shaped marks, two of them stopping by the forehead and the other two stretching past the eyes and teeth, going past the chin and joining with the marks on its chest. The mask featured two long forward-pointing horns, with black strips extending from their centre towards the tips.
"Huh?" Orihime quietly questioned, while staring at the Hollow.
"Is...That Ichigo?" Uryū panted heavily.
"Impossible." Ulquiorra whispered, looking slightly dumbstruck. "You can't be alive."
The Espada started to make his way over to him.
"What is that form?" Ulquiorra asked. "Just who... are you?"
Remaining silent, Hollow Ichigo lifted up his right hand and Zangetsu flew right at his side surprising Ulquiorra a bit. Taking Zangetsu, Hollow Ichigo took a swing of his sword and he completely demolished the area next to himself!
"KYA!" Orihime cried, blown away from the force. Luckily, Uryū caught her in time!
"Didn't you hear my question?" Ulquiorra asked. "I'm asking who you are."
Hollow Ichigo opened his mouth and he let out a beastly roar. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"It seems you can't understand what I'm saying." Ulquiorra quietly noted. He then begins charging a Cero Oscuras at him. But to his shock hollow Ichigo started to charge a Red Cero between his horns
Soon, Hollow Ichigo fired his Cero destroying a massive portion of the dome! His attack deflected the Cero Oscuras as well.
Ulquiorra having dodged the attack he began flying away from the cloud of smoke and observing the explosion.
("Impossible! That was a real cero and it was powerful enough to counter my Cero Oscuras.") Ulquiorra thought, ("Despite how much he resembles a hollow a mere human cannot shoot a real cero.")
He then saw hollow Ichigo below him about to use another Cero at him.
"Don't underestimate me." He calmly states as he counter the cero with his Cero Oscuras,
Once again Ulquiorra was flying away from the cloud of smoke and observing the explosion.
"He deflected my Cero Oscuras for a second time." Ulquiorra whispered.
Instantly, Hollow Ichigo appeared right behind Ulquiorra. The Espada turned around, trying to slash his enemy with his claws. However, Hollow Ichigo grabbed Ulquiorra's left arm and cut it right off!
Ulquiorra's eyes widened at this, then Hollow Ichigo throws Ulquiorra's severed arm at his face sending him to the ground, then hollow ichigo let out another ear crushing roar.
"I can't believe it he's so powerful is that really Ichigo?" Orihime whispered.
Hollow Ichigo was seen, staring at Ulquiorra, who was standing with his bleeding limb.
Ugh...!" Ulquiorra grunted as his right arm regrew instantly Surprising Orihime and Uryū.
Ulquiorra turned to Hollow Ichigo. "My greatest strength doesn't lie in my offensive but in my ability to regenerate. We Arrancars sacrifice most of our regenerative abilities in order to enhance our others powers I alone am able to regenerate all of my body parts at high speed expect for two areas my brain and internal organs."
"I don't know how you took on that form. But, no matter how much powerful your attacks have become it won't be enough to defeat me as your about to discover." The Espada then clapped his hands together.
Eventually, Ulquiorra created a green javelin. It was similar to his Luz de la Luna, with the exception being that the energy was flowing off of each end like flames.
"Lanza Del Relámpago."Ulquiorra whispered, while holding the green javelin in a throwing stance. "Don't move. Stay right where you are. If possible I prefer not to use this at close range."
Soon, he threw the javelin at Hollow Ichigo. However, the javelin missed, the projectile, detonating in the desert, and causes significant damage to LasNoches.
"I'll try again. It's always been very difficult to control." Ulquiorra noted, creating another Lanza Del Relampago.
"Are you kidding he fire a technique like that more than once?" Uryū scowled.
All of a sudden, Hollow Ichigo appeared right next to Ulquiorra!
"What?" The Espada questioned, stepping back. ("He completely slipped through my pesquisa. That wasn't a flash step he just use it was a sonido.") Ulquiorra thought.
Then Hollow Ichigo swings his sword at Ulquiorra, Who blocks the force of the strike with his lance which sends him back due to the strong force of the strike, Ulquiorra then notices hollow Ichigo heading upwards to the tower, taking a step back he then flies to the tower. Not losing his sight of hollow Ichigo but for a split second he couldn't see him, and then suddenly he felt his body turning to the right and to his surprise hollow Ichigo was behind him and he grabbed the right side of his face with his right hand and forcing his face and dragging him across the tower, then hollow Ichigo strikes him with his sword causing major damage to the tower.
Ulquiorra who was now out of danger and flying around the area looking for hollow Ichigo, he then sees hollow Ichigo who was standing on a piece of the broken tower, and begins charging to Ulquiorra who blocks the by spinning his lance to deflect the attack.
"I can't believe how fast he's moving, I can't follow him with my eyes" Uryū commented on how fast Ichigo was going.
"Ichigo" Orihime whispered, still in horror of what is happening to Ichigo.
Once again Ulquiorra engaging hollow Ichigo in open air combat, Ulquiorra was once again being slightly overpowered by hollow Ichigo's speed and having a hard time keeping up, just then hollow Ichigo strikes Ulquiorra from behind just as Ulquiorra goes for the attack, hollow Ichigo jumps out of the way .
"You're not getting away" Ulquiorra calmly stated as he began charging a Cero Oscuras at him, but suddenly hollow Ichigo attacks him from behind causing him to lose control of his cero and causing some major damage to one of the towers.
Ulquiorra who was now heading to lower ground, he then looks up and see hollow Ichigo holding a large slab of rock and throwing it at him.
Not feeling threatened by this, the Espada just remain still and calmly stated, "Am I supposed to be intimidated just because you can throw something heavy at me, nice try." and he destroyed the rock with his javelin.
However that gave the Hollowfied Ichigo the chance to fly towards Ulquiorra as he finally got close enough to the Espada he then took a swing with his Tensa Zangetsu at Ulquiorra. Who was able to dodge the swing which was inches away from his face, Ulquiorra then backed away from the Hollowfied Ichigo and then was about charge at him with his javelin but then the Hollowfied Ichigo appeared right in front of him and what happen next completely surprised Ulquiorra.
"Impossible with his bare hands."Ulquiorra slightly exclaimed, actually shocked That Hollow Ichigo had grabbed the javelin with his hand until it exploded as the smoke cleared Ulquiorra found himself staring into the face of the hollowfied Ichigo, who was glaring at him with his golden eyes this leaving Ulquiorra completely stunned, Then Hollow Ichigo landed a powerful strike across the Espada's torso with Tensa Zangetsu and also slicing off his right horn in the process.
Ulquiorra then began to fall to the ground, "Damnit all." Ulquiorra quietly spoke as he look how badly he was bleeding from his injury.
"I can't believe I lost to a Hollowfied human it's completely ludicrous." Ulquiorra quietly spoke. Suddenly Hollow Ichigo stepped on his head and begins charging a Cero, both Uryū and Orihime look on surprise as Ichigo wasn't through with the Espada just yet.
"I see no mercy how very hollow like." Ulquiorra noted. "Go ahead after all I lost to you, my life no longers has any meaning, Do it." Hollow Ichigo fires the point-blank Cero at the Espada, creating a large explosion.