AWAKENING
Author: GregTH. The Eleventh Espada (Formerly known as Greg the Hedgehog)
Rating: T (But may beef up to M later)
Pairings: Eventual IchiRuki, Possible one-sided RenRuki
Summary: Something went wrong the night when Byakuya and Renji came to take Rukia back to the Soul Society, Instead of Removing his Shinigami powers, Byakuya accidentally hits a spot that releases all of Ichigo's power at once causing him to activate the Final Getsuga Tenshou, With his new found power, can Ichigo stop them from taking away Rukia?
Inspiration: Came to me in a dream, Honestly, It did! From what I can remember of it, The Dream had Ichigo show up in his super sexy long hair form (You know the one I'm talking about) and had him ASSWHOOP Renji and Byakuya for trying to take Rukia away, as soon as I woke up, I jotted it down on a notepad before I forgot it and 8 days after said dream, Here we are :)
Bleach Belongs to Tite Kubo, But god gave me TextEdit so I could fuck around with it :D
"You are just a filthy human, How dare you grab my brother!"
Words that broke his heart, why? he asked himself, why did she want them to take her back to the Soul Society so she could "atone for her sins", she did know that they're probably going to execute her doesn't she? Even he realised that,, it made him feel disgusted when the guy who had stabbed him said he would not inflict the final blow out of sheer pity, it made him feel weak…he hated being weak.
He attempted one last move, even if it was just to crawl over to her and beg like a dog for her to stay, but she shot him down with tears in her eyes, telling him to stay put just so he could live just a few seconds longer.
He went to plead, not caring how pathetic he looked, only for red haired oaf ("Renji" he remembered) to stomp on his back, telling him to just give it up and die
It made him sick to his stomach that he couldn't do anything, it was so much like that night 6 years ago when he lost his mother, it felt exactly the same
He would however, be forever thankful to Uryu Ishida for attempting to battle the Shinigami and save Rukia, even if he failed like he did
"With my two attacks, I shattered his Soul Chain & Soul Sleep" Byakuya explained "Even if he survives, he will lose all of the Shinigami Power and Reiatsu he has, if not, he will die within an hour"
Ichigo failed to notice that Rukia had finally given in and let a few tears run down her face, Because at this point, he was too weak to even move his head to aim at her, if she were to look down upon him, she would see his expression of utter heartbreak
He noticed the Red haired oaf walk by him, next to Rukia's so-called 'Brother' ("I Refuse to believe anyone in Rukia's family is so cruel and heartless") and Rukia, He held out his Zanpakutou which began to glow a bright pink colour, he then stabbed the air, the top half of his sword seemed to vanish into nothingness,
"Open!" He commanded as he twisted his Zanpakutou, the air around him swirled as a wooden gate literately appeared from nowhere.
At this point, Ichigo wanted nothing more than a sudden burst of power, just enough to stand up and fight, hell, he would even accept it if Uryu got up and fought them off and saved Rukia. As the gate opened, revealing a bright white light,
As Renji began to walk into the Gate, Ichigo felt a massive pain stir through his entire body, every cell, every fibre felt like it was on fire, but within the anguish, he found a warm, comforting feeling within him, it alarmed him however as the feeling spread throughout his entire body and all of his wounds instantly healed as he fell unconscious.
Mindscape
"It is time Ichigo" Came a echoey voice, not unlike his own
"W-Who's there?" Ichigo asked as he looked around, he could see nothing, it was all pitch black as far as the eye could see
"What do you mean? It's me …." the voice grumbled but all Ichigo heard was the sound of breaking glass
"I Can't hear you…I Can't even see you…" Ichigo mumbled as he was surrounded by darkness
"Hmm…It appears you are not ready just yet…" The same voice grumbled "It's strange, I figured you of all people would be ready…But I guess Kuchiki's screw up doesn't work in out favour after all..."
"What are you talking about?" Ichigo asked the wall of darkness,
"How very sad…" the voice groaned, Ichigo began to panic as he saw his body begin to disappear, starting to sink into the darkness, like quick sand
"No Wait!" Ichigo shouted as the darkness began to absorb him "Stop! Let me go! I Need to save Rukia!"
"The Shinigami girl? Foolish boy, I will not give you my power just because you wish to save one measly life"
"Let me go damnit! I Need More Power!" Ichigo shouted as the darkness reached his chest "I-I…I'm too weak"
"Exactly…you're not strong, you're not smart…yet you wish to continue to fight?"
"Yes! I have to Win!" He shouted, much to his surprise, the quicksand-like floor spat him out
"That is the answer I wanted to hear…I Honestly don't know why you were panicking…Shinigami rule death, they control many spiritual beings"
"I'm not a Shinigami anymore!" Ichigo snapped as he righted himself
"Oh? It appears you are unaware, That Shinigami power you just lost wasn't your own, it was the power transplanted into you by Rukia Kuchiki, Byakuya Kuchiki thought that by destroying it, he could end it all, but he was careless, he destroyed your soul chain, yes, but he only chipped your Soul Sleep, cracking it but not destroying it, allowing a mass amount of Reiatsu to leak out"
"W-What does that mean?"
"The Soul Sleep is what holds Reiatsu within the body, destroying it means losing all of your Reiatsu, But if it were to be cracked open, ever so slightly, a near impossible process on it's own, All Reiatsu will be released from that persons body and surround them at all times, Giving them a near infinite amount of Reiatsu, Cracking the soul sleep is a highly dangerous process and even then it's extremely difficult to pull off without destroying it and it is something that cannot be attempted ever again, Basically what it means is that instead of Byakuya Kuchiki sealing away your powers, he's released it all, in short, He's accidentally given you a massive power boost, Increasing your own Shinigami power exponentially!"
"I-I Have Shinigami powers?" Ichigo stuttered, trying to take this all in
"Yes, it was awakened with the help of the Shinigami power given to you by Rukia Kuchiki, it hid itself, deep within your soul. But now all of it has been released and it greatly overshadows Kuchiki's power! all you need to do…is find it"
"W-Wait!" Ichigo shouted "W-What do you mean fi-"
"If there was ever a time you must find the Shinigami power hidden within you, then that time is now, for this world has been enveloped in Darkness…and will soon disappear" The Voice blared "Look around you Ichigo"
Ichigo opened his eyes, everything was still pitch black, but he could see several small white boxes floating in the air
"In one of these boxes lies the true me, the true you, the true us…It is up to you to Find it"
"T-This doesn't make sense!" Ichigo snapped
"I Will not tolerate your pathetic excuses! There is no time left, If you wish to save the girl then I suggest you quit galavanting off and find your power before this world is completely consumed by darkness!"
and with that…silence
"H-How am I supposed to find the one that contains my Shinigami powers?" Ichigo asked himself as he looked around "What do I do?"
"Who was the voice anyway? I don't have the ability to sense Reiatsu so it's practically impossible…I think Ishida said the same thing to me"
…
"Ishida! That's right…how did he find out I was a Shinigami?"
"Did you know?"
"It was some simple method…He bragged about it…but what was it?"
"Did you know?…That a Shinigami's spirit ribbon is red?"
"That's it!" Ichigo shouted and quickly began searching for a box with a red tassel amongst the ones with white tassels, "Found it!"
Ichigo quickly tugged on the box, opened it and then;
"Congratulations" came the voice, suddenly all of the black darkness disappeared and flew into the box, Ichigo's eyes widened at sight, he was now standing on a Blue skyscraper with many other Skyscrapers around him along with a sky full of clouds "You found my power…your power…our power...whatever"
Ichigo turned around and finally came face to face with the owner of the voice, He had black waist length hair, Grey Bandages covered his torso, right arm and his face, ending just before his bright yellow eyes, The remains of a tattered cloak covered his lower body and Black reiatsu swarmed around him
"W-Who are you?" Ichigo asked, in response, the figure pulled down the bandages covering his face "What the-!"
"Surprised?" he laughed the echo effect now gone from his voice "I don't blame you, This is what I meant when I said you found our power"
"You…You're…You're me!" Ichigo shouted to man with the Identical face to his
"That is correct" he nodded "I am you fused with our Zanpakutou, all of the massive reiatsu that was released fused your Shinigami powers and your Zanpakutou together, creating me, I am your true power, this is what I meant when I said Byakuya Kuchiki was reckless, he released all of our power, turning us into our most powerful form…I am that form, your ultimate technique who was accidentally released by the leaked Reiatsu"
"You…you are my-" Ichigo stuttered "M-My Ultimate Technique? I-I Don't understand"
"I am your most powerful state, Your Shinigami Powers and your Zanpakutou spirit were overtaken by the Massive amount of Reiatsu, in short, the Massive amount of Reiatsu released combined with your Shinigami powers and your Zanpakutou and created one almighty power, A.K.A me, I am all of your powers combined, in short, I am part of you, Your Ultimate Zanpakutou and once you awaken me, then you shall become me"
"H-How?"
Ichigo found his vision go dark once again, and then awoke to find himself lying on the ground, Byakuya, Renji and Rukia about to step through the portal to the Soul Society
"H-Help! I have to stop them now!"
"No Matter how many enemies there are, do not fear" The Long Black haired Ichigo said as he appeared in front of him "Abandon all fears and doubts! Look ahead! Do not under any circumstances give up!"
Black Reiatsu began to swirl around Ichigo as the Black Haired Ichigo infront of him began to fade
"NOW! ADVANCE! DO NOT STOP, DO NOT RETREAT, DO NOT DOUBT, DO NOT FEAR ANYTHING! YOU ARE STRONGER THAN ALL OF THEM!"
Ichigo found the power to get until his feet, his eyes began to glow a golden yellow colour, the other Ichigo completely faded away and more and more reiatsu began to surround him
"NOW! SHOUT OUT OUR NAME!"
Byakuya, Renji and Rukia were about to step into the Senkaimon, when an almighty shout erupted from behind them
"FINAL GETSUGA TENSHOU!"
So did everyone get that? If not…I don't blame ya, I made it way too convoluted, Here's a simple explanation of How Ichi got all of his power
Byakuya accidentally released all of Ichigo's Powers by failing to properly destroy his soul sleep, allowing a lot of Reiatsu to leak out, awakening all of Ichigo's powers (Shinigami and Reiatsu), the sheer amount of Reiatsu released awakened all his powers to their fullest, causing his Shinigami Powers and Zangetsu to combine, giving Ichigo; The Final GT.
:D
