Zankutou Bougen!-

Getsuga Juujishou!-

"This is the end...Yhwach!-"

"DO YOU TRULY BELIEVE YOU CAN KILL ME?! THINK AGAIN MORTAL!-"

Slash!

Crunch!

Boom!

"BANKAI!-"

"VOLLSTANDIG!-"

"OOOOOOHHHHHHH!-"

"ORRRRIIIYYAAA!-"

"Kurosaki Ichigo…You may have defeated me in battle but you have not won this war!" The Quincy Kaiser brought his hand up before chanting aloud-

"Heilige Schatten der Welt Skript!"

Almost instantaneously, the area around the Substitute Shinigami began to warp as black tendrils of darkness clawed at his body. Bringing his shorter Zangetsu up to defend himself, Ichigo tried to resist, only to be met with a mocking laughter.

"It's useless, Kurosaki Ichigo...This technique was meant to be used on the soul king, so I could banish him from this world. You see, for gods such as he and I, we simply cannot be killed, we just reincarnate after a good thousand years or so." He spoke mockingly.

"Shit! I can't break free!" yelled the frustrated dual wielder as he tried to cut his way out of the endless pit of null.

"Once your body is completely submerged you shall be tossed into limbo and flung through the fabric of space time...this is the end Kurosaki Ichigo, my son born in darkness." The king of Quincies spoke in an almost apologetic tone, watching as the remainder of Ichigo's head began to disappear.

"I lost…"

"Now everyone's going to die…"

"It's all my fault…"

'I'm so weak…'

"FUCK! WHY AM I STILL SO FUCKING WEAK?!" Yelled at the top of his lungs unable to come to terms with the reality that was now laid before him.

"I wouldn't say you're weak. The right phrase would be, you're not strong enough perhaps?" A mysterious voice echoed in the empty void.

"Huh?! Who's there? Show yourself!" Ichigo yelled, clearly surprised at hearing the voice, and in a place where he thought was devoid of anything.

Before the Quincy Shinigami hybrid's very eyes an almost angelic figure appeared, illuminating the black void of the present lifeless and empty world.

"I am the Soul King. A pleasure to finally make sure acquaintance, Kurosaki Ichigo." Spoke the divine entity.

The soul king seemed to be a pale skinned man, so pale in fact his skin seemed to be composed of snow. He had hair pulled behind his head into a pony tail, and wore a silky looking kimono that seemed to be made out of gold thread. The most noticeable feature he adorned was his eyes, which seemed to be dark purple with triangle like shapes decorating it.

"Wait if you're the soul king, aren't you supposed to be in the soul palace?" Ichigo asked confusedly not quite understanding what was happening.

"I am indeed still in my palace young one." Replied the stoic God.

"I'm not sure I follow…"

"As a god, I am omnipresent, so therefore I exist anywhere and everywhere all at once." Explained the king of spirits.

"Huh, that must be pretty convenient." Thought Ichigo allowed causing the soul king to chuckle at the teenaged boy's antics.

"Indeed it is, but as much as I'd enjoy some idle chatter with you Kurosaki Ichigo I must get to the point." Spoke the divine being instantly becoming serious causing Ichigo to follow suit. "As we speak Yhwach is making his way over to my personal chamber, and since I am currently in a weakened state due to reasons that I must skip over for time's sake, I won't be able to stop him I'm afraid."

Ichigo's eyes were instantly filled with regret and sorrow, something the soul king noticed right away. "Do not fret child, you shall live to see another day."

"What?! If you haven't noticed I'm kind of trapped in wherever the hell Yhwach sent me." The Shinigami Daikou spoke pessimistically.

"That won't be a problem, with the remainder of my power I shall open up the fabric of space time and send you to another universe." State the all-powerful being causing Ichigo's eyes to widen considerably.

"If you can send me to another dimension then send me back to the soul palace! I can still save everyone!" Roared Ichigo, a new fire of hope filling his brown eyes.

"I cannot do that, this world is being saving and you know it." That statement crushed the hope he had gained a second ago. "And even if I did send you back, you'd be defeated in an instant, your previous battle with Yhwach has severely drained your strength. You'd simply die in vain, would you rather die regretting the decisions you have made in life or start anew and continue forward? Choose wisely Kurosaki Ichigo..."

"I-I..."Ichigo for the first time in his life, was at a complete loss for words. And who could blame him, he had just been asked to make the hardest decision in his life. To die fighting for all those you hold dear, but ultimately ending up losing everything anyway and dying in vain or be granted a second life, one where he could start afresh. It was truly a tough choice especially for someone who hadn't had much time to live in general.

But Ichigo knew none of his friends, family and loved ones would want him to make a decision he'd regret making later on. Ichigo closed his eyes as a single tear slipped out, he steadied his breathing and calmed himself.

"Ichigo...No matter what decision you make I will always be by your side, forever." Came the baritone voice of one of his Zanpaktou, Zangetsu.

"Yeah, we've got your royal back, King."His other Zanpaktou commented with a slight mocking tone, trying to lift the mood.

"Thanks guys, I really owe you both, big time."

"You can start paying us back by picking the second option, I'm just saying." The masked clad spirit retorted offhandedly causing Ichigo to smile sadly. He knew his Zanpaktou didn't give two shits about anyone but him, since they were Ichigo himself they wanted what was best for him and that was to move forward, persevere and live on.

"It seems that you have steeled your resolve and come to a conclusion, have you not?" Asked the mighty god of spirits rhetorically, as if already knowing the answer he was going to be given.

"Yeah..." Ichigo suddenly felt a wave of sadness wash over him. He really was leaving everything behind. Yuzu, Karin, Goat face, chad, Ishida, Inoue, Urahara, Yoruichi, Keigo, Mizuro, Tatsuki, he'd never be able to see them ever again. Many other faces popped up in his head, even those that were his past enemies. But Ichigo new all them would want him to move on, they wouldn't want to hold him down, yeah that's right, they were the greatest friends and family he could have ever asked for...

"Alright, send me off old man." Ichigo asked, his face now showing his unshakable resolve.

"Very well, goodbye Kurosaki Ichigo, I hope you may ascend to greatness in the next world you arrive in, make sure to do as your name dictates and protect all that needs protecting." The Spirit king's eyes began to glow a bright purple as he began to gather his remaining spirit energy.

"Sayonara, my son born in the light. . ."

And those were the last words Ichigo heard before everything submerged into a numbing blackness.

It had been a regular day in Konohagakure. Ever since the forth ninja war had happened and ended over 2 years ago, all things seemed well. Crime had gone down by a significant margin though that didn't mean it had completely ended and all the elemental nations were working together in unity to help spread peace over the once darkened land.

A certain spiky blonde ninja had been stuck in Tsunade's office being lectured about all the formalities of being a Hokage. Sure he wanted to be the greatest Hokage ever seen. But did they all really have to do this much paper work? It felt like after every stack, his life span was decreasing. But Tsunade had made sure to drill everything she knew into him. She wasn't going to give up her position to some green horn brat after all!

"Baa-chan, this is so boring can we please take a break?" Naruto pleaded, using the infamous puppy dog eyes.

"Naruto how many times do I have to tell you? If you want to be a good Hokage you must work diligently and not only excel in brawn, but also brain. There's a delicate balance, so quit you're whining!" Tsunade scolded with a stern look. Naruto sighed, he knew that the puppy dog eye technique wouldn't work, but it was worth a shot right? Who could blame him, he had been cooped up in this stuffy room since 9 am! And now it was 5pm! But he couldn't help but suppress a smile, he knew Tsunade only had good intentions, she was passing down all her knowledge onto him so he could become a Hokage that could change the world!

Before he could proceed filling in the infinite stack of papers that lay before him, a sudden shockwave reverberated through all of Konoha, shattering windows and any fragile object alike.

"What the-?!" Naruto nearly fell of his chair, being completely caught off guard by the sudden shock. Though he immediately composed himself and leapt out the window ignoring Tsunade's warning. Naruto quickly surveyed the area whilst hopping from building to building, he instantly noticed a giant plume of black smoke coming from the forest west of Konoha.

Area of the crash.

"Damn...that's definitely gonna leave a mark." Ichigo groaned rubbing his rear, trying to ease the pain out of it. He scanned his surroundings once the aching pain from his backside subsided. "Huh, seems like I'm in an ordinary forest of some sorts. When the soul king told me I'd be going into another dimension I kinda expected something, more?" Ichigo was weirdly disappointed that by that looks of things, this world seemed fairy similar to his previous one.

One thing he could tell for sure was there was something different about the air. Not the atomic structure or anything that complicated like that. It felt a little thicker and richer then what he was used to. But he could clearly tell the air was also filled with Reiryoku. Which made him quirk an eyebrow. This world also had Spiritual energy? Now that was quite strange. He expected the laws of nature to be quite different, or was that just his wild imagination running loose?

Ichigo was too caught up in thought to notice several people quickly approaching him. Naruto had made it first, though several ANBU arrived at the scene moments later. They were quite shocked with what they saw. A teenager it seemed in a black robe covered in white armour stood before them with a very confused expression sitting in the middle of a giant crater. The thing they were shocked at most wasn't his fiery orange hair nor his strange attire. No. it was because absolutely no Chakra could be detected from him. None at all.

Even a civilian had chakra, as small as an amount as it may be, it was still there. If you didn't have chakra then that meant you were dead, simple as. But here was a person completely disregarding that law. He was most certainly alive.

"Identify yourself, intruder." Came the stoic voice of an ANBU captain. Ichigo's gaze instantly flickered over to the new arrivals. He noticed that they had absolutely zero Reiatsu. But he could still sense them somewhat, it was a weird feeling, to sense someone without their Reiatsu signature. "I repeat, identify yourself."

"I'm Ichigo Kurosaki, substitute Shinigami." Ichigo stated not quite knowing if that title actually held any meaning in this world, but it was what he normally said when people asked who he was so he just replied out of reflex.

"Shinigami?! That's impossible, don't try and fool us, are you a rouge ninja trying to infiltrate our village?" The tone of the ANBU went from emotionless to slightly annoyed after hearing such an absurd statement.

"What the heck, there a freaking Ninjas in this world?!" Ichigo gaped. He didn't expect this at all. He was expecting maybe dragons and goblins, but definitely not ninjas!

The orange haired teen's outburst surprised the elite ninja squad, Naruto included. He spoke as if he had never heard of a ninja in his entire life, and they could tell he wasn't lying. Being an elite Ninja with years of experience had its perks after all, reading emotions was one of them.

"Ichigo's your name right?" Naruto questioned gaining a nod from the Shinigami in question before continuing. "Alright, looks like you're as confused as we are, so why don't you come to the village and talk to Baa-chan, she's in charge and once we're there we can ask a few questions and we can hopefully answer some of yours too." Ichigo looked into Naruto's eye and some he wasn't lying, he hesitated for a second but it seemed like he didn't have much to lose.

"Alright, lead the way." Once Ichigo entered the village he noticed that it was a lot like what he had back home. They seemed to also have a lot of modern day technical equipment like; Laptops, phones and all sorts of electronic gadgets.

They entered a large building situated in the middle of the village. It had a giant Kanji sign for "Fire." "So these people also use Japanese to speak? That makes sense since they could understand me." Ichigo mused as they passed through another door.

"Naruto, I see you've found the cause of that explosion." Came the strong feminine voice of Tsunade Senju. Ichigo took in the appearance of the source of the new voice. The woman had light blonde hair and hazelnut coloured eyes, a busty chest and purple diamond mark on her forehead. "So, who are you?" The Senju questioned with a stern look.

"Kurosaki Ichigo." Ichigo simply stated.

"Alright Kurosaki, why did you blow up a large chunk of our forest?" Tsunade asked folding her arms under her breasts.

"I didn't blow it up on purpose, I crash landed in it." Ichigo replied honestly.

"Crashed landed from where exactly?"

"Another dimension." The bluntness and sheer absurdity of the answer caused everyone in the entire room to face vault. Even Tsunade nearly tripped upon hearing that. But for some reason she felt that he wasn't lying. Though she wasn't naïve enough to blindly trust some random boy who appeared out of nowhere.

"Neko, bring in Ino, we can use her to make sure he's telling the truth or not." Tsunade ordered getting a swift nod from the Neko ANBU which flickered out of existence. The aged Senju massaged her temples, she had a feeling that things were going to get really, really complicated.

A few awkward moments later the door opened and the ANBU re-entered followed by a platinum blonde girl that seemed to be a little younger then Ichigo or perhaps about the same age, he couldn't really tell.

"Tsunade-sama you called?" Ino asked entering the room behind Neko.

"Yes, I require your expertize. This man here claims to be from another universe, and It seems like he isn't lying, though for obvious reason I cannot believe such a thing so I require your expertize." The Hokage explained briefly. Ino turned her face towards Ichigo with a look that was a mix of scepticism just plain weirded out.

"Tsunade-sama, are you sure he's not just plain crazy or something?" Ino asked not quite believing the situation.

"Hey! I'm standing right here you know!" Ichigo snapped angrily not quite liking being accused of being crazy.

"Baa-chan you know when I fought Kaguya, she could travel between dimensions at will, so thinking that other dimensions other than ours existing isn't too far of a stretch." Naruto finally decided to voice his thoughts.

"Ah, I do remember your report mentioning such a thing, but we still have to make sure, we can never be too careful after all." Tsunade responded logically. Naruto rubbed the back of his head awkwardly shooting Ichigo an apologetic look. To which Ichigo just waved off. To be honest if they weren't this cautious Ichigo would be more surprised.

"Alright then, take a seat carrot top, so we can get this over with as quick as possible." Ino said sighing. The carrot top nickname didn't go unheard as Ichigo shot her a glare before taking a seat.

"What are you going to do?" Ichigo asked curiously, not knowing what was going to happen which didn't help ease his nerves one bit.

"Don't worry I'm just gonna check your memories and see if what you're saying is true or a load of shit." Ino stated bluntly as if it was the most normal thing to do.

"Wait what!? You're going to probe around the insides of my head?!" Ichigo shouted backing away from her.

"It won't hurt trust me, so let's get this over with quickly, or is it that you're actually an attention seeking liar?" Ino questioned crossing her arms.

"Tch, fine..." Ichigo begrudgingly sat back down and let the blonde haired girl do whatever the hell she was gonna do to his poor mind.

Ino ran through her clan's signature hand seals and placed her hand onto the spiky haired teen's head. Almost instantly she was flooded with a countless myriad of emotions, ranging from despair, fear, an unshakable confidence and emptiness. These emotions tugged at her heart as various scenes played through her mind each scene correlating to the emotions she was feeling. Ino was so engrossed in the memories of what was playing in front of her she didn't notice a figure approaching her from behind.

"Hey, what the fuck do you think you're doing snooping around in the King's memories huh?"

Instantly Ino spun around to face the direction of where the new voice was coming from. She was greeted with a very eerie sight. The figure seemed to be a carbon replica of that man that she was currently reading the mind of. Except a few key features. He was completely white as snow from head to toe, not even the hair was spared and he was wearing a very ominous skull shaped mask that had pitch black empty sockets firmly planted on it.

"W-who are you?" Ino involuntarily stuttered, she didn't know why but the very sight of this thing, induced fear into the very recesses of her mind.

"I think you already know who I am don't you? Being the snoopy little bitch you are, or did I interrupt you and you didn't get to see much?" The bleached man asked. Ino didn't get a chance to respond as multiple black cleavers about 6 feet in length surrounded here, ready to skewer her to death if she made a single wrong move. "In any case missy, I suggest you get your skinny ass out of here before you die a very painful death okay?" The tone Hollow Zangetsu was using was one that left no room for arguments.

Not wanting to get decapitated on the spot Ino instantly removed her hand from Ichigo's head and jumped back a little, fear written all over here face.

"What's wrong Ino? Did you get any information?" Tsunade asked.

"W-what the hell are you?!" Ino yelled frightfully.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Ichigo asked confusedly.

"She might be crazy, you never know."His former inner hollow cackled.

"You did something to her didn't you?" Ichigo questioned with a growl.

"I have no idea what you're talking about king." The white Zangetsu replied whilst whistling innocently, this caused Ichigo to pinch the bridge of his nose, trying to calm the giant headache he had just gained. Couldn't he have a regular Zanpaktou? Was that too much to ask? Sighing Ichigo decided to try explain a few things.

"Sorry about that erm, -Ino? That dickish character you just saw was the manifestation of my power, he's a part of me. He probably meant harm but you're alive at least, right?" Ichigo awkwardly tried to cheer her up only for her to back off from him even more.

"Hey! Who the hell are you calling dickish?!"

"Just shut up for a while will you? I'm trying to get some information about the world we are living in and you scaring the living daylight out of everyone is clearly not helping." Ichigo responded with an annoyed growl.

"Tch, fine." And with that the inner spirit became silent, which surprised Ichigo, he expected him to fire of a flurry of insults of some sorts but he guessed that even his hollow knew how important getting this information was going to be.

"Alright then is there any questions you want me to answer or can I do some questioning?" Ichigo spoke after an awkward moment of silence.

"Yes there are a few things I'd like to know first if you don't mind." Tsunade responded with a curious expression.

"Sure, ask away."

"What are you? You don't have any Chakra at all. All living things have it, yet here you are a living being that doesn't even have a minute trace of it."

"I'm going to have to ask, what the hell is Chakra?" Ichigo responded flatly, causing Tsunade to face palm, she had forgotten this man was from a completely different dimension where Chakra most probably didn't even exist.

"I won't bore you with the in-depth details about Chakra, but essentially, it is the physical and spiritual energies that exist everywhere and can be produce through the body." Tsunade paused to let Ichigo soak up the new information before continuing. "Chakra is essential to us Shinobi because it allows us to use special techniques by manipulating it through the use of hand seals and other methods. We can utilize it to enhance body movement, breath fire, run on water and a myriad of other things, though my examples don't even scratch the surface of what Chakra allows us to do."

"Ah I see, it's somewhat similar to the energy I have back home." Ichigo mused.

"If you don't mind me asking, what kind of power do you have?" Tsunade questioned.

"It's called Reiryoku. It is a power that is produce by every living thing and inanimate objects, though only a select bunch of humans can utilize it. Normally the beings that are capable of using it are Shinigami, which I am." That statement left everyone present in the room gaping like a fish. This boy standing in front of them was a God of Death? The Reaper of Souls?

"If a Shinigami is powerful enough, they are then able to commune with their weapon and gain even more extraordinary power, which they can they hone with hundreds of years of training."

"Hundreds of years?! Just how long do you lot live for?" Tsunade asked, surprise written all over her face.

"The more powerful a Shinigami the less they age over time and the longer they can live. Though that may be untrue I haven't actually heard of a Shinigami die of old age..." Ichigo pondered to himself. "Oh, the oldest Shinigami was Yama-ji, he was like over 4000 years old and godly strong." Ichigo mentioned offhandedly. "I'm only 18, so I got a long ass life ahead of me, assuming I don't die in battle or something."

Tsunade became silent, trying to digest the mind blowing information she had just received. In this world there was a Shinigami. And to their limited knowledge about it, there seems to be only one. But from the way this boy was speaking about them in his world, there seemed to be an entire race of them, this sent a slight shiver down her spine. If these Shinigami were anything like the one that inhabited this world they must have been a truly formidable bunch.

"So, what will you do now? You have nowhere to go right?" The Hokage asked after pushing her previous morbid thoughts to the back of her mind.

"I think I'm going to try and find out more about this world, I have a lot of things to learn it seems." Ichigo answered chuckling a little.

"Well, you're always welcome in Konoha, so if you get bored of living life on the road just drop by, got it kid?" That statement was more an order then an invitation, though Ichigo didn't mind at all. It seemed the people here were quite friendly.

"Well I best be going." With that Ichigo disappeared with a burst of Shunpo causing everyone to go wide eyed at the sudden speed displayed by the orange haired enigma.

"Ino, I'd like a full report on what you saw in Ichigo's memories." Tsunade ordered getting a hesitant look from the blonde.

"Tsunade-sama I was "Kicked out" before I could get more information, I saw some things but it wasn't all that much. . ." A chill ran down Ino's spine as she spoke those words. Tsunade didn't quite get what she meant by "Kicked out" but right now any information was valuable information.

"It's fine, just tell me everything you saw in detail ok?" Ino nodded and began her report.

With Ichigo.

"I said I'd just explore this world on my own, but I actually have no idea where to go..." Ichigo was now contemplating if it would have been a better idea to get some sort of map. But it was too late now, he was already a good 30-40 miles away from Konoha, due to the ridiculous speed he possessed. Ichigo had stopped on top of a large pine tree, trying to see if he could find any form of civilization.

Though he didn't spot any village, however he did notice a peddler a few hundred meters in front of him. "Alright I'll ask for directions and maybe I could ask for a map of this world too." With that thought, Ichigo hopped down from the tree and made his way over to the cart. Once he caught up with the cart he jumped straight in front of it and signalled a stopping motion which caused the cart to slow down.

"What can I do for you lad?" Ask the peddler surprisingly politely. The man was plump and stout and had the typical merchant aura and feel about him, he had short curly brown hair and green eyes.

"I was wonder if you had a map of the elemental countries I could maybe have? I'm kinda new here and I'm lost." Ichigo briefly explained.

"Oh my, a lone traveller without a map? That seems rather dangerous don't you think?" The merchant chided.

"Well I forgot to pick one up at the village I was just at, so do you think you could spare one?" Ichigo replied with an embarrassed look scratching the back of his head.

"Unfortunately I only have one copy on me, unless you could magically duplicate it I'm afraid I can't help..." The plump salesmen explained with an apologetic tone.

"Ichigo, I believe I could be of some assistance."The sudden statement from his Quincy Zangetsu caught Ichigo off-guard considering he had been rather silent for a while.

"What do you have in mind ol' man?" Ichigo asked curiously.

"Let me take over for a moment, it would take too much time to explain what I intend to do, I shall explain it to you later." Zangetsu's vague response made Ichigo quirk an eyebrow but he trusted Zangetsu and let him take over.

"May I please see the map for a moment?" The sudden change in voice and posture caused the merchant to gasp in surprise but he simply chalked it up to some Ninja technique he had never heard of it.

"Of course." The merchant pulled out a piece of rolled up paper from his deep pockets and handed it over to Zangetsu. The aged spirit meticulously scanned the sheet of paper, as if absorbing every detail into his mind before a light blue glow began radiating from his body though it died down again.

"Thank you for your kindness." Zangetsu said giving the peddler his map back.

"U-um, you are most welcome, but may I ask what you did?" The merchant asked curiously.

"I merely made a replica of the map." As Zangetsu finished talking he raised his right hand up to waist level and what happened next left the Ichigo and the merchant speechless. An exact copy of the map Zangetsu had just analysed appeared in his hand slowly materializing out of thin air.

"Ol' man, since when could you do that?!" Ichigo yelled from his inner world.

"It is but the basic of basic Quincy techniques used in an advanced form. Reassembling atoms in the air into whatever you want. Though you must thoroughly know the structure of what you intend to create." Zangetsu quickly explained through the mental link.

"You have so gotta' teach me how to do that." Ichigo said with wide eyes.

"Once we find a place to stay, I shall teach you everything I know, and trust me when I say this Ichigo, I know every single Quincy technique in existence, so be prepared." Ichigo wasn't sure if he was excited at the prospect of learning a new different things or terrified because he knew exactly how Zangetsu taught people . . .He knew it was going to be anything but fun.

Ichigo felt a pulling sensation all over, but before he could question what it was he was flung back into his material body. "Man, I'm never going to get used to that. . ." Ichigo commented dryly stretching his limbs making sure everything was working properly.

"Thanks a lot for your help ol' man, I'll be on my way now." And with that Ichigo leapt into the air causing several sonic booms as he did. Leaving a flabbergasted merchant behind in a giant cloud of dust. "It seems like the closest major village is east from here. Kirigakure was it? Well I better get there before day is out, I'm tired as hell." With much needed extra motivation, Ichigo decided to up his already blinding speeds even further trying to get to his intended destination as fast as he could. After such a hectic and emotionally draining day, who could blame him?

As Ichigo got closer and closer towards his destination he noticed fog began to obscure his vision, and it was getting progressively thicker too. "Just great, how on earth am I supposed to find my way to the village now?" Ichigo groaned out. "I could always fire a giant Getsuga Tenshou at the ground dispelling it, but that'd draw to much attention to myself." Ichigo was too busy contemplating ways of getting rid of the fog he didn't seem to notice a giant presence in front of him before it was too late.

"What the fuc-?!" Was all Ichigo could say before he crashed into the most gooey, spongy and slimy thing he had felt in his entire life. The spiky haired Shinigami ricocheted backwards and skidded across the slippery surface of the foggy forest. He then looked up and nearly choked at what he saw before him.

A giant six tailed slug...

Yep, you heard him correctly.

This thing was the size of a small sky scraper, around 50-60 feet perhaps?

"Oh my, did something just hit me?" For such a giant monster like being, it sure had a very feminine voice was what went through Ichigo's mind, instead of "Holy shit it can talk!" He had seen enough talking animals and monsters to not get weirded out by that by now.

"Sorry about that, it was me." Ichigo said in a loud voice making sure he was heard.

"Oh dear I'm truly sorry for blocking your path, I couldn't sense you at all, you must have quite an adept control over your Chakra to make it so you don't even leak out a tiny drop." The slug commented.

"Ah, well you see, I don't have what you guys call Chakra." This caused the slimy giant to gasp in surprise.

"You don't have Chakra? That shouldn't be possible!" The tailed beast stated matter-of-factly.

"Well, maybe for everyone in this world, but then again I'm not from here." Ichigo responded chuckling slightly.

"You're from another dimension then?" The slug asked, a little too calmly.

"Yeah I am, though I was half expecting you to flip out considering the last people I told that too thought I was some crazy nut job." The substitute Shinigami explained.

"My Grandmother could travel between dimensions, so it's not like it's something new for me."

"Is your Grandmother perhaps someone called Kaguya?" Ichigo asked, he had heard Naruto talk about this person, saying she could travel through dimensions freely, so he could only assume this giant slug's Grandmother was Kaguya.

"How do you know that?!" The slug gasped in surprise.

"Well I heard someone talk about her from the previous village I was in, I think it was called Konohagakure? Yeah something like that." Ichigo replied whilst taking up a thinking position.

"Was the person who told you Naruto-san?"

"Yeah, I'm guessing you two have met before?" The teen asked.

"Yes, we fought together in the last war to defeat Grandmother." The towering behemoth said, reminiscing about the past. "Oh please forgive me! I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Saiyako, nice to make your acquaintance." The newly named Saiken lowered one of its giant tailed towards Ichigo.

"My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, nice to meet you too Saiyako." Ichigo said, awkwardly shaking the tail of the giant slug.

"If I may ask, where are you headed?" Saiyako queried tilting its head to the side.

"Well, I'm heading towards Kirigakure. I need to a place to stay for a while and it was the closest place from Konoha so I thought it'd be the most efficient option." Ichigo answered.

"Then may I accompany you?" Saiyako asked innocently enough.

"I wouldn't mind, but why?" He questioned confusedly.

"I'm really bored and lonely here, there's nothing to do at all. Plus every human that comes here runs away from me even though I've never hurt anyone in my life." Saiyako sobbed. Ichigo was a little taken back, it was extremely odd seeing a tower monster crying its eyes out.

"Hey, I'm fine with you coming along, but don't you think you'd draw a lot of attention to yourself, considering you know. . ." Ichigo trailed of awkwardly.

"If you're worried about my appearance, I can change it if you want." Saiyako told him instantly sounding happy again.

"Please do." To be honest Ichigo wanted nothing more than to stand out, he just wanted to get to Kiri as fast and hassle free as possible. Saiyako immediately was bathed in a light purple light and began shrinking in size until the light dimmed down now revealing, a human? "Wait, what?! You're a girl?!" Ichigo yelled in shock.

"Yep!" Saiyako had transformed into what Ichigo could only assume was her human form, or something along those lines. She had a slender body, slightly pale skin, white hair that was tied up into an intricate design and she also had mesmerizing big blue eyes. She wore a pure white kimono that had frilly sleeves and a larger than normal bow tied the dress together.

"You know, if you used this form more often, people wouldn't run away from you as much..." Ichigo commented.

"Well, I prefer my Bijuu form, it's easy to move in and I'm just used it to." She told him with a matter-of-factly look.

"Bijuu?" The Shingami questioned.

"Yep, that's what we are!"

"We as in plural?" The thought that more of these ginormous behemoths roaming around like nobody's business sent a shiver down ichigo's spine, though if they were all as friendly as Saiken then there was nothing to worry about right?

"Mhm, there are nine of us brothers and sisters, me included." She told him holding up nine fingers to exaggerate her point.

"I see." Ichigo simply stated. "Alright shall we get going then?" Ichigo asked rhetorically.

"U-um, well you see..." Saiyako began to fidget a little whilst poking her index fingers together.

"What's up?" Ichigo questioned not getting what was wrong with her.

"I-I'm so sorry, but I'm really slow!" The slug Bijuu confessed with an embarrassed red glow covering her pale skin. Ichigo blinked, then again, and suddenly he began to chuckle causing the slug princess's face to darkness even more. "Truthfully speaking, i'm the slowest out of us Bijuu, even my brother Isobu is faster then me! And he's a turtle!" She muttered quietly.

"If that's all then it's no problem." Before she could ask what he meant, she was quickly slung over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes much to her dismay, ignoring her cries, Ichigo bolted of the ground and began heading towards his original destination. "Oh btw, Saiyako can you point me towards the direction that Kirigakure is in?" Ichigo asked as the soared through the sky.

"It's straight ahead I believe." Saiyako replied having calm down from her initial surprise when Ichigo began to fly and extremely fast at that. She had only seen a handful of people who possessed such a rare ability her father included. This only served to make her more curious about the orange haired enigma. Then again he wasn't from this world so he probably possessed a myriad of abilities that she had never heard of or seen before.

After a while Ichigo could finally see the village coming into view. He breathed a sigh of relief, he could finally get some long needed rest. And just in time too it had begun to get dark. Ichigo didn't know what time it was or if the time here worked the same as back home but if he had to guess it was probably around 8pm. "I really need to get myself a watch..." Ichigo mused.

The Shinigami teen began to descend once he had reached the gate of the city. His sudden arrival from the sky had surprised the guards but they quickly recomposed themselves.

"Halt! State your purpose!" One of the guards questioned with a gruff voice.

"I was wondering if I could stay in this village for a few nights, I don't have a place I can stay." Ichigo asked politely not wanting to lose the opportunity of being granted a place to stay in, he wasn't all too keen about sleeping in the forest.

"Do you have any form of identification on you?" The other guard asked scanning the teen head to toe.

"No I don't, would that stop you guys from allowing me to enter the village?"

"Hmm, not necessarily, but we are on high alert these days, since there have been a few troubling incidents happening as of late." The guard responded with a sigh.

"Really? What's going on?" Ichigo asked curiously, getting a surprised look from both the guards.

"You haven't heard?" The guard asked only for Ichigo to shake his head. "There have been multiple robberies around the elemental nations. The people behind it have been stealing ancient artefacts from each major village and some of the lesser villages too. We are one of the few villages that haven't been robbed, but it seems like it's only a matter of time before whoever is behind it strikes." The guard explained.

"Ah I see, I hadn't heard anything about that when I was in Konoha, or was it because of those burglary events that they were being so wary of me? Ichigo thought to himself after hearing the new information.

"Anyway, since you don't have any form of identification you'll have to go see the Mizukage, she'll help you out." The guard pointed towards the tall blue tower near the centre of the village with the Kanji sign for water boldly painted onto the side.

"Alright, thanks, Saiyako let's go." Ichigo called to his new companion.

"Okay!"

Wew I'm alive.

Sorry about the lack off uploads, I have been studying for college exams and haven't had the time to write, plus I've been having a major case of writer's block, again...

But now all my exams are over and I'm back in the groove so expect more content.

Anyway, for those of you wondering I have decided to change the name of the Rokubi. To me Saiken sounds to masculine and as you might have guessed this is a Saiken x Ichigo fanfic. I'm a big fan of obscure pairings, mainly because I've grown tired of all the mainstream ones. . .

Leave a review will ya? Constructive criticism is ALWAYS appreciated. Plus it gives me more motivation to keep writing.

Anyway that's all I have to say, leave any questions you have about the story in a review and I'll try and answer them as best as I can.

ForsakenHate out.