Hueco mundo/las noches

At the end of the fight.

The pleas of Orihime scream out to the vasto lorde of Ichigo forming a red cero.

Just before the cero could be released, Ulquiorra holding a small cube in his clawed hand shoves from behind into ichigos hollow hole in the chest.

As soon as the cube enters, light swallows the hollowfied Ichigo leaving only the destruction it left behind.

The zangetsu in uryu shattered into raishi with Orihime looking at the spot where Ichigo was seen last.

"Ichigo?..."

"He is gone... woman. I sent him on the denigacion into a different dimension. Not even aizen knows where it goes to."

Ulquiorra says as he limps away to only fall down with weaker breathing.

Uryu looks at him.

"What? What do you mean?"

"He... is gone... and I'm defeated. Take the woman and go."

Orihime started crying at the news and despair took hold on her heart.

'Ichigo...'

—/ darkness/—

The vasto lorde flouted in the darkness with one thing in its mind.

'Protect... protect what?...'

Then a flash with the sound of glass breaking and the hollow tales in the sight before him.

-/new dimension/-

Sunlight shines into the hollows eyes and took the sight of a town but a familiar town.

Kurakara town.

The hollow turns it's head looking around.

However as soon as it took a step it fell to the ground with the mask shattering when a shadow of someone coming with a similar butcher knife sword.

Then darkness took hold.

-/five minutes earlier/-

A teen girl stood on a lamppost with her huge zangetsu on her shoulder with a sigh.

"Man, this is getting irritating... I hardly ever get any more sleep now!"

She says to herself as she turns to her left to go home.

As she was about to leave, a very powerful riatsu shook the air and she fell to her knee in surprise.

"W-What is this?!"

The girl struggles to get up and looks to the direction of the riatsu and runs to it.

'This riatsu... it's like mine but yet more hollow like. What is it?'

She asks her self and as she gets to the park.

She stoops at the sight of a hollow standing in the park.

She got her sword ready but noticed something about the hollow.

The mask covered the head with two horns pointing forwards giving it a demon look.

Long orange hair flowed in the wind as it stood still.

She could tell it was a male dew to the open chest with the hole.

She gulps and starts walking to the hollow to see it fall down face first and half of its mask breaks off.

She froze to see half of a pale face of a teen with a blank expression and she walks to the teen.

As she kneels to get a closer look, the teen seemed to fall asleep with her seeing how similar he looked to her.

She slowly reaches to touch the uncovered half of the face and felt smooth skin.

However that moment was ruined when a voice sounds to her.

"Ichigo What is that?!"

She turns to see her friend rukia with a shocked expression.

"I don't know. I was on my way home and I felt this riatsu then saw this guy. He fell asleep before I could do anything.

It's strong though."

Ichigo says to her friend and she looks back to the hollow.

'Why does his riatsu feel so familiar?.'

She thinks to herself.

She and rukia decide to carry the hollow to kisuke's shop.

-/later/-

As rukia and Ichigo carry the hollow to the shop.

"Man why does this guy have to be so heavy!!"

A very irritating voice says.

"Shut up..."

Ichigo says as they walk to the shop.

Kisuke opens to see a hollow with half of a mask and Ichigo and rukia carrying the hollow.

"Uhhhh come on in?.."

As the two lay the hollow into a bedroom, kisuke looks at Ichigo and asks.

"Uh Miss kurosaki? How did you find this hollow?"

"I was walking back home but felt this pressure that was powerful so I investigated it and found him." She says as she looks back to the hollows exposed side of the face.

Kisuke notices and smirks under his fan and says.

"Well I will hole him here and you two can leav to get some rest and come back tomorrow."

Ichigo nods and looks back at the face and her cheeks heat up.

'Why does my heart beat harder at the sight of him?'

Strangely, zangetsu and the hollow in her were silent.

She didn't notice as she walked back home with rukia.

Kisuke closes the shop and takes out a sringe and draws out some blood from the hollow and walks back to his hidden lab to do some testing.

———/later next day/inner world/——

Femichigo pov/

I stood on the side of my inner world to see half of it Incase's in a black mist and felt something was off.

I look around to find some broken buildings and some signs of battle recently.

"Zangetsu? Where are you? Hollow? Anybody?!"

Weariness was starting to affect me as I searched for them.

As i flash steps and soars around her inner world avoiding the mist, I felt something draw me close.

Then i see a crater and see zangetsu in the center in bankai.

He looked younger in bankai with surprising to me.

As I got closer I realized that he was stabbed into the ground from the shoulder from his very own blade as if the one who defeated him used the same sword to pin him down.

"Zangetsu? Can you hear me?"

I say in a shakened voice.

Younger zangetsu opens one eye and looks up at me.

"Yea... sorry Ichigo... what I fought was something I tried to surpress since your birth but seems like... I'm not meant to hold you back anymore..."

I look at him slightly confused as I say.

"Hold me back? What do you mean?"

Zangetsu weakly hands something into my hand and says.

"Ichigo. This will reveal everything to you. I tried to hide the truth but it can't be hidden now. There can be only one of us and it seems the other has disappeared as well."

"Other? Who is the other?" I ask concerned.

"The other is the one you found earlier. He is you and yet not. He had everything we have and knows what we know in our life. He is you and yet not. His powers are greater than yours and are overwhelming yours hence me disappearing."

I look at him and a single tear falls.

"I don't understand zangetsu... he is me and yet not? What kind of messed up crap is that?"

I say not believing it.

Zangetsu coughs and says. "Ichigo...I'm not your true zanpactuo and not is my name zangetsu. My true name is ywhach and I am your Quincy powers from your mother's side. If you want to learn more, go to your father or Kisuke but now you might wanna turn around..."

Ywhach says as he nods to what was behind me.

I slowly look over my shoulder to see a bleached white person that looked like me like a mirror except with hollow eyes and a very wide grin.

"Long time no see... queen."

"You again?!"

I say with a shocked expression.

"Just as he said queen. I'm your true power! I'm zangetsu!!"

The white zangetsu just lunges at me with acrazed grin and attacks me.

"Aaaahhhhh!!!!" I shriek in surprise.

———/next morning/Urahara shop/——

Normal POV/

One eye opens and sits up with a groan. The mask seemed to have formed back over his face and seemed normal.

The hollow then looks around with a blank expression and sniffs the air.

In his mind his thoughts slowly form in his mind.

'This seems familiar...'

Then a door slides in and a black cat walks in with a meow.

The hollow turns to the cat and kept the blank expression.

The cat walks by and lays on a pillow that was in the room as Urahara follows in and sits infront of the hollow.

"Well let's get started. Tea?"

Urahara says offering tea.

The hollow remained silent and looks at the tea tilting his head.

"You don't like tea?"

Urahara asks.

Then the hollow reaches to the cup with his clawed hand and grabs the cup.

As he lifts it to this mask and takes a small sniff, youruichi eyes him with interest with Kisuke observing the hollows moves.

Kisuke finally asks the hollow.

"Who are you?"

The hollow stops and looks at kisuke slowly and says three words that echo.

"I... don't... know..."

Kisuke sighs then asks.

"Where are you from?"

"Can't ... remember..."

The hollow says tipping his horns downward as if he was deep in thought.

'Hmmm from the blood sample I have it matches ichigos perfectly with one minor difference... this one is male. Possibly he might be from an alternate timeline or a different dimension...'

Kisuke thinks with his fan infront of his face.

The hollows breathing was watery as he took slow breaths.

The cat yawns like a normal cat then says.

"Kisuke. This hollow is like the exact same as Ichigo but with more hollow riatsu."

The hollow doesn't react much to Kisuke and yoruichi's surprise.

Kisuke then looks to his cat friend and says.

"He is either from another timeline or an alternate dimension. I bet the latter."

The holllow seemed distracted with the table deep in thought or jut zoned out.

Then tessai walks in saying.

"Boss. Ms kurosaki is here."

Kisuke nods to tessai and looks at the hollow to see any response which were none.

Ichigo walks in and sees the hollow that seemed asleep as she sat across from the hollow.

"Well Ichigo I think I know why this hollow is like you. He is you but from an alternate dimension." Kisuke says explaining to her as she stares at the hollow seeing that the hollow slowly rose his head as soon as Ichigo spoke.

"Uhhh can he understand what we are saying Kisuke?"

The hollow seemed to stare directly at her as she froze as she saw his yellow eyes that bore into her very soul.

Kisuke noticed the two staribg at eachother and thinks.

'Huh... her eyes and his are locked in as if they seem to know who they are...'

Ichigo though felt her heart beat hard in her chest and as she stared into the hollows eyes, the hollows breathing changed from a shallow to a small echoing warble and he seemed to get in close but stops as Kisuke holds to fingers and the hollow froze into a sitting position.

"Kisuke? What just happened?"

Ichigo asks with a small hint of worry.

"I placed one of my strongest kido but he is able to resist most of my kido."

Kisuke says.

Ichigo looks back at the hollow and the voice speaks again.

"Protect...must protect... help her...must help...her"

He says slowly and Ichigo looks at kisuke seeing him look back at her with curiosity then she looks back at the hollow.

She then says slowly.

"Why? Why must you protect? Who are you protecting?"

The hollow looks up at her and says.

"It... is my... instinct... to protect..."

The hollow then warbles and raises one clawed hand to his left horn and grabs it tightly.

'What is he doing?!' Kisuke and Ichigo think as they see the hollow attempt to break the mask.

"SNAP"

Half of the hollows mask breaks off and black energy swarms over him for a few seconds revealing him in shinigami clothing but with him still having long hair and claws.

The puffs on his collar bone and wrist and ankles still exist on him as he looks at his hand.

Ichigo looks at the hollow and noticed his face again.

The exposed side was visible to her as she was amazed how handsome he was.

The hollow then looks into her eyes and tilts his head as if he was curious. After a few sniffs, the hollow sonidos and appears with Ichigo in his lap and lays his head on hers and wraps his arms around her in a protective manner.

Ichigo eeps in surprise and remained still with her heart beating harder in her chest.

Kisuke was surprised by the hollows behavior and taps his chin in thought as Ichigo felt the hollow hug her close as if she was his teddy bear.

Her face blushes hardcore and she then hears the hollow say.

"Safe... you... safe..."

She nods nervously as he moves his head off hers.

She then looks up at him as she sat on his lap and says.

"You... uh want me safe?"

The hollow nods as his exposed eye looks into hers and the hollow yawns and lays his head on her shoulder with his exposed left side barely touching skin.

She gasps as he closes his eye and she sees him fall asleep on her shoulder.

She refused to move or make a sound not wanting to see what happens if she wakes him up.

Kisuke then gets up to leave the room.

"Well Ichigo... I think you just became a teddy bear for him. I will call your father to let him know you are staying for the night."

She nods with a smile then after some maneuvering manages to get out of the hollows grasp and walks to her room and gets ready to sleep.

As she lays in her bed, she blushes at the thought of the hollows face.

'Why? Why does my heart quicken at the sight of him?... is this what it feels like?... to have a crush?... NO!! Nonono! I don't have a crush on a hollow!!!... but...why did he hold me though?...'

More and more questions appear instead of answers.

Zangetsu was strangely quiet and that unnerved her a lot.

Retreating into her inner world, she lands on the sideways buildings and looks around.

"Zangetsu? You around? Zangetsu?!"

She calls out but no one answers.

As she searches, she felt an uneasy feeling.

Then as she lands on a bigger building, a echoing voice sounds to her.

"Well well... look who finally came to visit!..."

She turns around to see white version of herself but with hollow eyes and a very wide grin.

The white Ichigo smirks as she says.

"What? Cat got your tongue? Or am I that amazing? Hahaha!"

Ichigo froze and remembered what happened on soyoku hill and how a hollow took over her in her fight against byakuya.

"Well since you are my real power do you have a plan for training?" She says with a look of determination.

The white Ichigo laughs and says.

"Well queen... let's just say that I'm gonna kick your ass. You weren't ready to face a captain after three day training for bankai that you didn't master. So I will train you through battle!!"

"Battle?"

She asks in a confused tone.

"Well the only answer is with this."

White Ichigo smirks as she draws her giant knife sword out.

Ichigo mirrors her hollow and gets into a stance.

"So what now?"

"We fight!"

Her inner world shook as she fought her inner hollow/zangetsu.

———————-/next time/———————

"What is he doing?!"

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