Bleached RWBY

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Chapter Two: Meetings

No One's P.O.V

There was a moment of silence, shock looks on the four girls faces. They didn't seem to be able to comprehend what this man has just said. The silence was broken however when the small blonde girl suddenly smacked the man over the head with the sandal she had just been wearing moments ago.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!" the man screeched at the little girl, having been caught off guard by the sudden attack.

"That was because you came off all creepy like some damn sinister cultist!" the girl snapped back.

"Would two just knock it off," the orange haired teen ordered, managing to get them to stop arguing, but not grumbling, "sorry about that, I'm Ichigo. The man with the bowl cut is called Shinji, shorty is called Hiyori, the one in the jumpsuit is called Mashiro, the man with grey hair next to her is called Kensei," he said pointing out all those to his left, "the one in the sailor's uniform is called Lisa, the one with the star haircut is called Love, the one in the old fashion party suit is called Rose and next to him the big man in green is called Hachigen."

"Well I'm Ruby Rose, the Blonde is my sister Yang, the one with white hair is Weiss and the one with black hair and cat ears is Blake," Ruby replied, pointing out each of them and mentioning the trait that would make it easier for them to remember who's who.

"What happened to us?" Yang said looking down at her hands that now held the mask that had been resting a top her head.

The mask looked like that of a demon's face, with how it looked human like till you got to the top where two horns sprouted from the sides at the top, shooting up and pointing toward each other. The eye hole looked like it was constantly glaring at you. From the tip of the horns down to the top of the eyes were two crimsons line that were about as thick as her middle finger, getting thinner at the point. The teeth were human like, showing everything down to their roots.

Blake's mask looked like that of a cats, having two cat like ear protrusions at the top. The eye holes look like they are glaring at you in anger, with red outlining it like eye shadow. The nose it had was like a cats, with black markings next to it that looked like whiskers. Two sharp canine teeth came down from the top of the mouth and all the way down to the bottom, overlapping the bottom set.

Weiss' mask was different from the rest, having no mouth on it, making it appear like a mask someone would have if they liked to be silent and let their actions do the talking, not something that boded well with Weiss. Down from the top of the mask to the bottom were two parallel red lines that went to the top of the eye slots and continued from the bottom of them. Like the rest though, the eyes of the mask appeared to be glaring at you.

Ruby's was shaped very human like in shape, almost like that of a skull without a nose. The teeth were jiggered however, looking like they were made for ripping through the flesh of others. Instead of two eye hole however, there was just one slit that has pointed ends and almost went from one end of the mask to the other, only leaving a few centimetres between the point and the edge of the mask. Just above the eye slit, in line with the middle of the mask, was a rose that was about the size of the width of her pointer and middle finger put together.

"What are these mask and where did they come from?" asked Weiss as she examined her mouthless mask.

"They would be the masks of your Hollows," said a new voice from behind the girls, causing them to look in the direction the Hollow had been and see two new people.

This was a man and a woman. The man was blonde and wore a green and white striped bucket hat, with a green haori with white diamonds around the bottom edge, with green trousers and wooden clogs oh his feet. The woman had chocolate coloured skin and purple hair. She wore an orange jumper with white shoulder pads and a black one-piece suit that went from her shoulders to her lower leg, before being covered by her boots. Around her neck was a beige scarf that was slightly tattered.

"Hat-and-Clogs, Yoruichi, what bring you here?" Ichigo asked.

"Same as what you're doing here, responding to a sudden increase in Reiatsu that was becoming a Hollow," Urahara replied, wafting his fan in front of his face.

"What's a Hollow?" Ruby asked.

"A Hollow is an evil spirit that feeds on the souls of others, human, plus, Soul Reapers and even other Hollows. The thing you just killed was a Hollow, though it was only a low level one," Ichigo answered.

"Are these the source?" Yoruichi asked, earning a nod from Ichigo, "I'm Yoruichi Shihōin and this is Kisuke Urahara," she said, introducing herself and Urahara.

"I am Ruby Rose, next to me is Weiss Schnee, next to her is Blake Belladonna and at the end is my sister Yang Xiao Long."

"Well if you'll follow us, we can answer any questions you may have?" Kisuke said.

"If it's alright with you lot, we're going to head back to the warehouse," Shinji stated, "you coming Ichigo?"

"Nah, I'll head with these and see if I can help," was his reply.

With that, the Vizards went back to the warehouse, while the rest headed to Urahara's shop.

Upon arriving, they headed straight for the back room, where Kisuke asked Tessai to bring through some tea.

The man returned carrying a tray with seven tea cups and a teapot, placing it on the table before returning to the kitchen.

"So what questions do you want answering?" Kisuke asked, taking a sip from his cup.

"Where are we?" Ruby asked, looking serious as she understood this wasn't the type of situation to be childish in.

"You are in Karakura Town, Japan, Asia, World of the Living," Kisuke replied.

"What's did you mean by that Hollow being a low level one?" Weiss asked next.

"That's because there are four main types of Hollow, ones like what Ruby fought was a 'new born' Hollow, being the weakest and easiest to purify, then after the 'new born' is the Menos class, which contains the other three classes. The weakest and largest of the three classes is the Gillian class, also known as the Menos Grande. After that is the second strongest class known as the Adjuchas, usually fond commanding a horde of Menos Grande. Then there is the final a strongest class known as the Vasto Lordes, humanoid in shape and extremely deadly in a fight, strong enough that ten of them is all it would take to destroy the soul society," Kisuke answered, giving an explanation on Hollow classes.

"What's the Soul Society?" Blake asked.

"The Soul Society is the afterlife, where all souls that haven't become a Hollow or have committed an unforgivable sin in life, go after a konso is performed. If they have committed an unforgiveable sin they are sent to Hell for all eternity, if they are a Hollow, a Soul Reaper must purify them by striking them down with their Zanpakutō, allowing the soul to revert back to normal and go to the Soul Society, or Hell if they committed unforgiveable sins in life," Yoruichi answered this time.

"What did you mean by the masks we had being Hollow masks?" Yang asked this time.

"When your soul chain was severed, the chain that would've been connecting your soul to your living body, you began the process of Hollowfication. Usually though, when Hollowfication happens, the body disperse into particles before reforming as a Hollow. You however fought the process, allowing for your dormant Soul Reaper powers you possessed to be released and give you the chance to become a being that transcends both Hollows and Soul Reapers, a Vizards as they are known as," Kisuke answered.

"What's a Soul Reaper?" Ruby asked this time.

"A Soul Reaper is a spiritual being that helps plus souls reach the afterlife and purifies Hollows," Ichigo added, telling them what he had learnt when he first became a Soul Reaper.

"What I need to know is, do you know the names of you Zanpakutōs?" Yoruichi asked.

"Our what?" Yang asked.

"The swords on your hips, did the spirits in your mindscape tell you their name?" Yoruichi asked.

"When they tried to, nothing came out," Ruby answered.

"I see, Kisuke will have to train you until your Zanpakutō believes you have enough of a bond that it can tell you its name," Yoruichi said.

"Alright follow me to the training grounds," Kisuke stated as he rose from his seated position and went and opened a hatch in the floor and jumped down, followed by Yoruichi, then girls and finally Ichigo.

The girls were in awe when they reached the bottom of the ladder. They were in a desert that seemed huge, with a blue sky and clouds in the sky. They couldn't believe it. It was almost like they had travelled through a portal to somewhere else completely.

"For you to be able to gain your Zanpakutōs name, all you have to do is knock off my hat, for this to work though, you must work alone, while the others go off with Yoruichi to learn stuff like Flash Step," Kisuke began, so who's first?"

"I'll go," said Ruby, wanting to see what this man had in store for her and her team.

"Okay then. The rest of you go with Yoruichi." Kisuke said waving them off as to tell them to leave, "you can stay and watch if you want Ichigo, you've already gone through this yourself so you might as well watch someone do a better job than you."

"Fine, I've got nothing better to do anyway."

Ichigo went and sat on a rock, whilst Kisuke and Ruby went a stood opposite each other. Kisuke they went on to draw his Zanpakutō from his cane, Ruby following his example also unsheathed her Zanpakutō. SH stood in a standard stance with her Zanpakutō held in front of her at an angle, while Kisuke stood there with his in front of him, but his was pointing up straight to the sky.

"Awaken Benihime," he said in an emotionless voice. The second the last word left his mouth, his Zanpakutō suddenly changed, becoming a sleek medium sized sword with a crimson tassel dangling at the end. He swung his blade in a downward arc so that it was now pointing down at the ground at his side.

"If you plan on knocking my hat off, then you better hope you learn the name of your Zanpakutō, otherwise you'll fail and in combat against anything other than a young Hollow, you'd surely die," he stated, " you may think that the sword you hold now is a fully developed Zanpakutō, but in reality it is nothing more than just the shape," as he said that he suddenly vanished and reappeared in front of Ruby, swinging his sword in an arc that was aiming to go across her chest, but she blocked, only for Kisuke's own blade to suddenly begin to cut through her own as he applied a slight amount of pressure to his, forcing her to jump back or risk losing the top half of her blade, "and therefor is weak and can't even withstand the pressure Zanpakutō being pushed against it."

She looked at her blade and noticed that he had cut through about a quart of the blade, leaving a chunk missing from it after his attack.

She was forced to dodge as he came it her again, sending a series of swipes at her, all radiating his killing intent as they narrowly whizzed past her.

"Nake, Benihime," he stated before a blast of crimson energy came arcing towards her, forcing her to jump out of the way.

She landed on her front, causing the air to leave her lungs as she landed. As she turned around, she noticed him coming in at speed, preparing to slice her down the middle.

Before this happened though, time seemed to slow down for her before coming to a complete stop. Nothing moved, everything appearing to be in stasis.

"You are fearful of the outcome," stated the same female voice from before, causing Ruby to look behind and see the woman who was apparently her Zanpakutō.

"What do you mean?" she asked the woman, confused in why she would state something so painfully obvious.

"Your fear covers your ears, keeping you from moving forward and evolving into a true Soul Reaper. This fear you feel is caused by you worrying that you'll fail your friends. You must abandon this fear and keep moving forward, if you think about failure you will die, if you reminisce on the past you will fail. Now state my name!" she all but demanded.

Time resumed and so did the attack, heading straight for Ruby.

"Scatter your petals Kuresento wa, Bara."

In a slash her sword was gone, replace by what appeared to be her 'Sweetheart'. It was in its scythe mode, but she could see her trigger, scope and muzzle, but the magazine cartridge was missing.

She dashed forward at Kisuke, swinging her scythe in a downward ark towards him, forcing him to dodge.

"Ruby, I assume that you've noticed the lack of a magazine on me?" Kuresento said in her head.

"Yeah, what's with that anyway?" Ruby replied, parrying an attack from Kisuke.

"I do not require one, instead all you need to do is channel your spirit energy into me and allow for it to build up before pulling the trigger."

"Okay, how do I do that?"

"Remember how you channel your Aura into your prosthetic arm? Well it's like that, but instead you're going to push it into me."

With that Ruby allowed herself to be surrounded in a crimson aura, which began to pour into her scythe. Once it had sufficient amount, she span her scythe and took aim at Kisuke, who was beginning to charge at her again. She aimed at the hat and before he could dodge or block, she had fired a concentrated ball of spirit energy at him that hit the hat with enough force to send it flying off his head.

Kisuke came to sudden stop a few metres away from her, looking at his ruined hat that now had a massive hole going straight through it, only barley missing the top his head.

"Ah man, can't anyone just knock off my hat without completely ruining it," he said with mock disappointment in his voice.

"Sorry about that," Ruby replied, feeling slightly bad about damaging his hat in the process.

"No worried I've got a crate of these in the back," he stated, "I'll be back in minute, go tell someone else to come round here whilst you can go train with Yoruichi," and with that he shot up the ladder to go and retrieve another hat so he could repeat the process on his next victim.

When he returned, Yang now stood opposite him. He already had Benihime out, but had sealed it as to allow him to give her a shock and possibly an opening to attack when he released her again.

"Ready to begin Yang?"

"Do you really need to ask?"

"Fine, remember you have to knock off my hat to pass," he stated, "Awaken, Beninhime!"

Shock spread across her features, allowing him to charge and force her to dodge or risk being slashed across the chest.

"Nake, Benihime!"

She was forced to dodge the blast of red spirit energy, only narrowly doing so, almost being close enough that it nearly singed the tips of her hair.

She turned to find him mere centimetres away from plunging his sword into her head, but time seemed to slow and a woman that had wavy blond hair and wearing a yellow yukata with a black dragon on the back appeared next to Kisuke.

"You are about to be struck down Yang and it's all because you have allowed your ears to be covered by the fear you have for failing your sister," the woman began, "If you dwell on these facts you'll fail, if you hesitate you'll die, if you stop you will be left behind," the woman said, watching as fear left the other woman's eyes and was replaced with fierce determination, "Now say my name!"

"Scorch your enemies, Moesashi Serika!"

Her sword vanished and was replaced by two gauntlets appearing on her wrist. They were like her normal weapons, lacking the shotgun cartridges they usually held.

She twitched her head slightly, allowing Kisuke's blade to pass by her face without cutting her. He jumped back to avoid the punch she sent at him.

They stood there and Yang's eyes suddenly filled with shock when a strand of golden hair suddenly floated between the two of them.

"Y-y-y-you," she stuttered, rage evident in her voice before she screeched, "YOU BASTARD!" and charged at him, with a fiery aura surrounding her.

Elsewhere

The others were training to use flash step, a manoeuvre that allowed Soul Reapers to move at incredible speeds. Ruby had mastered the basics the fasted, seeing as her semblance was super speed. Weiss was getting there because of how it was similar to when she used her glyphs to propel herself. Blake was the slowest out of the three, but was still ahead of Yang who was a heavy hitter and not use to fighting whilst moving at high speeds.

They were taking a break, more so that the other two weren't exhausted when they had to fight Kisuke, as they had mostly mastered the basics.

During their break, they felt the spirit pressure begin to rise in the area.

"What's going on?" Ruby asked

She didn't need the others to answer as a sudden burst of flames shooting into the sky answered for them.

Yoruichi was didn't know how much danger Kisuke was in until the girls shot off and what followed in their wake caused her to follow.

"NO YANG! NO KILL URAHARA! NO KILL URAHARA!" Ruby bellowed.

Elsewhere

The Vizards were just settling down to go back to sleep, all thinking they could get some sleep before they had train Ichigo and the new blood.

That all came crashing down though by the sudden increase in spirit pressure in the area filled with pure unadulterated rage.

"OH FOR FUCKS SAKE!" Hiyori all but screamed, "What now!?"

"From the position it is coming from and person who resides there, I would say Kisuke pissed off one the new blood," Love stated.

"Fine, let's go help his sorry arse," Shinji said, rising from his bed and picking up his Zanpakuto as he did.

The rest followed his example and they then used Flash Step to get over to Urahara's as quickly as they possibly could before they had to clean up what was left of him.

Back At The Training Grounds

Ruby was sprinting as fast as she could, hoping she could reach her sister before she killed the man over, what she assumed, a few strands of her hair.

Upon reaching the area, all she saw was a dust cloud and Ichigo standing just outside of it with his hand on his sheathed Zanpakuto, ready to draw it if need be.

When the dust cloud began to disperse, Blake, Weiss and Yoruichi finally arriving at that moment, they were all struck by fear at what they saw. Yang, with half her face covered with half of her Hollow mask, holding Kisuke up by his neck and her right hand drawn back to deliver, what they could only assume, the finishing blow. That wasn't what scared them though. No, it was the insane, face splitting grin that she had on her face.

Ichigo suddenly drew his sword and rushed forward, intent on splitting the two from each other before working on snapping Yang out of it.

He swung, causing Yang's Hollow to drop Kisuke to be able to dodge.

"Oh looky her, a new punching bag to beat to death," she said in a psychotic watery voice, causing shivers to run down her teammates' spines as they struggled to comprehend what was happening to Yang.

She dashed forward, swinging a punch at him. He blocked this with the flat of his blade, only to be pushed back when a blast of concentrated blast fiery Reiryoku burst from her fist when it made contact with his blade.

He grunted, shifting his position to better combat her fighting style, adapting quickly like he always did.

He shot forward, sending quick stabs towards her, trying to strike her mask in hope that he'll be able to get her back in control of her body. Fate just wouldn't allow that though. He was blocked by her left gauntlet before getting punched in the ribs by her right fist, being augmented by another blast of Reiryoku, sending him flying, bouncing across the ground several times before coming to a rest at the bottom of the ladder.

It was at this moment that the Vizards arrived on scene, looking annoyed at having to respond to another incident caused by the four new comers.

At the moment, Ruby was engaged in combat, trying her hardest to wear her sister down enough to get a good hit in and knock her unconscious. Blake and Weiss were helping, but were at a disadvantage because of their lack of knowing the name of their Zanpakutōs.

The fight was intense, neither side giving way to the other, but leaving no opening for any type of assistance from the onlookers.

It was during when all three attack Yang from all sides when things went Yang's way. She struck the ground, causing a shockwave that blew them back and had them laying on the ground.

She approached Blake and Weiss, who had landed nearby to each other, with an aura that was shrouded by her intent to kill.

This was when time slowed down for both of them and two men appeared, but each girl could only see one of them and couldn't see the same one as the other.

One man was dressed in a completely white suit, with an ice blue tie and had snow white hair that was short and stuck up.

The other man could've been his polar opposite in what they were wearing, as he wore a completely black suit, with a purple tie and black hair that was short and stuck up.

"You have allowed your goal to be clouded Blake, you have lost sight of what you truly want to achieve in life," the man in black said to her.

"You Weiss have let pride rule over your life and have allowed it to choose your decisions for you," the man in white said to her.

"If you truly want to save your friend from her fate, you must release your ties with your old life and stride forward, holding onto it is only causing you to age," the man in black said.

"You must move past your pride and allow your choices to be driven by the need to help someone without the thought of what you will gain, greed will only weigh you down and get you killed in the end," the man in white said.

"Now, say my name," both ordered in unison.

"Engulf the shadows, Tobihaneru shuraudo!" Blake stated, watching as her katana became her regular one, along with her sheath that she could use as an offensive weapon as well.

"Freeze the ground, Kōri no joō!" Weiss said, watching as her katana became her multi action dual rapier

They charged forward, slashing and slicing, trying to land a hit on the psychotic blonde. This was to no avail though as she either blocked or dodged their attacks, even being able to keep up with Ruby as she attacked using her superior speed and blasts of Reiryoku from her sniper.

They all tried attacking from all sides at the same time again, thinking that with Bloater and Weiss' new powers that they could succeed this time around.

They were proven wrong though when she released a blast of Reiatsu that knocked them to the ground, making them strike their heads hard on the ground and their vision go black.

To those who were observing the fight, all they could see was a cloud of dust that had been kicked up by Yang 's Hollow.

The dust began to clear, allowing them the ability to see the Four girls again. Though when they could see them fully, they were mortified at what they saw. Instead of it just being Yang who had lost control, now all four of them were being controlled by their inner Hollows.

Each now had a grin that looked like it belonged to a psychopath, whilst half of their face was covered by their Hollow masks, which were still forming, trying to cover the entirety of their faces.

They stood there, staring at each other, trying to suss out which of them was the easy prey to go for.

Then, in the blink of an eye, they charged at each other, each one with the intent to strike down the other three.

This would've been the case for one of them, if not for the intervention of those who had been observing the events from the side-lines.

Shinji and Hiyori had pinned Ruby to the ground, Hiyori's Zanpakutō at her neck, whilst Shinji broke her mash by piercing it with his Zanpakutō. Lisa and Hachigen had Weiss pinned, Hachigen using Kido, whilst Lisa pierced mask with her Zanpakutō, causing it to break like Ruby's. Blake was being pinned by Love and Rose, Love with his sword pressed against the nape of her neck, whilst Rose broke he mask is a similar fashion to how Shinji and Lisa broke the other two's masks. Yang was a special case out of the four as she had been pinned by Kensei, Mashiro and Ichigo because of the strength she exhibited. Tense in had his Zanpakutō at the base off her skill, Ichigo had his at her throat and Mashiro shattered her mask by striking it with her fist.

All four of the girls seemed to be dazed, not having any idea as to what had just occurred.

"Looks like we'll just have to start the trial now," Shinji said as he, Lisa, Rose and Mashiro encased their hands in Reiatsu and hit the girls in the face forcing them into their inner worlds so they could face their inner Hollows.

Yang's Inner World

No One's P.O.V

Yang opened her eyes, groaning as she rose from her laying position on the ground. A quick look around revealed a blackened ground with a volcano in the distance spewing out a constant stream on ash and lava. She recognised this place to be her inner world.

She was confused though; she couldn't see Moesashi Serika anywhere.

"You seem confused partner?" a watery version of her voice said from behind her.

Yang spun around, only to get the biggest shock she has ever had. Behind her stood herself, except it wasn't her. The person that stood behind her looked like her, but she had pall white hair, along with pale white skin and wore and inverted version of the shihakushos she wore. What really stood out though were her eyes. Instead of having white sclera and lilac eyes, this alternant her had black sclera and crimson eyes.

"Who own you?" Yang asked in a demanding tone.

"I don't know I have no name," was the alternant Yang's response.

"What are you doing here then?" Yang asked another question.

"Well you see, at this moment in time, you are the queen of this world and I am the horse." She began, "but right now you are being a sucky queen and I refuse to be below someone I believe to be weaker than myself."