Summary: It's been 3 years. It's been 3 years since the war ended. It's been 3 years since the death and fighting ended. It's been 3 years since Kurosaki Ichigo died. But as a new possible threat appears, questions arise. The most important being: is Kurosaki Ichigo, hero of the Winter War, truly dead?
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I've decided to slightly change what was my original plan. Normally a Bleach story has plot focused on one idea, such as time travel, amnesia, the Academy, a continuation, a new enemy, children, etc. But in this story, it will contain many different plots. I know this has been said in other stories, but those still concentrate on one major plot. For example, they might include a new enemy in a story about Ichigo going to the Shinigami Academy, but the story still focuses mostly on his life during the Academy, with not much mention on the new enemy. But I find that instead of making a new story for each idea I have, it is more efficient to intertwine them into one or two stories instead of seven. This specific chapter is continuing Chapter 1, but future chapters may be like a beginning to a new story, with references to previous chapters. In the end, I hope to successfully bring together the plots of all the stories to create one major overall story. But even then, expect subplots.
The rule was, only disrupt when absolutely necessary. So you can imagine the reaction of the present shinigami when…
"AN ARMY OF HOLLOWS IS APPROACHING! EVACUATE THE AREA! ALL PRESENT SHINIGAMI…"
Chapter 2
"ALL PRESENT SHINIGAMI PLEASE PREPARE FOR BATTLE! ALL UNSEATED OFFICERS EVACUATE THE AREA!" Rukia ran off to find Ukitake. After much convincing, Byakuya had let her become a seated officer, and she worked her way up to lieutenant. Urahara, captain of the 5th division, headed to the area that was being attacked. He met up with the rest of the captains, including Yoruichi, who was captain of the 9th division, and looked toward the army. It was relatively small, and was mostly composed low-level hollows, with a few Gillians, but what confused the captains was that they were organized.
They approached the army and attacked. They expected it to be an easy fight. The fallen souls seemed to have no leader. But what should have been and easy win was the opposite. The captains were fighting with all they had, even their bankai, but they had only managed to destroy a few hollows. They just simply would not fall. And since the rest of the shinigami were evacuating the whole of Soul Society, they were on their own.
They cut and attacked over and over again, yet the hollows still did not fall. Only when they hit the mask at least three times would the souls purify. But there was still more than half of the army left, and all thirteen captains were drained. Urahara smiled bitterly.
"So this is how we're going down. Defeated by a tiny army of weak hollows."
"Then we'll go down fighting," Kenpachi stated proudly. Byakuya once again tried to defeat the hollows with Senbonzakura, but to no avail.
"We trust our officers to defeat these monsters?" Ukitake questioned. The captains all nodded. "Then we'll give it all that we've got, and at least reduce the numbers, if only to make their job easier."
There are times like these when I think that Ichigo would come barging in at any second, to stop us and try to handle them on his own. Then he would surprise us by doing so. But no, he won't come to our rescue anymore. We're on our own this time. We don't have an unbeatable warrior, we never did. We don't have an invincible warrior that can save us all. We rely on our own power this time. And we will go down fighting.
And so the thirteen captains prepared for the onslaught of hollow attacks, until a voice stopped them.
"You can win this. On the side of their masks, there is a death spot. It's marked by a red and blue cross." But they had no time to ponder the origin of the voice, as the hollows had attacked. Urahara, ever the one to try new ideas, looked at the side of the masks and saw that indeed was there a cross. He stabbed and, to his amazement, the hollow was purified. Seeing this, the other captains did the same, and identical results happened. When the army was destroyed, the voice returned.
"It's good to see you guys again." The voice seemed to float, and they couldn't tell where it came from.
"Who are you?" Yoruichi asked warily. He stepped out into the open. He had a calm demeanor, but his eyes were twinkling with amusement. His zanpakuto was as long as he was tall, and he was leaning on it lazily. But what was most striking in his appearance was his head of bright, orange hair.
Yeah, I know it's short, but I really was rushing this. I'm postponing all of my other stories, and trying to do the impossible-to update at least three times every week. And if you know how long it takes for me to write chapters, then you'll know I'll probably fail. But I'll try to do weekly updates, so the chapters will be relatively short, unless I have a large chunk of time. Tell me what you think on my idea up at the top.