AN: This is the (not very) long awaited second chapter of Rukia and the Hollow. To be honest I've all but lost intrest in this fic so I'm just going to skip to the end and wrap it up here then call it a day.I am working on the newest chapter of the daddy dragon. it will be up relatively soon.
Defeat, that is what everyone felt at the hands of former squad five captain Souske Aizen, Captains, lieutenants, former exiles, the vizards and their human allies even his own army all laid scattered amongst the ruins of the fake Karakura town, alive and breathing but defeated. Aizen stood above them all in his chrystilis form looking victorious as he gave a maniacal laugh "You are all powerless against me, to not even leave a scratch on my skin shows how futile your attempt at stopping me..." Aizen was cut off as a bright red cero hit him and launched him into a few buildings.
Everyone barely managed to look at up and see a white serpentine dragon-like hollow circling the sky (Just imagine a white Rayquaza), its power was huge, it almost rivaled Azien's and that was scary, it had obviously come for an easy meal and decided that Aizen potential competition but one lieutenant noticed somthing, a bright orange mane that flowed from behind the hollows mask, "Isn't that the hollow that saved Rukia?" Renji asked no one in particular but everyone heard him, the captains and lieutenants too began to remember the hollow that Rukia had befriended and that begged the question, what was it doing here? And where was Ruika?
Their silent question was answered as Ichigo turned at an angle that allowed them to see Rukia riding on his back with a look of determination, "Okay Ichigo are you ready?" Rukia asked and got a roar of confirmation in return "Right, use a Cero on the buildings that Aizen landed in, bury him alive!".
Ichigo fired another cero where Aizen crashed and with a huge explosion the buildings crumbled, falling onto Aizen. After the deafening crash had subsided everything went silent but everyone knew that Aizen wouldn't be so easily defeated, it may take him a while to get a whole building off him but that still didn't buy much time.
"Rukia is that you?" Renji asked hopefully.
Rukia looked at Renji with a emotionless eyes, "Yes Renji it's me, happy to see me?".
"I am Rukia, I really am and I'm sorry for before" Renji apologised.
It was at that moment that the head captain made his presence known, he, like everyone else was bruised and battered but still commanding "Rukia Kuchiki I assume you are aware of the ramifications of your return?".
Ichigo growled threateningly at the aged soul reaper and was about to attack but Rukia stroked his face calming him down, the act itself shocked almost everyone Rukia was handling a huge dragon-like hollow expertly, something that has never been done before, "I understanding fully head captain but right now we have a psycho to put down" Rukia announced resolutely.
"You plan to take down Souske Aizen? Not even the soul society's top class warriors and our allies couldn't even put a scratch on him, so tell me what makes you so confident that you can win?" Asked a small white haired captain, one Toshiro Hitsugaya.
Rukia looked back at the rubble as she felt Aizen beginning to break free "I'm not confident that I can win, no. I'm confident that WE can win, Ichigo and I togeather" Rukia answered resolutely.
"Why!?" Shouted the squad two captain "Why are you so determined to fight alongside this filthy hollow? TELL ME TRAITOR!?".
"As I said before captain Soifon Ichigo is a good hollow" Rukia explained "At first I thought the same as you because he was hanging around two little girls in the world of the living, I thought he was going to devour them with them being none the wiser so I did my duty and tried to purify him but I was stopped by the girls, they turned out to be his little sisters and they explained the situation to me... They saw their brother die, they saw him turn into a hollow, yes at first they were scared but they soon found out that he had no ill will towards them. Don't you see that he was guarding them, protecting them! *Sigh* Even as a hollow he still was their older brother, he still wanted to protect them, how could I take their brother away for somthing as stupid as pride?" Rukia explained.
"If that's the truth then why is he with you and not his so called sisters?" Soifon asked genuinely curious but still angry.
At that point Aizen burst forth from the rubble in his demon butterfly form, Rukia turned to face Aizen with a scowl and Ichigo growled fiercely "Why don't you ask Aizen, after all it was him who was responsible for killing Ichigo's sisters" Rukia explained just as Ichigo Lunged forward.
Everyone, bar Aizen who was once again flung away by Ichigo was shocked by Rukia's revelation, "Why didn't you tell us before?" Asked her former captain Jushiro Ukitake.
"Would it have made a difference?" Rukia asked in reply.
Ukitake wanted nothing more than to answer 'Yes it would' but he knew it wouldn't have, nothing would change if she had explained the true reason before "You're right" He answered sadly.
Now everyone understood that Rukia didn't turn traitor like Aizen did, no, she had bonded with Ichigo after meeting him and most likely continued to bond with him after his sisters were killed keeping him away from the hollow madness, Rukia most likely bonded with the human girls as well. Now everyone definately understood that Rukia did what she did because they both want to avenge Ichigo's sisters. "But that doesn't matter anymore, I found a kindrid spirit within Ichigo, we understand each other because we both know loss and after escaping we got stronger together and reached a deeper understanding, we won't win because he have too or because we should, we'll win because we can" Rukia said before putting her fingers to her mouth and whistling.
Ichigo reappeared in the sky above Rukia, he swooped down and with expert timing Rukia jumped onto his back "Now Ichigo! IKUZE!"
They all watched as Rukia and Ichigo flew off to fight Souske Aizen together with a weird sense of calm, it was as if they knew that everything will turn out alright, "I have to document this" Said a heavily injured Mayuri Kurotsuchi as he released five blue hell butterflies "And now Bakudo 101: Odeon! There now we'll be able to see everything".
"You seem oddly into this" Said squad eight captain Shunsui Kyuroku.
"This is uncharted scientific territory how could I not be excited, This could be a major breakthrough and I intend to document everything" Mayuri explained gleefully.
With Rukia and Ichigo."Ichigo remember our training and we'll win, stay calm okay" Rukia reassured Ichigo as she gently stroked his hair.
Ichigo nodded and increased his speed to Aizen's location, as they arrived Aizen picked himself out of another pile of rubble and laughed "It's amusing that you think you can beat me with clichés, the bonds of power and friendship are nothing but crutches that the weak rely on, let me show you where true power comes from!" Aizen roared as he launched a cero at the duo.
Ichigo without a command launched his own cero from his mouth and completely negated Aizen's own cero, "How... How did that puny hollow negate my cero?" Aizen asked angrilly.
"You don't get it do you Aizen?" Rukia asked with a frown.
"Get what?" Aizen asked in reply.
"To put it simply Aizen, you're going to fall!" Rukia announced loudly "Now Ichigo get in close and use Dragon Claw!" Ichigo charged at Aizen as his hand shone red with the energy of a cero then expanded to the shape of a giant claw that Ichigo used to strike Aizen, wounding him "Now follow up with Dragon pulse" Ichigo launched a purple cero that took the form of an eastern dragon that hit Aizen point blank, luckily enough Ichigo moved away quickly by using sonido.
The ones who were watching through Mayuri's kido were suprised that Ichigo and Rukia had easily over powered Aizen so early on in the fight. "Well that is unexpected it looks like they make a very good team, what do you think Byakuya?" Shunsui asked with a not so hidden smile.
Byakuya didn't respond he just stared at the screen with narrow eyes then did the unexpected and smiled "Hollow or not Rukia has finally found someone she can rely on, to confide in... While it does break my heart that I am not the person she can talk to it also warms it too see her truly happy" Byakuya replied in a brotherly tone.
"I agree" Jushiro added in "Even in the midst of battle I can see the devotion in her eyes and the same with Ichigo, I see the unwavering loyalty and affection they hold for each other".
"It still sickens me, the thought of a soul reaper being friends with a hollow" Soifon added her opinion in.
Captain Unohana approached Soifon and placed a hand on her shoulder "Captain Soifon I understand that you wish to stay loyal to the way we have all been taught but right now, until we recover and regroup both Rukia and her companion are our only hope at keeping Aizen at bay so until then be patient and let them help us" Unohana explained calmly.
"Very well but I'm not..." Was all Soifon got out before a huge explosion echoed from the far distance and a shockwave knocked them down.
AN: Contrary to what I said at the begginning I'm splitting the final battle into two parts so we'll have one more chapter before this fic is finished.
SSPP out.