Hey people. I know it's been awhile since I've updated and this isn't even the one that hasn't been updated in a long time but I really want to continue this story so sorry. Also so but school has started for me at the time of this update so I will not be able to update a whole lot. Sorry. Also I'd love it if you guys checked out my profile and check out any polls at the top of the page and the challenges I create at the bottom of the page, thanks. Anyway on with the story! I do not own Bleach
Over the last few weeks Ichigo had been sort of frantic. After Ishida's attack he had gone to Ginjou and joined the Xecution. With their help he had gotten a Full Bring and was happy that he could protect his friends again. The only problem was this guy Tsukishima; who he now knew to be his enemy after facing him. As of this moment this wasn't present in his mind as he was walking home he was just happy to have his powers back even if it was as a Full Bring. These thoughts would soon change into ones of confusion, anger, terror and desperateness as more and more of his friends and family got caught in Tsukishima's ability. Soon all he could do was run as one place after another fell to Tsukishima.
"Ichigo!" Ichigo turned around and saw Ginjou.
"What are you doing here?" Ichigo asked.
"They fell for it… Riruka, and Kutsuzawa, and Yukio, and Jackie. They all fell for Tsukishima's trap." He said leaving Ichigo in a state of shock.
Eventually the two of them made it to a hideout the Ginjou had in case of emergencies and started to catch their breath.
"Why did this happen? Why?" Ichigo kept asking himself. Ichigo then grabbed Ginjou. "This is your fault. This all happen because you involved me!" He yelled.
"Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry." Ginjou said seriously.
"Damn! I know! I know you just lent me a hand. It's not your fault." Ichigo said.
"It's no one's fault. You shouldn't blame yourself either." Ginjou replied.
Ginjou then went on to explain how Yukio said it was time for him to remember and eventual said what he thought was Tsukishima's power.
"Will everything go back if I kill Tsukishima?" Ichigo asked.
"There is no guarantee of that. Everyone might simple think we are his murderers and continue to think us insane. But regardless, the only chance we have to destroy their bonds is to kill him. Can you do it? Can you kill and not know what happens afterwards?" Ginjou asked.
"Ah. What an unpleasant conversation." The two of them turned and looked to see Yukio standing there.
"How did you find this place?" Ginjou asked shock written on his face.
"Why? What are you saying? It's always like this." Something came off of Ginjou's and flew to Yukio's videogame. "We made so that even if we were apart we could find each other." Yukio said. "As I thought you must really not be in your right mind Kuugo." He started to walk away and then turned back around. "Well let's go back. Don't worry. Tsukishima, I, and the others are not angry at you. Actually we feel sorry. But it's ok. We'll fix it soon." And with that they all left together. They went into the woods and eventually got to their destination. From there on out things only got worse. First they met up with Tsukishima and Ginjou had to keep Ichigo from charging him and then they all went inside. They were met with Ichigo's friends and family all telling him to apologize which caused him to break down and run upstairs only to meet up with the rest of the Full Bringers and to have Tsukishima appear behind him. If it wasn't for Ginjou appearing and destroying the stairs who knows what would have happened. That is when the battle began. Ichigo had the lead until two people he hoped to never fight appeared in front of him. Sado and Inoue. The two of them kept protecting Tsukishima driving Ichigo further and further into desperation until eventually his guard was opened and just as Tsukishima was about to cut him Ginjou got in the way.
"Ginjou!" Ichigo shouted as Ginjou fell. Ichigo launched at the place he had fallen and started to try and shake him awake. "Ginjou! Are you okay Ginjou!"
"Shut up. Don't get distracted by me Kurosaki. Didn't I tell if Tsukishima cuts from behind it's all over?" With that Ichigo turned around to deflect Tsukishima's attack at the last second.
"Are you alright Ginjou?"
"No idea. I just know I still perceive him as my enemy and you as my friend." He said.
"I see. That's good."
"I don't understand why Tsukishima's power didn't work. I don't know if it's because it takes longer for some people, or he purposely didn't use it for some reason, either way if you don't defeat him right now you won't be able to do much after his power starts working."
"Yeah."
Just then Ishida appeared behind Ichigo.
"Kurosaki." He then drew his Quincy bow and pointed it at Ichigo.
"I knew it." Ichigo said.
Kurosaki come here."
"I already checked downstairs. Don't worry I'm on your side."
"As if." Ichigo responded.
"What are you doing? Hurry up Kurosaki."
"Ishida."
"Kurosaki! Don't you get it! The one who cut me is the guy standing behind you!"
Ginjou then attacked Ichigo and Tsukishima cut down Ishida. Ginjou continued to explain what the real goal was and how he only helped him to steal his powers. In the end he thrust his sword into Ichigo and stole his powers away leaving Ichigo there. Ichigo couldn't take it. He had come so far. He'd regained all his powers to his protect his friends and all it had gotten him was his friends fighting against him for someone who had tricked them and him losing the power he had gained and once again becoming weak. This was the final straw that broke Ichigo and he did the only thing he could think of. He cried. He cried until in one final act of desperation he launched himself at Ginjou hell bent on getting his power back. The only thing he got was a sword going through him from behind. Ichigo turned around and saw his dad and Urahara standing behind him.
"So that's how it is?" Ichigo said with tears in his eyes.
"Idiot look at the person holding the sword." Isshin said. Ichigo did and he saw.
"Rukia." She smiled up at him and suddenly a whirlwind appeared and surrounded Ichigo and when it ceased there was Ichigo. As a Shinigami once more. The moment soon became a brawl as Rukia started to beat on Ichigo for crying and telling him to get over it and stand back up tall. The moment was ended by none other than Ginjou.
"Hah. Cut the nonsense. He might look like a Shinigami but that doesn't mean his powers are back. The first time you succeeded only because Kurosaki already had the powers in him. But now he had none. I took them from him. Completely. How can one person's reiatsu make his powers come back when he has none."
"Idiot. Rukia isn't alone." The voice was then revealed to be Renji who was with a group made up of Byakuya, Toushiro, Kenpachi, and Ikkaku. "We all put our reiastsu into that sword. There's no way we can't bring Ichigo's power back."
"Renji, Byakuya, Toushiro, Kenpachi, Ikkaku." Ichigo said looking up at the group.
"Ginjou was it? What you saw was just the top half of Ichigo's power, the one that emerged from that Full Bring thing. The Shinigami power is something that surges up from within Ichigo. There is no way someone like you could steal it. They don't know that something like this is not sufficient to throw you into despair. Show them. How you have come through much worse despair. Show them Ichigo. That despair cannot stop you!" Rukia said. And with that the fight began. Ichigo started to push Ginjou to the edge forcing to try and flee only to be stopped by Ichigo. After sending a Gestuga attack at Ginjou Ichigo felt the reiastsu that was now flowing through him. It was everyone's. Everyone had put their reiastsu into the sword to bring his powers back.
The others came over and Renji explained how the Captain-Commander had ordered that everyone put their reiastsu into the sword to bring back his powers. Toushiro cut in and explained that not only about that but also how he was not the original substitute Shinigami. The first one had resigned and disappeared. The name of the first was.
Ginjou Kuubo. With that Ginjou reappeared in a Shinigami uniform similar to Ichigo's new one.
"Don't think that's enough to kill me." He said.
"We didn't." Said a voice making Ginjou turn around. Suddenly people started to appear out of gates from Soul Society. Once they were closed what was revealed were all the captains, lieutenants, and everyone else Ichigo had called a friend. The one who spoke was Captain Yamamoto. "We all came here to deal with you." He said. It was at this time that everyone in the house had come out and looked to see all the Shinigami and even the Vizards. Ginjou just looked around terrified not knowing what to do when…
"Woo, what's going on here?" Everyone turned around to see Ben just standing there scratching his head.
"Ben what are you doing here?" Ichigo asked.
"Well I heard a bunch of explosions and wanted to see what was going on. One question are you guys standing on air?" He said confused.
"Hey Ichigo who's that?" Renji asked.
"He's a friend of mine from school. I guess I have to explain everything to him now. Yo Ben-"
"You know what I think I'm going to drop the act now." Ben said the confused look on his face disappearing.
"Act?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah, I already know you're a Shinigami and that those guys are apart of Soul Society's 13 Court Guards." He said causing everyone around to look at him shocked.
"How do you know that?" Ichigo asked.
"I think the better question is; did you really think I was an exchange student?" This caused everyone who knew Ben to look at him shocked.
"What are you talking about?" Tatski asked.
"I'm simply asking if you really thought I was an exchange student?" Ben stated and before Tatski could answer Ichigo did.
"No I didn't." Causing everyone to look at him confused. Ben smiled.
"So you figured it out eh?"
"Not quite, you just a look it your eyes of someone who was more interested in us then you should have been." Ben continued to smile.
"Ah, so that's what gave me away."
"What are you doing here?" They all turned to see Ginjou looking at Ben.
"Again I think the better question is, did I or did I not give you an assignment?" Ben said.
"Oh, and what was that again?" Ginjou said mockingly.
"I thought I told you to bring Ichigo's Shinigami powers back. Not give them back then steal them. Once again everyone was shocked by Ben's statement.
"Oh that's right. Well looks like I went against your orders, Ben. Or is it the First King?" Ginjou said.
"What's he talking about Ben?" Ichigo asked.
"I knew why they were here before you did. Hell I even knew of this nasty trick he was going to pull thanks to my partner, which is the very reason I came here tonight. The name he called was the code name I gave him. He was suppose to bring back the powers of the 'Second King' a.k.a. you since those were my orders. I also know that anyone who goes against what I tell them… dies." And with that Ben summoned a great sword. (Think the Teutonic Orders great swordsmen from Medieval 2 Total war, except black.)
"Oh that's a scary sword kid, you should put it away before you get hurt." Ginjou said mockingly as a smile started to appear on his face. Keyword is started since the smile wasn't completely formed when Ben appeared in front of him and slashed him across the gut sending him crashing into the ground below. Everyone looked at Ginjou hit the ground and Ben landed right in front of the crater. Ginjou got up a little blooded and looked at Ben.
"Lucky shot."
"No just an arrogant prick who should not have made a jab."
"That coming form a guy who doesn't even watch his back." Ginjou said smiling. Just then Tsukishima appeared behind Ben posed to strike. Ben just sighed and pointed a finger at both of them and said.
"Cero." The two's eyes widened as a ball of black reiastsu was shot at them. They both dodged but barely.
"What the hell was that?" Ginjou asked.
"If you couldn't tell that was a cero." Ben stated.
"That's impossible. A human can't fire a cero." Ben sighed again and took off his shirt. What everyone saw left them speechless. There was a hole in Ben's chest. A Hollow hole. Ginjou and everyone just continued to look at it in shock.
"I am a complete vizard." Ben stated.
"A complete vizard?" Shinji asked.
"Yes, while you and your friends can only go up to the mask I can turn completely into a hollow. I know of only one other person who has this ability and they are the very reason I have some here." Ben stated.
"And who's that?" Ginjou asked.
"The very person who's powers you tried to steal. Ichigo Kurosaki." With that everyone looked at Ichigo shocked. Ichigo looked fearful.
"What are you talking about?" He asked.
"What you don't remember?" Ben asked disbelievingly.
"Remember what?" Ichigo asked trying to feign innocence.
"Oh I know you remember. That little incident with Ulquiorra, what the hell was that?" Ben stated. This caused not only Ichigo's eyes to become wide but also Ishida's and Orihime's.
"H-How do you know about that?" Ichigo asked.
"How else I was there." Ben said and then looked at everyone. "Did you guys really think that no one was watching your little war with Aizen?"
Well I hope everyone liked this chapter and as I said at the time of this update school will have started for me so my updates will be lessened, sorry. Anyway as always please review, alert, favorite, and check out everything in my profile. Again at the time of this update I will have a poll up and I always have a challenge for you guys that I would love to hear back from. Thanks for reading. Four Crosses out.
