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A/N: Thanks guys for all the reviews I've got so far. They're really a good motivation for me. Also thanks to everyone that's followed and favorited my story. Now, let the second half of Ichigo's fight begin (hope it's better than the first one.

Edited Version

Chapter 3: Arrivals From Soul Society

"Bankai!"

Blue spirit energy erupted from Ichigo as he yelled. The powerful spirit energy flowed from his body like heat waves. Ichigo had mastered Bankai in two days, while it took most years to master it. He only used his Bankai against his strongest opponents.

The young Channeler watched as Ichigo's spirit energy got brighter, but Blake didn't turn away. 'This is way to amazing to turned away from. I don't know what the hell he's doing, but I can feel his power down to my bones. I don't have to hold anything back now.'

The bright light dimmed out and the dust settled. Instead of his usual Soul Reaper clothes, Ichigo now wore a black coat that reached down to his ankles. His large Zanpakuto had shrunk down to a solid black katana. "Tensa Zangetsu." He pointed his sword at Blake. "You wanted my next level of power, well here it is. My Bankai."

Blake nodded. 'Incredible. His weapon has gotten smaller, but I can physically feel that his power has gotten much stronger. But what is that power? That's the question.' The Dragon Channeler gripped his Santrama tightly and lifted it into a guarding stance. He didn't want to underestimate his opponent's new powers until he knew what they were.

"Know see if you can keep up." Ichigo said before disappearing in a blur.

"Where'd he go?" Blake turned his head in all directions. 'He moved so fast that I couldn't even track him. But where is he at now?'

As if to answer his question, Ichigo appeared to his right and slashed him across the chest. "Bastard!" Blake yelled as he swung his sword, but Ichigo again Flash Stepped away.

Blake coughed up blood before looking down at his wound. From his right shoulder to liver was a deep cut. He smiled. 'Looks like I got you figured out Ichigo Kurosaki.' He swung his Santrama to his left, intercepting Ichigo's blade just in time. The two blades locked together as the owners pushed.

"That was a pretty good cut you got on me, Ichigo Kurosaki."

"Thanks." He almost smiled. "I'm surprise you were able to stop that last one."

"I'm full of surprises dude." Blake gave another thrust, braking the connection between the to weapons. The two warriors Flash Stepped and Mossa Veloced in and out of existence as they fought. Each one matched strike for strike and blow for blow. Sparks rained with each clash of metals.

Blake raised Lynsverd. "Charging Strike." He swung and sent the powerful lighting strike hurling towards the substitute Soul Reaper. Ichigo dodged the attack with Flash Step and fired a Getsuga Tensho back at the Channeler. Blake quickly intercepted it with another Charging Strike. Blake took his chance. Using the smoke for cover, the Channeler rushed forward with his Santrama ready. He burst from the smoke and swung his blade sideways, but Ichigo easily blocked the blow with Zangetsu. Both swordsman gritted their teeth with frustration.

"I want to ask you something." Ichigo said as he continued pressing his Zanpakuto.

"Shoot."

"Why are you and your buddies here? Why are you in Japan?"

"What, we can't go where we want?"

"Your not from around here. Where are you from?"

"You noticed that huh? Not surprising. We dress and sound different from the rest of y'all. I'm from the States, Ringo is from Mexico, and Chris is from Canada."

"Chris must be the blonde haired one I saw yesterday."

"That's right, he's also the youngest. He's sixteen and I'm seventeen. Ringo is the oldest at eighteen." He pressed the blade a few inches closer to Ichigo's neck. "Now that I've updated my Facebook status with you, how about he finish this fight?"

"Couldn't agree more."

The two broke contact and slid back, til there was a wide open space between them. The Dragon Channeler and substitute Soul Reaper took their stances and waited.

"Let me ask you one more question." Ichigo said. He had Zangetsu raised above his head.

"I've already told you too much. You can ask your question, but I can't say I'll answer it."

"It's actually the same question as I asked earlier. Why are the Dragon Channelers in Japan. I was told you all died out a long time ago."

"Who told you that?"

"A friend."

"Well your friend had some false information, we're not all dead yet." He raised his Santrama over his head. "But this battle is finished. One way or another, this will be my last attack."

Ichigo grinned. "I'll put everything I have into this next attack as well."

Blake nodded. "Good, but before we finish this; I want you to meet the true source of my power." He lowered his Santrama and closed his eyes. His body began glowing, as yellow spirit energy began forming around him like flames. Ichigo's eyes widened when the form of a yellow dragon materialized in the flames. The reptilian beast was solid yellow and its body was covered in scales. From its head, rose two horns and two bat like wings sprung from its back.

Ichigo tore his eyes from the beast and looked back at Blake. The Channeler opened his eyes, which were glowing with yellow light, and a thin smile formed on his lips. "This is Aksaja, my Dragon Spirit. He is the source of my Channeler powers." Blake closed his eyes again, and the blazing aurora disappeared along with the image of Aksaja. Blake lifted his Santrama over his head again. "Are you ready Ichigo Kurosaki!?" Yellow spirit energy erupted from his body.

"Yeah, lets finish this." Ichigo gripped Zangetsu tighter as black spirit energy erupted from his body.

"Getsuga Tensho!"

"Charging Strike!"

The two warriors swung their swords and fired their powerful spirit attacks. The two attacks sailed towards each other and collided; exploding into a white light. The Dragon Channeler and substitute Soul Reaper squeezed theirs eyes shut as the light engulfed them and everything went dark.

"They stitched each other up good. Am I right hombre?"

"Your stating the obvious Ringo. He's still alive and that's all that matters."

Ichigo slowly opened his eyes to the sound of the voices. His blury vision slowly cleared and he could make out the figures of two people standing not far from him. Ichigo soon recognized the two figures as the other Dragon Channelers, Blake's friends. If they were as powerful as him, they could easily finish him off in his weakened state.

"Good, your awake." The blonde haired one, Chris, noticed Ichigo moving and walked over to him. He looked down at the orange haired substitute. "You messed Ryan up pretty good. He's knocked out and covered in bruises."

Ichigo brought his head up far enough to make eye contact. "You gonna kill me?"

A puzzled look appeared on Chris' face. "No, why would we? Blake brought this upon himself. If you ask me, he need a good ass kicking to lower his ego. For that, you have my thanks." He studied Ichigo's wounds. Large cuts and bruises covered him back, arms, and face. "If your strong enough to fight a draw with Blake, then I'm sure you'll survive without our help." He turned his back and took a few steps before stopping. "I don't know who you Soul Reapers are, but I don't want you to come looking for us. Our business here is our own." Chris walked over to Ringo, who had Blake's arm draped over his should. He pulled Blake's other arm over his should and the trio disappeared in a blue, leaving a wounded Ichigo laying alone on the ground.

Ichigo tried in vain to lift himself up, but collapsed. 'Dammit, I have to move. Move!' Ichigo's eyes slowly began to close as darkness once again filled his mind.

"Ichigo wake up! Come on, wake up!"

Chad stood over Ichigo, while Uryu kneeled down and shook the orange-haired teen. The two had been close by during Ichigo's fight with Blake and had just arrived when the Channelers left. Now they had to deal with getting Ichigo some help.

Uryu looked up at Chad. "He's out cold. We need to get him to Urahara's place. Orihime can heal him there."

"Good idea." Chad reached down and lift Ichigo on to his back. They were ready to leave, but stopped when a bright light burst into existence and a door appeared. Uryu and Chad quickly recognized it as a Senkaimon and backed away as it opened.

The sliding doors slowly slid open, revealing a bright white light. Out of the white light appeared the two figures of Rukia Kuchiki and Renji Abarai. Both Soul Reapers looked surprised to see the three humans infront of them.

"Well looks like we arrived just in time." Renji said looking at Ichigo. "What happened to him?" He pointed at the substitute Soul Reaper. "Don't tell me someone else beat me to the punch."

"Rukia and Renji," Uryu said. "What are you guys doing here?"

"The Department of Research and Development detected a large amount of unknown spiritual energy coming from here." Rukia explained. "Since me and Renji knew this area well, we were sent here to investigate." She looked at Ichigo with concern. "What happened to him?"

"We'll explain everything later." Uryu said turning towards Karakura Town. "Right now we need to get Ichigo to Urahara quick."

"O.K," She looked at Renji. "Lets go."

The red-head nodded. "Right."

The gang quickly jogged back towards Karakura Town.

A couple of minutes later, the group had arrived at Urahara's Shop and had Ichigo rested on a bed. Kisuke had called for Orihime who arrived quickly. She quickly began her work of healing his wounds. Though her powers weren't actually healing powers, they had the ability to reverse anything to its original state. The wounds began reversing, but it would still take some time.

"Ichigo." Orihime fought back the urge to cry. "Why did you have to get yourself all beat up and bloody like this." One tear manage to slip out as the red-head continued her work.

The the other room, the humans and Soul Reapers had seated themselves around Kisuke's table and were discussing the latest events. Chad and Uryu told as much as they knew about Ichigo's fight with the Dragon Channeler Blake Ryan. They hadn't seen Ichigo's battle and when they arrived on the scene, Ichigo was the only one there.

"So Ichigo must have lost." Kisuke concluded. He took a sip of his tea. "Too bad."

"You mind filling us on whats going on?" Renji asked impatiently. The lieutenant of Squad 6 wasn't know for his patients.

"The moocher's right." Ririn added. Behind her the other two Mod Souls, Noba and Kurodo, nodded in agreement. They had heard about Dragon Channelers since the gang was last there, but still didn't know anything about them. "We want to know too."

Kisuke gave an exhausted sigh and took another sip of tea, before explaining to the Soul Reapers and Mod Soul what a Dragon Channelers was, their history, and who Ichigo had fought. At the end of it, the Soul Reapers and Mod Souls nodded in understanding; their eyes the size of saucers.

"With all that said, we still know little to nothing about the Channelers." Kisuke scratched his chin in thought. "Out all of us here, Ichigo is the only one that's fought one. He knows there powers and strength."

"I had heard of Dragon Channelers while looking through the Kuchiki history files," Rukia said. "But there was so little about them, I didn't pay attention."

"So that unknown power the Department of Research and Development detected was the Dragon Channelers. They recognized one as Ichigo's power but the other one was completely unknown." Renji scratched his head as he thought about the situation. "Next thing we know, Head Captain Yamamoto sends us here to investigate."

"So you guys are going to hunt the Channelers down?" Chad asked.

Renji shrugged. "Our mission is to investigate the unknown power source. They did say anything about fighting a mythical race of humans. But you did say they were enemies of the Soul Reapers. That one's fight with Ichigo could have been their way of declaring war."

'What are thinking Renji?" Rukia asked. "You think we should track down and eliminate these Dragon Channelers? If we go after them, shouldn't we at least late until Ichigo wakes up?"

Renji shook his head. "We can't wait that long. Orihime said it would take several hours before Ichigo wakes up, and the trail would be cold by then. Since Ichigo had a big battle with that Dragon Channeler, there should be some trace of their spiritual pressure left. We can track them with that."

"Let Chad and me come too." Uryu said. "If they're strong enough to beat Ichigo, then your going to need help."

The red-haired Soul Reaper grinned. "Sure you're welcome to join us. Just don't slow us down."

To Be Continued.

The Complete Dragon Channeler Encyclopedia

Kisuke Urahara: Today we're going to discuss the Dragon Channelers Santramas. The literal meaning of Santrama is "holy weapon." Like a Soul Reaper's Zanpakuto, a Channeler fights with the same Santrama for the rest of their life. Also like a Zanpakuto, Santramas have their own names, and by saying it a Dragon Channeler can unlock the Santrama's true form. Blake Ryan's Santrama's name is Lynsverd. It's true form is a long handled saber that advances Blake's fighting ablility.

Blake Ryan: Not that a really need it. I'm strong enough to take on anyone without releasing Lynseverd's true form. By the way, why did you only show my Santrama? Why not Chris' or Ringo's?"

Kisuke Urahara: I'll need more air time for later."

A/N: This chapter was a little shorter then my other ones, but only because I want to save the search for the next chapter. Yes Rukia and Renji have arrived from Soul Society and things are about to get interesting. I'll try to update twice a week.

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