Heya! It's chapter 3 already? Damn! Well... The story continues again! In this chapter the title will be explained... Sorta. I know, I know. I'm pretty vague. Once again the boring disclaimer:

I don't own Bleach or any of the related characters, blah blah blah.

Karakura High School

"ICHIGOOOOOOOO-hmpf!"

Asano Keigo's sharp, slightly neurotic voice sounded through the school, only to be cut off by a dull thump. "Hey Mizuiro, Keigo..." Ichigo sighed as he walked towards his desk, also greeting Chad, Orihime and Tatsuki on the way.

The bell rang just as he sat down, and his teacher, Ochi Misato, walked in.

"Okay everybody," Ochi said, "before we begin, I want to introduce a new transfer student to you. Come in!"

As the door opened, Ichigo was surprised as he saw a familiar face with bright yellow eyes and grey, ruffled hair enter the room.

"Hey people," The Shinigami said with a small bow, "My name's Kasei Enma. Nice to meet ya! I hope we will all get along, and have a good time together." Enma said. He walked towards an empty table, which placed him in front of Keigo and behind Tatsuki.

A few hours later, during lunch break, Ichigo tapped Enma on the shoulder.

"Wanna have lunch with us?" He asked.

"Of course, why not?" Enma replied with his usual grin.

Ichigo had seen that grin a lot the past weekend, because Enma often watched him train. He turned out to be a completely different person than Ichigo thought. He was almost always grinning, and his cheerful, confident attitude even lighted up the atmosphere when Tessai was about to punish Jinta for bullying Ururu and not doing his work.

As they arrived on the roof, Enma immediately knew the names of the people gathered there. Those 3 were the old Ryoka, Ishida Uryuu, Inoue Orihime and Yasutora Sado.

"Do these people know who I am?" he asked Ichigo, just to be sure.

"Yeah. They know you're a Shinigami. They wanted me to introduce you to them."

"Thanks. That saves me some explaining." They walked towards the other 3 people. "Hey! How you guys doin'?" Enma said with his cheerful attitude.

"We're doing great!" Inoue Orihime replied.

"Shouldn't we be the ones asking you that question? Kurosaki told us about your fight." Ishida asked.

"I'm all healed up, thanks to Urahara-san and Tessai-san." He answered with a smile. "As soon as my wounds were almost fully healed, Urahara-san said that he would lend me a gigai, so that I could start moving around for a bit. Which was good, really, because I was getting stiff from all the lying around."

As they started exchanging news about the Soul Society and the world of the living, the roof door opened. A big, muscular guy was standing in the opening. It looked as though he was alone, but Enma, who was closest to the door, could see a group of at least 5 people standing at the bottom.

"Oshima..." Ichigo said with a bored face. "What do you want?"

"Whaddaya think, punk? I'm here to beat you up!"

"OY!" someone yelled.

Everyone looked. Enma had been the one who yelled, and he now stepped in front of the bully, who was at least ten inches taller than him.

"Ya got some problems with my friends? So you're bringing along a gang, because you think you can't take him out on your own? How 'bout you fight me first. All of you, against me. Or are you afraid of that, too?" He said with a wicked grin.

'He looks one hell of a lot like Kenpachi right now... Heck, he even sounds like him.' Ichigo thought.

"Are you sure?" Ishida asked.

"I'm 100% certain I can do this." Enma replied with a relaxed, and slightly mocking tone.

For a second, Oshima looked surprised. Then, he burst out into laughter. "You? Against me an' my friends? Your mouth doesn't suit your length, but okay, I'll teach you who's the boss around here! C'mon guys, lets get him!" The huge guy yelled as he pulled a pair of brass knuckles out of his pockets.

As the delinquents came running up the stairs with bats and chains, Enma took a stance.

Then, all Hell broke loose.

Oshima was the first one to attack, and the first one to fall. Enma planted his right elbow into his stomach, flooring him in an instant.

The second delinquent, who was wielding a bat, struck down wildly at the slightly crouched Enma.

His target reacted with a sidestep, as he turned the attacker's own momentum against him, quickly hitting him in the face with his left fist. It wouldn't have been such a painful blow, that is, if the bully wouldn't have been running at him at full speed. Enma heard something make a statisfying cracking noise.

Number three was easy too, as he tripped over number two. The last thing he saw before going unconcious was the ground, and Enma's knee, shooting towards his face.

Fourth target, another tall guy who was wielding a chain, swung it at Enma, who easily dodged it. As he was about to give it another swing, he saw a foot heading straight towards his face.

As the fourth delinquent was about to hit the ground, the fifth stormed in, and was instantly floored by a swift downward kick, as Enma intentionally hadn't lowered his foot after the previous kick.

Number six, who was the smartest according to Enma, saw his friends get floored, turned around and ran away.

Enma turned back to the group, simply asking "Has anyone gotten a mobile phone at hand? Call for some doctors or something, I think they might have broken something... What y'all gawking at? Lemme guess, there's a teacher behind me, ain't there?"

"No, just that that was pretty fast." Chad said.

"Yeah." Ishida said "I mean, I've seen Ichigo floor bullies before, but you knocked 5 guys out in about 10 seconds."

Enma chuckeled. "Even though they don't like me there, I'm still an 11th Division member. Sword- and fistfighting are still my specialties. These guys are small fry compared to my usual sparring partners."

As he crouched near one of the bullies and started poking him, he said "I hope I didn't go to hard on these guys..." His eyes widened. "Hollows? Damnit"

"Hollows?" Ichigo said, "You're right. Let's go!"

"Okay!" Enma replied as he grabbed a small Soul Candy container from his pocket and swallowed one.

With a small flash of light both he and Ichigo left their bodies at the same time. "We should be able to handle these hollows by ourselves. Hide Ichigo's body. The artificial soul in my body was custom-made to be a perfect copy, so no need to worry about that." Enma yelled as he and Ichigo dashed off.

A girl with short, dark hair looked up as she saw two black cloacked individuals flying over her head.

"Ichigo... And that guy again... I knew I remembered him from somewhere..."

A few moments later, as the two of them arrived at the place where the hollows were, they saw that it was another group, just like last weekend, but bigger.

"Is it just me, or are the hollows starting to work in groups?" Enma asked.

"Yeah," Ichigo replied, " They do seem to be gathering. In the time you were resting, I had to cut 3 more groups like this one. That's pretty strange behaviour for hollows. As far as I know, only the Menos work in groups."

"Well, let's get this over with." Enma said as they landed near the hollows. "Break the foundations of the world! Yochihakaisha!"

Just like last time, dust flew everywhere. But as it settled, Ichigo noticed something different from last time. Instead of any of the elemental powers from before, Enma was now holding a simple wooden bo staff.

"Now, Hae!" As Enma activated the ability, Ichigo saw the bo staff change. Lightning started crackling around the tip, and soon the staff had a spearhead made of pure, blue lightning. He tossed the spear at the nearest hollow, nailing it to a tree.

"Dammit. I knew that was a bad first move. Now I'm gonna have to pull it loose again. Damn!" Enma cursed as he ran towards his weapon.

Whilst Ichigo was fighting the hollows, he kept an eye on Enma's fights too. He was curious about this new ability of his.

As Enma was pulling the spear loose, a hollow approached him. As soon as he had yanked the spear out, he rammed it into the ground and yelled "Chou!" Again, the weapon changed. The spearhead dissipated into sparks, and at the same time, rocks started gathering on the tip of the staff, forming a giant jackhammer. With a single strike, he smashed the hollow in two.

Another hollow snuck up to him, which prompted Ichigo to yell "Behind you!"

"Thanks," Enma replied, swinging the huge hammer around with surprising speed, crushing the hollow into a bloody pulp. "Strange. I can sense a strong reiatsu, but there's nothing more than a bunch of small fry here. Oh well, no use just standing here. Let's finish this. Kaen!"

The jackhammer instantaneously turned to dust as the staff started to show numerous cracks across the surface. The cracks started glowing, and released flames, which formed two jagged axe blades, opposite to each other on the staff. He started swinging it around, scorching and cutting all hollows that got too close.

As they kept beating up the hollows, Enma noticed there was something strange with the sky.

'Shit!' He thought as he yelled "Ichigo! Garganta! There's something coming here from Hueco Mundo!"

The Garganta opened. Ichigo took a stance for Bankai, and Enma just gawked at what he saw standing inside that hole in space itself.

Inside the hole were three human-looking beings. But there was something odd about them. The reiatsu they were radiating... Enma noticed something strange about it. It was not the reiatsu of a human. Not that of a hollow. Not that of a Shinigami. It was that of an Arrancar.

And yet, the three beings inside the Garganta looked completely human. They weren't wearing anything to cover their faces or heads, yet no hollow mask remnants were visible. But there was no doubt about it.

These three were Arrancar.

Not normal hollows.

Not Gillians.

Not Adjuchas.

These three were full-grown Vasto Lorde Arrancar.

"Peh... The scouts were beaten already? How weak." the first one sneered. His appearance was that of a young man, about the same age as Ichigo, with jade-green, spiky hair. By face, he reminded Ichigo of Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, vicious and agressive, although his facial features weren't as sharp.

"What did you expect? They were just regular hollows. Not even Gillians. But still, I feel kinda sorry for the poor bastards." the second one replied. He looked a bit older than the first one, about twenty years of age. His hair was raven black, with here and there a red hair. Strangely, he looked like a kind and gentle person, despite the fact that he was an extremely powerful, soul-eating monster.

"Stop your yapping, you two. We've got company." the third one said. This one looked like a woman, somewhere between the age of 25 and 30, with a strict face and sharp eyes. Her hair was a strange, somewhat pulsing purple.

"We are so fucking fucked..." Enma muttered.

Suddenly Ichigo's reiatsu spiked. "Ban... Kai!"

Enma felt as if a bomb just went off next to him. 'This... massive reiatsu... Yes. Now I'm sure. This is truly the young man who fought on equal grounds with the captain. But still...' He snapped back to the situation at hand. "Ichigo! Stop it! We can't win this! They're too strong! These things have greater power than a Captain. You can't even dream of beating three of them at once!"

Just as he was about to grab Ichigo and run, the 3 Arrancar disappeared from his sight, only to reappear around them. They were surrounded. There was no way to get out.

"Well..." Enma said. "You're the first Vasto Lorde Arrancar we've met. Let me guess... Espada 3 to 1?"

"Espada?" The green-haired one said with a tone of disgust. "You put us in the same box as those weaklings? We are much more! We are the Halcones! Let me introduce myself. I am the Tres Halcone: Ricardo Paradiaca!"

The black-haired one sighed and said: "I am the Segunda Halcone: Sechar Destego."

"I am the Primera Halcone," the woman said. " Catriz Anuloja." Ichigo and Enma each took battle stances, but the woman simply waved them away. "We have come here to relay a message."

"Well then," Ichigo said. "What is this message of yours."

"How about we just carve it into their bodies?" The Arrancar who introduced himself as Ricardo Paradiaca said.

The woman, Anuloja, started smiling. "Let's do that, shall we?"

Ichigo could only just see Paradiaca and Destego charge their Bala before he felt pain everywhere.

Everything went black.

…

Darkness...

My body...

I can't feel it, yet at the same time...

It hurts...

It hurts so much...

Wait...

I can feel something...

Warmth...

Light...

"Glasses?"

Ichigo yelped as he, once again, woke up to Tsubakishi Tessai's face.

"WHAT THE HELL, MAN!" He yelled as he threw him off.

"That's the second time we've rescued you from certain death, Kurosaki-san... Those guys sure beat you up bad." a familiar voice spoke.

Urahara Kisuke was standing in the door, with a bandaged Kasei Enma standing behind him. He was holding his Bo staff, but this time, there was ice covering the two ends of the staff, with a small orb, apparently also made of ice, hanging above the top.

"You were lucky that Kasei-san's wounds were not as bad as yours, because without him we couldn't have saved you. Truly, Kasei-san, you have an interesting Shikai. Apparently, it can manifest externally as well as internally. Peculiar indeed."

"True. My Zanpakutou is unique, although the internal manifestation puts a lot of strain on my body, and thus takes up a lot of energy, but we're gonna need a lot more than a unique Shikai if we're gonna beat the Halcones. From what I saw, their powers far exceed even our wildest expectations. They are far stronger than the captains. I will make sure their message is relayed to the Gotei 13." Enma said with a frustrated face.

"What was their message? They said they were going to carve it into our bodies." Ichigo said.

"Don't worry. I already erased the message from your body. Your family would ask too many questions if they would see. And as for what the message was, look here." Enma said as he held up his left arm.

There, on his upper arm, from elbow to wrist, were words written in scars.

"Fear us." He said with a bitter tone.

That was the third chapter. These new enemies... How will they face them? And what role will Tatsuki play in this story? Even I don't know yet, really...

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Notes:

Halcones means Hawks in Spanish.

The Japanese characters introduce themselves last name – first name, whilst the Spanish characters, the Arrancar, introduce themselves the other way around. So Ricardo is the Tres Halcones' first name, and Paradiaca his last.