Welcome back to another story! This is a Bleach and Danny Phantom crossover fan fiction story that I am teaming up with Openminded15 (from ) to write. We do not own anything associated with the Bleach or Danny Phantom series and/or its characters. Please leave your comments and reviews telling us what you think. Thank you!
Key guide: "regular speech", 'thinking', *mental speech*, italics- ghosts/zanpakuto/spirits speaking, bold- hollows speaking, CAPS- attacks, (author notes/translations)
Chapter four: The Ghost Boy and The Shinigami
An icy blue breath slipped through Danny's lips as he was walking home from school. He looked around but, he didn't notice the ghostly presence around yet. Not waiting around for one to jump out at him, he hid behind a tree and transformed into his ghost alias Danny Phantom. He flew into the air, looking around for the ghost causing a disturbance. He heard an explosion in the distance, followed by a cloud of dark smoke. It seemed like it was close to his home. He flew off for the source, with people on the ground recognizing and cheering his name in the background.
When he got there, what he saw did not look like an ordinary ghost. It certainly did not look like any that he's ever seen before. It looked more demonic than the ghosts that Danny was used to. A hard skull covered its heads and there was a large hole straight through the creature's body. It was as if it were out of some horror story. It stared over in Danny's direction. It's soulless eyes made him freeze in place. The only thing to snap him out of it was the ominous wail that came from the beast. It made a dash for Danny. Danny flew out of the way, just in time. The beast only managed to graze his arm with its claws. If it had actually hit Danny, he was sure that his arm would have come clean off. The thing that puzzled Danny the most was that no one seemed to be frightened by it. They didn't even seem to notice it was in the air above them. They only acknowledged Danny Phantom. Maybe it was just some ghost power it had. He raised his hand, having his palm face the beast. A green ball of ectoplasm grew from the center of his palm. He took aim, hoping to hit the beast and hurry up and get it over with. He was eager to get home and explore inside of that portal some more. The monster moved away, causing Danny to miss his otherwise perfect shot. It retaliated, shooting out a similar looking ball of red energy from its mouth. In a panic, Danny shot out another ectoplasmic beam to block the incoming attack. It then tried furiously to swipe at Danny, each time he was able to dodge the attack. He could tell this was going to be one of the more difficult fights he's been in.
Ichigo had sensed the Hollow nearby. He went into his soul form and chased it down as it was close to where the portal was. If he was unable to defeat the Hollow, he at least wanted to chase it back over to its own realm. He saw someone else hovering in the sky, attempting to fight the Hollow. His hair was snow white, like Captain of squad ten Toshiro Hitsugaya. He wore what looked like a one piece black and white jumpsuit.
'Was he some sort of Shinigami that snuck his way through the portal?' Ichigo thought to himself. Whatever he was, this was Ichigo's job to take out any hollows in this world and protect it while he is here. He watch the boy as he attempted to fight the monster. By the looks of it, neither side was winning. Whenever the boy tried to attack, the Hollow was too fast for him. The boy barely was able to dodge the Hollow's incoming attacks but, his was able to block its attacks pretty well. He watched the boy as a green ball of energy form in his hands and shoot out his hand. 'W-was that a cero attack? Is this guy a vizard?' Ichigo asked.
Since neither side was getting anywhere, it was time for Ichigo to step in. He unsheathed his zanpakuto and jumped into the fight. He gave one forceful slash to the abdomen of the Hollow. Black blood spurted from its wound as it shrieked out in pain. It adverted its attention away from the white haired boy and turned towards Ichigo. It emitted a low growl as it crawled towards him. It lunged for Ichigo but, he had his zanpakuto out ready for the attack. He dodged its incoming claws and made a clean cut swipe into on of its four legs. More blood sprayed form the beast and more agonizing shrieks spilled from the beast. Ichigo had enough playing with it and it was time to end the fight. With one swift motion, Ichigo sliced straight down the middle of the Hollow's mask. Blood spurted out and it gave one last cry before fading away. Returning back to the world it belongs in.
Danny couldn't believe what had just happened in front of him, even if it were with his own eyes. The exchange student who arrived at school this morning had just taken down and killed one of the fiercest creatures he has ever seen. He made it seem like it was as easy as it was for Danny to defeat the Box Ghost. Was he a ghost too? He didn't seem to be riding on anything, but he also didn't look like he was floating. He looked like he was standing on something invisible. He wanted to thank him, but he wasn't sure how to. He looked back down at the crowd of people. No one seemed to acknowledge him either, just like that creature.
'Does this guy have something to do with that monster that was just here? Do they have the same power?' Danny thought to himself. Then it almost hit him like a brick. The portal, the other realm. The thing that Ichigo fought must have been a hollow as the young teen must be a shinigami. Danny was determined to get answers from the new exchange student. But what surprised Danny even more was that he saw Ichigo's body down in the crowd. 'What the hell?' Danny asked himself mentally.
By now Ichigo had noticed Danny floating their watching him. Closer expectation of Danny's clothing showed that he wasn't a shinigami bit something else entirely.
"Kon, go find a place where I can rejoin you away from the people. I have a lot of questions for you so follow us." Ichigo stated as he placed his sword onto his back. Danny could only nod his head.
'Since no one can see him, I should become invisible to. This way I am not to draw everyone's attention.' Danny thought to himself. Ichigo flash stepped following his actual body as Kon weaved his body around people. He could sense the mysterious boy following him as he heard the name that people called him Danny Phantom. Finally after a while Kon had found a spot where Ichigo could take back his body as Danny became visible.
"Ichigo is he?" Kon asked.
"No he isn't like me. He is something else that we haven't seen before." answered Ichigo.
"I am a ghost. Was that thing you fought a hollow?" Danny asked. This caused Ichigo to raise his brow.
"So you know what a hollow is."
"Not entirely as it is the first time that I had seen one. I had traveled to your world through the portal and learned only a few things." answered Danny.
"Yeah that thing was a hollow. They come in all different shapes and forms. The only way to kill them is to use a zanpakuto." stated Ichigo as he reached for his sword. Danny took a closer inspection at Ichigo's sword as the thing was huge. "A zanpakuto reflects the users reishi or spiritual energy as it has two different forms a shikai and bankai. Mine is in its shikai form known as Zangetsu."
*King... Why in the world are you explaining all of this stuff to him?* Shiro asked causing Danny to jump away.
"Who just said that?" asked Danny in shock.
*See what you have done now? You have spoked him. Do me a favor and shut up for a while. I should take him to see Kisuke.* Ichigo spat back at Shiro.
*He is definitely going to love Kisuke.* replied Shiro as he cut contact with Ichigo. Ichigo sighed softly as he ran his fingers through his hair. He placed Zangetsu back onto his back as he took out the soul badge from his shikasho. Ichigo pressed the badge to his gigai causing it to cough up a blue-green marble. Ichigo then rejoined his actual body.
Danny's eyes were wide as dinner plates.
"Look, I can only explain little bits about what is going on. I am going to take you to see someone as he has way more knowledge that me about this stuff." Ichigo stated as he turned towards Danny.
'Should I trust him with knowing my identity?' Danny thought to himself. Ichigo began to walk off hoping that Danny would follow. "Wait!" Danny cried out causing Ichigo to stop. "I should probably shift forms since in this form I am likely to draw too much attention." Danny stated before a white ring formed around his body. The ring split into two as one traveled up his body while the other traveled down to his feet. Almost instantly Danny was back to his human form. Ichigo looked at Danny in shock. "I should probably introduce myself. My name is Danny Fenton also known as Danny Phantom." Danny stated as he extended his hand out towards Ichigo.
"Ichigo Kurosaki, substitute shinigami. It is nice to meet you. So it's your portal that has the whole Seireitei in a up roar." replied Ichigo as he shook Danny's hand.
"Actually my dad built it. I can explain more when we get to the place we are going to." answered Danny. Ichigo nodded his head as he bent down to pick up the blue-green marble before the two of them walked towards Kisuke's place.