I DON'T OWN BLEACH .THOUGH I WISH I DID?
Thoughts 'Wow.'
Zanpakuto whispering "Wow".
Hollow "wow."
Important note read this-
I am NOT abandoning this fic. So stop saying so.
This is Nel x Ichigo x Orihime. No arguments. After what I put Ichigo through in this fic it's the least I can do for him.
Ichigo is not a God. He has limits. So no super Ichigo.
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This chapter will have a LOT of fight scenes and some scenes WILL confuse you until they reach soul society and Aizen reveals himself in the later chapters.
If you have any idea about what happened say it in the review.
Enjoy this chapter.
CHAPTOR 4
Real-Time-Unknown-Location
White sands for as far as the eye could see. A blue sky to cover it. At first glance it would seem like the inside of Las Noches except for the black sickle moon in the place of the sun. Two figures could be found here battling each other to the best of their abilities. A demon and an angel. Their battle seemed to be a re-enaction of some ancient legend or story. A classic tale of a battle between good and evil. Most of the attacks were being dodged at break neck speeds by the combatants and even the ones that hit were only able to give them minor injuries or crack their armor, which healed instantly.
The angel was dressed in all white and had Japanese style armor. He had a bow on his right arm and used his left to fire multiple arrows at his opponent. From his appearance it was clear that he was in his Final Form. He had a more battle-ready form then that of the standard Quincy attire, with the Sanrei Glove's bow separate in the his hand, and what appeared to be armor covering his left side and arm. This shoulder armor was a silver color, bearing the common blue Quincy cross, while the white clothing area of the outfit contains rows of parallel blue vertical lines. A blue flame-like object resembling a quiver of pure reiryoku had formed on the Quincy's right shoulder, collecting large amounts of reiryoku, reiatsu and reishi from its surroundings, in essence storing "arrows" or the energy for him.
The Quincy Final Form had given him a vast increase in power, enough to defeat a captain-class shinigami and below with ease. All the extra energy had collected on his left shoulder, and this combined with the right resembled an angel's wings. Normally the Quincy Final Form would have used too much power for his body to handle; causing his body to block his Quincy powers completely after it wears off.
However to prevent this he had two seals on his wrists on either arm that regulated his energies to the left side of his shoulder so as not to damage his body when he assumed the Quincy Final Form. They also acted as triggers, having a partial and full release not unlike the shinigami shikai and bankai. The one on his right arm sent the energy into the bow, strengthening it and allowing it to fire more arrows. The one on the left empowered ALL of the arrows formed and fired, giving them insane speed and penetrating powers. This combined with the Ginrei Kōjaku and the Seele Schneiders made him a God. But even this only helped a little against the opponent he was facing at the moment.
The angle's opponent was a true demon for there were no other words to describe it. It looked like a black and white skeletal demon on steroids with blades coming out of its body. Its massive size and armored hide made it almost impossible to hurt it. Combining this with the breakneck speeds at which it was moving without the use of Shunpo made it a being of nightmares. Its weapon was a massive black two sided shuriken with a chain attached to it (See chapter 1 for the link, Chapter 2 for the description of Ichigo in FULL hollow form). The blade was spinning independently from the chain while the creature was spinning the chain with its right arm, using it's left to fire red beams, all the while dodging its opponent's attacks while the blade was emitting a black wave of destruction.
The battle had been going on for the past three and some hours with neither side willing to give way and admit defeat to the other. However both sides were tiring and it was clear that the battle was coming to an end.
Ichigo, using shunpo, appeared behind Ishida and fired a diabólico cero. The infernal hollow flash, Ichigo's attempt at an improved cero. It could be used as anything such as a drill or a bomb. It was pitch black with red edges, filled with his bankai's reiatsu and was faster then a normal cero but not as fast as a Bara. Uryu dodged the attack but was caught in the explosion that followed the attack.
"Give up. I have won." The white/black demon told him.
"Really? Then it's going to be fun to see the look on you're face when I beat you." he replied.
"Hey Uryu here's a thought. Why don't you grow a sack, fill it with some balls, magically sprout a dick and start fucking your self." Ichigo said while making the appropriate hand gestures in between his legs.
A stress mark appeared on Uryu's head but other wise he ignored the comment. For a long moment, they both stood there, tensed for action, waiting for the other to make the first move.
A slight widening of the Uryu's smirk was the only warning Ichigo got before Uryu suddenly disappeared from his vision, but it was enough. Ichigo turned, following Uryu's movements, and blocked the strike. The two exchanged several quick sword blows before jumping away, Uryu using his Seele Schneiders and Ichigo using his bankai blade.
Uryu smirked. Chad had taught him sonido or at least tried to. He had then used the elements of the hollow technique and incorporated it into the Quincy technique, god step, which he then renamed flash rider. Even in the past/future he had never used it in front of Ichigo.
Ichigo on the other hand, was shocked. He had never seen Uryu move so fast. He seemed to have canceled the advantage of speed Ichigo had at the moment. Also his bankai was a direct assault blade. But his opponent's blade was obviously a ranged weapon. He would have to think fast but if worst came to worst he could use Shindo.
The battle continued, with sword constantly clashing against sword and the frequent arrows sent at him. Uryu clearly had the upper hand so far, although he had to fight hard to keep that advantage. But he also knew that Ichigo hadn't even used shundo or sonido yet and was still holding back massively as per their agreement. Uryu still had a few tricks up his sleeves, but if Ichigo decided to take this seriously, he would definitely be hard pressed to keep up.
Ichigo suddenly made up his mind. Releasing his hold on his reiatsu, he decided to end it as fast as he could.
'He is definitely strong. If he had more time to train he could probably beat me if I restricted myself from using.' Ichigo thought.
Lost in his thoughts he did not notice Uryu using a sneak attack maneuver, "Divine retribution!" Immediately after the words left his mouth, Ichigo shunpoed away from Uryu, then he noticed his mistake. An arrow was rushing towards him at high speeds and another came at him from behind. Thinking fast he slowed down and leaned to the left allowing the arrow to fly past his face gauzing his hair slightly. His smirk was wiped of his face when he realized that was what Uryu had wanted.
The two medium-strength attacks collided and the resulting explosion caused the spirit particles in the arrows to rain down on Ichigo. The future Cero Espada was not badly injured however, having gained the split second warning, he had managed to spin his sword by the chain at high speeds and deflected most of the shards. But Ichigo had severely underestimated the attack and was now paying the price. A shard was stuck deep in his right shoulder paralyzing the arm until his regeneration powers destroyed the shard and fixed his arm. It was a lucky shot, one he did not intend to let happen again.
He counter attacked, firing a cero on the ground using his left arm, forcing Uryu to jump in the sky. He then let fly a huge Getsuga Tenshō that rushed at Uryu. He was about to dodge when Ichigo shunpoed behind him and kicked him towards the speeding wave. Uryu had no chance to dodge. It caught him in his chest and it then slammed into the ground forming a big crater and a massive dust cloud.
When the dust settled, Ichigo could see the limp figure of Uryu lying in the ground. He hoped that he did not hurt him too badly. As he was thinking this his healing abilities finished fixing his arm enabling him to use it to its fullest abilities. Also his body was now used to Ishida's reiatsu and now resisted all of Uryu's attacks, reducing their effectiveness.
Uryu for his part was in a world of pain. He slowly got up and grimaced. He was sure that his ribs were broken and so was his left arm. The wave had done some damage. He quickly used ransōtengai and felt the strings moving down his body and created a cast for his arm. He then looked over to Ichigo. He could no longer move very fast and Ichigo could now use his right arm. He knew that he was in deep trouble. Suddenly, coming up with an idea, he shunpoed behind Ichigo, biting down a scream of pain and formed an arrow. He put all of his reiatsu in it and let it fly.
Caught off guard by this second sneak attack, Ichigo very suddenly found himself with a completely new hole on his stomach. The wound however healed instantly and Ichigo turned around only to fall down in exhaustion at the same time as Uryu. Ichigo's body shattered to reveal a black clad orange haired youth. Uryu also lost his wings and armor leaving only the cast on his hand and chest.
"I won." They said at the same time.
"I didn't use all of my techniques." Uryu said.
"Yes you did but I didn't. Also I'm not the one with the broken arm and ribs." Ichigo said immediately.
"Well I wasn't the one with two holes on his chest." Uryu retorted.
"Dam four eyed Emo."
"200 years and still an idiot."
"At least I didn't die a virgin."
"At least I didn't almost die during sex."
"I don't have performance problems like you most lightly have."
"I have a big one Mr. Limp dick."
"If that's true then why did Nel and Orihime agree to share me?"
They looked at each other and silently agreed.
"A tie." They said and got up.
They then limped towards a large rock cropping and a doorway appeared from it. Ichigo handed Uryu a hayai ken (Quick Health). It was a device, like its name suggested, that healed a person very quickly, arrancar or otherwise. It was among the many things Ichigo had found in the supplies that Nel had stolen from Aizen. There were so many things that they were still sorting through all of them.
Uryu activated it and watched as his arm and chest were healed. He then removed the cast and flexed his arm. He knew that it was completely healed but it didn't stop him from feeling phantom pain from his healed injuries.
"By the way why is your bankai not a black katana?" Uryu asked.
"Well Zangetsu's powers are like the faces of the moon. The Full moon being the most limited and the eclipse being the most powerful. Though I achieved bankai I did not master it. It takes hundreds of years to master a bankai and I am no exception. I achieved the Full moon by summoning Zangetsu and forcing him to tell me his name with brute power, the half moon with resolve and by finding the piece of my heart that longs to fight. The next phase, the quarter moon then finally the eclipse will be revealed when I refine my control and fulfill the requirements necessary to unlock them."
"Hey Ichigo, I have been meaning to ask you. What will you do after Aizen? Soul society will not accept you or Nel as you are all part hollow." Uryu asked.
"See even four eyes here agrees with me." Shiro put his two cents in.
"I don't know. Most lightly side with the arrancar and build an improved base in Hueco Mundo from Las Noches and defeat soul society or just release Arturo Plateado's seal by destroying the Sōkyoku Hill. I'll just let him do the dirty work and kill whoever is left standing" Ichigo replied off handedly as he ignored his tenant's words.
"Who do you will think will win, Arturo Plateado or Soul society?" Uryu asked.
"Most probably Arturo. He had a good number of techniques that I copied and improved. When he destroys soul society I'll just step in and kill him if he proves too problematic, though I am hoping that he will agree to an alliance. His abilities are good even if they no longer work on me and he is powerful."
"It won't be easy." Uryu warned.
"I know but I have friends." Ichigo replied.
Uryu just nodded. The gesture was enough. During the war they had developed a close friendship. Where ever Ichigo went Uryu would follow him as well as Chad, Orihime and Nel. Even if Ichigo took Aizen's place they would still follow him.
"Hey do you think that the visoreds and the bount will join us?" Ichigo asked.
"The Bount will definitely join us when we 'convince them' but Shinji, Urahara and your dad are unknown factors. I still think that telling them and your Uncle Kaien about the future so soon was a bad idea. If Aizen ever catches wind of this…." Uryu warned.
"We had no choice. The opening needed to capture Āronīro Arurueri was very short and we needed their help." He replied.
XXX-Flash-Back-1-XXX
"Breath. Take one breath at a time. Inhale then exhale." Ichigo told to his shocked audience.
Urahara, Shinji and Isshin were having a hard time breathing. When they were called here none of them had expected to meet each other, nor did they expect such a bombshell to be dropped on them.
Upon recovering, Urahara had immediately had his sword drawn and had it on Ichigo's neck.
"Kisuke what the Hell do you think you are doing?" Isshin shouted.
"Ichigo can't have known all that on his own. He is obviously involved with Aizen." Urahara replied.
Isshin looked like he was about to protest but Shinji was looking contemplatively at Ichigo.
Ichigo himself just sighed and signaled to Nel. A negashion beam came down completely trapping all the four people together. Ichigo then released his shinigami reiatsu. The pressure was enough to send Urahara into the beam.
"Bankai." Ichigo shouted and the sword on his hip turned into a massive meat cleaver which intern turned into a black Katana. But Ichigo was far from done.
"Tensa Zangetsu, Second Form- adauchi (vengeance)" He said as the katana morphed into a massive black two sided shuriken with a chain attached to it. The reiatsu in the air rising so fast that the three former captains were finding it difficult to concentrate. Suddenly Ichigo donned his hollow mask.
They watched with terrified fascination as a hollow hole formed and white bone skin spread across his body. When the process was complete the demon, it could not be called anything else, turned and looked at them.
"Do you believe me now?" It asked in its dual voice. One distorted and backward and the other his normal voice.
They could only nod and the body of the demon shattered away to reveal the orange-haired youth. He was no longer clad in the black shinigami uniform but he wore a long shredded white cloak with pieces of black fabric sticking out from multiple angles. A black sash was wrapped around his mid-section while he was wearing a white vest on his chest. Black strips of cloth formed a mane on his neck. There were two spiked shoulder guards. The rest of his outfit consisted of a white hakama with black strips, black socks and white sandals. He had long yellowish orange hair that reached down his back.
"My Cero Espada uniform." Ichigo answered the unasked question. It was the uniform that formed whenever he used adauchi mode. The first form was to protect and defend but this form was totally opposite and was only for attacking. So it was only natural that his uniform to became opposite as well.
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Shiba Kaien. His uncle, who had been defiled by Aizen. Hollow Ichigo just smirked as he dragged the unconscious Aaroniero Arruruerie through a fanged gateway out of Hueco Mundo. Finding and capturing the arrancar which had the spirits of his Uncle, Aunt and their subordinates had been no easy task. But he had known that it was Aaroniero. Ichigo along with Nel had found and captured the arrancar and was currently heading to the visored hideout. They had made it seem as if Nnoitra had been the one to kill Aaroniero while leaving behind a surprise to turn Barragan against Ulquiorra and Szayel against Zommari.
'A little chaos in their already non-existent unity will give Aizen a few grey hairs as he still needs them at the moment.' Ichigo thought darkly.
"Ahhh. You have arrived, Kurosaki-kun, Nel-Chan. And I see you brought Aaroniero to join us." Shinji said as Ichigo and Nel appeared dragging Aaroniero behind him. Urahara meanwhile was watching this along side Tessai, Hachi and the rest of the visoreds.
They were all here to free the shinigami souls in the hollow. Aaroniero had the ability to absorb hollows and gain their abilities. He could also summon their individual abilities at will. What Ichigo had planned however was to have Aaroniero absorb his hollow reiatsu causing him to overload and completely free the souls of the shinigami within him. However as Aaroniero was an arrancar there would be some contamination and they would be recovered as visored and not as shinigami. None of them had a problem with this but they needed an equal amount of reiatsu to those that they were going to summon and even Ichigo had limits. So Shinji had volunteered to provide some reiatsu if they needed any more which for any reason could not be provided from Ichigo.
"Sorry I am late. Didn't want to be followed. Are you ready?" Hollow Ichigo asked.
"Ya, ya. Just waiting here reading the barrier. Hachi has it in full power and when the souls are recovered, we will train them with their hollows." He replied with his smile. Nel and Ichigo just nodded.
"Where are Pesche and Dondochakka?"Shinji asked looking around. He was not worried, but was just curious as he was told that they would be there.
"Well Dondochakka is with Hachi, sustaining his own negashion beam incase we need it. As for Pesche, he is in Hueco Mundo covering for Nel." Ichigo replied.
"Well then let's get started."Shinji said.
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The process itself did not take long. Aaroniero had woken up the minuet Ichigo's energy was being pumped into him. Shiro had enjoyed his screams of pain greatly. Finally with too much energy, Aaroniero turned into a jelly like substance and Shinji stepped forward and supplied the additional energy needed.
Slowly but surely the souls were freed and just like when Ichigo had regained his shinigami powers, they all had a different hollow mask. There were 10 of them not counting his Uncle and Aunt. Ichigo smiled. This greatly increases his army. He did not know when they would wake up and what they would do, but he hoped that they would join him. Now the total number of visoreds including him was increased from 9 to 21. He knew he could convince his uncle and that his men would follow his Uncle's decisions. Sighing with relief he gave Urahara a nod of thanks. Urahara may be a bastard but he was a smart bastard. One he wanted on his side. Now he was going to bring his father over to the visored hideout to meet his long lost brother. He was not be there as he had to look after Karin and Yuzu.
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"By the way, not including the three traitors, how many captains did you fight against?" Uryu asked him.
"Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, Soi Fon, Kuchiki Byakuya, Komamura Sajin, Zaraki Kenpachi." Ichigo listed off.
"I was there for the Byakuya and Kenpachi fights but tell me about the others." Uryu asked.
"Well Soi Fon died in the first war. I only just sparred against her to brush up on my hand to hand. Yoruichi had arranged it. The ones with Old man Yama and Foxy were the real deal though." Ichigo said.
XXX-Flash-Back-2-XXX
The dojo was filled with people eagerly waiting for the fight to begin. On one side stood Ichigo and on the other stood Soi Fon. Both were waiting for the other to make the first move. Finally she ran at him and cautiously aimed a kick to his head, which he easily blocked and was followed by a few medium fast jabs and punches.
'She's testing my defenses.' He thought.
"C'mon kid, I know you can do better than that! Stop holding back!" Ichigo frowned in concentration, summoning his reiatsu and decided to go on the offensive.
The first move was made by Ichigo. He swung his fist over her head and lashed out with his left leg. Quickly inversing in the middle of the maneuver his right leg came crashing down. Soi Fon dodged and appeared in the air, right above Ichigo, with her fist above her head. She brought her fist down, in for a devastating blow.
The people present were amazed as Ichigo blocked, ducked and counter attacked. Each combatant was trying to find a weakness in the other's guard. Soi Fon ducked under one of Ichigo's attacks and punched him. Her fist broke through Ichigo's clumsily erected guard and hit his left arm. She saw Ichigo wince before he immediately jumped away from her.
Keeping one eye on her, he checked his arm. That wound wasn't that bad, but was hurting quite badly. The blackness was slowly healing. It wasn't very noticeable, unless some one looked for it. It must be one of the side effects of hollowfication Ichigo mused.
Ichigo blinked, when he looked over and found that Soi Fon was no where to be seen. He searched for her and in the last moment he saw her axe kick coming at him from his right. Ichigo dodged by jumping into the air. Then he saw it. The attack was only a distraction for the real attack.
Ichigo, still in the air, realized he had no chance of escaping the attack from Soi Fon. Her fist appeared above him looking like a blur as it quickly made its way towards him.
Ichigo knew he had to act fast. He attacked, swinging his right leg wildly into Soi Fon, forcing her to move and abandon the attack. He continued attacking, punching and jabbing. In the end he slammed his own body into Soi Fon, catching her off guard with that unexpected maneuver. Then gathering his strength, he punched Soi Fon square in the stomach. She staggered back and Ichigo took the chance to try and jab her with his fist. But she caught the movement and blocked. Ichigo then dodged her counter and tried to jab her again, but failed. He attacked again, this time aiming for her head. She ducked and almost hit Ichigo, who dodged in the last moment.
Ichigo then used a reverse kick using his right foot with full force to attack her guard causing it to bounce up, leaving her defenseless for a moment. Ichigo forced his reiatsu into his feet and then pushed off outward towards her in a vicious uppercut. The attack hit causing her to fly and crash into a near by wall.
She got up slowly, staggering slightly. Her mood however was great. She had finally found some one competent to replace her present vice captain. She started walking towards him. She decided to get a full victory as her pride would not allow anything less.
"Good Kurosaki. Don't die now." She told him.
The boy and the woman stood on opposite sides, they got ready for another fight. Their reiatsu soared and Ichigo was winning. He started to use his high speed shunpo. This offset Soi Fon greatly. When ever she came close to Ichigo she was unable to land a proper hit, and while she was slowing down Ichigo counter attacked. However he was also unable to land a proper hit as he was using his street style of fighting which was vastly inferior to her style. They were pretty much even in Ichigo's favor.
Ichigo jabbed his fist at Soi Fon. She dodged just enough to miss the attack, she then kicked at Ichigo's ribs. Ichigo blocked and then swept kicked trying to cause her to fall.
She was forced to move, only this time Ichigo's axe kick was caught her. She pulled his foot back then with full power hit Ichigo, who blocked again with his hands. Ichigo pushed her fist away then punched at Soi Fon's shoulder. Within a second she blocked the blow, but the force caused the back of her hand to hit into her shoulder bruising it. She forced her knee into Ichigo's stomach causing him to loose his grip and double over. She jumped back and lunged at Ichigo like a snake attacking its prey. Ichigo had had enough. He used shunpo to completely surround Soi Fon with attacks, hitting her from all angles.
However Soi Fon just took the attack head on and just charged at Ichigo and swung her arm to the side at an angle. Caught off guard, the palm thrust smashed into Ichigo's shoulder, her fingers piercing deeply into his body. She forced her hand down to apply more pressure to her palm, causing her fingers to cut deeper into Ichigo.
Ichigo fell to his knees, his shoulder bleeding. She looked at him and removed her hand from his shoulder.
"I've won." She told him.
She flinched slightly as he heard Ichigo laugh.
"Won? What the hell are you talking about?" Ichigo looked up.
Only then did Soi Fon feel Ichigo's reiatsu. His iris went from brown to white to liquid silver. The air around them filled up with reiatsu. "This fight is just getting started!" Ichigo drew back his fist and punched as fast as he could.
Soi Fon's eyes widened and she leaped backwards to let the punch miss, and didn't notice Ichigo shunpoing behind her and he kicked her as hard as he could. She knew that she couldn't dodge this and took it head on. Despite this she was sent crashing into the wall for a second time.
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"Then what happened?" Uryu asked.
"What do you think? She came out and kicked my ass all the way to the Forth division. Still she did say that she was impressed with me and taught me how to fight properly. So in the end it was worth it." Ichigo replied.
"What about Komamura?"
"Well I fought him just after I had united the remaining arrancars. They sent him and his entire division after me in Hueco Mundo. At the time only Grimmjow and Nel were free. All the other survivors were already assigned to other duties. So it was just me Nel, Grimmjow, a dozen Gillian and about ten hollows against an entire division complete with captain and vice-captain. We won with no losses."
"NANI (What)? How the hell did you survive that let alone win with no losses???" Uryu screamed at him.
"Well…."
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"You should give up." Komamura said.
"And be executed?" he asked.
"It is the will of soul society." Komamura replied.
"Soul Society can kiss my ass." Ichigo replied.
Komamura did not dignify that with a reply instead going to bankai. His vice-captain, Tetsuzaemon Iba, used his shikai. Other squad members also prepared themselves when suddenly….
Three negashion beams sprang up. One was trapping Ichigo and Komomura, another was trapping Iba and Grimmjow while Nel was outside the negashion containing the rest of the 7th division.
They didn't need any more incentive. Komomura rushed at Ichigo, Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō mirroring his movements. Ichigo dodged the massive strike and immediately went bankai.
He appeared right next to Komomura and immediately fired a Getsuga Tenshō. However Komomura just moved his leg and Tengen mirrored it. The wave hit the armor's leg and no effect on it. The captain then used shunpo to appear behind Ichigo and struck the ground where Ichigo had just been standing just a moment before. Ichigo was about to counter attack when a massive blade came screaming down at him.
'Shit, that thing can use Shunpo???' he thought as he just barely dodged the blow.
Komamura used this opportunity to sneak up on Ichigo and stab him or at least tried to. Shiro had noticed him and had warned Ichigo. Now summoning his hollow mask, Ichigo used his great speed to get closer to Komamura but was unable to land any decisive blows even with the transformed bankai.
'I have no choice.' He thought grimly as the giant blade descended on him yet again.
The impact caused a massive dust cloud to form. Every one stopped and looked at the cloud. They waited and watched when suddenly they heard a cry of pain. They saw a demonic looking Ichigo stabbing one side of his blade into Komamura, right trough the giant's fist. Ichigo slowly pulled it out.
"By your choice you will die now." He said in his dual voice. "Destructive arts No 90. Black coffin."
A box of black energy formed around Komamura, which was then pierced by dozens of energy 'spears', lacerating the one inside from head to toe. It then collapsed upon itself as Ichigo had packed it with too much hybrid reiatsu and did not have the control to use it properly. The backlash hit Ichigo but the wounds were regenerated instantly. In a few minutes Ichigo was alright, but the same could not be said for Komamura. His arms and legs were completely cut off, there were lacerations all over his chest and his eyes were slashed out blinding him. As his life was in danger his bankai retreated.
A dozen Gillian erupted from the sands and as if on cue one of the walls holding the 7th division captive fell. The Gillian fired cero after cero crippling those within. A few of the lucky ones and the smarter ones ran forward but were cut down by Nel and the ten hollows.
"We have lost but please spare our men." Iba asked as he too was defeated by Grimmjow.
Ichigo didn't look at him but instead asked him a question.
"Do you know that Gillian are the result of the merging at least a hundred hollows. In the rare case that a Gillian retains its consciousness, it can continue to consume other Gillian's and eventually evolve into an Adjuchas. However there is a second way. A normal hollow can eat hundreds of reasonably powerful hollows and evolve into an Adjuchas. These Adjuchas have to learn to use their powers as they do not get the instincts to use them."
Looking at the confusion on Iba's face Ichigo clarified himself.
"Hundreds of reasonably powerful hollows or hundreds of reasonably powerful shinigami." He said and started to walk away as the hollows slowly advanced on the fallen shinigami.
A look of horror came upon Iba's face. "Y...You can't do this. This is madness." He shouted to the retreating figure of Ichigo.
Ichigo stopped and so did the advancing hollows. He glanced back at Iba with his cold yellow eyes.
"Madness? This is war." He said simply.
He walked away ignoring the screams of the shinigami. Nel put a comforting hand on his shoulder. She knew that they couldn't let the shinigami go nor did they have the facilities to keep prisoners. They needed all the help they could get at the moment and those ten hollows were hand picked for this as they were close to being Adjuchas level. The shinigami were the ones who had let Orihime and subsequently Uryu and Chad die. Ever since that day Ichigo had been harboring a grudge against other shinigami and when they had tried to execute him on the Sōkyoku… well he declared himself a Visored and united all of the surviving arrancar.
"Grimmjow after everything is finished send a message to soul society that I have been killed and that the last arrancars are holding up in Las Noches. Tell them that reinforcements are needed." Ichigo ordered.
"Then what? What do we do then?" He asked.
"Then when they invade Las Noches we set off the nexus bomb." Ichigo replied with a smirk.
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"I can't believe that you actually did that." Uryu said.
"You actually used your brain for once." He added seeing the confused look on Ichigo's face.
"Yes well thanks. I then fought the Old man at the end."
"What was his bankai like?" Uryu asked.
"I had seen him use it against Aizen before so I killed him before he could use it on me. I can just see it now, 'Oh I'm sorry, you and your army are being incinerated by the will of the gods and will not be eligible for even being wished back into existence!' "
"Coward. Aizen lived through it." Uryu said snidely.
"True but I'm not Aizen and I'm a smart coward." Ichigo countered.
Uryu opened his mouth when they heard a crash. The doorway next to them popped open and Nel came crashing out along side a mountain of equipment and supplies.
"Nel what were you doing?" Ichigo asked not sure he wanted to know.
"I found a few things that I don't recognize." She answered.
Ichigo opened his mouth when….
"I..Ichigo. Are t...those what I think they are?" An extremely shocked and white face Uryu asked while pointing at the pile near Nel.
"Uryu what are you….." He started but the words died in his mouth. "Kami-sama." Ichigo whispered as he was now as shocked as Uryu.
"Aizen, there has been a number of unusual disturbances in Karakura town." Tōsen said.
"Hmm. This is disturbing news. Also there has been an increase in the unrest among the arrancar recently. That pest Nnoitra has just removed another Espada. Aaroniero this time. I turned a blind eye towards what he did to Neliel but this is too much. He has outlived his usefulness and I will have to make an example of him. They can kill each other off after they are no longer useful to me." Aizen said.
"What about Kuchiki Rukia?" Tōsen asked.
"Well, we will just have to move up our plans a bit." Aizen answered.
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Karin wasn't having the best of times. Yuzu couldn't see their invisible opponent, making her extremely scared as she was being held hostage by Grand fisher and Rukia herself was useless, mainly because her Kido were so weak that they didn't even tickle the dammed Hollow.
Karin felt relived that Ichigo had already visited their mother earlier as he had urgent work apparently. For as long as she could remember Ichigo could always see sprits and if what Rukia said was true then Fisher would have attacked him in a heart beat.
Suddenly all of them, even Fisher, stopped dead. The spiritual pressure in the air increased to a frightening level. It only worried them more when they could sense another individual with equal if not more power.
"What the hell is that?" Karin asked.
Suddenly they heard the death screams of Grand Fisher and saw the telltale sounds of a hollow being purified. But they had not been able to see who had killed Fisher.
Rukia didn't answer. The shinigami sent to find her was suddenly knocked out. Then everything went black. They could not sense anything around them but retained their sensation of touch.
"Oh, shit," Rukia said covering helplessly as the reiatsu immediately pounded relentlessly into her.
'This is at least twice a captain's reiatsu.' She thought desperately.
"Good day Kuchiki-san." A friendly voice whispered into her ear.
She turned around but was immediately grabbed by the neck and raised up. She then felt an intense pain in her stomach as if some one was drilling straight through her stomach. Finally after what seemed like hours the pain left and her hand unconsciously moved to her uninjured stomach.
"Amazing isn't it. Urahara is a true genius. Safe storage of objects inside an actual soul." The figure said.
"Don't worry you are not going to die. You still have a very important role in the things to come but I can't have you remember all of this so…."
She was then knocked unconscious and her and Karin's memories of the past five minutes were altered. The figure retreated towards another figure.
"Was it there?" It asked.
"Yes. It's hard to believe that something so small is so powerful." The first replied.
"Urahara is arriving. We should leave." It said and the two figures left the area.
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Rukia watched as the shinigami sent to retrieve her left. Karin was with Yuzu. She sighed and couldn't shake the feeling that some thing was off. Something had happened and she was not sure just what. Soul society had not detected anything and that was a bonus but after this incident it won't be long till….
Urahara and Isshin came running to the spot where they had sensed the reiatsu.
"Shit we are too late. They already took the Hōgyoku. When I finally get my hands on them…" Urahara said.
"Get on the list Urahara." Isshin said as he went to check on his family to ensure that they were not harmed.
'The future is quickly changing from what Ichigo told us. Too many events have already been changed. I warned them from changing things too much and now….'Urahara thought darkly as he went off making plans for the now uncertain future.
"Aizen, Tōsen you two are late." Yamamoto said.
"Forgive us but we had urgent work that couldn't be postponed." Aizen replied completely hiding the satisfaction he was feeling.
"Very well now that we are all present let the meeting began. Soi Fon give us you're report." Yamamoto said.
"There has been an unusual concentration of hollows in Karakura town. Too many hollows. Also the shinigami assigned to the town is MIA but all of the missions given have been taken care of." Soi Fon reported.
"Do we know what happened to her?" Aizen asked.
"Yes it seems that she gave her powers to a young human girl. A Kurosaki Karin." Soi Fon reported.
"And her condition?" Yamamoto asked, opening one eye and leaning forward a bit to hear her response.
"She is in a Gigai and is slowly recovering her power." Soi Fon reported.
"What about the kid?" asked Shunsui.
"She seems to be coping well to the situation." Soi Fon Said.
"What of her family?" Toshiro asked.
"Her mother is deceased and her father runs a clinic. She has an older brother and a fraternal Twin. They seem to be unaware of her activities." Soi Fon answered.
"It is the ruling of central 46 that a captain and a vice-captain be sent to retrieve her. As it now stands who will go to the human world?" Yamamoto asked.
"I think that it would be best if Kuchiki Byakuya and Abarai Renji go as they both know Rukia the best." Aizen suggested.
"I agree. It would be the most logical decision. But what of the girl?" Mayuri said.
"The girl is not to be killed. She is only a child and so only her powers will be striped from her by destroying her soul chain and soul sleep. Her memories need not be erased as she is still young and no one else knows. If that is all then this meeting is adjured. The people going to the human world will be….." Yamamoto finished.
End
YO this is my attempt at a cliff as well as giving me time to make a few last minute changes.
LET'S GO OVER SOME KNOWN FACTS-
The Hōgyoku has been extracted.
Aaroniero is dead and Kain and all those devoured are now visoreds.
Shinji, Urahara, Kain and Isshin know about the future.
If soul society doesn't accept Ichigo and his friends then Ichigo is more then willing to take Aizen's place.
And finally PLEASE REVIEW
How do you like it. Please review. The more you review the faster I will update.
OMAKE.
Ichigo noticed a dark skinned man leaning against the barrier. He entered the barrier knowing that the man had yet to completely conquer his inner hollow
He appeared before the man a flash of black distortion, not unlike the entry of a hollow into human world.
The man before him sat on a rock, with his head knelt down staring at the ground; he initially didn't even acknowledge the presence of the visored.
The man's face revealed the similar lines to that of the orange haired kid, except his hair was blackened and his skin bore the same kind of burnt shading. His skin was so dark that the outline of his clan's swirling symbol couldn't be seen upon his left arm. His eyes were also shaded but with yellow irises. His head rose to stare at the being before him as if he were staring at a mirror of his past.
"How are you, brother of mine?" Kaien spoke in a tone that was devoid of its signature cheeriness as if it were the absence of life itself.
"I'm afraid I am not you're brother , but you're nephew." Ichigo illustrated.
"NOOOOOOOOO!!How can the heavens curse me with such relatives?!" Kain immediately went into a crying fit worthy of Genma Saotome.
"What the hell do you mean?!" Ichigo asked worriedly.
"That ugly mug… that permanent scowl… and the way you're acting… that means my nephew is an emo too!!"
"DIE!!"