Hey there, joshnaruto here
Chapter 4 is here after only a couple of days, I know, I'm fast.
Reviews:
bankai777: Sorry but adding all of them would mess this story up.
animegamemaster6: Yes, Ichigo will be in this and he will still have Zangetsu and his mask. As you know Zanpakuto's can bond with more than one soul and considering Ichigo and Naruto are alike in most cases, Zangetsu will connect to them. Later on in the story when Ichigo is brought into it with Zangetsu, Kisuke and Yoruichi will get Naruto in since he would be the only one to train him properly and Zangetsu will fully explain why he is both of theirs. The mask and the full Hollow form will be slightly different also, only minor changes like colours or something.
Dark Insomniacs: Just to correct you, Sakura and Ino aren't his wives, Sakura he had been engaged with but never married yet and Ino he was going to propose to but Sasuke killed them before he could.
DestroyerDRT: Like I said to animegamemaster6, Ichigo and the others will be in it, won't be Bleach without them. Though they will appear much later, don't let that put you or anyone reading this off as much will happen in the meantime and the current and upcoming characters need to grow before going to Soul Society.
Everyone else thanks for your reviews and I hope more keep coming.
Just to let you all know, this story will follow the Bleach canon but with changes due to Naruto and others being in it. I don't want you thinking this will be a completley different AU story.
The Harem List
Those to fall in love with him:
Sakura Haruno
Ino Yamanaka
Yoruichi Shihōin
Lisa Yadōmaru
Soifon
Buffy Summers
Tia Harribel
The three below, will have sex with Naruto but may not be a permanent member of Naruto's Harem but more a casual friend that Naruto and say Yoruichi will sleep with, e.g. Kukaku. I'll explain beside their names about what I plan to do with them.
Kukaku Shiba (She will have casual sex with Naruto and Yoruichi since she is best friends with Yoruichi and has some feelings for the blonde but not exactly love. There won't always be a threesome and Kukaku will sometimes sleep with just the one of them. She may also have a three some with Naruto and one of the other permanent members of the Harem but things could change)
Cordelia Chase (She will ask Naruto to lose her virginity to him. Naruto, being a good guy protests, but she explains she wants to lose it to someone she trusts and wants it be something she can look back on and be happy rather than maybe a one-night stand or some drunken mistake later on in life. Where they go from there, depends on the story and the readers)
Faith Leanne (If you know about Faith, then you know she isn't the type to stay in a relationship or even begin one, at the start. Slowly she will come to realise she has feelings for Naruto and will want to see what they are. Where they go from there, depends on the story and the readers)
If you have a problem with any of these then send me a review and I will answer what I can. Remember, I won't be changing the Harem from that though, so don't ask me to remove anyone.
Note: The Timeline is different and some things may happen before they should or after they should. I have done this simply because it allows the story to progress how I want it to.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Bleach or Buffy The Vampire Slayer, nor do I own any techniques etc. from any other show, anime, games or Bleach Fan Fiction Wiki. I will give credit to those who I have used stuff from on that site and if there's any problems then ask.
So, for now that's all and here you go…
Naruto Namikaze: Human-Shinigami-Hollow Hybrid
Chapter 4: Traitors & A New Life
Previously
"Shit! Is that a Cero?" Hiyori asked seeing the red light getting brighter.
"Yeah, but what's Naruto doing?" Lisa asked with a frown.
"He's going to block it." Shinji said with a grimace.
"What?" Lisa asked in shock. "Is he insane?" She asked them before looking at Naruto. "OI! BLONDIE, IF THAT KILLS YOU, WE'RE NEVER HAVING SEX AGAIN!"She shouted making everyone else bug-eyed and sweat drop as well as making Naruto trip over his own feet…while standing still.
What went through the others thoughts though had nothing to do with the battle. 'Yoruichi…and Lisa? He's freakin' Kami.'
A moment later and a large beam of red reiryoku were fired upon the group where Naruto caught it in his bare hands but was then pushed back slightly. Keeping his footing, he found the beam to be overpowering him slightly making him wide-eyed as he saw the Cero pulse before there was an explosion that swallowed him whole. To the entire group it looked like he was vaporized from the beam.
"NARUTO!"
Now
6th District forest of Western Fugai
Everyone placed their arms over their faces to shield themselves from the aftermath of the blast, as well as the smoke that had risen and washed over them like an ocean. Eventually the smoke died down so that they could look up at last, what they didn't expect to see however, was a large crater where Naruto was. Only now inside the crater, was no Naruto, only the top of his shihakushō lay there, scorched.
"NARUTO!" Lisa screamed; her eyes wide in panic and horror as her mind kept telling her he was dead.
"Impossible." Shinji muttered.
All of the others were equally shocked at the site before them; never in a million years would they have imagined Naruto dying to protect them, killed at the hands of their own comrade. It all seemed like some horror movie, or a very realistic nightmare. Lisa's sorrow quickly turned to anger as she quickly unsheathed her Zanpakuto, its edge glistening in the moonlight, and dove straight for Kensei who stood there like a wild animal.
"Lisa! Stop!" Rose shouted seeing the brunette diving towards Kensei.
As Lisa came close, Kensei swung at her with his large fists only for the petite woman to slide under the arm and slice upwards along his chest causing him to stumble back as a very thin cut appeared on his chest. "I don't care if you are still Kensei, I'll kill you." She swore as she back flipped away before Kensei punched the ground, leaving a crater in his wake.
Just as Lisa was about to charge again, Kensei appeared in front of her ready to hit her with all he had. Lisa, using her extreme speed, brought her sword up to block just as Kensei's fist struck it, pushing her back along the ground with her feet digging the very floor up as she tried to stay put. Kensei, even in his wild state could see Lisa was wide open and swung his free fist at her intending to take her head off. He was stopped however as Love appeared in front of him with his own Zanpakuto drawn.
"Damn it Lisa. You shouldn't have just blindly charged in." Love said as he glanced back at her.
"I'm sorry…it's just that…" She trailed off as a few tears ran down her face making Love sigh.
Lisa shook her head and quickly jumped back to get some distance between her and the wild Kensei while Love pushed back on the man and struck him on the arm only to cause sparks as the blade slide the arm harmlessly. That only seemed to anger Kensei though as his reiatsu skyrocketed amongst his roars, destroying the land with its oppressive force. Love jumped up to the sky to avoid the blast but didn't expect for Kensei to follow as he appeared in front of him, punching him with all he had blasting the afro-haired man to the ground in an explosion.
Lisa flew up at Kensei in an attempt to stop him once again. Swinging at the man, he only dodged it easily. Lisa carried on swinging in the hopes of catching him but it proved futile as Kensei dodged every single strike with ease.
Rose flew up into the sky and dropped down on Kensei with a mighty swing of his Zanpakuto only for the Hollowfied Kensei to block it with his bare arm like it was nothing. Lisa back-flipped and held her arm out at Kensei. "Hadō no San jū ichi: Shakkahō!" (Way of Destruction #31: Red Fire Cannon) A red ball of fire launched from her hand and struck Kensei in his chest making roar in anger.
Kensei knocked Rose to the side before he appeared in front of Lisa and kicked her in the stomach sending her flying to the ground as blood flew from her mouth. However, before Kensei could do anything a voice rung out through the open plains. "Bakudō no Roku jū san: Sajo Sabaku!" (Way of Binding #63: Locking Bondage Stripes) A yellow chain materialized out of no-where behind Kensei and started to twirl around the Hollowfied Taicho before tightening, keeping him bound with his arms behind his back. Everyone looked over to where they heard the voice only to see Hachigen with his hands in a seal maintaining the spell. "What is going on?" He demanded in his soft spoke voice while his eyes narrowed, looking around to see Lisa and Love getting up from their own craters wijt minor wounds coating their bodies.
Shinji sighed before explaining everything Naruto told him, the fight after it, Naruto's supposed death and then the rest of the fight. To say Hachi was shocked was an understatement, the fact that something such as a 'Hollowfication' could happen to a Shinigami seemed impossible. Before he could form a reply they all heard Kensei roar prompting them all to turn to the man as he started to pull himself from the hole his body had made. His arms tightened, veins popping out as he stretched the chains. "Impossible…breaking the Bakudō with just pure strength…" Hachi muttered in shock.
Not a moment later and Kensei had broken through the restraints with a mighty roar before turning his blazing red eyes on the group. Rose flew up to face Kensei but before he could reach him he heard Lisa shout. "Rose! Above you!" Looking up, he was just able to see the heel of a foot as it smashed into his head sending him spiralling down to the ground.
Shinji winced hearing Rose connect with the ground but looked up to see the culprit and his eyes widened. "Mashiro!" He exclaimed recognizing the green haired Shinigami, only now she had gone through a similar transformation as Kensei. Her Hollow Mask had taken the form of a hornet or bee while her legs had gained an insect like appearance.
The usually bubbly girl suddenly flew at Shinji at speeds he didn't think she could be capable of using. Quickly unsheathing his sword, he blocked a kick from Mashiro which sent him skidding back along the ground from the force. Mashiro started kicking Shinji relentlessly forcing the Gobantai Taicho to keep blocking with his right hand since he was holding Hiyori under his left arm. Each kick was even more powerful than the previous one, pushing him back constantly. Mashiro suddenly jumped back and went in for a stronger kick with reiatsu wrapped around her foot but before she could connect, Hachi had already started another spell. "Walls of iron sand, a priestly pagoda, glowing ironclad fireflies. Standing upright, silent to the end, Bakudō no Nana jū go: Gochūtekkan!" (Way of Binding #75: Quintet of 1 Kan Iron Pillars) Five large pillars fell from the sky and slammed on top of Mashiro, two pillars struck her arms, two struck her legs and the last struck her back, smashing her into the ground, holding her down.
"Damn, don't you think that was over kill?" Shinji muttered with a little wince.
"Judging by Kensei-san's strength, I couldn't risk the same thing happening with Mashiro-san." Hachi explained.
"Will she be ok?" Hiyori asked who was still being held under Shinji's arm.
"She shouldn't be too injured." Hachi assured. Suddenly reiatsu poured out of Mashiro as she screamed, shaking the ground as she did so from the force. Shinji, Hiyori and Hachi watched as cracks started to run along the pillars.
"That can't be good." Shinji muttered with a frown.
"How?" Hachi asked himself in shock at seeing his spell being destroyed. "This should not be…impossible."
Suddenly the pillars exploded sending the remnants everywhere. Mashiro stood up from her spot and faced the trio in a slouched position. Vanishing and reappearing in front of them she kicked out at Shinji but before she made contact, a hand had grabbed her ankle and threw her through into the forest, crashing through many trees.
Shinji looked up the arm and came face to face Naruto Namikaze. "I thought you died." He said in shock.
Naruto chuckled and shook his head. "When I die, it'll be so explosive that no-one will ever forget it." He said. He was now topless due to the fact that his upper clothing of his shihakushō was lying scorched where the Cero had struck. His mask was also gone from his face leaving him to be his normal self.
Naruto looked in the direction of where he threw Mashiro when she suddenly appeared in front of him. Blocking a strong kick from her, he ducked under the next and flipped over another kick while also kicking out and striking her face which only succeeded in knocking her back slightly. "Damn it, how long is this gonna take? I don't want to draw my sword on you guys." He muttered to himself.
In the meantime Rose had risen from his crater and now he, Love and Lisa were facing Kensei who just kept growling. "How the hell was Naruto able to hold this guy off?" Love muttered with a growl.
"Naruto was one of the strongest Taicho's, even stronger than Kensei." Rose said with a chuckle. "The guy only ever used Bankai once since coming to Soul Society and that was only against the Vasto Lorde."
Suddenly Kensei appeared in front of them with green reiryoku swimming around his fist as he punched the ground causing a large explosion that blew the three Shinigami away. Before the Shinigami could do anything, Kensei appeared in front of Love with a fist infused with reiryoku before punching forward. Love immediately blocked with his Zanpakuto but was sent flying back into a tree.
Lisa gritted her teeth before turning to Rose. "I'm gonna try and cut his tendons, you go for his right, I'll go for his left." She said
"All right!" Rose shouted as he charged at Kensei on his left, swinging his sword at Kensei's right, the man blocked it with his armoured arm while Lisa attacked on the other side only to have Kensei swing his arm out in a block.
Kensei then grabbed them both and threw them away over to where Naruto and his group were. Just as Lisa was about to smack in to a tree she was picked out of the air by familiar strong arms. "Wow Lisa-chan, flying right into my arms hm?" Looking up she saw Naruto holding her in his arms with a grin.
"N-Naruto?" She asked in shock since she had been too busy fighting Kensei.
"The one and only." Naruto as he put Lisa down. Turning to where Kensei was he saw him ready for anything. Looking around he noticed everyone was together. "Hachi, do you have anything to restrain Kensei?" He asked large man.
"Yes…but…for it to work I need to be able to target him directly." Hachi said with a worried look.
"So you need one of us to hold him tight?" Shinji asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes…more or else." Hachi answered.
"I'll do it." Naruto said stepping forward to face Kensei. "You guys be ready just in case I fail." Lifting his hands to his face he spoke one last time. "We only have one shot at this, don't mess up." And with that he summoned his mask once gain causing the air to be saturated with a stronger Hollow reiatsu.
Vanishing from his spot he appeared behind Kensei and grabbed him around the waist. Acting fast he placed his hand in a seal. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" (Shadow Clone Jutsu) He said as two more clones appeared to grab Kensei's arms from moving, he found it difficult as Kensei was slowly overpowering him with his brute strength. "Now Hachi!" His demonic voice shouted across the field.
"Bakudō no Kyū jū kyū, Part 1: Kin!" (Way of Binding #99, Part 1: Seal) Hachi said as he clapped his hands together. Spiritual fabric appeared behind Kensei and wrapped around his arm tied with iron shafts. Naruto jumped back just as more spiritual fabric latched on to the man and wrapped around his body before four different sections latched onto the ground with iron shafts pinned in to them and dragged Kensei to the ground face first.
Shinji whistled and looked at Hachi. "Damn! You did a level 90 Bakudō without incantation. That's badass." He said with awe.
"It was…a bit of a stretch." Hachi admitted as he panted from the level of the spell.
"All right…" Shinji started as everyone started walking over, Naruto had removed his mask once more to appear normal looking. "What do we do now?"
"Can you use a Kidō and fix this?" Rose asked Naruto.
Naruto sighed and shook his head. "Once it's done, it can't be removed. I had already planned on leaving Soul Society if this ever happened. I guess it's sooner than I thought." He said with a sigh.
"Leaving Soul Society?" Lisa asked in shock.
"Yeah. A Shinigami gaining the powers of a Hollow is against the highest law. If they ever found out about Kensei, Mashiro and I. We would be executed on the spot." He said with another sigh feeling like he had just gotten older. "If I take them to the Human World, I can help train them to control these new powers."
Before anything else could be said Hiyori started to cough madly as if choking from under Shinji's arm. Shinji looked down at her. "Hey Hiyori, you alright?" No answer came and she kept coughing. Turning to Hachi he said. "Hachi take care of healin' her for now."
"Shin…Shin…Shinji…" Hiyori gasped out. "Let…go…of me!" She shouted as white substance exploded from her mouth and started to wrap around the left side of her face.
Before they knew what had happened, Shinji had been struck on his left side as blood spurted out while the man started to fall backwards from the shock and agony of the injury. Everyone had shocked looks as they saw Hiyori holding a bloodied Zanpakuto while stood in a slouched position.
Naruto looked up to see Hiyori with a full mask covering her face making him grimace at another person's life screwed up. Her Hollow mask was skeletal in appearance and sported a prominent horn centred on the forehead with a row of diamond shaped markings over the eyebrows. The sclera of her eyes had turned black, though her irises remained brown. "Shit!" He shouted in alarm. Just as she was about to move forward, Mashiro had appeared in front of him and used her superb strength to kick him back through the forest and through plenty of trees. As he struck the last tree he grabbed at his ribcage feeling a few broken ribs as blood dribbled out of his mouth, rolling down to his chin.
Hiyori looked up to the sky and roared raisng her reiatsu, in doing so caused the air to become distorted as the Earth shook from the intense force. "Hiyori!" Lisa exclaimed as she rushed at her. Hiyori looked down at last and faced Lisa.
"What just happened?" Love asked, also running at her.
Before anything else could happen though, an empty blackness surrounded them in an instant causing their eye sight to give out on them completely.
"Wha-?" Hachi muttered as he tried to look around.
"Huh?" Lisa questioned as she slowed her running down.
"What's this?" Love asked as he tried to look around. "LISA! ROSE! HACHI! NARUTO! SHIN-" He failed to carry on however as he was suddenly struck down on the spot as blood flew from his back. He only had a moment to blink before his body dropped to the ground.
Shinji who wasn't trapped in the blackness watched as it faded from view to reveal Lisa, Rose, Love, Hachi, Hiyori and Mashiro cut down, blood pooling around them with Kensei still in his restraints. Looking up he noticed the attacker as one of Kensei's seated officer. "You're…Tosen…" He acknowledged in shock. "Why? You…betrayed Kensei…your own Taicho!" He said still in shock. He glanced around discretely for Naruto since he had been blown in to the forest. 'He must be waiting…or he was knocked out. Please god…please be the first, the guys are goin' to die at this rate.'
"He didn't betray anyone." An all too familiar voice said. "He's quite loyal, in fact…" Shinji glanced back at the pause in speech to see his Fukutaichō, Sōsuke Aizen and his 3rd seat Gin Ichimaru. "…He obeyed every order I gave him." Aizen finished as he unsheathed his blade. "Please don't get angry with him Hirako-Taicho."
"Aizen…? I knew it." Shinji growled from where he lay on the ground. "So you started all of this?" He asked with narrowed eyes.
"Then you noticed? I'm not surprised." Aizen said with nonchalance.
"'Course I did." Shinji said as if it was obvious.
"Since when?" Aizen asked with curiosity.
"Since you were kicking around in your mama's womb." Shinji retorted.
"I see." Aizen replied with a chuckle.
"I always…knew ya were dangerous; I always knew ya were a man who couldn't be trusted." Shinji said with a growl and shake of his head. "That's why I chose you to be my Fukutaichō; it was so I could watch you Aizen."
"Yes, and I'm most grateful Hirako-Taicho." Aizen said confusing Shinji. "Thanks to your constantly doubting me, you never realized."
"I just said I did!" Shinji retorted.
"No, you didn't see a thing." Aizen said almost mockingly. "For this whole month I wasn't the one walking behind you." He said making the blonde's eyes to widen in shock. "I can make my enemies believe anything I want them to. That's my Zanpakuto Kyōka Suigetsu's, true ability. I refer to its power as Kanzen Saimin." (Complete Hypnosis)
"Kanzen Saimin?" Shinji asked in confusion.
"You're a clever man, Hirako-Taicho." Aizen admitted with sincerity. "If you had treated me the same way the other Taicho's treat their Fukutaichō, you might have seen through it. But you never tried. Since you never trusted me, you always kept me at arm's length. You never opened up your heart to me, never shared any information. You never tried to know me." Pausing in his speech he sheathed his Zanpakuto. "And that's why you never noticed…when I had someone else take my place. I had my substitute memorize my behavioural patterns and the way I interacted with you and the other Taicho's. If you had truly formed a relationship with me, you would have noticed slight differences in our ticks and mannerisms. The reason your down on the ground right now is all because you never bothered to get to know me." He stopped as Shinji started to pick himself off of the ground. "Did you understand all of that, Hirako-Taicho?"
"Aizen…" Shinji growled with growing hate. He had expected some sort of betrayal or something of the like, but he had never imagined it would manifest such hatred. 'So this is how Naruto has felt most of the time?'
"And one more thing…you said that you selected me as your Fukutaichō so you could keep an eye on me." At this point the brown haired Shinigami shook his head. "But that's incorrect."
"What?"
"Just as Taicho's have to appoint their own Fukutaichō's, the candidate has the right to reject the offer. Of course that's hardly ever happened. But nevertheless, I had the option of not becoming your Fukutaichō. So why did I take it?" He asked rhetorically as he looked down at Shinji with an arrogant smirk. "Because you were perfect. Your suspicious nature and caution around me created the ideal environment for my plans. Now do you understand? You didn't choose me, I chose you, Hirako-Taicho. You should take the chance to apologize to your friends. They're on the ground, bleeding and unconscious because I chose you."
Shinji went wide-eyed as he looked behind him to see white substance explode from each every person's face and forming around their heads. "Aizen!" Shinji shouted as he shot up, Zanpakuto in hand. However before he could take a step, the same white substance shot out of his mouth and enveloped the left side if his face in a form akin to a pharaohs helmet.
"Thank you for allowing my little taunts to anger you." Aizen said with a pleased smile.
"Damn it! Me too?" Shinji asked himself as he went through antagonizing pain. All around him, his fellow Taicho's and Fukutaichō's had been partially covered in the substance making him blink in shock. "Aizen! What's going on?" Shinji demanded, only for his mask to grow making him scream in agony, feeling his control slip more and more.
"It seems that Hollowfication proceeds quicker if the subject is agitated." Aizen observed.
"So…Naruto was right." Shinji said with realization.
"Ah, yes Naruto-kun." Aizen said with a smile. "A truly magnificent being, a hybrid of Human, Shinigami and Hollow. The first of his kind." Aizen then saw Hiyori pick herself up and stare at Shinji.
"Shin…ji." She whispered.
"Kaname." Aizen said to Tosen.
"Yes, sir." The man said as if understanding his orders.
Before Shinji could intercept, Tosen was already in front of Hiyori, slashing down.
Blood was seen flowing into the air from the slash.
However when they all saw where the blood was coming from, they were shocked. "Naruto?" Shinji asked in shock. There stood in front of Hiyori was Naruto with his arms outstretched in a protective action with a large gash from his left shoulder to his right hip, a deep cut that wasn't stopping to bleed.
'Damn…I should have used…my Hollow powers…I was too…careless.' Naruto thought as he coughed up blood. Lowering his arms, he spun around to face Hiyori and punched her in the stomach making her gasp for air before she slumped forward on his arm. Placing her to the ground he quickly turned around once more with blood dripping down his body. "I always suspected you Aizen. Ever since you sent that Arrancar after me to test me. Granted I had no idea it was by you…but for the past 20 years I've known there was a traitor amongst us. I guess I was too late in figuring it out." Naruto said as he gripped his Zanpakuto. Unsheathing Zangetsu he looked at Tosen. Swinging upward lightly, Tosen stepped back to avoid it but was confused why Naruto hadn't put effort into it. He got his answer as Naruto channelled a thin layer of reiryoku onto his blade as he called out. "Kensū no Hachi: Kujira Shōgeki!" (Number Eight: Whale Crash) Bringing his blade down fast, he struck down on Tosen who blocked quickly, but it wasn't good enough because as soon as the blades met, a crater formed under their feet. Cracks ran outwards from the point of impact before the surrounding area was blown away in the explosion that occurred.
Tosen quickly jumped back from the smoke cloud, with minor injuries, to stand by Aizen with blood running down his face from his hairline. Meanwhile Shinji looked on in awe and shock at what his friends' single strike had accomplished. It reminded him of when Kensei had used his Bankai to kill a Menos simply because he was annoyed and left a giant crater in his wake. 'If he can do that in his sealed form…I really wanted a real fight with him for a long time…I guess on some level I always knew he was strong…but…can he really beat Aizen…and his injury, he's breathing heavily.'
"Not bad Naruto-kun." Aizen said as the smoke cleared revealing Naruto leaning on his sword with blood running freely. "But you should have blocked Tosen's first strike. Then again that's what you do isn't it? You sacrifice yourself in a heartbeat, if it meant that you would save a comrade." Aizen said with a smirk.
"Fuck you…you piece of shit." Naruto muttered.
"What should I do?" Tosen asked Aizen.
"…Proceed."
Tosen gave a nod before dashing forward at Naruto who was quick to defend. Before he could however Shinji appeared in front of Tosen and blocked him. "I won't let you sacrifice yourself Naruto." Shinji said as he pushed Tosen back. Dashing after him he kept on swinging at the blind man who was quick to block but after a while he could feel himself sweat under the strikes.
"It looks like he's holdin' it back ain't he?" Gin asked Aizen with a sick smile on face.
"Yes, he seems to be." Aizen said with a neutral look.
Shinji gave Tosen one last attack that sent him skidding back while he started to pant from fatigue. 'What the hell is this, this doesn't even make sense. I can't tell if I'm hurtin' or not. It's kinda like I'm fighting in someone else's body.' He stopped his train of thought as he saw Tosen getting up.
Tosen quickly ran at him and swung downwards which resulted in a minor explosion as he struck the ground. Shinji jumped up into the sky and was soon followed by Tosen who started to stab at him, which was dodged at every strike. Shinji twisted in mid-air and brought his Zanpakuto down on Tosen with some strikes before a final slash with all of his strength sent Tosen into the ground and formed a new crater with the blind Shinigami in the centre of it.
Shinji dropped to the ground now heavily panting. 'No wonder Kensei wiped the floor with us…' He thought about his new found strength. Looking up he spotted Aizen looking at him. '…I might be able to pull this off.'
Tosen rose from the rocks that were on top of him and started to breathe through the sweat forming on his forehead. "My greatest apologies." He said to Aizen. "I will…kill him shortly."
"No worries Kaname." Aizen said. "I had already anticipated this. Besides the duration of the Hollowfication varies from person to person." He said and watched as Shinji's mask started to grow down the left side of the man, over the shoulder and past his chest. "You were most fascinating to watch. But I'm done with you now." As soon as those words were uttered, Naruto was on alert despite the aching pain in his torso. "Let's put an end to this Hirako-Taicho." Aizen then unsheathed his sword halfway before speaking once more. "Here's one last thing for you to learn. There is no fear when one expects to be betrayed. What's truly terrifying is when betrayal is unexpected, Hirako-Taicho. Farewell." And with that he brought his blade down on Shinji.
He was stopped however as Naruto appeared in front of Shinji. But he wasn't the one to stop the blade, Kisuke Urahara had appeared in the last second with Benihime outstretched and only managed to cut Aizen on the arm since the man had sensed Kisuke at the last second to dodge out of the way.
"I see. We have more interesting guests." Aizen said with a smirk.
Kisuke looked around at the situation and couldn't believe what had happened, especially the extensive cut on Naruto's torso that didn't seem to be healing. "Naruto…Yoruichi-san is going to be pissed at you." He said with a light chuckle while Tessai behind him looked emotionless.
Naruto chuckled also knowing he would indeed, be killed by the Nibantai Taicho. "I'll make it up to her…but for now we have bigger problems." He said indicating to the three traitors.
Kisuke gave a nod and turned back to Aizen. "Ahh yes…now what is going on here?" He asked in a somewhat carefree tone.
"As you can see I just so happened to have stumbled upon the investigation teams, which were apparently injured in battle. I was going to try to heal their wounds." Aizen said smoothly.
"You two-face sack of shit-" Shinji started but started coughing.
"Why are you lying to me?" Kisuke asked with a serious tone.
"Lying?" Aizen asked with a confused look.
Naruto sneered at the way Aizen could change his facial expression to be so believable. 'He could be a fucking reincarnation of Madara for crying out loud.´ He thought to himself, but the scary thing was that Aizen seemed to scream, 'Madara Uchiha'.
"Is there something wrong with a Fukutaichō attempting to help save his Taicho's life?" Aizen asked smoothly.
"No that's not what I meant." Kisuke said calmly. "They were injured in battle? You call that injured? There's no lying your way out of this. They've been Hollowfied." Kisuke said making Naruto's eyes widen as well as Shinji for the fact Kisuke knew about it. Even Tessai seemed surprised by what he had said. "The case of the vanishing souls…several of our subordinates' vanished one after the next, all leading up to this. The only possible cause of this…is Hollowfication research."
"So you did know about Hollowfication all along." Naruto muttered loud enough for Kisuke to hear making the man sigh.
"Someone was conducting experiments, but considering our current situation, there's no longer any doubt as to whom that someone was." Kisuke furthered his deduction.
"Impressive, I wouldn't expect any better from a man such as you, Kisuke Urahara." Aizen said with a smirk. "However it's Namikaze-Taicho who has been on to me for the last 30 years." He said shocking Kisuke somewhat.
Naruto growled at the man. "Ever since the day I met you, you set my senses off. Sending that Arrancar after me to test me just made you stand out more. Especially your pitiful illusions…did you really think, after all these years I wouldn't have found a way around them?" Naruto said with a smirk at seeing Aizen tense slightly. "I once had the greatest demon sealed inside of me since the day I was born. The Kyuubi no Yoko, a kitsune demon, master of all illusions they're known as. I absorbed its power for myself, making me able to see through your illusions. All it took was for me to figure out how, you created them." At this his eyes had narrowed. "Before…you told me you used your Zanpakuto for them…now they no longer affect me."
Aizen chuckled as he shook his head at the, in his opinion, young man. "Naruto-kun, you don't understand at all do you?" He asked with a smile, a smile that went larger when Naruto looked at him confused. "The day you came to Soul Society was also the day you fought with Sasuke Uchiha, am I correct?"
Naruto looked wide-eyed for a moment before narrowing them. "How could you know about that?"
Aizen didn't answer him but pressed on. "Don't you find it strange, that with everything you said about killing Sasuke-kun that in the end, you just didn't?" He asked making Naruto's eyes widen in realization as well as Kisuke he had been there at the time.
"What is he…talking about?" Shinji gasped out looking confused, despite him having been there, he wasn't a genius to figure it out like Kisuke and Naruto.
"That night I was going to…" Naruto grunted as he grabbed his head, images flying about in his mind of the night he fought Sasuke, the same words he had spoken repeating in his mind over and over.
"To kill the man I once thought of as a brother!"
"Everything I loved, cared for, cherished…and lived for is gone, forever, I have nothing left to live for. Except for killing the man who caused all of this, a taint such as him should never walk free!"
"This isn't revenge, its justice, what would any of you do huh? If the person who destroyed your entire life, ripped everything you ever loved away, would you simply let him go, to walk through, cause more chaos wherever he goes? If so, then the Spirit King should never have sent you people!"
"I'll end it here; no-one will suffer ever again. I promise!"
"I will finish this here and now. You won't live to hurt anyone else!"
Naruto gripped his head tighter as the words kept repeating until all of a sudden he understood, the words stopped as if realizing what they were trying to get to happen had worked. Naruto locked eyes with Aizen with nothing but pure anger in them. However in his weakened state, he couldn't do anything without risking everyone else.
Aizen smirked as he saw the fury. "You understand now don't you? On that night I was there, watching Sasuke-kun and you fight to the death. Two people who had lost everything, fighting for nothing, but each other's death. A story such as the two of yours would make a great novel, wouldn't you say?" Aizen asked with that damnable smirk on his face. "You defeated Sasuke-kun with your Bankai, an impressive feat I must admit. But, then you was about to stab him through the head with your Zanpakuto. And yet, at the last second, you suddenly shifted the angle and stabbed the ground beside him and walked off with an excuse of why you didn't kill him."
Naruto glared at Aizen with gritted teeth. "You used your Zanpakuto…Kyōka Suigetsu's ability to…to what? Control me? Make me a puppet? What did you do to me?" He shouted out in anger and frustration.
"I did nothing of the sort. In fact, all I did was plant a little suggestion here and there and gave you that little…push. And five minutes later you and the rest of the Taicho's walked through the Senkaimon as if nothing was wrong. But, it would seem that my suggestions have cleared from your mind now haven't they, it would also seem you are immune to my Zanpakuto's effect now." Aizen sighed as he placed his hand on the hilt of his sword. "That night went just I planned it. It's such a shame we have to say goodbye on such bad terms."
"Don't fuck with me Aizen!" Naruto shouted startling Kisuke, Shinji and Tessai. "I don't understand. You said your Zanpakuto Kyōka Suigetsu had the ability of Kanzen Saimin but isn't that just controlling someone's five senses? With that ability, you shouldn't have been able to make me let Sasuke live. It doesn't add up!"
"Hm…your right." Aizen nodded as he tapped his Zanpakuto. "Kanzen Saimin can only be used if the people see the release of my Shikai. Something you never actually saw since I never revealed myself to you. But, you've forgotten my Zanpakuto focuses solely on the hypnotizing of a being. Hypnotizing is also another way of convincing someone to do something they wouldn't do, by merely placing a suggestion within their minds. I call it, Konran o Maindo." (Mind Disruption) He smirked at Naruto. "I rarely have to use that ability, and when I do it is usually on a weak mind. Thankfully at that time, your mind was in such turmoil and despair, that you never noticed my prickling in the back of your mind, placing a suggestion of 'leaving Sasuke Uchiha alive because it wouldn't bring the women you loved back to life by killing him'."
"Al these years you…you…planted those suggestions inside of me to keep Sasuke alive for a reason, why? Why would you want him to survive? I don't get it, what could he, a Shinobi help a Shinigami with?"
Aizen chuckled at the blondes' anger, but instead of answering him, he carried on with his prodding at the blondes' anger. "Oh Naruto-kun, you just don't get it do you? Out of everyone I have ever met, there have only ever been a few people I have felt respect for, either for their intelligence, power or determination, it didn't matter. In the end respect was just that, respect. You Naruto-kun, I respected most out of everyone, you had those three qualities since the day you was born."
Naruto's eyes widened in disbelief. "Since the day…I was born? What the hell're you getting at?"
"Hmm…I think's that's a story for another time, don't you believe?" Aizen asked, inwardly smirking. 'Naruto-kun…you and Sasuke-kun are two of a kind, the only two of your race and yet you don't realise yet…that it's thanks to you, I was able to grant Sasuke the same abilities that you have at your disposal. One day Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun and you will meet for the last time.'
Naruto, unaware of Aizen's thoughts trembled with anger, confusion, frustration and so many more pent up emotions that he didn't know what to do, with them. "TELL ME NOW!" He shouted as his reiatsu exploded out of like a typhoon of energy.
Aizen went slightly wide-eyed at the pressure of his reiatsu, while Gin's slit eyes opened slightly. Tosen was the most affected however, with being blind and more spiritually sensitive, it made him feel it two-fold. Before Naruto could do anything though. Gin aimed his Zanpakuto at him which looked like an ordinary wakizashi. The hilt was light-blue with a tsuba made of two slim swirls of metal looping around the blade to make an open oval, resembling an "S".
"Ikorose, Shinsō!" (Shoot to Kill, God Spear) Before Naruto could do anything in his weakened state, Gin's sword lengthened to an impossible length in a bright white blur and impaled him in the stomach making the blonde cough up blood.
Kisuke seeing him get stabbed went wide-eyed and was about to intervene when Naruto glanced at him and shook his head. Hesitating in his action with not being sure whether or not to help him, he reluctantly stepped down. Shinji however was the more shocked one at seeing someone as fast as Naruto get stabbed.
"How disappointing, an' 'ere I thought you could dodge it." Gin said, he was about to retract his blade back when Naruto grabbed it in his hand and winced as the exceedingly sharp blade sliced his hand causing that to bleed as well.
"Did you really…think that…I didn't see it…coming?" He asked as he looked up at the trio. "Hadō no Jū ichi: Tsuzuri Raiden!" (Way of Destruction #11: Bound Lightning) Lightning poured out of the hand that he held the blade which streamed down the entire blade until it reached Gin's own hand making him grit his teeth as the electricity coursed through him like a hundred burning hot knives stabbing him.
Naruto had to quickly let go of the blade and jump back as he heard Tosen shout. "Hadō no San jū san: Sōkatsui!" (Way of Destruction #33: Blue Fire, Crash Down) A large blue blast of reiryoku exploded on the spot he was just on, a column of smoke rose up a second later. Just as he was about to charge forward once more his chest tore open more causing him to fall to his knees as he coughed up blood.
"I'm happy that you came here this evening. Naruto-kun, I'll see you another time, I hope I can entertain you with an interesting story when such a time appears." Aizen spoke as Tosen and Gin joined him at his side. "Gin, Kaname, we've accomplished enough for now. Let's go." He said as he started to walk away.
"Don't move anywhere you bastard!" Naruto shouted as he went to stand up. Before he could move however, Aizen pointed a finger in his direction. "Hadō no Yon: Byakurai!" (Way of Destruction #4: Pale Lightning) A condensed beam of lightning was released from his fingers and struck Naruto through his right shoulder before he could do anything. All Naruto could do with his multiple injuries were to drop down to the ground, flat on his face. 'Damn it…I should have…been serious from…the beginning…now my carelessness…has gotten me into trouble…I guess…no matter where I am…things never change.'
"Naruto…" Whispered Shinji in shock before a flash of pain took over.
Kisuke seeing his friend practically dead, charged towards Aizen. "Wait Aizen! I'm not done yet!"
"Please move Urahara-dono!" Tessai shouted as he started a spell. Kisuke looked behind him and went wide-eyed. Using his advanced speed over years of training, he quickly dove to the side as Tessai called out. "Hadō no Hachi jū hachi: Hiryugekizokushintenraiho!" (Way of Destruction #88: Flying Dragon-Striking Heaven-Shaking Thunder Cannon) An enormous amount of electricity fired from Tessai's hands, roaring just over Urahara's back, sending it towards Aizen who smirked. "Bakudō no Hachi jū ichi: Danku!" (Way of Binding #81: Splitting Void) A tall rectangular transparent wall appeared behind Aizen, Gin and Tosen causing Tessai's spell to strike it sparking a giant explosion that turned into a firestorm.
As the fire and smoke died down, they watched as the transparent wall shattered revealing that Aizen and his two allies had escaped. "Impossible." Tessai said in a whisper. "A Fukutaichō…skipped the incantation for Danku and still stopped my spell?" Kisuke also looked in shock, knowing how strong Tessai was when it came to Kidō. "My greatest apologies, but it would appear he got away." Tessai said with his head in a bow.
"Don't beat…yourself…up old man." Naruto said from his position on the ground, now lying on his back with blood all over him. "You're not the…only one who underestimated…the bastard." He said before coughing. 'Sasuke…what does Aizen want you for?"
"Naruto! Are you ok?" Kisuke said as he went to the blonde.
"Eh, not the first time…I've had a hole…pierced through me or been cut up. Check on…Shinji and…the others." Naruto told him. As soon as the words left his mouth Shinji started to scream in agony before falling to his knees.
Kisuke and Tessai rushed over as the Taicho fell on his back while holding his head. As they got there, Shinji suddenly went limp like the other infected Shinigami. "It's no good; the Hollowfication process has advanced too far for me to help them here!" Kisuke said in frustration.
"Urahara-dono, it seems that you understand what's going on here." Tessai said getting the sandy blondes attention. "I haven't so much as heard of Hollowfication, yet you seem to know all about it. As such, you must know how to reverse the process."
Kisuke looked down at Shinji's limp form for a moment and was about to speak when Naruto did. "Reversing it is impossible. Once a person…has been through Hollowfication…there is no turning back."
"How do you know Namikaze-dono?" Tessai asked.
Naruto was now stood up leaning against his Zanpakuto close by. "Because I've already earned my mask." He said, holding his hand out a mask appeared in the form of blackish-red reiryoku. "I was going to take these guys to the Human World to train them to beat their Inner Hollow…but I know now that you Kisuke…have been working on Hollowfying Shinigami. I won't ask why right now, but if I know you, you have something that can help even out their Shinigami and Hollow powers." He said with a serious tone.
"I know a way that may help them." Kisuke admitted with a bit of shame in his voice for having created something to grant Shinigami extra powers. "But it's a gamble, it may actually reverse the process, it has a 20% chance of working."
"Ok, it's better than nothing." Tessai suddenly said. Standing up he faced all of the Taicho's and Fukutaichō's down on the ground. "I'm going to carry all eight of them just as they are to the Jūnibantai barracks. We'll save them with whatever equipment you have there."
"Just as they are?" Kisuke asked with a confused look. "How can you do that?"
"I'll have to freeze time and teleport us." Tessai answered.
"What?" Kisuke asked in shock, Naruto was also in shock never having heard of such a thing.
"Both of these are forbidden techniques." Tessai said. "Those who use them are severely punished. I insist that you close your eyes and plug your eyes." Tessai said as he placed the palm of his hands together where a green light appeared. Pulling his hands apart a green cylinder of reiryoku appeared, suddenly the area around them started to shine as well as their friends in a bright green light. At once the light took over their eyes forcing them to shield them.
Jūnibantai Barracks
The large group appeared in a display of bright green light. Opening their eyes, they found themselves within Kisuke's main lab in his Division. Looking around they could see their friends in the same position that they had left them.
"Whoa." Naruto muttered at such a technique. "Now that could come in handy." He said with a chuckle. Turning to Kisuke who had the same expression on his face he said. "So where's this thing you created?"
Kisuke sighed as he started to walk over to a safe. "Hollowfication was one of the answers I stumbled upon while researching how to strengthen Shinigami souls." Getting to the safe he started to type in the password. "During the course of my research, I created something that can temporarily break the barrier between Hollow and Shinigami to create a new being." Kisuke said as the safe opened.
"Idiot." Naruto muttered with a shake of his head.
"That's what I'll use to treat Hirako-san and the others."
"What is this object?" Tessai asked with curiosity.
"I call it…the Hōgyoku." Kisuke said as he pulled a cloth away from something he took out of the safe. It revealed a hexagonal object that held a unique substance in the form of a small, light purplish spherical stone.
"Whoa…" Naruto muttered as he felt the power rushing from it.
"Hōgyoku?" Tessai questioned. 'Why is it so overpowering? Is it reiatsu? No, that's not it. It has a presence!' He thought in shock. 'This stone's presence feels like it's trying to stifle my very existence. What in the world is this thing? What has Urahara-dono created?'
"Can we save them with this?" Naruto asked while feeling a weird flutter in his stomach from the Hōgyoku.
"No, remember what I said. There is only a 20% chance of this actually working. If Aizen-Fukutaichō was really behind the vanishing souls, then I highly doubt he predicted a way of reversal."
"Well then let's get to work." Naruto said with a chuckle despite the situation. The issue about Sasuke possibly being alive could wait till later, right now he had more important things to worry about.
In The Morning
Kisuke was slouched over his desk having fallen asleep after using the Hōgyoku on Shinji and the others. Tessai was sat back against a wall and had been awake the entire time to make sure nothing went wrong. Naruto was laid down on a spare bed with bandages wrapped around his chest and stomach from Tosen's and Gin's attacks on his body. They had finally gotten the bleeding to stop.
Kisuke's eyes suddenly snapped open from his sleep and he spun around in his seat to look at Shinji, but instead of finding him as he normally was, the Taicho had a fully formed mask on his face. Seeing the mask could only get him depressed causing him to look down before standing up.
"Urahara-dono?" Tessai asked, wondering where the man went.
"I'm sorry Tessai-san, we failed." Kisuke said with his head lowered.
"No." Naruto said, sitting up on the bed while holding his bandages since he still felt pain there. "I'll go to the Human World with them and teach them how to control their newfound abilities." He said with a sigh.
"What about Soul Society?" Kisuke asked in shock.
Naruto chuckled a bitter chuckle. "I've never been just a simply Shinigami, I've always been soe other being with Hollow abilities, and now I can't abandon my people." He said as he looked at them all.
"What about Yoruichi-san and the others?" The sandy blonde asked.
"We have to sacrifice the things we love the most to do good in the world." Naruto said with a resigned sigh.
Before they could do anything, there were suddenly a lot of reiatsu signatures outside showing signs of multiple Shinigami. They were about to walk outside when they heard one shout. "Naruto Namikaze-Taicho from the Jūbantai, Kisuke Urahara-Taicho from the Jūnibantai and Tessai Tsukabishi from the Kidōshū! Central Room 46 has ordered that you be placed under compulsory detainment!"
"Damn it." Naruto said through gritted teeth while Kisuke and Tessai looked shocked.
The next thing they knew they were being escorted down to the Central 46.
Central Forty-Six Chambers: Assembly Hall
Kisuke, Naruto and Tessai were all stood before the main government of the Seireitei with reiatsu sealing cuffs tied around their wrists like found criminals. Of course Naruto could get out of it by accessing his chakra, but he needed to see where this was going.
"What exactly is going on here?" Kisuke asked around the dark room.
"Did we give you permission to speak?" One of the members asked.
"You're here to be interrogated."
"You are not permitted to speak unless it is to answer our questions."
"Now consider the situation you're in Taicho of the Jūnibantai."
"Interrogated?" Kisuke whispered to himself. 'Are we under suspicion for something?' Looking back at all of the members who faced a wall to hide who they were, Kisuke spoke. "My apologies."
"Where were you around midnight last night?"
"In the 6th District forest of Western Fugai." Kisuke answered.
"Was it for your Hollowfication research?" A voice asked shocking the three that they knew of such a thing.
"Whoa, hold on a second!" Kisuke shouted in shock. "Who told you that I-?"
"You went to Fugai to see the results of your evil Hollowfication experiments on eight people of Taicho-level strength, starting with the Gobantai's Taicho."
"Naruto Namikaze, Taicho of the Jūbantai has also had these…Hollow powers ever since he came here. It is inexcusable."
Naruto looked up at the all of the people. "Don't blame me if I can't change my own fucking biology." He said with a sneer since these people reminded him of his old council in Konoha. Discriminating against something they don't understand.
"Silence!"
"We will not listen to your blatant lies!"
Naruto groaned and rolled his eyes at how familiar it all felt to Konoha when he was younger. Kisuke could feel his friends' frustration and couldn't blame him. Clenching his fists behind his back he looked up. "Who was it?"
"You have no right to ask any questions!"
"Was it Aizen Fukutaichō?" Kisuke asked with his head lowered.
"This is your second warning, Jūnibantai Taicho!"
"Do it again and we'll add it to your list of crimes!"
"But he's the one who did all of this! We went there to save Hirako-san and the others!" Kisuke shouted up to them showing his frustration.
"Your lies are so outlandish that they're almost funny!" A voice said almost mockingly. "The Gobantai's Fukutaichō never left Seireitei last night!"
"What?" Kisuke asked in shock.
"We have 124 normal witnesses plus one Taicho who will attest to that. There's no way you can place the blame on him."
"That's impossible!" Kisuke exclaimed.
Naruto shook his head at the people in front and around him. "You people are being played like pawns in a chess game and you can't even see it. Will you really let you arrogance and political power go to your head and ignore everything else?"
"Silence!"
"We will not listen to something like you!"
"Something?" Naruto asked with narrowed eyes as he looked around. "Just because I have something in me that you morons can't explain, I'm not even a, someone…boy I hope when the shit hits the fan…you people are right in the middle of it. I've had it with people who are like you!" Naruto shouted in anger which worried Kisuke and Tessai since they had never heard him angry before. Well before Aizen had revealed what he had earlier.
"Watch your tongue boy!"
"You have no right to speak to us like that!"
"I have every fucking right! I've seen things you people would have nightmares about! Hell, I've done things that would make you piss and shit yourself at the same time! I'll speak however I like because you don't deserve a speck of respect from me!"
Before they could say anything else a messenger appeared behind them. "I'm here to report in." The man said with his head bowed. "We've found evidence that indicates that he was conducting Hollowfication experiments in the Jūnibantai's research facilities." He said making the three Shinigami's eyes to widen at how that was possible.
"It's decided then!"
"I shall declare your sentences'." A voice said from the centre of everyone, what they could only guess was the judge, or the closest thing to one. "Taicho of the Kidōshū, Tessai Tsukabishi! For using forbidden techniques, you shall be jailed in the level three underground prison for high felons. Taicho of the Jūnibantai, Kisuke Urahara! For researching forbidden material and carrying out experiments on it, deceiving your comrades, and seriously injuring them, you will have your spiritual powers drained from you and be banished to the real world for all eternity. And finally, Taicho of the Jūbantai, Naruto Namikaze, you as well as the poor eight victims of Kisuke Urahara's heinous research…shall be exterminated as if you were Hollow, immediately!" The man said making their eyes widen while Naruto grit his teeth in nothing but pure fury.
"No way…" Kisuke whispered in shock. Never in a million years would he have ever guessed he would one day be in this position. "Just let me explain!" Before anymore could be said, the front doors were kicked open revealing a bright light from outside, as well as a figure stood in the entrance way. The figure had a tight black outfight on clearly displaying it was a female as well as a brown cloth wrapped her shoulders and face only showing her golden eyes and purple hair.
'Yoruichi?' Naruto thought as he glanced back.
"Who gave you permission to enter the Assembly Building during an interrogation?"
"Leave right this minute, you low-life!"
Yoruichi narrowed her eyes before stepping forward and vanishing, as she appeared by the three Shinigami, the messenger from before attempted to stop her but was swiftly defeated with just a few punches and kicks. Moving behind Kisuke and Tessai she kicked the restraints breaking them apart. As she moved to Naruto's however, she watched as he broke it apart with his hands. Turning his head to her, he gave a nod which she returned and vanished with Kisuke and Tessai. Naruto chuckled before looking around the building with loathing, what no-one noticed was that his eyes had turned to what his Hollow-eyes look like from his anger at the people. Sighing he vanished in a crimson flash.
"C-Catch him! It's a bandit!" A frantic voice shouted.
"Anyone! Is anyone there? Get him!" Another shouted equally as frantic.
Sōkyoku Hill
Secret Underground Area
"Damn it!" Naruto shouted as he swung his arm and fired off a very large beam of red reiryoku in a rock formation. It was vaporized instantly.
"Was that…a Cero?" Yoruichi asked in slight shock at seeing her lover do such a thing. They had arrived moments earlier and Naruto's eyes had been completely different to how they usually were with anger rolling off of him in waves.
Naruto sighed as he placed his hand on his face to calm down from his anger at the Central 46. "Sorry, I'll explain everything later, but right now, Kisuke, Tessai and I need escape to the Human World." Naruto said as he leant against a rock. Looking down he noticed some blood leaking out of the bandages.
Yoruichi was about to speak when Kisuke spoke to her. "Thank you, for saving us, Yoruichi-san."
"No need for thanks." She said waving him off. "I'll smack you later for not coming to get me last night…especially you Naruto." She said with narrowed eyes. "I found the letter to Soifon." She said making him wide-eyed before he closed them with a sigh.
"I'm sorry…I didn't want you to get involved with this entire thing, and it got out of hand along the way." He said as he looked around and noticed Shinji and the others.
"I brought all 8 down there. As well as all of the new faux bodies you've been working on, Kisuke." Yoruichi said as she indicated to a large box. "Now start talking!" She ordered.
"Yoruichi you can't come with us." Naruto said as he stood up completely.
"And why the hell not?" Yoruichi growled.
"Because you have too much here to just give up."
"All I have here that I care about is you!" She exclaimed in frustration. Kisuke and Tessai had backed away sensing they shouldn't get involved.
"And what about Soifon huh? She looks up to you. If you abandon her, it will destroy her." He argued.
"It's for her best, how else will she grow if she stays in my shadow? I'm holding her back from being great." Yoruichi sighed before walking up to him. "I love you. I won't let you go through whatever the hell this is alone, so I'm coming with you, whether you like it or not." She said as she placed her hand on his shoulders.
Naruto sighed and actually felt more relaxed that he wasn't in it alone. "Fine, you're a real pain in the ass you know that?" He asked with a chuckle.
"That's why ya love me." She said with a grin. She then turned to face everyone. "Now, I want whatever strategy you thought up for the worst-case scenario back when you first heard about this whole incident from Hirako." She said making Kisuke look up at her for a moment before chuckling.
"So you've seen completely through me. What a sneaky woman." He said with a chuckle.
"Like you're one to talk." She said with a smirk.
"Tessai-san, could you please freeze time for Hirako-san and the others?" Kisuke asked the large man. "And then put level two and three barriers around the area. Within the next twenty hours, I'll make gigai's for the two of us and the eight of them. Ten gigai bodies that will completely cut off our reiatsu."
"Yoruichi-dono…Naruto-dono?" Tessai asked the two wondering why they didn't need a gigai.
"Don't worry about us." Naruto said with a grin. "We're two of the fastest people in Soul Society; we'll be out before they know it."
"We'll hide in the real world and take our time as we solve this problem." Kisuke said after a moment.
"I'll train Shinji and the others on how to tame their Inner Hollow and then how to fully utilize their abilities. It'll be hard to do, but it's the only way to keep them safe and alive." Naruto said with a sigh.
"You still need to explain what the hell that was before." Yoruichi reminded him.
"I know, I know, and I will but only when we're safe and sound with the others. The quicker we are the better."
"Ok, let's get started then." Kisuke said with a grin.
The Next Day
Ichibantai Assembly Hall
The Sōtaichō, the remaining Taicho's and the Fukutaichō's were all in the usual meeting place for the Taicho's meetings. However the atmosphere was very tense as they had all heard of Taicho's vanishing from the Soul Society the day before, as well as there being traitors amongst them.
Soifon was one of the most devastated as she had found Naruto's letter that morning as she woke up, she had cried as she read it realising it was a good bye for an indefinite time. After reading it she had gone straight to Yoruichi-sama for an explanation only to find out she couldn't be found. It wasn't long after that a meeting had been called.
"As of this day, Kisuke Urahara, Yoruichi Shihōin and Naruto Namikaze are declared traitors of the Soul Society. Should they ever be found, alert Soul Society at once, they have broken the worst law possible; they will not get away with this." Yamamoto's voice boomed trough the hall. 'I'm sorry Naruto, but it's out of my hands now.'
Toshiro with being the Fukutaichō of the Jūbantai was also there and had his eyes widen at hearing his sensei being a traitor of the very thing he swore to protect. He may have been young, but he wasn't a child genius for nothing. He knew there was more behind the situation than they were being told, or rather than anyone knew. So, despite what he heard, he was positive his sensei wasn't the traitor he had been declared, not with his history of traitors. Without another word he walked out of the room leaving everyone to look after him knowing it wouldn't be easy for the young man.
Soifon herself didn't know what to feel should she be angered he had left without her, no, should she be angered Naruto and Yoruichi had left leaving her behind? Should she be sad she's all alone and her two lovers were declared traitors? Should she feel betrayed at the fact that they had been declared traitors for breaking the law, the worst law, the very laws she had been trained to uphold all her life. Or she should feel guilt for even accusing them of being guilty? Whatever emotion she would one day settle on, all she knew right now was that she had to get powerful, she had to know her Bankai and make her Shikai more efficient and one day she will find the truth of what had happened, even if it means fighting the people she loves to the death.
"It shouldn't have come to this." Shunsui muttered while tipping his straw hat forward to hide his sad eyes.
"All we can do is hope for a better future." Unohana said with sad smile. 'And find out who are the real traitors.' She had known the three Shinigami for a good while and knew they were never capable of betraying those they cared for which left only one option.
They were framed.
Human World
Abandoned Warehouse
They had arrived to the Human World after Kisuke had crated the gigai's for the new Visored and himself as well as Tessai. They had been there for three days now in an old abandoned warehouse where they knew they wouldn't be disturbed or found, especially with Tessai creating a barrier around the place to keep anyone out.
Shinji and the others had awoken after a day but were still slightly injured, but nevertheless conscious enough to know what had happened. They also now knew that Naruto had Hollow powers the entire time but hadn't gotten around to explaining it yet.
What they did know for definite though was that they were never going back to Soul Society again.
At the moment, Naruto, Yoruichi, Kisuke, Tessai and the newly formed Visored were sitting in the warehouse. Yoruichi had forced Naruto to explain about how he got Hollow Powers at last.
"So how'd you get them?" Hiyori asked with a frown, still not used to having to live in the Human World.
Naruto sighed as he sat down on a crate. "Technically I've had them my whole life, since the day I was born but they were…locked away, I guess you could say." He said with a shrug. "Anyway, you all know about how I had the Kyuubi no Yoko sealed inside of me right?" He asked them and got nods in return. "When I was 15 years old, I had to fight the Kyuubi in order to take control of its powers. If I didn't, well, eventually I would've hurt or even worse killed my friends."
"Why?" Love asked since he didn't know much about the Kyuubi.
"The Kyuubi was nothing but a beast of destruction and chaos. When I got angry, it would start to influence me to the point it took control of me, when I reached four tails…my skin would rip off of me and use the Kyuubi's chakra as skin. The higher the tails, the more I lost myself, I would become insane to the point that I wanted more power." Naruto sighed as he looked up in reminiscent. "One time when my village was destroyed, I reached the eighth tail; I caused so much destruction it levelled everything close by. If it wasn't for my father appearing in my mind…I would have given myself up to the ninth tail."
"What would've happened then?" Rose asked.
"I would've become the new Kyuubi, and there was no-one in my realm that would've been able to stop me." Naruto said before shaking his head. "Anyway, when I finally defeated it, I learnt that the Kyuubi was made up of Hollow genetics, I don't understand the full story of how he came to be, but I absorbed the Kyuubi's power and soul which then created a…second soul inside me of me apart from Zangetsu. Sometime later I was forced to fight my Inner Hollow to a standstill where he made me an offer."
"I don't like where this is going." Yoruichi muttered.
Naruto chuckled before carrying on. "We decided we would become one with each other, a single entity where I could use his powers as freely as I want. I gained a Hollow mask and one day a Hollow form."
"A Hollow form?" Yoruichi asked as her eyebrows shot into her hairline.
"Yes. I've never used it though; I don't know what it could look like, the abilities it grants me, nothing. Hell, I don't even know the release command for it yet. So, that is kind of locked away from me right now." He told them. "But, with the way events have unfolded, I won't have a choice anymore; we need all we can use to beat Aizen."
"So…will the same happen to us?" Love asked.
"No, I was able to join with mine because I had already had the Kyuubi sealed within me, I could protect myself from being influenced by the Inner Hollow. You guys will have to fight for dominion over your powers and hone them like you would with your Zanpakuto."
"I'll also be using the Hōgyoku to help your process along." Kisuke put in as well.
Naruto gave a nod at that. "Right now we are enemies of Soul Society, some of you may not like it, but they will follow their orders whether they like it or not. If they find us, we will be targeted for the rest of our lives."
"Man that sucks." Shinji said with a sigh making Naruto chuckle.
"Believe me I know, Shiro-kun probably believes I'm a traitor by now." Naruto said with a sad chuckle. "Then again he's probably the Taicho now."
"He knows Bankai?" Lisa asked shocked. Over the years of sleeping with Naruto she had met the young prodigy and even she could feel his potential to be someone great. Although, those meetings sometimes involved being caught half naked much to the young man's embarrassment.
"Yeah…he was gonna show me it in our next training session." He said with a sad sigh.
"So you're going to train us to be able to take on our Inner Hollows?" Kensei asked curiously.
Naruto gave a nod as he eyed the eight. "Yes, but I need to warn you, you don't just have to train in your physical abilities, but in your mind as well, you will end up fighting your Inner Hollow in your mindscape for dominance, it will use every trick in the book that it believes will get you angry or sloppy and push your buttons. You need to work against that, figure out your own weaknesses, what makes you angry and fight it; don't let it take over you because if it does…I won't hesitate to kill you." He aid shocking them all.
"What?" Love asked shocked.
"Don't get me wrong, it's the last thing I want to do, but it is better than having a hollow capable of wielding a Zanpakuto." He said which they gave hesitant nods to while promising themselves they wouldn't let themselves fail.
"All right we're in!" Shinji said with determination while everyone else also gave their agreement.
"By the way…" Lisa said as she eyed Naruto. "Why didn't you ever tell anyone about your Hollow abilities?"
Naruto sighed. "Because of this exact reason, if I had been found out, then anyone who'd known about me would be considered a threat and a traitor as well for keeping the identity of such a potential threat in Soul Society. I thought that if I was ever found out that I could just escape from Soul Society without anyone get mixed in with trouble. Clearly that plan went to shit thirty years ago."
"Thirty years ago?" Yoruichi questioned before her eyes widened. "That was when you fought that Vasto Lorde!" She said in realization making everyone wide-eyed.
"I don't understand. I thought you defeated that Vasto Lorde." Hachi said with confusion.
"No, I held her off…and it was no Vasto Lorde…it was something greater." He said making them more wide-eyed.
"What the hell can be greater than a Vasto Lorde?" Hiyori asked with a frown.
"An Arrancar, a Vasto Lorde or any level of Hollow, that's removed its mask and gained Shinigami powers. They…are very strong. This one, Tia Harribel was sent to test me by her lord who I'm now guessing is Aizen, to see what I was capable of. As soon as she told me that, I knew I couldn't go all out. As far as I know, Aizen has had his eye on me the entire time, figuring out exactly what I am."
"What you are?" Kisuke asked confused. As far as he knew, Naruto was a Shinigami.
"As you know I never died." He said getting nods. "I'm a Human who was granted Shinigami powers and Hollow powers since the day I was born by the Spirit King because he sealed the Kyuubi in me. I'm some weird Hybrid of all three races, I don't know what will happen if I die. Will I pass on to reincarnation? Or go to Soul Society? Or become a Hollow? Right now I'm the most fucked up being in existence. And with someone like Aizen, I believe he's interested to see what makes me tick." Naruto said with a loud sigh.
Everyone was silent for a moment to absorb what they had been told about their friend. "So Aizen will come after you?" Rose asked.
"I doubt it. He seems to want to keep hidden in the shadows for a while, if he makes contact with me, Soul Society will be alerted to my reiatsu and also revealing him. Aizen won't come after any of us, he is simply too confident in himself to complete his plans and he has every right to right to be."
"What d'ya mean?" Hiyori asked with a raised brow.
"Aizen was able to conduct Hollowfication experiments on the Soul Societies front yard for god only knows how long. Even now Soul Society is blind to his experiments, his deceit. Only we know the truth about everything. Right now, Aizen has everything how he wants it, no-one in Soul Society will ever suspect him of incidents, as far as they are concerned, Kisuke, Tessai and I are the ones who did the Hollowfication. That's why we will train; we will do everything in our power to become stronger than we ever were. I won't sugar coat the situation and say 'everything will be fine' or 'there's no need to worry' because frankly we are at war with Aizen."
"So we train to get revenge on Aizen?" Hiyori asked with a smirk.
"No." Naruto said with a shake of his head making them confused. "Revenge will lead us no-where. Revenge will only lead us on a path of self-destruction, pain, loss and even more grief. Revenge is never the answer. We will train to make things right, to make sure no-one will have to suffer the same fate as the eight of you…" He said as he indicated to the eight new Visoreds. "…We will protect everyone from Aizen himself and make sure the world or rather worlds don't have to be subject to whatever goals he has." Naruto sighed as he looked at them all, Kisuke, Yoruichi and Tessai included. "I don't know what will happen in the future, but one thing we have to do is to look out for each other, don't trust anyone, I hate to say it but…Aizen most likely knows we're in the Human World."
"Wow…" Shinji said actually seeing why Naruto was the leader of his village. Despite the situation he actually felt like his shoulders didn't carry much baggage anymore and he felt more calmed down.
"Whoa." Lisa said while biting her lip, she would sometimes see Naruto ordering his squad around with his 'leader' voice and no-matter what it would always turn her on seeing the usually happy and joking man so serious and strong. 'I don't care what happens tonight…but that blonde hunk of meat will be between my legs for the rest of the night.' She thought to herself with a slight blush.
"Right now, we all need to get some sleep. The lot of you go get some rest while me, Kisuke, Yoruichi and Tessai speak." Naruto said to them.
"Sure thing boss." Shinji said with a grin as the eight stood up to league.
As Lisa walked past him she groped him while making him gulp at the intense lust in her eyes. "Tonight, no exceptions." She said with a grin before walking with a little sway in her hips making Naruto's eyes focus on her backside before shaking his head.
Once they all went Naruto collapsed against a crate and sat down against it. "Damn, I thought when I left Konoha…none of this would ever happen…I guess no matter where you live, there's always some fucked up creep who wants to rule the world or has some crazy ideas."
"You know, I now see why your home village chose you as their leader." Kisuke said with a grin.
"Thanks…but honestly…" Naruto paused as he clenched his fists. "…Everything I said was the truth. They're gonna need to train to be stronger than ever. I don't even know what Aizen has up his sleeve, but I do now he has sided with the Hollows."
"So he could have an entire army and no-one even knows." Yoruichi said with a frown.
"Yes, a powerful army." Naruto concluded. "The only problem now is that we're not allies with Soul Society, we're their enemies. The others most likely feel betrayed by them and to be honest I can't honestly blame them for it. Until this entire situation is sorted out we can never go back there, we will be cut off from the situation over there." Naruto said with another sigh.
"No we won't." Yoruichi said with a grin. "I can still transform into my cat form remember, Soul Society will never know I was even there…and besides if they do, they wouldn't be able to catch me."
Naruto chuckled and shook his head. "I dunno, little Byakuya may one day surpass you from all of the games you forced him into." He said with a smirk while Kisuke chuckled also.
Yoruichi scoffed at that but a glint was in her eyes. "As if, he needs centuries before he can catch up to me. Its Soifon I'd be more worried about in terms of speed." She said with a sigh.
"Ah yes, now she will certainly be a strong Taicho when she's older." Naruto said with a nod.
"Hmm…I wonder if she'll be alright, hearing we're traitors may make her angry at us." Yoruichi said with closed eyes.
"Yare, Yare, Soifon-san is a strong young woman. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, she will train harder to surpass you two. I have no doubt in my mind she will become a strong Taicho of the Nibantai." Kisuke said with a chuckle.
"Yeah…your right." Naruto said with a chuckle. "I feel sorry for Shiro-kun." Naruto said with a chuckle.
"Why?"
"Because now he's stuck with Rangiku-chan, boy does she annoy him with her happy personality, they're polar opposites." Kisuke and Yoruichi chuckled at that knowing how annoyed Toshiro got with Rangiku. "Anyway, we should probably get some rest; god knows the next few decades will be busy as hell."
"I could get some rest myself." Yoruichi said with a yawn and a stretch. Against his will, Naruto's eyes locked on to her breasts as they pushed out from her stretching. Then, just to mess with him, she looked him in the eye and winked making him shake his head at her teasing.
"Yep, today's been one tiring day all right." Kisuke agreed as they gave nods as they followed Naruto to their temporary beds.
"Don't forget about Lisa Naruto-kun, I doubt she'd be happy if she missed her Naruto-time." Yoruichi said with a chuckle while Naruto groaned knowing he wasn't going to get any sleep.
To Be Continued
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