Bleach- Meet My Soul
When an explosion from the 12th division leaves some, interesting side effects on all Shinigami's. It materializes Zanpakuto spirits, it surprises everyone when it is found that Ichigo has more than one spirit, in fact he has 8 and each one is protective of their King. Post Winter War, but Ichigo doesn't loose his powers, spoilers for up to the latest chapters for Ichigo's powers. Focused on Ichigo and the possessiveness of his spirits.
Shiro: Normal hollow Ichigo/actual Zangetsu.
Kyo: Hollow that fought Byakuya, is the insane one.
Rei: Full hollow form that appeared during Ichigo's fight with Ulquiorra.
Chi: Version of Ichigo after training to learn the Final Gestuga Tensho.
Zangetsu: The Quincy powers within Ichigo, still called Old Man Zangetsu by Ichigo.
Tensa: Younger Zangetsu, in Bankai form.
Higo: The combination of Shiro and Tensa, when Ichigo fought them to learn the final Gestuga Tensho.
Mugetsu: Ichigo's form as Gestuga Tensho.
Warning: swearing, violence.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I got the names Shiro, Kyo, Rei, Chi, Tensa and Mugetsu from other fanfictions, but I created Higo.
Meet My Soul 7
Hudeco Mundeo
"So whose on our side?" Higo asked curiously as he adjusted his grip on his black and white zanpakuto eyeing the Espada's.
"Nel, Grimmjow, Tier, Lilynette and Starrk, the rest can die." Ichigo said standing up, dragging Lilynette with him as the black haired Arrancar stumbled under the amount of spiritual pressure the group was emitting.
"You would make friends with Espada's." Shinji rubbed his brow as he walked lazily over to Ichigo to make sure the kid was all right.
"I have a skill." Ichigo said smugly.
"Then you are our allies. Stay back and we'll take care of this." Chi said firmly, lifting his black zanpakuto in front of his torso defensively.
"So this is what you meant." Grimmjow muttered, stumbling forward as did Starrk, Nel and Tier when the hollows that had been holding them were cut down by Shiro, Kyo, Rei and Higo. Zangetsu swept Ichigo into his arms, balancing him on his hip, holding him protectively while Lilynette rushed to Starrk's side.
"Are you okay Ichigo?" Rukia and Renji rushed to Zangetsu's side to make sure their friend was truly ok.
"I'm good, I hope you haven't been blaming yourself for me being taken. There was nothing you could do and you're here now." Ichigo told Rukia and Renji snorted in a way that told Ichigo Renji had said the same thing. Rukia blushed at the orangette's words, muttering under her breath.
"So now that we've established who are our allies are and the brat is okay, can we get to the fighting?" Kenpachi asked, a bloodthirsty grin on his face.
"I like this guy!" Grimmjow said with an identical grin on his face.
"Idiot, you can't fight yet." Ichigo retorted.
"Who says?" Grimmjow shot back before he yelped as Nel whacked him on the head.
"Itsygo is right, we were in that cave for far too long, we need time to rest." Nel stated before she suddenly was engulfed in a cloud of smoke and she was in her child form again, her eyes watering up from the smoke.
"It would be a good idea to get Ichigo out of Hudeco Mundeonow, before the spiritual pressure affects him further." Urahara commented to Zangetsu who looked at Ichigo whose eyes were half lidded now and breathing heavily, the added bloodlust and spiritual pressure was weighing heavily on his little body.
"Agreed, I am entrusting you to take care of Ichigo, if anything happens to him…" Zangetsu trailed off before he pressed his forehead to Ichigo's for a moment or two before he handed Ichigo over to the blonde shopkeeper.
"Geta-Boushi?" Ichigo asked, exhaustion in his voice as he peered up at the person holding him now.
"Hush Ichi-Chan, save your strength. We are going back home, I'm sure the others will control this situation." Urahara hushed the small version of his student as explosions rocked the area around them from the battles with the hollows and the Arrancar (who Shiro and Higo tore after as they had a score to settle with him).
"I'll leave if they leave with us." Ichigo said childishly as he pointed to the Espada's who were grouped together while the others who came to save them fought around them.
"Ma, ma, pushy aren't we?" Urahara laughed, shifting Ichigo onto his hip, arm supporting Ichigo's lower back.
"Just do it Kisuke." Ichigo rolled his eyes. "They protected me and I want to protect them."
"That's just like you Ichi-Chan." Kisuke shook his head fondly before he waved his free hand at the Espada's.
"Come along, Ichigo here is refusing to leave without you all. So let's head out, the others will take care of this." Urahara said to the Espada's joining their group.
"We can discuss this later, you might want to come with us unless you want to be destroyed in the crossfire." Ichigo chirped from his place in Urahara's arm.
"Otay if Itsygo says so!" Nel grinned happily; the others just nodded and stood up. Nel and Lilynette were scooped into Tier's arms while Grimmjow grumbled as he supported the still healing Starrk.
"Follow me." Urahara nodded at Shinji, the Vizard noted Ichigo was in the blonde's grasp and the Espada's were on their feet ready to go. The leader of the rescue team nodded his consent and Urahara turned on his heel.
Ichigo clung to Urahara's haori as the two entered the Garganta Rei had created, the Espada's following closely behind the shopkeeper, staying on the path of reiatsu he was creating as he moved forward.
"Almost there Ichi-Chan." Urahara promised, tightening his hold on the child in his arms.
Sure enough the exit appeared and the seven dropped into the underground training area under the Urahara Shoten. The Espada's dropped to the dusty ground breathing heavily, the travelling took a toll on their already exhausted bodies and Ichigo found himself closing his eyes, he blinked quickly to stop himself from falling asleep.
"If you need to sleep Ichigo, then sleep. Your small body isn't used to this kind of strain." Urahara advised and got an adorable yawn in response as Ichigo laid his head on Urahara's shoulder and passed out almost right away.
Urahara smiled fondly at the sight of Ichigo's little pudgy face smoothing out as he slept on his shoulder looking like an angel. Urahara looked at the Espada's, Lilynette was already asleep on Starrk's lap while Nel was dozing on Tier's shoulder.
"I swear nothing will happen to you if you want to rest." Urahara commented calmly to the Espada's.
"How do we know when the other Shinigami's get back we won't be cut down?" Grimmjow asked suspiciously, Tier narrowed her eyes showing she was agreeing with the sexta's comment.
"Because Ichigo does not want that, his spirits know this and if anyone tries to harm you they will act. I know I don't have to tell you Grimmjow that he is a force to be reckoned with." Urahara said lazily as he made himself comfortable against a flat boulder, adjusting Ichigo so he was sleeping on his lap with his head against the blonde's chest.
"If I die, I'm going to kick your ass." Grimmjow muttered before he curled up on the ground and fell into sleep. Tier studied the blonde across from her as she held the slumbering Nel close to her chest.
"Is there something you wish to know Miss Espada?" Urahara asked tilting his head to the side, a disarming smile plastered on his lips.
"Nothing, just… Ichigo is very lucky to have a father who cares so much for him." Tier commented knowingly, Urahara froze up and stared at her in shock.
"I'm not his father." He protested.
"Father's do not have to be related by blood." Tier said jut as knowingly before she tilted her head back against the boulder behind her and closed her eyes.
"Not related by blood huh?" Urahara muttered to himself, glancing at the sleeping form of Ichigo on his lap before he looked back up, keeping his senses open for the others when they returned or if anyone came to the shop to see him.
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"Ichigo is back in the human world with Urahara and the Espada's who protected him." Zangetsu reported as he sliced down a hollow.
"Good then we don't have to hold back any more!" Kyo cackled and stabbed his zanpakuto into the ground by his feet and raised his spiritual pressure to high levels, watching pleased as the lower leveled hollows around him cried out in agony before they were torn apart.
"Whoa." Renji threw an arm up in front of his face while Saru and Hebi formed a protective barrier in front of their wielder to block Kyo's spiritual pressure from crushing Renji.
The other zanpakuto spirits were doing the same thing for their wielders while the Shinigami's watched amazed as Rei did the same thing as Kyo (he released a loud roar as he did so reminding the hollows nearby that he was a Vasto Lorde) and another wave of hollows were easily destroyed.
"Amazing." Rukia breathed out, as Tensa and Zangetsu rushed past her and Sode no Shirayuki, mowing down another row of hollows as they went.
"Real glad they are on our side." Shinji commented lightly as Mugetsu and Chi took out a new bunch of hollows that had tried to outflank the shinigami's.
"They're taking all the hollows out, I've got no one to fight now!" Kenpachi complained as Byakuya sheathed his zanpakuto, Senbonzakura standing at the ready at his wielder's side in case of a surprise assault while he knew one would not come, not at the rate Ichigo's spirits were ripping apart the hollows.
"How much power does Kurosaki truly have?" Toshiro asked the humanoid ice dragon standing at his side.
"That is unknown master, it seems that Ichigo Kurosaki will always be improving and gaining more power." Hyorinmaru answered the best he could the question his master had posed.
"So you're the asshole who took King from us then?" Shiro asked, shouldering his Khyber knife eyeing the black Arrancar that he and Higo had managed to cut off from the rest of the battle.
"If you had not interfered, I would have killed Ichigo Kurosaki and proven myself to be the most powerful!" The Arrancar shouted out in rage, drawing his zanpakuto.
"That we will not be able to let stand." Higo growled as he leveled his zanpakuto at the Arrancar. "You have harmed the one we are sworn to protect and for that you shall die at our hand."
"Don't worry we'll kill ya slowly." Shiro promised with a wicked grin.
The Arrancar then made his first and last mistake; he rushed at Shiro, underestimating him, as he had no mask. Shiro let out an insane laugh as he rushed at the Arrancar. The two swung their swords as they passed the other, Shiro grinned as he straightened up, shouldering his sword once more as the Arrancar spat out a mouthful of blood as he grabbed his side where a gapping hole now was located. Higo did not let the Arrancar recover as he rushed forward and gave him a matching hole on his other side.
Higo and Shiro stood next to each other in front of the fallen Arrancar who was now wheezing out blood from his place on his knees. The two readied their Zanpakuto's, glancing briefly at the other already knowing what they were going to do. The sounds of battle were dying down around them, signaling the large waves of hollows had been taken out. Higo and Shiro darted forward, appearing on either side of the Arrancar and they swung their blades in sync and watched pleased as the Arrancar's head rolled to the ground as the body fell forward, landing on the bloodied stand with a pleasing 'thud'.
"Done yet?" Kyo called over to Shiro and Higo as the rescue party walked over to them, all of them sheathing their blades looking far too satisfied about how the mission turned out.
"Yup, let's get back to King." Shiro said as he sadly sheathed his Khyber knife on his back and joined the group with Higo at his side.
