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Kill the Moonlight

"...Come at me."

Ichigo watched as the Menos Grande charged another Cero, and waited until it came down at him.

"...This'll be easy..."

The only thing the Captain and Ginjo saw was the Menos Grande being split in half, splattering blood across the grass and into the nearby ponds.

'...When... When did Ichigo lift his blade...? I didn't...see anything...'

Suddenly, the Captain groaned as he collapsed to the ground, coughing up gallons of blood as he fell over. Ichigo turned around, deactivating his Fullbring as he rushed to the fallen warrior at the same time as Ginjo. He stared up at the two of them as he held his Zanpakuto in his hand, and he smirked. He closed his eyes and inquired, "...So...are you going...to kill me now, Fullbringers...? You've stolen the Reiatsu of many Soul Reapers, but the energy of a Captain... would be too good of a chance to waste..."

Ichigo frowned as he looked down at the man, prepared to simply walk away. However, he heard the formation of Ginjo's own Fullbring, and turned around just as the man pointed his claymore towards the fallen Captain.

"Oi! Let him go! He'll either be rescued by his team, or executed by traitors. Let him be, Ginjo."

Ginjo's eyes snapped to Ichigo's as he commented, "You heard him... He's right about a Captain's Reiatsu... You're just gonna let it go to waste in a place like this?"

"...You sound like a monster, Ginjo. Stop it... He's done nothing wrong, so I see no reason to kill him."

Ichigo then turned on his heels, walking away until he heard the sound of blade piercing through flesh, and turned around screaming, "What the hell is wrong with you, Ginjo!?"

The man had stabbed his claymore cleanly through the chest of the Captain, lifting him in the air as he began absorbing the brown-haired Soul Reaper's energy. Suddenly, a fist dug deep into his chin, knocking him down as scowled towards the offender.

"Kurosaki!? The hell is with you!?"

Ichigo gritted his teeth as he punched Ginjo again, though the man recovered from the second blow by flipping to his feet. He rolled his shoulders and snarled, "Kurosaki... That is the last straw. Attack me again, an-"

"And you'll what? You're not acting normal! You acting like a Hollow, damnit!"

A cough from below Ichigo's feet drew his attention to the fallen Captain, who stared up at him and groaned out, "...You're helping... an enemy? You're an odd fellow..."

"...You're the one who's odd, considering you helped me even though you knew I killed many Soul Reapers."

The man chuckled and coughed out, "...Well... I can actually see...some good in you... You're not that bad of a guy... That's why... That's why I want to...entrust you with something..."

Ichigo grimaced and visibly flinched as he felt the Soul Reaper point his blade towards the heart of the Fullbringer, and Ginjo shouted, "Fuck! Where'd they come from!?"

Turning his head in Ginjo's direction, he realized that more Menos Grandes had landed in the area, looming over them as they all began to charge their Cero. However, the Captain's blade was stabbed through his chest before he had a chance to react, and an explosion of blue Reiatsu nearly blinded Ginjo as he turned back to Ichigo and shouted, "Shit! What did you just do, Captain!?"

...I'm entrusting my heart to you... Ichigo Kurosaki...

He finally peeked from between his fingers as the light cleared away. He saw the back of Soul Reaper with a large sword, which had a black sheathe and handle guard set. His arms and legs were covered with "X"-shaped bands, along with a black-and-white collar. The man pulled out the large sword, which was just as large as his, with a curved katana edge, with a single prong protruding behind it. Suddenly, every Menos Grande's head was separated from their body in an instant, and their blood appeared along the edge of the blade.

Ginjo held out his blade as he prepared to fight the stranger, though stopped upon realizing the identity of the Soul Reaper with the orange hair.

"...Kurosaki!?"

The remaining Reiatsu, which appeared as a single wing, finally vanished as the winds around him settled down.

"...Why are you... Why are you wearing a Shihakusho!? I mean... I mean a real SHIHAKUSHO! HAVE YOU B-!?"

Ichigo turned around and stared him, scowling as he said, "Stop screaming... It's annoying, and you're hurting my ears..."

Ginjo blinked, and then repeated, "Have you become a Soul Reaper!? Did he...?"

Ichigo looked down at his outfit and the large blade, and then shrugged, "I guess I did?"

"...It would definitely seem like it."

Both of them turned as another voice entered the clearing, which was a man in a black haori and pinstriped hat, with a green outfit underneath.

"Urahara? Were you watching this entire time?"

The man giggled and hid his face behind his fan, chuckling, "Nope! I was just here for some ramen, and then I was looking for the restroom."

"If you're gonna lie, then make up a better excuse! The ramen shop is on the other end of the town!"

The man simply peeked from between his fan and hat, stating, "I think you should come with me, Ichigo Kurosaki."

Ginjo's thoughts were cut off as he realized that both Uryu and Orihime were staring at him, and he growled, "What?"

Orihime's bottom lip trembled as she asked, "Did... Did you really kill Ichigo? Just to take his Substitute Soul Reaper powers?"

Ginjo blinked, and then replied, "Hell no! I told you asswipes already... Kurosaki was my partner in crime. I stole my Soul Reaper powers from the Captain, and then from the rest of the Soul Reapers we found after that... I didn't become a Substitute Soul Reaper until after Kurosaki died!"

Uryu frowned and growled, "Because you killed him and stole it from him... Your intentions were to steal his Soul Reaper powers from the very beginning."

"No! My intentions were to steal his father's...a-at first, I mean..."

All Soul Reapers piss me off... So I figured... 'If they won't, then I will... If fate was cruel enough to take my mother away and give me the power to protect others at the same time, then that's what I'll do'... To hell with the Soul Reapers that disagree.

"Ichigo's philosophy showed me something that I never thought about... We began stealing the powers from other Soul Reapers to protect others...and to keep ourselves alive... Having the Reiatsu of a Soul Reaper allows us to stay younger, so we could protect those who fell victim to the lack of Soul Reapers for a little while longer... Though I'll admit, I wanted that power to destroy those Soul Reapers instead... Me and Kurosaki's vengeance was similar, but we looked down two completely different roads...but I never betrayed him... He betrayed me."

A voice sounded from the right of her, "Good morning, Lieutenant Hinamori! Glad to see you're back in better health!"

"Morning."

The Lieutenant continued her trek to her destination as another voiced call out, "Happy to see you're up and about, Lieutenant!"

"Thank you. And good day to you as well."

Momo Hinamori finally stopped in front of the Shoji leading to the Fifth Division Captain's Office. This area was totally unfamiliar to her, as Captain Aizen's office was on the Second floor. Her new Captain's office was on the first floor, which, according to many of the older members of the division, was the office of the previous Captain of the Fifth Division...back when Aizen was the Lieutenant.

'I wonder... was he this anxious when he met with his Captain?'

Momo hesitantly raised her hand up to knock, though stopped halfway. Straightening herself out, she raised her hand again and knocked, calling out, "It's almost time, Captain!"

"Yeah, yeah. I know already... Come on in and wait..."

She rolled her eyes and stepped inside the office, apologizing, "Pardon my sudden intrusion, but..."

She stopped upon seeing her Captain staring at himself in the mirror. He was looking at his large Zanpakuto, watching as it constantly shrunk and enlarged as he willed it.

"...Ichigo? I mean... Captain Kurosaki, what are you doing?"

The orange-haired Soul Reaper turned back as his Lieutenant entered the door and scowled immediately.

"Call me Ichigo. That Captain Kurosaki shit's annoying..."

Momo nodded and sighed, "Alright, Captain Kurosaki," which caused Ichigo to glare at her as she repeated, "...but that still doesn't explain what you're doing..."

Ichigo frowned as he looked down at his Zanpakuto, and then stated, "Every other Captain has their Zanpakuto shrunk and sealed to a manageable size... I want to be cool like the other Captains and have it on my waist, but I've always held it on my back..."

Momo blinked as she sweatdropped and asked, "Is that really so important? If that's the case, then shrink it, idiot. Captains have the ability to manage their Zanpakuto to any size they want. Toshiro doesn't have his on his waist, and I think he's pretty cool. And Captain Kurotsuchi has his Zanpakuto on his crotch, so does it really matter?"

"...'Cause Toshiro's a midget, and Mayuri's creepy... And don't call your Captain an idiot... This is a serious issue, damnit."

Ichigo suddenly looked seriously into the mirror as he enlarged his blade and placed it on his back.

"I'm gonna be a rebel and start a new trend! Zanpakuto's on the back!"

Momo deadpanned, "You just said Toshiro wasn't cool for that very reason."

"...Well... I'm not a midget, so that doesn't apply to me."

"...I really wished they would open the doors now."

Momo looked over to Ichigo as he placed his hands on his hips, staring at the large door and waiting for it to open.

"Be patient... The doors open will open when they are ready."

Ichigo scowled and crossed his arms as he groaned, "This is taking too long."

"The door's opened, now stop complaining and enter."

Ichigo rounded on his Lieutenant, shouting, "Gladly!" before he was kicked in the face and sent flying past Momo.

"Stay on your toes at all times, Captain!"

Ichigo growled as he stood up, storming towards the Sixth Division Lieutenant, Renji Abarai until his own Lieutenant grabbed and pulled him back.

"Lemme at him!"

The redhead pulled a childish face as he taunted Ichigo, who began turning red in boiling anger as he threatened more bodily harm to him. Momo groaned as she pulled her Captain into the First Division's Barracks.

"...That meeting was pretty lame... If he really just needed two more divisions to aid the Ninth Division in their security mission, then he should have just called those Divisions... What a pain..."

Momo sighed as her Captain complained for the hundredth time since they walked away from the meeting.

"...He was informing the Captains and Lieutenants to be on their guard, just in case the enemy struck the Seireitei directly. You should pay attention to what's happening around you, idiot."

Ichigo frowned and spat, "...I could have sworn I was the Captain here...! Stop disrespecting me!"

Momo raised an eyebrow and placed her hands on her hips as she teased, "Yeah... in brute muscle! You'd be lost without me doing all of the thinking!"

Ichigo paused and looked elsewhere, as he couldn't deny the truth. He grumbled to himself about "bratty Lieutenants who need to learn their place" and walked into his office, followed by a smirking Momo. She walked in after him, watching as he fell back in his seat and placed his legs on the desk.

"What are you doing?"

Ichigo blinked and replied, "Relaxing... It's my day off..."

Momo frowned and pushed his feet away from the desk and shouted, "You have no day off! You're too laid back and lazy! I'm not gonna sit around and do your work while you just sit here and do nothing!"

Ichigo blinked again, and replied, "You've always done my paperwork while I kicked back... What's the problem now?"

His Lieutenant's eyes widened incredibly, and she disbelievingly stated, "You're...You're the goddamned Captain! You're supposed to be on top of your job! You outrank me now!"

"...So if I outrank you... I order you to do my paperwork."

A maniacal look appeared in her face as she gripped her hair in frustration, and Ichigo had the brief image of her jumping over the desk and stabbing him to death. She simply sighed and mumbled, "...Why did they pick the worst replacement for Aizen...? He's nowhere near as responsible and-"

She stopped and covered her mouth when she became aware of what she was saying, and quickly bowed, apologizing, "Sorry, Captain Kurosaki! I wasn't aware of my surroundings, and was speaking out of turn! Please forgive me!"

However, Ichigo simply stared down at her, heaving heavily as held his face in his hands on the desk. Momo's eyes softened as she walked over to his desk and sat on it. After a few moments of silence, she finally breathed out, "...I guess we're both not really used to this, huh?"

"Tch... No kidding... Maybe I should just drop the haori on your desk..."

Momo sweated and looked away, nervously answering, "I'd rather not... I don't think I could handle the pressure, so I was kinda glad that you were picked instead."

Ichigo frowned and looked towards her, growling out, "Damn you... I can't handle the pressure any better than you could!"

"...But you've done a lot of stupid things before... You can handle pressure...," she joked, causing him to scowl at her, "You could be a great Captain, Ichigo... You just need to respect yourself, and become more responsible."

Ichigo blinked in response, falling deeper in his seat as he said, "...You're right... I'll try to be mo-"

He was cut off as an overwhelming Reiatsu signature made itself known.

"...I've grown tired of you ignoring me... You were taking too long with this little...'expressing your feelings' meeting, so I decided to just... drop on in."

Behind Ichigo was a figure dressed in white, like the Arrancars before. However, his outfit consisted of a frilly jacket and one gentleman's glove on his left hand. His face was completely covered by the shadows of night.

Ichigo scowled and spat, "Get the hell off of my chair."

"...Nah... I kinda like it here."

Ichigo turned back to Momo and ordered, "Go alert the Captains... Tell them that the Arrancar are he-"

Before he could finish, an alarm went off, and Isane Kotetsu's voice resonated in his head.

"If you can all hear me, please be warned! There are Arrancars in the area! The Arrancars have invaded the Seireitei!"

Ichigo grunted, "Speak of the devil and it will appear... Momo, keep the Division under protection. This bastard here," and pointed his thumb at the Arrancar behind him, "is mine."

"...Really? You think you have the powers to defeat an Espada? You're outta you-"

Before the man could finish, he was kicked out of the window, landing hard against the dirty training area of the Fifth Division. As he rose to his feet, the Captain appeared in front of him, drawing his Zanpakuto as he waited.

"...I've been waiting for this moment since Captain Aizen was murdered... There won't be any mercy from me, so don't ask."

The figure chuckled as the light of the moon shone over the area, bathing them both in its brightness. Ichigo's eyes widened as the figure's chuckles suddenly became feminine, along with the front of the Arrancar's robes bulging out. Long, auburn hair trapped underneath a blue clip of light was revealed in the moon's light, and 'her' twisted brown eyes held a demented expression of sick pleasure as they gazed at Ichigo.

"...Or...Orihime...? What is...? I don't... understand...!"

'Orihime' continued to giggle silently until 'she' finally answered, "...You remember me, don't you, Ichigo?"

Upon Ichigo's stuttering, 'Orihime' tilted 'her' head as 'she' entered a thinking pose and spoke, "Well... technically, you're dead now, so this form probably doesn't mean much to you... But it's a wonder that you still remember... Her powers must have reached you even now..."

'...This woman... she looks like Orihime, but something's off... I'd never thought that the Human that saved me would lose to someone like him...'

"...Lemme guess... You absorb the power of the dead, right? When you absorb a soul, you take their abilities as well...?"

The 'woman' smirked and pointed at him, calling out, "Good job, 'Kurosaki-kun'! I see you're just as intuitive as when you were alive!"

Ichigo frowned, mumbling to himself, "...When I was alive? Did I know Orihime when I was alive...? But I've been dead for over thirty years... There's no way she was that old..."

He narrowed his eyes as he tried to discover a difference with 'her', and realized that this 'Orihime's' eyes were brown instead of blue.

"...Tch, trying to fool me with false disguises... I don't know how you were really able to take Orihime's form, but I know you're not the same as the woman who saved me... But for pissing me off like that, I'll make this quick."

He held his blade into the air, and it suddenly went into his Shikai without a release. He quickly gathered the energy required and slammed it into the ground.

"Getsuga Tensho!"

'Orihime' smirked as it came closer to 'her' and an orange barrier appeared in front of 'her', dissipating the large blast before it could reach 'her'.

"You don't look too surprised, so I believe you still remember her barrier abilities... But you have no idea how far she's evolved after your death, do you?"

Ichigo frowned and hoisted his blade over his shoulder and replied, "Of course I don't! I lost my memories when I died, just like every other Soul Reaper...! Her abilities were good, but I could still take her."

"...Orihime Inoue? You believe your powers could match with Orihime Inoue's!? You're surely joking!"

Ichigo blinked as he said, "You're simply over-hyping her abilities..."

"...Really? There's a reason my Lord sent us after her... That woman... The woman whose power allowed her to reject time and space... and break down existences on her own whim..."

Behind the Arrancar, a group of Soul Reapers rushed towards 'her', with one of them screaming, "We got this one, Captain Kurosaki! Leave her to us!"

Only Ichigo noticed the orange wave coming from behind them, and shouted out, "No! Get away! YOU HAVE TO MOVE NOW!"

However, it was too late, as the building and the Soul Reapers were covered in the orange barrier. In an instant, everything broke apart, disintegrating into Reishi as they were added to the atmosphere of Soul Society. Before Ichigo had time to contemplate what had happened, the 'woman's' form rebuilt itself in front of him, and she grabbed onto his arm.

Ichigo mentally panicked as his left arm began to disintegrate before his eyes.

"...This is the power of Orihime Inoue...the woman whose power transcended far above the realm of man, into that of a goddess... The woman who allowed me to kill her so her own, overwhelming existence wouldn't threaten the lives of her husband and children."

Trivia:

-"Devi" is Sanskrit for 'female goddess.

-In this fiction, Ichigo was the first to become a Substitute Soul Reaper. Ginjo didn't garner enough Reiatsu to become one until after his death.

-Ichigo's Sealed Zanpakuto is based from of a combination of Cross of Scaffold's handle(after he attaches his badge to it) and the blade of Red Queen (From Devil May Cry 4). A review made me think that his Fullbring should have influenced his Sealed Zanpakuto as well as his Shikai and Bankai, so I decided to change it.

-Aaroniero's exaggeration of Orihime's abilities is simply her original abilities from Canon(that Aizen calls 'god-like'), which she obtained after Ichigo's death. She hasn't actually transcended into the realms of Ichigo(Mugetsu) and Aizen(Hogyoku).

-I actually meant for Aaroniero to use Aizen's form, but I realized he couldn't 'fake'-absorb Aizen and I didn't want him to be able to 'fake'-use Kyoka Suigetsu.