\BLEACH: Beginning of the End/
CHAPTER 8: The Sacrifice
"…Chigo…..I…go"
The orange haired boy groaned as he tried to lift his head only to receive a pounding head ache in return.
"Fucking hell, get him onto a stretcher!"
Tou-san?
His father's face blurred into his vision.
"Don't worry kid, we'll get you home, then you can tell us what happened here."
With that, Ichigo's world went dark once more.
"Zangetsu!"
The white haired spirit glanced up at his owner and smirked.
"Yeah King?"
Ichigo scowled.
"What the hell did you do?"
Zangetsu gave a laugh as his body inverted and black reiatsu engulfed him.
Once it subsided, The white Ichigo was replaced by a middle aged man with a red tinted cloak.
"What we did, was help you attain my Shikai. Until now, you refused to listen to us when we called. You could not even here my name."
"I get that, but was that transformation?"
"That was our full power. As a hollow and a zanpakuto, I can give you either power that you wish to hold. There is one price to it though."
"What price?"
Zangetsu stared out into the vast forest of skyscrapers and sighed heavily.
"The price, is that if you use my powers, you can only get to the level of bankai. Using Tensa's powers will cause him to gain control and steadily transform you into a basic hollow with vasto lorde level power and eventually, due to that enormous power, you will eventually become an actual vasto lorde, though the differences will be minimal. But, we can teach you to control both our powers for your own use, but you must be able to defeat us in our strongest form."
"What do I have to do keep the other you at bay?"
"Why?"
"So he doesn't hurt anyone else. I cannot protect my loved ones if I can't control my body."
Zangetsu stared at his owner, in his reflection below him, The hollow half also stared in disbelief.
"Well…" Ichigo glanced down at the reflection, who was smirking. "It looks like your on the right path king."
The reflection was different from its original appearance. It was in the form of its fully hollowfied state but it had red eyes.
"Actually king, that's also something I'd like to talk to you about."
"What do you mean?"
"I want to make an offer, if you give me a chance to run free from time to time, I'll grant you full control of this form. I'll even grant you the use of MY power as well." It held up its small black Katana as an emphasis."
"Tensa, he is not ready to wield your strength yet." Zangetsu stated.
"Well, I say he is very much ready, besides, don't insult my honor like that. I keep to my word, even if my word is a little crazy at times." Seeing the glare he was getting Tensa sighed. "Fine, if I lend you MY hollow powers, you must never misuse it…" Tensa started phasing out of the window and merging with his other half. "And if we give you our powers." Spoke Tensa Zangetsu. "You must protect only yourself and those who truly hold value in your life." Suddenly, the Bankai spirit shifted into a long white haired man with black wraps covering all but his left arm, his right arm was covered in black flames. "This, Ichigo-sama, is my true form. My spirit type; the getsu, do not like allowing our wielders to use this form because, normally, it will erase all of your spiritual powers once used, but I will give you an exception to this rule." The world then warped into a white void.
"I am going to give a set of instructions, you must follow them to the letter, do you understand?"
Ichigo took a moment to think.
"Hai, I understand."
"Good, One: You must ask your father to help you train. This way, you will gain the power to use bankai on your own.
Two: You must then contact the one known as Kisuke Urahara and ask him about a shortcut to learning Bankai. My father spirit; Gaigyaku Engetsu learned of this when Your father achieved bankai. He then relayed this information to me when I was created.
Finally: speak To the one known as Yoruichi Shihoin in the Seretei. Ask her for hand to hand combat training and do not quit. She will teach you as She taught your father. You must be able to use shunpo at her level or better before I teach you how to use My bankai's true form and power indefinitely. You must not skip a step or do anything to slow the process once its started, you are allowed a single, month long, break after each training. After that month, you will continue to the next."
Tensa Zangetsu then turned around and opened his right hand, causing a black energy blade to appear.
"I will now show you what you might attain if you follow my instructions."
Raising his arm, Tensa Zangetsu's body started glowing white and red, he then brought down his arm.
"Getsuga-hi…" A crescent wave of fire shot from the blade leaving a long scorch trail in its wake, scorching even the air with its heat. "That is the strongest form of the Getsuga tensho technique your father taught you. As you know, The Getsuga is the power of my spirit tribe, also usable in any state, whether we are sealed, in Shikai, or bankai."
Zangetsu then transformed back as Tensa sunk into the window.
"We will speak again later Ichigo-sama, farewell."
"ICHI~~~~~~GOOOOOOO!" Engetsu's blade was swung down towards Ichigo's head, who managed to block it in time using Zangetsu.
"Damnit old man! Can't I get even a little…" Ichigo looked around noticed he was in an unknown warehouse. "Where am I?"
"You're in my barracks baldy!" He glanced over to see one Hiyori Sarugaki glaring death at him. He had met her before when she was the fukutaicho of this supposed squad, but now, she wore what looked to be a bloody haori with the sleeves missing at the fore arms.
He then realized whose haori it was. "And you're also the bastard who killed Hirako-taicho…"
"But that wasn't me, it was…"
"Yeah, it was your damned zanpakuto, we know, but it was still you."
"King, this changes things. We can't do your training how we wanted to, so now your gonna get a crash coarse on how to control me."
"What's going on? Tou-san?"
"I brought you here to control that inner hollow of yours sochi. We cannot let it gain control again. I already took the initiative to speak to Zangetsu while you were asleep. I asked him to grant you bankai just incase something went wrong."
"When I was asleep? When did you do this?"
"Three weeks ago!" Isshin said with a thumbs up. This earned him a kick from his son.
"Hey!" The two looked at Hiyori. "I brought a few of your friends here to help." She pointed behind her, there stood Sado Yasutora and his cousin, Jackie Tristan.
"Hey." Chad said calmly with a wave.
"Hey Kurosaki-san, how's it been? Haven't seen you in a while." Jackie stated with a small smile.
"What are you two doing here?"
"They aren't the only ones Kurosaki." Ichigo scowled as Isshida Uryu stepped up to him.
"Quincy…"
"Shinigami."
The two glared at each other before grinning and shaking hands.
"Been a while as well, eh Isshida?"
"Indeed."
Earlier in the year, Ichigo and Uryu had a little contest. Who ever could purify the most hollows in one month would be superior, It was a tie. To say that they had earned each other's respect would be an understatement.
"Well, why are you three here?" Ichigo asked.
"As the loudmouth stated before Kurosaki-san, Me, Isshida and Sado are here to help you."
Sado Yasutora had some how developed powers over time and it was soon revealed that the left arm of the devil and the right arm of the giant had been used by his abuelo in his younger years.
Jackie Tristan had her powers long before Sado did, She had gained them after witnessing a hollow kill her family after they had moved to Japan. She had mercilessly slaughtered the beast. The blood from her dead brother had stained her favorite boots, Hence the name she gave them "Botas sucias."
"We're also here to make sure you don't lose focus." Chad stated as he sat down.
"Now then lets get started…" Hiyori said as she opened the hidden door.
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PEIN: wow, shortest chapter by far…writers block actually…couldn't think of anymore to add with out spoiling the actual plot of the story.
Hope you guys liked the Story so far!
Here are some translations:
(1)-Getsuga-Hi means moon cutting flame. Pretty obvious once you read it though
(2)- Botas sucias. I know people aren't big fans of the full bringers, but I just love the two female members and I plan to integrate them along with tsukishima into this story.
But the translation for this is rather obvious for anyone who has read that far. It means "Dirty Boots." Same powers but instead of just anything[that stays tho] she can infuse her reiatsu with them to augment the power even more by enhancing the dried stain of blood to cover the entire boot, turning it from black to blood red. This power is also better than her normal abilities.
Now, each Espada has a tattoo as you are all aware. Here is a list of their locations.
Dordoni- on the back of his neck
Starrk-same except that Lilynette has the same tattoo on the opposite hand
Barragan- Popeye style on his left forearm. It's the only place I could think of…
Tia- On the inside of her right breast…hehehe…gotta love Harribel…
Ulquiorra- On the left side of his chest.
Grimmjow- same, just like Starrk, Ulqui, And booby-I mean Harribel…
Cirucii- This one is tricky to describe. Underneath her breasts and covers her entire stomach and navel area. Okay, not that tricky…
Mosqueda- Opposite of Grimmjow.
Nnoitra-tongue…
Arturo- this one has already been mentioned, but I'll say it for those who have forgotten. It is on the left side of his neck.
And that's where their Tattoos are. Hope you guys approve!
Also, note, that I added Jackie in because she's sexy as hell and Kubo used her as cannon fodder. It's the same as the priveron Espada. Some of the fullbringers were given abrely any love and/or screen time, so I'm giving the lesser characters some of that.
Its also why I have plans to give Charlotte a major role in the final battle.
You will also notice that a lot of lesser characters will be getting some boosts. Hence Fishbone, Shrieker, Zommari, Iceringer, Domoura, Jackie, and a few others
There is also a major change about Charlotte you guys should be wary of in the next chapter.
AGAIN! Thanks for reading this so far Darkmachines, I really love the reviews you give me and I am thankful for the fact you allowed me the use of two things:
Skullak Tuma, the guy's badass, infact, he's one of the more badass original characters I've seen yet. On Par with my OC Konjiki Ise of Another story I'll start after this one.
The Hammerhead Arrancar's name; Lance Tiburon. I will be giving this guy a lot of screen time in chapter ten, In fact, besides Nnoitra, he will be the center of that chapter. So thank you for the name.
I also want to say thanks for your constant reviews and positive input thus far.
So…THANKS!"
This is Pein-devapath signing off for now and wishing you a wonderful day!
Stay tuned for the next chapter of:
BLEACH: Beginning of the End!