My updates are really scattered and all I can really say for it is that certain things have come up and I can now only concentrate at my fullest out of the house and at college. As for one of my reviewers and the rest of you that are confused about the fight, not to worry. The facts shall be revealed this chapter.
I DON'T OWN BLEACH!
Ichigo was going berserk. "What the hell happened! We were fine! We had the power! So what the hell!", Ichigo thought. Bala after bala was fired at the ground by Renji's body. The roads were torn up and walls of luckily abandoned buildings were knocked down. Renji was unconscious and bleeding from all over, especially his head.
Speaking of Renji, Ichigo turned and made his way to his form and just as he reached him, he slammed his foot into his chest. Renji spit up some blood and his heartbeat clear in Ichigo's ears. Feeling the need to crush one of the people who took away his loved one, Ichigo started to relish in the way Renji's rib cage started to crack as he slowly added more pressure. He would of continued if it wasn't for the sound of 3 people arriving.
"Ichigo! Stop, we still need him!", Kisuke yelled. Ichigo growled and removed his foot slowly. Turning to face Kisuke, Ichigo took notice of how damaged they were, and even the heavily bleeding Gin on Kisuke's shoulder. "...How...", was all Ichigo said. "I don't know, but what I do know is that if Rukia has been captured, then Tessai and the others must be in poor shape too. Now, le-", Before Kisuke could continue, Ichigo was already sonidoing back to the Shoten. The others following soon after.
Arriving first, Ichigo noticed as he ran into the shoten, the giant hole in the shop's front and the smell of blood. The moment he stepped in, Ichigo saw Pesche and Dondochakka bleeding in opposite corners, shallow breathing and barely conscious; an unconscious and heavily bleeding Yoruichi being healed by Tessai who was also bleeding with three large pieces of wood in his back and several pieces in both arms. Tessai grunted acknowledging him and Ichigo just let out a grumble.
Walking over to Pesche and carrying him over to Dondochakka, Ichigo placed both palms on their heads and let his reiatsu flow into their bodies speeding up their healing to near instantaneous. By then Dondochakka passed out and Pesche muttered a "Sorry Ichigo-sama. We failed" before passing out too. It was then that the others arrived and placed Gin on the floor near Tessai. Everyone dropped down to the floor and let the silence sink in.
A couple hours later and everyone was out of danger. Although a good portion of that time was used for preventing Ichigo from barging into Soul Society with ceros blazing. Before Tessai passed out himself from exhaustion, he said, "It was-"
*Flashback to a few minutes before Kira's kido*
Rukia was getting worried for everyone fighting the recently arrived soul reapers. It wasn't as if she doubted them, but it was a feeling that she was getting saying something was not right. Everyone was sitting around the table waiting, but ready for a surprise attack if any of the captains or lieutenants made it by. All of a sudden blood exploded from Yoruichi. Everyone jumping to their feet and looking for the source of her attack, as Tessai rushed to her side. It was then that a form jumped forward and smashed Tessai back into a wall.
With wide eyes, Rukia, Pesche and Dondochakka looked at the figure of Tousen. Not waiting around, Pesche and Dondochakka charged and shouted, "For Ichigo-sama!" Dondochakka made it to him first, but was immediately slashed across the back. Stopping for a moment, Pesche noticed Dondochakka's right hand was going through Tousen's left leg.
Quickly turning to Rukia, Pesche shouted, "Run! It's not Tousen, Its Ai-" Blood burst from Pesche's chest and he was then slammed into a wall. "-zen." Removing himself from the wall, Tessai fired a shakkaho and watched as it scattered around the room. But it was useless as he was once again sent through a wall, chunks of wood flying everywhere. Tessai with the pain he was in, looked up and heard Aizen's voice, "Give the boy and Kisuke my regards. Come Tousen, it seems Abarai is on his way for the Kuchiki girl." Aizen and Tousen disappeared from all senses, just as Renji and Kira arrived. Rukia was trying to heal Dondochakka, but was soon knocked out by Kira and carried outside by Renji. Not being able to chase after them, Tessai did what he could and crawled over to Yoruichi to start the healing process.
*Flashback End*
As the air was clear of the fight, Uryu ran into Chad and Orihime who also sensed something was wrong. Orihime quickly asked, "Ishida-kun, what were those energies we felt? Did it have something to do with Kurosaki-kun?" Chad nodded in agreement. Uryu sighed and looked to the side, "I see that you two have spiritual powers, but it seems that you still don't know how to use them fully. I can only guess that you both realize that Ichigo has power too and have been trying to find him." Chad replied with a nod, "Yeah. Recently we discovered our powers and have been looking for Ichigo, but the energy in the air was everywhere." "We couldn't track it. So please can you take us to him. He may be hurt." Orihime finished. Looking toward them again, Uryu let out an expressionless laugh, "I highly doubt he was hurt, but sure, I can sense him this way. But do know that it is Ichigo, no matter what." Not fully understanding the situation, Chad and Orihime nodded and followed after him as he lead them to Urahara's shoten.
After a while of walking, they entered a more abandoned district and Orihime gasped at the damage they saw. Chunks of road were torn up and thrown about. Some buildings were severely damaged in the front, while others were barely standing at all. Craters ranging 10 to 20 feet deep. Chad merely looked about as they marched forward, while Uryu noticed that this entire area gave off more of Ichigo's energy than anyone elses. That should of meant that he won, but the reiatsu feels fresher than the battle that happened awhile ago. It didn't take much longer for him to get his answers.
After Tessai's recollection, Ichigo walked over to a corner of the room and sat down in deep thought. Still in his hollow form. Urahara had his hat tipped over his eyes, events were already moving away from the original timeline and now only time would tell if it was a good thing or not. Byakuya was forming a plan of action that could perhaps put immunity on Rukia with connections of the Kuchiki clan, but it seemed that Aizen had his resources as well. Gin was watching over Tessai and Yoruichi and also seeing what Ichigo and the others would do next.
Everything was silent like this for a few more seconds before coughing and a groan was heard. Opening his eyes, Renji eyes squinted as he tried to get use to the light again. As he started to sit up, he was immediately pushed back down as the sounds of roaring and struggling were heard. Looking up showed him it was Byakuya holding him down and a little ways away, Gin and Urahara were holding a menacing Ichigo at bay. Still trying to register everything, Renji coughed and asked, "C-captain?"
"I would stop talking if I were you. You really managed to make Ichigo angry and talking will just make him want to cause more damage.", Nel said from a few feet away. Looking at her for a few seconds, before turning to look at Ichigo again, whom was still roaring and trying to get toward him dragging Gin and Urahara bit by bit.
"I'd consider it ta favor Abarai-san. It's taking both our full power just to hold him back this much. If we weren't on the same side, I'm sure we would be goners.", Gin said, sweat forming on his forehead. Byakuya pushed him back down and said, "Abarai, I want you to listen and listen well. You have no idea what you have unknowingly done. You have just sent Rukia to be executed and there is almost nothing you can do to stop it." Glaring slightly, Renji replied, "Why should I listen to you? You abandoned Soul Society and joined the enemy. At least Captain Aizen was there to help me and even gave me a weapon against the hollow over there."
By now Ichigo was calm enough not to attack, so Urahara was able to let go as he went to retrieve the device Renji was talking about. "First of all, Aizen is a liar and was using you. Second, didn't you find it weird that no one helped defend Rukia when you came in here and how everyone was already hurt before you showed up? And third, this device right here(Renji nodded weakly.) is a measuring device for Reiatsu and by no means a weapon. Although the explosion that occurred from scanning Ichigo's Reiatsu must have been an unexpected outcome.(Looking at Renji again) So in the end, you were just being used by Aizen."
Renji gulped weakly, "But to work with hollows. Thats even worse than being used. They eat souls after all." Nel looked at Renji now and asked, "Really? Being used so that you are part of the reason your best friend is to be executed is better than working with hollows who, might I add, haven't eaten any human or soul reaper souls defend the life of an innocent." Renji looked down and let the information sink in. Byakuya looked down at him, "If you wish to redeem yourself, then start by joining us and saving Rukia and uncovering this conspiracy with Aizen."
Ichigo watched Renji quietly as he weakly agreed to help. Needing some air, he started to make his way to the door. The others watched him go when all of a sudden they heard a gasp and "Ku-kurosaki-kun?!"
Orihime kept following Uryu with Chad as they were coming up to what appeared to be a candy store with a giant hole in the doorway. Uryu suddenly stopped and turned to face them both, but she noticed how Uryu kept his gaze on her. "This is where Ichigo is, but know that right now, he isn't in his normal form. So once again you both need to understand." Chad nodded first and suddenly Orihime felt a little uneasy, but nodded regardless. Afterall Ichigo was her friend too." It was then that she noticed someone just exited. She gasped. And there just as Uryu said was Ichigo, but she couldn't have guessed that the form he mentioned would be of the same type of monster she had defeated a several days ago. Sure this form was humanoid, but it was just so demonic. It felt as if her very life force was being sucked away from her just from looking into his eyes in this form. She then stuttered, "Ku-kurosaki-kun?!"
Looking at the girl who called his name, Ichigo just gave a sigh. He was not in the mood to talk right now. "Ichigo..." This time it was Chad who called his name. Ichigo just kept walking towards them, but nodded to let them know he heard and understood. Although the more he walked towards them and took in the damage around him, Chad's sweat drop expression and Orihime's nervous and frightened expression, the more he realized how much he has truly changed. Aizen's smiling face suddenly appeared in the front of his mind and what little calm Ichigo had snapped. "NEL!" he roared. Seconds later, Nel appeared by his side and he started walking faster and away from his friends. Uryu ran up to him and grabbed his arm, "Kurosaki, I don't know what you are going to do, but I won't let you. You need to calm do-whaaa?" Instead of listening to him, Ichigo just grabbed the back of his shirt and started dragging him.
Before Chad and Orihime could say anything, Ichigo pointed to the shop and grumbled out, "They'll fill you in.", before disappearing from sight with sonido with a struggling Uryu.
Once they were far enough away from Karakura without being detected, Ichigo and Nel stopped and Uryu was let go. "Kurosaki-" Ichigo held up his hand, "Aizen wants the Hogyoku. The Hogyoku is with Urahara and not inside Rukia. Rukia becomes an ideal pawn for him now. I'm doing what I have to no matter what. You can either follow or stay behind." Uryu stared at Ichigo and even though he already knew what he was going to do, he had to ask, "what are you planning Kurosaki?", "Storming the Soul Society and taking back Rukia." Looking at him and then at Nel, who looked ready to follow Ichigo to hell and back, he nodded and pushed up his glasses causing a slight glare from the moonlight. "I'll do it."
Nel smiled and Ichigo let out a grumble. With a slight turn to his side and with a snap, a garganta appeared. "Let's go then."