Chapter 11

"Now I think it's time we begin." Akahana got up from the ground, her face warm from the effort of kissing me, she seemed pretty happy with herself.

"Come along" She clicked her fingers and I sprang up and was at her side instantly. I hated that. I hated her.

She was peering through the trees again and I followed her gaze. What my eyes met was something out of a horror film. Beyond the trees was a large clearing, a massive blank patch of grass that held nothing, I knew were this was, I had battled here many times before. And there was a battle going on right now. I could see hollow everywhere, monsters taking on all different shapes the only thing the same about each one is the white masks that marks what side there on.

There were Shinigami too, fighting off the hollows, but they were having a hard time. There were so many hollows and all of them were at high strength, all of them were a high class, they were good at fighting, they had more intelligence then the average one, and they were blood thirsty. I watched as both sides had bodies littering the floor, there was no one I recognized lying there but still my heart grew heavy in my chest. She was killing them, she was killing people.

I watched as the battle carried on and hollow and man went against each other giving it there all. That's when the captains appeared, all of them. They released their zanpaktu without another thought and went against the hollow for their fallen comrades.

"Perfect" She purred and she held my hand tightly, it was like a snare, or the grip of a snake as it coils around its prey. She pulled me along with her and we descended out of the trees and down the small hill heading for the clearing.

I felt their pressure before I saw them, they were here as well. Orihime Chad and Ishida were in a circle back to back, fighting off approaching hollows. Rukia and Renji were close by them they all looked sweaty and had a few snags in their clothing but apart from that they looked fine to my relief. They all noticed me then and stared, eyes wide and mouths open, an unspoken question in the air. "am I the enemy?"

The fight seemed to stop then. The hollow gathered closer to Akahana and me, probably waiting for her orders. There were thousands of them, the more we waited the more they appeared. And that's when I noticed the crack in the sky above us, and I could just see some shinigami there trying to close it.

The captains came closer their eyes not leaving my face.

"What's the meaning of this?" The head captain called.

I felt my face whiten. He looked incredibly old, but I knew how powerful he was. Behind his robe held the many scars of battles he had won in his years as a shinigami. For him to join the battle it must be serious.

"He's with me" Akahana called, she smiled at him, and he stared at her as if she was dirt under his shoe.

"Who are you, what's the meaning of this nonsense?"

"Nonsense you say?"

She let go of my hand and took a step away from me. I looked at her and panic skittered around my insides, what is she planning to do, what the hell am I going to do! I can't kill my friends, I can't! If I hurt them then I might as well be dead.

Byakuya stood out among the captains because his eyes never left my own, he stared at me with a composed look on his face as if he was figuring things out. His black hair that trailed down his back moved in the breeze. The heat was intense and got worse the more the atmosphere grew to a heavy mass.

"She's controlling him somehow" He reported to the others.

"Well done, how fast" Akahana rolled her eyes and clapped her hands a few times for good measure.

"What is it you want?" The head captain carried on. His small eyes glared at the woman with a fiery anger.

"Destruction" She laughed and then a burning warmth spread through me. It was if my blood had turned to fire it was heating me up from the inside running along my arms and legs and starting from my stomach.

"Ichigo…Attack"

My feet shot forwards and my hand grabbed the blade from my back, it glinted in the sun.

Renji got before the others and blocked my attack.

"What's wrong with you, why are you fighting us!" I didn't answer, I couldn't, but just stared at him. I brought my sword back and went to slice at him, but he quickly jumped out of the way.

"Ichigo…" I heard her say from behind me somewhere.

My blade came out in front of me and I put my other arm to that arm and held on tightly. I knew what words were coming, I could feel them itch under my skin.

"BAN-KAI!" The dust spiralled around me and the captains and shinigami that were closest stepped back out of my way. My uniform transformed along with my blade. It was now long and narrow, completely black and deadly looking. A small chain fell from the black handle and jingled as if the blade was happy to be here.

I felt the power in me grow and grow and I shot forwards once more after anyone that wanted a piece of me. Renji jumped in front again, our blades made contact and he was nearly thrust away.

"Ichigo, get a hold of yourself, stop this, we can handle the hollows, we will defeat them but your different, you have to gain control!"

I felt laughter come from my throat, laughter that was by no means my own. I jumped away from him and then leapt at him, my blade sliced into part of his shoulder and he went down. I didn't stop to finish him but went for the next person standing close enough. Rukia. She knew I was coming for her, and she hurriedly got ready for my attack.

Are Zanpaktu connected, black against pure white.

"You just hurt one of your friends, that's not you Ichigo!"

My stomach clenched and unclenched I was worried for Renji, she was right, he was my friend, but I knew from a small wound like that he would be fine. I was more worried about what my next attacks would be like, was she just making them small at first to show off? Could she kill using me, could she really do that?

I pushed Rukia aside and she fell onto the floor surprised that I would attack her even though she knew I was under some form of control. Idiot. Your all idiots, get away!

"Getsuga tenshou!" The words left my mouth before I even knew I had started speaking them and a black and red form of power gushed out from my sword and into anything that might still be standing. A few shinigami that didn't know me well were knocked of their feet and badly hurt, they had open wounds and burned flesh. The captains that were familiar with my attack managed to escape the worst of it.

"I have no choice….Kill Kurosaki Ichigo" Head captain's voice reached me slowly and softly as if it were words from a dream. They fluttered over my mind and I had to think extra hard about what those words actually meant.

He was ordering them to kill me, I was already too dangerous to be kept alive while under this control. I couldn't believe it. I didn't know whether it was a good or bad thing. Maybe they could stop me and I wouldn't hurt anyone else. But maybe they couldn't. Maybe I would kill them all.

My only hope is that one of my friends gets to kill me first before I hurt them, before I hurt anyone else.