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Authors notes: Again lots of action in this chapter and some sad scenes of course. Hope you all enjoy this chapter been working hard to get better at this stuff hope I am improving. Read review suggest.
Chapter 14: Victory at a cost
"The hell these fairies doing here?" Shiro yelled turning fully around to face the little creatures. "We are here because YOU all failed to protect Orihime!" Tsubaki yelled flying into Shiro's face slamming him on the head. "I'm going to kill it!" Shiro yelled as he tried to catch Tsubaki running in circles, Tsubaki kept avoiding and hitting him on the head over and over.
"ENOUGH!" Ichigo yelled as the two stopped, Ichigo letting out a aggravated sigh looking up to the other fairies. "If you're here….does that mean Orihime is..?" He didn't even want to finish asking the question; Shun'o flew up to him shaking her head. "No her spirit is still alive for whatever reason to protect us we were transported here when her soul was taken…"
"Yea we had to watch you fight like a little girl against that damn Espada that took Orihime away. Your pathetic!" Tsubaki yelled, Lily flew up next to Tsubaki and pulled him back. "Tsubaki that's enough we are in his world treat him with more respect!" Shun'o yelled.
"If your all here….does that mean I can use Orihime's powers?" Ichigo asked, Shun'o nodded in response. "We believe so, we shall try." As she said that outside before Hachi could put a dome over Ichigo to heal him Inoue's appeared over his body, rapidly reversing all the damage he took.
"What the hell…..now I know that's Orihime's shield…" Tatsuki said staring down at Ichigo's recovering form, this event cause Ulquiorra and Shinji where were battling above to both stop and look. "Impossible…" Ulquiorra said calmly. "Her powers cannot possible exist while her soul is in hell."
A sudden spike of Spiritual pressure had Ulquiorra even more shocked as Tsubaki flew from Ichigo toward him, Ulquiorra hardly had enough time to hardly move aside. "Shit I love it! Can I stay with this guy?" Tsubaki yelled, never having fired with so much speed and power before due to Inoue's kindness.
Ichigo slowly began to wake as he touched the dome over him. "Ayame….Shun'o I am ok now you can release the shield." Ichigo said the two fairies nodding and the shield dropped Ichigo slowly getting to his feet as he picked Tensa Zangetsu up as he rose.
"Ichigo…aren't those..?" Tatsuki was about to ask as Ichigo nodded in response right away. "Looks like she left me a gift before being taken away…and with it…I'm going to SAVE HER!" Ichigo yelled as he blasted from the spot he just was at closing in on Ulquiorra quickly slicing at him, Ulquiorra blocked quickly and went to counter. As he did Ichigo rose his other hand the tri shield Inoue always used formed to block his attack.
"Interesting Combination…looks like you may be worth killing after all Kurosaki…" Ulquiorra said in his normal cold tone, this raising a smirk from Ichigo. "I'm just getting warmed UP!" Ichigo yelled as he nodded to Tsubaki who once again flew right at Ulquiorra from behind, the little attacker sliced right through Ulquiorra's arm cutting it completely off.
"Damn you Kurosaki.." This time it was Trivon's voice that came from Ulquiorra, he went to slice again at Ichigo as Tsubaki faded from sight completely, the tri shield coming in front of Ichigo once more. Although this time it seemed Different, Before Ulquiorra could realize this his strike landed on the shield. "GO!" Ichigo yelled as Tsubaki busted from the center with twice the force as last time going right through his other arm sending Ulquiorra backwards shocked. "Drop the shield!" Ichigo yelled and as they did he rose his hand above his face and ripped downward his hollow mask coming out on full force. Right after he gripped Tensa Zangetsu with both hands. 'DIE ULQUIORRA! Getsuga TENSHOU!" Ichigo yelled slamming the tremendous energy into him point blank range, the entire area shock from the massive explosion, luckily Orihime's powers had known this and had flown down and cast they're shield over Tatsuki and the others.
"Amazing….he wields her powers like he has known how to use them forever…" Tatsuki said staring up at Ichigo, seeing for the first time the determination behind Ichigo when he was in a battle. "Kurosaki-san learns best when those he has to protect are in danger…" Urahara said calmly from under the shield.
"Damn you….Kurosaki…!" Trivon yelled hardly standing. Ulquiorra was regenerating, his attacks had forced them to split. The ground began to rumble as hell's gate shot from the ground behind the two. Ulquiorra's eyes narrowed as it opened no doubt to claim him, he quickly grabbed Trivon throwing him into the gate. "Ulquiorra you bastard!" Trivon yelled as the gate began to close.
"Ichigo quickly if that gate closes with Trivon we won't be able to get it open again!" Urahara yelled, Ichigo's eyes going wide and without even thinking twice he flash stepped through it as it sealed behind him. "ICHIGO!" Tatsuki yelled seeing her friend dive head first into hell.
"Ulquiorra looked as Garganta's began to open, Chad and Ishida coming from the closest one, but the entire invasion team eventually came from them all. "Uryu!" Tatsuki yelled rushing up to him hugging him tightly." Tatsuki….what happened here?" he asked looking around then noticed Ulquiorra standing off in the distance all beaten up.
"I don't know really…Ichigo….he was able to use Orihime's powers and forced him to split from the other….that gate appeared and that one threw the other in…..Urahara said something bout if it took that guy it wouldn't reopen and Ichigo dove in….then it sealed…." Ishida's eyes were wide by the time she finished.
"With Kurosaki Ichigo out of the way…I can move on to the next stage of the plan…Until next time Shinigami and humans…" Ulquiorra faded into a Garganta quickly as Byakuya and Kenpachi landed to attack him. "Tch….damn coward.." Kenpachi said. "Ichigo's in hell?" Rukia asked over hearing the last bit of Tatsuki's explanation.
"Calm down everyone….I can explain but first let's get inside and tend to those wounds some of you have…" Urahara said calmly turning walking into his shop. Meanwhile in hell Ichigo was flying downward in chase of Trivon. "Come Kurosaki lets go find that soul you been wanting to save!" He yelled laughing, Ulquiorra had betrayed him, but he had a backup plan to get out, he planned to devour Inoue's soul to gain freedom.
"Stay the hell AWAY FROM HER!" Ichigo screamed using his hollows power to speed himself up, and within a second he was on top of Trivon slicing down into him, Trivon used his sword to block quickly and sent a rough kick into Ichigo's stomach but before it could hit the tri shield appeared and blocked it, 'Tsubaki get em!" Ichigo yelled as Tsubaki flew in from the side, Trivon growled and kicked off the shield propelling himself away from Ichigo both still free falling, Tsubaki missed but rounded for another shot.
"Annoying little FLY!" Trivon yelled forming a cero and fired it right at Tsubaki, Ichigo flew in the way and blocked with Tensa Zangetsu, not taking much damage luckily, but right after he brought the sword above him and sliced down at Trivon. GETSUGA TENSHOU!" The black wave of energy flew into Trivon causing a major explosion sending Trivon straight through the first ring of hell right into the second.
Trivon splashed to a landing in the water below, quickly regaining himself and used sonido to fade from sight quickly. Ichigo landed on the platform near the water looking around having lost track of the Arrancar he was chasing.
"Hey!" Tsubaki said flying in front of him. "I sense her!" Ichigo's eyes went wide and before Ichigo could tell him to go Tsubaki took off, Ichigo in fast pursuit. He blasted down through the water and came out above the third ring, it looked like a farm weird enough. He didn't care he just kept following the fairy.
"Orihime!" Ichigo yelled as he came into the fourth ring, what he saw horrified him, Orihime curled into a ball at the edge of a lava pool, she looked on the verge of death and a blood spot and small chain coming from her chest. "She's MINE KUROSAKI!" Trivon yelled bursting through the cloud toward Inoue. "Shun'o Ayame get to her and help her! I'll keep that bastard AWAY!" Ichigo yelled as the two he asked flew off and put they're shield over Inoue and begun they're work.
"Getsuga!" In the middle of his attack his hollow mask came on by itself this time, Ichigo a little shocked but didn't let it stop his attack he let it fly. 'TENSHOU!" The LARGE wave blasted fourth and slammed into Trivon, Trivon used his Zanpakuto to block but it still blew him away from Inoue none the less.
"Careful Ichigo-sama, your hollow powers have a lot more pull down here." Baigon spoke to him and Ichigo nodded in a response. "SHIRO! The hell I can handle this!" Ichigo yelled into his inner world. "You said that last time I am not taking any chances!" Shiro yelled back.
Ichigo grunted a bit as he took one of Trivon's Cero's while distracted with his hollow, he rolled along the brunt ground till he used Tensa Zangetsu to stop himself and got up looking toward the Arrancar. "She's mine…" Trivon said growled. "Over my DEAD BODY!" Ichigo screamed blasting forward again, Tsubaki flying ahead of him; Trivon blocked Tsubaki but couldn't block Ichigo as Ichigo sliced right though him. Cutting the Arrancar completely in half.
"NOW SHIRO!" Shiro broke from Ichigo and powered a Cero, as Ichigo powered a Getsuga Tenshou, both fired and slammed into the remains of Trivon completely destroying him. By now the chain from Inoue's chest had faded and she was just about back to normal. As a result she began to open her eyes remembering she was taken to hell.
As she opened her eyes she watched Ichigo and Shiro destroy Trivon, and recognized her healing dome. "Ayame….Shun'o?" She asked lightly as the dome fell ans the two fairies floated around her happy. "Orihime…" Ichigo said noticing she was awake as he stared at her, Shiro had faded back into him by now. Tsubaki floated up to him and smacked him in the head. 'Well go why don't you." Tsubaki said and Ichigo started to walk toward her.
Before he could reach her she jumped at him, he caught her quickly taking her into a rather tight hug, taking a second to inhale her scent, even in this place her scent still put him at ease as he smiled. "I thought I lost you…." He said quietly
"I knew you would come…" She said back as he opened his eyes pulled back looking at her. "I'm sorry…" he said lightly closing his eyes again and turning away her expression turned to one of worry. "You can't possibly blame yourself…" She said as his fists clenched. "You've been through enough…I couldn't even protect you.." He said ashamed.
"It's ok….because I got to protect you finally Ichigo.." She said as he looked back at her, her eyes held no blame no hate no hurt, only that loving look he fell in love with. He just moved close again and this time he kissed her, holding her tight, she gave in quickly and kissed him back, the kiss lasting for a minute. He finally broke it and let her go standing up and picked her up into his arms. "let's get you out of here. Time to go home I got business to finish." He said with a determined look on his face.
Just as Ichigo was trying to figure a way out a hell butterfly flew in front of him, he rose his finger letting it land, when it did a voice rang out. "Kurosaki-san! By now I hope you have rescued your damsel? I have a gate opening for you….from the time you get this message you have 2 minutes to reach it….the place the gate will open will be passed to you at the end of this message, please hurry I will not be able to reopen it for at least a month." The message ended and Ichigo knew right where to go.
"Time to go!" he yelled as he blasted upward quickly in the direction the butterfly had instructed. "What's wrong Ichigo-kun?" He only flash stepped faster with her question. "We only have about a minute left to escape hell or we are stuck for a month." He said as he moved from spot to spot with tremendous speed.
"I'm not letting you GET OUT ALIVE!" A voice yelled, Ichigo looked behind him seeing Trivon fast as his heals, his eyes wide not believe it, he was SURE he killed him, then he noticed the chain coming from him. Trivon was gaining on them fast, Ichigo grunted pulling all the power he had to go faster, even his hollow was pushing all he had for him. "We aren't going to make it king!" The hollow yelled, Ichigo could see the opening in front of them, it was shaped like a Garganta but it had a blue outline.
"SHIRO!" Ichigo yelled as he forced his hollow out, but not only his hollow he forced Zangetsu into his hollow when he forced them out, luckily the fairies had already returned to Orihime. "GO!" he handed Orihime to Shiro and turned blasting back toward Trivon slamming his shoulder into the now hell bound Arrancar. "ICHIGO NO!" Orihime yelled Shiro wasted no time and blasted upward through the opening right as they got through it sealed, Orihime screamed breaking out into tears. "NO!"
A/N: Going to leave it here for now, Got a lot of good ideas over the last few days this seemed like the best idea. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter luckily I've had a lot of time on my hands and good ideas so updates been coming fast, let's hope it stays this way. Read Review and tell me what you think as always open to suggestions.