Aelita stared in horror at the screen. Apparently XANA was attacking again and now Jeremie was gone. With a sigh, she activated the call program, knowing she had to get William, Jim, and Sissi. Before she could finish putting William's number in however, she saw two strange doors slide open from nowhere to reveal Jeremie and Rukia.

Jeremie took one look at the screen before sliding into his own body. With a look in his eyes that never had been there before, Jeremie slid into the computer chair and began typing. Noticing he didn't have much time, Jeremie activated a new program that allowed for multiple calls to be made, he quickly had Sissi, Jim, and William in a call. "XANA's launched another attack and everyone else needs a few more hours before their avatars have reset."

Sissi noticed her phone was ringing. "Daddy? Can you hold on a moment? I think that's Jeremie calling about tutoring me." With that, she walked out of her father's office before answering the phone.

XANA's launched another attack and everyone else needs a few more hours before their avatars have reset.

"Now? Alright, let me go grab my textbook and then I'll be over." Sissi said, eyeballing the door.

William glanced at his phone before nodding to Yumi and Ulrich, "It's Jeremie." He then answered it, "William here."

XANA's launched another attack and everyone else needs a few more hours before their avatars have reset.

"XANA's launched an attack. Looks like I'm on call. Jeremie? Ulrich and Yumi are with me. Want them to keep an eye on things?"

Yes.

"He says you guys are on guard duty."

XANA's launched another attack and everyone else needs a few more hours before their avatars have reset.

Jim gulped. "How did you get this number?"

Jim, you're missing the point.

"Oh yeah, yeah right." Jim did some goofy martial arts poses before turning to his phone, "I'm on my way."

At last; Jim, Sissi, and William were behind Jeremie. As he had gone through this once before, William knew that Jeremie was about to give a briefing.

"Tower activated in the Desert Region. We don't see any activity Earthside yet but it's only a matter of time. Jim, Sissi try to keep back if possible. I don't know if XANA's found a way to remake the Scypozoa. If he has, he may be looking to possess you. I'd rather send at least one old member but unfortunately everyone was called in last time. I'm guessing that William will have the codes needed so don't do anything dumb." Jeremie said.

"Transfer Jim, transfer Sissi, transfer William. Scanner Jim, scanner Sissi, scanner William. Virtualization!"

Now that she knew what to expect, Sissi landed on her feet, taking in the orange-red ground around her. With a chuckle, she held her hand to Jim who had landed the wrong way. Jim was wearing two ammo belts over his bare chest and camouflage cargo pants. Though his headband was gone, his spiked hair stayed put, giving Sissi the image of a commando going into battle. She heard a thump and turned to see William landing, his sword out and ready for action.

Jim stared at himself, flexing his muscles with a boyish grin. As he did so, he felt something on his back and found it to be a sniper rifle. With another grin, Jim popped a few clips off one of the belts and loaded the gun with practiced ease.

"Jeremie, I can get there on my own but some of us are going to need transportation." William hollered.

I'll send the Overbike and Overwing.

After a few moments, the Overbike and a strange floating scooter appeared. Jim swung his leg over the bike while Sissi hopped on the Overwing. Once they were set and Jeremie had given directions, William activated his Super-Smoke and the group was on their way.

Jeremie.

Jeremie turned to Rukia, "Did you say something?"

"No."

Jeremie, ask her about the final battle…

Though he didn't know what the strange voice was talking about, Jeremie was curious himself. "Rukia? When you say that Ichigo lost his powers… how did it happen? What happened at the final battle"

Aelita turned to the two and listened.

Rukia sighed. "When my brother and his Lieutenant came to take me back, Ichigo fought to stop me from being taken. However, my brother used his Shunpo, his Flash Step to cut Ichigo in such a way that he would surely die. When I ordered Ichigo to stay, I told him to stay there and live just a bit longer. The cut should have ended his powers however…" Rukia licked her lips. "A merchant in Karakura Town, Kisuke Urahara took him and healed him. You remember when I said that there are souls with chains attached to their stomachs?"

"Yes." Jeremie said with a nod.

"The chain slowly disintegrates and when it vanishes completely, that person will become a Hollow. Kisuke forced Ichigo out of his body when he had been healed. Because his power had been ripped away, Ichigo was an ordinary soul with that Soul Chain. Kisuke then gave Ichigo a choice, become a Reaper or a Hollow. Then, he cut Ichigo's chain, accelerating the Hollowfication process."

Jeremie and Aelita stared at her.

"A few days later, Ichigo's chain was running out. As his inner world collapsed due to the Hollowfication, he found the source of his Soul Reaper powers. At that instant, the Hollowfication was complete. When he jumped out of the pit he had been thrown into, Ichigo was part Hollow and part Soul Reaper. Eventually, he mastered his Hollow powers and his Reaper powers. When the second release, Ichigo's Bankai didn't work in the final battle against the traitor Aizen, Ichigo used his Hollow and Reaper powers. However…"

"However…?" Aelita, Jim, William, Sissi, and Jeremie asked.

"However, Aizen had merged with a special power source called the Hokyoku and was too powerful. Luckily, Ichigo's father had taught him the secret of the final attack of his Zanpakuto. The attack used every ounce of his Spirit Power to augment his fighting power. The Hokyoku rejected Aizen and Ichigo struck him down. However, his power was fading and it was only a matter of a time before he would be an ordinary human."

So now you know my story.

"Your story?" Jeremie asked. Rukia and Aelita stared at him.

Yes. I became a Reaper to protect my family but I lost those powers to protect the town.

"So you're Ichigo?"

After the battle, I went back to my normal life. Even so, I was upset by my loss of power. Somehow, I merged with both of my Zanpakuto spirits, the Reaper and the Hollow and became a Zanpakuto spirit myself. When we finally merged, all three of us were in such pain that we just ran. Finally, we changed into our sword form and waited for our new Reaper, you.

"So you are Ichigo?"

I am Ichigo but I am just one spirit. Our name is… Zangetsu.

"Thank you Zangetsu." Jeremie said. He then turned to the screen. "William, look out!"

William turned, only to be hit by a creature that looked similar to a spider, a Tarantula. The blast hit and William was blasted into bits of data.

Jeremie began typing as fast as he could. Watching over his shoulder, Aelita saw him activate the self-virtulization program, Mr. Cheesehead.

"Jeremie, no!" Aelita screamed.

"Sissi and Jim weren't there when we activated the Supercomputer, I'm the only one."

"Don't!"

Jeremie stared at her, his eyes giving off an expression she had never seen, the one that meant Jeremie was prepared to do anything, even die. "I am going in."

Aelita ran to the computer as the elevator closed on Jeremie. However, before she could reach the keyboard, Rukia grabbed her and held her back.

Sissi flung her baton, noting she was almost out of life points. From behind her, Jim fired another shot, blocking a kankerlot. Sissi took the lull in fighting to look up and gasped in shock as she saw someone forming. Everyone else had gone today so who?

Jeremie fell to the ground, drawing his Zanpakuto as he did so. Gone were the days of running and hiding, only fighting when he had to. Jeremie touched down, racing for the guarded tower as he did so. Occasionally, a monster would get an idea but Jeremie would demolish it before a shot could be fired. Finally, he was inside the tower, easily clinging to the side of the middle platform when he missed the entrance. Without pause, Jeremie sheathed his sword and swung up, walking to the middle of the platform. When he got to the center, he was lifed up to the upper platform where a screen was waiting for him.

Jeremie

Code?

Jeremie grinned, glancing over his shoulder at his weapon before he typed…

ZANGETSU

A.N. Yes I know that Black Zangetsu is actually Ichigo's Quincy Powers HOWEVER I have not seen this AND Ichigo doesn't know it. Also, I can't accept the fact that White Zangetsu/Hollow Ichigo is his true Zanpakuto because seriously? That dude has some serious issues. SO I am calling Black Zangetsu Zangetsu, White Zangetsu King, and Ichigo Ichigo. I am also sorry for the late posting but I was unable to break what I had written into chapters until now.