Harry Potter the Visored

Chapter 25

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"Zanpakuto Talking"

"Mental Talking"

"Kido/Zanpakuto/spells"

'Thoughts'

"Hollow/wraith/horcrux Talking"

Harry found himself standing in the forest of his Inner World, but it was night and a red moon was high in the sky. This made the young wizard suspicious, as the forest always appeared to be stuck in a perpetual twilight with the sun casting colors over the cloudy sky. Looking around, he also noticed that Ryuge was nowhere to be found, but he noticed an ominous shape moving through the shadows of the crystals.

"Ryuge?" asked Harry, "Are you there?"

Only silence greeted the young Visored as he frantically looked around the forest for his Zanpakuto spirit. The thing in the shadows continued to dart across his vision while staying out of sight, further worrying the wizard.

"Whoever or whatever you are," said Harry as he materialized his sword, "I know you're there, so come out!"

Suddenly, he felt a presence behind him, a bloodlust that made his senses scream danger at him. Spinning around, he saw a terrifying sight, a Hollow standing behind him, glaring at him with glowing red eyes through the holes in it's mask.

The beast resembled a beast with a lower body of a snake that had skeletal armor with bone spikes and spider like legs made of bone that were tipped with blades. The upper body of the Hollow was more humanoid, with two gaunt arms covered in bony spines and reptilian scales, with hands that had claws like scythes. The face of the creature resembled one of a king cobra, with a mask resembling the head of a styracosaurus; it's fangs dripping with venom.

Harry jumped back to put distance between him and the Hollow, moving his sword into a ready stance, "What are you doing here?"

The beast let out an ethereal roar before moving into a position to lunge at the young Visored. Harry prepared to counter the beast's attack, but felt a sudden jerk, and opened his eyes to see him lying in bed with the Visored standing over him, Lisa holding a crumbling mask in her hand.

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"What happened?" asked Harry as he sipped from a lukewarm cup of milk tea with nutmeg and honey that Lisa had made for him, "Was that a dream?"

"I wish it was that simple, Harry," said Shinji, "what you just went through was a result of your Inner Hollow's increasing strength. It tried to take control of you while slept, and might have won if we didn't sense it and break your forming mask."

"What am I going to do about it?" asked Harry as he looked down at his tea worriedly.

The older Visored glanced at each other before turning to Harry.

"I'm not going to lie to you," said Shinji, "there is a way to suppress your Inner Hollow, but you will literally be fighting for your very life. The only way is to travel into your Inner World and beat down your Inner Hollow until you've subdued it. That will stop its attacks and also allow you to call upon its mask in combat to augment your powers."

"What happens if I lose?" asked Harry softly, causing the other Visored to glance at each other grimly before Shinji answered.

"If you lose, then your Hollow will destroy you and take over your body, turning you into a Hollow yourself," the Visored de-facto leader said seriously, "and if that happens, we'll have to stop you like any other Hollow."

"Then…" said Harry quietly before looking up with fire in his eyes, "then I won't lose!"

Shinji smirked and tousled the hair of their young charge, "That's the spirit. We'll help you as much as we can."

"We can start bright and early this weekend," said Love.

"No," said Harry, surprising the Visored.

"No?" asked Hiyori, "you don't want to?"

"It's not that," said Harry, "I mean, my Inner Hollow is only going to get stronger, right?"

"That's right," said Shinji hesitantly.

"Then I'm going to fight it now," said Harry, "waiting only gives it more time to get stronger, so I'll beat it down now and show it who's boss."

"Spoken like a true Visored," said Lisa as she gave Harry a hug.

Kensei nodded, "We'll start tonight."

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As Harry stood in the center of the Visored Underground Training Room, he couldn't help but feel a bit nervous about what was about to happen as Hachi crafted a multi-layer barrier around the young wizard to contain the power that would soon be released.

"Alright," said Shinji, "We'll be doing this with normal rotations, with everyone switching out after 10 minutes, minus Hachi of course. Are you sure, you're ready, Harry?"

"I am," said Harry with a nod.

"Then let's do this," said Shinji, "we'll start with…"

"Me," interrupted Lisa, "I'll be the one to begin."

The other Visored glanced at Lisa with a bit of surprise. It was obvious that the former Lieutenant was quite fond of their young charge and thought of him almost like the son she never had, so her choosing to fight him first caught them off guard.

"Ok then," said Shinji, "Hachi?"

The large Visored nodded and the barrier opened to allow Lisa through to stand next to Harry before sealing again. Lisa nodded at Shinji and placed her hand in front of Harry's eyes.

"Tanma Otoshi," said Lisa, causing a white light to shine from her palm that made Harry pass out.

Lisa caught him as he fell and laid him on the ground before drawing her Zanpakuto and getting ready as the other Visored watched.

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Harry once again found himself in his Inner World, though the sun was once again in the sky, bathing the forest with its glow. Steeling his nerves, Harry materialized his Zanpakuto and looked around at the crystalline forest.

"Hollow! I know you're there!" he called out, "Come out and face me!"

As soon as he said those words, the sun went dark and a red moon appeared in the sky, casting an ominous glow over the forest. Harry could hear a the growling of his inner demon and readied his weapon, before jumping to the side as his senses screamed at him, just barely avoiding a lunge from the Hollow that would have taken a chunk out of his side.

"There you are," said Harry as he readied his blade.

The Hollow roared in response and bared its fangs at the young Visored, before lunging at him to begin their fight.

"Blaze," said Harry, "Ryuge."

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As Lisa watched Harry's prone body, a blast of Reiatsu erupted from it as the body climbed to its feet and white liquid began to pour from his mouth, nose, and eyes, forming into his mask. With a roar, the masked wizard lunged at the former Lieutenant, forcing her to deliver a powerful kick to his chest that sent him tumbling back.

"Looks like it's beginning," said Shinji, "Love, start the clock."

As the Visored watched their Hollowfied charge attack and get beaten back by Lisa, they all hoped that Harry would dominate his Inner Hollow before the changes would become irreversible.

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As Harry dodged another lunge from his Inner Hollow, he swung his Zanpakuto in its direction, enveloping the beast in a torrent of fire, but when the smoke cleared, the beast was still snarling and let out a roar as a sphere of crimson energy began to charge in its claws.

"Bloody hell," swore Harry as he put some distance between him and his Hollow as he gathered his Reiryoku, "DANKU!"

His Kidō barrier sprung up just in time to block the Cero that the Hollow had fired at him.

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Back with the Visored, things were getting really serious. Harry's Inner Hollow had already manifested half of itself over Harry's body and Kensei, who was currently fighting it, was hard pressed to keep up with it's speedy and nimble movements.

"Damnit," growled Kensei as he dodged a blazing slash from Harry's Shikai, "this isn't going well. C'mon kiddo, fight through this!"

Kensei slashed at the Hollow with his sword, causing blood to seep down its body from the cut onto the claws of the beast. Suddenly, the Hollow aimed its claws at Kensei and began to charge a Cero, but this one was different than usual, it seemed to have razor-like edges and glowed bright purple.

"Shit," swore Shinji when he felt the spike in Hollow Reiatsu, "Kensei! Get out of there!"

Kensei leapt from the barrier and Hachi began to reinforce it as best he could, but without the time to cast more advanced barriers, the place might come down around their heads. Suddenly though…

"Ryūbi no Jōmon!"

"Danku!"

"Scream, Benihime!"

Three additional barriers appeared between the Visored and the strange Cero that Harry's Hollow was charging up. When the beast fired the blast, it smashed through Hachi's barrier and the Danku before slamming into a crimson, barrier that slowed it down, finally coming to a stop when it slammed into the large, thick, gate-like barrier that had been erected.

"We thought you could use some help," said Yoruichi as she, Urahara and Tessai dispelled the shields they put up, "mind if we cut in?"

"We sensed the spike in Reiatsu," said Kisuke, "so we decided to come and see what was going on."

"Glad you could make it," said Shinji, "we're gonna need the help."

As Hachi reformed the barrier, Yoruichi took Kensei's place in front of Harry with a smirk on her face. The Hollow growled as it faced her, for the fight was just beginning.

If you're wondering why Harry used a Gran Rey Cero just then, Ichigo used it in the manga, so it seems all you need is to mix a cero with blood. Also it wasn't at full power, due to the Hollow being a mindless beast.