Shinichi Weekend 2020
Day 1
Time Travel AU + Being Cut off from his powers is killing Ichigo +I will kill anyone that looks at you the way I look at you.
Tag: shinichi weekend 2020, Day 1, Time Travel AU, being cut off from his powers is killing Ichigo, 'I will kill anyone that looks at you the way I look at you', possessive Shinji, insane Shinji, canon level violence, Arrancar Shinji
"So why does this hollow type guy want to see me of all people?" Ichigo rubbed his head as he followed Renji through the Seireitei's streets; he had woken up not even an hour ago before Renji had come to drag him out of bed.
"He refuses to talk to anyone else, they tried but he won't say a word. We need him to talk; he killed Aizen and Tosen with ease and his spiritual pressure its off the charts… We've never seen this kind of hollow before; hell we aren't even sure he is a hollow." Renji explained as the two turned down an alleyway and entered a house before Renji led Ichigo underground through a series of pathways.
"You need answers and you think he'll give them to me?" Ichigo surmised as his fingers twitched back towards where Zangetsu was sheathed across his back, just out of reflex as a cell came into view.
"That's what we're here to find out, just be careful Ichigo, this one is different…" Renji shook his head as he nodded at the Shinigami who was standing guard. The door swung open and Ichigo stepped inside the half-dark cell.
A man with long blond hair was leaning against the wall opposite of the door. A lazy smirk on his face and his iris were a bright yellow while the sclera was pure black. The upper right side of his face was covered in a pure white bone mask that stretched over his skull and mingled in with his blond hair.
Ichigo noticed the bone-white armour that he had seen on hollows before but what drew his eye was the giant hole in the middle of his chest. Ichigo forced himself to look away from the hole to the man's eyes again; they were filled with some sort of emotion as the hollow hybrid stared at him.
"Ichigo, ya came. I didn't think they would let ya," The man spoke, voice smooth and tempered as he pushed himself off of the wall but didn't step forward.
"You will only talk to me and they seem to want answers pretty badly." Ichigo shrugged his shoulders, even with the obvious suppression collar around the man's neck, Ichigo could feel the other's power and it seeped into his very soul and he felt something settle in him that had been on high alert since he woke up.
"I'm just shocked that they fell for it," The man gave a Cheshire smile as he leaned towards Ichigo, his long hair fall over his shoulders. Ichigo narrowed his eyes and his hand itched to curl around Zangetsu again, but something he couldn't place stilled his hand.
"You can feel it can't ya Ichigo? Being around me settles that part deep inside of you, I settle something you can't name, not yet anyway. " The man drew out his words, clawed fingers tapping at the stone of the wall behind him and Ichigo was positive that his heart now synced up to the tapping.
"How do you know that?" Ichigo whispered as he wet his lips, noticing how the man's yellow eyes followed the movement.
"I know ya Ichigo, I know ya down to the last cell. I know ya more than anyone else will ever know ya. That's why I did this, became this when I lost ya. Lost ya to a war that wasn't even yer's, to a world that didn't deserve ya." The man hissed out like an enraged cat as his eyes flashed dangerously and Ichigo found himself swaying to the side for a moment at the subtle display of power.
"Who are you?" Ichigo whispered, eyes fluttering when those claws lightly traced his jawline and somehow it felt like coming home after a long day.
"Someone who will kill anyone that looks at ya the way I look at ya." The man smiled widely, showcasing his sharp teeth and while the declaration should make Ichigo draw his Zanpakuto and get the hell out of there. It just made him sway again as a part of him wanted nothing more than to curl up in this man's presence and purr contently.
"Who am I to you?" Ichigo asked instead as he took a small step forward like he was drawn in by a magnet.
"Yer my everything Ichigo, when ya gave up yer damn soul to win a war that wasn't yours… It killed ya, I got back too late with a solution and held ya in my arms as ya choked on yer own blood. Ya were barely human to start with and when ya gave up 2/3rd of your soul… The little that was left couldn't handle it and it killed ya." The man looked pained as he spoke, his clawed fingers curling into tight fists and blood dripped slowly to the floor.
"That's why you came back, that's why you killed Aizen and Tosen. You did that to save me, you became this… To save me." Ichigo realized in a quiet voice, somehow understanding what the hybrid was telling him, somehow understanding everything from the pained words and look of devastation on his face, one he had seen on many faces on many different people.
"Ya were always so much smarter than anyone gave ya credit for," The man sounded fond as he stepped forward into Ichigo's personal space and Ichigo found himself relaxing as the man cupped his face with his bloodied claws.
"I came back to save ya and keep ya safe and I will do just that." The man pressed their foreheads together in an intimate gesture and Ichigo curled his arms around the hybrid's body, clinging to the fur that seemed to sprout from around the man's collarbone.
"What's your name?" Ichigo whispered.
"Hirako… Shinji," Shinji whispered back and Ichigo closed his eyes at the new knowledge and how everything inside of him keened at Shinji's presence and his power.
"Let him go!" Renji shouted as the door clanged open and Ichigo jolted in Shinji's arms, twisting around enough to see Renji and Captain's Ukitake and Kyoraku all rushing into the cell, their Zanpakuto's at the ready.
"Sorry, I did that once and I don't plan on doing that ever again." Shinji chuckled darkly as he curled one arm protectively around Ichigo, keeping the younger man pinned to his chest while he held up his free hand with cero's forming at the tips of all his fingers.
"I have no business with the Soul Society any longer now that Aizen is dead and I got what I truly came for. Kurosaki Ichigo is no longer your concern." Shinji snapped out as he let one of the cero go, collapsing the ceiling around them all.
By the time the dust had cleared, there was a massive hole in the back wall and both Shinji and Ichigo were gone.