Chapter Eight: A Summer Dream Ends
Yoshiro began to stir awake as the morning sunshine shined down through his window onto him. He opened his eyes and saw Apacci laying against him as usual, except this time she completely naked. Yoshiro couldn't keep from grinning a little as he thought about all the fun from last night. As he awoke more, Apacci began to awaken herself.
She sat up and stretched a bit working out her morning grogginess. Despite as exhausting yet fun last night had been. She couldn't help but remark how great she felt nonetheless.
"Good morning" Apacci spoke as she gave her lover a kiss.
"Good morning to you as well, how're you feeling?" Yoshiro replied
"I think I'm feeling what they call, 'post-sex glow' if I recall correctly."
The blond chuckled a little. "Likewise though I'm not complaining in the slightest and as tempting as 'good morning sex' is. We should go see everyone else first if the smell of cooking I'm getting is anything to go by. Then we can probably come back upstairs for some wholesome 'good morning sex' eh?"
Apacci snorted a little at that. "Yoshiro, there's absolutely nothing we did last night that could be considered 'wholesome' in any way. We're a pair of unrepentant deviants in the sack."
Yoshiro opened his mouth to argue but closed it as he realized as he honestly couldn't. "Fair enough" He simply remarked instead and climbed out of bed. The two quickly took a shower and then tossed on clothes before heading downstairs. The two walked into the kitchen to see the others already enjoying breakfast.
"I see you two have decided to join us. I would've thought you two would have been asleep still. Considering your vigorous night together to simply put it." Sung-Sun playfully spoke.
"Please I don't think there was anything simple about what they were doing from how it sounded. The two were so damn loud I think most of the neighborhood could hear them." Mila added in.
"Should I be expecting grandchildren nine months from now?" Halibel casually stated.
At this point, the two in question were both red in the face from embarrassment. "Alright I get mom, this is for yesterday morning." Yoshiro proclaimed with a sigh.
"All kidding aside, I'm glad you two had a fun time last night," Halibel replied with a smile before looking a bit more serious. "Be honest, am I getting grandchildren soon? I'm not old enough to be a grandmother just yet."
"Relax mom, Apacci is on special pills from Urahara, she's not getting preggers while on them. Also, why do you think you're not old enough for grandkids? Technically speaking aren't you roughly abo-" Yoshiro was cut off when his mother slapped a hand over his mouth.
"It's not polite to speak a ladies age son, especially when said lady is your mother," Halibel spoke with a glare, Yoshiro put his hands up in surrender getting the point. "Good, now once we're done with breakfast, we'll head to Urahara's. The girls and I will leave our gigai there for safekeeping. Mila, Sung-Sun, and I will look to visit again in a week or so. Everything turns out to be peaceful in Hueco Mundo, then Apacci will return in a few days."
With all that decided, everyone finished their breakfast and cleaned up the dishes. Everyone made their way down to the candy shop where they were greeted by Urahara at the entrance. They all headed to the back and all the hollow's exited their gigai's. Preparing to head back to Hueco Mundo for a while.
Apacci pulled her boyfriend to herself and gave him a small kiss.
"You gonna do that all day?" Yoshiro asked cheekily.
"You gonna stop me?" Apacci retorted.
"Hell no," Yoshiro said as he then gave a squeeze where his hands were.
Apacci stiffened up a little in surprise at the action. "Did you just squeeze my ass?"
"You gonna stop me?" Yoshiro chimed.
"Hell no, but I might pull you somewhere more private if you keep being frisky." Apacci playfully said in return.
"I have no objections, to a 'goodbye blowjob' FYI." The blond replied.
An intentional cough was heard, and their attention was drawn to Halibel. Who had a rather stern look on her face. "I understand you both desire to explore this new level of your relationship." She and Rokuro hadn't been much better when they first started having sex. "Though may I suggest showing a bit more restraint while in public?"
The couple looked a little sheepish at that. Urahara meanwhile was just sitting on the floor watching with a huge grin.
"I'll be back in a few days, so don't get in any trouble while I'm gone." The deer-like Vasto Lorde mused.
"Like I would ever dream of it?" Yoshiro jokingly replied as everyone gave goodbyes and took off. Leaving Yoshiro and the shopkeeper by themselves. "So, uh… you want any help with this?" The blond spoke gesturing to all the gigai's on the floor.
"Not to worry, I'll take care of it. You should just relax with what time you have alone. I have a feeling once Apacci returns, you won't have much free time or relaxing time." Urahara cheekily replied with a perverted grin.
"You're probably right, I'll catch you later Urahara." Yoshiro mused as he took off out of the shop.
"I'd better call Isshin, no doubt he'll get a kick about this." The shopkeeper mused to himself.
*With Yoshiro*
Made his way through Karakura on foot, he almost went home to grab his bike but decided against it. He figured it wouldn't hurt to stretch his legs a bit, as he made his way around a corner he caught a rather interesting. Standing together in a small group was five girls, they looked to be foreign too at that.
One was a tall girl with long light-green hair, green eyes. Another was also tall with long wavy pink hair and pink eyes. Another was short, maybe a child who had chin-length blond hair and golden eyes and snacking on some chips. The next one has blue eyes and long, black hair extending down to her lower back, with two strands sticking up like antennae and stood a bit shorter than the green and pink-haired ones. The final one is a slender young girl with long, straight, dark brown hair and brown eyes. All of them were dressed casually and huddled around a map and quite clearly lost. Yoshiro thought for a moment before making up his mind and made his way to them. He just couldn't say no to people needing help.
"Goddammit Gigi, you said you could read the map!" Snapped the green-haired girl known as Candice Catnipp. As she talked to Giselle Gewelle the one with black hair and blue eyes. The shortest of the group Liltotto Lamperd simply kept munching on her snacks as the others bickered. The pink-haired one of the group Meninas McAllon kept silent. Not wanting to get dragged into the bickering. The final one Bambietta Basterbine was getting annoyed by the whole situation. Their task was rather simple after all.
They had roughly a little over four years still until it was time to strike. Though they still needed to survey and gather info on potential hotspots. Karakura was one such place that they needed to watch. Not too surprising the town was unusually rich with spiritual energy for a place in the living world. Bambi and her Sternritter team were sent to gather info and the layout of the town. Plus, it allowed them to get the hell out of Silbern for a while. They could also enjoy the living world a bit while doing their mission at the same time. Unfortunately, they had forgotten none of them knew how to read the language.
"You all seem a little lost, need some help?" A voice called out, gaining the attention of all five girls.
They all studied the newcomer at first they thought he was just a visiting foreigner. Easy to think considering he had mocha-skin, blond hair, and green eyes. Though they all quickly noticed he carried himself like he was a local. Then they felt that his spirit energy was unusually high. He didn't feel like a Quincy or anything else to them. It was like he was a huge blank canvas that nothing had been done with yet.
Bambi decided to at least get his name to include in their report once they sent a report to Silbern. Someone with so much untapped potential with some work could make it as a Sternritter, she knew it. Plus, he was quite handsome, which was a nice bonus. Of course, she and the girls would need to get to know him a bit first. Candice seemed to have the same idea.
"Yes, we do actually it would be appreciated if you could help. You must be a local, correct?" Candice spoke as she flashed a smile and strutted forward a few steps.
"Believe it or not, despite the looks I am indeed a local." He walked forward and took a look at the map. "Well, your biggest issue is for starters," He said as grabbed the map flipped it around. "you had the map upside down."
Candice groaned, Bambi facepalmed, Meni kept quiet, Lil shook her head and Gigi kept a goofy look on her face.
"I know this's gonna seem out of the left-field but I can be a tour guide of sorts for you all if you like?"
"Really? just like that?" Bambi questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm just a nice guy like that."
"As they say, 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth' right?" Lil spoke before munching on more snacks.
"We'll take you up on your offer, what's your name?" Bambi chimed
"Yoshiro Abe is the name." Introduced the blond, once the girls introduced themselves, they went off on their way.
Yoshiro spent most of the day showing the girls all around Karakura. He honestly had nothing better to do and helping a bunch of lost tourists. Seemed like a good way to spend an afternoon. As they walked and talked, he got to know them all a bit and they were quite a group.
Candice was a little short-fused and a bit sultry but was easily approachable enough. She seemed the type you go out with for a night on the town and have a blast. Meninas was the quiet and shy type it seemed, that she seemed to like the cutesier things. She was kind of like a less ditzy version of Orihime. Liltotto was much to his surprise only a year younger than him. She was also blunt a bit gruff, but honest all the same. Bambietta he pegged as the leader of sorts for the group. She also always seemed to be watching everything around her closely. Then there was Giselle she was…interesting to put it. While he didn't dislike her, the way she stared at him was a tad unnerving at times.
Bambi was a little surprised by how easily their impromptu guide seemed to meld himself into the group. Was it just because he was so genuinely nice to them, something that they weren't used to? Maybe it was how he talked and treated them like they were all just like normal teenage girls? Again something that they weren't used to. Perhaps it was because he seemed to ooze a natural charisma. That allowed him to quickly make friends with just about anyone? A dangerous skill to have, despite that many would never consider it to be. It was most likely a combination of it all in truth.
Still, his help had proved invaluable as they were able to get around to map all the key points and areas. At a much faster pace than they had anticipated, they were going to have a fair amount of free time. To do almost whatever they wanted before heading back to Silbern in a few days. They all stopped and got some food which she and the girls insisted on paying for his order. They might not have been as nice as they acting to be. They still weren't such bitches that they wouldn't repay someone for being so nice and helpful to them.
"Are you sure, you good from here?" Yoshiro questioned.
"Don't worry we know our way back to the place we're renting from here. We now know the layout of the town thanks to you." Bambi replied.
Yoshiro gave a wave goodbye and headed off on his own. The Sternritter girls in disguise watching him as he left.
"What do you think of him?" Candice asked.
"A bit soft but he has lots of potential to be pretty strong. If the higher-ups deem him worthy, we'll grab him for recruitment. His majesty can grant him the ability to be a Quincy after all." Bambi simply replied before turning on her heel, the others in tow behind her.
*Soul Society, 10th Division*
Hitsugaya sat at his desk doing paperwork that Matsumoto was too lazy to do. He was in a bit of a sour mood but it wasn't because of the extra workload. Ever since the failed hunt for the Vasto Lorde, the incident wouldn't cease nagging the back of his mind. The head captain had been rather upset when he and the others returned empty-handed. It wasn't just the failure in finding the hollow but the human that was encountered also lingered about in his thoughts. He and the others were too focused on finding their target at the time, so they didn't think much about it. The more he thought about it, the more something about the human bugged the young captain. The damnable thing was he couldn't put any sort of definitive answer down as to why?
He was broken out his musing by a knock at this door. "Enter" He spoke up, the door opened up revealing someone he wasn't expecting. "Captain Aizen this's a surprise what can I do for you?"
The other captain greeted with a smile and holding a folder in his hands. He took a seat and his looks became more serious. "Forgive the sudden intrusion Captain Hitsugaya but I have something you'll want to see."
"About what exactly Captain Aizen?" Toshiro questioned.
"You remember I'm sure about the failed Vasto Lorde hunt in Karakura some time ago?" Aizen continued as he received a nod. "I've been digging further into things and manage to make a surprising discovery. As you know we have multiple surveillance devices scattered throughout the human world. Most of these are simply energy detectors. We do have image recorders, but they are far and few between. After reading the report on the hunt something about it didn't sit right with me. So, I've spent what time I've been able to and dug through our surveillance records from that time. It took a while but I was finally able to find something of particular note. I have the image of my findings here with me for you to see. Seeing how Captain Kyōraku and Captain Suì-Fēng are out currently, I felt I needed to bring it to you. Since you were on the mission with them."
Aizen handed the folder over to Toshiro who opened it up and saw what was inside. It was just a single enlarged photo of a frame of security footage. What the photo revealed made the young captain's eyes go wide in shock. In the photo was a hollow, no doubt Vasto Lorde by its appearance. That wasn't what truly shocked him, who was standing next to it did. It was the human that he and others encountered that day. Everything fell into place, he hadn't been trying to send them towards the hollow. He had purposely sent them in the wrong direction to protect it. A human in league with and protecting a hollow? The entire notion was utterly ridiculous on principle but the evidence was clear as day.
"Thank you for finding this Captain Aizen, I know what must be done. I need to take this to head captain and see what course of action is needed." Toshiro stated as he stood from his chair, evidence in hand.
"Of course Captain Hitsugaya, I'm glad to be of help in this matter," Aizen replied as the younger captain took off to the first division. A cold smile steadily made its way across Aizen's face. "All is proceeding as I've planned. I wonder Yoshiro Abe, just how will you handle what I have designed for you?"
*Soul Society, 1st Division*
Toshiro was before the head captain and told all that he had come with the new evidence. The head captain was in deep thought about this matter, stroking his beard as he contemplated what to do about this. After a few more moments of silent deliberation, he had his answer to give. He looked to the young captain in front of him and spoke his mind.
"A human working in league with a hollow and a powerful one at that." Yamamoto mused "I've never heard of such a thing before how troubling indeed."
"How do you wish to proceed with this head captain?" Toshiro asked
Yamamoto thought for a moment longer before giving his command. "Track down this human and obtain what information he has on the Vasto Lorde. As well as any other information he may possess on other hollows. So that they can be properly tracked down and eliminated."
"What of the human himself?"
"He might be being forced to assist the hollow against his will. There's also the possibility he has been duped into working with them. If so then erase his memories and send him on his way." Yamamoto's looked turned stern and harsh. "However, if the human has been knowingly and willingly working with hollows of his own free will. He is to be terminated."
Toshiro didn't like the idea of executing a human but he knew he couldn't disobey direct orders. "Yes, head captain," Toshiro spoke as then left to prepare for the human world.
*Karakura Town*
It was the next day after the impromptu but enjoyable day spent with the tourist girls. Yoshiro had decided to head over and visit the Kurosaki's, he wasn't in any rush. So he chose the leisurely way and walked there, he decided to bring his guitar this time.
"Yo!" The blond called out as he entered the house.
"YOSHI-" Isshin called out trying to dive attack the teen, only to receive a kick to the face and crashing across the floor. "Excellent reflexes…as always." The man groaned as he pulled himself up on his feet. "Where's Apacci?" Isshin wondered noticing she wasn't with him for once.
"She's out handling some personal business so it's just me today," Yoshiro replied.
"I see, so have you two gotten any farther?" The elder Kurosaki asked with a perverted smirk. "You two got awful close in the kitchen after all."
"Like I'm telling you anything about that kind of thing!" Yoshiro barked, though a blush did spread across his face.
"I see it clear as day on your face, you did have sex!" Isshin exclaimed, he already knew from Urahara, but he couldn't help but tease a little.
"Okay fine we did, but keep it down will ya? I don't want Ichigo or the girls overhearing. They're too young to hear such things, especially the twins."
"The twins are at friends and Ichigo is up in his room."
"In that case, I'm gonna head on up and see him." Spoke the blond as he went upstairs and knocked on Ichigo's door. After a moment it opened up revealing the young teen.
"Yoshiro!" Ichigo said happily. "What are you doing here?"
"Had time to kill with Apacci gone and handling her own business. It's been a minute since I visited, so I figured why not?" Yoshiro retorted.
"You brought your guitar, cool."
"That I did, any request by chance?"
"Nah, you know I'll listen to anything you play," Ichigo replied.
Yoshiro shrugged his shoulders and set himself up in the room. After a quick tuning up, he took a minute to contemplate what to play first. a smile spread its way on his face as he made his choice and began to play.
"~Blood is a river,
Flowing darkly amidst the tangled roots of the tall shining city
Crazy flowing mantide migrations
Engorge the big ventricle of heartbroken America
So many heaven hoping, hopeful groping breathers
All tap together quietly and desperately in unison
Hey, hey, hey, is anybody listening?~"
"~News from the front
News from the front
We're living in troubled times
So many fighting for their lives
Why do the troops despise the news from the front?~"
Ichigo simply laid back on his bed and enjoyed his surrogate brothers playing. This carried on for a while until Yoshiro took a break.
Suddenly an odd ripple was seemingly felt through the air, Yoshiro felt it, and dread filled him. He had felt the same sensation once before when the soul reapers came searching for Apacci.
"Kit!" He heard his inner hollow speak up to him completely serious. "You need to leave now and make it to the shopkeeper. His building's barriers will keep your presence concealed. While I do not know for sure why Shinigami are here, my instincts tell me it's not good. They might have somehow figured out the connection between you and your mate. If so they will be coming for you, you must avoid their detection!"
Not needing to be told twice Yoshiro stood up went to quickly make his exit from the house. If the soul reapers somehow found him before he reached Urahara's. He sure as hell didn't want to be at the Kurosaki's house.
"What's going on? You look nervous about something all of a sudden?" Ichigo questioned picking up Yoshiro's sudden mood swing.
"I suddenly remembered I needed to pick some things up for Apacci before she gets back later." Yoshiro quickly lied. "Take care of my guitar for me until I get back." Not wanting to waste another moment, Yoshiro quickly took off downstairs and out the door. Running full speed towards Urahara's hoping to get there in time.
He took a shortcut along the riverbank in town, he couldn't help but quickly recall. It was the same one Masaki Kurosaki died by years ago.
As he ran along he suddenly felt the temperature drop rapidly, he mentally cursed at the implications that could mean. Suddenly something dropped in front of him with a gust of cold air that caused him to stop in his tracks. Once the gust subsided his heart dropped from the sight before him. It was the snow-haired kid and the woman he unintentionally chest-dived.
"Uhhh…hey," Yoshiro said not knowing what to really say at the moment.
The two soul reapers looked serious, especially the kid who had his sword drawn.
"It's been some time hasn't it human?" Spoke, the snow-haired kid.
"Yoshiro, my name is Yoshiro Abe. Just an FYI." The blond replied.
"Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya of the tenth division and this is my Vice-captain, Rangiku Matsumoto." The now introduced Toshiro stated.
"You know I can't but wonder why you came looking for little old me?" Yoshiro mused.
"I think you know exactly why," Toshiro said with a stern expression. "after all you led us away from your hollow friend last time." Toshiro watched and the human stiffened up at the accusation, it was all the proof he needed. "So it's true then, why did you help the hollow?" He spoke accusingly.
"I'm not telling you damn thing you'll just try to kill her if I do." Yoshiro retorted defiantly.
"The creature is a hollow, a monster, they only exist to hurt and destroy," Toshiro replied sharply. "Killing it is simply what must be done for the betterment of everyone."
"You're not going anywhere near her!"
Toshiro narrowed his eyes into a hard look. "I see, so you've been helping this hollow of your own free will. A pity I was hoping that wouldn't be the case." The captain pointed his sword in Yoshiro's direction. "You will tell me what you know of this hollow and any others you know. Even if I must force it out of you."
"Do your worst." Yoshiro spat back.
"I will if I must," Toshiro replied coldly.
Before the captain could make his move, something happened that caught everyone by surprise. Garganta suddenly opened up right behind Yoshiro. The soul reapers took a defensive stance expecting a fight to erupt. Yoshiro turned his head slightly expecting to see his mom and the others appear and bail him out. He saw something move faster than he could fully track come out of the entrance.
Then his whole world exploded in pain and splashing of red.
Yoshiro could only look in shock and horrible pain as the claws of a red-colored bird-like hand. Stuck clean through the bottom of his back and out his gut, lifting him clean off the ground. His blood splashed on the ground around him from the wound and as he coughed it up. The pain he felt was well beyond anything he had ever felt before. He couldn't even so much as yell or scream from the shock and intensity of it.
The two soul reapers had also been completely caught off guard by this unexpected turn of events. Looks of complete shock evident on their faces.
"NOOOOOO!" A horror-filled shriek suddenly cried out.
Yoshiro looked towards the source of the scream. The last thing he saw was Apacci in the air, anguish on her face. Before he was suddenly yanked backward and the world turned black.
*Apacci*
Apacci could only yell in horror and shock as she saw Yoshiro be pulled into the Garganta. By whatever hollow had attacked him.
She had returned earlier than expected from Hueco Mundo. As soon as she returned, she felt the soul reapers arrive in town. She didn't think much of it since she had her gigai after all. That was until she felt the soul reapers on the move and her stomach seemed to drop. When she realized through her Pesquisa that they were headed towards Yoshiro. Ignoring Urahara's please she took off as quickly as she could, only to arrive in time to see Yoshiro be impaled from behind.
Her whole body went cold and numb it seemed, her entire being having difficulty in registering what had just happened. She looked to the soul reapers as they stared up at her still in shock themselves. Apacci chose to ignore them and ripped open a Garganta and ran into it. Halibel and the others had to know what happened as soon as possible.
*Hueco Mundo*
Yoshiro felt himself get flung through the air and he crashed harshly into the sand. Due to the pain and blood loss, he barely registered that he was now in Hueco Mundo. He laid helpless on the ground as he bled from his wounds and coughed up more blood.
"That went smoother than expected." A deep sinister voice said, as the one who owned it approached.
The hollow resembles a giant hamster with red bird-like hands and feet and a red tentacle-like limb that hangs from his forehead, similar to the lure of an anglerfish. The hollow loomed over Yoshiro with a sickening look in its eyes. "Time to finish my job." The hollow spoke as it raised a hand and plunged clean into the blond's chest in a blast of gore.
The pain only lasted a few short moments before it suddenly ceased. Yoshiro suddenly found himself standing up in confusion, then he looked down. He saw a broken chain hanging from his chest. "Kami...I'm…I'm dead." He barely choked out in shock.
"That's right boy, you are dead by my hands. The hands of Grand Fisher." The wicked hollow announced. "A shame I can't eat you, your soul smells delicious, I'll just do what I need to do." Fisher reached and gripped Yoshiro's chain of fate with it.
"What the hell are you doing!?"
"Making you into a hollow." Fisher simply replied and then ripped Yoshiro's chain of fate clean out, leaving a hole.
"Ahhhhh!" Yoshiro screamed in agony as his entire body suddenly felt it was set ablaze. He felt his very person was ripping itself apart and reforming in ways that shouldn't have been possible. He continued to scream as he felt some sort of substance began to cover his face.
Fisher watched as the boy transformed into a hollow. He wasn't sure why Aizen wanted this done but he didn't care. As long as he was given the power he was promised, the reasons didn't matter. He watched in curiosity as the boy's transformation finished up.
His body was the size of a large truck and shaped like a fox. His fur was a snowy white, with nine very long tails with the tips of them colored black. His mask was shaped just like that of a kitsune with black wave-like marks adorning it. His eyes were black and sickly gold with vertical slit pupils.
Fisher was about to take his leave when he suddenly froze in place from what he began to feel. The power coming off the newly born hollow was high, far too high. "His strength feels like a high-level Gillian, how's this Possible!?" Fisher muttered in surprise and fright.
The now hollow Yoshiro snapped his gaze in the direction of Fisher. He snarled in anger and more importantly hunger. He began taking steps towards the other hollow, before suddenly blitzing at his prey, with incredible speed. Fisher was far too slow to react and barely had time to scream in terror. Right before Yoshiro clamped his jaws on his face and bit most of it clean off in one swift motion. He greedily devoured it before feasting on the rest of his kill. Leaving only a few splotches of bloodied sand behind.
Having eaten fisher finally allowed Yoshiro to return to a rational state of mind, mostly anyways. He looked around and saw his now animal-like features, he felt the difference in his entire being.
"I'm…I'm a hollow now." He spoke slowly as if he was trying to understand a difficult problem.
"Yes, you are kit."
"I didn't want this. I didn't want this at all. What can I do? What about Karakura and everyone there? What about mom, Apacci, Mila, and Sung-Sun?" Yoshiro thought, panic starting to swell up within him.
"Calm down Kit! Panicking will do you no good at all." The fox woman spoke. "I know this will pain you, but you cannot return to Karakura, not yet. You're fortunate you have retained your sense of self and memories. However, it's still too risky to go back as you are now. Your mate saw what happened, no doubt she returned to your mother to report what happened and grieve. The best thing you can do currently is to keep moving forward. Grow stronger and survive, so you can regain as much as you can of what you've lost."
Yoshiro forced himself to calm down and think about what he had just been told. Honestly, he hated this whole situation, he was still trying to process it all. Yet, he knew she was right. He would have to grow stronger, he would have to survive. He would reunite with those that he had been ripped away from. Then someday he would return to his home when it was safe too.
He looked up to the moon up in the starless night sky, basking in its glow for a moment. Before beginning his journey across the endless desert.
A/N: Hello readers! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the story thus far. Things are really shaking up at last with Yoshiro, just what changes will he bring? I figure some I wondering about the Sternritter girls showing up, there are few reasons for it. One it was to establish that the thousand-year blood war is happening in this story. Some people do bleach fics and ignore its existence, I didn't want to do that. Doing so also could lay the groundwork for certain things that happen later on in the story. I also wanted to see if I could get any of you thinking that maybe the Wandenreich would grab him.
Some will wonder why Yoshiro is so strong out the gate for a hollow simply put it's because he already has an inner hollow. If any of you have read fics where Ichigo becomes hollow, he's pretty damn strong from the start. Because of his own inner hollow, it plays along those lines. Though I will state he won't be stronger than say Starkk. He will be strong but not as on the top as you might think, not right away anyway. Then him killing and eating Fisher will have its own consequences down the line. Especially when you consider Fisher's history with our favorite strawberry soul reaper.
For those wondering the song that Yoshiro does for Ichigo is "News from the Front" by Bad Religion. Those of you who know their bleah trivia will get why. Also, I've decided to give Yoshiro his own them song, since that's a trend for bleach characters via Kubo. So Yoshiro's theme song is "Superman" by Goldfinger. Not only is it a fun song but I feel it's rather fitting for him.
Not much else to say, so stay tuned for more. In the meantime, please leave a review as they do help keep me motivated to write. Please like and fav if you have not already and stay safe, stay healthy. I'll see you next time. I'm out!