Author's Note: We're finally getting into the regular arcs. Not much to say but I hope you all enjoy my version of this story starting from here onward. Any way my layout will be in the author's note at the end of the chapter to give you an idea of what arcs I'll be doing. Also my plan is to update this story once every 1 to 2 weeks on Monday. Now then on with the chapter.
"Juha Bach"
"Shiro"
"Aka"
"Ao"
"P.O.V."
'Thought'
"Attacks"
Shikai/Bankai
Chapter 5: The Day I Became a Shinigami
{Opening Theme: *~Asterisk~ by ORANGE RANGE}
In a barren location filled with white sand and craggy spires of blue rock, the shadows grow long over the desert, also known as Hueco Mundo, and two blobs of darkness rise from the shade into the air before bursting out of the clouds in the nighttime sky over Karakura Town.
'We stand in awe before that which cannot be seen. And we respect with every fiber that which cannot be explained.'
The two blobs reveal themselves to be invisible monsters that land on a riverbank running beneath a bridge below. Elsewhere, a Jigokuchō (Hell Butterfly) flies toward a full moon while the female Shinigami stands on top of a telephone poll nearby.
"I sense strong Reiryoku close by." The female Shinigami says jumping to another telephone pole before leaping to the town below.
The following evening, at twilight, Ichigo was standing in front of five skateboarding teenagers, one of whom is lying on the ground, while another who has black hair and a mustache, dark pupils and several items of jewelry, including a gold nose ring, necklace, and bracelets while wearing trousers, a t-shirt, and grey beanie hat confronts him.
"You got a death wish, pal? Nobody jumps one of my boys for no reason and lives to tell about it." The punk says to Ichigo who just scoffs at him. "That's all you've got to say?" He asks and attempts to punch Ichigo but is quickly met with a foot to his face causing him to collapse to the ground.
"Lil' Toshi's down. We got to help him!" Another skateboarder, who has a black goatee, as well as rings on his nose and left eyebrow while wearing a black t-shirt, light colored trousers and a hat, shouts as they watch Ichigo continue to kick him in the back while watching in horror.
"Are you crazy?" The skateboarder with dreadlock ponytail asks.
"No way I'm taking on that psycho." The last skateboard says shaking in fear as they watch Ichigo continue beating Lil' Toshi and finally pounding his head through the concrete road with his foot.
"Now listen up, you pond scum! Do you see that?" Ichigo asks directing the attention of the remaining skateboarders to the vase of flowers on the sidewalk behind him, which has been knocked over. "First question. What do you think that is? You, the one in the middle, answer!" He shouts to the skateboard with the goatee making the others gasp.
"What, you talking to me? I guess somebody left those flowers for some kid who got killed here." The skateboard says.
"Correct!" Ichigo shouts as he kicks him in the face as well while confirming this is correct.
"Wait! Chill out!" The dreadlock skateboard pleads in fright at seeing another of the gang being taken down.
"Now the next question. That vase over there, why is it lying on its side?" Ichigo asks menacingly.
"I guess one of us knocked it over when we were skateboarding through here. We didn't-" The last skateboard begins to try to explain but Ichigo delivers several fast kicks that they couldn't see which sends them to the ground.
"You guys catch on fast. Now go and apologize, or else the next time the flowers will be for you." Ichigo says terrifying the gang with the fear of death looming over them as they run away screaming and apologizing after grabbing their two downed members. "There. That ought to keep those punks from showing their ugly faces around here." He says watching them leave before calming down and turning around to see the spirit of a dead girl wearing a red and white striped sleeveless shirt with a V-neck and cream shorts. "Sorry about all that. I'll bring you by some new flowers tomorrow." He says.
"Thank you for coming to my defense. I think now I'll finally be able to rest peacefully." The dead girls says.
"No problem. It's the least I could do." Ichigo says setting the vase right side up. "After all, you deserve to rest in peace." He says walking away as the girl vanishes.
As Ichigo made his way home, he suddenly felt extra weight on his shoulders and turned his head slightly to see his teacher Yoruichi, in her cat form.
"I don't know if I should be impressed with how you handle the situation back there or if I should ridicule you for your sloppy performance." Yoruichi says nuzzling against her love interest.
"Give me a break, Yoruichi. If I had used any of the techniques you taught me, I would've broken their necks or spines in an instant." Ichigo says justifying his performance back there.
"True." Yoruichi says realizing he was right. "Listen, there are a few we need to discuss. First off, more Hollows have been appearing in the last year since you've been gone so the Soul Society has sent a Shinigami to patrol all of Karakura Town. I'm sure you sensed their arrival already." She says receiving a nod from her student. "Next thing, you haven't entered your Shinigami form since you've reentered your body, why?" She asks.
"I haven't been able to get out of it, no matter how hard I struggle. I tried and tried to the point that it just looked embarrassing." Ichigo says scratching his cheek with a faint blush on it.
"Come to Kisuke's tomorrow, I'm sure he has something to help you out." Yoruichi says.
"Sure, anything else?" Ichigo asks.
"Yes. The time is soon for our plan to be put into motion. One that we've been preparing for since a hundred years ago. I know we've trained you for this but I need some reassurance from you, are you prepare to enter our world? Cause once you do, you can never close your eyes to the truth again." Yoruichi says.
"I know and don't worry, if I wasn't ready I wouldn't have trained for the last five years now would I?" Ichigo asks making Yoruichi smirk before jumping off his shoulder and onto the ledge beside them.
"Guess so. Be sure to come to Kisuke's tomorrow, until then keep a low profile." Yoruichi tells him before walking away.
The sun finished it's descent as the light went from warm bronze to pale silver from the moon and streetlights. Minutes of walking later and Ichigo finally returned to his home, where his family waited with dinner. In most families you would hear, 'I'm home', or 'I'm back.' In this house, shielded in a strong barrier to keep it hidden from unwanted eyes, Ichigo's first words to his family were…
"Bakudō #8. Seki (Repulse)." Ichigo says calmly as he generates an orb of light blue energy which repels Isshin's swift kick and blows him backwards.
Ichigo immediately charged at his father who recovered from the counter and began throwing fast punches at his son. At the table, eating that dinner Ichigo came home for, sat his twin sisters, Karin and Yuzu. Yuzu, despite being only 11, was becoming like a blooming flower with hair much like their deceased mother's while Karin had become more mellow and a bit rougher with black hair like their father.
"Can't they wait until after dinner?" Yuzu whined, puffing her cheeks in displeasure as father and son fought.
"Leave them." Karin told her sister, holding her bowl out for more rice. "Ichigo needs to be ready for anything. You know that." She says.
"Doesn't mean I like it Karin." Yuzu said, giving her sister another helping as the fight ended as soon as it began with a tie between father and son, each one at their physical limit.
"You're definitely getting better my son." Isshin said, looking at his son with pride feeling glad that his son was already on par with most high level Lieutenants and some low level Captains.
"Whatever but I got to tell you, Dad. For any normal, healthy high school kid, the seven o'clock curfew is totally uncool." Ichigo says taking a seat at the table with Isshin joining right after him.
"Ichigo, speaking of uncool, you have a new one." Karin says sensing another spirit over her brother's shoulders without opening her eyes.
"Oh, how long have you been there?" Ichigo asks looking to see a nerdy, gloom ghost man hovering over his shoulder. "Take a hike, will you? You damn pest." He says trying to swat the spirit away but it keeps dodging him.
"I'm so done." Karin says with a sigh looking towards her brother. "Poor big brother. Dad or ghost, it's always something since his return." She says.
"Well at least he's dealing with it better than I thought he would've. But still, I'm worried about what will happen when he faces his first Hollow." Yuzu says with worry in her voice.
"Don't worry, baby girl." Isshin says rubbing Yuzu's head. "Ichigo's been training since he was ten and so have you girls, too. Just believe in your brother's strength and he'll do fine." He says reassuring his youngest child.
"Never mind dinner." Ichigo says finally having enough with the spirit bothering him. "I'm going to my room." He says walking away.
Ichigo entered his room and tosses his school bag into his desk chair before changing into his night clothes and laying on his bed.
"Ichigo is kind of having a rough time right now." Ichigo hears Yuzu's voice from down stairs.
"Yeah, he said he's hasn't been able to leave his body since coming home and reentering it." Karin's voice was heard next as Ichigo sighed and closed his eyes and drowning out their conversation.
"What? Why would he talk able these things with you two instead of coming to his own dad? I have experience exiting Gigais. That doesn't make sense." Isshin says feeling hurt and slightly offended.
"Sure it does." Karin says.
"What-?" Isshin says turning to look at his middle child.
"For one thing, you claim you're over 40, even though you're a soul. And for another, emotionally, you're still at a preschool level, Dad. Admit it." Karin says.
"Oh, my dear wife." Isshin says dramatically as he rushes to the large poster of Masaki hanging on the wall. "Maybe it's because they're hitting puberty, but our daughters are being so cold to me." He says as he starts sobbing. "What do I do? What do I do?" He asks falling to the ground.
"Well, for starters, you might want to take down that poster." Karin says but then sees Isshin recomposes himself.
"Anyways, Karin, Yuzu, Tessai came be earlier today while you two were in school and dropped these off you both." Isshin says handing them each a packet of worksheets.
"What are these, Dad?" Yuzu asks as she and Karin took the packets.
"They're worksheets for the level 20 Kidōs. He wants you to study and fill them out by the end of next week for your test." Isshin says.
"Well, Yuzu, we better get started." Karin says as they finish dinner and head to their own room to begin working on them.
The next day, Karin and Yuzu were downstairs having breakfast and watching the new on the TV minus their father and Ichigo.
"The incident occurred outside Kotakura Station just after 7:30 a.m. as the morning commute was getting into full swing." The news reporter says showing a damaged train station taped off with fire trucks, police cars and ambulances assisting the cleanup crew while citizens watched from behind armor policeman with shields. "Witnesses reported hearing a loud crash and feeling the ground shake beneath their feet. The entire area has been cordoned off. Further details are sketchy at this point in time." The reports says on TV as Ichigo enters the room dressed in his school uniform.
"Hey." Ichigo says offering a smile to his little sisters.
"Good morning, Ichigo." Yuzu greets her brother.
"Morning. Where's dad?" Ichigo asks not seeing his old man anywhere.
"Early meeting. Said he'd be late tonight, too." Karin says drinking from her mug as Ichigo grabs a piece of toast.
"Again, huh?" Ichigo asks before taking notice of the news report.
"…this was not a catastrophe. Explosives expert are reportedly on the scene. And we will of course pass along further details-" The news reporter says.
"Something bad happen?" Yuzu asks walking up to her brother.
"That's near here." Ichigo says taking a bite out of the toast in his hand.
"You think it could be a Hollow?" Karin asks looking at the TV as well.
"It's got to be. The destruction is just too random to be anything else." Ichigo says but turning to his sisters. "Listen, I'm going to check the barrier around the house before I leave but I want you two to head to school and the afterwards come straight home until we know for sure what's happening, got it?" He says grabbing his school bag and seeing his sisters nod their heads in understanding.
Ichigo exits the clinic and places his hand on the invisible Kidō barrier making sure it was still operating correctly. Seeing that the barrier was working right, Ichigo makes his way to school but first he had to stop by the flower shop. Shortly afterward, Ichigo walks past the site of the incident with fresh flowers in his bag and arrives at the street with the dead girl's memorial site.
"Hello? Hmm?" Ichigo calls out to the ghost girl but then suddenly hears a scream and the unmistakable sound of a Hollow nearby causing him to rush off in its direction.
"Listen. Do you hear that sound?" A woman asks the man in front of her.
"What sound? I don't hear anything expect the usual-" The man begins to say but then an explosion occurs not far from them and giant claw marks are dug into the side of a building.
The citizens scream and terror as they run away while Ichigo runs past them towards the ongoing accident. Upon being engulfed in a cloud of smoke, Ichigo sees a large masked monster standing in the midst of the destruction, and realizes his theory was right, it was a Hollow.
"A Hollow." Ichigo says and reaches for one his Getsu no Ikari swords but then realizes he was still in his Gigai and remembered he couldn't get out. "Damn it." He swore but then sees the ghost girl from yesterday running towards him and away from the Hollow.
"Help me!" The girl cries rushing past Ichigo.
"Run. Hurry!" Ichigo orders reaching out and grabs her before flashing away with Shunpo to the end of the sidewalk.
"What is that thing?" The girl asks.
"It's called a Hollow. It's desire is to eat souls like you to gain strength but don't worry, I'll protect you no matter what." Ichigo tells her.
Suddenly, as Ichigo sees a Jigokuchō fly in front of his face, then the female Shinigami appears in front of the Hollow and unsheathes her Zanpakutō before slashing the monster's mouth. With blood spurting from the wound, the Shinigami lands on the ground before leaping toward the monster once more and cutting through its entire body vertically from the head down, causing it to disintegrate and disappear.
"Finally. A Shinigami shows up." Ichigo says, watching her as the Hollow disintegrated and disappears.
When the Shinigami lands before him and the dead girl while sheathing her Zanpakutō. She glanced at him, eyes wide in shock as she heard what he said.
'Crap, she heard me.' Ichigo thought to himself before Shunpoing away from the scene.
"That boy." The Shinigami said as the target of her inquiry vanished from her sight. 'He looked so much like him and he was definitely no ordinary human.' She thought in her mind. "I'll have to find him." She began to leave to continue her duties. "I have some questions for him." She says to herself.
Late that evening, after school Ichigo made his way to his teacher's shop. Ichigo told Chad about what he witnessed on his way to school and told him to be ready for anything, getting a nod from his best friend.
"Hey Kisuke." The young hybrid said as he entered the small sundry shop, punching Jinta Hanakari in the head for tormenting Ururu again because she's so timid. "I'm here." He walked down the center aisle of the small store, lines of nondescript and unimpressive products of random types waiting in the selves and display boxes.
It surprises him that Kisuke manages to keep this shop in business, probably not something he wanted to know the answer to. Maybe it had something to do with the real purpose of the shop, catering to the spirit beings.
"Yoruichi said you had something that could help me with my little problem." Ichigo says to his disheveled teacher.
"Well my prized pupil!" The bucket hatted scientist exclaimed excitedly, putting Ichigo on edge knowing his teacher's mad scientist habits. "I have done all the calculations, all the experiment variables, tested in the only ways I had, don't ask, and finally…I feel confident enough to give you this." He threw a black soul candy ball, the same as a faux soul used by the Shinigamis. "Swallow that and it will separate you from your body." Kisuke said, being serious with his disciple. "It gathers and absorb nearby Reishi from the nearby things close to you." He says explain to Ichigo how the candy that'll separate him from his body works as Ichigo looks at his master, who had no trace of his earlier comical demeanor. "This method can only be done by someone like you and only you." He leaned in close to his student and told him what he had to do.
"That is going to hurt a lot, isn't it?" Ichigo asks, somewhat worried about doing this and excited to finally enter and exit his body at will and was about to leave before remembering that Shinigami from earlier. "By the way, a Shinigami is in town. She may have also seen me using my Shunpo-" He tried to finish before getting attacked by the one person who would hurt him while criticizing him.
"What part of 'keep a low profile' keeps getting lost on you!" Yoruichi yells as she clawing at his face in her cat form while berating her student as Ichigo tries to pry her off his face. "You know that you're under his observation! We can't let him know we know he's watching, and Soul Society is not that lenient with someone like you! You could be killed on the spot if they found out the full truth too early." She says.
"The old man is willing to listen but only when someone proves themselves trustworthy." Kisuke said. "Your best chance is most likely after Aizen's betrayal, if that happens." He says.
"I'll keep that in mind." Ichigo said as he left his teachers and started his trek home.
"One more thing, Ichigo." Yoruichi called out to him as he stopped and turn to the cat. "I'll be gone for the next few weeks checking on somethings, so try not to miss me too much. And kick Kisuke's ass if he gives to any trouble." She says making Ichigo smirk and Kisuke shed crocodile tears at his old friends comment.
"Will do. See you when you get back." Ichigo says as he begins walking again while waving goodbye to his teachers.
Back home for his dinner, soul candy in hand, and a sense that it will be used very soon. Ichigo returned to his room to lay in his bed and observe the small black ball Kisuke gave him. Just as he laid his head down, instead of feeling his pillow on the back of his head he was met with the softness of Aka's lap beneath his head. Looking up he gave a small smile at seeing Aka staring down at him as she ran her left hand's fingers through his hair while supporting his head with her right hand. Looking to his right, he saw Ao sitting Seiza, holding his right hand in her left and sitting on the second floor railing was Shiro.
"Hello, my flame, my icicle." Ichigo says to the girls before looking up at Zangetsu. "What's up, demon." He says rather than asks and knows Shiro is smirking under his mask. "So, are you all ready for tonight?" He asks his Zanpakutōs.
"Do you even need to ask, King?" Shiro asks. "We trained you for 5 years for this day." He says.
"The question is…are you ready?" Aka asks with a stern look on her beautiful face.
Ichigo pauses for a moment and thinks about all he's been through; from being pulled into his inner world, to learning the truth about his father and himself, to training with Kisuke, Yoruichi and Tessai, and to training with Squad Zero in the Soul King Palace. Ichigo learned about the reason behind his father and teachers' exile and was hoping he was prepared to face the one responsible but first he need experience and that where the Shinigami comes in.
"I am. As long as I have you three with me, I'm confident I'll succeed." Ichigo says making his Zanpakutōs smile.
"She's coming." Ao says sensing the Shinigamis spirit energy getting closer as she, Aka and Shiro return to Ichigo's inner world.
After fading back into their master, the female Shinigami entered Ichigo's room through his wall not a moment later.
"What do you think you're doing?" Ichigo growled at the black clad woman, silence being her response. "Hey! Didn't you hear me?" He tried again, and again no answer as she seemed to scan the room, just standing there, in the middle of his room, searching, sensing, trying to find any trace of the remaining hollows.
"I feel it." The Shinigami said to herself, sensing a great energy, but it saturated a good portion of the area, leaving that sense useless and was so intent on her mission, she didn't notice the young teen in the room…or what he was about to do.
"DON'T BREAK INTO SOMEONE'S ROOM AND IGNORE THEM!" Ichigo yelled, slamming his foot into the short Shinigami as she fell into in undignified heap as the hybrid continued to lecture her. "I don't know how you were raised in Soul Society or care that you're a Shinigami, it's rude to just break into someone's room and ignore them while they're talking to you!" He shouts but the Shinigami wasn't listening, again, as she tried to understand what just happened to her, she was just kicked, she was seen, by a human.
"Yo-You can see me?" She asks as turned her head to look at the young man, than she recognized him. "Wait, you're that boy from earlier!" She remembered seeing him pulled that young girl's soul away from that rampaging hollow, only to disappear before her eyes. "How did you do that?" She asked getting up to her feet, barely reaching his chin, as she began examining him, rudely grabbing his chin for a closer look. "You certainly look human enough. Are you defective?" She asks and then Ichigo swatted her hand away and bonked her on the head.
"You are neither the sharpest sword nor a good people person, are you?" Ichigo asks with a growl while the Shinigami was nursing a lump on her head. "Now, who are you?" He asks again.
"You want to know?" She asked, glaring at him in an attempt to regain some dignity. "Very well, I'm a Shin-" She was interrupted as Ichigo hit her again.
"I asked who, not what. Pay attention." Ichigo lectured as the Shinigami was about to cry from the pain. "I already know about Shinigamis, Hollows, and Soul Society. What I don't know is who you are." He says as the Shinigami looked at him in surprise thinking most humans shouldn't know anything about any of those. "Now, will you please tell me your name?" He asks.
"M-My name is Rukia. Rukia Kuchiki." The female Shinigami, now known as Rukia Kuchiki, told him.
"Nice to meet you Rukia." Ichigo said, not even bothering with any formality. "I'm Ichigo Kurosaki." He introduces himself.
For a second Rukia could swear she saw her old mentor again. The boy looked so much like him it was uncanny.
"Now, can you tell me why it took so long for a Shinigami to show up and help any of the souls here in town?" Ichigo asks and her response was unsheathing her blade and performing a Konsō on a nondescript soul next to him.
"The influx of spirits and hollows suddenly rose in this particular city." Rukia explains as the soul vanished in a flash of light and turned into a Jigokuchō, flying away from the duo. "When I got here I was searching for those hollows, but something is making it hard to sense them." She says.
"Or someone." Ichigo said sensing several hollows coming to his home. "You probably noticed that I personally have some pretty abundant spirit energy. Those hollows are probably looking for me." He said opening his window and letting the hungry wails echo into their ears. "And they sound hungry." He adds.
"Then stay here." Rukia said, preparing herself for the coming challenge. "It's my duty to purify these souls." She says but Ichigo ignored her as he made his way for the door. "Hey wait!" She shouts but Ichigo did not stop, he couldn't.
These things were going to become a danger to his family. He had to protect them. He will protect them.
"Yuzu, Karin." Ichigo called out to his sisters as he descended the stairs. "I'm about to do something dangerous and stupid. I'd like a snack when I get back." He said as he walked out the door.
"Ichigo! Wait up, don't do this!" Rukia called out as she chased after him.
"Bye Ichigo! Bye miss Shinigami!" Yuzu called out already thinking about what to make her brother.
"You think that Shinigami is going to move in now that she knows about Ichigo?" Karin asked, channel surfing.
"The more the merrier Karin!" Yuzu says in a cheerful tone.
The duo exited into the darkness of the night, the moon and various streetlights exposing the five large beasts craving Ichigo's bountiful power. Different shaped heads, different colored bodies, different hulking beasts standing over their soon to be prey. One was a large humanoid Hollow vanished. The humanoid Hollow had with a fish-like mask and a dorsal fin on his back, shoulders and arms are plated with what appears to be part of his mask, and his body is covered with dark gray stripes, resembling the scales of a fish. This Hollow was known as Fishbone D. Ichigo met their hungry gazes with a defiant scowl, a hand in his pocket rubbing his black soul candy. He figured now was the time to use it, and if anything was to happen…well he had Getsu no Ikari and Zangetsu for that.
"Rukia." Ichigo said, pulling the soul candy out. "Watch my back." He says as he swallowed the small black ball and felt himself separate from his Gigai for the first time since his return as a burst of power exploded from him.
{Play Number One by Shirō Sagisu, Hazel Fernandes}
In the next instant an all-consuming whirlwind of dust and power kicked up absorbing all nearby Reishi, including that of Rukia's powers and absorbing and purifying the four weaker Hollows that were with Fishbone D. Completely gone with no trace. Rukia couldn't comprehend what she was watching. One second four hollows were about to devour that idiot brat she just met, then the next, they were just gone. All there was left was a crushing pressure, greater than any Hollow she's ever seen. She dared to believe that it actually matched her brother's in power or even that of a mid-level captain's.
"What the-" Rukia begins to asks in disbelief at seeing Ichigo transform into a Shinigami before her very eyes but then noticed her black shihakushō was now a white one. "My powers…their…their gone." She says trembling before looking back at Ichigo in his custom Shinigami outfit and then noticed the strangest thing. "He…he has…three Zanpakutōs." She says wide eyed. "But that should be impossible." She says spying the two swords on Ichigo's right waist and one over his left shoulder.
So focus was Rukia on Ichigo's sudden transformation that she didn't notice Fishbone D creep up behind her, or that she was getting weaker by the second. The Hollow was planning to devour the absent minded Shinigami given that prime chance, but the whirlwind finally stopped, the dust was slowly settling, and Fishbone D felt he was no longer a predator here, he was going to be the prey. In this dust, he saw a figure with a pair of glowing yellow eyes. The next thing he felt was left arm being completely severed from his body.
"This ends now!" Ichigo shouts snapping Rukia out of her daze.
"Huh?" Rukia questions as she turns back to watch Ichigo to see one of the swords on his waist was drawn and dripping blood from where Fishbone D's arm was sliced off. 'What kind of being is he?' She wonders as she watched Ichigo charged at the Hollow. 'I've never seen a human with Reiryoku this strong. That's what was jamming my senses before.' She thought realizing why she couldn't sense the Hollows before as she saw Ichigo use a burst of speed and slice off Fishbone D's right leg.
"You should feel honored." Ichigo says so softly that neither Rukia, who was still deep in thought about what she was witnessing, nor the Hollow, who didn't even care as it tried to fight back. "You're the first Hollow that Getsu no Ikari has gotten to slay." He says slashing Fishbone D's mask in half as he disintegrates and disappears.
"Well…" Rukia heard the voice from someone coming up behind her. "…looks like my boy handled himself pretty well considering this is the first time he's fought against a Hollow." She turned to see a Isshin Kurosaki and notes similarities to Ichigo only with darker hair and a thin beard on his face. "Come on inside and we'll discuss the living arrangements." He said as he returned to his home, carrying his son's soulless body.
"You might be with us for a while." Ichigo finished killing the hollow and joined back up with Rukia.
"Who is that?" Rukia asked the hybrid.
Shock still racked her being from what she just witnessed. At first she thought Ichigo was just another human, but then saw his eject himself from his body and become a Shinigami who then decimated five hollows with ease? What was with this family? What was with Ichigo?
"That is my father, the former captain of Squad 10." Ichigo says helping Rukia to her feet as he made his way back to his home and family. "He'll fill you in." He says.
{Ending Theme: "Life is Like a Boat" by Rie Fu}
Author's Note: Well there it is, the first chapter of my own version of this story. Hope you all enjoyed it. Now the arcs I plan on doing are as follows:
1. The Substitute Soul Reaper
2. The Entry
3. The Rescue
4. The Bount
5. The Assault
6. Arrancar: The Appearance
7. The Arrancar Part 2: The Hueco Mundo Sneak Entry
8. The Arrancar Part 3: The Fierce Fight
9. The Arrancar Part 4: Arrancar vs Soul Reaper
10. Turn Back The Pendulum
11. The Arrancar Part 5: Battle in Karakura
12. The Arrancar Part 6: Fall of the Espada
13. Gotei 13 Invading Army
14. The Lost Agent
That is the layout for this story. The New Captain Shūsuke Amagai arc, Zanpakutō: The Alternate Tale, and the 4 movies will be their own stories:
1. New Captain Shūsuke Amagai (written after arc 8)
2. Zanpakutō: The Alternate Tale (written after arc 11)
3. Memories of Nobody (in arc 6)
4. Diamond Dust Rebellion (in arc 6)
5. Fade to Black (in arc 6)
4. Hell Verse (in between arcs 12 and 13)
Please review and tell me what you think.