Chapter one. Destiny's crossroads collide.
Central City's Cemetery
On top of the hill stood a young man in his early thirties with short blond hair and blue eyes. He wears a white olive shirt with a black jacket, black pants, and black shoes also on his right hand he wore a yellow ring with a lightning bolt on the centre. This is Barry Allen better known as his superhero alter ego The Flash.
Alongside him stood a young woman also in her early thirties with green eyes and long red hair. Which she had her hair tied into a ponytail, with side-swept bangs pulled to the right. she wears a light green business suit and matching-coloured shoes. This woman was in fact Barry Allen's wife Iris West.
Barry Allen then placed a bouquet of red roses on a gravestone that said 'Nora Allen, Beloved Mother' This is his mother's gravestone.
"Happy birthday, Mom." He said while looking at his mom's gravestone with a grieved expression. "I'm so sorry. I should've been there."
Hearing this cause Iris to have a faint surprise look. "What?"
"If I just ran a little faster, I'd have been there." He said with a mournful look.
Iris slowly walk up to him and hold his right hand in a supporting matter. "Barry, you were just a boy. There was nothing you could've done." Iris replied with a compassion look.
Barry then turn away from her and slightly walk. "We don't know that. If I had been there, maybe I could've stopped it." He said while he began tightening his right fist and slowly raise it up. "I could've saved her." He look down at the ground with a regretful expression.
Iris slowly walk up to him once more with an assured expression. "Come on, stop doing this to yourself Barry." To which Barry turn to face her once more, "What was that saying your mother had? About accepting the things, you can't change?"
Barry look at the ground for a moment while still remembering the advice his mom had told him. Afterwards he look at his wife with a faint cheerful expression.
Suddenly Barry began to hear his phone going off, he quickly look at it and saw that there was trouble at the Flash Museum. "Well, this is something I can change. A break-in at the Flash Museum." He then quickly put his phone away and look back at Iris. "See you later?"
"You better." She replied in a jovial tone.
To which Barry gave her a peck kiss on the check and began to rush out of the cemetery. He then began to run at an incredible pace he then tap his yellow ring and out came his superhero costume which he began to put on instantly. His superhero costume is a full-body suit that is all red but has two small yellow lightning bolts across the waist and wrists. also, he has a yellow lightning bolt logo on his chest and boots.
Meanwhile in Hueco Mundo on top of the canopy of Las Noches
The fourth Espada known as Ulquiorra Cifer had his tail wrapped around his enemy Ichigo Kurosaki's neck, lifting him up in the air. He then notices one of Ichigo Kurosaki's closes friend named Orihime Inoue arrival who looked in pure shock to see what is happening to Ichigo.
"So, you come how nice of you women." Ulquiorra noted.
"Ic...hi...go?" Orihime whispered in pure shock.
Ulquioraa began to return his focus on the unconscious substitute soul reaper. "Perfect timing watch carefully here's the man to whom you entrusted all your hope into, bare witness as his life comes to an end ". The Espada said charging up a Cero Oscuras with his left hand.
"NO" she screamed as it echoed though Hueco Mundo.
Ulquiorra blasted his Cero Oscuras...into Ichigo's chest.
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Central City The Flash Museum
Finally arriving at The Flash Museum, he was confronted by his arch nemeses. Top (Roscoe Dillon), Mirror Master (Samuel Scudder), Heat Wave (Mick Rory), Captain Cold (Leonard Snart), Captain Boomerang (George Harkness) better known as the Rogues.
At first Flash had the upper hand against the Rogues thanks to his super speed unfortunately he ends up confine to a wall by adhesive from one of Captain Boomerang's boomerangs. While the Rogues gloat about their victory, Flash questions who hired them.
Suddenly a familiar figure entered the museum at super speed and appeared right in front of Flash. The person was roughly around the same age as Barry, the most unique thing about him were his eyes as the irises of his eyes were red, and his sclera were black. He wore a full-body suit like Flash's however unlike Flash's costume the red and yellow were switch around as the full body suit was yellow, the two small lightning bolts across the waist and wrists were red. also, he has a red lightning bolt logo on his chest with a black circle around it and boots. This was Eobard Thawne better known as his villain's name Professor Zoom.
He reveals that he was the one who hired the Rogues and also, he plans to destroy the museum, calling it a "shrine to Flash's ego", as well as a few city blocks close by using 25th century explosives. This part of the plan surprises the Rogues as they never brought any bombs, to which Zoom states he did and had placed the explosives on their belts while he entered the museum.
Hearing this the Rogues instantly try to remove the explosives only to stop when Zoom tells them if they do that it will only set them off. Flash tries to reason with Thawne, stating that he does not need to kill thousands of innocent lives just to kill him. However, Thawne acknowledges that he does not need to but chose to do so just to make Barry's last moments more agonizing.
Just as Zoom was about to leave Flash and the Rogues for died when he saw Flash beginning to vibrate his left arm to liquefy the adhesive just enough to cover Thawne in it trapping him as well. Thinking this will make Thawne deactivate the bombs to prevent himself being blown up with them, he tells Thawne that he has no other choice, however, Thawne accepts that if bringing down Barry would mean his own death that was a small price he's willing to pay.
When suddenly a group of unique people entered the museum, these were Flash's teammates Batman (Bruce Wayne), Superman (Clark Kent) Captain Atom (Nathaniel Adams) Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Cyborg (Victor Stone) Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) and Aquaman (Arthur Curry). The superhero group better known as the Justice League.
Wonder Woman then uses her Lasso of Truth to force Zoom to reveal how to disarm the devices but Zoom simply tells them that it is impossible.
Flash then quickly suggest that each of the Justice League members take one of the Rogues as far from Central City as they can so they will disarm the devices once sufficiently isolated.
With that each Justice League members were successful in destroying the explosives device without harming the Rogues lives.
This leaves Flash alone with Zoom whose bomb is the only one left and still active. However, Flash manages to deactivate it by gather a vast amount of wind force in his left hand to which he then throws it at the explosives completely smashing it.
Afterwards the Rogues were taken to jail while Superman had plan to take the now freed Zoom to S.T.A.R. Labs custody. Also earning the freed Flash to give a quick taunt to Zoom, however that did not enrage him one bit. But responded with a vicious message.
"Enjoy your petty little victories, Flash. But no matter how fast you run, you can't save everyone. Not the ones that matter to you." Zoom taunted in a fiendish tone with a malicious look.
Knowing what Thawne was referring to cause Flash to have a dismal expression as he began to remember his mom. Then his thoughts were interrupted as he and Batman watch Superman flew away with Zoom.
While they still look up. Batman spoke. "Thawne's a classic sociopath. They have a knack for knowing just what will get under your skin." While Batman spoke Flash slowly walk while slightly looking down at the ground and then look forward at the city. "Yeah, they do."
Batman stared at Flash who look on with a faint regretful expression. "You, okay?" He asked in a faint concern tone.
To which Flash slightly look back at him and replied with a doleful look. "Don't worry about me Bats. "Nothing I can't run off."
With that Flash began speed away from the museum and out to the city, however unknowingly to him he began generating a faint golden yellow shockwave with a faint crimson red outline and his speed increase greatly.
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Back in Hueco Mundo
"Please help me, Ichigo Please!" Orihime screamed with all her tears and despair.
Unknowingly to her as she closed her teary eyes, she did not see a powerful but faint golden yellow shockwave with a faint crimson red outline hitting Ichigo's unconscious body which began to cause his hair to grow out and his arm began to move.
Since been hit by Ulquiorra's Cero Oscuras Ichigo's conscious began fading away however while Orihime was using her Sōten Kisshun powers to restore him which allowed his consciousness to be able to stay afloat but due to Orihime's mentally breakdown her powers were struggling to keep him alive, and his conscious once again began to slowly fade away into nothingness. When suddenly his conscious was hit by the faint golden yellow shockwave with a faint crimson red outline causing his consciousness to spring back to life and he was able to fully hear and see what was happening around him.
Seeing what was happening while his out caused his self-conscious to speak to himself. "Orihime... She's...calling me. She's in trouble. She needs me. Get up. Get up. I have to get up I promise I will... I will protect you."
Orihime lifted up her head. For some reason...she felt a very menacing presence. She turned around with tears in her eyes.
In front of her...was Ichigo in a terrifyingly looking Hollow state. The Hollowfied Ichigo now had long straight hair, reaching down to its waist. A Hollow hole was also seen, and it was decorated with markings stretching from the hole across its chest and shoulders. It had claws on its fingertips and toes with small, furry red tufts, two starting from the collarbone and stretching around the neck and one each on the wrists and ankles, and white skin. The Hollow mask covered the entire head, and its markings were of four spike-shaped marks, two of them stopping by the forehead and the other two stretching past the eyes and teeth, going past the chin and joining with the marks on its chest. The mask featured two long forward-pointing horns, with black strips extending from their centre towards the tips.
"Huh?" Orihime quietly questioned, while staring at the Hollow beast.
"Is... That Ichigo?" Uryū panted heavily.
"Impossible." Ulquiorra whispered, looking slightly dumbstruck. "You can't be alive."
The Espada started to make his way over to him. Then stop when he was a great distance away from the hollowfied Ichigo.
"What is that form?" Ulquiorra asked. "Just who... are you?"
Remaining silent, Hollow Ichigo lifted his right hand and Tensa Zangetsu flew right at his side surprising Ulquiorra a bit. Taking Tensa Zangetsu, Hollow Ichigo took a swing of his sword and he completely demolished the area next to himself!
"KYA!" Orihime cried, blown away from the force. Luckily, Uryū caught her in time!
"Didn't you hear my question?" Ulquiorra asked. "I'm asking who you are."
Hollow Ichigo opened his mouth and he let out a beastly roar. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"It seems you can't understand what I'm saying." Ulquiorra quietly noted. He then begins charging a Cero Oscuras at him. But to his shock hollow Ichigo started to charge a Red Cero between his horns
Soon, Hollow Ichigo fired his Cero destroying a massive portion of the dome! His attack deflected the Cero Oscuras as well.
However, unknow to both combatants they didn't notice the giant tear to the sky of Las Noches that had been caused by their Cero attacks. The tear began altering to a lot of different colours while pulsing like a heartbeat.
Ulquiorra having dodged the attack he began flying away from the cloud of smoke and observing the explosion.
("Impossible! That was a real cero, and it was powerful enough to counter my Cero Oscuras.") Ulquiorra thought, ("Despite how much he resembles a hollow a mere human cannot shoot a real cero.")
He then saw hollow Ichigo below him about to fire another Cero at him.
"Don't underestimate me." He calmly states as he began to charge his Cero Oscuras to stop the crimson Cero being fired at him, to which both Ceros collide with each other and created a giant shock wave to erupt and destroyed another great portion of the top tower. Unknown to everyone the coalition of the two Ceros shockwave also headed towards the giant tear to the sky which then suck into it.
Once again Ulquiorra was flying away from the cloud of smoke and observing the explosion.
"He deflected my Cero Oscuras for a second time." Ulquiorra whispered.
Instantly, Hollow Ichigo appeared right behind Ulquiorra. The Espada turned around, trying to slash his enemy with his claws. However, Hollow Ichigo grabbed Ulquiorra's left arm and cut it right off!
Ulquiorra's eyes widened at this, then Hollow Ichigo throws Ulquiorra's severed arm at his face sending him to the ground, then hollow Ichigo let out another ear crushing roar.
Witnessing this Orihime and Uryū look on in horror "I can't believe it he's so powerful!" Orihime whispered fearfully. "Is that really Ichi…"
Before she could finish her sentence when a large static echo through the whole area causing everything to become distorted.
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(My greatest strength doesn't lie in my offensive but in my ability to regenerate.)
(I don't know how you took on that form. But no matter how much powerful your attacks have become it won't be enough to defeat me as your about to discover. Lanza Del Relámpago.)
(Are you kidding he can fire a technique like that more than once?)
(He completely slipped through my pesquisa. That wasn't a Flash Step he just use, it was a Sonido.)
(Accept the things you cannot change. Have the courage to change the things you can and have the wisdom to know the difference.)
(If I'd been there, maybe I could've stopped it. I could've saved her.)
(You can't. We'll all be dead, shortly. The truth hurts, doesn't it?)
(But no matter how fast you run, you can't save everyone. Not the ones that matter to you.)
(I'm fine. Nothing I can't run off.)
….
Then the static and the distortion finally ended just as a shocked Ulquiorra noted how the Hollowfied Ichigo completely past through his pesquisa and noticing that he didn't used the Flash step he used the Sonido.
Then Hollow Ichigo swings his sword at Ulquiorra, who blocks the force of the strike with his lance which sends him back due to the strong force of the strike, Ulquiorra then notices hollow Ichigo heading upwards to the tower, taking a step back he then flies to the tower. Not losing his sight of hollow Ichigo but for a split second he couldn't see him, and then suddenly he felt his body turning to the right and to his surprise hollow Ichigo was behind him and he grabbed the right side of his face with his right hand and forcing his face and dragging him across the tower, then hollow Ichigo strikes him with his sword causing major damage to the tower.
Ulquiorra who was now out of danger and flying around the area looking for hollow Ichigo, he then sees hollow Ichigo who was standing on a piece of the broken tower and begins charging to Ulquiorra who blocks the by spinning his lance to deflect the attack.
"I can't believe how fast he's moving; I can't follow him with my eyes" Uryū commented on how fast Ichigo was going.
"Ichigo" Orihime whispered, still in horror of what is happening to Ichigo.
Once again Ulquiorra engaging hollow Ichigo in open air combat, Ulquiorra was once again being slightly overpowered by hollow Ichigo's speed and having a hard time keeping up, just then hollow Ichigo strikes Ulquiorra from behind just as Ulquiorra goes for the attack, hollow Ichigo jumps out of the way.
"You're not getting away" Ulquiorra calmly stated as he began charging a Cero Oscuras at him, but suddenly hollow Ichigo attacks him from behind causing him to lose control of his cero and causing some major damage to one of the towers.
Ulquiorra began to head to the lower ground, he then look up and saw hollow Ichigo holding a large slab of rock and throwing it at him.
Not feeling threatened by this, the Espada just remain still and calmly stated, "Am I supposed to be intimidated just because you can throw something heavy at me, nice try." and he destroyed the rock with his javelin.
However, that gave the Hollowfied Ichigo the chance to fly towards Ulquiorra as he finally got close enough to the Espada he then took a swing with his Tensa Zangetsu at Ulquiorra. Who was able to dodge the swing which was inches away from his face, Ulquiorra then backed away from the Hollowfied Ichigo and then was about charge at him with his javelin but then the Hollowfied Ichigo appeared right in front of him and what happen next completely surprised Ulquiorra.
"Impossible with his bare hands." Ulquiorra slightly exclaimed, actually shocked That Hollow Ichigo had grabbed the javelin with his hand until it exploded as the smoke cleared Ulquiorra found himself staring into the face of the hollowfied Ichigo, who was glaring at him with his golden eyes this leaving Ulquiorra completely stunned, Then Hollow Ichigo landed a powerful strike across the Espada's torso with Tensa Zangetsu and also slicing off his right horn in the process.
Ulquiorra then began to fall to the ground, "Damnit all." Ulquiorra quietly spoke as he saw how badly he was bleeding from his injury.
"I can't believe I lost to a Hollowfied human it's completely ludicrous." Ulquiorra quietly spoke. Suddenly Hollow Ichigo stepped on his head and begins charging a Cero, both Uryū and Orihime look on surprise as Ichigo wasn't through with the Espada just yet.
"I see no mercy how very hollow like." Ulquiorra noted. "Go ahead after all I lost to you, my life no longer has any meaning. Do it." Hollow Ichigo fires the point-blank Cero at the Espada, creating a large explosion.