Author Notes: For Ichigo's arrival as a Soul Reaper, I decided to do a special remix done in the intention of what if Lotus Juice who did Soul Eater, Battle Tendency and Persona 4's lyrical music decided to make a remix to Ichigo's Number One.

Also Orihime's Shun Shun Rika...another power that was never fully explored beyond a few fights, one explanation of its powers and one power-up. Just another part of Orihime that went unappreciated in the original series. I'll make sure that in this one each one is explored individually and possibly having their own unique talents in addition to the usual techniques that are associated with the Bleach manga

In this revamp, I'm basing their personalities on the Samsara of Buddhism, an element that is very heavily invoked in the whole series if one looks deep enough.

Chapter 7: The Masked Hero


Yammy looked shocked as a orange shield was generated out of nowhere and blocked his Bala, charging it down he stepped back and gave an expression of annoyance.

"Hmph, Old Geezer Majesty wanted just those three Hollows to kill that orange shit and have one of us take her once she became a Plus-, but I was right- only Grand Fisher's left. So I came to check her out...I'm getting angry...might not be good to do it here- Kukkapuro...stupid dog, I'm leavin'- come here or I'll leave ya behind," he said annoyed.

Suddenly, the dog emerged through the floor or the class room and landed on the large man's shoulder. He opened up the same type of portal that he came in the first place, this time at the side of the room with the chalkboard.

Yammy breathed in, smiled and without warning- he gave an utterly inhuman look towards Orihime. His skull ridges became more pronounced, taking on the appearance of two large purplish-gray head coverings, extending to the back of his head. His white jaw peace fused to his face, becoming his actual lower jaw. His red markings extend back from his face into two long flame tattoos.

Rukia looked up to the wrecked classroom and sensed the immense power within the room, Uryu unconsciously tried to reach to the classroom by moving his hand by a millimeter and Chad subconsciously attempted to raise his arm to commence another attack, but to no avail.

"You're lucky bitch, if you weren't so valuable, then I would've revealed all of my power here and everyone would be squashed like gnats. I'm leaving Numb Chandelier, those two bitches and that Grand Fisher pissant to clean up- I bet I'll end even worse than it did before I showed up...such is the inevitability crap that Old Man Geezer foretold," He said with a deeper, more monstrous voice.

As Orihime feel to her knees, Yammy's face went back to normal and stepped inside the portal as it closed behind him.


Orihime then looked at the objects that were suddenly flying around the room. As they slowed down, she began to see what they were- a group of winged bird like creatures with odd colors and patterns on their bodies. The orange shield around the other Ichigo dissipated and also flew towards her. They slowly morphed into more humanoid designs.

"Ayame," said the shy girl like one with an oversized, pink robe and a red hood like coat that covered the top of her head and extended to her feet- it had wing attachments on the outer part of the coat. Her dark blue hair was tied into two short braids with flower hairpins covering the sides of her head. She blushed and looked sheepishly at Orihime. She briefly flew towards the physical body of Ichigo's deceased being and pushed his heart with an extremely expression until it was back in his holed chest. She sighed with relief and returned to Orihime.

"Baigon," said the large, closed eyed bald man like one with a mask over his mouth with a topknot at the top of head. He wore an olive green, long sleeve shirt with a black belt and baggy pants with tiny black shoes. He had white shoulder pads that extended into white wings. He opened his eyes narrowly to see the battlefield with an expression of pity and clenched his left fist tightly.

"Hinagiku," said the pointy-eared, bald and vampiric looking man like one with a purple eyepatch with a red gem in the center of it, which extended to the back of his head as a horn. He wore a segmented, light purple body suit with the wings on emerging from his midsection, being purple with yellow dots. He scanned the area until he saw Orihime's drawing that she had sketched earlier blowing in the wind- unharmed in spite of the chaos ensuing and grabbed it. Looking at it, he gave wide-eyed expression of shock.

"Lily," said a curvaceous girl like one with three buns in her head tied with a purple ribbon in addition to her bangs being pushed over her right eye, wearing a bunched-up orange collar, wearing yellow sunglasses and a blue bikini with dark blue markings. Her pink wings adorned with white, empty circles with a single dot in each of them - were on her sleeveless arms. A pam tree tattoo was her left exposed thigh and a six pointed star on the right thigh- that looked oddly like a variation of Uryu's pentagram,. She pointed towards Orihime and Ichigo- proceeding to demonstrate to what she should do to him with a very lewd gesture involving thrusting that made Orihime cover her eyes in embarrassment.

"Shun'o," said an androgynous blonde boy like one with a ponytail tied with orange string and wearing a red Mandarin outfit with long, baggy sleeves. Green wings grew from his tailbone. He smiled politely.

"Tsubaki," said the spiky, black haired one with large eyebrows, he had a scar over his right eye and wore a mouth concealing mask that led into a poncho. His body was entirely black with red outlines and a muscular physique. His streamlined wings were on his midsection with two wing extensions on his legs. He eyed Orihime with a stern stare.


"Oh my...fairies...I knew they existed...I was right Tatsuki," Orihime shouted in joy at the sight of the creatures.

"We ain't faeries, pixies, fey, fair folk or whatever those things are- Shun Shun Rika...your powers manifested," Tsubaki clarified as he tugged one of her bangs.

"Huh, why do you look different?," Orihime asked in confusion

"We're personifications of your being: Attachment as in love (Ayame), Suffering as in empathy (Baigon), Imagination in the potential to choose your path (Hinagiku), Bliss as in contentment (Shun'o), Instinct in base desires (Lily) and Passion as...well being passionate about everything (Tsubaki)," said Shun'o the blonde boy.

"Nice to meet you, Ayame, Baigon, Hinagiku, Shun'o, Lily and Tsubaki," Orihime greeted with a smile, five of them bowed with Tsubaki looking to the side with disgust, much to Orihime's shame.

"The other two- Enlightenment and Void won't manifest yet...means you gotta work hard till you're strong enough to bring 'em out. Personally, Void's kind of somebody you'd like to avoid- Got it," said Tsubaki with a mix of irritation and hidden concern.

"Huh," Orihime asked in confusion.

"Anyway, that's a topic for another time. You now have the power to reject anything...like Ichigo's injuries," Shun'o continued his explanation, briefly opening his eyes- these eyes had an unusual pattern to them as it seemed to be either a cross shaped white pupil in the middle of a golden yellow or four pupils arranged to the sides of the eye.

Orihime's eyes widened with shock at the statement, ignoring the eyes of the blonde Shun Shun Rika at that moment.

"I can do that," she asked with hopeful anticipation.

"You can even reject reality..., but that's getting too metaphysical for you right now. Just focus on saying three phrases: Santen Kesshun, Soten Kisshun and Koten Zanshun- all with I reject," Shun'o explained.

"Reality warping...I wonder if I can become a robot now...(then narrowing her gaze towards Ichigo)...more importantly, Ichigo- I can help you now," Orihime said as she looked at the physical and spiritual bodies of both Ichigos.


"Thanks for giving me your plan, you stupid girl," Numb Chandelier said as she hovered towards the classroom looking menacingly.

"Don't you dare-," Rukia yelled as she tried to cancel her bout with her opponents to go to defeat the Hollow.

Suddenly, two red clawed hands grabbed her feet. the ground around it crumbled to reveal the nightmarish face of Grand Fisher.

The pigtailed girl and the blonde woman continued their assault on Rukia as the latter continued to block their attacks.

"If he's healed, that'll be a problem...my powers unleash the bulbs on my head to hit a target in order to control them. And they hit every part of this campus...do you understand what that means," Numb explained in a mockingly polite tone.

Suddenly from all sides of the school- students, teachers and even the principal who were infected by the projectiles, began to rise up. Chomping their teeth, the ones in the other building ran out of their rooms, went down the stairs and rushed to the doorway leading to the area Rukia was fighting in. Ignoring the Soul Reaper, they continued on and burst open the door leading to the school building of where Orihime's class was.

From the doorway leading into the classroom, burst the school faculties and students already in the building running towards Orihime. These were joined by the peers of the orange haired girl's class as they seemed to cluster together as their hands reached for Orihime.

In a split second before they got her, she uttered these words-

"Soten Kisshun!,"Orihime shouted instinctively with all of her might.

Ayame and Shun'o fly around the physical body of Ichigo, emitted a half oval over Ichigo's hole with his heart placed in. It quickly closed the hole and the next split second- something incredible occurred.

A black aura with red outlines then covered the entire campus, causing all of the infected people to collapse, Numb Chandelier to drop clumsily to the ground, Grand Fisher to loosen his grip and the two women fighting Rukia to feel a pressure on their backs.


(A special remix of Bleach Soundtrack- Number One plays in the back ground)

(Starts off in the same style as the original song with the woman singing)

If you wanna see some action,

Gotta be the centre of attraction,

Make sure that they got their eyes on you, like the face that you see on every magazineeeeee!

(At the end of the beginning verse A fasted pitch mix of techno, rap and rock music starts playing with a man replacing the woman as the singer in the 2nd Verse)

Oh yeah, my man Ichigo! Be the focus Son!

Name everybody gonna mention is Zan-get-su!

Comin' from the shadows, tonight's the time for everybody to see You!

Natural!, Sensational!, Exceptional!

Where you gotta be, it's always been your destiny

Believe in that, What you waited for-to be adorred- like the sun

You're Number one

Shining bright Superstar

Living in the fantasy

Brightest Superstar in Soul Society

You're number one

Shining bright for everyone

Living in the fantasy,

Brightest Superstar in Soul Society

Feelin' the beat

In your Soul.

(3rd Verse after a breakdown with the mix of the intense guitar synched with techno synths)

No. 1 Celebrity!,

Natural!, Sensational!, Supernatural!

This is all, it's gotta be, All of it- your destiny

Natural!, Sensational!, Truly Powerful!

Believe in that, What you waited for- to be adored

You're number one

Shining bright- Orange Sun!

(4th Verse- where the music gets the most most intense)

Livin' in the fantasy,

Brightest Superstar in Soul Society

What you've waited for- to be adored

You're number one

Shining brighter than the sun

Living out your fantasy,

Brightest Superstar in Soul Society

You're Number One

Shining brighter than the sun

Living in your fantasy,

Brightest Superstar in Soul Society

(Music ends)


A forward horned demonic masked form emerged from the dark mass- it was wearing the same Soul Reaper outfit as Rukia. He wielded a black-silver edged, oversized khyber knife as tall as Ichigo was, with a wrapped cloth covering the handle instead of a proper cross guard or hilt. His yellow eyes with black sclera glared with tranquil anger towards the Hollows. He looked at his chest and felt that the hole was gone.

Grand Fisher looked confused at the form, Ichigo had taken.

"A mask...what are you," Rukiaasked herself as she looked up to the masked figure perched on the tip of the destroyed classroom.

"Glad, I could help, Ichigo," Orihime said with a mix of relief and perplexed confusion.

"Thank you, Orihime," said Ichigo with a tone of gratitude under his demonic mask.


Chapter 8: Eyes on You