Author Notes: Finally, I should be done with having to delete chapters and rehash them unless some wordings need clarification. Hopefully, this won't happen in the future.

This is my version of the introduction to the Ichigo vs Grand Fisher, the first part is my take that to Ichigo effortlessly beating Aizen- which made me feel both satisfied that

Chapter 8: Memories in the Rain Re-rinse


The masked Soul Reaper slowly touched down to the group, much to the Hollows, two girls and Rukia's shock. He looked up to the battered Uryu, almost instantaneously went up, grabbed him and went back to the classroom to gently place him in front of Orihime.

"Show-off," said the pigtailed haired girl.

"That mask, he must be a-," the blonde tomboy wondered until she was cut off by the cephalopod Hollow.

"THAT HORRID GIRL, SHE DID SOMETHING DIDN'T SHE?! DIDN'T SHE- IT'S OK, IF SHE CAN USE HER POWERS RIGHT, I'LL JUST TORTURE, TORTURE, TORTURE, TORTURE HER UNTIL SHE'S COVERED IN BLOOD!," screamed the humiliated Numb Chandelier as she slowly rose up at the top of her lungs. The pigtailed girl stuck her fingers in her ears in annoyance, while the tomboy stared in shock.

"He was impaled...exploded...his heart was outside of his body when I crushed it...and he was about to become a Hollow...WHAT THE HELL IS HE?! I shouldn't have waited after those first two attempts failed nine years ago...when he was still not capable of being a threat," Grand Fisher muttered to himself as he tried to comprehend what just happened.

"I'm sorry, Orihime...are you tired from healing me. Can you fix up Uryu?," he asked, his voice distorted with a deep-echo pitch.

After a pause, she shed a tear and wiped it, saying with a soft smile-

"No, I think I can got the hang of whatever...I did...so don't worry and kick their butts. They hurt everybody here- so kick their asses- that's what Tatsuki would say."

Ichigo gave Orihime a silent thumbs up as he prepared to fight the enemies.

(Bleach Soundtrack- Comical World plays in the background)

"Nice mask, Ichigo," Orihime said cheerfully as she gave a thumbs up.

"What do you...," Ichigo said as he touched his face.

Orihime turned her face with puzzlement, wondering why Ichigo didn't notice this.

"Oh shit," Ichigo said with shock as he felt his two forward pointing horns.

The little parakeet, which had remained untouched by the constant attacks from the Hollows and continued to be ignored said this in a worried voice-

"If that man came back from the dead can my mommy do too...?"


Gritting their teeth, Numb Chandelier and Grand Fisher leapt towards the classroom- prepared to strike Ichigo. Numb releasing a wave of bulb projectiles and Grand Fisher using his entire skill set- a flurry of hair manipulated in the form of punches, sharpened claws, tendrils emerging from the holes in his face, an extended tongue and charged a large red orb from his mouth.

"When did he learn about Cero," asked the tomboy as she prepared to attack.

"I don't know, I don't care. All I know is that this won't turn out well for them," the pigtailed girl responded as she sighed in annoyance as she made a glance to the side.

The two Hollows came towards Ichigo, Orihime looked with perplexed shock at what happened next.

"Damnit, I was pulling the sword from that box with the red ribbon, but this giant mask chomped on me- and the next thing I know, I'm back and suddenly this is on me," Ichigo complained as he tried to tug off his mask with no avail.

As he said this, he managed to parry all of their techniques- including slicing the bulbs into particles and whacking the Cero into the sky with his sword. All while paying more attention to the mask on his face than the two opponents that were facing him.

"Yeah, he's gotten what humans call the Shounen Upgrade- meaning whatever was tough for him before- is now dealt with ease. It's rare that you get an even fight, let alone a really back-and-forth one," the pigtailed haired girl said as she placed her fingers on her forehead in annoyance.

What is he?, Rukia thought to herself as she looked at the wrecked classroom.


"EVEN THOUGH, KILLING YOU WOULD ANGER HER- I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HORRID WENCH DID," screamed Numb Chandelier as she futilely continued to attack.

"Oh, hey...small lady...what's going on," Ichigo asked Rukia, ignoring the shrieking Hollow.

Rukia looked with bewilderment at the extremely unusual situation that it had escalated to; mentally screaming her head off.

After calming down, she responded-

"I killed the fish-head known as Fishbone D who wanted to protect the fishermen trade, one of your friends manifested a power to send the bat called Shrieker who spat out a parakeet before being punched straight into the Gate of Hell, four more enemies showed up, including a giant man with a puppy who punched your eyewear sporting friend to the other side of the school, two girls double teamed me and the fourth- an octopus turned the school briefly into a zombie hoard until another of your friends used strange flying things to heal you- which caused you to wear a mask," Rukia summarized in a flat voice- trying to understand the insanity of the situation.

"What's your name," Ichigo asked the woman fighting the two enemy girls below.

"...I'm Rukia," said the female Soul Reaper.

"Are you making this up?," Ichigo asked unconvinced and skeptical, made more humous with his distorted voice managed.

"It's true...Ichigo...and nice mask," Chad said as he managed to regain consciousness and gave Ichigo a thumbs up with his right hand.

"Hey Chad, you can see this- that probably means you can see ghosts too. This Rukia lady said some really weird things like someone punching that bat down to hell-," Ichigo said casually, but was cut off by Chad's next statement

"It was because he put a kid's soul in a parakeet and lied to him about bringing back his mother. So I manifested my hand into a weird armor to punch him," Chad answered honestly in a calm voice, much to Ichigo's horror.

"M-misters, does that mean that my mommy can come back from the dead. Hello my name is Yuichi Shibata," said the parakeet with a sheepish tone to make its presence known. Ichigo's widened under his mask as he saw the bird speak.

Ichigo then turned to stare forward as if looking at whoever was watching this scene (or in this case, reading it).

Am I dreaming this, he thought as he attempted to pinch his cheek, but was unable to because his solid mask.


Grand Fisher then attempted to charge a Bala until his right was grabbed by Ichigo's left- the latter looking with a frightening expression- finally paying attention to the Hollow.

"How did you know my mom's face," he asked coldly.

"Hmph, now noticing me huh, yes I do know...the day that the rain fell in June. I bet you blame yourself for what," Grand Fisher gloated arrogantly before he was suddenly cut off.


Suddenly, Ichigo grabs Grand Fisher face forcibly pushing him over a few miles and throws him into the ground - all with minimal effort. The latter grips his visibly cracked face in disbelief that he was pushed and thrown by brute force alone as he laid on his back. The area he was in was a cemetery.

Orihime, Rukia, the two enemy girls, Numb, Yuichi and Chad looked with shock as the masked young man had seemingly flew with Grand Fisher in his left arm and he continued to wield his sword in his right- vanishing from sight in the next instant.

Suddenly rain began to fall on Karakura Town, especially in the cemetery.

"So you're the one...the day that my mother died," Ichigo inquired as he prepared a battle stance.

After getting up, he resumed his usual position and sadistic grin as he began to scratch it savagely.

"Yes," the Hollow said slowly as he continued to do so.

"Then, this will be an instant- an extremely painful instant," Ichigo said coldly as his black sclera eyes narrows.

"Heh, don't get cocky boy- you just wear a mask to be scary...I can do the opposite," Grand Fisher responded as his face cracked- one over his pink eyes to reveal a more human like eye with a pink pupil staring at Ichigo.


Chapter 10: The Moon Slayer