In a barren wasteland stands two opposing figures, their clashes shaping the very lands itself, with each blow tearing the skies as the winds howl in fury for the two transcendents.
One clad in black, his presence composed and unshaken while the other had one horn in his head and held two blades.
Kurosaki Ichigo was on the verge of defeat.
He gasped for air, his lungs were on fire, his body covered in cuts and bruises he grasps his two blades as the smoke billows upon the battlefield.
"THERE!"
Ichigo swings his larger blade in an arc deflecting yet another series of black constructs.
"Such persistence, truly an amusing sight, Ichigo."
The figure slowly walks out of the smoke, clad in black with eyes surrounding his body, a smile in his face is seen, something Ichigo loathes oh so very much.
"Shut the hell up!" Ichigo screams as he runs straight to Yhwach at high speeds with the intention of cutting his neck clean.
"Have you not learned from our past skirmish? You truly are a buffoon to behold." With a flick of his hand the man summons more black tendrils towards the Shinigami.
Quickly repositioning Ichigo shunpos high up in the air launching a wave of multiple Getsuga Tenshos at the Quincy King.
Ichigo sheathes his smaller blade and extends his hand.
"Hado 88: Hiryu Gekizoku Shinten Raiho!!" A large wave of crackling lightning fires upon his command eradicating the very earth that the Quincy King was standing upon.
"Another one of these? Surely you have learned these meager spells will never work?"
"Ain't done yet you bastard!"
Ichigo holds his sword high up and begins to charge up a cero with his right horn creating a devastating amount of energy as he fires the destructive attack towards Yhwach.
The blast from the attack created a powerful shockwave that decimated the entire field itself.
"Huff……huff…..hah……" Ichigo takes deep breaths as he lands down on the ground hoping that the attack actually managed to finally land some form of damage to the Quincy.
Just before he could react a hand pierces the side of his stomach.
"Ngha!!!" Ichigo screams in agony as he tried to break free but instead he was then thrown at immense speed to the ground.
He holds his wound as he gasps in immense pain, his hollow powers quickly regenerating the injury before launching himself back into the battle.
"It wasn't supposed to be like this…." Ichigo thinks to himself.
Soul Society had fallen, most of his friends had perished under him and his army.
Months of non stop bloodshed, sacrifices and training did nothing as the new Soul King toyed with them for his amusement.
After Ishida's arrow had failed to immobilize Yhwach in time he quickly regained full power of the Almighty and slaughtered everyone on sight.
Him and Ishida managed to escape but their fathers unfortunately met their untimely demise.
Yhwach had indeed won the battle, completely recreating all three worlds, almost everyone had perished including his family and friends.
Some Shinigami managed to survive but not for long as one by one he hunted them all down.
The Vizards were dealt with pretty quickly, Shinji managed to buy time for them to keep running even if it was ultimately futile.
Rukia was executed along with Renji after they had been caught in an ambush.
Lastly…… Chad, Orihime and Ishida died together just to let him have more time mastering his power….
He had knelt down in exhaustion as he parried another strike from Yhwach.
"Have you reached your limit Kurosaki Ichigo?" He mocked him as he looked down on him like what a King does to a peasant.
Ichigo stood up, spitting out blood and looking at his eyes with pure hatred.
He holds his two blades up high the sky was slowly turning dark, roars of thunder could be heard as if they are screaming in unison.
Everything was leading up to this one last battle.
He couldn't waste this moment
"BANKAI!"
A huge cloud of Reiatsu shrouded the hybrid while Yhwach looked unimpressed by the display.
The clouds grew darker, lightning begins to form and the winds howl in anger.
As the dust settles Ichigo's form is finally seen, in his hand he wields a large blade coated in a white casing with a single chain near the tip of the blade.
"Tensa Zangetsu again? Does your thick skull not have any room for a reminder?"
Yhwach holds his palm up as the casing of Tensa Zangetsu begins to crack.
"!!!!!!!"
"As what I have done before I shall simply shatter it again."
Before his blade was completely shattered Ichigo prepares to use his last resort.
His body was engulfed in black reiatsu as multiple bandages began to wrap around him.
"So that is your plan…."
He gazed upon his tormentor for his final attack.
"Mugetsu"
With a single move from his hand he releases his strongest attack and completely cleaves everything in front of him.
The attack completely silenced everything as it went straight to Yhwach.
Unfortunately it was all but a futile act.
With not much of a struggle Yhwach deflected the attack.
Ichigo's color completely drained, all of his power gone with a flick of a wrist.
Mugetsu...his strongest attack...was blocked as if it was nothing more than a nuisance.
He screamed in grief as Yhwach laughed at his anguish.
"Yes...mourn...cry...fall into the depths of anguish. You shall now learn your place within this realm."
The remnants of his power was quickly fading away as the Quincy King walked closer and closer.
"I truly enjoyed your pathetic little rebellion but I believe it is time we finish this."
He picks up Ichigo by the throat.
Ichigo tried to fight back but his body was too exhausted to even lift a finger.
Suddenly he was pushed by a pulse of air sending him flying.
Suddenly his arms and legs get pierced by the black tendrils causing him to scream and cough out more blood.
"I will now reshape this universe in my image."
He walks closer and closer to him and puts his hand to his chest.
"And sadly you have no room for my reign."
"Damn...You…..I will……."
"Stop me? Surely you jest?"
"I…..won't stop…until I….."
"Not...until I avenge them..."
"You are still holding on to that pathetic promise? You will fail as everyone had before you, they simply delayed the inevitable. You will die the same as them beneath my foot."
"Look around you Ichigo and despair, rejoice for your death will begin a new world where the concept of living and dead are non existent."
"Rest in pieces, Kurosaki Ichigo."
With that last declaration he shoots a powerful force of wind at Ichigo's body, his insides spill out as his blood splatters on the floor.
His limbs torn apart from his body as they fall into the ground flying as if they were debris.
Ichigo's vision grows blurry as the last thing he sees is Yhwach turning his back around without so much as a glance back.
He failed to stop Yhwach.
He had failed to avenge his family.
"Mom……Dad…… Yuzu…..Karin…. everyone……I'm sorry….."
I'm sorry I failed all of you.
Kurosaki Ichigo had let out his last breath and had finally passed away.
……………….
As Yhwach had left his corpse and walked away he had failed to notice a mysterious ripple in the sky, a mass of black hands emerged from within the mysterious gateway and towards the deceased boy.
As his soul was slowly leaving his body the hands slowly approached and caught his fleeting spirit
…………………
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Ichigo felt as if he was swimming in water, he couldn't move, couldn't see nor could he touch but he had felt like something had grabbed a hold of him.
Save him.
Who ...was that?
My Beloved.
Save. Him.
Save….who? Ichigo asked
You will know in time.
Ichigo suddenly felt immense pain; it felt as if his soul was being torn apart.
"I'VE BEEN TRANSPORTED TO A PARALLEL WORLD!?!!!??" He heard a voice scream out.
Huh………
Ichigo opened his eyes once more expecting to be greeted by a wasteland but to his shock he could see people.
Actual living breathing people.
He turned around to look at them and saw animalistic features on a few of them. This was definitely not what he had expected
Where……am I……what is this place?
This definitely wasn't Soul Society.
A man accidentally bumps into Ichigo much to his annoyance.
"Woah! Sorry little missy! I was in a hurry and didn't see ya!"
Missy? The hell was this guy talking about? Wait...how can the guy see him? He's supposed to be invisible to regular humans!
He was walking around taking a good look at the place he was in, he was certain this wasn't the World of the Living nor Soul Society.
Hueco Mundo was definitely out of the options as well.
Where the heck was he?!? Didn't he die?
Wait……that voice from earlier….
Ichigo remembered something along the lines of 'saving' someone but who?
More importantly, who was the person that sent him here? He needed to go back dammit! That Quincy Fucker still wasn't dead and he was damn sure he'd never give up until he was.
Then he heard a loud scream from a woman.
Ichigo turned to see where the voice was coming from seeing a little girl that was about to be hit by a carriage.
"What the hell is everyone doing?" Nobody was trying to save the kid he needed to get there quickly.
He tried to shunpo but tripped and fell.
Damn it! Why couldn't he use Shunpo?!?
Taking another good look at his body he now realized he had very skinny hands and was fucking short just what the hell happened to him?!?
The girl was about to be crushed and he couldn't do anything about it!
"Damn it all!" He hits the ground in anger
Just in the nick of time a knight was able to run and grab the child before the carriage was about to hit her.
The crowd erupted to cheers as the child was safely brought back to her mother.
Ichigo was grateful that somebody actually saved the girl but his attention was shifted towards a boy wearing a tracksuit.
That man……..what was he doing here? Did he survive?
There was a boy actually wearing a tracksuit amongst all these guys.
Ichigo wasn't sure what to make of his situation but from all the blabbering Keigo talks about this must be one of those Isekai series he kept talking about.
People getting sent into another world.
That felt eerily similar to what going to Soul Society felt like.
It seems like Ichigo would have to talk to this man since he must be a survivor right?
He began to run towards him when he caught a glimpse of his reflection.
Time seemed to stop altogether as he looked closer at his image.
He was a girl.
A god-damned petite girl wearing a shihakusho.
"WHAT THE HELL!?!!??!!!!!!!"