Revealing the Traitors


Soul Society, Seireitei, Sōkyoku Hill, Execution Grounds


Ichigo walked out of the thousand blades of Senbonzakura with his skin and hair having a grey tint as the light seemed to shine off of it.

Byakuya looked at him and saw something on it.

Byakuya saw that the letter 'S' had what looked like bolts in it, "How are you unaffected by my Zanpakutō," Byakuya asked the teen, "And what is this ability," He added as he moved Senbonzakura to be around him.

"This is called S - The Steel," Ichigo told him as Byakuya narrowed his eyes, "It makes a thin layer of hardened steel," Ichigo told him.

Byakuya said nothing as he sent another wave of Senbonzakura at him; his veins started to glow blue again, leaving no scratch or scar on Ichigo.

"This time, I added Blut," Ichigo said as he slashed at the air sending the petals scattering away from him, "And I have yet to release my Shikai," Ichigo said as.

"What did you say," Byakuya asked as he looked at his Zanpakutō, "So are you saying that is not your Shikai," He asked the orange-haired boy.

"It's as I said," Ichigo said to him as he held up the sealed form of Zangetsu, "And your Shikai is not worth me releasing my Shikai," Ichigo told him.

Byakuya showed no emotion, but internally, he was angered and sent another wave at Ichigo.

Still, once more, it did nothing as Ichigo walked out of the cheery blossoms, "I can keep doing this all day," Ichigo told him, but Byakuya notest something.

He saw that Ichigo's brown eyes were now gold, "Let me add Hierro to my defence, shall we," Ichigo said

"...," Byakuya called back his Shikai to his sealed sword before he pointed it at the ground, "It seems that to kill you, I must use my Bankai," Byakuya called out as he dropped his sword.

"He dropped his sword," Ichigo thought as his other hand moved to the chain.

When it reached the ground, it started to phase into the ground like it was falling into the water as energy ripples came from the ground.

Thousands of giant swords started to grow out of the ground until a thousand swords were on each side of Byakura, "Bankai Senbonzakura Kageyoshi," He called out as each blade turned into a thousand blades.

As the wave of cherry blossoms was about to wash over Ichigo, that pushed Ichigo back, "Pierce Heaven Zangetsu," Ichigo called out as his Zanpakutō changed to his Shikai.

Ichigo raised his smaller blade, and the 'S' on his hand changed to a 'V' that looked like a tornado split in half, the air before bringing it down with a call of "Kamaitachi" as a strong blast of wind pushed Senbonzakura Kageyoshi away from him.

Byakuya saw Ichigo's Shikai and spotted the still unsealed pure white sword at Ichigo's side, "So those two are your Shikai," He asked Ichigo.

"That's right, but," Ichigo said as he put the large behind him; as cloth burst around it and stayed on his back, "Your only worth the short sword," Ichigo told him as Byakuya notest something.

Ichigo no longer had the steel over his skin, and the letter had changed, "You no longer have your defence, and you challenge my Bankai with just your short sword," He said to Ichigo feeling insulted by what the teen was doing.

Ichigo let his Blunt and Hierro drop as he stared deep into Byakuya's eyes, "What adult will go full force when fighting a mare child," Ichigo asked him as he sent out a wave of his Reiatsu at full power as it took the shape of a demonic skull, his Hollow Mask.

Byakuya saw the shape of Ichigo's Reiatsu and felt fear for the first time in a long time.

"So, Byakuya Kuchiki, are you going to show me why you were made a captain of the Gotei," Ichigo asked the man, who narrowed his eyes more at the teen.

Ichigo then raised the short sword, and it started to glow gold before bringing it down, "Getsuga Tenshō," Ichigo yelled out as he sent a wave of crimson energy at Byakuya.

Byakuya moved his Bankai to shield him from the blast, but it did not defect his whole body.

The energy wave moved thou the cherry blossoms and cut Byakuya's left arm up with his tekkō fell to the ground with some of Byakuya's blood fell.

Byakuya looked down and saw the ground was split by the wave of energy that Ichigo sent.

"That energy wave you called Getsuga Tenshō, a Moon Fang Heaven-Piercer," Byakuya said as he looked at his arm as the blood dripped.

"Zangetsu gathers and absorbs my Reiryoku and then releases a high condensate wave," Ichigo told him.

Byakuya looked at his blood for a quick second before turning back to Ichigo, "Watch closely, Ichigo Kurosaki," He told the teen as his blood turned into Reiryoku, which started to float up around both of them before making a pink dome around them.

"Watch and see; it's what happens when I abandon all defence and risk everything to kill my enemy," He told Ichigo as the dome turned back as pink swords formed four rings of these swords around them, "Senkei Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, and this is the true form of Senbonzakura," Byakuya told him.

Ichigo looked around him at the swords, "Don't worry thou, this is just your funeral procession," He told the teen as he started to talk up to Ichigo, "The thousands of swords around you will not attack you at once," He Informed Ichigo.

"So relax, and Senkei is the form that I show to those special few enemies," He continued as he held out one arm.

One of the swords from the top ring fell into Byakuya's open hand; it looked like his sealed sword, "Who are genuinely deserving of my vow to kill them with my own hands," He told Ichigo as the teen took his reached for his large sword, "You are the second person to ever see it, and it would seem that this is worth your second sword," He said to the teen.

Both men looked at each other as Reiatsu exploded out of them; they clashed in the middle as Byakuya raised his sword while Ichigo met it with his big sword.

Ichigo went for a strike with his second sword, but Byakuya called another sword down and met the blade.

Byakuya pushed Ichigo away, but he bearly dodged the smaller sword that Ichigo used to cut at the older man's arm as he skidded back before they rushed back at each other.

As they were about to meet on the ground, they jumped at each other, with Byakuya going for an overhead strike while Ichigo as a cross slash with both swords that caught both blades, and he pushed Byakuya back this time.

But during the fight, Ichigo started to note something, "Have you started to slow down," Ichigo asked him.

Byakuya being the proud man that he was, said nothing to the teen, "And I thought you said that you'd kill me," Ichigo said to him, "And let's not forget I'm still in Shikai and while you, on the other hand, is in Bankai," Ichigo told him.

Byakuya cocked his head slightly, "You say that as if you have a Bankai," The captain asked him.

"I do, but as I said before, what adult will go full force when fighting a mare child," Ichigo told him, and he could practically feel the anger radiating off Byakuya.

"Are you telling me a mare boy has access to the most powerful state of a Zanpakutō," Byakuya asked before scoffing at the teen, "It takes at least ten years to learn your Bankai, and you have only just started using a Shikai," The noble said to Ichigo.

"King can I have a go at him," Diablo asked Ichigo as the Hollow spirit grew bored with the man ahead of them.

"I have to keep dragging this fight out for a bit so that Unohana can find the traitor," Ichigo told the spirit.

"Fine, but can you at least use my mask," Diablo asked him.

"Now that I can do," Ichigo said as he stabbed the large sword into the ground.

Byakuya looked confused as Ichigo moved one of the arms holding the oversized to just above his head, "What is he doing," Byakuya asked himself.

He gripped the air above his head as black and crimson Reiatsu formed under his hand before pulling the arm down as his Hollow mask formed.

The mask had the appearance of what could best be described as a menacing skull covering his entire head, and it had four red spike-shaped marks, two stopping by the forehead and the other two stretching past the eyes and teeth, going past his chin.

There are small marks resembling a heart, but with the top and bottom open, extending from the inner corners of his eyes. The mask features two long forward-pointing horns, with black strips extending from their centre towards the tips.

Byakuya looked deep into Ichigo's now golden eyes, "So you have the powers of a Hollow," He asked the teen.

"Yes, and that of a Quincy as well," Ichigo told him with his voice slightly distorted, "So I'm going to need to end this fight here and now so that I can get ready for the real threat," Ichigo said as he took his other sword back in his hand.

He lifted both swords as they were coated in black and crimson energy formed around his blades before he slashed at the air sending out two waves of Reiryoku at Byakuya.

The captain saw them coming his way and called down ten swords that took the waves, and the waves hit the sword, it caused a large cloud.

Byakuya tried to see the cloud, then felt a rush of wind and saw Ichigo appear next to him with his swords raised.

Byakuya turned to him, which gave Ichigo an opening as he brought down one of his swords that slashed at Byakuya's right shoulder, going down to the man's left hip as blood spurted and sprayed the floor in the crimson liquid.

While Byakuya was reeling from the first slash, Ichigo slashed across the chest, spraying more of the man's blood on the floor, "Byakuya Senkei's is about to fall apart," Byakuya heard the spirit of Senbonzakura say to him.

But it was too late as Ichigo ran up to Byakuya with the blue flames around his sword, "Infernal Fuego," Ichigo called out as he moved past Byakuya as the purple flames formed on Byakuya.

Senkei started to fade, with Senbonzakura sealing itself, and Ichigo let his mask fade, as well as the Bankai, just as a gout of Ichigo's blood sprayed into the floor.

"He managed to cut you as you passed him," Mond told Ichigo as he looked down and saw a cut to his midsection.

He nodded as he could already feel his regeneration and turned to Byakuya, who was trying to walk forward with blood continuously spraying out of him, "You wanted to know why I would allow Rukia to be executed," He asked the teen why as Ichigo let the blue flames die.

"Criminals must be brought to justice once their punishment is decided; it must be carried out; that is the rule of the law," Byakuya told the teen.

"You honour the law even over the life of your own sister, Ichigo asked the man as he felt the need to call back his flames.

And he knew that after that, they would be grey flames.

"Sympathy to a relative what could be more pointless," Byakuya asked as he looked off into the distance.

"How could you say that," Ichigo said as he was now completely enraged by what the man was saying.

"Feelings and emotions have no value compared to the law," Byakuya replied to the teen, "Luckily, I've never been burdened by such useless sentiments," He continued telling the teen.

He then grunted as he turned to Ichigo, "The Kuchiki clan is one of the four great noble families," He told Ichigo as he still showed no facial expressmen.

"Don't even try to twist it," Ichigo yelled at the man, "As a member of a noble family, she had a right to a trial but never got one," He told Byakuya, whose eyes showed the tiniest bit of emotion, "And as head of her clan you were meant to make sure she had a trial," Ichigo added.

"I had to make sure that I made the Kuchiki clan would follow the law and serve as an example to the other Shinigami," He told the Ichigo before hanging his head, "How can we obey or follow the law if I can just use my title to do whatever I want," He told Ichigo who turned away.

"I'm sorry for you," Ichigo told him as Ichigo now knew his responsibility, "But I still know that you should have given Rukia her trial, and that is why you are not fit for the title of brother," Ichigo told the man who's eyes shot wide.

"What about the law," Byakuya asked him.

"The law is corrupt so that the nobles have more say than the rest of the Shinigami," Ichigo told the man.

"I see I was never his enemy," Byakuya thought as his eyes softened, "What this boy has been fighting agent all along was the law of the Soul Society," He told himself before turning away from the teen.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, because of your free spirit and reckless attitude, you have broken my fighting spirit on this day," He said as he walked away from the teen, "I will no longer go after Rukia; you have won," Byakuya added before falling to the floor.

"Phace 1 is done," Ichigo thought as he turned around.

He saw his friends on their way over, all of them were dressed in Shihakushō, and some had bandages on.

The first was someone Ichigo knew was a half-Mexican, half-Japanese who was a dark-skinned teen with pronounced cheekbones and wavy brown hair with bangs that generally hung over his brown eyes.

He is a muscular and extremely tall man who appears much older than he actually is.

His name was Yasutora Sado, but everyone called him Chad.

The next was the only female, a teenager of average height with brown eyes and long, waist-length, burnt orange hair with bangs tucked behind her ears with hairpins.

Her most noticeable physical trait is her slender yet curvaceous figure for a teenager, especially her large breasts.

Her name was Orihime Inoue.

The following person Ichigo winched internally as it was a bespectacled teenager of average height and slender build.

He has straight, chin-length black hair framing both sides of his face and is fair-skinned with blue eyes.

From what Haō told him, his cousin from his mother's side Uryū Ishida, one of the last remaining Quincy, was not in his grandfather's clutches.

And the last one that caused another internal winch was a tall, muscular man with chin-length black hair and a partially missing left eyebrow.

It was his cousin from his father's side, Ganju Shiba.

"Guys, you here," Ichigo said as he walked over to them, as his clothes started to fix themself, "I'm glad to see you all ok," He said to them with a gentle smile.

"We're not exactly ok," Uryū said while adjusting his glasses.

Ichigo relaxed slightly before tuning to Orihime, "Can you heal Byakuya, please," Ichigo asked her.

The others were shocked, including a quiet Byakuya, by what Ichigo was asking, "Why is that he's just a captain that you just fought," Chad asked him.

Ichigo looked at the man for a moment, "Were all being lead like a puppet on a string and the person behind it all made this all transpire," Ichigo told them as he looked them over, "And a lot more than just today as well and me and a few others know that it's at least 4 things," Ichigo added.

Orihime did as Ichigo asked as Uryū walked up, "What do you mean, Ichigo," He asked the hybrid.

"The first thing this grand puppeteer did was remove some captains, lieutenants, and the two heads of the Kidō corps," Ichigo told them as Byakuya turned to him.

"What," He asked the teen.

Ichigo nodded at the man as Orihime put to hands to her hairpins and called out, "Shuna, Ayame Sōten Kisshun, I reject," as two of her fairy formed a shield around the downed captain.

"Then there was the thing that ended up making me who I am," Ichigo said as he sat down.

"So this person in the shadows made you a hybrid of the three great enemies," Byakuya said as Chad looked confused.

"Three great enemies," He asked Ichigo.

"It's the name Shinigami called the ongoing battle between the Shinigami, Quincy and Hollows as each side attacks the other two," Ichigo told the man as Uryū was shocked.

"You're a Quincy," He asked the teen.

Ichigo winched at that, "I'll explain later, but let's move on to the third thing that they did; this involves my cousin on my father's side and your brother Ganju," Ichigo told the man.

"Why was he killed by a Shinigami that was Rukia," Ganju told him, but Ichigo shook his head.

"No, the puppeteer made a Hollow that would work like a parasite and invade the body," Ichigo started saying, but Ganju had already got the pitcher.

And Ganju could tell he was not lying because of the sadness in Ichigo's eyes.

"So this bastard in the shadows used Kaien for a fucking test subject," Ganju yelled as Ichigo nodded.

Byakuya took all of this in before asking, "What was the final thing that they did," but he already knew why.

"Rukia's execution without a trial," Ichigo said as the eyes of the other widened in shock and anger.

Byakuya closed his eyes as a tear fell as a memory popped into his mind, "What is the plan, Ichigo Kurosaki," He asked the teen.

Ichigo turned to the man, "When you're healed, get ready to go, Bankai, the moment we get the message," Ichigo told him, and as Byakuya cocked his head, confused, he added, "Unohana and Isane as going to flush them out of Central 46, and they are going to bring Rukia back here for there price but," Ichigo started as Uryū nodded.

"They are too strong to fight on your own, and maybe with some other Shinigami where you could win," He said to Ichigo before spotting something, "How do you have three swords now," He asked him.

"For the second part, these two are my Shinigami Zanpakutō Zangetsu's real Shikai," Ichigo told them as Uryū nodded at him, "And this Zanpakutō is my Hollow Zanpakutō Diablo Luna," He said to the spectacle-wearing teen.

"So your Hollow powers are now for you to use like your Shinigami ones," Uryū said before looking over the teen, "What bout your Quincy powers," He asked.

Ichigo held up his left hand, which had his ring, "This is my Quincy weapon, as it's not a sword, but it can release into something that can be used to cleanse Hollows, not Kill them," Ichigo told his cousin.

Ichigo then shook his head as if to get himself back on track, "Anyway, here's the plan," Ichigo told them as they all nodded.


Outside Central 46


Unohana was walking up the large building with Isane before spotting two people at the gate.

The first that they notest was the taller of the two, a woman with long and wavy blond hair, blue eyes, full lips, and a beauty mark under the right side of her mouth.

She is well known for her curvaceous figure, of which her most distinctive trait is her huge breasts.

She was dressed in a Shihakushō, though she let her robes hang loose for her ample bosom to be revealed.

She had a thin golden necklace tucked between her cleavage and a long pink scarf over her shoulders.

In addition, her lieutenant's armband is worn on her uniform's sash, as opposed to around the arm.

She carries her Zanpakutō behind her back.

Her name was Rangiku Matsumoto; she was the lieutenant of the tenth division.

Next to her was someone, a shorter boy with turquoise eyes and short, spiked, white hair.

He wears a standard sleeveless captain's haori with a green sash around his shoulders, held together by a round, star-like clip with the sash that holds his Zanpakutō's sheath in place on his back and is tied to it at either end.

He is relatively young by Shinigami standards and appears like a child.

He was the captain of the tenth division, Tōshirō Hitsugaya.

"There should be someone guarding the gate," They heard Rangiku say, "But I don't see anyone," She added as Unohana narrowed her eyes while Isane took a deep hold of her courage.

"Yes, it's odd," Hitsugaya said as he reached out to touch the gate.

"Hello, Captain Hitsugaya," Unohana called out from behind them as they both jumped.

Both members of the tenth turned around to see both women, "Captain Unohana, Isane, what are you doing here," Rangiku asked the two women as she slowly reached for her Zanpakutō.

"I would like to think the same as you two," Unohana said as she walked up to them before her eyes became sharp, "I must wear you two now that we may find something in there that will shake your view on someone sp be ready," She told them as she pushed open the gates.

Rangiku was not happy, "The gates are normally locked," She said as Isane looked around.

"It's as we thought, captain; it's deserted," She told Unohana.

Both members of the tenth turned to them, "What do you mean, lieutenant Kotetsu," Hitsugaya asked her.

Isane looked over to the shorter captain, "We have some insight on this and with what is going on, but we do not know all the details," She told him.

"So, with the information you have, you came to a conclusion that there would be no one here," He asked her.

"That is correct, Captain Hitsugaya," Unohana said; they walked up to the main building.

Unohana walked up to the door and checked it, "It's locked from the inside," She told them as she looked at Hitsugaya, who nodded as the lieutenants stepped back.

"Open the doors as it is a matter of emergency and grave importance," Unohana called out, but she had a feeling that there was only her target within there, "I am Captain Unohana of the fourth division, along with Captain Hitsugaya of the tenth division," She said to the air.

Blades shot across the door while more blades dropped, forming a barrier across the entrance.

"So the emergency lock has activated," Isane said as Unohana drew Minazuki's sealed form.

"This get's stranger each minute," Hitsugaya said as he brought his hand up to cup his chin.

Unohana, on the other hand, just slashed at the door as the swords and the door crumbled to the floor.

"Captain Unohana, you just broke down the door to central 46; are you insane," Rangiku asked the medic.

Hitsugaya looked at his lieutenant, "The alarms haven't gone off," He told her as she looked back at the door.

"What," She asked him.

"Braking down the door indeed activated the alarm, but it didn't," Hitsugaya informed her as her eyes started to widen her eyes.

"Let's not forget that there are no guards here," Isane said to her fellow lieutenant as Rangiku nodded.

"There is something wrong here, so someone must have killed them and dragged their body away," Hitsugaya said as Unohana nodded.

"And when the person got inside, they resealed the door and deactivated the alarm behind them to keep things quiet," Unohana added as the captains ran in.

Both lieutenants were not that far after them as they ran thou the building with the doors opening, and they rushed down the stairs until they reached the main chamber.

Both members of the tenth looked shocked at what they saw while Isane turned her head away while Unohana narrowed her eyes at the sean around her, "It seems I was right; they killed all of them," She said as around her was forty men dead and blood all over the place.

"I can't believe what I'm seeing," Hitsugaya said as he looked at the bodies littered around, "How can something like this happen," He asked before he gathered himself and descended the stairs.

Isane walked up to one body and tried the blood there only to find that it was hard and flaking, "If I got the math right in my head, these bodies are weeks old, if not months," She told the others.

"The last time Central 46 gave orders was just before Renji was defeated," Hitsugaya said aloud to the air.

"That's right, and we've been under marshal law, and this hall has or should have been locked down with no one allowed to enter or leave," Unohana added for him as she nodded with her eyes scanning the room.

"Let's not forget that the defence system was engaged, and there was no sign of forced entry," Hitsugaya said as he joined the medic in looking around them to try and find someone.

"What does that mean, captain," Rangiku asked the younger captain.

"It means that A. all of the judgements and decisions until recently were fake," He told her.

"And B. the person that did this is here now," Unohana said as she turned to a brown man with glasses looking at them, "Isn't that right, former Captain Sōsuke Aizen," She asked the man.

Aizen was a mild-featured man with scholarly brown hair enhanced by square glasses and soft brown eyes; he was dressed in the standard Shinigami uniform with a captain's haori.

"I must say that you arrived a lot sooner than I thought you would have, Captain Unohana," Aizen said as he walked past them, "But it was in my plan that Captain Hitsugaya, so it's not a compleat loss," He told them as another man walked out beside him.

The man was dressed in a standard Shinigami uniform with a captain's haori; he had short silver hair, his eyes narrowed to be in his early to mid-twenties and a wide mocking smile on his face.

This man was Gin Ichimaru, captain of the third division.

Isane looked behind them to see someone she did not expect was a woman Rukia's age who had brown eyes and wore a standard shihakushō, with her black hair pulled into a bun held in a tied cloth.

She wears the Fith Division's lieutenant armband in her Shinigami robes.

This was Momo Hinomaori.

"Why are you here," Isane asked as Unohana looked at her.

"And how are you alive," Rangiku asked him.

"Or is this some trick," Hitsugaya asked as he kept his eyes on Gin.

"Oh, it's me, Tōshirō and I must say I do hope that Momo is devastated by my death," He told the smaller captain.

Momo hid at the entrance wall so they would not see her and covered her mouth as, in her mind, the words he was speaking did not go with the person who brought her into the fifth.

But in the main room, the air became colder, "What did you say," Hitsugaya asked him.

"Oh, nothing really, just saying that I hope it broke her spirit, is all," Aizen said with a smile.

"And Gin has been helping you since you faked your death," Rangiku asked him.

"Oh, he's been helping me way before then," Aizen said as he turned to the woman, "Gin's been with me from the very beginning; from the moment I became captain, there was no one suited to be my lieutenant," He continued telling the young captain.

"So you deserved us all," Unohana asked him sadly.

"Well, I never thought of it that way," Aizen said as he looked at the four of them, "It's just it became very obvious that no one was capable of understanding my true identity was beyond theirs," He said, keeping a carefree smile on his face.

"What does he mean by true identity," Momo asked herself as the part that still believed in his was telling her that it was Gin doing this.

But another quieter part was saying that he was always like this.

"Momo looked up to you, and you do this to her," Hitsugaya asked him.

"Yes, I know, and that's why she was easy to control with her blind admiration," Aizen said to the white-haired captain.

"You also told me that her abilities are why you made her your lieutenant," Gin said to Aizen, who nodded.

"That is true; she was the perfect subordinate," The former captain said to them, "This is a lesson that you two would want to take to heart that all subordinates are expendable," Aizen told them as Hitsugaya drew his Zanpakutō as a cold air burst out around him as both traitorous captains jumped out of the room as Momo ran to take cover.

"Banka..," Hitsugaya started saying before Unohana placed a hand on the younger man's shoulder, "What are you doing," He asked her.

"Using you, Bankai, will not help us here as he will take you out with his Zanpakutō as you are still caught in his illusion," She told him as Aizen looked at her.

"So you know about my Kyōka Suigetsu and her Kanzen Saimin," Aizen asked Unohana as he raised his sword.

"That's right, and thanks to the Haō-sama's heir, me and a few others are immune to your Zanpakutō's power," Unohana told him as Rangiku looked at her.

"The Soul King has an heir," She asked as Aizen narrowed his eyes.

"I see, so that was why Rukia's execution was delayed by three weeks," He said with Unohana nodding her head, "So is that what made you work with the Soul King's heir," Aizen asked her.

"No, after a few days examining the body you left behind, I realised that something went wrong, and someone told me about your Zanpakutō's power," Unohana told him.

"What do you mean," Rangiku asked her.

But Aizen answered her, "Those that see me release my Kyōka Suigetsu are caught in my Kanzen Saimin and will always be affected by it," He explained to them.

"And since a blind man can't see, you release your Zanpakutō," Isane said to his as both members of the tenth's eyes shot wide.

"So Tōsen is also on your side," Hitsugaya said as the man nodded.


With Renji and Rukia, Senzaikyū


Ranji ran as he watched for the next part of the plan while Rukia was regaining her powers at a slow rate.

"How are things going," Renji asked her.

"I'm nearly at the point where I can use my Shikai and call on my mask," Rukia told him as he shook his head.

"I still can't believe that you have hollow powers now," Renji said to her before looking down at her, "Rukia, I just wanted to tell you that," He started speaking to her, but she cut him off.

"I know Renji, but Ichigo and I are," Rukia said before Renji nodded.

"It's ok," He told her as he looked down at her, "I just wanted to tell you that if he ever harms you in any way, no matter whether him being the heir to the Soul King and god-like hybrid or not I will kick his ass as your brother," Renji told her.

She looked shocked at him, "But I have Byakuya as my brother," She said to him.

"Yea but with the way Ichigo is and what you told me about him, I really do think that Ichigo is a good brother," Ranji said to her as she cocked her head, "Well, when you have Ichigo as a standard as a brother Byakuya is not fit to be one, so I'll give it a try," He told her before he focused his eyes on someone.

It was a dark-skinned man with a dark brown braid with the rest tied back in a ponytail.

He has dressed in the traditional Shinigami shihakushō with the sleeves rolled up to the shoulders; the uniform is tied with a purple obi sash.

He wore an orange scarf around his neck, white boots, and black, fingerless gloves and over his eyes were clear goggles.

He was Kaname Tōsen, the third member of the traitorous captains of the Gotei 13 and the current captain of the Ninth division.

"So this is phase 2," Renji thought as he got ready for whatever was going to happen next.

Tōsen then pulled out a long piece of white cloth wrapped around both Renji and Rukia before it tightened around them, before a bright light formed before they were teleported away.


Central 46, Outside the Central Underground Assembly Hall


Gin pulled out a cloth and pulled it as it wrapped around him and Aizen, "It seems that phase 2 is almost done," Isane thought as she watched on.

"I want to commend you four for finding out about me this early in the game, so I congratulate you all and bit you fare well," Aizen told them before the cloth started to tighten around them, "I don't think that we will see any of you again," He told them before the cloth glowed brightly.

"Isane, quick, it's phase 3, and we must find them before we alert everyone," Unohana said as she got ready to leave.

Hitsugaya quickly turned to the woman, "That's right and tell the ryoka as well," He told her.

Isane nodded, pulled out some coal, knelt down and started to draw in a circle on the ground while chanting, "Heart of the south, eye of the north, finger of the west, foot of the east, arrive with the wind and depart with the rain."

She then slammed her palms down, "Bakudō #58. Kakushitsuijaku," Isane called out as her circle gave off a blue glow as numbers shone.

As the glowing from the cloth faded, showing that Aizen and Gin had teleported, Isane looked up at her captain, "There heading to the Sōkyoku Hill," She told Unohana, who nodded.

"Alert them," She told her lieutenant before looking over to a corner, "You can come out now, Lieutenant Hinomaori," She called out to Momo.

"Momo," Hitsugaya asked her but was cut off by the chanting from Isane.

"Silken net of black and white! Twenty-two bridges, sixty-six crowning sash; footprints, distant thunder, pointed peaks, revolving grounds, nightly prostrations, sea of clouds, the pale ranks of troops, complete the grand circle and surpass the heavens," Isane chanted as she drew roots on her arms as a black square form in front of her.

"Bakudō #77. Tenteikūra," She yelled out as thunder reverberated in the area.

"All members of the Gotei 13, Ryoka and Team Saberberry Cat, this is Lieutenant Kotetsu of the Fourth Division," Isane called out into the square.


Sōkyoku Hill, Execution Grounds


Ichigo, Byakuya, and Ichigo's friends heard Isane's voice in their heads, "This message will not be repeated, so listen closely; this is an emergency report from Captains Unohana and Hitsugaya regarding the real traitors in our midst," Isane said to everyone.

A healed Byakuya got ready to drop his sword while Ichigo prepared to slam his sword together as two cloth cocoons formed ahead of them.

"As grim as what I may tell you but what I will say is the truth, Sōsuke Aizen, Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen are traitors to both the Soul Society and the Soul King," Isane said as the cocoons started to unravel as Ichigo Reiatsu began to skyrocket as his friends each got ready to attack as well.

"Sōsuke Aizen has killed all members of Central 46, and he is the reason why we have lost so many captains and lieutenants over the years that he had been a Shinigami and for Team Saberberry Cat, it is now phase 3," she told them.

When the cloth faded, Aizen looked at Renji, not seeing both Byakuya, "Leave Rukia where sh..," Aizen started saying before voices called out the same word.

"Bankai," Both Ichigo and Byakuya said as Byakuya dropped his sword and two rows of a thousand blades formed out of the ground.

"Senbonzakura Kageyoshi," Byakuya called out as the swords turned into cherry blossoms that he sent at Aizen.

Aizen jumped back at an explosion of Reiatsu from Ichigo as he slammed the pommels together; the three traitorous captains turned to see Ichigo as the Reiatsu faded.

Ichigo now had waist-long black hair with his swords turning into one blade, a large crescent pitch black that was the size of him that had an enclosed handle near the base of the sword with a black chain going up one sleeve and down the other it is connected to a small manji that was attached to Ichigo's left hand.

Ichigo's Shihakushō was replaced with a long-sleeved, ankle-length black coat with red and white lining, armour covering his chest, arms, shoulders, and feet, with a stripe running across his face.

The jacket is closed at his chest and left to flare into ragged ends and under the coat was an utterly black bodysuit with light bluish-grey bandages forming tightly wrapped around his face, ending just beneath his eyes, what was now crimson.

"Tensa Zangetsu," Ichigo said as Aizen looked the teen up and down as Byakuya looked at the teen.

"So that is his Bankai," Byakuya thought as he felt the power from Ichigo.

Or tried to as he could feel nothing from him, but he knew that it held power from the release of the Bankai.

"Senbonzakura Kageyoshi can be both easy and hard Bankai to track as it can follow your eye movements, and it can cut you to pieces," Aizen said as he jumped around, avoiding the cherry blossoms.

"Thank you for telling me that," Byakuya said as he sent a stream at Aizen.

"I'll guard Rukia," Ichigo said as he appeared next to Renji.

Renji jumped at Ichigo's sudden appearance, "What," He asked the teen.

"Join your captain; I stay with Rukia and with me near her," Ichigo stated as the red-haired man nodded.

"She'll regain her powers and can join the fight side you as a partner," Renji finished as he let Rukia down, drew his sword, and jumped off to join his captain.

"Roar, Zabimaru," Renji called out as his Zanpakutō transformed into an even longer 6-part segmented blade; each segment is wider than the one preceding it from the hilt, with 2 pick-like protrusions on the front and back of each part, with the ones on the front much longer than the ones on the back.

"We're nearly ready, Rukia," Sode No Shirayuki said to her mistress.

Rukia looked at her clothes as they slowly turned back into her Shihakushō, "We need them only to hold off for a few moments," Ichigo told her as he placed a hand on her shoulder.

Rukia felt a rush of power return to her before Ichigo removed his hand, and he could feel something in his hand, "Just tell me when you're ready to fight," Ichigo told her as she nodded.

Renji slashed at the air sending out the parts of his sword that moved out like a whip and sent it at Aizen, who stopped the blade with his hand as he saw an energy blast heading his way Chad had sent at him.

"Interesting powers you have there," Aizen said as Gin and Tōsen went after Chad Ichigo raised the blade of Tensa Zangetsu before bringing it down, sending a silent Getsuga Tenshō at them.

Both traitors looked over at the now black-haired hybrid, "Now that was uncalled for," Gin said to the teen old to duck from a Kidō that Rukia sent his way, "And that was not nice," He told Rukia with a frown.

"Oh, stick it up your ass," Rukia said as her eye briefly changed to that of a Hollow as Gin jumped back.

Aizen brought his sword and cut Zabimaru but saw Renji smiling before he sped away as a spiralling drill of Senbonzaura was heading his way.

"Tsubaki Koten Zanshun, I reject," Orihime called out as she steeled her will, and her belief in Ichigo gave her strength as the fairy flew at Aizen.

"Interesting," Aizen thought as he watched the attack coming his way before jumping out of its way, "So if by what she said she can reject something," He thought as he saw the fairy zoom past as Senbonzakura chased after him.

"Are you ready, Renji," Byakuya asked his lieutenant.

Renji looked at the man for a moment, "I am captain," Renji said as he raised his sword hilt, "I'm sorry, Zabimaru, but this while only hurt for a bit," Renji told his sword.

"That's alright, Renji, but make sure you get this bastard," The monkey part of the spirit told him.

"Right," Renji said to her before slamming the hilt into the ground, "Here we go, Zabimaru Higa Zekkō," Renji called out as the broken parts of Zabimaru gave off a red glow before they started to float in the air.

Gin looked ready to jump in as Senbonzakura formed a cyclone around Aizen with the blades of Zabimaru flying into the hurricane.

"Hadō #58. Tenran," They heard Aizen call out as a blast of wind shot off the tornado; an unharmed Aizen walked out, "Now I must get the thing I came for," Aizen said as he turned to Ichigo and Rukia.

Only to see that Rukia regained her powers, she held out her Zanpakutō, "Dance, Sode No Shirayuki," Rukia called out as she turned her Zanpakutō a circle counter-clockwise.

While she is turning it, the blade, hilt, and tsuba turn completely white, the tsuba becomes a hollow snowflake-like circle and a white ribbon forms from the pommel.

She and Ichigo then pulled a hand to their faces before pulling their arms down, calling their masks.

While Ichigo's Reiatsu says the same mix of colours, Rukia's changed from pure white to black with a fluorescent blue outline as the mask formed on her head.

The mask looked like a fix of animals, with the top part of the mask looking like a rabbit kabuki mast and the bottom part like a fox snout.

Within the ears were coloured cyan as it had cyan markings around the mask's eyes with three cyan stripes on both sides of the mouth.

Byakuya looked at the two of them, and he saw a captain and his lieutenant ready for battle, "Byakuya, we'll fight Aizen; you get the other two," Ichigo told the man before turning to Aizen and holding up something to the man, "Is this what your after," Ichigo asked him.

Aizen looked over to Ichigo to see that he was holding up a bluish-purple orb.

"May I kindly have that," He asked the two of them with a smile.

Channelling her inner Ichigo, Rukia turned to him, "How about you go fuck yourself," She told him as Ichigo laughed.

"You heard the lady," Ichigo said as they both went after Aizen, with both of them attacking the man while Byakuya was sending waves of cherry blossoms at the other two traitors, with Chad sending out energy blasts and Orihime sending out Tsubaki to aid both teams of Shinigami in taking out the traitorous three while Uryū and Ganju were running around setting traps around the place.

Ichigo went for a strike with the sword of Tensa Zangetsu, while Rukia went for a stab with Sode No Shirayuki, but Aizen blocked the strike and the stab with Kyōka Suigetsu.

"Daten-Shi Tsukiken," Ichigo called out as the Manji on his left hand started spinning before it changed into a black greatsword blade with a pair of onyx wings acting like a cross guard.

Ichigo brought the arm blade up and went to slash at Aizen's neck, but he moved his head out of the way while Rukia sabbed the ground with Sode No Shurayuki as Ice formed on the ground and on Aizen's feet.

Rukia pulled her sword out of the earth as Ichigo and Rukia crossed their swords and glowed their respective colours before bringing them down on Aizen.

Aizen brought up his sword to block the strike as the two energy, and he broke out of the ice with his haori tearing at the hem.

"AIZEN," A giant of a man yelled as he appeared behind the traitor and brought his sword down on Aizen.

The giant man was actually an anthropomorphic light brown-furred wolf; he was dressed in a Shihakushō with a captain haori with shoulder weights over the haori, a high collar with a similar build to the shoulder weights and large, plated boots instead of sandals.

Over his hands were armoured gloves with bracers and a Komuso hat to conceal his entire body.

He was Sajin Komamura, captain of the seventh division.

But he stopped the blade with an open hand, "It's been a while since the last time I saw your face; what's brought on the change of heart, Sajin," Aizen asked the humanoid wolf, "Has something happened," He asked innocently.

"Aizen, how dare you to stand there and smile like that," Sajin growled at him, "You betrayed everybody, and you will not be forgiven, nor will you two," Sajin said to them as he raided his fist to and brought it down on Aizen who jumped back.

Or Sajin saw his jump back as Ichigo, Rukia, and the rest of Ichigo's friends saw that Aizen had just moved to the side.

"Do you two have an explanation; I want to hear it now," Sajin asked Gin and Tōsen.

Gin looked at Tōsen as they jumped out of another blast of cherry blossoms, "Do you know what to say to the man," He asked the blind man.

"Be silent, Gin," Tōsen told him as they evaded.

"Too bad then," Sajin said as he started to gather his energy before, "Bank...," Sajin began to call out, but then he looked down at Aizen, whose smile changed.

"Hadō #90. Kurohitsugi," Aizen called out as he held up a hand.

A black and purple energy box formed around Sajin as it grew spear-like protrusions.

He then turned to return to his fight with both Ichigo and Rukia; as the Kurohitsugi faded as Sajin fell to the ground with cuts all over him.

Before, a shadow loomed over him as he looked up to see a literal giant falling over them with a one-armed woman with black hair on his shoulder.

The giant was a muscular man who easily towered above most Shinigami with his hair tied into a ponytail that extends down to his waist.

He has long sideburns, which continue down onto his neck and are long enough to be tied up in small ponytail-like tufts.

The other was a youthful-looking woman of average height with green eyes and bandages over her messy black hair, parted down in half at the small of her back.

She wears a white skirt and provocative red robe exposing her ample bosom; her right arm was replaced with a prosthetic that had, and she has a tattoo on her left arm with bandages around her right shoulder and both ankles on her feet were wooden sandals and cloak on her back.

They were Kūkaku Shiba and Jidanbō Ikkanzaka.

Ichigo looked to Rukia to see a crack forming on her mask, "Phace 3 is almost over; we just need some more time," Ichigo thought as he looked down at her, "Phace 3 is almost over, so I'm going to need you to say here," Ichigo said to her as she nodded at him.

"Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind; stop and become the calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle!" Kūkaku called out as she appeared over Aizen.

Lightning forming in her hand, "Hadō #63. Raikōhō," Kūkaku yelled out as she sent a blast of lightning at Aizen.

Aizen jumped away from them as Ichigo jumped at him with the crescent blade of Tensa Zangetsu raised, and Aizen black as the two fought each other for a while; he black with Kyōka Suigetsu, and the two attacked each other before Ichigo notest a shadow move past him and bumped into him as he dropped the orb.

The shadow that bumped into him was revealed to be both Yoruichi and Suì-Fēng, "Sorry about that, Ichigo," Yoruichi told the teen.

"This is another face I haven't seen in quite some time," Aizen said as the orb rolled in between his feet.

"Don't do it," Yoruichi told him as she stared into his eyes with a glare, "If you move so much as a muscle," She began as she looked at Aizen.

"They were going to cut off your head," Suì-Fēng told the man.

"Yes, I can see that," Aizen said as Jidanbō walked over.

Yoruichi, not removing her eyes off the man, called to the woman on Jidanbō's shoulder, "Hey, Kūkaku."

"Hey, Yoruichi, I had a little three times on my hands," Kūkaku said to the dark-skinned woman, "So since I was out, I thought I'd check in," She added.

Gin landed a bit away, "Well, that was flashy; what should I do," Gin asked himself before someone appeared behind him.

It was Rangiku who put her Zanpakutō at Gin's neck, "You shouldn't even move," She told him as Unohana, Hitsugaya, Isane, and Momo dropped down from the sky.

Gin looked behind him at Rangiku for a moment before turning to Aizen, "Sorry, Captain Aizen, I got caught," Gin told him.

"The same has happened to me," Tōsen said as he was within a cage of Senbonzakura.

"So it would seem," Aizen said as the rest of the captains and lieutenants arrived on the hill with Aizen looking around the area.

"It's over, Aizen," Yoruichi told the man but noted that he did not seem worried, and he even laughed, "And what's so funny," She asked him.

"I'm sorry to do this, but the time has come," Aizen told them as both Yoruichi and Suì-Fēng jumped away from him as a beam of light shot down and shielded Aizen.

Ichigo looked up to the sky as he rid his Hollow mask, "So there are thirteen of them," Ichigo said as everyone turned to him, "Then It's time to wipe them out," He added.

They all looked up to see that there was a hole in the sky with thirteen Hollows.

All were six stories tall hollows, easily dwarfing everyone there; they all had white masks with elongated noses, with their bodies covered from their head to their pointed feet with a black covering reminiscent of a cloak and around their neck is a row of thin white spikes.

"The Gillions, just how many of them are coming thru," Ōmaeda asked as he looked at the sky.

As the Gillions descended to the ground, someone else called out, "No, wait, there's something else up there."

They all saw titanic purple eyes as something sent down two more beams of light shot down as Rangiku jumped back, and Byakuya called back Senbonzakura to him.

The ground that the three of them were standing on started to float up into the sky within the pillars of light as a Shinigami got ready to attack them, "Stop," Ichigo told them as they turned to him.

"That is a Hollow ability called Negación that all types of Menos and higher use to rescue their allies, and once enveloped by that light, they are immune to all attack, and they can not attack," He then added.

"The prince is right," Yamamoto said as he walked up to Ichigo, "I am sorry, your highness, as we did not know that he had this planned," He apologised to Ichigo.

"No, there is no way that we would know that aline himself, with the Menos," Ichigo told Yamamoto, who nodded.

Most people looked shocked at the title that Yamamoto had given Ichigo, "So your the heir that I was told about," Aizen said to Ichigo.

"Why have you joined the Menos," Ukitake asked him.

Aizen looked down at the white-haired man, "So that I can keep reaching higher," Aizen told him.

"Have you become that corrupt," Ukitake asked the man.

Aizen looked down at them all, "Your self-righteousness blinds you," He told them all as most of the people looking up at him were angered by his remarks.

"From the beginning, no one has ever stood at the top," Aizen said to everyone on Sōkyoku Hill, "Not even the gods," He added as he took off his glasses and swept back his hair.

"But soon, that unobtainable vacancy at the top will be filled," Aizen told everyone, "From now on, I alone will stand at the top," He told him, but Ichigo just shook his head and held up Tensa Zangetsu's sword.

The blade was coated in a black mist formed over the edge and slashed as he sent out the smoke with a call of "Yamimatoi Mumyōgiri."

All the Shinigami saw as the black smoke flew through the air and into the Gillions, slicing them in half.

Aizen watched as the Gillions disintegrated as their essence started to move off to somewhere in the Soul Society, "Stand at the top alone," Ichigo asked as Aizen looked at him, "Stop talking shit," Ichigo told him.

Aizen narrowed his eyes at Ichigo, "Fair well, Shinigami and Soul Prince," He told them as the light carried them into the hole in the sky.

Unohana walked over to Sajin and looked him over before she started to heal him as Renji collapsed along with Byakuya.

Senbonzakura sealed itself as Ichigo sealed his Bankai, "Orihime, if you could," Ichigo asked her as she was already on it.

"Shuna, Ayame Sōten Kisshun, I reject," Orihime called out as the oval shield as she started to heal them.

Rukia's mask dropped off her face as she fell to her knees, taking deep breaths, "That took a lot out of me," She muttered as Ichigo walked up to her.

"Well, train later," Ichigo told her before he nudged his head to the side, indicating to Byakuya, "You know that I'm against it but go talk to him," Ichigo told her.

Rukia nodded as Ichigo helped her up, and they walked over to where Orihime was healing Byakuya.

"Hello, Rukia," Orihime said as she healed the two Shinigami.

Byakuya looked at the petite woman for a while, "Rukia, I have something I must tell you," He told her.

Rukia looked at him as she was ready to listen to what he had to say, "Around fifty years ago, I lost my wife before the baika blossomed," He told her.

"I know, Hisana-sama," Rukia said with a nod, "People would always tell me that I look like her," She continued telling him.

Byakuya nodded at this, "That is correct, as I was the one to tell them to say that, but that is a lie," He told her.

Ichigo narrowed his eyes at him as he took in the information, "She's Rukia's sister, isn't she," Ichigo asked him.

Rukia looked over at Ichigo with wide eyes before she turned back to Byakuya, "You are correct, Ichigo Kurosaki," He told the teen, "Hisana told me that both of you had died in the world of the living during a war," Byakuya told her.

Ichigo and Uryū gained a shocked look while Uryū gasped, "What is it," Rukia asked them.

Ichigo gained a sad look on his face, "We just figured out when you died," He told her.

Byakuya looked at the teens, "When was it," He asked them.

"It was during the second world japan was bombed twice, and a lot of people died in both attacks; the lives lost numbers in the thousands," Ichigo told them.

"The two were Hiroshima and Nagasaki," Uryū added after him.

Byakuya closed his eyes before he looked at them, "She told me that she lived in Hiroshima but anyway," He told them before focusing on Rukia again.

"She lived with you in the Rukongai and struggled to make a living," Byakuya told her, "So she made the best chose she could make at the time and left you and ran away," He told her.

Ichigo placed a hand on Rukia's shoulder as Rukia looked down, "Hisana suffered greatly for what she had done," Byakuya looked her deep in the eye.

"She would look are you almost every day after we got married," He told Rukia as Ichigo nodded at this, "But during our five years together, she made me swear to her to find and look after you before she passed away," Byakuya added.

"I then found you the following year and welcomed you into the family that same year," Byakuya told Rukia as she looked down at him, "But, like with Hisana, the clan elders did not like the fact that I brought you in from the Rukongai and told me that is was agest the law to do so," Byakuya told them as Ichigo narrowed his eyes.

"But I did not care about that as I gave my word to Hisana, but I was told by one of the elders that I disgraced them," Byakuya said to them, "And so I swore on my parent's grave I would not break the law again," He told her.

"But with Rukia's execution, you had struggled with holding two vows, and you did not know what to do," Chad said, with Byakuya nodding as the teen.

"So Ichigo Kurosaki, I thank you," Byakuya told Ichigo as the need nodded.

"I'll leave Rukia with you, but I have one question for you," Ichigo asked Byakuya.

"What is it," Byakuya asked the orange-haired hybrid.

"How did your wife pass on," He asked the noble.

"I do not know," Byakuya said as he looked saddened, "All I knew was that one day she started to grow weaker until she passed," He told the teen.

Ichigo nodded at him as he walked away while thinking about something he sensed in Bankai within the Soul Society.

And it sensed like Byakuya and a Hollow.