Chapter 1
Born Different

Karakura Town

Karakura Central Hospital

Masaki was tired and scared, her first child her son was in an incubator and looked very pale and very still and all she could do was stare at him through the glass unable to even hold him.

"Masaki." Isshin walked up behind her and put an arm around her shoulder.

"Ryuken is doing everything he can." He attempted to reassure her.

"Nothing has changed, he's still fading it's taking everything to keep him alive." Masaki was tired of the fear, of the uncertainty and of people telling her it would be okay.

"I've called Kisuke over, the two of them working together will be able to solve it." Isshin said confidently.

"Indeed Kurosaki-San, Isshin-San I came as soon as I heard." Urahara's familiar voice said behind the new parents.

"I have come across these symptoms before." He explained walking over to them and looking at the orange-haired baby who was struggling to live.

"I believe that your son has inherited everything from the both of you." He began to explain.

"Kurosaki-San I doubt you have noticed due to the birth but you no longer have the Hollow within your own Soul anymore, it has been passed onto him and I imagine it has fused with the Shinigami powers inherited from Isshin-San but of course there are still two though technically three more parts making up his soul." He continued while gesturing with their full attention.

"He has Quincy Blood along with being born a Human and of course he would also fall under the category of Fullbringer due to being a child born from a mother who has survived an attack from a Hollow." Ryuken's clinical voice cut in as the man himself dressed in his usual work clothes appeared before the three people.

"So what does it mean?" Isshin asked worry apparent while Masaki was still staring at her child.

"It means that his Soul is in conflict with itself, essentially he is undergoing a form of Soul Suicide I have little doubt that his Quincy blood is attempting to kill the Shinigami powers within and the Hollow is attempting to devour the Human, I doubt that the Hollow and Shinigami powers have fused together yet I can sense that they are still separate rather than fused like the Visored are." Urahara finished snapping his fan shut.

"So what can you do then, what can we do to save him from dying?" Isshin asked desperately.

Ryuken stepped in this time, "There are two options for you now; the first is to simply allow time to pass and allow for his Soul to settle of its own accord which is a rare chance but still possible that the different parts would hit an equilibrium, the second option is to artificially allow one part to get stronger by inserting the corresponding Reiatsu and allowing its dominance and that should stabilise him through the subjugation of the other powers."

"It is ultimately your choice." Urahara added in eyes shadowed by his hat.

Isshin turned to Masaki and saw that her eyes never left Ichigo's small body.

"Masaki." Isshin asked.

"Do it." That was all she said.

Isshin looked up to Ryuken and Urahara and just nodded.

"I shall prepare the room and equipment." Ryuken nodded back pushing his glasses back up and then he pivoted and left without another word.

"I have enough Quincy Vaccine and I shall send word for Shinji-San." Urahara said with a nod.

"Thank you." Isshin told him and went back to trying to comfort his wife.

"He'll be okay Masaki, our friends will help save Ichigo." He said into her hair.

She grabbed onto him like he was a lifeline and finally tore her eyes away from her firstborn child. "He has to." She whispered.

Isshin had been through a lot of tough spots in his life it was part and parcel of being a Shinigami but this was the first time in his long life that he prayed.

It was thankfully a short time later they were in a pseudo-operating room it was completely sterile and it was made of synthesized silver so it was also spiritually sterile so no stray Reiatsu could interfere with the operations performed within.

"So the choice is yours, what part of his Soul should we empower to dominate the others?" Urahara asked, he was dressed in modern doctor scrubs now which looked exceedingly strange on the man but he had never looked so grave in a long time.

"Would it matter which one we choose?" Isshin asked genuinely curious, he had only ever studied the healing of the body to maintain the Souls form but he had never studied the esoterics of the Soul especially the Souls of hybrids.

"It would later in his life, if you empower the Quincy then I imagine he would become a full Quincy on the other hand if you empower the Hollow or Shinigami power they will fuse at which point I will step in and make sure it goes smoothly after which I imagine the Quincy power would be suppressed.

"Empower his Shinigami powers, being a Quincy is not such a good thing." Masaki spoke.

"Very well, I shall provide the Reiatsu for his Shinigami power to absorb and when the Hollow fuses with it, Shinji-San provided his own Reiatsu as a base for reference so it should not require my Vaccine." Urahara explained in the simplest term he could.

"I shall lead." Ryuken told Urahara dressed similarly.

"Of course Ryuken-San." Urahara said with a respectful nod.

Urahara is no surgeon but he was an expert when it came to Souls and even though this specific situation did not require surgery Ryuken was a true medical expert and they were lucky he was helping.

So they went to the table where the orange-haired baby lay, his breathing was erratic and Urahara could feel the clashing Reiatsu within his tiny body, that was also a problem in simple terms Ichigo's Reiatsu was too strong for his body and that was also adversely effecting him if only he was old enough to teach him how to control it.

"Are you ready?" Ryuken asked him.

"Yes." He nodded.

"Let us begin." Ryuken started and began his work.

Urahara also began his own work he placed a single finger on the baby's chest right over his heart and began to steadily pump extremely small amounts of his own Reiatsu into the baby.

At first, there was no reaction nor any sign of decline which was good and expected so over time he gradually increased the amount he was feeding into the child.

What he was expecting was for his own power to be absorbed than the Shinigami Reiatsu that that was being emitted would get stronger and eventually subsume both the Quincy and Hollow Reiatsu.

Instead, the Shinigami Reiatsu began to swell as the Hollow and Quincy Reiatsu clashed and Urahara watched horrified as Ichigo's vitals began to destabilise before his eyes.

"Ryuken." That was all he said keeping calm.

"I know." Ryuken ever the skilled professional moved quickly and efficiently to counter the effect.

"Keep going." He said after he managed to put everything under control.

Urahara did so and kept the steady stream going, he could feel the boy's temperature increase and then the Hollow and Quincy Reiatsu clashed within the boy's Soul.

He hoped that the Hollow side would win but he felt the Hollow and Shinigami powers fuse together making the boy a Visored in less than a second.

"Ryuken, Shinji's Reiryoku." He urged.

The Quincy did not answer but he moved quickly and retrieved the vial full of the Visored's power and popped it open and with Reishi manipulation alone guided it into Ichigo who was beginning to move and cry out but once the dual-type Reiatsu was in his body he settled and Urahara felt the Ichigo's own dual Hollow-Shinigami Reiatsu swell up even high at this early point in his life, so Urahara stopped feeding his own in the baby's Soul in order to avoid a clash between his and Shinji's Reiatsu.

"We've done all we can." He said and kept a close eye on the proceeding events.

They could feel the internal battle and then the Quincy Reiatsu collapsed and then something even more surprising happened it was absorbed into the core of the Shinigami-Hollow power so there was a single unified source of Reiatsu for the baby and he was settled instantly.

"I never expected that." Urahara commented as the baby was sleeping soundly once again.

"He has completely stabilised." Ryuken announced much to the relief of the parents.

"All of his power has combined into a single unified core I did not expect that to happen." Urahara said.

"We should just be thankful that it has worked and the boy will live to see his first birthday." Ryuken said to him and began to disconnect Ichigo from the various machines he was hooked up to.

"I am very interested in his future now." He muttered watching as Ryuken picked the baby up gently and took him to Masaki who near snatched the child out of his arms and held him to her chest while Isshin smiled on and shook Ryuken's hand in gratitude.

Urahara smiled at the sight he had made many mistakes and created a lot of bad things but this would be one of the few times where he had given something to the world instead of taking from it.

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Yhwach watched impassively as the black blade descended down upon him aiming to split his head in two but he was the King of the Quincy, Son of the Soul King himself as such the blow was deflected and the black Hollow was sent flying across the floor of the white void with a bleeding wound on its chest.

His black cloak fluttered in a nonexistent wind, most new souls were like this, blank slates still forming and needing experience, time and guidance to reach their proper form like he would do for this one, even with the presence of this taint, he would purge it and the Soul would become one of his Quincy and would fight for his rule when he awoke in the future.

He had never expected something like this to happen to find himself in a newborn soul was not an unexpected event whenever a Quincy was born they had a fragment within themselves but having a Hollow within a Soul was shocking and he could see in the distance a glowing sword which was obviously a representation of the Zanpakuto that this Soul could have if they became a Shinigami.

A mix of all was here, Quincy, Shinigami, Hollow and Human and within this white void they clashed against each other, he had originally wished to crush the Shinigami power and seize all control but the Hollow which was feeding on the Human Reiatsu had attacked him instead and Ywach knew why, this was a Hollow made from the Souls of Shinigami which was an abomination his eyes had never seen before but it was also the reason why the Hollow had leapt to the defence of the Shinigami Powers when he went to crush the spluttering light.

"RAAAARGH!" The Hollow roared again and threw itself back at him again.

"This time you shall be destroyed and this boy will become a fine Quincy fit to serve me." He told the Hollow though there was no need it did not understand language.

He formed a sword from the abundant Spiritual Energy within the Soul and went to behead the beast.

"What!" His eyes widened when he felt the change.

The ethereal blade that represented the Shinigami power and Zanpakuto was growing stronger than him or the Hollow which should have been impossible unless.

"Outside interference." He growled and realised he had to move quickly and destroy the detestable Shinigami form before its power grew.

The Hollow however kicked him in the side and then brought one of its blade hands up and cut his arm off.

"Beast." He growled and formed a Heilig Pfeil with his other ready to obliterate the monster.

But it did not continue its attack and instead blasted towards the Shinigami powers and he realised right away what it was attempting.

There were a few times throughout history when the Shinigami would attempt to take the Hollows powers for their own, Shinigami and Hollow were not incompatible beings instead they could be complementary, A Shinigami taking a Hollows power or a Hollow taking a Shinigami's power there have been at least a few through out history on both sides.

"You think I will allow it!" He roared in anger and chased after it.

The Hollow turned around and between its horns, a blood-red Cero formed with a harsh whistle and then it was launched right at him.

"Foolish I destroy all simple attacks." He said and proved those words true as he caught the Cero and crushed it with his remaining hand.

But he was too late the black Hollow had reached the half-formed blade and in a horrific explosion they fused and became one, he had been close to the origin and was thrown backwards skidding across what made up the ground in this internal empty world.

The power did not solidify or even begin to form properly it had become little more than a chaotic vortex of Reiatsu it would sunder this new Soul to shreds and kill the body.

"I will not let you." He ground out and stood once again with his black cloak flared out.

Then another large amount of Reiatsu entered the world but this was not the pure energy of a Shinigami rather it was a hybrid of Shinigami and Hollow but it was not from this Soul.

"A stabilising agent." He realised and launched multiple arrows to destroy it but they were knocked off course by the violent shredding winds from the vortex of light.

The two energies met, melded and settled within moments and a being emerged from the dying vortex, it was completely white unlike the black Hollow he had fought and it was completely blank there were no characteristics to show that it was male or female there was no face, no eyes, no mouth, no nose it was like a mannequin.

But there was a menace in the air and Yhwach could feel that this was the Hollowfied Zanpakuto of the Soul in which he resided it had to be eliminated.

As he drew forth his blade again the Zanpakuto had already closed the distance and stabbed its bare hand through his chest.

"What!?" He could not believe it, at this point the Zanpakuto was not formed or even had an identity it was an Asauchi a meaningless nameless existence but it had slipped his perception and now had a hand through his chest.

"You will not beat me I am a greater existence than you even in this fragmented form." He told the plain being and tried to rip it apart with his hand but then he felt a sensation that he never had before.

It was a tugging and pulling sensation like he was being drawn into the blank Zanpakuto and then he had the horrible realisation of what it was attempting.

"NO! Never you shall not absorb me I am Yhwach greatest of all beings." He shouted and tore the arm from his chest it left a gaping hole but it would not hinder him much.

"Die!" He ordered it and brought his sword down upon its head aiming to split it down the middle.

It was not to be instead the Asauchi manifested its own plain blade and cut his other arm off before mercilessly stabbing him through the throat.

"Ngrg." The fragment of Yhwach gurgled in outrage and anger no doubt cursing the existence in front of him.

His Reiatsu was smothered and he was broken down into Reishi and the Zanpakuto absorbed him whole.

The Void settled into peace the Zanpakuto simply stood there awaiting the day for it to be called by name.

AN:

This Bleach story is one I've thought about for a while, ever since the reveal of Ichigo having two separate beings for each of his powers.

This is essentially what if all those powers were fused together as one. Also, I imagine in the 'Canon' timeline Ichigo's soul settled naturally and resulted in the situation that we see in Canon this will be going differently.

There are going to be a few more differences from Canon just to keep things interesting, hope you all enjoyed and I do want to warn you that updates will be sporadic because I work full time and I am also lazy so in the words of Linkara "It's done when it's done."