Chapter 1: What?

A/N: So i've read a few arrancar fics but they all involve Ichigo dying and going to Hueco Mundo. So i had an idea, what if after Ichigo gets his powers back his hollow side becomes dominant and he becomes an arrancar? What if Orihime and Chad went through the same thing and became arrancar too? How would this affect the mission to save Rukia?

Orihime

She had been in the giant pit with Ichigo and Chad for hours now, she had watched Ichigo try to scale the wall a few times now but he failed every time. She figured this stage of training had some trick to it, she wasn't sure what it was but she was sure it didn't involve climbing with your hands tied behind you.

She closed her eyes in order to concentrate more, but she quickly noticed that the sounds of Ichigo and Chad had stopped completely. She opened her eyes to find that she wasn't in the pit anymore, she also wasn't tied up and she was standing. All around her appeared to be what looked like flowers in the shape of her hair pins, they even looked like they were made of the same material.

She turned around to find what looked like herself staring back, though this reflection seemed almost grey and the hair was white and the eyes were a bright orange.

"It's about time you showed up, i've been waiting for a long time." Orihime was a little surprised by the voice that came out of what she was now going to call her reflection, it sounded like her own voice but heavily distorted, almost demonic.

"You know me? Where am i?" Orihime asked, she was confused, her reflection shook its head before speaking again.

"Hush Orihime, look around you and follow your instincts. We will meet again, after you find me." Before Orihime could ask what her reflection ment it was gone as if it was never there. She looked around again taking in the flowers surrounding her, she seemed drawn to something in the distance so she began walking.

After what felt like hours of walking she found herself standing in front of a small orange glowing flower, it looked different than all the others in that it wasn't made of a solid material. It looked almost see through and seemed to pulse with power, though it felt like it was calling out to her. She reached down and picked it out of the ground, as she raised it to eye level it changed shape. It grew into a sword, it looked like it was made of the same material her hair pins were made from it was also the same colour. The blade was a katana-like blade, the guard looked like her hair pins were enlarged and stacked on top of eachother and the hilt had a small bright orange tassel hanging from it. A sheath appeared at her hip, it was light blue and had an orange flower pattern running the full length of the sheath.

She placed the sword in the sheath, as she did she found herself back in the real world standing at the top of the pit looking at Kisuke.

"Well, I didn't see that coming." He deadpanned, she was confused at his statement until he handed her a hand mirror seemingly out of nowhere.

She took in her image, her hair had grown longer and her face seemed older and more mature. Her right eye was bright orange and around her eye was a pink flower tattoo, on her head was what looked like a small white tiara, it looked like a hollow mask in her opinion. Her clothes were different too. (Basically what she wore in Las Noches but with cleavage and her dress has a slit up one side.) She had a hollow hole in her throat.

"Kisuke… What happened to me? I thought you said we would become soul reapers." He hummed before he answered.

"Honestly I have no idea." (he is lying) Orihime took a seat with Ginta and waited for the others to emerge from the pit, she didn't think it would take much longer.

Chad

He had watched in awe as Orihime launched out of the pit in a burst of orange spirit energy, he was glad she had succeeded. He wanted to help Ichigo save Rukia and the only way to do it was to escape the pit and regain his powers in the process. He felt himself being pulled backwards all of a sudden, he turned and was surprised that the pit was gone now.

He looked down at himself and realised he was no longer tied up on the ground. He was standing in what seemed to be an endless dessert filled with white sand, he looked up to see a crescent moon that seemed inviting. He heard a distorted voice call out to him, he turned to its source and saw a greyed out reflection of himself. The reflection didn't make any further sounds it just looked towards the large hill in the sand in the distance.

Chad walked towards the hill, he turned back to his reflection but it had disappeared. He pushed on towards the hill, though it seemed to take much longer than he expected. By the time he reached the apex he was sweating and short of breath, he took a moment to recover and looked around.

The desert seemed even larger than before, he took a few steps back to where he had come from and almost tripped on something. He picked up the thing that had nearly tripped him, it was a large black and white bone.

As he was holding it the bone started to glow and change shape, it took on the appearance of a large trench knife with brass knuckles on the hilt. Chad ran his hand down the length of the blade, it had a rather comforting feel to it. He blinked in surprise when he suddenly found himself at the top of the pit with Orihime and Kisuke.

He was handed a mirror and took in his new appearance, his knife was in a sheath at his lower back. His hair was a little longer and his cheeks had some kind of mask fragments on them. His right cheek had a rectangle black and red fragment and his left was white and red. His shirt had changed into a white sleeveless top and long white pants with a black loose belt.

Ichigo

He had watched as Orihime and Chad both escaped the hole, he wasn't sure how they managed it. He was currently screaming in agony as his chain of fate was devouring itself, he fell back and shut his eyes. Then the pain stopped so Ichigo opened his eyes again, he was lying on his back stuck to the side of a large building.

"How long do you plan on staring at nothing!" Ichigo snapped his head to the direction of the distorted voice, his eyes landed on a figure that looked just like him but grey with yellow eyes.

"Who are you?" Ichigo asked while baling his fists.

"Such a stupide question, you aren't fit to be king." Ichigo was about to speak again but the strange grey reflection cut him off. "Shut up and listen! When you fall you have to find me, so long king."

As soon as the words left the grey man's mouth Ichigo fell from the building head first, boxes of different shapes and sizes began appearing all around him. He realised though he wasn't sure how that he needed to open one of the boxes and pull something out.

Kisuke

He watched as Ichigo emerged from the smoke and dust, his hair had grown out to his lower back and his left eye was dark yellow. Around that eye was a mask fragrant with a red stripe and a front facing horn. He wore a black top with a white long sleeved coat over it and long white pants. (His sword looks like his fullbringer bankai but white and with a sheath thats black.)

Kisuke looked to all three of the newly created arrancar and sighed, he didn't expect any of them to turn into arrancar but all three of them did. He wondered how the change would affect their power if at all but he was looking forward to the training.

Ichigo

The training had been very intense and fruitful, he didn't know if Uryu was strong enough to make a difference but he was glad for the help. All of them ran through the portal into the Dangai world, as they were running a giant train like object was rushing towards them. Yoruichi told them it was the cleaner and not to let it touch them, and that's when Uryu got his cape caught on something.

"Uryu!" Chad called out, he vanished with a buzz of sonido and grabbed Uryu, through him over his shoulder and buzzed back to the others. They kept running towards the light at the end of the tunnel, Ichigo grabbed Yoruichi and disappeared with sonido along with all the others. They crashed into the soul society with a loud bang a bright flash, they came through the dust cloud coughing and a little annoyed.

"Damm that Kisuke, he could have warned us about that thing." Ichigo growled in frustration, he was going to punch Kisuke right in the face next time he saw him.

"Calm down Ichigo, keep your attention on the task at hand." Yoruichi said in his deep voice, Ichigo was still adjusting to the whole talking cat thing.

"Right, well lead the way."

Yoruichi led them to a large house with giant arms holding a huge banner, the home of Kukaku Shiba.

Timeskip

The flower crane cannon fired them into the air at an extreme rate of speed, though no one could stop to take in the view as they were concentrating on regulating their spirit energy. With a loud crash and a flash bright enough to be seen by anybody in the soul society, after some time being stuck on the barrier everybody seemed to slip through it and were sent flying in different directions.

Ichigo and Ganju crashed into a pit of sand, they stood up and spat up sand they had swallowed.

"Dammit Ganju what's the big idea, now I have sand everywhere!" This pissed the other man off.

"I just saved your life Jackass how about a thank you."

"Yeah right! It's going to take more than a little fall to kill me, You kn-" Before Ichigo could continue he was cut off by the deep voice of the bald soul reaper standing a few metres away.

"If you two need a room there's a jail cell you can share, how lucky are we Yumichika. We skip our guard duty and two Ryoka fall right into our laps." He started doing a stupid dance and Ichigo and Ganju couldn't bring themselves to move or speak, they were completly speechless due to the sheer stupidity.

After they had finally gotten out of the sand pit Ganju took off running with the flamboyant soul reaper giving chase. The bald guy drew his blade and pointed it at Ichigo.

"Names Ikkaku and ill be your opponent." Ichigo didn't draw his blade, rather he just sighed and spoke.

"Ichigo, and I don't have time for this." He then disappeared in a buzz of sonido and then reappeared behind the now named Ikkaku. He backhanded the bald man with a great deal of strength and sent him crashing through multiple walls, Ichigo checked on him and found that he was unconscious but not too badly wounded. He sighed once again and took off after Ganju.

Orihime

The sun was getting low in the sky and if she was being honest with herself it was beautiful, she didn't know where she was or where she needed to go but she was at least distraction dome of the reapers for Ichigo. When she had first crashed and realised she was alone she was scared, but after she had beaten the first group of black clad warriors she felt a lot more confident.

But she could feel something, a presence that was not like the rest of these soul reapers. It wasn't menacing but it was powerful, she could feel the pressure in the air, pushing on her shoulders like a pair of powerful hands. She ran around a corner and came into an open courtyard type area, and standing at the centre was a man with long white hair and a white haori. She could tell that he was the one she had been sensing this whole time, he was smiling kindly at her which she found very odd.

"Hello there young lady, would you consider surrendering to me. I don't like hurting people and you have been kind enough not to hurt my men more than necessary."

Orihime was at a loss, this man was kind and gentle, she could tell he was being truthful and she didn't want to fight him either. "I'm sorry but i can't give up, not until Rukia is safe."

Jushiro was shocked, did the invaders really come all this way just to save Rukia? He could never bring himself to kill someone who was risking everything to save one of his own people.

"Very well, I am grateful Rukia has people who care about her so much and for that i thank you. I will do all I can to ensure you and your friends survive, my name is Jushiro Ukitake, captain of squad 13 and I'm honored to meet you."

Orihime couldn't help but smile at his small and genuine speech, she didn't think she could beat him but she was going to try. "My name is Orihime Inoue, and i'm glad the first captain i ran into was a kind soul."

He smiled at this once again, she drew her blade slowly and pointed it at him, he did the same to her. Then she used a sonido to get in close to him and tried for a front slash to the chest. He blocked her attack with his own blade with seemingly no effort, she jumped back and held her hand out towards him. An orange ball began forming in her hand and in an instant an orange beam raced towards the white haired captain. He dodged to the left with a flash step, and looked at the orange haired girl with a shocked face.

"Was that a cero?" He asked himself more than the girl in front of him, but she answered anyway.

"It was yes." Jushiro didn't speak further, instead he took in the girls' appearance. Mask fragment, hole in the throat, tattoo on her face. He thought she was just dressed to appear more threatening but he realised it was more than that. She somehow had the powers of a hollow.

They continued trading blows and Orihime had a deep cut on her sword arm, she traced over the wound with her free hand and with an orange glow her wound closed up as if it had never happened.

'You can't win like this.' Orihime looked up but the source of the voice wasn't there, she blinked in frustration and to her surprise she was no longer faceing the white haired captain, she was looking at her grey reflection.

Jushiro

He was looking at this girl with a grim expression, he could feel she was about to do something, something that would turn this into a real fight. As he was thinking this her body erupted in a burst of spirit energy.

"Reject all things, Shun Shun Rikka." After he heard this the dust and energy settled and her new form was exposed. Her sword was gone and now a set of gauntlets and a larger crown that were made of the same material as her sword took its place. Both her eyes were now a vibrant orange, she crossed her arms over her chest and glared at the Jushiro.

The captain decided to test the waters and fired a low level kido at her, a triangular orange barrier appeared and stopped the attack with ease. She pointed both her hands at the captain and two ceros formed in them, she fired them at him but he flash stepped behind her. Before he could attack her another barrier appeared between him and her. She turned and punched the barrier which sent it towards the captain, he jumped to avoid the attack but the girl appeared above him in a buzz of sonido. She kicked Jushiro sending him crashing to the ground, she went for a follow up attack but Jushiro could feel a coughing fit coming on and decided to end the fight. He dashed forward in a fast strike cutting her down in an instant, as she hit the ground her sword reformed in its sheath.

"I'm sorry." He spoke in a soft tone, he was going to ensure she survived but he regretted having to hurt her so badly.

Ichigo

Ichigo and Ganju had torn through hordes of soul reapers in their attempt to save Rukia. They had kidnapped a member of squad 4 during all this and he had been happy to help them in their quest. He had led them into a tunnel system and guided them through towards the repentance cell. He had also healed Ganjus injuries, he would have healed Ichigos too but he had yet to be hurt.

When they emerged from the tunnels they were at the bottom of a massive staircase, before they started to climb they all sensed a powerful spiritual pressure.

"Well look at this, back from the dead? Or did you die and turn into a hollow? You look like shit." Ichigo grinned like a madman, he knew this voice.

"Renji, aren't you happy to see me? I'm glad to see you, I finally get to pay you back for those cuts you gave me." Renji could tell just by looking that Ichigo was different in more than just power, he decided to play it safe and release his Shikai.

"Roar Zabimaru." His blade extended straight at Ichigo, who in turn jumped back in order to dodge. Renji called back his blade and waited. Ichigo then slowly drew his blade, red spiritual energy poured out of the sheath as he did. Once it was drawn he charged at the red head, Renji once again launched his sword at the orange haired teen but to his surprise Ichigo batted the blade away with his own like it was nothing.

Renji broke down that this new sword must be Ichigo's Shikai and that it must be stronger than when he was in the world of the living. Renji flash stepped behind Ichigo and slashed at his back, The white clad man wedged his sword into the ground and jumped into the air leaving his weapon behind. Before he could react Ichigo had kicked Renji in the face sending him flying into a wall, making an imprint of his body in the process.

"That's it, you're dead." Renji cried out, he raised his spiritual pressure as high as he could and ran at Ichigo who had now retrieved his weapon. He in turn raised his energy a little higher and when Renji swung his blade Ichigo did the same, the orange haired man's weapon cut clean through the red heads. Renji looked down to see blood pouring out of his chest, he had been cut and it was deep.

Ichigo could sense others approaching and decided to dive back into the tunnels until the coast was clear, he found the shocked faces of his traveling companions waiting for him.

"What?"

Chad

He had sensed Ichigo's fight and knew he would win long before the final blow was delivered, he wasn't worried about Ichigo he knew he was more than capable of surviving anything that came his way. What had him worried was Orihime, he had sensed her fight and whoever she was up against was a very powerful person.

Even after she exploded with more power than he thought was possible she had lost and he didn't know if she was still alive. He was currently on his way to her last known location. He had lost track of Uryu as well but he had sensed his opponent energy vanish so he figured Uryu was alive but just in hiding.

At the end of the day Uryu was a fighter so he was sure he would be alive but Orihime was not, no matter how hard she trained she just didn't have the resolve to kill. He didn't think that she would have won that fight even if she had it but it might have let her escape at the very least.

While on the way he had lost count of all the reapers he had beaten to a pulpe. He wondered why they kept attacking him at all, they didn't stand a chance the piles of bodies he was leaving behind him was proof of that. Yet they never learned, he didn't mind though. The more he took down the less anyone else would have to fight, a good deal if you asked him.

With a loud bang and an explosion of dust and debris he punched through a large wall that was in his way, he had chosen a while ago to just break anything that got between him and his destination. He wasn't expecting a man in a pink kimono and a white haori to be sitting directly in his way.

"Hey there, you and your friends have been causing quite the comotion. Have a seat and let's talk for a while." Chad didn't think this was a trap and he could only sense one other person nearby, he might have taken the offer if he wasn't in a rush.

"Sorry but i don't have time to waste, i need to get to my friend." The man in pink looked a little disappointed at this.

"Come on, I hate to drink alone, besides if you're talking about the girl she's fine. Well mostly, might have a scar but otherwise still a ten out of ten." He grinned at the large teen before him after he finished talking, Chad took this but he still wanted to make sure she was ok himself.

"If you surrender i'll take you right to her." Chad just shook his head and drew his sword, sliding his fist into the brass knuckle section, he held the blade in a reverse grip. The man in pink just took a sip of his drink, sighed and stood up, he placed one hand on one of his blades hilts lightly and waited for the large intruder to make the first move.

Chad charged at the pink wearing captain, he threw a punch and the man sidestepped with no effort. Chad then aimed a slash at the man's chest but he just stepped back a few inches to avoid it. Chad aimed a stab to the man's head but again he was sidestepped, the captain raised two fingers and touched Chad on the shoulder, this sent him flying and bouncing across the ground.

After standing back up and brushing the dirt off his clothes Chad took a deep breath and prepared to charge in again. But he found himself unable to move for some reason, his vision blurred for a second and he felt short of breath. He closed his eyes and calmed his heart rate, when he reopened them he was no longer fighting the captain, in fact he was no longer in the soul society.

He was in the strange white dessert again, he looked behind him and found his grey reflection looking back at him. He walked over to his reflection, he stopped in front of it, not sure what to do next he just waited.

"Brazo Derecha de Gigante"