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"Shiro-Zangetsu" / "hollowfied vizards"

"Zangetsu-Ossan"

"Other people's zanpakuto talking"

"People mind talking to their zanpakuto"

"The average hollow speaking"

"Tensa Zangetsu"

I am very sorry. I said that I would get this chapter out almost a week a go but I have been having some issues. The laptop that I normally write on is dying a slow death, I have mentioned this laptop before! An update has removed many functions including the volume button. Once before my laptop shut itself off and couldn't be used for more than a month. To fix this I had to soft reset it. This included pressing both the on button and the volume button. But this is no longer possible. Updates will become rarer but I will still try to get some out.

I hope you can understand this and be patient while I wait to get a new one.

Enough of that though, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 17, Wasureta (Forgotten),

Rukia,

She laid down in her tower cell alone, watching the white ceiling. When she slept she saw things from what she could only call a nightmare; Seireitei reduced to rubble or the light dimming from the eyes of someone in her arms.

What she saw was hell outside of its bounds. At one point the gates themselves stood high above Karakura around her stood captains, some the ones she knew well others were those that were currently lieutenants or even third seats. Three were vizards. Only one squad had no captain present. Ukitake Juushiro was nowhere in sight.

Rukia herself had a lieutenant badge on her arm. Beside her stood Ichigo. Far less worn down than the man she had met just over two months ago.

An explosion interrupted the silence of the town. What followed was fire. Lots and lots of fire.

Looking over at the head captain she noticed him give her a small glance and a grimace. To her confusion he just shook his head and pointed in the direction of the gates.

The gates were gone. But the entrance way was still there. Following the fire was screams of men and women all layered over each other, buildings fell apart and around her chaos descended. The living were being affected by the aura hell was releasing.

People cried for no reason,fights broke out, people started to break store windows and steal. Those that stole were killed and that person would take what the now dead held. All those who died were instantly bound by hell chains.

When people had said that the destruction of hell's gates would cause major problems she never imagined anything like this.

Her head was forced to the left by some invisible force allowing her to see Ichigo. Light reflected from two lines down his face, he was crying. Ichigo never cried not even at Tessai's and Yoruichi's death. He didn't feel like he deserved to.

What? How did she know this? Silently she willed the vision to come back into focus before she lost it.

Her hand moved and grabbed his in a small gesture of comfort while is hometown fell apart in such a way, whether he noticed it or not he gripped her hand tightly back.

Walking towards them was Ukitake-Taicho. The man looked like a mess and was instantly pulled towards Unohana to be healed.

Her mouth moved on its own without any of her input,"Taicho! What happened over there?"

"Aizen.. He was... there. I'm not capable of fighting him alone." The dust in the air caused his illness to act up once again, many people around her recoiled at the name as if just saying it could be used as a weapon.

"Then the hell are we meant to do! Just let the place be destroyed?!"

"Well what do you suggest w..."

Rukia lost her hold on the vision but it stayed in her mind as clear as a memory.

She truly hoped that never actually happened.

Ichigo,

"Are you done crying now Ichi?"

"Yeah yeah enough of that I know."

Tsuki patted his shoulder and pulled him up from his sitting position,"Come on then we have things to do."

When they walked in Kukaku was sprawled out on the floor with Kaien poking her cheek. "Sister wake up... Oi come on we aren't done yet."

"Do you really think that is gonna work on her?" Wandering over Ichigo waved Kaien out of his way and jumped onto her stomach making sure his feet were under her ribs so he didn't break any of them. If he did that he would not make it out of this room alive and he still had Aizen to kill.

"Who in the what now just happened! Any intruders and I will remove you myself!"

"Sis that's hurtful! We're intruders now?"

"Oh. Right. Kaien. Your a hollow. Okay. You haven't killed me yet."

And how had that kind of thinking gotten everyone killed? Voice turning flat and serious he quickly fixed the issue. "Aizen hasn't killed you yet but he will if he is left to his own devices. Just because it hasn't happened doesn't mean that it is not going to."

"Urahara could you please aid me in my efforts to stop my friend from breaking with a little bit more enthusiasm. With the way your going it's gonna happen."

"I'm the one giving therapy sessions!"

"I'm still functioning. I'm good." I was still in perfect condition for murdering traitors so there was no need to worry.

"How has Isshin not noticed this? Or anyone in fact. Look Ichigo I don't know much about you but I can tell you that people are meant to be happy not just about functioning." Why was everyone worried about him? Kukaku had never been like this in his own time.

"Me thinks tha' when ya all broken no one really says tha' much abou' i'."

"Still they are over reacting."

"Look it hurts me to say this but I agree with Shiro. If you think about their perspective you would see that they have every right to be worried."

But Ichigo still couldn't see it. Didn't that just say how fucked up he was. Tsuki grabbed his shoulder and squeezed it painfully. As usual it worked and pulled him out of his thoughts. "Sanity Ichigo."

"I'll try. Anyways Kukaku do you think you could do something for me."

"AIZEN-TAICHO!"

Orihime,

People always saw her as a ditsy girl with crazy combinations for food. Perhaps it was because of this that people always lowered their guard around her. They forget that she is just as strong as them. Orihime had been trained by the same former captains as them. She had spent far more time around those people than her only family member. It was because of this that she was far more perceptive than the average child her age. (Or whatever was normal for a Karakura citizen).

A warning was given to her by Ichigo before she realized the true potential of her powers.

Originally Orihime had believed that her powers were for healing, protection and small attacks. Ichigo had come up to her to tell her about how her powers truly worked and that if she gave the information out carelessly people would hear. There was always going to be people who would want a power like hers, to use her.

Her Shun Shun Rikka allowed her to reject reality.

If she really wanted she could even reject a persons soul. Or the opposite and bring them back from the dead. But to do so would require mass amounts of energy.

So she trained, remembering the day of her brothers near death and the new understanding of her powers gifted to her by Ichigo she trained. After bombarding him with demand after demand her friend had finally caved in and allowed her to use his great spiritual pressure to her advantage.

A soul always improved under pressure after all and if anyone could pressure someone it was Ichigo.

In the Seireitei she could sense the constant power if the head captain like a bonfire in her senses. But she had seen brighter, more powerful. When she was actually capable of sensing him which would always be on his part and not hers his presence was a constant, like the sun. Forever there in the sky and untouchable.

But she could reach sometimes. With enough will power she could hit him. Orihime had managed to get an injury on him once. She had cut of his main sword arm. The looks on everyone's faces when she had done that were priceless. Ichigo had just laughed and praised her though.

Wandering through Seireitei was scary but remembering how her friend who was far stronger than any captain had helped her, trained her, quickly got rid of that fear.

"I honestly don't know what to do, any idea's anyone." Uryu (do you know how long it took to get on first name basis with him?) asked as they hid from the hoard of shinigami running by.

"Cut them all down?"

"Karin, Ichi-nii is not the example to follow in these matters!"

While they bickered she used her exceptional martial arts skills to knock down some shinigami and steal their uniforms.

And ewww she did not want to see that! Orihime quickly threw the man with the lack of underwear in someones poison ivy bush.

Quickly changing she headed back to her small group.

"Orihime your back!"

"Yep! Your white clothes bring too much attention to us so I thought that you could put this on over your quincy uniform. Same for you Yuzu! Oh and remember that we are from squad..." She checked the inside of the uniform for the squad insignia,"Twelve! Wonderful we are insane!"

"That is actually pretty smart Ino-Orihime..."

After not too long though they were quickly interupted.

"Where are your zanpakuto? Only one of you brought one out! Prove that you are not enemies! Tell me what squad you are from!"

"Twelve!" They all stated at the same time.

"So why... oh you are. My name is Aramaki Makizo otherwise known as Maki-Maki."

"Nice to meet you! We just forgot our zanpa..."

"Why hello Inoue. While you seem like an decent person who isn't a complete idiot as I can tell you have researched us you are not an interesting test subject nor do I have any recollection of you ever being in my squad. That means that I should probably dispose of you."

"Why hello Mr insane captain! While that sounds like a good pass time for you I don't like the idea so much soo... Uryu what were the rules again?"

"Well we are not meant to kill anyone but... Hey shinigami do you want this captain dead or alive."

Maki-Maki looks to his friends and then back at us and does that a few more times before nodding as if to confirm something with himself,"Well... we are not allowed to just tell you to kill a captain but I can tell you that he wouldn't be missed... That is if you are even capable of killing him."

Orihime gives a grin that is frighteningly similar to Kenpachi's then turns back to Mayuri. "Well you heard the vote! Koten Zanshun I reject!" The captain barely had time to look before his entire body was vaporized in Tsubaki's attack. The force of her attack was so great due to a conversation she had overheard about the man experimenting on quincy's and his own squad.

"I... Inoue! Holy hell youkilledsomeone! OhmygodIamoverwhelmedthisshouldn'tevenbepossibleItisInouerightIdidn'tevenknowyouwerecapableofkilling!"

"Uryu I only killed a man no biggie he was an ass anyways."

"Karin? Yuzu back me up here!"

Kyoraku,

So far no trouble had occurred, just the average foot soldier. Not even knowing shikai or if they did they were only just about competent. No one even half decent had come across the three teenagers. Other than him and his lieutenant but he was having fun watching them.

Punch,"987." Punch,"988 no wait that was three 990." Punch,"998."

"And what would you three be counting?" He said as flower petals slowly fell down but then suddenly increased and he was quickly buried. Thankfully the energetic one of the group waited for him to get out before giving him an answer.

"The amount of people the amazing Chad has knocked out with hid hands! Oh we have reached 1000 and whoa that's a crowd! Or not 1047."

The tall muscled man was slightly scary... No he was a captain one of the captains the other captains looked up to! At first... But the armoured arms, they looked scary!

"1684!"

"WHEN DID THE NUMBER GET SO HIGH!"

"While you were thinking Kyoraku-Taicho. Other than the invasion, but we will be recuing Kuchiki, it is a pleasure to meet such a powerful captain. I am Sado Yasutora." Sado gave a polite bow and so did the member of his group without the shihakusho.

"Nanao-chan! Do we absolutely have to lock them up?"

"Aizen-Taicho is dead captain."

"Sorry guys! But we are only locking you up considering we have some things to solve."

"You are far above me in strength and I believe in the rest of our group, all I suggest you keep Mizuiro away from Nanao Ise as he has a thing for older women."

"I may like older women but i'm not suicidal! Yadomaru will be pissed if I so much as touched her."

He could not possibly be talking about his former lieutenant. He had found that entire situation suspicious and had since hoped that they were still alive and well.

"Ah you look confused. I am talking about Lisa, that group misses soul society quite a bit." Continuing in a much quieter voice,"Then again so does Kaien..."

"Wait is she alive?" Not often did Nanao get emotional at anything but then he thinks of the little girl who would read with lieutenant and thinks that it would be understandable.

"Yep they are all alive just partly hollow. But they have it under control. All they want to give is a warning. Hirako wanted to say that it was most certainly not a water type zanpakuto beware of the other captains."

That was all they had to say as after that they quietly allowed themselves to be escorted to the prisons.

"Kyoraku-Taicho are we going to..."

"No. Absolutely not. Actually we are going to talk to Unohana and Ukitake and only Unohana and Ukitake."

"Wonderful. Issues within our own ranks during an invasion." Nanao said with a large amount of sarcastic joy.

The feeling was equal, those three humans, no one was a shinigami. Knew about names they should not know. Lisa Yadamaru, Hirako Shinji and Kaien perhaps Shiba. He would eat his kimono if it was Shiba. "Kuchiki what on earth have you gotten yourself involved in."

Kaien,

Thankfully the rest of his visit to Kukaku's had gone smoothly... Well as good as they were going to get with so many Shiba's in one room aka any more than two at a time.

Pulling on his concealing cloak he went to join the kids in their playing with the gotei 13 soon to be gotei 14.

"It's been so long since I have gotten a chance to walk around here. I wonder if I can remember my way around."

Ichigo,

While Kaien was being sneaky Ichigo was...

"KENPACHI! GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE I WANNA FIGHT! ZARAKI KENPACHI!"

Anyone who had left the academy without shunpo in their skill set quickly learned how to. Especially when it turned into a game of dodge the obviously insane person or die.

"FIGHT KENPACHI! YES! GO! FIND HIM!"

"Zangetsu we are surrounded by the insane."

"I am aware."

"KENPACHI! I'M LOSING MY VOICE HERE HURRY THE FUCK UP! I KNOW YOUR SENSE OF DIRECTION IS SHIT SO GET OF THE GROUND AND JUST FOLLOW MY YELLING!"

"So you want to fight the captain do you? Well you have got to fight me first. If you lose there is no way you will be able to fight against him."

Ikkaku. Blood, broken bones sticking out of his skin, more blood. Viciously lock that up because NO. DANGEROUS.

"Sure Madarame Ikkaku. My name is Kurosaki Ichigo."

Yoruichi,

"What in the hell is that boy doing. Wait what am I saying he is the same brand of crazy as Kenpachi. Just without the mass people killing."

In the hidden training grounds,

"Bored."

"Bored."

"I think we can all agree that waiting is boring."

Aizen,

"Aizen-Taicho you seem to have a bit of a headache."

While rubbing his head furiously,"Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill."

"So you do hate Ichigo."

"Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill."

"Tosen, Aizen-Taicho is broken... now I can't torment him!"

"Justice."

"Fucking insane the pair of you."

Masaki,

She was worried about her girls and Ichigo but she had to believe in all the training they had put in.

"We are really not coming across much trouble here are me Masaki."

"No but Ganju seems to be tired perhaps we should stop for a bit."

"That. Sounds ... like a ... wonderful idea."

I HATE Mayuri. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Nemu is okay. But I hate Mayuri more than Aizen and I hate Aizen so... Yep.

Anyways see you in the next chapter! -Luna