Chapter 4: Prepare For War

"Sin Vida - Lifeless (In Spanish)"

After a few hours of laying on the surface of the building she was on, Ichigo stretched out and stood up. She was about to leap off before a voice caught her attention from behind.

"It's about time you decided to stand." Ichigo turned to the voice and saw that it was from Tia. She had her arms crossed and was seated cross legged several meters away from Ichigo. "I was getting tired of waiting Ichigo Kurosaki."

"Sorry about that." Ichigo shrugged off. "How long have you been sitting there?"

"For about an hour." She said as she also stood up. "I decided to wait instead of saying anything to give you time to adjust to how your newfound power feels like."

"Well I'm a fast learner, so I'm pretty sure I can get all of these hollow techniques down." Ichigo said to her with a grin.

Tia grinned behind her mask at the girls enthusiasm. "Then lets get started."

Kisuke's Shop

Kisuke had been working nonstop on the device to stop Ichigo in his lab. He was so busy that he didn't even pay any attention to both Renji and Rukia when they walked in. Both Renji and Rukia looked at each other then back to Kisuke. Renji walked up and placed a hand on the mans shoulder to get his attention.

"Kisuke?" Renji started with a concerned tone.

Kisuke turned to him with a tired look on his face. He sighed and then yawned to him. "What can I do for you Renji? Need a place to stay again?" He stretched out and noticed Rukia standing not to far from him. "Oh and I see Rukia is here too. What can I do for you two?"

"Kisuke." Rukia started in a mellow tone. "It's about Ichigo and Aizen." The very mention of that mans name made Kisuke's blood boil, but he hid his unseen rage behind his fan as Rukia continued. "Do you have any idea why she would freely join that mad man?"

Kisuke took a deep breath behind his fan and made sure it went unnoticed by the two in front of him. He pulled down his fan and put on his jovial mask again. "Well Aizen does have a very sharp tongue on him, but I'm getting the feeling that he most likely used something on her to brainwash her to his side." Kisuke lied so he could ease the two's minds in the hopes that when they see her, they can convince her to come back to them. "But I might still need to keep at this just in case." Kisuke finished as he pointed back to his unfinished device to take Ichigo's powers.

Renji and Rukia nodded to him and turned to leave. When they were out of ear shot, Kisuke dropped his facade quickly and sighed in frustration. He truly had no idea what Aizen did to get her on his side without having to threaten her or her family. That was when an idea hit him. He got up and left the shop to head to the Kurosaki household. He made it there in a few minutes with flash step and was shocked when he saw that house was completely empty and void of any spiritual pressure. Kisuke was about to panic until he saw a note on the door. He went over and picked it up to read it.

"Dear Kisuke Urahara or anyone that this winds up with, me and my two daughters have left the clinic and are now in a safe spot away from everyone. I already told Yuzu and Karin about Ichigo and to my surprise they took it well. Yes, I already know about Ichigo leaving with Sosuke and I couldn't be prouder of the woman she's growing up to be.

Kisuke, if it's you who gets this note, then all I have to say is that she left without Sosuke having to do anything other than tell her the truth. I would appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone this information. Also, don't even bother trying to find us. I have a friend that is, lets just say a little more clever than you.

Take care my friend, see ya later hopefully. Isshin Kurosaki."

Kisuke had no words for how he felt after reading this. How could Isshin be completely okay with his oldest daughter siding with Aizen? Why did he refer to Aizen by his first name? Who was this friend? And what 'truth' was he talking about? So many questions that he didn't know the answers to. Kisuke pinched the bridge between his nose and sighed before leaving the empty residence to head back to the shop.

"It looks like I'm truly in the dark for once in my life." He said to himself as he neared the shop.

Hueco Mundo, A Few Weeks Later

Today was the day. After weeks of training with Tia on controlling the various techniques of a hollow and even her new zanpakuto. It was a duel bladed weapon for her now, and was very different than what she was used to. The first was a long Odachi that had a red handle and a black cross guard in the shape of her old Tensa Zangetsu. The blade was completely red and was attached to her back with black bandages. The second was a Nodachi that was completely silver all around and had no guard to it. It was attached to her hip for her left hand.

Her and Ulquiorra stood in front of the opened garganta and waited for Aizen to give the go ahead. They were all in the throne room and waited as Aizen smirked down to Ichigo. She smiled and blushed at him.

"Good luck you two." Aizen said to them. "Bring back as much information as you all possibly can, and remember, no killing."

Both Ichigo and Ulquiorra nodded to him and went in the garganta. As they passed through the darkness, Ulquiorra looked over to her and cleared his throat to get her attention.

"What's up Ulquiorra?" She started.

"Your face is completely red Ichigo." He said to her in his same emotionless tone.

Ichigo huffed and quickly calmed herself when she saw the light coming up. They went through it and landed in one of parks. Ichigo looked around and smiled when she remembered the familiar area. This was where she would go to clear her head of any and every single one of problems before she met Rukia. She looked up and closed her eyes as the actual sun hit her skin. Ichigo had no problem with the artificial sun at Las Noches, but nothing could beat the real deal. She breathed in the fresh air and let out a sigh when she could feel multiple familiar spirit energies heading their way. She looked over to Ulquiorra.

"Ready Ulquiorra?" She asked him. He gave her a thumbs up and she smiled as a few of the familiar energies landed in front of them. The four that landed were Rukia, Renji, Toshiro and Rangiku.

"Ichigo?"Rukia said as she only saw the long orange hair, yet felt the overwhelming hollow energy.

Ichigo turned around and smiled at her friends. "Hey guys. Long time no see, huh?" She said as she waved to them. The four got a very good look at her as she stood there with her hand on her hip.

"What happened to you Ichigo?" Renji asked with concern in his voice. He had no idea what to think of all of this. Not only has Ichigo allied herself with Aizen by unknown means, but she also allowed him to do whatever he wanted to her to turn her into this.

"Like it Renji?" Ichigo started as she stretched herself out. "I think white suits me a lot more than a black. Don't you guys think?"

She was met with a scowl from Toshiro. "What has Aizen done to you, Ichigo Kurosaki? Who is he?" He pointed at Ulquiorra with his left while his right was on his sword handle. "And why are you here?"

Ichigo watched as the others also reached for their zanpakuto. Despite how Renji and Rukia felt at the moment, they reluctantly drew their blades as well. Ichigo smirked at them and turned to Ulquiorra. "Should I or do you want to?"

"What exactly Ichigo?" Toshiro demanded as he drew his blade from its sheath.

Ulquiorra nodded over to her to signal that she should instead of him. Ichigo nodded and turned back to the four with the same smirk, and then she vanished. Everyone was surprised by her speed and even more surprised when she appeared in front of Toshiro with her Nodachi pointing right at his eye. She thrust it only for Toshiro to dive and fall back to avoid the near fatal strike. He quickly stood up as Ichigo reeled her left arm back. Renji blocked her as soon as she went for an attack. He felt an intense amount of force with just that one swing. It was completely different than any of the other times they fought back then. She flicked her wrist and sent Renji flying away to a nearby tree. He went through it and skidded a good distance before stopping on the stairs not far from them.

"Growl, Haineko!" Rangiku yelled out as her blade transformed into ash and went straight towards Ichigo.

Ichigo jumped out of the way and charged her Nodachi with silver energy, much to everyone's surprise. She smiled down at them and yelled out. "Plata Getsuga Tenshou!"

A silver beam of energy flew at the ash that was heading for her, dispersing it with great ease and heading straight for Rangiku. She moved out of the way only for the attack to strike the ground and send a small shock wave of silver energy. The shock wave hit Rangiku in her left leg and when she landed on her feet, her leg was completely numb to her. She looked at her limb and couldn't move it whatsoever. It felt like being hit by Kira's Wabisuke, only she could still feel it moving with the wind.

Before Rangiku or anyone for that matter could retaliate, Ichigo appeared behind her and knocked her out with the hilt of her Nodachi. "That was easy." She said to herself.

"Rain over the frosted heavens, Hyorinmaru!" Toshiro yelled out as an ice dragon flew straight toward her. She held up a finger and charged her black cero. When she fired it, the beam completely destroyed the dragon and flew past Toshiro's head by only a few inches. He was completely stunned by her display of power. When he heard about her fighting style from Kisuke, he was told that she simply went in and attacked with her raw power, but this was completely different. She wasn't trying to attack to kill, she was simply demonstrating how powerful she was now.

Ichigo smiled at him and turned to Rukia who was just standing there with her jaw dropped at Ichigo's complete change in power and attitude. Ichigo smiled to her and fired another Plata Getsuga. Rukia couldn't find the will to move at this point and simply stood there to wait for the attack to strike her. Right before it even reached her though, a red shield appeared in front of her along with both Kisuke and Yoruichi. They stood there as the silver energy hit the red shield and finished its shock wave before Kisuke dropped it for them to see Ichigo. The two were stunned by her completely different look.

"Hey you two." Ichigo started with a smirk. "Glad ya'll could make it. I was wondering when I could really test myself against the both of you."

"You were waiting for us?" Yoruichi asked her former student. Ichigo nodded.

"Well would you mind telling us why then, Ichigo." Kisuke said in his jovial voice, hiding his complete shock. He looked over to Ulquiorra, who was still just standing there watching everything.

"Like I said," Ichigo started while staring at the two, "I wanna test my new skills against you two." And just like that, she was gone in a flash much to the two's surprise.

Ichigo appeared in front of Kisuke and swung her blade down to him, forcing him to block the devastating blow that sent him flying past Rukia. Yoruichi went for a kick to Ichigo's head and was shocked when Ichigo caught her with ease. Ichigo pulled Yoruichi towards her and threw her into the air with great force. Yoruichi had no time to recover as Ichigo appeared in front of her and stabbed her silver Nodachi into her chest. Everyone looked on in horror as Ichigo seemingly killed the Goddess of Flash in an instant.

"YORUICHI!" Kisuke shouted as his childhood friend was limp on Ichigo's blade.

She dropped her sword down and let Yoruichi's lifeless body drop down to the ground. Before she made contact, Kisuke had caught her. He set her down to see how bad the wound was when he noticed that there was no blood. There wasn't even a scratch or even a tiny nick on her skin from were the sword hit her. That was when he noticed that her eyes were still open and moving around. Kisuke was confused by this until Ichigo appeared in front of them.

"If you're wondering, my Sin Vida only paralyzes my opponent." Ichigo said to the shopkeeper. "It'll last for at least an hour, same with Rangiku's leg." Before she could explain what her long Odachi could do, a few more spirit energies showed up. Ikkaku, Yumichika, an Ichigo's friends Uryu, Orihime and Chad showed up to see the downed or stunned soul reapers around her. She smiled at her three friends and looked over at Ulquiorra. He nodded to her and she sheathed her blade. "Well it looks like it's time for us to go. We'll see ya'll in the winter."

"Winter?" Kisuke started as he looked up to her with confusion on his face much to Ichigo's enjoyment.

"Winter is when we attack the soul society." Ichigo announced to them before turning to Ulquiorra. "Got everything?"

He nodded and opened a garganta. Ichigo walked over to it before being stopped by Rukia.

"Ichigo. What did Aizen do to you? What did he do to force you to join him?"

Ichigo stopped in front of the garganta and stood there for a few seconds before turning around to her former friend. She gave her a serious look that gave everyone an icy chill as her eyes glowed a piercing red color. "He didn't force me. He just told me the truth, and joined him because I was lied to." Without another word, she and Ulquiorra went through the garganta and left the group to ponder just what she meant by 'the truth' and being lied to.

As they wondered that, Ichigo and Ulquiorra were back in the throne room with the others in anticipation to what Ichigo was capable of.

"I see by how unscathed your bodies are that you were successful?" Aizen asked them with a smirk.

"Didn't even break a sweat." Ichigo said with a smile. "Show em Ulquiorra." She said to him.

Ulquiorra nodded and removed his eye. He crushed it and sent the dust along the room so everyone could see how Ichigo dominated everyone in her way, even Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihoin. When they saw how she warned everyone about the upcoming war, that was when the memory ended.

"So now what?" Grimmjow asked as he sat with his fraccion.

All eyes were on Aizen now as he stared down at them all with that smirk on his face. "Now, we prepare for a war."

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