This took wayyyyyyy too long.
No beta cause he left me. That's like four for this story.
I also like using onomatopoeia's, so sorry if you don't. I just feel it will create a surprise or more detailed visual of what is actually going on. So all the CLANG, SLASH, STAB, RIP, BUZZ, are all mainly verbs and actions.
Buzz = Usage of Sonido
Clang = Swords surprisingly clashing together
Slash = A slash
Stab = Well, a Stab
RIP= A rip in the air, like Garganta.
I also re-did the ending of Ichigo "dying" so, it's not as bad and cringy.
In the deep dark depths of the city of Silbern, a set of unique Arrancar find themselves descending down into the darkness. Their bodies felt heavy, and because of it, were unable to Sonido their way out of such troubles. On instinct, they all reached for their swords, but were surprised to see they longer carried such a weapon. "Is it just us here?" Tesla asks as he scans around the area around. The rest of the Arrancar look around and concluded it was just them.
The ones who had been captured blankly stared at each other and remained silent. They weren't the best of friends. The members who remained here were strong Númerous, and even an Espada. Findorr Calius, Tesla Lindocruz, Menoly Mallia, Loly Aivrirne, Gantenbainne Mosqueda, and Ggio Vega all began chatting and thinking of ways to figure out where they were.
"Great… they just had to capture you three." Vega says with lowered, annoyed eyes.
"Who the fuck do you think you're talking to!?" Apacci yells back.
"And who are you again?" Mila Rose asks curiously. She obviously knew who he was, but couldn't think of anything else to say.
The Tres Bestias look arrogantly at their supposed comrades. Ever since gaining that title, they had purposely acted better than the other Fraccione for obvious reason. It was amusing, watching everyone constantly remind them that they are weak, but it made them feel superior since they could do nothing about it.
"Wait… where's Sung-Sun?" Apacci asked.
Mila Rose sighed, "She told us to stay back and hide, but we ignored her. She's probably still in Hueco Mundo."
Apacci felt a rush of heat come to her face as she remembers the embarrassing fight she had against the Jail Quincy. As soon as the three had arrived from informing the Shinigami, they instantly saw their opponent to be a man named Qulgie Opie.
"…That bitch."
"Right?"
"Since were stronger than all of you, us girls are in charge." Apacci declares with her arms crossed. Loly and Melonly both smirk at the sight of a girl power. Surely it would last them longer than one guy in charge.
"Ants don't rule, only there King does." A loud and disgusting voice informed. The girls all grit their teeth at the sight of Yammy, who appears in his huge monstrous form.
"Shut the fuck up, Yammy." Loly yelled back. "I'll fucking kill you, don't forget that." She threatened. Loly by far hated the man the most, and for good reasons to. The Espada had repeatedly tried to kill her, and with almost all failing. But luckily for the most recent, she was healed.
"Ugh, why did that annoying girl have to heal you? You're a fucking irrelevant ant." He shot back.
Loly's eyes snapped, "Don't you dare insult Inoue, you disgusting brute!" she roared. Loly had finally gained some friendly attributes towards Inoue after being healed for another time. The kindness had touched her invisible heart and freed her from her constant anger.
"I'LL SQUASH YOU!"
As the Arrancar began dividing amongst themselves, a sudden footstep caught everyone's attention. They all lower their eyes at a new appearance. "You worthless fools are such idiots." The aggressive voice said. Even Yammy gritted his teeth as someone with a current higher rank came walking out of the shadows.
"Nnoitra-sama!" Tesla says with shock. He tried containing his happiness, as he knows he will be scolded for such acts.
"Tesla, what the hell are you doing here? You let them capture you!? You weakling!" The Quinto yelled.
"I came to get you out of here, Nnoitra-sama." He replied tonelessly. The Fraccione always had to act professionally, as talking in any other way would be considered as high levels of disrespect.
"Well good job! We're all here, and you know what, there's no getting out. I've tried escaping this place, but that fucking asshole kept shooting me down as I tried to climb up this pit." The one-eyed praying mantis seemed frustrated, and the rest of the Arrancar knew that was bad.
Before anymore chat could go around, two large shadows loomed over ground. The Hollow all silently curse and lowered their eyes at the sight of two Sternritter. One was a handsome blonde, and the other was a one-eyed dark-skinned man with a sniper hung over his shoulder. However, as they looked down, two new figures emerged out of the shadows. But these figures caused many of the lower ranks to widen their eyes.
"Asguiaro Ebern…"
"Luders Friegen…"
The former Arrancar looked down with cocky grins. They had left Las Noches when things went to hell after Aizen's absence. It took a long time for the Espada calmed themselves and once again rejoined together.
"Long time no see." Ebern commented.
"You all look healthy, but still weak." Luders insulted.
Haschwalth sighed, 'I can't believe his Majesty thinks this will work.' He told himself before stepping ahead. "You Arrancar are very unique in our eyes, and for that we have allowed you to live. But, this was for a reason. In case you didn't know, we are all war with the Shinigami, and we know how you Arrancar despise and hate the Shinigami more than anything else."
"Just get on with it, fucking playboy." Apacci insulted. The Grandmaster looked over and nodded. At that moment Lillie quickly shot an arrow out of his sniper, just barely grazing the side of Apacci's skull.
The Sternritter smiled in the sight of fear which she held in her eyes, it was too amusing. "As I was saying, we ask of you to assist us during our final confrontation against them. We have already taken down almost the entirety of their defense, and have even killed there strongest Captain."
"We will commit a rightful genocide against the Shinigami and ask you Arrancar to be the ones to carry this out. Hueco Mundo Is gone and so will the world be. Either accept this and become a partial Quincy, like these two, or face death."
Killing Shinigami was never something the Arrancar didn't want to do, but they wouldn't feel like themselves if they were serving another enemy. Then again, they did fight under Aizen, and that didn't end well for them.
But they didn't seem to have much of a choice.
They had been in war before, and hoped did not want to get close to death again.
"…I'll take your silence as a confirmation. Since you all are already properly trained, we will only teach you the basics of gathering reishi and composing weapons." Haschwalth stated before turning his back. "You will all be foundations of our peace, so be proud you are now members of the Wandenreich."
The remaining Sternritter all kneel before the Visored Shinigami, and all seem to be in a saddened mood. Love and Lisa kept there expressions hidden while Shinji began firing himself up. It never really look like it, but he really did like Ichigo. Even if their relationship was never close. "What… the... FUCK WAS THAT!?" Shinji roared. The Visored all remained silent as the 5th Captain took his blade out and charged at his fellow comrade. He was never a fan of Zaraki Kenpachi, as was most captains. His blade was suddenly stopped when it came in contact with a long wooden staff. Shinji darted his eyes towards Ikkaku, he may have been a 3rd seat, but he was definitely on Captain level.
"Heh? You really want to fight me when were out here like this?" Zaraki asked as he turned his head over. "Just shut up, we both know it won't end as well as you hope. Finish them off, I'm heading back."
Shinji cursed and darted his swords towards Bambiettas neck, "You! You're the reason why this had to happen. Ichigo was a good kid, more so than myself. For him to die like this…." He spat. The Captain raised his blade to her neck, "You see this Ichigo? I'll be sure to fix your mistake."
Hiyori brought her sword and placed it against Cang's neck, "It's okay Ichigo… we all make mistakes…" she said softly. Despite not knowing Ichigo for long, she had to admit the considered him a good person.
'We'll be together again, I promise.' Shinji said to himself before slashing his blade forward. The man began to shake as a white hand grabbed his blade with fearsome force. The Shinigami all widen their eyes when an enormous figure stood behind the Quincy with his arm extended out. It took a while for a while for the Quincy to realize something was off, as they had their heads hung low and eyes closed in acceptance of defeat.
"Who are you?" a voice asked. The Quincy all lifted there hoods and looked around, hoping whoever they were speaking to was an ally. Everyone had their own form of shocked expression, even if there faces didn't show it.
There hopes were answered.
Liltotto was the first to realize it, 'So that's what the Espada was talking about.' She told herself. The Sternritter was very keen and adaptable to confusing situations like this one. But since Aaroniero had given that hint, she was able to conclude it was Ichigo who he was talking about. It wasn't that surprising to her. Ichigo was obviously someone who was noted to be very special in people's eyes.
"Who is that?" Meninas asked as she looks over to her left. Candice couldn't answer, she was practically dead already.
Bazz lowered his eyes, "That hair… that couldn't be…"
"Yea, that's him alright…." Cang answered with wide eyes.
Bambietta realized it was Ichigo when she stared into the pitch black eye sockets of his mask. She saw nothing, absolutely nothing. No sense of emotion or even the neutral gaze. His eyes read nothing, nothing seemed to fill those beautiful brown eyes. Bambietta only saw this one time before, and that when they first met. But she remembered that day, how could she not?
The man behind the mask quickly scanned around the area, he was also surprised to suddenly awake and be faced with so many shocked faces. It has been a while since he's seen other people. It looked down and began squeezing his hand together, just making sure to get a feel of it.
"What the hell is taking so long!?" Zaraki yelled as he returned back over. But his eyes soon loom over to the now fully hollowed Ichigo. "Eh? You an Arrancar or something?" the Captain asked.
Shinji lowered his eyes, "No… that's Ichigo." His fellow Captain informed.
Zaraki's eyes lit up, "HOH! See, what the hell did I tell ya. There's no way Ichigo would die like that, you all had no faith in him." Zaraki said before focusing his full attention on the supposed Ichigo. "Well? You going to say something or am I going to have to kill you again!?" he yelled with a menacing smirk.
The hollow could hear and process the words, although he could not return in the same speech without roaring out. But White wanted to have his fun, and he'll do everything in his power to make it as lasting as possible.
"It's not the Ichigo you're thinking of… it's his hollow." Love said. "We Visored all went through a phase of training where they would battle there hollow in order to control their soul. Ichigo did this training, which enabled him to gain access to his mask." He added in.
Shinji interfered, "But…the hollow wasn't supposed to come out like this." He said lowly.
Hiyori scowled, "So what? It's just his hollow. We kicked his ass last time, and we'll do it again!" she yelled before pressing her palm against her cheek.
Cang narrowed his eyes, "So you're telling me you Shinigami implemented this hollow into Ichigo without his knowledge? And you did it yourselves for great power?" he asked in a dark tone.
"No!" Shinji snapped. The Quincy now all face him with angry expressions, clearly believing the assumption Cang had come up with.
"Aizen is responsible for our…mutations. As for Ichigo… I ain't got one clue as to how the hell he has a hollow. He never met Aizen until he was in Soul Society, so it's just a mystery."
"Enough, let's just get moving! I'm already pissed off!" Hiyori yelled before charging at the idle Hollow. The spirit was just taking in the theories, as even he does not truly know what he is.
She leaped into the air and slashed his sword downwards, "W-What the fuck!?" she uttered as her sharp blade was unable to pierce his white hierro.
SMASH
A trail of blood shot from her nose as White slammed his palm against her face, causing the mask to shatter and for her to be sent flying back.
At that moment White leaped in front of the Quincy, causing the Shinigami to take a few steps backwards. "Everyone get the fuck out of the way!" Zaraki yelled as he recklessly charged in. They all remained silent and watched as the Shinigami hero slashed his sword downwards. He was confident that cutting down Ichigo would be a breeze.
BUZZ
The 13th Captain widens his eyes when a buzz sound rang through his ears. Zaraki suddenly felt himself floating in the air, but really being picked up. Zangetsu launched Zaraki at tremendous speeds, everyone watched with shocked expression as he collapsed into the wall of Las Noches, and successfully breaking through it.
Zaraki was nowhere near defeated, but for now the rest would have to deal with Ichigo.
"Heh, you're going to miss out, taichou!" Ikkaku said, "Grow, Hōzukimaru!" he yelled before revealing his long staffed Shikai.
"Bloom, Ruri'iro Kujaku." Yumichika uttered before forming his sickle-shaped blade.
The two charged and did a repetitive attack of combos, but White simply evaded with ease. It was mocking, and internally he was laughing at the two. It was always frustrating when you train on something so hard, then have it suddenly become useless in the face of an enemy.
"Shinji?" Lisa said as he takes a look at her friend. The man just kept his gaze on Ichigo. The man was confused, and really hoped to sort this out before interfering with the fight.
'This never happened to anyone of us… we battled our Hollows, but never did it come out when we were close to dying. Hiyori was practically dead before, and yet, her hollow never did anything. What is going on…?'
"SHINJI!" Hiyori yelled.
"WHAT!?" he yelled back.
"Get your head out of your ass and fucking help. Zaraki's crappy 3rd and 4th seats can't do shit by themselves!" she answered before putting her mask on. "Let the Visored take this thing out, weak Shinigami!" she spat towards Ikkaku and Yumichika.
"No way! This is easy-"
White suddenly released a surge of power which crushed Ikkaku's body, the man was sent down but suddenly kicked away by the powerful Hollow. A simple backhand was all it took to send Yumichika away as well.
The Quincy managed to gather away a good distance away, but still close enough to hear the loud yelling that went through the Shinigami voices.
"What a twist…" Cang said as he now takes a good look at everything.
Bazz scowled, "Yea…Kurosaki is strong as fuck! It's bullshit!"
His Asian friend annoying looked over, "No… look at those Shinigami. There wearing hollows masks, and somehow Ichigo had turned into a Hollow himself…"
Meninas tilted her head, "That's not Ichi."
"Yes, it is." Bazz reminded.
"No it's not, it looks nothing like him."
"Yes it is!"
"Nope."
Bazz sighed and gave up. "What about you shorty?" he asked.
Liltotto looked over, "When I was fighting one of the Espada, he had a power to absorb other people and take their powers. He also had their memories and fighting styles. Quincy, Shinigami, and Hollow was what he was."
"When I was about to end things, he said we had someone like him. I was confused and asked, but I guess this is what he was talking about." She ended.
"Still… I'm just as shocked as you all are…even If I don't show it."
"Is that why his bow and arrows are composed of black reishi?" Cang asked. "It could explain why getting hit by one of his arrows hurt a lot more than what it should have been."
CRASH
Before them, White stood up and stared into the black sky. They followed his direction and saw the Visored appear all above him. There masks were on and Shikai's were out, and they had no intention of keeping this fight long.
The Hollow made a movement, and everyone tensed from it. But they all watched as Ichigo slowly put his entire forearm through his Hollow hole. A red light began glowing from the center, and the hand began to shake with struggle.
Using immense strength, White retracted his arm back out. However, he was now holding something that would give him the edge in this battle. A long, standardized looking black sword with a chain attached.
It was a magnificent looking sword, and it was being held in the perfect hands.
"That sword…" Love said, completely shocked.
The Quincy now see why they reacted so slowly to that sword, they just had to make sure it was truly Ichigo's blade. A blade which they haven't seen in a long time.
"What do you think you're doing that sword? It's not yours, its Ichigos." Shinji asked with lowered eyes.
White internally grinned as he finally found himself, it was hard since Ichigo didn't have the sword on him when he "died".
"His… sword?" Cang asked aloud. The Visored all kept there gazes upon the Hollow, as its power soon began to skyrocket once the blade came in his hand.
"That was Ichigo's Zanpakuto, but to more exact, it's what his Bankai looked like." Shinji answered.
White slashed the black sword downwards, causing a gust of wind to blow away. They could feel the sudden sand tsunami which blew away to the side, but it still wasn't enough for them to quickly give up and retreat. Every Visored had seen this before, a Hollow take over its host. However, it's never happened in circumstances like these before.
But it didn't matter now, it only mattered on who was going to make the first move. White thought the idea of being attack from four directions thrilling, but as he kept waiting, nothing was charging him.
Feeling disappointed, he would now force them to attack him.
It begins…
BUZZ
BUZZ
BUZZ
BUZZ
BUZZ
BUZZ
BUZZ
"Neliel-chan, are you sure you don't want us to go?" Urahara Kisuke says seriously.
"Kisuke, we need to go! Ichigo is waiting for me." Yoruichi yells. His purple-haired companion does a practice sparing round and waits for the signal head out.
Nel turns her head around, she just doesn't feel right. "I have to go…it's just…I have a bad feeling if I don't stay here." She admitted cautiously. The Shinigami look to each other before shrugging.
"Well hopefully, you actually grew from your mask being fixed. Do what you wish Nel-chan! Hopefully we'll see you later!" Urahara said before disappearing into the bright Senkaimon light.
The Espada desperately wanted to go back into Hueco Mundo, but something just told her that leaving and finding helping her friends isn't the exact best option in her situation. Nel wasn't the brightest, but she always had the sixth sense of telling when things are bad.
It was a bright, sunny day in the wonderful city of Karakura town. People were out and alive, just enjoying their lives in the peaceful country. Unfortunately, there really wasn't much for two young girls to do on this day. "Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwn!" Yuzu yells as the tired sound leaves her mouth. "I'm going to take a nap. See you at home."
"Wait Yuzu, do you feel that?" her tomboyish sister asks. Despite the two being the same age, Karin has always acted a lot older than her sister.
"Mmmmm, nope! But it is getting cold." She replied in a high tone. Yuzu was by far more girly, more so than even her mother. "What do you want for dinner? I need to cook early for when Ichi-nii comes home."
Karin raised an eyebrow, "He isn't coming back. He is obviously doing some secretive stuff that we don't know about." She replied. Karin has known her brother was a Shinigami for quite some time. She even confronted him about it and he asked to keep it quiet. While she agreed, she did ask for him to always tell her what he's going to do next.
Clearly he didn't keep his promise.
"He's probably looking at colleges and doesn't want to be disturbed!" Her young sister yelled back. She had never wanted to believe Ichigo was ever in some kind of danger, it just always stressed her out. And Karin wanted to keep it that way, she couldn't imagine how upset Yuzu would be if she found out Ichigo was constantly battling other people to the death multiple times.
The black-haired girl waves her sister good bye and watched as she skips on the side of the bank towards their home. Sighing, she rests her head back and stares at the sky. 'I haven't seen one of those Hollow things in a while.' She told herself. The Hollows were never a pleasant sight, but at least she had the ability to help people and warn them of the danger.
RIP
'I just had to jinx it…' she said with widened eyes. Standing at around six stories tall, a Gillian-Class Menos stood with hungry eyes. Despite being a mass of other Hollows combined, they all had the same thought of devouring and destroying souls. Its gaze was entirely on Karin, and her sweat dropped from just its powerful gaze. 'What's this feeling… it's like something invisible is weighing on me…'
Karin's hidden potential reiatsu was still hidden in her body, so unfortunately for her, she was unable to release her potent spiritual pressure. She, like her siblings, all have the same equal amount of natural reiatsu. But this Gillian was not going to leave easily. Instead of bending down and prepared to devour, it kept its distance and remained idle. Karin had the obvious thought of running, but fear was one of the top instincts any human has.
As the two beings stared off into each other, Karin's mind went blank as the Gillian opened its large mouth. A strange red sphere of energy began charging in the center, but Karin was no fool. She had never seen Cero before, but could tell it's something bad and she needs to get away.
She doesn't hesitate any longer, for someone her age, she was quite fast. The young teen couldn't help but turn her head around to see if the attack was coming, and unsurprisingly it did. Karin felt a small flash of her life come, but that happened to everyone, and it was natural.
FALL
At the worst moment in time, Karin suddenly felt herself collapse to the ground. Naturally, she assumed herself to have tripped over something. But a rush of confusion fills her mind as she rises back up.
BOOM
The Cero which had been shooting down, finally collided into the ground. A powerful explosion erupted onto the terrain, but the Hollows mind went blank when it saw no soul or body lying down.
Karin's heart raced as she realized she was no longer in the same position as before. She looked up and saw the massive Gillian looking around, but soon faced Karin once more and prepared for another attack. The black-haired female felt a sudden rush of an adrenaline and took off once more, but this time the Hollow wasn't so forgiving. She closed her eyes and hoped for the best, as this time the fear was slowly taking over her mind.
"Well, it's just one Menos." A sudden smooth voice spoke. Karin nervously opened her eyes, but soon revealed them when a figure stood above her. With her eyes shining, she watched as the figure threw a mysterious knife at the Hollows mask. The knife split the Hollow's face, causing the Cero to disperse and for one last painful roar to be heard.
The figure turned down and softly lowered his eyes, 'I made it just in time.' He said to himself. "Hello there," he said with a fake a smile. He was a slender man with light, cropped hair. There were also an odd number of leopard spots on the side of the face.
Karin still her had eyes wide, "T-Thanks…"
He smirked, "No problem, a young girl like you shouldn't even be facing such a disgusting creature."
A few moments of awkward silence passed by, and Karin was starting to feel extremely uncomfortable. "I guess I'll go…thanks again…" she said before turning her head around. She took a few steps before the chill voice called her out.
"Oh? You Kurosaki are all the same, rude." Shaz slowly walked towards her. "But can't we talk for a little while? I did just save your life."
"…Not interested." She replied bluntly. Unlike her sister, she wasn't afraid to be rude or disappoint others. Karin was definitely more like Ichigo then anyone else.
"Really? You wouldn't want to know where your precious onii-san is?" he asked with a lowered gaze.
"You know where Ichi-nii is?"
Shaz waited a moment before answering. A rush of memories filled his mind as he remembers the purpose of his presence here. And he seemed to be the only one who was capable of doing such a mission.
'You have your orders. Bring them here, or do what is necessary. I'm not taking any risks, I'll need him when we move towards Squad Zero.'
Yhwach was clear with his words, and if Shaz failed, it would also mean the order of him being killed. He didn't want to mess this up, he knew he had to bring Karin back to Silbern or else.
"Do you wish to see him?"
"Not really, wherever he is, I know he's fine." She replied quickly. Karin was no fool, she would never simply believe some random guy that somehow knew Ichigo. But, she played along in hope he would just leave her alone.
The Sternritter looked down and frowned. Clearly this girl wasn't going to be willing to go easily. So he had to improvise. "We'll, I'm sure he'll be happy to see you." He said before gathering reishi. Karin widened her eyes as a sudden reishi knife appeared in between his fingers. "Don't worry, it will only hurt a lot." He said with a menacing grin.
The sound of metal rang through everyone's ears, but that was only the confusion. Karin had naturally shielded her face, but soon slowly opened her eyes as no pain had come.
"N-Neliel…?" Karin said, surprised to see her Arrancar friend.
The now Cuatro Espada darted her eyes down, "Are you okay, Karin-chan?" Nel asks with concern.
"Hell yea I'm fine, this guy would have probably missed anyways." She answered with a cocky smile.
Nel smiled, "Karin-chan, I want you stay back. I don't know much about him, but I know he is neither a Shinigami or Arrancar."
Karin nodded and took some decent steps back. But she wasn't going to run away, and Nel knew that. The Kurosaki girl was actually very curious and wanted to see everything go down. For some reason the thought of fighting filled her heart. It's as if her blood was meant to battle.
"Arrancar… what are you doing here?" Shaz asks in a low tone.
Nel smirked, "I always felt it was important to come here. And I'm glad to have listened to my instinct on it."
Shaz hesitated for a moment, but soon erupted in a loud laughter. Nel expression fell, clearly not amused by the overall situation. She was told to return to Heuco Mundo, and knew it was an order from a higher rank, but she was more of someone who would do the right thing if she knew no one else would.
"You're going to stay here while your friends suffer in Hueco Mundo? Were already winning this war."
"Whatever happens, everyone needs to be somewhere. I'm happy to stay here while this war goes about. I personally despise fighting and do not believe in war, but I will defend those I care for." She replied.
Shaz grunted, "Hmph. Whatever, Arrancar. Either way, that girl is going with me."
"Why? What could someone like her offer you?" she asked tonelessly.
"Well… she has powerful blood in her. Just like her brother. Ichigo is already a fine solider."
"…What do you mean by that?" she asked in a staggering tone. While she kept her calm posture, her body was unconsciously shaking. This wasn't fear, this was pure anger from him mentioning Ichigo's name as if he was some cannon fodder solider.
Shaz raised his eyes, "I like that look. What's your name Arrancar? Tell me, and I'll answer your questions about your precious Kurosaki."
Nel didn't even blink. She released a huge wave of reiatsu from just her blade, with full intention of intimidating the man. "Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, Cuatro Espada."
'Espada!?'
"Shaz Domino, pleasure to meet you, Espada."
Ichigo soon widen his eyes and gasps for air, he feels as if he has been without oxygen for days on end. The feeling was painful and it scared him, as if no matter how hard he searched, the air just wasn't coming. The teen quickly got up and scanned his eyes around, but soon widen them in shock. He knows this place is his inner world, but is shocked to see how much differently it looked the last time he had visited. The world was now in an epitome of darkness, literal hell was in this world. Ichigo was on some sort of strange bridge, which was surrounded by distance flames which coated many destroyed buildings. The sky was black with a glowing crescent moon, just to resemble who the real dominate power was right now.
"Yo…" A voice called from his left. Ichigo recognized it instantly. He turned over and stared down at his opposite. The Hollow had a weird looking smile on his face, as if he was actually happy to see Ichigo. But it was too good to be true. After all he only wants to take over the Quincy's body.
"H-Hey…" Ichigo replied in a surprisingly not so hostile tone.
"Ichigo," a low-voice called in the opposite direction. His eyes widen once more and darted around. The orange haired boy stood in between two entities. One Quincy, and the other Shinigami and Hollow.
"Old man? You can actually recognize me now?" Ichigo asked in a happy tone.
"Zangetsu" nodded, but not everyone wanted to play along anymore. "Don't listen to him Ichigo, he's a deceiving asshole!" White pointed out before stabbing his blade to the ground. "And I'll be happy to settle things once and for all, right now." He said lowly.
"Eh!? What the hell are you talking about?" Ichigo yelled.
"You didn't come here Ichigo, he brought you here." The Old Quincy spirit.
"Heh, this is where he should be. Everyone like him has a place like this. You people however, don't have this, and are just there to be by yourselves. But I'm fucking sick of you, you're fucking dead!"
White took the Khyber Shikai formed and swiftly past Ichigo. He raised the blade high just above Zangetsu, who was forced to leap back. But the sudden vision of the Hollow vanished, 'After image!?' The Old man said to himself as he panicked. He quickly shielded his head by pressing both of his arms together. Luckily, the strike did not do much to him.
"This blut shit…" White said with distaste, but a sudden grin formed on his menacing face. "Getsuga…TENSHOU!" he yelled.
A white and red explosion rang through the devastated world as the two continued to battle it out. The thought of explaining things to Ichigo did not cross either mind, as both needed a change to occur immediately, otherwise, the other would cease to exist.
"He is incompetent, unstable, and unreliable." A voice said behind Ichigo. He looked over his shoulder and saw his supposed Zanpakuto spirit rise from his shadow, which didn't go unnoticed.
'That power…'
"You look good, Ichigo. May I see your bow?" he asked with a smile. Ichigo hesitated for a moment, wondering why he would care about such a thing. The orange-haired Quincy nodded and gathered the reishi. A black bow formed, but once again, it looked different than the last time. It had a black, fiery flamed aura which steamed off the bow and the arrow which was placed. "Almost there, just a little bit more and you'll easily catch up to him." He said with a proud smile. 'But it wasn't supposed to be dark and black…'
Ichigo frowned, "Zangetsu… what are you talking about?" he asked tonelessly.
The spirit ignored the question, "I see you met some ladies, that's nice to see. It's never too early to have kids…"
For once, Ichigo didn't blush on such a topic.
"Pssh, yea right, true Kings don't bow down to woman." White said as he suddenly appears from the side. Zangetsu lowered his eyes, "What? You thought using that Shadow crap would still work on me? We've been fighting for a while and I've seen your abilities. But I'm still better!"
"Which is why I'm in charge now, right?"
"What the fuck is going on!?" Ichigo finally roared. The two remained silent, but the Hollow wasn't going to less this opportunity slide by.
"Go on old man, use your oh so godly of words of advice! But nah, this time I'll be the one to speak. Ya see Ichigo, that man right there, isn't even a real person, he's just based off of a real person." White said. Ichigo lowered his eyes in confusion that accusation really didn't add up correctly in his mind.
"You're always in my way. Unlike me, you were not born with him. I am his soul right, I am his blood, I am his sword and shield. You are just an interference which was already dealt with long ago. You injected yourself in here, and by doing so, are the sole reason for her death."
White's eyes lit up, "Says you! You just reuse words that that guy used all those years ago. You don't think I know? I've been here just as long as you have, and I finally understood why I'm here. You were just suppressing my memories, and I'll make sure to cut you up for that."
"Both of you shut up." Ichigo commanded lowly. His eyes first drag off to his Hollow. "You've taken over me right?" Ichigo asked with hope. White nodded, "Thank you… just please make sure nothing happens to them." He asked in relief.
"Zangetsu…can you pull your blade for me?" Ichigo asked. The spirit heard the words, but could not follow through his request. He was not his sword spirit, so there is no way he would be able to wield such a blade. "I see…"
"You get it now, Ichigo?"
The Quincy entity softly lowered his eyes, "I'm sorry you had to find out this way. But believe me, that everything I had always done, was for you. Even when you sacrificed all your powers, I at that moment, came to agreement with your Shinigami side and we both worked together to give you the most out of everything."
Ichigo too, lowered his eyes softly.
"If you're telling the truth, then answer me this, are you Yhwach?"
…
"…No." the answer came surprisingly. Ichigo had thought since Yhwach's blood runs through every Quincy, he would have a portion of him inside, which he does, but this is not the same Yhwach. "The Yhwach you see today is not the Yhwach I am. While I am indeed Juhabach, I am not the one you are familiar with."
Huh?
Ichigo wasn't the brightest, but a little more explaining got him on the right track. His Quincy spirit is the Yhwach from one thousand years ago, before he became utterly obsessed with destroying the world. The Yhwach that was good and cared for his entire race. That is the Yhwach that stands in front of Ichigo.
The Yhwach that is alive and about, is nothing like how he originally was.
"Then all this time… it was you who always gave me power. You were the one who saved me all those times…" Ichigo said as his eyes look over to his Hollow.
"Don't mention it, and we look pretty badass together!"
Ichigo smiled at his words, but it was really hard accepting that into his heart. "I feared you, despised you, and wished you weren't there. But here I am, happy to see you more than anyone else…"
"Aw, don't make me blush."
Ichigo looked over back to his Quincy spirit with soft eyes. "You were never supposed to become a Shinigami, Ichigo. There was no need, it was not necessary. I only remained silent during you joining Yhwach because you would finally learn about your own heritage."
"Then, how come you wait until now to say anything?" he asked.
"It was too late, and I couldn't come to you earlier because your fathers binding kept me away. Once you unlocked your own Shinigami powers, then I was able to actually come with you. But sadly, I was not alone. He came the moment I awakened, and we have been at distance ever since."
"I know of this from your mother's blood. I was able to figure out how I was created. Everything she had left behind is in me, and I intend to fulfill her goal."
"She also left behind me, asshole." White said with a smirk.
Ichigo felt as if his brain was suddenly about explode, there was much going on he didn't know where to begin.
"Let's go over it one more time… please…" Ichigo begged.
In a devastated area of the already destroyed Soul Society, one child's body lays deceased on the floor. But what made this so strange to one's eye, is that there is a shadow casting next to it.
Despite there being no light or anything that could reflect a shadow.
'Those fools truly have no imagination, they couldn't even think that I was somehow able to escape death.' Gremmy Thoumeaux said to himself as he literally rose from the grave. He looked down at his deceased clone and sighed, 'That man was truly a monster, not even nightmares could picture someone like him.'
The Visionary's power begins to feel exhausted, but something else happened that moment he thought he was going to die. 'I created that clone just before I realized I could not handle his power, and it took everything I could expose. But…what was that small feeling I had just before my death?' he questioned. It definitely wasn't Kenpachi, as he was simply watching everything go down.
Someone was taking something from him.
Before he could go on his thoughts, a sudden distance battle caught his eye. The blonde began casually walking over, as using his power would exhaust him even further. Gremmy squinted his eyes slowly as he can clearly see a soldat shooting torrents of arrows at other running soldat, and even attempt to get some Sternritter.
'What in the world…'
A few things were off in this picture. For one, a soldat shouldn't be able to fire off that many arrows at once, and he isn't supposed to be shooting at other soldat. Lastly, his reiatsu was well hidden, and when revealed, immense.
The soldat easily recognized someone powerful was behind him, he turned around and bowed in respect. "How have your battles gone, Gremmy-sama?" the Soldat asked in a low-tone.
"What were you just doing, soldat?" the Sternritter questioned.
"I was remaining here, as stationed by our communications unit." He answered quickly. The weaker Quincy always feared the Sternritter, as someone would simply kill them out of frustration, so him speaking with fear wasn't unnatural.
….
"….Right…" Gremmy said before turning back around. "Carry on then…"
Gremmy kept walking back but a sudden pain shot through his body. His crimson eyes widen in shock and look down. A chipped down blade was coated with blood, and the Sternritter instantly recognized that sword.
His body clearly vanished but soon reappeared in front of the figure which driven his sword through his body. Gremmy's eyes lower at the sight of his opponent, but knows this man is nothing compared to what he is.
"Zaraki Kenpachi." Sternritter 'V' utters with distaste. The man stood in his monstrous form, with his blade slung over his shoulder.
"Heh… I guess I'll finish you off now!" the Captain uttered before dashing at Gremmy. The self-proclaimed strongest Sternritter simply frowned. As the blade slammed down onto his body, Zaraki widened his eyes.
"You think… you can fool me… with that lack of imagination?" Gremmy. Before Zaraki could speak, a sudden chill hit the air. He tried moving his limbs, but for some reason could not.
STAB
A reishi created sword found itself lodged into the stomach of the almighty captain of the 13th squad. Blood spilled out and rained down until the man was forced to the ground.
"If you just wanted to kill some of us, then I would have happily joined you..."
Zaraki's body began to suddenly morph itself, the air fell of and so did the intense strength his body possessed.
…Loyd Llyod." The Visionary stated before sighing at his comrade. The 'Yourself' looked up with saddened eyes, he did not want to go out like this.
…
"Well? Are you not going to finish me off?"
Gremmy tilted his head, "Now why would I do that?" the child asked. "At least tell me what you were doing before I decided what to do with you."
"My brother died… but he wasn't killed by a Shinigami. Yhwach himself, ended my brother's life." Loyd answered in an dismal tone. "We were prepared for this… but losing him killed half of me."
"I had once thought we were supposed to be the same person, and our personality and power were split into two. It was like seeing myself die, and it was dealt by the hand which we served."
Lyod looked up, "You were the newest Sternritter to join the ranks, so you didn't know what it was like to grow up with all these powers and to be a part of his Majesty for a long time. Yet, you strive with the most confidence and kill like any other solider. You truly are an idol to many, young child."
Gremmy was indeed the most recent Sternritter to be recruited by Yhwach, he was after all, a child right? Not even Yhwach knew of what truly Gremmy was, and old his mind is. "I thought I was going to die against that monster named Kenpachi, but thankfully I had abandoned my arrogance at the last moment and didn't risk trying to become him." Gremmy replied. "There was also this strange feeling I had just as soon as I thought it was over, as if my body and power was being sucked out of me. Did you feel that about your brother?"
Loyd widened his eyes, "I did! When my brother died I saw Yhwach suck something out of him, but I didn't pay too much attention."
Gremmy raised an eyebrow, "…Then you began killing a bunch of Soldat in hopes of sabotaging his plans?"
Loyd nodded.
The Visionary scowled, he now understood why Yhwach deems people as 'full-filled their purpose'. He knew because once the Sternritter were defeated, there death meant Yhwach would take everything from them. All there work and progression as Quincy would go right back to him, and he would do that by taking back what he gave their ancestors all that time ago.
He tried to take his power.
He tried to take his imagination
Unforgivable.
Loyd felt a sudden burning sensation in his stomach. He looked down and widened his eyes when the wound which was just open, is now closing up. He could feel the blood return to his body and his strength recovering.
"Get up, let's go find some more people to join us." Gremmy ordered. The 'Yourself' quickly got up and stood next to his small comrade.
"What will we do next?" he asked.
'V' looked over, "We need more allies first… but I don't think that will be a problem. And once that happens, we will end Juhabach." He ended with a menacing grin.
Loyd smirked, "For a childlike yourself, you do act a lot like some of our comrades."
"One day Loyd, I'll tell you the story about a child who never wanted to grow up. And because of that, he was able to keep his mentality right. But do you know why he didn't want to grow up?"
"Why is that?"
"It is because children always have the best imaginations. It saddens me that once they grow up, they lose that and eventually the happiness that carried through their childhoods."
"He's toying with us, stay close!" Shinji ordered.
"KAH! You!" Love said as his massive Shikai was being pressed hard by Ichigo's black katana. The Visored soon appeared before White and simultaneously did a set of strikes using their unique Shikai abilities.
None of them could manage to get close to pushing back Zangetsu. Even when they combined strikes, there hollow masks couldn't do anything.
"Formations!" Shinji uttered lowly. The rest of the Visored don't hesitate to quickly use Shunpo and appear next to their leader, who had begun charging energy through his fists. Love, Hiyori, and Lisa all follow up by forming each of their own Cero's. Shinji's red beam was soon joined in by Hiyori's orange version, which was then added next to Lisa's violet and Love's brown.
The Hollow wasn't even aimed at Ichigo, as they know his speed would have easily dodged it. No, they aimed for the people who knew would stand no chance against four enhanced Ceros.
White internally sighed, he did not like protecting people other than Ichigo.
The Quincy remain surprisingly calm as the beams of power began firing down at them from the sky above.
"Shinigami using Cero… what did Aizen do?" Cang asked with wide eyes. Seeing something like this was extraordinary. Obviously much planning had to be involved, as it was definitely no accident.
BUZZ
White suddenly appeared before the Quincy and looked up to the oncoming Cero, but he was no stranger to that power. A circular motion of red energy with a white filling soon came to be in between his precious horns, and even this brought much confusion to everyone.
A Quincy, of all races, being able to fire such a power is… blaspheme! The human that was part Shinigami somehow formed the dark powers of a Hollow, and this by far had to be the biggest shock other than him turning into one.
Hollows are the polar opposite of humans, and the greatest menace to Quincy, so this really went against all the laws of being a Quincy and how their bodies and powers worked. Normal Hollow is poison, never before have Quincy been able to successfully merge the two together. It would have killed them, and would have gone against the laws of being a Quincy.
For once, the Visored began to feel it, that immense pressure which had been forcing itself down on the Quincy. This immense reiatsu which was like an ocean, crushed there limbs, and it was difficult to breathe.
The Visored soon felt their lives flash before their eyes as there Cero's were easily overrun by Ichigo's monstrous beam of power. It didn't take long for them to collapse to the floor. Shunpo was futile, as the radius of the explosion was wide, and they all suffered from it. There lucky there masks give them enhanced durability, otherwise they would be less than atoms right now.
'Lisa…' Hiyori utter sadly in her mind. Her friend was collapsed on the ground, but with blood surrounding her body. She clearly didn't have the best fall. The blonde looked to her other comrades. Shinji and Love slowly rose from the ground, but they weren't in a healthy condition.
The masks kept them there body's from being destroyed, but it hurt like hell and weakened them to the point of exhaustion.
BUZZ
The sound of Sonido alarmed her mind, she quickly grabber her blade and scanned around. But, something strange happened. She widens her eyes as Shinji is being pressed down by the long black blade. He tried activating his Shikai, and the Hollow knew of it.
Charge…
Love and Hiyori began to panic as red and white energy began filling in between the horns of the great Hollow. 'At point blank range!?' The two thought. The old Vice-Captain did a roaring charge with her sword out, hoping to at least stop Ichigo from blasting the Cero off into the ground. That wouldn't just kill Shinji, she was sure that would even hurt Ichigo.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
With massive brute strength, a lifesaving Captain launched his entire body against the Hollow. White felt the pressure and was forced to fall back, thereby cancelling the cero and his deadly grasp on Shinji.
"That's for busting my ass back then, Ichigo!" Zaraki says with a menacing grin. Despite knowing that the figure in front of him probably isn't Ichigo, Kenpachi would still like to think so.
"Yo, we get some to, right?" Ikkaku asked with a smirk.
"Oh Ichigo, I can't see your beautiful face with that mask on." His flamboyant pretty boy friend commented on.
Zaraki scowled, "If you want in on this, you better not fuck up. One mess up, and your dead. And it will be a while for me to avenge you." There Captain warned. The two simply smirked and brought out their respective Zanpakutos.
"Alright then, we'll just cover you." Shinji said as he and Rose stood up. Hiyori did as so, but Shinji wished for her to remain out of this. Then again, he knew his words would do nothing to change her mind.
BUZZ
Following a familiar buzzing sound, White appeared in the center of their spread out group. He slammed his feet onto the ground, causing a torrent of his reiatsu to blast out and weaken everyone but Kenpachi.
'What is this feeling?'
GRAB
'Such a peaceful, yet pain feeling….'
"HIYORI!" Shinji roared at the top of his longs.
The blonde shot her eyes wide open, and with came the familiar feeling of the end approaching. She feared the white claw, which grasped her entire skull. And not to mention the black blade which had been shot through her stomach. Everything went black and white as her body descended to the ground, and she lay in a wet pile of her own blood.
Shinji naturally let his anger get the best of him, he charged at Ichigo who had been idly standing by the body. The captain used his fastest speed technique, but unsparingly, he was the one who was surprised. A buzz rang through his ears, and so did the soar pain of a long slash across his back.
"Hifuki no Kodochui!" A familiar voice says from above. White turned around and opened his claw up. Love widened his eyes as his flame enhanced Shikai was being blocked. 'With his bare hand!?' he yelled his mind.
'I don't get you, Kingy. You have all these friends, but what happens if none get along?'
'Will you just beat them both and expect everyone to get along?'
'What happens if one hurts the other badly?'
'Who will you choose to help?'
'Will you choose your "friends" or someone who is closer than that?'
'What happens if they do everything they can to kill that person?'
'….Then you kill them."
"Kuh…" Love uttered as the black blade shot past his Shikai and made a painful stab into his heart.
Ikkaku widened his eyes, "Banka-"
Denied.
White easily predicted this long ago, and had been prepared to use whatever it means necessary to end this fight. Ikkaku didn't even have time to realize his Shikai was split in half. And because his defense was gone, his body paid the price.
Yumichika felt fear rising to his mind, "Why him first… I'm weaker than him…?" he asked with shocked eyes. Every Hollow's natural instinct is to go for the weakest opponent, and that's how every Shinigami in this battle had perceived it. He took out Lisa first, and then Hiyori, but surprisingly went for Shinji instead of Love.
This Hollow isn't bound by such instinct. It has learned to move past that and make its decisions based on its on perception. "Is it because… you're a Vasto Lorde?" The Hollow didn't know what class it was, but the power scaled in comparison to Vasto Lorde. Plus, it didn't have to work entirely on its instinct. So to say, what was it really?
It didn't have time to figure that out now. White began walking past Yumichika, who wondered if he actually left alone.
"Ending it like this…beautiful as ever, Ichigo." He said as he stared at the back of the Hollow. A large cut sprung out from his shoulder, followed by a shower of blood.
Zaraki Kenpachi.
The man had just been waiting for this moment.
"Those idiots, but I have to say thanks for that Ichigo."
Thanks?
"Now, I don't have to hold back." He said with a massive grin. The man began releasing a vast, substantial amount of reiatsu. For one Shinigami alone to possess this much natural reiatsu without releasing his sword, is unheard of. Ichigo naturally had large reserves of spiritual energy, but his cannot be released like Zaraki can.
Ikkaku grinned, even if he wasn't able to participate in the battle, just watching it would give him a thrill. Despite being cut down, the man was not willing to die from just one painful slash. He was going to live long enough to see Kurosaki Ichigo battle against Zaraki Kenpachi. He had missed the first battle back in Soul Society.
The bald man got up and began crawling away, he wouldn't want to be caught up in the cross fire.
SLING
The man widened his eyes when a reishi claw caught his attention. He looked up and stared into the dark eyes of Cang Du. Ikkaku cursed and closed his eyes, as if assuming this was truly the end. But, he was surprising when the Quincy merely slashed at his leg, which would render him unable to walk on his own. The Shinigami was then dragged back towards to where the rest of the Quincy are.
He could see Yumichika being drag as well, except he really was unconscious. The Sternritter didn't feel obligated to support their wounds, as they are only taking them to be hostages just in case things go downhill for Ichigo.
"Why did you bring him here? Fucking kill him!" Bambietta yelled. Her eyes immediately dart back to Zaraki, who is still releasing his immense power.
"I'll let Ichigo decide that." He replied. Cang wasn't too afraid of the two unconscious Shinigami. Their swords weren't with them, and they were both unable to stand up on their own. 'Looks like I'm in charge for now. Where the fuck is Kirge?' The Iron asked himself as he scans the area around him.
He couldn't help but softly lower his eyes on the sight of his comrades. Candice was out of it, Meninas was acting delusional, Liltotto was grunting in agony, and Bambietta was paranoid.
"Ah, so this is what his Majesty was talking about." A familiar voice called behind Cang. No one bothered turning around, except for the Iron himself.
"Yea… Ichigo turned into a Hollow, and the Shinigami don't know why he even has one in the first place. I thought his body could just die from having it inside, but it doesn't look like the case." Cang replied.
"Hmm… I must know more. Stay here and guard the dogs." Quilge ordered.
"Wait! Don't go, there fighting and I think he is unstable. Plus, it may not even be him fighting…" the Asian man warned.
The Jail stopped for a moment before looking down, "Do not order me around, know your place." Kirge said back. Cang remained silent and did as told.
'His Majesty will want to know what powers this creature has. I must obtain this information no matter what cost.' The man said to himself before casually walking up towards the two battling man.
"Ahem, excuse me? Is that you Kurosaki? Do you hear me, degenerate?" The Jail asks cheerfully.
White and Zaraki both actually stop clashing for a moment and turn their heads to the side. "Get out of here freak, this aint a battle for a little boy like you to be around." The Captain spat.
The Sternritter chuckled, he definitely wasn't feeling the immense fear from Ichigo or Zaraki.
"You're so funny, Zaraki Kenpachi. Yet you don't realize on how serious this is. Do you value your life? Incase you didn't notice, our domination over Soul Society is almost complete. This area was just to stall aid, and you know what, I believe his Majesty's orders were of a great use. These Arrancar provide military might, but were nothing compared to our ranks."
"Just look at Kurosaki here. While it's a surprise to see him in such a form, he chooses to fight for out coat of arms. He is willing to lay down his life for our Majesty, and that's what makes him a perfect solider."
Ichigo? One of Yhwach's minions?"
Kirge shifted his eyes around as soon as a strange buzzing sound hit his ears. And strangely enough, he began looking up at the sky without his will. His mind went blank, and felt separated, literally. "And that is why... we will...win?"
RIP
Bambietta heard the familiar sound, it was normally a pleasant one for someone like her. The echoing sound of Kirge's body being split in half caused everyone to widen in their eyes in shock. Never did they imagine Ichigo would be the type of person to openly kill a comrade like that. And with such brutality. "Hah! You beat me to it again, Ichigo!" Zaraki yelled before charging at the Hollow with immense strength. White was able to block against his blade, but that doesn't mean he wasn't struggling. Zaraki was surprisingly stronger than the other Shinigami. Shiro internally grinned at the sight of a powerful foe, even though his own mission here isn't to fight to kill his way out. Despite not living off instinct, the sword spirit couldn't help but but want to fall into those instincts and slaughter the man. Nothing wrong with him wanting to have some fun against his opponents. The other Shinigami stood no chance against him. And he was holding back.
Every clash sent a powerful shock wave of air to brush threw the terrain. Sand tsunamis formed from there battle, and even covered Las Noches.
"More! MORE!" The Captain yelled. His eye patch was roughly ripped off, but it only released a small portion as he had been demanding more ever since the fight began. White took this chance and buzzed away. He lowered his head and began filling his horns with red and white energy, a sight which was surprising for Zaraki. 'It's not enough...' he told himself. The immense reiatsu he was already pulsating would not withstand against that Cero. He would have to go even higher than that.
The beam shot off, and he lowered his eyes. "Drip..."
The Cero hit dead on, but eyes blew out when a golden sight of reiatsu was just barely strong enough to contain the Cero from decimating the man. The blast didn't just go away, it literally tore the fabric of space itself in the world of Hueco Mundo. Some of it was guided towards Las Noches, and it suffered a disaster itself. However, it soon regenerated right back up as the explosion had died down.
"...Nozarashi." he finished lowly. There were main burn and cut marks all over his body, but no sign of fatigue or death. White internally curses and begins charging energy into the blade. Zaraki remained still as he clearly knows the positioning and prediction of what the Hollow is trying to do. A black Getsuga Tenshou shot down wards, and the Captain did not waver. With one strike the man managed to slash through the energy, just barely dispersing it.
"This will be over in a few strikes, Ichigo." he declared arrogantly. But he had every right to. At surprising speeds, the Captain leaped into the air with his Shikai released. White dived right in and readied his blade.
DASH
Kenpachi crashed backed into the ground as soon as the two had past each other. He felt no wounds come across his body as he was able to catch White off guard. Something almost no one is able to do. The Hollow slowly descended to the ground, but was not intact. The black bankai stood motionless in the sand, as it's welder was physically incapable of holding it any longer.
Zangetsu looked down and noticed a sudden missing limb.
His entire arm had been sliced off like butter.
Blood began gushing out like a hose, and there just seemed to be no end. Any normal human or even Shinigami would have passed out. But Ichigo's heart was fast, and it quickly regenerated all the blood which was being taken out. The Captain turned his head over and began running after his enemy. His blade was raised high, he had no hesitation of showing mercy after seeing everyone drop like fly's. "I've seen a lot of crazy shit in my life, Ichigo. But you really set the record for the most." he said in a strangely friendly tone. The man said this because despite his opponent losing a limb, and with blood spraying out, White managed to catch his humongous Shikai with his bare hand.
Zaraki tried pressing down as hard as he could, but he felt that nothing could break this firm grasp. 'With all that blood gone... I'm surprising he still has the energy.' he told himself. His eyes soon looming down to the missing limb. A strange black liquid began infusing with the crimson blood, and it began repairing almost instantly. "Is that, the high-speed regeneration bullshit?" he asks with annoyance.
Shiro didn't respond, he only used his fix limb to slash the captain across the face using his claws.
The Captain immediate rushed back from the pain, it would be troublesome if his eyes were suddenly removed from his skull.
White responded by raising his hand up, and for the long blade to come flying into his palm once again. He buzzed towards the man and slashed his mighty sword downwards. Zaraki's immense reiatsu is the only thing which kept Zangetsu from ending this fight. Every sword clash caused an immense blast, and even the ground shaking. The Quincy all had to watch with amazement, they already lost their shocked attitudes long ago.
"So... this is what the difference is between the special war potentials." Cang said, admiring the powerful figures. Zaraki Kepanchi was originally labelled the first war potential, but soon Ichigo came and replaced that spot rightfully. People would never witness such battles in there life, this would go down in history.
Zaraki suddenly gripped his blade with both hands, which is something he doesn't do often. Using massive strength, a single slash was able to split the oncoming surprise Cero which 'Ichigo' had tried to use.
"Don't you know Ichigo... that a two handed strike is stronger than with one hand?" Kenpachi asked. The Hollow ignored the words and continued to attack. The Captain remained on the ground while Ichigo stood above. He slowly placed his left hand onto his massive blade and lifted his blade up. The Vasto Lorde made on last roar, and charged down. The roar would release a lot more reiatsu to flow through his body, and for his strength to be enhanced.
A sudden burst of energy exploded among the two, and the figures both were able to maintain themselves. Just like their previous battle, they stood facing in opposite directions.
"...Yachiru.."
A massive gash appeared on Kenpachi's shoulder, it stretched down all the way towards his lower leg. His blade fell, and he did shortly after. White had to admire his strength, even if he won. The man certainly exceeded his expectations and gave him a run for his power. White turned back around and walked towards the body. He pointed the blade down towards the mans heart. Without hesitation, the black sword was thrusted downwards.
CLANG
A new challenger just barely made it in time to block a devastating blow. However, the challenger was in no condition to fight. "The fact that you were this strong... makes me even more pissed you held back all those times!" Grimmjow uttered as he just barely is able to block the sword.
White internally frowned, there were just too many ants in his way today. The Hollow forcefully smacked Grimmjows blade away using his free hand. He tried retaliation in doing the same, but only felt his fists being caught. The Sexta was then painfully slammed into the ground, causing a large gust of wind to pass through.
'If it's just like last time, then the mask is his weakness.' The blue haired man said to himself before trying to throw off the immense pressure White is releasing. Grimmjow yells in agony as Zangetsu's claw foots was pressed against his stomach. He could feel his bones and organs being smashed by the second. He tried stretching his arms out, but soon held back a bright light blocked his vision. A sudden red energy began forming in the center in the horns of the Hollow, and Grimmjow knew it was now or ever. No matter how much strength he tried using, he just couldn't lift the hollow off of him. He had a sudden flash back of events which triggered his mind to go explosive. Even after all this time, he would still see the sight of defeat in his life. 'No! No! Fuck! Fuck! This can't be it! I can't lose here! After everything he took from me! He took down Aizen, Ulquiorra, everyone I fucking hated! Am I still that far behind!? Why can't I ever seem to catch up anymore!? I wanted to smash him, I want to kill him, I want to beat him! I want to be stronger than him!'
'...THEN GO!'A familiar voice ordered.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Grimmjow roared as bright light began coating his arms. White payed no attention, but was starting to feel the sudden squirming the Setxa had been trying to do. "Get the FUCK OFF OF MMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
The sound of lion roaring its dominate began filling the entire area, it was so powerful people had to covered there eyes and remain still. With one last push off power, Grimmjow ripped himself from below the Hollow, but did not think once of reatreating. He grabbed a portion of his blood and infused it with his palm. "GRAN REY CERO!" he uttered. The blue energy began charging just as the red began to finish. Grimmjow knew he could still do more, and didn't hesitate to do so. Using his free hand, the Setxa roughly slashed away one of the horns, successfully managing to stop the concentrated Cero.
However, that doesn't mean it was going to go anywhere.
The two energy blasts went off at point blank, and managing to erupt an explosion which reached Las Noches.
"Shit, shit, shit! What the fuck just happened!" Bazz yelled in panic.
"Ichigo was just kicking that guy's ass, what the fuck!?" Bambietta yelled. She gritted her teeth and stood up. The Sternritter blames herself for not making sure Grimmjow was dead. She had thought he was when they had battled each other. "C'mon, let's go." she said with authority.
Cang stood up and grabbed her shoulder. "Wait, I don't think you should go." the Iron said lowly.
"And the fuck not?" she replied.
"He just split Kirge in half, and you don't think hes feeling a little unstable right now?" he questioned. "I don't think that's Ichigo fighting right there. That style and movement is just too...perfect for someone like him. It's also unpredictable, and the brutality is out of character."
"I agree, we should wait this out and only help if it necessary." the Glutton said.
"And? I could care less about your little analysis. Let's go, Mini." The Explode said as she weakly stands up. Her purple haired friend nodded and did so to. Even if she didn't believe it was actually Ichigo. The Power assists her comrade by holding her, which Bambietta annoyingly thanks for.
Liltotto sighed, "You dumb bitches." she said before standing up as well. "C'mon, if were all going to die, might as well die together." she admitted. Cang nodded and stood up, but a loud voice caught his attention.
"Hey, what the fuck? Yo idiots, you know I can't walk right?" Bazz pointed out with annoyance. The Sternritter easily ignore the mans cry for attention and walk ahead with the two dominate female more ahead of them. There lucky Candice isn't there, she would always complicate things and do them in the most idiotic way.
White began to stumble backwards, as if he had been hit with a meteorite. He unintentionally drops his sword and begins buzzing all over the place. To make things even more strange, his claws were touching his mask. But no one could see the small little fragments which began ripping themselves off. A horn was missing, but he tried placing his palm over it to keep the rest from automatically breaking apart.
"HEY, fucking idiot!" A loud voice called from the side. He payed no attention but forced his body to turn over. White didn't know who the Sternritter were, but did know they were the people Ichigo did not want to be killed. Bambietta appeared next to the slowly falling Hollow and pretended not to be afraid of what she saw. "Can you hear me through that thick skull?" she asked with crossed arms.
"Are you there, Ichigo?" Cang asked.
"Ichi isn't here." Meninas reminded for the one thousandth time.
The Quincy surrounded the Hollow in a more threatening than friendly way. Cang was ready to strike whenever, as he was always one to take caution. Liltotto also had her guard up, she clearly saw what had happened to Quilge when he was carelessly walking around Ichigo in this way.
"...You shouldn't try speaking to it. It has a natural taste for blood, and will not hesitate to kill you."
Said a mysterious voice from behind. The Quincy widen their eyes and dart around, they had been taken completely off guard. The voice was so...chilling. It angered the Sternritter on how calm someone could be, despite the circumstances. The person was an Arrancar, but no ordinary Arrancar. He is a slender, yet fairly muscular, male Arrancar of average height with a melancholic appearance. Also has fairly short, messy black hair, pale white skin, a black upper lip, and green eyes with small slit-shaped pupils, similar to a cat's. Part of his bangs falls between his eyes, and he has distinctively thick eyebrows. He has teal lines which descend from the lower part of his eyes.
The man looked void, no a single emotion drawn in his dark green eyes.
What surprised them all is that, they had not sensed them come from anywhere. Everyone was keeping there guard up, and not just from Ichigo. They knew another attacker could have risen from the shadows. But this man just appeared literally out of thin air. And his neutral expression didn't make them feel better.
Creepy...would be the best word to describe the figure that faces them.
"And who the fuck are you?" Bambietta said with distaste. She moved passed Cang and readied herself to attack. But suddenly, a figure behind the man had caught her attention. A tall busty teenager with orange hair, stood with a frown as she had stared into the struggling hollow who tried keeping his mask together. "You bitch..." she said. Inoue didn't move her eyes, she could only wonder what had happened to Ichigo before he turned into this monster. She didn't care Bambietta was there at all. But she did step back when the Hollow suddenly rose up and noticed the new appearances.
White didn't give a damn that Inoue was here, he only knew Ulquiorra was there. The fight remains in his memories, after all, it was a fun one to him.
Bambietta stood motionless as her eyes gazed onto Ulquiorra. But no way in hell could she actually match him. "HEY! What the fuck are you doing!?" she yells as the Vasto Lorde had just previously pushed her out of his way. He didn't give her the look she wanted, in fact he basically ignored her to the fullest.
"Do you really think you can catch me off guard like last time?" the former Cuatro asked without tone. "No, of course not. You're just a mindless beast set out on instinct. You simply surprised me last time, and I wasn't defeated from that. Then again, excuses aren't acceptable."
... It simply stared.
"No response? Hmph. I forgot, you're just a hollow that took over Kurosaki's body. Now, be gone." he said with distate.
White gripped his blade and lashed downwards, but a strange sound caught his attention.
SNAP
Ulquiorra quickly snapped his fingers, and with that, came an end.
SHATTER
The massive mask which covered Ichigo's face, suddenly smashed into pieces. For a while he stood in the air. But as the armor began dissolving, he feel to his knees and collapsed to the floor. Everyone panicked and began scrambling around him, but the smart ones realized that they still had an enemy facing them. 'I didn't even sense him...and me of all people!' Cang said to himself as sweat dropped from his forehead. The former Espada gazed him once and kept those dazzling cold eyes loomed onto him. It was sometimes a physiological effect. And it worked against the Iron. In the blink of an eye, the Sternritter flashed before the Espada and rammed his claw into his stomach.
"This was all it took, for me to evaluate your group's strength." Ulquiorra said arrogantly. Cang smirked as Ulquiorra tried counter attacking by ramming his own fist into his stomach. "Strong defense... then I will simply enhance my strength." he added in. Cang suddenly felt the immense pain of having fingers shoved into his stomach against his will. Blood fell out, and since he already had wounds from earlier, it didn't ease up. He collapsed and nearly blacked out from the nerved being roughly tested to the max.
The others felt a sudden pressure as Ulquiorra dropped his maxed unreleased reiatsu on top of them. It was dark, and felt evil. They soon dropped to the floor and were cornered as once again, they had been defeated. But it's not like they really had a shot against Ulquiorra. The Espada then begins scanning his eyes around, just making sure he gathered everything. 'No doubt about it. Kurosaki was protecting these people, while he went off and began attacking the Shinigami.' he said to himself.
"You were wrong woman." He said, now facing Inoue.
"No...Kurosaki-kun would never do this. You and I both know it. They must have did something, they must have!" she yelled back. The Espada remained silent. This certainly was surprising to him.
"It is possible, they could have done something to him." he suggested.
"Like...like what Aizen did to me?" she asked slowly.
Ulquiorra nodded, "Although Kurosaki is more hard headed and has a better mental stability than you, it is possible he was forced into fighting. His family or other close people could have been at risk, and that lead to him to lose his mind and become weak. Then, they would have taken that and 're-educated' him on who he should fight for and what is right and wrong."
"Then...then what do we do?"
With no hesitation, he brought out his sword and pointed it out the unconscious Ichigo. "We take his first life. Then, using your power, fix him." he suggested.
Inoue gasped, she would never encourage harm towards Ichigo. "N-No! Kurosaki-kun would never do the same for me, so I wouldn't do the same to him."
Ulquiorra raised an eyebrow, "He was just about to cut up every Shinigami and Arrancar here to save those people. Don't you remember what happened during our...situation? That thing would do anything. And Ichigo was probably fighting them before he went berserk." he faced her once more. "Don't forget your own power. As Aizen-sam-...as Aizen said, you have the power to stop things that happened, even if God himself ordered such."
"I...I...no...I..."
Ulquiorra stepped up and took his own initiative. 'Don't worry, you will see your precious friend after it's over.' he said to himself before lifting his blade up. "I don't know what happened, but I do know you are not the same man I had faced prior to my...disappearance. I'm sure you understand."
BLAST
Inoue's mind went blank as the sound of Sonido rang through her ears. She quickly looked over and shielded herself as a blast of redo energy came shooting from the side. "Tck, there's a lot. I guess this really is war." Her new friend said as he appears in front. She noted that Ulquiorra had saved her from the Cero, as her own power was too slow to detect the surprise attack. "You all have no brains attacking me." the former Espada said to the figures. Orihime turned to face them, but felt a rush of confusion as the Arrancar didn't look themselves.
"Aisslinger Wernarr...Cirucci Sanderwicci...Abirama Redder... I suggest you all stand down." Ulquiorra said in a lowered tone. The figures carelessly walked ahead, but they expressed no sign of communication or even emotion. There skin and eye color had changed. They were a shade of red, and there eyes going pure white. 'What's with them?'
"Oh no no! You were going to hurt berry-chan while he was down like that? That is a very bad no no!" a childish voice called from behind. The green-eyed bat remained silent as a goofy girl with blue eyes began skipping through the bodies like nothing. "And just for that, I think you'll have it a lot worse than pink-chan did!" she said happily.
"Now fuck him up, Arrancar!" Giselle yelled. Ulquiorra watched as the figures charged the man without one thought. And that right there, is the reason why he would easily take them down. The former Cuatro wastes no time in extracting his blade and slicing the Zombies. He took caution, as he did not no know she was manipulating them so easily. But that only a surprise to Giselle.
"Y-You'd cut your own friends like that?" she asked with a titled head.
"Friends? Get real. These are lowly numeros, and I could care less on how the old man takes it. They aren't worth a single thought in my mind." he responded coldly.
"Ah, you're playing hard to get, huh? Well, let's see how you do against these!" she said. Her shadow extended outwards, and soon rose multiple red-shaded figures which were all familiar to the green eyed man.
'Even an Espada like him...' he said to himself. Sure, there power wasn't even close to his, but it did come real close. Out came the remaining bodies of Baraggan Louisenbairn, Dordoni Alessandro, and Rudbornn Chelute. 'It seems their maybe some powerful ones in there ranks.'
"What's your name, precious black Arrancar?" she asks with stars in her eyes.
"I'm more white than you can believe. But I don't give out names first." he replied.
"Fine! Giselle Gewelle-Kurosaki, Berry's-bride, and Sternritter 'Z'." she said with a sadistic grin.
"Ulquiorra Cifer, former, Cuatro Espada."
Alright, alright, this wasn't supposed to take long. Sorry it did. Hopefully the fights were interesting and kept you into it. I know fight after fight is VERY boring. Which is why I added scene in between scene.
Anyways, let's get onto some big questions.
1) No, there WILL not be a pairing between Ulquiorra/Orihime. She likes Ichigo, and there won't be any pairings outside IchigoXHarem.
2) I decided to make the Quincy sternritter last longer. And for this, the only ones that are DEAD, are the ones CONFIRMED dead. So Qulge, BG9, and Royd Llyod are the only dead Sternritter. The rest will have there moments and endings. I won't just say some are dead. Either there joining Ichigo or not.
I also REALLY hope for Kubo to make those Elite Sternritter OP as hell. Like, REALLY OP. The Squad I'm sending Ichigo with will be really good and if they are weak like most Sternritter, it will be pretty damn annoying.
I will MAKE them OP, if Kubo just decides to have them killed in one chapter.
I also hope Yhwach is more OP for Ichigo.
But that's really all I could think about. Will answer questions in comments.