Chapter 9: New Zanpakuto For Ichigo

-Kyoraku in front of him and Ukitake attacking from his left. Ichigo didn't know what to think of this, he was facing down two of the strongest captains in the whole Seireitei despite them being fakes, and yet he was a little excited about this. He smirked at the idea of facing down these two fakes and the smirk didn't go unnoticed by the three in the room. Kageroza was more that surprised though to see that what Blue Soi-Fon told him about Ichigo taking Hyorinmaru was true. It truly fascinated him, but he had to hurry this up and fast.

"Deal with the boy, but don't kill him." Kageroza ordered the two fakes as he twirled his zanpakuto.

Ichigo was confused by his action and saw a portal open in front of him. Both he and the two fakes were forced through and were now standing within the Dangai Precipice world. Ichigo jumped back from the two fakes and looked around in surprise as he had some bad memories of this place.

"Well then Ichigo." Blue Ukitake started as he had already released his shikai already. "It seems we will have to face you now, but I do urge you to stand down and come with us willingly." He said those words in the most sincere tone he could, but Ichigo wasn't buying what he was selling and got into stance with both blades in hand.

"Not gonna happen." He said to them with a smirk on his face.

"Oh well I guess." Kyoraku started as he tilted his hat up and released his blades as well. "We'll try not to hurt you too much Ichigo. No promises though."

And with that, the two fakes rushed over to the teen. Ichigo barely had any time to block their fast and precise strikes. This battle would take all Ichigo had to come out of this with a win. He prepared Hyorinmaru's shikai and stood ready for the two to come at him. If Ichigo knew one thing about these two fighting together was that they could give the old man a run for his money. He flung an ice dragon toward the two only for it to be absorbed by Blue Ukitake's blade and fired back at him. Ichigo leapt up to dodge his own attack and was met with a down strike from Blue Kyoraku. Ichigo blocked the attack but was forced down to the ground, hard. He had no time to recover as he had to dodge two blades aimed for his chest, courtesy of Blue Ukitake. He rolled out of the way and got into a defensive stance, ready for whatever these two fakes would throw his way.

"Damn." Ichigo said to himself as he was panting heavily. "How the hell am I supposed to beat these two when they work so damn well together?"

Almost as if on cue, Kyoka Suigetsu started to laugh inside of his mind.

"You mind telling me why you're laughing at a time like this Kyoka?" Ichigo asked her in a serious tone.

Kyoka stopped her laughing for a moment before taking a breath to speak. "Did you just up and forget about me, Ichigo?"

It took Ichigo a bit for the the cogs to turn properly in his head till he realized just what she was talking about. He sighed as he mentally face palmed himself as he silently activated her powers. That was when the impostors made their move. They rushed over toward Ichigo and flashed to both sides of him. Before Ichigo could react fast enough, he was hit in the back by Blue Kyoraku and the right side by Blue Ukitake. Ichigo coughed up blood before falling to his knees in front of the two, dropping both blades in the process.

"What do you think?" Blue Ukitake asked the other in a slightly concerned tone.

"We didn't do enough damage to really kill, but I think we should at least get him to Unohana before he-" Blue Kyoraku stopped his sentence when he saw and felt his zanpakuto change back to normal on him. "What the hell?"

In Ichigo's inner world, the two spirits of Kyoraku's zanpakuto appeared on top of one of the new skyscrapers. The two looked around in absolute shock as they had no idea where this place was or how they had gotten here. The smaller of the two tensed up when she felt something approaching them.

"What is it Katen?" The older, more bustier woman asked the child.

Her answer came when Ichigo landed in front of them, sporting a smirk on his face. The girl gripped her blade tightly and got into a defensive stance as did the woman. Ichigo's smirk never left him as he slowly approached the two.

"If memory serves me correctly from the zanpakuto rebellion," Ichigo started as the two prepared for anything, "I think I remember running into you two for a time." He stopped mere feet away from them and his started to think real quick. Before the two could leap at the orange haired teen and cut him to ribbons, Ichigo snapped his fingers in an almost eureka moment. "Katen Kyokotsu."

And like with Hyorinmaru and Kyoka, the sharp pain coursed through the three as they felt a connection form. Once said pain had stopped, the two spirits looked to their new master as they had their blades at his neck and gasped. They quickly retracted themselves and bowed lightly to him, with the woman showing a bit of cleavage in the process. They both raised themselves up and looked to their new master.

"We look forward to doing what we need for you, master." The woman said in an almost seductive tone.

Ichigo blushed a bit before leaving his inner world. He left just as his illusion dropped to reveal to the fakes himself encased within a skull. The skull cracked and the fakes stared at Ichigo, jaw dropped. Ichigo stood there with the released form of Katen Kyokotsu in his hands and a white sash hanging off of his obi with two large black skulls on the top and bottom of it.

"What in the world did you just-" Blue Kyoraku started before he felt a stab in his chest. He looked down to see Ichigo in front of him with his right blade planted within the fake. Blue Kyoraku humphed playfully before saying to the teen. "Well, don't know what you just did, but ya got me." Before puffing into dust.

Blue Ukitake was too stunned to fully register what just happened and Ichigo took advantage of that. Moving almost too fast for the experienced fake, Ichigo managed to land several blows to it before disappearing from its sight. The fake searched for only a few seconds before he was encased in ice. Before Blue Ukitake could gather himself enough to break free, Ichigo appeared with Katen in his right and slashed the ice downward, splitting both it and the fake in half, effortlessly. Once the fake was cut in half, it turned to dust and its little pill did the same as well. Ichigo looked to his newest addition to his soul and smirked before sealing it into its two blades and placing them near the sash. The blades faded into the sash and would patiently await their masters next game.

"That makes three." Ichigo started with a smile before remembering where he was. "Now how the hell do I get out of here? Kyoka?" He had expected Kyoka to give him a pretty straightforward answer but was cut of when he felt the ground shake. "Oh no."

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