Chapter 7: Aftermath And Allies
After a few hours, Ichigo awoke in the warm embrace of Yoruichi on a futon. They were in some kind of room that looked like some feudal Japan era style room that had a door leading to a hallway and a double sliding door leading outside. Ichigo had no idea where he was but all he knew was that Yoruichi and the others were safe and that was all that mattered to him. Despite his almost limitless amount of power at the time, it was really risky to use the Koroshimasu that early was a very risky move. It's only supposed to be used as a last resort with maximum effectiveness. Ichigo didn't care at the time, he just wanted Aizen dead. At least he got the job half done in a sense.
It took some careful moves, but Ichigo was able to break himself away from Yoruichi's tight clutches. When he got up off of the futon, he noticed that he was wearing a white robe instead of usual black one. He searched a nearby closet and found his clothes. He put them on as quietly as he could without disturbing Yoruichi and walked to the door to the hallway.
"You don't have to sneak." Yoruichi stopped him. Ichigo turned to her and saw that she propped herself on her arm.
"You woke up the moment I got up didn't you?" Ichigo said with a smile.
"Pretty much." Yoruichi stood up and stretched herself out. She was also in a white robe. "You can also relax now Ichigo. Nobody is gonna hurt you or the rest of us anymore."
"What do you mean?" Ichigo asked as he tilted his head.
"When you stopped and destroyed the Sokyoku, beat Unohana, Kenpachi and Byakuya with your Bankai that achieved in one night whereas it's supposed to take at least a century to learn, and you managed to kill one of the true traitors to soul society while mortally wounding the other two. Yeah, that was pretty much when everyone here decided to stop fighting you and focus on the real issue here." Yoruichi said as she walked up to Ichigo and smiled down at him. "I'm truly proud of you, Ichigo."
Ichigo smiled at her and they hugged once again. She broke it off and was about to speak until the door to the hallway opened to reveal captain Unohana. Ichigo immediately tensed up since he fought her yesterday. Unohana held up her hand to tell Ichigo to clam down. She was back to her old self and was visibly bandage up and also in a white robe. Her ebony hair wasn't tied up though.
"I see that the both of you are awake now." She started with a warm smile. She walked inside and stopped in front of the boy. "I'm very impressed with your skills Ichigo. I would look forward to another match with you when my skills are sharper."
Her glare started to make Yoruichi uncomfortable, like it usually make anyone. Ichigo on the other hand grinned to her. "I look forward to it."
Unohana looked surprised. She expected the boy to be the least bit tense, but to not show any fear toward her.
'So that's what it feels like to not intimidate someone.' Unohana thought to herself. "Well be that as it may, this is the squad four barracks. My squad. Since you're able to move around much easier than the rest of us, you may leave anytime you feel like it, but there is a captains meeting that requires you two to be there. You two and the others as well."
"Oh yeah, where are they anyway?" Ichigo asked her.
"Kisuke and Tessai are here recovering their reiatsu just like Lady Yoruichi is." Unohana started.
Ichigo looked back to Yoruichi with a questioning look. "You were called 'Lady' Yoruichi?"
She scratched the back of her head and let out a weak chuckle. "Yeah. It was a long time ago."
"Your companions are in one of the training grounds." Unohana started again. "They're expecting you sooner or later."
"Thank you captain Unohana." Ichigo bowed to her. "Also, sorry for putting you in your own barracks all messed up and all."
"It's fine Ichigo. I haven't had that much fun in many centuries. It's good to know I have someone who can truly test all of my limits and skills." Unohana turned and walked out the door, but before she closed it, she turned back around to the two and gave another cold look that sent shivers up Yoruichi's spine. "I do expect to face you again, Ichigo Kurosaki."
"Wouldn't have it any other way." Ichigo replied with a smile. Unohana went back to her original self and smiled. She left shortly after. "She's a really nice lady."
A Few Minutes Later
Ichigo was walking out side in the streets of the Seireitei to wherever his friends were. Finding Uryu was never difficult for Ichigo before, but since they were in this place with all these people here, it was a little difficult to find him. Ichigo decided to focus on Quincy and hollow reiatsu and saw that they weren't far. Instead of flashing over there, Ichigo decided to walk and enjoy the sunlight for awhile.
As he walked along the street, all eyes were on him. News of the Ryoka boy with long orange hair taking on and defeating four of the strongest captains and causing what is now known as 'The Crushing' swarmed the entire Seireitei. News of Aizen, Gin and Tousen's betrayal and how Ichigo killed one and severely injured the other two also spread because of a magazine that flew off the shelves earlier today.
"Whoa. Is that him?" One soul reaper asked another as Ichigo walked past them.
"Yeah that's him. Orange hair and everything."
"I seriously can't believe that a kid was able to beat four captains."
"I saw him man. He absolutely destroyed them with his Bankai."
"That kid has a Bankai?"
"Yeah. It says so in the magazine." The last soul reaper held up a magazine that had a sleeping Ichigo on the Sokyoku hill on the cover of it.
Ichigo saw the cover and saw himself in Yoruichi's arms as he was asleep. He went over to the people talking about him and they tensed up for a second.
"Could I see that real quick." Ichigo asked them.
The man with the magazine handed it to Ichigo. Ichigo looked inside of it and saw multiple pictures of himself both on the hill and in the squad four barracks. In all of them he was asleep. Ichigo looked at the text that had who photographed all of the pictures and saw that the name was Rangiku Matsumoto of the Soul Reaper Women's Association. He handed the magazine back to the man and walked off after he thanked them. As he walked off, they all watched him and wondered just how was a kid like that as powerful as the magazine and everyone keeps saying.
Ichigo was walking along to the training grounds when he heard a very familiar voice yelling at him from behind.
"THERE YOU ARE, ICHIGO!"
Ichigo turned and saw to his surprise Kuukaku running up to him and shoving any and everybody out of her way. He smiled at her and she slid over and scooped him up into a very tight hug.
"Goddamn I was so worried when I saw that giant dark cloud over Seireitei. And then that huge flash." Kuukaku was speaking pretty fast and tightening her hold. She looked around and saw that multiple people were staring at them. "What! An aunt can't be happy her nephew is safe!? FUCK OFF!"
Everybody scattered when she shouted to them and Kuukaku and Ichigo were the only ones on that street. Ichigo was tapping her on the shoulder multiple times while she held him and she finally looked down to see Ichigo struggling to breathe in between her large breast.
"Oh shit." Kuukaku let him go and he landed on his feet, gasping for air. "Sorry about that Ichigo. I was just so damn worried about you."
"It's okay. I'm fine, Yoruichi used to do that to me sometimes when I was younger." Ichigo responded after he regained his breath. "How did you get in Seireitei anyway?"
"Forced them to open the door after the Shiba name was cleared." She patted Ichigo on the head. "And it's all thanks to you Ichigo."
"What do you mean?" Ichigo asked her.
"A long time ago, the Shiba clan was accused of being a part of hollow experimentation and cast out of Seireitei. Most of us were killed and some of us went into hiding like myself and Ganju. But now that that bastard Aizen is now the real culprit to all of this, the Shiba name means something again, and I seriously can't wait for the hottie you get and continue that name with, nephew of mine." Kuukaku had a massive grin on her face and Ichigo knew exactly what she was implying.
"You do realize that I'm just eleven, right?" Ichigo asked her.
"That shouldn't stop the girls from flocking all towards you though." Kuukaku said with a devious grin.
Ichigo smirked at her then remembered just why he was out right now. "I'm gonna go and say hi to Uryu and the others. Wanna tag along?"
Kuukaku thought about it for a second then shook her head. "I would love to, but I'm heading over to squad four to check on Yoruichi. She is an old friend of mine I haven't seen in more than a century."
Ichigo nodded in understanding and was about to leave until Kuukaku picked him up again and hugged him tightly for the second time. She let go after a few minutes and left for the squad four barracks while Ichigo went the other way to his cousin and friends. When he made it to the training area, he saw that both Tia and Grimmjow were dodging Uryu's endless flurry of arrows. The two were teaming up to fight Uryu and were holding their own against him. Grimmjow looked over at Tia and nodded to her. She nodded to him and fired multiple water bullets straight at Uryu. Uryu didn't even move his own spot as he fired off his arrows and destroyed the water with ease only to find that Grimmjow was now in front of him and hurling his fist at the boy. Uryu didn't have enough time to react since Grimmjow was right in front of him, but just before he could connect, Ichigo stepped in and stopped Grimmjow's fist. The two former hollows were slightly stunned by Ichigo's speed while Uryu was annoyed that Ichigo stepped in on his fight.
"Hey guys." Ichigo started with a grin. "How are ya?" He let go of Grimmjow and Tia appeared next to him.
"We're fine. How about you?" Tia asked, still concerned for the boy.
"Meh, just a little tired, but other than that I'm fine." Ichigo said.
Uryu was going to speak but was cut off when a voice caught their attentions.
"You four, it's time for the captains meeting." The four turned to see Soi-Fon all bandaged up from yesterday and scowling at all of them. "And you all need to show up. Especially you Kurosaki." Her scowl intensified when she laid eyes on the orange haired boy.
Ichigo didn't pay her anger much attention and simply nodded. When he did, Soi-Fon flashed away and was followed by the four. They arrived at the entrance to the captain's hall and went inside. So far, everyone was there, even Unohana was there and wearing her haori over her white robe. Kenpachi and Byakuya were the same way and Komamura and Toshiro were in their normal attire with only a few patches of medical pads visible on them. They all looked over to the four as they walked inside. Soi-Fon took her place along with every other captain and the head captain walked inside. He sat in his chair and stared at the four in front of him and banged his cane on the ground.
"This captains meeting shall begin." He started. "Ichigo Kurosaki, step forward please."
Ichigo shrugged at the fact that he was singled out and stepped in front of everyone. He looked around for a quick second and noticed that all eyes were heavily on him making him a little uncomfortable, especially since he beat four of them a while ago. He also felt very vulnerable without Hofuku Tsuki with him.
"Ichigo Kurosaki." The head captain got his attention. "You may calm yourself. You are not in any danger here. This meeting is for us to know just how your power works. So if you would elaborate on just what you can do."
"Okay.' Ichigo shrugged. "Well, my Hofuku Tsuki in its shikai can change the amount of reiatsu in a soul and either change it for the better," he looked back to Grimmjow and Tia, "or for the worst." He looked over to Komamura who huffed at the boy.
"We already know that Kurosaki." Toshiro started while crossing his arms. "Your Bankai is what's very intriguing to all of us, not your shikai."
"Oh, well okay then." Ichigo started as he looked to the young captain. "My Bankai is Jigoku no Hofuku Tsuki. It covers the entire sky of wherever I am and the entire sky becomes my weapon." The room was filled with surprised expressions even from the head captain.
"There's never been a Bankai like that before." Ukitake started. "And you said achieved Bankai in only a few hours?"
"Yep. All four spirits showed me how to use it properly." Ichigo said nonchalantly.
"Four?" Kyoraku asked.
"What do you mean four spirits Ichigo?" Unohana asked in a surprised tone.
"Well Hofuku Tsuki is two spirits, then there's Zangetsu who's my Quincy powers I got from my mom, and then there's my inner hollow that I got when my mom was attacked by hollow when she was pregnant with me. Her Quincy powers transferred to me same as my dads soul reaper powers and the hollow that infected my mom. So I'm kind of a hybrid of the three I guess." Ichigo finished and looked around the room to see everyone was stunned at his word. They were in complete silence for a few seconds until Kurotsuchi spoke up first.
"Studying you would be most enjoyable for me to find out just what makes you tick." He said in a creepy tone.
"You're not going to do that captain Kurotsuchi." Unohana started while she glared at him.
Kurotsuchi didn't want to test his luck with her especially after what he saw yesterday, so he dropped it quickly and turned back to Ichigo. Ichigo was surprised that Unohana was defending him.
"So you have complete control over the hollow then?" Byakuya asked him.
"Yes and No." Ichigo started, earning him concerned looks. "Yes because he has no desire to take over my body and he helps me by lending me some of his power when I need it, like yesterday. No because he likes his own space and doesn't want to be controlled by anyone, so I just let him do his own thing in the inverse of my inner world."
"Head captain!" Soi-Fon yelled out. "Are we to just let them stand there this entire time?" She pointed to Uryu, Grimmjow and Tia.
"Speaking of changing the reiatsu in a soul, just what did you do to those two hollows Kurosaki?" The head captain asked.
"Aizen sent a bunch of hollows back in my home town so me and Uryu can steer clear of all of you when ya'll took my family that night." Ichigo started. "They were told by Aizen to take me to some place called Hueco Mundo where Aizen would be expecting me."
"It sounds like he was going to use you to further his plans for taking over the Soul Kings spot." Kyoraku said.
"If that's the case, then he shouldn't have provoked the boy like this." Komamura said.
"And the Quincy?" The head captain asked.
"Uryu Ishida is my cousin on my moms side." Ichigo started again. "We've been training together for four years and he's been able to absorb my excess reiatsu and the reiatsu in this place."
"I can tell you from experience head captain that his power nearly matches Kurosaki's." Toshiro spoke up again.
"That explains that, but now this leads to what we should do about the two hollows." The head captain said.
"Absolutely nothing." Ichigo started, earning everyone's once again surprised looks. Komamura and Soi-Fon were disgusted by the boys sudden tone.
Tia and Grimmjow were wondering just what Ichigo was going to do to them both. Sure they only met because of Aizen, but the two came to respect and enjoy being in Ichigo's company and would rather stay by his side than be at the mercy of the soul society.
"And what do you mean by that Kurosaki?" Te head captain asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"I mean exactly what I meant. You're not going to do a single thing to my friends." Ichigo said in a serious tone.
"And what gives you the right to decide that boy!?" Soi-Fon shouted at him. "You have no idea what we're supposed to do when we face a hollow! We destroy it!"
Ichigo looked at her with an almost deathly glare that shut her up fast. "If you or any of you attempt to hurt my cousin, my friends, or especially my family" His voice started to distort as his eyes started to change to a dark color. "Then next time I will kill every single one of you."
Everyone was on edge and other then the three behind Ichigo, Unohana and Byakuya everyone else was reaching for their zanpakuto out of fear. Ichigo was releasing the same dark energy like yesterday and it was putting them on edge.
The three behind him stepped up next to him and Uryu placed a hand on his shoulder. Ichigo turned to them and realized by the looks on their faces that they were here to stay with him no matter what. Ichigo lightened up on his energy and turned back to the head captain.
"That's why you're not going to do anything to them." Ichigo said with a smile.
"Fine then." The head captain started. "Then I suppose that I hereby leave these two in your hands Ichigo Kurosaki. If they step out of line, then you are the one responsible."
"Man, really makes me wonder just what Aizen was planning to do with the Hogyoku if it involved going to Hueco Mundo." Kyoraku wondered as he and everyone else relaxed.
"Actually." Tia started, getting everyone's attention. "I do remember overhearing him talk about making us stronger by turning us into imperfect arrancar."
"Yeah I remember that too." Grimmjow started. "Fuckin useless for the two of us now thanks to Ichigo."
Ichigo suddenly had an idea. He turned to his cousin and gave him a very devious grin. Uryu knew what that meant and sighed in an immediate defeat.
"You want to go there and bring some with you to fight back against Aizen don't you?" Uryu asked. Everyone was stunned by the young Quincy's words and even more stunned when Ichigo nodded to him.
"Tia, Grimmjow, do ya'll know any powerful vasto lorde that are still in Hueco Mundo?" Ichigo asked, earning a smile from Tia and a grin from Grimmjow.
"Hell yeah we do!" Grimmjow shouted out. "Lets go right now!"
"HOLD ON ONE SECOND!" Soi-Fon yelled out again. "Head captain, you can't simply allow this to happen can you?! This boy is talking about assembling his own hollow army and doing who knows what with it!"
"I'll take responsibility for every single one of them and they stay with me in the world of the living. We won't attack Seireitei as long as ya'll don't attack us. Everybody's happy." Ichigo said with a grin on his face.
All eyes were on the head captain as he too sighed in defeat. "Alright Kurosaki. You may assemble this force of yours, but you will be responsible for any trouble they cause."
Every captain was either stunned or shocked at the head captains decision. Only Kenpachi seemed amused at this news. More powerful people for him to fight.
"Awesome." Ichigo started as he and his friends left. "We'll leave in a little bit then. Bye everyone. Sorry for yesterday by the way."
And with that, The four left the meeting hall, leaving all the captains except for Kenpachi and Unohana in a stunned state.
An Hour Later, And A Lot Of Begging To Yoruichi And Kuukaku, Hueco Mundo
The four landed in the white sands of Hueco Mundo and saw only night time throughout the endless desert. Grimmjow looked around and immediately felt sorrow for themselves. Last time they were here was the day before Aizen showed up and forced them to attract Ichigo. They remembered all of the countless hollows who would try and consume them for their soul and power. It was a grim thing to remember, but for some reason the thought only fueled them to find the others that were like them.
"Okay." Ichigo started to the two. "So how exactly are we supposed to find the others here?"
"Well they are drawn to powerful spirit energy to test their own power." Tia started, remembering how Aizen attracted her and Grimmjow. "If you can release your own energy, then they'll come to all of us."
"Wouldn't Aizen try to come here to face us if that were the case?" Uryu asked.
"If he's as smart as we were told, then he wouldn't risk his own freakin plans just to get revenge." Ichigo stated before turning toward Tia and Grimmjow. "Alright then. Lets do this."
After a bit of walking, they found a large sand crater large enough to take dozens of hollows into it. Ichigo flashed down there and sat on the ground cross legged before releasing a fraction of his reiatsu. The pressure was nonexistent for the three with him but far off in the distance, multiple hollows could feel it.
Hollows POV
"Stark, what is that?" A little girl with a large white mask cover up half of her face. She was on a mans shoulder and the man looked out into the distance.
"No idea." He said as he looked back to her. He looked for the most part normal, other than the pale skin and mask that covered his entire face. "Lets go check it out. It could be someone who's finally worth the energy to fight." The man sonidoed away with the girl still on his shoulder.
A black bat like hollow was on top of a large pillar sitting down when he felt the pressure. He stood up and spread his large, black wings above his back and jumped into the air. "Whoever this is, they seem to be a worthy opponent."
A woman with teal hair and a horned hollow mask over her head felt the pressure. She was sitting down on a sand dune when she felt it. This power, although somewhat crushing, felt very comforting and warm to her. She stood up and started making her way to whoever it was that was releasing this warm power.
A deer, a snake and a lion felt this crushing pressure and started to panic. They were with a bunch of very low level hollows that started to run from the where the energy was coming from, but just as they were going to follow suit, they saw the teal haired hollow running towards it. She looked like she was in a hurry and excited.
"Why would she be goin in that direction?" The deer one asked.
"I don't know, that girl is a weird one." The lion added.
"I haven't seen her that excited since she last saw her sister." The snake added in.
"You mean that shark woman who saved us?" The lion asked her.
Then a thought hit them, if the teal haired woman was this excited, then that could mean that the woman that saved them before was there. They owed her their lives that day and if she was back, then they could finally repay it in full. With that thought, the three went after the teal haired woman.
General POV
All seven hollows met at the edge of a large crater where they spotted a soul reaper in the center of it. He was sitting down and head his head down for the most part. It was only when the deer hollow kicked a rock to him was when he reacted by catching it in his hand and crushing it. He looked up to them and started counting them all down.
"Seven huh?" He started as he stood up. Ichigo grabbed both his blades and placed them in their appropriate places. He then looked at the seven and smiled. "Ya'll wanna come down here and talk real quick?"
"And what would a soul reaper be doing here in the first place?" Stark asked with a yawn.
"Wait a sec." The teal haired woman started and sonidoed down to him. She knelt down and got in his face, making Ichigo a little uncomfortable. "Are you the one who released that pressure a little bit ago?" She said in a serious tone.
"Yep, that was me." Ichigo answered her.
At first, he thought she might attack him to test her powers to someone as strong as he is. Ichigo prepared himself for the worst, but found that it was very useless when she wrapped him in a crushing hug.
"Oh I'm so happy!" She yelled out as she picked him up and swung him around like a he was teddy bear. "And you're so super duper cute too! I could just hold you in my arms forever!"
As she was swinging around, she caught a glimpse of a blonde haired dark skinned woman smiling warmly at her. She immediately stopped and looked at her with wide eyes. "Big sister?" She said slowly.
Tia stood up from where she was between Grimmjow and Uryu and walked over to her. When she was right in front of the teal haired woman she placed her hand on the woman's shoulder. "Hey Neliel. It's been a while hasn't it?"
Neliel dropped Ichigo who landed on his feet and she started to tear up. Tia smiled softly at her and brought her in for a hug. Neliel wrapped her arms around her big sister and wailed out.
"BIG SISTER, I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!"
The snake, lion and deer looked at Tia and remembered how she used to look. The sight of her now made them all rush down to her.
"Are you really her?" The lion started.
This got Tia's attention.
"Do you remember us?" The deer asked.
Tia stared at the three hard.
"Please, do you remember any of us?" The snake asked in a pleading voice.
Tia looked at the three and remembered them all. "Mila Rose, Sun Sun, Apache." She smiled at the three. "How could I forget you three?"
The sound of their names coming out of her mouth made the three smile at her. Ichigo stayed out of the whole ordeal as the three went to Tai. Tai looked at all four of them and then looked back at Ichigo to nod. Ichigo grinned and pulled out his zanpakuto. The four tensed up and prepared themselves as did Stark and the bat still on top of the crater.
"It's okay." Tia said to the four. They looked at her as she walked out of the way. When she turned around again and smiled at them. "The reason I'm like this now," she motioned to herself. "Is because of Ichigo." She looked to him and the rest followed suit.
The seven looked back at Tia and could feel that she was more powerful than the rest of them and actually had absolute control of her true hollow form. Stark, along with the girl, and the bat went down to stand next to the four. They all looked at Ichigo who had a big smile on his face as he began to chant his shikai release.
"Take life and own it as your own, give life and watch it flourish, destroy life and watch it tremble, Hofuku Tsuki!"
The orange energy engulfed Ichigo completely like it had all the times before. It dispersed and showed his shikai to the seven. They were all amazed when they felt the overwhelming power he was releasing just from his shikai alone.
Ichigo smiled to them and held his sword up. "Everybody ready?" He asked.
They didn't have much time to respond when Ichigo brought down his blade while yelling out. "Kaizen Shimasu!" He swung his blade and the orange energy engulfed the seven all at once.
For a few minutes, it enclosed them all and Tia and Grimmjow were getting worried. Ichigo was breathing in long breaths and his knees were shaking to keep him standing. They watched as he gritted his teeth and stood straight as he roared into the air while raising his blade as well. When he did, the orange energy traveled upward and then disappeared. Ichigo fell to his knees and his shikai faded back to his two blades. Grimmjow and Tia rushed to him while Uryu walked over since he knew all Ichigo would need is a little rest after all of that.
"Hey you alright?" Grimmjow asked, concerned for Ichigo since neither he nor Tia have ever seen Ichigo weak before.
Ichigo gave a thumbs up and said. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Just have never done a Kaizen Shimasu with that many people before."
They looked back over to where the seven stood beforehand, only now every single one of them were completely different from before.
Neliel had looked more human now and had her hollow mask fragment only on top of her head. She had on a white outfit same as her sister, but this one had teal streaks that traveled from her pants leg all the way to her collar.
The bat, who was now referred to as Ulquiorra at this point, was no longer a bat anymore. He was now a man with pale skin a black hair that went to his shoulders. He was wearing a white outfit with short sleeves on his arms and a large black tattoo on his right arm of his old wings. He looked at the tattoo with his new green eyes and was amazed at his appearance.
Stark may not have changed much other than his skin being a normal color and having on a white outfit with shorts and a short sleeved shirt, but the girl on his shoulder looked different. She was a little taller and had on a tight pair of white shorts and a crop top. Her mask was covering a part of her face, mainly on her left eye and she had short light green hair.
Sun Sun had turned into a girl with olive hair and pale skin. She had a few purple markings on the side of her face and a very long sleeved outfit on. She got a real good look at herself when she twirled around.
Apache was now a short girl with short blue hair that had a red streak in it. She had a horn on the center of her forehead and was wearing a relaxed white outfit with a sleeveless jacket. Her eyes were two different colors as well, one blue and the other red.
Mila Rose changed in a weird way. She now had dark skin, almost as dark as Yoruichi but light like Tia's. She was taller than Apache and Sun Sun, and had on a white skirt with a white shirt that showed skin in all the right places if you were Grimmjow or Stark. Even Ulquiorra was staring at her. Mila Rose watched as everyone was staring at her and wondered why until she felt a breeze. She looked to herself and saw what she was wearing.
"WHAT THE FUCK!?" She shouted as she stormed over toward the downed Ichigo. She grabbed him by the collar and shook him furiously in a comedic way. "Hey kid, why am I wearing this exposing outfit while everyone else gets to wear clothes that don't show much!?"
"Sorry bout that." Ichigo said in a groggy tone. "I was doing everyone one at a time while ya'll were in Kaizen Shimasu. Never did that many people before so it was taking a lot out of me. Hence the reason a lot of you are dressed so differently, and you were last. I was very tired when I got to you so I just threw something on you. Sorry."
Mila Rose was about to shout some more at the exhausted boy, but was stopped when Tia grabbed her by the shoulder and got her attention. Mila turned around and saw the soft expression on her idol's face. Mila couldn't stay angry and she let Ichigo down gently.
"So then, soul reaper-" Ulquiorra started but was quickly cut off by Ichigo waving his hand to him.
"Ichigo. My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, and I'm not a soul reaper." Ichigo said as he turned to them. "I may look like one but I'm not one of them. And I did kinda invade their world and tore through practically every single one of the strongest captains out of the entire Seireitei. Now they pretty much are gonna leave me alone as long as I don't attack them and help them stop a rouge soul reaper that wants to destroy everything by killing this guy called the Soul King and taking over his world. That would mean he would just take over everything and most likely destroy it all just because I guess."
The seven listened to Ichigo's explanation and couldn't understand why he did this to them. Ichigo saw their confused faces and explained in a different way.
"Alright listen. Aizen is a guy who uses people for his own uses and then gets rid of them when they're no longer useful to him." Ichigo started. "Just like how he would do to all of you. He would've turned you all into imperfect arrancars and used all of you. So I decided to beat him to the punch and find some of the strongest out of all of you so ya'll can help me stop him."
"So basically need your own army to battle his that he's starting to make." Lilinette started. "And that army is all of us."
"Yeah pretty much." Ichigo shrugged. "If all of you are okay with no longer having to live with that hunger for souls, or live in this extremely depressing world anymore, you can all come to my world in the living world so ya'll can get stronger."
The seven were surprised that this boy they just met had basically said that they can leave with him and all they had to do was fight by his side. After a brief moment, Neliel stepped over to him and smiled.
"As long as I'm with my big sister, I'll be okay with this." She said as she stood next to Tia.
"We're coming too." Apache said as she, Sun Sun and Mila Rose went over and stood next to Tia as well.
"Guess we've got nothing else better to do." Stark started. "What do ya say Lilinette?"
Lilinette grinned and hopped on his shoulder. "This is gonna be way to good to pass up."
With that Stark and Lilinette joined them. They stepped next to Grimmjow who was grinning as he thought that they were gonna have really fun spars.
All eyes were now on Ulquiorra as he stood there. After a sigh he looked over and said. "Might as well, to see if I can fill this emptiness with something precious now." He walked over to them and Ichigo smiled.
"Alright, lets head back. Uryu, you ready?" Ichigo asked his cousin.
"Always." Uryu said as he stood in front of Ichigo.
They started to focus their reiatsu together and it brought up a portal back to Kisuke's shop. Ichigo motioned everyone to go through and they did. After they left, Uryu went in next followed by Ichigo last. They landed outside the shop where Kon was still in Ichigo's body.
"What the heck?" He said from where he was seated on the front porch. Kon saw Ichigo and Uryu land in front of them and saw their smiles at him. "So Ichigo," Kon started. "Who are all your guest?"
"These are some new friends we made Kon." Ichigo started. "They'll be helping us stop Aizen, and he won't know what hit him."
Another Chapter To This Story. Some Great News BTW, MY INTERNET IS BACK!
Also, These 7 Aren't My Be All End All Picks Here, Just My Favorite Arrancar From The Winter War Arc. I Added The Whole Neliel And Tia Being Sisters Because It Kinda Makes Sense When You Think About It And Of Course I Added Mila Rose, Apache And Sun Sun.
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Arrancar That Are Off The Request Table: Yammy, Barragan, Szayel Aporro, Zommari, And Aaroniero Cause I've Got Something Special For Him.
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