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Hollow
Kurai stepped into the Kurosaki household and Isshin turned toward him.
"Girls, can you go start lunch?" Isshin asked.
The two girls nodded and went into the kitchen. Isshin turned back to Kurai and Kurai sighed, looking at the pictures on the walls.
"Ichigo and I were easily defeated by the Arrancar that led the team, Grimmjow Jeagerjaques, who also wounded Rukia," Kurai stated. "After he left, Orihime tended to our wounds and Ichigo decided that he needed to find a way to control the hollow inside himself. I would suspect he went to find the Vizard for training."
Isshin nodded then looked toward the kitchen.
"Find him," Isshin instructed. "Help with his training. What about Rukia though?"
"She went with him," Kurai stated. "And I need to train with her anyway. I believe that her Zanpakuto may be able to wake mine from her coma."
Isshin nodded and Kurai walked outside looking around. Just as he did, he sensed Ichigo's Spiritual Pressure off to his right and headed that way. After nearly three hours, Kurai reached an area with old warehouses, one of which was surrounded by a protective forcefield that looked similar to Orihime's abilities. Kurai could sense Ichigo's power inside but now he had to get through the barrier. He held his hand out, placing it against the shield and sure enough, it was completely solid. He sighed and stepped back, holding out his hand.
"Hado Thirty Three, Sokatsui!" He said, blasting the barrier and cracking it.
Just as he prepared to blast it again, the shield repaired itself. A moment later, an opening appeared near the top and two people leapt out. One was a girl with a red sweatshirt and rolled up red sweatpants, flip-flops, blonde hair in two ponytails, and a white Teeshirt under the open sweatshirt. The other was a man with a blonde bowl cut, an orange button-up shirt, black pants, a black tie with a golden diamond chain design down the center, and black dress shoes. Both were holding Zanpakuto and when they slashed at Kurai, they both seemed surprised when he was no longer there.
"Nice try...Vizards," Kurai smirked. "I need to talk to Rukia and I'm here to help train Ichigo."
"We don't need you Dumbass," Hiyori snapped.
"Now now Hiyori," Shinji said resting a hand on her shoulder. "This is the guy that fought the Espada alongside Ichigo."
"Espada?" Kurai asked. "The hell is that?"
"An Espada is an Arrancar that is ranked as ten or less, one being the strongest, in Aizen's Arrancar army," Shinji explained. "They are the strongest and most deadly Arrancars in Aizen's army."
"I see," Kurai nodded. "What rank of Menos are they?"
"Adjuchas or Vasto Lordes," Shinji stated. "Yours was just a step below Vasto Lordes."
Kurai nodded then looked past them at the warehouse again.
"About Rukia," Kurai smirked.
"Outfight one of us, and we'll let you in," Shinji smirked.
"Then I'll take...Hiyori, was it?" Kurai smirked.
"Bad choice Dumbass," Hiyori grinned charging forward.
She slashed at him and he leapt over the blade, spinning and kicking her back into the barrier. She slid to the ground and growled in frustration. She held her sword up, the blade growing, becoming a massive cleaver blade but with perfectly square chunks taken out of the edge at regular segments.
"Butcher him, Kubikiribocho!" Hiyori snarled, charging at him.
He drew his own sword, blocking the blade but skidding backward several feet. Finally they stopped and Kurai kicked her, forcing her to stagger backward before blocking his sword. She twisted her own, trapping his in one of the gaps then spun, hurling him into the barrier. As she began forward, he held two fingers out.
"Sai!"
Hiyori's arms locked behind her, Kubikiribocho spinning through the air away from her and she raged around, trying to break free as Kurai stood, putting his sword away and holding a hand out.
"Hado Sixty Three, Raikoho!" Kurai said firing the spell at her.
Just before it hit, a white mask formed on her face and her arms instantly broke free, her left one batting the bolt of lightning skyward before she appeared beside her Shikai. She appeared beside Kurai, slashing at him but just as her blade split his skin, his Spiritual Pressure spiked and hurled her away. It kicked up a wind strong enough for Shinji to have to shield his eyes against the dust but when the Spiritual Pressure settled, Kurai was healed and was staring at his hands in surprise. Hiyori stood, flying at Kurai and slashing at him but he held his hand out, catching the blade in one of the gaps then spun, smashing Hiyori into the barrier. She stood, slashing at him again and he drew his sword, blocking hers. He shoved her away and she staggered back then jumped forward, slashing at him. The blades met and formed a crater below them before Shinji caught Hiyori's shoulder.
"You're very interesting," Shinji stated. "Come on in. I want to see what you can do."
He knocked on the barrier and it opened, the three of them entering. They made their way down a long flight of stairs to a training room not unlike Kisuke's where a second barrier was erected, with a largely hollowfied Ichigo inside battling against a third Vizard with a blue track suit while several others watched. One of them, a large man in a purple suit, turned toward them and raised an eyebrow.
"Hachigen, this is Kurai," Shinji introduced. "He's the one that fought the Arrancar with Ichigo."
"Is he now?" Hachigen blinked then looked thoughtful. "He must be quite powerful to nearly shatter my barrier in one strike. Times up, want to switch him in instead?"
"Yeah," Shinji nodded. "He knows Ichigo and he needs to train too. Plus, there's only thirty minutes left before it's too late."
"Thirty minutes?" Kurai asked. "You guys have this stuff set in stone huh?"
"Yeah," Shinji nodded. "Ichigo's battling his inner hollow and if he isn't finished in one hour, he'll be dead. There's thirty minutes left."
Kurai nodded and walked over to the barrier. Hachigen opened a door and Kurai stepped through.
"Switch," he ordered and the Vizard leapt backward out of the barrier, looking at Kurai in confusion.
The moment the door closed, Ichigo couldn't see any of the Vizards or the door, leaving the illusion of being alone with Ichigo.
"Alright Ichigo," Kurai smirked drawing Haruko as Ichigo growled.
Ichigo's shihakusho was ruined, more of a tattered skirt than anything, his legs were both completely turned into a hollow's, reptilian in appearance, as was his left arm, with all of his fingers ending in claws, his right forearm and hand, and all but the top right quarter of his torso. His face was completely covered by a skull mask with the left eye containing a large glowing yellow pupil filling most of the eye and the right having only a small one. Three spikes extended from his left shoulder and his hair had grown out until it reached his tail, which had red lines zig-zagging along it to its red tip.
"You are one ugly hollow," Kurai smirked. "Bit of an improvement though."
Ichigo roared, raising its Bankai, black Spirit Energy rolling off of the blade, then slashed it and fired a Getsuga Tensho at Kurai. Kurai's mouth fell open before he slashed it, diverting it to the side of the barrier, where it exploded, shattering a large portion of the barrier. Hachigen shouted in surprise then reformed the barrier and formed several more layers. Ichigo darted forward, slashing at Kurai but Kurai blocked it, free hand supporting the blade as the ground below him cratered then continued to crack. After a moment, he shoved the sword up then leapt sideways as Ichigo's clawed hand slashed through the area he had just occupied.
"Who was the genius that gave him claws?" Kurai shouted, receiving no reply.
Ichigo blurred at Kurai, slashing at him again. Kurai blocked it and instantly sailed through the air. He landed on the side of the barrier, the barrier cracking below him, then leapt off, slashing at Ichigo. The blade carved across Ichigo's torso, the last part of his torso hollowfying, then Ichigo grabbed the blade and kicked Kurai away, smashing him out through the barrier. The others stared at him in shock as he stood, spitting out blood then sprinted back in, jumping over a slash and smashing his right fist into Ichigo's exposed face, cratering the ground and blasting Ichigo back, both Zanpakuto landing at Kurai's feet. As the smoke began to settle, Kurai held out his hand.
"Hado Thirty One, Shakkaho!" Kurai said blasting Ichigo.
After a moment, Ichigo stood, the smoke instantly being blown away by a pulse of Spirit Energy before Ichigo appeared behind Kurai and smashed him away. Kurai stood, looking back at Ichigo to see he was fully hollowfied now, his shihakusho reduced to only a skirt. Ichigo picked up Zangetsu and flicked Haruko to Kurai. He caught it and Ichigo pointed two fingers at Kurai.
"You wouldn't dare," Kurai growled.
A moment later, a red sphere of Spirit Energy formed at the end of his fingers and Kurai's eyes widened. A door opened in the barrier behind him and he leapt backward out of the shield just as the sphere turned into a beam of massively powerful Spirit Energy. Hachigen closed the shield and reinforced it several more times over but all of the shields were destroyed in a massive fiery explosion when the beam hit. Kurai raised Haruki as Hachigen began to form new shields. Before they were even a foot off the ground, Ichigo charged out of the smoke, foot smashing straight through the shields as he charged at Kurai.
Kurai leapt at him, slashing at his head. Ichigo blocked the blade then smashed him into the ground with his other hand. Ichigo rolled over, feet flipping up and bashing Ichigo in the chest, blasting him backward. Kurai flipped to his feet, readying himself as Hiyori and two other Vizards, one dressed like a schoolgirl with a long black braid and glasses, and the other having silver hair, a black muscle shirt, orange gloves, green cargo pants, black combat boots, and a combat knife, appeared at his sides. Shinji appeared directly behind Kurai and he smirked.
"Overkill," Kurai grinned. "Tell me that knife is a Zanpakuto."
"It is," the male stated. "My name is Kensei, and this is my shikai."
"Lisa Yadomaru," the schoolgirl stated. "May I go?"
"No," Kurai snorted. "He's stronger than any of us alone, except maybe Shinji, if he's your leader like he seems to be."
"He's the unofficial leader, but not the strongest," Kensei stated. "That's Mashiro when hollowfied."
"I'll take the lead," Kurai smirked. "Lisa, you're next, then Kensei. Hiyori, you keep Rukia safe. Shinji, you keep Hiyori safe."
"What's that supposed to mean Dumbass!?" Hiyori snapped but Kurai simply grinned and charged forward. Ichigo met his charge, slashing at him. Kurai blocked it for a half second before Lisa's foot collided with his chest, forcing him back. Kensei leapt over Lisa and fired a blue blast at Ichigo. When the blast neared him, Ichigo slashed it aside just as Kurai appeared beside him and slashed him across the back. Ichigo staggered forward then spun, slashing at Kurai as Lisa's sword carved across his back perpendicular to Kurai's gash, forming an 'X'. Ichigo spun, smashing her into Kensei then caught Kurai's blade as his wounds healed.
"How much longer?" Kurai asked before being thrown into Hachigen.
"Minutes," Shinji stated. "Less than ten. Not sure I should check now."
Kurai nodded as Ichigo held out both hands, extending two fingers on each and pointing his tail at Rukia as one hand pointed at Kurai and the other at Lisa. All three began to form a Cero, as Ichigo had broken out with, but before he could fire, they flashed and faded then Ichigo's body fell forward, separating along the middle between the front and back, leaving Ichigo with his complete skull mask but the rest of himself intact like it had been a suit they had been fighting. Then, Ichigo passed out.
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