Title: Resolve
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Rosario + Vampire; they belong to Akihisa Ikeda and Tite Kubo. I am doing this for my own amusement and I do not gain any profit by doing this... I do gain some good reviews and satisfaction.
Pairings: IchigoxMoka
Rating: M
Author Notes: Man, I thing I got the wrong approach of what I wanted to do in the last chapter eighteen with all of you. Yes, I want Kurosaki Ichigo to become a cold blooded killer, but only to his enemies and people that as allied themselves with Juha Bach and Aizen. This might still worry some people that I'm trying to take away all of Ichigo's personality which we know him by, well don't worry because that is not what I'm trying to do in the least. Yes his personality is going to remain the same, the only thing I did his made it far darker because of the loved one's he lost in the Karakura Town massacre. I'm not trying to change him into be like Juha Bach or Aizen, that is something that I do not won't happening no matter what, so don't get too worried if that's what you think I'm trying to do.
He going to be shown in some chapter's that he has become nothing but a brutal killer who only seeks to destroy the one's that caused him pain and suffering, but he will still have the same morals he had before becoming like this. He will not kill children or woman, that's just something that I think I couldn't even write him doing without being pissed off at myself. If enemies cannot fight back or he learns something important about them during battle, again he will let them live to see if they could come back to fight him later on in life. Can't really say right now where I'm truly trying to go with this same/different personality with Ichigo, just know that he will not steep so low as to where he's nothing more than a monster like Juha Bach or Aizen. He will seem like a devil to his enemies that dare step in his way, but that's only to people that he sees no hope in whatsoever. That little ability Ichigo as to read people's emotion will come in handy for me, just hope that you got a little of where I'm going with Kurosaki Ichigo in Eclipse.
Enemies and Power's: Again I have really pissed off a lot of you with this, but this is the only way that I could make Eclipse far more entertaining to read than most fic's out there (If it's true for some of you). I think I know this more than others, yes I know that the Rosario+Vampire verse is kind of weak compare to the Bleach verse. I think I said this more than once, I think if I could remember explain the reason on why I'm making the Rosario world stronger to be able to fight against Ichigo. How do I put it… if I make everyone like they are in the Rosario Vampire world, the fights between them and Ichigo would be to boring to write to me. Yes, I already know that Ichigo as more than enough power to walk in a annihilate everyone in the Rosario Vampire world; they would be hard pressed to beat his Shikai state.
I tried before I posted this fic to write a fight between the two to see if it was good, as you could see that I did not like anything I came up with. I also think I never said that Dangai Ichigo would be beat by anyone in the Rosario Vampire verse; I don't remember me saying anything like this if I could remember. I just don't want Eclipse to be a fic where Kurosaki Ichigo walks into the Yokai Academy, face all of Tsukune and Moka's enemies and beat them without much problem; I think most of you would agree that would be boring as hell if I would do something like that. No, I'm not trying to under power Shinigami, that would be stupid and a waste of time if I would do something like that. What I am doing is giving Rosario Vampire a boost in power, just so I could make the fight's more entertaining than Ichigo just running through everyone with freaking ease.
Second Part of Eclipse: Mm can't really think about what I could say about this little predicament that seems to have pissed a few people off. Sorry, but I have decided that the next part of the series will be in The Elemental Nation's. Been planning it out for about a good two months, would like to try other manga's I know but I always wanted to do one with Ichigo in The Elemental Nation. Don't worry, Ichigo will not enter it where Naruto is born, he will come in about a good 60 or 80 years before it even begins with Naruto during the formation of Konohagakure. Can't say much more than that, don't want to spoil much about what I have planned with that so hope ya understand with what I trying to do with it.
Other notes about upcoming chapters: Finally decide on where I'm going to finally go with showing Moka and the other's Kurosaki Ichigo's memoires. Might piss some of you off, but I'm not going to show every little detail of what happen in Ichigo's life to the others ever since he obtain his shinigami powers. That will take too long and a waste of your time in reading this fic, I decide that I'm going to still show some of his memories, just pieces that Ichigo learned from only with critical fights and scenes that happen. Each seen will give off different emotions that Ichigo's going through during the time of the memory that is being watched. Just hope ya enjoy it and once again sorry for being late on updating this, just been having a lot of things happen to me these passed months with my life and what I want to really do now.
Summary: Everyone he cared about was gone; all wipe out by two men's fear for him. He swore vengeance; not caring if the world itself was plunged into darkness. It didn't matter to him as long as he found those two that took everything away from him. A man appears, inviting him to a school name Yokai Academy as well as information on who he seeks. He takes this deal, and on his search he finds someone from his past. Dark Ichigo!
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Onto the Story
Eclipse
I don't deserve him…
As she looked at the scene before her with growing worry and jealousy flowing through her heart with each passing second, the sliver haired vampire knew that she had no reason to feel this way. The orange haired teen that she cared about so much was pushing himself beyond his limit, sacrificing his life and will to be able to save a girl that he only knew for a short amount of time. Inner Moka curse herself, feeling stupid and shameful that she could not even understand why Ichigo would push himself so far just to save one girl, which put his family in danger the moment he met her. Or maybe deep down, she knew she just didn't want to feel and know that Ichigo had completely forgot about her, casing his gaze and feelings on someone new that he knew would not walk out or betray him like she did. The more she thought about it, the more the heart wrenching feeling continue to build up in her chest.
The sliver haired vampire hated feeling this way, hating feeling that she had hurt the very person she cared so much about like this. Even after she had left him to die, he did not let what happen between them to keep that punkish attitude he always had, along with the loyalty he kept when he owed a debt to someone. He would always remain the same, no matter how much he would change over the years and problems that come his way. Even now, when he change into a cold devil, who wanted nothing else but to see the two people who killed all he cared about to suffer, she could still see the same person she fell in love with four years ago hiding deep within him. The more she thought about it, the sliver haired vampire couldn't help a bit to become to hate the two that did this to him.
Even though the Headmaster had told them a bit on why this Aizen and Juha Bach would want to do this to Ichigo, she still could not understand why they would just leave him alive to suffer like this. Even though she had grew up in a society where cruel things happen in front of her eyes by her own father, she didn't really thing the possibilities of having two people who could do this to one boy. Did they truly fear Ichigo this much? Or was it that they were just building him up to have him dispose of? Too show the orange haired teen no matter how much stronger he had become; the same fate was going to meet him just like the rest of his comrades and family. Just what kind of people were they to do something like this to someone like the orange haired teen she fell in love with? She just could out the pieces together on why they would do something like this.
She had knew the orange haired teen for so long, stayed by his side as long as she could during those years that she considered the best times of her life. Moka knew that Ichigo never attack anyone out of spite or fear of them being so much stronger them him, only attacking others out of anger or cockiness when someone's messing with his family, friends or just people he could see just needed help. He always had that protective aura around him that just show that if he cared about you or you just needed protecting, he would stand by you no matter what stood in his way. She suddenly sighed mentally to herself, feeling her eyes deem a bit as she thought of finally reuniting with him after she thought her parents killed him. He was no longer the same person he was like four years ago, losing everything he care about in this world had changed him into the very thing the Youkai World and Human World were calling him.
But none of that bother her like it should, what bother her the most was that the orange haired shinigami did not care a bit about what a single person says about him. After the massacre he said happen in Karakura Town, Ichigo seem to have tossed everything in hand with him away like they no longer needed them, giving is focus on nothing but his revenge to make sure those two were dead beneath his feet no matter how he went through with it. She had to figure out a way to stop him from falling deeper into the pits of darkness than he was already in, but no matter what she did none of it seem to work. Even though he allowed her to touch, stay by his side and be with him like a family that they should be, he didn't let either her or Kumiko get too close to him. She hated that about him, why couldn't he just see that she would do anything for him? She couldn't seem to understand why he didn't want them to be close to him again like they were four years ago.
The sliver haired vampire narrowed her eyes in anger, feeling her rage began to claw over just thinking about her damn father who caused this. Maybe if she just a tiny bit of backbone back then, a spark that she needed just to stay by Ichigo's side, than maybe this would have never happen to him to begin with. She shook her head immediately at that, feeling stupid that she could even think of stopping something like this from happening. What happen to Ichigo in Karakura Town could not be stop, but maybe if she was there by his side, than he wouldn't have to thing in his mind that he was going through this all along without anyone by his side. She paused for a moment when she felt a small hand wrap around into her own hand, looking down she saw Kumiko looking at her with a small worried look in her eyes.
"Are you okay Ka-san?" The sliver haired girl asked, looking at her mother with a worried look in her eyes.
Inner Moka widen her eyes in surprise, so caught up in thought that she had completely forgotten where she was at the current moment. She smiled a bit, looking down at her only daughter with a kind smile on her face. "Don't worry about me okay princess," She replied. "Mommies okay, just have a lot of things that are own my mind right now."
Looking up at her mother, the sliver haired girl felt a small frown find its way across her face. She may be small and too young to know about some of the things that be happening around her, but she knew instantly when something was happening with both her parents no matter what was going on with the two.
"Are you worrying about Tou-san as well Ka-san?" She asked
Inner Moka froze a bit, looking down at her daughter with a small amount of surprise on her face. She silently curse herself for her foolish, knowing that no matter how much she tried to hide it, she could never hide nothing from the small girl that had both her and Ichigo characteristics in her. "I'm very worried about your father right now Kumiko." She admitted, facing in another direction so she wouldn't look her daughter in the eyes. "But there's no need to worry as much as I am right now, no matter what comes in between your father, I know he's going to overcome it and come back to us not matter what."
Kumiko smiled at this a bit, feeling a small giggle pass through her lips. "Tou-san promises that he's going to be okay!" She all but shouted, feeling a bit proud that her father was strong. Even though her father didn't won't her to be involve in nothing that he had went through, she couldn't help but hide the fact that she wanted to be like both her parents no matter what happen.
Inner Moka smiled at her daughter for brief moment before glancing upward a bit to stare at her outer self, feeling the intense feeling that were going through the pink haired girl at the moment. 'Are you okay Omote?'
The pink haired vampire stayed silent for a moment, looking directly at the giant hole that the current memory Ichigo was now in. Ever since seeing the orange haired shinigami had agree to the training, they had been watching him go through so much in so little time that she could not understand most of it no matter how much she tried. Just like her inner self, she just want to try and grasp just a small understanding on why Ichigo would push himself so far to save just one person. But she instantly pushes that thought aside, feeling almost ashamed of herself for not knowing why Ichigo would do something like this. Even though during this time of the memory Ichigo still hated her for what she did to him, which did not mean that his personality and the person he was would change over something like that.
Outer Moka sighed a bit, 'I just want him back Ura-chan.' She said softly, feeling her emotions began to overwhelm her a bit. 'Even though Ichi-kun said that he has forgiven us, I could still feel that he's still does not fully trust us like he should.'
Inner Moka said nothing a first, just looking at the scene before her with a clam look on her face. 'You know as well as I do that we can't push him to trust us like we want him to, all we can do his stay by his side and give him that feeling in knowing that he's not along in this world like he thinks."
'You're right Ura-chan, but he doesn't change the fact that it still hurts that he doesn't trust us fully yet.' The pink haired vampire replied back mentally, 'and it hurts even more that I feel jealous that he could go this far to save a girl he only knew for weeks or a month at best.' She closed her eyes a bit, trying to push back what she was feeling at the moment as best as she could.
Again for a brief moment, the sliver haired vampire said nothing to her counterpart, feeling the exact same thing she was feeling at the moment as well. But even though she wanted to lash out and feel down about Ichigo caring about someone else other than her, she knew that it would be selfish for her to even thing about something like that. She needed to look forward with everything she had, both her and Omote and try to fix the relationship with Ichigo for both herself, and for Kumiko as well. Seeing what he went through after she left him four years ago maybe she would come to an understanding, a feeling that she finally would have to be able to finally tell Ichigo what she would truly do by his side no matter what they went through together.
"The only think we could do is endure it," Inner Moka said folding her arms over her chest. "Even though it's a bit common that seeing the person we care about having feeling for someone will hurt us, just know that Ichigo went through the same thing and still probably going through it with Tsukune."
The pink haired vampire winced at this, knowing that everything her inner self was saying was nothing but the truth. Even after everything they had went through with Ichigo, and the feelings she had for him that were growing back to what they were four years ago, she knew she still could not give up on Tsukune for reasons she did not know of. She wanted to give them up completely, the pink haired vampire wanted nothing else but to give her entire being and soul to no one else but the orange haired shinigami that went through her mind every single moment she closed her eyes. Every single think about Ichigo enhance her to levels that she never thought possible, each time he touch or stood by her she felt like her entire body would collapse. She loved him more than anything, so why was it so hard for her to toss away the feeling she had for Tsukune? The pink haired vampire just couldn't understand.
Maybe it was just the fact that the brown kind haired teen reminded her so much of how Ichigo used to act, the same one that she left for dead four years ago. Her emerald eyes suddenly widen in surprise and realization, finally figuring out why she couldn't let go of her feeling for Tsukune. Even though she was in love with the Ichigo that was around her know, she was still more in love with the one that protected her with everything he had four years ago as well. Even though it was only a small once of it, Tsukune reminded her of how Ichigo would do anything to protect her. She suddenly felt stupid, feeling a bad taste building up in her mouth the longer she thought about her.
'Maybe it's just us, or me that has been acting the foolish one all this time.' The pink haired vampire said, feeling her disgust for herself build up even more.
Inner Moka narrowed her eyes, looking at the girl before her with suspicion growing in her eyes. "What do you mean by that?" She asked, narrowing her eyes even further as she looked at her outer self.
The pink haired vampire said nothing, shaking her head a bit and looking at her inner self with a sad look in her eyes. 'It's nothing Ura-chan,' she replied in a sad almost ashamed tone in her voice. 'It's just after so long, I finally found the reason on why I can't fully give myself to Ichi-kun as much as I want.'
"What do you mean?"
A sad chuckle fell from out of outer Moka's mouth, 'It's something that I have to figure out on my own Ura-chan.' she smiled a bit, looking towards the small fairy in front of them with an almost determined look on her face. 'Ichi-kun's memories will give me the answer I truly wish for; I just have to try to endure it as much as I can.'
The sliver haired vampire smirked a bit, instantly knowing what her outer self was thinking at the current moment. "Fairy!" She called out in a somewhat cold voice.
Glancing back for a brief moment at the sliver haired vampire, the green haired fairy looked at her with a slightly confused look on her face. "What do you need Moka-san?" Lilith asked, a bit curious on why the sliver haired vampire would suddenly call out to her.
The sliver haired vampire glared coldly at the fairy, causing her to shrink back in fear a bit at the almost murderous gaze that was being thrown her way. "Standing up here and watching is doing nothing for any of us," She stated coldly. "Unlike the rest of us, you have more power than us in Ichi-kun's memories."
Tsukune and the others paused for a moment, looking at Moka with a slightly confused look on their faces. For some reason, they did not get why the sliver haired girl would be saying something that was so obvious to them. From the start of being able to watch the orange haired shinigami's memories, each of them knew what kind of power the small fairy had over the memories that was being shown to them, with the help of those two spirits as well that were a part of that man's soul as well.
Tsukune stepped forward a bit, looking at the sliver haired vampire before him with a confused expression on his face. "What's wrong Moka-san?' He asked. "You should already know that Lilith-san as the power in here at this current moment while watching Kurosaki-san's memories. Is it something that you want her to do for you?"
Inner Moka said nothing, not even glancing in the brown haired teen's direction, which caused the said boys heart to clench a bit in sorrow. "I know this already," She said, eyes still narrowed coldly at the fairy before her. "What I want you to do right now is move us into that Shattered Shaft, where Ichi-kun is currently at right now."
"But what reason would you have me to do this for?" The small fairy asked, not fully understanding what the sliver vampire wanted from this.
"It's simple," Outer Moka said suddenly, causing the others to look at her in even more confusion. "Every single think that we have seen Ichi-kun go through in his memories, we've been feeling a small bit of that pain the deeper we fall into his memories."
Tsukune and the others eyes widen at this, feeling that everything they had been seeing happen to the three before them start to make a bit of sense. But that shouldn't be possible, how could every pain that Kurosaki was going through was being felt by the three that was standing only mere feet away from them? Something like that shouldn't even be possible. Tsukune on the other hand curse himself a bit, feeling angry that even though he wasn't here at the current moment, that orange haired bastard could still make Moka fell pain even now. He had to figure out some way to protect the girl her care for more than anything from that bastard, but he knew at the current moment that was not possible. He hated more than anything feeling helpless in not being able to help her, he just needed to believe with everything he had that she would be able to pull through this.
Not full knowing what Tsukune was feeling at the moment, the pink haired vampire held her hand out a bit with a small smile on her face. A second later, a bluish white energy suddenly flew toward her hand, causing the other around her to gasp in shock. "It's not pain that we're feeling right now, it's Ichi-kun's own youki trying to make us understand what he went through after we left him four years ago." The bluish white youki in her hand formed into a small sphere, which she grasped tightly in her hand, before pushing it into her chest. Her eyes widen a bit, feeling a painful gasp to passed through her lips a bit.
Seeing this, the brown haired teen's eyes widen a bit. "Moka-chan what are you doing?" He asked her in concern. "If it's causing you pain, they why would you do something like that?"
Getting herself back together, the pink haired vampire sent a small glare towards the brown haired teen, causing him and the others to look at her in surprise. "This pain you think I'm feeling is nothing compared to what Ichi-kun goes through every day of his life, along with what I caused him four years ago."
"Even though I know I have no reason to say this to you Moka," Gin said; gain the attention of everyone else around him. "I don't think Ichigo would want you to torment me yourself to be able to grasp the pain he has gone through over the four years you two haven't seen each other."
"Don't you think we know this Gin?" Inner Moka replied, looking at the black haired teen with a small smirk on her face. "What you think is pain is not that at all, we're just finally being able to grasp after so long what Ichi-kun as wanted us to see since being able to be with him again."
The black haired witch narrowed her eyes, looking at the two vampires' before her with a cold look in her eyes. "And pray tell what that monster would want you to see?" She asked coldly.
Any other time Moka would have lashed out at this, but she no longer at the time or the patients to deal with either of the people she call friend that hated Ichigo for idiotic reasons. "Too know each other," both simple said.
For a moment, every single person around both vampire's stayed silent, looking at the two with a look of disbelief on their faces. "What the hell do you mean understand each other?" Kurumu cried out in anger, looking at her former friend with narrowed eyes. "You're telling us he wants you to understand him, after just moments when you two met after four years; he tries to kill you without a single ounce of hesitations in his body."
"Shut up Kurumu," Gin stated coldly.
The Succubus stopped for a moment, turning quickly to glare angrily at the black haired werewolf. "Who the hell do you think you are to tell me to shut up you damn bastard?" She snapped, but froze the moment Gin's eyes snapped on her.
"I said SHUT THE FUCK UP SUCCUBUS!" The black haired werewolf roared out, eyes flaring with sliver youki as he stare at the light ocean blue hair girl before him.
Kurumu stepped back a bit, never seeing the werewolf before her act this way. For a while now, she had been getting more worried with every minute that passed between the two. The Succubus didn't know why, but she could feel a dark, almost suffocating dark aura that was slowly increasing in Gin with each day that passed. The more she looked at him, the more she could see that he was changing before her with her even noticing it. The more she thought about it, the more she felt her hatred for Kurosaki began to grow.
"Gin…?" She called out a bit, stepping towards him slowly in worry. "What's wrong with you? Why are you trying to defend that bastard?" She asked, feeling that she had to know the reason why Gin even considered that bastard a friend.
"Just do me a favor Kurumu and shut the fuck up," Gin growled out, looking at the ocean blue haired girl with nothing but anger in her eyes. "You are getting on my nerves with you're constantly babbling on how dangerous and how much of a monster Ichigo is. Maybe, just maybe, if you would just shut the fuck up and try to understand the man a bit better, than you would finally understand a bit on why he turn the way he is right now."
"And why should we Gin?" Tsukune asked, stepping in front of Kurumu and glaring at the black haired werewolf with growing fury in his eyes. "Even though bad things have happen to him, that gives him no reason to threat and kill people the ways he been doing since he's been here."
Gin said nothing, not wanted to deal with any of them any longer. "I have nothing to say to a damn fool like you Tsukune," He stated darkly. "Just put us into the damn hole already, I too wish to see what training Ichigo went through to get as strong has he is."
Not wanted another argument to break out between the group, the green haired fairy nodded, drawing more power into Zangetsu and transporting them into the Shattered Shaft. Moka and the other's tense up a bit, feeling Ichigo's spiritual pressure began to surround them, but it instant vanished within seconds. Looking around they each saw nothing but darkness, but instantly froze once they saw Ichigo glaring upward with his arms tied behind his back. Looking up, they saw the orange haired teen glaring up at the dark blonde haired man that was looking down at Ichigo with an amused look on his face.
"That chain of fate that I cut off is starting to self-consume," Urahara said with the same cold smile on his face. "That is 'corrasion'."
Memory Ichigo said nothing a first, only roaring out in surprise before slamming his body into the ground as hard as he could. "Damn!" He cried out in anger. "Take it off! Hurry up and take this disgusting thing off!"
Urahara looked down at Ichigo with a smirk on his face, causing Tsukune and the others to look at the man with a slight fearful glance on their faces. "That won't do… if I try to stop it…" his eyes grew a bit, giving off an even far darker look than before.
Moka and the other's paused for a moment, hearing what sound like something starting to eat something with a far dark creepy noise to it. Looking towards Ichigo, they each gasped in shock at seeing Ichigo raise his head up and crying out in horror and fear, looking down they could not believe what they were seeing before them. The chain of fate that was connected to Ichigo's chest was slowly eating away at the chain. The pink haired vampire suddenly gasped mentally, feeling a slight pain build in her chest the longer she look on with what was happening to the orange haired teen she cared about. She glared in determination, pushing down the slight pain and pulling herself together as quickly as she could.
"Even I will be eaten"
"….. GAH!" The orange haired teen cried out more, slamming his body into the ground and rolling around in pain.
"Staring from when the chain is cut to enter this stage, usually it will take months to years," Urahara continued, causing Moka and the other's to stare at him with a curious look in their eyes. "However, at the bottom of this Zetsubo no Ana (Hole of Despair), it's filled with a gas that will activate the self-consume process. When you're at the bottom of the Zetsubo no Ana, the time left until the end of the self-consume process…" He looked down at Ichigo with a cold serious gaze, "is at the most seventy-two hours, in other words three days!"
Ichigo bent up a bit, moving his head a bit to look at his sensei with a small but fearful glare on his face. Tsukune and the other's looked on in horror, not believe that Ichigo's own sensei was trying to kill him without any source of hesitations in his decision. None of them understood, was this truly going to be able to change Ichigo back into a shinigami? Or was this blonde haired man before them was just trying to find a way to depose of Ichigo? None of this was giving clear answers onto what they wanted to know. Tsukune on the other hand, just couldn't understand how a sensei of all people could stand there and watch his student be slowly consume like this, it made him feel disgusted just looking at it.
"Before the time is up, please transform into a shinigami and climb back up this hole," He chuckled a bit. "Or the you that has become a hollow… will be destroyed by us." He stated coldly, looking down at Ichigo with a serious gaze in his eyes.
Both the pink haired vampire and sliver haired vampire felt their eyes widen in horror, looking downward towards Ichigo with a look of extreme worry on their faces. This training he was going through was getting out of hand, how could any sensei or teacher do this to their student, then plan to kill them if they end of failing? Just what kind of people had Ichigo been dealing with these past four years? What either of them didn't get was, how could Ichigo turn into a Hollow if that chain was consume? Did it have something to do with the process of becoming a shinigami? They both shook their head and looked on with a still worried look in their eyes.
"What kind of teacher is this?" The black haired witch said, looking up at Urahara with fear and disgust in her eyes. "To put your own student in this type of situation, then plan to kill him if he failed, means that he's not worthy of being called a teacher at all."
Gin said nothing, crossing his arms over his chest and looking at the scene before him with utmost interest in his eyes. From what he seen from the blonde haired man, the black haired werewolf could tell that the man would not just put Ichigo into something like this without believe he could accomplish this feat without fail. "Just as I said before," The others paused for a moment and looked at him with a curious look in their eyes. "If I'm a bit correct with this, we're about to witness a bit of where Ichigo get his willpower from." The others did nothing else but nodded, looking down at Ichigo with interest and some worry in their eyes.
The orange haired teen gasped in air as must as he could, looking up at Urahara with a painful look on his face. "Punk… you want to kill me?!"
Urahara smirked, turning a bit but keeping his gaze on nothing else but the boy meters away from him. "If you give up, then that is what I must do." He said simple, not even bother by anything in the sightless.
For a few minutes, not a single word was spoken between any of the Yokai Academy students. They looked on, watching as what seem like hours seem to past, with it only being a few minutes to them with the help of Lilith and Zangetsu. The sliver haired vampire began to get even more worried, with each passing minute it seems one of the corrasion were being devour. What seem like hours passed, and not a single moment did the orange haired teen tried to move, just looking at the chain connected to his chest with an almost dead like look on his face.
'The fifth 'corrasion' is over.' Moka and the others tense for a moment, but quickly clam themselves remembering that they could hear Ichigo's thoughts with each memory they were able to see. 'Seems like they keep on repeating a few minutes of 'corrasion' a md a few minutes of 'dormant'.' The orange haired teen grunted a bit, picking himself to his knees and glaring at the wall before him. 'During 'corrasion', it's too painful that I can't even move. So I can only try when they are sleeping.' His glare darkens before a roar tore from his throat, causing Moka and the others too look at him in shock. They watched as Ichigo rushed forward, putting his foot on the wall and trying with all his might to run up the wall as quickly as he could. Sadly, his foot slipped, causing him to fall back downward towards the ground below.
"This guy is crazy…" Moka and the others looked up to see a red haired boy and a black haired girl looking down at Ichigo with bored looks on their faces. "With his way, he can't even climb three meters up this almost vertical wall."
"Idiot…" The black haired girl said in a quiet voice
The red haired boy sighed, "Oi!" he called down, causing Ichigo and the other's to look up at him in curiosity. "Are you hungry?"
Tsukune and the others were confused at this, why would Ichigo be hungry all of a sudden? What was the point of asking a question which made no sense to even ask? "How can I be hungry?" The orange haired teen asked, looking at the read haired boy with an annoyed expression on his face. "I'm a soul right now! There's no such thing as hungry the way I am right now you idiot."
The red haired boy smiled nonetheless, like everything that was happening between them was nothing but a game. "That's good. Let me tell you something. If you feel hungry in the soul state, then that's a dangerous sign." Ichigo looked at him with an alarmed expression on his face, which was shared by both vampire's and their daughter who was looking at her father with an worried expression on her face. "That means you'll soon transform into a hollow."
The orange haired teen curse, feeling even more desperate than before this and everything else even started. He stopped moving for a bit, looking around before keeping his gaze directly in the chain that was beginning to eat away at the corrasions again. Minutes passed before the red haired boy suddenly called out, causing Moka and the others too look up to see him bringing a plate of what look like food. Seeing this, the sliver haired vampire glared angrily at the red haired teen, wishing with everything she had that she could kill the little bastard right now. She listening on to the boy to hear him say that more than seventy hours had already passed, causing Moka's eyes to widen in fear as she snapped her gaze back towards the heavily sweating Ichigo laying on inches away from her.
The red haired boy suddenly looked at Ichigo with a dark smirk on his face, seemly enjoying the pain the orange haired teen was going through. "The strength of the last 'corrasion' is stronger than any from before!" He declared.
As soon as the words left the red haired boys mouth, the sliver haired vampire's head snapped back a bit to see the corrasion on the chain beginning to eat away at a much faster rate than before. "All... all the chains…?" Ichigo's eyes widen even more as a hole began to open on his chest. "DAMN IT! You guys come and stop this!" The chain suddenly stopped and Ichigo looked at it with a shock look on his face.
Tsukune and the others were equally shock; they each thought that if the chain was eaten then the orange haired teen before them was going to change into a hollow. But from what they were seeing, not a single thing was happening from what they were seeing before them. The brown haired witch behind Tsukune sighed a bit, looking at the scene before her with a small nervous small on her face. "Well that wasn't what we expected, desu." Yukari said with a small smile in her face, "From-"She was cut off from what she was saying when a massive blast of dark youki suddenly overwhelm each one of their senses completely.
"AAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!" The orange haired teen yelled out in intense pain, causing Moka and the others to look in slight fear and worry. Looking closer, they could see what looked like a bone like mask growing on the right side of Ichigo's face, while the white stuff was filling his mouth and the other side of his face at an alarming rate.
"TOU-SAN!" The sliver haired girl cried out, struggling with all her might to break free from her mother's tight grasped around her waist. "Let go of me Ka-san! We have to help Tou-san."
The pink haired girl said nothing, looking at the scene before her with a worried look in her eyes. She wanted so badly to be able to help, to do something to ease the pain she knew Ichigo was going through at the moment, but she had to force herself to remember that she was watching nothing but a constant memory that the orange haired teen she loved had already gone through. It was hurting more than anything to just stand here and watch what was happening to him, but she needed to trust that he got through everything he face with that same confident smirk he always have on his face.
"You have to carefully watch him..." A familiar voice said, causing the pink haired vampire and the others to look up to see Urahara looking down at Ichigo with a clam gaze in his eyes. "Usually when a person is turning into a hollow, their soul will explode and then regroup. But his order is very random, his body is still the same, however it's starting with the mask." He stood up straight, the same look in his eyes as he looked directly at the orange haired teen. "This represents he is resisting it, there's still a chance of him turning into a shinigami. Let's observe for a little longer and see if he's really transforming into a hollow." The hat over his head covered his eyes a bit, giving him a dark clam look. "Just need… an instant."
The sliver haired vampire said nothing, eyes wide with complete shock as she stared at the blonde haired man above her. This scene was getting out of hand, but she needed to stay focus and believe that Ichigo pulled through this better than she thought. Her heart suddenly pulled, causing her to gasped a bit in pain, looking towards Ichigo she could see him being wrapped in what looked like bandage by the huge man name Tessai sitting meters behind him. From what he was saying, it seems like he was preparing to destroy the orange haired teen completely, trying to stop him just before he transformed into a hollow. His snapped together, causing a dark aura to suddenly form above them.
"What the hell's going on you guys?" Kurumu ask, looking around with a fearful look in her eyes.
Mizore said nothing, looking up with a wide look in her eyes. "I think what the big guy over there just did was summon," She pointed upward, causing the others to look up and gasp in shock at the large object coming towards them at immense speed. "To completely destroy Kurosaki like he said"
Before either of them could say another word, they hear a loud ripping noise tearing through the Shattered Shaft. Looking back, Tsukune and the others gasp in shock and turn white as a sheet once they saw the demonic white and red mask that still hunted their dreams. But before either of them could say anything else, a large explosion suddenly filled the Shattered Shaft, blocking them form the site that caused each of them to stop in fear of being killed for reason they could not reason with. Suddenly they felt the familiar bluish white reiatsu cover their bodies, lifting them into the air and transporting them next to the blonde haired man and the two kids. They looked up seeing the explosion began to climb faster into the air, before what looked like a small human like object to come flying out of the smoke cloud.
The small red haired boy spotted it as well, pointed upward with a surprise look on his face. "Seems like something as come out?!" He cried out in shock. "Is that the kid?" He was about to say something else, but was cut off as the human shape object came slamming down hard meters away from where they were standing.
The pink haired vampire's eyes were wide with shock, looking at the cloud of smoke with a shock look on her face. "Ichi-kun?" She called out softly, feeling her resolve on knowing that this was a memory began to crumble away with each passing second. She could hear the red haired boy calling out to Ichigo, trying to see if the orange haired teen was alive at all. But with each second that passed, the boy receives no answer whatsoever, no matter how many times he called out towards Ichigo.
"Do you…" Mizore trailed off, not really wanting to say what she was thinking at the moment. Her eyes were narrowed a bit, along with her fist being clenched tightly at her sides. "Do you think he change into a hollow?" The other's stayed silent, not really knowing if they could answer that with a correct answer with everything happen around them.
"No," Gin said." He hasn't change into one if that's what you're thinking."
Ruby narrowed her eyes, looking at the werewolf with a slight edge look in her eyes. "How do you know that?" She asked him.
Gin said nothing, not even bothering to turn and face the witch with a look in in his face that told her that he could care less what she thought about him at the moment. All he did was smirk, looking at the cloud of smoke with an amused look in his eyes. A second or so later, the smoke clear, showing what looked like a full robe Ichigo, but what was on his face cause fear to build up in Tsukune and the others. The demonic skull mask was still there, but unlike last time it was fully formed, showing the same dark gaze they remembered from each of their dreams that they still each remembered. They watch as the mouth of the mask open a bit, blowing out a steady stream of mist that seem to shiver down each one of their spines the more they looked on.
Ruby curse a bit, looking back towards the black haired werewolf with narrowed eyes. "I thought you said he wasn't going to change?" She asked darkly. "From what I'm seeing and that masked on his face, he has clearly transformed into one of these Hollow like creatures." She was about to say something else, but she suddenly heard something that sounded like something being smashed to pieces. Looking back, she widen her eyes a bit at seeing Ichigo taking the mask of his face with a confident smirk on his face.
"As I said before Ruby-san," Gin replied, looking at her with an almost dark smirk on his lips. "Don't count that bastard out just yet, he may just surprise you." The black haired witch scoffed at that, folding her arms under her chest and glaring at the scene before her with a small bit of annoyance in her face.
"I already made a promise to myself," The orange haired shinigami said with a dark look in his eyes. "As long as I can leave that damn hole of you're alive! I will and must… kill you!" The pink haired vampire felt a giggle suddenly pass her lips, suddenly feeling a bit relief that Ichigo still had some of the things that she still remembered him by. She looked down a bit, seeing Kumiko in her arms clap her hands together and giggle at her father. Casing her gaze towards Ura-chan, she could see the sliver haired vampire had a smile on her face as well.
Looking at Ichigo with a curious look in his eyes, Urahara frown at the teen before him. "That's okay. With your attitude right now we can proceed straight to the next test!" He smiled a bit, standing to his full height and looking at the orange haired teen a few meters away from him with a look of glee in his eyes. "Talking about the third test, there is no time limits! If you can use your zanpakuto to cut down my hat… it will count as a win."
The instant those words left the blonde haired shop keepers mouth, the orange haired shinigami had cross the distant between them in an instant, causing Moka and the other to rear back in shock. The orange haired teen's wrist twisted a bit, slashing upward with the broken zanpakuto with a powerful slash that tore a piece of Urahara's hat. The blonde haired shop keeper didn't move, only looking up at his hat with a curious gaze on his face. Jumping back a bit, Ichigo held the broken sword up with a wicked smirk on his face.
"Pretty good Ichigo," The blonde haired shop keeper complimented, "Seems like even a broken sword can have such power."
Kurumu looked at the seen in shock, not believe a bit at what she just seen, for a moment she had lost complete sight of where Ichigo was. "Fast," She stated softly, cursing herself mentally for not even noticing him moving.
"Of course, when I get serious it will be even better than this." The orange haired shinigami announced, looking at the man before him with a confident smirk on his fast. "You said I don't have a time limit for this test, well I said I only need five minutes to finish you off."
Gin's eyes narrowed a bit, looking towards the blonde haired man to see his eyes becoming far more dangerous than before. "Is that so?" Grapping onto the cane in his hand, he slowly pulled out what looked like a curve katana from it. "Then I'll give you five minutes; let's see if you'll be able to finish me off."
In the next few minutes, the other's watch as Kurosaki Ichigo was put on the defensive, not being able to make a single cut or attack towards the blonde haired man. Tsukune and the other's eyes seem to widen in astonishment, not thinking that they would ever be able to see the orange haired devil being pushed back by anyone like they were seeing before them. With each attack and speed Urahara use, he would explain and belittle Ichigo in what he was doing, telling him that he was too innocent before doing something that none of them ever seen before.
"Awaken," The blonde haired man stated darkly. "Benihime (Crimson Princess)" The sword before them suddenly glowed crimson, changing form into something that they could say was nothing short of beautiful to all of them. The sword had changed completely, taking the form of a sleek, medium-sized sword. The hilt's grip, which has a gentle black-decorative wrapping, bends forward at the end, with a pommel shaped overlap three times, and a crimson tassel dangling from its base. Instead of a tsuba, there is a U-shape guard covering three inches of blade, with a flower petal design. At the base of the guard is a red string wrapped thrice around the hilt, with a three-loop bow on the back side and a folded paper decoration on the front side. The blade is black with a silver edge, and is somewhat thicker than the cane-sealed state. It remains straight and slim with a somewhat short size, with the tip ending in a slanted razor-like edge instead of tapering to a point.
"What the..." Tsukune said a bit shock, looking at the blade meter away from him in completely shock. "What the hell just happen to his sword?"
"It's called a zanpakuto's second release, or better known as its Shikai (始解, Initial Release) is the second form (or first "upgraded" form) available to a Zanpakutō." Lilith explained, looking at the blade with an awe expression on her face.
"Shikai, desu?" Yukari asked, looking at the green haired fairy with a confused expression on her face. "You mean these zanpakuto could upgrade to stronger and more powerful forms?"
Lilith nodded at this, "Indeed they can Yukari-chan." She responded, confirming Tsukune and the others worse fear. If Ichigo's zanpakuto could release to an even more powerful state than it already was, then they had yet to even see all of his power yet. "A zanpakuto as two release states, it's first being that of Shikai, the next being that of Bankai."
"What is Bankai?" Mizore asked, pulling out another lollipop with a curious look on her face.
"Bankai (卍解, Final Release) is the second and final upgraded form of a Zanpakutō." Lilith explained, "To achieve Bankai, one must be able to materialize and subjugate their Zanpakutō spirit. Materialization means the opposite of getting dragged into the Zanpakutō's inner world. Instead the wielder needs to summon the Zanpakutō's spirit into the physical world. It usually takes 10 years or more to achieve, plus the experience needed to master it."
For some odd reason she didn't know of, Ruby felt a come release of stress build up off her shoulders. If what Lilith said was true, then there was no possible way that Kurosaki had achieved the final release of his zanpakuto. "If everything you say is true," Ruby suddenly spoke up, getting the attention of everyone standing around her. "Than that means that Kurosaki as not yet achieve his Bankai yet?"
If what Lilith said was true, than being able to achieve ones Bankai takes almost a decade to be able to achieve and fully master it. Tsukune and the other's felt a huge weight began to lift off their shoulders, feeling that maybe they still had a slight chance to beat Kurosaki if he went insane on each and every last one off them.
"I never said that," Lilith snapped a bit, looking at the black haired witch with an annoyed express on her face. "I don't know if Kurosaki-sama as a Bankai, but the way his power feels, it's a high possibility that he does have a Bankai."
Tsukune and the others eyes widen, but they kept silent for the moment and looked on to see Ichigo running with all he could from Urahara. From what they were seeing, it looked like Ichigo was running away with fear in his eyes, but that was not the case. The sliver haired vampire could clearly see the frustration in his eyes, along with a small drop of fear being welled up deep with them. She clenched her fist a bit, feeling the desire to try to help the orange haired teen as best as she could, but she had to keep reminding herself that this was nothing but a memory. Ichigo had already gone through all this, and seeing him before her today, she knew he had mange to pull through it.
"Why are you running?" A wise voice suddenly called out, causing Moka and the other's to snap out of their thoughts. They each paused for a moment, looking towards Ichigo to see a tall man standing just inches before him with a clam look in his eyes. The man appears as a tall Ichigo, lean-built, and stoic middle-aged man. He has pale skin, high cheekbones, stubble, and long ragged black hair with brown highlights. His attire consists of a tattered white dress shirt with an upturned collar and cuffs, black pants, low-heeled boots, and a long, amorphous black overcoat with a burgundy highlight that flares out into ragged ends. He wears brown-tinted, semi-transparent wraparound sunglasses. "Ichigo…"
The orange haired teen's eyes widen, feeling some kind of force overwhelming him for a brief second. Moka and the others looked behind him to see the tall man standing behind Ichigo, the same clam almost cold look in his eyes as he looked on towards Ichigo. "You still haven't called me." He stated, the voice starting to overwhelm even Moka and the others. "Look forward Ichigo, you should finally be able to hear now. The thing that covered up your ears is… the worthless emotion of fear."
The orange haired teen suddenly stopped running, not moving an inch from where he was standing. Without warning, a suddenly strong blast of wind almost knock each of them off their feet, causing Moka and the other to have to shield their eyes a bit to see. Looking towards Ichigo, they could still see the black haired standing in front of Ichigo, with the same clam almost cold like look on his face.
"There is only one enemy that stands before you, and you are also alone." The black haired middle-aged man said, "What are you afraid of? Forget that fear. Look forward. Walk forth. Never ever stop." The old man suddenly glared forward, flaring his left arm out in what looked like anger. "Turning back will only get old! Cowardice will only cause Death! Say it."
The orange haired teen suddenly crouched low, settling himself in what looked like a Kendo stance from what Moka and the others could see. The powerful wave of wind started to get stronger; pushing each of them back a bit the more Ichigo stood that way. None of them knew what was happening; all they could tell was that everything that was happening was being caused by no one else but the orange haired teen before them. This familiar pressure was building up again, seemly building in the pink haired vampire's chest, ready to explode at any given moment.
"MY NAME IS…"
The orange haired teen glared backwards towards the blonde haired shop keeper with an almost murderous gaze in his eyes. He sifted upward, pulling his right arm forward which started to unleash an overwhelming amount of bluish white youki around them. For instant, the sliver haired vampire could only look into the chocolate brown eyes which she care so much about, which was glowing a bright bluish white. "ZANGETSUUUUUUUUUU!"
As soon as that name release itself from the orange haired shinigami's mouth, a powerful almost suffocating youki suddenly slammed into each of them. A second later, the entire area suddenly grew dark; the only light seem to be coming from where Ichigo was standing. Moka and the other's cried out, cover their eyes a bit just to see Urahara step sideways, dodging what look like a slash of pure energy that tore through the ground. Second began to passed, giving Moka and the others time to be able to pick themselves up, looking at the scene before them with nothing but astonishment on each of their faces. Tsukune and the others still could not believe what they were seeing, releasing that much energy at what looked like his age should be almost impossible to be able to accomplish.
"How is he able to release so much energy at his age?" Ruby asked, looking at the scene before her with a fearful look in her eyes. "From what I can guess, he only looks fifteen. But from what I can feel from him now, he releases more energy than a B-class Youkai."
"WHAT?" Kurumu cried out, looking at the black haired witch with a look that clearly said she didn't believe a word she had just heard from her. "Even I have to admit that Kurosaki's strong, but there's no way possible that he could release more youki than a B-class Youkai with only the release of this Shikai of his."
Ruby shook her head a bit, covering her right hand with her forehead. She still could believe what she was seeing before her, if everything that was happening was true in these memories, then the chances of them even having a chance to stop Kurosaki was slipping with each passing second. She narrowed her eyes a bit, looking at the large zanpakuto stabbed next to Lilith with a cold gaze in her eyes.
'So that's what you're doing,' the black haired witch thought to herself, keeping a slight gaze on the huge zanpakuto. 'Trying to show us memories which you think will cause fear to build up within each of us. It's a good plan to do, but you're clearly underestimating each of us if you think we're just going to give up that easily. Even though I don't consider that foolish vampire a friend after what she did to Tsukune-kun, if he wants to save her from that mad man then I will follow him where ever he goes.'
Clearing her thought on the matter, she glared forward with a dark gaze in her eyes. The only think she had on her mind at the current moment was that after she finished looking at each of Kurosaki's memories, she had to tell Mikogami-sama about the info she had gathered about the orange haired teen. Even though he was friends with the boy's parents, even the Headmaster had to agree that the boy was nothing more than a ticking time bomb ready to be unleashed upon the world. From what she had witness and the growing power she had yet to witness, she could honestly say that the orange haired shinigami could be a force more deadly than even that of Alucard. They needed to be able to come up with something fast to be able to stop him at any given moment, just before he loses complete control of himself and tries to kill everyone in his sight.
"That blade in his hands," Tsukune suddenly said with a shock look on her face. Snapping out of her thoughts, the black haired witch looked towards Ichigo with an equally shock look on her face, not believing what she was seeing being wielded by the teen. "Can you even call that thing…a katana?"
The Shikai form of Zangetsu resembles an oversized Khyber knife instead of a formal katana. It has no tsuba and no proper hilt; from what they were seeing the orange haired teen was holding nothing but a cloth-wrapping around what seem to be the hilt. The blade was pure black; with a sliver edge that seems to glow brightly for a reason not a single one of them could tell. Ichigo was still not moving for a bit; a second later he stood tall, grabbing the blade with a tight grip in his right hand. A frown was edge on his face, but they no longer had a single once of fear in his eyes as he stare at the blonde haired shop keeper before him.
"Something as happen to him," Mizore said, looking at the orange haired teen with an almost interesting looking in her blue colored eyes.
Kurumu looked confused for a moment, looking at her friend with a curious gaze in her deep purple eyes. "What do you mean something as happen to him Mizore? " She asked.
"The fear he had in his eyes a moment ago is completely gone," The light purple haired girl said, still not removing her gaze from where Ichigo was standing. "He seems more confident, more powerful than he was just a few seconds ago." She smirked a bit, which caught many of the others with surprise. "Is this what it feels like to release ones Shikai?" The others didn't know if they could answer that, so each of them decided to stay quiet and look on.
Urahara chuckled a bit, catching the others to look towards his direction to see what he was suddenly laughing at. "You're zanpakuto as finally appeared! Let's officially start… test three."
"Sorry Urahara-san…" The orange haired teen said softly, looking at the blonde haired man before him with a cold gaze in his eyes. "You will have to hide well."
Urahara looked confused, "What?" He asked.
"I think," The remaining cloth that remained on the orange haired teen's right arm seem to explode into pieces. He raised the large cleaver up above him, causing a strong wind to suddenly form around his body. "I will not hold back."
The blonde haired shop keeper's eyes widen in alarm, holding out his zanpakuto in a defensive stance. "Scream Benihime!" He shouted, just before the entire area was covered in a blinding flash of light.
"Kayaa?!" Yukari screamed, cover her eyes just before the blinding flash of light almost blinded her completely. The young brown haired witch could honestly say she was scared, she could honestly say that she never thought that Kurosaki could be this powerful. Her fear began to increase even more, was it possible that the orange haired teen didn't even show his full power yet? Could they really stop him if it really came to it? She honestly couldn't say they could.
Once the dust clear, Tsukune and the others looked in front of them to see a bucket at slamming into the ground, with a large cut just between where the eyes should be. Looking upward, they saw Urahara standing behind what looked like a shield made of crimson like energy. "If it wasn't for Chikasumi no Tate (Blood Mist Shield), then I have no doubt in my mind that I would have lost an arm with that attack." He chuckled a bit, picking his hat up a brushing it off a bit. "Really… even the hat is damaged severely as well." He put his hat back on. Fixing it the way he like it before staring at Ichigo with an interesting look on his face. "However… I didn't expect just one swing to be this powerful… Kurosaki-san you are one scary kid." He looked back a bit, looking at the giant slash mark with a smirk on his face. "You have passed… test three!"
"How the hell…" Gin said slowly, looking at the immense cut into the ground caused by Ichigo slashing the ground. "With just one slash of his zanpakuto, he was able to curve through most of this area." The others said nothing, looking at it with an equal amount of shock on their faces as well. They each could not believe it, with just one swing of his sword he mange to tear almost the whole area to pieces. But before they could say anything else, the familiar bluish white reiatsu suddenly cover their bodies again. Second later, they seem to appear in what look like a different location from where they once were just seconds ago.
The place was huge from where Tsukune, Moka and the others were standing from, making it look like they were in a new high section in some other country. Most of the place was white, covered by what looked like white tiles and a heavy fog being place over the place. None of them said anything, just picking up the detail of the large tower that stood off in the distance. For some reason that not a single one of them could get, they were getting a bad feeling just looking at the tower, like something was going to happen there the more they looked into Kurosaki's memories. The tower for some reason just gave them each a feeling of death, going there would mean certain death no matter what the tried to do to stop it from happening to them.
Renji…" A familiar rage filled voice called out. Moka and the other's paused for a moment, turning to look at the orange haired teen staring off into the distance, next to the long flit of stairs that were heading off towards the tower. "Abarai"
"Abarai Renji, desu?" Yukari said a bit confused. "I wonder who that could be."
Kurumu looked at the small witch with an annoyed expression on her face, "how do you think we're supposed to know something like that?" She asked.
Yukari blushed a bit in embarrassment, feeling that she had made a mistake that the ocean blue haired Succubus beside her would normally do. "No one asked you milky cow!" Yukari yelled out, looking at the older girl before her with an annoyed expression on her face.
"You two really need to know when to pick a time to start on of those little fights of your," Gin said with a small sighed passing through his lips. Pausing from her little fight with the small brown haired witch, Kurumu looked at Gin for a moment before turning back towards the scene before her. For some odd reason she couldn't tell, she felt glad that the black haired werewolf was glaring at her like he would usually.
"That's unexpected. You even remember my name…" A ruff voice replied. Pausing in what they were doing, Gin and the other's turn to see a crimson haired man walking down the stair with what seem like glass on his upper head. He was dress in a shihakusho, with a zanpakuto strapped at the right side of his sash. He had a cold smirk on his, directing his on no a single person but the orange haired teen that stood before him. "You have a good memory."
"Thanks for the compliment." The orange haired teen slightly growled, not letting his eyes leave a single trace of the man standing yards away from him.
Ruby smirked a bit, looking at the scene with the utmost interest in her eyes. "That kind of new for me to see from Kurosaki," She stated. "From what it seems, he seems to have a grudge or some history with the person standing before him."
"That's the man that took papa friend!" Kumiko said in a soft voice, finally speaking up after so long. The other reared back a bit in shock, looking at the girl with interest on how she would know something like that.
Fixing her little girl in her arms a bit, the pink haired vampire look at her daughter with a somewhat knowing look in her eyes. "How do you know that Kumiko-chan? Did someone tell you?" Outer Moka asked.
The small sliver haired girl shook her head a bit, getting a shock look out of both the pink and sliver haired vampire's. "I really don't know how momma," She honestly said. "I think it's papa's big sword that's telling me everything that you don't know."
Could that be possible? That zanpakuto that was connected to Ichigo's soul, could it have been giving Kumiko answers on things she did and wanted to know? It seems quite possible to be able to do. There were still so many things that the sliver haired vampire didn't know about shinigami, things that would benefit her in the future to learn about. She scoffed a bit, tossing those thoughts aside and focusing on what matter the most right now. If Ichigo's zanpakuto was giving Kumiko answers, then she was being able to get those answers from the blade because she held a huge part of is blood within her.
"Who… who is this guy…?" A ruff but scared voice broke out. "Compared to the guys we've met before… he has a totally different pressure." They looked back a bit, looking to see a ruff looking teen or man standing inches behind Ichigo with a scared look on his face. The man was tall muscular man with chin-length black hair and partially missing left eyebrow. He wears a vest, scarf, bandanna and pair of goggles.
"That person is… Abarai Renji…" A small scared teen voice called out inches away from the tall muscular man's side. The teen is a short male shinigami with blue eyes and chin-length black hair, with bangs framing the side of his face. He wears a standard shihakusho with a looked like a Fourth Division medical kit worn over his shoulder. Just like the man on his side, Moka and the others watch as he began shaking at a must worse state. "Lieutenant of the Sixth Division…..."
"He seems a bit scared," Mizore said as she looked on. "Was bringing people that can't fight at all to rescue someone, a really good idea?"
"Seems like Kurosaki Ichigo isn't really known to be smart," Ruby stated with the same cold look in her eyes. "From what Kisuke Urahara said in the last memory we saw, and from what I have read in notes that contained a little of what the Soul Society is about. It is a military force built on thousands upon thousands of shinigami, each run by Taicho (Captain), and that of Lieutenants (Vice-Captain)." She snorted a bit, "To think he would go into something like that so large without any source of huge back up that could fight." Her reddish brown eyes glared directly at both vampires'. "Seems like you're boyfriend you care so much about, will be walking straight towards his death."
The sliver haired vampire glared murderously at the witch, feeling her patients with her began to slip with each passing second that seem to pass. "I suggest witch, that if you wish to live as long as you have planned, that you will learn when to keep silent." She growled out, her blood red eyes flaring for a moment. Ruby glared at the sliver haired vampire, she was about to respond but a sudden pressure slamming into them made each of them stop, turning back they could see the red haired man getting closer towards Ichigo and the others with him.
"LIEUTENANT?!" The bandana wearing man cried out, gritted his teeth together in fear and anger.
Ruby chuckled at that, giving a brief glance towards the sliver haired vampire. "Seems like that little boyfriend of your is about to be beat to near death, or just killed." She stated, looking back towards the scene before her. The sliver haired vampire said nothing, only looking at the dark brown haired witch with a dark look in her eyes.
"I'm really surprised…" The man known as Renji said with a slight sneer in his voice. "I always thought that you had been killed by Captain Kuchiki's attack."
Ichigo gave no responds, only stepping forwards and began walking towards the man before him. Seeing this, the tall muscular man tried to grab onto the orange haired teen, but he pulled loose and kept walking towards the red haired lieutenant. "Don't go there Ichigo!" The man growled out a bit, trying to stop the boy from being killed. "You can't hope to be able to beat a lieutenant-class shinigami."
"I don't know how you survived." The red haired lieutenant-class shinigami said, "But it is very impressive, which is worth complimenting."
Standing behind Tsukune and the others, the black haired werewolf could feel his excitement being to overwhelm his senses almost completely. Even if it was only a couple of minutes ago, he had been waiting for so long to see what Ichigo could do now since he training with the blonde haired shop keeper who trained him. He watched on, not let a single movement leave passed his eyes as he looked as both continue to step towards one another. "Let's see what you could do during this time," Gin said, smirking a bit. "Kurosaki Ichigo."
"However, it's all over for you know." Renji stated darkly, grabbing the dark hilt of his zanpakuto. The blade screamed out of the sheath, almost glowing red in the mist as they stepped closer and closer together. "I said this before; I will kill the one that stole Rukia's power." In an instant, he took off in a sprint, rushing towards Ichigo with speed that neither Tsukune nor the other's thoughts was his actual true speed. "If you're still alive, then Rukia's powers cannot be restored." He growled out
The orange haired teen felt his rage began to boil over, grabbing the makeshift hilt on his blade and breaking into a sprint. "Back then, didn't you take her away because you wanted to kill her?!" He growled out darkly. "What's the point of saying something like that now?!" The black huge clever fell loose, falling into both of the orange haired teen's hands, "I must KEEP MOVING FORWARD!"
Renji smirked darkly at that, flaring his arm out and setting himself in a stance neither Tsukune nor the other's known of. "That will depend on… if you can defeat me or not?!" The dark smirked on the red haired shinigami's face seem to grow even darker. "Come, if you have the guts! Don't you… like to risk your life?" Ichigo's eyes narrowed, but he didn't let a single comment passed through his lips. The orange haired shinigami roared a bit and lashed out, slamming his blade together with the red haired man's blade with immense force.
A large shockwave tore through the area, blowing a fierce could of smoke that cover the top portion of Tsukune and the other's lower half. The pink haired vampire didn't moving, only closer her eyes a bit and looking at the scene before her with a worried look in her eyes. From what she was seeing, this wasn't going to be a battle that Ichigo was going to be able to walk out of without scares on his body. She closed her eyes a bit, giving a silent pray to anyone that could hear her that the orange haired teen made it out of this fight okay. She open her eyes a bit just in time to see both Renji and Ichigo jumping towards each other, roaring out in fury before slamming their blades together, causing another fierce shockwave to blast outwards around them.
"I must admit," The ocean blue haired girl said, with a small look of awe on her face. "I really haven't seen fighting like this before, just by clashing their able to create huge shockwaves of wind and dust." She swallowed a bit in fear, "just how powerful can a shinigami become?" Lilith sighed a bit, catching the other's attention at this.
"What's wrong Lilith-san?" The brown haired teen asked, looking at the small fairy with a curious gaze in his eyes.
Lilith shook her head a bit, "it's nothing Tsukune-san." She replied, "it's just that to answer your question Kurumu-san, it's just no possible to answer it fully."
Ruby looked at the green haired fairy, narrowing her eyes a bit in small fearing at knowing what the fairy would say. "What do you mean?" She asked. "Are you telling me there's no limit to a shinigami's power?"
The green fairy shook her head at that, causing a small sigh of relief to pass through Tsukune and the others. "I never said something like that Ruby-san," The green haired fairy said. "But no once did I either deny it either."
"….What?" Yukari shook out in shock fear. "So what you're saying could be true about knowing a limit to a shinigami's power, desu?"
The green haired fairy didn't let a single trace of words past through her lips, causing the other's around her to look at her in fear. If what she was saying was true, then there was no telling how powerful Kurosaki Ichigo could become if someone didn't stop him before he did. It wasn't that either of them wanted him to be killed; it was far from something like that. Tsukune and the others were just worried more than anything, of the high possibility that the orange haired shinigami just might lose his mind. If something like that did happen, then the high possibly of their families coming into danger was higher than each of them had thought.
The dark brown haired witch on the other hand, was far more scared than the others. Before what the small green haired fairy had explained to them, Ruby thought that the Youkai world still had a strong chance to be able to beat or possibility kill the crazed shinigami if he ever lost it. But if what Lilith said was true, than that chance of even stopping him was slipping through the water the more they waited. Her mind still had a hard time to process something like that; it just wasn't possible for something like this to be a small chance to be true. How could a race of beings be this strong? Now she was finally figuring out why even the San Kurai Daimyo (Three Dark Lords) were almost no match for them either. She had to tell Mikogami-sama this; he had to know something like this after she was finish watching Kurosaki Ichigo's memories.
Ruby felt a curse falling from her lips, looking at the scene before her with a small but fearful glare on her face. 'Kurosaki Ichigo as already given off chances of being someone who does not care who he hurts to get towards this revenge of his. If he loses control of his power, then it's going to be a chance that he's going to kill all of us.'
"Let me ask you…" A ruff dark voice said. "How do you plan of saving Rukia?"
Snapping out of each of their individual thoughts, they look to the far side of the open area to see Ichigo and Renji on the far side of the area, slammed together on the side of the cliff, looking directly into each other's eyes. Casing their eyes to the side a bit, they could see a long trail of smoke that was left, indicating that Ichigo must have pushed Renji into the cliff. Standing behind Tsukune and the other's, the black haired werewolf smirked in intense excitement. He had seen what happen, and he couldn't help but be impressed at what he had just seen.
"…How to save her?" The orange haired shinigami asked, looking at the red haired man with a confused look on his face.
Renji smirked a bit, looking at the orange haired teen with an arrogant smirk on his face. "Even if you defeat me now, there's still eleven more Vice-Captain's. And above that, there's Thirteen Captains." His glare turns murderous, pushing his blade back a bit. "Unless you can defeat all of us, there's no way you can save Rukia. Are you sure you can do it?"
The atmosphere around Tsukune and the others were tense, not allow either of them let a single word past through their lips. They were bath in it, wondering just what kind of responds Kurosaki Ichigo was going to give to prove to them a bit just what kind of man he was before they met him. From what Moka had said about the orange haired shinigami, he was a somewhat kind person to anyone that needed protecting from anyone. Maybe it was hard to get along with him a bit because of his punkish attitude, but throwing that entire thing aside he was one of the kindest people you could meet. Tsukune and the other's just found that hard to believe, they wanted to see with their own eyes what kind of person Kurosaki Ichigo truly was before everything happen to him.
"Of course…"
Tsukune, Kurumu, Yukari, Mizore, and Ruby eyes widen in astonishment
The orange haired teen glared murderously at the red haired man before him, eyes filled with nothing but a fierce determination that scared even them. "How many Captains there are? And how many Vice-Captains there are? WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ME?" Ichigo roared out in fury. "I'LL FIGHT'EM NO MATTER WHAT! IF THEY DARE TO TRY AND STOP ME, THEN I'LL DEFEAT THEM ALL!"
'… You didn't change,' the pink haired vampire thought, looking at the scene before her with a small bit of tears falling from her eyes. She had been foolish from the start, for some reason in her mind she had always thought Ichigo had change. After everything that happen between them four years ago, and taking his daughter away from him, she had always thought that she had a small dealing in why he was the way he was now. But none of that true, the orange haired teen she had fallen in love with had remained the same no matter what had happen to him. That fierce protectiveness to protect what he cared about would always be there within him, no matter how much he would change on the outside.
"We were," Outer Moka glance to her side a bit to see Ura-chan looking at the scene before her with a small smile on her face. "Foolish, weren't we?"
A small chocked sobbed passed through the pink haired vampire's lips, 'yes we were Ura-chan." Looking back towards what was happening, they could see the red haired shinigami glaring at Ichigo with cold fury in his eyes.
"… What is this?" He asked with an annoyed dark look on his face. "Where does your confidence come from? With only one or two life and death battles, you think you can handle anything?" His eyes suddenly gain a darker look to it, causing a small amount of worry in both vampires'. "Or is it that you zanpakuto is different?"
"Something's wrong," Mizore said with narrowed eyes.
Glancing back at her friend, Yukari asked. "What do you mean by that Mizore-chan, desu?" Slightly filled with wonder with what the Yuki-Onna was saying.
"He seems too confident," The Yuki-Onna answer with a cold look in her eyes. "Even after being overpowered and push into the wall, he seems not to have a single once of worry on his face." Crossing her arms over her chest, she continued. "That look in his eyes seems to be filled with power, knowing that he's going to win no matter what."
The brown haired teen was confused, not getting a bit of what his light purple haired friend was saying. "What do you mean by that Mizore-chan?" Tsukune asked.
"What she means," Gin said, stepping up with a narrowed look in his eyes. "Is that bastard is hiding a lot of his power."
Kurumu narrowed her eyes a bit, looking at the black haired werewolf with a small bit of interest in her eyes. "What do you mean baka wolf?" She asked.
"What I mean Succubus," The black werewolf growled out a bit. "Is that this fight we're watching is about to get a lot more intense." The other's said nothing, turning back towards the fight with an intense look in their eyes.
"Can it be that with that little improvement in strength…?" Renji said with an intense look in his eyes, pushing the orange haired shinigami back with each word he spoke. "That you've become this much arrogant?"
The slash almost came too fast for them not be able to see, causing the other's to tense up a bit in shock at what they were seeing. The only think they were able to pick up was a blur; the next was the orange haired shinigami flying through the air. Looking back towards the red haired shinigami, they saw him look at Ichigo with a dark look in his eyes. Pulling his blade over his head a bit, the red haired man put his left hand on the flat end of his zanpakuto, with the thumb on the other flat side. Renji's eyes narrowed even further, and his zanpakuto began to glow a bright red.
"Roar," Renji growled out. "ZABIMARU (Snake Tail)!" his blade pushed forward over the blade, causing Moka and the others to look at the blade in shock.
"What the hell?!" Gin said with a shock look on his face.
"His zanpakuto," The brown haired teen said in shock.
"It changed form?!" Yukari cried out.
The zanpakuto's name, Zabimaru had change form from what any of the others thought possible. The blade no longer resembled anything they had seen, Zabimaru had transformed into an even longer 6-part segmented blade; each segment is wider than the one preceding it from the hilt, with 2 pick-like protrusions on the front and back of each segment, with the ones on the front much longer than the ones on the back. The next thing they even knew, the red haired swung the whip like zanpakuto with immense force towards the still air born Ichigo. The orange haired shinigami curse and pulled Zangetsu in front of him, blocking Zabimaru with the flat side of his huge cleaver. The whip like blade slammed into Zangetsu and Ichigo and to the amazement of Moka and the others, began pushing Ichigo back with immense force.
'… It,' they heard the orange haired teen thought with anger. 'It won't stop?' Was the last thing they hear before the orange haired teen was slammed into the large building. Both vampire's tense up, feeling their desire to help the man they care for try to overwhelm their common sense right now. It was painful, no matter how much they try to tell themselves it was still painful to see Ichigo be hurt like this.
"Ichigo!?" The bandana wearing muscular man called out, with a fearful look on his face.
"Ichi…" The black haired shinigami called out in worry, looking at the large hole with a look of fear on his face. "…Ichigo-san?"
Renji twitch a bit, calling back the whip like blade with a small flick of his wrist. "Seems like…" He started, walking forward with a dark look on his face. "You thought you understood my abilities after just one fight with me…" He held his right hand close to his face, looking at his zanpakuto for a moment as the last segment snapped back in place. "Let me tell you. When Vice-Captains and the higher shinigami's go to the World of the Living, in order to not cause unnecessary disturbances to the souls in the living world, we try very hard to suppress our power."
Tsukune sighed a bit, looking at the scene before him with a familiar look on his face. "So the last time those two fought before this," He began. "That Renji guy was holding back a lot of his power?"
Mizore nodded a bit, looking at the brown haired teen with a small smile on her face. "That what it seems like Tsukune-kun." She answered
"As the wolf said before you guys," Kurumu said speaking up. "This fight is about to get a lot more intense." Not disagreeing with the ocean blue haired girl, they all turn back to see the red haired shinigami smirking darkly at the huge hole Ichigo's body is in.
"Right now my power is five times stronger than when we last met!" He announced, the smirk growing with each passing second. "Doesn't matter how strong you are, it's close to impossible for you to beat me." The grin on his face faded, giving off a more serious battle harden look.
"Hm!" A familiar confident voice said. "So you're saying, right now this is your real strength?" Moka and the other paused for a moment, looking towards the hole with a small bit of shock on their faces. "To me, you're attacks are totally… ineffective!" said Ichigo stepping out of the hole with his zanpakuto on his shoulder. The sliver haired vampire winced a bit, looking at the blood on the left side of Ichigo face with a worried look on her face. "Thank you very much for the information! If there's 11 more guys like you, then I think I should be able to handle them."
Renji grinned, but it was filled with bloodlust and rage in it. "You bastard…"
"Ichi…" The ruff looking man said with a small bit of worry in his eyes.
The small black haired shinigami looked at the orange haired teen with immense worry, "Ichigo-san…?" He shuttered out. "Are… are you okay?" Ichigo didn't answer him, only keeping his gaze only on the red haired shinigami a couple of feet away from him. "Amazing…simple amazing!" He stutters out, "He can still stand after taking a direct hit from Zabimaru?" He gulped in amazement. "It's unbelievable."
Moka and the others didn't agree with nothing the black haired shinigami said, they could see the damage done from that one blow. The orange haired shinigami was barely standing; only seem to be standing by sheer willpower only. It was still hard to believe that he was standing, a blow like that would have been able to knock or kill either of them if it would have been a direct hit. Tsukune and the others could understand why he was pushing so far, would could be the point of doing something like this? Di he truly care for this Rukia girl? It seemed hard to believe from what they saw from the orange haired shinigami. Tsukune kind of understood what Ichigo was trying to do, from the experiences he went through since coming to Yokai Academy.
He took a moment to glance at the pink haired vampire, feeling a small smile spread across his face. He couldn't stand here and lie about a single thing, ever since he met the pink haired beauty he had been in some of the wildest adventures. Since meeting her, the brown haired teen had almost died more times than he could count after meeting all the different Youkai that wanted to kill him for being human. But he wouldn't change a minute of any of it, if none of it never happen to him, he never would have met or fell in love with the pink haired vampire. He clenched his fist a bit; maybe just a bit he could understand what Kurosaki Ichigo truly was.
'Damn…' The orange haired teen thought, letting Moka and the others hear his thoughts. 'Everything is so blurry, that hit was too damn strong… I can hardly stand… I lost a lot of blood in the fight against Ikkaku…' He clenched his teeth in frustration, 'Damn it stop shaking…! Damn'
"This fight is over." Ruby stated, "He can barely stand."
Hearing this, the small sliver haired vampire growled at her. "Stop talking about my PAPA like that?!" Kumiko snapped with fury. "My dad will win, no matter what you or anyone else says!"
Turning towards the small sliver haired girl, reddish brown eyes held nothing but coldness in them. "You're too small to know what a fight like this is like little one," She stated.
The sliver haired girl ignored her, only giving her a fierce look of determination in her eyes. "My dad will win," She vowed with a dark look in her eyes.
Looking at the small sliver haired girl for a couple of seconds, the dark brown haired witch could not help but scoffed at her ignorance. No matter how much fate and confidence you have in the people you care about, it was not going to make them suddenly win a fight out of the blue. No matter how much they struggled, winning was a matter of skill and experience over the person they were fighting. Her master, lady Oyakata taught this, and no matter what happen she was not going to forget it. A small but low growl fell from her lips, indicating the small bit of fury that was going through her body.
Looking at the witch from the corner of her eyes, the pink haired vampire felt a small bit of rage build up within her heart. Outer could honestly say that she never really hated anyone; no matter what they did to her she could never come to hate them for what they did. But those limits that she had built up over the years were being push, seemly testing her to unleash every ounce of hate and fury she had onto the dark brown haired witch. From where she was standing, Ruby had no right whatsoever to tell her daughter something like that about her father.
She shook her head a, tossing those thoughts aside for a moment and focusing on the battle that stood only yards or so away from her. Even though she didn't want to admit it, she could see what Ruby was saying was a bit true from where they were standing. This fight did look like it was over, the orange haired teen she cared about right now looked like he could barely stand or move for that matter. The only think that seem to be keeping him standing was that vow he made to save Rukia from her execution. Her emerald eyes widen a bit, feeling that small bit of jealously began to weld up again in her chest.
'I need to stop it,' Outer Moka all but shouted at herself. 'I have no right to feel jealous over what Ichi-kun has been doing over the years, he move on from me during that time for the better.' Her eyes gained a sad look at them, glancing over her shoulder and staring at Tsukune for a brief moment. 'just like I did, so I could get away from the pain of what I did to him four years ago.'
"…HAH…" A ruff familiar voice laughed out, snapping the pink haired girl out her thoughts. Outer Moka glanced back, looking just in time to see the red haired shinigami began to sprint towards a still unmoving Ichigo. "Is it really okay to talk in the beginning when you can't even stand up straight after just one hit…?" Renji mocked, blurring forward. He disappeared for a moment, causing Moka and the other's eyes to widen in shock. Looking up a bit, they saw Renji in mid-swing, zanpakuto swinging around his body and aiming for an immense blow. "IT'S OVER?!"
As soon as the whip like zanpakuto made contact with the large building behind the orange haired shinigami, the entire building to collapse. Moka and the others tense a bit, watching on in intense silent as the brutal battle continues to go on. Renji roared out in bloodlust, pushing Zabimaru across the building and destroy more section on which every part the zanpakuto came in contact with. Seconds later, they watch as the orange haired shinigami jumped out of the falling debris, glaring angrily at the red haired shinigami. He tense up a bit, stopping in mid run and turning directly towards an air board Renji that swung down upon him with intense strength.
Another small explosion happening, tearing up another large section of the wide building that cornered them in a small area. Smoke cleared a bit, showing Ichigo breathing heavily and dodging each blow that came his way the best way he could. The orange haired teen cursed a bit, blurring forward and slashing down upon the red haired shinigami with an overhead strike that tore a good portion of the building up. Seeing it coming, Renji stepped back a bit, dodging the blow by mere inches and swinging out again, forcing Ichigo to jump back a bit to dodge Zabimaru.
Moka and the other's said nothing; each of them could clearly see who was winning the battle before them. The sliver haired vampire clenched her fist a bit, glaring at the intense battle with a worried look in her eyes. She didn't want to say, but from what she was seeing Ichigo was losing this battle badly no matter what he tried. The red haired shinigami he's fighting was skilled in using that whip-like blade, giving not a single moment of hesitation for Ichigo to come in a strike. But even with knowing the odds that staked up against him, the orang haired teen did not oo like he was going to give up no matter what happen to his body.
"…Not good," The black haired shinigami said, eyes filled with nothing but fear as he looked at the fight mere inches away from him. "He is being over-whelmed… fighting a Vice-Captain is really like this?"
'This doesn't look good for him from what I'm seeing," Kurumu said. "I just can't understand, why doesn't he just give up?"
Gin grunted out a bit in disgust, looking at the ocean blue haired girl with a small once of fury in his eyes. "Don't do something dumb and try to understand it," He said with a dark look in his eyes. "It's something that you probably would never understand."
Snapping her head back, the Succubus felt a small growl passed through her lips. "What do you mean by that baka wolf?" She asked. "You're talking like you know what it means?"
Gin smirked, "its call pride you dumbass." He answered her, "No matter what happens to his body, mind, or soul, he will never give up on fighting this guy."
Mizore snorted, stepping up a bit and looking at the black haired werewolf with an annoyed expression on her face. "Pride?" she called out. "You think he's doing this just because of his pride?" She scoffed a bit. "From what I'm seeing this has nothing to do with pride! All he seems to be doing his trying with all he has to try and survive."
"He vowed"
Pausing in the argument they were having, Tsukune turn around a bit to see the pink haired vampire staring at the fight in front of her with a strong look of determination, but each of them could see that she was barely being able to hold back the tears.
"What do you mean by that?" Ruby asked, looking at the pink haired vampire with a small once of interest in her eyes. "He vowed? What does that have to do with him about to die right now?"
Snapping her head towards the dark brown haired witch, outer Moka sent a furious glare her way that made Ruby rear back in shock. "As I said before any of this every happen," She began. "You know nothing of Ichi-kun and the things he would do to protect the people he cares about. The only thing you can think of is what he is now, the things you have seen him done that you view him as a monster."
"And why should Ruby-san not, desu?" Yukari asked, stepping forward a bit with a serious gaze in her eyes. Tsukune and the others were a bit shock at this, never really seeing the small witch so serious before. "Or any of us for that matter Moka-chan?"
"Because you don't know a single thing about him, or what he is capable of when he as nothing on his mind but to protect the people he has vowed to." The pink haired girl answered with the same serious look in her eyes.
Yukari closed her eyes a bit, taking in a small deep breath before looking back towards the pink haired vampire. "You keep giving us the same respond about us not knowing him," She stated. "But maybe it's that he as giving us no reason to try and know him."
"What do you mean by that," Outer Moka asked with a slight growl in her voice
The dark purple haired witch winced a bit, hating the fact that the girl that stood before her that she cared so much about would talk to her like that. "I know what you're trying to say and do Moka-chan, but" She closed her eyes a bit as tears began to build up in her eyes. "But why don't you see what we're going through?" She opens her eyes widely, causing the pink haired vampire to look at her in shock.
Something was wrong here, and the pink haired vampire could see it the way the small witch was looking at her. She felt her heart clenched a bit staring at the small witch, feeling just a small bit of hat the girl was trying to tell her. Maybe she was right, maybe for so long trying to get the other's to try and understand what Ichigo was feeling, she forgot to try and make the orange haired teen try to understand what her friends were feeling. She sighed a bit in shame, feeling a small lump began to past through her throat the more she looked at Yukari. She was about to try and reason with the each of them, tell them that she was sorry a bit about the way she's been thinking, but a huge explosion behind her caused her eyes to widen in alarm.
Looking towards were the explosion occurred, the each saw the orange haired teen barely being able to support himself by his zanpakuto. The sliver haired vampire who hasn't saw much of anything since the others started arguing was looking at the scene before her with horror building up in her eyes. This fight was getting way out of hand; the amount of blood on the ground around them was something that she had never seen much before in her life. During her time at Yokai Academy, Moka and the other's had gotten in a lot of fights that dealt with each of them losing blood. But each fight they manage to get into they found a way out, none of them being one of the ones to suffer major damage like what she was seeing before her.
This was beginning to be way too much for even her, she had never thought that she was going to be seeing something like this. Just how was the orange haired shinigami she cares about still able to stand? How was he still bale to push himself to stand and fight even after not being able to land a single hit on the man he was fighting? She felt her eyes squeeze shut. The sliver haired vampire knew she should stop lying to herself, from the beginning since she watch Ichigo made that vow she should know what was pushing him so far. Even though it was selfish, inner Moka just wish with everything that it wasn't true no matter what she was seeing before her.
"You really are stupid…" The red haired shinigami sneer; looking at the almost broken form of the orange haired shinigami before him. "Do you want to save Rukia that badly…?"
For a moment, the orange haired shinigami said not a single word, causing Tsukune and the others to look at him in a tense silent. Ichigo looked up; entire left side of his face covered in blood but the determination in his eyes never waver a bit. "Idiot…" He shuttered out a bit, taking in large amount of air as best as he could. "I didn't say 'I want to save her' I said, 'I have to save her!'"
Renji murderously at the fallen shinigami before him, the next instant he struck out, his whip like blade curving a deep jagged wound across the left side of Ichigo's body. "DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!" He roared out in fury, twisting Zabimaru in mid swing to toss the orang haired teen into another building. "IT IS YOUR FAULT THAT RUKIA LOST HER POWER! THAT'S WHY HER SENTENCE IS SO HEAVEY!"
He continue more of his brutal curving of the orange haired teen, making Moka and the other's look at the scene before them with nothing but horror and disgust in their eyes. Tsukune and the others still could not understand why the orange haired teen wasn't giving up, they had never seen someone push themselves this far to keep a promise he made to someone. They winced a bit in disgust each time Zabimaru's blades met Ichigo's body, carving two inch deep long wound across his body. But no matter how many times he was struck or slammed into a building, the orange haired teen still refused to give up no matter what happen to him. The only thing they could see was the look on Ichigo face, each time the blade struck his body the growl on his face would grow much darker than before.
"DON'T YOU GET IT?" The red haired shinigami asked through fury, throwing Ichigo across the area floor. "IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU THAT RUKIA IS GOING TO DIE! WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU WANT TO SAVE HER!?" He struck out again, the sharp end of Zabimaru digging into Ichigo right shoulder, causing Moka and the girls to cry out a bit in shock. "QUIT JOKING AROUND!"
Ichigo gritted his teeth together, slamming his feet into the ground and glaring angrily at Renji as his body was being pushed into another building. "It's my fault that Rukia's going to die…" He repeated fury beginning to build up within his chest. "I know that already..! THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO SAVE HER!" He roared out in fury, lashing upward with Zangetsu. The large blade stuck, causing a fierce shockwave to blow around the area as Zabimaru was flung back towards a shock looking Renji.
"D…" Renji cursed, flicking his wrist and calling back his zanpakuto. Watching this, the sliver haired vampire narrowed her eyes a bit as the snake like zanpakuto clicked back together. "DAMN YOU!" The red haired vampire yelled, swinging back towards the orange haired shinigami with fury in his eyes.
'I can see it!' Ichigo thought as he kept his eyes on nothing else but Zabimaru. 'At the most 3 times…!' He narrowed his eyes a bit and took a small step sideways, dodging the whip like zanpakuto by mere inches. 'One,' he took a left side step, the blade only catching the side of his face by just a bit. But he didn't let it stop him; he kept rushing forward with the same intense look on his face. 'Two,' He only had enough time to hold Zangetsu up to block Zabimaru, catching the blade by one of its teeth. 'Three!' He clenches Zangetsu tighter in his right hand, racing forward and swinging down with all his might towards the red haired shinigami. "IT'S OVER RENJI!"
Inner Moka smirked a bit, looking at the scene with a small once of pride building up in her chest. She had seen it too, looking at the amount of times Renji can attack just before he has to pull that blade of his back to its full length. It's an advantage he had over most people he fought against, being able to attack his enemies from a distant without letting them get close to them. But it did have a weakness a well, one that most would miss if they didn't take a moment to pay attention to the way he attacks. If one was to use this weakness to their advantage, they could easily take the bastard out with a strong enough attack that he would not see coming.
Renji curse a bit, looking at Ichigo with rage building up in his eyes. The next instant his eyes suddenly clam down, gaining a serious gaze in them as Zangetsu was mere inches away from his face. Without either of Moka or the other's saw it, they saw the red haired shinigami leap sideways in a blur, dodging Zangetsu in what looked like ease. Seeing this, the sliver haired vampire felt fear began to build up within her chest. She couldn't possible tell how Renji was able to dodge the blow; the only thing she could come up with was that he was just much faster than Ichigo was. Ichigo's eyes widen in disbelief, not getting how the red haired shinigami was able to dodge it.
"Like I said," Renji said in a cold dark tone as he glared at the orange haired shinigami. "You can't win, period." He struck downward, tearing up a large long jagged wound across Ichigo's chest.
The orange haired teen coughed violently, feeling his shock over what just happen not allow his body to move. 'He dodged it…?' he asked himself still not wondering how it happened. 'But how? I time everything perfectly so how did he dodge it?'
The pink haired vampire trembled, looking around to see the area covered in nothing but the blood of the person you cared about. "Ichi…." She shuttered out, stepping forward a bit. "Ichi-kun?" She was about to walk forward but stopped once a suddenly familiar hand clapped down on her shoulder. Looking at her side a bit, she saw Ura-chan looking towards the seen before them with a equal look of worry on her face as well. "Ura-chan?"
"… Clam down Omote," The sliver haired vampire said still not looking the pink haired vampire in the eyes. "Ichigo-kun, he's not done yet. He still has a lot of fight left in him," She smiled a bit, but it was still filled with worry as she looked forward. "Remember this is just a memory, so he has already won this fight."
Not sure on what to say, the ocean blue haired girl sighed a bit. "Are you sure about that Moka?" She asked. "From what I'm seeing and the state he's end, this fight is over no matter how much you want to deny it."
"This fight isn't over," The sliver haired vampire said, not even bothering to look back at the Succubus. "He still has a lot more fight left in him, no matter what you are seeing before you, I know he still has a lot more fight left in him."
Mizore narrowed her eyes a bit, not believing a single word the sliver haired vampire was saying. "You're talking nothing but nonsense right now Moka!" She snapped a bit. "Don't you see the way he is? The look in his eyes says he's done!"
"I really don't think so Mizore-chan," A voice said suddenly, shocking the others. The Yuki-onna and the other turn a bit, looking at the brown haired teen with a shock look on their faces. They couldn't believe what they had just heard from his mouth; there was no possible way that Tsukune had just said something like that. The way it sounded, it almost sounded like Tsukune believe that the orange haired teen was not finished as well.
Ruby was also shock, looking at the brown haired teen with an intense shock look on her face. "Tsukune-kun…" She shuttered out a bit, "You can't possibly believe he won this fight did you? The only way it looks like he survives is someone rescuing him before that red haired shinigami was able to kill him."
Tsukune shook his head, still not letting his eyes leaving the fight that was mere inches away from him. He could understand why Ruby and the others were shock, he himself couldn't believe that he was actually siding with the bastard that had hurt the girl he loved more than anything. But for some reason he could not understand or won't to believe, Tsukune felt that Ichigo did not lost this fight. What he was watching just felt familiar to him for some reason, like he was watching himself fight with no possible way of winning.
"Like Moka-san said Ruby-san," Tsukune began. "Kurosaki-san is not finish yet, it's just a feeling I have in the back of my head that says she's right about this." The two vampires were also shock a bit, but didn't want to say nothing about it. They each stay silent, looking back towards the fight to see Renji standing over Ichigo with a dark look on his face.
"It seems that you're puzzled about how I dodged your attack." He said, "It's a good idea to attack during the break, your timing was perfect. But why couldn't you hit me?" he asked. "The answer is simple. "You're too slow!"
Gin narrowed his eyes a bit, looking at the scene before him with an emotionless look in his eyes. From what he could remember from Ichigo's fight with Issa Shuzen, the orange haired teen had been moving at speeds that he could not hope to match the way he was. Hearing someone say that the orange haired shinigami was slow was, odd? Just felt like something that the werewolf would never think he would here. But what the red haired shinigami said was true. Ichigo's timing had been perfect, but he was just too slow to be able to pull the attack off successful, giving Renji more than enough time to be able to counter it.
"You and I are at completely different levels." Renji stated coldly, "the answer. It's that simple. Do you understand now?" He raised his zanpakuto high into the air, keeping his gaze on nothing else but the still shock looking Ichigo. "You can't rescue Rukia," He swung down with immense force, causing a powerful shockwave to race across the open area. "BECAUSE I'M GOING TO KILL YOU RIGHT HERE!"
The muscular looking man tense up; looking at the scene before him with a shock look on his face. "ICHIGOOOOOOOO!" He screamed.
Inner Moka tense up, eyes widen in horror as she felt a scream of help began to build up into her chest. It was pathetic, a noble vampire such as herself calling for anyone to help the person that she refuse to see die before her eyes. "Please," She begged out, causing Tsukune and the others to look at her in shock.
Tsukune stepped forward a bit, feeling the pressure of hating seeing the woman he love looking like this. "Moka-san," He called out softly. "Please, are you okay?"
"Please, just don't die." The sliver haired vampire begged, not even bothering to glance at the brown haired teen standing a bit behind her. "Whatever you do, just please don't let me see you die again, Ichigo-kun."
It must have been a wish been sent from the very heavens, or it was just somehow that this memory of the orang haired teen heard her pleads. The moment those were left from her mouth, the orange haired teens hand lashed out, grabbing a hold of the two-feet long pike on Zabimaru, stopping it just mere inches from impaling him. Tsukune and the other's eyes widen, feeling shock and amazed at what they were seeing, there was no possible way that Ichigo should have been able to stop something like that from killing. But it happens, and for some reason each of them felt a pressure began to build up within their chest. A small wind began to pick up, forcing each of them to take a step back a bit.
Renji cursed a bit, jumping back a bit and looking at the orange haired teen with a shock look on his face. Again Ichigo said nothing, picking himself up from the ground and tossing Zangetsu a bit onto his shoulders. The orange haired teeth let loose a small but fierce breath, before looking at the crimson red haired shinigami with glowing bluish white eyes. Tsukune and the other's eyes widen, looking at Ichigo in shock as his shihakusho began to blow into the wind create from a small bluish white sphere of energy forming around his body. The large clever like zanpakuto began to glow as well, and too their amazement, they could hear what sounded like a scream of fury or bloodlust coming from the blade.
"What…?" Kurumu shuttered out, holding her hands up to block the wind current that blasted into her and the others. "What's going on you guys?" She asked. "Where did that wind suddenly come from?"
Mizore cursed a bit, struggling herself to stay up on her feet as best as she could. "I… don't know?!" She said. "But it must be coming from Kurosaki!"
"But how is he doing something like this?" The brown small haired witch asked. "He had nothing left just seconds ago, where his he getting this sudden power boost from?"
"As Ura-chan said before you guys," The pink haired vampire suddenly spoke up; causing the other's to look at her the best they could. "Ichi-kun's still as a lot more fight left in him, more so than any of you would think." They looked at her, unsure of what to say to even deny on what she was saying, but ultimately could not find a single respond to counter what she was saying.
"Sorry to keep you waiting Renji Abarai," The orange haired shinigami said in a deep voice fill with nothing but dark determination. "It's time I show you," his eyes began to bleed bluish white, blocking out even his pupils from view, "My Resolve."
It came to fast for most of them to see, but the next instant the orange haired shinigami was flying through the air, aiming directly for the crimson haired man before them. His teeth were clenched tightly and his right hand was clenched tightly around Zangetsu. Seeing this Renji curse and threw his arm forward, Zabimaru flying towards the air board shinigami in a blur. Showing immense a perfect acrobatics that not either Tsukune or the other's thought he had, Ichigo twisted his entire body away from the long whip like zanpakuto. His feet came in contact with the ground in an instant, shattered it on impact the moment his body weight pressed into it.
Tsukune and the other's remained silent, watching as Ichigo raised Zangetsu just enough time to block another blow from the red haired shinigami. The orange haired shinigami gritted his teeth together and dug his foot into the ground, pushing with all his might to keep the blade away from his body. A roar suddenly passed through his lips and he lashed upward, pushing Zabimaru up into the air. Shock seemed too passed through Renji's face, but he desperately try to bring Zabimaru back into attack. Fear began to build up in his eyes, watching as Ichigo raised the still glowing Zangetsu high into the air above his body.
"Now it's over Renji," The orange haired teen growled out. He lashed downward, shattering Zabimaru and the ground around him with a powerful explosion. The ground blasted outward, craving up a long trench mark that open up the ground just a big as it did when Ichigo had first done this back when they saw him training.
"That's… insane?!" The brown haired teen thought; looking at the scene with nothing but amazement in his eyes. "With just one thrust… he manages to completely win."
Kurumu and the others couldn't say a word either, still to shock at what they were seeing before their eyes. Something like this just shouldn't be happening. There was no way possible he was supposed to win this fight, but manages to pull through with nothing but sheer will and resolve. Just what the hell was he? Just how powerful could someone be to ignore everything about his body and keep pushing himself to wind? The pressure they were feeling was coming back. What if Moka and the Headmaster said was true? What if Kurosaki Ichigo was a person whose power knew no a single limit? Just what kind of devil or fallen angel…
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End Chapter 19
Author Notes: Not much to say, just wish ya all enjoyed the chapter. The next one for sure this time will be out a lot sooner now, my busy months of everything I have been doing is finally over. Next couple of chapter's will be nothing of memories, just hope you all enjoy and thank ya for reading.
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Zanka no Tachi, Minami: Kaka Jūmanokushi Daisōjin (残火の太刀 "南": \火火十万億死大葬陣, Longsword of the Remnant Flame, South: Great Burial Ranks of the Ten Trillion Fire Dead) vs. The Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation (口寄せ・穢土転生, Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei)
Tell me, from after watching both in action, which one you think is more useful and badass. Which one you think would inflict the most psychological damage to an enemy? Or just which one you would think would be using against many or just one enemy.
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Tensa Zangetsu 17
Signing out