Eclipse

by Ryujin Zangetsu 17

Everyone he cared about was gone; all wipe out by one 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. Dark Ichigo. Every Chapter is going over revise.

20. Chapter 20

Title: Never Say Die

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: I'm back! Hope everyone enjoy the second or third installment of the memories. Now, as I said before, I will only be doing fights and important scene that change a lot about Ichigo during the time. Just hope ya understand where I'm going with this and enjoy as best as you could. Another thing, after the memories are all done everything about this fic will start to get a bit bloodier and sadistic on both sides a bit.

Author Notes 2: People are a bit confused and pissed on what I mean about the Elemental Nations, just don't try to worry about that right now and focus on this fic right here. The next installment in this fic will be in the Elemental Nations, they're just going to be able to enter that place just far different than other fic's as done it. Another thing is that they will not enter at the time of the Kyuubi or during the time Naruto is walking around with the rest of the Konoha 11. No, they will enter during the time of the ending of the Shinobi Clans War. I don't really think that has been don't before, but I already have many things type up and planned out for this fic so hope ya enjoy it when it does come out. Not going to say much more; I do not want to ruin the epicenes of what I will be doing in that one.

Another thing I forgot to say! I've been reading a lot of Rosario + Vampire to get information on Eclipse that I might need to use. Got to admit, everything I thought about the manga was completely wrong. But, I'm still pissed about one man being beaten to damn fast for me. I know Tsukune as vampire blood in him, which increase his power by a lot for his normal human abilities. Come on though! Kuyou was beaten to damn fast for my liking. So I have been decided on this that he will fight someone else, someone I think as a grudge with him after doing something to someone he cared about. You will see with upcoming chapters, but I promise that you're going to love every minute of it no matter what. I will try to make the fight more intense, more exciting to read, along with having a series amount of emotions in each. Hope ya enjoy!

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!

Hope you enjoy

Onto the Story

Eclipse

Not a single one of them let a single word pass through their lips, bath in the brutal fight of determination that not many of them had seen before. How could they? Seeing this before them was just a little overwhelming for most of them. Tsukune, Mizore, Ruby and Yukari could honestly say that not a single one of them could say they had seen something like this. One shock them even more so, was someone like Kurosaki Ichigo could be so determined to keep his promise to a friend. From what they had seen from him over the course of months he's been at Yokai Academy, he did not seem like that type of person to be capable of something like that.

The feeling's they receive from him was nothing but rage, bloodlust, and an enormous amount of built up destruction that was calling out to kill everyone before him. It was hard for either of them to say something like this, the orange haired shinigami had gave nothing to them to thing that he could honestly be something else but the killer that stood before them. Was it wrong to be treating him like this? Was it wrong to judge someone like this that they knew honestly nothing about? Deep down in their hearts they could honestly say they did not know the exact answer to that. But most of it did not matter to either of them, of course they knew a bit of what they were doing was wrong, but they could care less about the matter. It wasn't that they wanted to just cause the orange haired teen problems; it was just that he had nearly killed people that they cared about.

From the perspective of the Yuki-onna, she could honestly say that she care little for the man that had manage to still capture her friends heart. To her, he was nothing but a monster ready to be unleashed at any given time the moment was right for him. She believe that he was just waiting for the right moment, waiting to have Moka's complete trust before striking the girl down without any hesitation. But even though the light purple haired girl hated him for what he had done to her friends and the man she loved, she still wanted to know a good reason on why he acted the way he did. What really caused him the reason to turn into something like this? And why did it cause him to change so much from the man that she saw before her in these memories? It was something that her mind and soul wanted to know the answer to more than anything.

But even after learning the answers to why he acted this way, Mizore could never think that she would be able to forgive the orange haired shinigami. Since Kurosaki Ichigo had shown his face at Yokai Academy, he had done nothing but trampled on the heart of the man that she loved more than anything. She felt her anger grow a bit, not a Kurosaki, but at herself for standing there and not doing a thing to try and protect him. How could she stand here now and say she loved Tsukune Aono? After standing there for months not doing anything after clearly seeing the pain in his eyes? She snarls in disgust at the simple thought.

The Yuki-onna had a thought that simple passed her mind that said she was weak, too weak to even move against a man that did nothing but hurt the one she cared about. During the summer, what was all that intense training she went through for? Just to stand there and do nothing? She felt herself grow weak at the simple thought of it. Mizore could honestly say that she was stupid, and no matter what anyone said the matter was clearly inside her very soul. Is this another reason why Tsukune never turn her way? Never looking at her the way she does him just because he knew she would not stand up for him when the time comes? It sounded so true that it began to hurt her more than anything.

The light purple haired Yuki-onna felt tears began to cloud her eyes, giving it a few moments that it was hard for her to see, but before anyone of her friends could see, she raised her left sleeve to her face and wiped away the tears. She couldn't cry right now, doing so was giving her the small moment to punish herself for doing something like that. She was supposed to be a proud Yuki-onna! A proud race of woman that knew how to show their feelings to the one they loved better than most Youkai. Her race was known to have hearts filled with ice, not allowing a single person to easily be able to break through it. But for the first real time without having heartbreak in the end, Mizore could finally say that this love she had for Aono Tsukune was more real than anything before.

Years before meeting Tsukune or the others, when she was young, she had met a human boy that had reminded her a bit of Tsukune. They had befriended each other, doing everything together like they were honestly best of friends. The more they played together, stay close to one another, Mizore felt herself fall in love with the human boy. After honestly believing that she could trust him, she had revealed to him that was a Yuki-onna, something that was forbidden to tell humans. But she didn't care at the particular moment of time, believe that she had finally found someone that she can trust and care for more than most things she did for in the world.

It was a mistake

When she was young, Mizore had found herself trusting to easily. After being told what she was, the boy was too shock to even try and speak to her during the time, which she remembered scared her more than anything. Finally being able to speak after minutes of dead silent, he had told her that he had to think about it, telling her that he would come to the same spot to play with her again with his answer. She was happy more than anything, believing that her friend had accepted her for what she was. But when she went back the next day, he was nowhere to be found, leaving her to stand in the rain think he would still come. She had went back the next day, thinking that he did come due to the rain, but she met the same fate as before.

She was crushed more than anything that day, and for the first time hatred began building in her heart for humans. During that time, Mizore just wished she had listen to what the others around her said about humans, than maybe she might have never went through something like that. Humans had always sown through the course of time that they hated something that they did not understand; treating it like it was some type of sin towards their society and world. But she had honestly with all her heart didn't believe any of what they said, thinking that her friend was one of the few humans that did not treat humans like others. But she had been an utter fool to believe that, and because of it, she had experience heart break at an age most she not go through.

But she had learn from it a bit, at a young age being able to build a small wall of ice around ones heart so young was no small feat. Over the years and growing up, it seem none of what happen to her when she was young seem to matter at all though. Maybe piece of her heart that still wanted to feel that love, being loved and hold by the one person that loved you the most in the world. But it was a mistake to even make that love she want come out, letting it over whelm her and falling in love with a teacher. It was forbidden in any type of school to fall in love with a teacher along with having the teacher feel the same, but again her body and soul did not seem to think about a single moment of it. She wanted to fell love, and her heart would do anything just to get that one person that would feel the same about her.

A gym teacher by the name of Okuto Kotsubo, who she believes loved her, told her that he felt just as much as the same as she did. During that short moment of time, she had thought she had found that one short of loved that she wanted more than anything. But it had been nothing but a false motive, something that the bastard had made up just for him to get close to her, giving him a chance to rape her. During that time and what happen, Okuto Kotsubo had given her heart the last piece she need to hate men in general more than anything. She felt that she no longer trust anyone after that, but all that shatter ounce Tsukune showed up in her life.

He had given her something she wanted, even though he not ounce asked for a single respond or thing in return. The brown haired man of honor had come to her in her time of need, searching for her even though during the time he knew nothing about her. Even though that bastard Kotsubo had told him that she was nothing but a nuisance, and should also be removed from the school; Tsukune didn't care about any of what he said. He still came to her, talk to her, and fought the man that had shattered everything in her heart. She fell in love with him in that moment, and during his time of need she could do nothing but watch as he was hurt by that daman fallen angel of death.

She was pathetic; Tsukune had gone out his way to help her but she couldn't do the same for her. She wasn't a woman or a person that was in love for that matter, if she was, did Kurosaki's terrifying power should have met little to her. But it did, his power was something that she could not ignore no matter how much she try to force her mind to do so. She held up her left arm and look at it, almost trying to capture its gaze in a view or dream of beauty. Mizore had to find some way for her to grow stronger, not just for herself, but for the man that she loved more than the world itself.

Her blue covered eyes narrowed a bit, but were filled with a determination that never been there before. "I swear I will pay you back for everything you did for me Tsukune-kun," She vowed. She talked low but dangerous, filled with nothing but the desire to make sure she fulfilled what she vowed.

Standing only mere inches away from the Yuki-onna, a small brown haired witch had similar thoughts running through her mind. From the beginning of becoming friends with the others, she had always been one of the ones to easily be able to read someone. But none of that matter, being able to read Kurosaki Ichigo was something that she could say that she would never be able to do. Yukari shook her head a bit, tossing the mere thought of that aside in a small ounce of disgust. It wasn't that she could not read him like she could other's, it was just that she had no intention to do something like that.

Why should she? Why should she delineable try to understand the mind of someone that try to kill two people she loved? It disgusts her to think that she even wanted to try to. She was young; being thirteen years of age she should know nothing about feelings like this. But being the person she was, Yukari was able to read and understand feelings better than most people well beyond her age could. So why was it that it hurt to look her way? Why every time she glanced at the vampire, she felt rage and hurt feel her hurt?

She loved the pink haired vampire, being one of the two that save her from her pits of loneliness at this school. Moka had been one of the ones to save her, coming to her with Tsukune when she had no reason to do so. She had said she cared for her, thinking of her as one of the people she cared about the most in the world. So why was she doing this? Why was the pink haired vampire continued to stand by that monster, even though she knew it was hurting her more than anything. It hurt the small brown haired witch knowing that her love would never been return the way things were going, which caused her to hate Kurosaki Ichigo more than ever.

Her love was honestly foolish, a girl her age she not be allow herself to even let love be able to hurt this must. But she didn't care, she knew what her heart wanted and she wasn't going to allow moral rules get in between something that she wanted. How could she possibly do it? How could she find a reason to tell Moka that she did not belong with someone that would hurt her like that? Kurosaki Ichigo looked like someone who was built in this world to hurt her. Yukari could see it in his eyes, he care little for not a single person on this planet, not even bother by the way he was hurting others by just doing the things he does. The pink haired vampire did not belong with someone like that, she believe that she showed be with someone that was going to be with her no matter what happen.

Kurosaki Ichigo did not look like that type of person, even though she was looking at a completely different one from what she was used to seeing. Yes he was different; she could see that after watching the fight between him and the red haired shinigami. But to honest she did not care, for her it did not excuse him from what he had been doing to the two people she loved. No matter what happen to you in life, that did not give you the benefit of the doubt to try and hurt others, to make them try and feel the same pain you're going through. It was unacceptable to her, and that was the reason why she could never forgive Kurosaki Ichigo for what he has done to both Akashiya Moka and Aono Tsukune.

If she would have acted the same way the orange haired shinigami did, she shivered a bit just thinking about it. She felt glad a bit, and feel the love for the two increases within her heart for what they had did for her. During her time of need and truth, she had accepted the help of two angels that came down to help her in her time of need. Kurosaki Ichigo in his time of need did not try to gain a single shred of help from either of the two. Instead is spite on each of them, telling them that they were nothing but children who lived in nothing but a damn fantasy world. For doing something like that, she wasn't going to allow herself to forgive him.

She felt and scared a bit, never thinking that she would feel emotion like this. But it built her resolve a little, given her what she needed to pull forward where others her age would not be able to. "I'm sorry Kurosaki Ichigo, but I cannot forgive you for what you have done to them." She spoke honestly, feeling the resolve in her increase with every word she spoke. "You hurt them, and for that, you will never have my forgiveness."

Standing just inches away from Yukari, Toujo Ruby had similar but darker thoughts running through her own mind as well. After watching the fight between Kurosaki Ichigo and the red haired shinigami known as Abarai Renji, she could honestly say that she did not see this happening. From the beginning of the fight and seeing where it was going, she had fate in her skills a bit that Kurosaki Ichigo was going to lose that fight. But she was wrong, for once she could say that she had completely underestimated the resolve that monster had back then. He had continued fighting even with heavy injuries that would have killed even A-class monsters with ease, pushing his entire body beyond its limit to come out the victor.

But it still did not change much about what she thought about him, her reddish brown eyes darken just thinking about it. The orange haired shinigami was a major threat to the existence of both the Youkai World, and the Human World. Someone of that age should not have that much power, and do to the way he just wielded it around to force other to as he wish, it just made her believe even more that he was a threat. He had shown before, that he would not hesitate to kill anyone that stood in his way, which caused her to feel disgusted at the mere thought. She still could remember finding those two bodies after what he did to them, causing a small shiver of fear to run through her body.

But none of that matter, she had to stop being afraid of that man while being only mere meters away from him. Since the beginning of meeting him, she had always but up a false exterior around her to try and block out the fear her put in her heart. It was pathetic to feel like that, but it was something that she could not control no matter how much she wanted to. She had to somehow find a way to stop feeling that way around him, not for her, but for a man that gave something she hasn't felt for a long time. Aono Tsukune was someone she wanted to protect, someone that she loves more than anything in this world.

Before meeting Tsukune, Ruby had hating humans more than anything for what they had did to her. When she was young and on vacation with her parents, they had been killed in a car accident by drunken humans, because of that, she started to whole a strong hatred for them. But that had change once she met Tsukune; he had given her the drive and will to believe that not all humans were bad. Even after knocking her out, he made no ill will towards her and even waited for her to wake. She had told him the reason why she hated reason, and she had thought that would give him a reason to hate her as well. But to her surprise, that did not happen much to her shock, he had did something that even now still shock her. He had told her that he understands, giving her a drink for her wounds and saying that he understood why she hated his race. It didn't seem to hurt him that she hated humans back then, telling her that she had a reason.

After being able to understand him a little, she started to fall in love with him more and more every day. He was far more honorable and honest than that monster Kurosaki, even after what her master was going to do, he tried to save her knowing that it too would possibility get her killed. For that, the dark brown haired witch knew she could never even try to forgive Kurosaki Ichigo for what he had done. He had broken Tsukune far more than she like, and she could say she hated herself for just standing there or not knowing Tsukune was being hurt. He deserves no forgiveness for that, and neither did Moka for what she had done to him.

From her point of view, the vampire was nothing but a foolish little girl who knew nothing about reading a person. Ruby couldn't understand it, neither was it that hard to understand either. Just how could Moka not see what kind of danger she was in being around that man? What time of mother was she to put her daughter next to that type of danger? The older witch felt her head shake in disgust. Moka didn't have the nerve to even be a mother! A mother would know not to put her child in a possible situation that could get that child killed. But she did seem to care, only wanted to rebuild a dead love that would never happen from what she was seeing.

Kurosaki Ichigo was a man that she believes deserve from his actions, to be put down before he was a threat to the entire world. It was simple as that. If he acted upon trying to kill them all, Ruby had to make she was ready to defend her friends and the man she loved. Never again was she going to allow herself to lose what she cared about, she make sure she'll die before she let that happen.

"I will never forgive you Kurosaki Ichigo," She stated darkly as her reddish brown eyes seem to glow with anger. "For what you have done to the people I care about, you will feel my wrath If you ever try to hurt them again." Burying those thoughts for the moment, she looked back towards the fight to see the red haired shinigami still standing, which she thought should be impossible.

Ginei's red-violet eyes narrowed somewhat, looking at Renji with a neutral expression on his face. Even though he didn't show it on his face, he had to give the red haired shinigami what he should from what he was seeing. That massive wound on the right side of his body was brutal, something that should not being able to let him be able to walk. But he had proven everything that the black haired werewolf had thought, even wound and on the verge of death, Abarai Renji not once did not let go of his sword. The black haired teen could tell he was struggle to stand or even move for that matter, but he was pushing his body beyond its limit for reasons Ginei did not know of.

Yukari breathe in a pit, feeling a bit fearful and sick at the massive wound on the red haired shinigami's right shoulder. "He shouldn't be standing right now," She said. "But he is, something that I can't understand."

Standing a few inches away from her, the brown haired teen could honestly say he could say the same. "I can't really answer that Yukari-chan," He answered her truthfully. "But maybe he just doesn't want to give up, may he just doesn't want to lose to someone like Kurosaki Ichigo." Yukari nodded at this, feeling the same burn through her own body.

Ginei scoffed a bit at the declaration, causing the others to turn towards him. "The reason he still standing as nothing to do with him 'not wanting to lose'."

Turning her head a bit swiftly, the sliver haired vampire looked at him with a curiously look in his eyes. "What do you mean by that?" She asked folding her arms a bit over her chest. "What other reason could he have but not to give up? I'm not like the others but I must admit that I even don't understand what you're trying to say."

Ginei looked at her for a moment, a second later a sigh seem too passed through his lips. "I see what you're talking about," He glanced back towards the red haired shinigami with a look of understanding on his face. "The way he's feeling right now from the look on his face, I have felt the same like that a long time ago."

Tsukune and the others became confused at this, not really knowing what the black haired wolf was trying to say. To be true, they still did not know what he was trying to say to them. But the look in his eyes were filled with sadness, rage, and pity, emotions that they never thought they were see in his red-violet eyes. He had always been a person that was easy to show his emotion to others, but the way he was looking at the red haired shinigami seems to cause all them to grow worry.

"Ginei," The Succubus called out to him, not liking the look in his eyes one bit. Why was she worried about him? He was nothing but a pervert who did not but feel her up every time he could. But that look of lost was not met for his eyes; she hated him looking at her like that. "Are you okay? Is something wrong that you're not telling us?"

The black haired teen says nothing to her for a moment, keeping his gaze as neutral as he could. For a moment or two of not hearing his voice, Kurumu for so reason could feel her heart start to weaken a bit at that. "Nothing's wrong with me Kurumu," He said finally speaking to her. He shook his head a bit, pulling his hair back a bit with his right hand. "I just believe a bit that I finally found answers to question I wanted answered for so long." He chuckled a bit, but it sounded nothing like it usually did. It was filled with bitterness, like a man that had not fulfilled something he set himself out to do. "Watching his memories a bit, I can finally see the people Kurosaki Ichigo has been around before he came to Yokai Academy. I feel interesting in them, almost like I could learn a lot from watching this."

Inner Moka just looked at the wolf for a moment; a second later she turns back toward the scene before her. "I've always called you all the foolish ones because you could not understand anything," A small chuckle passed through her lips. "Now I have finally seen it, I've seen why you're the only other person that Ichigo-kun could sit around." She looked at the black haired wolf for a moment; find a new respect for him. "You're more than other can see, Morioka Ginei."

A small smirk fell over his lips, "I got to say that's a lot coming from you Moka."

"Ginei?"

He paused for a moment, looking on his side a bit to see the ocean blue haired Succubus looking at him with the same worried look in her eyes. "Are you ok?" She asked him.

Ginei growled a bit, not really wanting to hear the girl standing on his side voice. Why the hell was he suddenly worried about him? He neither cared nor did he want him near him right now. Her arrogance and ignorance to understanding people pisses him off, so right now being around him was a bad idea for both her and those other foolish bastards. "I'm fine Succubus," He growled out, not noticing that his voice had grown far darker than before. "Just try and learn something for once in your life, than maybe you won't look like such a dumbass."

The ocean blue haired girl winces harshly at that, but nonetheless throws a small glare towards his way. Her glare on the other hand held no anger in it; right now it held nothing but pain in it which she did not understand. So why was it that it hurt her a bit the way he talk to her? Could it possibly be that she cared a small bit more about Ginei than she should? She shook her head roughly at the mere thought of that. Kurumu felt a bit disgust at that; there was no possible way that she could hold a shred of feelings for a man like that. He held no shame in what he did to other woman, which she found to hateful to even think she could like someone like him. She belongs to Tsukune and no one else. The first boy to care about her other than her body! And she wasn't going to give herself to know one but him.

"RGGRRRGGRGRHHAH!"

The suddenly scream broke her from her thoughts, she twisted a bit to see the red haired shinigami screaming to the heavens for reasons that she did not know of. But what caused her to wince was not the scream, but the emotions from the red haired shinigami that was filling the entire area. She was the only one that felt it, Tsukune and the others look just as disturbed as she did. Something just wasn't making sense to them, why Renji's emotions were so full of sadness, bitters, and anger directed at no one but himself. Was what Ginei said true? Mizore, Ruby and Yukari shook their heads at the possible thought of having the wolf having one over them. Pausing from their thoughts, they look forward to see Renji somehow walking towards Kurosaki, something they saw as impossible from the wound on his right shoulder.

"Damn it…" The red haired shinigami breathe out, head bent downwards to hide his eyes from view. "Now that I think about it… I was probably just scared… because I…" He gritted his teeth in frustration for some reason Moka and the others didn't understand. "Damn… I am really a tramp down to my bones… I hate myself for it as well."

Looking out of the corner of her left eye, Kurumu could see Ginei's expression darker someone, but it was a look of understanding. She didn't understand why Ginei would know what the red haired shinigami was feeling, and she hated it a bit for not knowing. Did something happen to him before she met him? Did this remind him of something that happened to him in the past? Kurumu really didn't think she would ever find out about it either.

"I bark at the star, "Renji spoke breaking the Succubus out of her thoughts. "But... I don't have the courage to jump and grab it." Finding a new burst of strength that he didn't know he had, Ruby and the other's watched amazed as he rush forward and grab onto Ichigo's shihakusho. "I never won once… against Captain Kuchiki… ever since Rukia left I trained every day but I still failed… he's just too strong for someone like me that is too pathetic to reach for something with his own two fist." He hacked up blood, but continues to so what he must do from what Tsukune and the other was seeing. "Fighting to get Rukia back… is nothing but an impossible dream for someone like me."

Why was he doing this? Why was he pouring out his emotions to someone he just fought to kill just minutes ago? Tsukune just couldn't understand it. Ever since he came to Yokai Academy, each fight he got in was to protect the people he cared about. He somewhat understood what Kurosaki Ichigo was back then, he reminded him a bit of himself. The brown haired teen hated to admit it, but Kurosaki Ichigo was not the same person he was now than back then. But none of that matter now in the present, acting like he did not give him the right to treat others like dirt. He narrowed his eyes a bit, finally being able to learn what Ginei-sempai was trying to tell them. He could learn something as well from watching these memories, something that could finally lead him to an answer that he needed to know.

"KUROSAKI… I'm probably shameless for doing something like this, but I have to ask you…!" The red haired shinigami cried out. It was beginning to get a bit too emotional for Tsukune and the others, which really never thought they were going to see something like this "PLEASE… YOU HAVE TO SAVE RUKIA!"

The orange haired shinigami said nothing at first, the look in his eyes saying that he was just as shock as Tsukune and the others. But to Moka and the other's astonishment, Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes turn to ones of understanding as he looked down at the broken man before him. "… Yeah." Before either of they could respond to what they saw, the bluish white reiatsu suddenly appeared around them.

For a while, not a single one of them didn't say a single word, just as shock as the other from what they had just witness. It was something that neither of them would have guessed; the simple fact was that they could not understand what happen. Why would the red haired shinigami asked for Ichigo to save Rukia? Why would he ask the very same enemy he wanted to kill to help the girl? It was poetic and outrages to even try to think properly on the matter.

"Just what happen?" Mizore asked, a shock look passing over her face which was something most of them was not use to seeing. "He was just fighting him to the death, why would he ask Kurosaki to save that girl?"

Tsukune said nothing; he too was shock at what he had just witness with his very eyes. "I…" He shuttered out a bit, "I really don't know Mizore-chan."

Ruby glared a bit, not getting it as much as the others were either. "An enemy asking his enemy to do something which he could not?" She asked before scoffing a bit at the mere thought of it, "sounds a bit shameful. But nonetheless stupid for him to do something like that."

"And how could you stand there and say something like that Ruby-san?" Outer Moka asked, looking at the older girl with a small look of pity on her eyes. Tsukune and the others looked at her for a moment, wonder what the pink haired vampire was trying to say.

Narrowing her eyes a bit, the dark brown haired witch looked at the pink haired vampire. "What do you mean by that?"

Outer Moka shook her head, taking a deep breath before looking the older girl dead in the eyes. "I wonder how could you stand there and say such words Ruby-san, when you know nothing of what either Ichi-kun is going through, or Renji-san at that moment."

"And why does that matter?" Ruby asked, not in the least bit getting where the pink haired vampire was trying to go with this. "If I guess right, his mission was to stop Kurosaki Ichigo at all cost. But he failed, and then he pleaded with him to do something that he himself cannot."

"I don't really like fighting," The pink haired vampire spoke, a small smile spreading across her face. "I really can't say I understand pride, honor, and ruthlessness, things you need in a fight to possibly walk out of it with your life." The small smile on her face faded, being replaced with a look of coldness. "But from staying with Ichigo and being close to him again, I finally began to understand a little of what it means."

From where she was standing, the light purple haired Yuki-onna scoffed a bit. "So staying with him, as allowed you to understand how to becoming a killer?" She asked with a small sneer of disgust in her voice.

Outer Moka glared at her, turning in her direction. "It has nothing to do with becoming a killer Mizore-chan," She snapped a bit. "Renji felt weak at that moment, he felt that he was nothing but a child that was chasing a dream that he could not reach." A hand fell over her heart, "to make sure a person he cares about was safe from harm, he put his fate into the one person he thought that could do it."

Ruby looked at the vampire in a small amount of disbelief, not believing that she would say something like that. "What are you trying to say Moka?" She asked. Silted emerald eyes flashed at her, and Ruby felt herself wince a bit in fear.

"What I'm saying is that don't say something out of spite when you don't know anything or understand that person." The pink haired vampire answered her coldly. "Both Ichi-kun and Renji-san are men that would do anything to protect what they care about; even I can see that in Renji-san eyes." She turn away, but not before looking back towards the older girl. "They're not like you Ruby-san, that won't allow themselves to be rule by another like some common dog."

Tsukune and the others whirled in shock, not even thinking that they would live long enough to hear something like that out of the kind pink haired girl's mouth. It was odd hearing her talk like that, which scared Tsukune just a little. The girl he fell in love with, was he slowly but losing her to be that he knew was not her? Was being near Kurosaki changing her this much? He shook his head a bit in denial. Tsukune didn't want it to be true, but the answers were right here before his eyes. He was about to speak to her, but an almost impossible amount of bloodlust and pressure slammed onto his body. His eyes widen in immense fear, feeling like thousands of blade suddenly stabbed in his body without him even having a chance to defend himself.

Ginei growled, pushing down the fear in his body as best as he could. Even though he was faring better than the others, the bloodlust in the air was pushing him to collapse into fear as well. Just where the hell did this pressure suddenly come from? He looked around a bit to see the others barley being able to breathe right. "Damn it," He growled, feeling his forehead began to sweat in fear. "Just… where the hell did this bloodlust come from?"

"What the hell is this?" Ruby cried out, all traces of anger were gone from her eyes. Now stand was nothing but a girl that was scared beyond anything, this pressure that was slowly breaking her chest was something she never thought she would feel. On her side, Yukari had buried her head in her stomach as best as she could, try to block out the fear she was feeling that was threating to pass her out.

The light purple haired girl was also scared, looking just a bit better than Ruby was. "I…." She shuttered out, trying as best as she could to control the fear that was running through her body. "This is… unreal! Just where is this bloodlust coming from?"

Kurumu shook heavily, wrapping her arms over her body and trying with everything she had to stop from shivering. Her eyes were filled with nothing but despair, a feeling that she never thought she would feel in her entire life. Her eyes were almost completely white, and she could feel her body slipping in and out of darkness. "I… don't know… you guys," She shuttered out in immense fear. "It feels like despair, a feeling that gives you nothing but dread over your body."

Inner Moka was feeling the pressure as well, but she was fairing as best as she could. But she couldn't hide it; her body was also feeling an immense amount of fear as well. "Where is this coming from?" She asked. "What kind of being could release this much bloodlust into the air?"

"What… is… no who is that?" Outer Moka suddenly called out, pointing outward towards one of the many skyscrapers in the area. The bluish white reiatsu had suddenly vanished, giving them a full view of everything around them. Around them was nothing but skyscrapers that seem to reach the very heavens, but what scared them the most was the demonic being that seem to be covered in nothing but darkness. They could only see one eye, but it wasn't looking down at either of them. Glancing back a bit as best as they could, Tsukune and the others looked on in astonishment to see Kurosaki Ichigo looking at the demon with a look of…

Fear

"That's, no it's unreal." Yukari nearly cried out at what she was seeing. "How could he, of all people be scared?"

"It's called fear Yukari-san," Lilith said with a grim look on her face. The green haired fairy had been quiet for a while now, just looking on as everything being unfolded before her eyes. "The look in your eyes," She said. "You seem to not believe what I'm saying?"

Yukari shivered a bit, the fear in her growing the more she stood out in the open like this. "How could I not?" She shuttered out a bit. "I never thought… I would see him of all people having fear in his eyes."

Lilith sighed a bit, tracing her eyes off of the small witch. "As I said before, all the memories we will be seeing will be an emotion that Kurosaki-sama as felt." She stated, "Every powerful warrior as felt fear before in their lives, they just learn how to overcome it during battle, or as time went by." The other's said nothing, only looking at the small fairy with a small ounce of understanding in their eyes.

Standing on top of one of the skyscrapers, the man looks down on the orange haired teen like a god. "What's wrong with you…?" A ruff voice left his throat, but Tsukune and the others could feel his bloodlust dripping off of each word he spoke. "Don't just stand there and stare."

Suddenly without warning, a shower of blood suddenly covered all their vision. Their eyes widen in surprise, looking at the orang haired shinigami to see a jagged-chipped nodachi sticking out of his chest. Outer Moka's eyes widen in fear and without being able to hold it in, a scream tore passed her lips. Inner Moka was in the same, but she looked far worst then that of her counter-part, in mere moments in look like she was about to pass out at any given time. They watch as Ichigo coughed a bit, blood dripping from his mouth as he looked at the wound on his chest in shock. A second later, the wound and blood on Ichigo seem to disappear, causing Tsukune and the others too rear back in shock.

"What?" Tsukune stuttered out, looking at the orange haired teen in shock. "That wound? What happen to it?"

"It's called Kira Ito (Killer Intent)" Ginei answered, breathing heavily as he tries to get his barring together. "Fighters, Killers, Warrior's, anyone's uses it to be able to increase the fear into one's body. Letting it affect will come at drastic effect, like you being able to not fight as well as you should." He clenched his fist, looking up at the demonic man with anger in his eyes. "Compare to Abarai Renji, this man is on a whole other level." The others did not deny this, but the fear in them could not be as easily has extinguished as they would like.

What the hell was that…? Ichigo grabbed his chest in pain. The look in his eyes was something they never thought they would see, fear beyond anything they knew that they could not take. Illusions from his killing intent…? But it felt… so real. He felt a presence behind him, he quickly turn a bit to come face to face with a tall muscular man with a demonic grin on his face.

The demonic man is tall, muscular with a wild and aggressive appearance, which seems to fits his personality. He has a long face with pronounced cheekbones, and pronounced, hairless eyebrow ridges. He has green eyes and long, stringy black hair. A noticeable trait in his appearance is a long, thin scar running down the left side of his face, which neither Tsukune nor the others wanted to know where he receives it from. He is one of the tallest Shinigami, towering at 202 centimeters (approximately 6 feet 6 inches). He wears a sleeveless captain's haori, which has a ragged look to it. His hair was usually to them, which was stiffed to straight ends upward, attached small bells at its tips, and wears an eye patch on his right eye. The blade is much longer than a standard Zanpakutō's, roughly the size of a nodachi, with a guard which extends inward from its center, similar to a shinai. The hilt is white, though most of it is wrapped in bandages, as is his sword's sheath.

"Are you Kurosaki Ichigo…?" The ruff demonic looking man asked.

The orange haired teen breathes in a bit, trying to force down the fear in his heart the best as he could. "H… How do you know my name!?" He asked, he narrowed his eyes a bit, but still the fear did not erase from them. "Who are you?"

The man seems bored a bit, raising his head a bit. "Oh?" He wondered a bit. "Didn't Ikkaku tell you about me?"

You know when you see him… assuming your alive when you do. Tsukune and the others heard this, but were a bit curious on who said something like that.

The man smirked, pulling his head down a bit and looking at the orange haired shinigami with a look of bloodlust in his eyes. "I am Captain of the 11th Division, Kenpachi Zaraki." He announced, facing Ichigo with a dark look in on his face. "I have come here… to kill you."

From where he was standing, Tsukune felt a large spike of fear watch through his body. "So this is a Taicho?" He shuttered out.

Lilith nodded, feeling herself shiver in fear at the look in the man's eyes. "Yes, this is was a Taicho's power feels like." She answered coldly, "From a lieutenant, their power is still worlds apart from one another."

Ruby stepped forward a bit, thinking her bones were beginning to break the more she stood where she was. "This is unreal….!" She shuttered out in fear, "how could their power be that far apart? Something like this should be impossible."

"Was this what…? Kurosaki's been fighting since he was fifteen?" Kurumu shuttered out in fear, still looking far worse than the others.

Mizore shuttered as well, not knowing how long she was going to be able to last. "Just… how could he do something like this?" She asked. The others did not answer her; still looking at the scene before them with a shock looks on their faces.

Kenpachi Zaraki… the Captain of the 11th Division… Ichigo said a bit, looking at the man before him with a weary look in his eyes. No wonder he emits such great spiritual pressure.. this guy feels completely different than… anyone I met.

"So? I told you that… I'm here to kill you." The pressure around Moka and the others suddenly increase, causing them to almost lose themselves to darkness. "You haven't said anything in response… does that mean you ready to start now?"

Ichigo's eyes widen in immense fear, on instinct he grabbed the hilt of Zangetsu. He paused for a moment, looking back at the others to see one of them knocked out, while the other was barley standing straight. Tsukune and the others felt the fear in them stay lock, not leaving their bodies as they looked at the black haired shinigami in shock. He had no color in his eyes, it almost look like he was nothing more than a corpse that could not move on to live.

"Hanatarou…!" They heard Ichigo called out, looking at the black haired shinigami with worry and fear in his eyes.

The muscular one that was still conscious stood to his feet a bit. "Don't be stupid Ichigo… Hanatarou and I are just a little stunned from the pressure… we'll be fine." He glared a bit at the orange haired teen, "Stop worry about us, and look in front of you. If you don't, you'll get beaten in an instant."

"Ganju…" The orange haired teen called out, looking at the man with a pained gaze in his eyes.

"Oh, he's drooling." A child like voice said. Tsukune and the other's whirled around; looking to see a small girl looking at Ganju and Hanatarou with a look of amazement on her face. The girl's appearance is that of a very small, young girl with pink hair, dark pink eyes and a perpetual blush on her cheeks. She wears the normal Shinigami robes and an insignia on her arm. Held in her hand was her zanpakuto, which was a normal katana with a pink hilt-wrapping; a tsuba is shaped like a five-petal flower, and a purple scabbard.

"What?" Outer Moka asked, looking at the small girl with a shock look on her face. "Is that a child? What is she doing in a place like that?"

Inner Moka shook her head, "I don't know Omote." She answered truthfully.

The orang haired teen's eyes widen a bit, turning just in enough time to feel something fall onto his left shoulder. Acting on instinct, he looked on in shock to see the small girl had vanished from his site and appeared on his left shoulder. "Waa- Ken-chan really scared him." The pink haired shinigami whined, "Poor thing."

"Damn…" The orange haired shinigami twisted his left shoulder, but the small girl flickered away and appeared directly in front of the tall black haired shinigami. Gripping Zangetsu tighter, he pulled the large zanpakuto in a defense position in front of his body. "Ganju! Take Hanatarou out of here as fast as you can!" He shouted, not letting his eyes leave the man in front of him. "I'll try and stop this guy! Go and rescue Rukia!"

The man looked shock, looking at the orange haired teen with a look of shock on his face. Tsukune and the others were equally shock, not believing what they were seeing before their eyes. "But… by yourself Ichigo?" He asked in shock.

The orange haired shinigami growled, still not looking back from the man before him. "Shut up and just go!" He shouted.

Ganju paused, looking at Ichigo with a pained look in his eyes. The next instant, he picked up the black haired shinigami and broke running in the other direction. "Alright then," He shouted.

Seeing them leaving, Ichigo smirked at the man before him. "That's a surprise… neither of you are chasing after them." He observed, "Isn't your objective to stop us?"

Kenpachi titled his head down a bit, the same bloodlust smirk on his face did not fault for a second. "For the last time… I'm here to fight you." He said simple, "I don't give a damn about your friends or Kuchiki. They can die anywhere they want for all I care." He filled the entire area with his bloodlust again, causing Moka and the others to barley being able to breathe.

Ichigo gritted his teeth, pulling Zangetsu closer to his body and glaring at the man before him. "That very good…you punk!" He lashed out.

The Captain of the 11th Division smirked a bit at the orange haired teens reaction, feeling more pleased than the others thought he should be. From where she was standing, the sliver haired vampire could feel a growing dread filling through her entire body. This fight was going to end badly, and she probably wasn't going to be able take it either. She needed to hold strong, not just for herself, but for her daughter as well who was now currently sleeping within her counter-parts arms. Looking, the worry in her heart grew as she saw the state Ichigo was in. His breathing was ragged and the fear was still strong in his eyes, he was just holding it back with the will to live.

Kenpachi chuckled, "Not bad..." He said, eyes lock on the somewhat strong stance the orange haired teen before him had taken. "You stance looks good. There are a lot of openings but it is high in spiritual pressure. Our Vice-Captains should be no match for you." He laughed a bit, eyes narrowing a bit in excitement. "No wonder Ikkaku lost to you."

Getting his breathing together, the orange haired shinigami nodded a bit hesitate. "Thanks for the small compliment."

"Though you're still far weaker than me…" Kenpachi said, not a single ounce of hesitation in his voice. Moka and the others were shock; it was hard to believe that they would hear anyone saying they were far stronger than Kurosaki Ichigo, "How about this? I'll give you a chance."

His words seem to shock the orange haired shinigami, along with Tsukune and the others who rear back in shock. They didn't understand what he met by something like that; did he mean he was going to give Ichigo a chance to run? They quickly shook their head at that simple thought. Even if he was scared beyond anything, they did not believe that Ichigo would be the type of man to run from a fight. But what did he mean? He couldn't…

"Don't tell me…" Tsukune started, looking at the scene before him with a shock look in his eyes.

Standing behind him with a grim look on his face, the black haired werewolf nodded in confirmation. "Yeah," He shook his head in agreement. "He's going to allow Ichigo to attack him, probably to make him believe that he as a chance to beat him."

The sliver haired vampire felt herself growl in rage, narrowing her eyes in anger as she look at the tall shinigami captain meters away from him. What kind of bastard was he to do something like this? He was slowly but steadily trying to break Ichigo's will to fight him. It was disgust but effected, giving the opponent psychological damage to break them was something most went with, while other didn't follow that path. She hope that Ichigo was able to break through it, see past what he was trying to do and pull a win just like he did previously against Abarai Renji.

"Do you…" Yukari gulped a bit, not really knowing if she could let it slip passed her lips. "Do you think he's going to pull a win, desu?"

"Yes, no matter what Ichigo will win no matter what" Tsukune and the other's paused; turning a bit to see the sliver haired vampire looking at the scene before her with narrowed eyes. Looking down a bit, they could see that her arms were wrapped tightly around her shoulders, she was also shaking a bit, which shock the others to be able to see something like this.

Tsukune stepped forward a bit, "Are you really positive about that?" He asked, looking at her with a somewhat serious gaze in his eyes. "How can you be so sure he's going to win? I know you believe in him, but you felt this man's power."

Inner Moka glared at him, but it wasn't as strong as it should be. "He… Ichigo will win no matter what happens." She stated a bit hesitate, feeling a bit shame that she did.

"Are you sure?" Kurumu asked, still shaking a bit from the killer intent that still was slowing around them. "Are you positive that he will win?"

"Just watch," Outer Moka spoke, jumping into the conversation. The pink haired vampire tried to sound a bit confident, but she herself was feeling weak in the heart from the dread she was filling build within her heart. "Ichi-kun will win; it's not in his blood to lose to someone like this." She closed her eyes a bit, "He will win, because I believe so." The others said nothing, turning back towards the scene to see Zaraki opening his robe, to give a fill view of his muscular bandage chest. Seeing this, Ruby face was covered in a descent red blush, but she instantly shoved it down as best as she could.

"Cut me anywhere you want." He stated without a hint of worry, shocking the others with his declaration. "And don't hold back."

The orange haired shinigami's eyes widen, looking at the person before him with shock eyes. A moment later, he felt a small bit of rage build up in his chest. "What!? What the hell are you talking about!?" He lashed out in a small burst of fury. "I'm not going to attack someone unarmed! Do you think I'm stupid!?"

The smirk on the tall shinigami's face did not leave his face, on the other hand it seem to grow bigger. "No, I don't think you're stupid. This is just a handicap. A charity." He stated darkly at the end. "It's nice of you, not wanting to attack an unarmed person, but… you should save you sympathy for someone else." His eyes seem to grow that sadistic excitement that neither Tsukune nor the others had seen before. "Don't be stuck be so stuck-up. Just enjoy it!" His eyes seem to dilate for a moment, giving him an even darker look than before. Tsukune and the other's eyes widen, and they look to see Ichigo looking at the tall shinigami with a look of fear on his face. "Killing and being killed, they are just a way to pass time!"

What kind of person… no demon is this? Tsukune had never met someone like this before in his life. What kind of person says something like that? Did killing someone was just a mere enjoyment to him? This person standing before him was nothing but a monster. This shinigami couldn't be normal; he was giving someone the chance to kill him without a single ounce of worry on his face. Just what the hell had Kurosaki Ichigo been fighting before coming to Yokai Academy?

"Come!" Kenpachi shouted a bit, snapping Tsukune and the others out of their thoughts, "Neck, stomach, eye, anywhere! It'll be better if you killed me in one blow." He grinned a bit, staring at the orange haired shinigami with a dark look in his eyes. "COM'ON! WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?"

Ichigo cursed a bit, dashing towards the tall shinigami with an intense look in his eyes. He position Zangetsu in a striking position, "Shit! You asked for it! Don't regret it later!" He yelled, slashing down with all his might. A second passed and Tsukune and the others believe that Ichigo had one, it seem that way the way Ichigo had slash down upon the man. He was too arrogant, and now it was going to cost him is life. Blood fell to the ground, and they believe that it was the tall shinigami's blood from Zangetsu slashing across his body. But they paused, eyes widening in astonishment at not seeing a single wound on the man. Looking closer, they were even more shock to see that Ichigo was the one that was bleed and not Kenpachi.

"What's going on?" Yukari asked, looking at the scene before her with a shock look on her face. "Why is Kurosaki-san the one wounded? And why isn't there a wound on his body?"

"I don't know Yukari-chan," Tsukune answered with an equally shocked look on his face.

Ruby was equally stunned, not fully understanding what she was seeing before her. "That should be impossible!?" She snapped a bit. "No matter how strong you are, being able to stand a sword that large going across your body should be impossible."

"With the way you just answered that," They looked to seeing Moka not looking at them, but her eyes were lock on the scene before her. "I can tell you haven't been in a fight like this, or try to understand one either."

Ruby glared at her, feeling slightly insulted at what the sliver haired vampire had just said. "What do you mean by that?" She asked through a small growl. "You're talking like you've been in a fight like this?"

The sliver haired vampire glared at her, "no I haven't been in a fight like this." She admitted, "But at least I know what's going on."

"What do you mean by that Moka?" Mizore asked, jumping into the conversation. "You know something that you're nothing saying?"

The sliver haired vampire glanced at her, "he can't win with fear in his heart and blade." She answered, "Right now from what I'm seeing, Ichigo-kun as no desire to win this fight, he only as the desire to survive and get away as fast as he could. Entering a fight like that could get him killed, if he doesn't find a way to push the fear away, then he will die."

Outer Moka gasped a bit, turning her head to look at her counter-part with fear in her eyes. "Ura-chan?" She could not believe what she had just heard. "How could you say something like that? Ichi-kun will win not matter what happens."

The sliver haired vampire shook her head, not facing her counter-part. "I KNOW he will win," She said a bit forceful. "But if he doesn't find a way to push that fear in his heart and blade away, then he will die if he doesn't." Outer Moka tries to find anything to deny what her counter-part was saying, but couldn't find a single fault in what she said. She just had to believe in the man she cared about with all her heart, and believe that he would come through this.

It's impossible… The orange haired shinigami looked at the unwounded tall shinigami with disbelief in his eyes. He's not wounded at all…!

Looking at his unwounded chest, Kenpachi looked at Ichigo with dark disappointment in his eyes. "Is that it?" he asked. "How disappointing…" He pushed Zangetsu back a bit, grabbing a hold of his own Zanpakuto with his left hand. "Now it's my turn. Please, don't die too quickly on me."

Impossible… I used all my strength on that attack… but why… isn't there even a scratch…? He looked at his hand to see his hand bushed open. Instead… my hands gut busted from attacking.

"You seem surprised." Kenpachi said, looking at Ichigo's shock expression. The orange haired teen snapped up, looking at the tall shinigami. "Is it hard to believe? The fact that your sword; can't even scratch me?"

Instinct drove him, and he jumped back to gain as much distance as he could from the tall shinigami before him. He pushed Zangetsu back with his bare arm… he's a monster! It was weird to them hearing him call someone else a monster. They still could not believe that this was the Ocita Chi no Tenshi (Fallen Blood Angel), the man that caused both worlds to fear the very name to be reduce to nothing but a scared child.

"It's useless Ichii" Snapping out of his fearful state, Ichigo looked down to see the small girl looking at him with a disappointed look on her face. "Ichii's sword won't do anything to Ken-chan, because… a sword like that is nothing but a bladeless sword to Ken-chan."

Ichigo looked shock, "What?"

"Let me tell you… why your sword can't even scratch me." Kenpachi said, stepping slowly towards the orange haired teen. "It's pretty simple actually, when two spiritual beings collide, the side with the weaker spiritual pressure will get hurt. That's all there is to it. In other words, compared to your sword that is highly concentrated for the purpose of killing… the spiritual pressure that I subconsciously release is much, much stronger." Ichigo looked at the man in shock, feeling his fear grow far worst then before. "Simple. Isn't it?" He chuckled a bit. "I can't believe that I camped out all night for this. It's so sad. It's not even funny." He held his jagged-chip zanpakuto next to the right side of his face; he then release a large amount of his spiritual pressure. "At the very least… dent this sword just a tiny bit… please trespasser."

It was simple logic to some of them, just what kind of person was Kurosaki Ichigo fighting? They didn't think that he was going to leave this fight alive the way things were going. At least they did get to understand just a bit about the energy source Kurosaki Ichigo uses, seeing the way it is use in both defense and offense was truly fierce some.

"How is he going to get out of this alive?" Kurumu asked, looking at the scene before her with a shocked look on her face. "This fight… it just doesn't seem like one he could win."

"Just shut up Kurumu!" Outer Moka snapped, shocking the others at her outburst.

Ruby hesitated for a moment, but shot a glared towards the girl. "You can't just talk to her like that!" She snapped a bit. "Even though you don't like it, what-"She was caught off as a powerful shockwave tore passed them. Looking back towards the fight with a shock look on their faces, they saw a fearful Ichigo blocking a powerful vertical slash with everything he had.

The tall shinigami looked down at Ichigo, is expression nothing but an emotionless demon of rage and bloodlust. He grabbed his zanpakuto a little tighter and almost instant tore the orange haired shinigami in half. Seeing it happen before it could come true, Ichigo jumped back a distant just in time to dodge the deadly vertical slash, but growled out as a powerful shockwave blew him back more. He looked at the tall shinigami with growing fear in his body, trying to come up with a plan as fast as he could. Ichigo cursed a bit and to the astonishment of Tsukune and the other's, turned in the other direction and broke into a run.

Seeing this, Kenpachi eyed the retreating orange haired shinigami. "… Running away again?" Without a single word passing passed his lips, he dashed after Ichigo, flicker away before Moka and the others eyes. They each cursed a bit and broke into a run, getting as close as they could to the orange haired shinigami as they could.

Calm down… calm down! Ichigo kept running with everything he had, looking at every corner he passed with a look of fear in his eyes. I can do this! He can't be invincible! He glared a bit, looking down and cursing himself to see his hand shaking in fear. He grabbed onto it, desperately trying to stop the shaking with all his might. "Damn it! Stop shaking for heaven's sake!" He lashed out.

He suddenly stopped, looked around the corner and stabbed Zangetsu into the ground in front of him. He gritted his teeth together in frustration, looking at the blade in his hands with shocked eyes. Shit! Why? I hit him, but why didn't he get hurt!? Is the difference between are strengths that great!? Damn it!

It was sad and hurtful; the pink haired vampire never thought she would see Ichigo looking so scared before in her life. He was always one of courage, one that drove her to be brave for herself while she was with him. Seeing him like this, whimpering like a freighting child, hurt her more than anything. She wanted to be there for him, being with him to face this monster together. But she had not been there during his time of need, and knowing that hurt her. I'm sorry Ichi-kun, I really am.

Suddenly a crack was heard, causing Tsukune and the others to whip their head behind Ichigo. The orange haired shinigami heard it to and pick up Zangetsu on instinct, just in enough time for the barbarian type shinigami to come flying out. "Stop running around," Kenpachi stated coldly, looking at Ichigo with a somewhat dark annoyed look in his eyes. "I don't like… playing hide and seek with weaklings." He struck outward with a straight stab, but somehow Ichigo was able to parry it away from his body.

No…! Calm down! Hurry up and calm down! Right now I'm frightened by his spiritual pressure… that's why that happened. Ichigo took a deep breathe, trying to calm down as best as he could. If I calm down and focus, there is no reason why I can't hurt him…! Calm down… "That Zangetsu guy said so, too…" Calm down, "Throw away my fear… and look ahead." I can win… I can win. "Stepping back means failure…" I can win, I can win, I can win… "Cowering means Death!" I CAN BEAT HIM! He glared forward before jumping back a bit, locking eyes with the tall shinigami. "OK! BRING IT ON YOU BASTARD!"

He suddenly stopped dead in his tracks, looking up with a shock look of realization on his face. "Chad's spiritual pressure… disappeared?" he shuttered out in shock, eyes almost white with disbelief. Hearing this, both the vampire's felt their own eyes widen, remembering the kind giant that was always by Ichigo's side through thick and thin. Impossible! Not Chad! Did he lose? Is he dead? I don't believe it. He can't lose…! Chad won't lose to anyone!

"Who's Chad?" Yukari asked feeling a bit confused on why Kurosaki looked shock about the person losing.

"Impossible… he can't have lost to anyone?!" Tsukune and the other tense a bit, looking over towards the sliver haired vampire to see a shock look on her face.

"Moka-san… are you okay?" The brown haired teen asked. The sliver haired vampire didn't answer him, still to shock to say a word to him. Chad had always been a pillar of strength; someone that she thought could not lose to anyone, hearing that he did was nothing but shock to her. Looking back towards Ichigo, she could see him looking up in the sky with the same shock look in his face.

He's alive! Both vampire's felt a wave of relief past through their hearts. It's weak, but I can still feel his spirit!The look of fear suddenly vanished from his eyes, being replaced with a look of realization dawning on his face. Yeah… why am I wasting my time being scared…? He just had to ask himself that, causing Moka and the others to look at him in confusion. If I lose, then Chad, Inoue, Ishida, Ganju, Hanatarou, and Yoruichi-san… everyone will die too! He grip Zangetsu tighter in his hands, pulling his head down with a look of determination on his face. There is no time… to be scared! He turned around a bit to face the tall shinigami, forcing himself not to run away again.

Seeing this, Ginei grinned a bit. "Seems that he got his drive back," He laughed a bit. "It's a bit surprising that he did! I don't think I would be able to do so."

"What does it matter that he has his determination back?" Reddish brown eyes glared at the werewolf. "The result will still be the same; he will die in this fight no matter what he tries to do!"

"Shut up"

All of them, including the two vampires, turn to see Kurumu looking at the fight before her. But what they heard could not be true? Did Kurumu of all people just tell Ruby to shut up? Impossible! "What did you say, Kurumu-chan?" Mizore asked, shocked like the rest.

Kurumu did turn towards them, but a small fearful glare was on her face. It was full of doubt though, which caused most of them to believe she was doing this do to the fear still not leaving her a bit. "I said jut be quiet, Ruby." She answered, "You have to watch the entire thing to believe he's going to die. You really can't give an answer just because you don't like him."

Hearing this, Ginei felt a roar of laughter erupt from his chest. "That's rich coming from you, Kurumu." He told her, a glare directed towards the ocean blue haired girl. "Maybe you need to tell yourself that, before trying to tell others the same."

Kurumu winced, feeling pain erupt in her chest, but she force it down before it could distract her. "I know…"

"Just please, for all of us, shut the hell up Kurumu." Ginei growled out, looking at the Succubus with rage in his eyes. For once, Kurumu did not reply, only turn back towards the fight with the pain look on her face growing more. Seeing this, Tsukune glared at the werewolf in rage, not liking that he was talking to one of his friends like that. He was about to lash out, but stop once he felt a hand wrap into his. Following the hand, he saw Kurumu looking at him with the same hurtful expression on her face.

"Kurumu-chan?" He stuttered out a bit, looking at her in shock. "Why are you stopping me? He shouldn't be talking to you like that!"

The ocean blue haired girl shook her head, the pain in her dark purple eyes growing a bit as she glanced at the red-violet eyes werewolf. "Don't Tsukune-kun," She pleaded to him, which shock him, Mizore, Ruby and Yukari. "Right now, let's just try and look at what's going too happened." Not really knowing what to do, Tsukune and the others turn towards the fight, still a bit shock at what they had witness.

Sitting on the ground meters away from the orange haired shinigami, the Captain of the 11th Division glanced at him with a bored look in his eyes. "…You've finally decided to come out…" He stood up to his full height, looking down on Ichigo like he was a beast waiting for his prey. "Are you ready to die? Or are you ready to surrender?"

Ichigo's eyes did not waver this time like before, he raised his left arm close to his face, which held the elegant clever of Zangetsu. "Both of those… ARE WRONG" He dashed forward, flicker away and reappearing right in front of the tall shinigami, Zangetsu already swinging towards his chest. With what look like boredom, Zaraki but his zanpakuto up almost lazily to block upward vertical slash. Wait for me Chad… after I beat him. He clenched his fist tighter around Zangetsu's makeshift hilt, and Tsukune and the others could feel his determination building with each step. I'll definitely… definitely go and help you! Blood splattered across the area, and Moka and the other's look on in amazement to see the tall shinigami's chest erupt in blood. Kenpachi's right eye gaze down on his wound, but he said nothing about it.

"Sorry, but I can't die here." Suddenly the bloodlust spiritual pressure momentarily stopped causing Tsukune and the others to breathe in a sigh of relief. Not wanting to miss anything, they looked to see Ichigo glaring at the tall shinigami with a fierce amount of determination in his eyes. "If I do, everything I hold dear.., WILL BE DESTROYED!" He looked at the blood in the tip of Zangetsu, and he felt confidents build up within him. I did it… I can cut him… and I can WIN!

Kenpachi said nothing at first, but the look in his eyes suddenly gains the same bloodlust look in them. "What's this? So you can do it after all?" The pressure of death suddenly appeared back, and Tsukune and the other's felt the fear return. "Don't relax yet. Keep up that sharpened spiritual pressure… the fun is just beginning." He held up his zanpakuto, holding it a few inches away from his chest. "Isn't it? Kurosaki Ichigo!" He dashed forward, flickering away just as fast as Ichigo did before and reappeared right in front of the shock looking orange haired shinigami. Ichigo looked up, eyes widen as held up Zangetsu just in time to block a powerful downward slash, one that tore the very ground apart around them.

The powerful shockwave tore passed them, causing each of them to hold their hands up to block the powerful wind that came following it. This fight, no brutal match of death was becoming deadly then Tsukune thought he was going to be able to witness. A fight like this, the brown haired teen didn't think he would come out of it alive. Was this what shinigami were? Barbarian's that loved to face death and caused destruction in their way? Or was he just wrong about them? Tsukune really didn't know the answer to it.

The orange haired shinigami stepped forward, lashing out with Zangetsu with all his might, the large elegant clever becoming nothing but a mere blur. Kenpachi met the strike with just as much power, his zanpakuto craving onto the ground before coming upward in a vertical strike with his left hand. Their two blades of death met, creating another small powerful shockwave that cracked several skyscrapers around them. Looking at the tall shinigami, Tsukune and the others watched as his grin become more brutal, excited, and bloodier with each passing second. His hand suddenly lashed out, and to the others amazement, grabbed onto the strap edge of Zangetsu. The orange haired teen's eyes widen, feeling his entire body along with Zangetsu being twisted in mere air. Looking towards his enemy, his eyes widen as Zaraki's zanpakuto was mere inches away from his face.

Letting go of Zangetsu with his left hand and keeping a hold of his zanpakuto, he dodge the blade from impaling his head by only a second to spare. He glared at Kenpachi and with acrobatics Tsukune and the others didn't think he had, lashed out with his left foot, which slammed into the hand that held Zangetsu. He skipped backwards a bit to curse a bit, not seeing the tall shinigami in front of him. Suddenly he heard what sounded like a bell ringing; he acted on instinct and raised Zangetsu in enough time to block another vertical strike from the jagged-chipped blade of Kenpachi.

Kenpachi laughed, which sounded like twisted pleasure at being in a battle to the death. "GOOD! VERY GOOD REACTION!" He screamed in joy. "YOUR CONCENTRACTION IS IMPROVING! UNLIKE BEFORE, NOW YOU'RE ABLE TO HEAR THE CHINNING OF MY BELL!" The orange haired shinigami said nothing, trying to catch as much energy as he could. That fierce, but little exchanged had worn him down more than he liked, "The bell, the eye patch. They're all tools to make the battles ENJOYABLE!" Kenpachi smirked a bit, face filled with nothing but bloodlust. He placed his zanpakuto on his shoulder and chuckled a bit. "If you don't take advantage of them, it'll be boring!"

Catching his breath as best as he could; Ichigo placed Zangetsu downward a bit. "Damn… you still underestimate me…" He eyed the jagged zanpakuto on Zaraki's shoulder with caution in his eyes. "Is that why you're not releasing you Shikai?"

Zaraki paused for a moment, looking at the orange haired shinigami with a confused look on his face. Tsukune and the others were also confused; they just notice that what Ichigo said was indeed in fact true. As they looked at the zanpakuto on Kenpachi Zaraki's shoulder, it did not seem to have changed at all. Did this mean that he still had more power to be released? Or was it that he just didn't know how to release his power? Moka felt hope suddenly fill through her heart.

"What are you thinking?" Ichigo asked with a small smirk on his face. "My sword already wounded you… if you keep holding back, I'll definitely defeat you."

"My zanpakuto has no name."

Ichigo looked up, glancing at the tall captain with a look of surprise on his face. "What?" He asked, just as confused as Tsukune and the others were.

Kenpachi looked at his zanpakuto, tilting the nodachi to the side and stared at it. "This is the only form of my sword." He answered truthfully, "I don't put any seal on it." He held it up close to his face, his eyes gaining a cold look in them. "This… is the true form of my zanpakuto."

Hearing that simple statement caused hope to build in her; the sliver haired vampire felt herself smile as she kept her gaze on the fight before her. He could win! Like she thought, she wouldn't have to see the man she cared for die before her. It was something that sent a warm feeling through her heart; this was Ichigo's fight to be won if he continues with his determination driving him. Looking back, she could see a confident look spread across Ichigo's face, which caused that warm feeling to grow within her heart.

"… Oh yeah? That's good to know." The orange haired shinigami said. "So you sword won't get any stronger."

"So?" Faster than Ichigo could react, he felt Zaraki lash out towards him at speeds he could not almost follow. Acting on instinct, he held up Zangetsu in a defensive position in front of his chest, blocking Zaraki's jagged-chipped blade just before it would have impaled him. He looked down, shocked that he couldn't follow a single movement that just happened before his eyes. "So what? So you will win if you just try a little harder?" He glared down on Ichigo a bit, "You're the one that's underestimating me!" He pushed his left hand forward, and Moka and the others were shock to see Ichigo being pushed back. "The reason why there's no seal… is because my spiritual pressure is so strong that even the strongest seal won't do any good. So when I fight, I just hold back on how hard I swing."

The pressure around them suddenly increases tenfold, far worst then they had ever felt before. Tsukune and the other's looked around with fear in their eyes, seeing the very ground began to lift and break apart piece by piece. It shouldn't be possible! Just how strong was this guy! Standing was she was that filling of hope was suddenly gone. The sliver haired vampire looked on in fear, feeling dread began to reappear far worse than it was before. Something was going to happen, and she didn't think either her or Omote would be able to take it.

"Do you see?" The orange haired shinigami suddenly had fear in his eyes, the look of confidents ad determination was gone from his eyes. "If I don't hold back, my enemies will be become so weak that I can't enjoy it at all." He pushed a bit harder, and Moka's eyes widen as Zaraki's blade went clean through Ichigo's, stabbing him directly in the heart. Ichigo looked down; eyes turning white as life began to leave his eyes.

It broke

"RGGHAHAHAHA," The scream that tore passed the pink haired vampire's throat scared all of them. Tsukune rushed forwards, throwing away all instinct that scream for him not to get close.

"Moka-chan!" He shouted in worry. "Get a hold of yourself! You need to remember that this is nothing but a distant memory. None of this is really happening!" But the pink haired vampire was not listening to him; her eyes had completely lost their color, only leaving white sightless eyes that made her look dead. Tsukune felt fear grow in his heart, he looked to see Inner Moka to be in the same fate, but she had tears running down her white eyes, along with her body trembling badly.

"I told you not to relax just yet…" Zaraki stated, looking at the now dead like orange haired shinigami before him. "Your spiritual pressure… had become this weak just because you saw a chance to win…" He pulled his zanpakuto slowly from Ichigo's chest, causing both Moka's chest to pump up in what like pain. To Tsukune and the others; it looked like something was trying to rip itself from both their chest. "What a boring end…" As soon as those words left his mouth, the orange haired teens body fell to the ground, his Zangetsu breaking into two half's has he fell. "Sure you could scratch me… sure you could hear my bell… but none of it matters if you don't last." He looked down at Ichigo, feeling his boredom increase. "…How dull… this is it?" He turns around, letting his blade scratch against the ground as he walked away from the fallen orange haired shinigami.

"… Oh Kami," Tsukune and the other's looked up just in time to see the sliver haired vampire crumple to the ground. Her face was mixed with nothing but horror on her face; she grabbed her bunch of her hair and pulled a bit to try to make herself feel better. "GGRRRHHH," She screamed as her back collided with the ground. Inner Moka knew this was a memory, she knew everything that was happening before her eyes had already happened, but she couldn't control her feelings any longer like she hoped. Her backed hunched up and her mouth open wide with what looked like shock, to Tsukune and the other's it look like she was in extreme psychological pain.

"NO… PLEASE… HE JUST AN'T BE DEAD!" Outer Moka cried out, eyes overwhelming with tears as her body wrench all over the ground. Tsukune titled his head down to the girl in his arms, looking at her with nothing but growing horror on his face, he felt like he could do nothing to help the two he felt equally about. It happened again, and he had to watch as the pink haired vampire's back seem to hunch up, making it look like something was trying to explode out of her chest.

Tsukune cursed a bit in anger, glancing at the fallen orange haired shinigami with hatred growing in his heart. He never wanted to feel hate for anyone, but this bastard was pushing him even though he wasn't even here to begin with. Did he like causing this angel in his arms pain? Did he want her to feel so much pain just to make him feel satisfied? Tsukune just couldn't understand it! That bastard had to know something like this was going to happen! He just didn't care about how Moka was going to act about it was she saw him in this state.

It had to end now. They could no longer stay in here to watch these twisted memories, he would not stand here and watch as Moka was reduce to nothing but a crumbling child. The brown haired teen knew she didn't deserve something like this, and the more they stayed in here, the more Moka was going to go through more pain. He wrapped his arms around the pink haired girl, picking her up bridal style and looking at the others with a determined look on his face. He glanced over towards Inner Moka and to his shock; Ginei had already pick the girl up from the ground.

"Tsukune-kun?" He glanced at his side, seeing the light purple haired girl looking at him with worry in his eyes. "Is Moka… okay?"

Tsukune didn't answer her, looking down at the pink haired girl in his arms to see her state had not gotten any better. To him, she looked even worse the way her body kept twitching every few seconds; Kumiko was not moving either in her arms. He lean down a bit close to her face and closed his eyes, trying to savior the moment he had with her. This had to stop; he could not stand here any longer and watch her go through something like this. For doing something like this, that bastard Kurosaki Ichigo was going to pay for not telling them about this.

He glanced at the small fairy in front of him, looking at him with a cold look in his black eyes. Looking at them, Ruby and the others were shock, never really thinking they would see him looking like this. "Get us out of here, "he stated coldly, causing Ruby and the other's to look at him in shock, "Now!"

The small haired fairy felt her eyes widen, looking at the brown haired teen before her with fear in her eyes. Something like that just couldn't be possible! Just before her eyes she could have sworn the boy before her eyes chance to the color of red, reshaping to fit that of a vampire. She felt herself began to tremble, the power that was rolling off the boy and flowing into her sense was making her sick with fear. It was too tainted, filled with nothing but the desire to destroy.

Standing just inches away from him, Ginei felt anger rise through his boy. He stepped forward a bit, directly in front of Tsukune and the small green haired fairy. He knew what was happening; the small fairy was not being able to take the tainted aura that was flowing from the boy's body right now. "What the hell do you mean leave now?" He growled out, looking into the brown haired teens eyes without a single ounce of fear in his eyes. "We are not leaving, and you are not taking Moka or Kumiko out of here either."

Tsukune scoffed a bit in anger, looking at the wolf with growing anger in his eyes with each passing second that passed by them. For some odd reason he could not process, he felt that Ginei was still somewhat his friend no matter what happen between the two. But friendship, right now, met nothing to him. He had to think about Moka and the small sliver haired girl in her arms, if he didn't, he feared what would happen if he didn't. He clenched his left fist a bit, feeling the tainted power he hated using rise up within him, powering his body up to knew height.

Seeing the confrontation that was about to happen between the two both, Mizore stepped in between them. "You two knew to stop right now," She commanded to both of them coldly. "This is not really the time for you to be fighting right now."

Ginei scoffed a bit, keeping his gaze directly on the transformed human before him. "Tell your master that," He snapped in disgust, feeling his claws began to grow as his anger did. The brown haired teen was beginning to draw a thin line with him, and the more he looked at him the more that line was breaking.

Mizore narrowed her eyes at that comment, but didn't even care to respond to it. She turns towards Tsukune, feeling her worry increase with the look in his eyes. "Please Tsukune-kun," She pleaded with a growing worry in her eyes. "You need to calm down, I know you're worried about Moka, but know his not the time to be angry at everyone around you."

He felt sick, Tsukune felt wrong that he was making his friends worry like this about him. Glancing down at the still twitching pink haired vampire, he felt his resolve grow within him. He thought he was going to feel ashamed of himself after this is all through, but right now he has to worry about the safety of two girls that met the world to him. "I'm sorry Mizore-chan," He told her truthfully. "But now is not the time for this, if we stay watching these twisted memories any longer, Moka will be hurt more than ever, or worse she will die."

Even though it wasn't the right moment to be feeling this way, the reddish brown eyed witch felt her heart swell up in love. This was something that she loved more than anything about Tsukune, he didn't care what happen to him, as long as it met that he can protect his friends then he was find with it just that. Stepping forward, she placed a soft hand on the Yuki-onna's shoulder, causing her to turn in her direction with a curious look in her eyes. "Ruby-san? What is it?"

"I think we should listen to Tsukune-kun on this one," She said with a smile on her face. She glanced at Moka, and even though the girl angered her for what she did to the man she loved, she still considered her a dear friend. "Seeing these memories are hurting Moka beyond anything we have every saw, and I have a bad feeling that it's going to get even worse form here."

"But didn't we come here to learn about Kurosaki-san?" Yukari asked, stepping forward to out her two senses into things. She glanced at Moka for a brief moment, feeling her heart began to shatter the longer she looks at her.

Ruby nodded, stepping closer towards the smaller witch and placing her within a hug. She could see what was happening to the small witch, and it hurt her a bit to see the little girl she considered a sister to look so heart broken. "Yes we did come to look, but we do not want the information at the cost of a friend." She smiled, "Isn't that right Yukari-chan?"

The small witch glanced up at Ruby, feeling her heart began to meld just a bit back together. "Yeah, you're right Ruby-chan, desu!" She said with a nod.

"What…. The fuck is wrong with you people?!"

Tsukune and the others paused for a moment, looking over to stare at the black haired red-violet eyes wolf with a shock look on their faces. The person before them, did not resemble the perverted werewolf they ounce knew. The person before them looked dark, faces twisted in uncontrolled rage as he looked at each and every last one of them with anger in his eyes. Kurumu seeing this, growing felt a growing intense worry grow in her chest. This was not the teen before her that taught her over the summer, this was looking like a carbon copy of that bastard Kurosaki Ichigo.

"What's wrong with us?" Mizore repeated, looking at the black haired werewolf with confusion in her eyes. "What do you mean by that? Don't you see we're trying to get out of here to protect Moka and her child?"

"Are you really Youkai?" Ginei asked, not even bothering to answer the Yuki-onna's question. Mizore, Kurumu, Ruby and Yukari looked at him in confusion, wondering what he was talking about.

"What are you talking about Ginei?" The ocean blue haired girl asked, stepping forward to see what was wrong with him. A second passed and her scenes told her to move, but a powerful shockwave of sliver youki sent her slamming back towards Tsukune and the other's. Wincing a bit in pain, she glanced up and looked at Ginei in fear to see him covered in a twisting typhoon of youki.

"How can you stand there considering yourself proud Youkai when you knowing nothing of battle!?" The black haired roared out in intense anger, glaring at each of the girls that stood before him. He pointed towards the till glaring Tsukune, and felt himself snarl in disgust. "Him I can't understand just a little, but four I can even begin to understand. Don't you think Moka knew this when she considered watching Kurosaki's memories? Don't you think she knows that you don't just gain power like that from just being friendly to others?"

"What are you talking about Ginei?" Kurumu asked, picking herself up and looking at the wolf with a confused look on her face. "This has nothing to do with being Youkai and craving for battle, this has something to do with are friend being hurt from watching these memories." She was about to say something else, but a dark glare from the black werewolf shut her up.

Ginei pointed towards the orange haired shinigami, not letting his eyes leave off the fools that were standing before him. "If you would look closely, you would see that bastard is not dead." Kurumu and the other's eyes in disbelief; turning towards the fight to see indeed that Ichigo was not dead as they thought. But something like that should be impossible! How could he still be alive after being impaled through the heart? Just what the hell was he to be able to survive something like that? "We're not leaving, no matter what either of you say."

Tsukune glared at him, stepping in front of the girls with intense anger in his eyes. "Who gave you the right to order us around like that?" He was about to say something else, but a bluish white glow stopped him from saying anything else, looking down his eyes widen a bit at seeing a protective cloak of energy seem to wrap around both Moka and Kumiko. "What's going on?" He asked shock. Losing his anger for a quick moment, Ginei looked down to see the same thing happening to the sliver haired vampire as well.

Ruby was indeed shock by this, not really knowing what was happening before her eyes. "I don't really know Tsukune-kun," She answered him.

"I, think I can answer that." They each looked towards Lilith too see her not facing them directly.

"You know what's happening to them?" Tsukune asked, fearing for the two girl's safety that he cared most about.

"It's Kurosaki-sama's reiatsu." Lilith answered, she than pointed towards one of the vampire's. "It's protecting them right now, fixing what's wrong and mending their minds and bodies to being able to withstand wants coming next for them to face the more they go deeper into his memories." She smiled a bit. The other's not thinking something like that was possible, the green haired fairy turn towards them with a small cold look in her eyes. "We cannot leave right now, those two need to see this more than any of you. I know you want to protect her Tsukune-san, but she will never forgive you if you pull her out now."

"I don't care if she hates me for the rest of my life!" Tsukune snapped, closing his eyes a bit in pain. "I don't want to see her hurt, if we stayed in here longer, and then her pain will only increase more, which will make mine grow as well from seeing her hurt." Ruby and the others said nothing, feeling sadden that they could not help the boy they cared about. They were about to say something else, but the noise of someone slamming something across the ground caught their attention. Turning around and trying to put the troubling thoughts behind them, they look in shock to see Ichigo looking at Kenpachi's back with a look they was filled with the desire to keep fighting.

Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! The growing desires within is chocolate brown eyes seem to grow with each passing second that passed. I can die! I can die! I CAN DIE YET! His fist trembled in anger, feeling helpless that he could not pick his body up from the ground. Not here…. Not Yet! I can't die yet! Not yet! Zaraki's blade continue to scratch against the ground with each passing thought that passed through his mind, he glared at him at his back. Move! Move! Damn it! Stop bleeding! He open his mouth, letting a large amount of blood fall to the ground, seeing this Kurumu and the others held their hands close to their mouths to stop the scream from coming out. I… have to stand up and fight…! To the amazement of Tsukune and the other's, he was forcing his dead body to come back to life with sheer willpower. Have to… SAVE RUKIA! Kenpachi blade lifted from the ground before it rested on his right shoulder, and the instant that happen Tsukune and the other's came face to face with the tall black haired middle age man.

"What the…?" Kurumu chocked out, looking at the man before her with a shock look on her face. "It's that… the same man we saw when Kurosaki was training?"

Ruby nodded, looking at the tall man with an equally shock look on her face. "It is him, but what is he suddenly doing here?" She didn't receive an answer, only silent as the other's looked on with bath breath.

The man looked down at the equally shocked looking orange haired shinigami, his cold blue eyes looking down on him with connivance. "Do you want to fight?" He simple asked, his long ragged coat flaring for no mere reason. Like Tsukune and the others, Ichigo didn't currently know what to say to him. "To fight or to live… choose."

The orange haired shinigami still looked shock, but his hand clenched around the broken half of Zangetsu that was still in his hands. I… "Want to win." He said simple

The old man looked down on him, not letting a single emotion pass his face. "I can't here you." He said with the same look in his eyes.

The orange haired shinigami pushed his head up a bit, ignoring the blood that was flowing from the wound in his chest. "It's pointless to just fight… it's pointless to just live… I want to win…!" He looked up; eyes filled with nothing but the will and desire to win with everything he had. "I WANT TO WIN!"

The man bent down, placing a hand on the orange haired shinigami's back. Tsukune and the other's watch, looking on as the man's coat to see to flared behind him in what looked like jagged, ragged wings of what looked like a devils. "I'll take you there!" He said simple, Ichigo looking at him with the same look to win in his eyes. The next instant, Tsukune and the other's found themselves standing on a skyscraper, looking outward; they look to see that they were in Karakura Town.

"How did we get back to Karakura Town?" Ruby asked, looking at the large town like city with a surprise look on her face.

Tsukune shook his head a bit, not really knowing how to answer that. "I don't know Ruby-san," He answered. "We shouldn't be here, from what I can understand."

"We really haven't gone anywhere," They looked back to see Lilith. "We are in Karakura Town, but this is one created by Ichigo's soul. This is, Kurosaki-sama's Inner World."

Ginei looked confused, but nonetheless curious. "What is an Inner World?"

"Normally, the Zanpakutō spirit can only be seen by its wielder. Otherwise, they dwell in their own "inner world", created within the minds of the Shinigami who wield them. As such, each Shinigami's inner world is drastically different from another Shinigami's and is unique to themselves. A Zanpakutō's spirit can bring its wielder into its inner world, though Shinigami can voluntarily achieve this simply by meditation." Lilith explained to them

Mizore nodded a bit, "So we're in Kurosaki's Inner World?" Lilith nodded, confirming what she wanted to know. Knowing where they were at now, they each turn to see the old man throwing Ichigo what looked like a regular katana.

"That was veeery dangerous, man!" Ichigo yelled out in shock, being barely being able to catch the katana in his hand. "Who the hell passes a sword like that!?"

"Take it." The tall old man said, "It's yours."

Ichigo looked at the sword in confusion, "But old man… this is…" He trailed off a bit.

"Asauchi(浅打ち, '"Shallow Hit"')." The old man said, "It's the class of nameless zanpakuto that all low-class shinigami wield."

"No." Ichigo said, still looking confused at what the man was saying. "I meant this is not my zanpakuto. Mine is Zangetsu…"

"Zangetsu…" The man turn to face the orange haired teen, and to Tsukune and the other's amazement, and a unbroken Zangetsu in his right hand, "As in the one that your enemy broke just now?" His eyes glanced at the elegant clever, before they gained an intense cold look in them. "I can't give this to you." He threw the blade over the edge, gaining a shock Look from Tsukune and the others.

"Wh…!" Ichigo gasped before jumping after his zanpakuto. "What are you doing!?"

"DOWN, BOY!" A sudden, hollow pitch voice said. The orange haired teen looked behind him, covering his eyes a bit as a white and black blur passed by him.

What…? Ichigo's eyes narrowed as he tried to locate where the blur would land. Tsukune and the other's looked on to, trying to see where the blur would land as well. The next instant they heard a loud pop, looking up they saw what looked like a person gripping onto Zangetsu. He front flip in mid-air, landing on what of the skyscrapers. The orange haired teen looked at the figure, sweat pouring from his face as he looked on in shock. "…What… What the hell are you?"

The person looked just like Ichigo; the only thing that was different is that he looked like a polar opposite of the orange haired shinigami. White hair, white and black shihakusho and yellow / black eyes that sent a shiver of fear racing down their spines, "What a mean thing to say," His hollow pitch voice said with a hint of mock in it, "Partner." He placed Zangetsu on his shoulders, looking at the orange haired teen with a look that reminded them of Kenpachi, but far worse.

"Now begins… the test to see if you are worthy of using me." The old man said, finally revealing himself as Zangetsu. Tsukune and the others were shock a bit, but did not bother to comment on it. "If you want to wield me, then take me back with you own hands. Your opponent? Is yourself!"

The white Ichigo laughed a bit, holding out Zangetsu with his left hand close to his chest, "Yeah. Take it back." His eyes grew with bloodlust, and Tsukune and the others could feel the bloodlust began to return full force in their bodies. "Come and… get it…" He blasted of the ruff, taking a large section with him as he did. A laughed tore passed his lips, but it was filled with brutal pleasure that was far worse than that of the 11th Division Captain, "IF YOU CAN PARTNER!" The orange haired shinigami tense and held up the Asauchi up just in enough time to block, Zangetsu edge slamming against it with immense force.

Gu… I can't push him back!? Try all his might; the orange haired shinigami could push his counter-part back. The white haired Ichigo glared down on Ichigo, before pushing him back several meters with just a flick of his wrist. Sliding across the ground, Ichigo looked up just in enough time to see a powerful aura of typhoon twisting around Zangetsu's edge. So strong! Looking at Zangetsu, they could hear the blade almost screaming for blood. Zangetsu is so strong…! The spiritual pressure alone is pulverizing the stuff around it. His hands started to tremble, and he looked at the nameless katana with fear in his eyes. It's a monster sword… compared to that… a nameless zanpakuto is like a wooden stick… using such a useless thing. His trembling increase, and Tsukune and the others were still finding it hard to believe to see Kurosaki of all people shaking in fear. It's impossible to win!

"What are you doing partner?" The white Ichigo asked, snapping the orange haired shinigami out of his thoughts. Tsukune and the others looked at him, seeing him letting go of Zangetsu and grabbing it by the scarf. "If you just stand there…" He grabbed a piece of the scarf with his right hand then began spinning it, creating a windmill that creates a small typhoon of wind around the elegant clever. "I'll kill you."

"What?" Ichigo cursed out in shock, looking at what his counter-part was doing with Zangetsu in amazement. Tsukune and the others weren't a surprise as they should be, remembering that Kurosaki did something similar when he killed Hitmoi and Keito.

"ORA!" White Ichigo's arm shot forward, instant later Zangetsu crashed into the top portion of the skyscraper the orange haired shinigami was previously standing on.

Ichigo looked on in shock. What!

Seeing that his attack missed, the white Ichigo scoffed a bit. "Chih, I seem to have missed you partner." He said in mock hurt, pulling on the scarf. Zangetsu went flying back into left hand, being twisted into a windmill of death again. He held it upward this time, looking down at the orange haired shinigami with a sadistic look on his face. Tsukune and the other's just looked at him, feeling that this counter-part reminded them exactly of Kenpachi.

Using the scarf to spin Zangetsu? What kind of fighting style is that? Ichigo just looked on, looking at the blade with growing confusion on his face. I've never… even thought of something like that. He clenches his fist, looking at his counterpart with a glare on his face, but it was filled with doubt and self-hate for himself. Damn it!

A twisted scoff was heard; Tsukune and the others turn to see the white counter-part looking at Ichigo with the same look on his face. "You really are ridiculous!" The orange haired shinigami narrowed his eyes, but had no comeback. "You've have such a powerful sword. How did you end up half-dead on the ground and bleeding like crazy? I don't understand how that could have happened!" His eyes harden as he looked at the orange haired shinigami, "You! Do you think that a complete stranger will suddenly become your best friend after you asked him his name?"

"What do you mean by that?" Ichigo asked, eyes opening a bit wider with confusion.

"I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU AND YOUR SWORD!" The White counter-part of Kurosaki Ichigo shouted in anger. He gritted his teeth, and spun Zangetsu harder. "You think that you would be able to use Zangetsu fully by just knowing its name!" He asked, looking at the orange haired shinigami like he was stupid. "You only think of yourself and never consider drawing out Zangetsu's power!" A look of realization seem to dawn on Ichigo's face, but the other's still looked confused at what the white counter-part was trying to say. "THIS ISN'T ALL TO ZANGETSU'S POWER! IF YOU CAN OPEN UP AND LEND IT YOUR POWER, IT WILL BECOME EVEN STRONGER!"

That elegant clever of death… can become stronger? Ruby did think she like that, knowing that even that powerful sword can get even stronger than it was now.

The white counter-part smirked, looking at Ichigo like he was a selfish fool. But he didn't look disappointed like Tsukune and the other's thought he should, no, he looked far more excited than he should, "But can't do that. You won't relay on you zanpakuto. You think that all you need to do is train yourself, and you will become stronger." He tossed Zangetsu again, the blade of death missing Ichigo by mere inches.

That's true. I never tried to understand or get to know Zangetsu. He side stepped to the side, cursing a bit a piece of debris slammed into his side. A zanpakuto is isn't just a tool. Each as its own name… and I He seem to remember something, and Tsukune and the other's watch as a curse passed his lips. 'That's good to know?' What a joke! We're the same! He stopped running, holding the nameless katana up in a weak defensive position. I'm the same as him! All I is the name. But I don't really know anything about Zangetsu! Only knowing the name is the same as not knowing anything! I'm exactly the same as that guy who doesn't know the name of his zanpakuto! I want to know!

He pulled, and Zangetsu flew back into the white counter-part's left hand. He placed the large blade in his shoulder, looking at Ichigo with a bored look in his eyes. "Time to end this! I'm going to show you… the right way to use Zangetsu." His yellow pupils seem to shrink, giving of the look of a killer. "Since you probably won't…. even learn how to do it yourself to save your life!" He dashed forward, a sadistic look on his face as he held Zangetsu at his left side. The orange haired shinigami didn't move from where he was standing, which confused Tsukune and the others.

"Why isn't he moving?" Kurumu asked in growing shock. "Does he want to die or something?"

"Be quiet Kurumu," Ginei said. "If you do, you might just learn something that might help you in the future." The ocean blue haired girl said nothing, looking at him for a second before turning back towards the fight.

Can you… tell me about yourself… even if it's just a little bit? Tell me about you. He still did not move, and with each passing second, the white haired counter-part grew closer. I want to know! I want to know how to borrow your power! Please tell me! And then once more… you and me… we'll fight again together!He looked up a bit with a determined look on his face, just in time to see Zangetsu's edge only a inch away from his face. Old Man! The counter-part swung down, creating a powerful shock wave that covered the both of them in a large cloud of smoke, when it clear, Tsukune and the others were amazed to see Zangetsu back in Ichigo's hands.

Ginei smirked a bit, "seems he got his blade back in his own hands again." He complimented

White Ichigo looked shock, looking down at the nameless zanpakuto in his hands. "What? That's not possible!" He stated a bit shock.

Ichigo was equally shock; he looked as though Zangetsu wasn't going to give him his power after the stupid mistakes he's made. He looked over towards the far in, to see Zangetsu looking at him with the same look on his face. Does this mean you will… give me one more chance…? He frowned, but it was filled with a drive that Tsukune and the others were shock to see. Thanks… old man! The next instant, Tsukune and the other's found them standing again in between the many skyscrapers.

Glancing in front of him, the brown haired teen could see the Captain of the 11th Division still in the same spot where he last saw them. "Seems not like much time as passed here," He noticed.

Yukari nodded, "Seems like it Tsukune-kun." She agreed with him, "Since we were in Kurosaki-san's inner world, time out here did not seem too passed."

"Ichi…Ichi-kun."

That voice! Tsukune screamed in his head, looking down in his arms in amazement. A soon as he lock onto Moka's body and eyes, he knew something was instantly wrong with her. He was glad she wasn't crying out in pain, he did think he would be able to handle it if she was. No. This time, her very eyes were glowing the same as the bluish white spiritual pressure. Before he could try to find out what was happening to her, a suddenly weight slammed into his shoulders. Looking back towards the fight, he looked on in shock to see Ichigo standing up, looking at Zaraki with a determined look on his face.

The orange haired shinigami's body was surrounded by a heavy amount of spiritual pressure, glowing the same color as the pink haired girl's eyes. Tsukune felt him stir and looked to his side, seeing the sliver haired vampire's eyes glowing the same. A second later, both their bodies' hunch up, and a scream of pure pleasure seem to break free from their throats. It pained him to hear them scream something like that, so he turn back to see Ichigo holding an unbroken Zangetsu in his right hand.

Ruby gulped, not believe what she was seeing before her eyes. This orange haired boy seemed different, far more powerful than what she was just seeing minutes ago. "He seems different," She observed.

"He does," Mizore said. She then turns her gaze towards the tow vampire's, wondering what was wrong with the two. All of them stopped talking, bath in what was going to happen next. They looked over towards Zaraki, to see the tall shinigami looking at Ichigo with an equally shocked look on his face. The next instant, the orange haired flicker away, moving faster than anyone of them could track. They couldn't even hear a sound to tell where he was at. The next instant passed, and shower of blood seem to coming flowing from Kenpachi's right shoulder.

"He did it," Tsukune stated in shock, not believing what he was seeing before is eyes.

"He cut him so easily, desu!" Yukari yelled, finishing what her love was going to say. The others were equally shock, not believing that the demonic shinigami was wounded so easily.

The orange haired shinigami's eyes stayed narrowed in determination, swinging the elegant clever vertically upward to cleave Kenpachi into. Not having as much time as he did before, the tall shinigami barley put his zanpakuto up to block, but to the amazement of the other's, he was being pushed back. He pushed his right up towards his hilt, increasing the strength of his block as best as he could. But it was useless, the orange haired shinigami tore through his defense like it was paper, cutting open his left shoulder in a shower of blood. The large shinigami's body flew backwards, digging a large trench in the ground as he went. On instinct, he stabbed his jagged-chipped zanpakuto into the side of a skyscraper, stopping himself in mid push.

This was impossible! There was no way someone could get this strong just by talking to his weapon for strength. It had only been a few confrontation, and Tsukune and the others could swore they saw only two blows land on the tall shinigami. But from what they were now seeing, their eyes had not been able to keep up at once. The orange haired shinigami had landed more than two blows, he had managed to land so many without them even noticing, that the captains chest and body was covered in nothing but sever wounds and blood. They watch, looking on in shock as Zaraki breathe in as much as he could. Just in a few exchanges, Kurosaki Ichigo had managed to turn the fight completely in his favor.

"Sorry," They looked to see holding Zangetsu with both hands over his chest a bit, the will still strong in his eyes. "But I don't have time to waste here… I'm going to finish this in one strike!"

Kenpachi grinned, but it was not want of mock enjoy to fool his opponent of his pain, it was fill with one of excitement that neither Tsukune or the other's had seen. "Finish… in one strike…?" He said, the words felt distance in his mouth. "That's not good… IT'S JUST STARTING TO GET INTERESTING! ISN'T IT?" He shouted, a demonic craze grin splitting across his face.

"What is wrong with him?" Kurumu asked, confused at the way the tall shinigami was acting. "Doesn't he care about the injuries he's suffered? Doesn't he fear death?"

Ginei shook his head, "That is a kind of person that loved battle more than anything." He answered; the other's looked at him. "Even though Ichigo can fight evenly with him now, this fight will still be hard pressed on both sides." They didn't say anything, turning back to see Kenpachi making a mad dash towards Ichigo.

"WE SHOULD DRAG THIS OUT… AS LONG AS WE CAN!" Ichigo cursed, eyes white with battle as he stabbed Zangetsu's tip forward, and aimed directly to impale the large shinigami in the head. The tall shinigami saw this, but he made no attempt to dodge it, only raising his right hand to pushed the blade back a bit to curve a long deep gash just below his right eye. In an instant he was in Ichigo's guard, his jagged-chipped zanpakuto aimed directly for the same spot his wound was. Seeing this, Ichigo curse and jumped back, turning his head a bit to the left to dodge it, only to receive a smaller cut on his left cheek.

"HAHAHA"

Feeling arms wrap around his waist, the brown haired teen looked down to see Yukari shivering in fear. "Are you okay Yukari-chan?" He asked her.

She shook her head, "Not really Tsukune-kun." She answered him honestly, "What kind of fight is this? What kind of people are they to ignore wound that should have killed them by know?"

The brown haired teen didn't really know how to answer that, he too wanted to know how they could just ignore wounds like that with a care in the world. He watched, looking on as the orange haired shinigami continued stabbing into the large shinigami, but each time he did not stop, but kept coming back for more with the same crazed look on his face. He might not look as crazed, but each blow that landed on him, the orange haired shinigami was ignoring them and pressing forward with all his might. Kenpachi laughed, swinging upward to cleave Ichigo in half, his zanpakuto tearing the ground up as it did. Without any hesitation on his part, Ichigo met his swing, Zangetsu becoming a mere blur before it slammed into its opposite.

A powerful shockwave blew around them, but they ignored it and kept pressing forward. As he looked on, Tsukune couldn't help but think that both of them were enjoying what they were doing to each other. Is this how shinigami act? Or just samurai how love battle did? "What kind of people are we dealing with here?" He asked.

"I see your understanding just a bit," Tsukune looked beyond him to see Ginei with a series gaze in his eyes.

"What do you mean understand?" Ruby asked. "There's really nothing to understand, but these two are nothing but monsters."

Ginei laughed a bit, "Say what you want about them." He said, "But is wrong to enjoy something you love so much? It is wrong to not give it your all when you're doing the one thing your good at?" He laughed again, and for some reason he found joy in the fight he was watching.

Tsukune glared at him, "Does that mean you can act like a killer… just because you enjoy it?" He asked darkly.

"I said nothing like that," The black haired werewolf snapped. "But I hope you understand now that all the fights you and I have been in are nothing but schoolyard bullshit compared to this." He glared a bit, "This… IS WHAT A REAL FIGHT IS LIKE! ONE WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW YOU WILL WALK OUT OF IT ALIVE!"

Kurumu looked at the werewolf in shock, not really getting why he was acting like this. Was the Ginei they knew nothing but a lie? Was he just as much a crazed battle fool like that demonic looking shinigami? She didn't want to believe something like that. "What the hell's wrong with you?" She cried out a bit plead, Tsukune and the other reared back in shock. "Why are you acting like this?"

Ginei glared at her, fixing the sliver haired vampire in his arms so she wouldn't fall. "What the hell are you talking about?" He asked her. "Is it wrong for me to enjoy battle? I got to say I'm starting to like it like I use to before I was change by someone." They were about to ask him what he met by that, but a powerful shockwave caused them to turn back towards the fight before them.

"I DON'T GET IT!" Kenpachi dashed forward, but Ichigo met his charge in an instant, swinging Zangetsu into his body again. "HOW DID YOU REVIVE YOURSELF?!" His jagged-chipped zanpakuto slammed into Zangetsu, the very ground started to break under their feet with each clash. "HOW DOD YOU BECOME SO STRONG?!" Ichigo cursed, jumping back to dodge a downward slash that was inches away from cutting him in half. Kenpachi's zanpakuto connected with the ground, creating a cloud of smoke that covered him from view. But Ichigo did not waver, He held Zangetsu in both hands at his left side, flickering away and swinging the blade with all his might, the sharp edge of his zanpakuto digging into Zaraki's abdomen. "HOW DON'T GET IT AT ALL! BUT THAT DOES NOT MATTER!" Tsukune, Ruby, Yukari, Kurumu and Mizore eyes widen in fear, not believing that the tall shinigami was still standing.

"RIGHT NOW, WE SHOULD… JUST ENJOY THE MOMENT!" His blade came down again, meeting Ichigo's in mid-swing, creating another powerful shockwave around them.

Damn it…! I'm WINNING HERE! The orange haired shinigami stepped back, moving his body just in enough time to only suffer minim damage to his lower right side. In both successful attacks and spiritual pressure, I'm above him. He swung vertically down upon the large shinigami, but again Zaraki did not even bother to even dodge it, taking the blow to come in to attack Ichigo as much as possible. He vanished, flickering away with each stab that was close to killing him in he let up. Yet no matter how much I cut him… he won't fall!

The orange haired shinigami landed, looking up to the bloodied shinigami before him with a crazed look in his eyes. "You're crazy!" He shouted, not even for a second letting up his chance to move, "Ridiculously crazy! Do you enjoy fighting that much? You're not afraid of dying?!"

Kenpachi smirked, "I' crazy?" He repeated looking up to Ichigo with a craze look in his eyes. "You're the one who's crazy! YOU'RE SO STRONG! WHY DON'T YOU LIKE TO FIGHT!" Tsukune and the others were looking at the man like he was crazy, not believing someone could really act like this. "ENJOY IT! Enjoy the carnage! Enjoy the pain! THEY'RE A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF BATTLE!"

Mizore felt herself tremble in fear, never before had she heard someone talk so carelessly of their own life like this. Just what type of being was he? There was no possible way someone could ignore that many injures and continue to fight without much pause in their speed or strength. From what she could see, each time Kurosaki curve into him, the tall shinigami seems to become more ruthless with time goes on. On her side, Tsukune was feeling the same way along with the rest of the girls. They could see how he was still standing, still able to come with that much force even though he's that injured.

The tall shinigami raised his head and looked into the sky, hands laid flat at his side as he tried to savor the moment. "This is great…!" He called out, nothing but joy filling through his voice. "An equal match up! No… only by a little… but you are definitely stronger!"

The orange haired shinigami didn't even seem to try to attack; Tsukune and the others looked at him to see him trying to understand something. What? Why does he still look so confident…?

Tsukune and the other's paused for a moment, looking back to see Kenpachi grabbing a hold of the eye patch on his left eyes. For some reason, a bad feeling began to run through each of their bodies, telling them that something bad was about to happen. Something was wrong with this man; there was no way he was supposed to still be so confident like this. He was in worst wear then the orange haired teen, and barely was landing blows either. So why? Why could he still stand there and look so confident? Was he hiding something?

"How long as it been… since I had this noble feeling?" Without warning, a suddenly powerful pressure began to fill around the area around them. "It seems that you are…" He ripped the eye patch of, looking at Ichigo with an even more crazed look in his eyes. "A WORTHY OPPONENT, SO I'LL FULL OUT ON YOU!"

BOOM!

An enormous shockwave shot outward, tearing a large hole into the ground below the tall demonic looking shinigami. Tsukune pressed his feet into the ground, trying with all his might not to get blasted back from the sheer power that was blowing from the tall shinigami. He didn't understand! They were in memories! So why were they able to feel everything that was going on here? Something wasn't making since. He looked beyond him, watching in growing worry as his friends were also barely able to keep their feet on the ground. Believing in them, he turn back towards the fight to see Kenpachi, looking up at the sky with a please look on his face.

Ichigo looked on, Zangetsu flat edge blocking his left eye as he looked at the Captain of the 11th Division with a shock look on his face. What…? How come his spiritual pressure increase so much after he took off his eye patch? He looked on, watching as the yellow spiritual pressure continue to reach into the sky, blowing away clouds along with the ground blow it.

"Heh… that's a cheap trick you saved until now…" Ichigo asked, shocking Tsukune and the other's that he did look a bit scared at all. "What's the secret of your right eye?"

Kenpachi looked at the orange haired teen before him, before raising the eye patch to eye level, "Secret? My right eye?" He repeated the questions. "Haha, why would I do such stupid things?" His eyes lost their craze look in them a bit, "This thing is a creation of the freaks in the institute of technological research. It's an infinitely energy-sucking monster." He showed the other side, and too Tsukune and the other's horror, they could see small mouths on the other side. "With the energy that would otherwise be absorbed by this thing…" He dropped the eye patch, held his blade, before swinging faster than either Tsukune or the others could follow. The next instant, several of the skyscrapers around them started to fall, collapsing behind Kenpachi to give him an even more demonic look. "I'm going to use it all to kill you. It's as simple as that."

It was unreal! Something like that should not be possible for a person to be able to accomplish with just swinging his sword. But the proof was right there in his face, with just a swing of his sword, he was able to create an air pressure so strong that it cut down several skyscrapers, with little to no effort at all. Tsukune stepped back a bit, feeling a fear build up within him as he stared at these demons before him that craved nothing but death. A suddenly noise stopped him though; he looked down to see the pink haired girl in his arms. He look into her glowing bluish white eyes, and for some reason felt his resolve repair itself. He couldn't quite right now because of fear; he had to stay to protect the people he cared about.

The orange haired shinigami did not look scared at all, he looked at the tall shinigami with the same will looked in his face. He closed his eyes a bit, feeling a familiar presence take over behind his body, along with a ruff hand being placed on his shoulders. Looking behind Ichigo, Tsukune and the others could see the familiar tall figure of Zangetsu standing behind Ichigo, looking at the Captain with narrowed eyes.

"Do you hear it, Ichigo?" Zangetsu asked. "Do you hear his blades mourning?" The others were confused at this, looking at Zaraki's blade to only see that it seem to be screaming in bloodlust to them.

"Yeah," Ichigo answered.

"He had never listened to that voice. If they do not trust each other when fighting side by side… they will diminish each other's strength." Zangetsu explained, "For someone who only believes in his own strength… it is impossible to understand that." He looked down at the orange haired teen under him, "Ichigo… do you trust me?"

"Of course," Ichigo said without an ounce of hesitation in his voice. They watch as Ichigo's hair began to swirl wildly on top of his head, along with his eyes turning a bluish whit color. "I'll give you… all of my power…. Use it however you like… and then… please lend me your power."

The black haired zanpakuto spirit looked at its wielder, as second later he close his eyes with a clam look on his face, "Yeah." He reach forward a bit, wrapping his own had around his swords hilt along with Ichigo's. Similar to what happen with Kenpachi, Tsukune and the other's watch as a powerful wave of spiritual pressure erupted from Ichigo's body. It was simply beautiful, along with being deadly at the same time as well.

Kenpachi grinned at this, looking at Ichigo with a crazed grin on his face. "HAHA!" He laughed, looking at the orange haired shinigami with joy in his eyes. "You can still raise your spiritual pressure even now? INETERESTING!"

"Of course I can," Ichigo answered simple. "I am borrowing Zangetsu's power, and fighting side by side with Zangetsu!" He glared at the tall shinigami, releasing even more spiritual power witch shock Tsukune and the others. "I'll never lose to someone… who only fight's by himself!"

"Zangetsu…? Is that the name of zanpakuto?" Kenpachi asked, moving his jagged-chipped zanpakuto to his left side. "Borrowing the power of your zanpakuto… fighting side by side with you zanpakuto?" His eyes narrowed darkly as he stared at the orange haired shinigami, "That's bullshit. Zanpakutō are just tools of war! Fighting side by side with a zanpakuto is just the whining words of those too spineless to fight for themselves! It's not something someone like… YOU AND ME SHOULD SAY KUROSAKI ICHIGO!" He roared, sending out a powerful wave of spiritual pressure that took the form of a human skull. Tsukune and the other's look behind him in shock, looking on in growing fear.

"He's coming!" Zangetsu said; they looked to see him standing behind the orange haired teen again. "My ability to stop your wound form bleeding is at its limit! Take him down in one blow!"

Ichigo gripped Zangetsu tighter, unleashing a blue skull mask that was far more demonic then the one beyond the tall shinigami. Tsukune and the other's watch in bathe breath, not trying to say at least one think in fear of missing what was going to happen. Blue and yellow spiritual pressure began to collide, each battling against each other for dominance. The two shinigami did not move, along staring into each other's eyes and waiting for the right move to move. Suddenly the ground tore beneath their feet, they dash towards one another, power tearing up the ground around them as they got closer and closer to one another. Tsukune eyes widen in shock, and the next instant the two shinigami swung their zanpakuto at one another, faster than either of them could even seeing.

BOOOOM!

"KYAAAHH!" The girls screamed; hiding behind Tsukune has everything around them exploded outward in a shower of power and debris. The brown haired teen cursed, throwing his arms up and looking up to see an enormous tower of smoke and power reaching up into the heavens. To see if Inner Moka and Ginei were okay, he looked behind him to see the black haired werewolf coming out of the aftermath okay.

"Are you okay Ginei-sempai?" He asked, looking at the sliver haired girl in his arms with worry in his eyes. The black haired werewolf didn't answer him, only looking in front of him with a shock look on his face. He turned back around, feeling his eyes widen as he looked at the miles of long destroyed terrain around them. Mostly all of the skyscrapers were gone, completely eradicated in the blast of power that blasted off from the two when they collided.

"He… lost?" Yukari said in shocked, Tsukune turn around to see both Ichigo and Kenpachi standing in the middle of a huge crater. Each of their blades, were inches deep into each other's body, blood was scattered around them in what looked like gallons to him.

"So, after all that he still manages to lose?" Ruby said, looking at the massive amount of damage around them in shock. But what shocked them all the most was that both of them were still glaring at one another, even with blades being impaled into each other's body. It was crazy almost to see this! Just how much will did these two have to keep standing every something like that?

"Damn… it" They watched as the orange haired teen began to fall, Zaraki's jagged-chipped blade ripping out of his stomach in a brutal fashion to his right side. The girls held their hands to their mouths, feeling almost sick as the heavy amounts of blood began falling from Ichigo's body, "Sorry everyone." The orange haired shinigami's body hit the ground, along with Zangetsu falling next to him.

It was still too amazing for most of them to see something like this; none of them had ever seen a fight like this before. It was so bloody, full of bloody carnage that wanted nothing but to completely kill the other. But a victory had been decided; the one that had been a far brutal devil then the other had mange to win. Tsukune and the others still could not believe it, how was that devil able to come out winning this fight with such injures? Right now he should be dead from all it as sustained.

"He's unreal…" Mizore shuttered out in fear, looking at the demonic looking shinigami with growing fear in her eyes. "How is he still able to stand from that?"

"… Ichi-kun… Ichigo-kun," Two familiar voices called out slowly. Tsukune and the other's looked at the two vampire's, seeing that both of them had smile on their faces, along with two massive blushes spreading across them as well. Something was wrong with them, why were they acting like this all of a sudden? None of them understood.

"What's wrong with those two?" Kurumu asked a bit, shaking off the fear she was feeling.

Tsukune shook his head, not really knowing how to answer that. "I don't really known Kurumu-chan," he answered her.

"You… won…" The two of them spoke again, but this time causing the other's to look at them in shock. "Didn't you… Ichigo-kun… Ichi-kun?" They were each shocked, how could the two of them say he won when he was the one lying dead on the ground?

"Don't wake them up," Mizore said. "If they are, I don't think they will take what they see well."

"Hah! What are you apologizing for?" Tsukune and the others looked behind them, looking on in shock as Zaraki's jagged-chipped zanpakuto snapped in two. He looked down at each, a massive grin on his face. "You won…idiot." His body seems to not be able to hold on any longer, the tall body of the demonic shinigami fell to the ground. An instant later, they were all covered again in the bluish white reiatsu. But they were all quiet; they still could not believe or understand how Kurosaki won? From what they saw he was the one dead.

"This just isn't making scene anymore," Ruby said, tossing a gaze towards the two vampires'. "How could they tell being unconscious, to know that Kurosaki won his fight? And how do they believe that when he's the one dead?"

"Kurosaki-sama's not dead," Lilith said. "He may look like it, but he is nowhere near dead."

"How do you know, Lilith-san?" Yukari asked, curious on how the fairy would know.

Lilith didn't answer her, only setting her gaze on both vampires. "It's really amazing, isn't it?"

Ginei looked at her, confused at what she was trying to say. "What do you mean by that?"

"I lived for quite a long time, but I have never come cross a bond as strong as theirs." The small fairy answered.

Tsukune frown, holding the pink haired vampire closer, "What do you mean by that Lilith-san?" he asked.

"I never seen this before," Lilith said. "They're both only in his memories, but their able to enter act with Kurosaki-sama memories, giving them a quick foresight on what happens. Another thing is that, the love they hold so strong for him, they are able to respond a bit to his pain, along with share and intense pleasure when Kurosaki-sama release his power." She sighed a bit, still amazed at what she had witness before her eyes.

Tsukune felt his heart began to shattered, but he build his resolve and stood stall and proud. It hurt, but right now he could do nothing to stop it. He looked down with a pain expression on his face; seeing the pink haired vampire smiling for reasons he did not want to hear. Love was hard. It was something that was never easy for anyone; so he could not give up no matter what happens. He would protect her! No matter what happen to his body he will protect her will all his power. He looked down at her a smiled, feeling his broken heart began to build itself back together a bit.

I'll protect you, Moka-chan, no matter what happens

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End of Chapter 20

Author Notes: I know you're pissed, but I really hope you enjoyed the intense emotion in this chapter. Didn't really wanted to have this chapter this long, just wanted to had everything with the intense fight those two had. I know you all have a lot of questions, but I will answer them in the next chapter that will be out in a couple of days. Hope ya enjoyed it!

Vs.

This is the first, but this time I wanted to ad to vs. on this chapter. I will answer what I think about all of them from the previous chapter and this one of the next chapter.

Zanka no Tachi, Higashi: Kyokujitsujin (残火の太刀 "東": 旭日刃, Longsword of the Remnant Flame, East: Rising Sun Edge) vs. Amaterasu

Which one you think is more badass? Which one would do the most damage? Which one will you avoided at all cost? Which one would you not fight not matter what? Which one seems like it will give the worst pain?

Alucard (Hellsing Ultimate) vs. Alucard (Rosario Vampire)

Tensa Zangetsu 17

Signing out

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