Chapter 6

A/N: Sorry for the long wait! I have been on that Ninja Gaiden 3 since it came out this Tuesday. Another chapter of Destiny Hearts! I know a lot of you are wondering to see if Diz arrogant ass was blasted to bits by Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho. I also doing a poll on what worlds you want Ichigo to go to during his journey as a zanpakuto/keyblade wielder. I already pick what world he will visit first but I would like to see what worlds some of you suggest him to go to. I'm also doing Shouen Jump manga's and only one from Nick (you should know what it is).

World's suggestions

Yu Yu Hakusho

Inuyasha

Naruto

Hellsing

Code Geass

Rosario Vampire

Avatar: The Last Air Bender

Are more but I just can't remember many so sorry. These will be some of the first worlds he will be visiting, tell which one you like the best in your reviews.

Onto the story

Destiny Hearts

A fierce glare was on Ichigo's face as he stood clam watching as his attack covered half of the room where that bastard had stood. He seriously wishes that bastard was erased from existence, but it knew from much experience that thing was never that easy. It just seriously irked him when he called Namine something that shouldn't even existence. Nobodies seem to have similar traits to hollows, their just beings that lost their hearts to things they had no cause of. Ichigo was friends with both shinigami and hollow! He even treated one like she was his own daughter. For this bastard to stand here and talk like they're not even supposed to live in this world, pissed him off beyond belief.

Ichigo tense and ready himself as his attack dissipated into the air, he glare as he seen that bastard still standing there and the rest of the room behind him as well. Ichigo eyes narrowed at seeing a figure standing in front of the mummy bastard. He growled at seeing a familiar black coat and hood that was covering the figures face from view. He was tall, probably standing an inch or two above Ichigo himself. His body seem to be in the same shape as that bastard Lexaeus he fought, it would worry other a bit, but Ichigo had face a lot of people who were not his size and a lot stronger in physical strength. The unknown figure wave his hand, seconds later, something seem to shatter in front of him and the pod as well.

"Who the hell are you?" Ichigo demanded, pointing Tensa Zangetsu threatenly. "And how did you block my attack?"

The figure seems to stare at Ichigo for a moment before turning around to face Diz. "That is none of you concern on how I blocked your attack." he answered without even looking in Ichigo's direction.

That seems to really tick Ichigo off. "Hey, you bastard! Don't turn your back on me!" he shouted

The figure seems to ignore anything that Ichigo was telling him and look Diz straight in his eyes. "What are you still doing here in Twilight Town Diz?" his voice was deep and him seem to be angry a bit as well.

Diz stared at the figure before him. There's no need to worry Riku." he said, he looked over a Ichigo who was still glaring at the two. "I only want to see this boy who was chosen as a Keyblade wielder like you and Sora."

The figure know as Riku seem to be surprise, even thought Diz couldn't see it. He turns around to stare at directly at Ichigo. "I don't see any Keyblade Diz? And that boy seem to have more darkness then he does light more than anyone I have every encounter."

Ichigo's eyes twitch at the boy comment. "I'm no boy you bastard! I'm seventeen year old senior." he growled out.

Riku snorted at Ichigo. "I don't care how old you are; you're a boy in my eyes and always will be at what I'm seeing before me."

Ichigo growled at him. "You bastard, you have no idea what I could do."

Riku didn't bother to answer Ichigo. He turn back to face Diz. "Are you sure he's a Keyblade wielder?" he asked.

Diz laughed in a mocking matter. "Yes he's one Riku, even though I do not know why one as chosen him as its wielder."

Ichigo growled at them and step forward; he would not have these two bastards before him looking down on him no matter what. Suddenly, a pain racked through his entire body and causes him to fall onto his knees. Past injuries he had received from fighting the other for before his world was consumed were finally taking toll on his body. 'Damn it! Entering Bankai seem to have worsens my injuries even further then they were.' reiatsu covered both him and his body and his zanpakuto. A moment later the reiatsu disappeared around him, showing he was back in his regular shredded shinigami shihakusho and Zangetsu in its shikai state.

Seeing Zangetsu in its shikai state for the first time, Riku was very surprise to see how tall and odd shaped it was to other keyblade's. The blade itself was half the boy's height, if the elegant cleaver was a keyblade; it was one of the weirdest ones he had ever seen.

Diz suddenly laughed, breaking Riku from his thoughts. "If releasing one attack uses up all of your mana," he glared down upon Ichigo with cold eyes. "Then you're not fit to be a wielder of a keyblade fool."

"BASTARD!" Ichigo screamed in rage, he quickly picked up Zangetsu and sped forward. His speed caught both Riku and Diz by surprise cause of the state he was in; he was heading straight for Diz and no one else. Suddenly, Riku appeared in front of him, catching Ichigo off guard and swung. Ichigo only had enough time to block as he was sent flying back and crashing into the ground.

Using Zangetsu as leverage, Ichigo picked himself up from the ground and glare at the two. His upper body was covered in scars and blood, his vision was also becoming foggy from losing too much blood. His hollow powers had healed most of the wounds he had received, but he had already lost a lot of blood already.

"You bastards, I will get you for those insults you made on Namine." he breathe out, still glaring at them even though the condition he was in.

"You're in no condition to throw around threats boy." Diz said coldly

Ichigo was about to throw another insult, but he paused once he saw a bright light emitting from the necklace he had received from Namine. The light grew brighter before consuming him in a sphere of light that blocked him from both Diz and Riku's sight. Both companion stood there and watched in interest, waiting to see what happen to Ichigo. Seconds later, the light die down and when it was gone, both figure eyes were in shock at what stood before them.

Ichigo open his eyes and he also starred in shock at what he was seeing standing close to him. "Namine, is that you?" he asked

Namine smiled at Ichigo. "Hi Ichi-kun!" she greeted him

Ichigo seem shock and confused at the same time. "But I thought you told me you were trapped in the Realm of Darkness?" he asked her

"I am." she told him. "My bodies trapped in the Realm of Darkness, right now only my soul is here. My body cannot leave the Realm of Darkness but my soul can for only a small bit of time.'

Ichigo seem to understand her now. "Can Aqua leave as well?" he asked

Namine shook her head. "No she can't, I can only leave because I can use darkness. She refuses to use it no matter what cause of what it did to her friend Terra." She raised her hand over Ichigo's head. Her and started to emit a dark glow that covered Ichigo's body.

"What are you doing Namine?" Ichigo asked her, confused at the black energy that was covering his body. It doesn't seem to hurt at all, actually it seem to be healing all of his wounds he had received.

"Stay still Ichi-kun." Namine told him with a smile on her face. "I'm using a magic to heal the wounds you had receive before you arrived here."

Ichigo nodded at her, he could feel each one of the wounds he had receive healing and leaving no scars upon his body. The only scars that were still there were the ones he had before and the x shaped one he had received from that sadistic bitch.

Lowering her hand away, Namine smiled down upon her work. "I healed you the best way I could right now, sorry if it wasn't enough." she said

Ichigo picked himself up from the ground, he looked himself over and clenched both his fist. Nodding in approve, he picked Zangetsu up from the ground and sheathed on his back. He smiled at Namine which caused the blond haired girl to blush. "Don't worry about it! You did a good job at healing me up."

"What is that witch still doing alive Riku?" a cold voice said

Namine's eyes widened at hearing a familiar voice from her pass, she turn fully around to face Diz that was glaring coldly at her. "Diz!" she said shocked, she then saw Riku standing close by Diz. "Riku! Your here too! But what are you two doing here?" she asked

Diz completely ignored Namine and turn his dark gaze on Riku. "I will ask again Riku." he said, his voice cold and ruthless. "Why is that damn witch still alive?"

Hearing this, Ichigo's eyes were wide with disbelief. "What the hell do you mean by that you bastard!" he shouted in anger.

"Exactly as you heard it you weak fool!" Diz said not even facing Ichigo. "So Riku, why is that thing still alive?"

Riku didn't answer; he just stood there facing forward without even acknowledging that Diz had spoken to him at all.

Diz's seem to become anger without getting the answer he wanted. "Answer me R-"

"I didn't kill her like you order me to because if she die's I don't know what will happen to Kairi." answered Riku, still not facing Diz.

Namine's eyes widen at shock at hearing both Diz and Riku's conversation, she started to tremble a bit at hearing that she was suppose to be killed. Standing next to her, Ichigo was growling in rage at hearing they were just going to kill Namine. His right hand was trembling as bad as his body was! With his left hand, he grabbed his right hand and tried hard as he could to hold his anger in check.

Diz seem to calm down at hearing Riku's answer, a second later he snorted in displeasure. That was the only think that was wrong with the keyblade wielders; they let their feelings get in the way with what his important to the universe. Nobodies weren't supposed to exist! So it was the duty of a keyblade wielder to get rid of them for the good of the universe.

"You let your emotions get the better of you too much... Riku."

Suddenly, they heard a noise at what sounded like a door or something being open. Ichigo turn in direction of the notice to see a boy around the age of fifteen or sixteen, he really couldn't tell. His hair was a golden blond, the front was wild and spiky on the front side of his head as if windswept, and in the back is smoother and flakier. He wore a black, high-collared jacket with a zipper resembling a weird symbol. Over this, he wore another jacket, this one unzipped and white, with several black block designs and a grey hem on the end of each sleeve. This jacket's collar was red and pleated and flooded back.

He also seem to be wearing two-colored pants; the legs of his pants were beige with several of what looked like buttons on the hem that appeared to attached the legs to the rest of the cloth, which were dark-colored. His shoes were colored in shades of grey and black, and had red straps in place of laces. Finally, he wore a wrist band with a black-and-white checkerboard pattern on his left wrist as well as a plain black ring on his left index finger and a plain white ring on his left middle finger.

The boy looked around in confusing, he seem to not know where he was. He looked around and his eyes feel on Diz, faster than Ichigo would have thought, the boys eyes were clouded with rage.

"YOU!"

In that moment, Ichigo temperately lost all of his anger and sweat dropped. What was wrong with this bastard that he had to piss off everyone he meets?

"Ah..." Diz turns around to face the blond haired boy with a small smirk on his face. "At long last! The keyblade's chosen one."

"Who are you talking too?" The boy snapped the rage still in his eyes. "Me? Or Sora?"

"To half of Sora of course." Diz replied, all emotion gone in his face. "You reside in Darkness. I need someone who can move about the Realm of light and destroy Organization XII."

"Why? Who are you?"

"Just like I told this weak fool over here." Diz says and points to Ichigo who was growling in rage at being called weak. "That I'm a servant of the world! And if I'm a servant, then you should consider yourself a tool at best."

Pure rage seem to cover the boys face, his hands were shaking with rage. "Was that suppose to be a joke or something you bastard?" he growls out. "Cause if it is then I'm not FUCKING LAUGHING!" the boys swings both his arms and a bright light covers them. When the light fades, Ichigo eyes widen to see two weapons that look like keyblade's. But they seem to be wicked and more deadly than the very few Ichigo as seen.

"Do you think I care about your feelings you useless thing?" Diz asked him coldly

Roxas seem a hurt for a moment before the rage was back in his eyes. "I hate you so god damn much."

"You should share some of that hatred with Sora." Diz said then laughs coldly. "He's too nice for his own good."

"NO!" the boy shouted in rage. "My heart belongs to me!" the boy rushes forward with a intent to kill Diz. But he's intercepted by Riku who swings his own keyblade at him; the boy blocks the blow and uses it to jump over his opponent. Seeing this, Riku quickly turns around and before the boy is able to land, he receives a hard kick to his stomach. The boys eyes bulge, and the blow sends him flying in Namine and Ichigo's direction.

He lands hard on the ground before skipping to a hard stop. Namine gasps and rushes forward o help the boy. "Roxas! Are you okay?" she asks.

Roxas shakes his head before looking up in shock. "Namine, is that you?" he asks.

Namine smiles and hugs him. "Yeah it's me Roxas."

Roxas blushes at the contact but after a moment he wraps his arms around her. Seeing this, Ichigo smiles at them and for some reason he feels a twitch in his heart but quickly shakes it off. He walks over toward the two hugging teens and grabs both of them before picking both of them up with ease.

Getting out of the moment, Namine blushes before looking up at Ichigo. "Sorry about that Ichi-kun."

Ichigo smiles at her. "No problem Namine." he says then turns to face Roxas. "So who is this Namine?"

"Oh," Namine eyes were wide before she blushes in embarrassment for not introducing the two. "Sorry about that." She turns to Roxas and smiles. "Roxas I would like you two meet a friend of mine, is name is Kurosaki Ichigo."

Ichigo waves. "What's up?"

Roxas didn't answer; he just stood and observed Ichigo with what seems like awe. Roxas looks at himself then looks at Ichigo to see his well-toned body and what seem like tattoos on his wrist and the huge 'x' shaped scar on his chest. He paled at seeing the huge sword on Ichigo's back and tried to compare it to his keyblade's, he stares at them for a moment before shaking his head in what seems like disappointment. Seeing the boy looking him over and checking both his keyblade's and Zangetsu, Ichigo couldn't help but sweat drop.

"Three useless things all together." a cold voice interrupted them.

Ichigo growls at hearing that voice and turns around in anger. "What the hell is your problem with me and these two." he asked angrily. "I might have just met Roxas but the kid looks like he has done nothing to bother you, and Namine is a kind girl that has been a lot of help to me."

"The thing that bothers me about those two is that they simply exist." Diz stated flatly, causing Namine to gasps in shock and Roxas to growl in anger. "And what angers me about you Kurosaki Ichigo is that a keyblade as chosen you even though you have more darkness then you do light."

"HAVING MORE DARKNESS THEN LIGHT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT SOMETHING IMPROTANT TO YOU!" Ichigo snaps in rage, causing Diz eyes to widen a fraction. "I don't care if I do have more darkness then I do light! I will protect my friends and families like I have always done before learning about this damn keyblade business."

Diz snorted. "Your family actually let you live with them knowing what you are?" Ichigo's eyes widen a fraction. "A beast in human form which can burst and kill them at any, given moment?"

Ichigo smirks at him. "As long as I'm me, my family doesn't care if I walk IN my house looking like the king of hell himself. They will always accept what I am."

Hearing this, both Roxas and Namine couldn't help but smile. They both wish that they had some like that where they both could go home to a loving family who loves them no matter what they were. Diz just stares coldly at Ichigo before he snorts and turns his attention to Riku.

"I've had enough of your senseless talking." Diz said in disgust. "Riku kill the witch and leave the half of Sora half alive so he can be absorbed back into Sora."

Ichigo's eyes widen in shock before anger quickly clouds them. In an instant he grabs Zangetsu and unleashes the huge zanpakuto from its bandages and holds it threatenly in front of him. His body was in front of both Roxas and Namine in a protective manner.

"I will not let you kill them!" Ichigo swore. "You'll have to kill me to get to them."

"Ichi-kun!" Namine said in shock at seeing Ichigo protecting her. Roxas was in the same booth as her, he has even known Ichigo for a good five minutes and he's sacrificing his life to protect him? Just what kind of man was Ichigo Kurosaki?

"That can be gladly arranged." Diz says. "Riku you do not have to worry about your friend being hurt if you end the witch's life. Kairi somehow will live even though this witch will die."

At hearing that, Riku's shoulders relax and he holds his keyblade in a offensive position. "You better be telling the truth Diz."

Diz nods his head. "I am, now kill that thing so we can leave this place."

"Why?"

All pauses and turn to face Namine who was now visibly trembling now, her eyes were filled with tears and she was staring at Diz with sadness and complete utter betrayal in her eyes.

"Why do you want me to be killed so badly?" Namine asks. "You had promise me after you saved me from Castle Oblivion that you will set me free and let me live a life of peace with no worries of no one wanting to attack me if I would restore Sora's memories."

Diz eyes seem to become even colder as he looks at Namine, intense hatred seem to be rolling off him in waves. "That was a lie you disgusting bitch."

Namine gasps in shock and steps back. Her hands and body starts to tremble even more than they were before. "... But why? ...I ... thought you would let me live in peace... Why did... you lie to me?" she asks through chock sobs. "Why give me false hope? Why give me... something to strive for? PLEASE TELL ME!"

"It was the perfect way make you do what I wanted like the tool you are." Diz answers her with no emotion in his voice at all.

Namine eye were wide as she looked at him. "...What?'

"You really thought that a nobody, a witch that isn't even supposed to exist is supposed to be giving the privilege of having a peaceful life while others suffer?" Diz asks in a taunting voice. "Things like you aren't suppose to live a peaceful life just for the reason of what you are."

Namine shakes her head in denial. "That's not true! Nobodies can live in peace just like humans could."

Diz laughs, but it sounded hollow, full of hatred and an undesirable control of vengeance. "You THINGS DON'T KNOW LOVE! YOU THINGS DON'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT TRUE EMOTIONS OF THE HEART CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ONE TO BEGIN WITH."

"That's not true! Even though with don't have hearts; we can still show emotions like love for ones we care about." Namine explains and holds her hands were her suppose heart resize. "I have learned that one does not need a heart to show that you loved or care for someone." her eyes shows happiness as she turns to face Ichigo who was looking at Diz with complete murder in his eyes. She steps closer to him and hold his cheek in her hand, snapping him out of his rage. "All I need to know is that person knows I loved them and they love me."

Deep down in her soul, Namine knew that she felt deep feelings for Ichigo. Even though she had only met him, he had taught her so much in the little time they spun together. Even though Diz says that nobodies like her couldn't feel emotions, she knew he was wrong because she felt something so strong and desirable every time she would stare into Ichigo warm brown eyes. Even though she didn't have a heart to feel or show emotions like Diz says, she just knew that these feelings she felt couldn't be a lie. Ichigo just stares at her before he to smiles and holds her in a protective hug. Namine clutched onto him and buried her head deep into his chest.

"That's right!" whispers Ichigo, his grip on Namine tightens. "One just doesn't need a heart to show emotion that you care for someone or something. You seem to know nothing of how strong the human soul and a heart's desire are."

Diz laughs. "I know more then you can possibly imagine boy!" his laugh stops and he becomes cold again. "I study years on a human heart and what powers and desires hearts have. Through my years of studies I discovered many things on the heart! My apprentice's help through my studies until they became to consumed in their work." he explains darkly. "They betrayed me than locked me away when they became heartless and nobodies! They even had the shame to take my name and use it to speared evil all across the worlds! So don't tell me I don't know anything of the heart!"

Ichigo said nothing at first; the only thing you could see was that his eyes were being cover by his bangs. His grip on both Namine and Zangetsu tighten, and you could hear and snarl come from him. "I'll say it again," he said in a low voice and raised his head to show his brown eyes full of anger. "You know nothing of the heart or the human soul you bastard!"

Diz narrowed his eyes in anger at hearing that. Who was this boy to tell him he knew nothing of the things he spent most of his life studying? He knew far more about the heart and human soul than anyone in any world. So who was this weak boy to tell him he didn't know anything of the heart? Just hearing that made his blood boils with rage.

"You claim to have studied the heart and soul for years but you haven't learned anything!" Ichigo says, narrowing his eyes. "You seem to believe that one who doesn't have a heart can't show emotions of any kind, well I'm here to tell you that's a god damn lie."

"What!" Diz snapped

"I know many who don't have a heart and could still show emotions that they care for someone." Ichigo could see pictures of Kon, Nel, her two friends and many others he have encounter during his journey as a shinigami. "One doesn't need both too show emotions! If you have one of the two than that is all you need. Ones strength comes from their heart and drive to do something they believe in. But..." he trailed off and closes his eyes.

Namine looked up from where she had her head buried in Ichigo chest and stared at him in confusion, what reason did he have for closing his eyes? Then she felt it... raw power started to flow from Ichigo's body in an awe inspiring blue. She could feel his energy seeping into her and giving her strength, she could also feel the undesirable drive to protect both her and Roxas and many more. She smiled and grip onto his waist harder... Thank you Ichi-kun.

"True strength!" Ichigo open his eyes to show that they were glowing blue with power and staring into Diz surprised eyes with true determination. "Comes from ones soul when he truly wishes to protect what's close to him and what's right from bastards like you." he declared. "I'm making a vow here and now! I'm going to protect anyone, doesn't matter if your nobodies or human. If you wish to live in peace then I will be there to protect them from beings like you."

Hearing Ichigo's vow to protect them and others like them no matter if they were nobodies made both Namine and Roxas look at Ichigo in awe. They haven't met anyone that could make a vow like that in their lives! Just hearing the strength behind his words made both of them smiled and has courage to face anything that comes their way. Also hearing it, Diz couldn't' help but laugh thinking how foolish Ichigo is.

"You! Protect all nobodies?" Diz taunted. "Your nothing but a weak fool who goes around thinking he can throw around promises he cannot keep." his eyes became cold again. "You cannot protect what doesn't suppose to exist in this world fool! Someone will come to erase them from their pitiful un lives that weren't there's to begin with. It's the nature thing and fate for all these disgusting nobodies."

"Then if one do come to try and kill them," Ichigo says in a low voice. "I just have to kill them before he does to them now won't I?"

Diz snorted at that. "You think its easy taking one's life boy? You look like you haven't killed a single person in your life."

"That's where your wrong mummy bastard." Ichigo says, shocking them all. "I have killed someone to protect someone that came very close to me in only a short amount of time."I may not or something is preventing me from remembering her, but I know what I did to protect her." He looks into Diz eyes without a once of fear in them. "So don't tell me I haven't done anything to protect the people that close to me or how far I would go to see that they are safe."

"You're telling lies boy!" Diz snapped

"I have risked my life a few times to protect my friends and family!" Ichigo replies. "And I'll do it again in a heartbeat. I won't let you kill Namine or Roxas because they are both my friends."

For some odd reason that Namine did not know of, hearing Ichigo just call her a 'friend' cause a slight pain to grow through her body for some reason she did not know of. Getting back into focus, she glances at both Riku and Diz to see that both of them add surprise looks on their faces. Even though she couldn't really see Riku's face, she knew he probably was just a surprise as Diz was.

Standing next to Ichigo, Roxas felt a whole new drive fill his whole body. Even if he was a nobody, a being that wasn't even suppose to exist in this world. He would make sure before he left it that he will make sure he live 'his life' to the fullest extent, and won't let anybody who doesn't like him for what he is to stop him. Gripping both his hands into fist, he summons both Oblivion and Oathkeeper to his hands.

"Ichigo's right!" He says. Ichigo looked at him with a surprise grin on his face. "I will live the life that was given to me my way and not the way someone else's wants me too. I will fight for my life and for anyone I deem I won't to protect."

"Fools!" Diz snapped, glaring at them with hatred. "I had enough of you senseless talking of things you do not know of." he looked over toward Riku who still hasn't moved. "You know what must be done to make sure Sora's is awoken for his slumber and your friend Kairi is safe."

Riku stayed quiet for a moment before he nodded and held his keyblade in an offensive stance. Seeing as Riku was preparing for a strike, Ichigo griped onto Namine and pushes her behind him. She looked confused but didn't say anything as he did; he must have something plan if he was doing this.

"I hope you have some skill with those keyblade's of yours," Ichigo said stepping closer to Roxas who was glaring at both Diz and Riku.

Roxas chuckled. "Yeah, I have some experience with wielding them. Distant memories of wielding these things have been coming back to me every time I would fight with these things. So I thing I'll be okay!"

Ichigo nodded and grabbed Zangetsu hilt before unleashing it from its bandages. He held it in a familiar stance he would always take when he was about to fight. "I hope you do, because I'm almost out of reiatsu so I don't know how long I will last."

Roxas pause for a moment and looked over Ichigo's form, seeing the entire scar all over his body he nodded before looking back at his opponents. "Did those two do that two you?"

Ichigo shook his head. "No, they didn't! I had been in a fight with three others before I came here and got into a encounter with mummy bastard and Mr. Flunkey over here."

Roxas laughed at the nicknames and both Diz and Riku eyes twitch at the comments. "What happen to make you fight the other three?" he asked

Anger and sadness flash across Ichigo's face." I... don't won't to talk about it."

Seeing the look that came over his face, Roxas nodded. "Okay, you can tell me some other time if we ever get pass these two."

Ichigo laughed. "Don't worry, I'm going to make sure we get pass these two bastards."

Roxas smirked and sprinted forward, swinging a horizontal slash toward Riku's midsection, intending on ending the fight even before Ichigo could join in. Riku parried the blow and countered with his own which Roxas blocked with the second keyblade in his left hand. Seeing a opening, Roxas swung the second keyblade toward Riku's head, but they said boy slapped it away with his forearms before breaking the sword lock with Roxas.

Not wasting any more time, Riku sped forward and swung toward Roxas head, but Roxas blocked it and swung a horizontal slash toward Riku which was again countered. Stepping back, Riku vanished and was closely followed by Roxas. The two swordsmen began to exchange blocks and parries faster than the speed the untrained eye could see. Roxas thrusted his blade forward but Riku grabs the dull side of Oblivion and pulled, taking a surprise Roxas with it. Riku thrusted his keyblade, intending on ending the fight but was surprise and impressed when Roxas raised Oathkeeper and blocked his strike.

Next thing Riku knew, he felt a kick slam into the left side of his head, sending him flying across the room. Twisting his body to land in a crouch, he glared upward towards Roxas to see the said boy speeding toward him. In a burst of speed, he reappeared in front of Roxas and swung downward, but again Roxas was ready for. He blocked the strike with Oathkeeper and struck forward with Oblivion, the blow struck Riku on left arm, sending him flying into the air. Nothing wasting anytime, Roxas spun both keyblade's in his hand before he to vanish and reappeared above Riku.

Roxas twisted his body like a top, both keyblade's following and slamming into Riku's midsection, sending him higher into the air. Landing on the ground, Roxas spun both keyblade's and held them at each of his sides. On either of his sides, at the tip of Oathkeeper, a sphere of white light was gathering at the tip. On Oblivion, a sphere of blackness was gathering its tip; both keyblade's had a fierce aura around both them. Feeling confident that both keyblade's have gathered enough mana, Roxas spun them both over his head before pointing the two at the still airborne Riku.

"AAAAAHHHH!" with a fierce roar from Roxas, a huge sliver beam shot from the two keyblade's and slam into Riku, causing a huge explosion to occur inside the room. The blast tore a huge whole into the roof and blinding everyone in the room for a second. Once the light vanishes, Roxas looked up to see a trail of smoke probably holding the body of Riku speeding toward the ground before slamming hard into the ground.

'I really think I got him!' Roxas thought, looking at the smoke cloud that covered where Riku landed. He was breathing heavy and his arms were pulsing with pain from having to struggle to block Riku's strong strikes. He looked over toward Ichigo to see the orange haired teen looking at him with surprised and impressed eyes. He looked behind Ichigo to see Namine looking toward where Riku was with a sad look in her eyes, seeing her with that look; Roxas couldn't help both feeling ashamed for some reason.

"I see you didn't need my help in the first place Roxas." Ichigo said, shouldering Zangetsu. "Pretty impressive with that huge sliver beam of yours."

Roxas smirked at him. "Thanks Ichigo!"

Ichigo grinned at the blond haired boy before it vanishes into a frown; he looked in front of Roxas to see Diz still standing there with an emotionless expression on his face. Both Roxas and Ichigo glared at the mummy scientist, both with intense hated for different and similar reasons.

"It seems that your flunkey is no longer able to fight any longer mummy bastard." Ichigo mocked but received no reaction from Diz. "Now since I know you can't be nowhere but inside this house somewhere, all we have to do is find you and give you the ass kicking of your life!"

Diz chuckled, and for some reason Ichigo was getting a bad feeling just by seeing him laughing in the situation he was in. Since Ichigo could tell that Diz seem to have no fighting abilities whatsoever, he should be anger or shaking with fear right now. But for some reason... he wasn't at all! That same reason seems to put Ichigo on edge.

"i now see the reason that both of you are fated to be erased from this world." Diz said, he then pointed toward Roxas who was still glaring at him. "You are to be use as a tool for Sora to be reawakening and be able to take down Organization XII." he then pointed at Ichigo, "And you are also a tool for Sora, but seeing your power now! You wouldn't even need to be use, seeing how weak you are."

Roxas growled at him, but Ichigo said nothing, he still had that unsettling feeling in his stomach that something was wrong. Somebody face against three opponents with no skill in combat shouldn't be taunting his opponents in having reasons to kill him. Even thought Ichigo as only been a shinigami for two years, people would thing that he still had no experience in battle and being able to read his opponents.

But they were dead wrong

From what both of his teachers told him, he as the greatest growing rate in battle that any of them as see since becoming shinigami. This is proven from him only having ten days of training and being able to fight on par with third seat officers and come out victories. And for some reason, every battle he comes out of, his reiatsu would grow twice as strong as regular shinigami and visoreds for that matter. He may be rash sometimes and make mistakes in battle, but he is observed of his surrounding and is quick to adapt to any battle he enters.

Now seeing Diz before him laughing even thought he his standing before two people that could kill him in a instant if only their able to get their hands on him, but Ichigo on edge. There was no reason for him to be laughing with the odds before him, Ichigo glared and tighten his grip on Zangetsu.

His instincts were getting higher and higher seeing the mischievous grin on Diz face. "What the hell are you grinning about you mummy bastard!"

If that comment was supposed to get a reaction out of Diz, it didn't work because the bandaged up scientist laughed at them. "If you really believe that Riku was defeated by an attack like that, then you two are truly foolish."

He saw it

Even though his body was on its last legs, even though he was almost out of reiatsu, he saw it. A black blur shot from the smoke where Riku was and shot passed both Roxas and Ichigo, heading straight for Namine. Ichigo's eyes widen in horror, blurring forward with speed he didn't even know he had at the moment. He blur right pass the black blur and intercepted it before it reached Namine, the said girl was shock at seeing Ichigo appear before her.

"Ichi-kun?" she called out too him, but he didn't answer her; he just stood there for a second like he was waiting for something. Seconds later, blood spattered across her face and Ichigo screaming in pain. Looking down, her eyes widen at seeing Riku's blade sticking out of Ichigo through his stomach and out his back. "No! Ichi-kun!"

Ichigo winced but held strong and glared into the jackets hood where Riku's eyes were covered by the blackness the hood provided for him. Riku himself was shock; he had use the distraction of Diz talking to them to speed pass both of them to get to Namine who was left unprotected. He wanted to end it quickly so he wouldn't see Namine's blue/indigo eyes that would remind him so much of Kairi's. But the orange haired teen seem to be more experience and faster than he thought! He was able to both react and counter his speed, moving twice as fast as he was and able to get in between him and Namine before his keyblade was plunge into her stomach.

Ichigo cough up blood and looked behind him to see that Namine wasn't harm by the attack that was met to end her life. He smiled at bit before turning his head back at his opponent and glaring at him.

"I'm very impressed you were able to intercept my blow that was met to kill Namine." Riku said, his grip tightens on his keyblade and he pushes it further into Ichigo's gut, causing the said boy to grunt in pain. Riku was even more impressed that he didn't scream out in pain or wasn't passed out by now. "The way your body is, you shouldn't have been able to get in between me."

Ichigo head was lowered, covering his eyes from Riku's view. The orange haired teen chuckled which cause Riku to stare at him in confusion. "I'm just full of surprises." he suddenly growled and Riku suddenly felt Ichigo's energy spike before become much darker than it was. Ichigo raised his hand and glared at Riku, raising his hand to his face in what seem like a 'ripping' fashion. Riku could see black and red energy was gathering in Ichigo's hand like he was concentrating it into a signal point. "And this is just another one of my surprises!" his voice became dark, and he ripped his hand over his face.

Under his hood, Riku eyes widen in slight fear at seeing what was on Ichigo's face, he had never seen nothing like it in his life. On the boys face just inches away from his, could only be described as a demonic menacing skull. On the mask seem to be two tick vertical black stripes, each on one half of the mask, that are interrupted by the widened eye-holes and the jaw. The boy's eyes were no longer their brown color. His eyes irises were now yellow, and he has black sclera and pupils, and for some reason Riku thought that the mask was grinning at him.

He couldn't help but shiver

Standing just behind Ichigo, she instantly felt the moment his energy had changed to become much darker then it was. She shivered at feeling the overwhelming force of his energy just in front of her, she never thought that his energy could become like this. Her hands instantly went to her chest and she took and cautions step back.

Standing where Ichigo was previously at, Roxas was looking over toward where the action was with at shock glare on his face. He had cruse himself for being too slow to react to Riku's speed; he was surprise that Ichigo was even though his body was in its battered state. He had felt Ichigo's energy take on a drastic change and hope that Ichigo was able to finish Riku off. His glare hardens, if Ichigo did fail! He would make sure to succeed where Ichigo had failed.

"What the hell is that mask?" Riku asked, seeing Ichigo's eyes reminded him of a heartless. He seriously doubted if Ichigo was even a keyblade wielder at all.

"I'm not even going to waste my time at answering that question!" Ichigo answered him. Taking notice, Riku could see that not only did Ichigo's eyes change but so did his voice as well. It had a hollow effect to it that sent a shiver of fear down his spine. "You're not even going to live long to explain it anyway!" he growled out, he looked back toward Namine. "RUN NAMINE! i DON'T WON'T YOU STANDING BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW!"

Namine didn't seem to hear Ichigo, maybe it was because of the fear that was going through her body at seeing Ichigo's hollow mask for the first time. Ichigo warm brown eyes were no longer there that she remembered, replacing them were eyes the resembled heartless. But they were much darker and seem to be swirling with the instinct of bloodlust, hunger, and much more. Seeing this, Namine couldn't help but look away and shiver at seeing his eyes.

Seeing her looking away from him would have cause Ichigo to enter a state of sadness for a moment, but right now he had no time to do either of that. He had to finish this fight NOW before anything else happen to Namine that he wouldn't be able to stop. "NAMINE!" He shouted, snapping her out of her shock and fear. "GET FROM BEHIND ME NOW!"

Namine shakily nodded to him before running towards Roxas direction, seeing her getting from behind him, Ichigo turn back to his opponent and glared his hollow eyes was much fiercer. "Now it's time to finish you once and for all!" Ichigo promised. He swung Zangetsu and held the elegant over-sized clever in a one-handed reverse grip, so the blade itself extended back towards his elbow and further outward. The huge clever started to glow in a beautiful color of red and blue. "And this time I promise you won't get back up!"

Riku's eyes widened at seeing an overwhelming amount of energy exploding from Zangetsu like a cannon, tearing up the ground below it and behind it. Riku started to feel fear enter his very soul, he had never seen that amount of energy being release all at once and being gather for one attack that was all intended for...

Him

His only change to survival was to break from Ichigo before he unleashed his attack, he tried to move but found that he couldn't move his right arm. He looked down to find that Ichigo had a strong grip on his right arm that was holding his keyblade in his stomach. He cursed at his stupid mistake; his fear grew at seeing the energy around Zangetsu start to grow stronger. The energy coming from the huge clever was tearing the back of the room and the mansion that were currently in to pieces. Just what the hell was this boy? He was just almost out of energy and was standing on his last legs! So how could he still have that much energy in him? It didn't make any damn scene to him!

A couple of feet away from them, Diz data based projection was practically dripping with fear. His fear was directed at the overwhelming energy that was only mere feet away from him. If Ichigo did unleash his attack, he would completely obliterate everything in front of him. That meaning the whole mansion that were currently in would be wipe from existence, meaning that Diz real self would go with it. The boys attack wasn't nearly this strong when he entered his bankai, so how was he stronger than he was in his shikai? What the hell did he do to himself to grown stronger than his own bankai?

In his secret office that he was in observing the battle, Diz cut off energy to his projection and stood from his seat. He had to get out of the mansion before Ichigo unleashes his attack! He looked at his surrounding while walking and seeing that the whole mansion was beginning to crumble. He just hopes and prayed that Sora's, Donald's, and Goofy's pods will hold up and protect the three. He had built those things to hold out through the strongest conditions, but seeing the power pouring from Ichigo's Zangetsu, he was starting to doubt if the pods will hold.

Namine who was clutching on Roxas like her life depending on it was at a crossroad. Standing just a couple of feet away were two people that she had come to care about to kill one another. Even though Riku didn't speak much, he did help her when she needed it and when she was feeling troubled with her. Ichigo was a person that she had only briefly met, but had come to in the short time to care for him deeply. She didn't know if she could just stand there and watch as Riku get killed by Ichigo's attack.

Standing so close to the blast and feeling its power, Roxas couldn't help but slip into a state of awe. Even in the state was in, Ichigo was able to pull out this must power, it was inspiring just to watch it. Seeing Ichigo's will and drive made Roxas himself want to become even stronger than he is right now. Seeing Ichigo's attack become stronger, he knew that he himself and Namine had to get out of the mansion before they were killed in the crossfire.

Grabbing onto Namine, he picked himself up from the ground and her. "We have to get out of the mansion before Ichigo unleashes his attack upon that Riku bastard." He told her, and began running toward the direction he had taken to get here.

Namine's eyes widen and she jerked from Roxas grip. "I can't leave them Roxas."

Roxas seem confused at that. "Why not? I think Ichigo will be able to get away before he gets killed in his own attack."

Namine shook her head. "I don't mean that, I mean I can't let Ichi-kun kill Riku!" she shouted

Roxas eyes narrowed at that. "And why not? He was almost able to kill you if Ichigo didn't take the blow for you."

"Riku's my friend Roxas! I care deeply for both of them. I just can't stand here and see them about to kill each other."

"I'm sorry Namine, but there is now way in hell you're going to be able to stop Ichigo now." Roxas told her. "I know you can feel the power coming from Ichigo's sword a whole lot better than I could and you know deep down you cannot stop it."

Namine said nothing; she just looked at Roxas with determination in her eyes. "I can sure as well try and stop him before he unleashes it." she vowed before turning around and running toward where Ichigo and Riku were.

Roxas eyes narrowed and before Namine was able to react, she felt two arms wrapped around her waist. She felt herself being pulled away from where she was heading, she turn around to see Roxas holding her in a tight grip and running in the opposite direction.

"Let go of me Roxas! I need to stop Ichi-kun before he kills Riku." Namine shouted, pounding on his arms. She trying everything she knew to break free from Roxas's grip on her but the blond haired boy held strong and kept running.

'Sorry Namine, but I have to get us out of here before we too die in the crossfire.' Roxas thought, he could also tell that Ichigo wanted them both to get out. That's why he was holding the energy in his sword as long as he can for them. 'End this now Ichigo!'

Feeling Roxas take Namine out of the mansion, Ichigo mentally nodded his thanks to the blond haired nobody. He could tell that Roxas care a great deal for Namine, he just probably didn't know how to show it. If he shows his feeling for the blond haired angel, Ichigo would not stand in his way. Ichigo felt that he wasn't fit to love anyone in the first place; he felt that he was only good at fighting and protecting others. Love just wasn't one of the things he wasn't good at, he didn't love Namine or anything, but he did care for the blond haired girl even though he only knew her for awhile.

Shaking those thought away from his mind, Ichigo glared with all his might at Riku. Charging more reiatsu into Zangetsu, the ground and all the things behind him was practically annihilated behind him. Fear had over took Riku's whole being, in a desperate attempt to save his life, he swung toward Ichigo's head, hoping that he broke his guard. Ichigo ducked under the strike, hand still having the tight grip on Riku's right wrist, making sure that Riku's wasn't going anywhere.

Ichigo's eyes were practically glowing a ominous yellow, eyes filled with only seeing Riku's dead body. "Your finished bastard for trying to kill Namine!" he growled, he raised Zangetsu upward a bit behind him. "GETSUGA" his grip tighten, and Riku could feel his wrist cracking.

This was it! Riku had to found a way to get out of Ichigo hold before he becomes only fragments to the universe. He desperately tried to free his hands, but again his attempts failed and he only and a second as Ichigo swung the fully charged Zangetsu towards his body. 'I can't die now! I have too much to do.'

"YOU'RE FINISHED!"

'NO!"

"TENSHOOOOO!"

A blinding light of blue and red covered them form view

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End chapter six

Authors Notes: Sorry about ending the story in another cliffhanger and taking so long to post this chapter. My birthday is tomorrow so I'm a bit tense about the day coming. Thanks everyone that's reading this story and I will be sure to finish this. I'm planning on writing a lot of chapters and probably a squeal for this if I get enough reviews that give me the drive to write it. Thanks again

Tensa Zangetsu 17

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