Sorry it's taken me so long I've been trying and the key word is trying to do a 30 day novel thing and I went on vacation. So hopefully I will get the story out faster :)
Chapter 2: Into the Woods, Rukia Vs Ichigo?
The two Arrancar stood before the group of Witches and Wizards with confidence. One was tall and broad with short senna hair. His face was very bleak and disinterested in the group that outnumbered the two. Two scaly patches under his black eyes were the only fragments of his mask left. The other was Lief whose green eyes looked lightly sympathetic at the group beneath them.
"It seems like we ran into some students Bedrich," Lief said with what could be interpreted as a friendly smile.
"Hmmm, maybe they could help us with some of the research the Hallows will probably all be scattered about by now," Bedrich said unenthusiastically.
"Do you mean the three Deathly Hallows?" Hermione said as she inched forward Harry just inches behind her.
"Your very bright human girl," Lief beamed.
"I think your actually a bit late, you see the whole battle over the Hallows is over," Harry interjected.
Bedrich's handsome face than began to twist into a look of disgust and a blast of spiritual pressure surged throughout the group of witches and wizards. Lief at the sight of this began to panic and placed himself in between the group and his fellow Arrancar.
"Please Bedrich, the boy didn't mean to be flippant," Lief pleaded and the red almost fiery pulse began to wain.
"Reducto!" Harry said impulsively as the spell sent both Arrancar deeper into the woods.
A smile crept over Harry's face until the realization that the bigger Arrancar was only inches away thanks to his Sonido. Impulsively McGonagall sent a powerful and silent curse before the Bedrich could act on his building rage. Lief appeared once more to, though he just sat in front of Mclgagan with an arched eyebrow.
"You don't do much do you?" Lief asked not even preparing for an attack.
"What are you, I don't think I've seen a creature like you before?"
"It's kind of difficult to say, I'm part wizard, part Hollow, and part Soul Reaper that makes me a lot of things but I guess you can call me an Arrancar," Lief said as he smiled.
"Why aren't you trying to kill us all like your friend?" Cormac asked relaxing a bit in front of the unnatural being.
"Well, mostly because it would be unfair," Lief jested while looking at Harry, Hermione and McGonagall, as well as the head of the other three houses, as they faced Bedrich.
"Unfair? You guys are outnumbered three to one," Cormac interjected.
"I don't know if this will mean much to you, but Bedrich and I belong to a very special group of Arrancars. Are power levels are comparable to the Privaron Espada some of us are even comparable to the Espada themselves. To put it in terms you may understand, one of us outnumbers the seven of you."
"If it's ok with you guys, I think I'll go take a break," Ichigo said as he walked out of the Vizored's training facility.
"Aren't you going to stop him?" Shinji asked Hiyori who looked out disinterestedly.
"Truth is I'm kind of beat myself, I've been training 24 hours with this kid," Hiyori said as she laid down on the floor in the fetal position. "I need to rest anyway that Lilla chick was pretty tough."
Shinji than grimaced as he looked down and than out to Ichigo who wandered out into the distance. When they were cut off from everyone did she do something to them? He wondered as he picked Hiyori up by her collar. Fast asleep she did not flinch as Shinji examined her as if she was a bundle of laundry.
Ichigo's route was chaotic at best though he seemed perfectly content with just wondering the streets of Karakura town. Blinded by some unknown thoughts he didn't even notice as the Senkaimon opened just a few feet away from him. Unenthusiastically he turned to the interdimensional gate to see his two friends; Rukia Kuchiki and Orihime Inoue return from the Soul Society.
"It looks like your still in one piece," Rukia jested as the gate closed behind her.
"Oh hey Rukia, Orihime," He said with barely an ounce of interest.
"Rukia took me to the Soul Society for some training," Orihime said, every word boosted with cheerfulness. "We came back when Mr. Urahara told us you had been attacked by Arrancars."
"How did Urahara know about that?" Ichigo wondered a small twitch in his eye.
"How does Kisuke know about anything? The man works in mysterious ways," Rukia said as she began to notice Ichigo looking away distracted. "Well sorry if I'm boring you Ichigo!"
"Oh yeah, sorry," He said snapping to attention. "It's just been a really long day that's all."
"Did you get hurt at all Ichigo? If you'd like I could use my Sōten Kisshun to patch you up," Orihime said as Ichigo returned her offer with a disgusted look.
"What's wrong with you Ichigo?! She was just trying to help!" Rukia screamed at him not catching him off guard at all.
"Whatever, I have to go back. I have more training to do," Ichigo said as he Flash Stepped away.
"Rukia?" Orihime let out, barely audible.
"The nerve of that jerk, how can he treat his friends like that?" Rukia said in a fit of anger not realizing Orihime's plea.
"That wasn't Ichigo," She said this time loud enough that the petite soul reaper could hear.
"It was definitely his spiritual pressure I could tell it from anywhere," Rukia said with a worried look.
"The same spiritual pressure, yes. But it didn't smell like him," Orhime explained as Rukia looked at her shockingly. "Even when he is a Soul Reaper he has a definite scent, one that only belongs to him. That wasn't Ichigo."
"Orihime, we are going to that warehouse Ichigo has been hiding out in and we are going to straighten this whole thing out," Rukia said as she grabbed Orihime and dragged her at a quick speed.
Lief's assumption of outnumbering was accurate. Bedrich sent a flurry of curses, matching with his Sonido made him a match for the six witches and wizards that were facing him. Lief had not changed his position, and McGlagen, out of fear or the unlikely event watching Lief in case he entered the fray, watched Lief anxiously.
To match the Arrancar's speed the house heads and Harry and Hermione used apparition to keep out of Bedrich's line of fire. Rolling his eyes Cormac decided to enter the fight and sent a clumsy curse at Bedrich. While hitting him it did little to his Hiero that simply shook a little at the curse. Doing little but annoy him, the curse was enough to set the Arrancar off. Breathing in he charged a cero around his mouth and sent it towards Cormac.
Surprisingly Lief intervened and blocked with some effort and disspelled the cero. "Bedrich, that's enough Lord Barrigan wants our impact in this world minimal."
"I am Lord Barrigan's second in command Lief, I don't have to answer to the same rules as you!"
Quietly Horace Slugghorn removed a small vile of light blue liquid from his jacket. Opening the cork he flung the vile that minimally let out some of it's contents.
"Ableitung der Reben!" He said as sparks flew from his wand and connected with the vile.
With an explosion waves of blue began to wrap around the two Arrancar holding them in place. The effect remarkably held the Arrancar in place. As it did the two Arrancar began to writhe in pain as their Spiritual Pressure began to be absorbed by the energy and being sent of in colorful orbs of energy. To free himself Bedrich sent a small bala towards the entangling energy freeing himself from Slugghorn's spell. Quickly Bedrich left knowing that his bala would only do so much to the spell.
"Stupefy!" Harry said as he knocked Lief out easily after the energy drain.
Harry and Cormac took Lief out of the spell's range, but Horace kept the spell up incase Bedrich reappeared. The rest of the group joined them on the sidelines.
"What spell was that Professor?" Hermione asked in Slugghorn's direction.
"That is a very complicated answer Miss Granger," Horace said still concentrating the spell.
"Well to know what the spell is you will have to know what are friend is here," McGonagall began to explain. "I believe that this is a Hollow, a type of ghost that lives beyond that river. They are naturally vicious and usually have a mask over their face."
"It looks like this one here used to have a mask but it looks like it broke off." Harry said as he pointed to the fragment on Lief's head.
"Yes that's what is baffling me."
"I believe we can use the spell in correspondence with a barrier around the school it should keep out that Hollow out," Slugghorn suggested as McGonagall nodded.
"Fillius, Pomona would you please aid Horace," McGonagall said as she than turned to Harry and Cormac. "We need to take this Hollow to the Madame Pomfry, I don't know if she could do anything for him but we need to get him away from the spell."
When the two girls arrived they were surprised to find that Hachi's barrier was completely broken and Ichigo now stood in front of the warehouse in his Bankai form. Shinji and Hiyori walked cautiously to their fellow Vizored but upon receiving a sinister look from Ichigo quickly drew their Zanpakutō. Hiyori ran quickly at Ichigo at full speed and as her sword fell on his it shattered.
Carefully and methodically Ichigo donned his Hollow Mask and in a garbled voice said, "Getsuga Tenshō!"
In a flash of black and red energy Hiyori vanished completely being swept away entirely from the blast. Rukia than as fast as she possibly could entered the fray.
"Carriage of Thunder. Bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six! Bakudo Number 61 Rikujōkōrō!" Rukia cast as six beams of light held Ichigo in place.
"Do you really want to do this Rukia?" Ichigo said as he broke the Kidō with a simple flex of his arms.
"You leave me with no other choice, now dance!" Rukia said as her Zanpakutō took it's true pure white form. "Sode no Shirayuki!"
Shinji was in a state of confusion and unbelievable shock. Hiyori, there aren't any pieces of you left. Nothing for Orihime or even Hachi to bring back. What happened during that battle today that caused Ichigo to act this way? Ichigo noticing Shinji's coma like state sent another powerful Getsuga Tenshō at the Vizored. Almost instantly Orihime brought out her Santen Kesshun that ebbed the blast full force but broke within moments, but that is all that Shinji needed.
Donning his pharaoh like mask he quickly met face to face with the man he now saw as a traitor. Their movements were incredibly fast as they were both at a captain's proficiency of Flash Step. Hachi and the rest of the Vizoreds came out and he quickly made his way to Rukia. Placing a large hand on her petite form, he stopped her from reentering the fight.
"Ms. Kuchiki, you seem to be quite the practitioner of Kidō," Hachi said as she looked at him. "Maybe with a combined effort we may prove to incapacitate Ichigo."
"Bakudo Number 62, Hyapporankan," Rukia said as the spell formed a spear of energy in her left hand. As she let loose the spear it splintered into thousand of bars each flying at Ichigo. Using Getsuga Tenshō, Ichigo swept away many of the spears but unfortunately with their sheer numbers, they began to pin Ichigo to the wall of the warehouse.
"Bakudo Number 99 Part 1, Kin," Hachi said as spiritual fabric held back Ichigo's arms and restrained him even further against the wall.
Ichigo struggled against his duel barriers at first with little effect. Chuckling he fought fiercely bending the kidō which began to stress against the weight. Seeing this Rukia ran right beneath him as she readied her sword.
"Some no mai," She said holding Sode no Shirayuki in front of her. "Tsukishiro!"
A circle of white light appeared beneath both of them and a pillar of ice began to form reaching up to Ichigo. Controlling it's ability, the ice stopped forming just below his head. The ice than solidified forgoing any hopes that Ichigo could break the kid?. Than effortlessly Rukia jumped standing only inches away from Ichigo's head, on the ice pillar she had formed.
"Who are you?" Rukia asked looking down at the still masked Ichigo.
"I am Ichigo Kurosaki substitute Soul Reaper," He said defiantly shaking off his Hollow mask.
"Ichigo wouldn't so carelessly throw away someone's life like that. So tell me who the hell are you!?" Rukia said as she held her blade centimeters from the tip of his skull.
"Ichigo Kurosaki, high school student. Substitute Soul Reaper."
"If you were really Ichigo, you would know the predicament you are in. This blade's name is Sode no Shirayuki. Using it's ability Tsukishiro, it freezes everything high and low within it's domain. With just a flick of this blade this pillar will shatter, you along with it," She said as beads of sweat began to form on Ichigo's brow. "So tell me, who the hell are you?!!"
"Flip over, Muchas Caras!"
Soul Reaper Picture Book Golden
At the Urahara shop, the two mod souls; Lirin and Kurodo, stood in their plushy form on the table of the living quarters.
"Hey, where is Noba?" Lirin asked her fellow mod soul.
"Well, Mr. Urahara has been doing some modifications on him, he now has built in guidance system like a hell butterfly so that he can guide humans through the Senkaimon," The rabbit plushy exclaimed.
"That's amazing!" Lirin jeered. "I wonder what Kisuke is going to upgrade us with?"
"Well, if I got to chose it would be wonderful if my ears could stretch so that I could grab things in other rooms."
"That would be awesome, if we ended up on the streets we could use your ears to pick people's pockets we would never go hungry again."
"That's true I never thought of it that way, what special upgrades do you want Kisuke to give you Lirin?" Kurodo asked with glee.
"Hmmm, I think I need more fighting skills. He could give my plushy a super cool attack mode where I gain the ability to fly and I could pick enemies up with my talons!"
