Time and Time Again

by Yaoifangirlz

The war is over, lives have been lost. As Ichigo is left alone he is sent to the past by a purple stone. Can Ichigo set things right? Ichigo tries to blend in with the past and finds himself more alone than ever. With old enemies and new, can he find his true love again, and will he fall in love with this new Ichigo?

4. Chapter 3

I don't own bleach :'[

"Ichigo in hollow mask."

"Normal Speech."

Chapter 3: Don't Break

Third Person P.O.V

Yorichi watches two girls search for their zanpakto on the floor of the training area. If she didn't know any better, you could say that the zanpakto worked together. A shout from both girls as their zanpakto did not break as they attacked their materialised zanpakto. Karin's was a long katana that became a fire dragon, it's tail was the katana. Yuzu's was the same, but her dragon was of ice.

Having found their bankai, the girls continued to train. "Kori no keimusho, Kanjutsu!"* Yuzu commands and the training doll is encased in ice. "Hono no hashira, Sanjutsu!"* Karin follows, and the doll is surrounded by flame. As the day went on the girls learnt more of their zanpakto's powers, Renji joined in the training. He promised to save Rukia, he would not let her down.

On the day of Rukia's execution Ichigo readied himself for the task of bringing down Aizen. Meanwhile Karin and Yuzu were racing to the Sokyoku to prevent Rukia's death. Ukitake and the others raced to the execution to destroy the Sokyoku. Aizen prepared to take the Hogyoku from Rukia, unaware that he was not going to have it. Gin stood by, ready to help the fiery haired boy that was bent on stopping Aizen. Everything was set in place, the captains, the ryoka, the kurosaki twins and Ichigo. 'Let the games begin' thought Ichigo as he watched the unsealing of the Sokyoku.

Rukia doesn't know how to react. One minute she is about to be obliterated, next Yuzu and Karin are destroying the stand and the Sokyoku was no more. Last of all Karin had thrown her at Renji to escape. As she lies in Renji's arms as he sets off away from the Sokyoku hill, she is speechless. Rukia steals one last look over Renji's shoulder to see Karin and Yuzu taking on her brother.

Ichigo jumped up and followed Renji and Rukia. 'I need to make sure nothing changes', Ichigo thought to himself. Watching the trees and dusty ground whip by, he could tell Renji was running at his best. Jumping from tree to tree invisibly Ichigo could sense Tousen coming closer. Suddenly Tousen stands in front of Renji.

Tousen stands silently as Renji asks him what he is doing. With a swift move of his hand he pulls out a white ribbon. It begins to swirl around him and Renji and Rukia. It spins faster and faster, kicking up dust. Ribbon swirls into a tempest and Renji finds it hard to breathe, or see properly. The sound of the ribbon swirling stops and Renji opens his eyes to find himself on the top of Sokyoku Hill. Ichigo swears and arrives moments later. Just as Aizen appears before Renji. Ichigo hides out of sight, waiting for the timing to be right.

"Welcome, Abarai-kun." Aizen says as Renji turns to look at him shock written on his face. "Aizen-taichou? It can't be... What the hell is going on?" Aizen looks at Renji for a second then calmly says, "Please put Kuchiki-san down and step away." Renji babbles in shock, Aizen was alive and he had also asked for Rukia, Rukia looks at Aizen in shock. 'How? When?' her thoughts jumble as they take in Aizen's alive, and in one piece soul.

Aizen repeats his order. "Please put Kuchiki-san down and step away, Abarai-kun." Renji recovers from his shock and looks Aizen in his eyes, "I refuse." Aizen looks confused and asks Renji what he said. "I refuse." Renji says holding Rukia tighter to his chest. He hears Unohana fuku-taichou's notice and holds Rukia even tighter. Lower down Sokyoku Hill Karin and Yuzu fear for Rukia and head towards her and Renji once again.

Aizen walk forward with measured steps and draws his zanpakto. Dodging at the last moment Renji does not lose his arm. Rukia sees blood pouring from a deep wound on Renji's arm. Jumping into the sky Renji unleashes his shikai. Aizen does not even attempt to dodge and instead blocks using his sealed sword. Slashing out as he lands on the ground Renji swings Zabimaru at Aizen again. Reaching out a hand Aizen stops it with his bare hand and slashes through it, breaking it. Without warning a huge wound on Renji's back appears, pouring blood. Aizen tells Renji of his use of him and Kira and Hinamori as pawns of his plan. Renji looks up at Aizen, hate in his eyes, but he can do nothing.

As Aizen lifts his blade to finish Renji he doesn't flinch. Suddenly Karin and Yuzu were blocking Aizen's blade. "Carrying Rukia was too hard for you, Renji?" Karin teased. Renji spluttered. "Of course not baka. You're the one that looks like she can barely stand!" Renji retorts. Joking aside, Yuzu begins to plan the next attack on Aizen. "Higa Zekkou!" Renji shouts as his shikai's broken blades rise up and fly at Aizen. Karin and Yuzu run at Aizen, only to find their zanpakto blocked with a single finger.

Karin and Yuzu double over and fall face down to the ground, deep gouges in their lower abdomens. "Karin! Yuzu!" Rukia shouts. Suddenly there is a whoosh of air. A tall figure in a black shikakusho and haori, with two zanpakto strapped to his back and a third at his waist stands there. Long orange hair floats in the wind. Karin looks up, Yuzu is unconscious. She looks closely at the man. "Ichi-nii..." Karin says just before she blacks out too.

Suddenly the man raises onto the balls of his feet and gather Renji, Rukia, Karin and Yuzu and place them behind the Sokyoku stand. Aizen raises his sword once again, to find the young man holding his sword and when he looks up there is still an after image of the young man at the stand. "Way of the Onmitsu, 3rd of the Shiho. You don't know how long it took to learn that." The orangette looked up at the former taichou. "My name is Ichigo Kurosaki and I am here to kill you."

Ichigo looked at Gin and nodded. Gin spun on his heels and sliced Tousen in two. "Good enough for ya, Ichi?" Gin grinned at the orangette. Ichigo nodded once again and stood back from Aizen who was yet to recover from shock. Gin went to the others behind the Sokyoku's stand.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, you are not supposed to have powers. Well no matter, you will not be able to defeat me. You are weak." Aizen raises his zanpakto and swings it at Ichigo. Ichigo stops Aizen's blade with a finger. "My, my Aizen. No shikai? I feel insulted." Ichigo asks coldly placing his black glasses on. Raising his sword Aizen says, "Shatter, Kyouka Suigetsu. You're a fool Kurosaki, I can bind you within my illusions now." Ichigo tilts his head and laughs hollowly. "Ah, ah, Aizen. Did you forget people who can't see aren't affected. Also, who held your blade a few moments ago?" Aizen stares in disbelief as Ichigo runs at him using shindo**. Aizen realises that unless he releases bankai, he might not win. "Bankai, Genso no sekai, Kyouka Suigetsu." Ichigo hears this and smiles. He shuts down his senses so that sensing the reiatsu in the air is the only thing he uses for fighting.

"Bankai, Tensa Zangetsu." The air whips as Ichigo goes into bankai. His two zanpakto, the knife that represents his quincy powers and the blade of 'Shiro' Zangetsu become one long, slim, black nodachi. A chain winds its way up Ichigo arm from Zangetsu. The top of his shikakusho becomes a long black coat with white edges. The arm holding Zangetsu is covered in bandages and his mouth is covered in bandages too. Pulling Muramasa from his back he readies his stance before pulling his right hand across his face letting his hollow mask out. His mask resembles his vasto lordes form. Horns adorn his head. Bending low he releases his cero at Aizen who dodges and runs at Ichigo to fight.

Yamamoto and the rest of the captains and their lieutenants arrive at Sokyoku Hill and see the great battle. They move over towards the stand where they find Gin standing near the ryoka and Rukia and Renji. The twin ryoka and Renji are hurt badly. Unohana begins healing them as a shield is raised. The other captains are watching the fight between the former captain and the other man, who was wearing a captain commanders haori.

The battle blazed back and forth. Strikes, parries and thrusts of their zanpakto. Aizen looked worse for wear and was tiring quickly. Aizen realises he is quickly being out-powered by Kurosaki, but does not acknowledge it.

Aizen falls as his arm is severed from his body. "You fool, I will escape prison." Ichigo tilts his head. "I never said I was putting you in prison. I am here to kill you Aizen." Ichigo's hollowed voice grates out. Pinning Aizen into the ground through his chest with Zangetsu, Ichigo stands straight and pulls off his hollow mask.

"Sousuke Aizen, I Ichigo Kurosaki, Captain Commander of the soul society find you guilty of the following crimes:

The experimentation of hollowfying using the Hogyoku and the later murder of the ex-captains and the ex-lieutenants: Love Aikawa, Lisa Yadomaru, Shinji Hirako, Mashiro Kuna, Kensei Muguruma, 'Rose' Rojuro Otoribashi and Hiyori Sarugaki. Along with Hachigen Ushoda, vice kido chief of the kido corps.

The framing of the crime, hence the blame and exile of Urahara Kisuke and Yorichi Shoinin.

The illegal use of the Hogyoku to create mutated hollows, hence the murder of Shiba Kaien, Shiba Miyako and Masaki Kurosaki.

The illegal use of the Hogyoku to create Arrancar and the murder of the Arrancar.

The murder of the Gotei 13's Captain commander.

The murder of the captain's: Gin Ichimaru, Kenpachi Zaraki, Sui-Feng, Retsu Unohana, Sajin Komamura, Toshiro Hitsugaya, Shunsui Kyoraku, Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Jushiro Ukitake.

The murder of their lieutenants.

The death of your accomplice Tousen Kaname.

The murder of countless shinigami and souls in the rukongai area.

The torture of Isshin, Karin, Yuzu and Ichigo Kurosaki. The deaths of Isshin, Karin and Yuzu Kurosaki.

Experimentation on and rape of Ichigo Kurosaki and the murder of Manami Aizen.

The death of the noble Rukia Kuchiki, baby clan heirs Mamoru, Chika and Mizuki Kuchiki, and the death of Clan Leader Byakuya Kuchiki.

These crimes are punishable be death. So your punishment shall be death, however your soul can never be re-incarnated. This is your punishment Sousuke Aizen. Farewell." At this, Ichigo severs Aizen's head and limbs before placing Hanako's hilt on Aizen's chest to prevent him from ever re-incarnating . Aizen breaks into particles of reiatsu and disappears forever.

The captains looked over at this man, Ichigo Kurosaki. "To think he went through so much." Ukitake said quietly. In battle Ichigo moved with the grace of a deadly assassin. "For one so young, to be forced into that." Yamamoto added. Ichigo turned and walked towards the captains. "My job is done here." The captains look on as the young time-travelling captain commander took off his haori and placed it into Yamamoto's hands. "As you have all guessed I am from the future. It was bleak, so I came back to change that. My job is finished now. Perhaps I shall not see you again. Farewell."

Suddenly golden senkaimon doors open near Ichigo. He can hear that same voice from the other day that had called to him coming from with the doors. With Shiro, Zangetsu, Muramasa and Hanako's words of support Ichigo walked through the doors. Behind him the captains raced after him to get more information from him. The doors slammed shut and disappeared before anyone could follow in.

Ichigo stepped forward into a bright light. "Ichigo, come."

*Kori no keimusho=Prison of ice

Hono no hashira=Pillar of flame

Genso no sekai=World of illusions

**Shindo=Shunpo+Sonido

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