Hueco Mundo, the Hollow World. To the untrained eye, the entirety of Hueco Mundo is an empty desert of white sand and sparse scatterings of crystalline trees trapped in eternal night. However, the harsh and cruel reality is that the white dunes were teeming with life. Most of it simply resided beneath the sands in an obscenely large cavern system that was crowded with Menos Grande. Amongst the trees above ground, located in a sector of Hueco Mundo that most Hollows stayed away from, a gigantic palace of white stone rises in the moonlight. The main structure is a large dome surrounded by five pillars. At this moment, however, the pillars are in ruins, and standing at the base of the most recently destroyed pillar are five figures.
Two are paralyzed with fear and awe. One is a woman with strawberry orange hair and a rather gifted physique. The other is a raven-haired boy dressed in the white clothing of the Quincy, an archer equivalent of the Shinigami. These two can only stand and watch in horrific shock as the third figure turns towards the fourth and fifth after mercilessly annihilating the Quarto Espada, Ulquiorra Schiffer. This third figure appears to be a man, but his skin is porcelain white with black markings that spread outwards from the hole within his chest and on his face, which has the skeletal appearance of a Viking. The long orange hair that cascades down his back sways in the soft wind that now flowed ominously.
"Kurosaki-Kun, that's enough." the orange-haired girl called, her plea falling on deaf ears.
"Inoue-San, I don't think Kurosaki can hear us anymore." the Quincy said.
The fourth figure happened to be Koichi, but his current form was like nothing he'd shown Arturo Plateado. Having taken full advantage of his Zanpakutou's ability to copy the form and attacks of any Zanpakutou he fights and knows the release commands of, and even then at only half power of the original, Koichi had sacrificed his own strength and speed to copy a single Zanpakutou that he'd been grateful for being allowed to copy an old friend's blade.
Instead of the cat-boy standing before the completely Hollowfied Kurosaki Ichigo, Koichi's form was that of a midnight-blue centaur wielding a double-ended lance. Upon the top of his head rested his Hollow mask, which itself had grown curved, highly defined and extremely sharp horns like those of an oryx.
At his side was a boy that looked like a visual clone of Hitsugaya Toshiro, the Division Ten Captain, but this boy had three differences. First, his hair was jet black. Second, as he was in Bankai status, he took on a form that resembled Daiguren Hyourinmaru, but made of fire that blazed the darkest black you could imagine. Lastly, although it had dissipated a while ago, this boy's eyes took on the golden iris on black of those that Hollowfied. He was holding his free hand before his face in an attempt to recall his mask.
"Damnit, Koichi! If I'd known you could copy Arrancar Zanpakutou, I'd have asked Dad to let you go with me!" the fire-wielder said.
"Yeah? Well, not everyone can stand the fact that I can copy other people's blades." Koichi said. "Your dad included, Ryu! Hell, if it wasn't for Jii-San ordering me to stay, I'd have followed you!"
"So what's the plan? Ichigo looks like he's about ready to slaughter us and Ishida over there."
"The plan? DODGE!" Koichi roared as the Viking-Hollowfied Ichigo Kurosaki charged a true Cero in the space between his horns and launching it towards the two Vaizards.
The two actually managed to dodge the incoming beam, but the effect it had upon grazing against Koichi's weapon was a bit less than devastating. It forcefully knocked the boy back down to his normal release and had shattered the mask.
"Tch! Didn't think I'd actually have to do this." Koichi said, linking the two gauntlets together. They quickly shifted into a single katana and a small doll that had blond shoulder-length hair with skimpy clothing. "Kick about...Los Lobos."
"Oh, shit." Ryu said, quickly positioning himself between the neko-Vaizard and the two humans to protect them.
A giant pillar of deep sapphire reishi shot into the sky, and when the light faded, it revealed Koichi wearing a white outfit that looked like it came out of an old western, and an eye patch with a midnight-blue flame on it. In his hands were a pair of guns that had intricate detailing on them.
"When the hell did you steal THAT one?" Ryu asked.
"Long story."
Right as Ichigo fired another Cero, Koichi countered by firing a Cero from one of the guns, negating it. Ishida Uryu then tried to fire an arrow to distract Ichigo, but the Quincy's plan backfired. Ichigo used sonido and sliced off Ishida's left arm, then flickered behind Koichi, about to behead him when Inoue Orihime's voice cried out one last time.
"PLEASE STOP, KUROSAKI-KUN!"
Somehow, her words got through this time, and the blade of Tensa Zangetsu stopped short of actually connecting with the boy's neck, but the shockwave sent the boy flying at Zaraki Ryu, dropping the two of the Vaizard boys out of their released states.
"I-Inoue-San..."
Back in Urahara's basement, the three girls had each been bound and placed in a separate pit and told they had only twenty-four hours to escape without using their hands. And without using their Z-forms. So far, it had been about seven hours, and the only one who hadn't moved yet was Miyako. Kaoru was screaming obscenities like Kurosaki Ichigo had done, and Momoko was only pacing trying to figure out a way to climb out. However, all three girls had experienced the first encroachment, and it had only served to fuel Kaoru's anger.
The only reason Miyako hadn't moved was because she'd gone into her Inner Sanctum the moment she was on the bottom of the shaft, and she was speaking with Mizubara about the current predicament.
"I don't know what to do." she said. "That first time the chain started eating itself hurt like nothing I'd ever felt before."
"Hime-Sama, don't worry too much." Mizubara said. "All you have to do is find your own power. Search out the strength that called you to me that first time and grab hold."
"God...when I get out of here, I'm gonna kill him." Kaoru mumbled, dropping down to the ground. "Or at least his damned hat, since he treats it like a bloody princess or something."
"You must find the strength within yourself to escape and grasp that which brought you to me." Lycoris called out from Kaoru's Inner Sanctum.
Kaoru took a deep breath and focused on the city in the forest that represented her soul, and when she opened her eyes again, she found herself at the edge of that city.
"Lycoris, I don't get it. Why is Shimabara-Kun allowing us to be put through this torture?" Kaoru asked, tears threatening to spill from the tomboy's eyes.
"I honestly don't know, Kaoru." Lycoris said, her ears twitching nervously as she sat on her haunches in her tiger form. "Perhaps he thinks this a test of strength that he believes you all can pass."
"Or maybe, just maybe," came a voice that sounded like Kaoru's, but with a slight warble to it, as if she was speaking from underwater and somehow sounding perfectly clear. "He thinks that you deserve this bit of pain to realize that you're a girl!"
When Kaoru and Lycoris turned to see who'd spoken, Kaoru was taken aback in shock. Standing before her was a perfect double of herself, but with skin and hair as white as Takuya's hair. The eyes on this white-skinned Kaoru were jet black with golden irises, and she wore a pure white miniskirt that had a single piece of black design on it. The crest that was on the back of the Powerpuff Girls Z vest was traced onto the miniskirt in jet black stitching. From the way she was sitting, Kaoru and Lycoris could see this girl's jet black panties, and she didn't seem to care.
"Who the hell are you?" Kaoru asked.
"Why, I'm you!" the girl said, hopping down and making a point of letting the force of the wind fully expose her panties. "Well, at least the one side of yourself that you have always hated. You can just call me Ruka."
"Wait a minute!" Kaoru said. "White skin and hair, black eyes with golden irises...you're a Hollow version of me!"
"Heh. 'Bout time you got it." Ruka said, smirking happily.
Momoko was beginning to lose patience. She had searched carefully for any kind footholds, but had found none. Then she'd thought about simply running up the sides, but she knew wasn't that talented.
"Man...what would Ri-Kun have done in this situation?" she asked herself. "Wait, I know what he'd do! Ri-Kun would simply channel his energy into his feet and simply walk up the sides, just like a ninja! Takuya-Kun would do that, too!"
"Good thinking, Momo-Chama!" Momoko heard Okami say to her. "Let's give it a try!"
Momoko stopped moving, focusing on putting all her power and energy into the soles of her feet, the she opened her eyes and took a running start. She took three steps up the side before she simply fell back down, bumping her head against a rock that stuck out.
"OWIE!" She cried. As she lay waiting for the pain to subside, she realized she'd used too little energy. "Maybe if I focus for a bit longer..."
Once she was able to stand again, Momoko closed her eyes and focused, channeling even more energy. This time, though, she waited about five minutes before attempting to climb, and when she got to about seven steps up the side, the walls suddenly caved in under her foot, then forced her back to the ground where she managed to land on her feet.
"What happened?" She wondered. "Maybe I used too much energy?"
"This is gonna be tougher than we thought, isn't it, Momo-Chama?" Okami asked.
Koichi had been ordered by Ryu to return to the world of the living, just incase his adoptive uncle would need his help. He arrived in Urahara's basement as Momoko had hit her head, and Ururu confronted him first.
"Koichi-Sama..." she started, too shy to actually ask what was on her mind. "Um...will...will you..."
"Ururu-Chan?" Koichi knelt down to be eye level with her, his disarming smile turning her on more he realized. "If you need anything, you can always feel free to ask. You know that there's only two things I've ever been able to say 'No' to you about. What's wrong?"
"Will you...um...you-you know that thing I needed help with last month?"
"Oh, where you were confused as to why you felt like wanting to touch yourself down there?" Koichi asked, his ears standing up on full alert, focused on her.
"Yeah...I um...need your help with that again." Ururu said, blushing a deep ruby-crimson color.
"Just give me a few minutes, okay?" he asked. "I need to speak to Uncle Kisuke about something first. After that, I promise that I'll help you in any way you ask of me."
"Mm!" Ururu wrapped her arms around the cat-boy and kissed his cheek in thanks.
Once she released him, Koichi went over to Urahara to check on the three girls. When he saw that Kaoru had begun to fidget in embarrassment, he had an idea. he glanced down at Momoko, who had just fallen on her butt a third time in trying to get the energy output just right, and had to chuckle at her attempt.
"So how's progress looking, Uncle Kisuke?"
"Well, as of right now, only Miss Gotokuji has made no attempt whatsoever to climb out. And based on where the chains are, I'd say the Second Encroachment is almost at hand." Urahara said. "Oh, and if you plan on helping Ururu feel relieved, I suggest you go now. Things here could get a bit messy, but I've got the girls' partners here to assist me."
"Right. Thanks, Uncle Kisuke." Koichi said, wandering back to Ururu after he'd spoken. "Alright Ururu-Chan. Let's go to your bedroom this time. It's a bit safer than anywhere down here."
"But what if the Boss needs you?"
"Good point. Something always seems to go wrong." Koichi said, then made a perfect clone using a level 99 Shihouin-Clan specific Kido. "Alright, you wait here, just in case."
"Roger that, Boss!" the clone said. "Good luck up there."
"Are you sure this is where Ichigo said he and his friends always go, Jinta?" a raven-haired girl about ten years old asked.
"Yeah, Karin!" Jinta said, his stupid grin plastered on his face as usual. "In fact, I just saw your cat-eared play-toy walk in earlier!"
"He...He's not a play-toy!" Kurosaki Karin said, blushing madly as she spoke. "He-he's just a friend...that's all."
"Karin-Chan? What are you doing here?"
Karin looked up and almost turned as red as the hair on the boy she now saw. She could still remember the first time she saw this cat-eared boy at her home, asking to see her brother.
"K-Koichi-Kun!" she said, still red from blushing. "I...I just wanted to see if you were free today. M-maybe we could hang out?"
"Sure thing, Karin-Chan." Koichi said, his ears twitching happily. "Just give me ten minutes or so with Ururu-Chan first, she needs my medical expertise on something, and she doesn't trust anyone else."
"Oh, right." Karin said, thinking that it was Ururu's first period. "I'll just wait here."
"Alrighty. Oh, and Jinta."
"Yeah?" Jinta asked, surprised that the neko-Vaizard was speaking to him outside of a mission briefing. "What is it?"
"No bothering Karin-Chan while I'm with Ururu-Chan, and absolutely no attempts at peeking in on the poor girl. I'll have multiple barriers on the door and windows, as well as one that'll explode in your face if you try to get around the barriers."
"Uh..." Jinta swallowed in shock, but nodded his understanding. "Right. Well, I'm gonna see if Urahara needs anything. Bye!"
"...Hado number ninety-nine: Jet Shard Pistol." Koichi said. "There, that should do it."
"I can't take it any more..." Ururu said, her voice wavering on the verge of tears. "Please..."
"Right. Are you ready for treatment, Ururu-Chan?"
In response, Ururu simply removed her clothing and laying down on her bed. Koichi set his Zanpakutou down next to the bed and shifted into his cat-form. Once he'd leaped up next to her, he lay down on her stomach, letting his tail lay between her legs.
"Let's get started, nyan." he said, gently twitching his tail, making the tip rub gently against Ururu's womanhood.
"K-Koichi-Kun..." Ururu said, trying not to scream in ecstasy as she pressed his tail against her. "I...I love you..."
Knowing that she had hopelessly fallen for him, Koichi smiled. She would make a fourth girl that had fallen for him, and only the second that he'd seen nude, but still the first whose nude body he'd touched.
"I guess I'm lucky that the Shihouin Clan is a polygamous Clan." he said, chuckling. "Mama would find it rather funny that I've already found four girls who want me."
Seven minutes later, sooner than he'd anticipated, Koichi was walking towards the Kurosaki household hand in hand with Karin. He was already good friends with her father, Isshin, and friends with both Ichigo and Yuuzu as well. However, Yuuzu was one of the four girls who'd fallen for him.
"I wonder how your dad is gonna take it when both you and Yuuzu become my wife." Koichi said.
"What? We BOTH can?"
"Didn't I tell you?" Koichi asked, well aware that he hadn't. "The Shihouin Clan is a polygamous Clan, which means I could have as many wives as I wanted."
"How...how many have fallen in love with you, Koichi-Kun?" Karin asked as her house came into view.
"Let's see..." Koichi said, mentally ticking them off in his head. "There's you and Yuuzu, then there's Nell-Chan. Oh, and Ururu-Chan fell in love with me, too."
"What about that blonde monkey girl?" Karin asked. "That one that always hangs around you and Ichi-Nii?"
"Oh, Hiyori-Chan? I can't believe I forgot her." Koichi said, lightly punching his head with his free hand. "I guess that actually makes it five, doesn't it?"
"I guess." Karin said, giggling.
"Wait! I forgot two others!" Koichi said. "I feel like a total lech for forgetting them, since they let me copy their Zanpakutou in exchange for promising them a spot amidst my list of future wives! There's Apache-Chan and Lillinette-Chan, too!"
"If I didn't know better," Karin said, giving him a rather sarcastic look of 'you pervy cat-man', which made him feel even more embarrassed. "I'd say you're happy to have one girl for each day of the week."
"Um...I'm happy that so many want someone like me, but as for happy to have one for each day? Well, that's a bit early to say, just yet."
"Well, he is the son of a woman from a clan that allows a man to have as many wives as he pleases." came Isshin's voice from somewhere behind them. When the two looked behind them, he raised a hand. "Yo. Anyways, I had a feeling that you girls had fallen for him, both of you."
"You're not mad are you, Kurosakii-Taicho?" Koichi asked, forgetting for a moment that he wasn't supposed to reveal that information.
"No. I'm just surprised that it was my daughters who found love before Ichigo, and not the other way around." Isshin said, Koichi's nose picking up very tiny traces of cigarette smoke on the man's breath.
"Today was the memorial of Masaki-Chan's passing, wasn't it?" Koichi asked.
"Yeah. I guess you could pick up the scent of the smoke, eh?"
"What can I say?"
"How about telling my Dad to let us walk alone?" Karin suggested. "Or to let me and Yuuzu be with you in our room, door closed, and you put a spell on the door so that he can't open it?"
Isshin paled at the thought. Koichi, however, thought it was a good idea, and asked permission to be alone with the twins.
"I suppose." Isshin said. "But, I don't want either of them to lose their innocence. Got it?"
"Yessir."
When they got to the Kurosaki residence, Yuuzu blushed at the sight of Koichi, but she asked her dad if he was staying for dinner. When she was told to ask the cat-man himself, Yuuzu looked hopeful.
"Yes, Yuuzu-Chan, I'll stick around for dinner." Koichi said, making her smile grow even bigger. "You're an excellent cook."
"Tell her what Dad said!" Karin blurted, nudging his side with her elbow, but light enough that it didn't hurt.
"Oh, right. Your father agreed to let me and you two girls hang out in your room with the door closed." Koichi said. "And, even better, he gave me permission to put up two spells, one to prevent entrance from anyone but us, and one to make it impossible to hear anything in the bedroom."
"Daddy, is that true?" Yuuzu asked, unaware that the soundproof spell was one that Koichi had baited in there, knowing that Isshin couldn't deny his daughters anything they wanted.
"Yep. Go have fun girls."
As the girls ran up the stairs ahead of him, Koichi caught Isshin mouthing the words 'you owe me big for that one' and nodded in response. He soon followed the girls, and once inside their room, he quickly put up the two barriers. When he turned around, he noticed that Yuuzu was blushing deep, deep red.
"Yuu-Chan? What's with the blushing?" he asked, reverting to the special name he had saved for when their father wasn't around.
"K-Karin-Chan said that she'd let you see her naked before." Yuuzu said shyly. "I-is it true?"
"It's true." Koichi said. "And I was thinking that maybe today I could see you."
"M-m-me? Y-y-you want to see m-me naked?"
"Mm." Koichi nodded, gently kissing Yuuzu on the forehead. "Since you two are going to be my first wives, I thought it would be nice to see you both naked today."
"Um..." Yuuzu paused for a minute, then she looked up at him, her eyes smiling where her blushing prevented her mouth from doing so. "If we both take off our clothes, I want you to do the same."
Koichi couldn't help but chuckle. It was almost like something out of a story.
"It's a deal, Yuu-Chan." he said, removing his shirt. "And to make it a bit interesting, let's stand here in just our underwear for a minute. I have something I want to try."
The girls both blushed, having stripped to their panties for the boy who was only a few years older than them before, and they'd seen him topless, but what was he thinking now? They agreed, and once they were down to their underwear, Karin giggled.
"Hawaiian-print? That's pretty bold, Koichi-Kun!" she said.
"Maybe, Karin-Chan." he said, pointing to hers. "But I never thought I'd see the day where you wore anything pink, let alone your panties."
Indeed, Karin's panties were pink, and they had strawberries imprinted all over it. But the most surprising thing wasn't Karin's panties, it was Yuuzu's. Hers were pure white with lace trim. Koichi found it hard to stay in control of himself on account of Yuuzu's panties being a bikini-cut.
"Wow, um...that's.."
"That's unexpected, Yuuzu." Karin said, unable to resist the urge to run a finger across the lace. "I bet you got these as a gift from Inoue-San, didn't you?"
Yuuzu nodded. She had gotten them on an impulse because of something Inoue had said about Koichi liking lace, but right now she was wondering what the one boy she'd fallen in love with was thinking of for his idea.
"Well, um..." Koichi cleared his throat as his tail twitched happily. "I think we can give that idea a try now."
"What kind of idea?" Karin asked.
"I was thinking that this time around, Karin-Chan, that I'd pull your panties down, then pull down Yuu-Chan's." Koichi said, gently rubbing the bridge of his nose. "After that, the two of you would pull down my boxers at the same time."
"Sounds fun." Yuuzu said. "Let's try it."
Isshin sat at the base of the stairs, his eyes locked on the picture of his late wife on the wall. Currently, though, he was holding onto a particular lion plushie and scratching behind the ears.
"Well, what do you think?" Isshin asked. "Is it a good thing that I'm letting the girls have so much freedom with that boy?"
"Well, personally, I think you should've said 'no' to him today." Kon said. "I mean, the twins are definitely becoming cuter and cuter with each passing day, but I don't believe what he said about the whole polygamy thing. Isn't that kind of illegal?"
"In most societies, it's not illegal, but it is highly disliked." came Yoruichi's voice as she entered the Kurosaki residence in her true form. "As for my son, I think that it's a good thing our clan is a polygamous one, otherwise he'd be breaking too many hearts to handle."
"Is there something I can help you with, Lady Shihouin?" Isshin asked, acknowledging his former companion. "Nothing out of my league, I hope."
"No, I just came to check on my little boy. That's all." Yoruichi said. "Which one is it?"
"Second door on the right." Isshin said. "He's put up a barrier, though."
Without even thinking about any barriers, Yoruichi headed up the stairs and knocked gently on the door, no doubt startling the three inside.
"Koichi, I know you're in there." she said. "Just remember that you have a meeting with Head-Captain Yamamoto in the morning."
Koichi opened the door ever so slightly, poking his head out, the last remnants of cat fur fading from view, as he'd just shifted back to his human form.
"I know, Mama. I'm just having some fun with Karin-Chan and Yuu-Chan." he said, blushing profusely. "B-but don't worry...we're not doing anything that would get us in trouble."
"Alright, just as long as you remember your appointment with your grandfather."
With that, the door quickly closed again, and Yoruichi left the house, heading back to Urahara's shop. She needed to check on the girls' progress.
"Is that all you got?" Ruka called out as she batted Kaoru away with a katana in her hands. "Please! Shima-Kun and Koi-Kun could put up a better fight blindfolded!"
"Shut your trap, bitch!" Kaoru yelled, her Z-form hammer now badly damaged. "God, what does it take to put you down?"
"Haaaah!" Momoko ran at the sides one more time, getting about halfway up before losing focus and falling down to the bottom again.
"Ita-ta-ta-ta-tai..." she stuttered, wincing from the pain. "Damn it...this is harder than it looks."
Before anyone could prepare, the Second Encroachment started up, and even though Momoko and Kaoru screamed in pain, Miyako managed to keep silent again, proving how much she was focused inside her Inner Sanctum. But there was one major problem for Miyako. Her Sanctum was collapsing.
"Uwaah! Mizubara-Kun, what do I do?" she asked, panicking.
"Find the ribbon that leads to the box with your Shinigami powers!" the shark-boy said. "I don't know which one that is, but maybe someone told you a hint on finding it?"
Miyako remembered something her boyfriend had said earlier that day. As she began darting through the falling boxes, she quoted him directly.
"Ta-Kun told me a big hint!" she said. " He said that 'a Shinigami's power comes from the union of his soul with that of his Zanpakutou. The ribbon that represents that union is red.' Red, just like a rose!"
With that, she spotted a bright ruby red ribbon and reached for it. Once she had ahold of the ribbon, she tugged hard, and one of the white boxes suddenly opened, and inside she saw the hilt of a katana, wrapped in ocean-blue and the guard itself was shaped like a pair of shark's teeth aimed in opposite directions.
"Mizubara-Kun, I found it!" She called.
"Good! Now remember the words!" he said, his image fading as her vision began to replace the Sanctum with the Shattered Shaft. "Remember my command!"
Miyako's voice rang out in the basement under the screams of the other girls, and Takuya was impressed.
"Oceans break upon the stone and become my shield." Miyako said, crouching in preparation for jumping out of the shaft. "Thunder crash down on the plains and become my blade. The depths of space coalesce and become my armor. Hunt them down!"
With a quick push towards the ground, Miyako actually jumped out of the Shattered Shaft and broke the binding on her arms in one motion, then a spear appeared in her hands, its shape the exact doppelganger of the legendary Hokuraku Shimon.
"Mizubara!"
"Very good, Gotokuji-San!" Urahara said, his voice betraying the fact he was very impressed.