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Chapter 13: Breaking point…
Flashback.
His hollow self screamed in the seemingly everlasting agony of the world. It was a hollow scream devoid of any emotion but anger and killing intent. The Quincy's all took out their weapons, may it be bow or sword, they would be forced to fight.
"Darn you Ichigo!" the one known as Bazz-B yelled as he pointed his finger towards Ichigo.
"Don't kill him." Juha ordered, clearly having worry in his voice.
The Vasto Lorde hollow looked at all his opponents with a vicious smile. 'Hopefully they'll be a challenge!' he prayed to be relieved of his boredom. He unleashed another devilish and beastly yell as he grabbed the blade known as Zangetsu that was formally in the hands of Hachswald. He let hell loose. His horns generated a powerful cero, enough to overcome a cero oscuras, that caused a huge creator. Behind the demon's mask lay a smirk of a monster.
He swung his blade at Bazz-B and it hit his skin hard, it spread the wound further down. The Sternritter was bleeding a profuse amount of blood and his head ached. 'Darn Kurosaki!' he thought while he set his body in preparation for another attack.
"Tch. You Quincy's are tougher then you look." the hollow examined the strange bunch. "Any ways, it's not like that matters. I'm going to kill you all any ways." the Vasto Lorde stated matter-of-fact-like.
"Is that so?" questioned the 'L' looking Quincy. "You're Ichigo's hollow, am I correct to assume this?" he asked the hollow again.
The hollow narrowed his eyes at the 'L' looking Quincy. "First: What of it? Second: Ya, I'm the weaklings inner hollow. I'm actually his inner instinct though… You know, his bloodlust… His KILLING INTENT!" his voice raised at the last part feeling quite proud.
"Does Ichigo have any control over the way you act like this?" L sure was a suspicious and curious person.
"Nope! I stabbed his dear friend Uryu and he couldn't do a thing to stop me!" the top class beast laughed. He remembered that time he had control and was a Vasto Lorde.
"I see, so Ichigo can't help us out then…" he suddenly was lost in thought as he thought of the situation. That mask… was the key. "Cut off one of his horns!" he quickly screamed, wanting to save his comrades.
The Sternritters followed suit to his wise words and aimed directly for the pure white horn.
"You think you'll be able to catch me off guard?! HA! Don't make me laugh!" Shiro yelled confidently.
He got into a stationed fighting stance and grins.
"BANKAI! Tensa Zangetsu!" the horned figure calls upon his bankai and points his black daito at the Quincy's. "Be prepared to die." he states simply.
He, out of the blue, starts screaming in pure agony. He starts yelling about how Ichigo should stop. Everyone only stared in awe as a hand grabs the horn and pulls it off. Once this happens, it reveals a pale Ichigo. Everyone still stares as Ichigo's knees give way, and he falls. Ever Quincy is frozen for a moment until a commanding voice speaks up.
"Bring him to his room." everyone is still frozen. "Well..?" the voice speaks up and everyone is in action.
Hachswald picks Ichigo up and carries him to his room.
"What the hell happened?" asked the idiot named Bazz-B.
"I do believe his hollow is not that strong when it comes to control." L states and everyone stares at him with anger.
"What the hell do you mean by that?!" an angry and still idiotic as ever Bazz-B yells.
"I mean that his hollow can't control his body/soul very well, Bazz-B" he says these words with annoyance clear in his voice.
"Well what do we do?" Bambietta asks and everyone looks to L.
"For once I don't know." and with that everyone gasps.
In Ichigo's mind…
I can't do anything. I'm not anything.. DAMN IT! WHY AM I SO WEAK?! I can't save anyone like this… I-I need my family… I can't believe it… I-I abandoned my family. Me! OF ALL PEOPLE! 'Number one protector..'
And a scream erupted in the air…
I am nothing.
I can't do anything.
NO!
I WILL DO SOMETHING!
YUZU, KARIN!
In reality…
'His spiritual energy is out of control..' Hachswald thought as his breathing started to become ragged and unrefined. He looked at the boy in his hands. 'What a great amount of power.' he was lost in thought.
He bumped into something… Or someone, great. The Mohawk was undeniable: Bazz-B!
"Watch where your going, queen B!" he made a reference to Hachswald's letter in the Sternritter.
Surprisingly, this angered Hachswald beyond belief. His majesty gave him the letter B, and Bazz-B made him want to disown the letter.
"I quite like my letter, thank you very much." Hachswald was clearly angry. Suddenly he released a cough and Bazz-B smirked.
"Yeah, whatever, Hackswald." 'Hackswald' made a face of pure disgust as he heard those words.
"H-Hackswald?" Hachswald stuttered. Suddenly the words hit him hard. 'Hackswald.' he thought the name as it repeated. 'Hackswald.' the name hammered his brain. He punched Bazz-B with enough force to knock out one of his teeth.
"Ow! What the hell, Hackswald!" the second he said Hackswald another punch met him.
"Call me that one more time." he said as he was forgetting the boy that had fallen to the ground. The orange haired boy.
"Whatever, Hackswald! Go take that strawberry to his room already!" he reminded Hachswald.
"Oh! That's right. Thank you, rooster." he made a scowl appear on 'rooster's' face.
"It's hawk!" he screamed at the sly queen B.
"I know. Just like your Mohawk." queen B smiled and picked up the boy. He was gone in an instant.
"Motherfucker…" he whispered to himself and spit blood.
Current time.
Ichigo headed towards his old house with despair and anger filling his soul. He was sure to make Getsuga Tensho pay.
Right?
His now white clothes flowed with the breeze. How was he going to make Getsuga pay? Getsuga was obviously stronger than him by a landslide. So how? Ichigo was slowly regaining that feeling of helplessness.
The feeling of pure pain and despair.
The feeling of knowing death was your fault.
The feeling of knowing there was no mercy.
The feeling of ultimate sorrow.
The feeling of knowing your own helplessness.
The feeling of knowing what the screams sound like.
The feeling of true agony and confusion.
The feeling of hatred.
He felt it now. Clear as daylight. He had the feeling of hatred like never before. The feeling that made you want to rip whatever caused the feeling apart.
Instinct.
That's what they called it. 'What's the difference between a king and his horse?' the memories came back to him. 'There's only one answer.' he knew the answer well. 'INSTINCT!' Ichigo's eyes flashed a colour of blue.
Then he felt it. The feeling of three spiritual pressures disappear.
Karin…
Yuzu…
Dad…
'It's all your fault Ichigo. I killed them because of you.' Getsuga stated in Ichigo's mind.
'And the truth will rip you up inside.' the voice of Aizen.
'You betrayed us.' the voice of his family in unison.
Ichigo screamed and fell to the road in front of his house. He didn't stop until his voice gave up. Getsuga smiled at his success. He was able to break his former master. The words kept playing in his head.
"M-My fault…?" whispered Ichigo as his eyes lost colour. He screamed once more.
"Yes Ichigo. All your fault." Getsuga whispered close to his ear.
Screaming filled the air continuously. His screams. Was he screaming? Blood filled his throat.
"Goodnight Ichigo." a familiar voice laughed. Mocking him?
His eyes closed and the darkness took hold.
His darkness…
His life…
His family…
His mom…
His screams…
MAKE IT STOP! The screams would continue whether he screamed them or not. His soul screamed along with his own body. Screaming to make it stop!
It wouldn't.
'As long as there are humans there will be war. Humans desire peace but at the same time desire conflict. That's just how we are, Ichigo.' The voice of Zangetsu shook his soul.
His inner world continued to rain.
His darkness…
His life…
His family…
His mom…
His screams…
TO
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CONTINUED…
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