Hey everyone. This is chapter 3 of Torn in the Darkness for your reading enjoyment. I didn't know whether or not to continue this story but after a few reviews, I decided to continue. At first, people didn't like this story but what can you do about that anyway? Lol.

Anyway, things get darker in this chapter as Ogichi takes over. So read on and please review!

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or Naruto, unfortunately, but I do own the storyline.

Chapter 3: Attempted Take Over

Patrolling through the hallway, Genma and his partner were conversing with each other about business when they spotted Ichigo lying on the floor, barely conscious. Nodding to each other, they slowly stepped over to him to get a better look when the Kurosaki grabbed his sword and sliced through Genma's partner.

"Raido!" Genma screamed as Ichigo slowly stood up, blood staining his cheeks as his smile was dripping with malice. "Impossible… Who are you?" the ninja stammered as his shocked eyes were fixed on the mask that was forming on his face.

"Who am I?" The demonic voice of Ogichi sounded as it was accompanied by a villainous chuckle. He lifted his head to show his twisted face, donned with the red-striped, white mask and piercing yellow-on-black eyes. Genma's eyes widened with fear. "I have no name!" The hollow screamed as he sliced across Genma's chest causing a blood-curdling scream to sound through the hallways.

Hearing screaming down the hall, Tsunade and Shizune rushed to the scene, accompanied by Kakashi and a few other ninja – all eyes had widened the moment they saw Ichigo chuckling and standing there amongst two unconscious and bloody ninja in front of him. They could not take their eyes away from the terrifying mask and the peculiar yellow eyes.

"What the hell are you?" Tsunade questioned as she scowled at the sight.

Ogichi snickered with amusement as he prepared for another strike. "Thank you so much for your hospitality, but now I think that it's time that I end this!" He de-materialized in front of them and Tsunade shouted orders to the ninja accompanying her and Shizune to find the culprit and bring him down. However, at that moment, a blur zoomed past the unsuspecting ninja, cutting each one down. A maniacal laugh was heard throughout this.

Shizune was frightened. "Tsunade-sama! What is going on?"

However, her mistress could not answer for she was in combat with the hollowified shinigami. Kunai met sword and sparks flew, but Zangetsu proved to be more powerful for it was overpowering the Hokage.

"I thought…you…were after Orochimaru!" Tsunade grunted as she tried to stave off the cleaver-like sword. Ogichi laughed once again. "Maybe so, but this body is mine now!"

"So you're possessed?" Tsunade managed to inquire as she executed a kick to the viazard's ribs. It did not hurt him, but it pushed him back.

The hollow laughed once again. "I wouldn't say that this body is possessed. It had two souls from the beginning! I was biding my time to wait for the right moment to take over, and it had finally come! Ichigo is too naïve – always wanting to protect people like you. Well you know what I say? Destruction and chaos rule all!"

Tsunade snarled as she took out three needles from her sash and threw them rapidly towards the hollow, which dodged them with ease.

"Is that all you got? I think I should end this quickly." With a mighty swing of his sword, Ogichi cut through Tsunade's shoulders, earning a small shriek of pain and a small shower of blood to splash outwards. "TSUNADE-SAMA!" Shizune screamed as her lady fell to the floor.

Panting and holding her shoulder, Tsunade glared at her adversary as he was about take his leave. "Where the hell do you think you're going?" She seethed as Ogichi laughed once more. "Nowhere in particular. Later!" He crashed through the wall just next to him as he disappeared out of sight.

"Tsunade-sama!" Shizune shouted again as she ran to her mistress's side to help her up. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I think so. We must do something about that monster, but I have noticed something in particular."

"What was that?"

Tsunade paused as she had remembered what was also happening to Ichigo's body. "It seems that the seal is loosening. I noticed black marks forming along Ichigo's neck. If my guess is correct, I would say that he is heading towards Orochimaru right this minute."

Shizune gasped. "So what Kakashi did was all in vain?"

Tsunade's eyes narrowed. "Pretty much. None of us knew about this other spirit within Ichigo's body. I think I see the young shinigami's reasons for not wanting to tell us."

Shizune seemed to know what her mistress was saying. All what they had to do was hope for the best; that Ichigo would assassinate Orochimaru before any more damage is done to his body. As much as they wanted to help him in his bind, they knew that his mission forbade anyone to give him any assistance.

She sighed as she healed the injured Hokage and her comrades, wondering what would happen next to the young lieutenant.

Ogichi crouched in the middle of the village - a malicious grin spread across his face, a bloodthirsty look shone in his eyes, and black markings from the curse mark dotting every surface of his body. Zangetsu was held firmly in his hands and his insane eyes darted back and forth among the startled villagers.

As if it were even possible, his grin grew wider as he dematerialized and slashed through the nearby villagers at great speed. Bloodcurdling screams were heard as men, women, and children fled from the possessed shinigami who was laughing like a maniac with every swing of his gigantic sword. Blood splashed in all directions and bodies hit the ground, and Ogichi had enjoyed every moment of it.

"You can get away all you like!" He screeched above the screams, "BUT IT WILL BE USELESS! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

More ANBU shinobi flocked towards him and he chuckled. "Coming to get more, eh? What fools!"

Kunai flew with an attempt to stave the evil hollow, but the ninjas that threw such weapons were no match for their target. Ogichi deflected each one with tremendous speed and accuracy, much to their shock.

He tightened Zangetsu in his hands as he turned to face them. "My turn, bitches! Let's roll!" He immediately disappeared and reappeared above the shinobi, swinging the zampakutou down like a hammer through each one as though they were nothing at all and continue his shrill laughter with every strike.

Not too far away, two teams of Shinobi, each lead by a jounin each, rushed over towards the bloody battle scene, hoping to put an end to the hollow's devious acts.

"You know what the hokage said," one of the jounin - a woman with long dark hair who was dressed in red and white - said, "try and stop this monster any way you can. We had no idea that the shinigami sent here had a split personality."

"Easy for you to say, Kurenai-sensei," Kiba, a young man garbed in a dark gray parka who was riding on a large brown dog, shot back, bearing his fangs. "This guy is dangerous as they come!"

"Let Team Gai stop him!" The leader of the other team boasted.

"You're the best, Gai-Sensei!" A younger version of that team's leader complimented with his hand in the air.

They arrived on the scene just in time to see many of the ANBU ninjas sprawled on the ground surrounding Ogichi who was covered in their blood. The trademark grin still spread on his face and a blood-stained Zangetsu gleamed in his hands.

"Well, well, well," Ogichi said with a chuckle as he slowly stepped over to both teams who were frozen with shock, not only at the mess of bodies behind him but also at the way his reiatsu was off the charts. "More fools to play with. Hehehe, I'm sure ready for the fun!"

Ten Ten, a girl who was on Maito Gai's team, gulped as she pulled out her kunai and needles. Neji, her team mate, made a sign with his hands in front of his face and veins surrounding his eyes popped outward. Rock Lee, their team mate who looked like a younger version of their leader, went into a fighting stance.

On the other team, the large dog Kiba was riding, Akamaru, gave out a horrendous growl while the other members of his team, Hinata and Shino, went into a fighting stance as well. Hinata gulped but she knew that she had to show her confidence to her team mates.

Ogichi chuckled again and was just about to fight them until he froze on the spot. "Damn it! Why the fuck do you keep on doing this? I was just about to slaughter them!"

Ogichi's hand flew up to the edge of his mask, as much to the young ninjas' confusion. He could hear the angry voice inside his mind. "Get the fuck out of my way! They have nothing to do with our mission! Leave them alone!"

"You're such a bastard, King! Why the fuck would you defend them? You don't even know them!"

"I'm doing them a favour by defeating Orochimaru! Get the hell away from them and leave them alone!"

Dark reiatsu surrounded the struggling and thrashing hollow as the dark markings started to disappear back into the curse mark just behind his neck. He dropped Zangetsu and continued his struggle, trying to stop himself from taking over the mask, but it was of no use. Ogichi let out a shrill scream as the mask shattered into hundreds of pieces before disappearing immediately.

Then silence fell upon the area as the shinigami dropped to his knees, panting and shaking from the horrible takeover. Both Kurenai and Gai's team looked onward, wondering what they would do.

Ichigo picked up Zangetsu and fastened it onto his back, a shameful look on his face.

Kurenai stepped towards him, but Ichigo sensed this and stopped her immediately. "I'm sorry for everything. I'll make it up by defeating Orochimaru. Just don't come anywhere near me." With that, he disappeared, leaving the bewildered group behind.

Gai rubbed the back of his neck. "Well that was surely interesting."

"I don't think we should have trusted him from the start," Kiba added, getting off his dog's back and patting his head, earning a whimper.

"Kiba-kun," Hinata trailed off.

Then Tsunade and Shizune joined the group; Shizune looked on in shock at the mess the hollow-possessed shinigami had done. "I had a feeling that he would something like this in that form," Tsunade commented as her assistant began to heal the wounded casualties left behind.

"What are we going to do?" Neji asked after turning his eyes back to normal.

"For all we know," Tsunade replied, "That wasn't Ichigo but an entirely different entity controlling him. I didn't think that he would have wanted to do this on his own. So the best we can do is just hope that he can be able to defeat Orochimaru in his situation. After all, it's why he came here."

She looked up into the sky where Ichigo might have gone. "Good luck, lieutenant."

Meanwhile, Ichigo was using flash step to travel across the skies, in search of Orochimaru. He had not shaken off the shame that his inner hollow had put him through when he had hurt so many innocent people, and on top of that, the seal that Kakashi had put on his curse mark had broken. What was next? What was he going to do? Taking the mission seriously was bad enough, but allowing his hollow to take over so that he could injure such innocent people who had tried to help him? This was too much for the lieutenant to handle. He did not know how he was going to complete this mission.

His scowl deepened and he sighed as he landed on a nearby shoreline. He did not know where he was, but he knew that he was exhausted from what had occurred earlier that day.

He sighed once again as he took his zampakutou off his back and laid it against a cliff. He could almost swear to feel a few drops of cold rain fall on his skin. Perfect, he thought to himself as he closed his eyes in annoyance, what I need…rain…

He picked up his zampakutou once again and moved to a more sheltered area nearby. Laying the cleaver-like sword against a rocky ledge, he sat down on the sand and stared blankly out into greying sky in front of him. I don't know what to do anymore…

So that's that everyone for this chapter. I'm sorry that it was really short. I was writing it during a writer's block . I'm going to be really slow on updates with this story because I have serious writer's block on it. Ideas for Inherited Nightmares have pretty much overtaken ideas that I have for this story, and I can't wait to start that story but first of course I have to do the Bleach Encore Chat. Nii-Sama Don't Preach is also coming very soon as well! So please be patient with me!

In the meantime though, please let me know what you think of this chapter.

Thanks!