Demonic Infection
By: Amethyst Ichigo
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach.
Warning: sub-long chapter!(longer then other chapters)
Summary: Ichigo kicks some hollow butt,Soul Society tries to guess who mystery shinigami is,more training,Urahara finishes new portal, and Vaizards plot to invade Soul Society, and Yuzu decides to have a talk with Karin. Kon does some deep thinking and solves nothing. Ichigo gets help from a mystery source...
/Yo./ Hichigo talking
/Hello./ Rei and Zangetsu talking
Chapter 9- The Orange Shinigami of the Night
The night was pitch black giving Ichigo the perfect cover to travel unnoticed though out the shinigami city.
Even though they had said about five minutes ago that they shouldn't expose their cover, that decision had promptly been trashed when Ichigo felt the dangerous levels of his nakama's reiatsu.Seriously, it made Ichigo question what the sou-taichou was thinking send a bunch of fuku-taichou such a high leveled hollow.
/Hurry up Aibou./ Hichigo said already impaitent with Ichigo's speed even though Ichigo was traveling using sonipo(1).
/Quiet Hichigo-kun, Ichigo -sama is going as fast as he can./ Rei said.
Ichigo ignored them both. He didn't have time to listen to them argue, right now his friends were wound and possibly knocking on death's door (no pup intended).
Ichigo mentally shook himself getting rid of those thoughts. He wouldn't any of them die (are they technically alive?). Period.
A few tense minutes passed before Ichigo arrived at the scene of the fighting. Ichigo surveyed the area looking for three things. A) The hollow's position. B) The shinigami's positions. And finally C) Where the next attack was aimed.
Ichigo located each, his eyes narrowed, and he focused even more closely on the position of the hollow.
The hollow was a good five feet from his friends, but for how long?
Rei sighed in Ichigo's mind.
No matter how much Ichigo changed he would always care for his friends.
That was a given, and he should of expected that.
(0o0)
Kon didn't know what to make of the atmosphere at the Kurosaki family dinner that night. For some reason everything seem strained,like each member had other things on their minds, but were putting up a very poor effort as if to seem like everything was normal.
"So my lovely daughters how was school?" Isshin asked. He didn't even attempt to attack Ichigo.
"Same old." Karin said taking a bite of her food.
"Nothing to report." Yuzu said without her usual luster.
Kon looked at all of them (though was very cautious when he looked at Yuzu).
(Kon's POV)
I looked at Ichigo's family with curious looks, something was up..but what? I could easily tell because not once did Ichigo's dad try to attack me, and he usually does that so that Yuzu and Karin, didn't figure out I wasn't Ichigo. That was another hint neither of Ichigo's sister noticed that fact either.
Was I messing something?
The table quieted again.
The silence felt strange to my ears after the usually noise I had gotten used to at the Kurosaki household.
Maybe I got thrown around in my plush form too many times,because I could actually hear the air condictor. Seriously.
Were was that Ichigo when you needed him?
I was beyond confused on what was going on with this family, and I didn't have any idea how it fix it.
I sighed, this was as bad as the time when I had to beg Rukia-neechan to save that jerk Ichigo.
I ate my food in peace and continued to try to figure out what to with this family...well that's not completely true. I spent exactly five minutes going over the problem before I turn my mind over to more important matters...like how to get a goddess to hug me.
(End of Kon's POV)
(0o0)
Urahara finished his long seven days task, and looked to survey his work. Though the small square framing looked similar to one Ichigo and his friends went though, this portal was slightly different.
This portal would go unnoticed, and wouldn't be seen.It was perfect for Isshin.
"Done." Urahara said waving his fan tiredly, but smiling anyway.
He casually walked over to the ladder that separated his house from the underground basement, and shunpoed up, entering his house.
Time to give an old friend a call.
(0o0)
Ichigo nearly gasped when he arrived at the dimly lit area were his friends were fighting.
Apparently, whatever higher force in Soul Society decided three fuku-taichous, and a bunch of lower officers would be able to calm the powerful hollow that invaded Soul Society.
Ichigo growled, very angry, as the last of the standing fighters fell to the cement floor in a pile. Fortunately no one had been killed yet, but Ichigo was wasn't going to take chances, and charged at the hollow.
The hollow itself was the most human looking hollow Ichigo had ever seen. Its mask was only a few scraps held to the face, and the clothes were white rags barely staying on the thin frame of this male hollow. In some strange reminder this hollow brought memories of the fourth espada to the forefront of Ichigo's mind.
Ichigo pushed those thoughts away.
Now was not the time to think, now was the time to fight.
Ichigo surveyed his opponent warily, and brought Zangetsu out, he had mastered the ability to summon Zangetsu randomly from his hollow.
Both enemies looked at each other in a silent battle the warp from Zangetsu's hilt was flying slightly with the cool wind.
Then suddenly everything changed the hollow charged first aiming his claw-like hands at Ichigo throat,Ichigo dodged, and brought Zangetsu down.He missed, and both jumped back studying the other.
"Why do you fight with them?" The hollow asked.
Ichigo inwardly cursed.
If hollows could now sense Hichigo he was in deep shit when he finally faced the espada, and even Aizen himself. The secert of him being a vaizard was that...a secert, and he didn't want to reveal it...yet,if never.
Ichigo decided to play dumb.
"Because I am one of them." Ichigo said trying to distract the hollow from his secert.
"No you're not." The hollow said without a hint of doubt. "You're a hollow, an arrancar,just as I am."
Ichigo raised an eyebrow at that.
Did Aizen create this arrancar too? And if so, was it in Soul Society on orders or was it just rebelling?
"I'm not an arrancar." Ichigo said, with total honesty. It was true as far as Ichigo knew he was a vaizard, not an arrancar,
The hollow gave a look that said he didn't believe him, but Ichigo ignored it, and slashed.
The hollow clawed at Ichigo.Ichigo shunpoed behind the hollow, and fired a Getsuga Tensho.
The attack bit into the hollow's body wounding it, and spilling blood.
Ichigo discarded the idea of this hollow being created by Aizen, it was just way to pathetic to even be called an arrancar. Of course they made Ichigo nearly want to crock an eyebrow, if the hollow was this weak than how come his nakama could defeat it?
Ichigo was so caught up in his thoughts, the hollow nearly landed a hit on him. The keyword being nearly.
But the hollow didn't seem put out by being injured, or and for some reason it smiled.
"You're reiatsu attack was made of hollow reiatsu." The arrancar's smiled widen, and it stretched out two fingers, and starting charging spirit energy, excepted that Ichigo wasn't the target.
It was his friends and nakama.
The arrancar fired the death ray.
Ichigo's eyes widen, and he shinpoed in front of them, barely heading off the cero before it blasted his friends into nothingness.
The cero was reflected off his sword, and hit a nearby wall, shattering it, and probably alerting all of Sereitei to the battle taking place.
Ichigo cursed his luck, both his mess up, and for his friends nearly being killed.
Ichigo was not happy.
It was a bad move for the arrancar. If Ichigo was angry before, he was pissed off now. No one hurt the people he cared about, no one.
Ichigo slashed his blade across the air sending another more powerful Getsuga, that sped though the air cutting the arrancar in half, purifying it.
/Well done, Ichigo-sama./ Rei complemented.
Zangetsu said much the same though without the 'sama.'
/ Dammit King-! / Hichigo started cursing, Ichigo cut him off before he could go further. He really didn't feel like listening to the hollow whine about fighting.
The substitute shinigami re-sheathed his soul slayer, before checking his comrades, none of them had any life threatening injuries. So for the most part they were just exhausted, and unconscious.
Ichigo let go a breath he didn't even realize he was holding.
'They're okay.' Ichigo though letting a rare smile show on his face. He was getting stronger, and soon he would be able to protect them.
That's probably what was going on, his friends weren't getting weaker, he was getting stronger.
"Quickly! This way!" Several voices said, making Ichigo freeze. He was so caught up in his thoughts, and worries that he didn't even realize that a couple of shinigami were heading his way.
He scramed as fast as his shinpo could take him. It would be better if no one knew he was fighting.
He really didn't want to face the fourth captain's wraith for not listening to doctor's orders...
(0o0)
/Ichigo-sama did very well./ Rei said looking at Zangetsu.
The said zanpakutou was standing on his trademark flagpole and was listen to Rei.
He nodded.
/ DAMN HIM! / Hichigo yelled, he was REALLY wanted to fight, but was frustrated to find he wasn't needed.
/ Give it up Hichigo-kun. / Rei adviced him.
Hichigo pointblank ignored him.
/ Just wait Aibou I'll get you back for this. / He threaten.
Rei sighed and went back to his conversation with Zangetsu.
Some times Hichigo was just so stubborn.
(0o0)
Yuzu waited until they're dad was out of hearing distance before confronting her twin about Ichigo, and his 'imposter'.
"Karin,' Yuzu said starting. She had steeled her resolve about this but, she still couldn't put the words together to ask her sister.
"What Yuzu?" Karin asked turning to her younger sister, she had been watching tv, but heard the troubled tone in her twins voice, and knew something was up.
"You know how Ichi-nii's been acting weird?" Yuzu said figuring she should first find out if her sister knw anything.
"Mmm...I guess so." Karin said, trying guess where this conversation was going.
"I-I don't think that's Ichi-nii." Yuzu said. She though herself crazy for saying it like that, and now her sister would think she was insane too.
Karin's eyes went wide and she looked over Yuzu as if barely figuring out something.
"So you've noticed it too?"
Yuzu looked up at her.
So something was going on.
"Yes, but its not just Ichigo acting weird, dad has been too."
"Goat-chin too?" Karin asked.
Yuzu nodded.
"So Ichi-nii's not the only one keeping secerts from us, that idiot father of ours is too." Karin thought out.
It did make some sense, well in some twisted I-can't-believe-I'm-thinking-the-idiot-is-more-than-an-idiot way.
"Yes, a couple of days ago I caught him yelling at some guy about some place called Soul Society portal being closed." Yuzu informed Karin.
"Where was this at?" Karin questioned.
"At Urahara Shoten,that candy store,I buy our sweets from..." Yuzu trailed off.
"What is it?"
"Jinta, a boy my age who works there asked if I was there for Ichi-nii."
Karin looked thoughtful.
"Maybe its time we get some answers from Goat-chin." Karin said getting irritated at all the mystery.
Yuzu agreed.
(0o0)
Shinji and the rest of the vaizard waited for the information they needed to come in. Then after that they would beginning putting together a plan to rescue Ichigo if he really was in Soul Society.
(0o0)
Ichigo panted as he arrived in his room again. Hopefully no one saw him.
/ So your depending on luck to save your ass, King? What a pansy! / Hichigo told Ichigo.
Ichigo ignored him.
Rei glared at the hollow.
/ Shut the hell up, Hichigo. / Rei growled.
Ichigo winced at Rei's harsh tone.
Silence reigned on Ichigo's mind scape. Ichigo very wisely closed the mind link to the other parts of his soul.
Ichigo yawned, getting tired.
He would deal with this junk tomorrow, right now he needed sleep.
(0o0)
Aizen faintly smiled as his espada entered his thone room.
"How much longer until preparetions are complete?" He asked.
Ulquiorra bowed.
"One month, Aizen-sama." He said.
"Good, you are dismissed Ulquiorra."
(0o0)
Rei glared at Hichigo.
/ What you got something you want to say? / Hichigo said, matching Rei's glare.
/ You are an idiot Hichigo. / Rei said harshly, before walking over to Zangetsu.
/ Get your ass over here-! /
Both Rei and Zangetsu ignored him.
/ The situation's worst then we thought. / Rei said sitting down. / The fact that twelfh division didn't come after Ichigo, or give any sign that they knew where Ichigo was worries me. /
Zangetsu turned to Rei.
/ There are many people in Soul Society, and any one could be resonsibile. / Zangetsu said before looking over to Hichigo.
Rei nodded.
/ You're right... / Rei sighed. / ...I going to increase Ichigo-sama's training. /
Zangetsu nodded, and Hichigo was pissed.
What else is new?
(0o0)
-A mystery location deep in Soul Society...-
A figure covered in darkness watched a computer screen replay the battle between Ichigo and the arrancar...
(0o0)
Twelve hours later Ichigo groaned as the bright rays of sunshine hit his face, waking him up.
/ Morning Ichigo-sama! / Rei said routinely.
'Morning.' Ichigo yawned, slowly getting himself up.
From the view coming from his bedroom window he could tell it early morning, and nobody would be up for another few hours.
/ Training, Ichigo-sama? / Rei asked carefully.
Rei didn't want to push Ichigo to train if he was exhausted from last night's activities.\
'Yeah.' Ichigo asked.
/ Alright. /
(0o0)
1) Sonipo- is a combination of Shunpo and Sonido, its super fast, and uses up a huge amount of reiatsu.
A/n: Sorry about that crappy ending, but I couldn't seem to from a good place to end the chapter. On another note sorry about the long delay, I lost my flash drive so I had to rewrite this chapter from scratch...that sucked.
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