A/N: Thank you for the reviews on my first chapter Zangetsu50, Heizen Uchiha, KingdomheartsandIchigolover, newogre, & derderxp, You guys are awesome!
Chapter 2 The Old and the New
The entire way to the Seireitei Ichigo, Rukia, and Renji was filled with an awkward silence. Near the 20th district Ichigo abruptly stopped, only slightly out of breath, and stared at his travel companions. What would usually take days had taken only a few hours.
Rukia and Renji followed suit when they noticed the strawberry had stopped.
"There's obviously something you want to say. So say it."
Captain and Lieutenant visibly stiffened and looks apprehension graces their faces.
Rukia suddenly slouched and lowered her gaze to the ground, her raven hair obscuring her face from view. Renji just scowled deeply. The sun was low in the horizon as the trio stood in the middle of a clearing. Renji eyed his partner briefly before sighing heavily.
"Okay look, it should be explained once we get to the Seireitei. For now…" he trailed off as an oppressive reitsu washed over the area.
"What the hell!?!" Renji let out a several strings of curses as he put his hand on the hilt of his zanpaktou. He spared a glance over to Rukia and Ichigo. Rukia had her hand on her zanpaktou, violet eyes scanning the area. Ichigo… had drawn his weapon and was in a relaxed and painfully familiar stance, a grin stretched across his face. Renji grimaced; the Ichigo he knew was never like this. If he was he outwardly denied it. Ichigo looked back, and yelled.
" You stay here, I'll be back in just a few." With that he disappeared in a whisper of shunpo.
Renji drew Zabimaru and growled.
"Like hell your leaving me behind ya' damn strawberry." He followed leaping into shunpo, leaving a disgruntled Kuchiki behind.
"Men…" She grumbled then blinked out of existence to follow suit.
Ichigo arriving first had let go of the control of his own reitsu significantly adding to the density of the area. His eyes glowed a bright blue as black tendrils made their way across his sclera and a feral grin stretched across his features.
Yes, Kurosaki Ichigo had changed.
Throughout his conscious a distorted laugh echoed endlessly.
(B)" HAHAH FINNALLY AFTER SO DAMN LONG!"
Ichigo just scoffed knowing that his inner hollow knew something about his old self that he didn't, his recent bout of silence proved that. Setting into his stance as the source of the reitsu came closer causing the leaves and branches of trees to break off. Ichigo was so focused on what was going in front of him that he didn't notice when Renji appeared not 50 yards from where he was standing.
"Damn it Ichigo always rushing head first into something" Renji growled.
He took two strides forward before Rukia flickered into existence right next to him and grabbed his arm. He whirled to yell at her but stopped when he saw the look of determination in her violet eyes.
"Renji, lets watch him and see what he does… let's see how much he remembers"
Reluctantly Renji agreed and sheathed his zanpaktou, ignoring the cries of protest coming from Zabimaru. Renji and Rukia stood side by side and watched the scene unfold before their very eyes. How much Kurosaki Ichigo remembered on how to fight.
Moments later a humanoid hollow walked through the foliage. Pale white skin, bright green hair and blood red eyes caught Ichigo attention. Though at a second glance you saw part of a hollow mask covering the left side of the head like a helmet going from the top of the head to the collarbone then splaying out and tightly covering the body making it look like an alligator's skin. Green tribal like streaks decorated the bone white mask giving it and outer worldly like appearance. Arms and legs equipped with deadly hook-like claws scoring the earth with every step.
Blood red eyes met auburn and in an instant they disappeared. The hollow in a buzz of sonido; and Ichigo in the whisper of shunpo. Not even a second later a screeching clag rang through the forest causing small animals to panic. The impact created a gust of wind so fierce the bystanders had to bring their arms up to protect them selves.
Blows traded back and forth neither gaining ground over the other. Cleaver meeting heirro and claws meeting blade. A dance in which one false move can cost you your life.
Ichigo in a lunge toward his opponent, brings the cleaver over his head prepared for an over head strike blade beginning to glow in iridescent blue. A smirk plastered on his face he calls.
"Getsuga Tenshou!"
Swinging the blade down a wave of pure energy erupts from the blade and a blinding speed, screaming its approach through the air. The hollow has no time to avoid as the wave collides into its target throwing it back into a tree decimating it in the process.
In a spray of crimson the hollow falls to its knees. A gash from right shoulder to left hip causing white hot pain to diffuse through out its body. White armor shattered and colored crimson the hollow falls limply on to its back with a soft thud on to the blood stained turf. Ichigo rests his massive cleaver over his shoulders, his expression solemn as he walks over to his fallen opponent.
" Thanks"
The hollow lets out a snarl and spits at his feet.
" What… the hell… are you… thanking me for… damn shinigami…" it pants out blood trickling from the corner of its mouth.
Ichigo just closes his eyes and kneels down next to it.
" I'm not a shinigami, I'm just a Rukongai resident." With a sigh he picks up the cleaver from his shoulders and runs it through the plain mask. And with one final howl the hollow dispersed in a cloud of energy and souls. Placing the sword on his back he gets up and turns away from the remaining blood stain a slight glint of sorrow in his amber eyes. He walks a few paces away before closing his eyes and reining in his massive amount of reitsu.
' Gotta hand it to my insane counterpart… being able to control all of this is certainly handy… kept me under the radar for a while. Of course Zangetsu… with out him I don't think I'd be able to protect those that need it.'
Opening his eyes once more he finds the short raven-haired, Lieutenant staring at him with quizzical/joyous violet eyes; no more then 3 feet in front of him. A slight smirk on her face.
" You done carrot-top?"
Ichigo resorted to glaring at her as she turned her back and shot into shunpo.
" Damn Midget" He growled as he followed suit.
The moment he returned to the field he placed a hand on the hilt of his sword over his right shoulder, a snarl forming on his face.
" What the hell is this."
Ukitake Jushiro, Captain of the 13th squad a man whose wisdom and years are seemingly endless, and Hitsugaya Toshiro Captain of the 10th squad whose short stature yet maturity often clash stood side by side facing the orange haired youth.
Toshiro stepped forward a few paces and cleared his throat gaining Ichigo's undivided attention, or in this instance heated glare.
" Kurosaki Ichigo, by orders of the Captain-Commander Yamamoto-Genryusai Shigekuni you are to be escorted to the barracks of the 1st division." His teal eyes nonchalant, yet his tone impassive yet commanding, giving Ichigo almost no way out.
(B) "Unless of course you fight your way out partner." The distorted voice echoed through his conscious.
Ichigo just tightened his grip on the cloth of Zangetsu's hilt, and slid into a defensive stance.
" What the hell does the Gotei 13 want with me!" he just about roared.
In his slight frustration at being forced into this he dropped what ever control he had causing a light blue aura to develop around his frame. His light brown yukata began to flutter slightly by breeze, seemingly, only affecting him. While Jushiro's deep brown eyes widened slightly, Toshiro kept a firm gaze toward the orange haired youth and placed a hand on the ice blue hilt of his zanpaktou Hyorinmaru.
" Kurosaki there is no need to resort for violence." Ukitake pleaded from behind Toshiro refusing to grab his katana.
"You didn't answer my question." He growled. He received no reply only stares from the group standing in a semi-circle in front of him.
Ichigo's simmering amber eyes flicker from Captain to Captain, his face contorted into a deep scowl. Almost reluctantly he closed his eyes and relaxed his poster along with removing his hand from the death grip on his cleaver-like zanpaktou. A few moments pass and the reitsu he had been exerting dies down, shocking the 10th and 13th Squad Captain, and his eyes open.
" Ah, hell. If I fought three Captains and a Lieutenant I probably woulda' gotten my ass kicked, but if by chance I won, shit would've hit the fan." He sighed, crossing his arms over his chest.
With that all three captains nodded and took positions around Kurosaki. Renji and Toshiro flanking him and Rukia and her former Captain Jushiro leading while they lazily shunpoed to the Seireitei.
A/N: Alright chapter 2 done… okay I don't like this one much at all. Sitting infront of a comp for about 5-7 hours straight with 2 potty breaks sucks. But I was bound and determined to get this out because of the wonderful reviews I got. Thanks again guys! I tried to use more visual detail in here for you guys. So in your reviews please tell me if it was to much or something like that.
In this I am assuming that you have at least somewhat basic Bleach knowledge here.
Okay so just an fyi. While this chapter came out really early, all next week I am going to be in Kentucky so no computer. But I shall be handing writing my idea's as they come with this story so chapter 3 should be up around April 12th through the 16th.
Also I should be putting up a third story whose title I haven't decided on. It involves an OC I came up with and how she goes to become a natural vizard like Ichigo. SSSOOOo unorigional right?? Lol But I think its pretty good. My use of detail is better in there.
But yeah that's it. Chapter 2….
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