A/N: I know, I know, I've taken way too long in updating this, but here it is. Now for the disclaimer.
Tensa Zangetsu: Chaos-Guard own nothing, but the idea of this fanfiction and the writing of this fanfiction.
Me: damn straight! I ain't gettin sued!
Chapter 3: From one Ending to a New Begining
Goku and the girls watched and waited. Goku and Pan were thinking the same thing due to his stillness.
Why hasn't he attacked?
For several moments they waited for Ichigo to start moving, but still nothing happened he stood in the air with his head down. "I'm gonna see what's happening." Goku told them. They all nodded at the saiyan, but he was stopped by and energy attack from his right.
"You're going to stay right there Goku. If you move an inch those three will die." A boy with purple hair said.
"Trunks… Fine." Goku replied.
Ichigo was easily dodging attacks from Baby. It seemed that after he left that guy he was controlling that it weakened him significantly. Ichigo side stepped an attack that was aimed for his head and lazily lifted his zanpakutou and swung horizontally, unleashing an unnamed Getsuga at the being trying to take over.
Baby dashed to the side and rushed towards Ichigo, only to be intercepted by Tensa Zangetsu. Tensa grabbed the being's forearm and sliced it off in one simple motion. "You are weak. There is no way you could ever win against us." The zanpakutou spirit said in a calm voice. Tensa back handed the being into a building and raised his sword. "Getsuga Tensho." A cresent fang of black raced toward Baby.
Baby struggled to get up. He couldn't move he felt as if he were weighed down by the universe. He looked forward and his eyes widened at the sight in front of him. The one with the black and white demon skull for a helmet had appeared in front of him. "Heh, I was hoping for more from this guy, King, but it looks like he's nothing more than a petty coward that can only fight if he is using someone else's body." The hollow said to his king.
"I have to agree, he's not even worth Mugetsu." Ichigo stated, a sad look formed on his face, but quickly changed to his famous scowl. "I'm ending this here and now." He said, raising his sword. He charged it with his reiatsu and brought it down in an arch. "Getsuga Tensho."
The cresent fang of darkness surged forward to plow into its target. Baby saw only one chance to survive.
Leave.
Outside of Ichigo's inner world everyone watched as a silver liquid came out of Ichigo. It formed into Baby's adult form and searched for its old host, but couldn't find the saiyan prince.
"Where'd he go?!" He roared in anger. He searched frantically and finally found the saiyan.
"Yes! Now to simple take over again." He said, rushing toward the unconscious saiyan prince, but was stopped by a certain transcendent.
"Where you going? The party has only just begun." Ichigo said with a sneer. He grabbed baby by the face and threw him from over a thousand feet in the air into the hard ground below. Ichigo shunpo-ed to the Tuffle's location and lazily swiped his hand over his partially masked face. The remaining mask dissipated into black spirit particles as Ichigo slowly approached the creature he had been fighting.
"It's over Baby. I've won." Ichigo told Baby. Baby was struggling to get up, but could only lift his head.
"How…How are you so much stronger than me?" Baby asked
"My will to fight for those I love, my resolve to protect those in need is more than that of self preservation. That's how, now good bye Baby." Ichigo raised his obsidian blade over his head. "Getsuga Tensho."
As the battle moved Goku could only wonder how the orange haired shinigami had forced Baby out of him. "Ichi-nii is the most powerful being in all of existence, there isn't a single person who can fight him and win." Karin said with a smug look.
"You had better take that back or I-" Trunks was then on the ground as he felt himself fall unconscious.
"Yuzu? Karin? Y-you're alive?"
The two said girls looked up from the unconscious teen and saw their brother in his sealed form, with Zangetsu sheathed on his back. "ICHI-NII!" They both cried out in joy and ran and hugged their brother.
Ichigo could only smile as the two embraced him. In all the time he had been back from the Dangai, he truly smiled with his last two family members.
Time Skip: 2 Days
Ichigo was lying down in a spare room that Goku's family had lent him and the girls. They were staying there until Ichigo could actually get a job and find his family a place to stay. He sighed and got up. It was the middle of the night and the girls were lying asleep next to each other. His eyes softened. He got up, grabbed Zangetsu from the wall, and exited the room then the house. He decided to go for a walk to try and clear his troubled mind.
Ichigo looked up as he walked and saw a crescent moon shining, like a beacon to signal to those lost in the empty void. His eyes lost a bit of the fire that usually burns in his soul, they became dull and he felt hopeless. He had lost almost everything. His friends, his family, the one woman he loved, everything gone.
He stopped walking and fell to his knees. Tears began to form in the corners of his eyes.
"I'm so weak. How could I have just let him use that fucking kido? I'm so fucking useless!" He roared in anger and sorrow. "Why was it that I gained my powers? Why was it that I forced Zangetsu to teach me the Saigo no Getsuga Tensho? Why was it that I even decided to come here?" His voice quiet as he asked himself each question.
Ichigo, I cannot answer the questions you have asked, but do know this you are not alone in this, He heard Zangetsu tell him from his soul.
Yeah, Kingy, what would Orihime say if she saw you like this?
Ichigo looked down in guilt as he remembered the woman he loved. He had kept her at arms distance so that she wouldn't have to fight the things he did, but she still ended up involved. "Shut it, Hollow." He said quietly.
Surprisingly his hollow did just that and stayed quiet. The albino counterpart had grown fond of his partner, like he was a brother in arms. He could see the clouds forming in the soul of his king.
"Zangetsu, he's gonna end up in depression if this keeps up. What are we gonna do?" The hollow asked.
"I'm not sure Hollow, but perhaps if he speaks to someone other than us…"Zangetsu trailed off as if letting the hollow figure it out on his own.
Which is exactly what he did.
"Then maybe he'll soon get passed his sadness and learn to cope." The hollow finished, with Zangetsu nodding.
The Next Day
Ichigo was in the living room of his host's home, sipping on a cup of coffee. He was trying to think of anything, but his dimension.
Unfortunately fate was not on his side. The dark liquid that he was drinking was doing exactly that. Reminding him. He was thinking of the days of when he first started as a Shinigami Substitute. The late nights, the arguments with Rukia, his fight with his first Gillian, and the first time he rescued Orihime.
He wanted to just draw a blank in his mind, but couldn't. "You look troubled." Ichigo heard from behind. He turned to see the form of Gohan, the man he first fought. "Want to talk about it. I can do whatever I can to help." Gohan told him as he took a seat across from the young transcendent.
"I don't want to burden you. It's not like you could understand what I'm feeling." Ichigo said to the saiyan hybrid.
"Try me," Gohan said with a smirk. "And believe me you won't be any burden." Ichigo gave the man a hard look, but sighed when he saw that he wouldn't drop the subject.
"Fine, I guess I'll start from the beginning. It all started when a midget of a shinigami, named Rukia, came through my window…"
A/N: There it is the new chapter.
Ichigo: Next Time on Dragonball: The Shinigami Chronicles, Scars of the Heart.
...That just sounds like it should be a chick flick
Me: shut it!