I DON'T OWN BLEACH .THOUGH I WISH I DID?

Thoughts 'Wow.'

Zanpakuto whispering "Wow".

Hollow "wow."

CHAPTOR 2

Ichigo turned to his right to see Rukia.

"Why are you following me?" Ichigo asked her.

"Just going in the same direction," she told him. "Hey….."

She did not get to finish her sentence as her spirit phone went off.

"Damn it. Later Ichigo." She said as she ran off to find Karin, knowing that she would not make it in time.

Ichigo was about to go and kill the hollow when he sensed Shinji and Hiyori following him.

'So much for secrecy. Damn it. Ah well might as well as go save that kid from that hollow.' He sighed.

Ichigo walked calmly and unsuspiciously to the park, where he saw the kid being chased by the hollow. He run off towards the child and as he reached the boy he realized that he was not supposed to be able to exit his body so he did the only logical thing any person would do under such circumstances, he picked up the boy and ran away from the hollow.

"What the hell are you doing?" Shinji asked him, appearing from above.

"I'm...ouch, playing tag with that monster, what does it look like I am doing?" Ichigo shouted back as he just dodged the hollow's clumsy attacks. Shinji was as calm as ever but Hiyori on the other hand was busy laughing her ass off.

"And who are you people, how are you flying and what is that thing?" He asked faking ignorance.

Shinji continued to stare at the orange-haired teen as he continued to run circles around the hollow. He found the whole spectacle funny. "The flying ability is a technique and that thing is a hollow." He explained.

"Great!!! That helps soooo much." Ichigo replied.

"You will get tired eventually. Do you want to save that kid?"

"Yes dam it," Ichigo shouted. Immediately he was flung out of his body. He grabbed the kid and ……

"Oi! Catch!"

Hiyori, who was too busy laughing, was caught off guard as a young boy was tossed at her. The two of them collapsing in a heap on the ground.

"Hey! What did you do that for?" she yelled back in irritation. She stopped her rant when she noticed that Ichigo's reiatsu had changed. She saw him running wildly towards the hollow. He then slashed at the hollow with his sword, killing it instantly.

She was about to give him a piece of her mind when he turned and looked at her. Half of his face was covered in a skeletal white mask with a horn jutting out of the side. His wide mouthed grin further added to the frightening effect. But what had caught her attention were his eyes. They had turned black and his pupils were yellow. They seemed to glow with unholy rage and blood lust. She looked on unable to turn away, seeing her death over and over again each time in a newer and more terrifying way until finally Ichigo's hand moved, almost as if on its own volition, to the mask fragment and, with a little effort, pulled it off. Hiyori let out a sigh of relief as the pressure faded and his eyes turned back to normal.

Shinji meanwhile was assessing the situation. He had already sent the kid to soul society the moment he felt the changes in Ichigo's reiatsu.

'Hmm. His hollow is a lot stronger then I expected. His reiatsu is already at Vice captain level and slowly rising. At this rate soul society will detect him. We should try to convince him, if not then we can just kidnap him.'

"Thanks for the help." Ichigo called out sarcastically.

"No problem. You got some nice moves there. How did you do it?" Shinji asked.

"I hate to say it, but it wasn't me it was a white maggot that keeps on troubling me." Ichigo could feel a mental pair of eyes glaring at him with enough hatred that could have burned him and the entire town.

Shinji seeing an opportunity pressed on. "You mean your inner hollow?" he said, summoning his hollow mask. "We can teach you to control your hollow."

"Great! And what do you want. Please don't tell me that you are doing this out of the goodness of your heart." Ichigo replied.

"Oh no. We have our reasons. If you are willing to listen to them. Why don't you come with us? We will explain every thing." Shinji replied.

"Sure I have no problems following complete strangers to some unknown place but I have a few questions first like why the hell does that body over there look like me? Is that my body? Am I dead? Can I get back into my body? How….etc, etc"

Shinji sighed. 'It's going to be a long day.'

In the end Ichigo had decided it was easier to just go with the visored and spent a couple of weeks with them. He had to fake the hollow training but in the end it was worth it. He even managed to pretend to release his zanpakuto for the first time and was thought, by his request, Kido by Hachi. He knew most of it but needed an excuse to use them. When he told them that he was going home, he was given the usual warnings about using his hollow powers in front of others, and that he was welcome back any time. Ichigo was always close to the visored and it was easy to gain their trust.

That was a week ago, which he had used to hunt for Nel and Grimmjow. He had a hard time explaining to his family where he was only to find out that Rukia was staying with them till 'her parents' returned.

'Still at least I found and restored Nel.' He thought. 'If only I could find Grimmjow and convince him then this month would be perfect.'

XXX-FLASH-BACK-XXX

The endless desert of swirling white sands that made up Hueco Mundo. Beneath it was the forest of the Menos. At the center was Las Noches. The first time he had met Nel was North of Las Noches. But that was at least a year from now. Sighing, he set off in a random direction.

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Nel was scared. A four armed snake like hollow was chasing them. Pesche and Dondochakka had found a cave to hide in and Bawabawa had spit up some sand to cover the entrance. With luck they would not be found. She closed her eyes.

"Don't worry Nel we won't let anything happen to you, right Dondochakka."

"Of course, we won't don't you know?" replied Dondochakka.

Suddenly there were sounds of fighting outside. It sounded like a fierce battle was going on. It became quiet after a few minutes. Then suddenly the wall of sand exploded and then it entered.

What stood in front of Nel was an armored demonic creature. Two torn up malformed wings grew out from its back while a row of black tipped knife like spikes jutted out from its spine, arms and legs. Another set had grown from the bones in its rib cage, making its chest more black then white, getting progressively longer the closer they got to the neck protecting it. A single bone tail swung lazily behind it, dragging the bladed edge (Think AVP) on the stone floor. It was mostly muscular humanoid in shape. But its feet were jointed like that of a raptor's complete with black tipped claws and its hand spouted talon. Blood was smeared across its fanged mouth in a bloody smirk while its yellow eyes stared intently at her. A mane of orange hair grew all the way to its back. But that was nothing compared to its spirit energy. It was like a black consuming void. It was flowing around him giving him a dark aura with a spectral image of something terrifying behind him. It was Ichigo in full Hollow form.

Pesche and Dondochakka tried to defend Nel but were unable to move when the demon looked at them. It then knocked them out and turned to Nel.

"Neliel Tu Oderschvank its time to come back." The demon said as it placed its hand on Nel's mask or more specifically the broken portion and pumped its reiatsu into the crack restoring Nel's lost reiatsu as well as leaving plenty of extra energy empowering her further. Finally it healed the mask completely curing her.

Exhausted it collapsed on the ground, its body shattering to reveal a black clad orange haired youth. Nel, now fully restored, got up feeling restored. Her hand moving up to where her mask was cracked. It felt the same except the horns now jutted out instead of being curled. She also felt more powerful then she ever was. She looked at the unconscious youth and felt strangely safe. She decided that he was not a threat and would wait for him to wake up. She felt that things were about to get interesting.

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In the end Ichigo had told her everything without leaving a thing out. If it had been anyone else he would not have done so, but not only did Nel believe him she offered to rebuild his info net.

Things were changing fast. He hoped that all his efforts were not in vain. He closed his eyes and for the first time in decades, slept soundly. He did not notice his father looking at him sadly.

Isshin signed and closed the door to his son's room. Already two of his children were going to be dragged into the upcoming war. He closed his eyes and concentrated on his own damaged energy.

'Time to get a new gigai and get back into shape. I'll visit Urahara in the morning.' He thought. Ichigo and Karin may be able to defend them selves but Yuzu still needed him and he would not fail his family again.

Sorry if this is short and for the delay but I got transferred to another city. So I'll update as much as I can.