Glowing ropes wrapped around him tightening as they encompassed his body. Shirosaki didn't flinch as he was ensnared by the Shinigami's spell. Yawning, he turned a bored eye to the staggering lieutenant. "I'll give you one minute to hit me with your strongest attack," Kakashi just stared blankly at him. Shirosaki looked at his bare wrist as if there was a watch there. The hollow looked back to Kakashi grinning from ear to ear, "what are you waiting for..... Only forty-nine seconds left Shinigami." Kakashi snapped out of his stupor and raised both of his pale hands.
"Thunder explodes, Lightning ignites: Incinerate, Thunder Brothers!"
The skies began to darken as Reiatsu surged through out Kakashi's body. Blue lightning danced across his body, while streaming up his legs and heading for his arms, finally they reached his hands, spinning and twisting wildly around his digits before morphing and becoming black gauntlets decorated by stunning sapphire stripes.
Shirosaki stood trapped within the kido spell entangling his body, every fabric within his being was convincing him to escape now and simply dispose of the Shinigami while he had the chance. Of course he squashed that feeling. He wanted to give them hope, an opportunity where his prey believed they had even the smallest of chances of escaping victorious. Only when victory was within their grasps would he act and crush there silly dreams and hopes, watching as despair settles in their eyes as he tears the flesh from the their corpses. For there is no pleasure in killing a prey who had accepted death, no, he would make them fear him and drain every ounce of their pain.
Kakashi pulled down his face mask exposing his face for the first time in many years.
"Plow up the ground: Manten!" Kakashi shouted, Reiatsu surging from his body to his mouth. When enough energy was gathered a giant yellow beam of pure spiritual energy blasted through the night air, lighting up the street as it passed before everything was bathed in darkness as the attack exploded around Ichigo's form.
Silence prevailed as the dust and debris began to settle and the empty street once again became visible. Kakashi's breathing was ragged as he allowed his arms to rest at his side, as he looked all around trying to sense any hint of the hollow-turned Ichigo.
Just as he was about to call out to Rukia, the concrete directly beneath him exploded in a shower of debris. Ichigo erupted from the ground and grabbed Kakashi by the neck pulling him forwards with his momentum and slammed him against the road.
Before he could even groan his body was lifted in the air by his foot. Ichigo swung the Shinigami around in a circle, releasing him directly into the side of a building.
He watched for several moments waiting for the Shinigami to emerge from the rubble. Footsteps brought his attention to the raven haired girl heading straight for him. Rukia reached him and wrapped her arms securely around his waist. The hollow sneered at the girl, and tried to free himself from her hug. The more he struggled, the more he realized how futile his efforts were, for some reason he couldn't find the strength to remove her from around him. Seeing the tears glistening as they streamed down her face brought a pain to his chest.
"Stop it Ichigo.... Please? Just stop," she mumbled, crying into his chest.
The substitute shinigami's eyes toggled from yellow to brown for a brief moment, before returning back to the sickly yellow.
Shirosaki grabbed the sides of his head as he shook his whole body violently from side to side. It took all of Rukia's strength just to remain holding on to him.
"No... NO, NO, NO, NO. This is my body now... I won't allow yo... u to take it back." He shrieked throwing himself back and forth along the street. Rukia held on with all her might, until pain racked her entire frame, as she smashed through a brick wall. She screamed in pain, her ankle twisting under her weight, as she landed hard on the ground. Her scream intensified as Ichigo came crashing down upon her, his added weight snapping the bone in her ankle.
Ichigo stood up staggering; he backpedalled away from the screeching girl. Half his face was visible, showing a grimace. The other half was still covered by the hollow mask with strips of red across it. This displayed the internal fight currently raging on within the teen. Inside both Ichigo and Shirosaki were fighting for dominance, neither being able to gain the upper hand on the other.
As the fight continued Ichigo's body was constantly thrown back and forth, crashing into buildings, street lamps and nearby parked vehicles.
Rukia could hear all the destruction Ichigo was causing. She tried to get back on her feet, but the pain in her ankle prevented such a thing from happening. She didn't have even the slightest of ideas about what was happening, and really she didn't care. All that mattered was that Ichigo needed her help, and she wasn't about to let a fractured bone prevent her from helping him. Painstakingly slowly she got up leaning on a tree for support to keep her left foot from touching the ground.
From her vantage point she had clear view of the struggling teen. His black robes were almost completely destroyed. The fabric was torn all along the clothing. Most of his revealed flesh was covered in blood. Her attention was then drawn to the devastation all around Ichigo. House walls were smashed in. Cars were flipped or crushed beyond repair. Even the road and sidewalk had craters or potholes littering the ground.
"Ichi-" Her voice cracked, coughs forcing their way out instead. After her coughing fit passed, Rukia gulped swallowing needed saliva to relax her throat.
"Ichi-" Rukia's vision blackened and she fell to the ground. Naruto stood behind her, all of his face except the bottom half of his lips and chin were hidden behind his ever present mask. A scowl was on his face as he stared at Ichigo, his four glowing red eyes flashing in the darkness.
"Kisuke," He said, his entire body remaining completely still, "take her and begin the process... I'll deal with him."
Urahara appeared out of the shadows, his cane tapping lightly against the ground as he strolled over to the unconscious girl. He slung her body over his shoulders and began walking away. For a second he paused and looked back to Naruto's still form.
"He still has an important role to play in-"
"I have no intention of killing him Kisuke," Naruto interrupted, "just going to teach him what happens when he disobeys his superiors." Urahara tipped his hat lower, before vanishing in the cool night.
Naruto studied the boy as he thrashed around the street smashing into anything and everything. He crossed his arms across his chest and watched for a few more seconds as the soul fought within himself.
"Why has Aizen taken such an interest in you, boy?"
Ichigo's arm rattled as he clashed blades with his inner hollow. Shirosaki eyes were gleaming with superiority and malice. Ichigo knew he was going to lose. It was only a matter of time before his strength ran out. He found it strange that he was losing inside of his own mind, how a foreign being had the strength to overpower him in himself. In the beginning he had the upper hand over his hollow clone, but as their battled dragged on, the fight had slowly tipped in Shirosaki's favor. Now it was just a waiting game, to see when he would screw up or run out of energy.
Shirosaki dodged his thrust and wrapped his left hand around Ichigo's right wrist. He added enough pressure to force the blade from the king's hands. Grinning from ear to ear, Shirosaki added more pressure until he could hear Ichigo's bones beginning to crack. Ichigo let out a shrill scream. In an attempt of defense, he brought his right knee up into Shirosaki's gut, doubling him over and releasing the hollow's hold on his wrist.
Ichigo delivered a haymaker into the back of his clones head sending him skidding down the side of the building they are fighting on. He chased after his inner hollow, grabbing his blade on the way. Ichigo blinked when his dark side disappeared. He flinched when the hollow appeared in front of him, and delivered a knee to his chin.
"Two for flinching!" Shirosaki yelled gleefully, returning Ichigo's own haymaker. Ichigo was sent flying from the blow and crashed into the side of the building in his mindscape.
Shirosaki slowly strode to the weakened Ichigo and offered him a hand. Ichigo took it and pulled him down slamming his forehead into his inner hollows.
Before he had a chance to recover from the blow, a giant cleaver was being shoved into his chest.
Yellow eyes stared disbelievingly at him. Shirosaki gripped the steel barely an inch deep within his chest and pushed, trying to force it out.
Both stood still pushing against the other. Ichigo could feel his power fading quickly, his inner hollow was overpowering him.
Naruto grabbed the vizard by the throat and smashed him against a wall. He noted that both eyes were a different color and glazed over.
The Arrancar raised his left index finger to Ichigo's face. A tiny red beam fired from the tip of his finger and broke through the half hollow mask, shattering it into pieces.
Shirosaki screamed, as the blade was buried up to the handle in his chest.
Ichigo coughed up blood as the last remnants of his mask fell away from his flesh and vanished into particles before it hit the earth.
The Orange haired Shinigami grumbled something unintelligible while resting a hand over his head.
"Excuse me?" Naruto asked, his hand still squeezing the Shinigami's neck.
"What happened? Where's Rukia? Is she alright?" Ichigo said rapidly spewing out question after question.
Naruto raised an eyebrow as Ichigo let go of his hand and grabbed him by his chest armor.
"Is she safe? Did they take her?" The teen demanded shaking Naruto back and forth.
"Shut up," Naruto punched the blabbering teen in the jaw. And Instead of releasing him, the blonde Arrancar hit him over and over again until Ichigo fell unconscious within his grasp. Naruto hit him once more for good measure, which sent him to the ground.
Naruto watched as Jiraiya stumbled out of a hole in the side of a building with Kakashi leaning on him for support. He wasn't surprised that both Shinigami were alive and conscious.
"You took quite the beating Sensei," Kakashi narrowed his eye at the mocking tone.
"Maybe if a certain someone would have stepped in a little sooner, things might not have escalated so far," Kakashi replied grumbling under his breath.
Naruto's mask dissolved revealing his smiling visage with his canines poking out from the rim of his lip, "I didn't know I was running a babysitting service," Kakashi groaned but didn't comment any further as Minato decided to show up that exact moment.
"Urahara's finished with the extraction," Minato said quickly as he gently laid Rukia on the ground. Naruto nodded, before turning and walking away
"What the hell is up his ass Minato?" Jiraiya commented, his eyes following the blonde's movements.
'Naruto when will you ever find it within you to forgive my past mistakes?' Minato thought, remaining ever so silent.
"Anyway, we should get healed up and leave immediately." Both older men quirked an eyebrow as they heard the urgency in Kakashi's tone, "unless you want to explain to Byakuya why it took so long to retrieve her." He said gesturing to the girl out cold before their feet.
"What about Renji? He's seen Ichigo's other side," Jiraiya asked, brushing off Kakashi's question, annoying the vice-captain to no end.
"Maybe Urahara will know what to do?"
"Yeah," Minato replied to the Cyclops, "that man seems to have a solution for everything."
The blonde flickered from view, only to reappear right in front of the knocked out lieutenant of the sixth division. Carefully he lifted Renji into his arms, making sure not startle the red-head and add any more pain to the man.
Jiraiya followed his previous captain's example and picked Rukia up bridal style from the cold ground.
As one all three Shinigami vanished, via shunpo. All of them were heading for the same place; Urahara's shop which was located on the other side of town.
He stared out over the vast desert, noting how truly despicable and disgusting his world truly was. There was no way he could live here any longer. He despised the endless white sand with all of his being. Turning Kimimaro gazed upon his leader and friend Uzumaki Naruto. The hollow had come to him and offered him the power to become what he was.... an Arrancar, the strongest form of the hollows. Of course he had accepted. It's not like he wanted to be ruled by a lowlife Shinigami anyway. Clenching his palms around the piece of granite in his position, crunches echoed through the empty cave. When he opened his hand where there was once a rock, only dust remained.
"Did you enjoy your night out?" Naruto snorted turning to the being situated in the shadows.
"Yes I did Shika, got to unwind a little for once."
"OHHHhhhh Naruto-Senpai, did you bring back a rock for Tobi's collection?" Kimimaro spat at the hyperactive Vasto Lorde, his disgust in plain sight.
"Why did we let him join again?" Kimimaro moved closer to Tobi a bone beginning to protrude from his wrist.
"Because he's strong," Shika stated from his shadowed corner. It had always been like this, the bone wielder mused. Shika loved the darkness. Shadows were what brought out his true potential, while in them not even the combined force of himself and Tobi could take the shadow lover on, much to his chagrin. None of them remembered anything from their past selves except their names. Not only had Naruto saved them from the manipulative Shinigami, but he had told them about their previous lives. Except for Tobi, who he had never met before, yet the annoyance had followed him like a lost puppy. Shika had been a fellow leaf shinobi alongside of Naruto, while he had been controlled by the pathetic snake who considered himself the 'God' of shinobi. Staring at the strange being known as Tobi, Kimimaro couldn't help but to see once again that there was something much darker inside of him. Maybe he was just over analyzing the hollow but it was a feeling he just couldn't seem to shake no matter how idiotic he acted.
"Yeah, but he's annoying and stupid," Kimimaro said, grabbing him by the shoulders, he pulled the orange masked hollow closer to himself, "aren't you?"
"Tobi is not stupid, Tobi's a good boy!" Tobi said defending himself against the accusations towards his intelligence. Naruto gazed curiously at his group as he liked to call them. He was friends with none of them, held no attachment that would in fact make them a burden. No they were just acquaintances who had similar goals in mind, nothing more.
"Exactly my point," The bone wielding hollow said, while nonchalantly dragging the tip of his weapon down the other hollows mask.
"Enough will be heading into Soul Society in a few days make sure you show up at Urahara's tomorrow, unless you want to stay like this forever?" All three Vasto lordes simultaneously shook their heads. "Good... I have a few last minute errands to run so I have to go." Naruto said while he walked out of the cave. "Oh and don't kill Tobi, Kimimaro." Naruto said poking his head back in as Kimimaro was strangling the poor hollow while pointing a bone sword at his jugular.
"That, I can't promise." The bone wielder said as he dragged the indestructible blade slowly down Tobi's chest. Tobi squirmed, his panicked expression covered by the hollow mask covering his face. A malicious smirk stretched across Naruto's face, "Kimimaro?" Said hollow looked up from his carving work. "Don't torture him... too much." With a nod Naruto disappeared and Kimimaro turned back to his work grinning each time the hollow let out a new girlish scream.
"Baby."
Naruto entered the small wooden shop. He headed straight for the secret basement, below the store. As he entered the endless training area he immediately spotted Urahara. It took him a few seconds to reach the man who was sitting on top of a boulder with his legs crossed and eyes closed.
"I never took you for the meditating type," the Arrancar commented offhandedly.
Kisuke propped one eye open lazily. Sighing, he stretched before leaping down from atop of the large piece of granite.
"So... what can I do for you Uzumaki-san?"
"Show it to me," Naruto responded instantly.
"I figured as much," Kisuke remarked, "very well, follow me."
Omake
Sasuke Uchiha once a proud member of one of the most prestigious clans of Konoha. Of course that was until his brother had gone insane and slaughtered his entire family save his only sibling. After that his life had been a hell with the memories of that dreadful night always replying in his mind. Even with the strongest of the shinobi villages kissing the ground he walked on, it just wasn't enough for him. His hatred and avenger tendencies had made him unstable and a threat to himself and those around him. So it wasn't really a surprise when he betrayed the village to join Orochimaru for the power needed to succeed in his endeavors.
Of course fate had made his life a living joke, so when his life was finally heading in the right direction, fate spat on him again. The loss of his eye sight had been the final straw that succeeded in breaking his mind.
Once a boy of great prestige and wealth was nothing more than a shivering and mumbling sociopath. Sasuke listened to all the noise echoing in the corridor outside of his room. For hours he had been counting the minutes down, soon she would come again, and force him to do things he didn't want to do. His head snapped up and his body started shaking more forcibly, as a shrill voice drifted to his ears.
He tried to back up further, but he was trapped within a corner of the room, with no way to escape. The door was thrown open and a red-headed beauty stepped inside of the room.
"SASUKE-KUN!" She screamed, running towards the blind teen. Tossing herself onto him she shoved his face against hers into a forceful kiss. After a few seconds she broke apart and looked longingly at him. "Do you know what time it is Sasuke-kun?"
A scream was her reply as she started unbuttoning his pants. He kicked and fought against her, but Karin easily overpowered him. With all of his clothes off, Karin quickly ripped off her own clothing. Sasuke once again tried to fend her off, but in the end she always got what she desired. As Karin raped him once again, Orochimaru stepped out from a shadowed area of the room, a smile on his face and lust in his gaze.
"Sasuke-kun," He purred into the Uchiha's ear. "I want your babies."
A passing merchant stopped from his long and tedious walking and glanced around. He could have sworn he had heard something. Being completely silent he listened for a few seconds, hearing nothing else he continued on his way. Not hearing the boy screaming rape a hundred feet below his feet
Yeah I don't know why, but that omake has been in my head for a long ass time. Well updates are going to be very slow after this chapter. Life has decided to put me through hell so until things calm down a little bit updates will be scarce. I have another announcement. I am a member of LD's forum 'The Guild' and a bunch of us myself included are doing one-shots on the members of Akatsuki and how they joined the organization. So look forward to that in the next few weeks, all of the one-shots will be posted on LD's account. I got lucky enough get Kisame for my one-shot. Until next time read and review.