The fleeing Audience was in a panic, along with many of the television crew members. Don Kanonji was knocked unconscious by Hiyori and was being carried towards the parking lot.

"Ichigo!" Shinji shouted, "We'll get the people out of here, you guys deal with these punks!"

"Right!" Ichigo replied. They then heard the shriek of more LeBlancs and saw them popping up all around them.

"Oh boy we've got our work cut out for us don't we?" Renji asked as he popped in a soul candy. All around, the other Soul Reapers were following suit and quickly leaping into combat with their Zanpakuto drawn.

"You can say that." Ichigo said as he turned to make sure his family was safely away. He was horrified to see a LeBlanc Seeker appear from the ground nearby and charge straight at them.

"YUZU, KARIN, DAD, KAICHOU LOOK OUT!!!" Ichigo shouted. The Seeker lashed out a snake like tongue that wrapped around Yuzu's leg and tripped her up.

"AAAH!!! HELP!!!" Yuzu cried as Karin skid to a halt and saw the creature pulling Yuzu closer.

"YUZU!!!" Karin shouted as she charged towards the creature, but the Seeker's master suddenly appeared and knocked her away where she landed on the nearby grass, unconscious.

"You BASTARD!!!" Ichigo shouted angrily as he charged forward with his hand in his pocket and pulled out a small green soul candy. He quickly popped it into his mouth and shed his body.

"KON! Get Karin out of here!" Ichigo ordered to the Mod Soul now in his body.

"Watch me run!" Kon shouted back as he grabbed Karin's unconscious form and ran off. Ichigo leapt up and cut the Seeker's tongue off before slicing through its head.

"Ichigo?" Yuzu asked in shock as she saw her brother in his Soul Reaper garb.

"I'm going to make you PAY!!!" Ichigo shouted as he dodged an attack from the Seeker's master and bisected it right down the center.

"ROAR ZABIMARU!!!" Renji shouted as Zabimaru quickly cut through a LeBlanc that was charging at Ichigo from behind.

"Thanks!" Ichigo shouted as Renji turned his attention to the other approaching LeBlancs. Ichigo then turned back to Yuzu.

"Can you run Yuzu?" Ichigo asked as Yuzu attempted to run but her leg had a strange burn on her calve where the tongue had grabbed a hold of her.

"It hurts Ichigo!" Yuzu winced in pain as Ichigo hoisted her onto his back.

"Hang on; this is going to get a bit ugly!" Ichigo said as Yuzu nodded and he set off.

Uryu was forming an arrow as he aimed it straight at a LeBlanc, but just as he let the arrow go, The Black Wrangler leapt into its path and blocked it with the broad side of her Zanpakuto's gun. She then flash stepped down next to him.

"Quincy! Your arrows will only make them stronger!" the Wrangler said while holding him by the collar.

"What are you talking about?!" Uryu asked but the Wrangler quickly flash stepped them both out of the way as a bola wielding LeBlanc nearly flattened them with its weapon.

"Just get out of here; you're no use to anyone but these guys!" The Wrangler said pointing to the LeBlancs before running off to aid in the fight.

"What are these things?!" Toshiro asked as he froze a LeBlanc in a block of ice which shattered soon after.

"They're called LeBlancs sir! They're kinda weird mutated Hollows!" Rukia replied as she cut through one of the LeBlancs. Ichigo then ran up with Yuzu on his back.

"No time to draw one of your Chappy the rabbit illustrations!" Ichigo shouted as he ran past.

"HEY!" Rukia growled.

"Where are these things coming from?! Every time we cut one down, two more show up!" Soi Fon shouted as she delivered a second strike with her Zanpakuto, Suzumebachi.

"They seem to be drawn to something!" Yoruichi said as she emerged from one of the portopotties in human form and fully dressed (since being naked in battle would only distract the men…well except for Yumichika).

"But what?" Soi Fon asked as she delivered a first then second strike on another LeBlanc.

Ikkaku was delivering blow after blow with his Hozukimaru's Shikai form and cutting down LeBlancs in piles, but the beasts were appearing faster than they could be destroyed. Yumichika was doing the same thing with his Zanpakuto as well.

"There's too many of them!" Rangiku shouted as she cut down even more. She didn't realize there was a LeBlanc about to jump her from behind.

Fortunately…

"Koten Zanshun I reject!" Orihime shouted as her Shun-Shun Rikka, Tsubaki, flew out and cut down a swath of LeBlancs in a zigzagging path before returning.

"Nice shot Orihime!" Rangiku shouted to the young girl who moved in to cover Rangiku from behind.

"Thanks!" Orihime replied as Chad flew over head with his two armored arms and started punching the daylights out of the LeBlancs. But even with the addition Orihime and Chad, they were losing ground.

Ichigo was still fighting with Yuzu hiding her face in fear as Ichigo continued to cut down foe after foe.

Soon he noticed the other Soul Reapers were slowly getting pushed into the center of the battlefield by the ever approaching army of LeBlancs. Only the Black Wrangler was separate from the group as she used her Zanpakuto to shoot down dozens of LeBlancs with her Shikai.

"We need back up." Ichigo said mentally. He then remembered the Visoreds were still helping the crowd escape and flash stepped to them.

"SHINJI!" Ichigo shouted.

"WHAT?!" Shinji replied.

"Leave the people and give us a hand! We're getting over run!" Ichigo shouted as Shinji nodded.

"Right! LET'S GO GUYS!!!" Shinji shouted as he and the Visoreds ran off to lend a hand. Their arrival took the LeBlancs by surprise, and started cutting a hole in their lines.

Ichigo then saw the Urahara gang arrive with Urahara wielding his Zanpakuto, Tessai punching holes through the LeBlancs, Jinta swinging his large metal bat, and Uluru firing her large machine gun.

"We thought you could use a hand Ichigo!" Urahara said casually as he and the others joined the fray.

"Thanks we need the help!" Ichigo replied.

Unfortunately the reinforcements were quickly getting pushed to the center as well.

"We're still getting overrun!" Renji shouted.

"You're right! Rangiku! Contact the Soul Society and get them to remove our limiters!" Toshiro ordered as Rangiku nodded and quickly attached her headpiece to her ear.

"10th division Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto sending out an alert! Requesting immediate removal of limiters on all Karakura assigned Soul Reapers!" Rangiku shouted into her headpiece.

Soon each of the Soul Reapers felt a surge of energy, signaling that their powers were no longer limited.

"It's about time. Hang on tight Yuzu!" Ichigo shouted to his sister, who was still clinging to his shoulder as he held Zangetsu in front of him and started glowing with light blue Spirit energy.

"BANKAI!!!" Ichigo shouted as the energy swirled around him in a blinding light and then dissipated, revealing Ichigo in his Bankai attire. Yuzu was amazed and gave an astonished yet excited smile.

"Tensa Zangetsu." Ichigo said with a determined smile on his face as he quickly started bulldozing through piles of LeBlancs.

"Alright Ichigo!!! Let's get these bad guys!!!" Yuzu cheered as they fought on.

"Heh, show off!" Renji shouted with a grin as he held Zabimaru level in front of him.

"BANKAI!!!" Renji shouted as he started glowing with red spiritual energy. Zabimaru quickly formed into the massive skeletal snake of its Bankai form.

"Hihio Zabimaru!" Renji shouted as he took a swing and cleared out a massive group of LeBlancs.

"Captain Hitsugaya! Care to join in the Bankai party?" Renji asked as Toshiro chuckled.

"Thanks but I'm fine right now. Maybe if things get too tough." Toshiro said as Renji laughed.

"Show off!" Renji replied as he turned back to his enemies.

As the Soul Reapers effortlessly started slicing through the LeBlancs, the tide seemed to turn…that is until it happened…

Uryu, who was feeling useless, was finally fed up with the Wrangler's having told him not to fight.

"Enough of this." Uryu grumbled as he called up an arrow and released it at a LeBlanc.

The Wrangler noticed this and gasped as she attempted to intercept the shot. She failed to block the shot and the arrow slammed into a LeBlanc which dissipated.

"You FOOL!!!" the Wrangler shouted as she slugged Uryu across the face.

"What was that for?!" Uryu asked as he recovered.

"Do you have any idea what you've done?!" the Wrangler asked angrily.

"What are you talking about?!" Uryu asked confused. Suddenly they felt the ground quake beneath their feet.

The LeBlancs suddenly started backing away. Then a louder yet deeper shriek was heard coming from towards the factory.

They all turned and saw the factory building warping and distorting in appearance with a massive black bulge appeared in the air in front of it.

"What the hell is that?!" Ichigo asked confused as he watched. Yuzu started shaking in fear of the strange bulge.

"You IDIOT! Your arrow only strengthened that thing! It's now probably the same strength as a Menos Grande!" the Wrangler growled at Uryu.

Suddenly the bulge opened up and a massive LeBlanc, taller than the factory itself, started emerging. It had a pointed cone shaped head with matching shoulders, giving it a throwing star appearance.

"What is that thing?!" Renji asked.

"It's a Maisontype LeBlanc. It's essentially the LeBlanc equivalent to a Menos Grande." The Wrangler answered.

"How did it get here?!" Toshiro asked as the Wrangler grabbed Uryu by the back of the collar and dragged him over.

"Care to explain Mister Ishida?" the Wrangler asked tersely.

"How can I when I don't understand it myself?!" Uryu replied as the Wrangler gave an annoyed sigh and shoved him away.

"Don't fight, you'll only make things worse!" the Wrangler growled at Uryu.

"Then what do we do?!" Toshiro asked the Wrangler glared at him.

"We keep fighting!" the Wrangler shouted.

"Renji! Give me a hand!" Ichigo shouted as he and Renji charged for the Maison in their Bankai forms and started attacking the creature. Without warning however the beast opened its maw and sent a flurry of glowing blue arrows at them, causing them to start blocking the flurry.

As Ichigo continued blocking he didn't notice the beast take a swing at him. It caught him off guard, launched him towards the ground, and causing Yuzu to fall off his back.

"YUZU!!!" Ichigo shouted in horror as he watched his sister plummeting towards a small sea of LeBlancs.

Suddenly a massive cloud of smoke erupted where she landed as if a bomb had gone off underneath her.

"Yuzu." Ichigo said quietly and disheartened. He then noticed the LeBlancs were backing away from the cloud of smoke.

"Huh?" Ichigo asked as he watched the smoke disappearing and gasped at what he saw.

(Music cue: Bleach – Season 1 OST: Track 21 - "Number one")

As the smoke dissipated, it revealed Yuzu being triumphantly held under the left arm of a man in Soul Reaper garb, with a white Captain's robe clasped over his left shoulder, and a Zanpakuto drawn in his right hand. The man's hair was a spiky black.

"Ichigo if this keeps up…" the man said with a grin on his scruffy bearded face, "…YOU'LL BE LATE FOR DINNER!!!"

It was Isshin Kurosaki. Ichigo landed next to him and stared at him in disbelief.

"Dad!?!? You're a-a-a-a-a-!!!" Ichigo stuttered while pointing at him.

"Captain Isshin Kurosaki, 11th Division retired. A Soul Reaper." Isshin said proudly before looking down at the mesmerized Yuzu under his arm.

"Sorry little girl, but Daddy's going to have to put you to sleep for this." Isshin said as he gently placed his head on Yuzu's forehead, and she instantly fell unconscious. In a flash (step) Isshin had handed Yuzu off to a bewildered Chad and returned to where he was standing.

"Now then, what to do with you." Isshin said as he stared up at the Maison which shrieked. Isshin grinned and leapt up into the air with his Zanpakuto glowing bright.

The Maison started spitting the arrows again but Isshin disappeared in a blink of light and reappeared as he came down on the top of the beast's head. He stabbed his Zanpakuto into the back of the creature's head, causing it to shriek with pain.

Isshin thrust the blade upward and out of the beast's head, sending a beam of white light along the creature's cone shaped head similar to Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho.

Suddenly the entire head cone started cracking open and the cracks started to travel down the creature's body. The bulge that the other half of its body was stuck in was shrinking and split the monster in two before sealing completely. Across the battlefield the LeBlancs stopped coming.

Isshin leapt from the creature's back and landed safely next to Ichigo before the creature dissolved.

The remaining LeBlancs were quickly shot down by the Wrangler's Tommy gun shaped Zanpakuto, falling in piles until they were all gone.

The Soul Reapers were victorious.

"Ahh it felt good to do that again." Isshin said with a relaxed sigh as he sheathed his Zanpakuto.

"Dad? You're a Soul Reaper?" Ichigo asked as Isshin nodded.

"Yep, but I've been retired for the past one hundred and ten years. I knew you guys were fighting a losing battle and besides, Yuzu needed to calm down or the LeBlancs were going to keep coming. So I decided to help you finish the fight." Isshin said with a smile. Suddenly Ichigo punched him in the face.

"AND YOU NEVER EVEN TOLD ME?!?!" Ichigo shouted as Isshin shrugged off the blow.

"I didn't want to interfere. You looked like you were having fun and I know how kids get when their old man tries to join in on their games. Did I mention that I was retired?" Isshin asked Ichigo sighed.

"Then I guess it's time for me to come clean huh?" Ichigo asked as Isshin scratched his chin.

"About what? The fact that you're a Deputy Soul Reaper? The fact Rukia's been living in your closet ever since you two first met? The fact you're a Vizard? The fact that Aizen betrayed the Soul Society? Which do you want to come clean about?" Isshin asked with an amused smirk.

"Y-you knew?" Ichigo asked surprised.

"Since day one. You've always been powerful son. I know I haven't said it but I'm proud of you." Isshin said as he embraced his son.

"We have a lot to talk about when we get home don't we?" Ichigo asked as Isshin nodded.

"Yeah, but don't worry. I won't attack you for being late this time." Isshin said as he put his arm around Ichigo's shoulder.

"Hey Soul Reapers! You're invited too! Come on!" Isshin shouted to the others.

"Thanks Captain Kurosaki but we're going to stick around and clean up the mess. You go on ahead." Love replied with a wave as the Visoreds stayed behind and the other Soul Reapers followed after them.


Later…

"DAH-YIE-YAH!!!" Don Kanonji yelped as he came to from being unconscious.

"Wha-where am I? Where are the bad spirits? My Audience?!" Kanonji asked as he got up and looked around.

"Oh shucks, this can't be good for ratings." Kanonji sighed as he stuck his hands in his pockets and started looking for his car.


End Chapter 8.

Next Chapter: The Kurosaki Secret Revealed.

"LeBlanc Research Time!"

Gin Ichimaru appears holding the pointer again.

"Hello! Today we'll be looking into the Maison type LeBlanc." Gin said as the screen behind him switches to an image of the Maison LeBlanc from earlier.

"The Maison LeBlancs, the word Maison being French for house, are created in one of three ways. The first way is when a large number of lesser LeBlancs merge to create the Maison. The second way is when a Menos Grande is killed by a Quincy. Finally the third way is when a Quincy attacks a lesser LeBlanc with one of its arrows which only strengthens it." Gin said as the image then switched to the scene of the Maison spitting the arrows.

"One of the special attacks the Maison has is called "Flèche vent" or Arrow Wind." Gin said as the screen shifts to an image of the Espada, Halibel, in a sexy pose while lying on her stomach on someone's (Gin's) bed, causing Gin to blush.

"Whoops, uh-heh. How did that get in there?" Gin asks sheepishly.

End.