I'm going to make Aizen into a really big ass.
The filler arc was pretty good. Until Nozomi became Nozomi-sue. And Kageroza became Kageroza-sue.
Oh Rukia has gained a new appearance in Chapter 459. Her appearance is going to be pre-Chapter 423 for the duration of his story.
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Chapter 3- Ignited Emotions
The last Espada has fallen!
Ichigo stood there, gazing at Ulquiorra's unmoving body. In a second, Ichigo turned on his heel facing his friends. He gave them a slight and wary smile. He took a step forward, and he began falling from exhaustion.
Before he fell to the ground, he felt several hands supporting him. He looked over and saw his friends supporting him, not allowing him to fall.
"Yo, Ichigo…" Renji said as they raised Ichigo back up. Ichigo lightly smiled.
"Yo."
Slowly and carefully they shifted Ichigo's position and let him sit on the ground.
"Soten Kisshun." The familiar orange light covered his body.
"Thanks, Inoue."
"Pretty roughed up there, aren't you Ichigo?" Rukia softly whispered.
Said person laughed lightly. "I could say the same about you, midget." Ichigo complimented himself in his head.
A vein could be seen on Rukia's cheek. "Don't expect me to help you then!"
And so began their bickering "Don't expect me to save you!" Their argument continued, fueling the group's amusement.
"I would kick you, if you weren't so injured." Rukia concluded the argument, as she looked away.
Ichigo sighed, "Rukia…" The petite shinigami looked over at Ichigo, "I'm glad you're alright…"
"…That's my line, idiot."
In a matter of minutes, Ichigo was healed, but his shihakusho was only half way repaired. The shihakusho still looked like it was torn apart in a fierce battle, and everything left of his right shoulder and left hip, was bare.
After sitting there in silence for sometime, Ichigo was about to spoke out to try and break the silence. "So…" The others turned to him, expecting him to continue. Ichigo opened his mouth but he stopped when he saw a large trail of sand shoot up.
Ishida being the first to catch up looked behind him, closely followed by Chad then Rukia and the rest. "Ah… Don't tell me…" Ishida whispered out.
"There's another arrancar?" Ichigo questioned out, Rukia and Ishida looked sternly at Ichigo.
"Seriously, Kurosaki. Learn how to sense reiatsu."
"Of course not, Ichigo. Do you think there is even any arrancar left?" Rukia told Ichigo. "In fact, that" She pointed at the huge sand trail that was getting closer. "Is Za-" She stopped when Zaraki Kenpachi landed in front of Ichigo.
"Yo, Ichigo!" Zaraki surprisingly wasn't even remotely injured. He noticed eyes checking him if he had any injuries. "Ah, that damn Espada knocked me out of this freaking place." Kenpachi pointed out in the direction where he came from.
If you can squint, you could make out a Zaraki Kenpachi hole in the middle of the dome. Barely.
"You know, Kenpachi…" Ichigo started before continuing once he got Kenpachi's attention. "Don't you think it is kind of…"
"What is it, Ichigo? Want a fight?"
"Erm, no. Isn't it a bit… pathetic to lose a fight like that?" Kenpachi's eyes darkened and you could see a vein on his forehead readying to burst. "How did you eve-" Ichigo continued on completely oblivious to Kenpachi's twitching and anger.
"O-oi I-ichi-" Rukia was stuttering to warn Ichigo, but Kenpachi now having veins protruding his skin in anger. He stomped on the healing barrier and broke it.
Ichigo was STILL going on about it, "-ow many people would lose a fight like that?" At the end of that, Kenpachi grabbed Ichigo's collar and raised him up to face Kenpachi.
"ARE YOU ASKING FOR A DEATH WISH ICHIGO?" The eleventh squad taichou raised his arm. "GET OFF ME DAMN IT!" At that movement, everybody jumped on Kenpachi trying to stop him; bar Mayuri, Nemu, Unohana, Byakuya, Yachiru and Hanataro who was beginning to tremble.
"Zaraki-taichou, please calm down!" Renji screamed from underneath as he tried to keep Kenpachi's legs from moving.
After a few minutes, Kenpachi had cooled off and was off sulking away separated from everyone. But not before Ichigo got a lump on his forehead.
"So how are we going to get back to Karakura?" Ichigo asked while rubbing the lump on his head.
Ichigo heard a scoff and turned in the direction of the twelfth squad taichou. Then his eyes traveled to the giant object, with an ash colored blanket draped over it.
"I have acquired a magnificent amount of researchable items from that Espada as spoils of war. And with that, I am capable of creating my own Garganta!" Mayuri grinned.
"You can create a garganta?" asked Ichigo.
"Indeed! Flawlessly I might add! I have achieved a semi-permanent form! Oh I can see the look on that man's face already! How can I not be gleeful in such a situation? Why, the imprudent blathering of a primate such as this are nothing before my delight!" Mayuri continued to shout out in satisfaction. "Nemu, begin the preparations!"
"Hai, Mayuri-sama."
"Behold my creation, you infidel." Mayuri yelled out proudly as he yanked off the covering. "Kurosaki Ichigo, you will be the first to use this contraption!"
"O-oi!"
"This is an experiment, you are subject #1. You have no right to refuse!"
"Ex-Experiment?"
While Ichigo was stuttering as to what to say, a Garganta opened from the device. Ichigo turned behind him and watched as the Garganta open up.
Ichigo felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to his right. "Do not worry kozo. You will not be alone." Byakuya calmly mentioned to him. "Kurotsuchi-taichou, if we do not return. Remember that the responsibilities of our safe return are yours, especially the lives of three Gotei Taichos."
The leader of the twelfth squad scoffed. "Do not fret; I am more then capable of sending a group of simpletons safely back." He noticed Ichigo's eyes watching him. "What?"
"Nothing, I was just remembering that Urahara-san looked down on us to give us orders when we came here."
"Where are you getting at?" Mayuri's eyes narrowed in suspicion.
Ichigo continued, "If you're the second head of the institute, you must have studied under him or something, right? You two are a lot alike."
A vein popped. "You bastard!" Mayuri was enraged by the comparison of him and Urahara Kisuke.
Before Mayuri could punish Ichigo, he had already jumped into the Garganta. "Let's go, everyone!" And so everyone followed.
Byakuya, Unohana, and Isane led the group on three separate paths. Above them, Ishida was riding on his Hirenkyaku, along with Orihime. Orihime looked back at the opening, staring at Ulquiorra's corpse, as it began disintegrating. She remembered a moment with Ulquiorra during her capture.
His emerald eyes shot open. The first thing he saw was Orihime's own eyes staring back at him, before she jumped up in surprise.
"Wah! I didn't know Ulquiorra-kun could sleep! I'm glad!" Orihime shouted. Ulquiorra narrowed his eyes in irritation.
He took a moment before he responded. "Keep your voice down, woman. Do not say my name with that honorific humans use. It is Ulquiorra, and it will remain Ulquiorra. No other names will be used, do you understand woman?"
Orihime's eyes went downcast at the harsh response. "Okay."
He began walking out, only stopping at the doorway. Ulquiorra looked back at Orihime, before telling her, "You may call me Ulquiorra-kun if I was human."
Noticing her expression, Ishida asked. "What's wrong, Inoue-san?"
The question snapped Orihime out of her stupor, "A-ah, nothing! Nothing is wrong at all! Thanks for asking though, Ishida-kun."
He knew it was a lie. He could see her emotions flickering wildly in her eyes. But he didn't press on the issue anymore.
In a few minutes, they all saw an opening and began speeding towards it. The first to step in the world was Ishida and Orihime. The moment the two stepped out, their jaws dropped slightly and their eyes went wide. Everyone else had arrived and held a similar expression.
"What the hell happened here?" Ichigo muttered to himself.
Aizen stood there gazing at the convergence of everyone. He only smirked before deciding his course of action. "Interesting."
They all turned their attention at Aizen. The only other person to be in fighting condition was Ichimaru Gin. Both equally unscratched or fatigued. "Was it you, Aizen, that cut them all down?" Ichigo stepped forward while gazing at the fallen fighters around the Fake city.
"Yes. I must say though, all of them charged at my recklessly just because one of them was killed. Who was that one again? Ah, it was the Vizard with the two pig tails." Ichigo's eyes narrowed at Aizen as he continued his speech. "Hiyori Sarugaki. All I did was mock her existence, and she fell for it. Gin ended up cutting her below the waist."
"No, I did not kill anyone, Kurosaki Ichigo. However the Sotaicho is dead." Everyone's eyes widened to their full extent as they took in the news that Yamamoto Genryusai Shingekuni, the most powerful shinigami someone even Ichigo could not dispute, had been killed by Aizen.
"Impossible." Byakuya spoke out. "You could not have possibly killed the Head-Captain. Even you would acknowledge the Head-Captain being stronger than you."
"Ah, you are quite right, Kuchiki Byakuya. Why do you think this area is not burnt and destroyed as it should be?" Aizen pointed out that the Fake Karakura Town had not been even remotely close to being completely destroyed. "I have created an arrancar named Wonderweiss for the sole purpose of sealing away Ryujin Jakka. Since the power was sealed, the moment that Wonderweiss was killed, the power was released and the sotaicho himself took the brunt of the explosion. I was just about to kill him myself, but I never thought he would sacrifice his body so freely on the spot. He should be dead right now."
Byakuya glared at Aizen. He pulled out Senbonzakura, and everyone else followed suit.
"You are wrong, Aizen. The trace of reiatsu is faint, but he is still very much alive. He should live as long as he is treated within this day." Unohana told everyone as she stepped out from behind the group. Soon she departed down to the wounded along with Isane and Hanataro. Aizen narrowed his gaze, and he smirked.
"That is not surprising. Do not worry; I will not kill any of you." Aizen drew his sword out "For I do not kill unless it is necessary."
"What do you mean by that?" This time it was Ishida that asked.
"Ah yes, do you remember Kurotsuchi Mayuri's explanation of how Ishida Souken died? Normally a shinigami do not accept bribes of that little significance."
"Where are you getting at?" Ishida glared as he formed his bow.
Aizen smirked "It was I, who allowed the shinigami to accept the bribe."
"Aizen-taicho!" The mentioned captain turned around and saw two unranked shinigami running up towards him. "Kurotsuchi-taicho has given us a bribe to not assist the Quincy named Ishida Souken."
Aizen stood there for a few seconds before talking. "Here, accept this." Aizen pressed a bag full of coins onto one of the two's hands. "Accept the bribe. Just don't mention this to anyone." Aizen said as he smiled to them warmly.
Ishida scowled and gritted his teeth. Through his glasses his eyes reflected the anger built up in him. "I swear on the Quincy pride, I will kill you!"
"Go ahead and try." Aizen said before going onto his next subject, glancing at Rukia and Byakuya. "I suppose after telling him about the Quincy's demise, I should tell you how Kuchiki Hisana died."
Rukia's eyes widened considerably. "Wh-what?"
Byakuya glared coldly at Aizen, "Enough of your nonsense."
"This is not nonsense; do you know why Kuchiki Hisana was so ill?"
The Head of the Kuchiki glared at him before answering. "She suffered from a light illness and she quickly fatigued herself."
"No, that is wrong. That was Unohana's assumption, but I played a hand in it; " The corner of his lips twitched upwards into a grin. "Because I had continued to add a small dose of poison into her meals."
"That is impossible, you have never entered the Kuchiki manor." Byakuya retorted.
Aizen raised his sword in front of him. "Are you forgetting my Zanpakuto's abilities?"
The Head of the Kuchiki narrowed his eyes. "Normally she would have not died under such little doses. But, her constant exhaustion of looking for Kuchiki Rukia ruined her health."
"So that means… Hisana-san died… Because of me?" Rukia half-whispered to herself.
"It was a mercifu-"
"ENOUGH!" All eyes shifted over to the normally stoic captain's outburst. "If you are cause of my late wife's death, then I will slaughter you until not a particle of you remains!"
The traitor grinned.
This time it was Ichigo's questioning. "You still haven't answered the question! What the hell do you mean by you don't kill anyone unless you have to?"
"The purpose of everyone dying to me is for one sole goal. That is to…" Aizen paused as he smirked to Ichigo's dismay. "To further your evolution."
Ichigo scowled and narrowed his eyes. "What the hell do you mean by that?" He nearly shouted.
"I will tell you as soon as I can analyze your reiatsu." Aizen began walking calmly towards the group. "But first, I must get rid of some pests."
In an instant he disappeared from everyone's sight, even Ichigo's. The next thing they knew, Aizen was in front of Ichigo. Their eyes widened at the traitor's speed before they surrounded Aizen. "Come at me. All of you."
Ichigo attacked first. Aizen easily blocked the attack, before grabbing Ichigo's wrist and tossing him into Chad, which knocked the two away. The next came Byakuya and Zaraki from behind and in front. Aizen dashed to the side, before blocking several arrows. Renji charged in and slashed at Aizen head on with Zabimaru's tip. He scowled as Aizen caught it with his left hand.
With a slight glance to the right, Aizen swung out at a golden flash of light. Orihime's eyes widened, "Tsubaki-kun!" Said fairy, was cut in half from the slash.
"Hasn't time proven again and again, that your offensive capabilities are nothing against experienced fighters?"
"Some no mai, Tsukishiro!" He felt ice on reaching up to his ankles, as he was surrounded by a ring of glowing ice. He quickly broke free and avoided the attack.
"Getsuga Tensho!" Aizen quickly blocked off a black lunar fang as it raced towards him. He repelled the attack by swinging off to the right.
"Fascinating. Your reiatsu is marvelous, very well matured." Aizen said as he collected Ichigo's reiatsu off his blade.
The owner of the reiatsu shouted, "Enough of that bullshit, Aizen!" He charged in and clashed swords with Aizen.
"But, is this your how far your skills have evolved?" Aizen said before muttering a chant. "Rikujokoro, Sajo Sabuku." Ichigo was immediately immobilized by the two kido spells.
"Shit!" He cursed. Ichigo began struggling to break it.
Aizen pointed his palm in front of Ichigo's face, "Sokatsui." The Hado spell struck Ichigo in the face point blank and sent him into the ruined city below. Aizen continued his assault by slamming his blade against Byakuya's. He dashed back when Byakuya released his shikai. "Raikoho." Byakuya's eyes widened before the lightning broke through his defense and slammed into his chest.
In an instant, Aizen turned around and blocked off Kenpachi's sword. "El Directo!" Aizen quickly jumped out of the way, and watched as Kenpachi cut Chad's attack in half. Then he turned around and knocked away an arrow from Ishida.
With the corner of his eyes, he noticed Rukia and Renji beginning to attack him from both of his sides. In quick succession, Aizen blocked Rukia's sword and fired a Byakurai at Renji. From above, Kenpachi swung down on Aizen. Briefly assessing his actions, Aizen threw Rukia aside with the blunt side of his blade before grabbing Kenpachi's wrist.
Before Kenpachi could react, Aizen stabbed him through the stomach and ripped out his sword through his side. Kenpachi coughed up blood before falling down to the ruins of the fake city. "Ken-chan!"
He paid no mind to the pink haired fukutaicho as he avoided a black blade going for his head. "I see, you have recovered." Aizen smirked at Ichigo.
"Did you think that would take me down?" Ichigo released a Getsuga and Aizen was driven backwards.
"Of course not. A thirties level Hado could never possibly take down a taicho-class fighter. Especially when I still need to explain your evolution to you. But…" Aizen smirked as he began preparing for another kido. "This will. Hado 63, Raikoho."
Ichigo's eyes widened as he attempted to dodge the massive attack. The Kido slammed into Ichigo's side, eliciting a groan before throwing him lodging him into the streets below. "…Shit!" He cursed out as he tried to stand up.
"Hado 32, Oukasen." The wide attack slammed into Ichigo, throwing up debris and concrete into the air. "Bakudo 30, Shitotsu Sansen."
Aizen turned around and faced his remaining opponents. "I will finish this, quickly." In just a few mere seconds, Rukia toppled over from a slash to her backside, Renji was ran through in the stomach, Chad's left wrist was sliced off and several deep lacerations along his right arm, and Ishida a slash wound from his left thigh to right shoulder.
From a distance away, Ichimaru Gin watched the fight without even opening his eyes. "Aizen-taicho sure is scaaarrry. Trying to defeat him with only three taicho-class and five fukutaicho-class fighters is impossible."
"RUKIA! RENJI! CHAD! ISHIDA!" Ichigo began crying out his friend's names as they were cut down by Aizen. "AIZEN! I will kill you!" He began struggling futilely against the restraints that was forced on him. He didn't even notice the black swirls beginning to overtake his eyes. His reiatsu began to pour out of him rapidly, weakening the Kido.
Feeling the increased pressure, Aizen turned around. "So it has begun."
Heated emotions become overwhelming!
Rather short chapter.