White Room
Rukia lay floating in a barren white space. She was wearing nothing but her white shihakushō. She stirs as memories suddenly flood her brain causing her extreme pain. She clutches her head as she sees her execution, Ichigo saving her and Aizen stabbing his hand into her chest. {"Aizen…why did Captain Aizen stab my chest…"} A loud buzzing static sound filled the area causing Rukia even more pain.
"Wake up…." A voice burst through the static, "WAKE UP!" It came again more forcefully at its command Rukia awakened and found herself falling uncontrollably. Before she knew it she crashed and landed into a snowbank. She struggled to free herself as someone managed to pull her out of the snow. Rukia got to her knees and coughed up snow she looked up and her eyes widened.
"Ich…" She paused and froze as she spotted a being that was virtually identical to Ichigo, except inverted in color. He is a fairly tall and lean-built being with white skin, black nails and white hair. His eyes consist of black pupils, white irises, and black sclera. He also wore a white shihakushō with a black cloth belt. He was leaning on Ichigo's sword which was also color inverted. Rukia gasped and tried to stand but only succeeded in falling on her behind.
"D..d..d..don't hurt me!" She cried, as her fear turned to anger as the white clone turned his yellow eyes to her. "What have you done to Ichigo!" She demanded. The clone tilted his head in confusion "Eh? Da fuck your talking about?" The hollow asked. Rukia grew flustered "Don't play dumb with me!" She shouted again. The hollow raised his hands in mock surrender "Geez chill out midget, for starters I don't know what you're talking about." He started as he suddenly appeared upside down in front of Rukia.
"And second of all I'm just as confused as you are. One minute I'm in King's mindscape and the next…" he trailed off as he waved his hands around, "I'm in the middle of this frozen hellhole!" He shouted angrily as he grabbed Rukia and held her up. "So if any deserves answers it's me! Zangetsu! You got that bitch?!" Zangetsu snarls and narrows his eyes. A hand was placed on his shoulder and a soothing voice was heard "And you will get answers….now." Zangetsu dropped Rukia harshly as he whirls around "You again!" He shouts angrily while pointing a finger at the newcomer.
Rukia gasps as she recognizes the figure "Sode no Shirayuki…." She says softly. Zangestu looks back at Rukia and then back at Shirayuki and crosses his arms and sits down annoyed "She is your Zanpakutō….you deal with it." Shirayuki develops a tick mark and growls "You're so rude! There is no way you can be Sir Ichigo's Zanpakutō spirit." Rukia's eyes widened at that as she turned toward Zangetsu and was about to speak only for him to cut her off.
"Too bad, too sad and up your ass! I'm Ichigo's Zanpakutō spirit! And his true instincts!" Zangetsu half-shouted as he grinned with glee at Shirayuki becoming flustered and annoyed. She was about to retort when a bright light consumed them all. "The hell?!" Zangetsu shouted in annoyance and Shirayuki got in front of Rukia in a protective stance. "Quiet…children we're merging." Came a heavenly disembodied voice "Well who the holy hell are you!" Zangetsu shouts as he points his sword toward the light.
"I'm….the Hōgyoku….and I was inside Miss Kuchiki here until that tool Aizen decided to try and rip me from her." Hōgyokusaid with a hint of anger in its voice. Everyone minus Rukia turned their attention to her and stared at her. Rukia grew flustered and immediately opened up her shihakushō to find, much to her horror a hole in the middle of her chest. "W…w…what…." Was all Rukia could say as she faints. Shirayuki catches her before she could fall, Zangetsu lowers his sword and looks around for a few seconds.
"Yooo Hōgyoku!" he suddenly shouts as Shirayuki looks away from her mistress towards him. "Yes Zangetsu….?" Zangetsu looks at Rukia and back towards the light "She is a hollow now correct?" Shirayuki jumps up "That's absurd! Miss Kuchiki isn't a hollow! If she was, I would have sensed it." Zangetsu looked at her like she was stupid "That's because your sensing sucks." He said blankly. Shirayuki was taken back "Wha…." She turned towards the light expecting the opposite answer. That Rukia wasn't hollow.
If she had Hope then the Hōgyoku crushed it like fine powder. "I'm sorry but in order to save her I had no choice..I turned her into an arrancar…of sorts." Shirayuki felt tears welling up inside her, as Zangestu tilted his head "Wdym of sorts?" He then looked at Rukia and it came to him and he chuckled lightly. "What is it?!" Shirayuki demanded, Zangetsu quit chuckling to answer her. "She doesn't have a mask, if she went about it the traditional way she would've had a mask still." Shirayuki's eyes widened at his response and checked her mistress's face and sure enough no hollow mask.
Though she did note several physical changes, Rukia's hair grew slightly longer and more messier; her clothes also changed as a bright light overtook her. Rukia was now wearing a sleeveless white tank top with black streaming; she wore long cuffs on either hand and a V-snapped collar around her neck that showed off her throat area but covered the sides. She wore white shorts with a black V-shaped band and a cloak connected to her tank top that draped around her sides; she also wore high heel boots that stopped above her calves.
The area started to shake violently, Shirayuki and Zangetsu just stared at each other in confusion and the Hōgyoku finally spoke after a few moments. "We're merging into one…one being…one goal…kill Aizen he is planning on using me to create an army to destroy the Soul Society…" "Sweet sign me up!" Zangetsu said Shirayuki looked at her fellow Zanpakutō spirit like he lost his mind. "Are you crazy!" She said with her hands on her hips. Zangetsu shrugged "I mean this Aizen punk did hurt her…" he reasoned with a shrug and Shirayuki looked at Rukia and sighed "I may not like it….nor agree with it…but Aizen needs to be brought to justice." She said after a few moments.
The bright light dimmed then glowed slightly brighter, as the Hōgyoku spoke again "Excellent for now on…we will be one Zanpakutō spirit….hada de hielo"
Outside in the Soul Society at the sametime
Sōsuke Aizen was not known for frowning. But he was after plunging his arm into Rukia's chest in order to retrieve the Hōgyoku a strange light blinded them all. Then Ichigo Kurosaki collapsed and his body partially disintegrated. {"This wasn't planned…"} he held up half of the Hōgyoku and then looked as Ichigo's friends crowded around half of his body. {"Yes…this wasn't planned at all."} "AIZEN!" An angry shout came as the Reiatsu surrounding them began to heat up and burn. This forced Aizen to turn his attention toward the one speaking, an extremely angry Captain-Commander, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto.
"What the hell did you do to Rukia Kuchiki and that Ryoka boy?" Yamamoto demanded with rage building up inside him. Aizen looked at him and smiled before speaking. "Would you believe me if I told you…I have no idea what happened to them." Yamamoto narrowed his aged eyes on him. "I'm guessing that's a no." Aizen fellow Cohorts appeared at his flanks former captains Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen. Then a bright light surrounded Rukia Kuchiki's body swirling around her like a Tornado then disappearing. Replaced by a white, black and purple swirling mass of Reiatsu that felt sinister and felt like a Hollow.
Byakuya Kuchiki stood up as best he could and his eyes widened. {"Rukia's reiatsu…it's like that boys…."} Images flashed through his mind of his fight with the hollowfied Ichigo and he shook his head as he watched the swirling nexus finally disappear with an explosion that sent dust flying and forced everyone to hold on. "What in the world…." He said as he rubbed his eyes, as everything settled down and a figure was emerging from the dust.
His eyes widened as Rukia was seen standing calmly and aloof in her left hand was a white sword that resembled a cutlass crossed with a rapier. Attached to the end was a long flowing white cloth, her purple eyes took on a more cat-like appearance and narrowed as she scanned the battlefield before landing on Aizen. Aizen raised his brows "Well that's an interesting development….tell Rukia…Gack!" Aizen and everybody else's eyes widened as Rukia was suddenly choking him.
{"….I didn't even see her move."} Yamamoto was in shock, as Byakuya landed next to him "t…t..that was Sonído….but I couldn't even track her." Yamamoto turned his soft aged eyes towards him in shock and then looked back at Rukia. "Aizen…" she finally said that caused everybody to raise a brow as it was unlike her. "You tried to steal a portion of us." She said as she pointed her sword at the Hōgyoku that was in Gin's hand. "For…that…you will positively die" she said in a cold aloof turn as her Reiatsu grew causing everyone to the ground as the ground around her cracked.
She dropped Aizen and then stood, straight up she then held her sword handle in between her right hand and the blade in between her left hand. She closed her eyes as her reiatsu pooled. Yamamoto's eyes widened "STOP HER!" He barked, he looked around "Don't you realize what she is about to do!" He added on. "It's foolish." Rukia finally said, she then turned her attention back to Aizen. "I'm no longer a shinigami….nor a weak adopted child of a noble clan….am an Arrancar…witness the power of hada de hielo!" She declared as Aizen's eyes widened and backed up. {"What the hell!? Is she seriously planning on using Resurrección? Wait, did she say arrancar?!"} his mind was racing as he took a glance towards the Hōgyoku that was held in Gin's hand and it finally made sense.
Suddenly three pillars of yellow light burst out the cloud, and surrounded Aizen, Gin and Kaname. Rukia stopped what she was doing and looked up and cursed "Negación…" She looked back at the Shinigami. "Hmm they don't trust me, I will also leave." She then eyed the prone form of Ichigo Kurosaki and clicked her tongue "I'm sorry King….Ichi but I need to be whole again." She then vanished in a burst of Sonído. She appeared behind Orihime Inoue who was desperately trying to heal Ichigo while crying. Rukia watched her for a few moments before raising her heel and kicking the orange-haired girl in the back of her head.
She then stuck her hand into Ichigo's chest as a bright purple light engulfed them. Renji looked back and noticed Orihime on the ground "Heyy!" He shouted as the other Shinigami looked behind them, to see the light vanishing and Ichigo crumbling into dust as Ruki stood over the spot and held a piece of Ichigo in her hand before crushing it. Tears pooled in her eyes as she looked up as the wind blew the particles away. She heard an enraged shout and performed several Backflips dodging a fist from Chad. She then grabbed a Reishi arrow in her hand and glared at Uryū who was aiming his bow at her.
Yamamoto had enough and turned to Yoruichi and Suì-Fēng. But Yoruichi was already ahead of him "Come on Bee!" She shouted as the two rushed forward. Rukia continued to dodge strikes from Chad lazily and yawned. "You're both trash…." She said in a cold aloof tone. She looked to her left and spotted the rapidly approaching forms of Suì-Fēng and Yoruichi. She then looked up at the sky as a bright orange light engulfed her as well. She then looked back and spotted her adoptive brother in the midst of the Shinigami.
"You know…." She said it loud enough to get Byakuya's attention. "Ichigo treated me more like a sister than you ever have…" Byakuya's eyes widened and he took a step back at that. The Negación drew Rukia up into the sky as she embraced the Gillian Menos Grenade that came to save her. She put her hand on the light and nodded her head at the Gillian "You did good." She said with a purr, the Gillian of course didn't respond nor could it. The sky slowly closed back up as Yammato and Rukia locked eyes.