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Omake Issue 9: Tengen Toppa Zangetsu.

A/N: This here omake is dedicated to Anakin Mario Son43. Hope you enjoy. The very last chapter of this story is completed, I wrote it before this so I can post it whenever you guys want. Pick a day and it shall be done. Please leave a review.

-FWF

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Glaring beams of light lanced across the sky. Space itself was alight with lasers alone, the sun completely blocked by the monstrously huge forms of the Ashtanga. Smaller Muganns and hand like rocks filled the areas between like a swarm of angry wasps.

Captain Ichigo Kurosaki had managed to take down the army of beastmen that had attacked him and Kamina inside the moon, their vast numbers making little difference to his sleek black zanpakuto. Knowing that Kamina was fighting the Anti-Spiral, he instead turned his attention skyward once again, where his friends were being devastated by enemy fire.

Ichigo was considered one of the strongest fighters that the Seireitei had ever known but against the planet dwarfing warship, Zangetsu had little to no effect. Within minutes he was torn, ragged and out of energy while the enemies looked untouched.

"Damn it. Why does Kamina have a massive robot as a bankai while I have a scrawny katana?" Ichigo muttered bitterly. "He must be overcompensating for something. Argh, I wish I had a war mecha as a weapon right about now, at least then I might stand a chance of damaging them. Most I can do now is give them paper cuts!"

He went hollow and dived into a mass of Mugann, ripping them to shreds only to be surrounded by their explosive cubes. Using his super speed he sped away from the blast only to be grabbed by one of the moon sized hands. Ichigo's most powerful cero managed to cleave through it but not before its partners had bombarded him with lasers. Unable to move, the planet sized hand of the Ashtanga swatted him back down to the Soul Society's ground.

Consciousness flickered away. Ichigo found himself in the skyscraper filled vista that was his Inner World. He was laid on the side of one building, the clouds drifting past him vertically. The rugged figure of Zangetsu stood before him.

"Old man, I need all of your strength. My attacks are strong but too small. What would usually cut a mountain in half wont even go though that things finger." Ichigo growled, slamming his fist into the glass panel beneath him.

"Power is a dangerous thing." intoned the shady man mysteriously. "Are you prepared for such strength?"

"Yes!" Ichigo answered seriously. He felt that his answer needed something more. Leafing through suitable lines he continued, finding one that fit. "Just who the hell do you think I am! Wait…damn!"

Zangetsu nodded. "Then I shall grant your wish."

"Thank you, old man." said Ichigo, confidence returning to him. Focussing his mind he returned to his outer self.

Opening his eyes he stared into the oppressive central face of the Ashtanga that looked down upon him like a vengeful god, taking up all visible sky. Ichigo stood and stepped out from the crater that his body's impact had made.

"Zangetsu, lets do this! Special move! Zangetsu digivolve to…Metal Zangetsu!"

There was a strange light show that centred around Ichigo and he did some flashy moves to fill in the time that the transformation took. The black sword became a stream of data that rearranged itself then formed back together in a much larger shape, encasing Ichigo within it.

It was humanoid in shape with thin limbs of deepest black metal. The clawed hands both held scaled up replicas of Ichigo's bankai while talon tipped feet pierced into the hard ground. Its chest was angular, its teeth needle thin. Transparent shades near identical to Kamina's sat over its burning yellow eyes (Nobody ever noticing how Zangetsu's shades are actually the exact same shape, just saying). Above the faced body sat its true head, fully white with red streaks running across it. Sharp horns emerged from the top while long black hair with orange streaks cascaded down its back like lava.

"Ooh yeah!" smiled Ichigo, his ego suddenly feeling inflated. "Now I know why Kamina always acts like he's some sort of god."

With a sonic boom the mecha shot into the air, the sphere of awesomeness that surrounded it melting all of the Muganns that came into contact with it. The katana sent waves of black energy flying with every slash that cleared vast patches of space.

The hand and feet battleships surrounded him, their huge forms still dwarfing the mecha. But size made little difference now. Cero like lasers fired out from Zangetsu, each shot blasting a hole through its target. The katana clove through them like butter.

Ichigo's fun was cut short when another energy beam from the colossal Ashtanga smashed straight into his back, decimating most of the rear armour. He fired a cero beam at the giant face but it barely pockmarked it. The multitude of creepy faces all seemed to smile at him as a final laser was fired at him.

It hit his chest, spinning the mecha out of control. Unable to right himself in time, Ichigo ploughed into a mountain far below, reducing it to rubble. Shakily, Ichigo managed to get the robot back on its feet.

Ichigo spat out a mouthful of blood. "It's still too big. How the hell am I suppose to destroy something like that? What would Kamina do? He'd say he can kill it then just mess up reality until what he says becomes fact. Its worth a try. Zangetsu, time for overdrive!"

Pumping all of his spiritual energy into the machine around him he willed it with every fibre of his being to grow. Black flames billowed up and consumed the mecha, wrapping it up then expanding upwards in a tower of light. Long metal limbs tore their way from the flames until a full, super sized mecha emerged.

It looked similar to before, other than the fact that it was now even larger than the Ashtanga. Black flames continued to flare from its joints while orange detailing had etched itself into the main armour.

"Not so big anymore are you." mocked Ichigo as he towered over everything else on the battlefield.

The Ashtanga fired everything it had but the rounds pinged harmlessly away. Ichigo slashed at its face and a line of energy that could have cut a small galaxy in half roared from the black blade and through the impassive stone face. The Anti-Spiral ship screamed in a nightmarish way then exploded, taking many of the smaller rock ships out with it.

Ichigo laughed, the power at his command filling him with energy. He suddenly stopped when a sharp pain struck his face. His vision went black and when it returned he was looking up at Renji's face.

"What the hell?" snapped Ichigo, feeling very confused.

"You just got hit by that big ship. It knocked you unconscious." Renji filled in.

Ichigo looked around and saw that the enemy ships were still massing and that the Ashtanga was very much still intact. "Wait, you mean everything just then was a…dream. GOD DAMN IT! Kamina, this is all your fault and as soon as I figure out how it is then I'm gonna punch you so hard-" he began, mainly disappointed that he actually didn't have a giant robot.

Renji hit him again. "Snap out of it. I have no idea what you're talking about but we still have an uphill battle to win."

"Yeah, you're right. Galaxy sized robot or not, we're going to win that thing!"

Renji looked at him as though he was on drugs. "Dude, are you okay. I think that thing might have hit you harder than you thought." muttered Renji as they leapt back into combat.