Note I do not in anyway own bleach. The are the sole property of kudo tite and viz media
That over with please read on. And once done with that please examine the authors note after the story
Chapter 1 Learning About Hollows and Meeting Allies Both Old and New
Ichigo was working on getting the rest of his kido perfected; he could now do Hado kido 61 through 80 and his defensive kido up to number 60. At this time he was working on 88 Hado Flying Dragon-Striking Heaven-Shaking Thunder Cannon. However it wasn't going well, just a few days ago his hollow had showed up, effectively paralyzing him right in the middle of a battle with the Arrancar Yammy. His ribs still ached a bit from that mess. But worse than that Orihime, Chad and even Takatsuki were hurt because of his hollow's appearance.
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It was amid this destruction going on downstairs that the busty vice captain of the tenth division stepped out of the senkaimon. 'That's my Ichigo for you always trying to improve his skills so he can better protect those close to him,' thought Rangiku as she stepped through the doors to the counter to ring the bell for service.
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Meanwhile downstairs, everyone heard the ring the bell made which was convenient for Ichigo since he was exhausted from practicing his kido.
"Well, who do we have upstairs? Looks like a lieutenant's reiatsu." Urahara stated in his usual sing-song voice. Ichigo was already gone up the ladder, having sent a spirit pulse after hearing the bell to see who it was. Since he was in Bankai form it only took him a few seconds.
The next thing Rangiku knew she had a delicious pair of lips on hers and the next few minutes were simply delightful. If anything she was thinking Ichigo was the best kisser she had ever known. Ichigo was thinking something entirely different, mainly that her reiatsu felt a bit off, but that that didn't stop him from giving his girlfriend's lips some delectable
company.
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"So Rangiku-san what can we do for you?" asked Urahara.
"Well, I came for a time of R well that and to figure out why my reiatsu feels weird and the weirdest thing is that I've began hearing an echoic voice in my inner world." answered Rangiku.
When Rangiku looked at Ichigo, Urahara, Yoruichi, and Tessi's shocked expression, this was the point when she got frightened. Tentatively she asked " Why does everyone look like that?" It was at this point that Ichigo managed ask her " 'Have you seen someone that looks like you in your inner world; maybe even a mask that looks like a hollow's?' 'Yes, why?'" At this Ichigo looked at Urahara and said two words "Inner Hollow?' 'Looks like it'" said Urahara
"What do you mean 'inner hollow.' You mean I have a hollow in my inner world?" asked Rangiku fearfully.
"Your not the only one. I do and according to Urahara here, there are at least 8 others that have them as well who call themselves Vaizards. I was approached by one a few nights ago by the leader of them Shinji Hikaro. He said that I should go with them to train to get my hollow under control. Judging from what happened with the aranncar a couple days ago, I'm gonna go and see what kind of help they can offer and from the sound of things you probably should too."
"That would be advisable Kurosaki, and for you too Rangiku-san. Ichigo because his hollow probably already has access to his bankai and maybe the kido he's leant. Also from what I've heard he has maskless hollow For that reason his inner battle will be very difficult. Yours will be hard but not as hard mainly because you have yet to activate your bankai. But if your hollow has no mask yours will be hard, real hard" stated Urahara to Ichigo and Rangiku.
"The Vaizards make their home about 5 miles south of here in an abandoned warehouse with a basement just as large as mine so having an area to train at will be no problem" said Urahara.
By this time Rangiku's face had gone through about seven different expressions some of them being fear, terror, and dread. Ichigo took her hand and drew her into a comforting hug and said "We'll get through this together. For now though let's get some sleep.'
'Alright, but where am I going to sleep?" Ichigo froze and for good reason and it could be summed up in 2 words 'his dad'.
"Gimme a sec.' 'She could…' ' Oh no, Yoruichi's enough for you Urahara. I guess you'll be with me. Since tomorrow's Saturday we'll sleep in and head for the vaizards after lunch. 'Sounds good to me, let get my gigi, some clothes, and then we can go alright'
'Sound's good to me." Replied Ichigo.
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While Rangiku was getting her gigi Urahara was describing the process of subduing an inner hollow. Basically the process involved sending one to his or her inner world at which point the battle to subdue the hollow would begin. While that happened inside, outside there will be a barrier to contain the hollow controlled body; to further contain the hollowfied body everyone fights the body for a period of ten minutes. This prevents the barrier from being destroyed by the hollow and also has the effect of wearing the hollow down. Once the hollow has been subdued the body stops and what armor the hollow used to defend itself will disintegrate leaving only your hollow mask. Once that happens you need to train to use your mask, and to summon your mask you need to put your hand over your face, think about your hollow, and pull down. "Hey Ichigo, ready to go?' 'Yeah, I'm ready let's go get some sleep." Oh Ichigo, I called a mutual friend to help with your training. He'll be here in a couple days at most."
Meanwhile at the airport…
Dialing a friend's number, Adam tries to get a hold of Ichigo. "What, his voicemail, well at least I can tell him that I'm gonna be there soon. Hey Ichigo its me Adam. I just got in at the airport and I'll be over in about 20 minutes. I'm gonna try to get a hold of your dad to let him know that I'm here as well. I'll try to get a hold of you later, bye." Digging thru my address book, I pressed send on Isshin's clinic number.
At the Kurosaki residence Isshin's phone rang, thinking it was about patient refs with Ryuken, he answered the phone. "Hello Kurosaki clinic, this is Isshin speaking, I hope this isn't about patient refs' 'Patient refs, I don't know about that but I do know that your good friend Adam is about 15 minutes away from your house.' 'Hey, Adam how are you doing?' 'Doing great, I heard that something big was going down this winter with some shinigami misfit, so I came to see if there was any kind of help I could offer especially in vaizard training.' 'Hey how do you know…' 'Hey the last time Urahara called he asked if I could assist with his and his girlfriend's training.' 'Yeah Ichigo has a hollow in him and it looks like he gave some of its reiatsu to her during the bount invasion.' 'Well that's predictable given his lack of control. Anyway, I be there in about 10 minutes.' 'Alright, Ichigo'll be here about then.' ' Till then, Isshin'"
"Hey dad, who was that just now?' 'That was Adam from the United States; he said he'll be here in a few minutes Yuzu.' 'He's the one that the lives in Indiana, right?' 'Yeah, is the guest room ready for him.' 'Yeah it's ready' 'Great now I need to get ready to surprise my son as soon as he walks in."
8 minutes later
"Well, here we are, the Kurosaki home and clinic. Just give me a sec to take care of my dad.' 'Your dad?' 'Yeah, he likes to ambush me at any opportunity he can, so I try to head him off whenever I can. Its thanks to this upbringing that my reflexes are on par with a captains and… right on cue." mentioned Ichigo. "Hey Son Prepare for Isshin Special Attack 6. On guard.'" And so the Kurosaki royal all-stars battle started; as Rangiku, Yuzu, and Karin took in the scene a taxi pulled up dropping off one Adam Deffendall alias ShimigamiX. "Thanks Urahara what do I owe you?' 'Special rate, $10. Here's a twenty and keep the change.' 'Hey be careful, father and son are fighting again.' 'Yeah, I remember a lot of those while they were visiting me. Yep I definitely am going to have fun watching this. Take care."
Walking up the walk, the sounds of a monumental war was coming from the front door.
"Hey, what in the name of the spirit king is going on here?" I asked as I neared the door.
"Hi, you must be Ichigo's girlfriend and from the feel of your reiatsu you must at least a vice captain level. I am Adam Deffendall from the states and have known the Kurosakis for as long as I can remember.' 'Yes, I am Ichigo's girlfriend, my name is Rangiku Matsumoto. Say how did you know that I was a…' 'I'll talk about that later, just as soon as father and son quit fighting here.'" Adam told her. "'Dammit old man will you quit it already!' 'I will never stop doing this until you ready to take care of yourself!" shouted Ichigo and Isshin.
I replied, much to the amusement of myself and Karin "Yeah right, you say that each and every time and you still do it whenever you can, Isshin and when Ichigo does lay it into you go cry to the poster of maskai."
When everything had calmed down and a polite round of intros I threw a couple presents "Hey Yuzu, Karin think fast." I said as I tossed their respective gifts to them. "Hey what kind of weird thing did you get us this time Adam.' 'Well, open and I'll explain them."
2 minutes later the floor had varied pieces of paper on the floor and everyone was trying to make sense of the gifts. "Karin that may look like a soccer ball but it isn't. Its called a rieshi sphere. The way you use it is by placing your hands on it and by concentrating your spiritual pressure into it you can create a shield around you that will block a lot of different attacks both physical and spiritual. The best part is that it won't drain any energy. Once you create shield it draws only minute amounts of energy to sustain it. Yuzu yours was a bit harder to find but I eventually settled on the American soul society version of the spiritual first aid kit and best thing is that it is fully stocked and interchangeable with the Japanese soul society version. I'm gonna go turn in I'm tired. G'night." And with that I excused myself to the upstairs to drop my stuff off and see if Ichi and Ran were still up.
"Hey Ichigo you still up?' 'Yeah, come on in Adam.' 'Thanks." coming inside his I decided to give a more formal intro to Rangiku and motioning with hand I proceeded to do just that. "My name is Adam Dwayne Deffendall and I am 23 years old. By now you have probably noticed that I have nearly as large pressure as Ichigo here. This should explain things a lot easier then just telling you." and with that I pressed my own soul badge to my body.
Seeing her stunned expression was well worth it and when finally she recollected her jaw from the basement I continued, " and as you can tell from my clothes I am a shinigami and my alias is Shimigamix. I have achieved bankai and mastered using most if not all of my hollow abilities and as such I will be helping you master yours. And I do believe we have company. You all can out now I know you all are there." And wordlessly casting way of binding 4 and 9 I opened the window and blocked the light-shade on the ceiling. Almost on cue a male white haired 15 year looking child and 21 year looking female sat on or came in the window. At that time noises were coming from the ceiling and catching the expression on the kid with white hair face; I again cast crawling rope out of the window and angled it toward the 4 distinct signatures above me. Almost immediately 4 different voices let loose with strings of expletives so loud that nobody had trouble telling who was who. Then with the grace that comes with years of experience I yanked the roped misfits into the room with one fluid motion that had everyone's jaws save Ichigo and the two previously at the window so far through the ground that someone back home in Indiana would've had to of seen it jump 20 feet in the air.
Once everyone had calmed down and recollected their jaw I introduced my self to the white haired way older than he looks kid. "Captain Hitsugaya of Gotei-13 of the tenth division, it is an honor to meet you in person. My name is Adam Deffendall and I am a good friend of Ichigo. I hail from the country America from the state Indiana. Words of your accomplishments have reached my ears. I am twenty-three years old and am a fellow shinigami and captain with all of the abilities that should come with such a high post. The young lady beside you is no doubt acting captain Hinamori Momo of the 5th division one of the foremost kido experts the Gotei-13 has to offer I might add." Looking at the group I reeled in, I continued with a certain pineapple, "Abarai Renji vice captain of 6th squad currently serving under the head of the Kuchiki clan Byakuya Kuchiki. And the fine lady next to you is the heiress of the Kuchiki clan Rukia Kuchiki, though currently unseated by the actions of her brother, she can dish it at the level of a vice captain I'm sure. The gents behind you two are of the 11th division, which while under the leadership of Zaraki Kenpachi whom I believe is ironically the 11th Kenpachi, the division is currently titled the combat division. The shaven one is Ikkaku maderade one of the most skilled Zanjutsu practitioners in the whole of the Gotei 13 and the last one is Yumichika whose currently the 5th seat by choice. Excluding Yumichika Rukia Hinamori and Rangiku every one else has achieved bankai to one extent or its equivalence." Turning toward the bed I finished "and you are Rangiku Matsumoto the current vice captain of the tenth division serving under the young tensai Captain Hitsugaya." I ended my small rant with a sigh that signaled that I knew much more than that.
The overall effect was similar to the last one and I would of laughed at the expressions present had I not noticed 5 distinctly hollow signatures about nine blocks away and letting off a nasty expletive I mentioned that we had 4 Arrancar and 1 Espada-class visitors. The effect was interesting to say the least. Everyone was either trying use their soul candy or badges so frantically that I cast way of binding 9 Disintegrating Circle on everyone to calm their stupidity down so I could inform them that I already cast a barrier on anyone with even the slightest bit of spiritual pressure so that they couldn't be sensed by any enemy.
With the calmness factor somewhat restored added that all of them were growing more frustrated by the minute. One by one I released every one but Ichigo and Rangiku. "Listen at the moment are either of you two able keep your hollow silent at all during periods of stress." Both shook their heads in the negative so I continued "me and the rest of them will take care of the of the Arrancars I myself will confront the Espada. You two will defend this house and only that get it' 'got it' 'good." And with that I jumped out the window
Note hey sorry about not updating my story as soon as wanted but I have had a hectic pace in my life recently. Between moving three times since posting this story and losing internet access in the last two months I haven't had even the time (hey I'm typing this at 3:35am coz I can't sleep). However I wanted to give you a few heads up about this chapter.
One hinamori will in this story take Rangiku's place since she will be just as busy as Ichigo (note she will not whine "Aizen-sama" at all or its Ichimaru's fault) she is also much levelheaded in this story and her rank is acting captain. Also for that matter so is Kira and Hisagi
Two this chapter some what intros Adam Deffendall or shimigamix in shingami form his profile is below
Name: Adam Deffendall Aka Shimigamix
Gender: Male
description: 5'5" dirty blond hair light build age 23
Primary Zanpaktou: Kaze no ken (wind sword)
Shikai release: slice through the winds of fate kaze no ken
Spirit: two different females that look like a certain 7th division captains
swords both have vastly different personalities
Sealed: a standard dashio pair of swords(standard kantana and short sword)
Shikai: both look like Shunsui K.'s shikai which have characteristic attacks
of Inuyasha and sessshmaru
Shikai attacks: Busgahma (for the moment this is Shunsi Kyoraku's only direct attack)
Single & Double* Wind Scar (this attack sends five waves through the ground at the enemy)
Single & Double* Backlash Wave (wrapping the wind scar around the sword adam can cut through any energy attack and send it back)
Barrier Buster (not an actual attack it rips the fabric of any barrier and tears it open)
Single & Double* Adamant Barrage (One of the more devastating attacks of kaze no ken it will launch spears of diamond at the enemy. Also can used to destroy more powerful barriers)
The sword that was the short sword also has incredible healing powers it can return to life those who were wrongly slain or are terribly injured
Bankai: twist the slicing wind around my enemy, Kaze riym shite imasu Kaze no Ken (piercing wind sword)
Bankai special attribute: wraps wielder in a shield of wind which when struck by the enemy steals minute amounts of reiatsu
Bankai attacks: all shikai attacks plus
Dragon Scales(green scales form on the sword and by concentrating one can sense and see a enemy's vortex of energy by cutting the vortex it is possible to kill in one stoke)
Meido Zangesta ha(for this attack the blade turns starry black and one of two attacks can used one a ball of black tears along the path of the blade and sucks anything it hits inside it toward the next world two same concept as before except several blades of black hit the target)
Baksaiga wave(a wave green energy hits the enemy and explodes upon connection the real damage is soon shone after the battle though as it interferes with healing of any kind)
Hollow Zanpaktou: Buster
Release phase: Destroy the peace
Spirit: looks just like a hollow version of Adam himself
Sealed: regular katana
Shikai: grows to buster size(much like on final fantasy advent children)
Bankai: stays same size but can be spilt into all six swords fully compatible
with Kaze no Ken's shikai or bankai
Bankai release: devastate all creation, buster bankai
Master kido expert. Can cast all kido and modify any of them to suit the current need
* simply means the attack can come from both swords at once there by increasing the damage done by the attack
Next chapter Invasion one: Grimmjow and crew vs. Adam and Hitsugaya's team.