Chapter 2

One Creepy Kid

"You missed your chance to kill me Kurosaki Ichigo." Said Aizen calmly as the two broke apart.

"What do you mean?" Asked Ichigo noting the cut Ichigo had made in Aizen's arm.

Then the wound began to close.

"Is that... instant regeneration?" Ichigo was shocked.

"Don't be absurd. I wouldn't dare undergo a mere Hollowfication. You see,"

Aizen opened half of his jacket and revealed the Hogyoku in his torso.

"I've embedded the Hogyoku within myself. It is merely protecting its master." Aizen had his usual calm smile on his face as he said this.

"Your Reiatsu has grown, albeit not exactly how I planned. However this changes nothing; I've planned on you gaining this amount of power one way or another."

"What do you mean?" Asked Ichigo.

Then Aizen began explaining how, that from Ichigo's very birth, he had been planning all Ichigo's battles and all his growth. How Rukia had been sent to the World of the Living by him, among other events.

"What's more is your heritage itself! In fact-!"

Aizen was cut off when none other than Isshin Kurosaki appeared between the two, facing Aizen.

"You talk too much Aizen."

"D-Dad?" Ichigo was shocked but now his power made sense; his father was a Soul Reaper and judging by the Captain's jacket attached to his shoulder pad, a former captain of the Gotei 13.

Isshin turned around... and headbutted Ichigo. The stunned Vizard flew backwards until he hit a building and grabbed onto it. Isshin then appeared and kicked Ichigo further.

"A wise move," stated Aizen.

Isshin vanished and reappeared next to Ichigo.

"Ichigo I know you must have lots of questions but I-!"

Ichigo put his hand on Isshin's shoulder. It was then that Isshin noticed the white color of Ichigo's skin and black claws. "No. I'm guessing you have the questions here."

"I was wondering about your voice. Don't tell me..." Isshin looked worried.

"I am a hollow, and I'm not. I'm something called a 'Perfect Vizard' now." Ichigo removed his hood to reveal his mask.

"I understand that if you wanted to keep the fact you were a Soul Reaper a secret, you wouldn't tell me. I don't know why but you must have had your reasons old man." Ichigo said before releasing his father's shoulder.

"...I don't quite understand." Said Isshin.

"What? How I'm still talking? How I'm not dead? Why I'm not eating you? The reasons for all of those are simple dad. I'm still Ichigo Kurosaki. This hole," He motioned to his hollow hole. "is a symbol of my Hollow powers, nothing more. So stop moping! We need to stop Aizen right?"

Isshin smirked. "That's my son!"

The older man punched Ichigo in the face.

"...Thanks dad."

The two reappeared in front of Aizen and the newly arrived Gin.

"Ichigo, you handle Gin, I'll deal with Aizen." Isshin instructed.

"Are you sure? You're not exactly in your prime anymore, dad." Ichigo said jokingly.

"Oh don't you worry about your old man. I've still got a few tricks up my sleeve."

Ichigo nodded and looked at Gin. "Alright then. See you after this."

Ichigo vanished in a sonido and appeared behind Gin, who swiftly blocked a strike from Tensa Zangetsu.

The building Gin had been standing on shattered from the clash.

The two vanished then reappeared in a clearing, surrounded by rubble.

"It's been a while hasn't it Ichigo? Always knew you were an interestin' kid, but this transformation takes the cake!" Gin's endless smile turned into a bigger grin.

"I don't remember at all." Ichigo responded matter-of-factly.

Gin frowned. "Is that yer way of tryin' ta provoke me?"

"No, I honestly don't remember. I can't remember your heart." Ichigo replied.

"That's fine. I always did figure ya for a creepy kid actually. I can see why Aizen's so interested in ya."

Gin drew his sword. "Now let me tell ya about ol' Shinso here. Did ya know it can extend 100 times its normal length?"

Ichigo twirled Tensa Zangetsu by its chain. "Should I care?"

"That isn't very nice. How about you try and guess its length in Bankai then?"

"I hate guessing games."

Gin frowned before smiling again. "Fine then ya spoilsport I'll tell ya. 13 Kilometers."

Ichigo stopped spinning his blade and readied it.

"I'm not gonna go easy on ya Ichigo. Bankai." The sword extended at high speed and sliced through multiple buildings.

Ichigo was worried, but not too much so.

Gin swung the blade at Ichigo.

The Vizard wondered just how strong his new form was and blocked the strike with his sword... in one hand.

"Now that's a surprise." Gin commented.

"It shouldn't be; why can't one Bankai block another?" Ichigo grabbed Gin's sword in his other hand and lowered his horns. "Cero."

"Oh my." Said Gin before being struck by the Cero.

Ichigo released the blade... which retracted.

"What?"

"Yeah, you are one creepy kid alright. Oh well if ya stopped my blade I'll have to fight ya the old fashioned way." Gin lunged.

As the two fought Gin mentioned that it felt like his blade was going to break.

"Go ahead and let it," snarled Ichigo.

Suddenly, Gin jumped and the blade extended, cutting Ichigo's right shoulder.

"Shit!" Ichigo fired another Cero, which Gin avoided easily.

"King enough with the Ceros, they're obviously NOT WORKING!"

'Shut up and let me fight!'

"Wait... the danger in your blade isn't its length but how fast it can retract!" Ichigo realized.

Gin clapped. "Very good! Ya finally figured it out! It moves 500 times the speed of sound!"

The rouge captain attacked again, knocking Ichigo into a building.

"King, we could be in for trouble here. Maybe we should show him true speed." the White Ichigo smirked.

'Good ideal. Let's-!'

"Ichigo! You should-!"

"Shut it dad, worry about your own fight!" Ichigo sped off after answering his father.

"Alright Gin let's see your Zanpakto's full power!" Ichigo taunted.

"Alrighty then. Buto Renjin." The sword began growing and shrinking at blinding speeds.

However, Ichigo was prepared and used Sonido combined with his Bankai's speed to dodge every strike.

He appeared behind Gin and grabbed his neck before throwing him a good distance away.

"Give up Gin. My powers are beyond yours now." Ichigo began spinning his sword. "You aren't the only one who can extend the reach of their sword."

Ichigo began using his newest ability combined with Getsuga Tensho, causing his sword to become a spear on a chain engulfed in black and red energy.

Gin got nicked once or twice but in the end they were on even footing.

Then Gin pulled a fast strike that penetrated Ichigo's right shoulder.

The Vizard roared in agony.

"Yeah yer a scary kid alright. I'm not interested in ya anymore, and neither is Aizen. You should run away now 'fore Aizen gets over here. He's already wiped the floor with yer dad and his friends."

"Gin," said Aizen's smooth voice. "Please open a gate to the Soul Society. We shall complete the King's Key there."

Aizen had changed; his hair was longer and his scalera were black. His uniform was also different.

"Okey Dokie." Gin opened the gate and the two stepped through.

Suddenly, Ichigo flinched as his Instant Regeneration kicked in.

'Instant my ass.' thought Ichigo.

"The shock of the attack delayed it." added his hollow.

Ichigo stared at the closing gate.

"Don't just stand there Ichigo."

"..."

Isshin headbutted Ichigo. "Didn't you hear me? I said don't just stand there!"

"...it's hopeless. Aizen's Reiatsu... I could barely breathe..."

Isshin was about to scold him then paused. "You felt his Reiatsu?"

Ichigo allowed his father to put his arm around his shoulder for balance.

"Barely, but it was there. Of course I could tell that the little I felt was just the surface." Ichigo said. "I have a feeling his power is still eons beyond my own though. I'm not sure I can beat him."

"Ichigo! Are you really going to let something precious to you be destroyed again?" Isshin exclaimed.

Ichigo smiled behind his mask. "...thanks dad. Let's go."

The dangai opened and the two pursued.

Isshin frowned. "Aizen killed the Kototsu."

Ichigo was shocked. "You mean that monstrosity that lives in here?"

"Yeah. However we can use this to our advantage." Isshin pulled out the Kaikyo Kotei.

"What're those?" Ichigo asked.

"I"m going to hold back the Kototsu for about 3 months' time. You see, in here time passes 2000 times as fast, so one hour in the Living World is 2000 hours, or three months, here. In that time you're going to preform Jinsen to learn your sword's ultimate move... the Final Getsuga Tensho."

'Hey hollow, could you make sure he doesn't try any shit while I'm talking to Zangetsu?' Ichigo asked his white copy.

"Sorry king, we all need to be here for this one."

Ichigo sighed and went into a meditative position with Tensa Zangetsu in his lap.

Soon he faded into his inner world... which was drastically different.

It wasn't skyscrapers but a replica of Karakura Town, completely submerged in water. Ichigo panicked before realizing he could breathe.

"Ichigo. Do you know why your world has become like this?"

"I don't. I'm guessing you're Tensa Zangetsu then?" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah that's him. He bitches a lot more than Zangetsu does."

"His quips aside, the reason your world is like this is because you're afraid."

"Yeah king. You may act tough but yer shakin in yer sandals now. Yer afraid of what happens after you beat Aizen."

"Your hollow half is correct Ichigo. I know why you're really here though. You want to know the Final Getsuga Tensho."

"What we don't get is why King? You're already powerful enough to stand up to Aizen as it is."

"Really?" Ichigo asked.

"Yes Ichigo. Remember what I told you when you first called upon my shikai?"

"Abandon your fear. Look forward. Move forward and never stop. You'll age if you pull back. You'll die if you hesitate. I get it now. I feared. I stopped looking forward. I stopped moving. I'm pulling back. I'm starting to hesitate." Ichigo realized.

"Correct. However there is one more thing about me for you to learn." Tensa Zangetsu said.

"Ya remember when ya fought Byakuya and he used that fancy super move? Well that was his 'perfect' Bankai. Now you need to learn yours."

Ichigo stood up and looked at his father, who had passed out from exhaustion. Ichigo unhooked him and tossed the man over his shoulder. He was going to stop Aizen... without the Final Getsuga.

End Chapter 2

Some of you have called this an "Ichigo Goes Hollow" fic. This isn't entirely true.

You see, I've read up on what happened to Ichigo when he fought Ulquiorra. I found a cool theory that he became a Perfect Vizard, not a Vasto Lorde (although I believe his hollow did due to the sheer amount of spiritual Particles in the air in Hueco Mundo, hence why Ichigo didn't turn into that thing from his original Vizard Training.) so I'm rolling with that (if you're reading this whoever thought up that theory then kudos to you.). It explains why he's more powerful and why he has control; this is the final, natural transformation of a Vizard, meaning Shinji and the lot might very well be capable of preforming this same transformation.

As for his relationship with his hollow, the hollow is more willing to help him because technically, he won. Ichigo has become very hollow-esque. Since Ichigo's hollow was his "instincts" I thought that it'd be fitting for him to know what goes on in the back of Ichigo's mind.

This also explains Instant Regeneration and his ability to use Cero. It's instinctive so there is nothing to be taught. He just knew how to use it, sort of like how he copied Black Getsuga from his hollow. The delay in his regen was caused by shock, which is very plausible.

Next time :

Ichigo Versus Aizen- Final Round!