AN: It's been so looong, duh. T_T I am SO sorry, but school is so hard... Abi is closer than ever and i really have to learn non stop, and kind of forgot this story!
Finally Ichigo showes some of is new true self! Yeeh! But the pleasure of his release has to wait for the next few chapters, but be thrilled, i have some good things in mind! But i'm always open for new ideas! Some of you even sent me nice massages and that were brilliant ideas!
Enjoy reading. :)
Chapter 16 – Hide and Seek
Before Ichigo and Byakuya had enough time to realize what was actually happening everyone was heading to the source of the roar. Glancing at each other they hurried after them and prepared to fight whatever was attacking the academy.
The Captains had already drawn their swords and prepared for the first attack as an enormous group of high class Hollows came into view. It was unusual for them to appear in groups this large, and the second thing; they were strong, too strong, all of them Adjuchas.
"What the heck is going on?!" Ichigo yelled to his companion and the Captains.
"Urahara-kun, Byakuya-kun, stay out of this! We can't let any students get injured. Take care of your fellow classmates and don't let anyone out of your sight, understood?!" Isshin yelled back without looking at them.
Ichigo glanced at Byakuya, who looked a little terrified at the sheer amount of enemies. A cool voice suddenly appeared behind the two.
"Byakuya. It would be best if you take your punk of a friend and leave. This is no place for a young noble and a delinquent boy." Ginrei said with a venomous look on his face.
Without complain Byakuya turned around and dragged Ichigo back inside, where they would be safe at least if the building doesn't get destroyed during the fight.
Ichigo didn't like it one bit. He wanted to help them and kill the Hollows, because he knew that he was powerful enough to beat them. It would be a close call with his Reiatsu so low, but he still had Kido and even Shikai if things would get too rough.
He felt the fluctuating energies because of the battle, when something striked him.
"Byakuya, stop! I have to go back! This is a trap, we need to tell them."
"How would you know of something like this? Didn't you see all those terrible creatures? We wouldn't stand a single second against something like this… You heard them as well." Byakuya answered with a tense voice.
"Look, Byakuya. I know I can beat these things, but that is not the point. Don't you feel that? They fight in some kind of barrier. You can cross it but the Reiatsu stays inside. I can feel them and I can feel the barrier, but the thing is that there is one being outside it, and this my dear friend is a vasto lorde class hollow, which will kill everything inside his barrier!"
To say that the raven haired was shocked would be an understatement.
"How? I…" he stuttered.
"I know. I'll have to tell you something, but this has to wait. I'm going back, you say here, right?"
Without waiting for an answer Ichigo disappeared with insane speed.
At the battle:
Fighting side by side the Captains and Senseis didn't notice the fact that his whole battle was planned all out and that they were fooled by a vasto lorde.
The Hollows weren't that tough, only the high number made it unpleasant to fight them. Isshin and Kisuke fought them with ease, as well as the other Senseis did, only Ginrei seemed to stay a little in the background, keeping some hollows at bay with long ranged Kido.
All of sudden a new Reiatsu appeared at the battleground, and Kisuke cursed. Ichigo hat come back, and it was likely that something will happen now.
"Oi, guys! This is a trap! There is a Vasto Lorde bulding up a barrier around you! He's gonna blow that fucking thing up, get out of here, quickly!" Ichigo yelled at the fighting people, before he took a stance and readied his sword.
The captain-class fighter were confused to no and and they glanced at each other with worried looks.
"How do you know that, Urahara-kun?" one of the teachers yelled.
"No time to explain! Just keep them as far away as possible!" Ichigo yelled back and hoped that they would actually listen to his advice.
He closed his eyes and waited for his inner spirits to join him and lend him their power in order to kill all hollows with only one strike.
His Reiatsu exploded and reached unbelievable limits before it simply vanished. Ichigos hair turned white and his eyes were mismatched again, his true appearance showing, and he even wore his bankai outfit, while his sword remained sealed. He looked like a completely different person. He was calm again and time seemed to slow down for a moment. Everyone was looking at him, and he didn't care if they would ask him questions until his ears start to bleed afterwards, or maybe he'll make them forget? It felt great not to be restrained for a moment, even if he wished to release his sword once again, but that would be simply too much for his current enemies.
Slowly walking towards the confused Hollows, who stopped attacking the captains, he drew his sword once again and it started to emit black smoke like Reiatsu.
"Getsuga Tensho." It was merely a whisper, but the effect of the attack was enormous. A huge black energy shaped in the form of a crescent moon raced towards the Hollows and killed them all with ease. At that point the barrier started to collapse and threatened to explode, while they were still standing inside the barrier.
With a quick mumble Ichigo summoned a barrier of his own around the people to protect them form the blast, and even one for Byakuya who hid behind a few trees as he watched the encounter.
In an instant the blast was gone and and Ichigo dropped the barrier and let out a sigh, the Vasto Lorde had escaped, but it seemed that no one was injured.
"That was a close call, huh? Everyone's all right?" He asked and looked at he shocked people staring at him.
"… well, you certainly have certain things to explain, young man." Isshin said with a smirk. Now he was truly interested in that son of Kisuke, he knew that this kid had to be something more than special if that man was his father, but that just was ridiculous. Could it be that his was just a mere part of his true power? Time will tell.
Without waiting for any answer of Ichigo, Ginrei shunpoed behind Ichigo and tried to bind him with a Kido spell, but without succeeding.
"I Ginrei Kuchiki, take you under supervision. You are a threat to the Gotei 13 and must be punished by the Central 46 for your disrespectful behavior and…"
Before he could finish his sentence Ichigo let out a blast of Reiatsu directed at Ginrei and his teachers, excluding the head master, and all of them just fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Ah, cut the crap gramps, you have nothing to say here… Yo, Byakuya you can come out of your hiding as well, your grandfather is all right, he'll just be out for a few hours and he won't remember any of this, right?!"
"Now, Urahara-san, after we take care of our fellow fighters we should meet in my office for a cup of tea and a rather long talk, I guess. Urahara-taicho, Kurosaki-taicho, Byakuya-kun, I would advise you to join this as well, as this seems to be a rather complicated issue…" the headmaster said and walked away.
"Ichigo, what the hell?!" Byakuya asked with a desperate voice and an angry look at his classmate.
"Now's not the time, I will tell you in a few minutes, but could you bring your gramps back home, ah and Dad and Isshin-san would you mind brining the senseis back inside? I have to take care of a few people, who may have seen too much. I see you in a few minutes, gentleman."
With that he left in an instant.
"Wow, Kisuke-chan! Your son is pretty cool! Care if I take him into my squad, he doesn't seem the scientist at all, I'd be boring him…" Isshin ranted at his friend overly cheerful.
"Stop your ramblings, Isshin! You heard what he said… We have things to do, and don't take things too likely, you haven't heard his story yet. You'll be surprised… "
Isshin noticed the sad look that briefly was on his best friends face, before he was all serious again.
Kisuke's mind was racing a few miles an hour. Had Ichigo done the right thing? Would the others believe them? What about Isshin, how is he going to take the news? Will the word spread? Will Aizen get to know about any of this? How will things go on?...
A thousand questions, He just hoped Ichigo had something akin to a plan, and it had to be a pretty good one…
AN: What do you think? :) I really love the badass Ichigo! *-* Maybe we'll see more of him? ;D
Any whishes for Ichi's future?
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