A warm welcome
A small portion of the Rukongai was completely destroyed. Buildings and bodies lay every where and the cause of it all Is two people still entangled in a deadly clash.
"Zaraki quit, This battle has done enough damage you need to stop before you kill someone else"
Ichigo jumped back from zaraki and smashed into a pile of rubble. This battle has been going on for about twenty minutes. Between the psycho in front of him and the changes in his body Ichigo came to the conclusion that the afterlife sucks.
"King stop using your full strength"
"What the hell are you talking about shiro, I don't have time for you to be a smart ass"
"No dumbass when you died it felt like my power merged with you"
"So you're saying your me now?"
"Not exactly King, I'm not sure how it works but you're definitely a lot stronger now"
"Do you think I can use that form of yours that you used to kill nobunaga"
"I'm not sure but you should be able to use my lower level abilities just be careful im not sure what effect it will have on your body"
After Ichigo got a breakdown of his situation he climbed his way out the rubble.
"I thought you killed yourself that would have been pretty boring"
"Nope still here and since it doesn't look like your going to quit. I'll just stop you"
Zaraki is a battle hardened man, Hell he's the go to man when its time for a cleansing he loved to fight and he was good at it too. He likes to think he's one of the best. But that kids monstrous voice made his hair stand on end.
Once Ichigo got out of the rubble, he cracked his neck and poped his shoulder trying to loosen his joints.
"Alright lets try this again"
Ichigo lunged at Zaraki at a pretty impressive speed. Zaraki noticed the boy had no zanpakuto which confused him a little. The kids power wasn't overwhelming, But he's more than powerful enough for a zanpakuto. Zaraki decided not to give it too much thought. instead he'd use it too his advantage. He held up his blade in a defensive stance and would let him cut his own hands.
Ichigo saw the smirk on Zaraki's face. And already knew his plan but Ichigo also had a plan he coverd his arms in a white bone like substance and delivered a devastating punch to Zaraki's sword sending the large man into a pile of debri.
The white substance cracked off of Ichigo's hand. He brought his fist up to see a small section of his hand had a cut on it. He was impressed at his new found strength and the durability of the
bone like coating over his arms.
"Ok for a last minute plan that worked pretty well, But I'm just glad it's over"
Ichigo was about to leave before he felt a huge wave of power come from behind him. He turned around to find Zaraki standing out of the rubble with a yellowish aura around him.
"It really sucks to be you right now"
"What the hell is this why can't I move?"
"my eyepatch blocks my full power. When you punched me I'll admit, It hurt like hell but it also tore my eyepatch so now I can't hold back even if I wanted to"
"Shiro what the hells happening I can't move"
"King his power just has you paralyzed in fear call down, I hope you had time to adjust to your new strength because you need to go a hundred and ten percent now."
"Can I get a quick how to on your abilities?"
"Ok the simplest one is called cero. Channel your energy to a part of your body let it build up then realese it in the direction. I personally recommend using your hand it easier to aim.
Ichigo gave shiro a thanks for his help and took a few deep breaths to calm his self. He didn't fully understand how to use cero but there was no time.
"fight or flight I guess"
He vanished in the blink of an eye slightly catching Zaraki off guard. Although his speed was impressive Zaraki could easily keep track of him. It confused him When he saw the kid run right by him. Ichigo tripped over his own feet and skidded to a stop on his face.
"You're not even use to your body kid. Pretty impressive for someone who just died, But it's time to get on with my mission."
Zaraki placed his sword on his shoulder carelessly walking over to Ichigo's prone form. He picked Ichigo up by the neck and looked him in the eyes.
Ichigo was struggling to open his eyes its like all of his energy was drained. Then he felt a hand grip him around his neck. Once again he was on death's door step. It pissed him off to no end. He hated this helpless feeling.
"Your strong kid if the situation was different I'd probably even put you in my squad. And sorry about your mask."Just before Zaraki could deliver the final blow Ichigo's eyes snapped open. His face stunned Zaraki. The mask wasn't a costume it was real. From the glowing yellow eyes to the monstrous voice.Zaraki was so shocked by Ichigo's face that it gave Ichigo enough time to build up a mini ball of crimson on the tip of his Index finger.
"CERO!"
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/Meanwhile/
A group of four friends were wondering through the shopping district. However the one with snow white hair was not amused with his friends antics.
"why did you guys bring me out here"
"Well we know how you get on cleansing day so we thought we do something to take your mind off of it"
A girl with long blond hair and curvaceous body replied.
"Rangiku's right man lighten up a bit do what she does and take brake"
"I would if she didn't take enough brakes for the both of us, and how can you talk you and Rukia told captain Byakuya you were taking a mission."
"Actually Renji's the one on a mission I'm just shopping with Rangiku."
Said a short and petite girl with light skin
"WHAT!, Rukia why did you make me lie to your brother."
"Because he would never let us do something together"
"Well she's got a point Byakuya hates you Renji, I'm actually amazed your his lieutenant"
"Shut your short ass up Toshiro"
A small tick mark appeared on the white haired kids head.
"What the hell did you call me"
A look of fear spread across Renji's face when he saw Toshiro reach for his zanpakuto. Renji decided to try and save his self and the shopping district by dropping to his knees and bowing.
"I sorry captain Hitsugaya."
Toshiro chuckled and put his sword back in its sheath.
"I was only kidding, So can we get this over with now I have a lot of paper work to do."
Renji's reaction was priceless his mouth hung open almost touching the floor. He jumped up and started rambling on about how Toshiro doesn't make jokes and that it was that funny. This sent the girls into a fit of laughter.
The four were Having a fun time wondering Rukongai. Sure the seireitei was the capital of soul society and they had amazing shops too, But there's something about Rukongai that you can't find any where else. And at the moment that little something just happened to be crashing through the shopping district.
Once the group heard the noise they rushed put the door to see what happened. All except Rangiku who was paying for her things.
"Are you fucking kidding me Rangiku"
"What Renji there's only one scarf like this left"
"Shut up you two just get out here when your done"
"Right captain Hitsugaya"
"Yea I heard ya I'll hurry"
Rukia and Toshiro were the first to arrive. what they found kinda startled them laying on the ground beaten and bloody was captain Kempachi.
"Captian are you alright?"
Rukia was the one to voice her worry she's never seen Zaraki this beaten up.
"I'm fine Rukia"
After Zaraki stood up he noticed Renji and Rangiku was walking out of the one shop his body didn't destroy.
"Damn captain they messed you up"
"This is why cleansing are a bad idea soon they get tired of being slaughtered"
"Yea that make sense if it was a revolt but it's not"
The group's eyes widened. What on earth could be in Rukongi that could do this to Zaraki
"Well if it's not a revolt then what's is it"
"It's a kid Rangiku, And before you get any ideas stay put of this fight"
"Why"
"What do you think will happen when we corner him Renji, He'll go wild we'll stop him but there's going to be a lot more property damage."
"Aaaaaahhhhhh"The monstrous scream echoed across Soul society sending shivers down everyone's spine except for Zaraki. Rukia could put her finger on it but it sounded like a cry of pain not anger or hate.
"Well that's my cue"
Zaraki jumped back In the direction he came from leaving the four to themselves. They heard what's he said but they could help it wether it be curiosity or worry. They followed after Zaraki.
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/Ichigo's inner world/
Shiro was sitting in a laid back manner. his eyes while his head rested on his head. He was watching the battle that was under way through Ichigo's eyes. If he was being honest it hurt him to see Ichigo go through all this shit. He gave him a lot of shit but he actually cares for the boy.
"If only he didn't die this shit could be over. He might have even got together with that Yoruichi girl, Yea, now she would have been a keeper."
"You know he's killing his self"
Shiro opened his eyes but they resembled a half asleep look. standing in front of him was Zangetsu though he was transparent, like a ghost.
"We have no choice he needs power and your no where to be found"
That may be true but I dont agree with your idea of helping Ichigo. His body can not handle the hollow form."
"Im aware of this and I want let the King lose control or harm his self...too much. Any way why the hell are you here"
"Im here to tell you and Ichigo that I have Yoruichi and Kisuke bringing me to him. And there still a ways out but some of my power should be reaching Ichigo."
Shiro stood up facing Zangetsu. He could feel Zangetsu's power. True it was a small portion but it was enough to manifest a chain that was wrapped around Shiro's hand.
"Alright old man I will relay the message"
With that Zangetsu vanished out of thin air leaving Shiro by his self. He loosened his grip on the chain Untill the end of it touched the ground. His carefree face broke and a wicked smile replaced it.
"This is going to be fun"
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/Ichigo's p.o.v/
While Ichigo was waiting for zaraki to get back towards him he received some very helpful information which included some much needed assistance from Zangetsu even if only a little and that he was able to get someone to bring him to Ichigo. However Shiro failed to mention who was bringing Zangetsu.
Ichigo felt The foreign power in his right arm. The damaged flesh on his right arm that now resembled a black chain tattoo began to glow a crimson red. It began to burn but it wasn't painful, It was instead warm and inviting. Ichigo closed his eyes and let the warmth take over. Once he his eyes opened he saw a black chain spiraled up his arm with the rest of the length hanging off his arm.
The chain was simple in form bit the black color looled as if you were staring at the deepest part of space. It had a power radiating off it that intrigued him.
"King he's coming, let your instincts take over and finish this quick I'm gonna cut off my power soon"
The only response shiro got was the nod of Ichigo's head before he took off meeting Zaraki head on.
When Ichigo and Zaraki clashed it sent shock waves of power all around them.
The both of them were so caught up in the battle that they didn't notice the group of four hiding on the the battlefield.
Zaraki charged at Ichigo with his sword ready to pierce his heart. Ichigo moved to the side only receiving a cut on his right shoulder. Zaraki followed up his attack with a elbow to the face which caused Ichigo's mask to crack. Ichigo tried to fight back but couldn't get a clean hit on him. Zaraki was too fast he thought he'd never hit him till he remembered what Shiro said.
"Let your instincts take over"
Ichigo stopped throwing punches. which gave Zaraki a chance to score a clean knee to the gut. Zaraki saw Ichigo hunch over and cough up blood. Zaraki had a victorious smile on his face untill he felt Ichigo grab his leg with one hand.
Once Ichigo had a grip on Zaraki he drew back his right hand that was wrapped in the mysterious chain and hit Zaraki directly in the face sending him flying once again. Only this time before he could get away Ichigo threw the chain at him wrapping it around his waste. Ichigo tugged on the chain pulling Zaraki back towards him. Zaraki tried to untangle his self from the unusual weapon but it was to late as he received another cero to the gut only this time he thought it would have killed him.
"King, He's not dead finish this now"
"Yea"
Ichigo could feel the exhaustion catching up to him. He knew he only had one more attack in him.
He raised his hand in the direction of Zaraki, Building up the biggest cero he has yet.
"Im sorry you were a strong warrior but im not going to die again."
Ichigo felt his eyes get heavy. With one final push. He released the cero and blacked out.
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Toshiro was the first to react when he saw the ball of energy he drew his sword creating a large ice wall betweem it and zaraki.
The group of four thought it was over but they underestimated the power of the cero. The ice wall was completely destroyed and still had enough power to cause a large crater and blow every one back.
"Rukia, Renji, Rangiku you guys alright"
Toshiro got an all around yes from the group that eased his thoughts a bit but he knew this was far from over. Pretty soon most if not all the captain's would be here.
"who the hell was that guy?"
"I dont know but if he can drive Zaraki that far he's bad news, Rukia were going to check on him you two go check on captian Zaraki"
"Yes Captian"
when Rukia and Toshiro reached Ichigo the first thing they noticed was that his hollow mask was turning to do dust and was blown off his face by the wind.
"Captain what do we do he's still alive?"
"The thirteen captain's will be here any minute to take him into custody them we will have a meeting to decide his sentence"
"This isn't right"
"What do you mean, I know it seems cruel but thats how we keep order."
"Captain I thought you hated cleansings. Its not his fault, who wants to snuffed out like there nothing. He was just defending him self."
"I know and this is exactly why I hate them but im a captain I can't just rebel when i want."
after a while of waiting the whole seireitei was gathered at the destroyed shopping district. Toshiro covered the briefing over the fight and every one in a squad was called to there barracks.
on the way to her squad barracks Rukia was left alone with her thoughts. she could help but feel sorry for the orange haired boy.
"Why cant i get what he said out of my head?"
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/Yoruichi's p.o.v/
"Yoruichi the gates ready lets go"
Yoruichi stood in front of the portal that would lead her back to her forgotten home but more importantly to ichigo. She held a firm grip on Zangetsu as she made her way towards the portal.
"This isn't going to be easy Kisuke so lets get this over with"
Kisuke smiled at her brushing off all her worries.
Yoruichi went through the portal and almost instantly she was on the other side at the gate of the soul society. She awaited the guard to come and bite her ear off over why she shouldn't be her and all. To her surprise though there was no one there other than her and Kisuke.
"well this is strange, Thought they would jump at the chance to bite my head off"
"Shut up Kisuke if no guards are here then we can find Ichigo sooner"
Kisuke nodded his head and gave Yoruichi his comforting smile.
"Well I guess we better get started this soul society is huge so it might take a while"
Yoruichi and Kisuke began walking preparing themselves for a long search, But the search ended quicker than they expected. They felt a tremble in the earth and heard the faint sound of a bomb exploding. Kisuke pointed towards a pillar of smoke off in the distance.
"Guess its safe to asume are search is over?"
Yoruichi was not amused at Kisuke's attempt at a joke. She was worried sick about Ichigo and this situation was not helping.
"Damn it Ichigo why are you always in deep shit?"
With out thinking Yoruichi took off towards the pillar of smoke. not knowing if she should thank Ichigo when she sees him for making her search easier or beat the shit out of him for scaring her to death.
Yoruichi soon arrived at the aftermath of the explosion. what she saw frightened her to her core. The shopping district she used to go to was reduced to a large crater with small chunks of Captain Hitsugaya's Ice wall scattered around.
She looked around frantically trying to find any trace of Ichigo but all she found was people scattered across the area observing the destroyed district.
"Okay girl calm down maybe this is a good thing he couldn't have caused this much chaos anyway. Right?""Yoruichi Shihoin. Never thought I'd see you're face again"
Yoruichi new this feeling how could she forget it Captain Kempachi Was the only man that could make her feel uneasy. She turned around trying to mantain a calm face.
"Hi Captain Kempachi long time no see"
Yoruichi eyes widened slightly once she was able to take in Zaraki's appearance he was all beaten and bloody, But the most shocking part was his eyepatch was missing. She only seen him without it once and thats when she started feeling uneasy around him. he was a monster.
"What happened to you?"
"Oh yea got in a fight, but more importantly why are you here. We have orders to detain you if your in soul society"
She narrowed her eyes dangerously at the man. He's the last guy she would want to fight but nothing is going to get in her way.
"Im not in the mood Zaraki if you want to fight lets get it over with"
"Usually I would take you up on that offer but as you can see I got my ass kicked already and I don't give two shits if your in soul society"
"Yea about that what happened to you"
"I let my gaurd down and this kid got the better me"
"Really the strongest Captain in soul society got his ass kicked by a kid?"
Zaraki broke the eye contact and turned his sight to the large crater.
"That kid wasn't normal his power is extraordinary even though he couldn't control it. To be honest I'm amazed at the level of power he had considering he just died"
"Captain Kempachi what did he look like"
Zaraki turned back to face Yoruichi with a confused expression. he was going to question why she wanted to know what he looked like but decided not to stress it.
"Well he's part hollow I know that for sure. Maybe late teens or early twenties. I'm not sure about his eye color the hollow mask made his eyes look yellow... hhmm. And his hair was orange."
"WHAT!! WHERE IS HE."
Zaraki was taken back by her random outburst so much so it took him a minute to regain his composure to give her a answer.
"They detained him and they are about to hold a court with all the captain's to determine his sente"
Before Zaraki could finish his sentence Yoruichi took of in the direction of the seireitei.
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/Kisuke p.o.v/