Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of the characters associated with it. All rights belong to the creator Tite Kubo.
This is an AU story with some OOC.
And with nothing else please read, enjoy and review.
Chapter 6: My Name Is
-X-
It was two years ago when Starrk felt this kind of power, the one that overwhelmed his own completely. This time, however, it felt more powerful with him being so close to Ichigo. All the colorful Reishi swirling the boy would have probably left him awed if it wasn't for the amount of rage emotion coming from it. He took a quick look around him and noticed the way everyone else seemed rooted to their spot. He saw the look of shock on Captain Kuchiki's and Hitsugaya's face, and the deranged smile from Captain Zaraki. He took a quick look over at Szayel and noticed how the Hollow got rid of his remaining opponents, who got easily distracted by Ichigo's power. Remembering the situation he was in, the man was ready to blow Captain Zaraki away when a roar came out from the Reishi engulfed Ichigo.
Turning back toward the redhead, Starrk spotted two golden dots glowing from the center of the powerful storm. He also notices the tall outline of a man and before he knew it, all the colorful Reishi got absorbed into the man. After a few seconds and with another roar that dispersed all the Reishi, he finally saw the thing that was now standing where Ichigo stood.
It has long, orange straight hair as the only sign that told Starrk how the thing in front of him was hopefully Ichigo. It was actually tall, maybe a good few inches taller than him. He notices black markings stretching across his chest and shoulders, all while connected to his Hollow hole. He also took note of the claws on his fingertips and toes. Small, furry red tufts, two starting from his collarbone and stretching around his neck, and one each on his wrists, ankles and white skin. Another sign that was telling him how the thing in front of him was Ichigo. However, he notices the addition of blue-flame like markings that spread across his chest. Starrk squints his eyes when he notices how the markings seem to move in a lazy fire-like flow, and the remains of a tattered black cloak cover his lower body.
Then came the mask.
Ichigo never had a mask, and even if he did, Starrk would never guess how demonic it would look like. The mask was colored black, and it covers Ichigo's entire head; it has four blue spike-shaped marks, two of them stopping by the forehead and the other two stretching past the eyes and teeth, going past his chin and joining with the marks on his chest. There are small marks resembling a heart, but with the top and bottom open, extending from the inner corners of his eyes. The mask features two long, forward-pointing horns, with blue stripes extending from their center towards the tips.
Yeah, Ichigo was looking demonic.
The Hollowfied-Ichigo started looking around him, taking in everything it saw before its eyes lock-on to Captain Kuchiki. Golden and gray eyes just kept staring at each other, then a wicked grin spread across Ichigo's sharp teeth. Before he could do anything, there was the sense of a strike on his right side shoulder. Turning towards the hit on his shoulder, he notices his blue-flames stopping a sword. Following the blade, his grin grew more when he saw the complete shock look of Captain Hitsugaya.
When the turquoise-eyed Captain saw the thing that emerged from the powerful storm, it left him speechless with its appearance. That thing was easily the most unholy looking Hollow ever. After getting out from his stun moment, he didn't even think for a second before he Shunpo next to the Hollowfied-child and brought his blade down on its shoulder. Then came his shock when he noticed how fast the blue-flame markings ran across his chest and stopped at his shoulder, completely blocking his sword. It was like his blade was trying to cut down a diamond.
The demonic Hollow backhanded the young captain; he already had his eyes set on someone. Ready to attack Captain Kuchiki, he stops at the sound of light groans underneath him. He looks down and sees the body of Lily. The power that came from his transformation was probably hurting her, if not straight up killing her.
Now there was something about this scene that was scratching the back of his head. This wasn't right; The girl was missing the smile that has been his sun in the dark world of Hueco Mundo. However, right now she looks dead, and there was a painful look on her face instead, as if she was in deep agony. Then there was all the surrounding blood that was coming out from the hole in her stomach. How did that thing happen again…
With a quick realization, he remembers why he was staring at the man with the headpiece. He snaps his head up to Captain Kuchiki, ready to charge at him when the captain with the eyepatch charged at him from his left side. All he heard from the man was a crazy battle cry and saw the swing of his blade to his neck. Before the blade even reached his neck, he stopped it with two of his fingers that were both coated with the blue-flame markings. He turns towards the man and notices the bloodthirsty smile on him.
Captain Zaraki has been smiling like a madman when he felt the power radiating from the newcomer. He wasn't even paying attention before, only having his eyes set on the strong brunette before a power that brought a wicked smile to his face covered the area. Sure the brunette felt strong, hell, he will go far as saying he actually felt powerful, but the man was just shooting and dodging, and the Ceros he was shooting felt nothing but weak. Then he felt this power, it was nothing compared to the brunette and when the storm show ended and the wicked looking Hollow came out from it, his smile grew, and it just kept on growing when he saw how easily the Hollow flicked away Captain Hitsugaya. He had to see for himself, and he was damn glad the Hollow wasn't weak when it stopped his attack.
"Ha! This is the thing I came here looki—!"
He couldn't even finish his sentence because the Hollowfied-Ichigo threw him in the same direction Captain Hitsugaya was standing back up from. The turquoise-eyed captain couldn't even dodge with the speed the Hollow threw Captain Zaraki at him and sent both further away. Hollowfied-Ichigo was ready to charge towards Captain Kuchiki when he stopped and let out a battle-cry of his own. "RRRRAAAAAAAAAA!"
Then the other two captains landed by Byakuya's side and were ready to take action.
When the screaming stopped, an intense silence covered the area, Captain Hitsugaya reached for his earpiece that the 12 Division gave him. Ready to ask them to have their limiter removed and put up a barrier around the park.
Before he could reach for his earpiece, the voice of 12th Division 3rd Seat Akon was already talking to him. "Captain Hitsugaya, what the hell is happening over there!" That was a shocker for the young captain. The man always appears as the calm type, but right now he sounded surprised. Well, he better replied to the man to have their limiter removed.
When captains and lieutenants travel to the Human World, they have a seal placed on their powers that takes the form of the insignia that represents their division. The seal can contain up to 80% of their power; If an emergency breaks out, they must ask them permission first before they're removed. The reason for such a seal is for their power to not accidentally influence any spiritually aware humans.
"An unexpected event occurred, and now we have a problem on our hands."
"A Problem! It's more than just a problem, Captain Hitsugaya! Do you know how fast I had to break the protocol?"
Now he's confused. "I'm sorry, what do you mean by break protocol?" He had a sinking feeling in his stomach about what the man meant.
"Captain Hitsugaya, an unknown and powerful Reiryoku appeared on our radar not so long ago. Hell, the thing that showed up was easily captain-class and even surpassed you guys!"
Easily captain-class and surpasses them? Wait. "We know that the Hollow is surpassing us! We still have our limiter on us, we need permission to remove them." Captain Hitsugaya's eyes were still on the Hollowfied-child. The thing hasn't moved an inch at all after that last roar. He took a quick peek at Captain Zaraki and Kuchiki. He already told the battle-hungry Captain to not try anything until he got permission to have their limiter removed, and Kuchiki still had a cold, calculated look on his face—but the man seems to be on his toes when the Hollow finally attacks.
"Captain Hitsugaya... when that thing appeared, it overpowered you guys... I had to break the protocol and had your limiter removed on my orders... whatever you guys are going up against is easily surpassing everyone in Reiryoku. Hell, that thing might be far stronger than Captain Zaraki without the eyepatch!"
The white-hair boy's eyes wide with shock. 'There's no way this thing is that strong!' He opens up his Shinigami uniform and notices how there wasn't a seal in the shape of the 10th Division insignia, a daffodil, on his chest. 'No way...' Akon was telling him the truth. They removed his limiter and he still couldn't cut through the Hollow's skin. 'But I should have felt the change in my power when they did it!'
Captain Kuchiki was on high alert. There was no doubt in his mind that the boy was targeting him after he shot at the other Hollow. He took a quick look at the girl that was lying on the ground. There was a small sign telling him that the girl was still alive with how her chest barely was rising and falling. His eyes went back to the demonic Hollow. He already saw how Captain Hitsugaya was asking for permission to remove their limiter. With the power alone that this Hollow has shown, they will remove it any minute now. He just needs to feel the change in his power for them to battle this thing. Yes, even if he has to work with that beast of a man, Kenpachi. With his eyes still locked-on to the Hollow, he was ready to ask the white-haired captain if they had authorization when he noticed how the boy opened up his Shinigami robes and went shell-shock.
"What is the matter, Captain Hitsugaya? Do we have the authorization to remove our limiters?" His voice sounded easy and emotionless, but yet curious to know what put the boy in such a shock state.
"They had removed our limiters for a while now, Captain Kuchiki..." The turquoise-eyed captain stated.
Still looking at the Hollow, Captain Kuchiki's gray eyes slightly widened. He would have checked on himself but with how Tōshirō was still shocked already told him enough.
Kenpachi Zaraki was grinning like a psychopath. He had a scowl on his face when the brat told him to wait on having their limiter remove before doing anything stupid. He complained about it, but then when he heard him tell pretty-boy Byakuya the good news. Well, that just brought a smile to his face. That means he could already attack the Hollow.
Without even looking at the other two captains, he charges towards the Hollow, this time putting a good amount of strength behind his swing. Aiming for the Hollow's side, expecting to cut him in half when the demonic Hollow meant his swing with a blue-flame blade connected to its right arm, almost as if it was a part of him. He noticed the lack of strange blue markings on his chest, but he mentally shrugged it off. He started pumping more Reiatsu to his attacks. His smile grew larger in proportion when he noticed how the Hollow wasn't pushed back and was mirroring a crazy smile much like his own.
Before Kenpachi could introduce himself, they both heard a gasp. The Hollowfied-Ichigo eyes widened. He releases another roar and pushes back Captain Zaraki, much to the glee of the crazy-battle captain since the Hollow was actually strong enough to push him back and have him crash into a tree.
The Hollowfied-Ichigo looks back towards the lime-haired girl. She was getting hurt just by being near him and all because of Kuchiki's fault. He couldn't do anything to save her and now here he was hurting her. He let out another scream, ready to charge at Captain Kuchiki.
Captain Kuchiki and Hitsugaya ready themselves up. The Hollow would finally make his move when they notice how its eyes seem to lose focus for a few seconds before leaving the area again in intense silence. Then it disappears from their view but could still feel its power. They Shunpo away from their spots just in time before the Hollowfied-Ichigo made a wide swing with the blue-flame sword. With just the power behind the attack, Captain Hitsugaya and Kuchiki notice how easily it uprooted and blew away the trees behind their previous spots. A grimace look came to both their faces.
"Looks like we have no choice but to use Shikai." Stated the turquoise-eyes Captain. Only getting a nod from the man, they both got ready to release their Zanpakutō when the Hollowfied-Ichigo Sonido'd right in front of Kuchiki, with his blue blade already slashing down on him.
With quick reflexes, Byakuya brought his blade up and blocked the attack, however with the force the attack came down on him, he'd been brought down to one of his knees quickly. 'How can it still overpower me without my limiter!' He started pumping more Reiatsu, but to his shock, the Hollow was still pushing him down.
Salvation came to him in the form of a battle-loving Captain. "Don't you dare forget about me!" With an even more powerful attack, Captain Zaraki threw the Hollowfied-Ichigo away.
Releasing a sigh of relief, Byakuya stood up. He should probably thank the crazy beast for saving him. However, before he could say anything, Kenpachi made something clear first.
"Oi, you two stay out of this." He wasn't even looking at Byakuya or Tōshirō, he was just grinning like a madman at the direction he sent the Hollow at.
Forgetting about thanking him, Byakuya was ready to scowl at him when the roar of the Hollow reached the group of Shinigami. With only just a second after the scream ended, both Captain Hitsugaya and Kuchiki release their Shikai.
"Scatter, Senbonzakura."
"Sit Upon the Frozen Heavens, Hyōrinmaru!"
Captain Kuchiki's blade separated into a thousand tiny, slender blade fragments, taking in a coloration that resembles cherry blossom petals, which fly away from the hilt, leaving only the sword's handle in Byakuya's hand. While Captain Hitsugaya blade extends slightly in length and gains a crescent-shaped blade attached to its hilt by a long metal chain.
Coming back to the Shinigami with a Sonido with no signs of injuries on him since the blue-flame markings once again moved towards the strike zone. However, before Captain Hitsugaya spoke about the lack of the blue blade, Captain Zaraki was already after the Hollow like a rabid dog.
With enhanced speed, the battle-hungry Captain closes the distance between them, blade ready to strike down on the Hollow when he notices the return of the blue blade countering his attack. The Hollowfied-Ichigo easily blocked the blade and swung his own to the man's right side. Ready to cut the man across his chest, the blue blade disappears into his arm and turns to markings and runs behind his back which blocks Captain Hitsugaya's sneak attack.
When the Hollow attacked Captain Kuchiki, Tōshirō's sharp eyes noticed the quick moment in how the blade disappeared to protect him from Captain Zaraki's attack. Then when the Hollow came back with no blade but with the blue-flame markings on his body again, he had a small idea on how those blue-flames work. He was glad it proved him right. "So that's how those markings work. It can either become an instant shield on your body, making it impossible to cut you but can't stand impact damage or it can become a blade that easily becomes a powerful tool. Also, it looks like you have no control over the switch." The only reply he got was a roar.
The Hollowfied-Ichigo was ready to backhand the small captain again when it got hit by Kenpachi, throwing him away. Zaraki turns to the turquoise-eyes boy with a scowl on his face. "What the hell do you think you're doing? I said to stay out of this! This is the battle I came for!"
Before Tōshirō could reply, he heard a Sonido from behind him. Turning around quickly, he brought his blade up to his neck, just in time to stop the Hollow's sword from beheading him.
With Captain Hitsugaya locked-on with the Hollow, Byakuya swung his sword's handle and with control, he had his thousands blade fragments charge at Ichigo's left side.
Watching the attack coming, Tōshirō made sure to still have his blade lock-on with the Hollow so that in the last second he can dodge and hopefully the blue-flame markings would be too slow to protect his left side. With the attack just a few inches away from them, the child-Captain Shunpo to a safe distance and watch how a thousand blades could hit the Hollow. He noted the three seconds the blue-flame markings switch between sword and shield. Still, the Hollow took some damage. Before Captain Kuchiki could swing his handle again, the Hollowfied-Ichigo released a powerful shock wave of Spiritual Pressure, pushing his blades away. Instead of going for another attack, Byakuya brought them back, creating a defensive barrier.
When the shock-wave ended, Captain Hitsugaya and Byakuya noticed the deep cuts on the Hollow's body that the blue-flame markings couldn't protect, however, much to their surprise, the wounds started healing instantly.
"Damn it." Tōshirō curse. "With the blue-markings moving around his body to protect him, I thought that was his only form of ability, but now we have instant regeneration."
"That just means we need to hit a vital area. Something that he can't regenerate fast enough or can't at all." Byakuya replied.
They both watch the Hollow fight off Kenpachi's wild assaults. Taking notes on how the blue-flame markings were moving around between both the arms and chest. Whatever attacks seem to land on the Hollow healed instantly.
"The only good thing about this thing is how reckless is attacking us, like it has no experience on what he's doing, there's no form in his swings and stance, also the only sign of protection comes from the blue-flames markings, but even then it doesn't move fast enough to protect everything." the turquoise-eyed captain announced.
Still watching and calculating the demonic Hollow, Captain Kuchiki also informed the young captain of what he knew. "There is barely any actual power behind the Hollow's attacks. While his Reiryoku is just monstrous and more powerful than ours. It can't seem to put any form of Reiatsu behind his swings."
Captain Hitsugaya thought about what he said. When he crossed blades with the Hollowfied-child, the only reason their blades stayed locked-on was because the boy's weapon is composed of those strange markings, making them impossible to cut down. 'There's no Reiatsu behind his swings so it's just supernatural strength like Captain Zaraki then, no Reiatsu whatsoever.' A grimace reached his face when the memory on how easily those power swings uprooted and threw trees away came to his mind.
It brought both Captains out from their thoughts when the Hollow started gathering spiritual energy to his sword. With a roar, the Hollowfied-Ichigo then strikes down at the ground, creating an overflowing wave of red spiritual energy, which surges forward towards Kenpachi. Before the attack could reach him, however, Captain Zaraki releases a powerful shock wave of spiritual pressure, much like the one Ichigo uses, and disperse the Hollow's attack. "HA! Now we're fucking talking!" With a battle-cry from both fighters, they meet up again, clashing their blades; However, this time Captain Zaraki overpower the Hollow. Watching the way the Hollow flew back and Kenpachi following behind, it broke both of them from their stun moment.
"The Hollow used Reiatsu behind an attack." Stated the gray-eyed Captain.
Captain Hitsugaya nodded. "That means this thing is just barely learning how to use it. We need to kill it fast. If it keeps learning and starts putting power behind his attacks, it'll force us to use our Bankai." While he knew a barrier was up, he doesn't know if it's powerful enough to hold back 2 Captains' Bankai and 1 Kenpachi. Just getting a nod from Captain Kuchiki, they both Shunpo after the Hollow.
Completely forgetting about both Starrk and Szayel. The pair had moved in close to grab Lily away from all the fighting and once they got her away; they were on the sidelines, watching the Hollowfied-Ichigo fight off 3 Shinigami Captains. Starrk would have tried to help Ichigo, but he's more worried about Lily at the moment. While Starrk worried about his little sister, Szayel has been keeping a watch in Ichigo's current fight.
The small captain made ice dragons from his sword and began throwing them all over the redhead. Szayel noticed how the transformed Ichigo seems to be able to destroy them with just an explosion of his shock-wave, however every time he does that, Ichigo then gets hit from his back with the cherry blossom petals. When he fends-off those attacks, Captain Zaraki comes in for a strike but then those blue-flames markings switch to the blue blade and then when his blade reappears, the other 2 Shinigami Captains go back into taking advantage of Ichigo not having any form of protection on him, every time they seem to add more Reiatsu behind their attacks. Sure, the blades switch back to those blue-flame markings, but even then they don't move fast enough to protect every part of his body from 3 different people.
Szayel wanted to help Ichigo out, but he had no chance against captain-class Shinigami, he barely could kill off the last of the Shinigami squad, and he only got them when Ichigo's transformation distracted them. However, the 3 Captains seem to gain a power boost and they are way out of his league, but not for Starrk. The male Arrancar could take at least one captain away from Ichigo, turning towards the man. He saw the look of sorrow on his face. Lily should be fine as long as they can go back to Hueco Mundo and let her body heal naturally with all the Reishi. But the chance of that happening is small since the three Shinigami will most likely not give them enough time to open up a Garganta. He turns back towards Ichigo and notices how the boy was now having more trouble with the Captains. 'If we do nothing, we're all going to die.'
"Starrk-san, you need to go over there and help Ichigo out."
"This wouldn't have happened if we didn't come here..."
'Oh god don't tell me he's regretting this right now!' Szayel needed to think of something quick. Taking another peek at Ichigo, he notices how the boy is having more trouble now. 'He cannot handle them for long now!' He needed Starrk to do something, and then it came to him a way to get the man to help. "Ichigo-kun could save her." That got the brunette's attention. Once Starrk's blue-gray eyes were on him he continued. "Ichigo-kun fixed my mask, something no one can ever fix again, but he did. So he can just as well save her."
Starrk went back to looking down at Lily. Her breathing seems better now but he could feel her dying slowly. Shaking his head, he turned back towards Ichigo; The Hollowfied-kid was having trouble with all three captains. 'He's powerful, but he doesn't know how to fight at all and right now he's not listening to his instincts, he's fighting in a blind rage.'
Shaking his head, Starrk stood up, a serious look on his face. He will go help Ichigo and get everyone out of here. "Watch over her, Szayel." Getting a nod from the Hollow, he was ready to Sonido and get rid of Captain Kuchiki when once again Ichigo exploded in a shower of Reishi. However, this time it felt different. 'I can't sense him anymore! Damn it! Is he reverting to his normal self?!'
When the power show ended, everyone went tense when there was no child or Hollow in the area. Before Kenpachi could say anything, he felt a pain through his chest. Looking down, he saw the still Hollowfied-Ichigo, however, something felt wrong, before Kenpachi could take a swing at the wicked Hollow, he noticed how Hollowfied-Ichigo was already holding the blade in front of him and then he spoke 2 words.
"Getsuga Tenshō."
The edge of the blue sword gained a dark-red color and then it released a fast, highly condensed spiritual energy slash attack. Completely taken by surprises, Kenpachi only had a second to release a shock-wave to battle off the attack, but the shock-wave he released wasn't strong because he couldn't sense any actual strength behind Ichigo's attack, and that was a mistake he noticed too late.
Ichigo's attack went right through his shield and threw him back.
Captain Hitsugaya and Kuchiki got taken back by surprises again, they were having the upper hand, even went as far and got Captain Zaraki to work with them. Although the man was protesting about it, they convinced him anyway. But then the Hollow exploded in another powerful storm and now they can't sense him. Before they could take action, the Hollowfied-Ichigo disappeared and their guard went up, ready to expect any form of attack.
However, instead of attacking any of the Shinigami, the redhead appears in front of Starrk.
Starrk and Szayel notice the way his left arm started gathering Reishi, blue sword no longer present before they could ask what he was doing, Ichigo kneels down to Lily and brings his Reishi cover hand over Lily's face.
Two things happened that Starrk took notice of. The first was the addition of her Hollow helmet turning black and the second was the way their soul connection seemed to cut off. Worried about what that could mean, he turned towards the kneeling Hollow, he says. "What did you do!? I can't sense our connection anymore!"
"Sheesh man, don't worry about it. Do you know how fucking annoying will be if the little strawberry's girlfriend dies and all that damn negativity storm in on himself?"
That took both Szayel and Starrk by surprise. They could still hear Ichigo's voice, but there was a mixture of someone else's voices. Before they could ask who he was, they heard him speak again. "No time to talk, I only have enough time to control this body for a good 15 minutes. Don't worry about her. I saved her and did a little bit of plus something else. Oh, and Ichigo is fine too. He let me take over."
- Flashback -
Ichigo's Inner World during his transformation
White…
That was the only color Ichigo could see until his eyes finally adjusted. A bright night setting replaced the white void. The redhead started looking around him; this was new to him. Where was he? The last thing he remembers was—"LILY!"
Remembering the situation he was in, the redhead started looking around him, trying to find anyone. All he saw, however, was white sand and a stupid lake? Sea? River? Honestly, where was he! Taking a quick look at the night sky, he notices all the dazzling stars and the... tiny moon? He squinted his eyes, making sure that he wasn't seeing things.
"You look stupid doing that. What the hell are you even looking at?"
Startled by the voice, Ichigo turns around and sees a man lying on the white sand. The man had long black hair which he would guess reaches his waist. Bluish-gray, bandage-like carapace forms around his tan torso, right arm, neck, and over the nose and mouth in mask fashion. The remains of a tattered black cloak cover his lower body, and then there were his eyes. He only has seen those eye colors on one person and that was himself. The yellow iris and the black sclera were staring at his own yellow and black eyes.
The man was staring at him with a familiar lazy expression. They only kept eye contact for five seconds before the man went back to looking at the night sky.
"What is it? Is it the stars? I mean they look pretty but after seeing them for so long it just gets meh." The man finishes his sentence with a lazy shrug.
'Sheesh, this guy reminds me of Starrk!' Ichigo's eyes shot open. 'What am I doing! Lily is dying and I'm here on this beach with some weirdo!' Before he could ask the man anything, he saw him stand up and started walking along the water. Trying to not lose the only person around here, he ran to the front of the man. "Mister, do you know where I'm at?" Stopping in front of him, Ichigo noted how towering the man was to him. 'This guy is even taller than Starrk.' All he saw from the man was how his cover-up mouth seemed to move.
"I'm sorry what?"
"Just told you my name."
"Oh, I'm sorry I couldn't hear it." Again, Ichigo saw the bandages move, but there was no noise from him. Shaking his head, the redhead told him how he still couldn't hear it. That only got an exaggerated sigh from him.
"Damn it, I just knew this would happen with me fusing with that stupid bastard." Again, the man releases another sigh. "Well, it should have been no surprise, but I was hoping for things to be different with all the work I did." he said while scratching the back of his head.
For Ichigo's part, he watched as the man went around him and kept on walking, muttering about trying a different way of making things work. 'Oh man, this guy really is a weirdo.' Ichigo shook his head and followed the man. Before he could ask how he could get back to Lily, the man turns his head back, looking at the redhead before saying one word.
"Luna."
"Excuse me?"
"Since you can't seem to hear that other name, you can just call me by the old name that they knew me for." The now name Luna told Ichigo. Finally, having a name for the man, the redhead asked him how he could go back.
"Hey umm, Luna-san not to be rude or an—"
"So how's Hueco Mundo, anyway? Also, it seems like you're doing fine seeing how you're not dead and all."
Well great, the man just changed the topic, but there was something about what he said that got Ichigo confused. "Umm it's good, you know." Wait a minute. "How do you know what Hueco Mundo is and what you mean by me not being dead?" When they both stopped walking, Ichigo started looking around his new surroundings, while they were still walking on the white sand, he now notices the addition of a few palm trees, the body of water was still by them.
"Hmm, how do I know about Hueco Mundo... I guess you could say I came from there?"
That got Ichigo's attention. How was he from Hueco Mundo? He had no mask or hole. Before he could voice his thoughts, he noticed the way Luna started pulling down the bandage that covered half his face. Once he pulled them down to his neck, Ichigo saw the remnants of his Hollow mask, what's left of his mask look like the bottom half of a human skull that covers his nose, mouth, and his cheeks. The one thing he noticed about the mask was the black coloration.
"So yeah this answers your first question and for the second one, ehhh let's say I may have left you all alone when you ended up there and maybe I wasn't expecting for you to live this long." Strange enough though, his mask seems to move with his mouth. Well shit, this was an awkward situation now. Just letting the bandage loose around his neck, Luna started walking off again.
Getting out from his stun moment, Ichigo started running back to the man and started walking by his side. "Hey wait a moment! What do you mean by not expecting me to live long?"
"Eh, sheesh, well, umm hey look at the bright side! You aren't dead, which means the two Reiryoku that I felt when I left you didn't kill you or anything!"
While he couldn't see the grin on his face because the mask covers it up, Ichigo could see the way his eyes seemed to reflect the mood the man was in. "Wait. Are you talking about Lily an—" Again, his eyes shot wide. "That's right I need to go help them!" Stopping in front of the man, he locks his yellow eyes with Luna's eyes. "Luna-san… Please, you need to help me get back to my friends! They're in trouble! We tried to save an old friend, but things went wrong fast and…" Ichigo couldn't remember much after that. What was it that happened? He remembers the way Lily took an attack meant for him, but after that, he just doesn't remember.
"Ah yeah, about that, you probably force your body to take action buddy. Hell, you're probably running wild out there, running in auto-pilot or something." Luna carelessly shrugs. "Honestly, you would have been just fine, really. I don't know why she did something that stupid." That seems to be the wrong way to put that last statement in because Luna could start feeling rage radiating from the boy.
"It wasn't stupid! She saved me!" Ichigo screams back at Luna, not noticing the way his Inner World faded away.
While Luna looks like he didn't care about how the world was fading, there was a different reaction in his mind. 'Shit, he's losing concentration!' Thinking fast, Luna clarifies what he meant. "I didn't mean to make it sound like she did something stupid or try to badmouth her." The man lifted his hand and pointed at the redhead's white skin. "As long as your body has that, most Reishi base attacks won't be able to damage you."
Calming down and the world coming back to a focus, Ichigo looks down to his white skin, the redhead just lifts an eyebrow in confusion. Completely not understand anything about what the man meant. "What's so special about my skin?" Raising his head at Luna, he notices the deadpan look the man was giving him.
"Yeeeeaaaah no. That's not skin at all, kid." When he said that, Ichigo started freaking out while yelling: "What is it then!"
Luna would have found the redhead's reaction funny, but there was something else going on in his mind. 'Has the boy never been in a situation for him to notice the Capa Cero?' While Luna has been deep inside Ichigo's soul resting and gaining strength, he not so long ago manifested himself into this current form. He actually only got to help the boy twice before, and that seems to be the only connection they ever had. He also noted how WAY different he looks from his original form, most likely from him stealing some amount of power from the boy's Shinigami and Quincy's powers. He also notices how he couldn't see outside Ichigo's Inner World. 'That's not true, those palm trees that just sprout here carry some memories inside here. So I had seen outside this world, but those are just a few and most really are memories of Lily and Starrk.' While not knowing anything about himself, at least the few memories of Ichigo seem to fill in some spots. The most recent palm tree memory has been the one with the girl getting hit.
Still watching the kid freaking out, Luna decided that this was about a good time to bring something up. 'He's been here for a long time now, either his body hasn't killed off the Shinigami or because of the inexperience of him never fighting, his body doesn't know what to do besides fight in a blind rage.' When Ichigo went through his transformation, Luna could see outside the boy's Inner World. He just needs to think of a way for the kid to let him take over.
Ichigo finally stopped freaking out and was looking at Luna with teary eyes. "Please… you have to help me go back... I-I-I need to help Lily…" He wanted to cry, but he wouldn't do it in front of this man.
For Luna, that seems to be what he wanted to hear. 'Okay, I know how to make this work now.' He kept watching how the boy just wanted to break down and cry but was holding on to those tears. 'You're a sturdy child. But you need to get stronger. Sorry if what I might say sounds cruel to you.'
"Man, you're just a joke, huh, strawberry?"
With tears gathering in his eyes, Ichigo replies with a soft voice. "My name doesn't mean strawberry. It means—"
"He who protects. Yeah well shit, guess what kid? Done a little of that, haven't you? You have never once been in a fight yourself to protect anyone. So let me ask you this. What are YOU going to do once you go back to your friends, eh? You're just going to die." He waited for the kid to say anything. He notices again the way some tears seem to break through him.
'He's right.' That was all Ichigo had to say to himself. He could probably mention how he protected the Guardian at Menos Park, but still, it just wasn't enough for him. He fell to his knees and looked down to hide his tears from the man. The world around him is fading again. However, before the last of his Inner World vanishes, Ichigo hears Luna again.
"You can't do anything Ichigo. But I can."
The redhead looks back up to the man who was now kneeling in front of him with an outstretched hand. "What do you mean?" Ichigo started wiping away the tears with his gray scarf.
"If you let me take over your body, I can help them all out. Starrk, Szayel, and your little girlfriend, too." He put in a bit of humor in his voice. The world is no longer fading.
"She's not my girlfriend, she's my friend." Finishing wiping his face, Ichigo sends him a scowl.
Luna softly laughs. Looks like his teasing worked with the way a light blush spread across the boy's cheeks. "Heh, whatever you say."
Ichigo kept staring at Luna's outstretched hand. Can he even trust him? What if all he said was just a lie? "You promise to help them?"
"Don't worry about it, kid. You can trust me."
It was naïve to trust someone with their words, but he didn't have much to work with. Ichigo grabbed the man's hand. World coming back to focus. "So umm, how do I let you help them?"
"Don't worry about that part, just relax and let me do all the work, got it? I'll get rid of those Shinigami."
The redhead almost missed the way he finished his sentence. It sounded way too dark, almost as if it was pure hatred he has towards the Shinigami, a familiar feeling Ichigo felt before. "Those are yours."
Luna didn't even need to have him finish in what he meant. He had a feeling what it was, so not trying to beat around the bush, he just told him. "Yeah, those are mine. I have a rough history with them."
Now understanding where those hateful feelings for the Shinigami came from, Ichigo decided to at least make something clear. "Can you please not kill them?" He saw how the man released a sigh. So he clears it up more. "I don't want them to see me act like some kind of monster if you did something like that."
Luna understood now what the boy meant. There was a memory about Lily and how she helped Ichigo accept his life as a Hollow. 'The reason you don't want them to see you act like one is because you're trying to save the last bit of your humanity you still have left through their eyes.' Well, if he wants to help the boy. "All right kid, I'll make sure to not kill them. BUT I will however make sure of leaving the pretty boy in a mess, deal?" He finishes with a grin on his face. Because of his mask, no one can see it, but Ichigo felt like he could understand the man's mood. The boy returns a grin of his own before he relaxes a bit. His eyelids finally falling down. "There you go now, kid. Just relax, okay? I got this."
Ichigo listens to what the man was telling him. However, when he fell unconscious, he heard one word come to him, 'No... not a word... is his name...' Before falling unconscious, Ichigo thanked the man.
"Thank... you... Zangetsu..."
Luna, or Zangetsu, kept staring at the boy as he finally went to dreamland. So what the boy just heard is now his new name when he mixed himself with Ichigo's Shinigami power. He turns towards the middle of the lake where the boy's actual powers rest.
"Man, this kind of feels familiar, huh, kid?"
"..."
"Yup!"
"..."
"Ha! Even giving me the silent treatment like before!" Zangetsu releases a sigh. "Sheesh, lucky he just settled down by only looking at my mask... how would he have taken it if he knew how I don't have a Hollow hole..." With that final saying, Zangetsu took over, 2 promises made to the redhead.
"Rest up and let me handle this, Ichigo."
- End of Flashback -
Zangetsu popped his neck. "You guys probably want to get some distance away from here now."
All he got was a nod from both Starrk and Szayel. Starrk kneels next to Lily and picks her up. "Take care of Ichigo's body." He felt weird saying that, but he'll trust this man's word. 'Great, more headaches will come after this ordeal.' With that last thought, Starrk put one hand on Szayel and Sonido.
'So no killing buuuuuut, I can sure as hell leave some scars.' A wicked grin spread across his mask and Sonido towards Captain Hitsugaya and Kuchiki.
Hearing a Sonido, both Captains tense up. Both their Shikai up in a defensive form. Kuchiki has his Senbonzakura's blades circling around him while Tōshirō gathers some Reiatsu on his Hyōrinmaru, reading himself at creating a wall of ice to protect himself.
Instead of an attack, they both notice how the Hollow reappeared at the same spot from where he sent Kenpachi flying away from his last attack. However, something sticks out from the Hollow now, and that's the way those flame markings on his chest seem to have spread out more.
Zangetsu was stretching himself with some quick warm-ups. "All right now! We're gonna do this for real so you guys probably wanna use your Bankai or something cause trust me, your asses are mine." He looks down and notices the markings. "Huh. Never had this before. Must be from that other guy. Boy, am I lucky I'm not dead right now." With that being said, he Sonido towards Captain Kuchiki first, the blue blade on his right arm.
Byakuya was taken by surprise. The Hollowfied-child was fast before, but he could still see him; however, now he barely even saw the Hollow. Zangetsu reappears right in front of him, its right arm raised high and a familiar dark-red color on the blue blade. Remembering what that attack can do, he brought all of his Senbonzakura's blades in front of him to create a shield.
Bringing down the blade, Zangetsu calls out his attack. "Getsuga Tenshō!"
Kuchiki's eyes widened when the attack went right through his Shikai. He was sure the shield would protect him; he didn't sense any strong Reiatsu behind the Hollow's attack. When the attack connected, it sent him flying back.
It completely took Hitsugaya off-guard. The speed and power that the Hollow was showing made no sense! 'How the hell can he move so fast and have so much power when I can't sense any of his Reiatsu!' The sound of a Sonido from behind brought him back to reality. Turning around quickly, his sword started gathering the surrounding moisture, "Ryōjin Hyōheki!" Swinging down his blade, he froze the water and created a wall of ice. However, instead of the flying slash attack that he was expecting, he noticed how the Hollow was pointing 2 of his fingers at him. Tōshirō notices how a dark-red ball gathered on his fingers.
"Cero."
The attack broke through his wall of ice and completely engulfed Captain Hitsugaya.
Zangetsu just looks down on the white-haired boy. He was still breathing and was still awake; the boy was standing back up again. 'This kid is tough, but I'm not trying to kill them.' He looks over the direction he threw Byakuya, 'Except for him. But since I can't kill him, I can sure as hell leave him with some scars or better yet...' Getting a nice idea of what he would do to Captain Kuchiki, he brought his left arm up—which was already holding on to another blue blade—and blocked Zaraki's left diagonal slash. Even with the huge X-shape gashes on his chest, Zaraki's face still was wearing a bloodthirsty smile.
"Now this is more fucking like it!" Pushing each other far apart, the eye-patch man finally introduced himself. "Before we go back to killing each other, it is only fair for you to know the name of the man who sends you to hell!" A wicked grin spread across his face. "The name is Kenpachi Zaraki, Captain of the 11th Division!"
A wicked grin spread across Zangetsu's mask. "HA! You're one cocky bastard if you think you could kill me! The name's Zangetsu!"
With that declaration made, both fighters disappear and reappear again with Zangetsu only using one of the blue blades to block Zaraki's blade while the other one was already up again, turning dark-red. Seeing that color again, Zaraki backed off and gathered yellow spiritual energy to his sword, getting himself ready to release a strong energy wave to battle out the Hollow's attack. "Getsuga Tenshō!" Seeing the dark-red attack coming at him, Kenpachi strikes the ground and releases his shock-wave. Yellow and dark-red met and exploded. Covering the entire area in smoke.
Standing back up with burn marks covering Captain Hitsugaya's arms and his captain haori left ruined. The sound of metal clashing brought him back to an alert. He notices how the Hollow only watched him trying to stand up. 'Didn't even want to kill me off.' The sound of a Shunpo to his back got his attention, turning his head. He saw Captain Kuchiki with a giant gash on his chest. 'Glad that wasn't me.' For the first time, Tōshirō saw a painful look across Byakuya's face instead of the usual emotionless mask he wears.
Before he could ask the man if he was okay, he heard his earpiece again. "Captain Hitsugaya, the Hollow's neutralized?" Akon's voice sounded a bit confused.
"No. The Hollow went through another power-up or something. We can't sense him."
"Well, you—!" Before Akon could finish, he heard the voice of the man's Captain.
"Oi, Captain Hitsugaya, how is it that 3 Shinigami Captains are having so many problems with a lousy Hollow, hmm?"
Well crap. "The Hollow turned out to be a bigger problem than we expected."
"Hmm, I should have expected that foolish idiot Kenpachi to make the fight longer than—" Captain Kurotsuchi stopped and started doing what sounded to be typing. "Well, isn't that interesting?" Before Captain Hitsugaya could ask what he meant, Kurotsuchi opened his mouth again. "Well, Captain Hitsugaya, I powered up those barriers so that all of you fools could unleash your Bankai. Now make sure to not leave my new specimen in tiny pieces now."
That was all he heard before the earpiece seemed to lose connection. Well, the good news now is that they can use Bankai and not worry about breaking the barrier. Tōshirō turns towards Byakuya, whose painful expression got replaced with his usual stony mask.
"Can you still fight, Captain Kuchiki?" He needs to be sure the man can actually still stand up and not want him to fall over any moment.
"I'm fine, Captain Hitsugaya. Let's finish this monster off." The noble wore his stony mask, but his voice sounded like it was too painful for him to talk.
"Right."
With nothing being said, both captains release their Bankai.
"Bankai, Daiguren Hyōrinmaru!" Hitsugaya's Bankai caused ice to flow from Hyōrinmaru onto Hitsugaya, starting at his right arm, which ice forms onto in the shape of a dragon's head around his sword hand, encasing the sword up to the hilt, which also changes from the shape of a four-pointed star to that of an eight-pointed star. The ice continues forming up over his shoulders, with two large wings sprouting from his back and a long tail. The ice forms down his left arm and encases his hand, which ends in a claw. Hitsugaya's feet got encased in ice in a similar manner to his left hand, as they also ended in claws. The addition of three flowers of ice floating behind him, each comprising four purple petals shaped like diamonds.
Dropping his sword down, Byakuya activated his Bankai. "Senbonzakura Kageyoshi." The sword phases into the ground, as though it were a pool of water. Energy ripples expand out, turning the surrounding area dark, and within seconds, two rows of a thousand giant blades rise from the ground and just like his Shika the blades scatter into thousand tiny, slender blade fragments. They even had the same cherry blossom coloration.
With that being done, they Shunpo towards Captain Zaraki, who had taken the Hollow somewhere else.
Kenpachi was having the fight of his life. Cuts covered his body, his captain haori was destroyed from the Hollow's last attack and Zangetsu was still fighting him! He hasn't killed the Hollow! He checks over at the Hollow and notices the lack of cuts on him. That's not true now. He actually couldn't cut him because of the increased amount of those blue-flame markings. They covered two-thirds of Zangetsu's chest now, and that helps shield most of his body. Because of the increase of those blue-flame markings, the swords on his hands don't switch to protect him and then when he gets to cut him, the wounds heal instantly.
"Regretting this now?" Zangetsu asks him with a grin on his face.
Kenpachi just gave him one back. He could start feeling the effects of all the blood loss. However, before he kicks the bucket, he's gonna give in to one last attack. Reaching over to his face he yanks off his eye-patch releasing even more power than before.
'Huh, now where was he hiding all that?' Zangetsu notices how the Shinigami was gathering all his Reiatsu. 'Probably his last attack.'
Kenpachi jumps back, sword raised high and pouring every strength for his last attack. "Prepare yourself, Zangetsu! This is my last move!" Yellow spiritual energy swirls around him, trees starting to blow away.
Zangetsu raises both of his blades up, connecting both blue blades into one with a dark-red spiritual energy swirling around him now.
After a second of building up, Kenpachi let out a battle-cry and brought down his blade and a yellow wave of spiritual energy soared towards the Hollow. "ZANGETSU!"
After only a second of Kenpachi releasing his attack, Zangetsu brought down his blade with both hands, "Getsuga Tenshō!"
Both attacks connected. Yellow and Dark-red were in a stalemate until Zangetsu broke through and cut down the man from his right shoulder to his hip. Zaraki's crazy smile still on his face as he fell unconscious, taking a note on how the Hollow's last attack wasn't even a killing blow.
When Captain Kuchiki and Hitsugaya appeared, they saw Kenpachi fall back with the Hollow turning towards them. "I'll get Kenpachi away and put him somewhere safe," Tōshirō told Byakuya. Only getting a nod, the turquoise-eyed captain Shunpo over Kenpachi fast and left.
Zangetsu finally got his chance to battle Captain Kuchiki and with how all those cherry blossom petals seem to increase in numbers, he guesses the man finally used Bankai.
"So are we gonna introduce ourselves? Kind of what Kenpachi did, anyway."
"..."
"The fuck is this? Sheesh, why do I get the silent treatment a lot." Zangetsu Sonido away when he noticed the turret of blossom petals coming at him.
Byakuya kept all his senses open. While the Hollow was fast, he can still hear Sonido. Every time the Hollow came back to view, he sent Senbonzakura after him, keeping him away and giving him no time to think of an attack.
Reappearing again, Zangetsu looks at the captain somewhat annoyed. He Sonido, this time not dodging blossom petals but an ice dragon instead.
'How can they both still be up?' Looking over at Captain Hitsugaya, he notices how the boy seems to be in a better fit than the man. He moves away again, avoiding blossom petals this time. He looks back towards Kuchiki and notices how the man seems to look pale now, left hand on his chest. 'Pretty boy got hit nasty I see.' Zangetsu turns towards Captain Hitsugaya. A plan already forming in his head.
When Zangetsu disappeared again, Captain Hitsugaya dropped his guard. Hoping for the plan they both thought about would work. With the sound of Sonido coming behind him, he left himself open.
When Zangetsu cut through the captain with ease, he knew something was up. Turning back towards Kuchiki, he notices how the man's right arm is held up. Following his arm, he saw the man's Bankai above his head. He tried to move, but couldn't. Looking back at Captain Hitsugaya, he notices how the boy seems to shatter like ice. He looks down to his feet to see ice keeping him stuck like glue. 'Huh, I should have seen this coming.'
"Gōkei." Turning back towards Kuchiki, he noticed how the man's arm was now aiming at him. The man's Bankai seems to create a spherical formation of innumerable blade fragments, which swirl around him like a cloud before flying towards him from every angle.
Watching Senbonzakura raining down on the Hollow was a relief to Captain Hitsugaya. He made the ice around the Hollow's feet durable. Letting out a breath, he was about to Shunpo next to Byakuya when the static sound of a Sonido reached his ears and by the look on Captain Kuchiki; the same thoughts went through his head.
When Byakuya noticed how close the Hollow was to him, with his blade already coming down, left him no time to bring back his Senbonzakura to protect him, and even if he could, the Hollow was inside the hurtless area. He doesn't even know if he has the strength for a quick Shunpo. When the blade finally came down, he let out a scream as he felt the most painful feeling ever from having his right hand serve clean.
Done with the man now, Zangetsu punches him in the face, hard enough to knock him out. Just lifting his blade with his right arm, he blocks the small Captain's attack. Pushing back the white-haired boy, Zangetsu noticed how he was barely keeping himself from falling over. 'Probably from the surprise Cero and maybe from using some good amount of power for that ice clone of his and also with how strong he made the ice around my feet.' While Tōshirō made the ice strong, it was just not enough to hold him. Before he could battle the boy, he felt the way his mind drifted off. 'Shit! I'm losing control! Using so many powerful attacks cut down my time!' Thinking fast, he thought about a simple way out. "You know they're gonna die, right?" He notices how the boy looks over at Byakuya. A good amount of blood poured from his arm, where he cut the man's hand. 'Heh, that's what you get.' Maybe it wasn't an even share for what he did to Lily but, meh. He doesn't care; he only promised not to kill them. "This is what will happen kid. I'm gonna walk away from here now. You won't follow me at all. I'll leave, and you get to save them. Got it?"
A tense silence washed over the area. 'I could keep fighting and hope to kill this Hollow with the cost of Kenpachi and Byakuya dying from heavy injuries... or I can just let this thing walk away and I get to save them both.' It wasn't a hard choice for Captain Hitsugaya. He put down his blade and looked down in shame at having a Hollow tell him what to do. His pride in being a Shinigami Captain taking a blow. When he heard a Sonido, he quickly looked up—thinking the Hollow trick him, he brought his sword up to defend himself. Seeing no Hollow around, he relaxes a bit. A hand went to the earpiece.
"Hello, anyone there?"
"Captain Hitsugaya! Is everything okay? Captain Kuchiki and Zaraki's heart pulse are very low, yours not so much left behind either!"
Tōshirō was glad the one who picked up was Akon and not Captain Kurotsuchi. "No. Nothing is okay. We need a medic squad ASAP."
- With Starrk and Szayel -
The pair have been a worrying mess. They kept feeling all the power going around the place; however, feeling the way two of them seem to get weak meant that the possessed-Ichigo took care of them. But then one last Shinigami's Reiatsu remained.
"Do you think it's all over now?" Szayel looks over at Starrk, but the man was still looking at Lily. Thankfully, the girl no longer looked dead with the way some color had come back to her.
"I hope so." Was all Starrk said.
Not even a second after saying that, both Starrk and Szayel heard a Sonido. Turning towards their right side, they both saw the Hollowfied-Ichigo again with some cracks on his skin. "Fuck." His voice changed between Ichigo's and the other one. Before any of them could ask what was happening to him, the entire body cracked and started releasing Reishi everywhere. Once everything settled down, the body of Ichigo was lying on the ground.
Although something was missing.
While he still had his clothes, his white skin's gone and a peach tone took its place.
Starrk looks over at the black mask Hollow. "Well, that's weird as hell." Just getting a nod from Szayel, they both relax a bit. Now that everything was over, Starrk walked to Ichigo's body and picked him up. "Okay, I think it's time to go home now." Before Starrk could even try to open a Garganta, they heard a voice behind them.
"No need to leave so soon now, Hollow-san."
Turning around, Starrk and Szayel saw a man wearing a dark coat which sports a white diamond pattern along its bottom half, with a dark green shirt and pants underneath, a striped dark green and white bucket hat on him, messy and light-blond hair under the said hat. A fan over his mouth. Gray eyes were watching over them.
How did they not sense him? Before Starrk or Szayel could take action, the man turned around and started walking.
After not hearing the Hollows following him, the man turns around. "My, follow me before this place gets swarmed with Shinigami." Still not seeing them move, the man said the one word that will make them follow him. "If you come with me, I can keep you all safe until both Ichigo and the girl recover." That seems to get a reaction from the group.
Starrk was the one who asked the big question. "Who the hell are you and how do you know Ichigo?"
Grinning at the back of his fan that was covering his mouth, the blonde decided to at least introduce himself. "The name is Kisuke Urahara and for the second question, well, you just have to come with me now."
It didn't take long for Starrk and Szayel to make up their minds. They both started sensing a large group of Shinigami in the park. With only one option left, they both grab one kid before they follow Kisuke.
-X-
My dumbass has been deleting the A/N towards the end of the chapters...
That's bad since in Chapter 3, I made an important note that I had change the way Hollows stop evolving. In the anime, if a Hollow eats a part from another Hollow, they stop evolving. Here, though, I change it to having their mask cracked.
Also! In another note, I completely forgot to mention that this was basically a re-upload with, hopefully, better grammar. But I'm still making mistakes. Thanks for that save, Neededsomething. I'll be sure to fix them up!
Okay so let settle down on a few things. The first probably been Hollowfied-Ichigo appears. Just so no one gets confused he pretty much looks like his full Hollow mode when he fought Ulquiorra just with blue-flame markings. Also, the blue-flame marking is a touch of something that I won't reveal yet but you guys can probably guess it. Hmm ah yes we finally got a name for the Hollow inside Ichigo. While his name was meant to be Luna it kind of made sense to keep calling him Zangetsu. Ah yes, for his appears aswell he basically looks like Ichigo when he uses Saigo no Getsuga Tenshō. (When he became Zangetsu.) I planned to make him more like his bleach counter-part but then it got me thinking. The reason why Zangetsu looks like that was probably with Ichigo receiving Shinigami powers from Rukia so that broke the balance in his soul. So if he receives Hollow powers first (A.K.A absorb Gran Fisher) then he should be more Hollow-like in appearance. So I kind of gave him the same type of Hollow mask that Tia Harrible has. Only that it's just spread over his mouth, nose, and cheeks instead of Tia's one.
Another thing maybe Y'all probably didn't like would have been how Ichigo was easily getting beaten by Byakuya, Kenpachi, and Tōshirō from the start. Well, I do which to point out how Ichigo is just a kid. He hasn't gained any form of experience what so ever for his body or instinct to go by. So him trying to fight back and just doing power swings was kind of a realistic situation for me. Hope Y'all don't mind how I cut off Byakuya hand lol. (Don't worry he'll recover.) Also, I'm gonna change the rating to "M" with a few curse words I put in I don't want this story to get taken down or anything like that.