EDIT: I completely changed this chapter's ending. Sorry for the reupload.

Classes started but I still have time for an update. This chapter was really hard to write and I still feel the execution was a bit poor, but after rewriting some parts a few times, I feel more confident.

Please enjoy.

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Chapter 5

Ichigo felt the stare of the man, it wasn't a normal look somebody would give. He felt like he was being evaluated, his worth being determined. Lazy eyes scanned over his body as he watched the giants gaze carefully.

"That was certainly an interesting fight. I didn't mean to ruin the mood." The man said honestly as that didn't seem to help the looks of fear directed his way.

Ichigo leaned over to Porche hoping to indulge his curiosity. Before Ichigo spoke up his eyes travelled down noticing her legs were shaking. His scowl etched itself on his face.

"Who is this guy?" Ichigo whispered. Porche not sharing the same mindset as Ichigo physically jumped at the question directed towards her. Her eyes were wide and she was having trouble trying to focus on anything in front of her. She didn't hear the question as her eyes darted around the ship.

"That hurts you know." Ichigo heard the tall man speak up as his head snapped back to him.

He heard me?

"If you want to know someone's name, you should ask them." He finished as he waited for Ichigo to speak up feeling his eyebrow raise at the formality.

"Then who are you?" Ichigo addressed the tall man earning a small yawn from him.

Ichigo's eye twitched at the reaction. He wanted to know why everyone was so scared of the guy.

"H-he's one of the three Supreme Admiral's of the Marines! Aokiji, The Blue Pheasant!" Ichigo heard Foxy yell behind him causing him to almost jump at the loud shout. He turned his head watching Foxy try to stop himself from collapsing onto the ground. His eyes were wide and his entire form was shaking.

Ichigo tilted his head trying to understand what exactly that meant. He wasn't familiar with ranks of the Navy, mainly his dealings were with ranks related to Soul Society.

Was his rank compared to a Lieutenant or something similar?

"T-The highest ranked member of the marines." Ichigo heard Porche barely whisper as she fell to her knees.

Highest rank!? Captain level!?

Ichigo turned his gaze on the man studying him closely, he certainly had an odd air around him. It wasn't like detecting Reiatsu levels of other fighters. Ichigo couldn't quite describe it, but he felt something strange from the man in front of him

"W-Whats an A-Admiral doing here!?" Ichigo heard a shout of despair from a pirate in the crowd.

"M-maybe if we all go in t-together we can beat him!" He heard the shaky shout from another pirate.

"Y-yeah we c-can do i-it." He heard another shout from another pirate.

If possible the chilly atmosphere seemed to get colder.

"Idiots!" Foxy shouted stopping the train of thoughts from his crew. "Don't do anything rash!" Foxy yelled at his crew as Ichigo couldn't help but feel his opinion of the Captain rise a little. It seemed Foxy's carefree mood had changed completely, for the short time he knew Foxy he had never seen him look so, scared.

The man now known as Aokiji placed up his hands defensively trying to calm down the crowd.

"Woah woah, relax. I was just passing by when I heard the commotion coming from the ship." He placated the crowd. "It caught my interest, so I watched the fight and wanted to give a few words of congratulations to the winner." He finished as Ichigo perked up at the mention of himself.

"Don't trust him! He's a marine!" A shout came from the pirates.

Ichigo turned his gaze at the pirates who were all trying their best to be as invisible as possible, hoping not to incur the wrath of Aokiji. All of them had looks of fear in their eyes, as if any moment their life would be snuffed out.

Ichigo's eyes hardened at the reactions turning to Aokiji fully.

"What did you want to say?" Ichigo asked suspiciously his eyes narrowing. It was hard talking to the man when you had to almost completely stare at the sky just to look at his face. Aokiji noticing Ichigo's predicament of trying to talk to him sat back down on the guardrail hoping to diffuse the situation.

"Don't look so angry kid. I overheard your name so don't worry about introducing yourself. I just wanted to say I'm impressed. Even under stress like that, you overcame everything Foxy had hidden up his sleeve." Aokiji started his speech. "You were fighting for your freedom right?" He asked the teen who didn't understand the meaning behind the question.

"Yeah, what about it?" Ichigo questioned crossing his arms.

The pirates seemed to sweat at the almost carefree reaction of Ichigo who didn't understand the strength of the man in front of him. A few of the pirates turned and looked at each other hoping this wouldn't end too badly.

"What will you do now? You don't seem like a pirate no offense little guy." Aokiji waved his hand apologetically.

Ichigo closed his eyes to think for a moment ignoring the insult to his height. The crew watched carefully not moving a muscle. Porche seemed to get herself under control as he decided to stand herself next to her Captain, keeping her mouth shut.

"Don't know." Was the quick short reply from Ichigo. The crew facefaulted as the intense atmosphere seemed to fade away. Porche who was standing next to her captain fell down on her rear end at the reply with wide eyes.

"Take this seriously!" Was the collective shout from the pirates directed towards Ichigo. He blinked looking at the pirates whose despair seemed to fade away at his carefree reaction.

"What? I don't know what to do now. Hell I don't even know where I am." Ichigo admitted earning another face fault from the crew.

This Idiot fought Foxy, a Captain of the Grand Line with a bounty of 24,000,000 Berri's , and casually talking to an Admiral of the Marines!? Was the collective thought of the crew.

Ichigo watched the crowd of pirates stare at him like he was an alien. Ichigo felt a drop of sweat go down his brow from the reaction. Maybe he shouldn't have mentioned he didn't know where he was now that he thought about it.

"You never told him!?" Foxy seethed with a loud whisper directed to Porche.

"I didn't have a chance to tell him okay!" Porche seethed back trying to keep her voice down, hoping not to get any attention on herself in front of the Admiral.

A loud laugh traveled across the deck as everyone turned back to the man in question. Aokiji was laughing trying to hold himself from falling off the railing.

"You fought that Captain and didn't even know you were on the Grand Line? You truly aren't a pirate." Aokiji started to get his laughter under control noticing no one else in crew was laughing with him.

Ichigo felt something click in his mind as he finally realized where he was.

"Ahh the Grand Line of course." He said putting his fist in his palm coming to the conclusion. He was lucky he saw the map yesterday in that book, at least he knew where he was now.

"You seriously didn't know!?" The pirates yelled again, not believing he was actually that lost.

Ichigo felt a blush dusting his cheek at his own stupidity. He was about to retort but stopped when he watched Aokiji stand up.

"Your strength was impressive. What do you say about joining the Marines? You could do some good there." Aokiji asked the orange haired teen who tilted his head at the question.

"Don't listen to him!" Foxy yelled as Ichigo snapped his head towards the Captain. He seemed to regain a bit of his strength, but his legs couldn't stop shaking.

"It's just a question. You don't need to make a big deal out of it." Aokiji tried to calm down the Captain only earning a glare from Foxy.

Ichigo looked between Foxy and Aokiji not sure how to reply to the question. Him a Marine? He couldn't imagine himself working for the Navy.

"I don't know." Was the honest reply from Ichigo. Aokiji looked at the teen and trusted his reply. The teen practically held his emotions on his sleeve from what he saw during the fight.

"Think about it." Aokiji replied as he turned his form towards Foxy, causing the Captain to flinch.

"As for you." Aokiji directed his stare to Foxy. "You are causing quite a bit of chaos on the Grand Line. Entire pirate crews casted out to sea without the people necessary to keep their ships afloat." Aokiji listed off as Ichigo's eyes widened at the information. Foxy felt his legs shake at the attention he was getting from the Admiral.

"Do you know what happens to those ships after you steal their crew?" Aokiji continued his explanation frowning.

The pirate crew felt their breath hitch at the mention of their old crews. They had always wondered what happened to them after they were taken by the Foxy pirates.

"N-no." Foxy tried to defend himself from the interrogation.

Aokiji leaned closer his entire form dwarfing the shorter Foxy by a large margin.

"They sink." Was the simple reply from Aokiji as he looked down on the Captain.

Foxy felt his legs fall underneath him as he fell to his knees at the realization of his actions. His gaze traveled to the his crew as they all stared at him with unbelieving wide eyes.

"Our old crews…" A pirate started to say.

"Gone?" Another pirate finished.

The mood of the crew plummeted at the realization that their old crews were gone, possibly dead. Pirates one by one started falling to their knees at the realization. It was too much to take in for them. A few pirates started to feel tears flow freely down their faces.

Ichigo watched the scene, understanding the mood of the crew. The realization hit him hard as well. From what he heard from Porche the crew were good people, but if their actions led to the deaths of others, wouldn't that make them no different from murderers?

No that wasn't correct. Ichigo watched Foxy's reaction and even he didn't know what happened to the pirates crews after he won the games of Back Davy Fight. Could he really trust what Aokiji was saying?

"Maybe it would be better if you died right here." Aokiji suddenly spoke up as Foxy's eyes widened. The atmosphere cooled down again as no one made a move.

Aokiji reached his hand forward towards Foxy as Porche started to feel tears fall down her face. Her Captain was going to die in front of her and there wasn't anything she could do about it.

Ichigo watched the look of despair in Foxy's eyes as he waiting for his death. Is that what he looked like when he cried after having his Fullbringer stolen by Ginjo?

Just how many times had he seen that look on his friends in the past?

Ichigo gritted his teeth. He didn't know what Aokiji was going to do to them, but with his tone he was serious when he said Foxy was better off being dead.

Staring at the outstretched appendage inches away from touching Foxy, Ichigo felt his body move.

They needed a protector, and he was going to save them.

Ichigo vanished from sight as Aokiji stopped his hand staring towards Ichigo's position prior.

There it is again. Aokiji noticed Ichigo using that same speed technique he had used during his fight with Foxy. It had caught his attention earlier but now that he could see it up close it intrigued him.

Ichigo reappeared next to Aokiji swinging his leg towards the side of the Admiral.

Foxy's eyes widened at the unexpected savior.

His leg inches away from hitting its mark was caught by the outstretched hand of the Admiral.

Ichigo's eyes widened as his leg was held firmly in place. Ichigo looked at Aokiji's face, noticing his carefree attitude had all but melted away as his face was serious.

He stopped my kick!?

"Ararara. You should watch yourself kid. No reason for you to throw away your life at such a young age." Aokiji stated harshly as his outstretched hand holding Ichigo's leg froze completely. Ice started to quickly freeze the clothes on Ichigo's leg. His eyes almost shot out of his head as he watched the Ice threaten to completely encase his leg.

He has Ice powers!? Like Toshiro or Rukia!

Ichigo quickly kicked his free leg at Aokiji's outstretched arm surprising the tall man. With the small burst of speed in his kick he free his leg. With his now free appendages made a quick retreat landing on the deck a few meters away.

Foxy's jaw dropped at the unexpected rescue from Ichigo. He fully expected to die right then and there when Aokiji reached for him. The crew's jaws were also dropped seeing the hot headed teen attack the Admiral.

The silence on the deck stretched out as Aokiji directed his attention to the orange haired teen, away from Foxy.

Ichigo looked down at his leg noticing the freezing wasn't as bad as he first thought. It had only frozen his Haori's pants, his skin underneath was untouched. He was lucky that his clothes were able to dry after diving into the ocean.

He had forgotten that his Haori was specially made for him by the Zero division. He recalled Yhwach even mentioning that they were the best clothes that could be worn for defense. Being made by the hair and bones of the Zero division, its defense capabilities were leagues above anything else that could be made.

Aokiji watched curiously as Ichigo looked down at his leg and punched the Ice, breaking it. The tall mans eyes widened slightly seeing the unharmed cloth underneath. Ichigo let out a small sigh of relief seeing the Haori wasn't damaged. It was one of the last things from his home dimension he had, quite literally the only clothes he had on his back.

"Ichigo! What are you doing!?" Porche shouted at the teen as Ichigo gazed up catching her collapsed form on the deck. Her eyes were slightly red from crying.

"Stay out of this. This is between me and him." Ichigo calmly shouted directing his gaze towards Aokiji. Porche flinched at the harsh tone from the teen.

Had his opinion changed of the crew after hearing what Aokiji said happened to the crews that lost the Davy Back Fights? Not even she knew what happened to them after they won most of the time.

Aokiji felt a his gaze on the teen as he hoped to indulge his curiosity.

"Why are you defending him? He was trying to force you join his crew against your will. He has single handedly caused entire crews of hundreds of people to destabilize and sail out lost at sea. Why do you care for this man's life?" Aokiji directed his hand towards Foxy, implying the man in question.

Ichigo gritted his teeth stomping his foot on the deck. His eyes shifted to a look Porche hadn't seen on the teens face before. He looked determined, his scowl was still there but the fierce look in his gaze was different from earlier.

She had to do a double take just to make sure her eyes were working properly. The defiance in the teen's stance almost reminded her of Luffy when he kept standing up time and time again during his fight with Foxy.

Even Aokiji's eyes widened slightly noticing the similarity between the teens defiance to that of the Straw hat he had fought on the Island of Long Ring Long Land. Something was different though.

When he fought the Straw Hat, he knew Luffy wasn't trying to win his fight, but the look in the teens eyes was different. It wasn't the look of somebody who would falter in his steps. It was the look of somebody who was certain of his victory.

Ichigo unaware of the thoughts of the others, started his speech.

"He saved my life." Was the simple reply from Ichigo as Foxy's eyes widened. "Sure he may be a devious scheming pirate." Ichigo noted off on his finger's getting a face fault from the crew. "He may of tried to force me to join his crew." He listed off and Foxy started to feel sweat fall down his face from the comments. He didn't know Ichigo had such a low opinion of him.

"But that doesn't matter. He gave me a fighting chance to fight for myself, instead of forcing me to join his crew as soon as he met me. He saved my life and I'm going to save his. That's all there is to it." Ichigo stated matter of factly crossing his arms defiantly earning a deadpan stare from everyone on the ship.

Aokiji could certainly see it now, the similarities between this teen in front of him and the Straw Hat. A small smile crossed his lips hearing the teens simple minded response.

"And you!" Ichigo continued, pointing his hand at Foxy who blinked at the sudden attention from the orange haired teen. "I'm going to save you and everyone else on this ship. So shut up!" Ichigo yelled as the entire crew was speechless. The moment passed as the crew's jaws dropped to the ground. From such a declaration, what could they possibly say.

"Oi oi oi." Aokiji started getting everyone's attention. "Why are you making me feel like the bad guy here?" Aokiji sighed. Ichigo turned his eyes back to the Admiral pointing his finger at him.

"This is between you and me. Got it?" Ichigo put up his fist ready for the fight to begin.

He saw my attack earlier, he can see through my flash step. I'll just have to take this seriously.

If Aokiji had any doubt before, it washed away hearing the familiar words he had heard from the Straw Hat. A chuckle escaped his lips and Ichigo's eyebrow rose with a questioning gaze.

"That's fine by me, but don't be mistaken. This will be a fight to the death." Aokiji's body started to let off icy mist, parts of his body covering with Ice.

Ichigo gazed at the Ice, it reminded him more of Toshiro's Ice than Rukia's. Toshiro had always used it to cover himself during his attacks, while Rukia usually used it as a power for her attacks, never covering herself with it.

How many times had he fought like this before. He had lost count how many battles he had gotten into that were to the death, and this one wasn't any different.

"If that's what it takes to beat it into that skull of yours." Ichigo readied himself, he would use more of his power, damn the consequences.

"Then come! Prove yourself!" Aokiji shouted waiting for the teen in front of him to prove his words weren't empty promises.

The crew watched gulping as they tried to back away from the scene, hoping not to get caught up in the collision between the two. Foxy felt himself get pulled by Porche as she tried to get him away from the fighters.

Little did the fighters know that their confrontation would lead to a change around the pirate world.

Ichigo for the first time since coming to this new world, released his Reiatsu. He had been keeping it lowered so it wouldn't affect anybody here. If they could see him in this new world, than they could most likely feel his Reiatsu as well.

He didn't want to hurt anybody here, so he'd have to move the fight elsewhere.

A blue aura surrounded Ichigo as the crew felt a pressure they hadn't felt before push on them. It felt like somebody was physically trying to push them into the ground. A few of the pirates started to breath heavily falling to their knees unable to stand.

Porche and Foxy stared wide eyed at the teen as the strange aura seemed to emit from his body, feeling the same pressure trying to push them down.

Aokiji eyes were wide staring at the teen, he too could feel the pressure being emitted from Ichigo and stared hard at the teen as the blue aura coming off of him caught his attention.

Conqueror's haki!? Wait no, it's different. It's not a Devil Fruit. The kid swam earlier so it's impossible that he has one.

Aokiji's eyes widened as the teen vanished from sight, the next moment he felt a hand gripping his face as his eyes slowly moved to his side, seeing Ichigo had traveled the distance between them in an instant.

He's fast!

Ichigo gripped Aokiji's face and threw him off the ship with as much strength as he could. Aokiji flew through the air creating a small shockwave before crashing into the ocean.

Watching his form hit the ocean Ichigo landed on the railing taking a deep breath lowering his Reiatsu. The blue aura surrounding him dissipated as the pirates felt the pressure pushing them down disappear. He looked down at his hand that had gripped Aokiji's face and saw it had a layer of Ice covering it.

So anything that touches him freezes.

Ichigo punched his fist into his palm breaking the Ice, other than a slight stinging it wasn't much, he hadn't touched Aokiji that long so the damage wasn't as bad as it could be.

The pirates fearfully gazed up to the form of Ichigo, his oddly colored Haori fluttered in the Grand Line breeze. They didn't know what that power was, but it scared them. Was this really the same teen that had fought Foxy moments prior?

Ichigo turned around facing Porche and Foxy who both stared wide eyed at the teen.

"Sorry about that. Didn't mean to scare you guys." Ichigo apologized earning a dumb nod from Foxy and Porche. Foxy seemed to get his bearing quicker than Porche and retorted.

"What the hell was that!? Were you holding back during our fight!?" Foxy couldn't help but shout getting a blank stare from his crew.

Ichigo's eye twitched as he walked over to Foxy. Foxy looking up felt a fist crash into his head.

"Shut up! You're worried about our fight when that guy is out there!?" Ichigo retorted pointing his finger towards the ocean he threw Aokiji. "Now sit down and watch!" Ichigo turned away from Foxy looking at the ocean.

"You bastard!" Foxy yelled feeling the pain on his head as he tried to hit Ichigo back. Porche grabbed her Captain stopping him from retaliating.

"Stop Captain!" She tried to calm down Foxy. "He's right though. What about Aokiji?" She questioned Foxy as he stopped himself.

Now that he thought about it, was the Admiral honestly defeated that easily?

A giant pillar of Ice shot out of the ocean as the crew turned towards the sight, eyes wide with fear. A blast of cold air hit the ship as it tilted causing a few of the pirates to lose their balance and fall.

Ichigo turned his serious gaze towards Porche as she watched him with wide eyes.

"Porche can you do me a favor?" Ichigo started as she nodded. "Could you get my swords, I might need them for this fight." Ichigo finished earning a vigorous nod from the girl.

"Leave it to me!" She said with a wink as she rushed into ship, her form disappearing behind the door.

Watching her leave Ichigo hopped back onto the railings looking down below. He caught sight of Aokiji kneeling on a platform of Ice far away from the ship.

So an Ice Devil Fruit?

He still didn't know exactly what a Devil Fruit was, but what he heard during his battle people in this world had strange powers, not unlike a Fullbringers.

Sending one last glance towards the pirates he jumped off the ship and created a small platform of Reiatsu to stand on a respectable distance away from the Admiral.

He knew that attack wouldn't do the tall guy in, if he was anything like Chad with his height he was probably just as strong.

He had chosen to get the Admiral away from the ship where they could fight away from the pirates on the ship. He knew this fight wasn't going to be pretty, and it would hurt anybody who got too close.

Ichigo stood in the air as he watched the form of Aokiji, waiting for his retaliation.

"That was rude of you." Aokiji stated standing up at his full height looking up at Ichigo. His gaze curious as he noticed the teen was defying gravity.

Aokiji didn't know how the teen was standing on air, it certainly wasn't Geppo. That technique allowed the fighter to jump on air, not stand on it like the teen was in front of him.

"If we fought back there, the whole crew would have been Involved." Ichigo admitted his reason for the surprise attack earning a look from Aokiji he didn't quite understand.

Aokiji sighed and rubbed his fuzzy hair with his hand.

"I see, even now you are trying to think of a way to protect those pirates." Aokiji nodded his head understanding the teens train of thought. "That's fine by me. Besides, you've put yourself at a disadvantage." Aokiji placed his hand into the sea water as Ichigo watched closely expecting an attack.

"Ice Age." Aokiji muttered as the entire ocean as far as the eye could see froze instantly. Ichigo felt a blast of cold air hit him as he shivered slightly.

Ichigo tried to stop his jaw from dropping but the absurdity of the attack surprised him. This ability was beyond anything he had seen before. He wasn't even sure if Toshiro could pull something like this off.

Could he be stronger than Toshiro!?

Everyone on the Sexy Foxy was leaning over the railing wanting to get a better view of the fight. Their jaws dropped as the entire ocean surrounding them, including the water around their boat, froze completely.

"I-Impossible. This is the strength of an Admiral?" A pirate muttered as the pirates aboard the ship started to shiver at the cold temperatures.

"Does that kid stand a chance?" Another spoke up turning his head widely hoping a few of his crew mates could agree with his question.

"He'll kill us all if he doesn't win." Another pirate spoke up earning nods from his crew mates.

"We got to cheer him on." Foxy spoke up as his crewed turned towards him. "He's out there fighting for our sake!" Foxy yelled earning a cheer from the pirates. Foxy looked back at the door waiting for Porche to return.

"Go get him ICHIGO!" Was the shout from the pirates. Ichigo's eyes widened as he heard the pirates cheer, not expecting this kind of support.

"Seems you have quite the fan club, making me look the like bad guy here." Aokiji faked being hurt by the words. He stared at the ship, watching the pirates shouting, cheering for Ichigo. "Kind of makes a guy jealous you know." Aokiji turned back to Ichigo as he hopped down from the air and landed on the Ice a reasonable distance away from Aokiji.

"Those idiots, they are treating this like one of their games." Ichigo shook his head raising his fists. He really wished he had Zangetsu right now, Porche would bring them soon, then the party would start.

Aokiji broke the tense atmosphere by holding up his hand as Ichigo straightened up wondering what Aokiji was doing.

"Before we begin, you said it earlier that you didn't know what a Devil Fruit was correct?" Aokiji asked as Ichigo nodded at the question not understanding the direction of the conversation.

"But you don't seem that surprised by my abilities." Aokiji noticed as Ichigo finally understood what he was implying.

Ichigo held his hand to his chin in thought.

Couldn't hurt to be a little truthful.

"I met a kid before who also had Ice powers of some kind, his name was Toshiro and he was a good friend of mine." Ichigo admitted earning a wide eyed stare from Aokiji. Maybe calling Toshiro a kid didn't do him justice, he was way older than Ichigo was.

Aokiji couldn't understand what Ichigo had said. Another person in the world with Ice powers? Was it another Devil Fruit that no one knew about? Was it not a Devil Fruit and some other kind of ability? He didn't know. But the way Ichigo worded his sentence, sounded like the kid named Toshiro wasn't alive any longer.

Maybe he could get some answers from the teen after the fight, if he survived.

"Thank you for stating my curiosity. Now shall we begin?" Aokiji asked earning a nod from Ichigo as they both stared each other down, waiting for an unspoken signal to begin the fight.

"BEAT HIM ICHIGO!" They both heard shouted from the ship, using the shout as the signal for the start of the fight, they both dashed at each other in a burst of speed.

Ichigo releasing more Reiatsu out of his body punching his fist forward as Aokiji felt the same pressure on him from earlier.

Aokiji's fist crashed into Ichigo's own creating a small shockwave cracking the ice underneath them. Massive chunks of Ice broke free, launched away from the shockwave.

Ichigo remembered being in contact with the Admiral's body for too long was a bad idea. Pulling his fist back, he readied himself for another punch. It was strange fighting someone so tall, he was twice his height but he didn't let that stop him.

Aokiji watched the teens fist pull back as he unclenched his own and pushed his palm forward towards Ichigo's unprotected stomach. Ichigo, seeing the attack coming, used a quick flash step to appear in the other side of Aokiji. Launching his fist forward he aimed at the side of Aoki's stomach.

His punch hit its mark as the Ice surrounding Aokiji's torso cracked inwards as his entire stomach shattered. Aokiji's eye were wide as he expected the punch to do no damage, but the pain in his side surprised him.

Ichigo eyes widened, dashing backwards no expecting the Admiral's body to shatter from his punch.

Did I kill him!?

Landing on the ground he watched Aokiji's form shatter into Ice, not understanding what was happening to the Admiral's body. He watched with morbid fascination as Aokiji's body started to repair itself. His form becoming more human like as the Ice in the air formed a human shape.

Ichigo took a step back waiting for Aokiji to get back up. Aokiji's body was completely white covered in Ice as his clothes and skin formed on his body, taking his original shape.

He looked like he had taken some damage, even after his entire body had shattered. Aokiji stared curiously at the teen with serious eyes. That punch shouldn't have been able to do anything to him, but why did he feel it? He gazed down at Ichigo's hands seeing no armament haki that he was familiar with.

His normal punches can hurt me?

"It won't work Ichigo. No matter how many times you shatter me, I can reform my body." Aokiji explained trying to hide the slight pain he felt in his side standing up fully dwarfing Ichigo.

He gritted his teeth as he tried to think of a way to get past that Ice technique. If he just kept punching he would never be able to beat the guy, he even took his stronger punches and came out uninjured.

His quincy abilities were abysmal, the only time he remembered ever using them them wasn't even his doing. Old man Zangetsu was the one who had been the one who used them during his fights to save his life in the past.

His hollow abilities on the other hand…

Ichigo looked down at his right hand where his longer form of Zangetsu would usually rest. If he could awaken his hollow powers, maybe an infused attack of Reiatsu could do some damage to the guy. He'd have to wait for Porche to return. He turned his gaze to the ship, not seeing her form yet.

He scowled remembering he wasn't truly proficient with hollow techniques, let alone fighting in his Shinigami form without his Zapakuto. He didn't fully understanding how to even awaken his hollow powers after getting his true Zanpakuto. In the past he had always used his mask to draw out his hollow powers, but now….

He used to always just scratch the surface of his power when he used his hollow mask, but now that he had received his true Zanpakuto, his powers were completely integrated into him. No longer did he draw out a small portion, he would draw out the full potential of his hollow powers.

Right now he couldn't do that.

He had only arrived here a day ago. He was completely drained of his Reiatsu when he arrived. It was a miracle he had enough Reiatsu right now to fight the man in front of him.

If he had more Reiatsu he was more than certain he could at least try something else to beat the guy.

"Are you sure you should be daydreaming in front of me?" Aokiji said shaking Ichigo out of his thoughts, noticing the Admiral was much closer than before.

His form was encased in Ice as his arms were inches away from wrapping around Ichigo. He cursed himself silently for dazing out during the fight.

Using flash step he disappeared again as Aokiji clicked his tongue in annoyance. Aokiji noted that the teen wasn't this fast earlier when he caught his kick on the ship. It was hard to keep track of him now, ever since that strange pressure exerted from him.

Using Aokiji's tall form against him, he flash stepped upwards out of the outstretched arms sending his knee crashing into the Admiral's head hoping to momentarily daze him. If Aokiji had any doubt before he was certain now, whatever the teen was doing, he could feel his punches hit him. He would figure out later how the teen was doing it.

Ichigo's plan seemed to work as Aokiji was forced to take an shaky step backwards as he gritted his teeth.

Maybe if my attacks are quick enough I can hurt him.

Ichigo launched a punch at his chest. His fist hit nothing as a gaping hole opened as the Admiral's chest melted away. Aokiji couldn't let himself take anymore damage from the teen.

Ichigo realizing his mistake gazed up seeing Aokiji's eyes watching him carefully.

Aokiji's arms shot forward with a burst of speed Ichigo didn't know the large man possessed as his long arms completely wrapped around him.

"Ice Time."

Ichigo had to hold back a scream escaping his lips as he felt Ice being forced into his body.

Aokiji stared down at the teen impassively who had given him so much trouble.

"It's over." Aokiji calmly stated out loud catching Ichigo's attention.

Ichigo felt his body freeze as his skin turned to Ice. He needed to do something to get out of this and fast.

Surprising Aokiji, Ichigo grabbed the Admiral's head with his frozen arms, pulling his head as far back as he could. In an burst of speed the orange haired teen's head crashed into Aokiji's in a explosion of speed. Ichigo felt his head ring as he gritted his teeth in pain.

Aokiji's head shattered into an explosion of Ice as Ichigo felt the Admiral's arms loosen around him. Aokiji felt his head explode with pain, if he hadn't turned his head into Ice at the moment of impact he was sure he would have been dazed from the attack.

Ignoring the imagery of Aokiji's head physically missing from his body he flash stepped away.

Landing on the Ice Ichigo had to stop himself from almost slipping. Looking down at his body he grimaced seeing more than half of his body was covered in Ice. His body felt slow and heavy. His Haori was almost completely covered in Ice, he just hoped it would be fine after this fight.

He couldn't go on for much longer like this.

Ichigo watched as Aokiji's head slowly grew back as Ice around his body pulled into his missing head, noticing the Admiral's eyes were trained directly on him. Ichigo noticed the slight heavy breathing of the Admiral.

Did he feel my punches?

"Why do you continue to fight?" Aokiji asked curiously noticing the heavy breaths coming from the teen.

"Do I need a reason?" Ichigo retorted as Aokiji stared past Ichigo looking at the crew on the ship.

The crew members grimaced seeing the state Ichigo was in, his body was more Ice than flesh.

"For those pirates who saved you huh?" Aokiji asked turning his gaze back at Ichigo. "You would throw your life away here to protect them?" Aokiji watched the teens reaction, hoping to understand his mindset.

"Who said anything about me throwing my life away?" Ichigo smirked earning a raised eyebrow from the Admiral.

It was like his fight with the Straw Hat again, but Ichigo was a more adept fighter than that idiot was. He should end the fight here, he didn't know how long the teen could continue moving with that much Ice on his body.

"I can understand your justice Ichigo." Aokiji scratched his fuzzy hair, his gaze turned cold as he stared at the teen. "I'll prove your efforts are in vain." Aokiji put his hand on the Ice preparing his next attack.

"Ice Age."

A huge blast of Ice shot out of the ground as it launched forward towards Ichigo. He dodged the attack easily by flash stepping high into the air watching the attack from above.

His eyes widened when he realized the direction of the attack, it was heading straight for the Ship.

The pirates screamed in despair as they hoped to get away from the wave of Ice rushing their way.

Porche burst through the doors at that moment holding both of Ichigo's swords in her hands. Rushing over to the railing she caught sight of the attack heading towards the ship as her jaw dropped.

Aokiji watched the exchange disinterested, if Ichigo somehow stopped his attack from killing the crew or the crew met an Icy death it didn't matter to him.

He set the stage for himself being the bad guy, and he would see what the teen would do. Would Ichigo withhold his own justice or let the crew meet an their doom?

Depending on the teens actions he would decide what he would do with him.

Letting a young man with this much potential end up as just another pirate on the Grand Line would do no good for the world.

The kid held his emotions on his sleeve, and his form of justice was something this world needed.

He may be naive, but he needed to learn about this world. How he could have possibly gotten strong enough to not only match him in strength but surpass him in speed was a mystery since the teen was obviously clueless about many things. He needed to know how his punches could hurt a Logia User like himself.

He waited for the teen to make his next move, noticing the fear in his brown orbs.

Ichigo flash stepped landing on the guardrail of the ship surprising the pirates.

"Ichigo!" Porche shouted earning Ichigo's attention as he looked down at what she was holding. A small smile made its way to his lips as he quickly grabbed both of his swords in his hands feeling much more comfortable fighting with his Zanpakuto.

Porche flinched seeing almost half of the teens face was covered in Ice. It was impressive he could still move his body. Porche stopped herself from yelling at the teen when she saw the look in his eyes.

He looked calm. Like he was standing in the middle of a storm trying to single-handedly take it on.

Ichigo turned his attention back to the the attack heading for the ship. Massive pillars of Ice shot out of the ground, each one taller after the other as they grew high above the ship, blocking out the sun.

Ichigo closed his eyes blocking out everything around him feeling for his connection to his Zanpakuto, blue light started to cover his form as he channeled Reiatsu into his Zanpakuto. Misty blue Reiatsu emitted off of the blades as he held them high.

Ichigo's eyes shot open as his eyes glowed blue with Reiatsu, positioning his swords in front of him he readied his attack.

Ichigo stared head on at the wave of Ice heading towards him. He didn't have as much Reiatsu as he hoped, but it would be enough for what he was doing.

The pirates watched fascinated by the swords the teen was wielding, felt the same pressure push on them from earlier.

Aokiji looked at the swords in the teens hand fascinated by them. It didn't look like the teen was using Haki but something else entirely. Feeling the same buildup of pressure from the teen he had released earlier, he retreated to get out of the way of whatever attack the teen had up his sleeve.

Feeling his charge up was enough Ichigo pulled both his swords back. The crowd braced for whatever the teen was going to do.

"GETSUGA JUUJISHOU!" Ichigo yelled swinging his swords in front of him at an incredible speed creating two blue perpendicular waves of Reiatsu towards the pillars of Ice.

A blast of heat hit the pirates as they struggled to keep their eyes open.

The two forces crashed into each other creating a small shockwave, they both held strong against each other in a stalemate. It was broken when the wave of energy melted the Ice completely breaking apart Aokiji's attack.

Its path continued unrelenting as it tore into the the frozen ocean, melting the frozen sea water. The attack hit its critical mass as it exploded in the distance sending a shockwave across the water breaking apart the Ice rocking the ship as the pirates held on for dear life.

The explosive heat from the Getsuga Juujishou hitting the Ice caused a side effect causing the Ice to melt at a rapid pace releasing a steamy mist. The once blue skies were obscured as a misty fog hung around the ship. The once warm Grand Line that had been turned into a frozen wonderland was now a moderately warm fog.

Ichigo felt his breath hitch as he fell down to his knee, trying to keep himself steady by using his swords are a makeshift crutch. He had expected as much using so much Reiatsu in a single attack. He was surprised he had pulled that off.

The crew noticing the pressure was gone, one by one started to stand staring at the teen in shock. With the change in weather the pirates felt their clothes stick to their skin.

They couldn't see the teen clearly due to the fog now surrounding the ship, but his form was clear kneeling on the railing.

Ichigo looked up wondering what happened to Aokiji, he didn't want to kill the guy, he hoped he was able to get out of the way of that attack.

"That was impressive." Ichigo heard from behind him as he shakily stood up turning around at the source of the voice, spotting Aokiji standing behind him.

The pirates jaws dropped seeing the Admiral unharmed from the attack, he had escaped its wrath. Little did they know he was well out of the way of the attack prior.

Aokiji noticed the strange change in weather and couldn't help but be impressed by the teen. That attack was dangerous, if he had been in the path of it, he wasn't too sure if he could have gotten away unscathed.

The pressure from the attack wasn't haki, but he was sure whatever it was could harm a Logia user like himself. This kid was dangerous and he seemed to understand his abilities.

His expectations were blown out of the water, he was sure Ichigo would uphold his own justice wherever he went. Now it was time for the offer.

"Thanks." Ichigo said through clenched teeth, he felt most of the Ice on his body had melted away from the wave of heat from his Gestuga Juujishou. "Should we continue?" Ichigo said holding his blades up, much more confident in himself now with Zangetsu in his hands.

Aokiji looked at the swords and couldn't help but admire them now that he was closer. He smiled confusing Ichigo.

"There's no need for that." Aokiji started gaining a raised eyebrow from the teen as he lowered his Zanpakuto's. "This is my defeat. You won this fight." Aokiji placed his hands in the arms in the air showing he was surrendering. Ichigo blinked owlishly as he looked hard at the man.

"Ha?" Ichigo dumbly responded not expecting the Admiral to surrender.

"WHAT!?" The loud reaction from the pirates shouted. Ichigo beating an Admiral!? Impossible!

"He won!?"

"Against an Admiral!?"

"The Admiral's surrendering!?"

"Ichigo beat Aokiji!?"

"Woah now hold up." Aokiji said trying to calm down the crowd. "I will accept this defeat on one condition." Aokiji said putting up his finger gaining Ichigo's attention.

"And that is?" Ichigo asked curiously waiting for the Admiral to continue.

Aokiji turned to look at the teen as they both stared at each other.

"You join me to uphold justice in this world." Aokiji walked towards the teen placing his hand out, waiting for the teens response.

Ichigo looked at the outstretched hand dumbfounded.

Justice?

Ichigo stared at outstretched hand not sure what to do. Ichigo looked up seeing a big grin on the Admiral's face.

"What do you mean Justice?" Ichigo asked as Aokiji frowend putting his outstretched hand away scratching his head.

"I have a motto and It's 'Lazy Justice'. Did you forgot I'm an Admiral upholding the law?" Aokiji narrowed his eyes on Ichigo as he gulped at the intense stare.

"Lazy Justice? And I don't know a thing about the Marines so I wouldn't know." Ichigo questioned not really understanding the meaning.

"It means I'll uphold the law, Lazily." Aokiji finished earning a palm to the face from Ichigo.

Aokiji turned towards Foxy. "I'm not going after you anymore. So don't worry about it." Aokiji said earning a deadpan stare from Foxy as he nodded dumbly.

"But why did you fight me?" Ichigo asked earning a lazy gaze from Aokiji.

"Well I wanted to test you and uhhhh." He trailed off as Ichigo waited patiently for him to continue. "I forgot." Aokiji admitted as the crew facefaulted.

"But what about that attack right now!" Ichigo yelled pointing towards where the he had defended the ship from attack. "You would have seriously hurt that crew with that!" Ichigo yelled as Aokiji held up his hands trying to defend himself.

"Oh that, well like I said that was more of a test for you." Aokiji admitted earning a questioning gaze from Ichigo. "I knew you would defend against the attack." He gazed at the swords in Ichigo's hands. "Probably." He said more to himself than to Ichigo. The teen felt a tick of irritation on his forehead.

Aokiji yawned as he stretched his arms sitting down on the deck. "Ahh my legs are tired from all that fighting." Aokiji said.

Ichigo watched as the grown man laid out on the deck putting the sleeping mask over his eyes.

"I'll wait for your answer here Ichigo." Aokiji said with a serious tone that went against his current position of trying to sleep on the wooden deck of the ship.

Ichigo felt his eye twitch as he looked down at the tall man sleeping like a baby on the ground.

Is this guy seriously an Admiral?

Looking down at the face of the Admiral Ichigo felt a tick of irritation.

I'm kicking him.

Authors Notes

That was a chapter and a half, I had so much trouble writing the fight scene trying to convey how I would imagine a fight between them would play out. Having to write a semi-serious fight scene was fun, but having to drive a bigger narrative into it made it really difficult to get my point across.

I'm not too proud of this chapter, at one point I just felt like I hit a mental wall and couldn't write anymore. I pushed through and was able to write this chapter. I might do some edits in the future.

I hope you like this chapter because I still have plans for this story.

I feel I could have gone with a better way of getting Aokiji to join him in his adventures, but i honestly couldn't think of any other way.

Please leave a review! I always read them and take notes sometimes. If I made any spelling mistakes let me know.

Until next time.

EDIT: So I maybe have screwed up. Logia Devil Fruit users are weak to Haki, but would that mean since Ichigo right now is in his Shinigami form, would his punches have any effect on Logia users. I don't know, but I may have to rewrite this chapter if that's the case.

EDIT 2: Completely rewrote the final scene, Ichigo was too OC for me so I rewrote the exchange between Aokiji and him.

EDIT 3: Rewrote the final scene one more time for a little bit more humor.

EDIT 4: Completely forgot to give a reason why Ichigo wasn't using his Zanpakuto's. I can't believe I overlooked it. Added an explanation just before His fight starts with Aokiji over the ocean.

EDIT 5: Retconned an entire chunk of the chapter, will delete the old one and reupload this one.

EDIT 6: Fixed the parts where Aokiji now actually feels Ichigo's punches and I feel it adds more to this fight why Aokiji surrendered.