Chapter 11: New Vizards

It had been a very interesting decade for Ichigo. Training Byakuya wasn't as difficult as he thought it would be as Byakuya was a lot more diligent and determined to learn than anything else. He had a clear goal set for himself, to lead the Kuchiki clan to greatness once he became the new head. As time went on, Ichigo found out that Byakuya had also been seeing a girl as well. Hisana, a girl from the slums of Rukongai, that he had been seeing in secret. It came as no surprise to Ichigo at all as he was able to figure it out with ease, and if Ichigo could figure it out, then it would have been a matter of time before the Kuchiki clan did. Fortunately for Byakuya, his teacher didn't care about his relationship too much to interfere or tell the Kuchiki elders. He simply gave Byakuya this advice, if he loves her, then defy whatever rules he could to be with her.

Things had taken a drastic turn in Ichigo's favor as certain events took place in much different ways then his time. Sosuke along with Misuto had developed a way to convert a soul reaper to that of a hollow without the true knowledge of the Hogyoku. True, Sosuke knew of Kisuke's unfinished one, but that mattered very little sense he had his daughter. Misuto was able to generate just the right amount of power to change a being from that of a soul reaper to a that of a hollow. With a few test on some unsuspecting soul reapers who hurt a girl that was Gin's friend, Sosuke found that the soul reapers develop hollow masks and the strength of hollows. He also learned that they start off primal and feral, before truly succumbing to the hollow inside. They weren't strong enough to handle the hollow, so Sosuke and Misuto killed them and brought them back for study. Unfortunately for them both, Gin had seen the entire thing unfold. He had told not his captain or anyone in his squad, but his teacher, the man he respected the most, Ichigo. Ichigo decided to confront Sosuke about this along with Gin and was surprised that he had found a way to hollowfication with the Hogyoku's help. Since this was the case, Ichigo had decided to tell Gin about his plan to destroy the soul society, or at the very least destroy the main problem with it.

At first Gin didn't understand, but as Ichigo explained it to him, things started to make sense to the young man. He was behind his teacher one hundred percent now. After he had told Gin, he made sure that he didn't tell his other two students as they weren't ready to hear this. Ichigo also told Sosuke and Misuto to test this hollowfication on stronger people this time. Sosuke agreed and asked him which people he would like to change, and to his surprise, Ichigo already had a good list of people he wanted to undergo this new transformation. That list included:

Kensei, Mashiro, Shinji, Love, Rose, Hiyori, Kisuke, and Yoruichi.

Sosuke wasn't sure why his own captain was a part of that list, but then again it made sense since Shinji was dangerously close to catching Sosuke and his daughter. Knowing Shinji, if he did catch Misuto, he would probably bring her to the head captain so she could be sentenced to execution, or kill her right in front of him. Either way, Shinji had to go. Kensei and Mashiro were a close captain and lieutenant who didn't trust Ichigo as well, and aligned with Shinji. Hiyori was a bit of a problem since she would always turn up at the worst possible times. It wasn't unusual for Misuto to avoid her whenever she was out and about. Love and Rose were a bit of an odd choice in Sosuke's eyes as they hadn't done anything worth mentioning. Maybe Ichigo just wanted to see how the hollowfication just worked on more captains. Kisuke and Yoruichi made the most sense out of the list. Kisuke had never trusted Sosuke and had even investigated him the best that he could. Kisuke was sticking his nose in a personal matter to Sosuke that he shouldn't have delved into. To Ichigo though, he needed Kisuke out of the picture, and instead of him being in exile and regaining his bearings in the world of the living, Ichigo decided to put him in a situation he couldn't overcome with logic. It did pain Ichigo to do this to one of his mentors, but he needed Kisuke out of harms way once things start. Yoruichi, despite how Ichigo felt with her as well, would follow her best friend anywhere, and this hollowfication would be no different.

With his list set with Sosuke and Misuto, Ichigo left the lab with Gin and left the matter in Sosuke's hands. Ichigo told him to handle it as discreetly as possible.

For the past few weeks now, Sosuke and Misuto had been causing hollow sightings over certain parts of Rukongai that were simply strange to the soul society. These hollows were unlike the usual hollows that make their way into the soul society. They were strong and would even be met with a lieutenant and defeat them as well, but what was strange was the fact that the hollows would not kill any of the soul reapers. Just injure them, badly. After a few more attacks, a pattern was found and Kensei, Mashiro, Love and Rose were deployed to deal with the hollows. From the descriptions they were given, one of the hollows looked like some sort of teenager with red hair. Another hollows that was there was some type of teenage girl with long purple hair. Finding those two would be simple now for the four since they had a description and found a pattern now. They went to an open field far outside of the Seireitei and saw the two hollows standing there, staring at them intently. These hollows were unlike anything they had ever seen before. Almost human-like and with immense power that rivaled a captains.

"These two must be it." Rose said to the others.

He received a nod from Shinji and they decided to come up with some sort of plan. Before they could though, the red haired hollow threw something at them. They tensed at first but then to their horror saw that it was Hiyori that they saw.

"HIYORI!" They shouted out as they checked on her. She seemed to be unconscious and unresponsive to the four's touch and voices.

Shinji looked to the two hollows and seethed as they just stood there, shrouded in the darkness of night. "Whatever you two did to Hiyori," Shinji started as he unsheathed his blade. "I'm gonna destroy you both for it!"

He charged at the two with Kensei behind him. The two were mere inches away from the two, when suddenly and without warning, the hollows just shattered like glass. Shinji was the first to recognize that technique as his lieutenant's. Shinji and Kensei looked at one another before realizing something was very wrong. That was when they turned and saw, to their horror, Hiyori rising up with not only an intense spiritual pressure, but also a hollow mask as well. She cut through Mashiro who was checking on her and roared a feral roar into the air while releasing this pressure.

"Hiyori!" Shinji yelled out as he was heading to her. Suddenly, a powerful fist connected to his side, knocking him back and causing internal injuries. He skidded to the side and coughed up blood before looking up to see Kensei with a hollow mask on and looking monstrously muscular. Shinji had no idea what was going on as he saw both Rose and Love also develop hollow mask, same with a waking Mashiro. They all stared at one another before turning their attention towards Shinji. He stood up and readied himself, only for the white substance to secrete from his mouth and eye. He struggled to get the stuff off of him as the other five started to fight each other for no reason at all. Shinji tried and failed to get this stuff off of him as his vision started to fade on him and he felt an instinctual urge to kill overtaking him. Right before he lost himself to this urge, the last thing he saw was his lieutenant standing not too far away from this battle with the female hollow standing next to him. Sosuke smirked at his captain and then for Shinji, everything went dark.

"Hmm." Sosuke started with his daughter by his side. "It looks like this experiment is a success, wouldn't you think so Misuto?"

"Yep." She said to her father with a smile on her face. "I'm so glad I was able to hit them all when they least expected it too. Really made my job a lot easier."

Sosuke smiled to her before feeling the intense spiritual pressure being directed towards them. Both Sosuke and Misuto turned to see Shinji running full speed towards them with his blade in the air and his mouth wide open, charging at them. Both Sosuke and Misuto stood unfazed as he got closer. Right before he could do anything, Aka showed up and kicked Shinji away from them. He stood next to Misuto and Sosuke as they watched Shinji and the others fight each other and struggle for dominance. It went on for a while, until three new spirit energies made their way toward the group. Aka, Misuto and Sosuke hid themselves and their own energy as Kisuke, Yoruichi, and Tessai appeared. They watched in horror as their fellow soul reapers were fighting each other in a bloody and feral battle.

"Tessai." Kisuke said to his friend.

Tessai wasted no time in setting up a kido seals to bind the six and tie them down so they couldn't move. The act had taken a toll on Tessai to use a high kido without an incantation and on powerful individuals. He took a knee and breathed in deeply to catch his breath. Yoruichi checked on him while Kisuke went over to check on the others. He looked them over and had no idea how this could've happened, but then when he was checking Hiyori, he felt the faint energy of the Hogyoku coming from her. He went wide eyed in horror as he felt this energy in all six of them and soon enough felt it coming from behind him as well.

"YORUICHI! TESSAI!" He shouted out as he turned around only to see his best friend wearing a cat-like hollow mask while Tessai was unconscious next to her. Her spirit energy flared as she roared loudly into the air, almost as if she was in pain for some reason.

Kisuke was about to help her in any way he could, but then he started to feel an intense pain surge through his body and into his mind. Without warning, the white substance started to form on his face as well, forming a hollow mask in the form of a what looked like a doll mask. He also roared loudly into the sky, releasing his own pressure in the process. The two stared each other down for a few seconds before charging at one another. Before they could reach each other though, two garganta opened for the both of them. They each fell into their respective garganta and slipped into darkness.

"Very impressive you three." Ichigo's voice cut through to the three still present where they were. They turned to see Ichigo walking towards them. "It looks like everyone is accounted for. Now that just leaves dealing with Yoruichi and Kisuke in Hueco Mundo."

"So what are we gonna do with them?" Misuto asked him. The question had been on the minds of Sosuke and Aka as well. Just what were they supposed to do with these six now?

Ichigo looked to the masked soul reapers and smirked before turning to the three. "We send them to the world of the living. I've already made a special area for them so they can focus on trying to grasp control of their new abilities."

"But what if they come back to the Seireitei?" Sosuke asked his teacher.

"They'll know better than that now." Ichigo told him. "I have a feeling that after all of these hollow pressure's being released mixed with their own energies, the soul society will put two and two together. Same with them. They'll know that now they cannot come back here as they are anymore."

Aka, Misuto and Sosuke understood and were ready to head out. Ichigo waited for some soul reapers to come closer before opening up a garganta to where they needed to go. The soul reapers that came saw the garganta and all of the captains and lieutenants with the masks on and quickly checked on Tessai before leaving to report this whole thing. Ichigo decided to make his way back to Sosuke and the others before opening a garganta to see just how their two newest additions were fairing in their new environment.

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The Doll Mask Thing Is Just Something I Made Up For Kisuke Since I Saw Some Image Of Him From The Last Arc Manga And He Looked Kinda Weird. Saying Stuff Like This Is War And People Die Or Some Junk Like That. His Face Reminded Me Of A Voodoo Doll For Some Reason. Whatever I Suppose.

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