Chapter 3: Don't Follow Me

Ichigo rushed the horde of hollows in the park and started t cutting them all down one by one. Uryu was holding her own, but took subtle glances at the teen. She was amazed that not only did he excel in destroying hollows, but his power was incredible. He was also very muscular and handsome. Uryu shook those thoughts out of her head and tried to stop her blushing. She continued to fire off arrows to the hollows and kept her distance from Ichigo to keep her mind clear.

A little ways off from the battle, or massacre if you really want to get technical, Rukia stood there and watched in awe at how proficient Ichigo was. Yes, Uryu was impressive with her bow, but Ichigo was just on another level of power compared to her. Rukia also noticed something that Ichigo was doing that made her nervous: he was smiling and laughing. Ichigo was enjoying this. Killing hollows was enjoyable to him, something that only a few soul reapers back in the soul society would agree upon. Rukia continued to watch, unaware of the approaching figure behind here until she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned to see Kisuke standing there with her cane and a black cat was on her left shoulder.

"Urahara?" Rukia started in a confused tone. "What are you doing here?"

Both Kisuke and the cat kept their eyes on Ichigo, but Kisuke managed to say something. "So that's him. Wow, he looks incredible."

"Kisuke." The cat started, catching Rukia by surprise at a talking cat.

"What's up Yoruichi?"

"I want to eat him up sooooo badly right now." Yoruichi said with a slight whimper as they continued to watch Ichigo destroy hollow after hollow. After a few minutes, all four females noticed that the hollows were running away from Ichigo. This confused them as Ichigo looked like he could keep going all day.

"Hey!" He yelled out as the hollows all ran away through strange portals they kept creating to get away from him. Ichigo was confused by how they reacted and turned to see Uryu staring at him in disbelief. He sighed and marched over to her. She tensed at every step he took and looked like she was about to raise her bow, but she didn't. Or more like she couldn't. She felt some kind of heat going around her body as he walked over to her. She tried to focus, but her vision and senses became hazy. Ichigo stood in front of her and grabbed her by her shirt to pull her closer. The closeness was too much for her and she blushed madly. "Just what the hell did you do to draw that many hollows here?!"

Uryu looked away from his gaze and answered in a low tone. "It wasn't supposed to draw that many in. Just a few."

Ichigo could tell that she was very uncomfortable with how close he was to her, so he sighed again and let her go. "Fine." He started as he placed his blade on his shoulder. Uryu looked up at him and saw his stern gaze staring straight at her. "Next time you do something that stupid, I won't make the effort of saving your ass!" He yelled at her, much to her surprise.

"S-save me!?" Uryu stammered out. "I wouldn't have needed your help dealing with any of these hollows. I could take on a strong one without needing anyone to save me!"

Just as Ichigo was about to retort, there was a large crack that formed in the sky. The two looked up to it and saw a massive hollow stepping out of it. Uryu and Rukia were terrified at seeing the large hollow in the world of the living. Kisuke and Yoruichi were surprised to see the Menos stepping out. Ichigo, on the other hand, was actually excited. He couldn't explain it, but he was very happy to get the chance to fight a strong hollow like this. He grinned at the Menos before taking his sword off his shoulder.

"Now that's more like it." He said as he rushed over to the Menos.

"No! Wait!" Uryu yelled out as Ichigo rushed over.

"Ichigo!" Rukia was about to go over and stop him, but Kisuke snapped her fingers and Rukia dropped down like an intense weight had been placed on her.

Ichigo didn't hesitate at all charging at the Menos. He threw himself at it's legs and went for a slash, but the Menos kicked him as he was coming to it. He skidded on the ground a little and recovered before smirking. He was enjoying this, and it didn't go unnoticed by the four. They were all just very surprised by the fact that Ichigo was enjoying this.

Ichigo rushed over again but stopped when he saw that the Menos had charged up some kind of beam in its mouth. He looked up to it in confusion for a while before seeing the bright flash of energy coming straight at him. He was surprised but kept his cool as he raised his blade to block the attack. At first, he was struggling. The force of the attack was great and powerful, but he could feel something strangely familiar about this energy. Suddenly, Ichigo was filled with an intense power that was enough To lift up his blade and send the attack right back at the Menos. There was a large gust of wind that blew from his counter, and the Menos let out a cry of pain before retreating back into the crack in the sky. When the Menos was gone and the wind cleared, Ichigo raised his free hand into the air and shouted out.

"WHO ELSE WANTS SOME!"

The four were a mixture of amazed by his power and shocked by it at the same time. Kisuke and Yoruichi hadn't expected this at all. They knew he was strong and powerful, but they had no idea he was that strong. Rukia was absolutely stunned by how strong Ichigo was. She had known him long enough to analyze his power, but she had no idea it was this immense. Uryu didn't know what to think. She was just standing there,swallowed up by his power, and to her, it was incredible.

Unbeknownst to any of them, another woman had seen the entire thing as well. She was wearing a soul reaper uniform and had on a straw hat that was fastened to her head. She got one good look at the orange haired teen and noticed two things: one, he was incredibly powerful, and two, he was a boy. She looked to the other side of the park and saw her target as well and gasped.

"I've got to report this." She said as she opened a Senkaimon and ran through it. That didn't go unnoticed by both Kisuke and Yoruichi. They knew that had to be someone sent to find Rukia. If their hunch was right, then the soul society would send high ranking officers to get her to be executed for breaking a forbidden law.

Soul Society

The woman with the straw hat passed through the gate rather quickly and made her way over to the squad six barracks as quickly as she could. She pulled off her hat and let her short black hair flow with the wind passing through her. She entered the barracks and found the captain and lieutenant walking along to the gate.

"Captain Kuchiki." She said as she bowed to the woman.

Captain Kuchiki was a tall, slender woman with her hair in some kind of design. She wasn't wearing her white haori but had a teal scarf around her neck. She looked at the woman with a monotone look in her eyes, but answered her regardless.

"Eiko Saido." She started. "What is that you want to tell me, and where is Rukia?"

Eiko looked up and answered her. "I found Rukia Kuchiki captain, but I was stopped when a mass group of hollows attacked the area. I was about to intervene, but then a Menos Grande appeared ma'am."

This caught the red headed lieutenants attention as she gasped in shock. "No freakin way. A Menos attacked the world of the living and we didn't know about it."

"Calm yourself Renka." Byakuren said to her lieutenant. She looked back to Eiko. "How did you deal with it then?"

"That's the thing captain, someone else did." Eiko said as she scratched the back of her head.

This caught Byakuren's attention as she crossed her arms and asked. "Who?

Eiko looked around to make sure they weren't being listened to as she whispered to them. "A male soul reaper with bright orange hair."

"A GUY WITH POWERS!?" Renka shouted out in surprise and shock.

Even Byakuren was stunned by what she heard, but kept her composure nonetheless. She looked around and saw that some of her squad had heard the lieutenant's outburst. She gave them a glare that sent a sense of dread through them and they scattered. She looked back to Eiko and said to her. "Me and my lieutenant will bring Rukia back. Inform the head captain that we have found her and are bringing her back for her trial of a forbidden technique, but know this Eiko." She stood in front of the woman and glared daggers through her, making her very uncomfortable. "Do not inform her of this male soul reaper. We will deal with him ourselves. Understood?"

Byakuren left before Eiko could say anything and was followed by Renka. They made their way to the Senkaimon gate and waited for it to open. While they waited, Renka had to ask her something.

"Captain, what did you mean by 'deal with him'? You don't really mean that we'll kill him do you?" She asked with a bit of hesitation in her voice.

"If it comes to that Renka, then yes. We will deal with him." Byakuren said without even turning around.

Ichigo's Room, That Night

Ichigo had been in his bed after his initial defeat of the Menos Grande. He wasn't tired after the whole thing, just mainly irritated at everyone gawking at him after words. True, he didn't really mind all too much, but it still irritated him when any of them just stared at him like that. He could tell that if he were to go to the soul society that it would basically be like this only ten times worse.

"Damn." He said to himself as he stood up from his bed. Ichigo went out of his room and went to the bathroom, but when he went in, he heard mumbling and struggling noises. He followed the sound and found Kon taped behind the toilet with a note next to her. He untaped her and took her to his room.

"Ichigo! We have to save Rukia!" She yelled out.

"Save her? What are you talking about? She's right here." Ichigo opened up his closet only to find it empty. "What the hell?"

"See, I told you. She left after putting this message on me." Kon held the note up to Ichigo and he took it.

At first it made no sense, but with some careful thinking he cracked the code. It explained that she was leaving so he could be safe from the soul society when they came to take her. It also said that she would most likely be executed for her crimes and that he should just live his life without worrying about any of this anymore.

"What the hell is she thinking?" Ichigo said to himself as he picked up Kon. He reached into her mouth and pulled out her green pill. After wiping it down, he ate it and went out through his window to find Rukia.

While Ichigo was doing this, Rukia was already confronted by two familiar faces. She looked up and saw the redhead jumped down with her sword drawn and do a downward slash to her. Rukia barely dodged it and got a cut on her cheek for her troubles.

"I see." Renka started. "So you really did lose all of your power huh Rukia?" She said with a very cocky grin on her face. "Well then, taking you back with us should be pretty damn easy."

"How did you find me Renka?" Rukia asked her friend.

Renka grinned at her and placed her zanpakuto on her shoulder. "Pretty easy when we found out about the Menos, and the male soul reaper." Rukia gasped at what she heard. Before she could ask Renka interrupted her. "Tracking his energy patterns was easy, especially with these goggles of mine." She motioned to the visor on her forehead. "It tracked your faint spirit energy and led us right to you."

Rukia looked over to her sister and saw that she wasn't even looking at her. Rukia felt a sense of dread as Renka made her way over to her and the fact that she couldn't even defend herself filled that dread. Just as Renka was about grab Rukia, an intense spirit pressure covered the area. Even Byakuren was taken aback from it. Renka was suddenly forced back when a massive blade appeared in front of her. She jumped back and the blade cracked the ground, sending shockwave throughout the area. Ichigo stood there with a combination of irritation and anger.

"So you were just gonna leave and thought I wouldn't try to find you?" Ichigo asked Rukia without even turning around to her. Rukia felt even worse now and lowered her head in shame. "So just who the hell are you two?"

Both Renka and Byakuren were still stunned to see a boy with soul reaper powers, but Renka was able to answer after shaking her head a little.

"My name is the last you'll ever hear boy." She started as she placed her left hand over her zanpakuto. "Roar, Zabimaru!" She swept her hand across the blade and it changed to a large blade with what looked like some kind of connections to it. She saw Ichigo's stunned expression and smirked to him. "My name is Renka Abarai, and this fight is over!"

She did a forward slash and the blade extended. Ichigo raised his blade to block it, but the force was too great. Renka's blade dug into Ichigo's shoulder and she pulled, letting the extensions tear into him. Ichigo dropped his blade and fell to his knees.

"Huh." Renka started as she walked over toward Rukia who was in absolute shock. She had never seen Ichigo taken down so easily throughout the time she's been around him. "Guess you were all hype and no skill."

Ichigo was unresponsive. He hadn't moved at all and it was making Rukia worried and the other two confused. Was he really this easy to deal with? Renka didn't want to believe that a mere human male who was given soul reaper powers and took out a Menos was this easy to defeat. She went over to him and knelt down to get a good look at his defeated expression.

She smirked at him before saying. "What? Don't tell me that you're really that damn weak boy."

When he heard that, something inside of him snapped. He had been called weak ever since his mother died by that voice. When he got his powers, the voice stopped and he thought that he had proven that he wasn't weak anymore. This girl had beaten him in one shot and was now calling him weak. That was the last straw. Ichigo grabbed his sword and slowly stood up. Renka grinned and backed away to prepare for an actual fight this time. Rukia was about to beg him not to continue, but she was silenced when she saw the energy coming from his sword. It was faint and hard to detect, but she could tell that it was black. Suddenly, an incredible amount of energy covered the entire street, surprising all three women. Ichigo looked at Renka with an evil like smirk and rushed her. She prepared to block but was forced back by the force of his energy. She slid on a rail and the visor she had broke.

"What in the hell is this?" She asked him as he looked at her with a mad grin on his face.

"I don't know what this is." He started. His voice was a little different too. Almost a little distorted like. "But I can dig this." He ran over to her and she lazily dodged his slash.

She looked down to see that her shihakusho had been cut, revealing her tattooed breast to the boy. Ichigo wasn't even paying attention to her chest as he jumped at her with help from the railing and went for another strike. Renka dodged again only this time when she landed she fell to her knees. The pressure he was emitting was too much for her as she looked up to see Ichigo leap into the air.

"I can't move." She thought to herself. "I'm so dead."

Ichigo went to slash her down, but when the dust cleared, his blade was gone.

"What the hell?" He thought to himself. "How did that happen? Was it her? No, it couldn't have been." He turned back to the other woman. "Was it her? No. She hasn't moved from that spot."

Byakuren raised her hand and showed Ichigo his missing blade. He gasped and she dropped it to the ground. She reached for her sword and Ichigo prepared himself. When he did, suddenly she was moving past him and he felt that something wasn't right. After a few seconds, blood splattered out of two wounds on his chest. He fell to the ground in confusion, wondering just what had happened.

"You're even slow falling down." She said as he finally hit the cold concrete. Rukia and Renka looked on at the scene in both horror and awe. Byakuren sheathed her blade and turned to her lieutenant. "Do you need a moment Abarai, or do I need to get Rukia myself as well?"

Renka nodded and went over to Rukia. "Let's go Rukia." She led her to an open area where she was going to open the Senkaimon before asking her captain. "What about him?"

Byakuren looked down on the boy and didn't even change her expression. "He'll bleed out if he's not treated. I cut his soul chain so he shouldn't be a problem."

Just before she was about to turn and walk away, Ichigo had grabbed her by her hakama. She looked down and saw the grin on his face. "Don't think that that's gonna stop me."

Byakuren was visibly irritated and was about to draw her blade again, but before she could, Rukia had kicked Ichigo's hand off of her.

"Don't touch my sister." Rukia said in a cold tone.

"What the hell Rukia?" Ichigo said in a weak tone.

"You'd die faster if you did that." She continued while not looking at him. "I'm going to face my fate for what I've done. You don't belong in this world with the rest of us boy. So please." Her voice broke as she turned towards him. She had tears in her eyes and was conflicted with her emotions. "Live your life as an ordinary human. Before I got involved in it. Please, don't follow me." Ichigo could see how broken up she was about this whole thing and couldn't say anything. She turned around and noticed her sister standing there with her eyes closed and sword still sheathed. "Let's go sister."

Byakuren opened her eyes and turned to her lieutenant. Renka opened the Senkaimon with her zanpakuto and resealed it. Three hell butterflies came out of the Senkaimon and the three stepped in. The gate was starting to close, and the last thing Ichigo saw before he lost consciousness was Rukia looking back to him. She mouthed off a few words that Ichigo didn't want to hear her say.

"I'm sorry."

A Few Minutes Later

The gate had closed and rain started to pour on the town. Ichigo had fallen into unconsciousness and was now laying in a wet pool of his blood. He looked like he was really dead, at least that's what anyone else would have thought if it wasn't for some unknown force that had started to heal up his wounds.

Kisuke had found Ichigo lying there and witnessed the strange healing that was taking place on the boy. The energy was a black color and had at least stopped the bleeding. Yoruichi was on her shoulder and was also staring at the event taking place in front of her in shock and awe.

"Kisuke." The cat started.

"I know Yoruichi." Kisuke interrupted. "The power we've felt all this time wasn't Rukia's that was inside of him, it was this." She took her cane in her left hand, while she held her umbrella in her right, and poked the energy. Her cane's tip had been completely disintegrated, much to her surprise. "Okay. I think we'll need to get Tessai here to move him." Kisuke said in a defeated tone.

"Oh I'm gonna enjoy eating him up when he wakes." Yoruichi said with lust in her voice.

"Now Now Yoruichi." Kisuke started as she reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone. "You know what we're gonna do. Help him first, then have him repay us." She said to her feline companion with a wink.

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