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Chapter List
- 1-The Day we Wept Crimson Tears
- 2-Massacre in the Seireitei
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Chaos Rising.
Welcome back dear readers, to chapter two.
“Normal Speech”
“Kido/ Zanpakuto techniques”
‘Thoughts’
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There’s no easy way to tell someone that their loved ones are not coming back to them and honestly I never wanted to have to do it. Rukia told me the best way is to get it over with as quickly as possible. What we don’t realise sometimes, is just how great the pain really is for that family. I discovered that, when his own hand crushed my heart.
Excerpt from the diary of Orihime Inoue, apprentice under Commander Unohana.
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Chapter 2: Massacre in the Seireitei.
“What do you mean we’re not allowed to come?!” Rukia yelled at Kisuke after he told her to stay behind as they left to find Ichigo. “Look we have no idea what’s happened to him, he needs his friends there to help bring him back.” Behind her, Renji and Rangiku nodded their heads in agreement with her.
“No Kuchiki-san,” Kisuke said as he looked down at her sternly, “there’s no telling what he will do when he sees us and in a fight with him, you’ll only be in the way.”
“But…” Rukia tried to speak only to fall silent as Byakuya appeared next to Kisuke.
“This is not up for discussion Rukia,” he said in his unemotional tone. “That is not the boy you know and as such I will not allow you anywhere near him. End of discussion.”
Before Rukia could even say another word, Ichigo’s sisters and friends that had been taking shelter under the Urahara shop arrived.
“What happened?” Uryu said slightly out of breath after they had run all the way there. “We heard Ichigo scream and then felt his reiatsu vanish and where are the arrancar, did you get them to retreat?”
At his questions all the soul reapers looked away, none of them meeting the group’s eyes.
“The arrancar have retreated for now,” Kisuke said breaking the silence. “As for where Ichigo is, we are still trying to gather all the details.”
While most of the humans were too distraught by this news to notice, Uryu and Tatsuki’s eyes narrowed as shock flashed across Rukia, Renji and Rangiku's faces, only to vanish as they noticed Uryu and Tatsuki looking at them.
“The Captains, Visoreds and I will be heading back to the Seireitei to try and find where Ichigo is,” Kisuke said as he and Byakuya started to walk off. “We’ll send word of what we find as soon as we can.” When the two of them were out of earshot, Uryu turned to glare at the three soul reapers.
“So what exactly are you three hiding?” he asked as calmly as he could, watching as Rukia fidgeted under his gaze. Seeing his friend in discomfort, Renji replied.
“Like Urahara-san said, we don’t know where Ichigo is at the moment,” he said evenly, “but I’m willing to bet that the captains will know soon enough and will bring him back alive.”
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Kisuke and Byakuya arrived at where the other captains had gathered, just as Shinji was having a heated argument with Hiyori.
“Dammit Shinji, I don’t care what you say. I’m coming with you to get that idiot!” Hiyori shouted at him.
“And I say that you won’t be,” Shinji said with uncharacteristic anger. “This is not something that you can beat out of him Hiyori and considering he ripped Aizen apart effortlessly, you’re only going to be in the way if we fight him.” Seeing Kisuke and Byakuya were back, he sighed. “Look I can’t argue about this with you anymore, Lisa, Mashiro, if you will please.” At his words Hiyori found herself pinned to the ground by both Lisa and Mashiro.
“What the hell are you doing Shinji!?” Hiyori yelled as she tried to squirm out from under them. “I swear the minute I’m free I’m going to…” She could say no more though as all the current and former captains vanished into a senkaimon, heading into a battle no one could have foreseen.
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As Ichigo walked through the Seireitei, he grew bored as the endless waves of weaker soul reapers tried to stop him. A mere flick of his zanpakuto though was more than enough to send the weaklings flying. Wanting to find out more on his situation, he grabbed a female soul reaper as she charged at him.
“You’ve seen me kill everyone before you with ease, so why do you continue in this stupid attempt to stop me,” he asked as his hand tightened around her neck, her feet dangling above the ground.
“Central 46…has ordered you to be captured…at any cost,” she gasped out as she struggled to breathe.
“Central 46 is it? Hmm, I needed to pay them a visit anyway,” he said as he sent his reiatsu through his hand, causing the woman’s head to explode in a shower of gore. Seeing even more weaklings in front of him, he raised his zanpakuto and started to raise his reiatsu. “Getsuga Tensho,” he whispered and the destructive white energy wave ripped through their ranks, scattering their ashes into the air.
His path cleared, an insane grin spread across his face as he started to walk towards the Central 46 chambers.
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As the current and ex-captains of the Gotei 13 exited the senkaimon, they found the gates of the west gate splintered and in ruins, the body of the gate guardian Jidanbo lying nearby. Walking over to it, they found a young girl bawling her eyes out as she clutched tightly to the giant’s shihakusho. Looking over his injuries, they were mostly non-existent, except for the fact that his head was missing.
“Shh, it’s going to be okay,” Unohana said as she knelt down to the little girl’s level and wrapped her in a tight hug. “Can you tell us who did this?”
Despite the fact that many of the captains had a guess as to who was responsible, they prayed that their fears wouldn’t be realised.
“H-He g-got mad w-when Jidanbo-san, said h-he couldn’t open the gate,” the little girl sputtered out between sobs. “He…he grabbed and forced something into his mouth…a-and then Jidanbo-san’s head was gone,” she sobbed, her cries becoming more hysterical. Soothing the young girl, Unohana shared a look of worry with her fellow captains. For Ichigo to go this far was a scary thought to them, but they had yet to see the inside of the Seireitei.
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As the captains arrived, Ichigo raised his head and smirked, looking in the direction of the west gate.
“It seems my guests have arrived,” he said as he dropped the limp corpse of a guard. “I need to finish here quickly otherwise I won’t be able to greet them properly,” he chuckled as a wicked grin spread across his face. Kicking in the doors to the Central 46’s chambers, Ichigo watched in satisfaction as they went on to crush two of the members.
“What is the meaning of this!” came a distinctly male voice from behind one of the screened partitions.
“I would like to think of it as an annulment,” Ichigo said as he flash stepped to the centre of the chamber. “I don’t think you’ll be needed anymore, so I’ve decided to remove you from power, effective immediately,” he said as he gathered and compressed his reiatsu into a golf ball in his hand. Once he was done, he smirked and dropped the ball to the ground. “Bye, bye,” he said as he disappeared, his voice echoing throughout the chamber. The council members sat stunned as they watched ball hit the ground and crack.
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As the captains made their way cautiously through the Seireitei, they couldn’t help but feel disgusted at the gruesome acts around them. The luckiest soul reapers could at least be identified as their bodies were impaled by blade or fist, fatal blows maybe, but they at least were left with their body’s whole. Those that were not so lucky however, were cleaved in two or reduced to ash before Ichigo’s assault. The common trait though, was the river of blood that led them further in.
They were struck from their observations though, by a massive explosion that shook the ground. As they looked to their left, a massive purple inferno roared into the sky, incinerating everything in the surrounding area. Abandoning all thought of caution, the captains charged off in the direction of the inferno, arriving just as it was extinguished. Before them now lay a smoking ruin of what used to be the Central 46 chambers, their residence as well as the Great Spirit Library.
“He is crippling us,” spoke the cold emotionless voice of Byakuya Kuchiki. “He has already removed the governing body of the Soul Society as well as the most comprehensive database of all our knowledge.”
“He’s acting almost exactly like Aizen did,” Sui-Feng mentioned, only to find herself in the grip of her mentor. At the look in Yoruichi’s eyes, she felt herself shrink before the enraged flash goddess.
“Don’t you dare compare him to that madman,” Yoruichi said slowly as she let go of Sui-Feng, dropping the petite captain on her rear.
Lowering her face in shame, Sui-Feng sat on the ground as the others swept the area looking for survivors.
“There’s nothing more we can do here,” Kisuke yelled out to them all, “we need to get back to finding where and what Ichigo is up to.”
Nodding in agreement, they followed the trail of death and destruction once more. As they headed deeper and deeper into the Seireitei, the trail came to a halt at the first division’s barracks. The doors were ripped off their hinges and lay broken on the ground, along with the corpses of even more soul reapers. Thinking of the sheer amount of corpses that they had seen today, they estimated that at least a thousand were torn apart and an unknown amount were turned to dust.
“So you’ve finally arrived,” Ichigo said as they whirled around to find him lounging amongst the rubble. “You know I honestly expected you to get here much quicker. Ah wait I know, you were too busy admiring my work at the Central 46. Well let’s hear it then, did you like it?” he said with a smirk as his eyes scanned each of them.
“Like it?” Ukitake said incredulously. “Kurosaki-kun, it was horrible.”
“Horrible? What was wrong with it?” Ichigo asked curiously. “Oh wait not enough blood right? Yeah, I should’ve known that those bastards were too weak to be able to withstand that fraction of my power,” he said nonchalantly. “Of course the same goes for a lot of soul reapers here. I mean come on, all I did was use one little Getsuga and they get turned to ash, how disappointing.”
Growing tired of hearing Ichigo show no remorse for those that he had killed, Komamura charged at him with his zanpakuto drawn. As it neared him though, it crashed against a bright rainbow coloured barrier, knocking him back several metres. Looking at the shocked seventh division captain, Ichigo smirked and drove Tensa Zangetsu into the ground.
“So tell me, do you want to test me now too? Honestly I could use a good sparring match right now,” he said as he stood up stretching his arms. Disappearing in a flash, he reappeared in front of the still stunned captain with his fist reared back. Raising his zanpakuto to block it, Komamura’s eyes widened as Ichigo fist broke straight through his zanpakuto, sending him flying back into the first division.
“Komamura-san!” Kisuke called out, watching in horror as the captain’s body struck a wall, causing it to collapse on top of him, burying him under several tons of stone.
“You’ll pay for that Kurosaki,” Sui-Feng spat as she drew her zanpakuto. “Sting all enemies to death, Suzumebachi,” she said as she activated her shikai and her zanpakuto shrunk down to form the stinger and gauntlet. As she vanished from view, she reappeared behind Ichigo, aiming for his heart. As she struck though, he vanished from view, appearing next to her, the stinger gripped in his hand.
“You know I always wanted a closer look at this,” he said as he bent her finger through its normal range of motion. “But what happens if I do this,” he said as he began to bend her finger backwards, causing it to break as he snapped it back against her hand, a shrill shriek escaping from her lips from the pain.
“Sui-Feng!” Yoruichi yelled as she rushed to her former student’s aid.
“Now, now Yoruichi,” Ichigo said as he turned his gaze on her. “I’m having a conversation with Sui-Feng here and it’s rude to interrupt”, he said as dodged her attack and retaliated with kick of his own, sending her flying back.
Making use of her distraction, Byakuya tried to sever Ichigo’s arm from Sui-Feng. His efforts proved in vain as his zanpakuto merely slid off Ichigo arm in a shower of sparks, shocking them all.
“Come now Byakuya,” Ichigo said as he grabbed Senbonzakura, “you can do better than that.” Twisting his body, he threw Byakuya into a charging Kisuke, knocking them both back.
Releasing Sui-Feng, Ichigo started to dodge and weave as Kyoraku and Ukitake attacked him, their dual zanpakuto’s weaving a web of steel around him. Twisting his body into an incredible angle, he slid between their zanpakuto’s and placed his hands on their chests.
“Cero,” he said with a grin as a white and purple Cero blasted the pair back.
Movement in the corner of his eye alerted him to Hitsugaya, with his bankai activated, sending a colossal ice dragon at his unprotected back. Catching the dragon with his bare hands, Ichigo was forced back several metres, before grinding his feet into the ground, halting his movement.
“Not good enough Toshiro,” Ichigo grinned, only for that grin to fade away as he heard several voices shout “CERO”.
As four Ceros ripped through the ice dragon, they exploded on contact with Ichigo, creating a roaring inferno.
“Did we get him?” Kensei asked as the Visoreds floated above the conflict. A shiver ran down their spines though when a chuckle was heard. Flaring his reiatsu, the cloud of smoke dissipated, revealing Ichigo unharmed from their attacks. Pointing his finger at them, they watch in horror as a black and purple reiatsu gathered at his finger tip.
“Cero Oscuras,” he whispered and what followed was an attack even larger than the combined power of their four regular Ceros. Donning their masks, they tried to minimise the damage they took, an effort that proved futile as their masks shattered under the strain. The sky was then covered in flames as the Cero detonated, sending their burned and battered bodies crashing to the ground below.
Feeling a breeze near his neck, he rolled forward just as Kenpachi’s zanpakuto cut through the air above him.
“I finally get to fight you again Ichigo!” Kenpachi yelled with his insane grin plastered across his face. Without losing any momentum, he swung his zanpakuto downwards to cleave Ichigo in two, only to have it stop in mid-cut as Ichigo grabbed it with his bare hands.
“Not going to use your zanpakuto Ichigo? That just won’t do!” Kenpachi shouted as he raised his reiatsu, forcing Ichigo back.
“I don’t want to have to kill you just yet Kenpachi,” Ichigo said with a smirk. “If I had used it from the start, you wouldn’t even last ten seconds against me.” Bracing his feet into the ground once again, he stopped Kenpachi in his tracks and delivered a furious haymaker to his head, knocking him through the wall of a nearby building.
Seeing Sui-Feng stagger toward Unohana to try and attend to her injury, Ichigo flash stepped over to her only to be sent flying from a punch from Komamura’s bankai.
“Now, hit him while he’s off balance,” Komamura yelled, as Ukitake, Tessai and Kisuke chanted.
“Hado no. 88, HIRYUGEKIZOKUSHINENTENRAIHO!” they yelled in unison as three large blasts of lightning, thundered towards Ichigo.
Ichigo’s eyes widened slightly as they engulfed him in an explosion that roared high into the sky, casting a blue glow across their surroundings.
“Surely that at least crippled him,” Rose said as he stumbled over to them, his clothing and exposed skin burned from the Cero he had taken earlier.
“I hope so,” Ukitake said as he doubled over in a coughing fit, the burn on his chest from Ichigo’s Cero showing clearly.
“DON”T YOU DARE THINK THIS IS OVER!” Ichigo roared as he emerged from the explosion, bleeding slightly from his arms, but showing no other injuries. “You obviously don’t know when to stay down, so let me enlighten you,” he said as he began to raise his reiatsu even higher, causing even the most powerful captains to struggle to breathe. Vanishing from view, he appeared before Komamura and his bankai.
“Hado no. 90, KUROHITSUGI!” he chanted and watched as Komamura’s bankai was enveloped in a massive black box, the spears each the size of the Sokyoku. When they pierced the box, the captains watched in horror as Komamura’s body was rent asunder as the damage to Tenken, transferred to him.
“One,” Ichigo said in a dead tone as he turned his attention on Ukitake, appearing behind the man with his fist ready. Ukitake managed to turn in time only to watch as Ichigo’s fist was enveloped in his reiatsu, going on to tear effortlessly through his stomach, exiting his body in a violent burst of blood.
“Ukitake!” Kyoraku shouted in rage as he charged at Ichigo, Katen Kyokotsu drawn. Meeting Ichigo’s fists, the pair began to exchange blows at a lightning fast pace. Ichigo grinned at the anger and rage etched on the normally laidback captains face. His smile vanished though, when Kyoraku flash stepped behind him, thrusting both scimitars into Ichigo’s shadow. As the pair pierced Ichigo’s chest, a bit of blood poured from his mouth.
With a smirk Kyoraku started to pull his blades back, only for Ichigo to grab the pair of them. Looking over his shoulder at the shocked captain, Ichigo yanked the swords further into his body and proceeded to snap the blades off their hilts.
Kyoraku was stunned as he was left with only a few inches of his blades and thus was unable to effectively block the reiatsu infused fist as it barrelled towards him, shattering his zanpakuto on contact and blowing out part of his ribcage as it struck him on his left side.
“Three,” Ichigo said as his irises flashed between purple and white. “What are you waiting for? Come at me and see how powerless you are before your new nightmare,” he yelled as his reiatsu flared around him.
“Bankai, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi,” Byakuya said as he dropped his blade into the ground and a thousand blades rose up behind him. Ichigo’s response was to grin manically and he held out his hand for his zanpakuto. The jet black blade rushed into his hand and almost immediately, the assembled captains felt a sense of dread settle over them.
As Byakuya tried to trap Ichigo within Senbonzakura’s vortex of petals, Ichigo flashed across the battlefield, dozens of clones appearing in his wake.
Seeking to limit his movement, Toshiro called out “Sennen Hyoro” and several pillars of ice sprouted around Ichigo and formed a wall around him. Taking this chance, Byakuya directed the blades with his hand, sending them in from all sides to surround Ichigo.
“Gokei, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi,” he whispered and the millions of blades poured into the middle, attempting to butcher Ichigo. The shockwave of the attack went on to split the buildings around them, sending them crashing to the ground.
“That’s new,” Ichigo said as he emerged from dust cloud, bleeding profusely as he walked forward. “However, you’ll need to do better than that,” he said as his wounds began to heal.
‘High speed regeneration,’ was the simultaneous thought from all the captains around him, which gave Ichigo the opening he needed. With two unseen flash steps, he cut off Toshiro’s left arm and leg and removed Byakuya’s right arm and carved open his back. As their bankai faded away, Ichigo looked down at who was left. Sui-Feng had been tended to by Unohana and seemed fit again, while Kensei, Shinji, Rose and Love had recovered somewhat from his Cero Oscuras. Kisuke and Tessai had dug out Yoruichi from where she was buried, while Kenpachi had broken himself free. Ichigo narrowed his eyes though as someone seemed to be missing. Looking around, he grimaced as a yellow blade sliced into his back.
“Hiding while I cripple your allies Mayuri, how cowardly can you be,” Ichigo said with a smirk.
“As cowardly as I need to be boy, now be a good test subject and shut up. You’ve already been paralysed and soon you won’t even be able to stay conscious,” Mayuri said as he took a step back, zanpakuto held at the ready.
“Paralysed? Don’t make me laugh freak,” Ichigo said as he swung his arms, showing that the poison had no effect on him. “It’ll take more than some cheap trick to stop me.” Grabbing the clown-like captain by his head, Ichigo gather his reiatsu into his finger and whispered, “Cero Oscuras,” and the same black and purple Cero from earlier was fired point blank at the captain, erasing him completely as it exploded.
“Damn, I really wanted to play around with some of you a bit more before I killed you, oh well. Who’s next?” Ichigo asked as he turned back to face them once again.
“Where do you think you’re looking idiot!” yelled a voice behind him.
Glancing over his shoulder, Ichigo grinned as he saw Hiyori, Mashiro and Lisa charge at him with their masks on. Stretching his senses out, he noticed the arrival of Rukia, Renji, Rangiku, Nanao and Hachi below him.
“Hiyori, you fool. STOP!” Shinji yelled in vain as the three of them struck.
Hardening his reiatsu around him, Ichigo smirked as the three were repelled from him. Turning and rushing at them he sent a jab at Hiyori’s face, destroying her mask, before grabbing her leg and spinning her above him. Seeing Lisa charge at him with her spear, he used her as a club and sent the both of them flying towards the ground. When the two connected, the sickening crunch of bone breaking was heard. Left alone, Mashiro quivered in fear as Ichigo turned to gaze at her, stalking towards her with a predatory grin. Turning to try and get back to the others, she found herself face to face with Ichigo, his faces inches away from her own.
“Hey Kensei,” Ichigo called out to the man below him, as he grabbed Mashiro around her neck. “She’s always been an annoyance to you, how about I end it all for you right now,” he said as he lifted his zanpakuto and began to inflict small cuts to her skin, making her whimper in pain.
“Kurosaki you bastard!” Kensei roared. “Bankai, Tekken Tachikaze,” he said as the bladed fists formed on his hands as he charged at Ichigo. To his credit, he managed to land a hit on Ichigo, causing the teenagers head to snap to the side, but was instantly demoralised as Ichigo merely turned back to face him, unmarked and grinning.
“Excellent idea Kensei,” Ichigo said as he grabbed the man’s arm. “We’ll have you kill her yourself,” he said as he forced the bladed gauntlet into Mashiro’s breast. He was disappointed though as Kensei had the presence of mind to drop the gauntlet preventing anything more than broken bones from being caused.
“You…disappoint me Kensei,” Ichigo said as he turned to face the man once again, ramming Mashiro’s body into him like a wrecking ball.
Despite the pain he was in, Kensei managed to shield her body as they both fell to the ground.
“I-I’m sorry Kensei,” Mashiro said weakly after they hit the ground. “We messed up by coming didn’t we?” she uttered as she slipping into unconsciousness.
“Oh how touching,” Ichigo said as he slowly clapped above them. “It’s just like the line out of some sappy romance movie. The hero against all odds saves the girl and defeats the villain,” he said mockingly as he held his hands together batting his eyelashes like a love-struck teenager would. “Understand though, this is not a fairy tale ending,” he said his voice cold, his demeanour rapidly shifting back to cold-blooded killer.
On the ground Rukia was tear faced as she held her brother’s limp form in her arms, his breathing uneven and low. She could see Rangiku and Nanao holding Kyoraku and Toshiro in a similar fashion, while Unohana and Hachi were trying desperately to stabilise each of Ichigo’s victims, but there were simply too many of them. As she watched Shinji, Rose and Love try and attack Ichigo again, her heart shattered as they battled back and forth. Next to her, Renji gritted his teeth in frustration as there was nothing he could do for now but watch. ‘Why Ichigo, what happened to you that you’d give in and do this?’ she thought as the exchange came to its climax.
As Rose used his shikai to wrap around Ichigo’s torso, Love and Shinji rushed in to take advantage of the opening. The onlookers eyes widened though as Ichigo enveloped all four of them in another Kurohitsugi. When the box shattered though, Ichigo was revealed unscathed, while Rose, Love and Shinji fell to the ground, their clothing ripped and stained with blood.
Looking at who was left to actually fight him, Ichigo smirked as only Kenpachi, Sui-Feng, Yoruichi, Kisuke, Tessai and Renji were left.
“Well what are you waiting for Renji? You can’t tell me that you’ve never wanted a rematch with me after I beat you to a bloody pulp,” Ichigo taunted him as he shouldered Tensa Zangetsu.
Gritting his teeth, Renji made to draw his zanpakuto, only to stop as a missile flew past, weaving haphazardly toward Ichigo. The sky was then engulfed in a cataclysmic explosion as it hit him, giving the area both over and on the ground of the Seireitei a red glow and forcing everyone to brace themselves in order not to be blown away.
Looking over his shoulder, Renji saw Sui-Feng wrapped in Yoruichi’s arms, a launcher larger than her attached to her right arm.
“That’s good captain Sui-Feng,” Ichigo said as he emerged from the cloud of smoke his skin charred and bleeding. As dismay flashed was painted on the faces of those still conscious, Ichigo gestured towards Sui-Feng.
“If you see your allies losing, that’s your chance. Don’t step between them. Take the enemy down from behind. And if the enemy is so strong that you can’t even do that, then just watch your ally be killed,” Ichigo recited. “Sound familiar to you Captain?”
“How do you know that?!” Sui-Feng yelled at him. “We only teach that to members of the Special Forces, a ryoka like you would never be taught it.”
“Oh come now Captain, must I spell it out for you?” Ichigo said as he titled his head to the side as he looked at her. “Since when have I known Kido, Hakuda or even how to open a senkaimon?”
Realisation flashed across Kisuke’s face at the horrifying conclusion. “Yoruichi, Sui-Feng move!” he yelled at the pair, only to watch on in horror as Ichigo appeared behind them, wrapping his left arm around the both of them.
“Hado no. 96, Itto Kaso,” Ichigo chanted and the three of them were engulfed in a pillar of fire, roaring high into the sky. Leaping out of the blast, Yoruichi stumbled once she hit the ground, with Sui-Feng under her arm, her shunko falling away as she collapsed with major burns over her body.
Walking out of the explosion at a more sedate pace, Ichigo looked down on his charred left arm, before severing it from his body.
“Have you gone mad Ichigo!?” Kisuke yelled at his student as Benihime clashed with Zangetsu. “You’re going to kill everyone including yourself with the way you fight. Is that your goal, to burn this entire world to the ground, along with yourself?”
“Close, but not exactly Urahara,” Ichigo said with a smirk as to their disbelief, his left arm regenerated once more, as did his other injuries. “I will not die today, or anytime in the foreseeable future, not until I’m ready.” Forcing Kisuke back, Ichigo pointed his finger at him, “Bakudo no. 61, Rikujokoro,” and six beams of light pinned Kisuke in place. “Hado no. 73, Soren Sokatsui,” Ichigo said with grin as the large blue fireball sped towards Kisuke.
“Bakudo no. 81, Danku!” yelled Tessai and a shimmering shield appeared between Kisuke and the attack, it absorbed the majority of the attack, but still caused Kisuke some minor burns. Snapping out of the kido, Kisuke retreated back to catch his breath.
“Most impressive Tessai,” Ichigo said as he looked down at the former captain of the Kido Corps. “I have to admit, I was sure that I could overwhelm that Danku with almost any spell. It seems that I still need to put more power into it though, if I want to succeed.”
Tessai’s brow was dotted with sweat, as the fear of Ichigo overwhelming even his strongest barriers with ease flashed through his mind. He was brought back to reality by Ichigo’s next question.
“Tell me though, how do you think it will hold up against a menos’ attack?” Ichigo asked as he pointed his finger at Tessai and began gathering his white and purple reiatsu. “Cero,” he said and released the doom blast at Tessai.
As the man started to dodge though, he noticed that Hachi and Unohana were behind him, as were other injured captains. Cursing at how Ichigo had manipulated his position, he dug his heels into the ground and summoned another Danku. When the blast hit, it didn’t explode on contact, but began to push against the barrier. Under the strain of the attack, it began to crack and splinter, much to his dismay. With one final push, the Cero broke through and Tessai braced himself for the inevitable explosion. When nothing happened though, he opened his eyes to find both Kisuke and Kenpachi forcing the Cero back into the sky, where it detonated safely.
“Excellent, just absolutely excellent,” Ichigo said clapping his hands together. “It’s good to know that you can at least take a Cero without dying, though I can’t quite say the same for a Cero Oscuras.”
“I’ve had enough of this Ichigo,” Kenpachi said in an uncharacteristically quiet tone. “I won’t have you kill us all here, not today!” he yelled and ripped his eye patch off.
Smirking Ichigo dropped to ground level and held his Tensa Zangetsu in a guard stance with one hand. “Come then Kenpachi,” he taunted as he flared his reiatsu about him in response.
Gripping his jagged zanpakuto with both hands, Kenpachi charged at Ichigo, a yellow skull forming behind him as he moved. Grinning like a madman, Ichigo stood his ground, a demon-like face forming behind him. When the two clashed, the shockwave blasted across the Seireitei turning buildings to rubble, and burying even more people under the wreckage.
Back with Kenpachi and Ichigo though, the dust cleared to reveal Kenpachi on the ground, nearly split in two at the waist, a pool of his blood staining the ground around him, his zanpakuto snapped in half and at his side. Ichigo in contrast stood tall and unfazed, swinging his zanpakuto to the side to get rid of the blood on it.
“And then there were two,” he said as Kisuke and Tessai stood before him as the last two standing that could fight. “What will you do now Urahara? I have crushed each of you with ease, not to mention the painstaking effort on my part not to kill you all. Do you truly believe that you will succeed in the face of everything I have survived today?”
Tilting his hat to look at what once was his favourite student; Kisuke replied with a sigh, “Yes Ichigo, yes I do.”
“That’s the Urahara I know,” Ichigo said with a grin, “defiant to the very end. Very well give it your best shot,” he said and held his arms out to his sides.
“Tessai-san,” Kisuke said without taking his eyes off Ichigo.
“Of course,” Tessai replied and began to chant, “Bakudo no. 61, Rikujokoro,” the same six beams of light now pinned Ichigo in place. “Bakudo no. 63, Sajo Sabaku,” golden chains now joined them and forced Ichigo’s hands to his side. “Bakudo no. 99 Kin,” black fabric burst from his hands, wrapping around Ichigo and pulling him to the ground, as a hundred bolts pierced the cloth.
Kisuke then proceeded to slowly walk up to Ichigo, sadness etched on his face. “Forgive me for doing this Kurosaki-san,” he said as he knelt down to Ichigo.
Confused at what Kisuke meant, Ichigo watched as Kisuke sent a burst of his reiatsu into each of Ichigo’s wrists and proceed to leap back.
“I’ll admit that you managed to bind me momentarily,” Ichigo said as he flared his reiatsu, shattering each of the bindings placed on him. “But what was the point of all that when you didn’t even mark me?”
“That’s the point Kurosaki-san,” Kisuke said as he looked back at the young teenager. “I wanted you to break free of those bindings.”
His confusion growing, Ichigo watched as glowing cuffs formed around his wrists.
“I see,” Ichigo said as he felt his reiatsu begin to bottle up within him. “There isn’t a weapon greater than the one within us all, is there Urahara-san? Well played…” Ichigo said as he was engulfed in a devastating explosion of white and purple.
Turning his head away from the spectacle, Kisuke headed back to try and help Unohana and Hachi, Tessai walking with him. They were stopped though, when a wave of reiatsu crashed down onto them, forcing them to their knees as it continued to crash over them. Turning his head as much as he could, Kisuke watched in horror as Ichigo walked out of the inferno, his face half melted away, while his skin and muscle was burnt away, providing a window to the inner workings of his body. And right where his heart was, the Hogyoku too was present, fused into the organ as it thrummed with life.
“Like I said Urahara-san, good try, but not good enough,” Ichigo said and caught Kisuke with a kick to his stomach as he was hunched over, sending him flying into the ruins of a nearby building. Grabbing Tessai by the back of his shirt, Ichigo tossed him into the air, followed by a hail of smaller Ceros that tore into the big man’s body. As gravity took effect, his body dropped down to the ground in a sickening squelch.
With a sigh Ichigo began to walk across the battlefield, his wounds rapidly sealing around him. When he finally found who he was looking for, he flashed stepped over to Captain Unohana, as she extricated herself from the rubble after using her own body as a shield to protect Ukitake.
“You’ll be needing help,” Ichigo said in an emotionless voice to her, “if any of them are to survive the night.” Turning his back to her, he ripped open two garganta and reached into them, pulling out a surprised Orihime and Isane in each hand. Dropping them on their asses, he turned back to Unohana. “Everyone, but Mayuri should live now, some better off than others, but you make sure they live. I want you all alive for what I do next.”
“Kurosaki-kun,” Orihime stuttered out, overjoyed to see him alive again. When she reached out to grab his hand though, she found herself held by her neck.
“You’re here to heal them, not touch me,” he said coldly, dropping her once again.
Looking around her, Orihime gasped at the amount of destruction around her. “Did Aizen do this?” she asked in a timid voice as she looked to Ichigo.
With a grin on his face, Ichigo turned to face her and his eyes flashed purple again. “No Inoue, I did,” he said and turned his back on her, disappearing in a flash step.
At his words, Orihime collapsed to her knees, tears running down her face a scream of pain escaping her lips as she felt her heart break at seeing what Ichigo had done.
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And that’s the end of chapter 2. This has got to be the longest fight I have ever written. I didn’t kill off the captains, except for Mayuri, because I want them there for later.
Right now as you can see, Ichigo is quite strong. If I had to take an example, remember Aizen used only his shikai against the captains and even then was left without a scratch. Ichigo was in his bankai and the Hogyoku was rapidly assimilating itself into him. It’s the reason why his attacks are much stronger later in the fight and also the reason that he can take so much damage.
Now just some hints at his newfound abilities:
Kido/Cero master, hmm I wonder how he got these. His normal Cero is white and purple, while his Cero Oscuras is black and purple.
He has hierro, but as shown, it can still be cut through. However combined with his high-speed regeneration, little can actually hurt him.
Anyway that’s all you get for now, more to come later. So what did you like, love or hate? Let me know please.
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