The Nueva Espada

Chapter 7:Echo

"D-Dad…" Ichigo stuttered "Is…is that you?"

"Kurosaki-san!" Rukia and Orihime gasped, Ulquiorra just stared at the man

"Ichigo" he said, his voice full of shock "W-What are you doing?"

"What am I doing!" he snapped "What the hell are you doing? You're a fucking Shinigami? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Son…" he muttered once again "What…What have you done?"

Ichigo looked down and noticed the headless body of Tetsuzaemon Iba at his feet, a death he was responsible for. "So what?" he asked himself. He had killed someone who tried to kill him, all was fair in love and war and this most certainly was war

"So what?" Ichigo asked his father "I Killed a pathetic bystander who deserved to die, what's so bad about that?"

"W-What did you just say?" Isshin gasped

"I Killed the fool, His arrogance finally cost him his life" Ichigo scoffed as he lifted up his Zanpakutou to show the blood "Arrogant traitors deserve to die?"

"Ichigo what are you talking about" The Dark Skinned former captain of squad 2, Yoruichi Shihoin asked "Why are you calling him a traitor?"

"Because he wanted to kill me and my friends!" Ichigo shouted "They all did! Every single fucking last one of them!"

Ichigo expected at least a few surprised gasps, Then then something along the line of "How dare they try to kill you, we will join you to kick their asses", but no such sounds were heard, they just stood there, looking away from him, a look of regret clearly in their eye's, and then it hit Ichigo…

"They Knew…THEY FUCKING KNEW!"

"You Knew…You knew they would try to kill me!" He roared, gaining the three Shinigami's attention, Rukia, Orihime, Shinji and even Ulquiorra took a step back, for all they knew his rage could turn him into the full hollow form again

"We didn't" Yoruichi said sadly "We-"

"You knew didn't you?…You knew that they would try to kill me and you nothing to stop them! Nothing!" Ichigo blared, His father looked him directly in the eye

"Ichigo…I Didn't know…I Swear"

"Liar!" Ichigo snapped "You don't care about me or my friends!…You're no better than them!"

That last part his Isshin hard, he could hardly believe that this was the same boy that he held in his arms 16 years ago, his only son, his pride and joy…and he had just accused him of being on the same level as murderer…no several murderers.

"Kurosaki-san…" The Blond haired Store owner/Ex-Captain began "We had a hunch that they would try this…"

"Oh you had a hunch? Well that make's everything better!" Ichigo mockingly stated "You didn't know they would try to kill me but you suspected they would, Oh Woe is me I'm so fucking sorry!"

"Please allow me to finish, Long ago Central 46 sentenced me and the formers captains, now known as The Vizards, to exile since they believe I was responsible for the experiments that eventually lead to their Hollowficiation when in actually it was Aizen but he had fooled Central 46 using his Kyoka Suigetsu to make them think that he was in the Seireitei the whole time, I expected that at one point that Cental 46 would give you a similar sentence and when that day came, we would fight by your side to prove them that you were not a threat, but clearly they considered you a threat and a large one at that, so much that they sent Shinigami to the world of the living just to terminate you, but it seems Kuchiki-san saved you from that fate, and when Inoue-san was kidnapped, I didn't know the Soul Society had any thing to do with that" Urahara stopped for a second so he could regain his breath, a sudden realisation struck Ichigo