Chapter 1

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Chapter 1:
The shattered shaft
Ichigo pov:
"Aaaaaah!"
After the female voice spoke, pain as all i could feel. Soon, i passed out.

3rd person pov:
"The screaming...it stopped."
A small red head named Jinta said.
"Do you think something happened?"
A black haired little girl, Ururu said.

A very tall man with sunglases merely stared at the shaft he just casted kido on

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A very tall man with sunglases merely stared at the shaft he just casted kido on.

Another man named Urahara Kisuke stared too, his face hidden by his hat and his fan

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Another man named Urahara Kisuke stared too, his face hidden by his hat and his fan.

Another man named Urahara Kisuke stared too, his face hidden by his hat and his fan

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'This spiritual presure.'
The man shut his fan and let his hand fall.
'Its....weird. It feels different then shinigami, hollow or quincy. Even different then Arrancar or Visored.
Just what are you Ichigo?'

Ichigo pov:
I woke up in a weird place.
It was a city with tall buldings. Everything looks so dark, almost as if everything was in shadows, however few shades of red could also be seen on some things where red shouldn't be. "Whats going on? Where am i?"
"I could answer those questions if you want to."
A female melodic voice was heard from... everywhere.
Soon a figure emerged from the shadows while doing a little spin.
She..looked elegant and beatifull, red and black gothic lolita dress, two colored eyes one red, the other golden.

(AN: Ignore the clock in her eye, for now)She grabbed the sides of her skirt raised them a little and did a elegant lady bow

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(AN: Ignore the clock in her eye, for now)
She grabbed the sides of her skirt raised them a little and did a elegant lady bow.
"W-who are you?"
"What are you talking about dear? Its me _____."
'I couldn't hear her name..its like static.'
She seemed to notice since a little adorable pout was on her face now.
"Uhm, you still can't hear me?
Such shame, such shame on you Ichi."
"Wha- Who are you? Why can't i hear your name? Where are we?"
The girl in gothic lolita dress giggled in return.
"I would love to talk with you, i really would."
As she spoke some of the buildings around started to shake and pieces of them fell of.
"But i wouldn't talk now. You need to become a shinigami Ichigo! Otherwise you'll turn into a hollow."
"But how?"
"Kurumi..Tokisaki Kurumi, call me that for now. As for how.."
'Tokisaki Kurumi....?'
Kurumi is a unisex name that has more meanings. One if them could be translated as Heart. Tokisaki can mean Hour.
'Heart of the hour.'
"Are you listening?"
"Huh? What?"
"Find me! You must find the sword !"
'The..sword ?'
My mind flashed back to what the red haired Shinigami said.
"Every zanpakuto has a name."
'That girl is..'
"Daydream later! Quickly, find it!"
The girl- Tokisaki then sinked into the shadows and around me black boxes started appearing. I oppened the one closest to me but it was empty.
A few boxes later i started to feel panic.
'Where is it? And how do i even know what it is ?'
However something in my mind flashed once again.
"Shinigami's ribbons are red."
'Uryu.'
My mind focused on the signatures around me.
'White, white, white..red.'
I ran to the box that had a red ribbon wrapped around it and ripped it open.
Inside a little black and red handle rested.
"Great! You did it, you pull me out."
I pulled the handle and my world went white.
"Kihihihih."
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3rd person pov:
As Tessai wanted to cast a final Bakudo spell, black and red Reisatsu exploded from the shaft.
"Huh, more then i expected."
Muttered Urahara.
"Something jumped out!"
Jinta yelled gathering the attention of others.
Near the shaft stood a figure dressed in dark red shirt with white buttons, black vest without sleeves and black jean like pants.
He also had a golden watch on his left hand and in his right hand was a long black sword, with red edges and a short chain at the very beggining of the handle.
No scrabbard was visible.
However Urahara saw something the others didn't.
Just for a few seconds, around Ichigo's left eye was a white bone visor looking monocle but it quickly broke off and faded into white Reisatsu.
"Kurosaki ? Is that you?"
Urahara asked in a child like voice, however if you look carefully you could see his hand was gripping his cane and looked on guard.
"What the hell was that Hat'n'clocks?!"
Upon hearing that voice, Urahara's stance relaxed a little.
"What do you mean Kurosaki?"
Whined Urahara.
"You know what i mean! A little warning would be nice!"
"Well...It worked didn't it?"
Urahara expected a lot of things, he didn't expect Ichigo to grin.
"Well i did say i'm gonna kill when i get out of here."
His right hand went up and Ichgio's sword was now pointing at Urahara.
"Well then, we can move to lesson number three then.
All you have to do."
Urahara grabbed the top of the cane and pulled out a sword from it.
"Is to knock my hat from my head."
Ichigo wanted to rebut and say how it would take him only few seconds but suddently... something stopped him.
Now he saw Hat'n'clocks in different way, something red was swirring around him.
He looked at others and realized something.
'They don't see it.'
Ichigo's gaze went to meet Urahara's, as soon as it did he could hear Urahara release a small gasp and his eyes widdened.
"Ichigo.".
"What?"
Everyone else also seemed to notice it.
Ichigo's right eye was still brown but his left one was now golden, almost shinning golden, in colour.
'Heterochromia caused by a zanpakuto?'
Urahara suddently dissapeared, appered right next to Ichigo and swinged his cane sword. Ichigo raised his black sword to block the attack. As the sword connected Ichigo was pushed back by the sheer power of Urahara's swing. Urahara's eyes seemed to change the moment the swing connected.
He jumped a few feet back before glaring at Ichigo.
"Kurosaki...have you met your zanpakuto spirit ?"
"Yes, i think i did. Why?"
"I'm so dissapointed in you Ichgio, so very dissapointed."
His sword glowed red and Urahara swined it.
"Awaken, Benihime."
Urahara's cane sword changed into a short sword with a weird shape and red handle.
"A strength of one's zanpakuto comes from the feelings and trust between user and spirit. I can feel only feel fear, doubt and hesitantion coming from you. Your sword, as beatifull as it is, should have shattered the moment it made contact with Benihime."
Urahara's intense glare bore onto Ichigo
"Do you know why it didn't?"
Something flashed in Ichigo's mind.
A imagine of Kurumi, his zanpakuto spirit, standing on a building in her dress....but there was a bleeding wound on her shoulder.
Ichigo felt his eyes widden as he realized where had she gotten the wound from.
A weird black and red energy seemingly rised out of Ichigo and actually startled Urahara.
'What the ?'
Some soothing voice spoke but only Ichigo could hear it.
"Thats right.. but don't worry about it."
Kurumi was once again shown standing on the building. Her eyes oppening however her golden eye now had a clock pattern in it.
The clock was slowly turning counter clockwise as her wound began to dissapear even her blood sinking back into her.
"For you, i shall do anything to protect you."
In the outside world, Ichigo's watch also rotates counter clockwise.
"You wanted power didn't you?"
Ichigo raised his watch cloathed hand so that his watch is right infront of his golden eye.
"I can give it to you only if you hear!"
Ichigo's right hand was now aligned with his body while his sword glowed.
"Can you hear it Ichigo? My name is-"
Ichigo's watch started dissapering in golden Reisatsu and his sword started to shrink.
(1)"Tāgetto o ominogashinaku, Zafkiel!"(2)

Word count: 1287

(1) = Tāgetto o ominogashinaku = Never miss your target.
(2) = Zafkiel = Emperor of time.

A fair warning, if you know anything about Tokisaki Kurumi, you know Ichigo is going to be OP in this story.

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