My Love My Life (Ichigo Kurosaki)

Part 18

"Since this is the end Ichigo, I'll tell you one last thing about Jasmine, did you know that Soul Reapers have four basic fighting methods? Zanjutsu, Hakura, Hoho and Kido, but there is a limit to how strong a Soul Reaper can become in any one of them, there always becomes a point at which they will have mastered it, as a Soul Reaper they will have reached their limit, however there are some that can get past that wall, and to exceed the limit that's built into all four techniques, and to do that, they must become a hollow," he explained, and Jasmine's and Ichigo's eyes went wide, thinking back to Ichigo and his hollow mask taking over to fight Byakuya. "Either that, or a hollow can become like a Soul Reaper, what is required is the removal of the barrier between those two opposing existences, that is the key to making the spirit's power even greater. I studied it in secret, that's when Jasmine came in" he said looking down at the girl with his hand around her neck, "I started testing on you, focusing mostly on transforming you into a hollow, and you kept getting stronger and stronger, eventually your Bankai became your hollow form, but it was a painful process, so I wiped your memory off every session we had" Aizan explained, "I could remind you, so you really know what I had to do" Aizen said putting a hand on her head, a bright light was formed, and Jasmine screamed at the memories coming back, all the pain and torture, the screaming and crying begging for him to stop, "AHHHHH" she screamed as she tried to pry his hand away, "STOP IT!" Ichigo yelled, hating what he was doing to her, Aizan eventually stopped, and wiped the tears away from Jasmine's cheeks, "I had to do it Jasmine, for us" he said, and Jasmine looked at him confused, "us?" she whimpered, Aizen chuckled and carried on explaining, "once I had completed my first experiment, I wanted to focus on the transformation of hollows into Soul Reapers, I was successful in creating hollows which came close, hollows that could hide there spiritual pressure, destroy zanpakutos and fuse with other Soul Reapers" he said, and Jasmine thought back to Kaien, it was one of his creations that took over Kaien, and Jasmine felt tears in her eyes. 

"That's right Jasmine, the one who possessed your Husband was one of my creations, and I had you kill him" he said and Jasmine cried even more, "why, why would you do that?" Jasmine asked him, Aizan then tightened his grip on her neck, "because you are mine, I was the one who fell in love with you in the first place, but you chose him over me, so I had to do something, and yet, you still didn't even notice me, and fell in love with Ichigo, I made you who you are today, I made you stronger, so you belong with me" he said looking deep into her eyes, "she doesn't belong to anybody" Ichigo growled, getting more angry, "creation after creation I couldn't succeed, that's when Kisuke picked up where I failed, the mechanism he invented removes the barrier dividing hollow and Soul Reaper, instantly making one into the other, without the torture, he made it when he found out what I did to Jasmine, it's called Hogyoku, I knew how dangerous is was, Kisuke felt the same way, he tried to destroy it but it was impossible, so he had to hide it and conceal its location, he placed a barrier around it," he said and turned to Jasmine, "and he hid it in my most priced possession, you Jasmine" he said and Jasmine gasped, and Ichigo couldn't believe what he was saying, "since you left I have been trying to find you, but Kisuke made you a gigai that concealed your spiritual pressure, fortunately you released it all at once, and your Brother brought you back, but I still had to get the Hogyoku out of you somehow" he said lifting Jasmine up by her neck, "then my plan came into action, I went and killed everyone in central 46, and had Rukia arrested, but I had to make it look like they were still having meetings, I had Gin remain in the central building to keep her execution on the way, I knew you would do anything to save Rukia from this fate, even if you have to step in front of the Sokyoku" he said, Jasmine tried to make him let go but he was too strong, "but you didn't need to worry my love, I wouldn't of let it kill you, I just needed the Sokyoku to break a little bit of your form for me to grab the Hogyoku, and then I would have saved you" he explained but Jasmine felt disgust towards the man, "let her go, now!" Ichigo yelled trying to get up,but he couldn't. 

"Kisuke sent Ichigo so he would be the first to save Rukia, and my plan failed, so now I have to go to my more extreme method of removing the Hogyoku, I'm gonna have to break your Soul's cohesion and separate the Hogyoku from you," he said holding a little tube in his other hand, suddenly green looking spikes came up from the ground surrounding Aizen and Jasmine, and then his hand turned green, "NO JASMINE!" Ichigo cried out for her, Aizen lifted her up higher and shoved his green hand through her chest, "AHHHH" Jasmine let out a scream as blood spilled out of her, "NO!" Ichigo screamed again, "I know it hurts my love," Aizen said taking his hand out revealing the Hogyoku in it, he gently put Jasmine back on the ground and looked at the small thing in his hand, he then looked at Jasmine and saw the hole he had made disappear. "It's about we leave now," Aizen said bending down to Jasmine, "now then, I'm sorry for doing this, but I need to make sure you don't try and fight me," he said standing up, "Gin, cut her legs so it makes it easier to carry her to where we need to go" Aizen said making Jasmine eyes grow wide with fear, "your not taking her anywhere!" Ichigo slammed the ground with his fist, "oh but I am, she will be with me forever, as my beautiful wife" Aizen said as Gin stepped forward, "shoot to kill, Shinso" Gin said as his sword extended aiming towards Jasmine's legs, but she was suddenly in someone arms and blood spilled everywhere, she looked up and saw it was Byakuya holding her close, and he took the hit instead of Jasmine, "Byakuya!" Jasmine yelled as he nearly dropped to the ground, but Jasmine held him up, "why would you do that Brother! Why!" Jasmine cried holding her dear Brother.

"Jasmine, come with me, be my wife and I will let your friends and family live" Aizen said holding his hand out to her, "let's go Jidanbo" someone yelled above them, coming down from the sky, Jidanbo and Kukaku and they landed right next to Aizen, "Hado 63! Raikoho" Kukaku shouted and a blast was shot straight for Aizen, he dodged out the way but was caught by Yoruichi and Soi Fon, two faces Jasmine hasn't seen in a very long time. They had a hold on Aizen so in one move, Soi Fon can cut of his head, Jasmine looked around and saw Gin is being held by Rangiku, they were safe for now. Suddenly more and more Soul Reapers surrounded the area, "you have no where to go Aizen, this is it for you" Yoruichi said to him, but all he did was scoff, and then a bright light surrounded him and Gin, and to Jasmine's surprise Kaname, he was in on all this too? Jasmine thought. The ground below them broke and started to rise in the air, "they've joined with the Menos" Jushiro said standing beside Jasmine, they saw in the sky a hole with a bunch of Menos peeking out of it, "from now on" Aizen said taking off his glasses and slicking his hair backwards, "I will stand at the very top, and Jasmine, I will come back for you, and you will join me, be by my side as my loving wife, goodbye for now" Aizen said, and disappeared into the sky with Gin and Kaname. 

Jasmine stood there, looking up at the sky, and she started to cry, "Jasmine" Byakuya said going to hold her hand, but he collapsed on the ground, "we need help for Captain Kuchiki now!" Jushiro said holding Jasmine as she cried for her Brother. Ichigo tried to get up to go over to Jasmine, but he was stopped by Rukia and Orihime, "Ichigo I need to heal you" Orihime said getting him to lay down, "Jasmine needs me" he argued, but the rest of his friends convinced him to stay still. "Why is this happening, why?" Jasmine cried more and more.