Karakura

Prologue

Prologue

"This is a weird feeling," Ichigo said, beginning his taunt. "You, who once asked me why I distanced myself, have gone and distanced yourself from me," he finished, looking at Aizen.

He felt... smug in seeing the disbelief in the glorious bastard's face. "Should I do the questioning now?" he continued, "just now, why did you distance yourself from me?"

Aizen's body shook in what appeared to by unadulterated rage. "I see. Are you happy that you stopped my sword? Are you happy you destroyed my kido? Are you happy that you injured this body?" Ichigo could see that Aizen was about to shout. "Abandon your arrogance, human!"

Heh, Ichigo internally scoffed at the hypocrisy.

Suddenly, the small slit on Aizen's forehead burst open, revealing a small pitch black orb with a white dot in the middle. Blood drenched down Aizen's pretty boy face.

A third eye.

Or what looked like that moment.

"Hahaha!"

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the middle of Aizen's face and quickly separated his face into two. Yet, something emerged and a black skull with hollow-like teeth took the new face of Aizen. Wings with toothy heads were on the ends of it.

Aizen looked horrendous, a monster.

Yet, Ichigo felt calm as he stared at the former-captain.

"I see," Aizen said, "so you will not truly allow it, hougyoku. For me to be... defeated by a mere human." A cero formed from the mouth of one of the head things.

Boom!

Suddenly, Ichigo's vision was covered in white as the cero detonated in his face. Luckily, his body as a whole didn't receive much damage, instead, his left arm received all the punishment from the blast.

The blast started to die down, allowing the orange haired Shinigami see Aizen in his horrendous glory. "Understood. So this is the extremity of taking such an attack. Although, I doubt your left arm would be of any use anymore." Suddenly Aizen dashed towards Ichigo.

The said Shinigami made no attempt in defense, allowing Aizen to grab him by the neck. All 6 of the heads opened their mouths and a circle of reishi encircled him.

Yet, he gave no reaction.

"Can you understand me, Kurosaki Ichigo? It is true you once destroyed the barrier between Shinigami and Hollow and became a transcendental. But you have lost the power you once possessed, a mere shadow of your former self.

"But the way you're now, you're not even worth understanding. You will meet death by my transcendent hand. And my killing of you will invoke complete separation from the vulgar existences of Shinigami and Hollow.

"You are finished! Kurosaki Ichigo!"

Whilst Aizen talked his head off, Ichigo had stood deadly still. Now, it was his turn to act. "Finished? Is that all you got?"

Aizen's eyes widened as the circle of reishi he had formed broke apart from a single swing of Ichigo's sword. I-Impossible!