Chapter Two: dreadful feelings

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This is a Bleach fanfiction story that I am teaming up with Openminded15 (from fanfiction.net) to write. We do not own anything associated with the Bleach series and/or its characters. However this story is an original idea as some of the characters may seem a bit OC as we have also thrown in some completely OCC characters for this story. Please leave your comments and reviews telling us what you think. Thank you!

Key guide: bold - hollow voice, italic - zanpakuto voice, *mental speech*, "regular speech", 'thinking', bold italic - attacks, (author notes/translations)

Chapter two: dreadful feelings

It had been weeks since Ichigo Kurosaki had regained his powers as a substitute soul reaper and gained even new abilities thanks to his full bringer.

'There has been a lot of hollows around lately. I haven't seen any other shinigami since the day Rukia have me back my powers. But then again I haven't heard their voices either.' Ichigo thought to himself. Of course Ichigo was referring to the voice of his zanpakuto and inner hollow. 'I would never picture myself missing hearing them. But then again something feels different.' Ichigo sighed to himself as he pulled out the soul badge that he always carried with him. 'Also there has been a lot of spirits hanging around. Every time I perform a konso (soul burial) to send them to the Soul Society, nothing happens.' Ichigo thought to himself as he decided to see Kisuke Uharara to find out if the former captain of squad twelve knew something. Ichigo couldn't help but to feel concerned. Hell he has saved the Soul Society more times than he can count. He was worried for the friends that he had made within the Soul Society. Ichigo could see Jinta Hanakari and Ururu Tsumjiya outside sweeping. Well Ururu was sweeping while Jinta was holding his broom like a baseball bat.

"Come on Jinta the boss is going to be upset if we don't finish." Ururu whined.

"Oh go bug off Ururu!" shouted Jinta as he swung the broom at Ururu's head. Thankfully Ichigo was there to stop it.

"Jinta why can't you ever just be nice to her?" asked Ichigo in a low growl. Ichigo yanked the broom out of Jinta's hands quickly before the kid had a chance to react.

"If you're looking for Kisuke, he's out." Jinta grumbled, folding his arms in a pouting-fashion.

"When is he gonna be back?" Ichigo asked.

"He said he was going to the Soul Society to deliver something. He left hours ago though. He should have been back now." Ururu replied. That's what worried Ichigo the most. Kisuke usually would make stops in the Soul Society but, he would never stay long. Something was definitely wrong. He had to get to the Soul Society and figure out what's happening. He thanked the two children and turned away to find Rukia Kuchiki. Ichigo knew that she would help take him to the Soul Society and help him figure out what the hell is going on. He took his soul badge out and looked at it. Before he could even consider going to the Soul Society, Ichigo had to make some sort of connection with his zanpakuto.

He walked back to his house and went to his bedroom. Ichigo locked his door tight making sure none of his sisters and/or his father could come in and disturb him. He switched into his shinigami form as he took out his thick, body-length zanpakuto. Climbing on his bed, he folded his legs indian style as he sat on his bed. He placed the large sword across his lap. Ichigo relaxed his entire body closing his eyes until it felt almost limp and lifeless. He tried to focus, trying to contact Zangetsu. He could feel himself fade away into his mindscape. When Ichigo opened his eyes again he found himself within his mindscape as it looked like large buildings and a never ending sky. He appeared on the side of a skyscraper, alone. Which felt strange to him as usually Zangetsu and/or even his hollow half was there to greet him.

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