Hi guys! Yes another fanfiction... -.- And again this one was haunting me, and it seemed like a good idea. Hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.

Chapter 1

Ichigo stepped into the Soulsociety wanting some answers. His zanpakuto had been acting really strange the last few days. Zangestsu seemed to lash out at a few people who got close to him. Chad, Karin, and Orihime were good examples though none of them were seriously hurt. But the substitute shinigami wanted to know. He figured someone in the soul society would have an answer.

He didn't expect what he saw.

A building had seals on it, and looking in, he saw multiple shinigami zanpakutos. Momo's, Rangiku's, Renji's...

"Ichigo?" A familier voice brought him out of his thoughts. He looked and saw Rukia, staring at him like she couldn't believe he was there.

"Hey, Rukia." Ichigo hopped down from his perch where he was looking in. "What's with all the Zanpakuto being locked up?"

"You don't know?" Rukia asked. "Well, there's a meeting going on and seeing as you still have yours..." She muttered. "The captains could fill you in on what's happening. But first..."

Rukia took Zangetsu and threw the zanpakuto in the room before putting the barriers back in place. Then she turned towards Ichigo.

"Now we can go."

Ichigo heard the voices before Rukia opened the doors. All the captains turned to look at him.

"Why is he here?" Byakuya asked. The 6th division captain seemed annoyed, and Ichigo could guess his appearance during this situation wasn't what he needed.

"He had Zangestsu with him."

"And Zangestsu was acting up for some reason." Ichigo finished.

The captains were silent before Jūshirō spoke. "Well, he sould know. He could help us."

"Help you with what?" Ichigo asked.

"We aren't completely sure of the reason, but for a period of time, the Zanpakutos will be incredibly possessive of their masters, attacking anyone they deem a threat. Because they would be focused on only their master, fight with them is impossible."

"So, that's why you locked them up?"

"Yes. We can't have zanpakutos attacking everyone they see."

"But those barriers we put around them won't hold up." Toshiro said. "If the zanpakuto destroy them, they would annihilate everything to find their master.

Ichigo then noticed none of the captains had their zanpakutos. "You locked yours away, too?"

"..." Byakuya gave him a look daring him to say more.

"Anyway," Jūshirō said before anything happened. "We were thinking of hiding in the human world while this happened."

"Wouldn't you need someone to..." Ichigo trailed off as he realized what they meant.

"Oh."

And I'll stop there. Hope you enjoyed it! Leave a review on your way out!