The Sharingan Soul Reaper
I do not own Bleach or anything from Naruto, Bleach is owned by Tite Kubo
Itachi and the Sharingan are from Naruto, which is owned by Masashi Kishimoto.

"Talking."
'Thinking. Soul Reaper talking to zanpakuto while in real world.'
"Zanpakuto/ Inner Hollow talking."
'Zanpakuto/ Inner Hollow thinking.'

Chapter 3: The Fox Faced Captain appears, the Rukia Rescue Begins

Ichigo and his friends ran faster and faster as the Dangai path began closing behind them. A giant device that Yoruichi dubbed the Sweeper was closing in on them. Uryu had already needed to be saved my Chad after he cape got caught. Ichigo moved to draw Sharingan.

"No Ichigo!" Yoruichi shouted at him.

"If you draw your zanpakuto than the Dangai with sense your reiatsu and you will be swallowed up by the Sweeper." Yoruichi warned the Soul Reaper.

Ichigo lamented and agreed, the group continued to run for the exit but the Sweeper was quickly catching up.

"I don't think we're going to make it!" Ichigo shouted.

"I got it Ichigo!" Orihime shouted.

"Orihime, no!" Yoruichi shouted to the busty red head, but it was too late.

"HINAGIKU, BAIGON, LILY!" Orihime shouted.

"Santen Kesshun! I REJECT!" She shouted as the Sweeper hit the shield, an explosion sent the ground flying out of the Dangai, to which Orihime used her shield to cushion their landing.

"Woo! We made it!" Orihime cheered, only for Yoruichi to head butt her in the eye with a shout of "YOU FOOL!"

"My eye." Orihime cried and whined as anime style tears flowed out of her eyes as she held the eye Yoruichi head butted.

"That was very dangerous Orihime! If the sweeper had touched even one of the flowers than we all would have been doomed!" Yoruichi scolded the red head.

Orihime looked down sadly.

"I'm sorry." She said sadly.

"Hey, don't be so hard on her, if it wasn't for her we wouldn't have made it at all." Ichigo said, this cheered Orihime up instantly.

Yoruichi sighed as everyone noticed the people of the Rukon District were staring at them.

"Um, why's everyone staring at us?" Uryu asked.

"Well, Soul Reapers aren't exactly at the top of the popularity chain among the residents of the Rukon Districts." Yoruichi said.

"Oh?" Ichigo asked.

He looked towards a large open gate.

"So, that's it?" Ichigo asked.

"Yes, that's where all the Soul Reapers live, and where Rukia is being held, the Seireitei." Yoruichi said.

"Well then, what are we waiting for!" Ichigo shouted and drew Sharingan, charging at the gate.

"ICHIGO NO!" Yoruichi shouted

Right as our hero was approaching the gate, it slammed into the ground, shut, as a giant man jumped down. The man was extremely tall, at least 32 feet in height, and was very muscular. He was dressed in a Shihakusho, the same kind that most Soul Reapers wear, but was open at the top on the left side of his chest with some armor covering his left shoulder to his upper arm. His hair was black and tied into a ponytail that went down to his waist, with long side burns that extended to his neck and was tied off in ponytail like tuffs. He wore a red hair with tassels on the side.

"AH! NO ONE TRIES TO GET PAST ME, JIDANBO IKKANZAKA, GATEKEEPER OF THE WEST GATE!" He shouted.

"What the hell, who are you?" Ichigo asked.

"Didn't you just hear me! I am Jidanbo Ikkanzaka, Gatekeeper of the West Gate! And who are you?" He asked.

"I'm Ichigo Kurosaki." Ichigo said.

"Ichigo, for a boy you sure have a girly name, being named strawberry."

"MY NAME DOESN'T MEAN STRAWBERRY! ICHI STANDS FOR NUMBER ONE AND GO STANDS FOR GUARDIAN!" The orange haired hero shouted.

"Well, it doesn't matter who you are? If you want to get into the Seireitei, you have to battle me." Jidanbo said and took out his axes.

Ichigo closed his eyes, letting the Sharingan eyes activate.

'I don't sense a zanpakuto on this guy.' Ichigo thought.

"That doesn't mean he's not powerful, be careful." Itachi told back.

Jidanbo brought his one of his axes down at Ichigo; Ichigo held up Sharingan in defense, the force of Jidanbo's attack caused the ground to shatter under him.

"Ichigo!" Orihime shouted as she and Uryu ran to him, only for Jidanbo to stomp his foot, stopping the two.

"Have you no manners, there are three rules here in the Rukon District, number three is all duels must be one-on-one!" He shouted at them.

They were forced to step back as Ichigo stood up from the rubble, not a scratch on him. Sharingan's look changed, now looking like Benihime.

"Hey, how come your zanpakuto looks like Kisuke Urahara's?" Jidanbo asked.

'How does this guy know of Hat-n'-clogs?' Ichigo thought.

"It's because it is, well, long story short, my zanpakuto Sharingan, allows me to copy one zanpakuto per use, copying another will cause me to lose the previous power." Ichigo said.

"Grr! Fine then, since Urahara must have trained you, than take this, Jidanbo's 10 Axe Festival!" He shouted and swung one of his axes.

"Blood Mist Shield!" Ichigo shouted an oval barrier blocked the attack. Ichigo grunted as each attack hit the shield harder. It was obvious that Jidanbo couldn't count.

"1! 2! 3! 4! 5! 6! 6! 8! 7! 5! Wait, I lost count...ah well…10!" Jidanbo shouted and slammed the axe down on the shield, Ichigo grunted in pain as he took the aftershock and the shield was fading.

"Still standing huh, guess I'll just have to use both. Jidanbo's 10,000 Axe New Year's Festival!" Jidanbo shouted and started slamming the shield with both axes, each hit getting faster and faster. The Blood Mist Shield was eroding away.

'Damn, I have to try something…maybe I can try it.' He thought.

As Jidanbo raised the axe again, Ichigo shouted.

"SHRED! BENIHIME!" Ichigo shouted and red energy bullets fired out of the shield, Jidanbo put his arms up in defense but his axes shattered. Jidanbo groaned as some of the bullets hit him and he fell to the ground. Ichigo stood over him.

"My…my axes, my beautiful axes." The giant cried.

Ichigo went from feeling victorious to a little bad for him.

"Okay, look, I'm sorry I broke your axes, I didn't know they meant so much to you." Ichigo said.

Jidanbo sniffled a little and placed his hands on Ichigo's shoulder.

"Really? You're apologizing. You're so kind, you have beaten me, not only as a warrior but also as a man Ichigo, and I shall open the gate for you and your friends." Everyone looked happy as Jidanbo was able to lift the gate open, only to freeze in fear.

"Jidanbo, what's wrong?" Ichigo asked.

"It's….it's…the captain of Squad 3, Gin Ichimaru." He said.

Ichigo looked forward to see the captain walking towards them. Gin was tall and thin, he was wearing a standard soul reaper's Shihakusho with a white jacket over it. His eyes seemed to be shut, similar to how Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto had his eyes at times. He had a wide mocking grin on his face and he seemed to have an almost skeletal appearance with short silver hair in a mop top. The sharp angles of his face gave him a fox like appearance. His zanpakuto was visible at his hip.

"My my Jidanbo, what is this? Opening the gate for an intruder?" Gin asked in a mocking tone.

"It's the rules, if a Gatekeeper losses to an intruder, than he must open the gate to the victor." Jidanbo said

"Oh no, that's not what happens," Gin said, taking some steps back, "if a Gatekeeper losses a battle, he's not supposed to open the gate…he dies." Gin unsheathed his zanpakuto and noticed Ichigo's.

'This boy's zanpakuto looks like Kisuke's Benihime; it can't be coincidence, can it?' He thought as he brought his zanpakuto back.

"What do you plan on doing, throwing that dagger at us?" Ichigo asked mockingly.

"Oh no dear boy, you see, this is my zanpakuto, a demonstration is in order no? Shoot to kill…SHISO (God's Spear)!" He shouted and his zanpakuto blade extended, it sliced through Jidanbo's arm, Gin missed seeing Ichigo's eyes turn red and the tomes spin. Jidanbo struggled to hold the gate open as Gin readied another strike.

"SHOOT TO KILL," Ichigo's voice rang out, getting Gin's attention, "SHINSO!" Sharingan went from looking like Benihime to like Shinso as the blade extended, Gin dodged it by moving his head but didn't notice the blade sticking into the building behind him.

'Shinso, how? Is it possible? Can he…copy other zanpakuto?' Gin though in shock, his eyes fully opened, revealing them to be blue. Ichigo's Shino went to retract, but it pulled him forward, Ichigo stuck his arm out in a lariat position.

"ICHIGO STOP!" Yoruichi shouted but it was too late as Ichigo's arm slammed into Gin's throat, throwing the captain back. Jidanbo couldn't last as fell, letting go of the gate. It closed, leaving Ichigo trapped in the Seireitei. Gin coughed as looked towards Ichigo.

"Interesting," Gin grinned, "so, I'm guessing, you can copy other zanpakuto?" He asked.

Ichigo glared at Gin.

"I should turn you in, try to capture or kill you, but you know what, I'm going to let you go. You interest me, Ichigo Kurosaki." Gin said.

Ichigo gasped.

'How does he know my name?' He thought as Gin walked away.

"I will warn you, other than me there are 12 other captains, 13 lieutenants, 20 seated officers, and hundreds of unseated officers." Gin said in a mocking tone and continued to walk away.

"Why tell me this if I'm your enemy? And how do you know my name?" Ichigo asked.

"It's simple, as I said, you interest me and I believe you will be useful in the future, as for how I know your name you'll find out one of these days, bye bye." Gin said and, with a wave of his hand, was gone in a swish.

'So that's one of the captains, how does he know my name, what does he mean I'll be useful? Something's going on and I think it's linked with Rukia's capture.' Ichigo thought.

'Ichigo,' Itachi spoke up, 'be careful, you only have a limit of copying three zanpakuto per day, try to move like the ninja, in the shadows, sneaking about. Unless you are forced to fight.'

'You're a pacifist aren't you?' Ichigo asked Itachi.

'Yes.' Itachi said.

Ichigo sighed as the gate slammed shut, sealing him within the Seireitei.

'Looks like I'm on my own for a time.' Ichigo thought as he took off in a random direction.

'Hold on Rukia, I'm coming.' Ichigo thought.

(Fin)

Ichigo has made into the Soul Society, catching the attention of Gin Ichimaru. How does he know Ichigo's name? Will Ichigo be on his own, how long until Yoruichi and the others make it to help our hero? Will Rukia be saved? Tune in next time.