Hi, now before anyone tries to murder me with complaints about how something isn't up to their standards, just know that this is my first fanfic and although I've read a hundreds of stories, my grammar is NOT perfect and there might be a few mistakes here and there. In order to fix these errors please just tell me what was wrong and how to fix it. Also, if you think the story can be improved in some way then just leave a comment for me to look at. If you liked the plot idea for this story then you absolutely MUST read "The Shark in the Moonless Sky" or its remake "The Shark in the Moonless Night" by The Night Hunter. It is one of the single greatest stories I've ever read and was the original inspiration for this story so there will be some similarities, but I will be adding my own twist to it so don't worry. This story will have lemons, but they will be far down the line so I can create the characters personalities and build up suspense for the story because this will be an actual story and not just some one-shot. At the moment, the only people I have planned as Ichigo's lovers are Harribel as the main with Neliel and Yoruichi as ones that come in a little later. Lastly, although this isn't a crossover, it may become one with Naruto in the VERY distant future.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Chapter 1

"Regular Speech"

"Thoughts"

"Hollow Speech"

Techniques

Ichigo's whole body ached as he stared in horror at Aizen as he healed from the damage his Mugetsu had caused him. He had used his ultimate technique, the Final Getsuga Tensho, a move so powerful that it required the sacrifice of all his soul reaper powers. Now that it was over, he could feel what was left of his powers quickly fading away like smoke in the wind, and yet, despite having been cut in half, Aizen was healing and would soon be back at full strength, finally able to accomplish his goal of ruling the Soul Society as a god.

"Ichigo Kurosaki," whispered Aizen quietly. "You've lost this battle. Observe as I transcend into a form even greater than yours. With your death, my victory will be absolute and this world will perish, as it should," he finished with a small scowl.

As Ichigo's vision began to flicker he saw Aizen speaking, but in his fevered state failed to comprehend most of what was said, yet he understood enough to know that if he failed today everything would be lost. With that last thought fueling his determination, Ichigo, regardless of the consequences, gathered every bit of power left in his body and pulling his arm back, pushed everything he had into his right fist and slammed it into Aizen's chest, ripping the hogyoku from his body.

Normally Aizen would have been able to dodge that attack with laughable ease, but in his weakened state, Aizen could only stare in shock at the giant hole in his chest as Ichigo ripped the hogyoku out of him.

Thinking he had managed to land a killing blow, Ichigo was shocked when he heard a dry chuckle coming from Aizen.

Coughing up blood, Aizen managed to say, "A noble act boy, but even if the hogyoku isn't inside m-." He didn't get a chance to finish as a giant glowing red spike pierced his chest.

"What is this?!" yelled Aizen in pain.

"That would be my kido finally taking affect," said a voice off to their right.

"Kisuke Urahara," spat Aizen in pain. "You of all people should know that its too late to stop me."

"Not quite Aizen. While I admit that killing at this point would be nigh impossible, you'll find that's not quite what I'm doing," explained Urahara calmly.

As Urahara said this several more kido spikes pierced Aizen's body and caused it to begin reverting back to normal as the power of the hogyoku split from it.

"NO, what is this; what are you doing to me?!" shouted Aizen in shock as a white, fluid like substance, not unlike a hollow's mask, began encasing his body.

"The kido I cast on you is a seal. It prevents you from drawing on hogyoku's power while also sealing you off from your own. The reason it's only now taking affect is that before your soul was too powerful to be sealed, but thanks to Ichigo fighting you so hard and forcing you to your limit, your power started to weaken, and the hogyoku can't have a weak master," said Urahara calmly as the the white substance steadily encompassed Aizen's body.

"You're wrong, its impossible, no mere kido could ever seal me!" yelled Aizen in denial as he struggled to escape the shell that was quickly overtaking him.

As his body was being overtaken by the shell, Aizen grunted in pain as the spikes that had pierced his chest suddenly changed form and became massive glowing red crosses. Glaring at Urahara he shouted, "How could you subjugate yourself to that thing, it deserves to die for what it's done, for all the crimes it's committed!"

Sighing, Urahara said, "It's true, he deserves to die for what he's done and if there was ever a real chance of you killing him then I would have even helped you before you became set on sacrificing innocent lives to accomplish it, but sadly, even at the height of your power, you still had no glimmer of a chance at ever killing him."

"NO, my mission won't die with me, I'll do what ever I have to make sure he dies!" shouted Aizen.

Throughout this exchange Ichigo had only been able to stare in awe as Aizen's body was quickly overtaken by the kido until only his head remained and thus was surprised when Aizen turned to him and said, "Kurosaki, you think I'm a monster for what I tried to do, but my actions are nothing compared to the atrocities committed by that thing they call the Soul King. I saw the kind of power you wielded and I know why you fight. This is why I entrust my legacy to you so that you might accomplish what I could not and finally bring peace to the Soul Society." As he finished his final words the seal finally completed and Aizen was imprisoned in a massive tri-cross.

As the dust settled and the adrenaline that had been fueling Ichigo faded he felt his eyes start to close and body collapse.

"ICHIGO!" shouted Urahara. "Ichigo, wake up, you can't die yet," he said frantically as he ran towards the fallen teen. As Urahara was about to lift him up and take him to Orihime to be healed, he saw a brief, but bright flash come from Ichigo's right hand. When he looked down he immediately noticed what WASN'T there.

The hogyoku was gone.