This is chapter 4

I'm not gonna lie, I'm looking forward to the next chapter more than I am this one, not to say I didn't want to write this chapter.

In this chapter, something happens that you ALL expected to happen at some point.

*Hueco Mundo*

Ichigo lied on the sand of Hueco Mundo, staring at the moon. He wasn't sure when it became a habit for him, but he had found himself doing it quite often recently.

He liked the moon. In the white sandy desert that was the home for the hollows, the moon was the only thing in the black, infinite sky. Always there, yet never within reach. It was the unobtainable constant that hollows were unable to comprehend. While typically, that would annoy,, if not anger most, in a world that seemed so unpredictable and cruel, a stable constant like the moon could give a sense of comfort. Perhaps that was why the orange haired adjuchas found such interest in it.

Breaking himself off from his musings, the white hollow sat up, and examined his surroundings. Around him we're the sleeping forms of his friends: Neliel, Pesche, Dondochakka, and Bawabawa. He wasn't exactly sure when he started to thinks of the weird bunch as his friends. At first they had been a somewhat annoying group that Ichigo had allowed to tag along with him out of sheer boredom, but, even though he couldn't see himself ever saying it outloud, they had grown on him, especially so in Nel's case. He would quickly admit that the green furred hollow could be extremely aggravating, but she was also very open about herself, and her antics did succeed in spring the occasional chuckle from the orange haired adjuchas, which was the closest that he had come to an actual laugh since gaining self awareness in the Menos Forest.

If Ichigo was honest with himself, there was a part of him that was happy with the current stance that his life had taken. However, at the same time, there was a part of him the was irritated and bored. Ichigo had discovered on his fight with Grimmjow that fighting powerful opponent's was something that gave him joy, not just a passing feeling of contentment, but something close that actual happiness. Ever since that day his desire to fight has been growing and growing, to the point that it was beginning to become almost painfully intense.

He wanted to fight something. He needed to tear his claws into something. Sink his teeth into something's flesh. It had to be something strong. The weak hollows that he and the others ate to stop from regressing back into Gillians weren't even a challenge. He could easily kill most of them without having to even look in their general direction.

It was pathetic!

But not just pathetic. It was infuriating! Those hollows attack him readily after he simply forced his spiritual pressure out. It didn't matter that he was obviously many leagues stronger than them; they didn't have the intelligence to understand that trying to devour a hollow stronger than yourself typically leads to you getting eaten.

He didn't get it. Why were some hollows blessed with intelligence and individuality, while others, even after evolving to the adjuchas class, were just as mindless as ordinary Gillians? Why did hollows need to consume others of their own kind to grow stronger and evolve? Why was it that hollows have to eat each other at all? Was it normal for souls to have to consume one another to gain power? Or was it perhaps that by devouring other beings, hollows attempt to fill the almost instinctual emptiness that they all had inside of them?

Ichigo absentmindedly reached his hand towards his chest, or more specifically, the hole that rested in the exact center of it.

That emptiness.

No matter how much he devoured, it never seemed to get filled. What was that emptiness really? Desire of companionship? Desire for strength? Desire for control?

Desire to find out who they really are?

That was another issue that had been plaguing Ichigo. He was Ichigo Kurosaki. At a point, he had parents, siblings, friends….He couldn't remember any specifics, but he was sure of that much at least. He had also gotten a few memories from his time as a gillain. While there wasn't much, the orange haired hollow remembers eating a couple of weak adjuchas, but more importantly, he remembered a man with scars, spiky hair, and a sword. That man had fought him, Ichigo couldn't be sure, but he was pretty certain that the guy was holding back quite a bit. He wanted the fight that guy again. If for no other reason, then for the sheer thrill.

"Hey Ichigo." Nel spoke tiredly while walking up to the white adjuchas. "What are you thinking about?" She asked.

"Don't worry about it." He assured softly. "It's nothing."

The goat hollow didn't look like she totally believed him. "Ichigo...I-" She was cut of when she began to hear a rumbling noise.

"What the-" Ichigo began. The noise only got louder as the ground began to violently shake as well.

"Ichigo!" Nel screamed."Whats happening!?"

The ground continued to shake, the tenures growing stronger by the second. Suddenly, the earthquake stopped. The group had to time to relax however, as a massive amount of sand in front of them erupted from the ground. As the sand and dust fell, they revealed an impossibly large red creature.

"What the hell is that!?" Ichigo yelled. "Its way too big to be an adjuchas. It's even larger than a gillian. And this spiritual pressure. Is this…..A Vasto Lorde!? No, those are supposed to be even smaller than adjuchas. So then WHAT THE HELL IS HE!?"

The creature roared. "I am Yammy Llargo," it announced, "the biggest, strongest hollow in Hueco Mundo! Congratulations! You pissants have the honor of being my next meal!" The hollow threw itself at Ichigo and company, forcing them to jump back.

Nel then fired a pink cero straight at the creature's face, causing a veil of smoke to rise.

However, when the smoke faded, the unharmed image of Yammy was revealed. He laughed. "You call that attack a cero? Weak shit. Let me show you a real one." The centipede collow created a massive ball of red energy in its maw. The ball was huge, a dozen times larger than Nel's own. Ichigo, recognizing the danger the attack presented, quickly grabbed all of his companions before using sonido to get out of the way. The blast tore through the sand. When it died down, there was a massive valley where the beam had hit. As the valley quickly refilled itself with the surrounding sand, Ichigo and company looked at the results of Yammy's attack.

"Th-That's unreal." Dondochakka stuttered out.

"How the hell are we supposed to fight that!?" Pesche panicked.

"Nel," Ichigo said as he turned to his green furred friend. "Get Pesche, Dondochakka, and Bawabawa, and get out of here." The orange haired adjuchas ordered.

"But, Ichigo," Nel argued, "This guys too strong we can he-"

"Don't move!" Yammy yelled as he through his leg forwards, firing a bala straight at the group.

Ichigo, noticing the approaching attack a bit late, did not have time to grab everyone and move again. Instead, he opted to push Pea he and Dondochakka out of harm's way. This left Neliel, who Ichigo shielded with his body. "AHH!" The white hollow screamed as the ball of spiritual energy got through his hierro and tore into his back.

"Ichigo!" Nel screamed, alarmed by the sight. She had. Never actually seen Ichigo get hurt before. Sure, in his fight with Grimmjow, he got banged up a little bit, but this was the first time that the goat hollow had ever seen her orange haired companion actually cry out in pain.

Ichigo fell to his knees in pain. He was forced to use Nel to support his weight.

The green furred hollow quickly looked at Ichigo's back. She was not happy with what she saw. The previous pristine white that usually covered the back of her friend was now a dark red, blood seeping through the damaged skin. She extended her tongue and licked his back, allowing the healing properties of her saliva to assist.

Ichigo's high speed regeneration was already taking care of the damage, but Nel's healing shorted the entire process to under five seconds. The phantom pain still lingered, but Ichigo could deal with it. He shakily stood up, and looking Neliel clear in the eyes spoke with an authority that was new to the group. "Nel! Listen to me!" Ichigo shouted, immediately grabbing the attention of his comrades. "If you stay here, you are going to die! That's not a possibility. It's a fact. It's important that you live. Pesche and Dondochakka need you. Now leave. Do not argue with me on this!"

Nel looked him in the eye, a small amount of fear and a great amount of worry visible on her face. She then turn to the others and proceeded to run in the opposite direction, away from the centipede hollow.

"Where do you think your going!?" Yammy charge another cero in his maw, but just before her was about to fire it, a Bala hit him cleanly in the cheek. The Bala didn't do much damage, but it was powerful enough to force the massive hollow's head to turn, sending his attack of course and into the distance. "What the hell!?"

"You're opponent is me you ten legged bitch!" Ichigo shouted towards the creature.

"Well, it seems like someone is pretty eager to die. Little Bug! I'LL TEAR YOU A NEW ONE!" The enormous hollow screamed. Yammy swung one of his legs at Ichigo.

Ichigo, seeing the incoming attack, jumped back, but he was unprepared to the shock wave that was created, which disrupted him midair. Seizing the opportunity, Yammy swung his tail at Ichigo, hitting him dead on. Yammy then charged up a cero, and fired it where he saw Ichigo land.

The massive beam of energy tore through the land and detonated, erupting into a pillar of destruction.

"Hm" Yami grunted. "Just a bug."

"You're the only bug around here." A familiar voice said from behind the giant hollow.

Yammy quickly turned around, only to have a cero impact him in the face, causing the giant to stumble and giving him a few burns. When the smoke cleared, Yammy looked and saw Ichigo standing in the sand, completely unscathed. "HOW THE HELL ARE YOU NOT DEAD!?" Yammy yelled.

"Isn't it obvious?" Ichigo asked. "When I landed, I used a sonido and got out the way before you fired your cero. Now, let's keep going." Ichigo immediately used another sonido to appear on Yammy's back. The smaller hollow was able to take a large bite into the centipede's flesh, before he was swung off. He used another sonido to appear underneath Yammy and slash at the larger hollow's stomach before jumping out of the way of Yammy's legs. This repeated several more times before Ichigo started seeing the pattern. 'Why does he react so slowly to my sonidos It's like he can't see them. But that makes no sense, a hollow of his strength should have no problem seeing me. Unless...?' the orange haired hollow asked himself. Then it stuck him like a bala to the face. "HeheheheHAHAHAHAHA" The white hollow gave a chuckle, which quickly grew into full blown laughter.

"What's so funny ant!?" Yammy booked, irritation obvious in his voice.

"I just realized it." Ichigo bragged. "I was wondering why you didn't seem to react to my sonidos until after I stopped. I get it now. You so big, that speed base moves like sonido are out of you capabilities. And I'm so much smaller than you that I if I leave your field of vision for even a split second, you have trouble finding me. Am I Right?" As Ichigo finished, it was almost as if his masked changed to show a wicked smile.

This seemed to only make Yammy angrier. "You little shit! Who need speed, WHEN I HAVE POWER!?" He yelled the last part, stomping on the white hollow. As his foot hit the ground, a large gash suddenly formed on the leg, starting at his foot, and traveling up to his knee.

"Were you aiming for me? It was so slow, I couldn't tell." Ichigo mocked. The orange haired hollow landed on the larger one's back and happily tore some more of it's flesh out with it's teeth. 'All fun aside, this guy really is strong. Even these small bites out of him that I'm taking each have a good amount of spirit energy in them.' Ichigo jumped off of Yammy as the massive hollow thrashed wildly.

"DIE!" Yammy yelled as he swung his tail at Ichigo.

Ichigo jumped up, landing on the tail as it passed through his former location. He immediately ran up Yammy's body.

The massive hollow attempted to shake him off, but he was unsuccessful. "Get off of me you FUCKING INSECT!" He thrashed about wildly.

Ichigo dug his claw into Yammy's hide. The white hollow slowly but sure began to climb up the beast's body. After a few moments, Ichigo reached his enemies head. Digging his claws in again, Ichigo raised his head and charged a cero in his mouth.

Seeing the light from the cero shine down from above his head, Yammy picked up his front legs and swung it towards the top of his own head.

Ichigo barely jumped up in the air and out of the way as Yammy's limbs crashed down. He continued to charge his cero.

Yammy, seeing his target in the air, jumped after him, head first. "Your mine!" He bellowed as he flew towards Ichigo.

The orange haired hollow was undeterred as he continued to charge his cero. The cero was massive at this point, easily double Ichigo's size.

As Yammy got closer to Ichigo, the centipede hollow opened his mouth, preparing to eat his prey hole.

Ichigo, seeing the opportunity, waited until Yammy was only a few feet in front of him.

Yammy's mouth opened to it's maximum width and closed down on Ichigo.

The white hollow braced himself, catched it's larger Opponent's teeth with its hand and feet, and pushed with enough force to keep Yammy's maw open.

Yammy tried in vain to closed his jaw, but Ichigo gave his all into keeping it open. Ichigo's hierro stopped the centipede hollow's teeth from tearing through his hands one feet.

It was then that Ichigo finally fired his doom blast. The beam flew right into Yammy's mouth and down his throat. But Ichigo didn't stop there. He fire cero after cero into Yammy. The first cero was stronger than all of the ones that came after it, but none of them were weak.

Seeing the simultaneous explosions in Yammy's body quickly rising up the giant's esophagus, Ichigo used a sonido to escape out of Yammy's maw.

Surprised by the sudden lack of resistance, Yammy's mouth forcefully closed. With no where fore the energy inside of him to escape, it quickly built up inside of Yammy's stomach. Before the massive hollow even had time to scream, he exploded.

The explosion was absolutely massive, well over double the size of Yammy. It picked up dust and sand, and the giant mushroom cloud that it made was seen for miles.

When the smoke died down, Ichigo was surprised to see Yammy still standing. His skin had turned a full red color, he was covered in holes where the energy had escaped his body, and his eyes were completely white, but he was still standing. Ichigo spoke, gasping between each breath from the exertion. 'Seriously!? What...the hell...does it take...to take this guy down!'

"Y-You…..bastard….." Yammy spoke tiredly as he rose his foot to stomp on Ichigo. Ichigo prepared to sonido again, but it wasn't necessary. "I'll…...serious..ly…...kill….you." Yammy fell over onto his side. As he landed, the ground shook from the impact of his ginormous form.

Ichigo approached Yammy's face. The bigger hollow just laid there, lifeless. Yammy was dead. "Well that took long enough." Ichigo said as he walked to Yammy's neck and took a large bite. As he chewed, he examined Yammy's corpses and sighed. "This is going to take a while." He noted as he began his long meal.

*About Two Hours Later*

Ichigo took his final bite from the corpse of Yammy. He could have eaten the hollow faster, but he had gotten full a couple of times which to his knowledge, meant that he was eating Yammy faster than his body could break the massive hollow down into spirit energy. It was a new feeling. He didn't really like it, but he figured that if he just left Yammy's corpse here, another hollow could eat it, which would probably lead to trouble later on. So he finished the centipede hollow all on his own.

As he swallowed his last nite, Ichigo felt power surge within him. Power rose from his very being and engulfed him in a pillar of red, white, and black energy. The pillar rose up into the sky, tearing through clouds many miles above the sand.

The energy then started to compress, condensing into a single sphere of power. The sphere shrank and shrank. As the sphere got smaller, the figure in it could be seen. It was about six feet tall. The figure had long orange hair that cascaded down its back. It's lower body was completely black, and it's upper body was totally white. It had talons on its feet, and in place of hands, it had two long, cleaver like blades with hollowed out mid sections extending from its wrists. The mask was similar to a human skull, only more demonic in design, and it was accented by two forward face immediately horns protruding from the forehead.

The sphere of energy continued to shrink until it was inside of the figure's hollow hole. There, it was absorbed into the creature's being. The reborn hollow opened it's eyes,. Revealing a familiar black sclera surrounding dilated golden eyes.

As his power settled, Ichigo did the only thing that came naturally.

He release a mighty and powerful roar.

*Meanwhile*

Inside was world unseen to all, a conversation was occurring.

"Sweet!" The first voice said in a distorted tone. "The king finally evolved into a Vasto Lorde!" The owner of the voice turned towards his companion. "How long ya think it'll take now?"

"I cannot say." A new voice made itself known. "However, we shouldn't interfere too much. We should allow him to find his own path. He will come to use when he needs us. For now, we should just sit and wait."

The first voice sighed. "Yeah, yeah, I already know that. Ya don't have to give me the whole emo routine, ya old man."

The so called "old man" raised an eyebrow at his companion's choice of words. "Emo?"

And that's it, Yammy's dead. No one cares, guy was an ass.

Some of you might be wondering why he let Grimmjow live, but killed Yammy. Ichigo respected Grimmjow's desire for strength. Ichigo held no respect for Yammy.

The Vasto Lorde appearance for Ichigo is slightly different from how he was during his fight with Ulquiorra. For instance I made his lower half black because he doesn't have a shihakusho, and him not having some kind of covering down there just seems weird now that he's more human. He'll look more canon after he becomes an arrancar can and uses resurrection.