Hollow Zangetsu

Old Man Zangetsu

Kyoka Suigetsu

Shinzo

Hogyoku

Chapter 15 Prelude to war.

(AN: This chapter will directly mirror the beginnings of the blood war arc at ch.484 only instead of using Arrancar and Quincy's I am using demons. Enjoy! 😊)

Back in Karakura with Ichigo

"Ichigo Before we go there is something, we must tell you." Jugram said.

"I'm listening." He replied.

"Ichigo, as Lilith-sama said, Yhwach didn't kill your mother, not willingly anyway." Lily replied

"By your repeating what she said I take it there were things she didn't tell me that you now will?" Ichigo asked receiving a nod from Lily.

"Ichigo, after Cain was thrown out of heaven by his parents, he went insane. He literally started thinking of ways to get back into heaven and destroy it and everyone else including the human world. He very nearly succeeded 2,000 years ago, he broke into heaven and started a war with the gods not only the Shinto gods but all the gods, Norse, Greco-Roman, Egyptian, Mesopotamian all of them and as a result of his arrogance he was punished by the gods." Jugram said.

"What did they do?" Yuzu asked.

"Well little one, they cursed him to wonder all the realms for all eternity as a bodyless soul. However, I am afraid his treachery doesn't end there." Jugram replied.

"What do you mean?" Ichigo asked

"Ichigo, during his time as a bodyless soul he spent most of the time looking for his body using the bodies of humans to look for it." Lily said.

Ichigo's eyes went wide as he finally understood the implications of what they were saying.

"What do you mean and just were had his body been all this time." He asked not liking were this conversation was headed.

"Ichigo, when the gods sealed his body away, they put it inside a sealed shrine where it was to remain for all time never to see the light of day. The shrine was located in a mountain valley just east of what would later become Karakura Town." Lily replied.

"Well, if that's the case his body should still be there shouldn't it?" Ichigo replied.

"Yes, you are indeed correct. However, that isn't the end I'm afraid. You see Ichigo disembodied souls have a unique ability to possess and take over the bodies of the living and Cain did just that one thousand years ago. But, he didn't just take over the body of any ordinary human as even as a soul a normal human body would burn out too quickly it had to be someone genetically connected to the gods themselves so he took over the body of Yhwach and started a war with the soul society and no one was the wiser not even us. After he faked losing the war he put the word out that he had been sealed away and used the Kaiser Gesang as a self-fulfilling prophecy that went like this, "The seal king of the Quincy will regain his heartbeat after 900 years, after 90 years would regain his intelligence, 9 years since would regain his powers and 9 years later would regain the world." Everything about that is complete and utter bullshit, during all that time he trained and researched new techniques that only he would have access to and one of those techniques was Auswahlen the very same technique he used to kill yours and Uryu's mother when you both were 9 years old as well as every other Quincy, he felt was impure. You might be asking yourself why. Well, the reason is quite simple he needed the extra power that all that spiritual energy would bring him. You see, a year before your mom's were killed he found out were his body was and made preparations to retrieve it so his soul and his body could once again become one and performing the Auswahlen gave him all the extra energy he needed as he was cut off from the power his body possessed, so combined with the body of Yhwach what little power his soul had retained and the power he stole he destroyed the shrine and took back his body and before you asked Yhwach couldn't come to your aid when grand fisher attacked as he was far too weak and we couldn't help you lest the soul society discover our location and finish us off. The rest you already know." Jugram said.

"Jugram, I owe you and your fellow Quincy an apology I never knew any of this and I misjudged all of you quite badly." Ichigo said bowing before them.

"You needn't worry about it. Although Yhwach does want to meet his grandchildren. He has been watching over you and your sisters for many years and he is immensely proud of you Ichigo." Jugram replied looking at Ichigo and his sisters.

"Really. Let's go wouldn't want to keep gramps waiting now would we." Ichigo said

"No, I suppose we wouldn't." Jugram said with a chuckle.

Ichigo opened a portal to the noble realm and they left.

Upon arriving in the noble realm they all looked around and noted everything calm and peaceful until Ichigo detected two spiritual pressures that he didn't recognize coming from seireitei, one of them was with the head captain and was surmised to be his grandfather Yhwach and the other was demonic in nature. Upon detecting this he stopped getting everyone's attention.

"Ichigo, what is it?" his father asked

"Trouble in seireitei, Dad, take Yuzu, Karin, Tatsuki, Yoruichi and Lisa to Shiba manor and contact the soul king, ask him to send Ōetsu Nimaiya down with three Asauchi and instruct Yuzu, Karin and Tatsuki in the basics of Zanpaktou forging and creation through Jinzen. The rest of us are going to seireitei." Ichigo commanded

"Now wait a minute Ichigo! If you think Lisa and I are going to sit on the sidelines and do nothing while you have all the fun, you're crazy." Yoruichi exclaimed

Ichigo walked over to them both and hugged them from behind while placing his hands on their stomachs and said, "That is exactly what you are going to do. I will not permit two beautiful women whom I am going to marry that are currently in a very delicate condition go into combat."

"When did you find out Ichigo? Yoruichi and were going to tell you tonight." Lisa replied as everyone's eyes went wide at the implication.

"Waking up every morning for the last week to the sound of the two of you hugging the toilet in our bathroom was a dead giveaway. Besides, My dad's a doctor did you think I wouldn't see that and put and two together?" he replied

"Okay Ichigo, you win. We'll play it your way but you better come back to us we need our husband and our kids will need their father so don't be reckless you hear." Yoruichi said

"Of course." He replied as everyone sped towards the seireitei.

In Seireitei five minutes earlier head captain's office

"Forgive me my old friend I didn't know." The head captain said as he bowed and shook the hand of Yhwach.

"Genryusai, rise my old friend you need not bow nor ask forgiveness for there is nothing to forgive." Yhwach said

Just then an explosion was heard and the wall of the head captain's office was destroyed and through that wall came his Lieutenant Chōjirō Tadaoki Sasakibe impaled on a massive blood red halberd that exuded red demonic energy. Just as Genryusai and Yhwach turned around to address the issue they were interrupted by a group of masked individuals exuding the same demonic energy and whose outfits where completely blood red.

"Good afternoon Yhwach, Genryusai we are the descendants of Baphomet, Behemoth and Leviathan demons of the apocalypses, the serpents of destruction and loyal followers of our lord Cain. We have come here today to declare war on the soul society, the gods and put you all on notice, in nine days' time the soul society shall be in ruins, the gods shall be dead and the mortal realm shall belong to us. I suggest you make peace with whatever gods you believe in farewell." The man said and disappeared.

Genryusai went to the side of his ever-faithful Lieutenant who looked at his captain and said, "Genryusai-dono, forgive me sir." "Chojiro save your strength you've done nothing that needs forgiving."

Chojiro smiled and straining to stay conscious said, "Captain, they can, Bankai." Before his body exploded showering Genryusai and Yhwach in blood and entrails.

Five minutes later present time

Ichigo and company arrived in front of squad one and went into the head captain's office only to be greeted with a gory and gruesome scene.

"Head captain, would you care to explain what is going on here?" he asked but before the ancient captain could answer a massive explosion shook seireitei to its core. All present looked out the office window and were shocked to see a large mushroom like cloud from a huge explosion hanging over squad 14's barracks, everyone promptly disappeared and made their way there only to be greeted with a grisly sight.

"Love what happened here?" he asked as other captain's, squad members and Quincey made their way to the sight.

Love was holding the badly burnt body of a new recruit whom he had just taken under his wing as an apprentice and looked to Ichigo with rage filled eyes.

"Ichigo, some arrogant bastard named Cain did this and left but he didn't go far." He replied

Ichigo giving a look that promised pain asked, "Where is he love?"

"A top Sogyoku Hill waiting for you." He replied as Ichigo disappeared

Arriving at Sogyoku hill with both of Zangetsu's blade drawn he demanded, "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you Cain?"

"Kill me, You foolish Arrogant boy you couldn't kill me no matter how hard you wished it." Cain replied in a whimsical tone.

"You think so, do you? Then let's try this one, Why did you remain behind as your army fled like cowards?" he asked

"I was waiting for you. It is my intension to take you back to Makai and put you to use as a member of my army." Cain said

"No thanks. I don't follow cowards like you." He replied

"You speak as if you have a choice in the matter." Cain replied lunging for Ichigo

"Whatever is wrong Ichigo-kun you seem to be having trouble keeping up, maybe if I go to the noble realm and retrieve your pregnant girlfriends and kill them in front of you it would motivate you more." He said

Ichigo raised his reiatsu and said, "Bankai, Alight the heavens with your heavenly gaze, Teikoku Tensa Zangetsu. After the release he disappeared and then promptly kicked Cain in the face sending him careening into the cliff face one hundred yards away.

"For someone that likes to toot his own horn you sure are weak, Uncle." Ichigo spat venomously

By this time everyone had come to watch the fight just in time to get a good look at Ichigo's new bankai to say that Yhwach, the Quincy's, Genryusai, Ukitake and Kyoraku were shocked would be an understatement. They continued to watch as Ichigo berated his uncle.

"Ichigo, I'm not weak I just haven't gotten all my power back yet but even at this level of power you are doing quite well against me color me impressed it will be all the sweeter when I defeat you and drag you back to Makai in front of your friends and our family here." He said with a chuckle

Ichigo just laughed at that statement.

"What's so funny boy?' Cain asked sneering

"You are. An ignorant old man like yourself has no idea when he's outclassed and should leave with his tail between his legs. I guess I'll have to show you, won't I?" he replied

"HA! HA! HA! You stronger than me please you haven't even begun to tap into your true power and you can't as long as the seal one of my demons placed on you as a baby without your parents' knowledge still exists. Your sole existence is to service me and nothing more your sisters too maybe I should make them as my wives and make you watch as I violate them knowing there is nothing you can do about it, foolish mortal." Cain said

"Oh yes, I know all about your so-called seal. In fact, after I defeated Aizen and gained the Hogyoku I went into some deep meditation and traveled deep into my soul and found the seal and destroyed it." Ichigo said shocking his Uncle Cain as he told Cain and everyone present about the seal and what happened after its destruction.

Flashback one week after Aizen's defeat

"Ichigo-kun, it's good to see you." Zangetsu said

"Like wise old man. I have an issue that I could use all of your help with." He replied

"So Your finally taking notice of the seal." Ho-chan said

"Yes, I don't like the feel of it and I want it gone." Ichigo replied

Ichigo, Hogyoku, Kyoka, Shinso and Zangetsu focused all their energy upon the seal and destroyed it what happened next shocked everyone to their core. Ichigo's energy increased by a factor of 50 thankfully he was in a special room created by Kisuke to contain his energy while he trained to control it so it didn't bother anyone and their he stayed for the next two months in intense meditation learning to control and master his new found power.

Present Time

"So you see Uncle you are outclassed way beyond what even you realize, your just too stupid to notice." Ichigo said as Cain lunged at him in a fit of rage for his disrespect.

Ichigo dodged every thrust and slash Cain sent his way and just continued taunting him. "What's wrong Uncle is age catching up too you or is it just the fact that your arrogance and stupidity has made you senile? Which is It!?"

"You little bastard! How dare you!?" Cain shouted "I will kill you but not before I kill your family and your lovers and make you watch as I fuck their corpses in front of you!"

"Oh no, what ever will I do?" Ichigo said dramatically "You know Uncle, I am aware that it was you and not Yhwach that is responsible for the death of my mother and while thankfully I got her back thanks to the soul king but if you say that this isn't your full power and I am using ten percent of my current maximum by my calculations your full power is approximately ninety eight percent of mine with bankai released but my Zanpaktou has two other forms that can be released beyond that increase my power by a factor fifty." He said taking pleasure in the shocked look on Cain's face.

"Impossible no one is stronger than me! What do you mean current maximum? ANSWER ME!" Cain shouted in his panic he forgot what Ichigo said about his Zanpaktou's remaining two forms.

Ichigo pulled his shihakusho aside and to the right of his heart on his chest the symbol for yin-yang could be scene this was a tattoo seal for balance unique to his squad and no one else's but his was even more unique going through the middle was a golden sphere, on either side was a black and a white quarter moon respectively, and finally behind and just above it was a purple moon with a water lily in the center. The yin-yang symbol represented the hogyoku for the balance she brought to his soul, the golden sphere resented Shinso, the white and black quarter moons represented the different aspects of Zangetsu and the purple moon and water lily represented Kyoka Suigetsu.

"Big deal brat! It's a tattoo so what." Cain spat.

"You are correct but its not just any tattoo. It represents a technique here in soul society called 'Gentei Rein' a seal that is usually only applied to captain class soul reapers during excursions to the human world as it keeps our power in check and keeps it from affecting the humans but mine is special. Due to the sheer amount of power I have I wear continuously wear it as it not only seals approximately ninety percent of my power but also adds extra weight to my body for training purposes, right know I have the equivalent of 900lbs weighing down my body not to mention the gravity in the area immediately surrounding my body is 2x's that of the human world so in essence my body currently weighs 1800 lbs.

However, for the purposes of instructing you as to how out classed you really are right now, I will release the seal." He said the next words out of his mouth would haunt Cain and everyone else for many years, "Gentei Kaijo"

To Be Continued…..

Ooh a cliffy don't you hate them. I know to some of you Ichigo seems way to OP but the reason for this will become clear in the stories last chapter which will come in about fifteen more chapters. So It has taken me so long to update but life got in the way. I hope that everyone is staying safe with COVID-19 going around and complying with social distancing guidelines. Stay safe, Healthy and I'll see you in the next chapter.

Regards,

Fanficlover2017 😊