Chapter 04: Ichigo Kurosaki

(Karakura Town, Japan)

Ichigo Kurosaki was on his way home after a long but easy day at school. It had just been two weeks after he regained his Soul Reaper powers by defeating Kūgo Ginjō and the rest of Xcution. After getting them back, the 17-year old Substitute Soul Reaper had once again been able to defend Karakura Town from the Hollows, alongside his friends. But for some reason, something was bothering him and he was trying his best to forget about it.

"Kurosaki!"

Speaking of his friends, he turned to see Orihime, Chad and Ishida.

"What are you guys doing here all of a sudden?" The three of them got closer to the orange-haired student. "Nothing much Kurosaki." Quincy, Uryu Ishida spoke up. "We just saw you walking alone and decided to give you some company." The tall Fullbringer, Yasutora Sado told him. "Are you okay Kurosaki? Is there something bothering you?" Orihime worryingly asked him, seeing the disturbed look on his face also disturbed her. She always had a good eye.

The girl's question startled him. Indeed there was something bothering him, but he didn't want to worry his friends at all, especially since he just got his powers back. "What?! Of course nothing is bothering me, I'm fine. Really." The three of them just gave Ichigo a look that said 'we-know-you-are-lying'. Ichigo sighed. "Okay fine, there is something that's been on my mind lately." The trio had a proud look on their face knowing that they got their friend to open up. "Well, what is it?" Orihime questioned him. "I've been thinking about this for some time. But don't you guys find it weird how we haven't been fighting any Hollows for some time. Like they've disappeared all of a sudden." Ichigo revealed his concerns to his friends. Ishida adjusted his glasses. "It's true that there haven't been any Hollows around lately, but that shouldn't be anything to worry about." He said to him. "Ishida's right. There's nothing to worry about." Orihime comforted her friend. "That does remind me."

"What is it Chad?" Orihime asked. "There's been people in Karakura town recently reporting to the Police that a family member or two has gone missing. For instance, a neighbour of mine's husband went to work and never returned home. His pals at his workplace never said anything about him coming in for work. And there are more missing person cases similar to that one in this very town." This did not make Ichigo's worries fade away. Orihime decided to speak up "You don't think that maybe this could be-."

"Hollow! It has to be some sort of Hollow!" Ichigo interjected. "What about Soul Society? Have you heard from them?" The orange-haired girl questioned the Soul Reaper. "Not at all. Even they have been quiet for a while now." As soon as Ichigo said that, the group was then hit by a blinding light in front of them, then a door that slid open, revealed three individuals. The four of them instantly recognised them. "What was that about Soul Society being quiet?"

The tallest one of them spoke. He was the 6th Divisions Lieutenant of the Gotei 13, Renji Abarai. Next to him was the 13th Divisions Lieutenant of the Gotei 13, the woman who gave Ichigo his powers, Rukia Kuchiki. And next to her was the youngest Captain of the Gotei 13, Toshiro Hitsugaya. The light faded away and there stood three members of the Gotei 13. "Aww. Is poor Ichigo missing us that badly." Rukia jokingfuly teased him. "Shut up!" He spat back at her.

The Lieutenant could do nothing but laugh at his embarrassment. "So, may I ask why a Captain and two Liuetenants of the Gotei 13 are here in the Human World." Ishida questioned the Soul Reapers. "Well wouldn't you like to know four-eyes." Renji spat at the Quincy. Ishida just scoffed back at him. "We are here to look for Soul Reapers who have gone missing from Soul Society." Toshiro revealed to them, startling them at the same time.

"You mean there's disappearances in Soul Society too?!" Ichigo now confused by their motives to come to the Human World. "What?" Toshiro blurted back. "Yeah, recently there's been reports of missing persons throughout the town." Orihime explained to the Soul Reapers. "I see. So it's happened here in the Human World too." Renji sighed. "Do you guys know anything about it!?".

"Unfortunately not. The Head Captain sent us here because the ones up in Central 46 believe that the missing Reapers plan to overthrow Soul Society or some bullshit like that." Rukia explained. "I see" Ishida adjusted his glasses once more. "That makes a lot of sense. Do you think that the Humans and Soul Reapers that went missing were probably abducted by someone or something?!"

Toshiro nodded. "It's very likely, plus the only reason I'm in charge of this mission is because my Lieutenant was one of the vanished Reapers."

Their conversation was interrupted when they heard a loud explosion and screams coming from Downtown in the shopping districts. "A Hollow!" Ichigo yammered. "Hold it Kurosaki! You all will wait here. We'll deal with this." Toshiro ordered the four and then, along with Rukia and Renji, made their way over to the cause of disturbance. It didn't really matter to the four, as they chose to ignore Toshiro's orders and started heading towards Downtown. Then suddenly more explosions were heard and a giant purple portal opened up in the sky. "I'll see you guys there!" Ichigo told his friends and they gave him the nod.

He then transformed into a Soul Reaper and made his way over.

"Aye Captain Toshiro! What the hell is that supposed to be?!" Renji pointed his finger towards the mysterious disturbance in the sky. "Seems to be some sort of portal." Rukia said and then the three Reapers hopped into the air but kept their distance from the portal. "What's the meaning of this?" a frustrated Renji snapped. Just then, Ichigo jumped beside the three Soul Reapers. "Good job on taking care of the Hollow."

"There was no Hollow. It seemed to be some sort of accident, then as soon as we got here that thing showed up." Toshiro directed his gaze towards the portal. The Police were on ground evacuating everyone from the shopping districts. Ishida, Chad and Orihime made their way over, staying below the four Soul Reapers in the air while on the ground. "Is everything okay down there?!" Ichigo yelled to his friends below. "Yeah! Everyone has been evacuated." Orihime shouted to him. "Okay, now that that's been handled, what are we going to do about this thing?" Ichigo commented on the portal situation. "It's weird. I can't feel any Reiatsu from it." Rukia announced. The others agreed that they too couldn't feel any Reiatsu from the portal. All of a sudden, they felt a magnetic force pulling the four of them closer. "What the hell!"

Bits of the ground was being pulled off the Earth and pieces of buildings being pulled in towards the portal. The four Soul Reapers were trying their best to resist the pull. They then heard Orihime's screams as she was being pulled into the air and towards the ominous portal.

"Inoue!" Rukia and Ichigo yelled and moved forward to grab her but found themselves being pulled in too. Ishida and Chad also were being pulled off the ground and towards the portal. "Look out Abarai!" Ishida tried to warn the Lieutenant but instead collided into him, pushing the two of them, alongside Chad, closer to the mysterious gateway. Toshiro tried his best to refuse getting pulled in but failed, as he was pulled closer to the portal with everyone else.

"What the hell is going on?!"

"Brace yourselves everyone!"

Then with that, the group was pulled into the portal and it shut, trapping them inside.

"Where the hell are we?!" Ichigo, confused, started to ask his friends. The group found themselves travelling through some sort of vortex. They were just free-falling, trapped in this vortex that seems to shift colors from time to time. The vortex would be dark purple, then slowly switch to blue then green and so fourth. "Keep it together everyone. We'll be fine." Rukia tried to comfort the group. "Get ready guys. From the looks of it, it seems we're being transported somewhere." Ishida said. "Ahh! What the hell!".

The group had been blinded with a huge ray of light. They then heard a feminine voice call out to them.

"Show me, champions. Show me your power, as the Multiverse collides."

(Bulma's Island)

As the light that's blinding him started to disappear and give him clear vision, Toshiro found himself free-falling out of the vortex and down towards an ocean surrounding an unknown island. "What the!" He looked beside him to see if anyone from Karakura town was with him but was met with disappointment. He saw three individuals, all male, that he had no idea of who they were or where they came from. He also had no idea where he was at this moment.

"Where the hell did everyone else go? Did that damn portal separate us? And just who the hell said all that stuff to us while we were blinded? Champions? Multiverse? Is this somehow linked to the disappearances of the humans and Soul Reapers? Just what is going on?

As Toshiro was mentally asking questions while getting no answers in return, he didn't pay attention to the spot he was about to land on. "Wha!" The young Captain yelped as he landed in a bunch of trees and fell into the bushes. "Good grief." He groaned as he spat out a bunch of leaves from his mouth. He looked around and found himself in an area that was pretty dark. It was night and the full-moon was out. He definitely wasn't in Karakura Town anymore. He saw a bunch of lights and made his way over there. He started to hear voices, very loud voices, as in there was an argument going on. "What is going on over there?" The white-haired Captain could only wonder.

"I won't repeat myself! Where am I?!" Roronoa Zoro, who was known to have a really bad sense of direction, found himself on an island that was not Wano Country. "Did that weird portal thing bring me here? What the hell!"

"Who the hell are you, Did you have anything to do with that portal!?" Piccolo was confused to see a samurai on the island, considering that no one else was supposed to be here.

"Answer my question first slug-man!" Zoro spat back at him and then drew his three blades. He knew that these guys were probably strong and decided to use his blades if he had to. The one in the orange gi stepped forward and then they all went into their stance.

"You're outnumbered here. I suggest you answer us first." Goku said in a cold tone as he, Android 17 and Piccolo got in their stance.

However, their standoff would be interrupted by a wave of sand. The Kazekage, Gaara, was immediately pulled in by the portal that disturbed the festival at the Hidden Leaf Village. And now he found himself on this mysterious and unfamiliar island. Gaara immediately brought the sand back to him and stood on top of it. "Who the hell are you all?!" He asked with a demanding tone. Goku looked towards him. "Now just who are you supposed to be?"

Zoro turned towards Gaara. "Hey! You were free-falling from the portal as well right? Which means." Zoro pointed his sword towards the crimson-haired teen. "You're not from here too, right?". Gaara responded with; "Indeed, I'm not. Some of my friends were abducted by a portal that opened up in the sky. I tried to save them, but I ended up getting pulled in instead." Gaara explained to the strangers before him. "The exact same thing happened to me." Zoro told them. "And I'm assuming a few of your friends were abducted too, right?" Zoro questioned Goku. "That still doesn't answer my question. Who are you guys?" Gaara asked, wanting to know who the mysterious group of individuals before him were.

"The name is Son Goku. Nice to meet you."

"Piccolo."

"You guys can call me Android 17."

"The name is Roronoa Zoro." He said as he sheathed his swords. "My name is Gaara, nice to meet you." He greeted the group. Unbeknownst to the group, Toshiro was observing and eavesdropping on them. Deducing that they weren't going to cause any harm to him, he decided to reveal himself to them. "So they're in the same situation as me. I guess they can help me out here."

"In that case, my name is Toshiro Hitsugaya, captain of the 10th Division of Gotei 13. It's nice to meet you all." Toshiro revealed himself to the group. "Ohhh! Another one. And he's a kid! Goku exclaimed at the sight of the boy. That's when Toshiro realised it. "They can see me! Just how the hell are they able to do that?!" Zoro took a few glances at Toshiro and noticed that he had a sword. "So this kid's a swordsman. Impressive". "I may not look it but I'm actually over 100 years old."

"Whoa! are you serious?!" Both Zoro and Goku were shocked at the age of the white-haired Captain, considering his appearance. "Correct me if I'm wrong but, wasn't there another person with us that flew out of the portal?" Gaara asked the white-haired boy. Toshiro did recall seeing another person free-falling with them but was unable to remember his face. On second thought, he probably never even saw his face.

Toshiro was cut out of his thoughts when a kunai suddenly dashed past his face, barely grazing his nose. "What the hell!" Toshiro gripped his Zanpakutō and the group faced the direction of where the kunai was thrown from. Everyone except Toshiro was shocked to see the cause of disturbance. They saw a whole horde of possessed looking individuals, male and female. They all had grey crusty skin, with glowing demon-ish red eyes, had hair that was almost as white as Toshiro's, and had a dark, purple, demonic fiery aura flowing around them. What shocked the group the most was that they were able to recognise these possesed beings.

One group of them were the World Government's military force, the Marines, while another fraction of them were Shinobi from the Hidden Leaf Village and the remaining part of them were soldiers of the Frieza Force. "How the hell did the Marines get here!?" Zoro stepped forward and barked. Piccolo noticed that battle armour too well. "Hey, Son! Those soldiers. They're a part of the Frieza Force." The Namekian pointed out. "Hey, what the hell are you guys doin' here? I thought I told Frieza to leave this Planet alone." Goku gawped at the possessed-looking soldiers to which he got no response back.

The crimson-haired Kage stepped out to address the Shinobi. "Hey! What's going on with all of you?! Don't you recognise me?!" Gaara queried at the Leaf Shinobi, and just like Goku, he got no response back. Instead, one of the Leaf Shinobi stepped forward to the group with his ominous red eyes planted on them.

"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Loud Singing Jutsu!"

The ninja used his jutsu and shot several dragon headed fireballs at the group.

"Get ready everyone!" Toshiro warned, with everyone preparing for a battle.

And with that, the horde charged towards the group as they clashed.

(Somewhere in the New World)

"The name is Boruto Uzumaki. I'm the son of the Hokage y'know!"

"Boruto." Rukia blurted.

"Uzumaki?" Renji finished off.

The pair of Soul Reapers found themselves on a ship in the middle of the ocean, separated from their friends back in Karakura Town. As soon as they arrived, they met an odd looking group of people. They were only able to learn one of the individuals' names. The one wearing the Straw Hat, with a long-sleeved red cardigan which was opened to reveal a massive X-shaped scar covering most of his chest.

He introduced himself to them as Monkey D. Luffy, and shouted to them that he would be the 'King of the Pirates', which startled the pair because they knew for sure that the Pirate era in the Human World was already over hundreds of years ago. The two Reapers both remembered Ishida's words while they were in the vortex. 'Get ready guys. From the looks of it, it seems we're being transported somewhere.' They both concluded that they either could've been sent back in time, or transported to a different world.

Then, another stranger appeared before them. A blonde-haired kid, introducing himself as Boruto Uzumaki. The kid made his way over to the group. "Hey! Where are we?!" The kid known as Boruto questioned. "Just hold on a minute!" The yellow-haired cook, Sanji interjected.

"Let me get a few things straight! So, a portal 'thing opens up in the sky and then abducts our friends, god knows where they're at right now." Sanji continued on. "Then, you guys suddenly appear on our ship! Am I the only one seeing some kind of pattern here?!" The yellow-haired cook confusingly announced.

"Now that you mention it, you do have a point, Sanji." The Warlord, Hancock, was now a bit suspicious of the strangers on board the Sunny. Then the feistiest one of the strangers, Vegeta, answered. "Don't go jumping straight to conclusions! Like I said before, I and a few other acquaintances of mine were abducted by a portal that opened up in the sky and well, I find myself here with you all. I'm assuming the same could be said about you guys as well?" Vegeta directed his question to the Reapers and the mysterious boy.

"Indeed, the same portal opened up in the sky of a town we were defending. And that's when it pulled us in, bringing us here on this very ship." Rukia explained to the group. While Rukia was explaining this, Renji realized something quite surprising that he should've noticed earlier. This group of strangers were able to see Rukia and himself. Not only that, they were perfectly interacting with them. "Hey, Rukia." Renji bent down to her ear. "What? And why are you whispering? That's just going to make us even more suspicious." Rukia whispered back to him.

"Just hear me out here." Rukia with a frustrated look on her face decided to listen to what he had to say."Can you feel any Reiatsu from them?" The Crimson-haired Lieutenant asked the Kuchiki-girl. "No I can't and besides is that even relevant now?" Rukia was getting irritated. "Yes well I can't feel anything from them as well. And if we can't feel any Reiatsu from them, then how in the hell are they able to see us right now?" He was right. Just how the hell are they able to see them right now.

"Hey! What are you two whispering about?!" Vegeta questioned with a demanding voice. On the other hand, Luffy interacted with the blonde-haired kid who recently hopped onto the ship. "So, what's your story kid?"

Boruto was trying to recollect on what happened before he arrived in this strange place. He remembered his father assigning him and his team on a mission that led them to the Land Of Wind. On the way there, they ran into Urashiki Ōtsutsuki and engaged him in battle. While trading blows with him, he held a mysterious unknown cube in his hand and activated it which led to a portal opening in the sky that pulled himself and his team towards and swallowed them in. "Big Bro! Mitsuki! Sarada!" Boruto remembered calling out to them. And then he found himself here, in the middle of the ocean.

The blonde-haired kid was brought back to reality when Sanji nudged him a little. "Well kid?"

"O-Oh right. Well I'm pretty much the same as these guys. A portal opened and took me and my friends in." The young-Uzumaki stuttered at first but managed to get the words out. "I see. So not only were our friends abducted. You guys were also kidnapped by that thing." Luffy said.

Renji walked closer to the group. "Hey! You guys can see us right?!" He asked them which created confused looks on their faces. "What kind of pointless question are you asking. Of course we can see you." Hancock grumbled to the male Reaper. "Ahh! She's right. That was a pointless and stupid question."

"But just how are you guys able to see us? Rukia blatantly asked which confused everyone aboard the ship even more.

"I think I may have an answer to your question."

Behind the two Soul Reapers, was a floating small silver robot with an oval head and body and no arms and legs, it had the letter 'J' on it's stomach. Next to the floating robot was a bald headed, black-skinned man with glasses, wearing a black jacket, yellow pants and blue boots. "Who the hell are you!?"

"I mean no harm!" The man answered while carefully putting his hands in the air.

"My name is Glover, and this world like many others are in grave danger."

(Konohagakure)

"Hey! At least tell me your name first!"

"It's Naruto Uzumaki. And you?!"

"The name's Ichigo Kurosaki!".

Ichigo found himself in this new and mysterious location. There were a bunch of debris and torn-out buildings around him. That's when 'he' bumped into him. A blonde-haired figure, who looked to be around the same age as him, that being seventeen. Ichigo learned his name. Naruto Uzumaki. "My friend seems to be in trouble. Up ahead, you see that. That's his Susanoo." Naruto said.

"Hey, just what the hell is going on here? What happened to this place?!" Ichigo asked while keeping up with Naruto as they jumped from each torn building to another, getting closer to the battle that took place in the centre of the village.

"A portal happened. Opened up in the sky and did all this. It took a few of my friends with it when it closed." Naruto filled him in. "Portal? Just like the one that opened in Karakura Town?" The Substitute Reaper thought to himself. He was going to question Naruto about the portal until they reached the conflict that was taking place.

A gigantic purple, humanoid that had demonic claws on its head and was wielding a blade and bow was standing in the middle of the shopping district of the village. There appeared to be a man levitating inside it around the chest area of the purple humanoid. "Sasuke!" Naruto called out to the man.

"I'm assuming that's your friend?" Ichigo questioned while keeping his eyes on the purple thing in front of him. "Yeah. Glad to know he wasn't taken away by the portal." Naruto then jumped down on the ground to confront Sasuke's opponent.

A man with a fiery aura with golden-spiked hair clenching a sword in his hands, was battling against Sasuke. "Why did you attack the village?!" Naruto demanded for an answer. "I wasn't attacking any village." The man sheathed his sword. "I suddenly found myself here. And that was when your friend up there provoked me." The man said just as Sasuke jumped down to join Naruto's side.

"Be careful Naruto. This guy is insanely strong. His power is nothing like I've ever seen before." Sasuke informed the blonde while keeping his Sharingan and Rinnegan eyes planted on the warrior in front of them. "My friends and I were abducted by a portal. I need to know if they're safe." The man said his concerns.

"Wait a second! Did you say you got abducted by a portal?!"

Ichigo jumped down to join the group as he yelled his question to the golden-haired man. "That's right." The man informed Ichigo. His spiked-golden hair had now formed back into a bowl cut and had now turned blue while his eyes and eyebrows doing the same. "Woah! Your hair turned blue!" Naruto shouted at the amazing sight.

"As long as you're friend over there won't shoot purple arrows at me, then I guess I won't need to use that transformation anymore." He said calmly. "By the way, my name is Trunks, it's nice to meet you." The individual introduced himself. "The name's Naruto Uzumaki ya know. And this here is Sasuke Uchiha and this person over here is Ichigo Kurosaki." Naruto greeted and introduced the three of them to Trunks.

"Yo." Ichigo gave Trunks while Sasuke just said nothing. Unlike Naruto and Ichigo, Sasuke was still keeping caution of the blue-haired fellow. That's when Sasuke turned to the Soul Reaper. "Naruto, just who the hell is this guy supposed to be?"

"This here is Ichigo Kurosaki." Naruto introduced the two as he directed his arms towards the Soul Reaper."

Yo. That's me, Ichigo. Say, was that big-purple thingy something you created with your Reiatsu?" Ichigo asked, confusing both Naruto and Sasuke. "Reiatsu?"

'That's weird. These guys have no clue what Reiatsu is.'

"Well, I was actually abducted by some portal along with my friends. I have no idea where they could be now." Ichigo briefed the three new strangers he had met today. "From the sound of it, it looks like you're in the same situation as I am." Ichigo said, facing Trunks. The blue-haired man nodded. "That's what it seems to be."

"So, it seems I wasn't the only one who encountered some odd-looking strangers!"

The group turned to see a white-haired masked individual appear from the debris caused by Sasuke and Trunks' brief conflict. Naruto and Sasuke were the only ones of the group to recognise him. "Kakashi-Sensei!" Naruto called out to him. Behind the Hokage was a man that no one recognised. A man with blonde hair with a scar over his left eye, and with a top-hat with goggles around it was on his head. He for sure looked out of place.

"Do I really look 'odd' to you Kakashi?" The man asked with a polite tone. "My apologies for that, I didn't mean to offend you." Kakashi politely responded. "None taken."

"Kakashi, who the hell is this guy?" Sasuke said with his demanding voice. "Always straight to the point with you Sasuke." Kakashi pointed at the stranger behind him. "This lost man here is Sabo. A portal snatched away a friend of his and he went in to save her but instead found himself here in the village." Kakashi explained. "Yo, it's nice to meet you all." Sabo greeted them with a warm and calm tone.

"Sabo here explained to me his situation. Judging from the place he comes from, I've concluded that he might've traveled from a different world." Kakashi was always quick to analyse the situation before him. "And I'm assuming the same could be said about you guys too?" Kakashi directed his question to both Trunks and Ichigo.

"As weird as it may sound, I guess I can accept the fact that I've been transported to a different world from mine." Trunks said with Ichigo nodding. "Then it seems we all have a common goal." Sabo stepped forward. "We all have people that we need to see again." He announced.

"But where should we even begin to find them?"

"The cube." Sasuke added. "That cube is our best chance to find out where the others could've been taken too."

"Cube?" Naruto asked."

"I'll explain later. Right now we need to spread out and search for the cube."

"Right"!

Sasuke explained to the group the details of the cube and they all scattered through the village and searched.

A/N: Woo-hoo the Bleach anime is coming back. Anyways thanks for reading this chapter. I really am trying to be more consistent with these chapters.