Training. That was what Ichigo was born and made to do. Train to fight and get stronger to defeat his foes. And when those foes became stronger than him, he'll just get even stronger and defeat them in some life threatening training. Repeat the process until nothing was left to defeat him. It astounded the Hollow that such a young kid like Ichigo had the ability to even surpass a god or even greater, whatever that was.

But as of now, the child was still weaker than the Hollow. And he was now looking for some a new way to become stronger by taking his Hollow powers as his own. Even though he did win the inner battle with him and the Hollow, he would never gain full access to its powers. Only because, not even the strongest of Kings can go into battle if he didn't trust his horse.

"Keep fighting! And don't lose focus on your mask!" Hiyori yelled. Ichigo couldn't believe how hard keeping his Hollow mask on was. The Vizards made it seem like it was all second nature. But they did have years of experience with this training.

Another second later, the Hollow mask on Ichigo's face faded away. The blond midget flashed step in front of him and punched him into the ground.

"Thirty minutes!" a man with silver hair yelled from the sidelines.

"Stupid Baldy! You have to keep focus! Do it again!"

"Relax Hiyori. Just let the kid rest a bit. He's still a high school student. And he can still hold it longer than you ever could," Shinji sighed, annoyed by the younger girl's high pitched and loud voice. The Vizard leader stood up from the rock he was observing from and was knocked down by one of her sandals.

The fanged girl, Hiyori, huffed and walked away from her "student" in a mix of emotions. Mostly anger and rage, but those who had lived with the beast could see that she held a tiny amount of pity in her expression.

The other blond teenager sighed once more while he recovered from being hit by evil footwear and walked back towards his the beastly girl in an attempt to calm her down some more. It would also give Ichigo a chance to rest up a bit before the next session. Though he doubt that the teenager would receive any sort of relaxation at all. The war was arriving quickly and they had accomplished almost nothing for the past month. Shinji could only hope that Ichigo was at a steep learning curve again. After the war, he had always had the feeling that the the student was keeping something from them. He also felt that it was odd that Ichigo came back willingly to train some more with them even though it took a massive effort for him to come and join them in the first time around.

In the meanwhile, Ichigo had only just begun to rest when he remembered about his Hollow lurking deep within his soul and the thought of it possessing him once more. He immediately shot up, ready for more training with the short tempered midget. When he saw no one was around, Ichigo wandered around the artificial desert in search for the Vizards. They never really did show him around the place other than where the stairs were and thus made losing his way a whole lot easier.

The substitute sighed after ten minutes of searching. They would find him eventually and then they would train. Ichigo sat down and looked around his surroundings. It was definitely a replica of the training grounds in Urahara's basement and the secret area in Soul Society. The only difference was the strange aura this place had. It had a strange mixture of Hollow and Shinigami reiatsu. But now that Ichigo could focus on it more intently, there was something else in the mix. It was small, but when Ichigo could pinpoint exactly where it was, it began to try to smolder his existence. It died down soon after, but was still traceable by the substitute Soul Reaper.

The source of the powerful and strange reiatsu was beneath him. Curious to what it was, he began digging. One foot down and Ichigo found a mirror. It was a normal two-sided mirror with a small crack that started in the middle and ended on the left side. Ichigo could only guess that Hiyori had thrown in Shinji's head at one point and he hid it so the action wouldn't be repeated.

The orange haired teen sighed and wondered where the Vizards were. For once, he actually missed their company. He began cleaning the mirror out of sheer boredom. Suddenly, the unknown reiatsu began to appear again. The mirror began feeding on Ichigo's spiritual pressure and soon began releasing a strange aura.

"Shinji! I found him!" Lisa yelled, unknown to Ichigo at the time. Her eyes widen as she saw what was in the high schooler's hand. She rushed forward to release his grip on the mirror, but was too late. In a flash of light, Ichigo had disappeared.

One by one, the rest of the banished group appeared. All of them regretting for leaving the newest member of their "family" alone.

"Lisa, where is he?" Shinji asked.

"The mirror. He had the mirror and then disappeared," Lisa answered, staring where Ichigo was before he disappeared. In his place was a small crater and the two sided mirror, now broken in half.

Shinji looked nervous though, all of them were equally shocked at the news.

"Get Urahara. He should know exactly where he is," the blond leader ordered. Mashiro was the first to leave and get the shopkeeper. Six other members were already out searching, making sure that Ichigo didn't just disappear to fight against the newly arrived Arrancar.

Hiyori was the only who stayed behind with Shinji.

"Stupid baldy. I knew we should have just let the kid get eaten by his Hollow," she commented.

"That kid better stay alive until we save him. Because, we might not stand a chance in the war without him," the leader said and disappeared to find the shopkeeper.

A/N: This is going to be a role-reversal and alternate dimension traveling fic. Please review and tell me what you think of it!

EDIT: The summary now matches the story. Stupid me. Sorry to all that were confused. And I just noticed this. Wow.