Chapter 1

Ichigo struggled to pull the red soul ribbon that indicated his shinigami powers.

Zangetsu was next to him, watching intently as the world around them broke down into thousands of boxes. 'He should already have pulled it out and opened it! Why can't he do it?' "Come on, Ichigo! The world is going to disintegrate in seconds and you're going to become a hollow!"

"I'm trying, old man!" Ichigo shouted as he gave the the ribbon one last yank...

Zangetsu's scowl brightened slightly when Ichigo seemed to be pulling the box closer to him...

And then the ribbon snapped like a rope would under very heavy pressure.

Both of their eyes widened. "W-What-" Ichigo began but he never got to finish.

Zangetsu was trying is best to stop Ichigo's inner world from breaking down. He really was! But it just ended without anymore delay.

Darkness crashed into them, and Zangetsu was pushed away from Ichigo, who was thrusted out of the inner world.

But Zangetsu saw a glimpse of Ichigo just as he began to turn into a hollow. 'D-Damn it...'

Urahara gulped as the Shattered Shaft began to fail on him.

'Come on, Ichigo...' he thought as he crossed his finger. 'Come on...'

Ururu and Jinta flinched when they heard a hollow growl and then let out a ear-piercing scream that even Urahara had hard time dealing with.

'Great, now he's a hollow...' Urahara cursed himself as he braced themselves

Hollow Ichigo roared as it jumped out of the giant hole and landed right outside of the hole.

It already had blood running down its mouth and hands.

"Did you already kill Tessai?" Urahara asked coolly.

The hollowfied Ichigo did not reply but instead grinned. It moved its tail side-to-side, slowly, as if it was waiting for something. He looked like a dog waiting for something.

Then it opened its mouth and spoke.

"What if I did, Green Hat?" it spoke and its voice echoed by itself.

'He's a true hollow now...' Urahara thought as he drew his zanpakuto. "Sing, Benihime!"

Exactly four minutes and three seconds later, Ichigo stood on top of dying Urahara Kisuke. Ururu and Jinta were watching from the sideline -behind a rock- terrified by the attacks the two poured against each other. They were terrified, yes, for they had no doubt that the hollow will eat Urahara soon and then turn to them.

Urahara remained motionless, but he still let in and out shallow breathes.

"Not so strong are you now, Kisuke?" Hollow Ichigo said as he grabbed the said ex-captain by the head and lifted him up. They met their eyes levelly.

"I'm sorry..." Kisuke muttered.

"Sorry? Sorry for what? You've don't a perfect job! Except..." he grinned as he opened his mouth wide and placed Urahara's head inside. "I'm hungry."

CHOMP

Ichigo felt his power grow tremendously after having devoured two captain-class shinigamis. He flexed his arm and legs as they began to change. Long shrouds began to appear around him and his mask began to grow a pointy nose and a thin lip. And he was growing taller!

Ururu and Jinta watched in horror as the hollow transformed from a regualr single soul to a Menos-class Gillian.

Ichigo hissed as his mind began to break down slowly, like a block of cheese being grinded at all sides and edges. But it stopped just before it took away the core.

The change left him a regular Gillian with power rivaling that of a captain-class shinigami.

He turned away, opened a Garganta, and disappeared into the land of the hollows.