Ichigo had a great sense of dread, of impeding doom, as if there was something worse going to happen to him than becoming a Hollow and getting killed by the stupid Hat. Something just wasn't right about him since Orihime had healed him. But did they listen? No, they said he was okay and they needed to get his Shinigami powers back fast or Rukia would die.
He had agreed, whatever was wrong with him could wait, is not like he felt sick. And because of that, he had got his ass kicked by a strange girl smaller than his sisters, and got his Chain of Fate severed. Now he was at the bottom of a really deep shaft, and not looking for water or anything normal like that. He had been trying to climb it back with his hands tied behind his back for hours with no success while the stupid chain continued to eat itself.
And the pain, the pain keep getting worse and worse, if he survived this he was so gonna kick Urahara ass. Then he supposed he had started hallucinating because of the pain and found himself in a strange inversed city. Then the damn city had started to collapse and an old man that felt strange familiar told him his powers where in one of those boxes with spirit ribbons falling off, but he had to be the one to find the right one.
Think Ichigo, don't be a moron, you have to figure this out! He didn't have time to search every stupid box, there had to be a trick for it! But what? It had to be something he knew but wasn't paying attention to. Think dammit, think, you have to rescue Rukia and kick the dumbass Hat ass!
Outside Ichigo's mind, the residents of Urahara's shop watched as white gel erupted from the boy's mouth and eyes, beginning to form a mask. While a Hollow mask was something to worry about, the fact that it was a mask forming and not Ichigo's spirit's body exploding meant that the boy was fighting the transformation.
Urahara looked into the hole as Tessai started chanting the incantation for Bakudo 99 and strips of cloth mummified Kurosaki Ichigo transforming body, Urahara noticed the mask was haft formed but was growing fast.
“Hurry Ichigo!” Urahara thought, maybe this had been indeed a stupid idea. Yoruichi
was gonna skin him alive for not following her suggestion of using the faulty and experimental portal he had been working on to mask the Visoreds aura and have them do the rescue instead. Granted that plan only had a 30% chance of success, but she had still insisted that was way better than the chances Ichigo had to become a Shinigami with his so called 'training'.
Ichigo then remembered the words glasses boy Ishida Uryuu had said when he introduced himself. The Spirit Ribbon of a Shinigami is red, while humans have it white. So of course the box containing his powers would have a red ribbon. He found the ribbon and pulled open the box, revealing the hilt of his Zanpakuto. As the old man shouted for him to draw the blade, Ichigo did just that.
If the pain he was felling before was bad, what he felt next made being killed by the Hat a very temping choice.
Ichigo whole body glowed with an aura of white and black spiritual power. Urahara grabbed Ururu and Jinta then dove for cover before there was an explosion. Tessai would be fine, it took more than a exploding boy that may or may not have turned into a Hollow to take him.
Then Jinta yelled about something emerging from the pit and Urahara focused his eyes on the object as it ricocheted from the ceiling and impacted the ground. Tossing up an obscuring cloud of dust.
The shopkeeper could feel both Shinigami and Hollow reiatsu emanating from the dust cloud. That was a possibility, in fact it had been the most desired outcome. Ichigo also seemed to be emanating way more Shinigami reiatsu than Hollow, that did meant it had worked!
But, what hadn't not expected was that once the dust cleared out Ichigo was covered into some sort of cocoon. If it had been white, or gray or brown, even black, he would have screamed Ichigo was turning into some hollow mutant and go to finish him before he turned into something way more powerful that they could handle. But the cocoon...
The cocoon was pink and smelled like Sakura petals. He still did keep a hand in his Zanpakuto disguised as cane just in case. This... this wasn't any of the possible outcomes. This was something totally unexpected, sometimes Hollow mutated, they went into a metamorphosis that increased their power, but this... what the hell was this?
Ichigo was screaming, his body felt in a world of pain, only Ichigo couldn't hear his own screams. Eventually the pain started to slowly fall away. He felt the need for air, and punched in front of him, whatever that pink stuff was, it was in the way, he needed to breathe after all.
The cocoon started to crack, soon it turned to pink dust, Ichigo was wearing the standard black kimono Shinigami uniform, and his sword seemed to be sealed away in its hilt. Besides the sealed sword, there was something very noticeable about Ichigo, and it wasn't the haft hollow mask covering part of head.
Ichigo felt his balance was off, there was a weight in his chest, he gently moved the mask in his face to the side and peeked under his Kimono.
“WHAT THE HELL?” Ichigo yelled, then he pinched his face, then did it again, and again, until his cheeks where red and he was sure it wasn't some kind of nightmare. He them moved his hand and touched two round things over his chest, felling them. Yes, those things where real. Ichigo then checked way lower as everyone watched the Shinigami in shock.
Ichigo did his best to hold tears then looked at certain shopkeeper with angry eyes
“YOUR ASS IS MINE STUPID HAT!”
Urahara panicked as a female Ichigo with big breasts ran into him, and kicked him right into the golden nuggets. Not satisfied with that, she started to kick him in the stomach, and punch him in the face. Jinta decided discretion was the best part of valor and went to make some popcorn while Ururu cheered Ichigo for some reason.
Tessai crossed his arms “Can't say he doesn't deserve it.”
“What? Tessai you traitor help me!”
“I didn't help when it was Yoruichi kicking your ass, won't help now. Besides Ichigo does look like she needs some stress relief.”
*To be continued*