Chapter Text
A pitch black hole swirls in a young child's room. An orange-haired boy steps over it innocently. He puts his hand in the darkness, instinctively absorbing the energy. The power disappears in an instant as the last remnants of Yhwach finally disappear. For now.
“Hey tranny!”
A can is thrown into the air. It crashes on a young girl's head. Soda spills down her long orange hair and white school uniform. Her dark orange eyes gaze up at four men, all a foot taller than her. They approach the young girl with a smirk on their face. One guy puts a hand on her shoulder, squeezing tightly. He attempts to speak, but she swings her leg across the air. Her foot bashes into the guy's face, slamming him to the ground. Her skirt flows in the wind, revealing the black shorts underneath.
“I do have a name. It's Kazui Kurosaki. I didn't even change it.”
She lowers her leg and puts her bag down.
“You bitch.”
The left guy throws a fist, but she steps to the side and slides a foot under his leg, tripping him. He crashes to the ground. She reels her leg back and bashes it into his stomach. The sheer force throws him back a couple of feet.
Another guy swings a fist at the back of Kazui’s head, but she leaps in the air over him. She slams both feet into his head and crashes his face on the pavement.
She picks up her bag. “Seriously, that's all you could do.”
The last guy glances around his surroundings and finds a metal pipe. He grabs it and slams it into Kazui's head. It crashes into her skull and shatters in half. The broken half falls to the payment with a loud clang.
Kazui falls to the floor as blood drips down her head. She touches her temple and winces. “Ow “
He swings the broken pipe down, but a massive male figure appears between them. He tanks the metal pipe right in the shoulder.
“Chad!” Kazui says excitedly.
Chad gazes at the punks below him, taking the metal pipe from his hand and tossing it to the side.
“Did you hurt her?” His voice is low and gentle, yet it oozes fury.
“Huh…no she trip..” he whimpers. His entire body shakes.
Chad doesn't move an inch. “You sure?”
The trembling boy grabs his friends and all four of them run away as fast as they can. Chad turns around and goes on one knee to hold out his hand. Kazui grabs it, and he pulls her up with ease.
“You okay?”
“Ya, thanks for saving me, I wasn't expecting a pipe. “
“You should ask-”
Kazui huffs. “No way I'm asking Dad or Mom for help….they already worry too much. I can handle some bullies fine.
Blood drips down her face.
Chad gazes at the injury. “That doesn't look fine.”
Kazui flinches in pain. “Ya, I know. Please don't tell Mom or Dad about this.”
“Okay, but just this once.”
Kazui nods and smiles brightly. “Thanks again.”
She flash steps, instantly disappearing and reappearing in front of Urahara’s shop. Her surroundings spin as her knees tremble beneath her weight. She leans her body against the door and swings it open. Urahara happily sits, with a black cat by his side. He smirks and waves his fan at her.
“Hey kiddo. My my, you got a nasty cut, you're bleeding all over the place.”
She shrugs. “It's fine. Do you have bandages?”
Urahara laughs. “Of course, anything for my favorite customer.”
A high-pitched woman yells, jolting Urahara and Kazui.
“What the hell are you doing, turd! Why are you bleeding?”
Hiyori stomps over. Her crimson jacket is around her waist and zanpakuto on her back. Her eyes burn with fury at the taller girl. She death grips Kazui's hair, shaking her aggressively.
Kazui cries out in pain. “Ow ow I’m injured!”
She keeps shaking the girl’s head. “Who did this?”
“Just some bullies…”
“Humans!”
Urahara steps behind Hiyori and smiles. He gives the young human some bandages. “Cut her some slack. You don't wanna make her injuries worse.”
Hiyori punches him right in the face. He crashes to the floor defeated.
Kazui smiles brightly as the two keep doing their usual banter, but her head rings.
Hiyori scowls. “Such an idiot.”
She grabs the taller girl's shoulder and pushes her to her knees. Hiyori grabs a towel, wiping it across Kazui's face. It soaks up the blood. She takes the bandages from Kazui's hand and wraps them around her forehead. Kazui's cheeks flush bright red. She gazes down at Hiyori’s soft, gentle brown eyes. They are filled with annoyance but a hint of compassion. Her cute freckles glisten on her face. Kazui's heart skips a beat but Hiyori’s voice snaps.
“Why didn't you actually fight? You could kill those pathetic humans easily.”
Kazui smiles. “That wouldn't be fair.”
Hiyori pulls on the bandages tightly, causing the younger girl to wince in pain. “Fights aren't fair! Idiot! Stupid! Turd. Fights are brutal! If you don't watch your surroundings, you'll be cut in half!”
Kazui nods somberly. Her phone vibrates in her pocket, she pulls it out and sees *Dad* on her phone lock screen. She quickly turns off her phone and puts it back in her pocket.
Hiyori grabs a handful of hair and pulls. “Listen to me, you turd!”
Kazui winces in pain. “Ow ow ok ok I am.”
Hiyori stands up, still gripping a fist full of hair, and drags Kazui down to the entrance of the underground training room. “You need to learn how to fight! Turd! Life isn't fair, and neither are battles.”
“Ow ow come on, let me go first.”
Urahara's phone rings. He jolts up, grabbing it off the wall. “I sure am popular today.”
His black cat dashes away from him and follows Hiyori and Kazui.
Urahara holds the phone close to his ear, and Ichigo's voice rings loudly. “Is Kazui okay?”
Urahara lightens his tone. “She's fine.”
“I sense her spiritual pressure at your place. Are you sure she's alright? It's fluctuating.”
Urahara laughs. “Such a worrywart, she’s a strong kid.”
Ichigo scowls. “I'm serious!! Forget it, I will be right there.”
Urahara's voice lowers, his eyes sharpen in the dark light. “Ichigo, you can't protect Kazui forever. She has already been through a lot; she knows you're here if you need her.”
Ichigo sighs. “Okay, okay, I get it.”
Urahara laughs. “Good, glad we had this talk!”
Hiyori drags Kazui by the hair into the underground training room. She throws the younger girl across the room. Kazui's outfit shifts to a black shihakusho with a blue hood and zanpakuto on her back. She flips, dragging her foot on the ground. Hiyori puts a hand over her face, summing a white hollow mask.
Kazui takes a step back. “Huh, Hiyori, what are you doing!”
Hiyori's voice echoes, “Showing you that fights aren't fair.”
Voosh
Hiyori suddenly appears in front of the human and slams her blade down. Kazui pulls her blade from her sheath, holding it to the side. Power crashes down on her body, pushing Kazui back. Her foot digs into the ground. Hiyori slams her foot into Kazui's stomach, throwing her back. She crashes into the rock. Hiyori dashes against, trusting her blade. Kazui steps to the side, barely avoiding it.
Hiyori swings her blade to the side. Kazui blocks it, bouncing the blade back. then swings her blade down. Hiyori grabs the blade with her hand and squeezes. Kazui tries to move her blade, but Hiyori holds it still.
“You're holding back! This blade is so weak it can't even cut me!”
Hiyori jumps up and slams her forehead into Kazui, cracking her skull. Kazui gasps in pain and steps back. Hiyori bashes her leg into Kazui's side, knocking her down.
Crimson light fills the training grounds. A cero swirls in Hiyori's hand, pointed right at Kazui.
“Are you trying to kill me?”
“Shut up, turd! I'm not going to baby you like everyone else! Now block this or die!”
A massive beam of crimson light shoots out. Kazui hears a whisper emanating from her zanpakuto. She gazes at her blade, but nothing happens. The beam crashes into Kazui and explodes in red Reishi. Smoke fills the battlefield.
Hiyori's eyes widen. “Shit! Kazui!”
Hiyori's mask disappears, and she rushes over. Kazui lays on the ground, grumbling. Faint blue patterns cover her entire body. It slowly disappears. She sits up, gazing up at Hiyori.
“I can keep going..’
Hiyori's blood freezes. “Shut up, turd!!”
She kneels and takes Kazui's hand, examining it. Soft twinkles of blue light remain on her palm, but after a second, they fully disappear. Hiyori squeezes it tightly; Kazui's heart races. She focuses on the soft skin brushing against her own. Her fingers tighten around Hiyori’s, holding it tightly.
Kazui gazes at the smaller girl, admiring her face.
“Since training is done, can I stay for dinner. I can make some rice ramen with wasabi and red bean paste ice cream.”
Hiyori pulls on the young girl's hair once again. “That's disgusting!”
She winces in pain but smiles. “Ow ow! What, that's perfectly normal?”
“No, it's not, your family is disgusting!”
“So I can't stay for dinner.”
Hiyori scowls, grabbing Kazui's mouth and pulls on it. “Who said that?”
“Ow ow that hurts!”
“That's the point!”
A feminine erotic voice speaks up. “You two sure are close.”
They both turn to see Yoruichi fully naked, sitting on a rock. Her dark purple hair flows in the wind. Kazui covers both of her eyes while Hiyori snaps.
“Put some damn clothes on!”
Yoruichi just laughs. “Oh, we are all women here.”
“Pervert, you're worse than Lisa.”
“Come on, kid, time for a bath, you're all beat up and dirty.”
Yoruichi grabs Kazui's arm and drags her into the hot springs. She tries to fight back.
“Wait, no! I'm fine! I don't like hot springs! I can go alone.”
Yoruichi laughs as she hops into the hot spring. “You're so tense, relax.”
Kazui's voice trembles, “You know I'm…not like a real girl.”
Yoruichi relaxes, leaning back in the hot water. “Of course you're a real girl? There is no such thing as a fake girl.”
“Are you sure…”
“You're just like your father. He would freak out whenever we bathed together. Join in, the water will help.”
Kazui nods, her outfit reverts to a school uniform. She takes it off and slowly steps into the bath. Her pain and aches were instantly relieved. She yanked the bandages off. Yoruichi smiles.
“See now what that is so hard.”
Kazui's cheeks flush red. “It feels nice.”
Yoruichi swims over and pats Kazui's head while the younger girl tries to avoid looking at the massive melons before her, no matter how much she wants to.
“You hold back in all your fights; you almost died this time.”
“I dislike conflict.”
Yoruichi smiles. “You're just like your mother.”
Kazui's voice trembles. “What did she do…”
“She tries her best, and that's all you can do.”
After the bath, Kazui steps back into Urahara’s shop in a silky thin robe. Her bright orange hair puffs up. A black cat walks by her feet. On the table are four bowls of rice with a bunch of cooked steak and chicken slices on the center of the table. Urahara waves.
Kazui dashes and sits right by Hiyori and starts eating happily. Hiyori scowls. “Stupid turd!”
Later that night, Kazui sleeps on the sofa. In the next room, Hiyori sits up and adjusts her clothes. Kazui feels a slight tingle of spiritual pressure and opens her eyes. Hiyori dashes out of the shop and leaps into the air. She leans on a rooftop and jumps from building to building until she arrives in a broken down empty factory. Shinji sits on the sofa with all the other visors sitting around the table. They all turn to the small girl.
Shinji smirks. “Someone late to the party!” I'm surprised you showed up!”
Hiyori kicks him across the face. He crashes on the ground. “Shut up, some people have things to do, unlike you. Baldy.”
Shinji sits up. “Oww, what's the hell.”
Momo Hinamori steps over. “Are you all right?”
Hiyori points at the lieutenant. “What's she doing here! She not even a visor.”
Shinji holds his nose. “Obviously, she is my plush one. I just brought her to make friends. Geez, I'm the only one who brought someone.”
He points to Kazui, hiding behind the door in her soul reaper attire. Hiyori's eyes sharpen with fury. “You turd!”
Kazui steps from the shadows and waves at everyone. “Hey..”
Hiyori grabs her hair and pulls on it roughly. “Why did you follow me?”
Kazui smiles while flinching in pain. “Ow ow, cause I wanted to see what you were doing.”
Shinji smirks. “Oh wow, you two are close, Sagletooth. So who is this kid?”
Hiyori pulls on the orange hair even tighter. “Ichigo's brat!”
Lisa leans over. “She has some nice curves. Nice transition.”
Kazui blushes bright red. Rose smiles. “The beauty of change lies in its power to inspire growth, adaptation, and new beginnings.”
Kazui tries to get back from Hiyori's grasp, but can't. “What is this?’
Shinji steps over. “This is a party for us. This is my lieutenant, Momo. I feel you two would get along.”
Momo bows. “It's nice to meet you, Kazui.”
She smiles. “Nice to meet you too..ow ow Hiyori that hurts!”
Hiyori barks. “Shut up!”
Hinamori panics as she watches the two while Shinji just laughs. “Wow, you two are close. Scary.”
“Ya right, this kid just keeps following me like a stupid puppy!”
Hiyori pulls on her hair even harder. Rose smiles. “Young love.”
Lisa gives a thumbs up. “Nice job, Kazui. Didn't know you were a masochist.”
A massive skeleton figure looms over the factory. Kazui's blood freezes as she turns to the abomination. It lifts its skeletal arm over its head. The visors keep up their casual banter.
Why isn't anyone else reacting? Can they not see it? Should I say something?
It swings its arm right at Shinji. Kazui instinctively flows reishi under her feet and zips across the field, pulling her zanpakuto out and slashes it arm. The force throws Kazui through the building into another one, crashing into the road. She gasps in pain. Hiyori flash steps over her. While Shinji and the other Visors turn to the massive skeleton.
Shinji swings his zanpakuto into the monster, slicing it in half with ease.
A swarm of massive hollows suddenly appears around them. All the visors summon the mask.
“Someone decided to crash the party.”
Kazui slowly stands up. Blood drips down her head. A snap echos in her lungs. Her vision blurs, and she falls back to her knees.
Hiyori steps next to them, putting a hand on her shoulder. “You idiot, what was that!”
Her voice barely speaks out. “Hiyori…”
Black feathers flow over the two. A pale-skinned figure with four massive black wings on his back. Black tear marks stain down his eyes. On his chest is a glowing green hole with a pitch black circle in the middle. His yellow eyes blinks.
Hiyori jumps in front of Kazui, summoning her hollow masks.
“Butcher them.”
Her zanpakuto morphs to a massive claymore with multiple jagged edges.
The Espada reaches its hand out, pointing at Kazui. “Woman, are you still afraid of me?”
Kazui freezes. What is he talking about?
“No, of course not.”
Green energy flows over his finger, and Hiyori opens her mouth and a red identical energy swirls together. Two more balls of energy in her hands. They both blast forward, crashing together. A shockwave of power blows out, knocking Hiyori back. Kazui dashes into the air and catches her, holding her close. Ulquiorra appears in front of them and swings its four wings down, blasting a massive wave of energy. Hiyori slashes her blade down, cutting the energy in half. She slices one wing in half. Then she turns to Kazui, pushing her back.
“Run, you idiot!”
Ulquiorra’s wings regenerate instantly. Four different ceros charge in front of his wings, and blast at them. Hiyori leaps forward, swinging her blade down. The energy cuts in half, but the pressure pushes against her. Her mask cracks as the force bashes her into the ground and explodes in emerald light.
Kazui flash steps to her. Hiyori's mask fully breaks. Her unconscious body lies on the floor. Hiyori holds her close, listening to the faint breath. It gets weaker with each second.
A memory flows in Kazui's mind. When she was just a child. A boy at the time. He flashes steps in the visor's base and Hiyori chases after him.
“Hey, turd, what are you doing?”
He just laughs at her and disappears the next instant. The next day, he would find Hiyori and appear by her side. She would yell at him to fuck off. They would do that day after day.
For the first time, anger swells in Kazui's body. She gently places Hiyori down and gazes up at Ulquiorra.
Ulquiorra voice echos. “Did I take your heart?”
A dark, masculine voice echoes in her ear. “Can you hear me?”
“Yes…”
“Now, say my name, we will take everything from him.”
“Reawaken Heika.”
Kazui zanpakuto morphs into a curved longsword with wings guard. She disappears and reappears right behind Ulquiorra, slamming her blade down. It cuts Ulquiorra in half, but he regenerates in an instant. He spins, wrapping his tail around her neck and throws her to the ground.
Kazui leaps up, swinging her blade. Ulquiorra manifests a spear and blocks it. She feels the power drain from her body. Ulquiorra knocks the sword back and kicks her back. A cero crashes into Kazui, but blue lights flow over their body. Her arms sting with pain. They're bruised.
Kazui pants, her body feels heavy. Her vision blurs. Ulquiorra reals his arm back, ready to throw the spear.
“Getsuga Tensho!”
A blinding, half-blue half half-red light crashes into Ulquiorra. Kazui flies back and crashes into a soft, warm chest. An arm wraps around her body, holding her close.
“Kazui. Kazui, can you hear me?”
Kazui gazes up at her father. Who smiles gently, holding her close. A large white horn rests on one side of his face. In his hand is a massive white claymore with black in the middle.
Kazui speaks weakly. “Hiyori…she is hurt.”
He brushes a hand down her head. “Don't worry about that, your mother is here.”
Ichigo floats down, lying Kazui down. Her zanpakuto returns to normal. Ichigo brushes soft orange hair out of her face. Orihime steps over to her family, flowing light over her daughter.
Her voice desperately speaks out. “Kazui, are you okay?”
She nods weakly.
Ichigo flashes steps towards Ulquiorra with pure rage.
“Ichigo, it seems time has passed since our last meeting. That woman is your kin?”
Ichigo swings his blade, but he disappears into black reishi. Ichigo sighs as his zanpakuto reverts to normal. He puts it back on his back. Shinji smirks.
“Hey Ichigo, good to see you again.”
“Hey, how is everyone holding up?”
“Good, the real ones hurt are those two.”
Hiyori rushes over to Kazui. “Stupid turd! I told you to run!”
Kazui weakly laughs. Orihime tries to speak up. “You know she is just like Ichigo, always trying to help people.”
Hiyori scowls. “But out!”
Ichigo sighs. Shinji puts a hand on his sho
ulder.
“So, Ichigo, about Kazui's abilities.”
“Ya, I felt it. Can you keep quiet?”
“Of course, my lips are sealed, isn't that right, Hinamori?”
Momo nods. “Oh, of course.”
Hiyori's voice echoes. “Hey turd, don't fall asleep now!”
Orihime rubs her shoulder. “It's okay, she needs rest.”
Kazui's vision fades, but it still lingers on Hiyori until she passes out.