Chapter 195 - My SI Stash #95 - Dark side of the Moon by darkstream0 (Bleach) (1/2)

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Sypnosis: A professional assassin gets transported to the world of Bleach. The SI is not mad at all. Infact he is very thankful for the entity that did that. Now he has the chance to be a god or at the very least he has the power to be a strong godlike being. Now all he has to do is wait to confront that stupid spirit inside his inner world. Too bad the spirit is uncooperative. OC Si.

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Chapter 1-3 (exceptional)

Prithviraj was a mercenary that closely worked with RAW. Sometimes they would use his skills to take out high profile targets that were too well connected but posed a threat to national security. He does not have some sappy story about how he unfortunately fell into this profession. No he chose to be a killer because he enjoys death and destruction very much. The power he felt whenever he took a life was something he became addicted to. That doesn't mean he let his victims suffer. No he always gave them quick deaths. He was a professional killer not some evil psychopath.

Unfortunately for him a mercenary is an expendable pawn in a mission. That is what happened to him right now. He was asked to kill a highly protected individual who has their own private security teams as well as government appointed security. Halfway through the mission he received a message to abort the mission. Unfortunately his exit plan hinged on the chaos he would create inside the building where his target resided. But now he had to improvise and that's where everything went wrong.

He was found out and he had to take cover as the guards began to fire. He returned fire and his aim stood true as he gained hits quickly but unfortunately for him they began to throw grenades. That was the end for him as he quickly got surrounded. But he refused to lay down his weapon and spend the rest of his life in a prison cell. He began firing into the guards and they returned fire without prejudice and that's how he died.

But after he died he never reached heaven or hell. All he saw was darkness and silence. He tried to shout or make any sound but no sound came. He couldn't even feel himself. There was no sense of time, touch, taste, sound, pain, vision or anything for that matter. He didn't know how long he was in this state maybe years or decades. At some point he saw a small ray of light. At first he thought it was his imagination but gradually that light began to expand and he felt himself being dragged through a hole and he lost consciousness.

After some time he began to hear sounds. Slowly he opened his eyes and everything was very bright. His eyes gradually adjusted to the light and he saw a dark skinned man close to his face which frightened him and he tried to say something. But the sound that came from his mouth sounded like the cry of a baby.

”Stop making faces at him Isshin. You are scaring him.” a womanly voice said as a hand was placed upon his body

That's when he realized that he has become a baby. Strangely he didn't panic at this revelation and nearby there was another baby with orange hair of all things.

”He has your eyes but he has my hair colour. But I bet he will be like his father and become super strong” Isshin cooed at the baby

”So what will we name them?” Masaki asked as she kissed the head of the baby

”You name Mr. Orange hair and I will name this little guy.” Isshin said as he pointed to me

”Hmm... That's alright. How about Ichigo? Kurosaki Ichigo. Do you like it?” Masaki asked smiling happily

”Hmm... Not bad. Now I name this one as Indra. Kurosaki Indra. How about that…?” Isshin asked in delight

Masaki's eyes twitched. ”That sounds like the name of an evil villain.” she complained

”No no. You got it wrong Masaki. It is the name of a sky god and our son will be as powerful as a god.” Isshin explained sweating bullets under his wife's evil eye.

”It better be. Welcome to our family Ichigo, Indra.” Masaki said as she kissed both babies on their foreheads

While this was happening the newly named Indra was watching all this in surprise. He finally understood what happened to him. Like the many stories he had read in that funny little site he is now a self inserted character and that too in Bleach as the twin brother of Kurosaki Ichigo. Most people would find such a revelation difficult to comprehend but not Indra. He was of the opinion if life gave you lemons you should make lemonades and good one at that and if possible enjoy the drink.

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As Indra grew up he learned that he was an un-identical twin. Thank god for that as he didn't want to become a carbon copy of his fool of a brother. I mean seriously Kurosaki Ichigo was the character he hated the most in Bleach anime. I mean this guy had so much power in his pinky little finger than the entirety of Shingami and hollows and this guy squandered it away. He never seek power and even when the villain granted him everything by putting him through some rough unwilling training slash fight the substitute shinigami refused to cut down his enemies because he is a drama queen. Then don't let him start about the women in the bleach universe. Ichigo had the cutest and s_e_xiest girls after him and this fool couldn't even realize that. How f_u_c_k_e_d up is that.

But Indra was not like that. He was not someone who would waste his power and comforts in life to play hero. He was someone that actively seeks power. Now because of his birth he has the ultimate power to even become a god if he so wish and that was his end goal. In his last life he was so fragile, weak and powerless. But now he has a chance to become the ultimate being that can surpass the Reio and even the Quincy emperor. But first of all for that to happen he has to get out of diapers. Oh the horror!

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It was a new experience for Indra to be bought up by a loving family. In his previous life he grew up in an orphanage. Still he did not d_e_s_i_r_e any family attachments but he had to act the part as a cute little boy. It is easy to say but it was very difficult to act as an ignorant little boy. When Ichigo and Indra were four years old Masaki birthed another set of twins named Yuzu and Karin. When this happened, Isshin and Masaki had to concentrate more on the newborns. This gave Indra the unique opportunity to meditate and draw out his power. But unfortunately for him no matter what he tried he could not feel an ounce of spiritual power within him. But he was far from discouraged. In fact Indra increased his meditations to center himself and control his emotions.

There is an advantage being a child as all the higher functions of the body will be at it's peak during childhood. As more and more Indra meditated, without even his knowing he was slowly undergoing a transformation. His mental fortitude was becoming increasingly well balanced and slowly he began to feel the reishi in the air. But that was just the start as he could not for the life of him couldn't draw out enough of the substance. But still a little of something was infinitely better than a whole of nothing.

Over the years his ability to draw out the reishi began to increase. In fact Indra began to feel the reitsu of others especially himself. He compared his energy with that of Ichigo. There he found that his power was slowly overcoming Ichigo. Ichigo had a turbulent energy around him but Indra's energy was slowly becoming a refined flow overshadowing his brother in every aspect. This did not go unnoticed by Masaki who could feel the difference in her children but she couldn't find anything suspicious as Indra took great care in his activities.

It was on his eighth birthday that he achieved the first step in pursuit of power. Isshin and Masaki threw a birthday party for Indra and Ichigo. While they knew Indra generally hated such public functions he never complained about it either. But this birthday party proved very useful for Indra as Ryuken Ishida visited their home. It was there Indra came in contact with the spiritual pressure of a pureblood quincy. The spirit energy was very miniscule but that was all that was needed for Indra ad he absorb it. After the party was over Indra stay awake in the night and once again tried to enter his inner world.

This time he found himself exactly where he wanted to be. The world he found himself was filled with huge skyscr_a_p_ers o different colours. The sky was completely black and a curved half moon shined brightly in the night sky.

”I am very surprised you are able to come here and even hear me for that matter at this young age. You are truly a prodigy.” a voice said from behind Indra.

”A Zanpakuto is said to be another part of a soul. If that was the case you would not be surprised and that leads me to believe you are not my Zanpakuto spirit.” Indra said as he turned around and faced an old man in a tattered black coat.

For a long time they only looked at each other neither moving a muscle.

”Release my Zanpakuto spirit from your control.” Indra ordered

”I am your Zanpakuto spirit Indra. If you listen carefully you can hear my name.” the old man said

”Indeed I can hear the name. But I can also distinguish my Quincy powers from my Shinigami powers even if for the time being you have absorbed a portion of my Shinigami powers.” Indra said with a pointed look at the old man

The old man sighed and closed his eyes for a small time and then opened them with determination.

”It is for your own best interest that I suppress your Shinigami powers. It will bring you only misery and ruin.” the old man said

”And do you think you are capable of giving me happiness. I know who you are and what you are. You are a piece of another soul. I will not allow you to dictate my life. So I will ask one last time. Will you willingly relinquish control to my true Zanpakuto spirit?” Indra asked

”I can't do that. Your Zanpakuto is fused with a hollow. If I bring him out it will destroy this world and it will destroy you.” the old man said

”He was forced to fuse with the hollow because of you. It seems I will have to resort to other means.” Indra said as he concentrated and exited his inner world.

Indra found himself in his bed in the room of his house. He really wanted to punch that Quincy spirit for daring to stand in his way. It seems plan A has failed now it was time for plan B.

His failures in spiritual side of things never reflected in his physical life. In fact he was the class first in academics. Seeing as his competition was other nine year olds there was nothing to be proud of. But Isshin and Masaki were overjoyed to have such a brilliant son. Ichigo was not bad as well as some of his own intelligence seems to have rubbed of on the orange head he was still a big mama's boy. When they were four years old they joined a Karate dojo. There they met Tatsuki Arisawa and she would always defeat Ichigo whenever they have a match. If Ichigo gets defeated he would always go crying to Masaki. Indra on the other hand never allowed anyone to so much as even scratch him. So even if many children would have likely bullied Ichigo for his over reliance upon his mother the presence of Indra scared them away. But Tatsuki was someone that liked Ichigo very much so they became fast friends and she even smiled brightly whenever she saw Indra. Already he can feel there is a little hero worship in Tatsuki's eyes. For five years they were avid members of the dojo.

Life was going smoothly but finally that day came a day that Indra was preparing for. It was a rainy day and the date was June 17. Even if Ichigo could not control his powers he could see ghosts by this point of life. It was this ability that made him saw a girl near a lake. Never knowing that it was a bait Ichigo ran towards the girl thinking she was about to jump into the river. Just as Ichigo neared the lake the girl disappeared. Masaki and Indra caught up with him and she was shouting at Ichigo to stop. Just as they reached near Ichigo the hollow appeared and knocked Ichigo unconscious. Masaki quickly created a bow out of reishi on her hand.

”You are one of those cursed Quincys aren't you girl. I will enjoy devouring you and your spawns.” Grand Fisher roared

Masaki began firing arrows at the hollow which mad the hollow leap back to avoid the arrows. Suddenly Masaki fell to her knees as her quincy powers began to diminish and fade. Indra understood Yhwach was already making his move for his eventual awakening by activating Auswahlen.

Grand Fisher seeing her weakened state rushed in to take her out. The hollow extended one if its tentacles to strike at Masaki but a blue reishi sword cut it down. The hollow screamed in pain as its tentacle fell on the ground twitching. Indra stood protectively in front of Masaki with a reishi blade in his right hand.

”You little dog... You dare to stand against me. I will kill you.” The hollow screamed in rage and more tentacles came out of its body. All of them began to rush at Indra fast.

Indra created another reishi blade in his left hand and began cutting them down to the best of his abilities. But a nine year old human's physical strength has its limits and two tentacles pierced his c_h_e_s_t. Masaki screamed in anguish as blood began to pool beneath her son's feet. Grand Fisher laughed cruelly at the sight and he absorbed the soul from the young upstart quincy in an instant.

Masaki cried harder as she saw the lifeless body of her eldest son fall on the ground covered in blood. Grand Fisher enjoyed the suffering and despair he caused to the quincy women. Her kind has been hunting them for generations and this was his revenge for all the troubles they caused.

”Don't cry and spend all your tears for one of your offspring when there is one more left.” the hollow evilly laughed as it extended its tentacles to kill the orange haired boy who was lying unconscious. Just as his tentacle was about to pierce Ichigo, Masaki shielded her son with her own body taking the hit herself. Blood spilled from her body but she didn't mind as she was able to protect Ichigo.

”You are brave Quincy but you are also very foolish.” Grand Fisher said and he was about to absorb her soul but suddenly a kido struck his tentacles burning them away. The hollow screamed in pain and he saw there was a high level shinigami near him. The hollow didn't waste time and opened a Garganta that transported him to Hueco Mundo as he didn't want to take any chances against such a superior being who is wearing a strange hat.

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Urahara and Isshin were at the Kurosaki house drinking sake over a friendly chat.

”How are the children Isshin.” Kisuke asked

”You know even if they are twins they are entirely different. Karin and Indra are similar in almost every way. Yuzu and Ichigo are the next similar pair in character. It is almost funny in a sense.” Isshin said with a laugh

”Hmm... You wanted to say something about Indra. What is it?” Kisuke asked

”He has activated his quincy powers Kisuke.” Isshin said in a serious tone

”Really… How did you find out?” Kisuke asked

”We never told him anything. He just sort of began to manipulate the reishi around him from an early age. Masaki thinks he discovered his power when he was four years old. When he became five his spirit energy settled down and became transient unlike Ichigo whose energy is all over the place.” Isshin said in pride

”Seems to me your eldest son inherited more from Masaki than you...” Kisuke joked

”More than I care to admit. He is more composed and m_a_t_u_r_e for his age. I mean, the little guy is so precise, observant and alert at all times even when we are having dinner.” Isshin said

”Looks like the qualities of a strong Quincy.” Kisuke said

”Thank god for that. It seems our fears of that hollow are unfounded. At the very least we know for sure Indra doesn't have the hollow inside him right.” Isshin asked

”I don't know for sure Isshin. Even if Indra manifested his Quincy powers we don't know anything about the nature of his soul. But so long as he remains human there is nothing to worry about.” Kisuke said truthfully

Isshin sat deep in thought.

”So where is Masaki?” Kisuke asked as he took a sip of the sake

”She went out to collect Ichigo and Indra from the Karate dojo.” Isshin answered

Urahara concentrated and tried to sense Masaki. Soon he found three spiritual energies that he was looking for and Isshin was right as he could feel the tranquil feel of Indra's energy. But suddenly Masaki's spirit energy wavered and became so low in a heartbeat and he felt Indra's energy spike. Concentrating further he was able to feel a faint echo of a hollow.

”Isshin, Masaki and the children are in danger. There is a hollow nearby. I will go there fast. They are near the river close to the public park.” Kisuke said as he rushed out of the house and disappeared in a flash step

Isshin didn't waste any moment either as he rushed out of the house. Without his powers he could not move fast so he took his car out and drove towards the park as fast as he could. When Isshin reached there he saw Urahara standing near the bloodied bodies of Masaki and Indra. Isshin screamed in anguish as he ran towards them. He saw Masaki stopped breathing jyst as he came and soon she appeared in a soul form with a chain sticking to her body.

”I am sorry Isshin. I was too late.” Kisuke said in sorrow as he bowed his head

”Isshin, my powers vanished. Indra tried to protect me. That thing took our son.” Masaki cried

”Don't worry Masaki. We can save him. Kisuke do something. You can restore her right.” Isshin asked in hope

”We can't do anything for her Isshin. All we can do is perform is Konso. I am truly sorry.” Kisuke said sadly

Kisuke took out his Zanpakuto to perform the Konso.

”Look after Yuzu, Karin and Ichigo. Find that hollow. It's name is Grand Fisher and cleanse it and then release Indra. I love you.” Masaki said tearfully

”I love you too Masaki.” Isshin said tearfully as Urahara pressed the handle of his Zanpakuto on her forehead. With a blinding light the soul of Masaki disappeared from the human world. At the same time they heard a scream from behind them and saw that Ichigo had regained his consciousness and saw the bloodied bodies of his mother and brother. Isshin enveloped his son in a hug.

Soon the police came along with an ambulance. They wrote off the incident as hit and run with no witnesses. Isshin took Ichigo and the twin sisters back home. After putting them to bed he and Urahara decided to visit Ryuken to understand why Masaki said she lost her powers. But when they reached the Ishida house they found out Ryuken's wife, Kanae Katagiri also died that day.

Ryuken saw Urahara and Isshin and led them to a private room.

”She was already ill. But her quincy powers were taken away and she could no longer support herself.” Ryuken said

”Masaki and Indra died today Ryuken.” Isshin said dejectedly

”What! How….?” Ryuken asked horrified

”She was attacked by a hollow. Mid battle her powers suddenly disappeared. What is happening? Why did Masaki and your wife lose their powers?” Kisuke asked

Ryuken closed his eyes briefly and said, ”The Quincy folklore spoke of the first Quincy as ”The Sealed King”: after 900 years of being sealed, he would regain his pulse; after another 90, he would regain his intellect; and after 9 more years, he would absorb the power of every ”impure” Quincy to make their abilities his own with Auswählen… It has already begun. Yhwach has already begun the process of absorbing the powers of all Quincys he considers impure. In normal circ_u_mstances the impure Quincy in question will not lose their lives but my wife was already physically very weak. All that held her to this world was her Quincy powers and without it...”

Isshin stood from the chair and punched the wall.

”If only my shinigami powers were active.” Isshin raged at himself

”About that... Now that Masaki is cleansed by konso your powers will start to return slowly. It won't happen quickly but over the years your spirit energy will recover.” Urahara said

”Good. As soon as I regain it I will hunt down that hollow and finish it off.” Isshin promised as he walked out of the room and went back to his home.

Isshin looked at the sleeping form of his remaining three children. He didn't know how he was going to manage them but he had to try his best.

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That week Ichigo and his sisters never went to the school. The funeral of Masaki and Indra was a somber affair as heavy rain poured over Karakura town as if nature itself was mourning the loss. Among the Kurosakis Karin was the most affected as she was very close to Indra and Indra himself dotted on her an exception that he made for just her as she was his favorite.

Another person that was very sad for Indra's death was Tatsuki. She considered him her rival to one day defeat in the dojo. She also had a small crush on him as he was the only boy that was the same age as her and looked in her eyes without an ounce of hesitation. She liked how he carried himself with absolute confidence and his every move has had a purpose. This along with the mystery that he surround himself always attracted her to him and now her rival is gone because of some criminal murderer. She cried harder into her mother's body as her friend was buried alongside his mother. It was a dark day for not just the Kurosaki family but it was for many that knew them as well.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Initially I wanted to write a Shihoin Self Insert but as I progressed with the first chapter it kind of became similar to another story ' God of Flash'. So I changed the inserted character. Again I became confused as whether or not to create an OC. Initially I thought about an Ichigo SI but I was not comfortable with that one either as I wrote the first chapter. So that was also abandoned and now I think this character somewhat resonates with my style of story. As I am a huge fan of villains I am uncomfortable with writing hero stories.

So here it is. Tell me your honest opinion if you have the time. Wish you all a good day to all my readers.

Chapter 2

SOUL SOCIETY (Undisclosed location)

Sosuke Aizen watched the events unfold in the human world through a screen. He had used Grand Fisher to remove Kurosaki Masaki from the life of his test subjects. He was very interested when the eldest one named Indra summoned reishi blades and attacked an experienced hollow like Grand Fisher. His surprise was not just because of Indra's ability rather it was the killing intent behind the weapon that interested him. To project such a killing intent at the age of nine was something most ordinary humans did not possess but yet his test subject did. How very interesting, he thought. Soon the fight spiraled out of hand and he watched as the soul of Indra get absorbed by a low class hollow like Grand Fisher. But he was satisfied as Masaki died.

”Ahh, captain Aizen. It seems your experiment is foiled and lost.” Gin Ichimaru said with a creepy smile

”Nothing is lost forever Gin especially someone like Kurosaki Indra. I will be going to Hueco Mundo for some time. Record everything with Kurosaki Ichigo. I would like to observe him after his mother's death.” Aizen said as he stood up from his seat and created a garganta directly into the home of hollows

Gin watched as the portal closing up with that same sick smile. He turned his head back to the screen and he lost his smile. He observed the kid who lost everything in a moment just because a sick bastard like Aizen was interested in the boy. He can only watch not act. Not yet at least but soon, he said to himself.

HUECO MUNDO

Grand Fisher broke out into an evil laugh as he escaped yet again from a shinigami. If he really wanted to evolve to a Menos he should have consumed other hollows but he found the suffering and pain he cause to the humans more pleasurable. This was why he went after human souls rather than hollows. Besides he will not have to worry about his evolution as he has been promised by lord Aizen to change him to an Arrancar if he managed to kill that human female. He was not complaining as he will be getting what he wanted and as an extra bonus he even managed to kill that arrogant kid. Seriously what did that stupid kid hoped to achieve by trying to attack him.

Suddenly his body became enveloped by a bright blue glow. A huge spiritual pressure began to fall around the Menos forest and Grand Fisher screamed as his body began to tear itself apart. A beam of blue coloured energy blasted into the sky from Grand Fisher and with it his screams died down.

A cloud of dust surrounded the immediate area. Many Gillian class hollows slowly moved towards the site in a sedate pace. A tail swished in the air and blasted away the dust cloud revealing a new hollow. The hollow had a tough white skin and a hollow hole at the centre of its c_h_e_s_t and blue tribal markings spread across its body even on the mask. The wild spiritual pressure began to settle down slowly and a new hollow was born.

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After Indra was devoured by Grand Fisher he entered his inner world. Unlike last time his inner world was different. Now the skyscr_a_p_ers were inverted from the sky and the floor now became a giant hole.

”There is still time to stop the coming change. Are you sure this is what you want?” a white copy of him asked

”I am sure. Are you ready?” Indra asked

”I Am.” the white copy said with a smile

”Then let's begin.” Indra said confidently

Suddenly he felt his spiritual pressure release from its confines and he was pulled out of his inner world. The next moment he looked around he saw a forest with dying trees around it. He felt raw power surround him hardening into his skin. He inspected his hands and body and it looked similar like ichigo's first hollow transformed body only with blue markings.

He heard the growls of giant Gillians as they neared his position. One of the Gillian began to form a cero in its mouth. Indra was not going to look stupid. He brought forth his right hand and let his instincts take control as he formed a blue coloured cero. With a sonic boom his cero travelled straight up and surgically cut through the red cero of the Gillian and blew it's head off. The Gillian fell upon the ground crushing many trees. Indra didn't wait a moment as he began to devour the giant hollow. Soon other Gillians began to converge upon him. Indra stood up and roared and his spiritual pressure raised three times that of the combined energy of the gillains that surrounded him. Indra jumped powering the movement with his reiryoku and smashed his fist through the mask of a gillian making it fall. Then he fired a cero that vaporized the head of another gillian. He ran along the ground and gathered Reiryoku in his claw like hands and with a roar he dragged his claws through another gillain's body and blood spilled upon the land from the wound as it fell dead. From there it was a slaughter as he killed every single gillian he saw and quickly began to consume them increasing his energy reserves exponentially.

Indra stood silently after he finished his meal but he was still not satisfied. The hunger for more still tried to claw at his mind and he remembered his ambition to be the most powerful being. He ran into the forest in search for more pray to find. He will not rest until he evolves, he silently promised.

Upon a nearby cliff all of this was being observed by Aizen. A small smile came to his face at this interesting turn of events. His experiment to create a transcendent being has now taken a very unique path. From now on he will be closely monitoring the progress of Ichigo and Indra. After all he can now observe the fastest and best path for transcendence himself. With that thought he returned to Soul Society.

KARAKURA TOWN

”Tell me Kisuke, is there any way Indra can escape from that hollow.” Isshin asked as he made himself comfortable in Urahara's shop

”It is hard to tell. You must realize there is no other beings that we know of that have the powers of a Quincy, Shinigami and Hollow. Frankly we are completely blind to what your eldest two children are.” Kisuke frankly admitted

”But still you must have certain guesses right.” Isshin asked desperately

”I have but they may not be correct.” Kisuke warned

”Tell me.” Isshin said

”You must understand that the boundary between a shingami and a hollow is very delicate. Now, the hollow powers are poisonous to quincy powers. So the only possible way for Ichigo and Indra can survive if the quincy and shinigami powers get combined. Since Indra is inside a hollow anything can happen. There is a small chance Indra might have escaped Grand Fisher but in turn he would have become a hollow.” Kisuke explained

”So what do we do now?” Isshin asked

”There is also a possibility of his shingami and Quincy powers to be lost during his transformation as a hollow. Either way we must wait for him to resurface. After that we can purify him.” Kisuke said solemnly

”My Shinigami powers are not yet returning. Why is that?” Isshin asked

”Even if your powers suppressed the hollow infecting Masaki, I believe that hollow has now infected both Ichigo and Indra. So now your shinigami power is suppressing the hollow inside Ichigo. Should Ichigo unlock his own shinigami powers you will be able to recover your powers but until then all you will be able to do is sense and see spirits.” Kisuke informed

”It is better that way. Of my powers return fast maybe it will attract more hollows to our house like it did with Masaki. Anyway I should go. The children are alone at home. Goodbye Kisuke. Tell Tessai and Yoruichi I said hi.” Isshin said as he walked out of the shop

After the door closed behind Isshin a black cat jumped into the room through an open window.

”Why didn't you tell him Indra will be a lost cause now that he will be under Aizen's influence.” Yoruichi asked

”Isshin is not a fool. He already knows it deep down. It is better for me to lie now. He already has enough pressure on his mind.” Kisuke said

”Is there any hope for Indra?” Yoruichi asked

”If he manages to escape Grand Fisher and I am pretty sure that will happen and somehow also manages to recover his memories as a human then we have a chance. In fact that is our only chance.” Kisuke said as he hid his eyes under the shade of his bowl hat.

HUECO MUNDO

Indra walked through a rocky terrain looking for more Gillian to feed on. He had no idea how much days or months have passed as it has no meaning in this dimension. What he knew was that he had consumed exactly seventy two Gillians since he came here. He can almost feel he was at the verge of evolution. Not only that his power was now much greater than a normal Adjuchas after all he can feel the power of other such hollows in the Menos forest. Unfortunately he had yet to encounter an Adjuchas class hollow to test his strength which was the reason why he was traveling through this terrain. He was actually tracking the spirit energy of an Adjuchas but he has yet to find it. Finally he came upon a cliff and he walked to edge of it and looked below. Down below he found his target along with someone else. Without a sound he began to climb down the cliff and moved towards the clearing.

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Nymeria Chacal was a female Adjuchas class hollow. Unfortunately for her female hollows are quickly killed off by other male hollows and only very few even survive to be an Adjuchas much less a Vasto lorde. She had even once met Tier Harribel when she was a regular hollow and was amazed by the power of the female Adjuchas. This chance meeting inspired Nymeria to evolve up to Adjuchas all by herself but by that time Tier Harribel had evolved to a Vasto Lorde and is now residing in Las Noches.

Then her goal had changed to become a Vasto Lorde but now her goals went up in smoke. She was careless as she targeted a much stronger Adjuchas than herself and paid the price as the rival Adjuchas began to crush her head to the ground. If a hollow takes a bite of flesh from another hollow one will lose the ability to evolve further. Now she was beaten down and if it bites her she can never reach Vasto Lorde. She was desperate for a way out but her strength began to leave her.

”It was foolish of you little hollow to attack me. I am the right hand of the guardian of Menos forest. Do you really think a lowly hollow like you can even compare to me. Hahahahaha...” the bird shaped hollow roared in laughter and he drew his arm back to strike her.

Suddenly out of nowhere a blue cero blasted the hollow away from her. She turned her head and saw an ordinary hollow walking towards her. Even if the hollow was not an Adjuchas it's spiritual pressure was tremendous. Suddenly the other Adjuchas roared out in challenge and rushed at the blue one. But the blue hollow ducked a punch and caught the Adjuchas tail and smashed it to the ground. Then it used it's clawed hand and pierced the head of the Adjuchas killing it on spot.

Nymeria was stunned by the speed and strength of this regular hollow. It has not even become a Menos and it was already strong enough to kill an Adjuchas like it was nothing.

”Who are you?” Nymeria asked as she stood up

But the hollow paid her no mind and began to eat the fallen Adjuchas. Halfway through its meal she saw the hollow get surrounded by a strong blue energy. A horrendous spiritual pressure fell upon her forcing her to kneel. She raised her head with some effort and watched as the hollow raised its hand and roared and for a moment she couldn't see anything. With a boom the energy blasted outwards uprooting the surrounding trees and she had to pierce her hands to the ground to hold on. Soon the colossal energy died down and what she saw took her breath away.

She knew the hollows evolved in stages. When human soul dies and become a hollow it is a regular type of hollow with blind hunger and nothing else. But then a large number of such hollows will combine together to form the first evolutionary stage of Menos called Gillian. A Gillian after formed will have to battle itself with the different minds of the hollows it is made of and the one that emerges in victory will be able to evolve into Adjuchas. The Adjuchas will have to feed continuously until the other hollow souls could no longer affect its mind and after attaining sufficient energy it will evolve into a Vasto Lorde, the final form of Menos. At least that was how normal hollows evolved.

She looked at the hollow before her once again and she still could not believe it. The hollow now had a white mask with horns and black lines stretching vertically across the eyes. The tail that it had in its initial stage has now vanished completely. A long mane of black hair bellowed behind its head in the turbulent winds. Its claw like fingers were now black in colour and black stripes now travelled away from its hollow hole at the c_h_e_s_t to different parts of its body. The spiritual pressure from this thing was massive. She couldn't even get a full read on its energy either. This form was definitely that of a Vasto Lorde.

The hollow began to walk towards her. She watched as its crystal blue eyes watching her struggle to stand up. Suddenly the spiritual pressure that pinned her down let up and she found she could stand up but for some reason she stayed on her knees.

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Indra watched the jackal masked hollow stay on it's knees. He was about to kill it but since it was on it's knees and bowing it's head in submission he decided to hear it out. Maybe it can be useful, he thought

”What is your name hollow?” Indra asked coldly

”Nymeria Chacal, my lord.” the hollow said

”A female hollow… That is quite rare is it not? Now what shall I do with you.” Indra said as he observed her energy levels and found it to be close to an evolution

”Your power is magnificent my lord. Let me serve you master.” Nymeria begged in fear