Chapter 10: Ending 1 The End is Nigh (Dark Ending)
The ground quacked, and the sky trembled. Silence had descended upon Hueco Mundo; no breath was heard, and no sound was elicited. The sky's red turned to blood as torrential rain began pouring out.
Ichigo looked into Ocuil's eyes without a hint of himself remaining; all that was left was the hollow inside and the need to devour.
Ichigo launched an Abyssal strike, instantly tearing the sky and land apart as a massive gash appeared on Ocuil.
"How was this possible? His eyes could see everything, yet when he looked at Ichigo, he saw an endless void of nothing. This mortified Ocuil as his truth had been shaken and his speech troubled. He had reached a realm beyond a Vasto Lorde; He was a Supreme Vasto Lorde.
His ability was never a double-edged sword, yet here and now, his truth was conflicted.
Ocuil ready himself as Ichigo charged towards Ocuil; Ichigo then reappeared behind Ocuil, slamming his head into the ground.
Ichigo then threw Ocuil into his throne, completely shattering it more than it already was.
Ichigo stepped forward as his sword dragged across the ground, the echoes and clattering becoming more abundant. Ocuil watched as blood rain hit his face, yet not a sound reverberated.
The deafening silence was the only thing one could hear as Ichigo stopped in front of Ocuil. He gripped Ocuil's neck, lifted him, and said, "So this is your truth?" As Ichigo finished his words, a snapping sound appeared across Hueco Mundo.
The torrential downpour of blood resounded across Hueco Mundo as if sound had finally returned, yet something felt out of place.
Ichigo dodged instantly and used Dusk Step (Like Sonido but better) to give himself room.
"BRAVO Ichigo, you finally defeated my little pet!". A Vasto Lorde appeared before him, stunning Ichigo as he didn't feel his presence.
"You see, Ichigo, this was my test to see if you were truly worthy to face me, and it seems I was right."
"I am Supremeus Messor (The Last Reaper), and I will be the one to take your skull!" After finishing those words, Supremeus began a terrifying assault on Ichigo with his dual scythe.
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Ichigo had been dodging and trying to counterattack for the last hour, and things were not going well. Ichigo lost his right arm and one of his horns, and for some reason, they were taking too long to regenerate; even in his Supreme Vasto Lorde form, he had trouble combating Messors' weird fighting style.
Ichigo, of course, could dodge most of the time, yet sometimes, he felt almost as if space flipped, causing him to go towards the slash, not away. Ichigo stumbled backward and roared angrily, firing a cero.
Messor stood still as the Cero wildly changed directions and veered far off where Messor was standing. Ichigo was perplexed and even enraged as his instincts screamed to devour; this caused Ichigo to use Dusk's step again toward Ocuils corpse.
Messor, watching this, tossed both his scythes almost like boomerangs to block, yet Ichigo managed to dodge with two significant cuts on his chest.
Ichigo was instantly torn into Ocuil's body as power filled his every being. Ichigo felt like he could ascend to an even higher stage of power, which was most likely the final stage.
Ichigo's body began changing one more before he got kicked back into a large wall within the ruins of the shattered throne room. Ichigo got back up and howled as the blood rain poured even more potent than it was, and it felt like the sky was crumbling.
Messor smiled as he watched the skies of Hueco Mundo, painted blood red, begin to crack and slowly chip apart.
Ichigo became surrounded by a Black Mist as his spiritual pressure rose and rose.
Suddenly, a black sun appeared, causing immense pressure on everything in Hueco Mundo.
All the hollows in Hueco Mundo became absolutely and utterly deranged, and the initially formed groups and territories collapsed completely. Hueco Mundo had returned to its former ways as chaos and madness swept across all the sands.
Messor then began to laugh and mumble; however, Ichigo did not care about his words. Ichigo was now three meters tall, with blood-red hair and much longer horns. His hollowed face formed a deranged, scribbled smile, and his eyes turned red.
Ichigo had now evolved into his final form, "Chaos Vasto Lorde." This new power rivaled almost Espada and 13 Court Guard Squads, yet it was untested in all its glory.
Ichigo rapidly teleported to Messor and closed in extremely fast. Messor was mildly caught off guard yet adjusted effortlessly. The clash continued as blade and scythe crossed.
The red skies had now thundered as red lighting began striking erratically and even directly as Messor. Ichigo used this advantage to strike Messor a few times but never landed vital hits, yet on the other hand, Ichigo had regenerated his original injuries. The main problem was the technique disparity between the two. Ichigo barely comprehended his new power, while Messor trained his techniques for a long time.
Madness echoed across the sands as Hollows slaughtered one another endlessly, creating black blood pools all across Hueco Mundo. The black sun would then draw forth this blood pool towards its majesty and endlessly feast upon the remnants.
The Clash continued, and as Ichigo got a better hang of his powers, he began to push Messor back. Messor became annoyed as he started taking more hits than he shouldn't.
Ichigo prepared a more decisive move, pushing Messor back and causing a massive gash on his chest. Messor felt weakened as that had caused some significant damage to him.
Messor decided it was time for the final reveal. His face widened to a horrifying point, and he screamed out its pure lunacy, "INVERTED SPIRE!"
Ichigo, annoyed by Messor randomly having BS power-ups at this moment, decided to use his instincts as he uttered the words in a chilling voice. "Chaotic Torrent"
The world began to shutter as Chaos descended upon Hueco Mundo. The Chaotic Torrent and Inverted Spire clashed for control. One looked like a pitch-black hurricane and snowstorm combined, while the other was as if space had inverted entirely, and all things followed its command.
Suddenly, Hueco Mundo shook as the power of these two began rupturing the cracks already formed by the black sun. It was as if the sky fractured and fell, and within that moment, everything stopped.
Ichigo was pressed harshly on the ground by an unknown power source and could no longer see Messor. Ichigo raged desperately to escape this clasp as he stood up, only to be completely and utterly astonished.
Standing about 20 feet from him was Orihime, holding Messors head. Ichigo's sense of reason returned almost instantly as if a light that burned out was once more.
Ichigo was confused, sad, happy, and indifferent as all the raging emotions began to seep back into the depths of his being.
Ichigo began walking forward, only to see Orihime devour the rest of Messor before him. As he examined Orihime, he realized she was now a hollo and noticed that the black sun had disappeared.
Ichigo glanced away for a second, then looked back and saw Orihime staring right into his face, mere centimeters apart. Looking into her pitch-black eyes, he saw nothing.
Ichigo realized the person he loved most was gone, and nothing remained. Ichigo stepped forward, hugging Orihime. This hollow formed like Orihime did not react and only stared into the abyss of nothingness.
Ichigo plunged his hand into the husk of a shell and delicately pulled out its heart. Although the heart was not beating, the shell still stood.
Ichigo used his horns and fired a cero, disintegrating every spec of its being. Silence filled the air as the madness ended, and the skies returned to normal.
Ichigo stood in silence as he heard a faint whisper "thank you" before the silence returned.
Ichigo stood looking into a lake of blood, looking at his reflection as black tears rolled from his eyes. Ichigo wondered why he had to do this or why it happened to them, yet he would never know.
Ichigo sat atop the broken throne as the rain poured one last time. Ichigo stared at the little six-petal flower hairpins as he held them.
Ichigo stood up and walked away as he glanced back one more time. His steps echoed as The Last Hollow wandered away from The Shattered Throne.