Title: Somebody Like You
Author: Zevllyn
Rating: M for mature
Words: I've lost track
Pairing: Ichigo Kurosaki x Toshiro Hitsugaya
Disclaimer: The only 'Bleach' I own has the words Clorox in front of it.
Notes: Hello! First of all thanks for stopping by. This story has been re-edited as of September 1st, 2012. There had been this nagging in the back of my mind and I finally paid attention to it. For any first time readers: please disregard the previous sentences.

Rangiku leapt backwards as she avoided the large foot of the Menos she was fighting against—and losing to. The shinigami beauty growled out her frustration as she launched another attack with her Zanpakuto. Pausing for a moment, she positioned her weapon in front of herself, the Zanpakuto hovering in the air before she lightly tapped the hilt, sending the steel into a sudden fast circle before suddenly grasping the hilt. "Hado #58: Tenran!" A tornado of wind appeared, blasting upwards towards the Menos and chopping off the large black Menos's arm, jumping away from the falling appendage that scattered dust into the air right before it hit the ground. Still the Menos refused to stop, taking another step towards her. Rangiku glared. She'd had enough of this stupid Hollow, it was ruining her day off!

"Growl!" She exclaimed as she drew her Zanpakuto in front of her. "Haineko!" Her left hand ghosted over the blade of her sword, the metal dispersing in to tiny particles of ash. She directed those particles to surround the Menos, moving all that was left of her sword, the hilt, to finalize her attack. The Menos's head was thrown back; it's long pointy noise pointing towards the sky, as it howled out in pain as the ash-like swords of the orange-haired beauty's Zanpakuto cut into its appendage. Rangiku smirked as a light enveloped the tall Hollow only to have her eyes widen in disbelief as instead of the Menos disappearing, it regenerated its dismembered arm back to its body. "What the hell?!" She took an involuntary step backwards as the Menos looked down at her, a large red energy ball forming in front of its mouth, aimed directly at the Tenth Division lieutenant.

"Move Matsumoto!" A small blur of white, black and teal appeared and shoved Rangiku out of the line of fire from the Menos's attack, a large dragon made of ice leaping from the silver sword in the small hand raced to counterattack. "Reign over the frosted heavens…Hyourinmaru!" Glassy red eyes sparkled in the heat of the fight as it effectively blocked the Menos's petty attack as its icy body proceeded to wrap up around the Hollow, squeezing tightly until it reached the top. Letting out a victorious roar, the ice dragon surged forward, jaws clamping down on its neck; Toshiro took his chance and jumped up from the ground, using his Zanpakuto and ripping the Hollow in half. The Menos howled as it disintegrated in a puff of black smoke.

"Captain!" Rangiku exclaimed happily as she ran to join her superior when he landed back on the ground with little effort.

"Honestly Matsumoto, I don't understand how you're alive sometimes." He frowned at her and waved the falling black ashes away as they fell from the sky. "Are you injured?"

'Only my pride.' She faked a smile. "Not at all."

"Good." Toshiro sheathed his sword. "Come. We're leaving."

"Yes si—" She responded, putting away her own sword and taking a step to follow her captain only to have her slate blue eyes widening as pain shot through her body. Freezing in place, her arms twitched and her heart pounded at the sight of the bloody blade that was currently pierced through her abdomen. The blade was pulled out and she staggered forward a few feet before falling to the ground and coughing up a pool of blood as she looked behind to see her attacker. 'It can't be—' She grunted as she was kicked her in her stomach, sending her backwards rolling through the dirt.

"Matsumoto?" Toshiro wondered aloud at the stop in her sentence, his hands folded into the sleeves of his haori as he turned to look at his lieutenant only to see her sliding past him on the ground, a trail of blood on the ground and a tall brunette wearing a white captain's haori standing a few feet away, his Zanpakuto in hand. "Aizen you bastard!" Grabbing Hyourinmaru by the hilt, Toshiro sent a wave of ice towards the ex-captain of the Soul Society as he unsheathed the weapon.

The white-haired captain's attack was deflected as a tall man with light purple hair appeared in front of Aizen, his Zanpakuto unsheathed and a flash of anger appearing on his face for only a moment as his red eyes caught a glimpse of the fallen lieutenant before it was replaced with a mocking smirk. "Greetin's!"

Toshiro stood in front of his fallen lieutenant, his sword poised and ready for another attack as he waited for the two arguing to get on with the fight. "What the hell are you doing here?" He demanded.

"Why, I'm bringing you a present Toshiro." Aizen told him.

"That's Captain, traitor!" Toshiro hissed.

"Of course, Captain. My apologies." Aizen responded with a small bow

Gin scoffed at Aizen's attitude as his attention was fixed on the figure struggling on the ground. No, Aizen hadn't killed her but he had injured her enough so she couldn't fight back even if she wanted to. 'Damn him.' He tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword, concentrating on keeping an eye on Rangiku's fluctuating reiatsu. He'll punch Aizen later. "I implore you, Aizen-sama, we don't have all day."

The brunette frowned. "And here I thought you wanted to play a while longer."

Gin didn't respond.

Sighing, the older male shrugged his shoulders and snapped his fingers, his gaze fixed on the white-haired Shinigami as he waited for the little Captain's reaction to the newest member joining them. He laughed aloud as he saw the mask of pure horror as a rush of wind swept out from behind him, his arms outstretched to either side as he presented what the Division Captain was facing. "Captian Hitsugaya! Let me introduce you to Kurotsuki."

Toshiro was unable to move as he looked upon the monster that stood behind Aizen. It was a large black mass, standing about ten feet tall with a huge hole with a radius of a foot pierced through the middle of its chest. A white Hollow mask covered its face, decorated with streaks of yellow and green with a thick gold bullring piercing through its small thing called a nose. Lines of bone traced its outer arms and legs, like a natural protector as it stood hunched over, its big knuckles just barely scraping the ground. The red eyes glowed as its gaze connected with the white-haired Captain, snorting out short bursts of bright green flames.

But what stood out the most was the number of swords sheathed on the Hollow's back and the different colored sashes that all held them together. The Hollow looked like he was carrying a rainbow on his chest. As the monster breathed Toshiro was able to glimpse at the rest of the Hollow's body, noting various places on the skin's surface that looked like bags. His gripped tightened on the hilt of his sword even more as those pieces of flabby flesh on the Hollow twitched. 'What…is that thing? It's taller than Komamura!'

"Ah, he's taken a liking to you Toshiro." Aizen smiled. "Why don't you two play for a while?"

The white-haired Shinigami didn't fail to hear the silent command in the brunette's voice and neither did the Hollow. Toshiro held up his sword as the Hollow flashed from behind Aizen, running on two legs and a right arm as it swung its left arm down on the Shinigami. It roared as it was blocked and brought its other fist down upon the first, Toshiro's knees threatening to buckle underneath the pressure. The Captain glanced back at Rangiku, thankful she still had enough energy and sense to move back away from the fight as Toshiro deflected and dodged the next attack from the Hollow. "Hado #33: Sokatsui!"

The Hollow snorted a green fire from its nostrils, negating the red ball of energy that the white-haired male had sent its way. As Toshiro leapt for an attack with his sword, the Hollow raised its left arm, blocking the metal with the bone shield attached to it. It knocked him backwards, the dust lifting into the air as Toshiro finally came to a stop and the Hollow let out a howl, its arms reaching up over its head to grasp at the swords carried on its back. Grabbing one in each hand, the Hollow brought the katana out of their sheaths and charged towards Toshiro. He dodged the first sword then blocked the second with his own, kicking the Hollow in its chest and adding a bit of his reiatsu, making it stagger back a few steps. The Hollow roared and swiped again with its right arm, clashing it against Toshiro's Zanpakuto, making sure the Shinigami was occupied before it attacked with the other one.

"Captain!" Matsumoto yelled in distress as she struggled to stand. "Growl! Haineko!" Her Zanpakuto dissipated into the air like ash, Matsumoto directing it with the hilt in her hand towards her Captain's unshielded side. The ash wrapped around the Hollow's left arm, stopping it in mid attack. Matsumoto slashed the hilt through the air in front of her body, like she was attacking an enemy, and the ash around the Hollow's arm cut through the black flesh, the appendage falling to the ground with a loud thud.

"Stay back Rangiku!" Toshiro ordered her as he jumped up into the air, only to have the Hollow grab him by his leg and slam him back down into the ground. His face his the dirt and he spit out the soil as he turned over, his eye glaring as the Hollow struck at him again with its sword. There wasn't any time to move or defend with his Zanpakuto, so making due with a small sacrifice, Toshiro allowed the Hollow to pierce his right arm with its blade. He winced slightly as the sharp object ran through his bicep but let it slip from his mind as he moved his Zanpakuto to his left hand and sliced at the Hollow's open abdomen. "Reign over the frosted heavens! Hyournimaru!" The red-eyed, blue ice dragon appeared from the end of Toshiro's sword to slam into the Hollow.

However the Hollow saw the attack and jumped, Hyourinmaru's attack cutting off the monster's legs. It howled in pain as it crashed on to the ground. It jammed its sword in to the ground, trying to get leverage to push itself up, as both of its legs and its left arm were detached. The green and yellow striped on its masked started to glow brightly as the Hollow opened it mouth, hissing at the white-haired Captain, the saliva spewing out to dribble along its chin.

"Pathetic." Toshiro glared, the ice dragon encircling him and facing the Hollow. It really wasn't something that should've caught him off guard earlier. He raised his sword for the final attack, the words forming on his lips when a pain in his lower left leg had him kneeling towards the ground. His gaze quickly snapped to his leg to see a blade, glistening with his blood protruding out of his skin. 'The hell!?' He turned his head around, his eyes narrowing in to slits as he saw the forgotten arm of the Hollow upright and racing towards him, moving by the big black fingers. "How can it be moving?!" He rolled to the side as the arm raced past him.

Grabbing the hilt of the sword that was lodged in his leg, he pulled it out, his right eye closing from the pain as he threw the wretched thing to the side. Standing up, he went to move forward only to have a hot searing pain race up his leg and up his spine. The pain was so intense, Toshiro was forced back down to his hands and knee, his small body gasping for breath as he tried to will the pain to subside. 'W-what is this feeling?' He clenched his fists, only for his right arm to have the same feeling, the pain made him shake and he desperately grabbed at his arm with his left hand, to try and lessen the pain. 'It feels like they're on fire.' One eye was clenched shut as Toshiro looked up to see the fallen appendages of the Hollow reattach themselves to the black body.

The monster bellowed in laughter, a sickening sound like nails on a chalkboard. And as it spoke, the Hollow voice sounds like hundreds of voice combined into one, male and female alike. "Do you feel it Shinigami?" Arms outstretched, the black hands of the monster grabbed more swords off its back, crouching down a little to ready itself into attacking again.

As the Hollow took a step forward, Aizen appeared in front of it, standing between the black mass and the fallen Division Captain, his hand raised in the air, commanding the monster to stop. "I will give you one last chance, Toshiro…" The brunette offered out his free hand towards the smaller male kneeling on the ground. "Join us."

Toshiro spat on the ground in front of them, practically on Aizen's shoes as he refused. "Go to hell."

"As you wish." Aizen gave a small sigh before he turned his attention to the Hollow behind him. "Get rid of him."

The Hollow howled in victory as moved past Aizen with a speed it hadn't used before, almost disappearing from sight until it appeared in front of Toshiro, its arms raised as it brought down its swords. "Time for some fun!"

Toshiro blocked it with his Shikai form and rolled away, trying to buy himself some time to stand up. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Matsumoto in the tree line, leaning against a tree. He cursed as he stumbled but quickly regained his stance, his Zanpakuto in front of him. If was going to get himself and his lieutenant out of this alive…he would have to step it up a bit. "Bankai." He whispered harshly, his sword glowing before a cold icy wind blew through the field they were battling in. Ice spread from his Zanpakuto onto his left hand, encasing his left arm, down his back and consuming his legs, turning them into iced claws. Two huge wings of ice appeared on his back and a long tail slowly flicked behind him.

By the gleam in those beady red eyes, Toshiro could've guessed that the Hollow was glad to see that the Captain had grown seriously enough to use his strongest attacks with his Zanpakuto. "I'm surprised you can still move, Shinigami." The Hollow said. "I commend you for that."

"Your praises are wasted, Hollow." Toshiro hissed.

"Ah, I see you've already figured out my power." The monster laughed. "But the real question is…do you know what comes next?"

"It doesn't matter. You'll be dead in a matter of seconds."

"Tough words for such a small shrimp."

A tick formed in Toshiro's jaw and he mentally scolded himself for arguing with a Hollow. Rather than retorting he let his actions do the talking as he attacked. "Ryuusenka!" He leapt towards the monster, Hyorinmaru's ice form circling around his body as his Zanpakuto was raised to strike cleanly and effectively. However, Toshiro was unprepared as the Hollow jumped up and over him, leaving his lieutenant in range of his attack. "Matsumoto!" He saw the horror on her face as he neared her but it was too late to stop his attack and there wasn't any way he could avoid her. "Run!" He ordered, fully knowing that in her condition she wouldn't be able to get far.

Matsumoto turned and ran between the trees, trying to get a little leverage. She wouldn't blame her captain if this didn't end well. Feeling her breath catch in her throat as Toshiro's attack bore down on her she quickly slid behind the trunk of a large tree, crossing her arms and curling up into the smallest ball she possible could put herself in, her large breasts, unfortunately, not helping at the moment.

Toshiro felt nothing but guilt as he watched the ice spread out of his Zanpakuto to cover a wide area of the forest. In the back of his mind, he used his reiatsu to pay attention to the movements of the Hollow as he sliced his way through the ice he had created with his Zanpakuto. "Rangiku!" He called as he shoved away another chunk. The further he got to the center, the more he looked through the ice, noting the distorted figures of the trees, trying to find his lieutenant.

Cutting a large piece of ice away from a tree he faintly felt Matsumoto's reiatsu. He found a small bush-like object next to the tree he had just release and sliced into the remaining ice that surrounded it. Grey ash burst in to the air and fell around in a discarded pile as the orange-haired beauty was revealed. "Rangiku?" He knelt beside her, his eyes slightly wide as he softly shook her. 'That's the Matsumoto I know.'

"C-captian." She shakily replied as she pushed herself to a sitting position, the ash that settled around her sweeping back to form her sword again as she grasped it. "I'm sorry. I wasn't fast enough."

"It's my fault for not paying attention."He shook his head and laid a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Stay here." He stood back up, the pain in his arm and leg coming back to him as he hissed and returned out of the forest to face the Hollow. He found the monster laughing hysterically as he reappeared. "What's so funny?" He demanded.

The Hollow paused to take a look at the white-haired male. "Can't you tell? The pain in your body is spreading." The monster disappeared from sight.

'How can it move so fa—arg!' Toshiro looked around wildly to find where the Hollow had gone only to feel a burning sensation on his right leg. The Hollow had cut him again with his sword and that intense pain was causing problems in letting him move freely. "I don't understand…" He whispered underneath his breath.

"Don't you get it?!" The Hollow appeared to his left. "My powers are special. I have the ability to consume the powers of the Shinigami I kill and harness those powers together for myself!"

"Impossible. Zanpakuto's represent a Shinigami's Soul." Toshiro was having trouble understanding. "If there's no soul, there's no Zanpakuto…" He examined the Hollow once more, noticing the still twitching pockets of skin that covered the monster, his eyes widening as he finally understood how all those Zanpakuto were still around. "The souls…you're…keeping them alive?"

The hollow patted a pocket on his arm. "I see they don't call you the prodigy for nothing."

"And the effects of the Zanpakutos…" Toshiro needn't to elaborate he was referring to the two katana that had pierced his body.

"A beauty, is it not?" The multiple voices meshed in to one resounded in the Captain's ear; Toshiro's sluggish movements prevented him from dodging the monster's next attack, allowing the Hollow to slice through his back. "The best part is: even if I'm dead, not saying you could ever kill me, whoever's affected by my powers will undoubtedly live until that soul dies." He grinned, a mouthful of sharp yellow teeth showing. "If you can survive long enough."

Toshiro growled. He'd heard enough. "Guncho Tsurara!" He swiped his sword and an array of ice daggers were flown towards the Hollow. The disbelief clear in his eyes as the monster enveloped himself in a sphere of green fire, effectively melting Toshiro's attack, leaving a huge blanket of steam to settle over the area. He waited, using his reiatsu to sense the enemy around him. His eyes shifted as the mist started to thin, his body turning towards the left as he felt an extremely large amount of reiatsu gather together. 'This isn't the reiatsu of another captain…what is it?' He didn't get the chance to ponder on it as a large burst of yellow and green energy blasted his way.

The white-haired Captain shifted to move out of the way but a pain in his shoulder blades and legs prevented him from doing so. An unknown panic rose inside of him as he tried to shift his wings again only to have more pain fire throughout his body. 'W-what…no….it can't…end like this!' He yelled in frustration. If he didn't move soon, he'd be killed. Gripping his hands into fists, he grunted out the pain as he made the ice wings on his back shift in to a shield in front of him. Putting his hands on the wings, he moved to give them extra support as the blast from the Hollow neared.

"You think that can save you?!" The Hollow screamed. "What a sorry excuse for a Captain you are!"

Toshiro's eyes widened impressively large as the ice wings before him shattered, revealing the large Hollow to be directly in front of him. He was frozen to the spot as he saw the smirk reflect in the Hollow's eyes only to watch the monster disappear and have a vision full of yellow and green energy. That Hollow moves so fast! It even had time to break through his ultimate defense while its attack was already launched. 'Rangiku…I'm sorry.' He closed his eyes as the light consumed him, praying that she had enough time to escape.

Matsumoto felt an unyielding guilt as she hid. This was her Captain. It was her duty as a lieutenant to protect her Captain at all costs! So what was she doing hiding liked a scared little pussy cat? She scoffed at herself. 'Bet Haineko would have a field day with this…' She managed to pulled herself up and return to the edge of the battle field, wondering where that sound of nails on a chalkboard was coming from. There was a bright flash of light as she exited the safety of the trees, throwing her arms up over her face and blinking before her vision was cleared. Her heart skipped a few beats as she saw the Captain of Squad Ten be consumed by a ball of yellow and green light.

"CAPTAIN HITSUGAYA!"

She screamed at the top of her lungs, dodging behind the safety of a nearby tree as the blast impacted. Smaller trees and bushes were torn from their roots and blasted away, dirt and dust flew everywhere as Matsumoto covered her mouth with one of her hands and stumbled to where the attack dissipated and where she saw her Captain disappear. 'No…' Tears gathered at the corners of her eyes and spilled over as she slid down the crater walls to the center, looking for her Captain. But the only thing she found was the green sash that held her Captain's Zanpakuto to his body. She fell to her knees in a crying mess, her hands on her face as she held the sash. "C-captain…"

The Hollow snorted as he watched the scene below. He could have some fun with the orange-haired beauty, but it wasn't in his orders to mess with her. Ichimaru would most likely kill him for it and he wasn't too desperate on dying. Not yet anyways. He turned around and sheathed the swords in his hands, disappearing in to thin air.