Chapter 11: Going home... then going home again.

Yeaahhhhh, I'm late... writer's block.

Hello and welcome to another chapter of NFCN:NS, before I start I wanted to address a couple things people said.

First being that I was doing as much as I could to not change cannon, which was probably the stupidest reviews I've seen on this story yet, I know that I didn't change most of the events of cannon with Ichigo until now, but there are simple reasons to it, first of all, there was no need to, for what I want for this story the initial setup till the end of the soul society arc was needed, or at least didn't need to be changed, besides, I don't see what some of you are complaining about, it's not like I wrote the cannon events, also, you have to be really stupid to think that I will keep following cannon from now, the small changes I put, like, I don't know, Aizen and 'Madara' teaming up at the end, are obvious indicators that the story won't be following cannon from now. I don't mean to insult anybody, but it really is obvious.

Also, about how 'Madara' managed to use his EMS to find himself in Soul Society, I'll explain it now since I'm not planning on wasting a paragraph on that in the story, the way his Kamui works in this story is that his pocket world that he can teleport himself in serves as a sort of 'hub'. From there he can access all the other worlds, although it uses excessive amounts of chakra, so he doesn't do it often, usually using the normal methods of transportation, such as the Dangai.

Alright, that's all, so without further ado,

LEGO!

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Demon/Hollow talking"

'Demon/Hollow thinking'

"Spirit Talking"

'Spirit thinking'

Disclaimer: Don't own Bleach or Naruto.

Chapter 11: Going home... then going home again.

Las Noches... right after Aizen and his accomplices escape...

A growing distortion in space in the meeting room of Las Noches alerted the people in it that their Lord, or in other's case, boss, was making their appearance, they all turned their heads in time to see Aizen, Gin, Tosen and Madara appear from the distortion.

"If everybody is here, this meeting shall commence." Aizen said, his voice still smug as he, Gin, Tosen and the other arrancar took their seat, the other people, including Madara, staying up and observing the group, "Now, why the hostile looks, brothers and sisters, why don't you introduce yourselves to our guests, and hopefully allies?" Aizen demanded.

"As you wish Aizen-sama." A bored looking man said, "Coyote Starrk, Primera Espada."

"Baraggan Louisenbairn, Segunda Espada."

"Tier Harribel, Tres Espada."

"Ulquiorra Cifer, Cuatro Espada."

"Nnoitra Gilga, Quinto Espada."

"Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Sexta Espada."

"Zommari Rureaux, Septima Espada."

"Szayelaporro Granz, Ocatava Espada."

"Aaroniero Arruruerie, Novena Espada."

"Yammy Llargo, Diez Espada."

"Kaname Tosen."

"Ichimaru Gin."

"Aizen Sousuke, now, would mind giving us your names?" he asked, his smug voice pissing off most of the members of the other group, although their boss's orders prevented them from doing anything.

"Deidara."

"Hidan."

"Kakuzu."

"Kisami Hoshigaki."

"Orochimaru."

"Sasori."

"Zetsu."

"Konan."

"Pain."

"Madara Uchiha."

"I see, well, now that introductions are over, we can get to business. We both know what we want from each other, Madara." Aizen said, his voice turning dangerous as he set his elbows on the table, "Question is, how should we proceed with it? We could be allies, but I doubt that would last long, but we both need each other for our separate goals, we need your knowledge on the bijuu and the shinobi world, and you will eventually need our help in dealing with Soul Society, so how do you wish to proceed?"

"You've got the whole situation wrong." Madara said, causing Aizen's eyes to narrow, "We don't need your help to deal with Soul Society, we need your help to make my soldiers, and myself, more powerful, and you need our help because otherwise, dealing with the entire Soul Society and eventually the Shinobi world, would be too much for even you. So I propose that you use your... methods, to give me and my soldiers some, what do you call them? Hollow powers. And we will help you to deal with your endeavours after that. What do you say?" Madara suggested.

"The idea is acceptable, although I must warn you that I do not know how the process of giving hollow powers to your soldiers would go, it might not go as planned." Aizen lied, he knew very well he could give the members of the Akatsuki near perfect hollow powers, but that would make them too powerful, and he couldn't afford that, so he feigned that the Hogyoku wouldn't be able to give them perfect hollow powers, which seemed to work as Madara nodded.

"I see, it should still be enough, I trust you already have all you need in order to give my soldiers their powers?" Madara asked, prompting Szayel to join the conversation.

"Yes, we can start the procedure as soon as you wish, although risks will still be possible." he said.

"I see. Before we start I would like to suggest a plan of action for the near future." Madara started, "We all know that the bijuu are extreme power boosts to both the Shinobi and the Shinigami, so I suggest that after the procedure has been completed, we form teams of one arrancar and one Akatsuki member to head out and capture the Jinchuriki, it seems like the most logical plan of action. The Bijuu's order of power goes from highest tail to lowest, the nine-tails is the most powerful, while the one-tail is the least. Although the Jinchuriki themselves can be dangerous as well, I have already made a list of the most dangerous targets, here." he said as he deposited a list on the table, Aizen grabbed it, analysing it for around 30 seconds, before he slid it back towards Madara.

"I see, I believe that I should send the Grimmjow to deal with the one-tail, he seems to be one of the most dangerous one despite having the weakest bijuu. I will send Zommari to deal with the two-tails. There is no Jinchuriki for the three-tails, so I will send Yammy for him. The four-tails should be dealt with by Aaroniero. Nnoitra will go for the five-tails. Ulquiorra will deal with the six-tails. Szayel will deal with the seven-tails. Baraggan will go after the eight-tails. And for the last, and obviously most dangerous I will send Starrk and Harribel." he finsihed, surprising everybody by Aizen's last choice.

"With all due respect Aizen-sama. Is the nine-tails really that powerful?" Harribel asked, shocked that Aizen thought the Primera and Tres Espada, along with an Akatsuki member were required for one person, Aizen simply nodded.

"While I do not know the extent of his powers, the nine-tails on his own could rival Yamamoto, and he has developed his own powers, he will be a difficult enemy on every occasion." Aizen admitted.

"Very well, Aizen-sama."

"I see, your choice is indeed good Aizen, I will decide which soldiers of mine go for who depending on their power levels after the procedure. Now, Szayel, if you could escort us to where the operation will take place." he said, Szayel looked at Aizen and got up after receiving a nod.

"Follow me please. Oh! I must also remind you that the operation will take around 3 days." Szayel said as him and the Akatsuki disappeared.

"Aizen-sama, once again with all due respect. Do you really think we can trust these low-life human scum that have openly gone against justice in their society?" Tosen asked, Aizen nodded, his smug smirk back in full force.

"Don't worry Tosen, everything is going as planned." he said as he sat back in his throne.

Meanwhile in Soul Society...

"Eheh, this is awkward..." Naruto muttered as he stood in front of all the captains of Soul Society, all looking at him with suspicious eyes, although some were looking at him with different gleams in their eyes, "Soooo, I guess you guys want to know what a human from Area 51 is doing here, much more with human ryokas and an exile from long ago?" he asked, rhetorically.

"Yes, that would be a good place to start." Yamamoto said.

"Well, the short story is that basically, the whole fiasco with hollowfication that happened 175 years ago was caused by Aizen, not Urahara." he started, shocking most captains present, "Aizen framed Urahara by using Kyoka Suigetsu, all Urahara did was save the victims, also, the victims of the hollowfication are all still alive. And not hollows. Maybe if you guys would have actually tried to save those victims instead of simply tossing them to the execution stand, things would have gone better." he said accusingly, making most captains that were present at the time look down in shame, "Just because one is half-hollow, hell, even full hollow, doesn't mean they are just some mindless beast that should be subjugated. It's one of the main problems I have with you guys actually."

"Are you saying that you do not agree with out justice system?" Yamamoto said, his tone dangerous.

"Yeah, that's what I'm saying, you all know your jutsice system is stupid, the fact that you guys take orders from the central 46 as if their words were always axiom is stupid. Especially since most of them are corrupted bigots. To be honest if there is one thing I'm happy Aizen did was kill them all, since that was apparently the only way to get rid of them." he said brutally, "But no matter, I'm not here to try and bring some new justice system and overthrow you guys, I'm just here to help deal with Aizen, and now the Akatsuki apparently."

"Anyways, if you would please go back to your story." Unohana said.

"Oh yeah, sorry." he said sheepishly, "Anyways, after Urahara and the others were exiled, Yoruichi helped them escape, and they went to area 51, since it was better than going to the normal living world. That night when they arrived happened to be the night of my birth, along with Minato and Kushina's death. They died sealing the nine-tails in me, after which Yoruichi, who was friends with Minato and Kushina from her many missions to area 51, took me in, for the next 11 or so years we lived normally, with Yoruichi, Urahara and the others training me. 11 or so years after their exile, Yoruichi, Tessai and Urahara went to the living world, I followed after them soon after. Where I trained for the next 55 years."

"If I may." Ukitake said, "How is it possible for a normal human to have lived 66 years and still look like you do?"

"Well, first of all, thanks." He said, grinning, "And second of all, it's a long story, basically, I'm dead, my chain of fate has been cut, but I'm using my own body as gigai, preventing me from ageing."

"Okay, that seems to make sense."

"After Ichigo lost his powers, I agreed to go with him to save Rukia, also going to prevent Aizen from getting the Hogyoku, which didn't happen." he said bitterly, "And now it seems that Aizen has teamed up with the Akatsuki, meaning that the Shinobi world is going to get involved with Soul Society affairs."

"How do you suggest we deal with the matter of the Akatsuki, you know more about that than we do." Shunsui asked.

"Well, actually, I don't know that much about the Akatsuki, the only thing I know is that they are targeting the bijuu, which means they'll probably start by targeting all the Jinchuriki, Aizen also seemed interested in them, so I'd think we should be focused on protecting them, they might be powerful, but I doubt they'll be fine against both the Akatsuki and Aizen's army." he said.

"Aren't you a Jinchuriki as well?" Yamamoto asked.

"Yeah, but I'll be fine, I doubt they'll target me until they have all the other ones anyways."

"So how do you suggest we do all this? Do you know where all the Jinchuriki are?" Unohana asked.

"No, I just know that out of the five great villages, there are 2 in Kumo, 2 in Iwa, 1 in Konoha, 1 in Suna, 2 in Kiri and 1 from Taki, but that isn't a great village." he said, "We should probably send a couple captains, along with their lieutenant, to guard some of the Jinchuriki, the others will be guarded by me, or the visoreds. I don't know if the other villages would let us. But if they did we should regroup most of the Jinchuriki, it would make it a lot easier to guard them." he suggested.

"It is decided then, we shall send captains Kuchiki, Shunsui and Hitsugaya, along with their lieutenants, to defend three of the Jinchuriki, Uzumaki will go defend one as well, the visoreds will go protect four as well, you are all free to add members to each of your teams to join you, as long as they are lieutenant level or above. The rest of us will stay and defend the Soul Society, Urahara along with his partners will stay in the world of the living and alert us to any activity going on there. I trust that you will be able to report that to him, Uzumaki." Yamamoto said, to which Naruto nodded, "Your headquarters while in the Shinobi world will be in Konoha. Understood?" he finished, to which they all nodded, "Dismissed."

The next day...

"It's good to be home." Naruto said as him and his group started plummeting down to the ground, being in a similar predicament to the one they had been in when they had arrived in Soul Society, only this time they were arriving in the living world.

Only this time they were saved, not by Orihime's shield, but by a magic carpet, "Why hello there~. Welcome back, I trust you had a great time." Kisuke said as the group landed on the carpet.

"Cool." Naruto thought out loud as he looked at the carpet, "Well, it was pretty fun, but we weren't able to kill Aizen, although we did save Rukia." Naruto told him as he retold what had happened during their trip.

"I see. It is indeed troubling that Aizen has gotten his hands on the Hogyoku, much more that he is allied with the Akatsuki. I guess for now all we can do is plan ahead." Kisuke sighed, "Now, where do you three live? We'll drop you off before Ichigo, since we need to talk to him."

"What do you need to talk to me for?" Ichigo asked.

"It's a private matter, we'll discuss it later." Yoruichi said, confusing not only Ichigo, but his friends, who were wondering what could be going on with him.

"Okay..." he said. Several minutes later the four of them were in front of Ichigo's house, "Okay, so what is it that you need to talk to me about?" he inquired.

"It's simple really, you're coming with us to the shinobi world." Naruto said with a grin, surprising Ichigo.

"W-what? Why would I be going to the living world with you guys?" he asked.

"Do you remember what happened, during your fight with Bya-bit.. I mean Byakuya, when you... lost control?" Naruto questioned, getting a nod yes from Ichigo, "Well, basically, during your little shattered shaft experience, you developed, much like me, an inner hollow. Meaning that currently, that hollow is trying to take control of you, and that you will have to fight it for control. The reason why you have to follow us into the shinobi world is that the only people that can help you with your problem are me, and people that live there." Naruto explained, shocking Ichigo.

"You mean... I'm half-hollow, half-shinigami?"

"Yes, we call ourselves visoreds, and this," he said as he brought his hand to his face, clawing it down, forming a white mask, with tribal, almost fox like orange markings on it, "Is our power." he finished as his spiritual pressure hit Ichigo like a freight train, making it hard for him to stand up and breathe, Naruto kept the mask on for a couple seconds before it disappeared in a shower of spirit particules, "It think you've got the idea of the type of power you will be able to attain if you train your hollow powers. So, what's your answer?"

Ichigo was conflicted, on one side, the power he had just felt was incredible, stronger than anything he had ever felt, more intimidating than anything he had ever felt, but on the other side, he had a hard time admitting that he could even be 1 percent hollow. Those creatures, they were the creatures that had killed his mother, tried to kill his loved ones, they were evil beings lost in darkness, "Is there a way I could simply not train them, ignore them?" Ichigo asked.

"To put it simply, if you were to leave your inner hollow to do its thing, after a while, it would take over, meaning not only would you not be able to protect your loved ones, but on top of it you would be a danger to them." Naruto said harshly, he could see he had convinced Ichigo with that, but he could still see that he would never embrace his hollow side, and if he didn't do that, he would never be able to fully control his powers, so Naruto continued, "I know why you're hesitant about these powers, after all, they are a hollow's, and I know what we all think of them, but look at your powers like a tool; a tool like a gun used in the wrong hands could be used to malevolent ends, but a gun used in the right hands could be used to prevent that. You see, it isn't a problem of what you're using, what matters is who's using it. Just because you're using hollow powers, doesn't make you hollow." Naruto explained.

"Yeah... I guess you're right." Ichigo said, "I'm going with you guys, I won't let this hollow walk on me." he told them with renewed determination and a smirk, that was reciprocated by Naruto, Yoruichi and Kisuke.

"Good, then I suggest you go tell your family an excuse as to why you'll be gone. We leave tomorrow afternoon at the shop." Kisuke said, before all three vanished in a blur of shunpo. Leaving Ichigo alone, sighing he jumped back to his window, ready to take on whatever would happen in the future.

The next day... Urahara's shop...

The Urahara shoten currently felt extremely small, crowded by not only Naruto, Yoruichi, Tessai, Jinta and Ururu, but also Ichigo, along with on top of that captains Kuchiki, Shunsui and Hitsugaya and lieutenants Abarai, Ise and Matsumoto, who were all waiting for Kisuke to be done preparing the portal that led to the shinobi world in the underground basement, Ichigo in particular felt particularly crammed, being next to not only the hyperactive Jinta, but also the very bubbly Tenth's squad lieutenant, who on top of that had her extremely big... buoys, pressed up to his side, he tried to contain his blush as he felt them squish on his shoulder, "Damn geta-boshi..." he muttered under his breath, "What did I do to deserve this..."

It seems that his silent plea for help was answered as the trap that led to the basement was suddenly opened, revealing a smirking Kisuke, "So sorry about the wait, please commence descending. One at a time." he said, although his statement was ignored as all the people in the room, including the captains, rushed in to the basement, ending up getting stuck in the small hole in the ground, "People never listen to me~" he cried playfully as he tapped his foot lightly on the bunch, causing them to go falling down, Kisuke landing gracefully behind them waving his fan, "I warned you~~" he said as he walked off, making it obvious they should follow him, and leaving a grumbling group behind him.

"Damn teme, I should slap your ass..." Grumbled Naruto before he actually realised what he said, 'Not like that, perverted writer, but still. Pause.' he thought as they all picked themselves up, all muttering obscenities under their breath, "As much as I hate to say it, we need to follow him." he said as he walked towards where Kisuke had disappeared, Yoruichi jumping on his shoulder in her cat form, he scratched the back of her ear, making her purr, "So, you excited to go back?" He asked her.

"Yeah, I've missed Konoha after all these years, it'll be fun to see how your group of friends ended up." she replied, making Naruto smile nostalgically as he remembered what were, to him, old memories, Yoruichi noticed that, nuzzling her head to his neck, "I'm sorry about all this. If it weren't for us you would have had normal childhood." she said sadly, she truly did regret the fact that he had never gotten to really live like any other kid had, she felt like they had stolen his childhood.

"It's fine, if anything, I'm grateful to you guys for taking me in, if it weren't for you I probably would have been mistreated by the villagers, I wouldn't know the half of the secrets about myself I do know and I wouldn't have had any type of family. Trust me, I'm happy it went like this." he reassured her. She kept silent after that, not knowing how to respond, until they got to where Kisuke had gone off to, the rest of the group following shortly after.

"You guys ready?~" he said, waving his fan in front of his face, although his smirk could still be heard. All he received were nods and glares, making him cry anime tears, "I never get shown any type of sympathy for what I do." he said sadly, before he jumped onto one of the wooden poles, "Oh well, if it weren't for me, you'd all have been dead twenty times over by now, so who really wins?"

"Whatever teme! Just get this thing started!" Naruto yelled out. Minutes later, a distortion in space appeared in the middle of the two wooden poles, one that soon developed into a huge portal.

"What are you waiting for! Go, my birdies! Fly! Say hi to Jiraiya-sama for me and ask him to send his new books to me!" Kisuke said, waving them towards the portal, they all jumped one by one, until they were all gone, leaving only Jinta, Ururu and Tessai, who needed to stay in the living world.

In the portal...

It took them a couple minutes more than normal to make it across the portal, what with almost all of the people who had never seen what the portal to the sinobi world looked like staring at it all the time. But they had made it, and they were now looking at the end of the portal, ready to cross it, which they all did one by one, leaving Naruto and Yoruichi in the end.

"You ready?" Naruto asked.

"Course I am." Yoruichi scoffed out. Making Naruto roll his eyes.

"How could I forget, you're always ready for everything."

"You know it." she said. Naruto waited a couple more seconds, before Yoruichi decided she was sick of it and slashed his face.

"Gahhh! Why does that still hurt so much! Okay I get it!" he screamed as he jumped across the portal.

Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me.

Sooooooo, yes... one could say I'm about 1 or 2 weeks late, and yeeeessss, one could say that this chapter is short as all living shit. But to be honest, I had a really hard time writing this chapter, not only because of writer's block, but also because I couldn't find the determination to write it. So yes, I'm extremely sorry about not updating either this story or the other one in so long, but I'm gonna try and pick myself up and actually update consistently now, although there will be no updates this week, I'll try my hardest to update 'Hybrid' not this next Wednesday, but the Wednesday after that, and then I'll start going with the update schedule I had actually planned. Also, the reason why I'm not updating next Wednesday is simply because the only time I have to actually write anything for a long time during the week is Wednesday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday, and this Tuesday Zombies Chronicles is dropping on Black Ops 3, so I'll be playing that, I'm sure you can understand.

I'll try my best to stop being a lazy fuck and update like I planned, but I can't promise anything.

Thanks for reading.