Summoner of demons

Upon feeling the pain of his soul chain devouring itself, Ichigo felt himself fall with his mind whirling before he collided with a hard surface, making him groan at the thundering headache he had gained he blinked his eyes to focus… which made him look at the labyrinth of bookshelves rising up around him. Standing up he felt a cold chill run up his spine to the sight of a hole in his chest, looking up suddenly at a growl behind him, Ichigo ducked in time to avoid a Panther of shadows skidding away from him after a lunge, making Ichigo's eyes widen in horror he went to run until a voice spoke.

"Nice reflexes" turning to the right as the panther approached the man, he stood with a red book in hand while balancing on a Cane.

"Who are you?"

Giving Ichigo a smug smile he spoke while approaching him with a silent grace.

"Isn't it obvious Ichigo, you and I have been two sides of a Coin since the beginning, two beings brought together for a higher purpose, My name Ichigo, is-" what came out of the man's mouth was nthing but silence, which made Ichigo blink in confusion.

"Sorry I didn't quite catch that?" seeing the man gain a saddened look he shook his head with a sigh.

"You are this close yet so far from hearing my name, Ichigo, perhaps-" stopping after hearing a crash, the two turned to see shelves upon shelves crumbling down towards them, staring at the sight with wide eyes Ichigo felt himself pulled into a run from the black clad man with his Cane.

"What the hells going ON!"

"You're inner world is crumbling Ichigo, crumbling from youre attempts of regaining you're Shinigami powers, for you to survive this ordeal, you must learn my name!" turning to the left down another row of shelves, the two stared down the staircase downward, looking to the crumbling shelves they shared a look before they tore off shelves to use to slide down the stairs.

Ichigo trying to figure out anything about the man fleeing with him he spared a glance back to see the stairs themselves falling down to an abyss, followed by the two with ichigo screaming as they fell to another library below them.

"Why exactly are you screaming if you are to regain you're death god abilities?" turning to the man as he calmly fell beside Ichigo, the orange haired teen looked down with a frown of panic before he turned to the man as he began to slowly smile.

"What do you mean why am I screaming!?"

"Look to me and ask that question" looking to the man as he had a relaxed look in his eyes, Ichigo frowned before his eyes widened at a sudden realisation, pointing to the man as he smiled, he held his Cane to Ichigo like he was exchanging a handshake.

"When a hollow is on the brink of turning, there is only one thing that remains before he devourers himself completely"

Grabbing the Cane with a smile of understanding on his face, Ichigo held it with both hands as it glowed a deep purple.

"I know who you are"

"Than claim my power as your own"


Standing with a stoic look to the opening of the shattered shaft, Kisuke Urahara ignored the screams of agony from Ichigo as a hollows mask reached over his face, forming a bird like mask the mouth of it began to form a human jaw before his assistant, Tessai called out from below.

"I think it's over Boss, I'm switching to eliminate mode" slamming his hands together with an intricate sign he went to call out until Ichigo exploded with a purple light before he stood up with a set of wings appearing around him before he surged upward.

Leaving Tessai in the dust as the purple energy ricocheted wildly before finally landing just a good few feet from Kisuke, making Kisuke blink as smoke rose from the crater before two purple orbs shone brightly within.

Sooner followed by a larger third one as it rose above the other two before they moved out of the smoke, one taking flight in the form of a demonic looking bird, the other stalking towards him as a panther. Making Urahara blink at the sight before the third glow was shown to be a golem of black sludge with an eerie leer to its lonesome eye.

And standing before it was Ichigo… holding a broken Cane and tattered clothing consisting of worn sandels like he himself wore, what remained of a leather glove on his left hand, and a coat torn from wear on his very being as he fell to his knees tiredly, panting for a second Ichigo looked up to Kisuke with a calm aura rising from him.

"So Hat 'n clogs, does this pass the test?"

Opening his mouth to give an answer Kisuke and Ichigo's attention was sooner grabbed by the appearance of a red Book with a V emblazoned on the cover, watching it fall in front of him, Ichigo took the book with care as it's old and worn appearance slowly faded to its prime.

Making Ichigo stand up with a frown before he noticed his attire.

"Hey uh, this isn't the normal Shinigami robes is it?"

With that ichigo fell unconscious, followed by the three creatures fading into black smoke that sank into his skin, leaving the teen tattooed, with Kisuke thinking of how to explain this to Isshin.

At first I was planning to make this a one shot for future writers to get some idea of inspirations, but F*ck it, this is becoming a small story.