Ending 3: Despair (Darkest Ending)

Ichigo stood in silence as the rain fell upon his face. Ocul's head was clutched in his hand, and his body had been blown to pieces. Ichigo wondered what he could have done differently to prevent Ocuil's death. His thoughts wandered as he crushed Ocuil's head within his claws.

Ichigo felt true despair as the realization of everything he had done until now hit him. Ichigo had left everyone behind to save Orihime and sacrificed thousands and thousands of hollows. Ichigo had left so much behind just to kill the one he loved the most, so does that mean it was all for nothing?

The thoughts in Ichigo's head as he sat in silence were spinning endlessly, yet did not conclude. "If I were strong enough from the beginning, this would have never happened" Ichigo spoke aloud to nothing, but the pouring rain.

The cold rain trickled down Ichigo's face as he looked into the sky wondering where it all went wrong. Ichigo wondered why he and Orihime had to suffer, yet he couldn't find an answer.

Ichigo became bitter and cold as his thoughts lingered upon the three realms. The human realm is full of weak and unaware people, Hueco Mundo is filled with ever-devouring hollows, and finally, the soul society is full of hypocrites.

Ichigo wanted revenge for everything he had lost. Ichigo wanted to reverse everything that had happened and bring Orihime back, but he knew he couldn't. Ichigo began contemplating as he sat upon a broken throne. Ichigo pondered for 25 Days and Nights until he decided it was time. Ichigo started his conquest of Hueco Mundo as his mind slowly spiraled into that of only revenge. Ichigo either killed or subjugated every single hollow pack he came across. Many hollows could do nothing, but kneel at his overwhelming power. The hollows who resisted were swiftly and utterly annihilated on the face of Hueco Mundo. Ichigo's conquest lasted a simple week before he felt satisfied to begin his invasion of the human realm and the soul society.

Ichigos was no longer a kind or caring person who fought for his friends or family. Ichigo was no longer a hero. Ichigo lived long enough to become the villain in his story, and he would get his vengeance. To Ichigo Orihime's life was worth more than anything else, yet it was snuffed out.

Ichigo howled, causing massive earthquakes across Hueco Mundo, in turn, every hollow to run as fast as they could to his location for it was time. Hundreds of Thousands of hollows were gathering where Ichigo was sitting atop a new throne.

Ichigo forced the hollows to build a new massive throne towering across the entire dessert. Ichigo needed no castle nor walls as his strength was his defiance. 500,000 Hollows of varying shapes and forms gathered first, after that, 200,000 Gillians were the next in line. Then 10,000 Adjuchas were next as Ichigo had forced slaughter pits to occur causing mass deaths for only the strong to survive.

Throughout all of this Ichigo had 10 Espadas under him as well. Ironically, his second in command was Haribel. Haribel had only known so much about Ichigo, yet she saw such a massive change from him. Ichigo often talked to himself aloud like a madman, repeating the exact words and always wondering. Haribel would listen to many of these long insane or crazy rants and felt truly sad for Ichigo. He had lost so much and couldn't return it as if he were a pawn in a chess game. Haribel decided the day before the invasion that she would talk to Ichigo. She had been watching Ichigo for a long time and saw the sad road he traveled. He endlessly slaughtered and devoured for his beloved, willing to sacrifice everything, yet he couldn't save her and instead was the death of Orihime.

Sitting on the shattered throne alone as no one dared approach the new "Emperor" of Hueco Mundo, Ichigo muttering and speaking aloud to what seemed like the sky. The rain was never ending and continued to pour. The rain was sometimes red, black, and pure blue, other times. It was as if Hueco Mundo responded to Ichigo's emotions to a degree.

"It could have been different, I could have, if I had killed or maybe if they hadn't," Ichigo continued, speaking aloud, caught up in the depths of insanity. The loss of Orihime had destabilized his entire being. Ichigo was something he never thought he would become, yet vengeance was his only course.

Haribel had tried to ease Ichigo to a specific degree at least, yet even then Ichigo kept her at a distance. Ichigo couldn't contain anything in his hollow heart (no pun intended).

"Ichigo, I ask you one last time, will you not invade the world of the living and the soul society?" Haribel spoke in a stern yet soft voice. "They took everything from me, and you expect me to do nothing?" "The soul society claims to save, however, its hypocrisy eats it up". "The world of the living is a cruel and corrupt place, yet those in power do nothing, either why should I allow these things to continue?"

"Exterminating Millions won't change what has happened," Haribel said, raising her tone. Ichigo stood up from his throne, and a menacing aura began to leak out of him. "YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT?" Ichigo roared. "This world will know what loss is and it shall become changed for the better or worse I care not" spoke Ichigo in a cold and unforgiving voice. "Prepare the troops, the invasion will begin soon!" Haribel, even though unwilling, prepared the troops as the mumbles and echoes of Ichigo were heard across the sands of Hueco Mundo.

Ichigo had prepared a massive invasion force to annihilate everything in its wake. Was it to "save the world from corruption"? He knew not, either, as vengeance had swallowed him whole. Haribel had already tried many days to steer him from this path, yet he remained as he was.

A massive, gargantuan opened across Hueco Mundo as hollows poured into the Soul Society. On the Soul Society side were alarms going off left and right, and a massive gargantuan opened up as hundreds of thousands of hollows ravaged the Soul Society. Ichigo stepped alongside Haribel only to see the Soul Society already in a gigantic state of war. During Ichigo's time away, the soul society had devolved into a massive civil war that the Wandenreich invasion made worse.

Chaos spread everywhere as Hollows flooded, killing Quinces, Soul Reapers, and Lost souls. Ichigo felt no remorse as he ordered his Gillians to begin the bombardment. Hundreds of Thousands of Ceros started raining down upon the Soul Society, causing massive dimensional instability.

This was precisely what Ichigo wanted as he tore a rift through dimensions and dragged the WanderReich realm through the rift, causing it to slam into the soul society.

Ichigo stood silently, sitting atop a throne he had made because he could. Ichigo had also powered up Haribel 5 times as she was much stronger than even Ulquiora in his Second released form. Haribel looked new form was stunning. Haribel's eyes turned red as six massive angel wings appeared behind her. Haribels' new weapon changed to her powers causing it to be an enormous trident. A few soul reapers and Soldat were trying to get to Ichigo, but it became hell as he finally sent forth his Adjuchas to tear through the masses. Captains and Sternritters were put on their last legs as they were overwhelmed by the massive hordes of hollows. Some had even stopped fighting each other to focus on the hollows, yet it was all in vain. The endless swarm of hollows devoured everything in its wake. Yhwach and Yamamato were still in combat as Ichigo destroyed so much of the Soul Society and Schatten Bereich.

The realms were falling apart as the collision caused both realms to collapse. Ichigo finally decided to stand up as he headed towards the Yamamoto and Yhwach locations.

Ichigo's aura was so strong that no one dared to get close to him, and even those who did were swiftly killed by Haribel. Ichigo walked towards Yhwach and Yamamoto, and they both looked at him, surprised. It took both of them time to recognize who this was, which, of course, after finding out this, they were even more shocked.

"Since the grudge has been going on for so long, why not make it even better!" spoke Ichigo as his insanity began creeping out as he started to laugh.

Ichigo needed no second as he spoke "Eternal Damnation"

Everything suddenly stopped as silence filled the once booming battlefield.

Chains made of the dead sprung up across both dimensions and began to connect them, locking every being in this prison forcefully. Ichigo created an eternal prison so everyone inside would fight eternally forever; this was Ichigo's proper revenge.

An infinite unending war with no escape. No one would win, no one would lose, no one would make any progress. Eternal death is all that awaits.

Ichigo and Haribel began walking away. Ichigo laughed maniacally as the portal closed behind them. Yhwach and Yamato were still utterly stunned and confused by what had transpired. Of course, neither believed Ichigo was powerful enough for what he had "claimed" to have done. The endless war had now begun, and nobody would know its end. Hollows, Quincies, and Soul reapers locked in eternal battle.

Ichigo sat atop his throne, alongside Haribel, who was surprisingly sitting on his lap. It had been a few weeks since what had transpired, and Ichigo felt no change. Ichigo didn't feel better, and it was not like everything he had done was worth it. He felt empty as if without a purpose. Haribel had developed an interesting relationship with Ichigo.

She had come daily to talk with Ichigo and at least try to bring some semblance of fragile peace or stability to his mind, yet nothing worked. His mind was too far gone for anything to change, and his hunger to devour grew. Ichigo had begun consuming more; that was all he could think about. He even went to the eternal warzone and ate a couple of soul reapers and quinces, but they could not satisfy his appetite.

Ichigo was left to devour all day and weep at night, and it turned into a vicious cycle. Haribel was supportive and tried consoling him at night as his mind was less animalistic and more "reasonable".

One day, Ichigo sat atop his throne, and a small semblance of peace appeared. Haribel had stabilized his mind to a degree, and he had grown fond of her. It was like any other night as Ichigo sat atop his throne with Haribel in his lap. He stared at the moon of Hueco Mundo, wondering what could have been and what he could have now.

This line of thinking was cut short as a blade stabbed right into his heart, which was not fatal to a Vasto lord, yet something was different. Ichigo looked to see Haribel had stabbed him in the heart. Utter confusion and shock were plastered over his face as the one he thought could stabilize his life had betrayed him. Ichigo also realized the blade was her most potent weapon. The tiny blade compressed all her spiritual pressure into a single point and then detonated it, however, the target was the soul.

She spoke only a few words to Ichigo before his unexpected death.

"You have changed the world yet still devour hollows leading us into a cycle of repeat once more". "The cycle shall be broken with you, and I thank you for all you have done, however I can't risk leaving you alive" Haribel spoke in a soft, undeterred tone.

Ichigo felt utterly broken by this point as the blade detonated, causing his soul to fracture and disperse across Hueco Mundo.

There was no victory, no cheers, no happiness, no nothing. All that remained was the dark sky as rain began to pour.

Haribel looked up at the sky as raindrops fell down her face. Silence was the only

comfort. War does not determine who is right, only who is left.