Let's begin this story of Arrancar & the Anti-Demon Corps, Hollows & Shuuki, and Hueco Mundo by meeting a young man who finds himself in an impossible situation that leads to his death. However is death merely the beginning for him?

The concept of gender equality was a thing of the past, ever since countless decades ago when a parallel dimension known as Mato opened up. Out of it came monsters of destruction, known as the Shuuki, they wreaked havoc on humanity. All hope seemed lost until the discovery of the Peaches, strange fruits that grew within Mato that when consumed granted humans a unique power. It only worked on women however, leading to a power imbalance with women governing the world and men taking up most menial jobs. The Anti-Demon Corps work tirelessly to combat the Shuuki and prevent the loss of human life if these monsters break into our world. However not everyone can be saved, although the human soul is a powerful thing, perhaps deep within it holds untold power as well.

Japan
In a city within the country of Japan, a young man was seen walking down the sidewalk. He had short spiky orange hair and piercing brown eyes. He was rather tall, standing at six foot and three inches, he wore a white shirt with an ornate black cross design on the front. He wore a sleeveless black vest over top of it, a pair of worn jeans and worn sneakers adorned his legs.

This young man was eighteen year old Izuho Kurogane, a recent high school graduate who lived alone and worked a part time job to support himself. The young man let out a frustrated sigh as pinched the bridge of his nose.

Izuho: I swear if I have one more customer yell at me because they don't know how sales at a freaking grocery store work. I might just storm out and quit that damn job.

Izuho looked up at the sky as he adjusted the backpack on his back slightly, letting out another annoyed growl.

Izuho: Hope you guys are having a better time on the other side, Mom, Dad.....

Izuho shook his head in frustration as he tried to rid his mind of the thoughts of his deceased parents. As the orange haired teen continued to walk through the streets of the city, he spotted two women in military style uniforms, handing out fliers advertising the Anti-Demon Corps.

Izuho: Can't imagine how spread thin they are having to cover that entire alternate dimension. Must be rough knowing that no matter how hard you try you can't save everyone that falls into that damn place.

Izuho grimaced as his mind once again turned towards his late parents, both had fallen victim to a Mato Disaster when he had entered his first year of high school. His mother had been a brilliant doctor who personally supplied medical care to members of the Anti-Demon Corps. His father had been a construction worker, helping repair buildings damaged during attacks from Shuuki when they escaped Mato.

Izuho: I wish both of you were still here, maybe I could've ended up helping people just like both of you did.....

Izuho let out a defeated sigh, despite how rare it was nowadays for men to become doctors, he had hoped to follow in his mother's footsteps. However after their untimely deaths Izuho had no choice but to immediately start working in order to financially support himself, giving up on his dream in the process.

Izuho: Guess that's life sometimes, there just aren't happy endings.....

Izuho let out another sigh before he turned down an alleyway that was a shortcut to the cheap apartment he had been living out of for the last few years. However as the teen continued to walk through the alleyway, the world around him began to distort and get hazy.

Izuho: The hell? The forecast didn't call for fog today.

The alleyway completely disappeared in this strange blinding vortex, when it cleared away, Izuho found himself standing within a rather demonic landscape.

Izuho's eyes widened in realization as he grit his teeth in frustration, he had been dragged into the dangerous realm of Mato.

Izuho: Son of a bitch.....

Before Izuho could even think of what his next course of action should be, the sound of stone cracking could be heard from behind him. The teenager boy turned around only to find a monstrous, vaguely humanoid figure standing between eight to ten feet tall looming over him. Its body was primarily an inky black color, except for the white mask-like face that glared down at him in a predatory and hungry manner.

Izuho: Shit......

Izuho lunged forward as the Shuuki slammed its left fist into the ground where he once had been standing. The teen ran as fast as his legs would carry him, he couldn't stay still, he had to outrun that thing for as long as he could manage.

Izuho's Thoughts: If I can last long enough, maybe some members of the Anti-Demon Corps will pass through this area.

As Izuho thought this he chanced a quick glance over his shoulder, immediately regretting this decision as there were now five Shuuki chasing after him, all of them not too far behind him.

Izuho: Nothing can ever be simple can it?

Izuho growled to himself as he quickly turned left around a rock formation, hoping to lose the demonic monsters by making his path less predictable. The orange haired teen continued to run for his life, his lungs burned and his legs ached but he continued to run, slowing down was not an option. Izuho heard a loud roar from behind him and once again quickly glanced over his shoulder only to see the number of Shuuki had increased to nine and they were almost on top of him at this point.

Izuho's Thoughts: Dammit, dammit, dammit! Can anything ever go my way for once?!

As Izuho thought that he felt something grab his backpack before yanking him up into the air. The orange haired teen was turned around, coming face to face with one of the Shuuki. However instead of feeling fear, Izuho felt rage boil in his heart. These monsters were what killed his parents, these monsters are what ruined his life, these monsters had been a plague on humanity for decades at this point.

Izuho: What are you waiting for freak?! You wanna rip me apart right?! Then do it before a kick your sorry ass!

Izuho then kicked the Shuuki in the torso with his left leg, not harming the monster in the slightest. The orange haired teen kicked the Shuuki twice more before reeling back his right arm and punching the monster square in the face, once again his attempts at harming it were completely futile. The Shuuki grabbed Izuho's right arm before snapping it backwards in the wrong direction, a sickening crack could be heard as Izuho let out a strangled scream of pain.

Izuho: I-Is that the best you got freak?! It's gonna take a lot more than that to kill me!

Izuho felt a strange burning in his chest, not painful, but almost primal in how hot it was. Izuho swung his left leg at the Shuuki's torso again, only for the monster to catch his leg and another sickening snap of bone could be heard as Izuho let out a weaker scream of pain.

Izuho: C-Come o-on....y-you c-call that....deadly?

Izuho could feel the strength drain from his body, his heartbeat growing slower, his vision getting blurrier and blurrier with each passing second. The orange haired teen watched as the Shuuki raised its right claw, clearly ready to kill him for good.

Izuho's Thoughts: Well I guess this is the end, what a crappy way to go. Being killed by the same damn ugly freak shows that did my parents in. If I still had the strength to fight, I'd do everything I could to rip this thing limb from limb.

The Shuuki thrust its claw forward, piercing through Izuho's torso at his pectorals, right below his neck. The teen's body went limp as the Shuuki got ready to rip the corpse apart. However there was something odd about this corpse, it was still incredibly warm as if the life hadn't drained out of it mere moments ago. In fact it felt like it was burning up, getting hotter with each passing second, as if the body itself was being cremated from the inside. Suddenly Izuho's right arm snapped back into place and grabbed the Shuuki's arm.

Izuho: Kill.....

Suddenly the Shuuki's arm was torn clean off as it stumbled backwards letting out an agonized roar of pain. Izuho dropped to the ground, his left leg also no longer broken. The orange haired teen's head was looking down towards the ground as the nine Shuuki studied him in confusion. Izuho slowly looked up, however there was a mask on his face now. It was bone white, except the left side of the mask had red markings on it. Izuho's eyes were no longer their usual brown color, instead they were now a beastly yellow color.

The Shuuki tensed up slightly at the sight of the strange looking mask, there was something almost animalistic and feral about it.

Izuho: Kill them all.....

Izuho's arms started to turned a pure bone white and his fingers morphed into razor sharp claws. The orange haired teen lunged at the Shuuki, swinging his left claw horizontally, slicing the first Shuuki's head off. Izuho leaped into the air as a second Shuuki snuck up on him from behind with its arms raised above its head. Izuho grabbed the Shuuki's arms with his claws before ripping the limbs off the monster, causing it to roar in pain, only to be silenced by Izuho's left claw piercing through its skull. The Shuuki's body collapsed as Izuho stood on top of it, turning to look at the seven remaining Shuuki.

Izuho: ROOOAAARRRR!!!!

Five of the Shuuki charged at Izuho as the mouth of the mask opened up, spikes began growing out of Izuho's arms, his pants tore off, his legs bone white like his arms, his feet ending in razor sharp claws. A sphere of red energy began charging in front of the teen's mouth. With another roar, a powerful beam of red energy was fired from the sphere, engulfing the five Shuuki, completely vaporizing them. Izuho dropped down onto his hands and feet as a long white tail burst out of his tailbone. In one swift motion, Izuho lunged forward, both his claws clasped together held out in front of him like a spear as he pierced right through the first Shuuki's torso. The teen's tail then whipped around struck the last Shuuki in the side, cleaving its body in half.

Izuho: RRRROOOOOAAAARRRRR!!!!

The teen through back his head letting out a powerful roar that shook the entire area around him. His body growing larger, muscles bulging as he looked less and less human with each passing moment. This moment, was the day that a young man by the name of Izuho Kurogane died and in his place a monster was born.

One Year Later
It had been one year since Izuho Kurogane had fallen into Mato and was killed by a pack of Shuuki. However in his place, something far more monstrous was left behind. However despite this Mato continued to be a land of tragedy and death. A young woman could be seen running for her life as a pack of five Shuuki chased after her.

Woman: P-Please, somebody, anybody please rescue me!

The woman pleaded as tears ran down her face, her legs muscles ached and her throat and lungs burned from all of the running she had been doing. The woman quickly made a right hand turn, hoping to shake the monsters off her tail, only to come face to face with a wall of stone.

Woman: N-N-No......

The woman turned around, hoping to run out of the dead end and continue her escape, only to find the five Shuuki were blocking her path. The woman timidly stepped backwards as the monsters stalked towards her. Her back eventually pressed against the rock, she slid down it into a sitting position, her legs giving out due to fear.

Woman: S-Stay back!

The Shuuki continued to stalk closer and closer to the woman, a predatory cruelty in their eyes as tears started to run down the woman's face.

Woman: N-No. P-Please have mercy......

The Shuuki stalked closer and closer to the woman, they were practically looking over her at this point. However before any of the monsters could make a grab at her, an earth shaking roar was heard, stopping the Shuuki dead in their tracks.

Woman: W-What was that?

As if answering the woman's question a giant figure dropped down out of the sky, crushing two of the Shuuki underneath its clawed feet. The woman got a good look at this new monster, it looked nothing like a Shuuki. Its body was a bone white color, it stood at around ten feet tall. Its body was vaguely humanoid and muscular, a hole was in its chest at its pectorals, right below the neck. It wore a tattered black cloth around its waist, its hands and feet ended in razor sharp claws, a large powerful tail swayed behind it. Its face was a sinister looking mask that had red markings on the left side, red markings ran across its entire body, a long mane of orange hair ran down its back.

Woman: W-What in the world?

The strange monster threw back its head and let out an earth shaking roar that caused the woman to cover her ears. The three remaining Shuuki lunged at the strange monster all of them pouncing on the creature. Two of the Shuuki bit down on the Monster's arms while the third dug is claws into the strange Monster's shoulders and sunk its teeth into its neck. However these attacks seemed only irritate the strange monster, causing it to let out an enraged roar. The Strange Monster lifted the two Shuuki biting its arms off the ground before slamming their bodies together above its head, completely obliterating the two monsters.

Woman: I-Its fighting the Shuuki?

The Strange Monster then opened its mouth before violently biting down on the head of the Shuuki clinging to its torso, crushing its head between its jaws. The headless body fell to the ground with a thud as the Strange Monster looked around as if sensing something. Its head then snapped towards the exit to the dead end, four more Shuuki were charging towards the Strange Monster as the woman shrieked in fear.

Woman: I just wanna go home!

The Strange Monster dropped down onto all fours as it opened its maw, a sphere of red energy began charging in front of it. As the four Shuuki charged a giant beam of red energy was fired from the Strange Monster's mouth. The beam of red energy engulfed the four Shuuki, completely vaporizing them. The Woman watched on in shock, never seeing any kind of display of power like this before. However this shock was quickly replaced by fear when the Strange Monster looked at her over its shoulder, a predatory looking in its intense yellow eyes.

Woman: Oh no.....

The Strange Monster stalked towards the woman slowly as her whole body trembled in fear. Unbeknownst to her however, within this strange creature a conflict was raging.

Within the Monster
In a dark void that existed deep within the Strange Monster, Izuho Kurogane could be seen watching the events unfold in the outside world through the creature's eyes.

Izuho: No dammit! I was fine with this monster my body turned into killing Shuuki, but killing a human?

Izuho grit his teeth in frustration, for the last year he had been a spectator within his own body, watching the monster it had transformed into slaughter Shuuki. However this was the first time his body had encountered a human in Mato. The teen was interrupted by a sinister chuckle from behind him. Izuho turned around only to come face to face with someone who looked exactly like him, the only difference being his doppelgänger wore a mask identical to the one his body had.

????: You certainly lasted longer than I expected. Most souls die out within the first few days after their body becomes Hollow.

Izuho looked at his doppelgänger in frustration as none of this made any sense.

Izuho: What the hell are you going on about?! My body is about to kill that woman, tell me how to stop it!

The doppelgänger looked at Izuho for a moment before once again letting out that sinister chuckle.

????: You don't get it do you? Your body is no longer yours to control. I, your Hollow am now in full control. You are merely a remnant of the human you once were. Once you fade away, this body will fully be mine.

Izuho's eyes widened in shock as he realized now why his body seemingly acted on its own, someone else was in control.

Izuho: Since when do humans turn into freaking monsters? This doesn't make any goddamned sense!

Hollow Izuho: It's simple really, the demonic energy of Mato has odd effects on the human soul. While most humans lack the strength in their souls to survive the demonic energy infecting it, there are the rare few who have souls that will consume that energy, transforming into a monster themselves upon death. A hollow shell of who they once were.

Izuho's eyes widened in shock before he once again grit his teeth in frustration, that was just his luck. Of course he would be turned into some freaking monster after dying.

Izuho: So you're in control right? Stop our body from killing that woman!

Hollow Izuho looked at Izuho in surprise before a sadistic smile spread across his masked face and threw his head back, laughing hysterically.

Hollow Izuho: You want me to stop? This body no longer belongs to you, you are merely the last ounce the person this body once was. You have no power over me, this body is mine to command! As far as I'm concerned, I will slaughter all who dare enter my territory!

Hollow Izuho let out another hysterical cackle as Izuho watched his doppelgänger, he clenched his fist as he grit his teeth. Izuho began marching towards Hollow Izuho, who stopped cackling, noticing his approach.

Hollow Izuho: Oh? Did I strike a nerve? It's unfortunate there is not-

Hollow Izuho was cut off by Izuho's left fist colliding with his face, the doppelgänger stumbled backwards from the punch. Hollow Izuho looked at his human counterpart completely stunned.

Izuho: If you won't stop, I'll just beat you senseless and take my body back!

Izuho cracked his knuckles before raising both his fists up, ready to fight. Hollow Izuho stared at his human counterpart, dumbfounded before a sinister smile quickly spread across his face.

Hollow Izuho: So you still want to resist the inevitable? Fine then, COME AT ME!!!

Hollow Izuho lunged at Izuho at blinking speeds, reeling back his right fist before punching the orange haired teen square in the gut. Izuho felt the wind get knocked out of his lungs, but he quickly clasped his hands together above his head before slamming them down on top of Hollow Izuho's head. As his doppelgänger fell towards the ground. Izuho grabbed him by the shoulders before slamming his left knee into Hollow Izuho's face. The doppelgänger stumbled backwards as Izuho lunged at him.

Izuho: I'm taking back my body!

Hollow Izuho: Like hell you are!

Izuho reeled back his right fist while Hollow Izuho reeled back his left fist. The duo both punched each other in the face simultaneously as they both stumbled backwards. The dark void they found themselves in slowly started to turn white, causing Hollow Izuho's eyes to widen in shock.

Hollow Izuho: Could it be?

Hollow Izuho's contemplation by Izuho's right fist slamming into the side of his face, causing him to stumble backwards. Hollow Izuho felt his mask, completely stunned when he felt cracks on it from Izuho punched him.

Izuho: Pay attention you bastard! I'm taking my body back!

Hollow Izuho looked at his human counterpart before throwing his head back and letting out an amused cackle.

Hollow Izuho: You are just full of surprises aren't you? You want your body back? Then prove you are stronger than me! IZUHO KUROGANE!!!!!

Izuho and Hollow Izuho both lunged at each other reeling their right fists back. Hollow Izuho threw his punch first, however he was completely caught off guard when Izuho dropped to the ground, landing on his hands. The orange haired teen brought both legs up to his chest before thrusting them forward. Both of Izuho's feet slammed into his doppelgänger's gut as he was sent crashing to the ground. Izuho quickly got on top of Hollow Izuho before raising his left fist above his head before slamming it down on top of Hollow Izuho's mask. The mask cracked further before completely shattering, revealing a face identical to Izuho's only with the sinister yellow eyes.

Hollow Izuho: I'll be damned, so your soul was strong enough to pull it off!

Izuho: Pull what off freak?

Izuho shot his doppelgänger an equally confused and annoyed look.

Hollow Izuho: Since you won, you can take back your body. This is even rarer than a human turning into a Hollow. However it will grant you unbelievable power. I'm curious how you'll use it Izuho Kurogane.

Hollow Izuho then faded away as Izuho looked around the void, it was now completely white. However his thoughts quickly returned to the woman.

Back in Mato
The woman was petrified in fear, the claws of the strange monster had stopped mere inches from her face.

Woman: W-Wha?

Suddenly the strange monster stumbled backwards clawing at its own face. It dug its claws into its face, cracks starting to spread across it as it did. Letting out a mighty roar the monster tore mask off its face, it shattering to pieces. A massive beam of red light engulfed the monster, shooting high into the sky above. Before the woman fainted from fear, she could've sworn she saw the silhouette of the monster begin to shrink and become more like a human within the giant column of red energy. When the woman was found by the Anti-Demon Corps, all that was left was a crater from where the column of red energy had burst forth. No one knew what had actually happened that day, however in reality a young man long thought dead had been resurrected with great power.

So that's how Izuho became an Arrancar! However what will he do with this new found power three years into the future? Who else could potentially have this power as well? Now I have decided on the members of Izuho's Fracción, there are only two members in it but I may add a third later on. As always please leave your thoughts and opinions in the comments! What awaits Izuho now that he has this new found power? How will he have developed three years after obtaining it? Who will he end up crossing paths with in Mato? Find out in the next Chapter of Chained Soldier: Resurrección of the Forsaken!