Ichigo unleashes his power!

"...alright, let's get this over with," Ichigo sighed, and took a deep breath, trying to focus on his Inner Hollow. Amost immediately, he felt the entity's influence rushing into his mind, siezing control. It took all of his willpower not to fight it. "GRRAAAAAAHHHH!" he screamed as the Hollow Mask formed on the left side of his face, and the whites of his eyes turned black, the irises yellow.

"Good," Shinji nodded, before raising his blade, barely blocking Zangetsu as Ichigo's Hollow charged him. "Fast. You're going to be a handful," Shinji grimaced, noting that Ichigo hadn't even used Bankai. He'd be a **** to be reckoned with once he combined the two powers. Shinji was immediately on the defensive as Ichigo unleashed an overwhelming assualt, Zangetsu moving far faster than a cleaver that size had any right to. "Yikes!" Shinji yelped as he barely avoided decapitation from another swing.

"...yeesh, if Shinji is having this kind of trouble, it's a good thing Hiyori didn't butt in," Kensei remarked. "She'd have been overwhelmed instantly, and might have even been killed before we could intervene..."

"Shut it!" Hiyori huffed, but internally conceded the point as she watched. At that speed, she wouldn't even be able to defend herself. She made a mental note to up her own training. "...Kuchiki! Once Shinji-baka and Strawberry are done, I'll be the one to test your Hollow! Better be ready to bring it out!"

Rukia nodded as Shinji sidestepped a Getsuga that would have torn through the warehouse wall had a barrier not been put up. Rukia glanced up to see that the large man among the Visored was the source of said barrier. "Alright, that's enough, I think," Shinji remarked as he again blocked Zangetsu. Immediately, several other Visored leapt into action, pinning Ichigo down with their blades pointed at him. After a moment of struggling, the Hollow hissed, before receding back into Ichigo. "Yep, you're definitely powerful... had that gone on any longer, I might have needed Shikai just to avoid getting killed," Shinji remarked as he helped Ichigo up... before being sent flying via a sucker sandal from Hiyori.

"Clear out! I'm testing the chick myself!" she told Shinji as he crashed into some crates.

"...I'm so kicking your ass later, you impatient-" Shinji grumbled as he got up, bleeding from the head.