Bleach-Hollow

A/N: This is set long before the current storyline. The year is 1857; Kenpachi and his most loyal followers are scouting a town in Massachusetts for hollows on a dark September night. Some historical references are made in this retelling of how the song “Jingle Bells” truly came to be.


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Tink tink tiiiinnnnk!

Tink tink tiiiinnnnk!

Tink tink tink ta tiiiinnnnk!

It was actually a rather comforting sound to the few who were capable of hearing it. The bells let off an almost playful melody as the group of four walked...

Rank: Captain
Zanpakutou info:
Shi-Kai: Sougyo No Kotowari
- release command ? "Namie Kotogotoku Wa Ga Tate To Nare Ikazuchi Kotogotoku Wa Ga Yaiba To Nare" ("Every Wave Become My Shield, Every Lightning Become My Sword")
Reflecting the amazing strength and wisdom that Ukitake holds, his shikai is only one of two that come in pairs (with the other set belonging to Kyouraku Shunsui). Possibly reflecting the friendship that he and Shunsui hold after being the first two to graduate from Yamamoto Genryuusai’s shinigami academy, his zanpakutou is very elegant in form. The release command, pronounced...

Name: Kurotshuchi Mayuri
Division: 12th
Rank: Captain
Zanpakutou info:

Shi-Kai: Ashisogi Jizou (Beast-Killing Jizou)
- release command → "Kakimushire!" ("Tear off!")
Mayuri's zanpakutou turns into a weird staff like weapon with three prongs coming out the top. Ashisogi uses poison to sever the neural connections that transfer mobility signals from your brain to your arms and legs, it produces this drug all on it's own.

Ban-Kai: Golden Ashisogi Jizou (Golden Beaste-Killing Jizou)
Mayuri's Ban-Kai is strange it looks like a giant babyish alien with a ring around it's head and a pile of swords coming...

Rank: Captain
Shi-Kai → Katen Kyoukotsu
- release command → "Hana Kaze Midarete Kashin Haki Tenpuu Midarete Tenma Warau" ("Flowers Fall In The Wind, The God Of Flower Weeps The Winds Of Heaven Are Falling Buddah's Laughing")
Shunsui has two zanpakutou's.

Ban-Kai → Unknown



Biography:
With his old-style hat and his flashy flower coat, Kyouraku Shunsui strikes a rather different appearance from all the other Taicho, who wear the white coat symbolizing the Taicho rank on top of their normal Shinigami attire. Kyouraku wears his flower coat on top of that.

Kyouraku is among the first Taicho to encounter...

Rank: Captain
Zanpakutou info:
Shi-Kai → Senbonzakura (One Thousand Cherry Blossoms)
- release command → "Chire!" ("Scatter!")
One thousand blades that are so small they can not be seen, when those blades take flight the reflections of the light cause them to look like scattered flower petals. They scatter and shread the enemy.

Ban-Kai → Senbonzakura Kageyoshi (One Thousand Cherry Blossoms Brutal Shadows) Byakuya releases his zanpakutou and one thousand swords apear all around him. They rise from the ground then those thousand swords scatter and countless flying blades peirce through the enemy....

Rank: Captain
Zanpakutou info:

Shi-Kai → Minatzuki
- release command → unknown
A giant manta ray type creature that emerges from the hilt of Unohana's zanpakutou. The inside of its stomach has healing abilities.

ban-Kai → Unknown

Biography:
Unohana Retsu’s first appearance is in the emergency meeting of the Taicho gathered by Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni. However she says nothing at this time, and the next time she is seen is at the time of Aizen Sousuke’s death, when she confirms with Komamura Sajin and Tousen Kaname that Aizen is dead.

After that, Yamada Hanatarou is “caught” by...

Rank: Captain
Zanpakutou info:
Shi-Kai: Suzumebachi (Sparrow Hornet)
- release command: "Jinteki Syakusetsu!" (Sting All Your Enemies to Death)
First seen when fighting with Yoruichi, Soi Fong’s zanpakutou changes drastically in appearance and ability. When transformed, Suzumbachi takes the form of a glove that fits to Soi Fong’s Right Hand, with a chain attaching the “stinger” to the top of the glove. With a cone-like shape, the “stinger” sits on Soi Fong’s middle finger, extending at a length about twice as far as the normal extension of the finger, allowing Soi Fong’s striking...