Hello to all, sorry for the inconvenience, but since I was getting confused with how to do it, in the end I am going to be writing this story arc as a split off in a new story instead of keeping the documents inside the main part of my story, as such all events in here will not be brought back into the main storyline. While this may not sound very cool, it now gives me a much wider range of the story that I can do, since certain things could not be done in this and kept in the original storyline without ruining relationships between charecters. Anyhow, read on and (hopefully) enjoy!
A Zanpakutou's shape and abilities are based on their Shinigami's soul. Once a Shinigami learns their swords name, they are able to communicate with one another and grow stronger together. They are born with their Shinigami, and they die with their Shinigami. They are Zanpakutou.
In a cavern, hidden within a series of deep catacombs, deep below the busy streets of the Seireitei, the main living areas of the elite force of Soul Society, the Gotei 13, an unknown group of entities convened in secret. The cavern was silent, only the echoes created as droplet after droplet of water fell from the mighty stalactites that adorned the ceiling of the huge cavern, lit dimly by the mysterious pool of water that glowed beneath, and the numerous torches that lined the walls, casting a fiery glow that despite its brightness, failed to light the entire immense size of the cavern.
Or the cavern was meant to be silent, for instead it echoed not only with the tiny drips of water splashes, but echoed far louder with the mighty snores of the giant man who had fallen asleep, his posture strewn across an empty part of the caverns floor, totally oblivious of the others who also sat in relevant silence, forced to put up with his noise. Many of the people waiting were either sat amongst the many ledges that had been naturally forged in the cavern, or else seated around the table, either just relaxing, or in one person's case, reading a small book.
Out of all of the entities who waited patiently for their comrade to return, one woman in particular sat atop one of the ledges along the caverns wall, swinging her legs to and fro in her boredom. Boredom finally winning out over patience, the woman swung her legs forward, pushing herself off of the ledge as she dropped to the floor, the movement revealing a long, sinuous cat tail, showing that along with the pink, almost fur that adorned her body, that she was not as human as her form would have originally made a person guess.
"Hey, how long do we have to stay here? I'm so bored!"-the woman complained, stretching her stiff arms as if to prove her point. However, garnering no reaction from her colleagues, she started towards the long stairs, hewn out of the rock, that would lead to the exit, announcing-"I'm going outside."
However, no sooner she started than a soft female voice called out-"Please don't." The cat girl paused, turning to the voice along with the heads of those who sat around the table, now curious to hear what the new person had to say. Stepping out of the shadows slightly, the owner of the female voice was revealed to be a beautiful lady in a snow white kimono, her face showing her pale skin and her dark blue eyes, along with a small smile as she softly explained-"We're still missing a few people"
The cat girl scowled slightly to herself as she murmured-"A few, huh?" Casting her gaze across the assembled individuals, they alone numbering a rather sizable group as they were, she asked-"How many people are coming, anyway?" The snow white woman simply replied-"Well, I don't know."
Their conversation was cut into by another person who sat upon the ledges, cackling almost maniacally, hefting a massive Kusarigama over one shoulder as he said-"Who cares how many come? I can handle this on my own!" However, he was surprisingly replied to by a gruff voice, the owner of it woken from the crazed man's shouting and presumably annoyed that his sleep had been interrupted as he countered-"Shaddup! There's no rush." As he said this, a small yellow light seemed to float around excitedly nearby, although on closer examination, it could be seen that within the glow there was a tiny human like figure, her strange clothing adorned in a hornet stripe pattern, with one arm covered in an almost bee like stinger as she replied-"Seriously! Ladies don't like men who rush things."
However, before it could all devolve into a full blown argument, they were interrupted by a loud echo of a door being opened nearby. From the top of the stone stairs, footstep after footstep echoed across the cavern, the owner of the noise slowly descending the stairs. Every man and woman's attention was taken by the sound, for they knew that only one person could be possibly returning at this time. Surely enough, a silhouette of a man could be seen through the darkness as he descended the steps slowly.
As he reached about halfway, one of the women stepped out of the shadows to greet him, the light now revealing a very young, almost childlike girl dressed in a plain white kimono, interestingly with a large pink ribbon that adorned her body, two large golden bells attached to each end, draped over her shoulders. This girl bowed respectfully as she greeted the man with-"Welcome back." However, the man didn't reply to the greeting, instead continuing his descent until he reached the level of the girl, pointing a hand behind him as he said-"He's our new friend." However, he did pause for one second to softly lay his hand upon the ladies shoulder, before continuing, saying-"Take care of him."
All attention now swung instead to the newly appearing silhouette of another man on the stairs, slowly descending in turn. As he entered the light of the torches, the illumination revealed his face sported a large, icy blue X mark across his features, his teal green hair long and wildly grown. However, what would be most unexpected for most humans was the almost collar of ice that adorned his samurai-esque robes. However, that would only be if one expected him to be human, for the entities in the cave, he looked as natural as any amongst them, apparently more interesting than some as the females in particular watched his proud gait, completely unfazed by the stares of all as he continued his descent. The tiny bee like lady flew over to the girl on the stairs, her eyes not leaving the figure of the man as she whispered to her-"He's kinda hot."
As the first man finally reached the bottom of the stairs, his form was finally see-able in the bright flame of the torches that hung from the walls. Unlike the man who was behind him, it was easy to see that this person was different to those around him. Although his body perfectly matched a tall humans form, his face was incredibly pale, possibly more so than the woman who had looked like a Yukki-Onna from before. However, it wasn't this that made his human form questionable, but the deep purple markings that surrounded his turquoise eyes, they were the most notable sign. Alike the others, he also had a different set of clothing that marked him out easily, a long white robe-like coat covered his body, with a collar of thick fur.
As he started to walk along the cavern proper, he was immediately interrupted by the impatient cat girl, rudely asking-"Hey, how long do we have to stay down here?" The tall man turned to her, replying-"Remain patient for just a while longer. Our comrades should all awaken soon." With this, he started to walk forward, as if aiming to walk straight past the cat girl. Annoyed at the reply, she complained-"But-" However, before she could manage to voice her complaint, the man suddenly raised his hand before her sharply, fingers splayed wide as he displayed his incredibly long nails, almost talons, that adorned his hand. Surprised by the move, the cat girl stopped her complaint.
Slowly, the man curled each finger inwards onto his palm, before slowly pulling his arm down. That done, he stared deeply into the girl's eyes, before saying, almost prophetically-"The Shinigami's era is drawing to a close."
Just the intro chapter, it's the anime scene copied and pasted literally, but I digress. As usual, names aren't given to charecters unless their identified in speech, that's just how I roll, sorry XP.
Also, i'm probably not going to write for a while, I need a few weeks to sort life out, I know I didn't write over christmas, but bear with me please! The next few chapters are just copied and pasted from my other story, so don't be surprised, i'm afraid theres nothing really new as of yet.
