Hello reader. Hopefully you are reading this as a way to see more about Chitsujo, A character that was created by ND2014. The author of the fantastic story the Five Worlds War. I was lucky enough to obtain permission to use the character and his world. He has my eternal thanks for that. If you haven't read his stories I highly recommend you do. Now enjoy this two part story the occurs roughly around 15 years before the events of Five Worlds War. Now that's enough from me enjoy all that follows.
The universe is a ridiculously large place and that's only around one world. Then there is Reality, though it is only one name, which encompasses all of time and space. Reality is split into billions and billions of dimensions. Each of these dimensions has divergent timelines. Traveling between these dimensions is seen as impossible to all but a few select races. Two of these races hold a hatred of each other that was born from different ideologies about how to use their ability to travel between dimensions. This lead to a war that spanned hundreds of different universes and worlds.
There is a small void between worlds that most of the inter-dimensional race can't even see or visit as their methods of hopping between worlds take them directly to their destination, however there is one race who call themselves Walkers who are able to get to this space between worlds, thus their name. Then there is their natural enemy, The Hydrogonians, a race of reptilian conquers, who on top of being able to travel to other universes they have hive adaptations, if something kills one of them any nearby Hydrogonians evolve and become immune though they do have a limit to this ability. Their abilities lead to the Hydrogonians believing that they are the superior race in all of Reality. They then clashed with another race who strongly disagreed, the Walkers. This lead enviably lead to conflict between the two. At first it was small then it escalated completely out of control and war broke out. This lead to the Walkers searching for allies to aid them, which lead to the discovery of a race who had chosen to watch over four worlds and called themselves Watchers.
"Alex this doesn't look like a world with warriors who can help us. The planet looks like it's at war with its self." said a male figure looking at a screen and tapping a few keys next to it.
"Marcus shut up. You saw the energy readings, there are some insanely powerful beings on that world." another figure said, "We're going! I'll go and find Gin and Linda, please can you go find Itachi and Sachi."
"Are you sure it's a good idea to bring so many? If we go the way we normally do they'll think we've come to kill them." Marcus asked quite seriously.
"I think that's basically the point." Alex said grinning as he ran out the room.
In the palace of the Lord of Order Chitsujo, the being himself was observing his creations, the four Acts of Order in their own perspective universes. When six strange powerful presences appeared out of no-where in his throne room. Chitsujo turned and sprinted towards his throne room. When he arrived he found several of his elite guards surrounding a group of six. Four were male and two were female. Chitsujo instantly recognised two of the intruders, both of them shocked him, Gin Ichimaru and Itachi Uchiha. All six had weapons out in surprisingly defensive stances. Chisujo also noted something strange about Gin's eyes, wile they were still closed there were veins bulging around them, he also noticed that Gin's right hand and arm were bandaged. Chitsujo also noticed the sword that Itachi was holding, a longer then normal katana that had two holes in the top of the blade and a small dream catcher hanging from the pommel. One of the females was holding a beautiful dagger in a reverse grip in her left hand with flames dancing in her hair as well as around her right arm. It was hard to make out as she had her back to him but Chitsujo was able to make out that the flaming girl had long blond hair in a low ponytail. Facing him directly was the other female, she looked somewhat strange to him though, she had long brown hair, with blue-brown eyes with heavy bags under them. She actually looked fairly young with the exception of her eyes, she was holding a strange, but extremely well forged looking sword. The other two males were both facing away though they both had similar hairstyles, both long and messy as hell. Though they had different degrees of messiness and spiky hair, one had slightly shorter hair and a gigantic, though eerily powerful looking, rifle on his back that crossed over with the sheath of the sword he held in his hands. The last male was wearing a dirty white cloak and was holding a glowing purple blade that was emitting a low humming sound.
"Who are you and how did you get into my palace?" Chitsujo asked in a loud clear voice, before noticing several palace guards on the floor injured, but alive.
The woman in front of Chitsujo narrowed her eyes then took her left hand off her blade and waved it creating a screen. As she did so Chitsujo noticed a strange ring on her hand, as he watched she tapped the transparent screen and some text scrolled quickly into view in a language that Chitsujo didn't recognise. Then the female waved her hand again and stood back and sheathed her sword.
"Alex the leader is here. From what I can observe he won't attack us if we stand down. He'll most likely listen to what we have to say."
The man with the strange purple blade turned around revealing a battle scarred face with moss green eyes. There were four scars that were etched into the man's face three that went through his left eye and one that was next to his right eye. As he did the purple blade in his hands vanished along with the low humming sound and placing the hilt on his belt. The rest of the group followed suit, quickly sheathing their blades.
"Sorry for the for the abrupt intrusion mate, but we've picked up the habit of jumping straight to the point. Now I guess we should introduce ourselves. First as I'm not sure if your race has met any of the other inter-dimensional races before so before I tell you who we are I'll tell you what we are. Would you find that to be acceptable?" said the the scarred man walking towards Chitsujo.
"It does, although I do know two of you. Gin Ichimaru and Itachi Uchiha, which tells me this is either a very strange dream or you managed to bring two beings from their world without me noticing." this statement surprised the man and it was easy to see as his entire face looked shocked. Then he grinned.
"Told you it was a good idea to bring them Marcus." the scarred man turned back to his friend with the rifle.
"Yeah, yeah whatever."
"Okay, moving on. Since you know Gin and Itachi I guess I don't need to explain the whole alternate dimensions thing, epic! Though I should say the Gin and Itachi who are with us are almost certainly not the two you know at all. I pulled them from their timelines before they died and was able to hold them suspended in a single instant of time until I was able to get them to some of our doctors. Who were able to save their lives. But that's another story altogether, now onto what we are. We are called Walkers and we happen to be one of the most expansive and commonly found inter-dimensional race. We are also at war with one of the other races that have the power to traverse all of Reality. We came here seeking aid in any form you are willing to supply."
"You still haven't told me your names."
"Right. My name is Alexander Skywalker, though my friends call me AC. The one who spoke earlier was Sachi Lightheart. The one with the big ass gun is Marcus Ironwood. Lastly the beautiful flaming one is Belinda Drake. You already know Gin and Itachi though."
"Alexander are you the leader of this group?"
"Not all the time. To be honest I'm only talking because I enjoy talking about my people. Sachi should be the one talking on our behalf though she is more knowledgable then we are and should be able to negotiate with you in accordance with your customs."
"I do, however we aren't here to force you into anything." Chitsujo stood quietly taking everything that the now introduced Alex had said. Then Sachi spoke again, "You are far younger then I personally thought you would be, though you are still far older then we are. Your people seem to have chosen this world for its odd proximity to four timelines of Earthland, the Shinobi plane, the Ocean plane and the weird universe Gin came from."
"That hurts ya know Sachi." said Gin mockingly from behind.
"Then if you wish to talk then lets go to somewhere more suitable." said Chitsujo gesturing behind him.
"Okay then lets move, plus if someone can get me either a glass of whiskey or a strong cup of tea I would much appreciate it." The last part was accompanied by all round nodding.
"Just tea for us please, Alex has a strange obsession with whiskey." said a quiet female voice that Chitsujo almost missed. The one who had spoken was Belinda the blond girl. Chitsujo nodded then guided the six intruders who had somehow now become guests towards a conference room away from his throne room. The six Walkers followed Chitsujo down a long, exquisitely designed hallway, to a medium sized room that had a rather large table in the centre surrounded by chairs with tall backs.
"I hate conference rooms." muttered Alex in irritation, "They always end up being way too stuffy."
The outburst from the scarred Walker caused Chitsujo to lift an eyebrow, but he chose to say nothing. He looked around at his guests and noticed that Sachi was missing from the group and was looking at something on the wall outside the room in the corridor, a family mural that showed four people. It was clearly a portrait of Chitsujo and someone who Sachi took to be either his bother or his son. He was standing directly next to Chitsujo, the other man was a white haired with red eyes, he had the same build as Chitsujo. Though unlike Chitsujo the smile that was on his face could only be described as mischievously cruel. He didn't look to be someone who was able to act with kindness.
"I take it this is your brother, Chitsujo?" asked Sachi without turning to look at the man. This caught the attention of the others. Marcus back tracked to see the mural.
"What's with the evil looking bloke?" said Marcus pointing to the man with white hair, "Your cousin?"
"No, he is my brother Konton. My opposite, the Lord of Chaos."
"So you're the Lord of…?" asked Alex.
"Order."
"There is no way that idea isn't going ta end badly…" muttered Gin, Itachi nodded. Chitsujo interestingly didn't hear this, though all the Walkers did, though it was likely due to their hearing being slightly enhanced, and the fact that they were often fighting through ambush tactics, which they used to tell when enemies were approaching. Chitsujo many have had the same form of hearing but it was slightly dulled due to living constantly and peace and teaching himself not to listen to everyone in his palace's conversations. He could only hear something if it was directed at him.
"What happened to your parents?" asked Sachi curiously.
"They died, I think. The details concerning what occurred back then are sketchy to say the least."
"Interesting, Sachi I know you find this kind of information fascinating and you can come back here after we finish fighting a war!" Marcus cut in an annoyed voice, "I personally want to get back to helping Max an the Ongari front."
"I know you want to help her Marcus, but we need new allies. Purely relying on the worlds we end up fighting to protect isn't always going to be enough, we need outside help from one of the other races. You know that better then most." said Sachi quietly, but her voice sounded slightly strange as if there was something layered over it. A subtle hint of a strange persuasion magic was laced in.
"Enough, let's just get to the discussions on this proposed alliance shall we?" asked Alex in a tone that was clearly putting across that he wasn't really asking. Chitsujo nodded and gestured for the Walkers to follow him again this time all six of them quietly followed him back into the room and sat without complaining around the table. The table was oval, though it was close to circular , so Chitsujo sat the defacto head of the table.
"What do you want from me if we do form this Alliance, Alexander?"
"We would ask for troops, weapons and supplies. As is the norm with such alliances. Though if you are willing for this alliance we will have to consider you joining our war personally. You would be our greatest ally and asset in our war. Besides the ten ring-bearers. Of whom four are currently sitting at this table right now." said Alex with a strange seriousness.
"What significance do these ring-bearers hold wishing your army? If you don't mind me asking before I tell you my thoughts on the matter at hand."
"Fair enough." said Alex then he held up his right hand and pointed at the ring with the deep purple crystal, "This is one of the ten Spirit Items that we weld. We are the first and for us they chose to take the form of ten rings that represent our innate abilities. The rings are sentient and we consider them our greatest allies and friends. This one, is Tempus the Spirit of Time."
"Which other rings are here?" Chitsujo asked prompting Marcus, Belinda and Sachi to hold up their left hands. Chitsujo looked carefully to see their rings. Marcus' ring looked like it was make of wood with a glowing leaf green gem that had parts of the wood appearing to grow over it. Belinda's ring was strange, it looked like it was made of obsidian, but had strange glowing red veins around the entire band of the ring. The gem was magma red and it looked like it was oozing the red liquid the was in the veins around the band of the ring. Sachi's ring was perhaps the strangest of the rings. It looked like it was made of a combination of pages from a book and computer chips. The gem was a rounded clear crystal.
"My I inquire to the ring's names?"
"This is Kasai, the spirit of Heat and Flames." said Belinda.
"This is Nomin, the spirit of Wisdom and knowledge." said Sachi smugly.
"This is Vilya, the spirit of Plants and the Air." said Marcus.
"They don't seem to follow any set pattern when it comes to their dominion or abilities." Chitsujo noted.
"We never really thought about it." said Alex, "Though now that you mention it they are a tiny bit strange. I always figured that it was just like that though."
"So it would seem." said Chitsujo nodding. "Now back to the main order of business. I may be able to aid you though I am not sure how much aid you will need. To be utterly honest with you, from what I can tell about you and your comrades you appear to be extremely weak as I can barely feel any form of power coming from you at all. Though you may be like those from the world of Straw Hat Luffy who at a glance don't appear to have any power."
"Chitsujo, what you've said is partly true. We are certainly far weaker then you, individually at any rate. Actually I want to test that if you would be willing to spar with me personally. I would like to see if you are as powerful as your stories indicate."
"Very well. Though I…" Chitsujo was interrupted by a hooded person appeared out apparently no-where.
"I cannot allow you to fight, my lord." the hooded being stated. Chitsujo shook his head at this. But the hooded one continued, "Allow me to fight them in your place."
"No, this is my duty. I also wish to see how these Walkers fight. I may not be a battle maniac, however these Walkers are akin to us they may be more powerful then we thought. Follow me Alexander I have an old training room that we can use for our spar." Chitsujo stood and gestured for Alex to follow him. Alex followed him with his hands in his pockets the other Walkers stood and followed him. This time they walked quietly and didn't stop or get distracted. They seemed to have a seriousness about them that they hadn't before. It didn't take long for them to reach the training room. It was a huge white room that was made of giant white stones that looked like tiles. The entrance to the room was a large stone door.
"Shall we begin?" said Alex taking off his coat and tossing it to Belinda as he walked he un-zipped his leather jacket and slipped his hands into his pants pockets. Chitsujo was somewhat taken aback by the strange stance that the Walker had taken.
"Aren't you going to use your weapon?"
"No, well at least not yet. I personally think it would be a very dumb idea to try and use lethal weapons until we have a better feel for each others skills. Don't you think that's a wiser course of action?" Alex looked somewhat too relaxed though it was an extremely strange relaxed. It was a threatening relaxed. Chitsujo slipped into what appeared to be an actual combat stance. Alex grinned then he stepped forwards and his right arm blurred, the Chitsujo felt something hit the bottom of his chin and he was thrown across the roof slamming into the wall. To everyone watching it appeared as if Chitsujo had randomly been thrown across the room.
"That was an interesting attack I didn't even see it." said Chitsujo stepping out of a crater in the wall. Almost completely unharmed. "I barely saw you move, you have more speed then I thought possible."
"I'm actually surprised you mostly blocked that, think about this though Chitsujo. That was only the speed of the technique I used not my actual combat movement speed." said Alex before he blurred out of Chitsujo's vision and kicked towards his head. Chitsujo then displayed some extremely impressive reflexes and dodged the kick, he also noticed something about Alex's attack. It was basically the same as Sanji's with his hands still in his pockets, but when he landed he attacked with strange technique that he had used before. Though this time Chitsujo caught on to the trick behind the technique and managed to avoid the attack this time.
"You really are using a strange attack. Both times you attacked you used the speed and power from pulling your hand from your pocket to create pressure in the air which is what you used to attack me with. You basically used an advanced form of Iado, though instead of a sword draw you used your fists from your pockets. Where did you learn a technique like that?" asked Chitsujo interestedly.
"Two wizards named Garo and Takamichi. They were both old friends of mine." said Alex grinning, "It's a pretty powerful combat style. Though do you think it's too predictable?"
"No, I think it's an interesting and rather different approach to using what is seen as a blade technique." said Chitsujo nodding.
"It is, and I thank you for the compliment, though to be honest I can't actually do justice to this style, I prefer to fight with my Zanpakto. However I do know at least two more forms of un-armed combat. Or do you want move on to armed combat?" Alex pointed to the hilt hanging from his belt, "I do have a spare if you want to fight that way."
"I am willing though I do have my own weapon. I don't see why I would be required to borrow from you." said Chitsujo holding out his right hand, he then intoned, "Heavenly Style, Staff of light." As he did this a golden glowing staff extended in both directions from his hand, till he was holding a staff that was as tall as he was.
"So armed combat it is." said Alex with a grin, as he said this he held out his right hand and the hilt on his belt flew to his hand. Then the blade appeared with a snap-hiss and a low hum filled the room. Alex settled into a much more aggressive stance then before the blade of his weapon angled at Chitsujo. "This is my Zanpakto, and since you are friendly I'll tell you it's ability and name. Rendarengu is able to control time, and to a certain extent space. Though at the present time he is sealed, but I am going to use one of his more interesting abilities as a safety precaution." as Alex said this his power levels skyrocketed, "Rend Rendarengu." As he said this three ribbons extended from the hilt of the blade and wrapped around it. Then he flipped the blade over and stabbed the ground, "Save point: training mode."
That concludes the first part of this short story of the other inter-dimensional beings, I sincerely hope you enjoyed it. Chapter two should be up in about a week to a week and a half. I enjoy reading reviews so please review.
See ya in the ending of this short tale of the past.