Sonic the Hedgehog: Aoi no Shinigami
Prologue: Captain Sonic
'Fifteen years. I've been here for fifteen fucking years.'
Sonic the Hedgehog sighed as he remembered what it was like not to be like this.
He enjoyed his time with his new friends, but honestly, this was annoying.
Being powerless didn't help at all. Oh, did I mention Sonic was a shinigami?
Probably not.
Either way, Sonic was long lived (1300 years old, but still a LOT younger then Yamamoto) and extremely powerful.
This particular story begins 15 years ago in the land of Hollows, Hueco Mundo.
Hueco Mundo: 1789 AD
Sonic was badly wounded, and his shihakushō was badly damaged.
The formally white haori was stained with the Hedgehog's blood, but otherwise fine.
His opponent was a Hollow, of course, but no normal one.
It was a Vasto Lorde, strongest out of all of them.
'Fucking Christ. This thing just won't die!'
The Hollow was mostly black, with blade-like hands and a horned mask.
"Bankai: Kuro-ka Gin-"
The Hollow impaled the Shinigami captain just short of him using his Bankai, then moved to behead him.
Sonic blocked it with his damaged shikaied sword, then kicked the Vasto Lorde in the face.
"Fuck. No wonder you Vasto Lordes are a force to be feared." The Hollow did not respond. "Bankai: Kuro-ka Ginkaze!"
Sonic's final release failed to work.
'Fuck. You're too badly damaged to Bankai, right Ginkaze?'
'Indeed. This Hollow is too strong. You must use it.'
'No. If I use it, I'll lose you and my powers.'
'If you do not, you will die. I can return to you, but it will take some time.'
Sonic steeled himself.
"Let's do it."
The wind picked up, and Sonic's reiatsu turned black.
"Saigo Kyūkyoku no Hikisa-fū."
The Hollow charged a Cero between its' horns, targeting the Hedgehog using the final release.
'Oh, boy.'
A black chokuto appeared in Sonic's hand.
"Die."
The Hollow roared and fired the Cero.
Sonic used his Saigo release's ultimate (and only) attack.
"Odayakana Sabaku."
A black gale of infused air struck the Cero, exploding on contact. (AN: BOOM!)
Everything within 100 kilometers was incinerated, as if a nuclear device went off.
A BIG nuclear device.
Sonic and the Hollow were gone.
Unknown location: Unknown Year
Sonic woke up in a forested area.
He still wore his shihakushō, but the chokuto that he had worn since he joined the Onmitsukidō and Gotai 13 was gone.
Sonic pointed at a tree.
"Hado 1: Sho."
Nothing happened.
"So I am powerless. FUCK!"
Still, he was completely healed, but that could be explained in only one way: his soul form created a gigai in order to protect itself, like a body grows skin to protect itself from the elements.
He took off the uniform, including the haori that carried the emblem of his division.
The only things he still had on were his gloves, socks and his red shoes with white fasteners and gold buckles.
'I still have my natural speed-that never goes away-and my homing attack. Hakuda's just advanced hand-to-hand combat, so I still have that. Hohō training's still going to be useful, even if I can't shunpo. Kido is worthless, but reciting the spells once in a while isn't a bad idea. Zanjutsu...no. Not without Ginkaze.'
"HO HO HO HO HO!"
Sonic looked up to see a strange machine flying up above.
This was the first meeting between Sonic the Hedgehog and Doctor Ivo 'Eggman' Robotnik.
Station Square: 2012 AD
After kicking Eggman's ass the first time, (AN: Events of Sonic the Hedgehog 1991) Sonic met Miles 'Tails' Prowler. He was just a kid at the time, but Sonic took care of him. Then Eggman came back, this time with a massive Death Star-like station and a robotic Sonic. Sonic defeated him with ease after getting his hands on the seven Chaos Emeralds. (AN: Events of Sonic the Hedgehog 2) After that, the Death Egg crashed on Angel Island, and Sonic decided to destroy it once and for all. THAT was when he met Knuckles the Echidna. The gullible bastard was tricked and, well, you know the rest of THAT story. (AN: Events of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles)
Sonic thought he earned himself a break from all that, but when Eggman took over a small planetoid and kidnapped a young girl after the total destruction of the Death Egg, shit hit the fan, especially with Metal Sonic. (AN: Do I even need to tell you what game THIS is from?)
After that, and more bouts of idiocy from Eggman over the next 7 years, Sonic had to deal with Eggman trying to destroy Station Square, and then had to destroy Perfect Chaos. (AN: Events of Sonic Adventure/SADX) Even then, Sonic wasn't even given a chance to rest when GUN arrested him for stealing a Chaos Emerald.
He broke out of the Mi-24 that was transporting him to Prison Island, but was captured after he met Shadow for the first time. Eventually, both Hedgehogs defeated the Final Hazard, saving Earth from destruction. (AN: Sonic Adventure 2/Battle, and that helicopter Sonic was in was an actual helicopter: the Mil Mi-24 'Hind-D', to be exact)
The stress was increased when it seemed Eggman was about to conquer the world, but in reality, it was Metal Sonic, who had captured Eggman and used his own forces against them, copying their biological data.
The robot hedgehog didn't count on the Chaos Emeralds, though. (AN: Sonic Heroes)
Even so, Sonic couldn't help much with the Black Arms Incident: Shadow had to save them all. (AN: Events of Shadow the Hedgehog)
The Solenana Incident was his most trying, as he actually DIED that time, even if no one but him remembered. (AN: Three guesses, and only one counts)
His most recent adventure involved him going through time itself, meeting his younger self.
Now Eggman (or Eggmen, if his past self was counted) was trapped in a pocket dimension. (AN: Generations. Don't bitch: it's canon)
This lead to Sonic going into an alternate universe less then a year later, meeting two heroic brothers: the Super Mario Bros.
Their surnames actually WERE Mario: the shorter, elder brother was named Mario Lucius Giovanni Mario and the younger, taller brother was named Luigi Agrippa Pollux Mario.
Both were plumbers in New York City before somehow ending up in the Mushroom Kingdom.
During this, Sonic regained the use of his spiritual energy when he fought the King of the Koopas, Bowser.
He used shunpo for the first time in 20 years to dodge some of Bowser's attacks, then used his favorite hado on Bowser.
"Seeping crest of turbidity! Arrogant vessel of lunacy! Boil forth and deny! Grow numb and flicker! Disrupt sleep! Crawling queen of iron! Eternally self-destructing doll of mud! Unite! Repulse! Fill with soil and know your own powerlessness!"
Bowser wondered what the hell Sonic was yelling about when he was encased in the black box of death.
"HADO 90: KUROHITSUGI!"
Oh, yes, he loved that gravity-controlling spell, mainly because he had too much of it to use any of the low level ones properly. (AN: In short, his Sho breaks bones)
Still, when Sonic got back, that's all he could do: he just regained his kido abilities.
He still didn't have his zanpakutō. And he used jinzen every fucking day. In fact, he was isolating himself from everyone, making them worry about the Hedgehog.
'This is getting ridiculous! I have control of my spiritual energy back! Why can't I use Ginkaze?!'
"Sonic!"
Sonic turned to the door.
Tails, Knuckles and Shadow were outside the door. Tails and Knuckles were worried about him. Shadow just wanted to know what the fuck was going on with the blue hedgehog.
Sonic wanted to be left alone, and he was VERY tempted to use Sōren Sōkatsui and Kurohitsugi to prove his point.
"What is it?!"
All three were taken aback by Sonic's hostile tone.
He sighed.
"Sorry. Have a lot on my mind."
"Clearly. There's something coming this way: massive, black with a pointy-nosed mask-" 'A fucking Gillian-Class Menos Grande?! Shit!' Sonic ran out of the hut he was staying in. 'Ginkaze, if there was any time I needed you, it's right fucking now!'
As Shadow stated, there was a Gillian-class Menos there.
"Seeping crest of turbidity! Arrogant vessel of lunacy! Boil forth and deny! Grow numb and flicker! Disrupt sleep! Crawling queen of iron! Eternally self-destructing doll of mud! Unite! Repulse! Fill with soil and know your own powerlessness! Hado 90: Kurohitsugi!"
The box formed around the Hollow, but something BAD happened: it grew in power when the spell was completed, turning into a tiger-like creature.
'Shit!'
"Hado 4: Byakurai!"
Lightning launched from the hedgehog's fingertips, but the Hollow, now an Adjuchas-Class, dodged with ease.
'Fuck! I need my zanpakutō!'
The Tiger Hollow went for his head. 'GINKAZE!'
'I heard you the first time, Sonic.'
Suddenly, Sonic was launched outside his gigai, holding the chokuto he was known to use, back in his shihakushō and haori, even if they were tattered.
"Hey, bitch. Time to show you what I'm really made of. Tear Asunder, Ginkaze!"
Sonic's white reiatsu encircled him, then two attacks struck the Hollow, hacking off the legs.
The white wall vanished, revealing Sonic wearing arm and leg armor under his uniform.
His sword had also changed, the blade turning silver in color with wind motifs on it. "Kyūkyoku no Hikisa-fū!"
Another white, reishi-impregnated wind attack launched from Sonic's blade, destroying the Hollow.
'It's good to be back.'
"WHAT THE FUCK?!"
Sonic turned to face the other three, who had just arrived.
'Of course they have to be spiritually aware. I've spent all my time around them!'
'This is to be expected.'
The blue hedgehog that was the former 5th division captain sighed.
"I am only going to explain this once, so listen up."
His now-red eyes shined in the afternoon light.
"I am a shinigami."
An hour later
Shadow had little choice but to take Sonic's word as the truth.
After all, those attacks were not linked to the Chaos Emeralds.
How could they be if Shadow couldn't sense their power in them?
"You're from an alternate universe and from the past."
"I was born in the Soul Society on June 23rd, 358 AD. I am 1473 years old, and one of the oldest Captains in the Gotai 13."
Everyone's jaws hit the ground at this point in time.
"Holy. Fuck."
"OLDEST?"
"Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and Yachiru Unohana are the only ones older then me. I was not a founding member of the Gotai 13, but I did make captain, taking the position for over 6 centuries." Sonic sighed. "And therein lays the rub." "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"The more reiatsu, or spiritual pressure, and reiryoku, or spiritual energy, you have, the longer you live as a shinigami. Yamamoto was 2500 years old when I was born, so he's a perfect example. I haven't been able to use my powers for 15 years. That means my unholy levels of reiatsu have been endangering your lives. I could have KILLED you without you or I knowing it. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that I'm controlling it now and that I'm wearing four times the regular number of limiters on me, you would be dead right fucking now."
Sonic's knowledge of bakudo allowed him to create heavy-duty limiter seals within seconds, and he was wearing all of them on his right arm.
"Four times?"
"And all of them are designed for high-Captain-level officers. I'm wearing 12 of them, so be glad that I'm worried about you."
12 was a relatively high number.
"We're not the only ones who have spent the most time around you."
"Amy, Cream and the others either are younger and thus more resistant then you guys or don't spend that much time around me at all." Amy and Cream were the key examples of the former, Team Chaotix and the Babylon Rouges the latter.
Then they had a bigger problem.
"The Mario Bros. I used unrestrained kido near them."
"Kido?"
"Bakudo 1: Sai."
Suddenly, Shadow's arms were bound behind his back.
"What the f-"
He fell on his face before finishing his sentence.
"THAT was a kido spell: bakudo 1: Sai, to be exact. Bakudo are binding and defensive barrier spells while hado are the polar opposite. All of them are meant to hit a target hard, usually to kill. My Sho, which is supposed to be harmless, can kill if aimed at the right place. Again, too much reiatsu. If it weren't for my limiters, that Sai would've killed you, Shadow."
Shadow, while pissed that he had been used as a test subject for a kido spell, was grateful that Sonic had those limiters.
Death was NOT fun.
"I used full power, unrestrained hado spells near them. I need to get to the Soul Society and fix this problem. You guys need to be drained of any excess reiatsu that I forced into you, and only the 4th Division can do something like that. That includes the Marios."
Tails got up.
"Better get that portal ready then."
Sonic nodded.
"We're going straight to E. Gadd's after we pick up the Bros. Finding the universe where the Soul Society is going to be a bitch in and of itself. We'll need him to pinpoint its' location."
Didn't expect THAT, did we?
Sonic, former Captain of the 5th Division: fits with his mindset of 'dangerous and self-sacrificing'.
And as for the names of the Mario Bros, I wanted something that said 'they will do great things, but they won't let it get to their heads'. And to my knowledge, there's only two Mario/Bleach crossovers on the site, and one makes Mario sound like an egomaniac. I always pictured him and his brother as more...humble.
MUCH more humble, as both have nearly DIED more then once.
Sonic's a pre-Aizen captain: bastard wasn't even in the Shin'o Academy when Sonic 'disappeared'.
As for the Hollow... read the latest manga chapters. It's THAT one.
Time travel's a bitch, ain't it?
(The Black Hollow appears out of nowhere)
AUTHOR: Uh-oh. (Pulls out Sakurahina and Bankais)
Glossary (For Sonic fans who have NO idea what the hell the Bleach terms mean)
Shinigami: Japanese for 'God of Death'; in Bleach, a shinigami is a soul that has the powers to purify evil spirits known as Hollows.
Hollows/Hueco Mundo: Hollows are souls that have not been sent to the Soul Society, becoming twisted monsters running off instinct and the need to fill the hole in their hearts. Hollows are known by masks and holes in their bodies. Menos Grande (Spanish: Small Big) are powerful Hollows that come in three types: Gillian (massive and black with a mask, normally with a pointed nose) Adjuchas (smaller, but more powerful then any Gillian) and Vasto Lorde (Shit your pants out of fear and prey for mercy) in order of power level, lowest to highest. Hollows who gain shinigami powers are called Arrancar. (Spanish for To Tear, Japanese for Torn Mask) Hueco Mundo is a desert realm and the home of all Hollows.
Shikai: Initial release for a zanpakutō, which normally requires a release command. (I.e Tear Asunder, Ginkaze)
Bankai: 'Final' release of a zanpakutō, which increases power to at least ten times that of a shikai. (I.e Kuro-ka Ginkaze)
Saigo release: The true final release, which strips a shinigami of his or her powers while delivering one final, ultra-powerful attack. The powers of the user can recover given enough time, although the zanpakutō spirit will be very, VERY pissed once you recover them. (Sonic want to avoid using it at any cost, so Ginkaze is not THAT angry.)
Saigo Kyūkyoku no Hikisa-fū: Sonic's Saigo release, translated as 'Final Ultimate Tearing Wind'.
Kyūkyoku no Hikisa-fū: Sonic's wind-based attack, akin to the Getsuga Tensho. Translated as 'Ultimate Tearing Wind'.
Odayakana Sabaku: Akin to Saigo no Getsuga Tensho's Mugetsu. Translated as 'Windless Desert'.
Gotai 13, also spelt Gotei 13: The military force of the Soul Society. Loosely translated as 'Thirteen Guard Divisions of the Imperial Court'. They are based in the Seireitei, or Court of Pure Souls, in the Soul Society.
Gigai: Translated as 'False Body', a gigai is just that: an artificial body a shinigami enters if on reconnaissance duty or to hide from Hollows in the world of the living. Sometimes they are used for a shinigami to recover if wounded or powerless.
Kurohitsugi: The 90th Hado spell, and one of the deadliest, creating a black hole-like effect inside a black box topped with spears. The translation, quite fittingly, is 'Black Coffin'.
Sōren Sōkatsui: the 73rd Hado spell, which is a doubled version of Hadō 33: Sōkatsui, as the user fires two blue bursts of blue spiritual energy with much greater potency than the single shot variety. Translated, the name means 'Twin Lotus' Blue Fire Crash Down', which is fitting.
Zanpakutō: Translated as 'Soul-Cutting Sword', it is the main weapon, other then kido, of a shinigami. It usually take the form of a Japanese sword of some type in the sealed state. The sword has a living spirit, taken from the wielder's soul. All zanpakutō are unique in their powers and abilities.
Chokuto: Older-style straight Japanese longsword. Sonic's sealed zanpakutō is a modified chokuto with a katana-style hilt and guard.
Byakurai: The fourth hado spell. If you have ever wanted to feel like Darth Sidious or Count Dooku, this is your spell, as it fires a bolt of lightning at the target. It is the easiest hado to modify. Translated as 'Pale Lightning'.
Sho: The first, and weakest, hado spell. It pushes the target away without causing damage in most cases. Translated as 'Thrust'. Sonic's Sho is not harmless, as he has too much power. Thus, it can kill if used improperly.
Sai: The first bakudo spell, which binds the target's arms behind his or her back. Translated as 'Seal'.
Reiatsu/Reiryoku: Translated as 'spiritual pressure' and 'spiritual energy', respectively. All beings have it, but only those with high levels of both become shinigami. The higher it gets, the easier it is to detect, and high-level shinigami suppress theirs to keep from crushing those around them. Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto is the strongest shinigami of all, and does not need to, as his is too high to normally detect. In canon, only two can detect him. (Those being Sosuke Aizen and Ichigo Kurosaki, both after Aizen arrived in Karakura Town)
Shihakushō: Translated as 'Garment of the Dead', this is the standard shinigami uniform. It is predominately black. Captains wear a white haori (a Japanese formal overcoat) with the emblem of their Division over-top their shihakushō. Sonic's haori is of the 5th division, and has a light blue inner lining.
Onmitsukidō: The SEALs, SAS and Spetsnaz of the Soul Society military, the Onmitsukidō (Special Mobile Unit) do what the Gotai 13 cannot. They prize speed above all. (Which makes no fucking sense to the Author. Speed is good, but I prefer actual fucking stealth!) The Commander of the 2nd Division is also the Commander of the Onmitsukidō.
Kido: Loosely translated as 'Demon Arts', kido is another weapon used by a shinigami. Kido are divided into hado (Offensive Arts) and bakudo, (Sealing Arts, which actually comprise of sealing, barriers and miscellaneous spells) which can be modified. Almost all kido need an incantation to use effectively. A branch of the Soul Society's military forces is dedicated to kido, and is known, appropriately, as the Kido Corps.
Hakuda: Translated as 'White Hits', hakuda is the shinigami art of hand-to-hand combat. The 2nd Division and Onmitsukidō are masters of this art, with the shikai of the current commander of both (Shaolin 'Suì-Fēng' Fēng) being the ultimate expression of this mentality.
Ginkaze: Translated as 'Silver Wind', it is the name of Sonic's zanpakutō.
Kuro-ka Ginkaze: Translated as 'Black-Clad Silver Wind', it is the name of Sonic's Bankai.
Aoi no Shinigami: Story title, translated as 'Blue Death God'. Fitting, as this is about Sonic in the Bleach canon.
(While the Author is fighting the Black Hollow, Kenpachi Zaraki takes over his normal job)
ZARAKI: Get ready, kiddies, because there's going to be a lot of fights in the future!
Next Time on Aoi no Shinigami: Sonic goes to the Mushroom Kingdom to get the Mario Bros, not knowing he's taking them into a warzone.
ZARAKI: I want in on that fight! (Kenpachi warcries/laughs just as he jumps into the fight between the Hollow and the Author)
Ja Ne!