Chapter 1: Rebellion
Firedude: Here's my second crack at a Bleach fan fiction. As the summary said, this story is a crossover with Samurai Warriors the game. Please read and review, even if you didn't like the story, please criticize me to your heart's content. Also, there are so many possible couples in Bleach that I can't decide. In your review please suggest couples you want for the story. I will consider any suggestions for couples.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of its characters. I do not own the Samurai Warriors video game franchise nor any of its characters.
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Soul Society: District 54
The Rukongai district 54 was up in flames. Peasants ran around screaming, trying to escape from the chaos. Soldiers ran through the town, hacking through innocent civilians and ransacking shops. In one alley way, a young boy clutched his baby brother to his chest in fear as they watched a man being mercilessly stabbed to death by two soldiers. When the man had finally stopped moving, the soldiers turned their attention to the young boy. As the soldiers advanced on the boy he tried to shrink away into the alley wall. Just as one of the soldiers raised his sword to stab the boy, there was a quick flash of silver. The two suddenly fell to the ground with a thud. Behind them stood a red haired shinigami with a head band and strange tattoos on his head.
The man slowly offered his hand out to the young boy who began to cower again. "It's okay kid. I'm with the shinigamis; I'm here to save you." The boy looked at him for a second before slowly reaching out with his hand. "Stop you monster!" A woman came running down the other side of the alley way and grabbed the young boy and the baby. "Get away from my children!" The shinigami stood speechless for a minute. "Ma'am I'm only trying to-." The woman then swung her arm at him in an attempt to knock him back. "Get away! Where've the shinigamis been this whole time? Why did bother to come now!?" The woman then scooped the children up and ran out of the alley. A few seconds later, the shinigami heard her scream of pain as she was attacked by soldiers.
The shinigami hung his head and whispered to himself, "This is bad… this is really bad." The shinigami began to walk out of the alley way as five more soldiers ran up from behind to ambush him. He quickly whipped around and sliced the five in half. He then continued his walk into the street and took a good look at the carnage that was unfolding around him. Bodies were strewn throughout the street and the walls of the buildings were soaked in blood. The shinigami frowned as he saw the body of the woman and here children, butchered apart on the ground. "It's hard to imagine anyone would do things like this in the name of peace, eh Renji?" The red haired shinigami whipped around and saw a bald shinigami behind him.
"Oh, hey Ikkaku. Kenpachi sent you here to investigate?" Ikkaku nodded solemnly and walked towards the woman's corpse. "Districts 66, 47, 33… and now 54." He sighed and turned back to Renji. "The instigators of these rebellions claim that they are doing this for a more lawful and fairer Soul Society…" Renji nodded and replied, "I know… I heard that the people in Rukongai disliked shinigamis this much, but…" He looked over at the decapitated head of an old man lying on the ground. "…I never knew people would go this far." They stood there in silence for a minute before Ikkaku began to walk away. "Please leave out that you saw me here when you write your report for Yamamoto." Renji nodded as Ikkaku flash stepped away. Renji prepared to flash step away himself when he heard very annoying laughter.
He looked down the street and saw a man wearing makeup a small and a nobleman's outfit. He was being carried in a very luxurious chair by a group of weak peasants. "My, how beautiful this district looks now!" The man continued to laugh as he was carried away on the chair. Renji spotted a row of soldiers walking behind him. They all carried flags of the Imagawa noble house. Renji gripped his sword in anger and clenched his teeth. So, nobles are the ones instigated these rebellions... That must have been Yoshimoto Imagawa. Renji took one last glance at the body of the dead woman and her children before flash stepping away. His head is mine next time we meet!
Seireitei: Officer's Meeting Hall
Commander Yamamoto sat in front of a low ranked shinigami who bowed before him. No one else was in the hall except for Chojiro who stood next to Yamamoto. "…And that is Renji Abarai's report of the situation in district 54. Once again, he apologizes for being unable to make the report here himself." Yamamoto nodded and said, "You're dismissed." The shinigami stood and bowed one more time before leaving the hall. Chojiro looked over at Yamamoto and said, "Commander… do you think it true?" Yamamoto nodded and stood up. "Some of the nobles have been quite unhappy for some time now about the rank of their house… I guess they've finally taken action." Chojiro followed Yamamoto as he began to walk out of the hall.
"But the Imagawas!? They've never shown any disobedience!" Yamamoto looked over his shoulder at Chojiro and replied, "We've never seen any up until now, but we've also received reports from the other districts." Chojiro stopped in his place with a look of shock. "You mean…" Yamamoto also stopped in place and turned towards Chojiro. "The Hojo were behind the chaos in 66. The Takeda have also been reportedly behind the uprisings in 47 and 33." Chojiro clenched his fists and briskly walked up to Yamamoto. "What are we to do sir!?" Yamamoto turned away from Chojiro and continued. "At the moment, we're in no position to do anything… It's clear that the people of Rukongai would much rather follow the noble houses than the shinigamis. They hate us for not sending help in time. They probably don't even know that the nobles were behind the uprisings and will side with them if we send troops."
Chojiro walked up next to Yamamoto and said, "Then we should tell them! Tell them who it was who was behind the rebellions!" Yamamoto laughed and turned towards his lieutenant. "You haven't been listening have you? If we tell them that, they will most likely accuse us instead and we'll just be making it worse for ourselves." The two then continued out the door as Yamamoto continued. "Besides… their bitter enemies are going after them as we speak." Chojiro remained silent for a second before saying, "What do you mean sir?" Yamamoto stopped when he exited the hall. He looked up into the sky and continued. "The Oda are advancing upon the Imagawas as we speak. And the Uesugi are advancing on the Takeda." Chojiro replied, "What of the Hojo?" Yamamoto began to walk away as he continued. "They seem to be done for now. So, it's okay if they're left alone. We can only hope that the Oda and Uesugi win."
Human World: Karakura Town
Rukia Kuchiki stood on top of a tall building in her shinigami form as she over looked the town. "I'm sorry to keep you waiting Rukia." She turned around to see a frowning Renji behind her. She smiled and walked towards him. "It's no problem Renji. So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Renji's expression did not change as he continued. "Things are pretty bad back in the Soul Society. The noble houses have begun to rebel." Rukia's eyes widened and she almost yelled, "The Kuchiki house isn't-." Renji shook his head and said, "No, its lesser houses." Rukia sighed and said, "Thank you for the information, but how does it concern me." Renji held up his fist and said, "It affects you in to ways…" He put up one finger and said, "One… The lesser houses that have begun rebelling… have been making assassination attempts on the lives of the higher houses. And they might even go as far as coming here to kill you…"
Rukia's eyes became a little fearful as she realized what that meant. "And two… I came here to ask for help…" Rukia gave him a puzzled look. "Help? What can I do?" Renji walked up to Rukia and continued, "The people of Rukongai hate the shinigami and will most likely side with the nobles. We're in a really bad situation and in order to stop the nobles, we need a third party." Rukia remained silent for a second before saying, "I don't know how valid that idea is… Ichigo and his group have been working with the shinigamis against several enemies… I don't know if they still are considered a third party." Renji turned and began to walk away. "Either way… we need their power if we're going to stop these nobles… third party or not." He took one last look over his shoulder before saying, "Meet me here one day from now after talking to Ichigo and his group… give me an answer then…" Renji then flash stepped away, leaving Rukia alone on the rooftop.
Karakura Town: Kurosaki Household
Ichigo was lying on his bed in nothing but a pair of shorts, listening to a CD on his head phones as he starred up at the ceiling. He zoned out as the music played and he closed his eyes for a couple seconds. When he opened them, Kon's face was right in front of his. He blinked for a little bit before screaming, "What the hell!?" He shot up into a sitting position and Kon rolled off him. "Hey! Ichigo! Guess what!?" Ichigo put his headphones away in his nightstand before looking back at Kon. "What the hell is it?" Kon held up a pair of pink panties with a picture of a rabbit's head on it and grinned. "After all this time of searching, I found where Rukia hides her underwear!" Ichigo's face turned red and he smacked Kon into the wall. The panties fell into Ichigo's hand and he held it up. "What the hell Kon! Go put this back where you found it!" Suddenly, Rukia appeared in her human form on the window sill.
"Sorry I'm late Ichigo. I-." She stopped speaking when she saw Ichigo sitting on his bed, practically naked holding a pair of her underwear. Her face was bright red and she was shouted, "Ichigo! Put those down you pervert!" She tackled him and began to punch him. Ichigo did his best to block, whilst yelling, "It wasn't me! It was Kon, I swear!" Suddenly the door burst open and Karin and Yuzu were standing in the doorway. Rukia and Ichigo stopped and starred at Karin, who shouted in, "Can you please shut up! Some of us are trying to-!" Karin stopped and she and Yuzu starred at the sight that was before them. Rukia was sitting on Ichigo's waist, while Ichigo was only in a pair of shorts and was holding up Rukia's panties.
The four remained silent for a minute before Yuzu finally began to cry a little and shouted at her brother, "Ichigo! Dad says that's a very naughty thing to do! You don't want to be dad at 15 do you!?" Yuzu then ran down the hall crying as Karin just starred. "…" She silently closed the door on the scene and walked away. Rukia then slapped Ichigo one last time and took her panties. She stuffed them away into her pocket and shouted at him, "Great job Ichigo!" He sat up and shouted, "Me!? You're the one who came in here and started shouting!" Suddenly, there was the sound of something bounding down the hallway. Ichigo quickly jumped back on his bed and pretended he was sleeping, as Rukia jumped out the window.
Isshin burst through the door and shouted, "Ichigo! I gave you this speech hundreds of times! Wait until you're married!" He then stopped when he realized there was no one in the room but Ichigo. He rolled over in his bed and said, "Dad! I'm trying to sleep!" Isshin blinked for a couple of seconds before going into the room. He quickly looked in the closet and under the bed. He poked his had out the window and saw no one around. He then walked out and slammed the door behind him. "Karin! Yuzu! You two have got some explaining to do!" Ichigo then stood up and looked out the window. He looked down and saw that Rukia was hanging onto the window sill for dear life. Ichigo pulled her back up into the room and said, "We never speak of this again." Rukia nodded solemnly before walking over to the closet and leaning against the door.
"Anyway, I met with Renji earlier…" Rukia filled Ichigo in on what Renji had told her. Ichigo took a few seconds to digest the information. "So he wants our group to go help suppress these uprisings, right?" Rukia nodded. Ichigo thought about it for a minute before saying, "Well… nothing exciting has really been happening around here lately… so I don't see any problem in it, but I'm not sure how the others feel. I can't force them to go if they don't want to." Rukia nodded and began walking towards the window. "I understand…" She began to climb out the window and Ichigo exclaimed, "Hey!? Where are you going!?" Rukia looked over at him and said, "I've got to go talk to Kisuke. You go talk to the others." Ichigo sighed as Rukia jumped out the window. He stood up and put a shirt and shoes on and walked over to Kon. He picked up the unconscious Kon and took the green pill out of him. He swallowed it and went into his shinigami form. Ichigo's body collapsed on the floor, since Kon was still knocked out. He jumped out the window and onto the sidewalk and began to run towards Orihime's house. A large purple man watched Ichigo from a nearby roof top and said to himself, "So that's what he looks like…"
Karakura Town: Orihime's House
Orihime, Uryu, Chad, Keigo, Mizuiro and Tatsuki all sat around a table in Orihime's living room studying. There was a knock on the door and Orihime got up to answer it. When she opened it, she was delighted to see that it was Ichigo. "Ichigo! I thought that you couldn't-?" Suddenly Ichigo grabbed her throat and began to squeeze. The others noticed this and shot to their feet. Tatsuki yelled and charged Ichigo, "What the hell are you doing Ichigo!?" She swung a kick at Ichigo's head, but he blocked it with his free hand and grabbed her foot. Tatsuki was shocked that he was able to catch his kick. He then threw her into Keigo and Mizuiro and the three hit the far wall. Chad then charged Ichigo and shoulder tackled him in the gut.
Ichigo flew over the railing in front of Orihime's apartment and struck the ground, leaving a miniature crater in the pavement. "…Sorry Ichigo…" Uryu ran out the door next to Chad and observed the unconscious Ichigo as Keigo, Mizuiro and Tatsuki tended to Orihime. "Are you okay Orihime?" She smiled and nodded at Keigo. She stood up and san out the door with the three. "What made him do that?" questioned Uryu as he descended Orihime's side steps. He walked over to Ichigo and kneeled over his unconscious form. Suddenly, Ichigo's eyes shot open and punched Uryu in the gut. Uryu flew into the wall behind him with a thud and hit the ground. Chad jumped over the railing and landed in front of Ichigo. He got into a fighting stance as Ichigo shot to his feet.
"I don't want to hurt you Ichigo." He grinned and then began to charge Chad. "Well too bad, because I do!" He then delivered a kick to Chad's chest and spun around to deliver another one to the side of his head. Ichigo then jumped onto the roof and began to run away. Uryu and Chad got up as the others ran down to them. Uryu rubbed the back of his head and said, "We need to go after him!" Chad looked over Uryu and said, "I don't know, he seemed pretty pissed about something we did. Maybe we should leave him alone…" Uryu looked over at Chad and said, "I saw his eyes and that wasn't Ichigo!" The others stood in shock as Uryu summoned his bow. He jumped onto the roof along with Chad and Orihime. Tatsuki began to run down the street after them. Mizuiro called after her, "Tatsuki! Where are you going!?" She looked over her shoulder and called, "I'm tired of being left out of this! Let's go after them!" Keigo and Mizuiro looked at each other and ran after Tatsuki.
Orihime, Uryu and Chad jumped across roof tops after the imposter. The imposter looked over his shoulder and smiled. He then stopped at the far edge of one roof top and stopped. The three stood on the other edge and starred down the imposter. A smile spread across his face and he began to clap. "You three can take hits better than I expected…" Suddenly his disguise of Ichigo melted away and revealed a tall, purple skinned man with red dreadlocks ties into a ponytail. He wore light armor on his torso and baggy pants. A wakizashi hung from the side of his sash. Uryu took a step forward and shouted. "Who are you!? And why were you trying to kill us!?" The man laughed and said, "I am Kotaro Fuma, ninja of the Hojo house. I did not come here to kill you… today. My orders are simply to deliver a message." Uryu gave him a suspicious look. "What's the message?" Orihime asked, ready to send out Tsubaki.
Kotaro smiled and lunged towards them. Uryu shot several arrows at Kotaro who rolled under them. He whipped out his wakizashi and took a slash at Uryu. However, Orihime had already put up her shield in front of him, so the blow did not make it through. Kotaro jumped back and looked up to see that Chad was about to swing down on him with his left arm. Kotaro raised both his arms in defense as Chad's arm slammed down on him. Miraculously, Kotaro did not even budge. Uryu suddenly appeared behind Kotaro and shot several arrows into his back. Kotaro laughed out of amusement and said, "That's all?" He then stood up, although Chad was still pressing down on him, and launched Chad back to the edge of the building. He then turned towards Uryu who fired several more arrows into his chest.
Kotaro remained stoic in his appearance and said, "Nothing but feathers…" He then coiled his arm back and shot his palm forward. A large dark purple energy blast shot from his hand and went straight at Uryu. Orihime's shield appeared in front of Uryu again and blocked the blast. Kotaro looked to the side and saw Orihime. "So, you're blocking my blasts…" He turned towards her and fired a second blast at her. Her eyes widened when she realized she would not be able to get out of the way in time. Luckily, Chad appeared in front of her and blocked the blast with his right shield arm. He then jumped forward and took a swing at Kotaro with his left arm. Kotaro disappeared right before he was about to be hit. Chad looked around for Kotaro and was not able to find him. "Over here…" He looked down and saw Kotaro lying under him. Before Chad could react, Kotaro donkey kicked him in the stomach. Chad flew off the edge of the building this time and bounced down the walls of the alley way.
He shot back up on his feet and turned his attention to Orihime once more. As he began to walk towards her Uryu fired an arrow into the back of his neck. Kotaro just laughed and turned back to Uryu. He laughed as the energy arrow disappeared and Kotaro's wound healed miraculously. "I told you…" He quickly shot forward and got right into Uryu's face before he could fire the next arrow. "You're better off throwing feathers at me!" Uryu tried to attack him, using his arrow as a sword, but Kotaro blocked it with his wakizashi and kicked Uryu in the gut. This caused him to fall off the side of the building he was on. He hit the bottom of the alley with a thud and Kotaro let out a satisfied laugh. He suddenly felt something shoot through his gut. He looked down and saw a large hole in his stomach.
He looked over at Orihime who whispered, "Nice job Tsubaki!" Kotaro laughed as the hole quickly closed up. Orihime starred in disbelief. No way! Kotaro ran towards her and laughed, "Foolish girl!" Before Orihime could react, Kotaro grabbed her neck again. He tightened his grip until she was not able to speak. He laughed sadistically at Orihime's pain. "I was only supposed to deliver a message to you, but I couldn't help but find out how strong you three were!" He frowned as he continued, "I'm disappointed I couldn't find Ichigo though…" He got his face up close to Orihime's and said, "Let me make this clear, if you don't want your friends to die you will all stay away from the soul society!" She then dropped her on the floor and jumped over the roof onto the sidewalk. Orihime coughed a few times and crawled to the edge of the building. She looked down and saw Keigo, Mizuiro and Tatsuki facing off with Kotaro.
"What did you do with our friends!?" Kotaro smiled at Tatsuki's question and said with a laugh, "I ate them." Orihime saw as Tatsuki took a step towards him. "No Tatsuki! Run away!" She looked up at Orihime, but Kotaro had already stabbed her with his wakizashi. Orihime's eyes widened in horror as he pulled it out of her stomach and sheathed it. "Pathetic…" He then jumped onto a building across the street and disappeared. Chad and Uryu crawled out of the alleyways and limped over to help Tatsuki. Orihime quickly jumped down from the building and began to try to heal Tatsuki as she held back tears. Ichigo ran up behind them and saw Tatsuki on the ground. "What the hell happened!?" Mizuiro turned around to him and said, "Some purple guy just attack us! He injured Tatsuki bad and banged up Orihime, Chad and Uryu!" Ichigo clenched his fists in anger and said, "Which way did he go!?" Mizuiro pointed to the building Kotaro retreated onto.
Ichigo called over to Chad, "Hey Chad! After you guys go to the hospital and get fixed up, meet me at the Urahara shop!" Chad nodded as Ichigo jumped onto the building Kotaro disappeared from. He began to jump building to building, trying to find Kotaro. He jumped onto a ten story building and looked all around him. He pulled out Zangetsu and rested it on his shoulder as he got frustrated. Damn... where is he!? "Looking for me!?" Ichigo turned around to see Kotaro standing over him. Before he could swing Zangetsu, Kotaro punched him in the stomach and sent him flying off the building. As he plummeted toward the ground, Kotaro jumped off after him. Before Ichigo hit the ground, Kotaro began to rapidly kick his stomach as they descended. He then let Ichigo hit the pavement as he landed next to him.
Ichigo swung his sword at Kotaro's ankles, but he just jumped over it. Kotaro then attempted to stomp on Ichigo's head, but he rolled out of the way. Ichigo got into a stance and him and Kotaro circled around the small crater Ichigo made. "So, who are you and why did you attack my friends!?" Kotaro put on a stern look and said, "I am Kotaro Fuma, ninja of the Hojo house. I came here to deliver a message to your group. I'm also on a personal mission to see how powerful your group is." Ichigo stopped and rested Zangetsu on his shoulder. "You hurt Tatsuki bad. I'm afraid I'll have to kill you for that." Kotaro grinned and said, "I'm trembling… my message was to tell your group to stay away from the Soul Society, but…" He shrugged and said, "I do not care for the Hojo, feel free to come to the Soul Society. All I want is to bask in the chaos for as long as I can. And if you're there, chaos will surely flourish." Ichigo smiled and said, "You sure like to talk!" He then lunged at him and made a stab with Zangetsu.
Kotaro jumped over it and slashed at Ichigo with his wakizashi. He was able to duck under Kotaro's blow and pull his sword away. Kotaro hit the ground as Ichigo began to rapidly swing his sword at Kotaro. Kotaro easily dodged each swing and laughed, "I take that back…" He caught Ichigo's sword and threw a punch at his face. "You are no where near my level." However, Ichigo ducked and kicked Kotaro in the stomach. He flew into the air and Ichigo swung down on him. The sword connected with him and Kotaro hit the ground. Ichigo then jumped back and to his surprise, Kotaro was unharmed by the sword. Kotaro then went into a sadistic laughing fit and sat up. "I take that back again actually. Maybe you can make the chaos more interesting…" Kotaro stood and began to walk away. "Feel free to challenge the Hojo whenever you want." Ichigo then jumped at Kotaro one last time and swung at his side, but Kotaro disappeared and Ichigo struck nothing. He looked around for any sign of Kotaro and cursed under his breath when he saw he was gone.
Firedude: There's chapter one. Please review and feel free to flame if you did not like it. Also, include your suggestions for couples as well.