Author's Note: This crossover is something I wanted to do for a while now and it wasn't at the top of my priorities but I got the main idea for this story and I couldn't resist writing it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Dragonball, Dragonball Z, Dragonball Super, or Dragonball Gt.
The Strawberry God
"Waaaaaaahhh!" This has to be a joke. Ichigo thought. A sick twisted joke. But of course, nothing ever really went Ichigo's way.
For example, Yhwach. Ichigo wanted to stop him. For all intents and purposes he had him dead to rights once that still silver embedded itself in him.
But if course, if you could stop God with a single arrow things would be much different. Yhwach promptly knocked Ichigo out and then absorbed all of reality creating this white space that used to be the universe. When Ichigo woke up and Yhwach told him what happened Ichigo almost lost all fight in him.
Everything he had ever fought for was gone. I guess that's what got me through.
The rage.
From then on his life consisted of him training to kill Yhwach. And for some reason, Yhwach let him. Yhwach didn't go build another universe with him and his Quincies at the center. He just waited. Ichigo didn't care why he waited; he didn't think much except for the sake of training.
It was only until later he realized that the training was something that had to had accumulated all this power and battle experience but had no time to become accustomed with it.
This time he took his time to come into his own power. He mastered his shinigami powers in 50 years and his Quincy powers in another 75- the old man was a sucky teacher- of course to master his Hollow powers it only took a couole weeks. Those were the easiest. Then he learned how to combine them. Once he combined them, he knew he had the power to kill Yhwach.
So the next chance he had, he went to fight Yhwach. They're fight was a bit underwhelming for the last two beings in existence he had to admit.
It was only halfway through the fight that Ichigo realized that he couldn't kill him. Not that he couldn't do enough damage to kill him, it was just that once you become God you can't really die. So Ichigo did the next best thing and absorbed him instead.
Worst mistake of his life (afterlife?).
Of course, now he was the most powerful person in the universe but he was also the only person in the universe. He was now God. So what did he do? It was then that Yhwach's mind finally settled inside his soul.
Yhwach wanted this. The power of God no longer held the power of creation. That was why Yhwach hadn't started a new universe. He didn't have the power of creation. It must've been when he absorbed the Soul King. The power must've been diluted enough and tainted by his soul enough that now it only worked to create destruction. Yhwach basically used him to commit suicide. He just wanted to die.
So why should he be any different? For the first time since Ichigo mastered Zangetsu, he hesitated.
That's how he should have died. He wanted to just let his soul go in peace. Of course that prick wouldn't let him die. So now it seemed like he reincarnated or some shit. He was a baby now anyways.
What the fuck King?! You hesitated! Of course I wasn't gonna let us die! Me and the Old Man aren't gonna let you die like that! So we moved your soul.
Into a brat? Ichigo sighed.
"Oh look honey, he has orange hair! I don't think that comes from either side of the family!" A young man with glasses and a mustache held him up.
Yeah you brat. Now we've decided that we're gonna lock away your powers until you can walk. So enjoy your new family and this new universe.
Are you grounding me?!
Yup. Also watch out. This universe is a lot stranger than our last. See ya until you can walk!
Well shit. He felt his powers wean and then taper off. They were still there, just beyond his reach.
"Oh I know!"
Please no-
"Let's name him-"
-Oh God no!
"Strawberry!" What seemed to be his mother held him close.
I'm surrounded by idiots. Despite his apparent loathing of his situation Ichigo actually enjoyed being held by his mother. His mother had nice blonde curls and before he knew it, he was grabbing at them.
"Look he's grabbing at my hair! So cute!" She squealed.
He supposed this wasn't so bad. After all, he was gonna need someone to change his diapers.
Age 721 Home of the Brief's
"How do you think he's gonna take it Panchy?" "Honestly I don't know. He's always been so independent and unpredictable. Ever since he could walk he's been popping up in places he shouldn't and doing things his way. He even refuses his lessons!" Of course Ichigo couldn't be bothered to hide some traits so when he displayed genius-like (for his age) tendencies to beat up kids twice his age, solve problems of high school level, and display a working knowledge of things not yet explained to him.
"I'll go and get him Panchy, you stay here." Dr. Briefs left the room.
"Why do you need me?" Panchy gasped. "Strawberry, you scared me!" Ichigo stood there solemnly with his arms crossed. He was expecting this. Ever since he started acting out he knew what they would do.
"Honey why don't you come sit next to me and I'll explain." She patted the seat beside her on the couch.
Strawberry stood silently just staring at her.
She sighed. "Well, Strawberry you see-"
"You're going to send me off aren't you? To some boarding school or somewhere they can control me." He scoffed looking at her with dark eyes. "Well I can save you the money and just leave if you want it that badly."
His mother looked near tears. "No! No, not at all! We wanted to talk to you, because... I'm pregnant with your little sister!" She burst into tears.
That was what broke him. He stood there staring in shock as his mother sobbed because of him. I've been so awful to both of them. They've been nothing but kind and... loving towards me.
A sister?
"I have a sister?" He whispered.. Almost impossibly his mom heard him. "Yes Strawberry, you have a baby sister."
Ichigo froze as images of Karin and Yuzu flashed past him. He remembered when they were born. He remembered the fierce feeling that was born in him the moment he laid eyes on them.
He knew then and there that everything else didn't matter. His past was part of him, but it didn't control his actions. He had a family that he failed to protect. Now he has a new family and let his soul rot for eternity if he lets this family be harmed.
He was a protector first and foremost. The #1 guardian. A shield to those he loves, a sword for those who wish his family harm. An angel to his allies and a devil to his enemies.
Strawberry lunged towards his mother finally accepting her as family in his heart. He wailed and cried begging forgiveness. His hands encircled his mother and he reached within her womb with his reishi. He could feel her.
The bundle of energy that lay like a seed. His baby sister. The world would never be the same.
After that day, Ichigo really became apart of a family. He had accepted their place in his heart and determined to protect them with his life.
It seemed to the Brief's couple that their son had done a complete 180. Now he was overly obsessed with them and mostly Panchy's safety. He wouldn't even let her walk on her own and made her quit her job to at home and rest. At the same time, he finally let his father set up tutors for all the 'genius-like' qualities he displayed.
As it was, the following months went fairly quick and not much happened. Being five years old again wasn't really his favorite thing. It was incredibly demeaning for people to talk down to him like he might not understand as well. Thankfully his parents and his tutors realized he wasn't normal and treated him as an older person. Besides his lessons and taking care of his mother he found that his father was a successful inventor.
He became interested in that as it was something new. He hadn't done anything with mechanics in his old life at all. By the time he could drive he was already deepy wrapped up in a war. His father was ecstatic to hear that he was interested in his work.
He immediately declared that Strawberry was his protege amd that he would learn all his secrets. He even offered Strawberry a little mustache to emulate his father in the workshop. He politely declined.
There was also something else he was working on. Something to save his loved ones when the worst comes to worst. He had brainstormed with the Old Man and Zangetsu to create a seal based off of Kido. It's purpose would be to seal off the recipient using energy from the Dangai.
This universe didn't have a Dangai so he fashioned one out of his own reishi that converted interdimensional energy to power itself. He figured there were other dimensions and other dimensions meant assholes with some degree of power would eventually try to take over the earth. The Dangai would automatically send the Sleeper after any intruders trying to either enter this universe or cross dimensions.
The only reason the Dangai could feed off interdimensional energy was because there were traces of reishi from a different dimension. He guessed that it might be one of this universe's afterlife realms. The earth's dimension didn't have any natural reishi except for the reishi from human souls. The main source of energy he could sense was a sort of life energy coming from pretty much everything.
Nevertheless the seal used energy from the Dangai to shield the recipient. Theoretically anyways. Hopefully it would be ready by the time the baby was born.
Age 722 West City Hospital
"Mr. Briefs, I'm going to have to ask you to leave. We're doing the best we can but you're going to have to wait in the hallway."
Strawberry snorted and left, wincing at Panchy's screams. You regret not taking away her pain now? Zangetsu cackled.
No. It would be troublesome if we were to drawp attention by our mother being the only person to undergo painless childbirth. We already receive attention for being a genius and the heir of Capsule Corp. As much as I hate it... she has to endure this pain.
Strawberry sighed and sat down in the hallway. Being ushered out of the delivery room was just an inconvenience. It was easy enough to just sense the occupants reiryoku. He could easily tell that everything was going well but that still didn't ease his worry.
With my luck, anything could happen.
Hahaha! With your luck there's probably a meteor headed here right now!
Old man? He thought with worry coloring his tone. You're fine Ichigo. Don't let him get to your head. Besides, even if a meteor broke the atmosphere it would be destroyed by all the satellites you hijacked to protect this location.
Honestly King, if you really wanted this place to be protected you could've just materialised me. Instead you had to go and hire a ton of bodyguards, the best doctors in the world and rent a hospital.
Strawberry blushed. Well, you know Dad gave me a ton of money for helping out with his work and once I told him what I wanted to use it for, he was all for it.
"AAAAAAAHH! FUCK YOU GARY(Dr. Briefs)! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
There was an eerie silence in the hallway.
Strawberry sighed in relief breaking the silence. He gave a shaky smile towards the door.
"EAAH!" A baby's cries pervaded the silence. Strawberry slowly walked towards the door. His hand settled on the doorknob.
Come on Ichigo-
-Abandon your fear-
-Look forward-
-Move forward and never stop-
-You'll age if you retreat-
You'll die if you hesitate. He finished the words that were inscribed in his soul. I'm sorry you guys had to do that. To have been through so much just to forget like that... it's unforgiveable yet, I'm still afraid. I don't want to open this door, have her enter my life and then let her be taken away from me.
Then don't.
The Old Man's right King. Right now, we have so much power we could stop death itself from ever even coming close to those we care about.
Even if they were to die Ichigo, I wouldn't doubt it to be impossible for us to bring them back.
Okay, I understand. I... I have nothing to fear.
He opened the door and entered the room.
"Strawberry! Come see your little sister." His father called to him.
He walked to the hospital bed and approached his mother. His little sister was wrapped in a white blanket peacefully sleeping.
His mother tiredly smiled at him. "Here, you can hold her." He gently took her from her hands.
So small.
Her eyes were closed and he could see her softly breathing. She had a small tuft of blonde hair at the top of her head taking after her mother.
Someone cleared their throat. They all turned around to see a nurse with a clipboard. "Have you decided on a name yet?"
Dr. Briefs turned to the nurse. "Yes! I've decided to call her Tights!"
Strawberry turned to him in shock. "No way. You're completely insane dad." He turned to see if his mother agreed with him but of course she had already passed out under exhaustion.
"We're not naming her after a type of pants!" He hissed at him trying to keep the volume low.
"Let's name her... Luna."
The nurse smiled at him. "Oh that's a wonderful name. I'll check in the morning with your mother to see if she likes it."
Strawberry nodded and she left. He walked back over to his mother and settled Luna in the bed with mother.
He then took a seat in one of the chairs by her bedside. "Wake me up when mom gets up okay?"
Dr. Briefs winked at him. "Of course son."
Hours later, at night.
Strawberry stirred in his seat and looked around the dark. His father was slumped over on the floor near his discarded lab coat and his mom and Luna were both asleep on the bed.
He smirked at his dad and walked over. He laid his father's lab coat over his father's figure. Then he quietly made his way to the bed. He rubbed a hand on Luna's head tenderly.
"Nothing will ever come to harm you." He laid a finger on her chest and murmured an incantation.
A shimmering light sparkled over her chest in the shape of a sideways 8. He called it the Infinite Moonlight Seal. The details were quite complicated but in short, it would protect her.
Age 732, West City High
Time had just flown by for Ichigo. It was only through his uneventful second childhood that he realized the value of having one. You only got to experience that pleasurable, anxiety-free period once. Or for Ichigo's sake, twice. High school wasn't so much the same. There were still throngs of girls who adored his hair and gangs of guys who didn't. And he still didn't give a fuck.
But for all the things that irked him in this universe's high school, he still enjoyed it. It gave him a sense of familiarity and closeness. He even still went up to the roof for lunch. Just him though, never any friends. He would never replace any of his friends back home. He was stubborn like that.
"Strawberry! Oh, there you are!" He turned around to face the roof stairs that led back into the building. There was a girl standing there around his age. He couldn't quite remember her name- Laya.
Thanks Old Man.
"Hi Laya, was there something you needed?"
The girl's face reddened as she blushed heavily. Oh my God he knows my name! She quickly averted her eyes and looked at the ground.
"O-oh um, I was sent by the principal to have you go to his office, it's something to do with your mother." There was a silence as she squirmed in embarrassment. "Uh um, Strawberry do you think that uh maybe we could hang out someday?"
"It doesn't have to be a date or anything." She quickly said. "But you know maybe someday we could go on a date?"
-Silence-
"Strawberry?" She finally looked up. There was no one there. How-? I'm literally standing in front of the stairs, how did he get past me?
Hahahaha! That was hilarious! Did you see the look on her face when she saw you were gone? Priceless! I didn't know you were missing a heart too!
Old man?
I've got it.
I was just kidding I swear-
What followed was a series of screams, whimpering and the sound of someone manically laughing.
Strawberry smiled grimly. As soon as Laya said that it was something about his mom he had left. His first reaction was to get Luna from grade school. No doubt she was impatiently waiting for him.
Seeing as how he couldn't go and reveal that he could fly or teleport, as soon as he hit 14 last year he "borrowed" a motorcycle from his father and slightly modified it. He never drove a motorcycle in his last life but then again he never really got the chance to. The motorcycles of this world were mostly hoverbikes or large offroad behemoths.
His motorcycle was styled as a classic 1990 Harley Davidson. Of course those were only aesthetics; he still had a hoverbike mode as well as an offroad mode. Thankfully he didn't have to learn how to drive it as that came with one of his many perks from absorbing Yhwach.
"Strawberry!"
He smiled as he saw his sister standing on the front lawn of her school waving him down. Luna was different from Yuzu or Karin. Very different. But nevertheless it was a good different. Where Yuzu and Karin tried their hardest to not be a burden on him by growing up faster and doing more for him, Luna instead let Ichigo indulge her. Of course he didn't mind; his goal this time around was to keep his family safe and happy.
He drifted to a stop beside her. Other kids would've flinched or moved but not her, she trusted Strawberry more than she did her own parents. "What took you so long Strawberry?! I've been waiting for almost ten minutes!"
Strawberry chuckled and held out a pink helmet for her. "Hop on kiddo, we gotta make good time if we wanna make it." She hmmphed and grabbed the helmet climbing on behind him.
As soon as he felt her hands grab hold of him he gunned it, burning tracks all over the street. Moving through the city at high speeds he cut in between cars, drove through red lights and even took to the sidewalk a few times.
Strawberry was no stranger to the West City Police Department. Long story short, they couldn't cath him, and besides breaking speed limits he never bothered anyone.
"Straaawwberry! Go faaaster!"
He smiled in response. "As you wish."
The reason why Luna wasn't freaking out was because of her belief in her brother. Ever since she had been born, he was there. Always helping her when her parents couldn't, even spoiling her to an obscene amount.
He had never let her down and from the way things looked, he never would.
The motorcycle kicked in response to Strawberry's intent and somehow it went even faster. The world blurred around them for a couple seconds and then stopped abruptly causing Luna jostle against Strawberry.
"Why'd you stop?" She whined. Strawberry smiled and stood up the bike. "Cause we're here."
"Oh, sorry Strawberry." He removed her helmet and then hoisted her off the bike setting her down gently. "It's fine Luna, lets go, we might've already missed the birth." Luna made an 'O' with her mouth and then sprinted into the hospital towing Strawberry behind her.
Luna dragged Strawberry into their mother's room and squealed. She left him at the doorway and crowded their mother. Strawberry walked towards her sparing his traumatized father a single glance.
"Strawberry." His mother tiredly looked up at him. He smiled at her and took hold of her hand. "Hey, mom. Sorry I missed the birth, what's her name?"
'Her' was a small baby in Luna's arms with surprisingly bright blue hair.
"Oh, its fine honey I'm sure that you don't mind missing your father screaming his head off. We named her Bulma."
"Hmmph. I guess it's better than Tights. You can go to sleep mom, I'll watch them." His mom rubbed his hand. "What would I do without my little Berry?" He blushed and leaned down kissing his mom's hand. "You'd be fine mom, now get some sleep."
She closed her eyes leaned her head back.
"Luna, keep it down, mom's trying to sleep." Luna abruptly cut off her cooing at Bulma. "Sorry." She softly whispered. "Do.. do you wanna hold her?" Strawberry held out his hands. "Of course Luna, I'd love to." She gently placed Bulma in his hands. He cradled Bulma holding her close.
"Welcome to the family, Bulma. We're a bit crazy-" He shot a glance at his father-"So I can see you someday leaving us for some space, but I can promise you that no matter where you go, your big brother will protect you."
Midnight
King! Iiiiiii'm baaaaaack! Did you miss me?!
Zangetsu materialized in the room. Despite the fact that his appearance was soundless the inhabitants of the room started to fitfully move in their sleep.
Not really. And get out of your Resurreccion! Just because you think you've suppressed all your energy doesn't mean you have. Your energy is giving them nightmares.
What?
Strawberry sighed. What the-
Zangetsu was cut off as he was absorbed into Strawberry.
Fuck?! King why'd you do that?! Zangetsu screamed at him inside his head.
I told you to drop your Resurreccion and you didn't listen. You were literally giving them nightmares just by standing in the room.
He caressed Bulma's face, producing a calming effect on her. You're lucky you didn't wake her up. If you did I'd have to come in there and show why I'm in control, and you aren't.
Nope, that's fine King. I love to fight not be killed over and over by my own powers.
After the last fight they had when Ichigo mastered his powers, Zangetsu had lost his will to fight him. Not that he stopped loving violence and fighting, just fighting Ichigo.
So what did you find out there?
Not a whole lota shit honestly. Lotta empty planets, some cavemen planets and one or two with cities. Oh shit, tha's right I found this one planet with a bunch of hollow type aliens- physically I mean. And I ate them. They didn't taste all good. Oh yeah I found out that when we eat people with ahhh what wasit?
Ki.
Yeah that. When we eat people or aliens with ki we don't actually get any of their ki. A good thing though is that people with high ki usually have high natural reiryoku.
Of course, there's only a couple ways we could actually jncrease our power noticeably. Then again, we don't really need to, there doesn't seem to be any threats at our level.
Good. At this rate we'll just be able to live a normal life with our family.
Why the hell would you jinx us like that?! You'd think you would learn at some point.
Author's Note:Sorry if this is edited badly. I wanted to get this out fast so I may have rushed through.