Hi people, well this is my second story, it's like a combination of usual Bleach with one of my favorite games: Assassin's Creed 2, I know that not everyone knows it, so don't worry I won't add any "incomprehensible" stuff to the plot, and if I do I'll make sure I explain it well enough. Please, I'm still new in this stuff of writing so don't be too critical with me! Hope you enjoy poeple . Reviews please ;).
Chapter 1 "A New Mission"
The year is 1515, during the Italian Renaissance, and we find ourselves in the Seretei, with Kuchiki Rukia. She had spent a whole day in the Rukongai in a patrol mission, and she was exhausted, all she wanted to do: take a bath, and sleep a whole week. Geez, more hollows and I would have fallen asleep in my way home, she thought tiredly. When she arrived to the Kuchiki manor, a messenger appeared before her bowing with respect and said, "Kuchiki-dono, Yamamoto Genryuusai-sotaicho has ordered a meeting with you and the other captains tomorrow when the sun rises." He handed her a letter with the seal of the First Squad in it.
"Very well, you can go now," she said, and with that, the messenger vanished with a shunpo. She entered to the manor, and decided she would take a bath before reading the letter. She entered her room and after closing the door behind her, she stripped the clothes off her and headed for the bathroom, she waited for the bathtub to fill and with the first touch of the water with her skin; she thought there could be nothing better than that at this moment. She spent a whole hour in there before she decided it was enough. She dried herself with a towel and dressed with just her white kimono, which she used to sleep. She remembered the letter that was delivered to her and decided to read it. It was basically what the messenger had told her, except that more explicit and official. She was to present to the First Squad with all the captains, where she would be told about her next mission. So soon!? Damn, and here I thought I would be taking some free time. She let out a huge sigh, and decided it was best for her to sleep and enjoy her bed while she could, she would worry about her mission tomorrow…
The next morning, a very bothersome ray of sunlight disrupted her much enjoyed sleep. She groaned loudly at being bothered so soon in the morning. But then her eyes turned wide. Shit, the meeting! I need to get ready! She thought while jumping out of bed and preparing a very fast bath. After she was done she hurried to the First Squad's quarters and took a very deep breathe to calm herself, she wasn't very used to this kind of meeting, so she couldn't help to feel a tad nervous. Ok, just calm down, it's just another mission, she said to herself while trying to calm down. She slowly opened the door to see the other captains already aligned in their places, she took a quick glance to her brother, Kuchiki Byakuya, and as always, he didn't even opened his eyes. She bowed in one knee to show her respects to all of her superiors before she was allowed to come inside.
"Kuchiki Rukia of the Thirteenth Division, you may come inside." The Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13 said in a deep voice and a tone that denoted power.
"Hi," she responded as calmly as she could, trying not to show her nervousness. Is it me, or this meeting feels different? She started to wonder, after noticing a very strange environment around her.
"First of all," he continued, "we would like to congratulate you on your successful patrol mission, the report you sent was very useful for our decision."
"Thank you very much sir, but… decision?" she asked a little confusion to the much older man's statement.
"I think you must have noticed, that this "patrol mission" was a little different form other ones," he said.
"Well, I did notice there were much more hollows than usual, but other than that, I noticed nothing," she replied, still with that confused tone in her voice.
"Exactly, this patrol mission was actually a test, a test to see if you were strong enough to go on this new mission that we are going to assign you."
"I-I'm afraid I don't understand sir," she said, more confused than ever. What could this mission be that it required testing me? She wondered.
"Genryuusai-dono," interrupted Jushiro Ukitake, captain of the Thirteenth Division, "would you mind if I explained to her, I've known her for much time and I think she might understand me much better," he asked with an unusually serious tone.
"Very well Ukitake, you may begin," answered the Captain of the Gotei 13, seemingly unbothered for being interrupted.
He cleared his throat before starting, "Rukia, have you ever heard of the Assassin's Creed?" He asked in a less serious tone. She shook her head not having an idea of what he was talking about. "Well, in the human world, there is a group of people that call themselves assassins, they kill people who they judge "disrupt" the balance of power and create chaos, and they've been doing this for a lot of centuries, except they are now much more discreet, apparently after a very strange event within the clan three centuries ago." She could only nod since she had no idea what this had to do with her mission. "They are not very numerous, but they are all incredibly strong fighters, and their mastery with weapons and especially swords are very close to those of a shinigami." Her eyes widened a little bit with his last statement. Like a shinigami's? They can't be very normal humans. "And with the use of some strange artifacts they call "Pieces of Eden", they are able to get very uncommon but incredible powers, but they are also very wise, and they never use them, they are sworn enemies of the Templar Knights, whose methods of reaching their goals are, according to the assassins, unacceptable."
"I understand so fur," she finally talked again, "but what does this has to do with my mission?" she asked still very confused.
The captain-commander cleared his throat, indicating that it was his turn to talk, "Until now, the assassin's murders were pretty much justified by now, so we haven't taken any action about it like we did with the quincies. But recently, they have been taking lives which have done nothing wrong, that their actions affected no one in a negative way. We haven't been able to confirm their participation in them, but the modus operandi plus the injuries some of the shinigami that were sent to investigate, are 100% match to the ways of the assassins."
"I see," answered Rukia, STILL confused about pretty much everything, "so what is my part in this mission?"
"Under the recently strange behavior of the assassins, Central 46 has decided that, like with the quincies, the Assassin's Creed must be totally and permanently, eliminated. But the assassins are powerful, even with our powers, we would loose a lot of men while trying to kill all of them, and even if we did win, there would be a lot of survivors that would manage to escape." He cleared his throat before continuing his speech. "So, this is your mission… Kuchiki Rukia, you are to go to the human world, infiltrate the assassin's organization, gather all the information you can get, and deliver it to us so we can confirm their participation in the murder of this innocent men, and so we are able to give a surprise attack to them, and eliminate them with the least possible amount of soldiers in case they are guilty, do you understand?" he asked in the most serious tone you can imagine, it was more of an order for her to understand than a question.
Yep, this isn't going to be a normal mission, she thought. "Yes sir I understand and I thank you for trusting me on this mission" she answered while bowing to him.
"Very well, you are to meet your captain, Ukitake-taicho, at noon for you to receive the details and information you're going to need. You are to depart to Florence, Italy in two days, so prepare yourself well, and good luck… This meeting is over, you are all dismissed." And with a hit to the floor with his cane, the meeting was officially over.
She walked outside the meeting hall and realized she was very hungry, it was very early and she hadn't had breakfast, plus it she wouldn't have to meet her captain until an hour later. Suddenly, she felt a hand grab her shoulder gently; she turned to see her captain smiling at her.
"Hi Rukia, you want to have breakfast with me? After that we might talk about your mission," he asked nicely. Her stomach's growl answered for her a second later, which caused her to blush deeply. He laughed a little bit before continuing, "I'll take that as a yes, come with me." He signaled her to follow him, which he did. After arriving to the Thirteenth Squad's quarters, she had a very pleasant morning with her captain, they remembered about old memories (emphasize on the "old"), like the day she arrived to the squads, some fun memories about Kaien, whose memory brought sadness and happiness combined to her.
"So captain, about the mission," she said after a while of talking, she spent a whole two hours talking with him, and trying to stop Kiyone and Sentaro from killing each other for their captain's attention.
"Oh yes, of course," he cleared his throat before continuing, "for you to complete your mission, you must enter the assassin's organization."
"I understand," she stated.
"But, there are only three ways to enter the creed: one, you must be the son or daughter of a current member; two, you must save the life of one of the assassins; or three, you must show yourself in battle ability in front of a current member, and you must prove him that your intentions are pure and that you agree with their cause. In your case, you can only expect to accomplish one of the last two ways to enter, since you know nobody within the clan."
"They really seem to have good intentions, it's a little hard to believe they turned to the dark side," she said after her captain finished.
"And that is why we are sending you, for you to find out the truth about this, and for us to take action if necessary. I was actually very surprised also, I've studied them for a while now, and they never seemed to have dark intentions, but they also have a lot of secrets. So back to the mission, when you arrive to Florence, you are going to meet a man named Urahara Kisuke; he is to be trusted and will help in your mission in whatever you need."
"I see, so who is he, or was?" she asked before taking a sip of her tea.
"He is the former captain of the Twelfth Division and the creator of the Research Department before he was exiled of supposed treachery against the Gotei 13," he stated calmly like it was an everyday story. But it wasn't for Rukia; she almost choked herself in tea after hearing those words. "What?! He is an ex-captain?" she said after getting back her air. "And he was exiled? Captain… can I really trust him?" she asked with worried eyes. "Haha, don't you worry about that, I never believed what they accused him for, I always thought he was a nice man and a trustworthy one also, so yes, you can trust him."
"Ok captain, I will trust if you say I can. But, may I ask you a question captain?"
"Sure, ask as you please."
"Thank you sir. Ummm, how did you manage to convince my brother? I know that he pulls the strings when concerning my missions. And I'm surprised that he agreed to a life-threatening mission for me," she asked curiously, she actually wondered how they convinced him, being… well… him!
This time he gave an even louder laugh before answering, "we actually discussed this with him for SEVEN WHOLE HOURS, in a meeting that was supposed to be a two hours-max long." Yeah I should have imagined, she thought. "But I told him how much you've improved and that you could be trusted with this mission," he said with a gentle smile in his face, which made Rukia blush slightly. "Thank you very much sir," she answered with a bow.
"Well for now, you should take the rest of the day off, meet with your friends, and… pretty much enjoy yourself since you're leaving for quite a long time."
"Thank you sir, I think I'll go see Rangiku-san, if someone knows how to have a good time, it's her."
"Yeah that's very true, I'll go see you for your departure, goodbye and good luck Rukia," he said while giving another gentle smile to her (looks like he never gets it out of his face).
She started thinking about her mission while she walked to the Tenth Division's quarters. I should take a chance and say goodbye to everyone since I won't be seeing them for a while…
When reaching the door she slightly knocked the door hoping to find Rangiku in there.
"Come in," came Toshiro's voice as a response.
"Excuse me sir," she said while bowing, "do you happen to know where Matsumoto-fukutaicho is?"
"Che, if you find out tell me, haven't seen her in the whole day, she must be in that bar near the Eleventh Division."
"I see, thank you sir, I'll go find her."
She started walking to the bar Toshiro mentioned, she wasn't used to call him "taicho" so she just called him "sir", it felt a little less awkward, even if she knew he was really powerful. After reaching the bar, she found exactly what she was looking for, Rangiku… drunk.
"Heeeeeey, Rouukeeeey-HIC-aaaaaah, how aaaare youuuuu?" she asked totally drunk but with her typical cheery voice. She was with Kira and Renji, which were both already passed out. She sure knows how to hold her alcohol. "Hi Rangiku, I just finished my meeting with Ukitake-taicho about my new mission," she said.
"Oooooh yeah, I heaaard-HIC-about thaaaat, my captain informed me about your mission! Congratulations Rukiaaaa! You might get a promotion if you succeed!!" she said while choking her with her huge breasts in a hug, and trying to sober enough for a conversation.
(Cough cough) "Thank you Rangiku-san, hope I don't mess this up."
"Oh don't you worry you silly, you'll be just fine!! Plus you might meet a very handsome boy and enjoy yourself while you do your mission, they say boys in Italy are really hot!!!" she said with a wink, which made Rukia blush.
"D-don't be ridiculous!! I'm not going there on a vacation, this is a serious mission!!" she said still with a blush in her cheeks.
"Ooooh, don't be sooo party-pooper, you're spending a lot of time there so you might as well enjoy yourself while you're in it, you already have the body of a 19 years old human, and I knoooow that you are still a virgin." Rukia's face couldn't be redder, she turned to the sides to see if anyone had heard her comment, but she seemed safe.
"P-please, I have no time for boys, so leave me alone!" she turned to face her but she had passed out. "Geez, you really should leave alcohol." She went outside and decided she would send someone for her passed out friends. She decided she would rest the rest of the day, and she would spend the rest of her free time with her friends. Hopefully she won't remember our conversation tomorrow.
To be continued…
Well people here is the first chapter of my new story, hope you liked it. Reviewing doesn't take long people so please, REVIEW!! ;P.