A story about my main man Coyote Starrk if he was born in the Soul Society. I don't own any of the characters used in this story, they belong to Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.
This is like the dub, so I'll be referring to them as Soul Reaper instead of Shinigami.
Episode 1: Coyote Starrk
A young boy was walking through a forest. He had grey/blue eyes, and he had long brown hair that flew passed his eyes. He was wearing a torn up white robe. He woke several hours ago, and he'd been trying to find some sign of life. He was extremely hungry, as if he hadn't eaten for days.
After about twenty minutes, he stumbled upon a village. He walked into the village. And he looked around. No one. "Hello?" He called. No response. He stumbled down to the ground, unable to walk any longer because he was so hungry. "God..." He mumbled.
Suddenly, a man in a black shihakusho- Soul Reaper attire- teleported up to him. He stumbled back a step, and he started to glow. And then his body puffed into smoke.
Starrk looked up, his eyes widening. He realized that it was his fault that that the man was killed. He went to stand up, but he had no arm strength. I guess this is it... He thought.
Suddenly, a man teleported next to Starrk. He had grey eyes, and long wavy brown hair, which was tied in a long ponytail and has long bangs that frame the left side of his face. He wears a straw hat and a pink, flowered kimono, which was draped over his shoulders, and over a white captain's uniform.
Starrk looked up at him.
The man offered a hand to Starrk. "You're Spiritual Pressure is very strong, lad. It's so strong that it can kill anyone that doesn't have high enough Spirit Energy built up." Starrk reached for his hand. "And being as you have so much, it's leaking out. And when you leak out spiritual pressure, it'll cause you to get really hungry." The man helped Starrk to his feet, and handed him a piece of bread.
Starrk quickly ate it, and then the man handed him a small piece of beef, and Starrk hungrily ate it.
"What's your name, son?" Asked the man in the kimono.
"Starrk... Coyote Starrk..."
"I'm Captain of the Eighth Squad, Shunsui Kyoraku." He handed Starrk another piece of bread. "After that, I'm all out. Sorry."
Starrk ate the piece of bread. He swallowed, and realized what he did. He had killed people. He took a step backwards.
"It wasn't your fault." Shunsui told him. "You didn't know what you were doing. But I can teach you how to control your spiritual pressure."
"What does that mean...?" Starrk asked. "And you said something about being a Captain? What does that mean?" He asked.
After several years of training with Shunsui, Starrk picked up on a few of his habits. Shunsui realized that Starrk's spirit energy was so powerful that even when he was suppressing it, he would still kill people.
I can't make him a Soul Reaper, for if I do then he'd put the lives of everyone there in danger... He thought. But I can't just waste this talent this boy possesses...
"Shunsui?" Asked Starrk.
"Yes?"
"Can I become a Soul Reaper as well?"
"Well you see-" But before he could finish his sentence a young woman appeared.
She wore a shortened hakama resembling a skirt. Her hair was in two braided pigtails. She also wore red squared glasses.
"Lisa! No!" Cried Shunsui, and he grabbed her by the shoulder and teleported away.
Starrk swallowed. Damn, I still kill people just by being around them... He thought. I don't want to kill any more people. I don't want to kill any more people! Suddenly he started glowing. He then split into two. He looked at his other half. It was a young girl was standing next to him. She had pink eyes, and light green hair. She had a black blanket around her shoulders.
Starrk's uniform had changed as well. He was wearing a black shihakusho, much like the un-seated Soul Reaper that he saw die.
"Tell me something... do you have a name?" Starrk asked.
"I'm Lilynette Gingerbuck... And what about you? Do you have a name? You were once me..."
"I am Coyote Starrk."
"Starrk you say."
Almost a hundred years later, Starrk was standing face to face with Shunsui.
"You're spirit energy has gone down enough that you can go join the Thirteen Court Guard Squads."
Starrk nodded. "Right. I'll strive to become a Captain, just like you."
Shunsui smiled. "Right. If I ever retire, then I want you to take my place."
Starrk returned the smile.
Lilynette said nothing.
The next day, Starrk walked into the Thirteen Court Guard Squads' place. He walked into the Head-Captain's building.
"Sorry to bother you," Starrk said. "But we wanted to join the Court Guard Squads."
Yamamoto turned to him. His spirit energy is something else... it's Captain level. No. Higher than the average Captain. Who is this man? He thought. "Who are you?"
"I am Coyote Starrk. And this is Lilynette Gingerbuck."
Starrk... I've heard Shunsui mention him... he was the one that Shunsui trained... He thought. "Did you go to the Sin'o Academy?"
"No."
"Hm... Very well. There are two ways that you can become a Captain, from here. There was a third, but that would require you to beat the Captain in a battle."
"Why isn't that an option?"
"If you become a Captain, I would like you to become a Captain in one of the vacant Captain seats. Right now there three vacant positions. One of the other ones, you must have recommendation from several Captains, and then approval of even more. But you don't know any of them, so I think almost all of them will disapprove. The third you must be able to use Bankai- can you perform Bankai?"
"Bankai... Yes."
"Alright. Three Captains will be summoned here to witness you use your Bankai."
"If I become a Captain, I would like Lilynette to be my Lieutenant."
"Can Gingerbuck use Shikai?"
"Well..." Starrk thought for a moment. "I don't really feel like explaining it right now... so I'll just show you once I use my Bankai. I don't expect you to understand what I'm talking about. Almost, we need to leave this area. My spirit energy is so high that it'll kill anyone bellow Third Seat level when I unleash my Shikai. And then After that, it'll kill anyone from Lieutenant and lower."
Could he really be that strong? We can't take any chances, though. Thought Yamamoto.
Later, Shunsui, Sui-Feng- the Captain of the Second Squad, and Sajin Komamura The Captain of the Seventh Squad. Sui-Feng was a short woman, she had black hair, and grey eyes. She was wearing a black uniform with the white Captain's uniform over it. On contrast, Sajin was a giant anthropomorphic fox with brown and white fur. He wore the basic Captain uniform.
Starrk glanced at the captains. Shunsui smiled at him.
"Lilynette. Please leave." Said Yamamoto, the Head Captain.
"She needs to be here." Starrk said.
"What? What do you need the kid for?" Asked Shunsui.
"You mean you haven't seen this guy's Bankai?" Asked Sui-Feng.
"I didn't even know he had a Shikai."
"What did you think I did in all those days that you were doing your captain duties?" Starrk asked.
"But you don't even have a Zanpakuto..."
"Well you see... Lilynette is my other half. A Zanpakuto is the heart of a Soul Reaper's power. Sealed in the form of a sword. A Soul Reaper's true power is sealed inside the Zanpakuto. Over the centuries, the Soul Reapers have had almost all of their powers in their swords."
"Why are you telling us this?"
"Ours works a bit differently. Our divided in two bodies, instead of a body and a sword."
That peaked Sui-Feng's interest.
"Enough explaining. Time to show you that I'm not lying." Starrk looked over to Lilynette.
She nodded to him. He put his hand on her head. Instantly blue energy shot straight into the air. "Kick about! Los Lobos!"
Suddenly the room filled with smoke. Once it cleared, Starrk was standing there. Lilynette was gone. In Starrk's hands were a pair of pistols. His upper body was covered in a grey fur-lined jacket over a double-breasted vest, while he had dark, skin-tight pants, with grey knee-high fur leggings covering his lower legs. He had fur-covered holsters for his guns.
"A released form a Zanpakuto that's a gun?" Mumbled Sajin. "Such a strange sight."
"That is our Shikai. Now... BAN-KAI!"
Notes: I hope you enjoyed my story about Starrk. I'm going to update it weekly, and if you could check out my fanfiction about Kenpachi in Naruto. If you already read Kenpachi in Naruto, you might be thinking that I don't do Insert OCs. The true of the matter is, I really like Insert OCs, but it's easier to do these types of stories. For one thing it's easier than OCs because you don't need to create all of the characters. I might make one of those eventually.
And just so you guys know, Kenpachi in Naruto comes before this story. So if I don't get Kenpachi in Naruto done, I won't get this story done. Of course I'm not going to show you Starrk's Bankai, because I'm evil like that. And it's going to be different from any of his other abilities. Any of his abilities that he's already been shown to do in canon is his Shikai abilities. That's the only hints you get about his ability, until he's in battle to show his ability.