Chapter 1

Arrival of a Mysterious Ryoka

The air in Soul Society was crisp, its moon shun bright enough, leading the newly arrived soul through its dark streets. The new arrival had arrived from the human world and was slightly confused about his whereabouts. His short jet black hair covered most of his forehead but not his eyes, his crimson eyes seemed to glow underneath the moonlight, making him look almost demonic from a spectator's point of view. He wore a sleeveless black shirt along with blue denim jeans, He was definitely out of place in appearance with other souls in Soul Society. As he stumbled along the empty streets he couldn't help but feel like he was being watched, his eyes scanned around the area looking for anyone else that could be near. On his back was a large European claymore that was strapped to him and on his right side of his hip was a sheathed katana. He continued along the pathway slowly following the moon toward and a large tower that was off in the distance. Dust kicked up from his steps and he began to speed up with each step until he was dashing. As he ran his eyes continued to scan the area with the feeling he was still being watched by some unknown force.

He soon came across a large wall that seemed to be blocking his path. "Just what the hell is this place, and why was I sent here?" The boy said to himself. "Guess I better start looking for answers here." He then pulled the claymore off his back and quickly slashed at the large walls causing it to break the instant they both touched. After walking away from the rubble he placed it back onto his back and looked around to see even more building which we similar to the ones outside the wall. He continued along his way toward the tower until he came upon a vast empty space where no buildings occupied. "Just how big is this place, I feel like I'm going around in circles." He sighed under his breath. Just as he was about to dash off, something caught his eye. A large ball of energy flew toward him making him jump a few steps backward. Not long after the ball had impacted the ground in front of him another one came flying toward him. Feeling irritated the boy pulled his katana out and sliced it in half, however after this one blew up behind him he saw a figure standing in front of him. The figure was girl with her dark hair pulled into a bun held in a tied cloth, she also seemed to be carrying an odd looking weapon in her hand. "Stop where you are ryoka! I am vice-captain of squad five Hinamori Momo, you are an illegal spirit and as such need to be brought in for questioning." Momo ordered. The boy looked at her with a puzzled expression, "Sorry to tell you this but I have no idea what any of that means," He replied.

Momo gripped her zanpakuto and gritted her teeth, "It means you are to come with me willingly or I am to bring you in by force," she said with tenseness in her voice. The boy sighed and slowly placed his katana back into its sheathe. "The last thing I want to do is cause trouble so I guess I'll have to do as you say," he said. Momo looked back at him with a confused look, but slowly walked toward him with her zanpakuto still drawn."Please follow me and don't try anything," she ordered. He did as she said and they both arrived at a large building, they walked through the halls until they came to a room filled with cells. "I apologize but you must stay here for the rest of the night until my superiors decide what to do about you," Momo explained. The boy nodded and entered the cell. Momo walked behind him and reached out her hand, "I will also need to confiscate your weapons." The boys eyes narrowed as he took his weapons off and handed them to her, "Just don't let anything bad happen to them, they are very important to me," he said. Momo nodded and closed the cell door, after locking it she walked out of the room. The boy laid on the floor and closed his eyes, "Looks like things are just getting more complicated," he said to himself as he gently drifted off to sleep.

The sunlight cracked through the cell's window as the boy awoke the sound of someone knocking on his cell door, he yawned before getting up and walking up to it. The figure of a man with a tattoo on his face of the number sixty-nine was standing outside his cell door. "My superiors asked me to come get you. I am Hisagi Shuhei vice-captain of squad nine, please follow me," he explained. The boy exited his cell following the vice-captain to a deeper part of the building structure, he entered a pair of large doors and entered the room. Within the room were several people wearing similar clothing to the former people the boy saw only they wore white hoari. He stood before the ten strangers with a stoic expression on his face, he then gazed upon the oldest looking of the group who stood with a dignified appearance. "You have been accused of illegally entering Soul Society without the approval of any seireitei official. Normally we would just keep you imprisoned under any other circumstances but it came to our attention that you were in possession of two unusual items. Would you please present the items in question vice-captain Hinamori?" The old man stated. The boy looked at the corner of the room and noticed that the girl from the night before was holding his two weapons. Momo stood up and presented to two to the old man. The man then stared at the boy, "My I ask how you came into possession of these?" he asked. The boy scratched the back of his head, "They are both family heirlooms handed to me by my parents," he answered nonchalantly. The other people in the room scoffed as if they found something funny with what he said. The old man then glanced at them causing them to regain their composure. He then continued to talk, "I would like to see you use these in combat if you wouldn't mind, of course if you try anything suspicious I will strike you down." He then motioned to the other people, "Will one of the captains please volunteer to test this young man's skills?"

The others looked at each other, after a few seconds had passed one stepped forward. A Pettit woman with her hair in two thing long braids bowed toward the old man, "If you will see it fit I, Soifon captain of squad two will volunteer" she responded. The boy looked at her with a piercing gaze then nodded. They all exited the room and came to a large open space. Soifon slowly removed her hoari revealing her sleeveless uniform. "Before we begin may I ask your name, I find it unfitting for you to know mine and I not know yours," Soifon explained. The boy slowly placed his claymore aside and unsheathed his katana, "Very well then if you insist, my name is Saotome Asura," he said as he laid the sheathe on the ground. His katana was crimson in color and had a dull blade, he slowly spun it in his hand. Soifon then unsheathed her zanpakuto, "Shall we begin then?" she asked with a smirk. Asura nodded and within a blink of an eye Soifon lunged at him with her zanpakuto. Asura easily guarded with the bunt of his katana then pushed her away. Soifon landed on her feet then sped toward him with a kick, in which stopped with his hand. She then continued with an upward slash while holding herself up with her other arm. Asura held her attack off with his katana and the two locked eyes. Soifon kicks at his legs with her other leg causing Asura to lose his footing. Asura pushed himself off the ground quickly before Soifon could strike him with another kick. She continued an onslaught of kicks and slashes as Asura dodged and countered. The other captains watched with expressionless faces as the two were locked in a battle of counters.

Before long Asura grew tired of the repetitive movements and allowed one of her kicks to connect. He then grabbed her leg and threw her into the air. Soifon recovered midair and landing on top of a nearby roof. "Don't tell me this is all you can do ryoka," She said teasingly. Asura smiled and then disappeared with a blink of Soifon's vision. Within split seconds he appeared behind her with his sword pointed at her neck. "I was under the impression you wanted us to fight on equal ground, after all you were holding back significantly," he replied. Soifon looked surprised at first but then smirked as she slid underneath his blade and kicked him in the face. Asura quickly grabbed her leg and threw her back onto the ground. Soifon recovered placed her hand over her zanpakuto. "Sting all enemies to death, Suzumebachi!" she exclaimed as he zanpakuto took on the form of a gauntlet with a protruding stinger-like blade. The other captains looked at them with a more interested gaze as Soifon speedily lunged at Asura. Asura and Soifon where mere blurs to the spectating captains as they both matched each other in speed. Soifon continually tried to stab Asura with Suzumebachi, while he blocked each attempt with his katana. As time slowly passed Soifon began to feel irritated and quickly jumped away. "Enough of this, I'll show you the power of a true captain, but I refuse to use my bankai on such an amateur," she stated.

Soifon then focused her reiatsu around herself activating her un-mastered shunko, she then instantly stabbed Asura in his right shoulder. Soifon smirked as Suzumebachi's mark appeared upon his wound. Asura however returned her smirk with one of his own as Soifon felt a sudden numbness within her body. Before she knew it her body became limp and her knees began to give in, however Asura held her up with one of his arms. "Surprised you didn't it captain Soifon? My body produces its own electrical discharge; any who strike me with a metal object instantly feel its effects. The electrical energy is invisible to most people and can't be cancelled out that easily. I also seem to have the ability to absorb all electricity that comes into physical contact with my body. I apologize for not mentioning it earlier but I guess it slipped my mind," Asura explained.

As Soifon's body slowly lost all feeling, Asura removed Suzumebachi from his wound, releasing her from her paralysis. Soifon began to get the feeling back in her body but was out of breath as her lungs and other organs were out of synch with her body's normal electrical impulses. Asura continued to hold her up until she was able to stand on her own. Soifon gritted her teeth as she looked deeply into his eyes, in them she could see a dark void of nothingness as if he was an empty vessel. Asura then took a few steps back and positioned himself with an unusual sword stance. His face became more serious than it once was earlier during the skirmish, "Seeing as how you might feel a little dishonored from me taking this fight so easily, I believe it is about time I also reveal to you a little more of my power," Asura announced. Asura finished a small circle of electricity formed around him and his katana began to glow causing a crimson light to shine forth from it. Asura then began to spin the katana over his head causing the katana to appear as a blur. "Those who are lost within darkness shall be saved by the light, Spark brightly Ketsueki Gokai!" Asura exclaimed as his katana changed its shape and form. The katana became a long sword like halberd; Asura then slowly stopped swinging his weapon and pointed its blade toward the ground. "I would believe this would be my sword's equivalent to your zanpakuto's shikai," he said with a serious look in his eyes.

The captains all looked at his weapon with astonishment, most of them were surprised that he was even capable of activating his weapons 'Shikai'. "It would seem this boy is indeed more capable a fighter than I originally predicted," Captain Yamamoto announced to the other captains. "Since this is the case, I would like to see this fight continue until one of you is knocked unconscious. Show us what you are truly capable of sir Saotome." Asura glanced at Yamamoto and nodded before returning his attention to Soifon. Asura then began to lunge at her with Ketsueki Gokai. Soifon, who had finally recovered completely, quickly dodged and blasted Asura with her reiatsu from her palm. Asura endured the blast and swung his weapon at her, in which Soifon followed with a back-flip. Soifon continued to hit Asura with her shunko techniques as Asura slashed away at her in response. The two were slowly damaging one another with each blow, making Soifon pant heavily as Asura continued with a nonchalant attitude. Soifon tried to sweep kick Asura's legs, but Asura quickly stabbed his weapon into the ground and used it as a pole to spin around kicking her instead. Soifon was thrown back from his blow but stopped herself by skidding to a stop with her feet. Asura pulled his halberd from the ground and slowly formed a circle around him in the dirt. Afterwards he concentrated his reiatsu into his halberd and began rotating it from the ring within the center of its shaft. His halberd rotated at speeds that brought the air around him to be sucked into a vacuum. Soifon watched only for a matter of seconds before dashing at him and aiming Suzumebachi toward the mark on Asura's shoulder. Before she could reach him however, Asura stopped rotating his weapon and slashed at the open air. The slash released a bolt of lightning that pierced right through Soifon's chest. Within seconds Soifon felt a sudden chill fill her body as she fell to her knees. He eyes widened as she glanced down upon the gaping hole in her chest.

One of the Captains rushed over to her, a woman with long black hair that was in a braid in front of her chest. "That is enough, I must attend to captain Soifon's wounds," she declared. She then quickly released her zanpakuto's shikai, which became a large green manta ray; it then proceeded to swallow Soifon. As Asura slowly returned his sword back to its original form Yamamoto walked toward him. "You have proven to be a very versatile fighter so far, but I must ask you one question. Is it possible for you to achieve shikai with your other weapon as well?" he asked with a stern expression on his face. Asura sheathed his katana then looked up into the captain's eyes. "Yes I am capable of achieving shikai with my Kirifuseru Tenshu as well, but I still don't know if you would call my swords' abilities the same thing as shikai or bankai," Asura explained. Yamamoto stroked his beard before continuing, "Then is it fair to say you an also achieve the same thing as bankai with both weapons?" he asked while opening only one eye at Asura. Asura paused for a moment before responding, "Yes I do believe you can say that, but as I stated before they are not entirely both the same thing."

The captains all stared intensely at Asura before glancing back at their commander. Yamamoto then returned their gaze, "I would under any other circumstances never consider this, however Soul Society is in dire need of as much strength as possible," he explained before taking a deep breath. "Would you be willing to aid us in an upcoming battle this winter against a great evil threat?" he asked. Asura raised one eyebrow, then looked at the captains who all seemed to be surprised by their commander's question. Asura then scratched his head before giving answer, "In other words you wish for me to become one of you guys huh? I don't know so far I haven't been shown that much hospitality," he replied in a joking tone. Yamamoto glared at him and struck his sheathed sword onto the ground, "This is a serious question sir Saotome!" he scolded. Asura then pouted before standing up straight, "Geez no need to have an aneurism, fine I'll accept your offer to join you guys for now. However this doesn't mean I don't have my own agenda to attend to, so I might not be around for long," He replied. Yamamoto then faced his other subordinates, "Do you have any objections to this decision?" he asked with a gruff voice. None of the captains attempted to speak out against their commander, Yamamoto then took their silence as a no and faced Asura. "From here onward you shall be referred to as Captain Saotome Asura of squad five," he ordered. This caused the captains to all talk among each other, and then they turned their attention to Vice-captain Hinamori Momo who had a shocked expression on her face. Asura hadn't noticed her until then and thought to himself, "Wait a minute didn't she say she was also from squad five, then that would make me her superior." Hinamori looked at Asura then winced slightly before taking a step forward, "I apologize for before captain Saotome. I promised I will do my best as your vice-captain to follow your orders," She said in a frail voice. Asura scoffed slightly before walking toward her and placing a hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry I promise not to let you down either. I am not a traitor like that Sousuke Aizen," Asura replied.

As these words left his lips everyone within the room looked shocked as did Hinamori who was staring at him with a look of discontent. "H-how did you know about captain Aizen or his betrayal?" Momo asked with her frail voice. Asura scratched his head and looked at the others, "That's right I forgot to explain earlier didn't I? I have the ability to read the minds of those I make direct eye contact with. I would have figured you guys would have thought it odd of me to know about shikai and bankai without ever entering Soul Society before," Asura thoroughly explained. Everyone's faces looked a little worried as Asura then continued, "For instance I know everything about your names and squads as of now. All I needed to do was meet your eyes and I learned all I needed to about the situation you guys are in," he then turned his attention to Momo, "I apologize for bringing it up, but I swear I will do the best I can to help you pay him back for what he did to you," Asura said with a very serious look on his face. Momo looked up into his eyes and stared into his crimson pupils, this caused her to feel more at ease and blush slightly. "Thank you Captain Saotome, I trust you will be a great leader to our squad," she replied with a smile.

A/N: I wanted to do a bleach fanfic for a while so i decided to introduce a story revolving around a character i created for my own story idea and alter him to fit the bleach universe. There isn't much romance yet at all in this chapter but i should introduce a lot more of it in the next one seeing as how i intended this to be the best of both worlds. Please if you have any consrtuctive criticism to give me leave it in a review.