Chapter 1: The beginning
1000 years before the winter war.
"It's a healthy baby boy" said the nurse to the couple.
"Did you here that Genryusai?" asked the tired wife "It's our son."
"Yes I heard dear," replied Yamamoto "I heard."
"What's the boy's name?" asked the nurse.
"Keith," answered Mrs. Yamamoto "Keith Hibari Yamamoto."
10 years later.
"Do you think it's time we tell him?" sadly asked Mrs. Yamamoto.
"Yes it is time," sternly replied Yamamoto.
"Keith please come down here," he commanded.
A minute later, a boy walked into the room. He was a normal sized boy with brown hair, gun-steel blue eyes, and a smile on his face.
"Yes father?" asked Keith.
"The time has come to tell you," replied his father "About your training to become a Shinigami."
"Really?' excitedly asked Keith.
"Yes," happily he replied "You're going to learn the fighting skills it takes to be a true Shinigami."
"Remember," cautiously stated his father "Once you take this road you can never have a normal life."
"I understand, but I want to do this not only to be like you, but also to protect what
is right." he calmly replied, surprising both parents with his answer.
"Then you, my son are ready to begin."
5 years later.
A graduation party is taking place in the Yamamoto house hold. The person who graduated from the Shinigami Academy is none other than Keith.
"I'll call him down," stated .
"Keith come down here for a moment?" innocently asked his mother.
"I'll be right down." he responded.
A few moments later Keith walked though the door to only to be met with one thing.
"SURPRISE!" a group of people including his parents and fellow students yelled. His father came right up behind him.
"Congratulations my son." said Yamamoto while patting Keith on the back.
"Thanks old man," replied Keith with a big grin.
"We are so proud of you son!" cheered his mother.
Soon enough the party was in full swing. A bunch of the students were drinking sake and living it up. Then Keith decided it was time to show his father his Zanpaku-to.
"Father, I want to show you something," happily said Keith "Could you come out side please?"
"Ok son," replied Yamamoto
"Can I come to?" curiously asked his mother
"Sure you can mother." Keith laughed.
So all three of them went outside, behind the house to see what Keith had to show him.
"So what did you want to show us?" asked his father.
"My Zanpaku-to's shikai." Keith calmly replied.
"You have found the name of your Zanpaku-to?" asked his father with a surprised look on his face.
"Yes," he responded "Let me show you."
Keith prepared his blade for the release words. Concentrating on the blade with all his might, he then yelled the words they all had been waiting for.
"Save the innocent…Nikolai!"
All of a sudden, a humongous wave of spirit energy came bursting out of Keith. His katana was changing before their eyes. The whole sword had turned black and had long, red dragons running up and down the blade. His appearance didn't change, but his eyes had a determination that seemed could not be beaten, if tried. The air around them had grown warm and dry, like there was a fire surrounding them.
"That's his name," Keith said with a blank expression "Nikolai the dragon."
"He gives me the power of fire and the powers of his other dragon brothers"
"That's amazing," gasped Yamamoto with awe "I've only seen this kind of power over fire in my self."
This was an extraordinary time in Keith's life. Unfortunately, this grand moment would only last for so long. For you see the next thing that happened was the one thing none of them would ever expect. They then heard the many screaming voices of a desperate hollows looking for their next meal.
"Quickly you two get to shelter, while I warn the others!" commanded Yamamoto as he ran inside to get the others. As soon as he ran inside a hollow with wings swooped down at Keith. He easily dodged it and took a swing at the beast, he missed.
"Damn." He remarked to himself. Then he remembered that his mother was still outside.
"Mother go inside now," He yelled while running up to her "You have to get out of here!"
"Keith behind you!" she cried. He quickly turned his head to see the bird-like hollow coming back.
"Shit." He blankly said. Then in a moments notice is mother was behind him. She then took the hollow straight on, and getting stabbed though the chest.
"NOOOO!" he screamed as his mother to the ground. The hollow screamed in triumph. Keith went over to his mother's body and picked her up.
"No!" he yelled in a panic "You can't die mother, you just can't."
"I'm sorry my baby," she said with a smile "I am going to die."
Keith looked at her with tears coming out of his eyes.
"Keith you have to promise me something," she said while coughing out blood "Promise me you not give up in life, promise you will fight for what's right, and that you will stay true to your heart."
"I promise mother," he answered while sobbing "I promise."
Yamamoto finally arrived with the others, to see Keith standing above his mother's body, with blood all over him. Then they saw something they would never forget. The hollow still not satisfied yet, flew at Keith with hunger on its mind. Keith looked up and glared at the hollow with the same fire that he showed when he activated his shikai for them.
"I'm going to make pay bastard," he said with voice that even made the hollow a little frightened.
"Nikolai let me use your true power!"
He pointed his sword at the incoming hollow.
"BANKAI!" he screamed as everyone looked at him with amazement.
The hollow stopped diving and could only look with fear.
Keith started to transform. His skin started to turn into black and red scales, wings sprouted from his back, and his legs and left arm were turning into limbs that would belong to a dragon.
"All of you hollows will burn!" Keith roared "I only need one attack to defeat all of you."
The hollows then charged at him, twas a foolish idea.
"Flame of the dragon!" he yelled as fire shot out of his blade engulfing the hollows in flame.
The hollow screamed in agony as they were burned to ashes. Then Keith having used too much power collapsed on the ground.
Yamamoto, along with the other Shinigami ran over to his son.
"You did a great job my son," said Yamamoto with tears rushing down "You avenged your mother's death, now you can live life a little better."
"Bring his body to the house." he commanded.
"Yes sir!" responded the other Shinigami.
They took the two bodies inside the house.
"Rest my son," his father said into the night "You'll need it."
2 months later
Keith was walking down the hallway to his father's room. Today he was to be put into one of thirteen divisions.
Keith himself did not know which one he wanted. He liked each division, because of the people in them and what each division stood for.
He soon arrived at the room, where his father was sitting down at his desk.
"Come in Keith," greeted Yamamoto with a smile.
"Hello father," replied Keith "I'm here to finally be put into a squad."
"Yes I know, come sit," said Yamamoto.
Keith grabbed a chair and sat down. They stared at each other with almost the same ideas on their minds. Keith was wondering which division he was going to be put in and Yamamoto was wondering how Keith was going to take the news. Yamamoto cleared his throat and began to speak.
"After a lot of thinking, I've decided to put you in Division Three."
Keith about to ask why when he was interrupted by his father.
"Before you ask why one I didn't make you a captain or a lieutenant and two why Division Three let me answer those questions right away."
"I didn't give you a real rank because I want you to help teach at the Shinigami Academy by training their swordsmanship, their flash step, and their knowledge and I put you in Division Three because then you can get to know a lot of the people who are in your and other divisions."
"Oh," replied Keith with a puzzled look on his face "I suppose that makes sense."
"But why would you want me to teach?" he asked "there are many more people who do a better job then me."
"Yes, but you have something they don't have," he replied with a smile on his face "You have heart. You would care for each student no matter how they act."
"Well if that's how you feel," Keith laughed "I'll do it.'
"Good, because you start tomorrow." replied his father with a loud laugh.
"Hahahah.....wait....... WHAT!!!!"
Somewhere in Hueco Mundo
"How are the preparations coming along?" asked the arrancar
"It'll need a few years yet master." answered the fraccion member.
"That's okay," laughed the arrancar "We have nothing, but time on our hands."
End of Chapter One.