Hey people, the humble little writer Paraiya here! After a long break, I am revved up and ready to go!
This is a femIchi fic I want to call Excerpt of Fate. I want to get this one rolling before heading into my other stories. So many incomplete ideas… oh well, that's what happens when you're diagnosed with Plot Bunny Disease. Sadly, there is no cure; and I shall die a painful death without getting all of my ideas out.
Thank you to Fuzzibunniez who is deciding to help me with this!
Gosh, I'm rambling… sorry ^^;
In this world, there are a great number of forces that govern it. At the top would be the gods; the beings that foresaw all in the event horizon. These gods collaborated, creating the world in which we live today. They created the sun and all that rests under its bright gaze. They created the moon and all that sat under its luminous glow. They had created the perfect world, a foundation for life and representation of their power.
That's when their real task began.
They had created all life on the world. Soon all species of animal existed, and the gods had one last task. They had created the humans that dominated the animals. Humans – a sentient species of creatures; naturally intelligent… though they were naturally barbaric as well. They began to soon spread despair and suffering throughout the world, spreading disease and slaughter. Humans were the worst plague in existence.
They had to be stopped.
In response to the suffering, one of the gods came to earth. He, with his otherworldly brethren, amassed an unstoppable army – the Gotei 13, a league of thirteen unstoppable warriors he called 'Kikan'. These warriors began a siege known as the Great Purge. As a result, over a third of the human population was decimated. The ones exempt from the purge were the last good-willed humans on earth.
The gods then let the last humans repopulate, a vision in mind to 'create the perfect world'. Humans soon walked amongst the world again. Soon, as civilizations became more advanced, wars began to break out once more. Militaries were created and many were slaughtered. The world had become worse than before.
The gods had no idea what had happened. They background checked to see what could have influence such a catastrophe. That's when they found it…
Luminous Nex: God of Darkness.
He secretly had imbedded into people his ways of dealing with problems; destroying them. As punishment, the gods cast him out of their society; making him live amongst the humans he had influenced with his dark power. However the gods couldn't keep tabs on him, as he disappeared from their radar soon. Nobody knows to this day who Luminous Nex could be.
So you see, all violence in this world is the work of Luminous Nex; do not blame it on people. Defend yourself, for it is your right.
Okay, Little Ichi?
…
Ichigo stared out into the distance as she remembered the story she was told. The story she was given so many years ago… the story she did not believe for one second. Her eyes narrowed as she clutched the holster holding Mugetsu. She surveyed the lush lands, scanning for any dangers.
She had found some.
The local wildlife consisted of giant, feral creatures and there were even some soldiers in the distance. Ichigo sighed, drawing Mugetsu from its holster. She clutched the gun as she hopped from her vantage point on the cliff. She landed on the ground noiselessly, taking cover behind a rock. There were five guards due north and seven creatures; ghastly bird-like creatures. Ichigo came up with a plan.
'Lure them'
Ichigo pulled out a flash bomb from her belt, closing her eyes as she threw it into the air. With a deafening bang, a bright light came from the small bomb. Ichigo could hear many of the roars and shrill squawks of the creatures and the grunts of the soldiers.
Now she could strike. Ichigo leapt from behind the rock, rushing through the crowds of animals. She reached onto the left side of her belt, pulling out a round of Mugetsu. Equipping it to her gun, she aimed the firearm towards the temporarily blinded soldiers.
'Here we go!' Ichigo pulled the trigger, a deafening bang filling the air. Ichigo watched as one of the soldiers fell to his knees, clutching it with his hands. Two more shots rang through the air, and the other two next to him went to their knees.
She had their legs out of commission to paralyze them. She didn't need to kill anyone on this particular mission, at least not yet.
Ichigo turned to see the other soldiers loading their guns, and shot into the air as their assault rifle bullets bombarded the space she was previously in. She landed on a boulder, pulling out another flash bomb. She narrowed her eyes as the soldiers aimed their guns again, firing a second later.
She easily dodged them. 'Amateurs' Only greenhorns would take so long to shoot at their targets. These soldiers were just like children, still wet behind the ears. Ichigo knew better though. She knew she couldn't underestimate them.
Ichigo landed on a tree and deftly fired Mugetsu. The bullet careened into the man's shoulder, the soldier howling in pain. She fired three more; one hitting another shoulder, another hitting a thigh, and the other hitting a stomach.
She was in the clear now.
She leapt from the tree, sprinting in the direction of a large mountain. Ichigo passed by the wounded soldiers, going through an opening in some stone cliffs. Her orange hair flowed behind her as she sped through the trench in between the cliff, her bright chocolate eyes cutting from left to right; searching for an opening.
Stopping, she narrowed her eyes as she gazed forward. The only opening was the most straightforward one. 'To the other side of the trench, it is.' The straightforward tactic has always been her forte. She seemed to be in her element at this point in time.
Ichigo once again replacing the round in her trusty Mugetsu, changing to its special bullets. She gazed down at the black gun, eyeing the pinches of reddish tint in it. This was her favorite weapon; and for good reason. 'Mom…' Ichigo rubbed the gun appreciatively. 'They will be saved with this.'
From here on out, whomever decided to get in Ichigo's path would be put down. It was a matter she didn't like, but it had to be done.
Ichigo walked briskly to the other side of the trench, immediately walking into enemy territory. She eyed the copious amounts of soldiers and smirked once more. They were more heavily armored and had spears this time. Behind them stood a chained, bipedal behemoth of a beast. 'They've even caught a Raptoran…' Ichigo mused. 'Maybe this will take longer than I thought.'
...
Byakuya crossed his arms as he sat up in his chair. The meeting between the Gotei had been going on for much too long. The only matters they had been deliberating on were whether or not to expand the Extermination branch. To him it seemed trivial. The branch was fully functional as it was, no need to waste finances to try and fix something that isn't broken.
Instead, his thoughts drifted to something more pressing. 'Kurosaki isn't back yet…'
Bya-kun. His eye twitched in annoyance of the pet name. Byakuya. She called him by his given name. That wasn't any better. Byakuya. Kuchiki-san. She actually used an acceptable term… something's not right.
"General Kuchiki!" the calling of his name pulled him out of his thoughts. His cut towards Soifon, who casted a sideways glare at him.
"What?" Byakuya's voice was stoic.
"Are you going to support the funding of the Extermination branch?" Soifon gave him an expectant look.
"I will not," he answered simply.
"What? Why not?" Soifon's yell rang through the entire meeting hall.
Byakuya closed his eyes. "No need to coddle a child that's already spoiled rotten," his analogy only succeeded in making Soifon angrier.
"You're comparing us to children?" Soifoin exclaimed, narrowing her eyes; irritation painfully obvious upon her face.
"Spoiled-rotten children. The Extermination branch is given too much prevalence over all other aspects in this organization."
Byakuya could see Soifon's twitching hand, the fingers itching to wrap around the small blade across her back. He knew she wouldn't do it. She had more control than that.
He was spot on, her hand going heading back up to fold her chest.
"That may be so, but that is only because we are the most important part of this organization!" Soifon turned to Kenpachi. "General Zaraki, don't you agree with me?"
"Meh, I don't give a damn!" Zaraki gave a wide smirk. "The only thing I'm worried about is that we won't have any enemies."
Mayuri scoffed at his response. "Such a typical answer from you. Please do us a favor and get some new dialogue."
Kenpachi's eye twitched in annoyance. "And who let you out of the lab?"
"I let myself out. Although I'd much rather be there than talking to an idiot like you." Mayuri waved a dismissive hand at Kenpachi, the condescendence obvious in his voice.
"Who the hell are you callin' a idiot, asshole?" Kenpachi countered.
Mayuri rolled his eyes. "My, you are a very articulate man, indeed."
"Hey, stop using big words all the time!" Kenpachi was fuming, his face set in a irate frown.
Mayuri scoffed again. "Imbeciles like you don't deserve power."
Kenpachi narrowed his eyes. "Like you actually do anything with yours. At least I'm in the field putting mine to good use."
Mayuri cut him a glare. "I do use mine. I just use it in a much more refined way."
"Please, we both know your powers don't do anything useful."
Mayuri seethed. "That sounds like a challenge, Zaraki!"
"And what if it is?" Kenpachi challenged.
The tension was thick in the room.
"Hey, hey; come on now!" Shunsui chimed in. "Let's get back onto subject. Remember, the old man isn't here today, so Unohana-san is directing today."
Kenpachi and Mayuri turned their head slowly to a smiling Unohana. Her perky smile was, while beautiful, extremely unnerving. They could tell she was getting annoyed.
"Thank you, General Zaraki. You can sit, now," she stated.
"B-but-" he tried to interject, only to whimper slightly.
Unohana's smile grew. "I said you can sit now…"
Kenpachi crashed down into his seat, facing forward in fear.
Byakuya was almost going to shiver. Unohana was extremely frightening when she needed to be.
"Now, to move onto another matter… that is of one particular agent in our organization," Unohana began.
"And would that be?" Shunsui asked, genuinely curious.
Unohana nodded. "That would be our very own, Kurosaki Ichigo," Unohana stated.
Byakuya opened his eyes, focusing on Unohana. He was interested now.
"What has that idiot done, now?" Soifon spat.
"Yeah, is Ichigo-chan in trouble?" Shunsui asked.
Unohana shook her head. "No, nothing of the sort," her face set into a small, serious smile. "We're planning a promotion for her."
"What type of promotion?" Kenpachi asked.
"We're going to turn her…" Unohana stated.
Jushiro's eyes widened as he stared at Unohana. "You mean?"
Unohana nodded. "We're planning to turn her into a Kikan."
Byakuya's eyes widened in surprise, the gasp he let out almost inaudible.
Almost inaudible.
Unohana turned to Byakuya, an apologetic look adorning her face.
'Kurosaki Ichigo… you won't like this at all.' Byakuya's hand clenched around his forearm.
…
All in all, the battle had been of moderate difficulty. The only real challenge for Ichigo was trying to take down the Raptoran that the soldiers had trained. Her bullets proved to be almost useless against it, and therefore she had sustained some moderately deep wounds. "Nothing a trip to Retsu-chan's won't fix…"
Ichigo gazed at the corpses of the soldiers, her eyes stopping on the large carcass of the Raptoran. "Geez, it just seems like Arrancar is stepping up their game every day…" They even began to train wild creatures to use in battle. They seemed to add new things to their arsenal at every turn. They were quickly becoming more and more dangerous. 'As if they weren't dangerous enough…'
"Dad… Yuzu… Karin… just wait for me, okay?" The result of this mission seemed to be a failure personally on her part. She didn't even find anything-
Ichigo spotted a PDA on one of the soldiers' body. She grabbed the small machine and began to access it. Even these soldiers were greenhorns; not having a pass code on their private information. 'Must've been my lucky day…'
Ichigo looked through the files of information, her mouth agape. There was so much information there that could be used. Information on the weakness of Kikan, how to train wild animals, and even information on prisoners.
Ichigo decided that the far latter would be her best bet. Once she accessed it, she scanned through dozens of files. She stopped on a particularly suspicious file called Operation: G.C.
She scanned through the file, trying to get the gist of it. She narrowed her eyes, only for them to widen a second later.
"N-no way…" Ichigo couldn't believe what she just read. She scanned through it once more, just to make sure she got it correct.
Project: Grand Cleansing shall commence on September 16. On that day, all prisoners of Arrancar shall be purged… all prisoners will be taken to an undisclosed location… none will be allowed to live…
Ichigo nearly dropped to her knees. Three months. That's all she had… three months to find her dad and sisters… 'They're going to… be purged…' her breathing became more erratic. She began to panic as she remembered bits of the story.
… 'over a third of the human population was decimated'…
Ichigo stuffed the PDA in her bag and took off back towards her airship. She knew now that she was going to break many, many rules of the Gotei. But she didn't care.
Her family was in danger… and she made it her job to see them survive. Three months, and the clocks winds down on their fate.
Whew, here it is; Excerpt of Fate. The first chapter. This was a less than hectic chappy for me seeing as Fuzzi helped me with it. Well anyways, I will start updating chapters every Monday I guess… or when Fuzzi is able to beta me.
Well, I'll see you all next on Monday ^^