Of Swords and Bows


New story yeah I could do something else but I've wanted to try this out for a while to hopefully get the creative mind working again so hope you all enjoy this piece that will cover several chapters of Bleach currently.


War never changes it always remains the same no matter the forces or field of battle. Two sides fight for all kinds of reason perhaps it's for money, power, freedom, domination, extermination, or just because they can. The losses tend to be heavy for both parties even if one side wins the conflict. In the end people are left scarred both mentally and physically as a war veteran. Even in the realm of souls war remains a basic concept one that the Soul Society had faced before. Crushing the Quincy into hiding away and their recent defeat of the evolved hollow army ex-captain Aizen's Arrancar. Yet a new war is stirring in the shadows which could determine the fate of reality itself and one that shall change the life of everyone involved, but it seems there is now a break in the tale something that was not expected to happen and yet fate seemed to know this betrayal was coming...


The sound of boots filled the home of the Soul Society as several men clad in white and grey stormed the area known as the Soldat. These mindless troops being their attack on the soul reapers with no hesitation. The Emperor and father looking on enjoying the destruction of the area knowing everything was going along as planned. In the middle of the chaos a female with raven hair looked at the bloodshed knowing it would only get worse from here. She had just discovered her brother was left for dead in a wall and yet she did not feel so sad about his fate. As the soldiers moved toward the woman she only moved through them. The remaining soul reapers could not believe their eyes as the girl was known to them as Rukia Kuchiki brother of Byakuya Kuchiki. Yet she was not carrying the zanpakuto Sode no Shirayuki rather a white cross and her outfit was even more unnerving to witness. Her usual soul reaper clothing was now white and grey, and her body was covered in the uniform of the Quincy. Black stockings covered her legs as she had a bag full of bows needed in combat and she had a cloak on with the symbol of the Wandenreich on it's back.

"W-hat's g-oing on w-hy are you wi-th t-hem Rukia?" A brave soul reaper spoke out holding on to his sword shaking in fear at this sight.

Rukia's eyes glared at the man and replied in a cool voice showing no fear. "Why are you with them?" She spoke having no empathy in her soul to care if this out his feelings about her actions. It seemed this caused a spark in one of them as a foolish blonde reaper tried to make the girl pay only to be frozen solid after being impaled with a single arrow in a short amount of time. The other soul reapers cried out for the traitor's blood only to be unable to move. Rukia's glove has been removed and she quickly froze the ground around them solid trapped their legs in the ice.

"Th-at is impossible! You still have the powers of Sode no Shirayuki even as a Quincy lapdog?" Not long after that comment was the man's face stuck in a weird kind of liquid that slowly froze him solid. Despite his screams of pain Rukia spoke to the remaining targets to kill correcting his statement with ease.

"I have no use for something that can be replaced with this power. My Heilig Pfeil is only a small part of my overall power while my true strength lies in my letter given by his Majesty himself. I would tell you of my letter but you're simple soldiers waiting to die so I will help you." She said with an unfeeling voice freezing them solid and shattering their bodies with her arrows. She heard the cries of the other soul reapers trying to survive which at this point was an extermination rather than the first salvo of war.

Before long Rukia ran into one of her new allies in the Wandenreich a girl with violent hair and a nasty temper currently blowing up several targets with joy shown on her face. She happened to notice the former reaper and teased her with one of the medallions given to the troops.

"Hah what's the score Sternritter "L" 0-1 I just snagged my first Bankai from that Doggie!" 'I wonder why the girls in this organization feel threatened by me' Rukia thought not caring about such pointless goals only the objective of bringing down the Zero Squad matter to her. Observing the girl she decided to return her comment.

"My foes were Vizards and their power is not enough to be a threat to us." Bambietta just smirked at Rukia's words thinking she was acting like a coward.

"Oh feeling some remorse for your former allies seems like something his majesty should be aware o-" Before she could go on Rukia removed her glove ready to use her powers with a cold look in her eyes that grew like ice.

"His majesty would want us to continue our assault and draw out the real goal of this invasion not argue with each other."

As they cooled down a sudden spike of spirit energy caused their eyes to widen. Bambietta wondered if this was the Zero Squad but Rukia knew who this person was and had a smile on her face.

"So you've finally come Ichigo."


Think back to simple days forgetting the complicated present and the unknown future...


Of Swords and Bows: Prologue The Thousand Year Blood War

Life after the business with Xcution was simple and easy to deal with. Rukia was glad to see things had changed for the better in the Soul Society. She remembered how different she and her brother used to be long before they even met Ichigo. He put the realm of souls in a unique state of being and in her opinion it was a good thing. She was glad things were much more peaceful around here even with the hollows still roaming the world of humans. As long as she could be with her friends and brother everything would be alright.

Still duty calls and it seems the Head Captain wanted Rukia for a important reason today as she went to his office. Before she could enter she felt the red hair of Renji as he pulled her into a bear hug catching her by surprise.

"You always have to be on guard Rukia!" He said with a laugh while Rukia just slipped out and pouted like the child at heart.

"Well I guess some things never change Renji could you try and act your age right now!" Renji just laughed rubbing his hand through her dark hair.

"When your act like yours Rukia I don't see your brother around so I'm guessing you're going solo today."

Despite the unexpected hug attack Rukia could not help but smile at a good friend she had in the Seireitei that helped her out through the best and worst of times, and through all of it she would never want to forget such moments.

"Nii-san is busy training some recruits today and he felt I could handle whatever the Head Captain needs on my own today. I'm glad things are not like they used to be and you helped in that revolution Renji!" She said with a happy laugh enjoying herself. Waving her off Renji knew Rukia was in a good mood considering she would have this mission all to herself now.

Now standing before her was the current Head Captain of the Gotei 13 Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto the glue which held the foundation of the soul society together which was started years before Rukia and Byakuya were in the fold. Back then the first of the soul reapers were far more vile and heartless as they were considered inhuman demons in the realm of souls. They killed without mercy and drove the Quincy into a near demise. His face showed the scars and wounds of his battles not to mention the lack of an arm thanks to Aizen Sousuke.

"Rukia Kuchiki it has come to my attention there has been a recent decrease in hollow activity, but our forces are not the ones responsible for this action. I am aware this might be a little extreme but I don't think this is for our benefit. I would like you to investigate this in the outer section of the Seireitei by yourself. This is a simple information operation if you run into trouble don't hesitate to retreat and come back for help if you can't stop the enemy."

Rukia nods accepting the request without showing any nervous tension on her face. She knew this might end up to be something she can't handle but for right now she felt on top of the world.


Pride comes before the fall...


Rukia was able to speak to her brother before heading out. She knew Ichigo and the others could be helpful on this mission but she wanted to pull this off on her own with no one to help as a sign of her growth. Byakuya was something cold about her feelings but knew she deserved this chance and decided to let her go off.

Rukia moving as quick as possible headed in the directions given to her by the Head Captain. She figured she would ask some of the locals if they witnessed anything out of the ordinary recently and move on from there. Still what she came to find was something that even she would not believe herself. Before her was a charred forest that was torn apart. The smell of ash entered her nose as she drew her zanpakuto in case this was the work of hollows but she noticed the body of one damaged badly. She could tell this was a recent attack with the burn marks on it's body as a few arrows stuck inside. Rukia grew nervous about this and wondered if this was the work of an outside party. Before she could leave however the area behind her began to catch on fire.

"Well I was not expecting one of your shitty soul reapers to be lurking these parts!" A cocky taunt entered through her ears making her very worried. Still she had to be strong and face this threat with no fear.

"I will only ask this one who are you? What are you doing here killing these hollows?" Her voice loud and tough to hide the increasing concern she held about this mission but this only made the stranger laugh.

"What are you an idiot like I would tell you that shit! Still I suppose I can have a little fun before going home." The man replied firing two arrows in Rukia's direction.

With a quick movement Rukia entered shikai to freeze these projectiles in their place.

"Some no mai, Tsukishiro!" Rukia was prepared for that from the evidence of the hollow still on the ground injured. However that creature was lit on fire as the man finally walked into Rukia's eyes revealing his image.

A pink mohawk was the first feature as he was clad in white clothing that looked like the outfit of the Arrancar. There was some difference with the buttons and the color was more grey than fully white but he seemed like one of Aizen's flunkies but he did not have a mask fragment on his face.

"Arrancar but how Aizen's locked up in the Muken!" Rukia only heard more of the guy's laughing before he just grinned at her.

"Like I would serve a dumbass like him I exist for a real god not some pretender but that's enough about that. I'm going to have to kill you little lady nothing personal just business!" His hand drew out towards her hoping to burn her in one shot but she quickly moved out of the way and made the movements for her next attack with Sode no Shirayuki.

"Tsugi no mai, Hakuren!"

Before the attack could blink he was stuck inside ice unable to move. Rukia knew she needed to do something but what report back and possibly let him escape. She knew that ice might not be enough to stop him so she had to act fast, but it seemed he was faster as the ice quickly melted away turning into water as he just laughed once more now mocking her attacks and her skills as a soul reaper.

"Looks like you drew a short straw that ice can't do fucking anything against my fire! I'm Sternritter "H" for a reason shorty and let me show you why!"

The Quincy rammed his boot into the ground creating a wave of fire too fast for Rukia to escape from. She could only embrace herself as she was sent into a tree having a lot of her clothing burned in the process. She tried to move her sword to use San no mai, Shirafune but a sudden gasp came as she felt a part of her body was shot open with a burst of flame. A finger now was stuck in right arm causing her to cry out in pain as the knight laughed more.

"Hah that's just Burner Finger 1 and you're already down man you're pretty weak even with a element disadvantage. Ehh you're almost too sad to kill well almost." Rukia growled refusing to let this man insult her pride any more. Using her other hand she had to rely on her other skills to survive.

"Hadō #73. Sōren Sōkatsui!"

A huge blast nearly hit the guy sending out a flare of sorts to hopefully draw others to come. She knew he was too strong to defeat on her own but with others to help she had a chance.

It seemed the Quincy realized this and sent another finger to her other arm making her unable to fight for the moment.

"Fuck this runt was trying to signal help well I guess it would not hurt to have a prisoner of war." He said before grabbing her back the neck deciding to reveal himself fully.

"You're looking at a Quincy little soul reaper. A damn good one Bazz-B and Sternritter H of The Heat. You wish I would have just killed right here and now lady!" A quick push sent her head into the tree knocking out her. Before she went into darkness she noticed a shadow opening and a change in the land area. Everything had gone white and cold before she fell into the void.

"What is the meaning of this child I do hope you're making a joke right now."

"A joke my ass your majesty I had a fight with this brat and had to bring her here before other soul reapers came after me."

"You almost exposed ourselves before the invasion and you brought one of them into our world do you know what you almost caused to happen?"

"What the hell do you want from me I was only supposed to kill hollows when she came after me!"

"Enough I will deal with you later Bazz-B for now we shall keep this prisoner in our hands. Perhaps this one might prove useful to us in the future..."


I know this is not the Haku fanfic well I've been super busy and I wanted to come back strong with new material so I hope you like it. Also I could have used the letter C for Rukia but I don't think he would rank her that high.