Soul of an Overlord
AN: Overlord crossovers have been getting really popular in the last few years, and with good reason. There are several extremely good ones that have inspired me especially Dark Lord + by 26-Lord-Pain whom I would point anyone who wants a fresh look at Dark Naruto towards. Anyways all that aside lets begin my new work Soul of an Overlord!
(Battlefield outside Soul Society)
It was over, Aizen in spite of his ungodly power had finally been defeated and subdued. 'And just in time.' Ichigo thought. He could already feel his power waning the side effects of using his Mugetsu technique finally hitting him and his powers began to drain away. As he reverted to his Shikai form Ichigo soon found himself forced to the ground Sui-Feng restraining his arms.
"Kurosaki Ichigo." the gravely voiced of the Aged head captain rang out across the battle scared wasteland. Looking up the strawberry saw the old man walking slowly up to him his friends being similarly by groups of Onmitsukido, the captain drawing back his attention by leveling Ryujin Jakka at him. "You are here bye under arrest. You and your Ryoka allies have been deemed a threat to soul society and are to be restrained within the Maggot's nest to await sentencing. Sui-Feng Taicho have your troops take these criminals away." The hard glint in the head captains eye caused the orange headed teen to flinch and, with a resounding *click*, Ichigo found himself fitted with a pair of reiatsu suppressing cuffs identical to the ones clapped over his friends wrists.
What's the meaning of this Sotaicho!" Rukia yelled running forward only to be forced to the ground by more Onmitsukido a grunt from Renji declaring a similar fate.
"Fuku-taicho Abari Renji, Kuchiki Rukia for abandoning your posts, disobeying direct orders, assisting enemies of Seireitei, and interfering with your superiors operations you are here by placed under arrest and are to be restrained within the maggots nest until proper sentencing can be done." The Sotaicho's statement was punctuated with the wood of his cane wrapping around his now sheathed Zanpakuto, the wooden clank it made as it touched the ground echoed around the shocked silent wasteland most of the gathered Soul Reapers were stunned at this sudden turn of event, but were unsure of how to react. "Come men it is time we take the prisoners back and celebrate this grand victory." Yamamoto declared before the gathered Soul Reapers began to shunpo away.
(Maggots Nest cell)
Time within the Maggots nest was interesting to say the least, the days following his initial arrest Ichigo saw the arrival of several others including Shihoin Yoruichi and the other residents of Urahara shop. The big hit though was the Soul Reapers rounding up all of the most spiritually powerful people from Karakura, Ichigo's family and anyone who managed to wake up on their own during the time the city was within the Soul Society. Most of them had been sentenced to life in in the Nest however the most powerful among them were to be made an example of their execution's were set to take place in three months. Ichigo was going to be saved for last.
Sitting in his cell the orange haired teen was staring blankly at the walls. He had trusted these people, fought for them, bled for them, and they just turned on him. Used him to defeat their worst enemy then locked him away claimed he was a danger to the stability of their government, his death was going to be used as an example to others, a show of strength and a deterrent to others who might try to defy the will of Seireitei.
The rusty clang of his cell pulled him out of his musings looking over to his visitor Ichigo spotted one of the burlier guards in the nest. This one had a reputation for being unnecessarily cruel and sadistic man.
"Well lookie here, the mighty Kurosaki Ichigo. Where's your legendary power now?" The brutish guard laughed dragging the young man up by his collar and forcing his face uncomfortably close. "Not so tough now are ya? Your just a pathetic little human now huh, punk." and Ichigo had to admit he was pretty close to right. He could still feel a small amount of his power but he was practically powerless, he had been feeling as weak as a newborn for weeks.
The teen was pulled out of that depressing line of thought quickly by a jolt as he was thrown across his small cell the impact with the cold stone wall knocking the wind out of him and causing him to drop to bonelessly to the ground the large man pouncing and delivering several stomps and kicks to Ichigo's chest and sides before picking him up and slamming him head first into the nearby stone wall delivering four punishing blows which busted open the strawberry's forehead and broke his nose. Pulling him self from the wall the gray eyed young man was disoriented and unprepared for the hard backhand dislocating his jaw not a second later. As the former substitute Soul Reaper lay there in blood slowly pooling around his face and his vision getting blurry he could only watch as his assailant delivered one final stomp to his back before blacking out.
Leaving the beaten teen behind the vicious guard walked away with a satisfied look on his face. If he had only stopped and looked back for even a moment he would have noticed the bright glow emanating the cell he had just vacated or heard the muffled giggles of the small creatures that were even now dragging the beaten prisoner into the light.
(?)
The return to conciseness was slow at first but once the pain hit so to did the rest of his senses. Once he got past feeling his body throbbing all over Ichigo noticed the jumble of voices sounding off around him, before noticing that he was sitting slumped over in a very uncomfortable stone chair, as he slowly shifts into a more comfortable sitting position the voices around him stopped and he could almost feel all the eyes in the turning to him has the voices stopped then almost all at once they yelled out.
"Master!" The cheer went up to near deafening levels. "The Master's awake!" "Yay the Master's up!" "We's got's a Master again!" And more jumbled shouts of joy growing more incoherent and excited by the moment, but cutting through the jumble of voices Ichigo could hear a raspy old voice slowly approaching him. Slowly getting his heavy eyes half open he blearily looked out over a crowd of ugly little creatures with bright yellow eyes, light brown skin, long floppy ears, four clawed fingers on each hand, and each of them was dressed in a moldy thread bare brown loincloth. Forcing his way past the little brown creatures was a gray creature of similar stature with longer thin ears, slightly glowing yellow eyes, three tarnished gold piercings in one ear, and wearing tattered faded red and gray robes.
"He still looks tired." The old creature began in a thoughtful tone before turning to one of the closer brown creatures. "Rub some acid in his eyes that should liven him up." He called and as soon as his statement registered Ichigo jerked up in a desperate act of self preservation causing his bruised ribs to send a jolt of pain shooting through him. "Welcome back master. My name is Gnarl and I am your humble Minion-Master." The gray creature said grinning before dropping into a deep bow followed by the brown creatures behind him.
"What do you mean master?" Ichigo grunted out holding his ribs and wincing in pain. "And where the hell are we? And what are you anyway?"
The self proclaimed Minion-Master stepped back holding out his arms in a dramatic display. "Starting from the bottom master, we are your Minions and this is Dark Soul Palace!" The gray minion declared gesturing around the room. Looking around Ichigo noticed he was in a pretty elaborate throne room, high ceilings decorative pillars even what would have been a nice rug were it in better shape. The place was a wreck though broken pillars, cracked walls, thick layers of dust and grim on every surface he could see and webs crisscrossed the higher areas of the room everywhere he looked.
"Dark Soul Palace?" Ichigo questioned looking back to the Minion-Master.
"Your palace master. I must apologize for the horrible state of disrepair my lord but we have been horribly understaffed these last few centuries, but back to your final question we call you master because you are our new Overlord." At the old minions final statement the call went up from all the minions.
"All hail de Overlord!" They all cheer jumping about like excited children that had just been told they were getting three Christmas's this year.
"Wait what do you mean Overlord I'm just a human I don't even have my Soul Reaper powers anymore." Ichigo tried to reason only to be shot down when Gnarl begin to laugh uproariously.
"Don't be silly master we know you are the Overlord because the Palace-Heart brought us to you there can be no question you are the Overlord. Are you telling me you feel absolutely no power within yourself anymore?" The gray Minion-Master questioned almost rhetorically.
"Well I wouldn't say I don't feel any power, but it's not near enough to do anything with!"
"Then you do still have your powers master. They're just dormant it should be a simple matter to wake them up again. Come, come this way quickly. There is much evil to do and we must not dawdle in getting you back up to speed." The Minion-Master called already halfway across the chamber Ichigo lurching to his feet to follow.
'Wait did he just say evil? I'm not evil. I can be pretty scary when I'm pissed off but that's not evil, is it?' The young Overlord wondered to himself following the Minion automatically. Gnarl lead Ichigo out through the archway at the end of the room he noted the rusty hinges and bits of moldy wood hanging off of the ends the remains of the once great doors lie fallen to the sides. Ahead of them Ichigo could see a massive sphere floating over pool of light both emanating visible energy.
"This my lord is the palace heart. The center of power for all past Overlords and the source of their great power. All we have to do is properly link you to the heart and it should restore you most of your powers. Then we can begin the rise of your empire!" Gnarl ended with a cheer of jubilation. "Ahem sorry master I just get so excited when I think of the evil we'll be wreaking."
"Um yeah evil. That sounds great." Ichigo said exasperated, not sure how seriously he could take this Gnarl person. "So how do we do this heart linking thing anyway?"
"Oh it's simple master. Gather up what power you can and circulate through your body. Then when you feel you are ready you touch the Palace-Heart, it's own magics should take it form there."
"Well here goes nothing." The Strawberry Overlord said channeling what little remaining energy he had through his body he held up his hand and slowly leaned towards the Palace-Heart.
"And don't worry master the process is only slightly more painful than your worse imagination." The Minion-Master commented offhandedly.
"Wait what?" Ichigo asked confused before Gnarl pushed him the rest of the way into the Heart. Suddenly pain exploded through Ichigo's being every inch of his being felt as if his very genetic code were being dissected with rusty spoons. He lost all sense of time and place in an instant his entire existence became that blinding pain coating every inch of him, pain and a bright pulsating light. Though it was over in a matter of seconds it was an eternity to long for the teen. Upon coming to moments later Ichigo was shocked to find that he felt nothing. The floor was cold, the air was dry, and his cloths were itchy but he felt nothing. No pain, the agony was over he couldn't even feel the injuries along his face and body. Upon reaching up he couldn't find any bruises or cuts, even his broken nose and dislocated jaw were healed. Then on an impulse he reached for his power and instead of the faint trickle he had expected he found the roaring tsunami he had grown used to over the last few months. As the surprise washed over him Gnarl approached.
"Well done master, well done. Most don't take to the Heart as well as you did. You must have some true evil in your soul. Yes most excellent, and with your power you should make an outstanding Overlord. Ah the evil we shall wreak." The old Minion sighed joy welling within his shriveled black heart.
"Um I really appreciate you helping me get my powers back and all, but I don't want to be an evil Overlord. I'm happy just keeping my friends and family safe." Ichigo tried to explain only to gain a grin from the Minion-Master.
"Of course my lord what ever you want. But surly you have need of us yes. There is someone you need to take revenge on hmm, or perhaps someone you need to rescue. We could help you you know. Why the very meaning our existence is to do the Overlords bidding." and despite his own protests Ichigo had to consider the creatures offer. He would need help freeing his friends even he didn't believe he could storm the Seireitei all on his own and win at least not in a rescue mission scenario anyway. Then a thought hit him.
"Wait you guys pulled me out of the Maggots Nest didn't you can't we just do that we poof in grab my friends and poof out easy right?" Ichigo asked hopefully only to be filed with dejection as Gnarl shook his head.
"Unfortunately not master the prison we found you in is blocked of by to much seki seki stone. The only reason we could reach you was because of the slight bond you had with the Palace-Heart as the Overlord that allowed us to reach you the way we did without that connection we wont be able to find it again. The only way were going to be able to save them is by going in the front door. I'm sorry we couldn't be more help master." The Minion said shaking his head dejectedly. Helping Ichigo up the Minion-Master stepped back to observe the changes of his new master's attire. Instead of the dingy off white prison clothing he had been brought in wearing he was instead garbed in the traditional Soul Reaper robes the upper half removed and draped around his legs the edges jagged and flayed. The upper portion of his body was garbed in dark leather armor with plates of deep red metal set in bands across his torso and up the outsides of his arms placed carefully over his body in order to not restrict movement. Over his hands were a pair of metal gauntlets with short spikes over the knuckles and tipped on each finger with a slight claw on the end. Just enough to deliver some painful cuts but not enough to impede his grip. A red leather sat across his right shoulder reaching down to his left hip with a massive deep gold sheath sitting empty on his back his shoulders were covered with a pair of metal pauldrons each shaped in a wedge shape the tops of the pauldrons coming to a long sharp point. The armor is trimmed with wave and spiral patterns across the chest and down the arms. A yellow oval shaped gem was embedded over the forearm and emitted a faint glow. Similar shaped black gems sat at the base of The Overlords pauldrons a deep red energy swirling within them.
"Well now that's new." Ichigo said looking himself over. "I actually kind of like it. Say Gnarl is there anywhere I can shake off the rust. It's been a while since I had a chance to stretch my legs.
"That much I can supply easily my lord. Right this way." The Minion-Master led Ichigo out of the front entrance to an expansive white desert spotted with dead crystalline trees with a dark night sky. It wasn't until he spotted his first hollow that the realization hit him.
"Are we in Hueco Mundo?" Ichigo asked in shock.
"Why yes master Hueco Mundo is actually a world created by the first overlord in order to house his experiments. These hollows that Soul Reapers fight were originally created by the first overlord a being known as Lucifer in his first attempt to create a corrupted human soul. Unfortunately the creatures were not what he wanted. The corruption reduced them to beasts and he needed the soul to remain human in it's corruption but the monsters made for fine game and are grand guard animals for the palace. This should make for a fine workout.
"Well, when in Rome." Ichigo said stepping forward and putting his arm off to the side. "Cleave the Heavens asunder. Zangetsu!" He called drawing his arm to the front with a massive cleaver* forming in his hand and charging forward towards the first Hollow he could see.
(End)
*The sword looks similar to Ichigo's Zangetsu post Fullbring arc except with a fitted grip.
AN: And here's the first chapter of what I hope is a truly great Overlord crossover. I wanted to know what Ichigo be like as an Overlord and this was my brains answer. So read and review let me know what you think and tell me how I can improve. Let me know the good the bad and the ugly. Until next time this is Wiwuno signing out.