-Ichigo-
The scream of a hollow ripped through the air as an orange-haired shinigami sliced it through. "One hollow down," he muttered. Sighing, he placed his sword, Zangetsu behind his back.
"Ichigo!" cried Orihime from below. "Hm?" he glanced down, spotting Orihime with Ishida and Chad. Quickly, he flash-stepped to their side and looked up at them. "Hey guys," was all that came from him. "So, how are you Ichigo?"
"I'm alright. How about you guys?"
"We're fine, Kurosaki-kun," Ishida said as he pushed up his glaces. "Hm," came Chad's reply.
A loud thunder shook, catching the four of them by surprise. They looked up towards the sky to see it rolling with storm clouds. "That's odd. . .the sky was clear just a few minutes ago," Ichigo muttered. "It's just a thunderstorm Kurosaki-kun!"
"Yeah. . .sure." The concerned teen frowned as he took one last glance at the sky before following his friends. The loud thunder continued, shaking the earth.
-Rukia-
"Emergency! Emergency!" A hell butterfly fluttered by, landing on Rukia's fingers. "All captains please report for a captain meeting. Lieutenants please report for the meeting as well." The petite soul reaper frowned. "A captain's meeting and a lieutenant meeting together? What's going on . . ." she murmured.
"Hey. You got one to?" a passing red-hair said as he walked by. "Yeah. A captain's meeting and a lieutenant meeting. Somehow, I have a very bad feeling about this," Rukia said as she looked up from the butterfly. Both soul reapers looked at each other with a look of concern. This rarely happened in soul society. Usually all emergency meetings were done by captains. What could possibly have been so bad that it required a lieutenant's meeting as well?
-Everyone-
"Order!" the first captain, Genryusai Yamamoto called as he tapped his cane against the ground. "As you know, I've ordered an emergency meeting for both captains and lieutenants. This is a very big matter that needs to be handled. We can not wait for you captains to explain to your lieutenants and squads so therefore we are holding both meetings now." Behind each captain was their ever faithful lieutenants bowed down behind them with the exception of Yachiru. Everyone was thinking the same thing. The one question.
What was so terrible it required a captains and lieutenant meeting?
"Now, every is familiar with hell correct? All sinners there are bound in chains, unable to escape. It seems that a sinner however has escaped." This earned everyone a gasp and shock on their faces. "A sinner escaped!? Impossible. . ." the tenth captain, Hitsugaya Toshiro muttered. "Oh my, this is troublesome," muttered Shunsui Kyoraku.
"Silence!" Yamamoto ordered. "It is strictly forbidden for Soul Society to get involved with the affairs of hell. However, this is an exception. Captain Kurotsuchi if you would please explain." The maniac scientist stepped forward to face all the captains. "The Research and Development department monitors hell along with the prepcide world. One of my researchers noticed a powerful reiatsu spike in hell and we investigated it. It turns out, that a long-lost guardian of hell has awoken. It seems that it's sole purpose is to go after the sinner. We do not know if it will cooperate with us or oppose us. It has much more power than the Kushanda, much more power. Right now, it's whereabouts seem to be somewhere within Karakura town as that is where the sinner seems to have escaped to."
A tiny gasp came from Rukia and she bit her lip. "Ichigo . . . ," she thought to herself. Renji looked up slightly, glancing at Rukia. He noticed the concern on her face. She had every reason to be concerned.
Zaraki perked up at this. "Oh? It has more power than a Kushanda?" A look of disgust passed over Kurotsuchi's face. He muttered, "Barbarian."
"Hmm? What was that? You picking a fight?"
"I could beat a barbarian like you any day."
"Stop that fightin' now. We all in danger and the residents of Karakura town to," Shinji said as he stepped up, intervening. It was obvious he was worried for Hiyori and maybe Ichigo to.
"Enough! Now, I've decided to dispatch those who know Karakura town best. "Kuchiki Rukia, Shinji, Abarai Renji and Hitsugaya Toshiro." Needless to say, everyone was surprised. This was not the usual group that was dispatched to the human world. "Dismissed."
-Ichigo-
"Man, that thunderstorm is still going on," Ichigo said with a sigh as he sat down. "Don't be so depressed Ichi-nii! I made curry," Yuzu said as she sat down his bowl. "Thanks Yuzu. Where's Karin?"
"I'm here," Karin said with a yawn. She was all wrapped up in a blanket with an ice-pack on the top of her hair. Poor girl was sick with the flu.
"Hello Karin-chan! I fixed you some chicken noodle soup!" Yuzu said in a cheery light-hearted tone, despite Karin's sickly and pale look. She looked like a walking zombie.
"Thank-you," she croaked and she slid slowly into her seat. "You should still be in bed," Ichigo frowned. "I'm fine Ichi-nii." A moment after Karin spoke, she sneezed into her soup. "Crap," she half-muttered, half-croaked. "It's so strange Karin. You never get sick," Yuzu said worriedly. "Haha. Guess I'm making up for all the years I haven't been sick."
Suddenly a loud and screeching roar rang in the ears of every resident in Karakura town. Well, only those that could sense things like hollows. Karin looked up at Ichigo expectantly. Even though he had never talked about it with her, she knew he was a shinigami. It was a subject left alone though, slowly forgotten.
"I'll be right back," Ichigo muttered as he ran towards his room up the stairs. Yuzu glanced at him with confusion, and then just shrugged it off, sliding into her sit next to Karin. "Ichi-nii sure does excuse himself a lot these days," the girl noted. "Yeah. He does doesn't he?" came the reply from the practically walking corpse.
The guardian of hell roared. Or rather, the Akuma. It roared and roared. Above Karakura town, it pierced the ears of the innocent. Most of the humans that could sense the beast and huddled into a ball and clutched to their bleeding ears. The Akuma was making itself known. Making the escaped sinner curl up, terrified.
"Hey!" Finally, she stopped roaring as a shinigami flash stepped in front of her, catching her attention. "Are you a hollow!" Ichigo shouted, crossing his arms in front of his chest. The demon narrowed her eyes. "Shinigami. Do not interfere with the affairs of hell! It is not your place!" she growled. Ichigo took a step backwards, suddenly frightened by the intense reiatsu coming from the woman.
"What are you doing in Karakura town?" he finally shouted after swallowing his fear. "That is none of your business. You will leave now you bug!" Quicker than lighting her tail lashed out, hitting Ichigo straight into the stomach. He flew backwards from the impact and fell towards the ground. "Oof!" A grunt of pain came from him as he hit the ground. Hard.
He was in the center of a large crater he had just made. He laid there, unable to move for a minute. After a couple of minutes, the pain receded just a little. He managed to crawl out of the crater and was now leaning heavily on a car. Short gasps of air was all he could do as he clutched his stomach. With a glare, he looked towards the woman who was still standing of Karakura town, scanning for the sinner. "What the hell is she!? Is she from hell? A sinner?" Thoughts raced in Ichigo's mind.
From that one blow, he could tell that he wouldn't be able to beat the Akuma in Shikai form. No way.
"Bankai!" he shouted from behind the Akuma. With a whistle of the wind, he was in his black robes, holding his black zanpakuto. The Akuma turned around, looking at Ichigo. Clearly, she wasn't amused and annoyed.
"Scum. You're going to get yourself killed. I'll drag you down to hell!" With that, she lunged forward.
So, the first official chapter. ^.^ I hope it wasn't too bad. Oh and Akuma is (I hope) demon in japanese. Although I'm uncertain since I got the answer off of google. So, sorry for the lame name and yeah. I'd also love for some constructive crits :3 I also apologize if I made any of the characters a bit OC. I'm working on that.