The Son of Death
Bleach and all related characters belong to Tite Kubo. Soul Eater and all related characters belong to Atsushi Ōkubo
Chapter 2: Truth of Death
It was an hour later before Ichigo woke up again. He groaned as he opened his eyes, only to be met with a skull mask looming over his face which made his heart nearly leap out of his chest.
"DON'T DO THAT!" Ichigo yelled as he scrambled to his feet.
"Sorry, but it's just that you looked so peaceful it made me think back to when you where in diapers. Ah, memories!" Death replied, with an air of nostalgia in his voice. Ichigo disregarded the comment and turned his back toward Death as he said said,
"Okay, how do I know you aren't some sick Hollow?" The orange haired teen waited for a response, but instead he heard Death yell,
"REAPER CHOP!" Suddenly Ichigo felt something hit the back of his head followed by him crashing into the floor.
"Never let your guard down!" Death said in a sing-song tone. Ichigo slowly got up, rubbing the back of his head and said,
"Okay, you ARE my Dad." The legendary Reaper chuckled and said,
"Of course I am! Now I'm sure you're wondering how I got together with your mother." Ichigo still nursing his aching head thought for a moment. He hadn't been thinking about that, but it was a question worth asking.
"Uh, sure." Ichigo said, wanting to know why his father was the Grim Reaper himself.
"Well, I'm not going to tell you." Death said in a jovial manner. A tic mark formed on the teen's forehead as he yelled,
"THEN WHY THE HELL DID YOU ASK?" The black clad figure simply chuckled and replied,
"Just wanted to see your reaction. Now that I've had my fun, we can get down to business." Death said as he looked Ichigo in the eye.
"What business?" The orange haired teen questioned, slightly unnerved by the Reaper's gaze.
"Why rescuing Rukia of course!" Death said in a matter-of-fact tone. Ichigo wondered how he could have known Rukia was taken, but then again he WAS the living personification of death so Ichigo decided not to question it any further.
"Yeah well she didn't sound like she wanted to be rescued." Ichigo said in a sigh.
"REAPER CHOP!" Death yelled as Ichigo was yet again struck behind the head and crashed down into the floor, this time some blood coming from his head.
"STOP DOING THAT!" Ichigo yelled as he noticed that he was no longer bleeding for some reason.
"Since you're my son, you can heal at an amazing rate compared to Shinigami or Hollows." Death said, answering his son's unspoken question. Death then went over to a large mirror and showed the scene that Ichigo had been a party to. Ichigo was about to ask why his father was showing him this, when he noticed the view began to focus on Rukia. Ichigo saw the tears in her eyes, something he at the time hadn't been able to see in his dazed state.
"She only told you that so you wouldn't go after her, but she didn't mean a word. Well except the last part, but with what I have in mind you dying trying to rescue her won't be a problem." Death said as Ichigo took his gaze off the mirror and toward his father.
"What do you mean 'Die trying to rescue her?' can't you make it so I can't die at all?" Ichigo asked. To be fair this was a valid question, but it was one that wounded Death deeply.
"If I could make someone immortal, your mother would still be here." Death replied in a somber voice that surprised his son. Ichigo regretted asking that as Death moved over to his son and said,
"I'm the living personification of death and as long I'm around, no matter how far away I am, people will still die. Why do you think I run the clinic?" Ichigo shook his head, as he really didn't know why Death himself would bother being a doctor.
"It's help make sure someone stays alive for as long as they can." The Reaper replied. Ichigo understood, and for the first time in his life he could say that he was actually proud of his father.
"Now that we've taken care of that, we can get to training!" Death said in his usual jovial manner. Ichigo was surprised at how he could go from serious to his goofy self in two seconds.
"What do you mean training? Why can't you just go to Soul Society and tell those Shinigami to let her go?" Ichigo asked in a demanding tone. Death rubbed the back of his head with a large white and somewhat cartoon-like hand as he said,
"Well I did create the Shinigami a few eons ago, but they eventually rebelled against me. I didn't see any need to fight them since I could handle them no problem, so I decided that they could run themselves and I gave my word not to return, and I never go back on my word." Ichigo didn't like it, but he decided that he'd like to get payback on that Byakuya guy.
"Alright, let's get started." Ichigo said, eager to get it over with. Death chuckled as he said,
"When I'm done, you'll be the most powerful Shinigami ever to walk the Soul Society!" Ichigo smirked, but a though came to his mind.
"What about Karin and Yuzu? Won't they get worried about where we are?" Ichigo asked. Death simply replied,
"In this room time is slowed down to a crawl. Three months in here is equal to three seconds out there. Also while you'll be very powerful when we're done, it might be a good idea to get some help. I suggest going to Urahara, he can help get you into Soul Society a lot more discretely than I can." Ichigo nodded as they began to train.
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