Chapter 2: Back to the Past?
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Akame Ga Kiru, or any of their characters, and I make no money off of this. So remember to support the official releases.
(A/N) I Said the next chapter would be out soon and I delivered right. The reason is because the last chapter was a prologue. There will be some some things from the filler seasons of Bleach in this and future chapters. Oh and before I forget about this and I'm pretty sure most of you will like to hear this there will be no yaoi. I'm just not into that stuff.(A/N)
Special thanks:
Zanka no Tachi 31: You were especially helpful and I'm reworking Chapter 1 now.
: for informing me on my awkward way of describing characters and events.
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Last Time...
"Hey Ichigo I need to talk to you real quick."
"Huh, yeah Ginjou what is it?"
"Meet me at the hideout later. There's something we need to do later." Ginjou stated seriously as he left out the front door.
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Xcution Hideout: Front door
Ichigo stood outside Xcution's hideout. He punched in his code and swiped his card. The buzzer went off and the door unlocked. The room was dark as usual, Giriko was behind the bar, Yukio was playing his PSP while leaning on a pillar, Riruka was sitting at a table eating cake, and Ginjou and Jackie were sitting on opposite coaches.
"Ichigo take a seat." Ginjou said "I called you here about the cost of us helping you get your power."
"What the hell are are you talking about you never said anything about a cost." Ichigo asked his perpetual scowl becoming deeper.
"I'm not taking about money or anything of value, maybe I should have worded that better. Remember how we said we hate this power?"
"Yeah I remember." His scowl started to lessen and he started to adopt a slight wary gaze.
"Well we here to transfer our powers to you, except for Yukio and Riruka. Yukio just likes his while Riruka she uuuuuh. Hey what was your reason again Riruka!?"
"Ginjou you dumbass it's so I can have my dream to collect all the cute things I can?" Riruka says in her usual pissy tone. Ichigo sweat drops at her "life's dream".
"I'm also not giving you my powers just yet." Ginjou says
"Huh why?"
"Because I'm going to be teaching you a technique." Ginjou's face becomes darker. "You may not like it but it's essential in case you fight a powerful enemy. It can raise your strength to that of a low to mid strength captain. We will start your training after Jackie and Giriko transfer their powers to you. This training takes at least two weeks."
"Ginjou why wouldn't I like this it and why didn't you or the other fullbringers use it against Tsukishima?"
"It's only useful for fighting type fullbring and Jackie doesn't like hers, so I'm the only one who knows it. It's called..."
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Times skip: End of Final Day of Training
(A/N)hahaha aren't I a stinker(A/N)
Ichigo gets up off of knee breathing hard. He's wearing a white v-neck that has red lightning bolt. With a tight purple button up shirt and black jeans. Looking at Ginjou with his best scowl. "What the hell was that Ginjou!? That was a cheap shot."
Ginjou was just looking at Ichigo with a huge grin. He's in his usual attire "Yeah, yeah. You should get goin' home I'll come with. There are still a few things I gotta tell you."
"Heh okay well lets just get going."
They started making their way to the Kurosaki household. Ginjou explaining the finer points of the technique. They walked up to the road that leads to Ichigo's house when they see Yuzu across road. She was going home after picking up groceries for dinner.
Ichigo sees his little sister and smiles a little. She only comes up to his chest in height. Her hair is in two pigtails, one with a strawberry hair clip. She has a pink long sleeve shirt and blue jean shorts.
"Hey Ichigo, Ginjou goods afternoon." She waves then runs over to them.
"Hey Yuzu/hi." Ichigo and Ginjou say at the same time.
"So what were you guys doing?" Yuzu asked
"Just hanging out. I'm going to talk to Ginjou a little more you can go on ahead home."
"Ok."
As she left Ichigo was about to to talk to Ginjou. "Ichigo do feel that! This spirit energy it's a hollow!
It's faint but I can still feel it." When they looked in Yuzu's direction it picked her up and took her.
"Ginjou that's an an adjucha! How can it suppress it's spirit energy!?" It was a small one compared to normal adjuchas. It had the shape of a jackal, the size of a tiger, and it was pure black instead of white and gray. It's irises glowed crimson red.
"Why the hell is it out of Hueco Mundo and in Karakura town!?" They both started chasing it feverishly using bringers light to get Yuzu back.
"I don't know but we have to hurry!"
Their chase took them into the mountains. Yuzu long since fainted. Ichigo was using his fullbring Moon's Cross to increase his speed. They started going up the steps to an old shrine. "Isn't this the place Nazomi tried to use that natural senkaimon? Dammit even with my fullbring I'm not fast enough" He thought.
The senkaimon was open and the hollow was heading into it. Ichigo and Ginjou ran into the portal the familiar sludge walls of the Dangai Precipice World and it's floor had bones scattered on it. Though instead of the walls and floor being purple they were gray. As they ran they all reached the exit.
"Cross of Scaffold!" Ginjou screamed as he released his fullbring. He fired off a green spirit energy blast that left a gash across the adjucha's back. Holding back enough to spare Yuzu any harm. The hollow dropped her and ran in a different direction. Not even bothering with it anymore Ichigo ran to his little sister, already dropping his fullbring, picking her up. Ginjou stood guard over them incase the hollow came back.
"Yuzu are you hurt?" Ichigo asked worriedly.
She starts walking up. "Ichigo where am I? Why does Ginjou have that huge sword?" Ichigo looked around noticing they were on a dirt path surrounded by forests on either side.
"Yuzu I-I don't know?" Ichigo responds in a confused tone. "Ginjou you know where where we are?"
Ginjou turned to them putting down his weapon not feeling the adjucha's spirit energy"No, but you realize that that we went through right?"
"Yeah but we should discuss this later we need to find a place to stay."
Ginjou nodded and looked down the road. "Well there's a town right over there." He pointed at a city built high with large walls surrounding it. "Well better start walking."
"Yuzu I'll carry you, you look tired." Yuzu just nodded her head and Ichigo carried her on his back.
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30 Minutes Later
Ichigo is still carrying a now sleeping Yuzu. There was a small rumbling in the ground. "Hey Ichigo you feel that?" Ginjou asked as the ground started to shake violently until it split exploding into a dust cloud. Soon a creature emerged it had brown plate like armor and it stood two stories in height. It looked like a dragon and an some kind of insect. It stood on its hind legs, it's arms are clawed.
Ichigo and Ginjou quickly used bringers light to dodge the creature's arm as it comes down like a hammer. Ichigo placed Yuzu down in the forest. "Ichigo what is that thing!?" She asked wide eyed and shaking.
"Yuzu I don't know but me and Ginjou are going to take care of it." He said before using bringers light and equipping his fullbring Moon's Cross. He appeared next to Ginjou. "I'll take left you take right!"
"Got it!" Ginjou immediately went to cut the right arm off leaving a bleeding stump. While Ichigo went to leapt and using fullbring on the air to accelerate and leave a gash on its left rib. It let out a roar of pain and anger.
"Ichigo finish it!"
Jumping into the air once again behind it. Ichigo started to charge his blade with blue energy, "Getsuga Tenshou!" The energy is released into a vertical crescent arc exploding on impact causing smoke and dust to rise. Ichigo and Ginjou stand next to each other waiting to see if the creature is dead. When everything cleared the creature fell forward its upper body destroyed.
"Well that was fast." Ginjou said in an almost bored tone as they both dismissed their fullbrings.
"Yuzu you can come out now it's over." At Ichigo's words Yuzu came running out. She was still wide eyed after seeing her brother fight the creature with such ease. "We better start moving before something else decides to visit us." He says as he looks up at Ginjou.
"Yeah that would be best." Ginjou said while keeping a watchful eye.
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The Imperial Capital
As they entered the Capital their eyes widened a bit. They saw wood and brick houses and horse draw carriages. "Where the hell are we it's like London in the Middle Ages." Ichigo said with his mouth slightly open in disbelief. "So what do we do first?"
"I would imagine that first we have to get money since this place looks well developed, but looks like it's something from the past. Then find a place to eat and sleep." Yuzu said with a thoughtful look. Ichigo sweat dropped at his little sister. Sometimes he forgets she's one of the smartest in her age group.
"Okay so how do we get money?" Ichigo asked as Ginjou picked up a paper off the floor.
"Hmm hey take a look at this." Ginjou said as he handed the paper to Ichigo. "It says that we can get a cash prize by entering this fighting tournament."
It was a simply designed flyer with a picture of a sword on the bottom right and a shield on the bottom left. On the center of it was the description and over that an emblem that looks like a Y with a tick mark on either side.
"Huh says here you only have to fight one match and after that you get the money. So we can both win and both get the prize." Ichigo said happy that their financial problems would be on hold right away.
"Where is it?" Yuzu asked with a little bit of reluctance. She hates violence but she accepts that it's necessary right now.
Ginjou takes the the flyer from Ichigo. "It says it takes place at an arena of some kind. We should ask the locals to find out where it is." As says that he hands the paper to Yuzu and walks up to a street vendor.
Ichigo and Yuzu watch as Ginjou talks to the man before coming back. "He said to go this way."
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Under Lubbock's Bookstore
"- and that's what happened." Lubbock just finished telling Tatsumi how Esdeath is a war maniac and sadist. He also told him how she could make ice and control it. Also when Najenda use to work for her but joined the rebellion after she got sick of Esdeath's carnage.
Tatsumi and Lubboc are teens of average height and both have green eyes. Tatsumi has brown hair while Lubbock has green. Tatsumi wears a yellow vest over a white collared shirt with black jeans, boots, and a white trench coat.
Lubboc wears a white shirt with a green hoodie, black jeans, boots and a pair of red goggles on top of his head.
They are in a room with a two couches, a table littered with empty bottles, wanted posters on the walls and hanging from the ceiling. On the back wall is Night Raid's insignia. Tatsumi and Lubbock on one coach while Leone on the other. "But wasn't it foolish to plant seeds of hatred in the ones let live like that? I mean wasn't it just like fanning some smoldering coals into the fire?" Tatsumi asked confused as to why she would do that.
In response to that Lubbock's expression hazarded... Then went back to his carefree attitude and answered,"That's what Esdeath was hoping for. She wants more rebellions you see. That way she can continue to enjoy herself and fight in more battles."
"She's messed up..." Tatsumi said as he turned white as a ghost.
"Hahhhhh I knew it was a good idea not to mess with her." Leone said as she laid back on her coach. She's seriously dangerous. Would I have just been one more added to the number of hundreds of thousands she's killed if I had...?
Leone is a women whose about a head taller than Tatsumi with blonde hair and gold eyes. She wears a black tube top, a black bikini bottom and boots. She also wears leggings that cover her legs except for her thighs.
"She must have been a incredible monster for sis to say all that." Tatsumi said in a surprised tone
"I've got something to show you." Tatsumi turned to see Lubbock digging through his bag. "Esdeath is sponsoring a city wide tournament!" He exclaims as he pulls a flyer that looks exactly the same as the one Ginjou found. "The winner will get a huge cash reward! You wanted to send some money back to your hometown right?" He finished with a grin.
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Imperial Capital Arena
Ichigo and Ginjou were in the back of the arena. They are both signed up for the tournament and are preparing. "So I'm first up. We'll both finished finish this quick so we don't attract attention to ourselves and if needed use only bringers light ok." Ginjou finished as he walked out the entrance. Ichigo just nodded his head.
Ginjou entered the arena and stood on the opposite side of his opponent. His opponent is a man at least a head taller than himself. He has the body of a man and the head of a bull. "IN THE EAST CORNER! KARUBI THE BUTCHER!" Wave announced, "IN THE WEST CORNER!GINJOU THE TRAVELER!
Ginjou just looks up at at his opponent and cocks his head and raises an eyebrow. "You're a weird one aren't you?" Ginjou half joked half asked out of curiosity.
"Hmmp, don't mock me I may have been excommunicated but I'm a ninth level master of the Imperial Fist, ya know!" Karubi stated trying to be as intimidating as possible.
"This old guy. He maybe arrogant as hell, but he's certainly strong enough to back it up..." Wave's thoughts were interrupted by Ginjou.
"Never heard of it." Ginjou said as he looked at his opponent with a stupid look on his face. Wave just sweat dropped at him while Kurubi was snarling in rage. "Are we going to start this or what?"
"Uh... MATCH BEGIN!" Wave exclaimed after he came out of his stupor.
"Graaaaaaah! You bastard I'm going to kill you for your idiocy!" Karubi screamed rearing back a fist and charged Ginjou. Who just raised his hand lazily catching the punch. He grabbed Karubi's shirt and threw him across the arena.
"Where does he get that raw strength from it's inhuman." Wave watched in awe. As Karubi was getting up Ginjou just walked slowly up to him and waited for him to get up. Karubi burst forward letting go a flurry of punches Ginjou blocked with ease. Gripping his hands together Karubi smashing on Ginjou who just raises his hand again as catches it again, a small crater forms under his feet.
"Sorry but I'm going to finish this now!" With his grip still on Karubi's hands he pulls him forward delivering a kick his ribs. Karubi lets out a gasp of pain as all the air are pushed out his lungs. Sending Karubi out of the arena and into one of the walls knocking him out. "Uhhhh maybe I went a little over kill?" Ginjou asked himself as he looks at the hole Karubi is in.
Looking at the display of strength with a shocked expression Wave stutters out,"O-o-our winner IS GINJOU." "The amount of strength he put into that attack it was almost as much as Grand Chariot!" Wave thought as he still marveled at Ginjou's strength. He walked up to Ginjou and gave him the prize money. He took it and headed back to where Ichigo was.
"Good work out there Ginjou but a little showy don't cha' think?" Ichigo asked him with a blank look on his face.
"Ah shut up I did win didn't I now get out there you have the closing match. I'll watching in the stands with Yuzu." Ginjou said while rubbing the back of his head in annoyance.
"Well see ya on the other side Ginjou." Ichigo said as waved and walked away.
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Imperial Capital Arena: Esdeath and Run
Esdeath and Run were in a small area overlooking the arena it was made of white marble. In the middle of the that area was a couch on it sat Esdeath her interest was peaked after seeing the fight. When she seen the kick she could have sworn she a green light near Ginjou's foot. "Maybe he has an unknown teigu of some kind." She thought to herself. "Run add him to the list of potential teigu users."
She's a woman in her early twenties with sky blue hair and dark blue eyes. She wears a white military like uniform. It has high heel boots that reach up to her upper thighs that meet a mini skirt. A military coat that dips down show some of her cleavage and the Y like emblem on her chest.
"Yes captain." He said as he wrote down Ginjou's name. Run is a man of average height he has blond hair and gold eyes. He wears close fitting robes and has a wing like decoration in his hair. "The next two competitors look young."
Esdeath leans forward in her seat,"They both look determined to win this may be interesting."
She watches as the to teens make their ways to the opposite sides of the arena, one head of orange one of brown.
Wave starts his announcements,"IN THE WEST CORNER! ICHIGO THE TRAVELER! IN THE EAST CORNER! TATSUMI THE BLACKSMITH! MATCH BEGIN!"
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(A/N)Well how do you guys left that cliffhanger. On another note I started at this point because Tatsumi's character has been developed at this point and I really don't want to start right at the beginning.(A/N)