Chapter 2

The commander was sitting alone in his office as he thought of the things he had learned just a few hours ago. And how he felt the unease of what he had agreed to.

Flash back, 2 hours

"My name is Dante Price, and I've come to help you end this war against Azien and the Espada."

Everyone in the room looked shocked. This person, who had appeared out of nowhere in some old fashioned police box, knew about the war between them and Azien. But who were the Espada?

"How do you know about that? And who are the Espada?" Soi Fon asked, pressing her blade edge deeper into his neck.

Dante raised a finger on his left hand and said, "I'll answer the last question first. The Espada are what Azien calls the Arrancar he's managed to recruit and create, using the Hykogen, and they all have a rank depending on their power, going for 1 to 10. 1 being the strongest, 10 the weakest."

All of them look uneasy. This teen was talking with too much certainty to be lying. But did that mean…?

"Do you work for Azien?" Byakuya asked.

Dante snorted. "I'd sooner be exterminated then work for Azien. He's arrogant, self-absorbed, and frankly cares too little of his subordinates. Though he is powerful, I'll give him that."

"You forget something. I asked you how you know all of this." Soi Fon pointed.

"I'll tell, but first can we put the swords away and talk like civilized beings please?" Dante said.

All of them glanced at the commander, except Soi Fon, and he considered it for a minute, before nodding. They all put their blades away, and went back to their places, except Soi Fon. She stayed where she was, still glaring at Dante.

"Uumm, I believe that you can put the blade away Soi Fon," Dante asked.

"I think I'll keep it out. I don't trust you."

Dante sighed. Seemed like he would need to give them an idea of what he could do.

"Hold that thought please."

Dante rose his left arm and rolled up the sleeve of his hoodie, showing the Ultramatrix on his arm and he pressed a button, causing the dial to pop up.

"What are you doing?!" Soi Fon asked.

Dante ignored them and twisted the dial until he came to a black picture which showed a flaming skull. He slammed down on the dial, causing a flash of red light, along with the smell of brimstone to blast out from Dante.

"Stop it!" Soi Fon shouted. She took her sword from his neck and stabbed Dante in the shoulder, the blade sinking in easily. Too easily.

Dante looked back up at Soi Fon and she gasped, as did everyone else in the room, beside the white male that had yet to speak again. Dante's eyes were gone, now hollow eye sockets that had a faint red glow in the center, while his face had turned almost bone white, and even looked like a skull now. As they watched, the head burst into flames, melting the skin on it until only the bones were left, showing the skull and spinal column under his hoodie.

Dante, or what was left of him, looked at the blade in his shoulder, then back at Soi Fon and said, in a low growling voice "That wasn't very nice."

Dante grabbed Soi Fon with a bony hand and lifted upwards, despite her strength, taking the blade out. He then held the blade in his other hand and roared, the bones turning a molten red. The heat transferred to Soi Fon's blade, which began to melt right before her eyes. All the metal melted off, leaving only the hilt, and gathered floating above the bones. The metal then rippled and collapsed, turning into a ball the size of a marble.

Dante threw Soi Fon lightly away, causing her to skid slightly; the he held the ball with his finger tips and the flames around his head faded slowly, the skin growing back. When the flames on his head went out, the rest of his body quickly returned to normal.

"Well, that was fun." Dante said nonchallantly.

He slipped the metal ball into the pocket of his hoodie and turned back to the captains, who were all looking at him in shock.

Dante rose his other hand and started,"Sorry about that but…" he then cut himself of as he noticed his hand was still on fire.

"Oh, damn it…" he muttered a few things as he swung his hand wildly, trying to extinguish the flames, then finally stuck the hand into his pocket to smother the flames. He took his hand back out to show his hand still smoking, but otherwise unharmed.

Dante sighed and muttered, "I've got to spend more time learning to control the spirit."

Dante turned back and started again. "Sorry about that, but I felt that was the only way to really get you to take me seriously."

All of them were still looking at him in shock. This teen had managed to turn into some sort of skeleton that had enough strength to forcibly move Soi Fon's arm, and generate enough heat to melt her sword blade, which was too hot for any life to withstand.

"W-what are you?" Tōshirō stammered.

Dante smiled slightly and said, "Well, I'm… unique, I guess you would say. I'm half human."

"And what of the other half?" The commander rumbled out.

Dante smiled even wider. "Time lord."

Everyone looked confused while the commander turned so pale, one thought he would faint. He had only heard rumors of time lords, of their powers, but the rumors were so old, he had never given them any credit.

"I see you remember the rumors of our powers commander." Dante said.

"But that's all they are. Rumors. Legends. Time lords can't be real." The commander said.

Dante chuckled. "Then tell me, from who did you learn the 'legends', about time lords?"

"From my old mentor, the soul king."

"As I thought. And would the soul kings real name happen to be…"

The next thing anyone knew, Dante was now standing behind the commander, his hand covering his mouth as he muttered something in the commanders ear. If possible, the commander turned even more pale and his eyes grew very wide indeed.

"H-h-h-how…?"

Dante suddenly reappeared in the same place he had been before, and said, "The soul king and I go way back. Or forward really. He always praised you very much, but I think that he might have stoked your ego a little too much."

"How dare you?! The commander is the most…" Tōshirō started.

"Enough Tōshirō."

Tōshirō stopped suddenly. He looked at the commander, who was looking at Dante wide eyed, and said "Do not anger this man. He is far more dangerous than anyone in this room. Even me."

Everyone looked between the two of them, shocked. This person was more dangerous the captain commander?

"Well then." Kenpachi smiled. "Sounds like I got a good opponent to fight!"

Dante looked at Kenpachi. "Ah Kenpachi. I forgot how much you loved to fight in this time period."

"Damn right! Fighting is what I live for!"

"Sounds like you. But I think I would be too strong for you. After all, I've been jumping through time and space for over 700 years, and have fought things much more powerful then you." said Dante.

Everyone eyes bulged again, getting a real workout. This teen had been jumping through time for over 700 years.

"Now I know you're lying. You can't possibly be that old." Soi Fon said.

The white male snorted and said "Hardly. I'm even older than that, but he's been to places that many beings only dream of."

"And you are...?" Unohana said with a smile. While she was still uneasy, she sensed that neither bore them ill will.

"Connor, Connor Smith."

"And when you say you're older then Dante…?"

"Oh, by that I meant that I'm a vampire. Been alive for about 1000 years so far."

Mayuri looked like he was about to have a heart attack from excitement. Time jumping? Skeletal beings that could melt Zanpakutōs? Vampires? This was a gold mine of test subjects!

"Interesting. Seems I'll have enough to keep me busy for many years indeed." Mayuri said gleefully as he walked towards the TARDIS, reaching out to touch it. Dante smacked his hand and said, "No touching of the TARDIS."

Mayuri looked livid as he snarled, "Don't touch me you lesser being. If I wanted, I could make your life a living hell!"

"If you knew anything about time lords, you would know better than to talk to me like that." Dante said

"Enough. Captain Mayuri, return to your place, now!" The commander said.

Mayuri looked at the commander, then back at Dante with pure loathing, which he returned. As Mayuri went back to his place Dante then said "Now, since many of you don't know what time lords are, I'll take a minute to explain."

And so Dante explained, how time lords had invented time travel, the role they played in the universe at large, and how almost all of them had been killed or trapped in the last great time war, except for his mentor.

"That's impossible." Soi Fon said.

Dante looked at her and said, "Why? By all rights, you are just as impossible, beings that by all accounts, don't even exist in the first place."

"I don't care. Your story is too far-fetched. You expect us to believe that you are half time lord, and can travel to any place in time and space? This is a trick of Azien."

Dante looked amused as he asked, "How so?"

"If what you say is true, then we would believe that we could go back in time and stop Azien's betrayal in the first place, therefore lowering our guards and making us easy targets for attack."

"Fair enough. Would you like me to prove it to you then?" Dante said.

They all paused, as Dante went on, "I can take about 6 more people with me, and I can show you that I'm telling the truth. The only question is who will come."

Yamamoto stepped forward. Dante nodded. "Of course, Yamamoto. I think the others should be Tōshirō, Unohana, Soi Fon, Jūshirō, and Shunsui Kyōraku."

Kyōraku, a man with long black hair, part of it in a ponytail, with a straw hat and flowered robe over his captains uniform, pushed up his hat and said "Do I have to? This isn't really my style."

Dante snorted. "Nothing is your style. Plus, I think you'd find where and when we're going interesting."

Tōshirō looked at the police box before saying, "Even if we agree to come, not all of us can fight in that little box."

Dante smiled as he dug through his pocket and said, "Tōshirō, didn't you ever hear the expression 'never judge a book by its cover?'"

He pulled out a key and put it in the key hole of the TARDIS, which clicked, then he opened the doors, though not enough for them to see the inside clearly, and said, "Come in. should only take a minute. Or maybe a hour. Really with time travel, it can take any amount of time."

"Dante, stop with the riddles or I'll suck you dry." Connor threatened.

Dante muttered, "Lighten up a little."

Connor and Dante walked in, and the named captains slowly walked to the door, the commander being first. He slowly pushed open the door, revealing the inside. All of them gasped as they spotted the sight.

The room was far bigger on the inside then it looked from the outside. The first thing that caught the eye as they walked in was the control panels in the center, all centered around what looked like a giant see through pump. The panels were all glowing and beeping slightly, covered in symbols that they didn't recognize. The walls were covered in several circles, giving them a honey comb appearance, while pillars of what looked like wood or coral of some sort. Other then that, the room seemed to be bare.

Dante immediately went to the panels and began pushing buttons and pulling a lever here and there while Connor watched. As the captains turned to look, Tōshirō asked, "How is this…?"

"The room is dimensionally transcendental." Dante said, anticipating the question. "Meaning it's bigger on the inside. I have a few items that are like this, but not many. Got them from the Doctor."

"Who's the doctor?" Unohana asked.

"He's the mentor I mentioned. One of the last full blooded time lords. There is another, but he's been lost in space time for some time now. Al right, here we go."

Connor looked at the screens, reading, then he narrowed his eyes and asked, "You really want to go there?"

Dante said, "If I have to convince them, might as well drive the point home. Literally."

Jūshirō said, "What are you talking about?"

"You'll see in a minute, but in the meantime, hang on to something."

Before they could brace themselves, Dante pulled one last lever. This caused the TARDIS to jerk violently and send all the captains tumbling, except for the commander.

When the TARDIS straightened out, Tōshirō got to his feet and asked, "What the hell was that?"

Dante dug through his pockets for a second as he said, "Sorry, but this time period is always a little tricky to enter. Here, you may want to put these on."

Dante brought his hands out with several pairs of sunglasses. He passed them out to the captains, who put them on, though still confused, and Dante and Connor put their pairs on. Then Dante walked to the doors, everyone following him, he then said "Now to prove my point."

He threw open the doors to the TARDIS to show some sort of battle. As the captains eyes adjusted, they saw old model plans flying through the air, the fire of machine guns loud and sharp. Tōshirō walked out of the door, and then yelped when his feet touched nothing. Dante grabbed him by his robes and pulled him back in, saying, "Mind the ground, since we aren't on it."

Tōshirō looked down to see them flying about a mile off the ground, the TARDIS seemingly floating in midair.

The commander shouted over the buzz of the planes and the pop, pop, pop of machine guns to say "Where are we?!"

Dante shouted back, as a plane had just exploded near the TARDIS, "World War II, just outside of Hiroshima! And you may want to look there!"

He pointed out in the distance as the captains looked out. They saw Hiroshima, just a faint blot in the distance, then they saw a deep bright flash in the middle of it. Even with the sun glasses they were blinded, but when the spots cleared, they saw a massive mushroom cloud rising from the town. The captains were breathless. They had just seen the famous atom bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. As they watched, they saw the shockwave rippling towards them at very high speed, bringing fire with it.

"Dante!" Connor yelled.

"On it!"

Dante ran back to the panels and began pulling levers while Connor closed and locked the doors. The TARDIS began to shake violently as the shockwave approached. Dante threw the last lever and the TARDIS suddenly stopped shaking.

Dante took off his glasses and said, "Sorry, but we're in the time vortex now. Be back in a minute."

Dante walked behind one of the pillars then and despite them waiting for a minute, he didn't reappear.

Kyōraku asked, "Where did he go?"

Connor said, "Like he said, this place is dimensionally transcendent. This entire place is like a maze if you don't know what you're looking for or going. More than once I've gotten lost in here."

They all looked shocked, Unohana then asked, "I'm sorry, but how did Dante become half time lord. From what it sounds like, his body shouldn't be able to withstand that type of energy."

"You're right there. That watch on his arm, the Ultramatrix, it's what made him half time lord. That device also keeps his body from burning up from the DNA that merged with his. But it comes with a price." Connor said.

"And that is?" Jūshirō asked.

Connor looked away then said, "So long as Dante has that device on him, and the DNA of a time lord in him, he can't return to his own universe. He's spent over 700 years jumping from universe to universe, sometimes with the Doctor, but he's never been able to go home."

All of them felt saddened at that. As soul reapers, they didn't remember their past life's, but to spend over 700 years almost alone, unable to go home or visit…it sounded hard.

Tōshirō then asked, "How has he not gone insane?"

Connor looked at him and said, "What makes you think he hasn't?"

At that moment Dante came back, but he had a sword on his hip. The blades sheath was a dark blue, scaled and vines made of the same metal as the sheath wrapping around it. The hilt of the sword was dark black, looking wooden, and in the end of the hilt was a sapphire, held in place with 4 leafs made of metal.

Dante said, "Okay, should be getting back in a second or two."

And then then TARDIS thudded then, signaling their arrival.

As the captains walked out, Connor grabbed Dante's arm and asked, "Are you sure about this. If what you told me is right, they won't like this plan."

Dante simply smirked and said, "Connor when have I ever steered you wrong, don't answer that." He added quickly as he saw Connor open his mouth.

Dante and Connor walked out of the TARDIS and closed the doors. Dante then turned, seeing everyone back in their places in the meeting place, and clapped his hands, saying "now you know."

"That was… incredible." Tōshirō said.

Dante nodded. "I try. But now we have to move on to more pressing matters."

Everyone looked at Dante as he said "now I told you that I would help you end the war between you and Azien, and I intend to keep that promise."

The commander then asked, "And how do you intend to do that, Dante?"

Dante smirked and said, "By joining Azien's side and turning his own Arrancar against him."

The room was silent for a minute, then Soi Fon exploded.

"ARE YOU INSANE!?"

Dante and Connor looked at each other, then Dante looked at Soi Fon and held his fingers about an inch apart and simply said, "Little bit."

Soi Fon's face was molten red with anger as she snarled, "Do you think you can just walk into where ever his headquarters are, talk to him, and he'll let you join his army!? And why should we let you go to him after you just arrived here!?"

Dante smiled so widely, one would think his face would split in half.

"Hold that thought."

Dante brought up the Ultramatrix and twisted the dial a few times. When he was done, they heard a scratching sound at the door. Dante nudged it open for a cyber-mat, a small metal like mouse to come rolling out. On top of it was some book bound in brown leather ad held shut with a lock.

Dante took the book of and said thank you to the cyber mat. It beeped back, and then scurried back into the TARDIS.

Soi Fon snarled "What is…?" then she stopped as she got a good look at the book. She turned as pale as a corpse so fast, one would think she had just died. The others noticed and Jūshirō asked, "Captain Soi Fon?"

But Soi Fon only had eyes for the book as she stuttered, "That's…that's…that's…"

"Deep breath Soi Fon before you pass out." Dante said. He put his hand on the lock of the book which popped open. He took it off and dropped it, and then he reached into his pocket and pulled out some glasses with thick black frames as he said "After all, I think you might want to hear this."

"How did you…?" Soi Fon asked.

"Not too long ago."

"What is that?" The commander asked.

Dante looked up and said, "Ah sorry." He took of his glasses as he said, "This, my dear commander, is the private diary of the one and only captain Soi Fon."

Everyone paused. Soi Fon kept a diary? How did…?

"And I got this from her future self, oh, 10 years into the future. Not that she knows. But I have to say…" he put back on his glasses as he said "… you really wrote some steamy stuff in here Soi Fon. I've been jumping the multiverse for centuries, but I've never read anything so…graphic."

Soi Fon started trembling. He had read her diary?! But why did he have… oh god.

"Let's read a little shall we?" he opened it to a page in the middle and started reading.

"I just saw Yoruichi again today. Oh, how I love her! She's an absolute goddess on earth, the very definition of beauty and lust. I've dreamed about #$%&*# her for decades, and I've always imagined how I would."

"STOP IT!" Soi Fon shouted. She flash stepped to grab the book, but Dante simply moved back a step, causing her to miss. Dante kept reading as Soi Fon tried to grab the book, moving with extreme speed and agility as he did.

"First I would…"

Here he said some pretty dirty stuff, so dirty that even the commander was blushing a very light shade of red, while Tōshirō's face had gone supernova.

"STOP IT!" Soi Fon shrieked in a banshee voice, and finally managed to grab the book. She flash stepped away from Dante, hugging the book to her chest.

Dante looked at the space where the book had been for a second, then he looked at Soi Fon, who was blushing so much her hair was about to burst into flames, and said, "Uh Soi Fon? That's not the diary."

Soi Fon said, "What are you…?"

Then she looked down and saw that the book was printed, were pictures that were… well, 3 guesses.

"That would be an uncensored copy of the 50 shades of Grey comic. Thought you might appreciate it."

And then Soi Fon, hardened veteran and captain of the assassination squad of Gotei 13, did the one thing no one had ever seen her do. She fainted.

Her eyes rolling into the back of her head as she fell backwards, hitting the floor. Her nose was bleeding slightly.

Dante then said, "Hhmm. Might have overdone it."

Connor snorted. "You think?"

Dante took off his glasses and took his time folding them up, then he put them back in his pocket. "So, while she's sleeping off the shock, can we move on?"

The commander said, "Please do. I think we all need to get that out of our heads."

Dante smirked. Nothing like embarrassment to get people to listen.

"Very well then. Now, my plan is this…"

Dante took a little while to explain his plan, but when he was finished all the captains were silent.

Tōshirō then said, "Here's one part I don't understand. If you can travel in time, why can't you go back and warn us about Azien's betrayal before it happens?"

Dante said, "Because though most time is easily changed, there are points in time where it fixed. The point where Azien betrayed you is one. Even if I were to go and kill him as a child, this present wouldn't change. So I'm afraid that if we can't change the past, we can at least direct the future."

The commander then said, "Are you sure you can accomplish this Dante? A great deal depends on you turning these people."

Dante's eyes hardened as he said, "Commander I've done many things. I've save an entire city from a virus and a madman, fought one of the most powerful dark wizards of all time, fought an ancient evil that took over several worlds in a matter of days, and killed the most powerful dragon rider in the world. I have more experience and power then even you could hope to match. I am certain I can do this."

All of them looked at the commander as he let his head sink in thought. He then shifted and said, "very well. We will do as you ask, and follow your plan."

Dante bowed his head. "Thank you commander. You won't be disappointed."

End flash back

The commander knew that time lords were referred as gods, and from when Dante took them to Hiroshima, he believed their powers were indeed equal to them. But he couldn't help but feel uneasy that things were out of his hands.

He thought, "May the soul king have mercy on us."

Hueco Mundo, Meeting room

"Hello, my dear Espada." Azien said, warmth seemingly flowing from him as he smiled, his brown hair flowing back.

The Espada were all gathered at a long rectangular table, an middle aged man who looked tiered, a old man with a 5 pronged crown, one so pale he looked to be crafted from chalk, one with a massive scythe sitting next to him, another with a punk look and blue hair, a African American man with 8 spikes running up his neck to his bald head, a man with pink hair, one whose face was covered with a mask that had eight holes, wearing a frilly lace collar, and a giant at the end who looked bored out of his mind. The only woman there with dark skin and green eyes looked calm and collected as Azien spoke again.

"I have gathered you here today, because I would like Ulquiorra and Yammy to go to Karakura town, and gather intelligence on a certain person."

"And who will we be gathering this information on, master Azien." The pale man said in a emotionless voice.

Azien smile widened as he said "Ichigo Kurosaki."

VWOOORP VWOOOORP VROOOOORP

All of them paused. Even Azien looked slightly confused at that sound.

VWOOORP VWOOOORP VROOOOORP

A small gust of wind came from the end of the table, and they all looked to see an old fashioned police box flickering in and out. As they watched, it solidified, and the door opened, showing 2 people. One was a short African American, the other a pale Caucasian. The African American had a sword on his hip with the other had a cloak around him that looked like a piece of the night sky.

The African looked around and said, "I knew we should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque."