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By the way, everyone unhappy about the absence of Trolls, Tauren and Undead, the next few chapters'll surprise you...
Enjoy!
"No one." Urukhide commented. "Wait!" he spun around.
A Dark figure swun its serrated sword down at him.
Dodging the blade as it rose, Urukhide leapt up above the strange human figure. Then, pulling his axe out, he swung the weapon down on the thing, which parried and swung his sword once again down at him. Parrying in responce, the Orc brought his foot up and kicked him squarely in the chest.
"Nice." Rasped the human. In the breakoff, he examined his enemy closer. He was a tall human, large spiky hair, wearing a tattered white coat and wielding a long serrated sword.
Zaraki Kenpachi laughed. "Idiot! Don't just stop in the middle of a fight to stare! FREAKIN WELL ATTACK!!!" Screaming, he ran forward in a flurry of blades.
Digging his feet in, he raising his axe and parried all the blows "You're the idiot! The first one to run in is the first one to die!" holding his axe in his left hand, he raised his right and swung the spiked gauntlet at the enemie's face.
"Really?" Kenpachi asked, ducking around the gauntlet and pulling his sword upwards. "You don't look like a tactics man. Look like some hardass fighter to me!! Definately look stronger than you are!!!!!"
"Hah!" Parrying again, Urukhide then raised his axe, then, in a huge blow, sent Kenpachi flying across the square.
Whosdahealer/Rath'Minius looked at Grekar. "Is there really much point in us helping him out?"
Grekar shrugged. "he'll try to fight as long as possible, but he'll win. It's been a while since he fought."
Garrosh interrupted. "Unfortunately, we don't have a long time." He stated.
"Why's that?" a second, bald human jumped down from a ruined building, wielding a curved sword and the scabbard in his other hand like a second weapon. "Stick around. You might enjoy yourself." And then, screaming like a loony, he attacked.
Pulling out his axes swiftly, garrosh swiftly blocked, then stuck with his other axe. Ikkaku blocked with his scabbard, then stabbed with his blade, which was parried.
"Hey!" Grekar turned. There was anotherhuman opposite him, this one with short hair in a style which was, the orc couldn't help but admit, favoured by the more military of female Blood elves. On his eyebrow, he had two - were they ostritch feathers?! - and he stood up straight, not in a crooked fighting stance like the bald one, but not as straight as the crazy spiky haired dude.
"Well?" Grekar said. "You gonna stand there all day or are you gunna do something, human."
"My, what an ugly tone. Don't worry though, its okay to feel awed by my presence." Yumichika remarked.
"What? What're you talking about?"
"You. You're so ugly even that Arrancar at the pillars looked better than you. Your skin looks so grubby, I doubt you've taken a bath in your life!"
"Idiot! I'm an orc! Orcs are naturally green." Grekar said angrily, drawing his sword and pulling off his sheild.
"Oh! What an ugly tool." Yumickika exclaimed, pointing at the Kor'Kron sheild.
"C'mere and lets see how ugly I can make you!" Grekar snapped and ran at the Shinigami. Pausing, he looked back at the dithering Kor'Kroni. "And if I see any of you helping us, I'll beat you idiots so you're even more stupid! Guard the war zone and protect the portal!"
Whosdahealer looked around in confusion. He wasn't sure what was happening, but he was sure he wasn't involved in it. "Uhm..."
"My, they're really going at it there!"
Spinning on his heel and drawing his katana in one movement, Whosdahealer turned to a human with a bristly beard, a straw hat and a pink coat.
"Calm down! I'm just passing through! Not wanting to fight you or anything!" Shunsui exclaimed "Shunsui Taichou of the Eighth squad, and I suppose diplomatic representative of soul society. Nice to meet ya."
"Rath'Minius, veteran of the Wrath Gate and Blood Master of Silvermoon, also part time diplomat of the Horde."
"Blood Masters?" Shunsui enquired with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, I come from a Paladin order called the Blood Knights, and a Blood Master is just a member of that order's leading council."
"Ah. Kinda got the wrong idea there. So, Rath'Minius," Shunsui smiled. "You the head of this band of...people?"
"No, amazingly, it's that meathead who's in charge." Rath'minius pointed to Urukhide and Kenpachi, who were hacking away at each other.
"CUT DAMN YOU!!!!!"
"RIGHT BACK AT YA!!!!!!"
"My. They're not even bothering to block anymore. Any other commanders?" Shunsui questioned.
"Well, there's Garrosh Hellscream."
"YAAAAAAAH!!!
"AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGH YOU BROKE MY FIRST AXE!!!!!!!"
"And then there's Grekar, I suppose."
"UGLY UGLY UGLY UGLY UGLY!!!!"
"SHUT UP!!!!!!"
"After that, there's me!" Rath'Minius brightened up.
"Hmmm. Perhaps seeing as all the others are taken up with fighting, you'd like to explain why there's a strange disease around the place and a army of...People?"
"They're orcs. And I don't see why not. Its not like I've got anything else to do here."
"Right! Follow me."
*****
"What is the meaning of this?" Mayuri demanded. "Not only am I insulted by being made to give up my research for a disease, but then i'm interrupted!"
"Indeed." The So-Taichou turned to Shunsui. "Why have you called this meeting? And why is there an outsider in the room?"
"We-ell, shortly after the last meeting, a group of...Orcs, was it?" he looked at the humanoid, who nodded. "and this creature came through the portal and was engaged by Zaraki-Taichou and his seat members. This one was left without an opponent and thus, I ran into him. Taichous, this is Rath'Minius, Veteren of some war, master of some order and currently a diplomat for his people, a group known as the Horde."
The Paladin stepped forward. "It's an honour to be accepted by your people as a diplomat." He said with a wooden expression. "Now, can we get down to business?"
"Yes, you can!" the So-Taichou snapped. "Why have you declared war on Seireitei?"
This diplomat looked surprised. "Sorry? I'm afraid to declare that if anyone should be asking that question, it should be me."
"Really?" the short, evil looking person closest to the so-Taichou to the left. "You attack us with your zombies, and now your orcs are waging war on us in the sixth squad barracks."
"No. Our enemy, the undead scourge, attacked your culture, we came after them, and your forces attacked us on sight. You're the instigators."
"Yet you never attempted to enter diplomatic relations." Said a tall figure with long, black hair in a superior voice. Probably some posh noble, Rath'Minius decided.
"Uhm, what am I doing now, then?"
"You're arguing. This isn't much of a diplomatic meeting." A boy muttered, shaking his head wearily, as if he encountered it often. Whosdahealer had to identify with him just a little.
Nonetheless, he wasnt going to let a child insult his diplomatic technique. "No, you're arguing. I'm just stating facts."
"Really? Then tell me why my sister is currently dying of a plague we know nothing about?" the noble snapped.
Concentrating, Rath'Minius once again sent out a holy pulse, searching for hints of the Plague.
"Not just your sister."
"What?"
"Theres a ring of people around her infected as well. The water and foods contaminated too." Rath opened his eyes again. "Just like in Lordearon..."
"Where?"
"Well..."
"Enough!!!" the So-Taichou interrupted. "There will be no Alliance. You and your forces are to retreat to through the portal from whence you came. In addition, I declare a quarantine. All food and water must be attained from other scources. In addition, Kuchiki Rukia's bunk is also quarantined.
"Fine." Rath'Minius snapped. "But be warned. The scourge will return. And your pride will be your downfall. If you change your mind before its too late, you know where to find us."
*****
Garrosh Hellscream's axe split through Houzokimaru's shaft, cutting deep into Ikkakku's side, lifting him up, then a fist flew down and sent the Shinigami crashing to the floor. Ikkakku tried to rise, but his limbs failed him.
"Don't get up again, boy." Garrosh said, walking away. "Or you won't ever get up again."
****
Grekar blocked Fuji Kujaku's blades, then slashed out with his sword.
"Again?" Yumichika asked, jumping back. "You won't win like that. Try something new."
"You want new? Fine!" Grekar yelled, coming at Yumichika at full pelt.
Surprised by this new tactic, Yumichika slashed down. Once again, Grekar blocked with his sheild. But this time, he angled his sheild down and drove the round ball of metal at the shimigami's legs. Taking the hit, Yumichika fell forwards, over the sheild at Grekar. Dropping to the floor with his legs up, grekar caught Yumichika in the stomach and flipped him over the orcs head and onto the floor. Jumping over him, Grekar lunged down...
And was parried by another blade. A large, arced blade.
Jumping back, Grekar examined his new opponent. Orange hair, strange dress, large sword. Badass expression.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Kurosaki Ichigo, substitute shimigami. You?" Ichigo stared at him steadfastly, ignoring Yumichika's accusing glare from his prone positition.
"Grekar, captain of the Kor'Kron guard, and warrior of the Dragonmaw clan.
"Wow. Badass name." Ichigo glanced at Urukhide and Kenpachi. The orc's armour was in tatters, and Kenpachi's Captain cloak and upper Kimono had totally fallen appart. "I'm not even gunna ask about those two."
"Well, they started fighting an hour ago, and they stopped parrying two minutes in."
"Ah."
"So!" Grekar said. "I suppose you're quite strong."
Shifting his Zanpakto into a fighting position, Ichigo glared at him.
"I see." Grekar also moved into a combat stance. "Well, in the ancient rites of my clan, May He Who Dies, Die Well."
"KOR'KRON, STAND DOWN!" Instantly, Grekar, Urukhide, Garrosh, and all the Kor'Kron soldiers broke away and kneeled before the warchief.
"What is the meaning of this?" Thrall demanded. "I send you in to establish a base, and you all start fighting with the locals!"
"Well, my lord, we came through, and we were attacked by this lot-" Urukhide began.
"I don't damn well care!" Thrall yelled. "Look at you! You're armour's a damn mess. D'you know how much Adamate is these days?"
In a flash of movement, Rath'Minius arrived. "No treaty." He reported.
"What do you mean?" Thrall asked.
"They wouldn't listen. We've been ordered to fall back through the portal."
"You did negotiate with them, right?"
"Yeah, well, sort of..."
"Oh dear. You didn't...do your aggressive negotiation act again, did you?"
"Yup."
"Oh, hell."
"Sorry."
"I'm going to negotiate with them. Fall back to Zagrammarsh and wait for orders.
"But, who will guard you?" Urukhide asked.
"I will." Ichigo interrupted. "I ain't a proper shimigami, so if theres any attempt on your life I will defend you."
"Very well, then."
Three hours later, in the dark, a series of explosions rocked Seireitei...
Dum Dum Duuuuuuuuuuuum!!! Next few chapters may take a while and be posted in a bunch, so you don't forget the VERY complicated stuff.
