Here is chapter 4.
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Kaien Shiba wished he was truly dead.
This place made Hueco Mundo look like paradise.
He was not joking.
Not even a minute after he regained consciousness, he was forced into a uniform of some kind and about ten rock monster came after him, forcing him to fight immediately despite his shaky reattached legs and what was worse was that, these monster were nowhere near as weak as the one he fought before.
He barely even noticed, that others were in a similar situation to him, he was too busy trying not to die to really notice, their swings and fists were fasters and they were a lot more intelligent, launching different combinations of attacks with each turn.
Some of them, were fighting the two only humanoid opponents who was strong as hell and knocking people unconscious left and right with ease.
He had managed to take down two of them, with a busted lip, broken right arm and hole in his chest before he passed out from the blood loss.
When he woke up for the second time, he tensed ready to fight again but was surprised that he was left alone and was branded with a number on his chest.
He was '210' and the moment he got up, he was attacked, not by a monster but by another person who was just like him.
The rules of the land were simple.
If you want to eat, than expect to fight off more than fifty people for a loaf of bread.
If you drop your weapon and refused to fight, you die.
If you lose in a fight, than you automatically get ranked down and that person who beat you, has your rank.
If you want to sleep, sleep with your eyes open because you will be attacked.
Protecting someone who is deemed 'weaker' than you, was foolish because it was every man for himself.
But that wasn't, what was the worst about this place besides the monsters and people constantly attacking.
It was the hallucinations.
Kaien couldn't count how many times, he had seen Rukia or someone he know come to him with a sword in their hands, with a look of pure hatred, he couldn't count at how many time's he was on his feet forced to 'fight' Rukia and pierce his sword into 'her', with each kill, he felt like he was slowly killing off his own heart.
Some of them saw, their loved ones, others who didn't have such people, saw the person or people who killed them.
It was amazing how nobody went mad in this sort of place, he was shocked to take a look in the mirror and see eyes that no longer held such warmth as they did before, most even developed masks to keep their sanity.
They may look fine on the outside but on the inside it was a whole different story.
He didn't care that he was growing stronger through this, within the first month, many people had commit suicide to escape the harsh reality, other's wanted the man responsible for what they were going through dead, him included.
But the more time went by, the more people began to accept their fate and live with it, people started forming groups and got to know each other, other than trying to kill one another, if his squad were to see him now.
He was sure, they would be shocked to see him 'alive' and wary of how cold and heartless he looked to an average person, he himself had developed his own mask, that let him act like he was the old 'Kaien Shiba'. The guy who was blissful ignorant of such a place.
He had been fighting so much that his week's blended into years, he no longer even had time to think about what his life was like as a Shinigami, nobody cared if you were once a hollow or a Shinigami, as long as you can hold your own, you can survive.
Eventually everyone got used to their 'ruler' who didn't even bat an eye when someone went to hang themselves right in front of him or was screaming bloody murder trying to kill him.
Their ruler to them was like god.
Nobody could touch him and they all learned the hard way that nobody could.
You had to be loyal.
If you even think of anything that was against him, you will die.
So it was no surprise that when your forced to think of nothing but good of the man who had made your own personal hell, you eventually start believing it, you start to actually trust the man and become loyal.
The man was honest to a fault.
He never even hid his intention, if he thought you needed to die, than you will know it too.
It was a weird contrast from the unusual dictator, who would deceive many to gain their trust, you would never expect a betrayal that you didn't see coming from a mile away and he actually seemed to value them.
There had been rumours that those who became a rank 20 or above, never had food issues, they were kept in a comfortable shelter and treated like kings themselves.
Many aspired to be rank 20 and up and nobody had succeed so far because of the monsters that you had to defeat to gain such a rank, not only were the monsters themselves rear to come by but they were also hellishly strong, however there was only one person reported to have defeated one and those who challenged him or her, soon was meet at death door.
They were all monsters.
If you were new and couldn't hold your ground and couldn't adopt quickly, than you will die a horrifying death.
It was a land made up of monsters, all of them became stronger than the feared Captains themselves and it was only through the king decision that not a single one of them leaked into the Shinigami realm.
He know it would send Soul society into an uproar if it was discovered that such a place like this exist, many would be fearing for their lives.
In this place, there was no place for morals, morals would get you killed.
It was a weakness and only the strong survived.
If the king told you to roll over and die, you do it.
You think less when you don't think about your past life and had stopped caring.
This was truly 'True Dead Man Land'
And nobody helped you here.
Ch 4: The story begins.
The day, that both Gin Ichamaru and Ulquiorra Cifer came to 'True Dead Man land' was just like any other day, people were fighting, people were dying, Ranwok was in his throne room eating a large lunch, recently his science depart finally cracked the working of making Gigai that allows you to use your powers while also in a flesh and bones body.
He couldn't wait to take his first step in the human world.
That's when the he felt the wave of energy and started grinning madly as he called for the two 'arrivals' to be brought here which seemed to surprise the guards but 30 minutes later both Gin and Ulquiorra were before him, with a look of pure shock on their faces by the thought of how they were both subdued so easily.
"Welcome to True Dead Man land, Gin Ichamaru and Ulquiorra Cifer, you don't know how long I've been waiting for you two to die" Ranwok said, with a smile as he took a sip of juice, observed the two, Ulquiorra didn't really look that different except for the eyes but Gin on the other hand was sporting a fox like half mask on his head, fitting for someone who was currently grinning like some weirdo.
"No offence but you have serious problems with taste" Gin said, always starting off as cool as a cucumber while he tried to figure out how he went from dying to waking up in some desert and captured.
Ulquiorra emotionless face was ever present as he looked around for anything that could be a threat, the mere fact the man was sitting before him like his spiritual pressure was nothing meant that this man couldn't be taken lightly.
"None taken" Ranwok said, too happy to be offended. "Can I interest you in anything?" he asked and both of them noticed that the food on the table was of Hollow meat which had Gin eyes inwardly narrowing into slights.
"Neh, just died you know" Gin said.
"I may be a bit hungry" Ulquiorra said, seeing nobody was stopping him from taking a bite out of some poor hollow that was killed in a surprise attack and killed painfully.
Gin went to sit down on the long table, his eyes never leaving the seemly harmless man, his sword thankfully with him while his smile was still in place and said. "So why are we here? Shouldn't we become part of the universe or something?" fishing for answers while Ulquiorra ate while keeping an eye on the man.
"Well you see, you guys have the potential to be something great and sadly your lives were ended before your time so think of this as a second chance but I guarantee you. You will be put through your paces" Ranwok said, taking another sip of juice. "You both will be 'thrown to the dogs' and fight for your lives like everybody else in my realm, you really don't have a choice"
The moment he said that, Gin sword was already piercing through his heart with a dark looking Gin on the other end and Ulquiorra himself had performed 'Release' and had plunged a hand through the rest of his chest.
Gin and Ulquiorra suddenly couldn't breathe.
Both Gin and Ulquiorra started coughing up purple blood as Ranwok just watched the two that had become so feared in both realms before they died.
"Did I say you could attempt to kill me?" Ranwok said, still with the sword where his heart should be and a hand through the rest of him. "It seems you two are too prideful to be reasoned with so I'll just have to break you down. I'm sure a lot of my citizens would love to get their hands on both of you, considering you two were the cause of many deaths"
The pressure was gone and Gin and Ulquiorra could breathe again with a tiny bit of fear in their eyes as both of their forms disappeared and they appeared in the city below, yes city and people came out to get a good look at the newcomers and couldn't stop grinning at who they found.
Ranwok estimated that he would own them in mind, body and soul in a couple of weeks, if he went all out on those too, they needed to be taken down a notch to become humble.
"Jancren" He called out and a certain being appeared.
"Yes, your highness?" Jancren, the head of the combat division said while bowing.
"Make sure the newcomers, get the full treatment" Ranwok said, looking out of the window.
"Yes, sir" Jancren said, before he disappeared.
Some would call him evil for going to such length's but he called it, making his sure his favourite character's don't point a sword at him, Ichigo on the other hand can even wave his sword around and curse his very name for all he cared in a grass skirt.
It was better to have his favourite characters at his side than have them against him, ready to die at any moment to try an injury him.
He had enough people after his life, as it is.
Almost a year had passed before he finally saw Gin and Ulquiorra again, after all he wanted to leave them under Jancren 'tender' care as long as possible, guys like them need a proper 'introduction' to society here or they would be outcasts.
The only reason why he even called them again was because he was bored and thought seeing them again was a good killer for time and called them.
He was shocked to see that both of them did not immediately try to kill him on sight, Ulquiorra eyes took a more harden look but they were still as emotionless as always, Gin on the other hand didn't look like he was scheming his death in his presence, they both looked like they had just crawled out of battle just barely alive but you could tell they enjoyed it.
They both got down on one knee and bowed and said.
"You're Highness"
Ranwok wanted to laugh, it was such an interesting contrast to the two that had tried to kill him not even a year ago and said. "I see you've taught the two well, Jancren"
The red head appeared behind him and bowed. "I tried my best, sir"
Both Gin and Ulquiorra tried very hard not to flinch at the sight of their instructor, as they remembered their many beatings.
"Are you loyal?" Ranwok asked, turning to both of them.
"We are your highness" Gin said and Ranwok found no deceit in his words.
"We give the lives that we were allowed to have to this realm, True Dead Man Land and to you, your highness" Ulquiorra said, in his usual monotone.
That was exactly what Ranwok wanted to hear and grinned just like a cat and said. "Well excellent, I have a job for you two and two others. I myself will be going on my own personal mission that has really been overdue."
Both Gin and Ulquiorra listened with rapid attention.
Ranwok decided that Aizen has been allowed to live for far too long.
Soul Society was in for a shock.
True Dead Man Land was no longer going to be a secret and the Quinces will fear true terror.
And scene!
Wow, two chapter is one day! My head hurts…anyway, next chapter, True Dead Man Land is exposed and Ichigo and the others are shocked to find previously thought dead people, alive and well and looking very different with a terrifying strength to match while Aizen is about to stare death in the face. Review/Fav and follow!
