The Princess of Las Noches
Chapter 9- The Dragon Queen
Aizen was glaring at the person before him. The woman may have Ichigo's face and body but he knew that she wasn't her daughter. Her reiatsu was pure evil and strong; it was as strong as Yamamoto's and his own reiatsu. The woman was smirking as she looked at the Shinigami before her.
"Who are you?" Aizen asked.
"I am Tiamat, queen of the demon dragons." answered the possessed Ichigo.
Aizen's eyes widened in surprise, he heard about Tiamat. Tiamat was a powerful 5 headed dragon and she fought against Yamamoto a long time ago; from what he knew, Tiamat was defeated by the old man. What was going on in there?
"I see you're confused, my dear Shinigami." Tiamat smirked, "It's no wonder, I bet everyone thought I was dead."
"Why are you possessing Ichigo's body?" Tosen asked.
"You see, you foolish Shinigami, 500 years ago I fought with Yamamoto, but I lost my body in that battle. But before my death, I sealed my soul in my black head and I formed it into the shape of a gauntlet and landed into this world. I have been waiting very patiently for the perfect host." said Tiamat as she smirked. "Then that girl showed up in the Menos forest. I felt such great pleasure at her showing up because her reiatsu is quite big for someone so young like her. Thanks to her, I could make little fissures in the seal, making demons showing up in the human world."
"You…" Aizen gaped at the figure, "You were the one responsible for those demons?!" shouted Aizen as Tiamat merely smirked.
Before either Aizen, Tosen or Gin could do anything, tendrils like spears came out of Tiamat's hair and each of them stabbed into the ground.
"I have to say Aizen-san, it was thanks to you that I could finally posses this precious body." Tiamat said as she kneeled beside of Aizen. Aizen merely glared angrily at the figure. "I would have possessed her body a long time ago if it wasn't for the love she felt for that Arrancar who you just left for low Hollows eat him. As a thank you gift, I shall put my poison into you and your friend's body. You will be dead in 23 hours. Good bye, Aizen Sousuke."
With that, Tiamat stood up and summoned a large amount of reiatsu. Suddenly, the palace of Las Noches exploded as a large shadow creature soar into the skies, its' roars could be heard by the Hollows who were scared by the evil reiatsu.
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Grimmjow woke up from the burst of giant evil reiatsu he felt in the air. He had never felt this type of evil energy before. Not even with the demons in the human world he had faced along with Ichigo. Grimmjow stood up and went towards the entrance of the cave. Nell and her two weird brothers were also there as well.
"What's going on?" Grimmjow asked.
"Grimmy! Look!" Nell said pointing her finger to the direction to Las Noches.
Grimmjow gasped in horror when he saw a giant 5 headed shadow coming out of the dome of the palace. Grimmjow gasped as Nell, Pesche, Dondochakka and he himself crumpled from the spirit pressure they felt as the shadow creature flew away through the garganta.
Grimmjow growled as he stared to dash towards Las Noches.
"Hey hey! Where do you think you're going?" Pesche cried in panic.
"I am going to Las Noches!" Grimmjow shouted back. "I have to find out what that thing was, and you're going to help me to take me there!"
Needless to say none of them liked the idea.
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In his basement, Isshin was training without getting any rest. Urahara was silently watching him train until he was exhausted. He tried to convince his old friend to rest but Isshin was known for being stubborn. Isshin toppled over as he used his sword for some support.
"That's enough, Isshin." Urahara said as he placed his hand on his shoulder. "You need rest."
"No… I can't…. I need…" Isshin gasped for air. Urahara looked at his friend sternly.
"You cannot help Ichigo if you kill yourself from exhaustion."
Isshin sighed in defeat, Urahara was right. Killing himself from exhaustion would not help him to get Ichigo back to where she belongs; to her real family. Suddenly, both of them felt a powerful and evil reiatsu, neither of them had felt such energy before.
"Manager!" Tessai cried out as he was running towards them with a laptop in his arms. "We have some problems, big problems!"
As Tessai turned the laptop on, Urahara's eyes widened in horror while Isshin gasped totally shocked from the sight of the image on the laptop screen; the city was being attacked by a giant 5 headed dragon. Each head had a different color; from right to left the colors were white, blue, red green and black. The shop owner soon recognized the creature.
"Impossible! Tiamat?!"
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Seireitei was in an uproar when the siren alarms went off. Yamamoto wouldn't believe the image in the video. He had never thought he would see Tiamat again. He thought he'd defeated her for good when he and the other Shinigami from 500 years go had sealed the doors of Makai.
"I never thought I would see you again, Tiamat." growled Yamamoto as he watched from the monitor screen. Tiamat was summoning and opening the gates of Makai.
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Meanwhile in Las Noches, Grimmjow was moving away the pieces of rubble as Pesches and Dondochakka were helping him to clear away the bigger the big pieces of concrete (since Grimmjow currently only has one arm). Under the rubble, they found Ilforte, though he was hurt, he seemed to be ok.
"Ilforte!" Shouted Grimmjow as he helped Ilforte to his feet. "Are you alright?"
"G- Grimmjow-sama?" Ilforte asked in surprise. "You're alive! I thought you were dead after I heard you were banished from Las Noches."
"That doesn't matter now, blondie bull!" Grimmjow exclaimed. "What happened here?"
Then, they heard an angry and annoyed voice.
"The princess has gone insane! That's what happened!"
They turned around and saw a very angered and annoyed Luppi being cared for by Wonderweiss. They weren't the only ones in there; Halibel was being cared for by Mila-rose and Apache, Sun-Sun, Lilinette, Stark, Coolhorn and Ggio Vega were also there. They all looked a little hurt, but seemed alright.
"What you mean by that?" growled Grimmjow.
"Ichi-chan has been possessed by that bracelet she wears all time. In truth, that bracelet was a part of a demon that caused the appearance of those demons you faced before." Stark said softly. He was still couldn't believe that his beloved little sister was possessed by some demon dragon. "Along with Ulquiorra who's with Aizen-sama, Tousen-sama and Gin-sama, we're all that's left from the Arrancar group."
Grimmjow growled as he punched the wall near him. He knew that bracelet had something wicked about it, but he never could have imagined it was a part of a demon. He now knew why Ichigo never got her Zanpakuto, even with all the training she had with Aizen and Tousen. Somehow that bracelet was stopping Ichigo from having her own Zanpakuto.
"Take me to Aizen!" Grimmjow exclaimed furiously. "I want to have a little talk with him on how I can save Ichigo-hime from that thing!"
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While in Karakura Town, everything was in flames as demons from Makai were coming out from the gates connecting to Makai without pause. The Shinigami from all the 13 squads were fighting against the demons with all their power. Meanwhile, the 4th squad was taking caring of the wounded ones but the demons were still coming without stopping. Unohana was worried about this battle, sure she was prepared for something like that, but the victims were getting countless.
At the other side of the city, Yamamoto and Tiamat were staring down at each other, ignoring the chaos around them. They had a history between them. The 5 headed dragon queen growled irately at the man who defeated her. Beside Yamamoto were Ukitake, Kumamura, Shunsui and Nanao; they were speechless at the size of the demon dragon. It was the double the size of a Menos.
"You haven't changed one bit, Tiamat." Yamamoto said slowly to the dragon queen, with a deadly glint in his eyes. "I should have known you were the one responsible for the reappearance of the demons here in the human world. After all, you tried the same thing 500 years ago."
"You are an old and arrogant fool, Yamamoto. You Shinigami started the damned demon genocide 500 years ago." Tiamat said calmly, though deep down she felt much hatred for the elder Shinigami. "I had to do what I needed to and opened the gates of Makai to defend my people against you."
"You demons were killing a lot of people here, and with it producing more hollows." Yamamoto reasoned. "We are here to get rid of the evil from the root."
"Heh, really? I always thought the genocide was because a bunch of demons accidentally got in Soul Society, something of which I find amusing, and al because they killed your beloved family." Tiamat smirked as she saw Yamamoto's companions gasp in surprise while Yamamoto himself did nothing. But the demon dragon knew he was burning up with anger inside. "After my defeat and the sealing the gates of Makai, I heard you killed all the demons that were left in the human world, without showing any mercy. Pure-bloods and mix-bloods alike, even if they were newborns or unborn, all slaughtered. So tell me, why do I see a dirty little half-breed wearing a Shinigami outfit?"
Kumamura gasped in surprise, he instantly knew Tiamat was talking about him. He knew his appearance was very different from the others, which was why he had always hidden his face with a cloth or a helmet, but he had never imagined he was a half-breed demon.
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Kumamura shouted at the dragon.
"Heh, it's so obvious. You have demon and human blood in your veins, brat. I dunno how someone as dirty as you became a Shinigami. I may despise half-breeds like you, but you shame your demon blood for uniting with those same bastards who hunted and killed us without reason!"
Kumamura's eyes widened in horror, Ukitake and Shunsui also didn't believe any of Tiamat's words. Kumamura begged Yamamoto to tell him that everything that the dragon queen said was all lies, he wasn't a half-breed. Yamamoto's silence only answered that everything said was true.
"Heh, what is it? The great and heartless Yamamoto had some mercy for a dirty little half-breed? Don't worry, little half-breed, I will destroy all of you, that way you can stop your suffering."
Tiamat opened her 5 mouths to blast 5 different elemental attacks. Yamamoto and the captains summoned their bankai to fight against the dragon queen.
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Back in Las Noches, Hanataro, one of the few survivors from Tiamat's attack was trying to heal as much of the injuries Aizen and the other traitors sustained. As much he disliked them, he knew he needed their help to stop Tiamat, or Ichigo, or whoever the girl was now.
"How are they doing?" asked an emotionless voice from behind.
Ulquiorra was watching Hanataro healing his master, Gin and Tousen. He wanted to make sure the little Shinigami wouldn't do anything to his master in his weakened state.
"All their wounds are healed, but the main problem is the poison inside of their system." Hanataro explained to the 4th Espada. "I can't remove the poison like Captain Unohana and I am not a poison expert like Captain Kurotsuchi. There's nothing more I can do for them."
"So, that means he's dying?" asked another voice.
Hanataro turned around and saw Grimmjow and the other Arrancars entering the throne room. The little Shinigami gulped as Ulquiorra stood in front of him, making sure the sixth Espada doesn't do anything against Aizen.
"I thought you were dead." Ulquiorra said.
"Takes more than chopping my arm off to finish me off." Grimmjow replied. "Ilforte and the others told me what happened here after my banishment. I want Aizen tell me how to save Ichigo-hime and fix this huge mess."
There was sudden tension between the 6th and 4th Espada. The other knew they never got along because of their different views. While Grimmjow was truly and only loyal to Ichigo, Ulquiorra was more loyal to Aizen than Ichigo, even though he and the other Espadas helped raise her for the past 15 years.
"I've always…. distrusted you….around her…"
The Arrancar turned to Aizen, his voice was hoarse and his body burning up with a fever because of Tiamat's poison. Ulquiorra kneeled down beside his master.
"You shouldn't talk, Aizen-sama." Ulquiorra advised. "You have to save your strength."
"I ... I know I will die from… from the poison." Aizen said softly. He hated to admit that he was dying, even before he could complete his ambitions. Then, he looked over at Grimmjow with hate in his eyes. "B-because of you…. *cough cough* Ichigo's pregnant."
Grimmjow's eyes widen in surprise and horror. He now knew the reason why he was banished from Las Noches; he had somehow impregnated Ichigo. But how? Then, he remembered the night he returned after the vampire's attack. That night, he and Ichigo had made love. Grimmjow had refused at first, but Ichigo told him that for once she didn't want to be the princess and neither did she want him to be her bodyguard; for that night only she wanted them to be lovers. Grimmjow suddenly woke from his thoughts when Stark growled and grabbed the collar of his jacket.
"You son of bitch!" Stark shouted loudly and angrily. Stark rarely showed any negative emotions as he loved Ichigo as he would his own little sister. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't chop off the rest of your limbs!"
"He's the only one who can save Ichigo now. *cough cough*." Aizen coughed up a little blood and that got all the Arrancar's attention. "Timat *cough* herself told us that she couldn't posses Ichigo earlier because *cough cough* of the love love Ichigo feels for him."
Grimmjow fell into deep silence as he remembered all the moments he had with Ichigo. He never expected the feelings would change once Ichigo turned 15 and he himself became an Arrancar. Then, Grimmjow blinked as he saw Ulquiorra offering his slitted wrist to him.
"You can't save her with a missing arm." Ulquiorra reasoned, "Drink my blood and you will have your arm regenerated back."
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In Karakura town, the battle was still fierce. Yamamoto, Kumamura, Ukitake and Shunsui were still fighting against Tiamat.
"That's 22 Yumichika." Ikkaku counted as he dispatched another demon with his Zanpakuto stabbing through the chest. He turned to attack the three demons behind him when they all stopped suddenly and collapsed to the ground.
"And that's 23." Yumichika shot back with a smirk as he calmly walked up and killed the three enemy demons.
The Shinigami were holding their own against the larger attack force of the demons. Kenpachi never in his life had so much fun; he was still killing all the demons around him. Suddenly a large demon appeared behind them, before either Ikakku or Yumichika could do anything, a blast came out of nowhere. Both the Shinigami from 11th squad gasped in surprise when they saw their savior, it was Asano Keigo riding on a demon horse.
"K-Keigo?!" shouted Ikakku in surprise.
"Hey guys, need a hand?" Keigo smirked.
"Wait a minute! Didn't that horse belong to that headless horseman?" Yumichika asked in surprise in seeing the demonic horse again. After the incident with the headless horseman, they almost forgot about the horse.
"Well, you see, after her old owner was gone, Tsukiyomi here was looking for another owner and she just choose me."
"That thing is a female?"
"Yes, I am a female, but you, I have absolutely no idea what you are." the mare said to Yumichika's surprise. "You smell like a man, but you act and look like a female! Could you possibly be a hermaphrodite?"
Yumichia's face was turning red in anger and embarrassment and Ikakku had to hold his long time friend back from attacking the talking mare.
"WHAT THE HECK DID YOU CALL ME, YOUR FREAK?!"
Meanwhile, the fight with Tiamat was not going very well. The Shinigami all had to hold their breath whenever the dragon queen breathed out her cloud of poison. Ukitake was held under Tiamat's foot, he was feeling all his bones being crushed and his illness wasn't helping. Shunsui tried to save his long time friend, but his Zanpakuto cracked against Tiamat's scaled skin. Tiamat's blue head growled before she blasted lighting towards the captain of the 8th squad.
"SHUN… ARGH!" Tiamat crushed Ukitaki even more before he could continue talking.
Yamamoto blasted fire from his Zanpakuto at the dragon queen as Tiamat's white head blasted an icy blast at the flames in retaliation as her main head absorbed his fire (making everyone cringe in terror) and blasted it back against the older Shinigami.
"That's all you have?! You've really grown old, Yamamoto." Tiamat laughed as the chaos continued spreading in Karakura.
In her inner mind, Ichigo was chained to a cross as nails were stabbed into both her hands. Her body ached as tears rolled down her face. She could see everything Tiamat was doing. She wanted stop the dragon queen, but she couldn't find the strength to do it.
Ukitake was screaming as he felt his bones being crushed. Tiamat smirked, the agonizing screams were like music to her ears.
"You're finished."
Suddenly, a red blast came from out of somewhere, hitting Tiamat's back. The dragon queen screamed in pain as Kumamura used this opportunity to save Ukitake from below the dragon's talon. Everyone turned to see where that blast had come from. As Tiamat looked at her back, she growled furiously.
"You!!"
To be continued.
Sorry for the evil cliff, but it was necessary. Can anyone guess who crashed the party? Only more two chapters before the end of this story. However, I dunno when I will post the chapter 10, but I can give you a little preview in there.
Preview
"Can you hear my name, Princess?"
"Yes, I can hear it."
"I have been waiting years for this moment. Are you be worthy of using this blade, through of your fury?"
"I can be worthy if you let me be. And this time, I will choose my own destiny!'
"Let's fight together, as one. Repeat after me."
"Slice through the heavens, Zangetsu!"
And I want thanks Raine Haruto for beta the chapter 9. See ya all in the next chapter!