Naruto the secret soul reaper
disclaimer: you know what i'm not even gonna bother this time i did it a bunch of times.
Did you guys know that in japan there's school in june, yeah, and i think that a full semester is only two months, school in america is 10 months, i think it's the same in japan but, spring break is like two months long supposedly, i don't know for sure i'm just tellig you what i remember, but i do know for a fact that school dosen't start until october so it makes sense that school gets out at late july, atleast that's what i believe, i don't have to worry about keeping up with the scheduel in america though because i study on my own, speaking of which don't you guys get sick of helping your little siblings with their homework, it's a real pain in the ass for me because i've never needed help with my homework, and also i wonder if he's actually learning anything by me helping him, he is getting better though, he's in 3rd grade now i think by the end of the year he won't need my help anymore. I sure hope so, well then shall we get to it.
chapter 10
Nightmare of the peach
Momo awoke with a start, her eyes immedietly became awake as she realized what had happened. She had fallen asleep in her captain's baracks.
''OH NO!, i fell asleep in captain aizen's office'' she then looked at the clock and panicked.
''I'm going to be late for the lieutenant's meeting'' she said frantically.
Momo quickly bolted out of the barracks and made her way to the meeting, after realizing she wasn't going to make it in time, she remembered a shortcut, she ran under a set of stairs then onto the roof and finally jumped onto the building where the meeting was about to start.
''Phew, i actually made it'' said momo in relief as she walked down the pavement, but as soon as she walked by a building, she felt a drop on her. Scooping up the mysterious substance with her hand, she looked at it realizing that it was blood, surprised she looked to see that it was actually dripping off the tower she had been walking by. Momo took a few steps back to get a good look at the top of the building, after seeing where the blood was comig from she gained a horrofied expression on her face.
The lieutenants were gathered at the designated meeting room. The room was an orange-ish brown and there were hardly any seats only a large space of wooden floor and a few tatami mats.
Renji abarai, lieutenant of squad six was in one of the few seats and was approached by another lieutenant he was wearing sunglasses, had a small mustache, and a buzz cut his zanpakuto's hilt was red but the rest of it was hidden by his shohakusho.
''What is it, tetsuzaimon?'' renji addressed his fellow lieutenant.
''Hey renji, i wanted to ask you, what do you think of this?, of using the sogyoku on a mere human, are you fine with that, you were her guard after all so you might know a thing or two''.
''Well my opinion desen't really matter, i actually did protest the transfering of tenten to the senzaikyu, but i had no say in the matter, they were direct orders from head captain yamamoto''.
''The execution is of no concern at all, what i'm worried about is the disappearance of central forty six'' intervened another lieutenant.
This lieutenant had short, spiky navy blue hair, three scratches under his right eye, a thin strip of tape on his nose and had the number sixty nine on his left cheek, his zanpakuto was on his back and had an octagunal tsuba.
''Shuhei, when did you get here?''asked renji.
''I've been here the whole time, unlike you two i actually show up on time, as lieutenants you should be more punctual, as the lieutenant of squad nine i know this''.
''Oh yeah, well i as the lieutenant of squad seven, believe it's better late than never'' retorted tetsuzaimon.
''Cut it out already, honostly bickering this early in the morning'' sighed a female voice that sounded tired.
The other lieutenants looked to their right and there was a woman standing in the doorway. She had her hand on the support beam, her hair was bright orange, her eyes were baby blue and she was wearing a simple shihakusho. Her zanpakuto was a simple katana with a deep red hilt the tsuba was the shape of a cat's head it was currently sheathed on her waist.
''With both central forty six and my captain missing, this is starting to become som'ewhat of a problem, what to do, what to do'' she said the last part muttering to herself.
''So, who is rangiku's captain anyway?'' asked renji.
''You know, toshiro hitsuguya'' replied tetsuzaemon.
''Uh not that little geneius, and i thought i had problems'' commented renji.
''Well you know how-
''AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH'' somebody screamed.
''Huh, what?'' said rangiku who ran out to see who screamed, the other lieutenants quickly followed her.
The three lieutenants made their way out of the room and into the outside hallway. Once they got there they saw their fellow lieutenant momo, sitting on her knees and looking up with a mezmorized expression on her face.
''Momo, what's wrong?'' asked renji with worry.
Momo simply pointed up to the tower she was staring at, on top of the building, there was the crucified body of her captain, sosuke aizen, he was still in his captains uniform with his glasses still on and his eyes open. He had been hung to the building with a large wooden stake through his chest, his blood was splattered all over the tower and was dripping down.
''CAPTAIN AIZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN'' momo suddenly screamed.
''My, my, what is all this ruckus about, and so early in the morning too'' sain gin as he approached the seen''.
Momo turned and saw him, standing there with his snake like smile, she then remembered what toshiro had told her the night before after he left the captains meeting.
flashback
It was early nightime, and toshiro had just exited the squad one barracks he had just warn gin not to harm the most important one to him, momo. Now he also had to warn the most important person in the world to him. He spotted her as she was on her way to see her captain.
''Momo wait up'' he called out to her.
''What is it, toshiro?'' momo asked.
''Hey hey, you still have to address me as captain'' said toshiro scowling.
''Why would i do that?, you and i know each other'' questioned momo with a gentle smile.
''Nevermind, listen i need to warn you'' said toshiro seriously.
''About what?''.
''About gin ichimaru, i don't have any details to share with you, but just beware of him, he's definitley up to something, and it's not going to be good'' warned toshiro with concern.
''Oh, i, uh i'll definitley keep an eye out'' said momo.
''Good''.
end of flashback
Remembering his warning of gin, and seeing his snake like smile as he looked at the seen, she immidietly grew enraged and glared at him with her bangs between her brown eyes.
''IT WAS YOU'' she screamed and drew her zanpakuto which was strapped to her left waistband; her zanpakuto was that of a standard katana, the tsuba was rectangular; it had five flower petals on each side of the tsuba; and the hilt was light red.
''SNAP TOBIUME'' she called out fiercly. Her zanpakuto morphed into a jute sword with one prong on the left a two on the right side of the blade spaced out to a degree.
With that momo charged at gin focused on revenge and hatred, as well as detrmined to avenge her captain's death. As she closed in on him, gin simply stood there with his snake like smile not even trying to defend himself from the furious female lieutenant. Just before she made contact, a katana with a brown hilt and an omega sign on the upper bottom half intercepted hers.
Momo followed the blade to see it was another lieutenant who stopped her. He had small blue eyes, long blond hair that covered his left eye, and wearing a standard shihakusho.
''IZURU, get out of the way'' momo commanded.
''I-I cannot *rrrgh* i-i must protect my captain'' izuru struggled.
''I SAID *hrrrrgh* GET OUT OF MY WAY''.
They continued to cross blades until both of them were using so much force, momo was repelled.
''Momo, how dare you release your zanpakuto inside these grounds'' scolded izuru.
''I will avenge captain aizen'' momo responded as she once again charged.
''Very well then'' said izuru flicking his sword.
''Raise your head, wabisuke''.
Izuru's sword had straightened, and was now a product of two ninety degree angles, taking on the appearance of three sides of a square.
As the two were running and about to battle, they were suddenly being held back by the other two lieutenants. Then toshiro appeared in between them.
''Momo, you attacked a unproven suspect, with no evidence, when your first priorety should have been getting captain aizen's body from down there''.
''*gasp*''momo gasped.
''Momo, Izuru, both of you are under arrest for releasing your zanpakuto. You four get these two out of my sight''.
With that the other lieutenants were dragged away to prison, but not before taking one last glare at gin.
''Honostly, all this fuss so early in the morning'' said gin with his usual smile.
Toshiro decided not to respond as he walked away.
Back with our hero
Naruto walked down the streets of kusajishi, wondering how to get into the soul society.
''Now that i've already tried, they'll be on the lookout for me''.
All of a sudden there was a loud commotion, naruto decidimg to obligate his soul reaper duties, charged in. A few random houses were being run through as if a drunk driver had come through. There was a rampaging giraffe hollow using it's head as a battering ram.
''What the hell, i've got to stop this crazy hollow" said naruto drawing tozumasen.
As the surrounding villagers fled for their lives, naruto was charging at the hollow with his katana, when the hollow saw him it charged it's head forward and was about to joust with naruto, only the horse was a giraffe and instead of a knight it was a japanese teenager and of course he was jousting the actual horse.
Just as they were about to make contact, there was an earthquake out of nowhere, and the giraffe lost it's balance and fell to the ground.
''Take that, you miserable hollow'' said a voice sounding like a guy from the 70's.
''What, who?''. asked naruto.
From a flash step, appeared a soul reaper who had a brown afro, brown eyes and had a standard shihakusho. The man had a proud smile on his face as he approached the hollow with his zanpakuto, which was nothing more than a standard katana.
''Time to finish you off'' announced the odd soul reaper, prepairing to activate his shikai.
''GOOD MORNING, TSUCHINAMAZU'' said the soul reaper.
His sword morphed into a metal ring with a handle on the bottom for gripping. The weapon had a blue and yellow ribbon on top of it. The soul reaper then tossed it at the giraffe hollow like a shuriken. The ringsword slashed trough the air and took the tall hollow's head clean off, and it dispersed. The weapon was obviously a ground type since it was clearly the cause of the earthquake earlier, but apparantly could be used for long range as well, it was made even easier since the hollow had a considerably large neck.
''Heh, that's what you get for messing with these folk'' said the charasmatic soul reaper, walking over to naruto.
''That was incredible, that sure is a unique zanpakuto'' complimented naruto.
"Why thank you, you probably could've handled that, but i never turn down an opportunity to assist a fellow soul reaper'' said the man giving naruto a smile nearly equivalent to one of guy's.
''You don't say, my name is naruto uzumaki by the way what's yours?''.
The man then did another twinkle smile and held his now sealed zanpakuto behind his back and then spun around into a spotlight backround.
''I am the pinnecal of elite, the savior of the weak, and the unseated wonder, i'm zennosuke kuramadani''.
''UH, nice to meet you''.
''Hmm, come to think of it, why isn't i haven't seen you before?'' asked zennosuke.
''That's because i'm not a real soul reaper''.
''So what, are into cosplay or something?''.
''No, i'm more like a substitute soul reaper''.
''I've never even herd of that before, who are you?, and what's going on?'' questioned zennosuke.
''Okay it goes like this, but it's a long story''.
Naruto told zennosuke about how he got his powers; how the hollows started appearing in the world of the living, how tenten got captured; and why he was here.
''You don't say, well sounds like you could use some help''.
''Yeah, i do, i tried to get in but a captain caught me and closed the gate''.
''Well why don't you just transform into me, you said you're a ninja right?, so you could just do that''.
''You'd really let me do that?'' asked naruto.
''Absolutely, you're a good man naruto, i see no reason why you couldn't use my image. I'm sorry i can't actually help you with rescuing your friend, but i would be branded a traitor, so i'll have to help you with the little things and the big things from the shadows''. said zennosuke.
''Sure i understand, well i better get going''.
''Best of luck to you, my fellow soul reaper''.
''Yeah, hey, zennosuke?'' asked naruto.
''Yeah what?'' asked zennosuke.
''When this is over, let's be friends''.
''You got it'' replied zennosuke with yet another twinkle smile.
Naruto smiled back in response and left to put his plan into action. He found the northern gate and made the hitsuji handsign. When the smoke cleared naruto had completely taken on zennosuke's form down to the last detail.
Our hero then walked up to the guards and asked to enter, the guards, recognizing him as zennosuke allowed him to pass. Once naruto entered into the seireitei, he quickly looked upward to see the main building of the seireitei. Assuming that tenten was still there he immediately started to walk in that direction, of course keeping his disguise in tact. Naruto would have ran but it would look suspecious.
Naruto kept walking until he came across two soul reapers who were walking in the opposite direction, so naruto was face to face with them.
The one in front was bald; had a maniacal smile, red paint on both his eyes; and his eyes were no more than black dots. His zanpakuto was hefted over his right shoulder. It's sheath was midnight blue, the tsuba ovular with three clawmarks on each end the hilt was a brownish-red.
The second one a few inches behind him had purple hair; pariwinkle eyes, one pair of red flowers on top of his right eye and one pair of yellow flowers on the side of his right eye; he wore a shihakusho that had a large orange neckpiece covering the top of his torso. His zanpakuto was at his side it was in a fushia sheath; the tsuba was bronze and in the shape of a german cross, and the hilt was lavender.
It was at this point that the bald one was the one who decided to speak, our hero in disguise wondered if he had been found out already.
''Hey there, zennosuke right?'' questioned the bald one.
''Why of course, i am the pinnecal of elite'' quoted naruto doing his best to mimic the mannerisms of zennosuke.
''Is that so?, then why did i beat you in one attack the last time we sparred?'' questioned the bald man.
''Uh''.
''Come to think of it, your spiritual pressure feels completely different''. commented the bald man.
''Hey, ikkaku, i think zennosuke is unusually calm today, don't you agree?'' questioned the purple haired man.
''Yeah, it is very unusual, so why don't you drop the disguise?'' said the bald man now identified as ikkaku.
''Disguise?, come on quit playing games ikkaku'' said naruto in his transformed state.
''Nice try, i have to admit, you sure look and even sound like zennosuke, but you definitely don't act like him, on top of that your spiritual pressure is nothing like his, So why don't we see... WHO YOU REALLY ARE'' said ikkaku who delivered a swift kick to naruto's hip.
Taken completely by surprise by the man's outburst, naruto was kicked to the ground and in a poof of smoke, his disguise was no more and our hero's true face was revealed to the two soul reapers.
''So, you found me out, i didn't think i'd get found out so sson'' said naruto.
''Well you thought wrong, and it's my job to exterminate intruders, but the truth is all i care about is fighting strong opponents, and you have considerablre spiritual pressure. I'll make you a deal, if you can defeat me in battle i'll allow you to pass'' said ikkaku.
''Well if i have to, then let's do this'' replied naruto.
''Alright then, yumichika stay out of this, this is my fight''.
''You don't have to worry about that, i wasn't planning to'' replied the man with short purple hair now identfied yumichika.
''Good, let's get this started shall we?''. asked ikkaku.
''Fine with me'' replied naruto.
''Before we start, it's my squad's code to introduce themselves to their opponents, i like my combatants to know the name of the warrior who killed them. I'm ikkaku madarame, i'm the third seat of squad eleven, the best squad of fighters in the soul society''.
''I'm naruto uzumaki, substitute soul reaper'' said naruto.
''Now that that's out of the way, let the battle BEGIN'' said ikkaku unsheathing his sword which was a simple katana.
Ikkaku's stance was odd, he held his sheath at the ready as if he would use the sheath for assist.
Naruto drew his katana and held it with both hands, eyeing ikkaku very carefully. Ikkaku was the one to first make contact as he charged at naruto, who simply blocked ikkaku's sword with his. What naruto didn't expect was ikkaku using his sheath as a secondary weapon. Ikkaku whacked naruto in the stomach with his sheath causing him to fall to the ground. Naruto now realized ikkaku's style he uses his sword as a diversion and then nails them with the sheath to get his sword in a better position to strike.
Naruto charged at ikkaku and gave a verticle slash to try and break the sheath, but ikkaku saw that coming and had the sheath positioned frontward so that naruto's blade was caught in it's hole, seizing the opprotunity, ikkaku took his zanpakuto and gave a horizontal slash at naruto's back, naruto grunted in pain as ikkaku took the pummel of his sword and swatted it hard on naruto's stomack, causing him to be knocked back. Naruto then charged once again and so did ikkaku, the two crossed swords as they where face to face. Eventually the clash ended in a draw and both were send back. Ikkaku then realized with his battle instinct, that it was time to get serious, and so did naruto with a mutual understanding.
Ikkaku took his sheath and placed the top on the pummel of his word, he then twisted them and called out his zanpakuto.
''Extend, hozukimaru'' said ikkaku as both his sheath and sword turned into what appeared to be a spear.
''Attack tozumasen'' said naruto as his katana morphed into a sabre.
''Now the real fun begins'' said ikkaku.
The two charged at each other once more. Naruto was using dextarity, while ikkaku was stabbing vertically with his zanpakuto in a horizontal position. Naruto was able to keep the tip of the spear away with his own strikes, but ikkaku clearly had the advantage due to his his zanpakuto's long range. Naruto knew he had to get in closer to win so he used flash step to bypass ikkaku, only for ikkaku to do the same. Naruto then remembered that all soul reapers could use flash step.
''Nice try, but that isn't going to help you all that much, although i must admit you're pretty good with the flash step, better than me even but it dosen't really matter i don't need cheap tricks like flash step to win'' said ikkaku.
''I suppose you're right, but don't count me out yet, i'm far from done'' replied naruto.
With that the two continued to clash with ikkaku stabbing from a distance and naruto using tozumasen to counter the stabs. Naruto decided to try something else, naruto focused his spirit energy and used on of his shikai's abilities. A transparent gold clock with emerald green hands and numbers errupted from tozumasen. The clock then expanded as if it would explode which it did, but there was no damage, the clock simply evaporated into the air. Ikkaku was not impressed.
''So you finnaly decided to try your zanpakuto's ability huh?, but it looks like your technique...WAS NOTHING BUT A DUD'' yelled ikkaku as he spun his sword horizontally.
Naruto was taken back by ikkaku's sudden attack, it shifted his balance and disrupted the timing of his counters. Naruto paried too soon and hozukimaru was closing in on him. Just before the spear was about to hit naruto, time suddenly seemed to slow down, realizing his technique had taken effect, he tilted his head to the left as much as he could. The tip of the spear missed him and time once again returned to normal as ikkaku retrackted his zanpakuto.
Naruto took the chance and charged forward slashing vertically across ikkaku's chest.
''DAAAAAAAH'' yelped ikkaku as he felt his bleeding chest.
''That was unexpected, so your technique is delayed huh?, well i'll just have to adjust my timing then''.
Ikkaku spun hozukimaru over his head and once again started stabbing at naruto. Our hero cursed, he was back where he started.
''I've got two more chances at this, have to figure something out'' thought naruto.
Naruto decided if he couldn't get close, he would get further away from ikkaku's reach. Using his ninja perception, naruto focused on the point where their weapons where connected, and when ikkaku had to pull back slightly to charge another thrust, naruto jumped back avoiding a spear strike.
Ikkaku noticed this and tried to get closer, but naruto's time dilation technique activated once again slowing him down as he charged. Naruto saw the opening and took it as he gripped the hilt of tozumasen with both hands and jumped in the air slashing at full power.
As Naruto brought down his sword on ikkaku's shoulder, time began back up. Just in time for the tozumasen to deeply pierce his right shoulder.
''EIIIIIAAAAAAAHHHHH'' ikkaku screamed in agony as he was now covered in blood.
''N-Not bad *pant*pant* your *pant* better than i thought'' said ikkaku.
''your *pant*pant* pretty good yourelf, b-but i won't lose'' said naruto.
Breathing heavily, both of them charged for a third time. Even though ikkaku was bleeding immensly, he still seemed to be enjoying the battle. As the two weapons once again clashed, ikkaku decided he should reveal the true capabilities of his own zanpakuto. He jerked his arm and suddenly his spear was divided into three parts. Naruto knew exactly what to do, he jumped in the air and and slashed down on the hinges where the three segments were connected. The main segment with the spear broke off and ikkaku was surprised.
''GAH'' he yelped as the sudden weight drop made him lose his balance and toppled over.
''I *pant*pant* won't be defeated *pant*pant* SO EASILY''. said ikkaku.
The third seat then decided to make do and charged on last time with what remained of his zanpakuto.
Naruto simply side stepped and delivered one last slash at ikkaku's back.
''AHOOOOOOH'' screamed ikkaku as he fell down, unconscious and defeated.
Naruto regained his breath and looked to make sure ikkaku was truely defeated, he was, our hero then focused his attention on yumichika, who seemed to be very interesed.
''Hmm, you actually defeated ikkaku, that takes some serious power, i have to say i'm very impressed with your abilities, not to metion that technique you used that disappeared into the air was beautiful to say the least''.
''Thank you, so will you allow me through?, i'm actually kind of in a hurry'' asked naruto.
''I'm afraid not, i can't simply let you by, it is my job after all. Though you have certainly earned my respect in more than one way, i am your next opponent''.
''Well then what are we waiting for''.
''Excellent, but let's fight somewhere a little less crouded'' said yumichika.
''Suits me fine'' replied naruto.
Naruto then jumped onto the rooftops with yumichika, this would be the perfect place for their fight.
''Ah this will do fine, here on the roof tops our beauty is able to be seen by all'' said yumichika.
''Well if it suits you then i'm fine with it''.
''Marvelous, now then let's start shall we'' said yumichika drawing his zanpakuto.
''Tear and frenzy, fujilujaku''. Yumichika's sword multpled into four blades on one hilt.
Naruto weilded tozumasen, which was still released, ready to fight.
The two gracefully leaped into the air, naruto activeated power charge, covering the blade of tozumasen in a popsickle green light. As the two zanpakuto clashed, naruto's blade immediately broke all four blades in one shot. The charged sword then slashed right across yumichika's chest and stomach. Yumichika caughed up blood and fell back down on his back and hit the pavement with a cloud of smoke.
''Well, that takes care of those two, i better find a place to rest. After i get my strength back i'll continue on my quest'' said naruto.
While still landing naruto spotted an abbandoned build in the nearby woods, figuring that would be the best place to rest, naruto headed for that building as soon as he landed. Once inside he saw that the building was used for storage, it seemed like the perfect place to hide so naruto went to the back of the room and found a large enough crate for him to rest on. With his zanpakuto behind him as he lay down on the crate naruto decided to ask where tenten was being kept prisoner to the next soul reaper he defeated, that is if he was able to win or even have to fight again. Naruto then closed his eyes and went to sleep.
Green notes from the author
i am sincerely sorry for taking a near whole month to update, it's been very hectic with my studies, and the chapters are getting longer. I just want to say one thing, i do not have writers block it was just a very long chapter. How do you guys like naruto and zennosuke being friends, I find that zennosuke is seriously underestimated, after all he was able to stoll aizen even in his 3rd hogyouku form. So halloween is coming up very soon, as if i actually plan on doing anything, what are you guys up to, anyway i can't make any promises about how soon the next chapter will come out but i will definitely try. How do you guys feel about adventure?, like what's your perception of a great adventure?. I see adventure like the movie without a paddle and stuff. Well see you later and have a nice night, because it's 10:00pm where i'm at now which is alhambra.