Tatsuki sat on a chair just outside Lucifer's throne room, her mind questioning every little thing. Her entire life had been a lie. She was raised by strangers. She grew up around people who were completely different species from her. She had grown up in a world that was killing itself, and she just now figured that out.
Today was the day, too. She was now eighteen years old. She would have to choose whether to oppose or aid her real father. But she still had no idea which road she would take. Would freeing him really bring about the end of the world? When she spoke to him yesterday, he had acted so kind and sincere. Was he really supposed to be the ultimate evil? She looked up at the ceiling as if the answer was up there. Of course, it wasn't.
The doors to the throne room slowly opened, making her jump slightly. She stood from her seat and entered the huge chamber. Lucifer stood with his two top followers – Lilith and Pavor – awaiting her arrival. He let a tiny smile appear on his face.
"Tell me, Tatsuki," he said warmly. "Have you made your decision yet?"
She stared at him silently, then hung her head. She raced through the possible consequences of her only two options. Help him, or fight him. Those were her only choices. She thought about it for almost three minutes before she looked back at the king of hell.
"Yes," she said. "I've made up my mind."
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Ichigo and Orihime, along with Chad and Uryu, stood ready before the Senkaimon that Kisuke and David had prepped up for them. They only had so much time left to save Tatsuki. They would have to work fast.
"All right," Kisuke said as he got ready to open the portal. "Here goes nothing." He performed the needed steps, and soon, the gateway appeared, ready for the teens to enter. "Okay, all, get going now before-"
At that exact moment, an unbelievable spiritual pressure slammed down onto them all at once, feeling like somebody had just dropped a planet on each of them. "What the hell is that!?" Ichigo shouted as he barely managed to stay standing.
"Th-that energy…" Raven managed to stammer out. "I-it can't be… not yet!"
David cursed quite loudly. "It's them! They're here! They're starting the apocalypse here of all places!"
"So, T-Tatsuki chose…" Orihime muttered, her eyes wide with horror. "No, it can't be! We have to do something!"
"We will!" Ichigo exclaimed as he and the others made their way out of the training ground and out of the Urahara Shop.
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In the Soul Society, Yamamoto's eyes went wide when he felt that spiritual pressure. It was coming out of the human world, he realized. If their enemy's power was truly that great…
"This does not bode well," he said. He immediately sent out word via the Hell Butterflies: all Soul Reapers were to head straight for human world at once. They needed to fight off this evil before the Devil could achieve his goals. He took his cane, immediately reverting it into his zanpakuto, and marched out of his office. We now face a true war.
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Byakuya was, needless to say, shocked when he received word that all Soul Reapers were to report to the human world in order to fight off Lucifer. But he could see the necessity. He felt the spirit energy, and knew what had to be done. He quickly Flash Stepped home, appearing at the front of the Kuchiki manor. He was just about to head in when he saw that the gates had been blasted apart. His eyes widened, then narrowed as he drew his sword and sprinted onward. He first needed to make sure that Aphrodite and their son were okay, then he would deal with the intruder.
But the intruder found him first.
"My, my, aren't you handsome?" said a woman's voice from behind him. He turned, ready to fight, but almost dropped his sword at the woman in front of him. Her beauty easily rivaled Aphrodite's, but her hair and eyes were dark, and she wore a dress of black silk. She had a sultry grin on her face.
"Who are you?" the captain demanded.
"You're impatient one," the woman said tauntingly. "My name is Lust the Lascivious. I have business with Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Love and Beauty. I have reason to believe that she's been living here for the past two years. Would that happen to be true?"
Byakuya didn't answer. He simply went into a battle stance. But before he could attack, a voice called, "Byakuya." The captain turned in surprise to see his second wife approaching, a dual-edged Greek sword in hand. "This is my business. Leave her to me."
"Aphrodite…" He was speechless. He had never seen her like this before. "But what about Kizoku?"
"He's fine," she assured him with a warm smile. "Rukia's watching him for me. Just leave this one to me, will you? It's not wise to deny a goddess, you know." Byakuya eventually nodded, albeit very reluctantly. The goddess approached Lust, a serious look on her face.
"The years have not been kind to you, Aph," Lust teased. "A serious look like that will cause wrinkles. You of all people should know that."
"Silence," Aphrodite said with as much bite in her voice as she could possibly muster. "This is where you face your destruction, Sin."
"Tough words from you have no backbone behind them," Lust said, her sultry smile slowly becoming sadistic. "What are you going to do? Love me to death? Give me a makeover?"
"You'll see soon enough." The goddess held her sword with both hands, ready to fight. The two women glared at each other, both waiting for the other to make the first move. They soon charged each other at the same time.
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Lucifer now stood in the sky, his eyes falling upon the city where Tatsuki had grown up. He sneered in disgust. No wonder she had been so indecisive at first. He could just tell that this entire city was filled with fickle-minded weaklings. He turned and faced his gathered army, all of whom were ready to destroy all in their path. Lust had already gone off to the Soul Society to settle a personal vendetta, but he didn't mind her absence. It wouldn't change a thing.
"Your orders are simple," he said darkly. "Destroy everything. Leave no survivors." The massive horde of demons roared their approval, and were just about to carry out their master's wishes when another army appeared.
"You will do no such thing," said Head Captain Yamamoto, every Soul Reaper, save for two, behind him and ready. "We Soul Reapers have no choice but to destroy you, unless you retreat back the pit from whence you came."
Lucifer glared the Reapers with narrowed eyes. "Then you shall be removed."
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Okay, yeah, short chapter. And the ending kind of sucked. Whatever. I promise that, from now on, the chapters will be pretty much all action. See you later.