Author's note: I am taking out Rias, Akeno, and the four Quincy girls out of the harem for the time being. One main reason is I just don't really care enough about these particular girls anymore at the moment. Another reason is that I still don't know how the hell I'm gonna romance the freaking Quincy girls since there is a freaking war going on.
Sorry for this short chapter and rushing this, but I have some summer homework to do that taking up some of my time away. This short chapter is mainly just a reminder that this story is not dead. I'm more focused on completing my Code Gundam Musou sotry as early as possible.
Some of you may complain that I wrote off Hades in previous chapters, I'll admit I rushed the hell out of it. I just want him out of the way for what Yhwach planned with the reapers along with other people and yes, Dartz from Yugioh will appear. I find his background and the Orichalcos both tragic and interesting.
Oh btw, I have planned out a replacement for that will replace Pepe as Sternritter L. Seriously though, Yhwach's army in the manga can be seriously considered a freak circus as Tekking101 stated in one of his reviews.
A hint for which fictional character Sternritter L is based on is this: what intergalactic bounty hunter whose name start with an L.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or High School DxD
Chapter 9
Ichigo was rushing forward to confront Yhwach, trusting his new allies to be able to handle themselves against their respective opponents.
As he kept speeding forward with Shunpo, his thought drifts away to a topic that has been bugging him for a while.
'Guys, do you have any idea now about how the hell we ended up in this universe?' Ichigo said mentally.
'Don't know king, we haven't gotten an idea how we got here in the first place. I'm still getting my head wrapped around the idea.' His Hollow and Shinigami half replied.
'It is disturbing how we ended up in an entirely new dimension without noticing it. Even Yhwach seemed genuinely surprised when we slipped into what could've been an invisible hole to another new dimension. It's very odd how the gate was not visible nor could it be sensed. I don't know why there was a gateway in the Soul Palace in the first place.' His Quincy half of his power replied.
'I see we'll have to look this up at another time. Hopefully, everybody would be able to deal with our Yheach until we come back. I still can't believe I got myself here on accident. Facing an alternate dimension Yhwach is definitely not on my to do list. One was bad enough already.' Ichigo stated mentally.
The man does not like getting dragged into the unknown as his past adventures proven the dangers hidden until it's too later.
One such adventure was breaking into the Soul Society and barely rescuing his friend, Rukia Kuchiki.
Another was storming into Hueco Mundo to rescue another friend, Orihime. He would've been dead if it wasn't for his Hollow powers taking over and reviving him. One thing he learned from the experience is that there will be always someone stronger than you whether in the same dimension or not.
Ulquiorra drove that point into him when they fought and he certainly made this point clear to Aizen afterwards.
He shuddered at the thought of fighting the deceased Espada back when he recently learned his Bankai.
The difference in strength was clear as an ant fighting a dog. With that in mind, the orange-haired Shinigami realized something important.
'Oh shoot, I forgot to warn them about something!' Ichigo thought alarmed.
'And that would be?' His pale spiritual resident asked lazily.
'I forgot to warn them about Yhwach's Almighty ability.' Ichigo replied.
'Man that is a screw up alright, but it not like it matters anyway.'
'What do you mean ya bastard?' Ichigo thought back in irritation.
'I believe he's talking about Yhwach's power to see the future and ability to render enemies' powers ineffective against him. Unless we know a way to bypass this ability, nothing will change. The only reason you and the others could fight this dimension's Yhwach before was because he didn't seem to have it activated at our first encounter with him. A solution that would not be considered a threat to Yhwach's Almight power is what we need. For now, we should get to him quickly and strike him down if he hasn't activated it already. We will only have one chance at this.' The fake Zangetsu stated.
The Shinigami accepted the explanation with a nod and sped up even faster toward his intended target.
There was only one shot at this if the Quincy Emperor's ability hasn't been already activated.
If he mess it up, there will be likely almost zero percent of a second chance.
As soon as he deals with the immediate threat, he will work on finding a way home to his original dimension.
Hopefully, the Yhwach in his home dimension could be dealt without him there to help.
If not, then he has to hurry the hell up and stop this dimension's Yhwach first before heading home.
One way or another, this war will end with an enormous body count.
Shinigami
In a certain realm for Gods is one Shinto God approaching another.
"Hello sister." The male God asked.
"Hm, what are you doing here brother?" The female asked, suspicious of his intention.
"I just want to have a little chat with you about the Vandenreich that's all."
"Why are you interested in them?" The woman asked, both curious and wary.
"Because Amaterasu, their declaration of war against the Three Factions did throw the world into chaos a little has it not? I would say it's fortunate for the humans since they are not heavily involved in the war, nor are they are aware of such a monumental event." Susanoo replied.
"… yes, they have made a big commotion with the other Mythologies with their reemergence." The Shinto Goddess of the sun admitted. "But, you still haven't stated why you're interested in them."
"I'm just wondering, what would happened should the Three Factions be defeated by them. The balance of power will surely be disrupted between the Mythologies."
Disbelief was clear on Amaterasu's expression. "I am not underestimating them, but how will they defeat the two Super Devils if they get in their way?"
Susanoo chuckled heartily. "I believe our brother may know the answer regarding that."
Amaterasu's eyes darkened. "What does he have to do with this?" She demanded.
The deity of the storms put up his hands in a defensive gesture. "All I said is that our brother may know the answer and I do think it because he has been keeping an eye on them for quite some time now." The last part raised an alarm in Amaterasu's mind.
"Anyway, on to my question, what do you think of the Vandenreich's emergence?" He asked again.
The Japanese deity of the Sun sighed and closed her eyes for a moment.
She recalls the relations the Three Factions have with other Mythologies.
"I think the Vandenreich will indeed cause a power shift if they do succeed in their war. However, a war in this peaceful time now will cause uproar throughout the world. Reactions to them being victorious will likely be fear and panic. The Vandenreich never stated any intention regarding to the other Mythologies." She answered tiredly.
"And you're worried that they might bring their war into our territories?" Her brother stated the unsaid question.
She only nodded in response.
"Well, only time will tell sister whether war will come or not." Susanoo left Amaterasu's room.
Shinigami
Yhwach stood in the middle of a deep crater in a blue dome around him with circuit-like patterns reaching into the ground from his forearms.
The Quincy Emperor glanced at Haschwalth who was unscathed by the head Bael's explosion.
'Hmm… a suicide attack is unlike Zekram Bael. Even a thousand years isn't enough to make the first head of the Bael clan senile. The same could be said for many other Devils. I'll have to make use of that ability after the retrieval.' The Kaiser mused silently.
He turned to his second in command. "Haschwalth, I'm retrieving the relics now. Summon the others and make sure no one interferes the retrieval."
"Yes, your majesty." Haschwalth bowed as he took out his Quincy cross.
A blue glow appeared as a mental message was sent to the other Sternritters all throughout the city.
Sternritter H clicked his tongue in irritation. "Tch, just as I was going in for the kill. Oh well, I can always come back to settle this with you at some point later. Cya later fire chickens."
Bazz-B turned his back on his opponents as he walked into his own shadow that expanded to engulf him.
In front of where he was standing were Riser, who was almost exhausted and his clothes burned in some places, and two older men who resembled him.
The older siblings of Riser did not seem quite as exhausted but were catching their breaths.
"Oh? Looks like boss wants us now. Oh poopy, looks like we'll have to play again another time. Tata crow man. Let's go my new friends!" Giselle Gwelle went to Robert Accutrone's side who gave a grim smile at Azazel as the two Quincy and zombies were swallowed up by theshadow.
Said Fallen Angel coughed up more blood as he landed on the ground.
"Dammit, why am I feeling like crap still?" He asked in frustration.
"Oh? The mission must be nearly completed." Bradley stated as he was surrounded by the corpses of a few hundred enemy soldiers another section of the Devil capital city.
He threw his saber at a Devil foot soldier writhing in pain from the loss of an arm.
He picked up his sword and flicked the blood off of it before sheathing it. He was promptly swallowed by his own shadow as have his peers as well.
Sairaorg sighed in disappointment as his opponent disappeared from his sight. The Iron managed to maintain his defense well enough under Sairaorg's overwhelming physical strength.
A male well in his early forties stared impassively at Sirzechs across from him with his dark green eyes. The man wore the base Sternritter uniform without the sleeves, showing his well-muscled arms that are not too big. His black hair is already graying slightly as it is slick back. A scar runs over the right side of his face. He wore black combat boots instead of the usual white ones. On his arms are plain gauntlets.
The one on his left has a small crossbow with a reishi arrow already in place and the other has a reishi blade extended out as long as one meter.
"You rookies are lucky I'm here to save your asses. Just because you're strong doesn't mean you're the best. Your own arrogance got you in this mess." The man scoffed disdainfully at the people he spoke to.
Said people are none other than Sternritter F and Sternritter E all looking worse for wear.
The Fear was ironically shaking on the ground on his butt from the power resonating from the present Satan they're fighting.
Bambietta said nothing but glared at his back knowing what he said was true.
"Sorry, but I'll be taking these two with me. They still have some uses for his majesty." The man said as his shadow enveloped all three Sternritters in an instant.
Multiple shots of the Power of Destruction were Sirzechs's response as they vaporized the ground they were standing on.
'Damn, they got away.' Sirzechs gritted his teeth in irritation. 'Whoever he is, he knew how to counter the Bael's trait perfectly.'
All the personal knights under the Quincy Emperor are now converging to one point.
Time is running out.
Turn Back the Pendulum 3
Ichigo was cooking something in the kitchen of his little home acquired with the help of his father.
The son and father still have contact with each other much to the former's annoyance at hearing the odd things his dad would say. Although, the young Quincy knew it was just bit of a front to hide the pain of losing his mother has done to the family.
His sisters… he still sees them as much as he can, but distanced himself a little so they would never learn what he had been up to.
For the time being that is.
They knew how hard their mother's death hit him.
He was finished with his cooking with some help from two of his new residents that came by due to certain circumstances.
Ichigo wasn't that great of a cook, he just knew enough with a lot of help from one of his sister to make a decent meal for himself.
"Thanks, Asia and Mittelt."
"E-eh, it was no problem Ichigo." Asia said shyly.
"I'm just doing my fair shares of the work." The young Fallen Angel replied nonchalantly.
Ichigo picked up some of the food as have his two companions. The three made it to the dining area and set down the food.
Dohnaseek was already sitting there looking over the newspaper to pass the time. His fedora and trench coat was put aside on a hanger, leaving him in only his formal clothes.
"Dinner is ready, so hurry up and get your butts down here!" Ichigo called out to his two additional residents that have not been seen yet.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll be down there. Just don't shout!" A sassy voice shouted back.
"Raynare, I'm pretty sure you shouldn't be taking that attitude with the one who defeated all four of us within mere minutes. He only spared us under because lord Azazel promised him a favor for doing so." Another voice retorted.
Sparing four insignificant Fallen Angels for a small favor from the Governor General of the Fallen Angels?
Well, they were to be interrogated for crucial information regarding their recent activities.
Ichigo wasn't stupid, so he spared them. After all, who knew a favor could come in handy one day.
That and he didn't care what happened to them after saving Asia before she could be killed by said Fallen Angels.
For now, he'll tolerate the Fallen Angels residing in his own home for the time being.
Ichigo briefly glanced at a piece of paper in an open trash bin.
Save the Gremory girl from being unwillingly married to an asshole a certain maid asked him for her boss.
Of course, being who he is, he threw the paper with the summoning circle away.
Why should he help her?