Disclaimer: I do not own bleach! All credits go to Tite Kubo
Warning: Lemon
Silbern
Ichigo and Bambietta went through the gate and into Silbern, He had promised that the first thing he would do was to help Bambietta, though they decided to test the HARs first, Ichigo still made a promise, giving the HARs first priority made Ichigo feel like he betrayed Bambietta by focusing the weapon over her own family, and now he felt regret for it, he felt the urge to apologize to her for it.
"Bambi?" Ichigo said looking down on the ground.
"Yeah?" Bambietta responded and wondered what was going on in Ichigo's head, she noticed he felt a bit down.
"I'm sorry i broke my promise to you." Ichigo responded, feeling ashamed over himself for putting the weapon system before Bambietta.
"What are you talking about?" Bambietta asked, she really didn't have a clue what he was apologizing for.
"I promised you that i would make finding them the first priority today, but instead i prioritized the HARs above you, i shouldn't have done that, i'm sorry, but i will order the A.N.U into action now." Ichigo responded in sadness, he didn't really think about it until after the test, he really did feel like he betrayed her.
Bambietta was surprised and she didn't understand why he was apologising for that, she wanted to see the system in action aswell, but she did notice he felt guilt because he reprioritized the system and her parents. But she didn't blame him, it didn't even matter to her, she was just happy that Ichigo was helping her and put resources on this, and that did mean a lot to her, but seeing how he felt regret because he reprioritized made her feel special, that she was more important than his royal duties, that he felt that she should have the first priority.
Bambietta smiled at this, it made her heart beat faster, and she grabbed his arm and leaned into it and hugged it, showing their growing affections for all to see, the soldat and civilians all alike noticed it and looked on, their grand mistress and their emperor showing romance in public, it was quite new for them, some even smiled at it while others were surprised, though in a positive way. Ichigo and Bambietta noticed it and saw it raised optimism in the people around them, their surprise was shown, not that Ichigo or Bambietta really cared about their opinions about them anyways, just as long as they were together that was all that mattered for them.
"Don't worry about it, i wanted to see it in action too you know? And it was quite fun to watch, all i care about now is that you are here, with me... Beside me." Bambietta said with a happy and soft tone and a smile as she buried her face in his arm.
Ichigo was surprised by her choice of words, how her words showed affection towards him, it made him feel a lot more at ease, screw the other people he didn't care if they saw it, he took Bambietta by her chin and guided it upwards and kissed her on her lips, right in front of everyone, Bambietta shared the kiss and placed her arms around his neck, Ichigo returned the gesture and placed his arms around her waist and held her close.
The people were just watching, surprised over what they were watching, their emperor and grand mistress in a romance would make headlines, and it also increased the morale around Silbern to see something positive around there, the people began to speak to each other, Ichigo and Bambietta heard it, the vast majority of words spoken was quite simple, would the Wandenreich receive it's first prince or princess? Would the Wandenreich soon get it's first ever, royal born child?
Ichigo and Bambietta noticed this and it did disturb them a little, their personal relations haven't extended that far yet, they both snapped their eyes open, while they still touched each others lips they just looked at the populace, it was obvious that they were a little bit intrusive, and the Silbern guard quickly realized their duty, they rushed around the two and created a human wall, backs turned towards them, and faces to the population, in order to give their emperor and grand mistress some privacy room.
Truth to be told their actions was appreciated by Ichigo and Bambietta, now they could atleast kiss without being interrupted, though Ichigo and Bambietta knew that their current actions was a increase to morale around here, it was obvious by how the populace acted, and they did approve of the match up, a Quincy royal with another Quincy, it was the perfect royal match up, everyone here knew that Bambietta was a former sternritter through the soldats, and that she once was a commoner, a royal and a commoner showing romance, eliminating any class or status requirement, even though the majority of the high nobility was already killed by Ichigo, Emmerich was the only one remaining.
So any other match up would be a bit odd, since there wasn't any child that could be made from two men after all, But they accepted the signs, showing that class or civil status was of no importance when it came to the matters of the heart. after a minute or two Bambietta and Ichigo decided to continue to be on their way, the Silbern guard let them out, they were happy to be of service, and while their actions did prove to be a morale boost to the populace, they had no idea of how much of a morale boost it was to their army.
Ichigo found one of the A.N.U officers who had already gotten word of the little round up and decided to congratulate them, though they did say they weren't officially a couple yet and that they were still building things, the officer pointed out how much of a morale boost this would be, especially for the military, primarily because now they could soon have a royal line to fight for, something that would increase their will to fight, he also noted how this would go down in the Wandenreich history, a royal couple to be. It was brand new since Yhwach never got married or loved anyone.
Bambietta wasn't surprised, even though Ichigo was, but he wanted to get on to the point and ordered every soldat of the A.N.U unit one to appear before him for mission briefing, the soldat saluted and quickly went off to assemble the secret police force's patrol and punishment unit. It didn't take long before and entire group of 120 men appeared in front of Ichigo, Ichigo had decided to use the entire unit since more was under training or was receiving instructions on their new job and would soon be availeble, Ichigo decided to immediately start the briefing.
"Attention for his majesty and the grand mistress, show your crosses and salute!" The officer yelled out.
The A.N.U soldats stood in attention, showed their crosses and saluted. Ichigo noticed that their uniforms had changed, they now wore an officers trench coat with silver epaulettes identical to the one the wehrmacht wore, it was small and they had a belt around their waist, and the belt also went obliquely around their shoulder and they wore black boots with white and straight dress pants, they also had a white shirt and a black tie, something that the regular military didn't wear and the A.N.U had gotten their sigil that was patched into their right collar, it was the silver cross inside a shield with two golden fasces pointing away from the cross on top of the shield the words "Abteilung für Nachrichtendienste und Überwachung" was written in small letters and on the bottom of the shield the letters A.N.U was written in big letters, on the left collar was the their rank sigil, and they wore an officers cap that was white on top and on the down side, Ichigo did notice that the cap looked a lot more officer like, similar to the one high ranking german officers wore with their sigil in the middle. Ichigo thought the cap looked a bit better than the caps the army currently was using but he could change that another time.
"Alright, here are two papers! These will be copied and i will dispatch you on groups of five! That should leave 24 groups in total! These papers contain information i have obtained through the Almighty and the memories of your grand mistress! Your objective is to search, guard and report back to me when you have found your targets! There are currently two targets that you will have to find, their names have been put on my paper, your grand mistress have currently written down some locations to help you in your search, i want these two people found, but they are not to be harmed or touched, if you sense any danger towards them intercept the threat and deal with it! You might find additional targets with the surname in the same region, if you do report it back and guard them without being noticed! Each group will receive a radio, that way you don't have to leave your position, and you can call it in and report it to additional groups and have them regroup with you to make your jobs a lot more easier and less tiresome, this might be a short term mission or a long term mission, depending on your speed, but this mission is for the moment your first priority! I have written down all of your objectives and any scenario that might come into play with your targets. Questions?" Ichigo said.
One soldat held his hand up.
"Yes?" Ichigo said looking at the soldat.
"My apologies your majesty, but i just want to confirm your order to avoid a misunderstanding, our objective is to find guard the targets and the familiy or families aswell?" The soldat asked.
"That is correct, this is not an assassination mission, this is a search and protect mission, if anything has happened to the family in question like an abduction or whatsoever your job will change into a search and rescue, or search, guard and rescue depending on the situation. Did that answer your question?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes thank you your majesty!" The soldat said, excited for his first mission as an A.N.U soldier
"Any other questions?" Ichigo asked, no one responded and the A.N.U understood their mission perfectly.
"Good! You will pack everything you need and leave within 15 minutes, when the 15 minutes are up and you are all accounted for i will allow the officer besides me to fix your groupings!" Ichigo said.
"Yes your majesty!" They said in unison before Ichigo dismissed them, leaving him alone with the officer and Bambietta.
"So when did they get their uniforms?" Ichigo asked.
"Lady Gina had them made, do you dislike them your majesty?" The officer asked.
"No i like them, especially their hats, it looks more officer like, perhaps i should get the army such hats for the officers? What do you think Bambi?" Ichigo said as he looked towards Bambietta.
"Yeah i thought they looked neat, much better than this one!" Bambietta said as she pointed to her own hat, she got a little bit jealous of the A.N.U for what she felt was "cute" hats.
"Take these papers and make 24 copies of each paper, and deliver them back to me, ensure that each group has a copy of each." Ichigo ordered as he gave the officer the papers.
"It shall be done your majesty!" The officer replied as he took the papers, saluted and vanished.
Bambietta and Ichigo was now alone, once more. Bambietta was falling in and out of reality now that 120 people of the former special forces now known as the A.N.U or the secret police, was looking for her family, but one thing Ichigo said made her worried.
"Ichigo?" Bambietta asked looking at him with a worried expression, hoping he didn't see something bad.
"Yeah?" Ichigo responded, noticing her worried expression.
"What did you mean with search and rescue? Is something going to happen to them?" Bambietta asked worried.
"Not that i'm aware of, i didn't really see much and mostly focused on the surroundings, i'm sure they're fine." Ichigo responded with a smile, taking his hand around her waist, and holding her close.
Bambietta smiled at this, she realized Ichigo has just taken some precautions, she was happy that he cared so much for her, no one would have ever done something like this for her or go so far for her happiness.
"Say, since i got nothing more to do today why don't i make it up to you for reprioritizing your family and the system? Why don't we go back to Karakura town and have a little dinner in a resturant somewhere?" Ichigo asked with a smile.
"Are you asking me out for a date?" Bambietta asked surprised over the question.
"Yeah that's pretty much what i'm doing!" Ichigo responded with a smirk.
"Well who am i to decline? Sure!" Bambietta responded.
"Good, shall we get going then?" Ichigo asked.
"Alright, perhaps we should give Uryu some time off to spend with Inoue aswell, they seem to be quite interessted in each other." Bambietta said.
"Huh? They are?" Ichigo responded surprised.
"You didn't know?" Bambietta asked amazed.
"No i didn't, perhaps she soften him up, we all know how stiff he can be." Ichigo laughed.
"Hah, yeah i guess you're right." Bambietta said as they walked off.
"But before that, another thing you wanted." Ichigo simply said as he dragged Bambietta's mind somewhere else.
***Ichigo's inner world***
Bambietta was caught completely off guard with this, though she shouldn't have been surprised, she was now in Ichigo's inner world, Ichigo was there aswell, though he went over to Yhwach and Zangetsu, Bambietta heard a voice behind her.
"Bambi?" The voice said.
Bambietta looked behind her and saw Giselle standing there, she had passed on into Ichigo's inner heaven.
"Gigi?" Bambietta called out, much to Giselle's surprise, she hasn't called her Gigi for quite some time now. But she was happy that Bambietta used her nick name rather than her real name, just like before.
"What brings you here? Is this the place where Ichigo's manifestations are?" Giselle asked, curious as to why she saw Bambietta and where she was.
"Yeah it is, i actually wanted to speak with you." Bambietta said looking at Giselle, something that got Giselle quite curious.
"What about?" Giselle replied with a smile.
"About how i failed you." Bambietta said with a sad expression.
Giselle wondered where this did come from, she had no clue as to why Bambietta felt like she had failed her, truth to be told she didn't believe Bambietta had failed at all, but rather she was one of the most successful among the former sternritter.
"What do you mean?" Giselle asked curiously, looking carefully at Bambietta.
"I failed to see your problems and failed to act on them, i always called myself a leader, but when you needed me i wasn't there, i just abandoned you." Bambietta said sadly.
"That's not true, you have always been there, sometimes there are things that are beyond our understanding, truth to be told i wasn't ready for the new world." Giselle said trying to reassure Bambietta that she hasn't failed.
"I could have helped you, instead i just abandoned you, when i saw a problem i just tried to solve it with violence, not to truly act on it, and as a result you are now dead, killed by my own hands, just like those soldats, and you are not the only one i have failed..." Bambietta said trying to hold back her tears, the regret she felt was immense, she felt she was nothing else but a huge meat clad of failure, nothing more, she even considered if Giselle would be better of if she died instead. She sat down, not having the will to even stand anymore.
"That's not true, you have done more than you know Bambi-chan." Giselle said, sitting down besides her and putting a hand to her should.
"Like what?" Bambietta asked curious, wondering what Giselle meant.
"Despite the circumstances, you were there for me when Yhwach used the auswählen, something i really needed, whenever i felt lonely i was always welcome into your room, and i could always speak with you, as could the others, you tried the best you could we all know that, we could be who we really wanted to be around you without being judged, and whenever some of the other guys was picking on us you scared them away and stood up for us, we always felt safe around you, you didn't fail us, we failed you and abandoned you when you needed us most, and that cost you your life. We are the failures not you, even if you didn't know my problems you always helped me to solve them in one way or another, even if you were unaware of it, and that made you a great leader, even Lili once complimented you on it, though knowing her you never would hear that from her." Giselle said with a giggle.
Bambietta was surprised to hear this, Giselle had looked her straight into the eyes and Bambietta knew she meant every word she said.
"I know what you feel Bambi-chan, and i am the reason you feel like this, and for that i failed you even more, but truth to be told, i'm happy now." Giselle said with a comforting smile.
"Happy?.." Bambietta replied just looking at Giselle with puffy eyes.
"Yes i am, i got to spend my last time alive with you, and now i am with you, even if just for a brief while, and i feel at peace here, this is the best thing that has ever happened to me, Ichigo's inner heaven is just like a paradise that is impossible to describe with words, and i want to be here, every problem i once had is now gone, so if you feel like you made the wrong decision then don't! I am happy that i did what i did, i felt like i needed it, and as a result i got happiness, think back to it, all those Shinigami, all those soldats, and they only focused on my zombies, Ichigo intentionally left us alone so we could solve things out since he figured this is what was the best for us, and in a sense i feel like he was right, he knew the outcome and he knew what he did, and he did it for the both of us, i got happiness and now you get the truth, the truth that says that you are a much better person then you think you are, the truth that you are one of the biggest successes out there among all the Quincy, we all have our dark pasts, but don't let it slow you down, don't let your past drag you away from the path you have chosen to walk, you belong with Ichigo, and you belong in the position of the grand mistress, you belong by Ichigo's side, and when the time comes i know you will be the best lover anyone could ask for, and the best grand mistress the Wandenreich has ever had, just as much as Ichigo is stronger then he realize, i know what Ichigo has done, i know he will be the best ruler, and a strong ruler, but he can't be it without you. Which is why you must be there for him, we can see each other another time, truth to be told i think our time together is eternal." Giselle said with a confident smile.
Bambietta realized she was right, Ichigo had set them both up for this in order to finally reconcile, and to get closure, she now understood Ichigo's intentions and knew he was smarter and more understanding than he initially showed, how quickly he could analyze a situation without giving as much as a small glance to it, how he knew the heart better than anyone. Bambietta did wonder if it was out of personal experience or if it was something else, is that why she was falling in love with him? And why he was falling in love with her so quickly, did he really read her that easily? Was she always that easy to read?
She really didn't know, but it felt peaceful, having someone understand you and knowing your needs without having so much as a single word said, and to be able to plan for such events before they even happened was incredible, she wondered how far ahead he had planned, but she didn't want to pry into it, she was feeling more at peace now, and that was all that mattered.
"Can you forgive me?" Bambietta asked with tears falling down.
"Huh?" Giselle asked.
"Can you forgive me for abandoning you?" Bambietta asked now with a tone that trembled just as much as her body had started to. Giselle saw it, that this time Ichigo couldn't solve the situation for Bambietta, only Giselle could, she took her arms around Bambietta's neck and pulled her in for a comforting hug, as Bambietta started to cry onto her shoulder.
"Of course i forgive you Bambi-chan, i just hope that you can forgive me one day for all that i done to you." Giselle responded.
"I do... I do..." Bambietta cried out
"Thank you." Giselle responded.
Ichigo was over with Zangetsu and Yhwach, having a little conversation of their own if it could be called that, Zangetsu loved teasing Ichigo more than anything, it wasn't that much of a secret. Yhwach was just standing there, looking at Zangetsu with a very unamused expression.
"Aww are you sure you don't want to switch places? She looked pretty good when she sucked you dry kingy." Zangetsu said with a wicked grin.
Ichigo was bright red, he really wanted to beat Zangetsu into a new plane of existance now.
"You were watching the entire time?.." Ichigo asked embarrassed.
"He was watching, i didn't." Yhwach said in his own defence.
"And furthermore you got busted by your sister and father." Zangetsu said now bursting into tears of laughter.
"Ever heard of the word privacy?.." Ichigo asked looking at the ground furious.
"Nope, nuh-uh. Ain't a thing like privacy over here Kingy." Zangetsu said laughing.
"Next time i will tie you up and blindfold you!" Ichigo said in a fury.
"Ohh? Didn't know you had such a kinky mind Kingy." Zangetsu said with a grin.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Ichigo asked embarrased.
"Hey i'm taking from you in my own defence." Zangetsu said.
Ichigo knew he was right but he refused to believe that this was part of him, he would never peek into other people doing anything sexual.
"It would appear they are finished." Yhwach said getting Ichigo and Zangetsu to look at Giselle and Bambietta, seeing them hug in comfort.
"So it would seem, glad it all worked out." Ichigo said.
"I must say kingy, did you really know that things would turn out this well when you planned for this?" Zangetsu asked curiously.
"I had an idea, they needed to reconcile, the only way to do that was by getting closure and forgiveness on both sides." Ichigo responded.
"Well you do have a natural talent when it comes to the matters of the heart, not everyone knows how to use that talent as wisely as you do Ichigo, looking at the scene in front of me it would appear that Giselle and Bambietta is finally getting the peace they wanted." Yhwach responded.
"Yeah it would seem so." Ichigo responded.
Ichigo noticed Giselle disappearing, she went back to the inner heaven, Ichigo noticed Bambietta just sitting there, looking down on the road.
"Perhaps you should go to her and speak with her Ichigo." Yhwach said.
Ichigo nodded and headed towards Bambietta, he sat down besides her on her left side and he noticed the tears in her eyes, but he also noticed a smile on her face, she was happy, Ichigo took his hand on Bambietta's shoulder.
"Are you alright?" Ichigo asked looking at her. Bambietta looked towards Ichigo and nodded.
"Yeah, i am, thanks Ichi." Bambietta said, Ichigo was surprised over the fact that she had called him Ichi, rather than his full name, but it didn't bother him, she had permission to call him that, but only his family and her had that permission! No one else!
"Shall we go get dinner?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah, that sounds great." Bambietta said with a smile and they left the inner world and Silbern and headed towards Karakura town and went on their date.
Wandenreich Unknown Village
The little girl had stayed cold and wet for too long yesterday, she had quickly caught a cold which quickly escalated to a fever. Her mother was sitting besides her holding her hand, they didn't have anything to quell the fever with, they were quite poor, the mayor have even sent out a special tax to them taking the majority of their money, the tax was meant only for them to put a lot of burden on them, everyone else was free of it.
As a result the money to buy medicine was money they didn't have, and everytime their father worked as hard as he could to get money the mayor just took it. They had tried to report it to the local army which was the regions police force but the general over there was a good friend of the mayor and also known for being corrupt, the army instead beat their father and almost executed him for reporting the mayor, and then the mayor wanted his revenge, which caused a lot of problems.
The little girl didn't want her father to do anymore, if she died then perhaps they would be more free of their worries, bad thoughts for a 4 year old child, she had even gone to praying for help, even if she knew no one was listening, but she felt more at ease with it, she had heard stories about guardian angels that would come down from the sky to protect them, but she knew they were just lies, she had lost all faith, lost every will to live, and as a result her body became more fragile, her immune system was weak, and her fever didn't help much either.
She thought back to the changing of the landscape aswell, she wondered how that was possible, was it truly the work of their new emperor who had become a god? She didn't know but the land felt foreign now, a lot of Quincy had been talking about it and the old maps was now completely useless, it was much more easier to get lost now that they didn't know their new land.
Her father had spent a lot of time looking for someone else that was dear to her mother and father, though she didn't know who it was, she had hoped they would find the person they were looking for, or atleast the answers they wanted, if she died they would be able to search for the answers they wanted, atleast that's what she thought, her mother had fixed her teddy bear and stitched it back together, something that made the little girl very happy.
Her father had just entered her room, he had cleaned up the blood on his face but the marks remained, he had been beaten after he tried to confront the mayor once more, her father had tried to go and find some medicine after for his daughter, but the mayor's militia denied him access and once more he was beaten, he tried to fight but he was outnumbered.
"How is she doing?" Her father asked.
"Not good, her fever is very high, if this keeps up..." Her mother said in despair.
"That damn mayor, and that damn general, one day they will get what's coming for them i swear..." The father said furious. Though he was sad to see his daughter in this state.
The little girl didn't say anything as usual, she was just lying on the bed under the blankets, getting worse by the minute, she thought this was the last moments of her life, that in a couple of days or weeks she would be dead, and truth to be told the bacterias she had contracted was lethal, she was really dying, though it didn't bother her at all, if anything it made her happy, she wondered what heaven was like...
Karakura Town
***Several hours later***
After Ichigo and Bambietta had finished dinner they went through the park and they were now at the movies, the escort was concealed by already having turned their bodies into reishi, so no one knew that Ichigo and Bambietta was under tight security, mostly because Ichigo was now in his body, wearing regular clothes, Bambietta had also changed her clothes. The guards were so quiet, Ichigo and Bambietta had even forgotten about them during their date, Uryu had taken the day of to spend with Inoue and they went out for their own dinner, though Liltotto had insisted on having guards to accompany Uryu aswell since he was a high ranking official of the Wandenreich.
Uryu wasn't happy for it but he eventually gave in, Rukia and Renji had went out for patrol, trying to find some Fullbringers, though they haven't made an appearance yet, truth to be told Renji just thought it was a waste of time to spend resources on additional Fullbringers, perhaps it was just a coincidence? But he was in no position to disobey orders, with the Soul Society's situation and reconstruction it was important to be on extra guard.
Bambietta and Ichigo left the movies, it was already pretty late already, Masaki and Isshin had spent the majority of the day alone aswell since Karin and Yuzu went over to some friends of theirs for a visit, their friends was the first victims of memory replacement since they were considered by the A.N.U to be more vulnerable to questions should they notice Masaki's revival.
The A.N.U unit four had temporarily taken over the duties of unit one in Karakura town due to the lack of manpower, though during the day their new uniforms was brought in and they had gotten their proper uniform on, Liltotto, Candice and Meninas was surprised over the uniform but it suited the A.N.U well, even Yoruichi complimented them and that did say a lot for a former Onmitsukido commander.
Bambietta had eventually told her friends and the Urahara group about the main reason for unit one's sudden pull into action, and they understood it and was very supportive over it and assured her that if they learned anything they would immediately tell her, causing Candice to stay over at the radio room for quite some time even though Liltotto adviced against it since it could take weeks for them to hear anything.
Especially now that the landscape of the Wandenreich had changed and new maps would have to be drawn, not only that but the A.N.U was still on their way to their location and it could take some days for them just to find their starting point, Liltotto, Candice and Meninas still had their families unlike Bambietta and knew where they were, there was even times they would speak with them after their work hours through the radio room.
But Bambietta didn't have that capability, they never knew this about her, how much she missed her parents and how long she hid it, Liltotto did feel bad for Bambietta, Bambietta had opened herself up and even told them about how she was seperated from them, much to their shock, but it seemed as if Bambietta felt more at easy letting the pain out after speaking with Ichigo rather than holding a mountain of trouble by herself like she has always done.
And Liltotto welcomed the change in Bambietta as it showed a lot of progress with her, she had a right to happiness just as everyone else did, but that happiness was stolen from her thanks to Yhwach and some low life scumbags that should have been executed in a brutal manner. Liltotto didn't have the patience for people like that, they were scum and nothing more and the law had to reach them sooner or later for their heinous crimes.
But it made Liltotto think a little more about the current situation in the Wandenreich, with the civil war a lot of people was bound to be victims of human trafficking and forced prostitution, and that problem needed to be dealt with quickly, she considered having it taken up on tomorrows annual meeting, and quickly went to a desk and brought out some papers, Meninas had agreed aswell that this was a serious issue so she had already requested the A.N.U unit two to find out something through their database, any statistics or anything in this regard.
The second unit quickly complied and launched an investigation through their databases in the vault, since the vault was connected to all the databases in the Wandenreich it would be simple to get some numbers of missing people suspected of being abducted. Meninas had done a great job with the food issue aswell, and ensured that they now can feed a lot of people through her policies, though Liltotto did hope that their army wasn't too big.
If it was it could create another problem, but the army was also trained in survivability, so they could easily get food from nature itself if the situation called for it, so if it got too bad well, Liltotto had an easy solution, have them pledge allegiance to Ichigo and then send them out on patrols to solve any issue with abductions. Abductions was hard to solve so it should keep the army occupied for quite some time and the army would have to leave Silbern and use their survival training as part of what Liltotto called a military exercise.
And during that time they could use it to fix their agricultural infrastructure, to ensure that they have adequate food for everyone, three flies in a single smack, Liltotto made sure to write up the suggestion to Ichigo and Bambietta during tomorrows meeting, Meninas had come back with the data from unit two, and showed the report to Liltotto, which was quite alarming, Liltotto had widened her eyes with shock.
The issue of abductions had to be dealt with quickly, Liltotto knew that a lot of areas didn't have any capability to contact Silbern, though Liltotto would advice a protocol to initiate an emergency line and have each region have their own data system to give data to Silbern, it had to be done quickly, Liltotto knew the unrecorded number for total abductions was far higher than the number she currently held, it was only the army that had the equipment to report it in and they didn't have bases everywhere, some places it was just a regular building made into a barracks.
They had no choice, they had to advice a quick military intervention to stop the abductions either by talking or by force, the rest of the A.N.U unit one that is soon to be finished should be put on this priority, this would cost them a lot of resources but there wasn't any other way, Liltotto wrote a seperate recommendation to Ichigo to authorize the development for a way to make the QSR-5 Monitor mobile.
Along with the authorization to create additional scanners for surveillence and search for the abducted people and look into anyone suspicious, the courts to be made would be stuffed full with abduction cases quite soon, Liltotto was positive of it. Liltotto was interrupted by a soldat coming in with a box, with the royal stamp inside of it, she ordered it to be put down on her desk and resumed her work.
after she had finished her paper work she rested down and thought about something else, their economy was stable for the time being, thanks to efforts made by Uryu, they did have a lot more money than they initially thought and it was decided to use it to fix Silbern, since they needed a place for the government to stay permanently, It was suggested to redecorate all of Silbern's interior, luckily that didn't cost more than the workers since they just used the reishi to make whatever they needed and used a materialization machine to materialize whatever they needed, courtesy of the research unit.
luckily it was going faster than originally anticipated, volunteers had joined up on reconstruction and so on so it wasn't really that much of an issue with manpower for rebuilding Silbern castle, though the castle was a massive tower and the area around it, it was quick still quick and with all of the volunteers they currently had it was suspected to just take a week or two until it was ready for full operational use.
Though the government section in Silbern would finish a lot quicker since it was put on high priority, they believed they would be out of the shop in a couple of days at this pace, and the chambers for the chancellors would be the old SS quarters, and the chancellor sigil was now the SS cross and their cloaks was now to be worn by the chancellors.
Though their cloaks haven't arrived yet Liltotto still thought it a bit weird to use the SS sigil and their cloaks for the chancellors position, but then again it wasn't really that much of a secret that they needed to stand out amongst the ranks, and it would be easier to find them with those cloaks, but Liltotto didn't like cloaks, but it was water proof and could come in handy on a rainy day, they had also ordered up some pins to stick into their uniforms with the former SS cross that was now named the chancellors cross.
Liltotto was brought out of her thoughts when she heard an emergency call over the radio, requesting medical assistance to the Kurosaki household immediately, their emperor had lost consciousness, Liltotto quickly got up and assembled a unit with medics and rushed off towards the household
Kurosaki household
Ichigo and Bambietta had just gotten into the house, though Ichigo was surprised to not see his mother or father anywhere, he wondered where they were and asked a soldat.
"Do you know where my mom and dad is?" Ichigo asked looking at the soldat.
"They went upstairs some time ago and haven't come down since your majesty." The soldat replied.
"Bed time already? I know it's late but they never used to go to bed so early." Ichigo said recalling how they could quickly be up to midnight if they wanted it.
"I do not know your majesty, all i know is that they went upstairs after dinner." The soldat replied.
"Very well, thanks." Ichigo said, getting a salute from the soldat.
Ichigo went upstairs with Bambietta, though Bambietta went to his room Ichigo decided to find his parents, he went through the hallway after telling Bambietta he would come later after he found his parents, Ichigo did wonder if they felt alright, they never went to bed this early and it caused a bit of worry in him.
Ichigo found went to the door leading to their bedroom, he took his hand on the handle and opened it without knocking, as he opened the door and looked inside he was horrified over what he saw, not even in his wildest nightmares could he imagine something like this, this was one thing he really didn't want to see, especially not the sound.
"Ohh Isshin YES! FUCK ME HARDER!" Masaki yelled out as she rode Isshin.
"Yes you're a slut aren't you?" Isshin said with a wicked grin spanking Masaki's ass.
They were so caught up in the act that they didn't even notice that Ichigo was there, watching his parents naked and in the act, he had caught them big time, Ichigo blushed like never seen before, he was stunned, he was shocked, he was embarrassed, he was horrified.
"Ichi you alright? I heard screaming?" Bambietta asked loudly as she rushed over with a couple of guards.
The sounds of boots and Bambietta's voice made Isshin and Masaki look to the door and noticed their son, and Bambietta who had just arrived wondering what was happening, Bambietta saw the scene and quickly stopped the guards, she was surprised over seeing what she saw. She now understood why Ichigo was embarrassed, Bambietta blushed at the scene infront of her. She noticed that Ichigo was unable to move, he was too shocked to even respond.
"Oh... hi Ichigo, uhhhm... How was your date?" Masaki asked embarrassed over getting caught by her own son on the act.
"This was how you were made, it's not the first time so no need to be shocked." Isshin said trying to calm Ichigo down, which got him a dangerous look from Masaki.
When Isshin said those words Ichigo's mind began to race into disgusting thoughts, and his embarrassment and shock got the best of him, he lost consciousness out of embarrassment and fell towards the floor, luckily Bambietta managed to catch him, the soldat quickly came and grabbed Ichigo, and carried him to his bed, the soldats were so busy with their emperor they didn't even react to Masaki and Isshin.
"I'll take care of him, good night." Bambietta said as she quickly closed the door, she was very embarrassed over what she saw, but she went over to Ichigo's room and didn't even bother to change, she just laid down there and took his head towards her and embraced him and cared for him while he was unconscious, some medics entered the room to check up on Ichigo, and brought in some equipment from the clinic, Liltotto had also arrived and Bambietta noticed that the guards have called the incident in and requested medical assistance, she explained to Liltotto what had happened and all Liltotto could do was to deadpan in surprise over the whole ordeal, though she did think it was quite amusing, Liltotto left the medics there for observing Ichigo and went back to the shop.
***The next day***
Ichigo woke up and found himself lying in Bambietta's arms, his shock and embarrassment yesterday was so great he didn't even recall what had happened, he just knows he collapsed and that's it, he noticed that he and Bambietta still had their regular clothes on, he noticed some medical equipment in his room to make sure, and then his memories came right back to him, and he became bright red once more, recalling the intercourse between his mother and father.
Bambietta awoke after feeling Ichigo move, she was glad he was alright, even though it wasn't the most dangerous of situations, still his reaction was understandable.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Bambietta asked cuddling his hair.
"To be honest, do we have some strong alcohol that ereases bad memories?" Ichigo asked, causing Bambietta to laugh.
"Hahaha, no sorry, though the incident caused quite the hysteria over at the shop, the guards called it in and Liltotto personally came with a medical unit." Bambietta said Kissing Ichigo on the forehead.
"That explains why the clinic equipment have been brought up here and my room looks like a hospital room." Ichigo responded.
"Hah, yeah, your father had it arranged and the soldats carried it up. The medics are stationed in the clinic for the time being, though they have been coming in and out of the room all night to check on you, speaking of Liltotto she had some topics of importance for today's meeting, some of which needs your authorization, your stamp seal has also arrived and the HARs files also needs to be stamped with your seal." Bambietta said recalling her conversation with Liltotto.
"Oh? What kind of matters?" Ichigo asked.
"Something about the state of the Wandenreich and some equipment requests, including putting the research unit into action with a new piece of equipment or an upgrade, she did mention the fact that it was urgent." Bambietta responded.
"Ahh, well i guess i will figure out the details later." Ichigo responded, getting a nod from Bambietta.
They both went down to eat some breakfast, though it was embarrassing for Ichigo, especially how his mother constantly tried to apologise for yesterday. But they quickly went on their way.
Urahara Shop
"Myyy welcome Ichigo-san, Bambietta-san, i heard you went through quite the embarrassing ordeal yesterday, how are you feeling?" Kisuke said with joy, though Ichigo could see the subtle laugh behind his face. And Yoruichi didn't help either since she got a laughing fit over hearing what Ichigo went through.
"Better than yesterday i think." Ichigo responded, he noticed Rukia and Renji was also in the room, alongside Inoue who had followed Uryu.
"Your majesty, they have requested a report from the A.N.U regarding the Fullbringers, Which is why the A.N.U will also attend the meeting, if you do not have any objections?" Liltotto said.
"I see, no i don't have a problem with that, anyways i want to hear from you first, i heard you have something urgent to speak about?" Ichigo said to Liltotto.
"Yes your majesty." Liltotto said as they all sat down, Rukia, Renji and Inoue was also permitted to join in, Kisuke and Yoruichi also joined in on the meeting.
"Your majesty, after hearing about Bambi's past, something got brought to my attention, abductions, i have requested the A.N.U to give me any recorded abductions since the war started, and i have gotten those files, a total of 345.876 abductions or suspected abductions have been reported since the Wandenreich fell into civil war, the majority of them are women, it is my belief that the majority of the abducted people are going to or are victims of human trafficking and forced prostitution, but what is more alarming about the whole situation is that not every region in the Wandenreich has the capability to report abductions as it is mainly done through military bases, therefore i believe that the unrecorded number is far higher than the current number we have. With the amount of abductions or suspected abductions within the Wandenreich and human trafficking, it is my belief that the military has been showing a bad presence in the regions and been more focused on the war, furthermore the majority of the army has already been accounted for through the A.N.U and our total manpower is currently at 11.743.568 soldiers that are still in active duty, though this is not counting the reserve troops that can be drafted up in case of war or need for manpower." Liltotto said reading from her papers.
Rukia and Renji became shocked over the big number of soldiers, 11.7 million men? it was insanity, the Soul Society has never even had that much soldiers before, Rukia took a careful note of the number and decided to report it to Kyoraku later on, Ichigo the rest of his group including Kisuke and Yoruichi was impressed over the total amount of soldiers Ichigo had, Bambietta was more sad however, thinking that other people now went through what she once did, or even worse.
"The amount of soldiers heading towards Silbern indicates that a lot of regions are undefended for the time being, and i have already made the soldiers swear allegiance to you without your presence needed, all the soldiers have been reported to have sworn allegiance to you, however, the lack of security for the time being is concerning, it will cause a big increase in crime if left unchecked, therefore it is from my recommendation that the following steps be taken to avoid it.
1: A creation of a truck to make the QSR-5 Monitor mobile or an upgrade of the system.
2: Production of additional Monitor systems and scanners to help keep surveillence and give evidence of any anticivil activites. Now, i have already taken the liberty of asking and the production unit has assured me that creating additional equipment will not affect the production of other equipment.
3: To have the Military positioned in the regions to ensure stability, law and order until a local police unit has been successfully created.
4: To have the military conduct investigations into the abductions with the aid of the A.N.U and bring these criminal scum to justice, either by talking them down or by force.
I am also aware of the fact that the A.N.U are currently low on manpower in comparison but i also know that issue is quickly solving itself, however in order to fix the problem your authorization is needed on these orders.." Liltotto said finishing her report and handing over several documents to Ichigo, all which contained orders.
"This is horrible." Inoue said in shock.
"Yes that is a problem." Kisuke said getting a nod of agreement from Yoruichi.
"Indeed, very well." Ichigo said opening the documents, taking his pen and new stamp and signing and stamping all of them.
"This one can be finished later your majesty, it's the one that you didn't finish yesterday." Liltotto said as she handed over another file, one with the big stamp of *Classified* on it. Rukia and Renji saw it and noticed that file was what made all the fuss the other day.
"Very well, i'll hold onto it." Ichigo said as he put it into his lap.
"Alright give out the order to the army, research and production, every resource we can spare we will put on this case immediately, though the unit i dispatched yesterday will maintain their current objective." Ichigo said.
"Yes your majesty." the chancellors replied, causing Rukia to wonder what Ichigo had ordered.
"And what about the Fullbringers?" Ichigo asked looking at Rukia.
"We haven't found anything yet which is why we came here." Rukia replied looking at Ichigo, Ichigo glanced to the A.N.U officer.
"Your majesty, i wish to report a small detection of Fullbringer presence yesterday." The officer said, now everyone ears perked up.
"Go on." Bambietta said.
"It was only for a brief moment on the screen, we reported it to the field units but they didn't find anything, and are now keeping the area under a tight eye." The officer said.
"Where did you find it?" Ichigo asked.
"It was close to chancellor Uryu and Lady Inoue, they were very close, we had recording active and went through it after it vanished, it seemed as if they were spying on chancellor Uryu and Lady Inoue your majesty, we have increased the alert status on the field units and a rapid response team has been assembled your majesty." The officer replied.
Everyone was shocked to hear this, but Inoue and Uryu was more horrified, they had been spied on? Ichigo noticed that Inoue became a bit scared and Ichigo was worried, Uryu had clenched his fists together in a rage over the lack of privacy.
"We in the A.N.U recommend the following course of action." The officer replied as he handed a piece of paper over to Ichigo, Ichigo read it and agreed, the HARs name would be declassified and put into immediate operation.
"Very well, the name of the system this classified file contains is hereby declassified, the system went through a successful testing yesterday and i order the HARs into immediate action, while it's capabilities is still classified i want it in immediate operation, order the production unit to pick up the pace, they are hereby on a tight schedule. I want that system out now! Take out the final prototype for emergency use, put all scanners into effect and mount up all the cameras we have, Silbern guard and the military units in Karakura town is to be put on high alert!" Ichigo ordered as he took forth the file, found the stamp page and stamped it infront of everyone quickly before Rukia and Renji could get a good look.
"Yes your majesty." The chancellors said as the meeting concluded and they all ran their different direction.
Rukia took up her phone and called the head captain.
Soul Society
The head captains phone rang, Kyoraku picked it up and had the details explained to him, Rukia did mention the Quincy manpower, the so-called HARs and their alert status to the fullbringers and the Quincy findings and the quakes the HARs caused.
"Very well, i will call in an emergency meeting. Thank you Rukia-chan." Kyoraku said as he hung up
"Any news?" Nanao asked as she looked up from her desk.
"The Quincy radar system briefly picked up a Fullbringer yesterday, it was spying on Uryu-san and Inoue-san, something that has put the Quincy army and the A.N.U on high alert, and even made them create a A.N.U rapid response team, and we got a bit more information about the classified Quincy system out of the stress and their total manpower." Kyoraku said.
"Did we? I thought we weren't allowed to spy on them?" Nanao responded.
"We aren't Ichigo declassified the name in order to put it into immediate operation due to the espionage of a Fullbringer, evidently it's called the HARs." Kyoraku responded.
"HARs?" Nanao asked amused over the name, as she thought about pirates.
"I wouldn't laugh at it, the system caused massive quakes, and it sounded like it also created explosions during testing yesterday according to Rukia, so it definitively isn't a weapon to be taken lightly, i am positive it is some sort of weapon, and judging from the secrecy around it a powerful one too, i presume it's a short word for something else." Kyoraku said seriously.
Nanao stopped feeling amused, she was more shocked over hearing what Kyoraku said about quakes and explosions.
"I guess i'll ask Mayuri about it later, we will personally head out, perhaps we can catch a glimpse of it if we are lucky, anyways summon the captains for an emergency meeting." Kyoraku ordered, Nanao nodded and sent out the hell butterflies.
***A little while later***
All the captains stood in rows, Kyoraku had briefed them on the Quincy findings and additional reports on the HARs and the Quincy manpower, everyone was shocked over what they heard.
"They have 11.7 million soldiers!?" Soi-fon asked in shock.
"Evidently so, altough due to recent events Ichigo will use them inside the Wandenreich to maintain peace and order." Kyoraku responded.
"Head captain, do we have any further information on the HARs?" Byakuya asked
"No we do not, it's capabilities is evidently still classified, which is why i want an opinion from Mayuri." Kyoraku said
"Hmm, and now after all the data deletion you ask for my help?" Mayuri said.
"Captain Mayuri, your actions caused a lot of problems and the data deletion and the destruction of your speciments was your own punishment. And i believe the head captain asked you a question!" Nanao pointed out
Mayuri was annoyed by Nanao's bother.
"Well from the sounds of it, it would appear as if we are talking about some sort of artillery or explosive device, but from what i can gather i think an artillery system is the best opinion, if i could see it perhaps i can create a better opinion, judging from the secrecy around it there is a risk that it is highly advanced." Mayuri said.
"I see, well all the more reason to maintain a good relation with them, i will ask for permission to have you dragged along." Kyoraku responded.
"Who will leave?" Toshiro asked.
"I will aswell as, Lieutenant Nanao, Captain Byakuya, Captain Toshiro, Captain Soi-fon and if possible Captain Mayuri." Kyoraku responded.
"Yes sir." They all said as the meeting adjourned.
Karakura Town
A senkaimon opened, and out came the Shinigami, Kyoraku had already reached an agreement with Ichigo over Mayuri, Ichigo had mostly agreed due to his uneasiness over the situation, but regardless he agreed. They looked around and noticed a lot of Quincy, and some in new uniforms that indicated they were with the A.N.U, preparing some sort of device, Kyoraku figured that was the HARs.
Rukia and Renji quickly grouped up with them.
"Head captain." Rukia said making her presence known.
"Ahh lieutenant Rukia, i see things are busy here, is that it?" Kyoraku asked looking at the device in front of him.
"Yes, that is the HARs" Renji said lowly.
"I see, Mayuri?" Kyoraku responded.
"Hmm... From the looks of it, it does appear to be some sort of artillery system, i presume due to the long barrels that it creates arrows, mostly explosive using reishi, and from the radar on top of it i presume it is a guided system, but telling it's capabilities is difficult without seeing it in action, but from the looks of it a very advanced and dangerous system." Mayuri replied,
"I see." Kyoraku replied.
"Head captain i can-" Soi-fon said as the was interrupted by alerts
The alerts went off on their phones, through the Quincy radio chatter the A.N.U has picked up on a hollow bait from a sudden appearance of three fullbringers that has been noticed in town.
"The HARs use has been authorized, clear away from the system!" The officer said over the radio.
The A.N.U quickly went away from the system as it accumilated the reishi and created the missiles, another unit scrambled to the Fullbringer location.
"Targets acquired, support the scrambling unit! Firing!" The officer said over the radio
The Shinigami watched as the system fired three salvos, they watched the arrows and watched with shock as they replicated hundreds of times, and followed their targets and hit with pinpoint accuracy.
"Well, it really is a guided system, from the looks of it they can decide whether to fire explosive arrows or not, and it does have licht regen capabilities, a dangerous weapon indeed." Mayuri said with a grin looking at it, he really wanted to inspect it.
Ichigo noticed alongside Bambietta that the Shinigami had been watching the system, but he wasn't concerned, as a matter of fact it could be used as a show of force if needed at one point, and it's firing capabilities would eventually be known to them that was unavoidable. Ichigo had already pointed that out and his chancellors understood alongside Bambietta, aswell as agreed to it. But one thing they would not allow was to have Mayuri touch it.
"Did you allow him here just to annoy him?" Bambietta asked with a very amused smirk.
"Among other things." Ichigo replied with a innocent voice, seeing how Mayuri wanted to see the system.
Mayuri started to walk towards the system, Ichigo noticed this quickly, and allowed him some additional steps.
"Step back from the system!" A soldat said to Mayuri.
"I will not take orders from you, now let's open it up." Mayuri said happily.
The soldats positioned themselves between the system and Mayuri to stop him, Soi-fon would not tolerate the fact that the Quincy had this system either as she viewed it as a threat and went to support Mayuri, preparing to force their way through them. Soi-fon drew her sword and gave a warning.
"Back up now! We will confiscate that system!" Soi-fon said
The soldats already had their rifles with bayonetes attached so they just took aim and prepared to fire.
"Soi-fon, Mayuri, stop this now!" Kyoraku yelled in anger.
"This is his majesty's property, this is your final warning! You are ordered to back off now!" The soldats said.
"Very well." Soi-fon said disapprovingly, Mayuri had no choice but to obey now aswell and they went away from the system, much to Mayuri's annoyence as he was quite curious how the system really worked. But they had to obey his orders or execution was next.
To be Continued
A/N: This chapter was longer due to my intention of creating a timeskip, i see timeskips as good opportunities in a story to add something in later that has already happened, should i ever feel the need for it.
Okay so the A.N.U uniforms is a lot similar to that of the SS officer uniform, only the A.N.U got white instead of black.
Yeah this chapter got released early, since i want to try to maintain a chapter each week, and have usually released on mondays.