Hello guys, this is my first fanfic. I hope you will like it, don't be to harsh on me okay. Please leave reviews. And, just so you know, I relly have no idea how long this fic will be, and if I will be inspired enough to finish it. My righting must be pretty shitty to, to much dialogs in my opinion, my writing style will hopefully improve in the future; and I don't have a word corrector, plus, I'm not native English, so expect a lot of mistakes.
Warning : I'm still studying, so this fic might get out quiet slowly. But don't worry, I'm in vacation right now, so a few chapters will be released soon.
Disclaimer : I don't own Bleach
On to the story
A sealed legend
chapter 1
The death of a hero
(Karakura cemetery)
Ishin was holding Karin and Yuzu's hand. The three of them, Ichigo's friends, shinigami's like Rukia and Renji, they were all looking down at the grave where Ichigo's body now stood.
"Why, why did you have to leave us oni-chan" Yuzu was sobbing
"WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY..."
as she cried, rain started falling
(13th division baracks 4 years later)
"Pffffffffffffffff" Rukia was sighing, she still had a lot of paperwork to do; to think it had already been 4 years since the death of Ichigo. To think he, the hero of the war, would die in a car accident, the thought was just unbearable. His death shocked the whole Seireitei, and even Soul Society; they'r Hero had died, just like that.
"Oy, Rukia, Captain Ukitake want's you to see him in his office" Kiyone said bumping into the office
"Okay, I'm coming" Honnestly, she was glad to be interrupted in the paperwork
(At the same time in the 78th district of Rukongai)
"STOP HIM, STOP THE THIEF"
"As if someone would get me old hag"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM
There was huge explosion, and after the smoke was blown away you cold see a man standing in the middle of a crater.
The thief named Jinta looked in front of him and stopped dead. In front of him was the legend of Rukongai, the strongest person in the whohl district, the one and only Joishiro. He looked at the man, he had no weapons, except for a long wooden stick, and his body was covered by a long clok, which was hiding his poor clothes, he was also wearing sandals as well as a conical sun hat, and his black spicky hair were being blown by the wind in a casual way.
"Yo, cut the crap and return what you just stole" Joishiro said,
he was helping the honnest people in the district, and in exchange they sheltered him and gave him food for free.
"Ay , just please don't hurt me"
"Return it and you will leave unharmed"
"Thank's Joe" the commercant said as the thief returned what he just stole
"Never mind that"
A few hours had passed since the acident and Joishiro was resting under a tree.
To think it already had been 4 years now, since he arrived in this place called Soul society. He often asked himself how his life was when he was still alive, and more importently, where did all his power came from. Since the moment he arrived, he could beat everyone to a pulp. He had decided to take advantage of his strength to bring a bit of peace and quiteness over the district. As for the name he chose for himself, the idea had just popped in his mind like that, one or two years ago, he thought as he dosed of.
(13th division baracks)
"Rukia, come in please" Ukitake said
"What did you call me for captain"
"Please don't be so formal. Anyway, I wanted to talk about the rumors that are spreading about a certain legend in Rukongai. I actually want you to investigate this matter, you will be helped by Hinamori. Everything is a arranged, the mission will start tomorrow morning, after all it's a bit late now."
" I see ... but captain what's the true purpose of this mission ?"
"Well, actually it is to find out if the legends are true. The said legend say's that there is a very powerful man in Rukongai who is keeping the city in order. I want you to find this man, and determin if he is fit to be a shinigami. You know that after the war and all the other stuff that happened Soul society hasn't yet recovered. The more we can renforce our ranks, the better."
"I see, understood captain, I will leave with Hinamori tomorow at dawn."
"Good, you should prepare yourself and rest now"
"Right, good night Captain"
"Good night Rukia"
(Next morning)
The sun was slowly rising in the sky as Rukia was running towards the 5th division baracks where she would meet with Momo
"Hi Rukia" the 5th division vice captain greeted her from the roof of her divisions baracks
"Oh hello Momo, how are you doing ?"
"I'm quiet fine, are you ready to leave" she responded with a warm smile all over her face
"Yes, let's go"
The two women where shunpoing out of Seireitei, greeting Jidanbo as they left, and towards Rukongai
"What do you think about this mission Rukia"
"Well, I don't really know what to expect, but the soul of this man must be quiet powerful if he's able to rule the 78th district"
"I see" she said as she gazed at the sky
"How are you doing lately anyway"
"I..." she started hesitantly
"You can talk about it Rukia, it must really have been hard for you, him dying just like that. And to say we found no trace of him as a soul in the afterlife. You can talk to me about it, I know what it's like to be depressed"
"I misse him" she finally said
" You know, I was the same after the incident with Aizen"
"How do you feel about him being locked up in Munken" Rukia asked as she was whiping away tears
"Well, I know I shouldn't say this, but I'm glad he's still alive, even after all the horrible things he has done"
"I see"
The two shinigami where now half through Rukongai as the discussion finished, they were now quietly watching the countryside as they were shunpoing towards the 78th district.
(At the same time in the 78th district of Rukongai)
Joishiro woke up
'Whaaaat, It's already morning, damn how long did I dosed of. Anyway let's get breakfeast' he thought
He then shunpod towards the center of the district
(5 minutes later : Joishiro is sitting at the table of a café in the 78th district)
"Yo Ren how are you doing" he asked the holder of the café
"Business is doing great, so I'm fine, all thanks to you Joe-kun"
"Yeah, well... Anyway, you'r breakfeast is great as always"
"Thanks, by the way did you know that one of the gotei captains will leave his position and let his vice succeed him" said Ren holding the Seireitei newspaper
"Really, which one is it"
"It's the captain of the 13th division Jushiro Ukitake, his vice Rukia Kuchiki will take his place"
"Woah, they still haven't recovered from the war against those quincy's have they, and to say that this war hero Ichigo Kurosaki also died some time ago, if Seireitei was to be attacked I don't know if they could handle it"
"Yeah, you'r right, as usual... Hey, why don't you become a soul reaper, I'm sure you have enough power to be one, and like you say Seireitei is still weakened it's the perfect time to become a shinigami"
"You'r probably right but, I don't want to see chaos return to this district, because if I go, that's gonna happen. And I also start to feel home here"
"You know you could still see us from time to time..." Ren suggested
"It's No Ren, I'm not leaving here to become a shinigami, we had this argument countless times and I'm not gonna change my mind"
"Fine, but one day I'll convince you"
"You can try"
And with that being said Ichigo left the café, shunpoing away, to patrol the district
(Back to Momo and Rukia)
"Hey Momo we're almost there" said Rukia trying to break the silence that had installed itself after they had talked about Aizen, they had both felt very unconfortable and had avoided talking to one another.
"Yeah, just a few districts to go and we'll be there" said Momo with a smile, she was seing Rukia was trying her best to break the cold that had settled, and decided to do the same.
They were now in the sky above the 73th district
"Right, all we have to do then is to find this legend, sounds like an easy job"
"Yeah... Hey, it's midday, let's pick up a spot and eat lunch"
"Good idea, let's start looking for one"
"I Gotcha"
The two shinigami soon found a little clearing surrounded by trees on the outskirts of the 73th district
(Back to Joishiro)
Joishiro had patrolled through the district the entire morning and was now going back to his usual tree to eat lunch and rest a bit, he got his food for free from the keeper of a restaurant located in the main alley of the district, he actually got everything he wanted for free, being the protector of the district, and it came in quiet handy given the general life conditions in Rukongai, and what's more in one of the poorest districts of it.
He arrived to the tree spot, got confortable, unpacked the lunch box ...
"Itadakimasu"
... and started eating
(a bit later)
Joishiro had finished eating and was now remembering the beginning of his life in Soul society. It had been so sudden, he had just popped in the middle of a streetfight in the 78th district and he didn't even know where he was at the time, it really had been a quiet unsetling situation he landed in when he first arrived in Soul Society. He tought back smiling how he had kicked the asses of every single person that had tried to beat him up, and how he quickly mad himself a name in the district. Now he was protecting it, and who knew what he would be doing in a few years, he thought.
(an hour later)
'Okay let's go patrolling, I think I had enough rest' he told himself after resting for an hour.
He had to patrol everyday, after all he had a district to keep safe.
He stood up, stretched himself and disapeared in an instant, shunpoing away, of for his usual tour of the district.
(Back to Momo and Rukia)
Momo and Rukia were now chatting under a large cherry blossom tree on the outskirts of the 73th district of Rukongai.
They had just talked about the exhausting duties, and the important charge of paper work they both had when Momo decided to put a little more personnal subject on the table.
"Hey Rukia, do you have a crush on somebody"
"Well..."
Rukia started blushing but then she started to look sad
"Hey what's up, did I say something wrong" asked Momo worried that she might have hurt Rukia, as she was just trying to cheer her up.
"No, It's just... I still love him... I know it's stupid and that I should pass on... but I just can't bring myself to do so"
"Oooh... I see" said Momo in a soft tone asking herself how she would be able to repare her mistake.
" You can talk to me about it, maybe it'll help you"
"You might be right... You know, when I was informed of his death I just couldn't believe it, how could he have died after surviving everything, killed by a damn car, it just seemed impossible"
Momo nodded with a look full of comprehension
"By the way Momo, you asked me about my thoughts on the mission... but you didn't told me what you thought about it"
"Well, I just hope that we will be able to convince him to be a shinigami, and that we won't have to fight that man because he likes to fight like Kenpachi or stuff like that"
"I hope that if that's the case these two never meet" Rukia said
"Right you are" responded Hinamori
Then without talking the two girls stood up and shunpod towards the 78th district, they didn't talk, they understood what each other thought without further need to explains, they had grown quiet close when the war was over after all.
(1 hour later)
The two shinigami were levitating in the outskirts of the 78th district, it was now 2 o clok in the afternoon.
"Where should we start looking for him" Momo asked
"I reckon we should ask the commercants, they have to know where he his, don't they ?"
"Yeah, let's start with the shopkeepers of the main alley first"
(back to the café)
Ren was about to take his midd day break
'I still didn't manage to convince him' he thought, he was sure it would be the best for Joe to become a shinigami, it would be a shame for the district but Joishiro really had a lot of potential, it would be a shame to waste it.
He was still thinking when he suddenly saw two shinigami levitating above the main alley. The alley his café was in. The two figures then disapeared and appeared on the ground just a few feets away from him. They then went into his direction.
"Hello, can we have a talk the smallest shinigami out of the two said"
"I didn't do anything wrong, I swear" Ren responded, 'what on earth are shinigami doing here, and why would they want to talk with him' he thought a bit scared about what could happen to him. He offered them a seat anyway, and sat dow himself anxious about what could happen.
"We are searching a certain man, or legend if you prefer, that resides and protects this district. Do you know anything"
"What do you want with him ?" Ren asked relieved at first that they weren't there for him, but now slightly worried for Joishiro.
"We want him to become a soul reaper"
"OOOH" he was starting to understand.
"So, do you know anything" the taller shinigami asked.
"Yeah, I actually do" he said with a smug grin, Joishiro would have no choice but to become a shinigami now he thought, smiling to himself.
(20 minutes later)
Ren had just finished his story about Joishiro
"Rukia, do you think..." Momo asked unshure
"I don't know" she replied, her heart was starting to beat faster. She would have to see for herself if it was him, everything matched appart of the hair color, 'maybe... maybe' she thought
"So, what do you think" Ren asked, curious, he had seen the two women wisper and was now a bit confused.
"It's nothing" they both replied a bit to quick, making them even more suspicious to Ren's eyes.
"We will go now then, thank you for all the infos you gave us" and that being said they shunpoed away leaving behind a confused and suspicious Ren.
(back to Joishiro)
Joishiro was patrolling, everything was normal, he was glad it was. 'After all, what didn't he do in order to bring peace and quiteness over this district. And after all his efforts, he wasn't going to leave just like that, Ren hell could try, he would never convince him. He would never become a shinigami' or so he thought.
Boom, Prr, Kaboom
People screaming
'What's happening down there' Joishiro asked himslef worried, as he was hurrying towards the source of the disturbance.
He then saw two groupes of people fighting each other.
'Probably street clan's' he guessed as his feet touched the ground and he made himself visible.
The two clan's stopped fighting, they'r members started to whisper
"Who the fuck are you" a rather dumb looking one yelled at him
"Wait, could this be..." another man said unsure
"...the legend" everyone stoped moving at the mentionning of the legend.
"Hey guys, let's work together and take this bastard down first, we can fight each other afterwards"
"Pfff... he looks weak, don't stand in my way, I'll crush him, don't you dare interfer" a rather tall and muscular looking man roared.
"You get him boss" the over ones cheered, the big guy seemed to be chef of one of the two clan's.
Joishiro looked at all the comotion uninterested, it wasn't the first time someone told he looked weak, but in the end, it was always him beating their asses. "Come, if you wish to fight against me", he started to feel excited, maybe this one would be able to put up a challenge, thought he didn't put his hopes up to much, his opponent would in the end probably just be deceving him, like always, he couldn't help but think 'maybe I'm to strong, maybe there is no match for me in this district'.
"Yo, do you even pay attention to me ya piece of shit" the big one asked.
"Whenever you want" he smirked
The other charged at him in respond ...
Booom
... but hit the grounf befor he could even touch Joishiro
"Wha.. What just happened" some men asked
"Are you the one responsible for this ?" the same asked in disbelief, and starting to shake
"Whoa, you knocked Ben out cold, I'm impressed" an other men said
"what should we do boss" the others asked the man"
"We can as well kick his ass, dontcha think"
"Hay Boss"
That being said they they came down on Joishiro
(just a bit later)
a few minutes later all the members of the gangs were lying on the ground, their faces in the dirt.
"No challenge at all, well, guess I should have expected this, and to say I was looking for a good fight" Joishiro said yawning
FLASH FLASH FLASH
Joishiro turned in an instant, on edge after hearing the sound of shunpo. Before him now stood two shinigami. The first one was a rather small women with raven black hair, the second women was taller and had brown hair.
"What do you want, SHINIGAMI" he said with a cold tone, pronouncing the last word with spite. He didn't like shinigami, they stayed in there sheltered and comfortable Seireitei while there was misery in Rukongai, and there were doing nothing against it. It just infuriated him.
That's it for the first chapter. Hope you liked it.
See you soon