The world was cast into shadow. A single event that changed the course of history.
The word that was uttered, was
"Mugetsu"
The landscape bathed itself in eternal darkness, for a brief second. Everything was silenced as sound was swallowed whole by the darkness.
Aizen, The target of mugetsu, was eradicated...
But the stone, the hogyoku, witnessed everything and survived.
The stone made a faint *clink* as it bounced off a stone.
The hogyoku was a sentient stone that could grant godlike powers and abilities, but what it had seen, shocked it into submission.
Ichigo used his final attack, and with that, his powers began its hight and descent into nothingness.
The hogyoku, turned its attention to ichigo's dissolving spiritual pressure and thought.
'not like that, i choose you'
Footsteps could be heard as the hogyoku's creator, Kisuke Urahara walked up, with a hand covering his eyes from the dust.
"Well, my dear ichigo. I hadn't expected you to completely disintegrate aizen, but nevertheless it was a welcomed discovery." Urahara said
"Hat 'n Clogs." Ichigo greeted with a scowl.
Urahara seemed a little defeated as he said
"aww, i thought you'd be happy to see me"
"i just saw you like an hour ago!" ichigo said
As urahara cast a crestfallen glance towards ichigo as he said
"Well done, my student."
Ichigo's scowl softened, and he said
"Yeah yeah.. Anyways, so i guess i destroyed the hogyoku as well, seeing as i can't find or feel it's presence anywhere"
Urahara's interest peaked.
"Ah yes, the hogyoku, the indestructible stone." urahara said
"well, whatever." ichigo said, casting a look downwards
"My dear ichigo, Why do you look so sad?" urahara said in his infamous 'shopkeeper' attitude. Feigning ignorance.
"That last attack cost me my powers, soon, ill be powerless." ichigo said sadly
Urahara's eyebrow raised as he said
"Really? I cant see any changes to your spiritual pressure. so are you sure thats what's happening?"
Ichigo looked at him incredulously, there's no way his spirits would lie to him
'if you can hear me, is this true, zangetsu?' ichigo asked inwards
*Yes. Mugetsu was the complete unification between you and getsuga tensho. Using it would have destroyed your spiritual pressure reserves, however, i must warn you. Look at your stomach.* zangetsu answered
Dumbstruck, Ichigos head whipped towards his clothed stomach, and didn't feel anything out of the ordinary.
"something the matter, ichigo?" urahara asked as he stepped closer in alarm
Deciding that feeling isn't enough, he pulls away his shihakusho to reveal his stomach.
A faint blue-red outlined glow was emanating from the previously unknown stone now residing in his body.
"urahara! Why is the hogyoku attached to me?" Ichigo asked in complete shock
"hmm" urahara says, as he brings a hand to his face while he ponders every possible answer.
A minute passes by while the clouded sky begins to rumble with a familiar sound of thunder. The smell of rain was heavy now.
"Ichigo. It's possible that while fighting aizen, You showed aizen was unworthy in the eyes of the hogyoku, and the reason that the hogyoku is merged to you now, well...it could be that the hogyoku now recognizes you as its master." urahara says in a grim voice.
Ichigo's eyes widened in disbelief
*ichigo. Your powers are staying, and most likely will continue to grow. Now possibly even exponentially.* Zangetsu said, in an attempt to calm him.
"Urahara, Will i be wanted by central 46 after they reform?" ichigo asks
Urahara's eyes flashed with curiosity, while he once more ponders an answer.
The man's eyes looked towards ichigo and smiled.
"You saved the seireitei. I doubt anything will happen to it's saviour." urahara says.
Ichigo's mood brightens a little.
Ichigo lets go of the cloth that hides his new curiosity, as he notices the hair in his eyes.
"say, hat 'n clogs, What do i look like? Im talking about my facial features"
Urahara looks ichigo over and says
"Your hair is almost at your shoulders, has been like that after you left the dangai, and theres a...*urahara squints to see ichigo's eyes* theres a faint reddish glow to your eyes."
Ichigo whistles in disbelief.
"i understand..."
After that was said, both soul reapers leave the area in a flash, back to karakura town where the last of the soul reaper defenses where.
The landscape was littered with rubble, craters and even melting ice.
The duo made it to the rest of the soul reapers, and humans.
"Ichigo!" shouted a familiar auburn haired girl, Orihime.
Now aware of his presence, Everyone in the area turned towards ichigo, Their previously hardened expressions and stances now soft.
"did...did you beat him?" said a girl, named tatsuki.
"Yeah, i did." ichigo said in a down tone.
Looking at ichigo's faintly red eyes, she asked
"did it have something to do with that black wave we saw?" tatsuki asked again.
"Yeah, i beat him using all of my strength." ichigo replies.
Tatsuki's eyebrows raised as she said
"all of it? But i can hardly sense a change in your spiritual pressure, it feels like you woke up from a damn good sleep!" she said in disbelief
'How...can she sense my reiatsu?' Ichigo asked, Surprised, And to his dismay, He felt an internal shrug from his spirits.
"what was that blast anyhow, and why do you look so much older?" said keigo asks
"it was my...final form? thats what its called?" ichigo replies. Getting confused looks from everyone around him.
"oh cool! Can i see it?" keigo asks
*ichigo, Summoning that form will take alot out of your reserves, but perhaps with the hogyoku...* zangetsu says
'I.. Dont know what you're implying.' ichigo responds.
*king, he means for you to try it. so do it will ya?* his hollow said to him Casting a stern gaze towards the rubble, Ichigo says:
"uh, well i guess i can try to summon it again, but i dont know what it will do." ichigo says as his spiritual pressure increases
Everyone around ichigo in a 50 meter radius immediately gains an intense headache as a cloud of black mist explodes from ichigo.
when the mist settles, everyone's headache suddenly disappears as the source of the mist, is nowhere to be seen.
And the mist congregated on the ground in reddish black puddles that resembled-
"Did ichigo fucking explode?!" Tatsuki shouts while orihime faints.
Urahara smirks.
"Oh my dear ichigo...Why did you use that feature." he says to himself while internally face-palming.
Everyone who saw that was falling out in a mass hysteria, and some even assaulting keigo for asking ichigo to do that.
Kisuke flashes away, undiscovered by the others.
()()()()()()()()()()()(Earth, Year ?, 20:00 hours)()()()()()()()()()()()()
The sun had set behind the mountains, as nighttime assumed its graceful control of the world.
Today was a very special occasion in Orario. Today was the 'Divine decent' that welcomed one new god every five years! However, This would be the last time a god would descend this century, because heaven itself was lacking in gods to manage the dearly departed.
Many citizens looked at this day as a fiercely celebrated holiday, Because today meant new gods would descend unto the earth.
It was a joyus occasion! Citizens looked on to the mighty tower of babel to see a bright, Gold/white beam of divine energy descend to the top of the colossal construct.
The gods would create magical mirrors that allowed the viewing of things from a distance, Not unlike a television.
"And for the final god to descend from the majesty of heaven this century, Is the goddess of Hearth and home, Hestia!" Said an announcer with a shout as the beam dissipated revealing a short woman with curves in very tasteful places. She waved enthusiastically with a smile to the mirrors.
The crowds of Orario were silent for a minute, until someone whistled. And then another cheered, and another and then another, until finally the entirety of Orario was applauding and cheering Hestia on.
"And that's all folks! Stay tuned for news on this years ' Monster fare! ' It will be Very exci-"
The announcer was cut off as an intense pressure fell over the entire city, Nobody but the gods remained standing.
A Crimson outlined black beam of energy crashed down from the sky with a mighty boom, Just outside of Orario.
as soon as the beam disappeared, The pressure that oppressed Orario left with it.
The entire city was on high alert, This was no doubt a magical attack.
"I-I was supposed to be the last god to descend, right...Right?" hestia asked her friend, ganesha.
"You were! I have no idea what happened. But mark my words, They. will. Pay." Ganesha said while picking up one of his familia, who was now breathing heavily.
()()()()()(()()()()()(Outskirts of Orario)()()()()()()()()
Ichigo awoke to see himself on some sort of dirt field...Or what used to be part of a forest, As the uprooted trees nearby would suggest.
'Where am i, What happened.' Ichigo asked inwards.
Standing up, He checks his surroundings, Nothing was nearby. Makes sense that if anything WAS nearby, It would have left with the uprooted trees.
'Ichigo. We are in a foreign land. No longer are we in karakura, Or the world we know.' Zangetsu responded
Feeling his neck hairs stand on end, Ichigo spun around and was at the ready.
'I feel...17 strange but captain level sources of Reiatsu, coming from that city, over there.' Ichigo says.
'Yes. I feel it too. However, You must relocate yourself. I sense a force of...sixty two- no eighty two humans converging on your location.' Zangetsu says.
"great" ichigo muttered to himself.
Ichigo used flash step to launch himself high into the sky.
"Woah, This place looks almost like the Seireitei? Don't you say?" Ichigo asked zangetsu.
'Yes, But do not waste time. Get cover and remain hidden.' Zangetsu warns
Ichigo was perplexed.
"wait, Why? What's going to happen?" Ichigo asks as he stands on a reishi platform.
'we're being watched.' Ichigo's hollow says, It's warbled voice circulating throughout ichigo's mind.
"Shit!" Ichigo says, Using flash step to dash to a part of the woods that he felt safe in.
()()()(()()()()()(With the hunting party)()()()()()()()()()
"Keep looking, That person has to be somewhere around here!" Said a gruff man with bear ears.
"right!" said the rest of the party.
just minutes ago, Orario was assaulted by gravity magic by a perpetrator who remains unknown.
To make matters worse, At the site of that black beam, Was an emblem. Adventurers who could fly, sketched it.
"Captain Ottar, we have the complete sketch of the emblem."
a female elf said as she handed the piece of paper to a man
"How presumptuous. A skull" True to his word, There was a five sided shape that housed a skull with two lines crossing it.
"Take it to the guild and have them document it." Ottar said.
"Right!" The elf said, before flying away.
'i wonder who this person is. To attack a city full of gods is VERY ballsy.' Ottar thought to himself, as he began to govern the branching out search party.
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()(four months later. [Woods] Several miles away from orario)()()()()()()()()
Ichigo had been surviving off the land, Using flash step to quickly catch his prey, and the teachings of his zanpakuto for a small number of kido. Lots of whom had blown up into his face.
'God i wish Hat 'n Clogs would have taught me kido too.' ichigo wistfully ponders.
'Ichigo.' Zangetsu calls out.
The man in question, Sets down his cooked food and replies.
'Yeah? what's on your mind.' Ichigo asks, as he rests.
'You must go to that city. You must find answers.'
'But what about that crazy ass feeling i got? I KNOW for a fact i was being watched.' Ichigo responded
'Yes, that may be the case, But remind yourself. Who was it that jumped head first into a realm full of demons to save your sister? Who was it that rescued orihime from the enemy in their stronghold nonetheless? Who was it who took down a man who could not be beat?
It was all you ichigo. Abandon your fear, Move forward and never stop.' Zangetsu reminded ichigo with a strength to his voice.
"Right. Lets be off then." Ichigo grabbed his belongings, But what was really odd, was he encountered some short green humanoids who attacked him the day prior. They were no challenge, But they did drop some purple crystals. The Substitute stowed them away where he could.
Moving towards the city, Ichigo cautiously walked onto the main road with his cleaver strapped to his back.
arriving at the gate, The guardsman asked
"Name, Age, And reason for coming to Orario."
'straight to the point, eh?'
"My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, I am fifteen years old, and i come here seeking...refuge." Ichigo says
"Refuge? From what?" The guardsman asks.
"i'm uh... Homeless." Ichigo replies
"...Makes no difference to be homeless here or out in the wilderness. My advice kid, Go to the dungeon and earn your valis." the guardsman said, as he dismissed ichigo
'Prick..' Ichigo says as he enters the city.
Heavily concealing his spiritual pressure because of the many powerful people in this city. Many might challenge ichigo, when all he wants is a place to stay, and figure out a way to return to karakura.
However, He had been conversing with zangetsu about the stone in his stomach, The hogyoku. Zangetsu noted that after merging with ichigo, Several things happened. One, The flow of time with ichigo's soul had stopped. Meaning he cant age anymore. Ichigo didn't really mind that part. Two, Ichigo's regeneration skills were now on par with instant regeneration. But since coming to this world, The hogyoku has been dormant.
"Heyyy!" Ichigo heard from a voice absolutely dripping with honey.
It did well to shake the man from his thoughts.
"Wh-what?" Ichigo looks around him to see a girl with grey hair that was wearing a...maids outfit?, waving at him from a doorway.
"Hey come here!" the girl yelled again.
Sighing in protest, Ichigo begrudgingly began his short walk to the girl.
'i really hope this isnt a trap.' Ichigo thinks to himself as he arrived at the girl.
"Hey, you look hungry! Do you wanna come in and have a drink? Or dinner?" the girl asked.
'ITS A TRAP!' ichigo thinks to him self humorously.
"Nah, im sorry. I already ate, Plus im actually broke. Sorry" ichigo said sheepishly, and began to make his way away from the place.
"Wait!" the girl said.
"hmm?" ichigo hummed in question as he turned his head back towards the girl in the tavern.
"I-Its on the house!" she reluctantly says.
'on second thought...i am a Liiiitle hungry..' ichigo thinks to himself.
"Why didn't you say so? Of course im hungry haha" Ichigo says as he walks into the tavern.
The waitress gracefully stomped past ichigo and motioned him to sit at a stool, next to a kid with white hair.
Doing just that, ichigo sat down, and laid his sword infront of him, in between his legs. The sword was tall enough to be on it's tip and still be at the bottom of ichigo's sternum.
"wow, cool sword there, sir" the kid next to ichigo says.
"Thanks. How old are you by the way?" ichigo asks. The kid was drinking what smelt like ale from a cup.
"Im 14, what about you sir?" the kid says. Ichigo looked perplexed.
"uh. what's the legal drinking age in this city?" Ichigo asks.
The kid looks upwards, and puts a finger to his mouth
"uhhh.. about 14 years of age is the legal limit." the boy says.
"Ah. Well. Anyways, Im only one year older than you, So you probably shouldn't call me sir." ichigo said, His distaste for honorifics showing.
"Ahh i see." the kid returned to his pasta.
*ahem*
Ichigo looked to this new source of noise, to see a very tall and burly woman waiting impatiently.
"I've been trying to call you for five minutes now, whelp!" the woman scolded.
"Ahh im sorry, i didn't notice you." ichigo said simply.
"wha-wow you're gutsy." the kid next to ichigo whispers.
It didn't matter, this woman didnt intimidate ichigo. He had faced so much worse than an angry woman.
"Excuse me?" the woman said, Taken back by his attitude.
Ichigo continued to look at the woman.
"I was told that my bill woul be footed by a girl with grey hair that went like this (as ichigo motions to his hair to depict what her hair looked like). So i gotta ask. How much does steak cost?" ichigo asked simply. The entire tavern went silent.
'What is up with this carrot head?!' The woman asked herself.
Mama Mia was the proud owner of a tavern called "Hostess Of Fertility" Not a single issue went on while she was on duty. Years of her scaring off the disrespectful punks that dare challenge her authority, was just thwarted by a single question.
"...the...Loki familia is here, Mama Mia..." a girl with cat ears and a tail said, while cowering behind a pillar.
Mama mia reached over the counter and made to grab ichigo by his shihakusho. But ichigo couldn't be lifted. The reason? Ichigo held his legs under the seat of the fixed stool.
This only served to piss her off even more.
"...does that mean it's free?" ichigo asked sarcastically.
Mama mia stomped off to the door that led to the kitchen.
The kid next to ichigo pushes a large fish to him.
"I'll share." the kid says.
"Ah, thank you very much. What's your name?" ichigo asks the white haired kid, who strangely had eyes that resembled rubies.
The atmosphere was brought back to life with laughter from the loki familia, who had just been served ale and food by the waitresses.
"my names, Bell. Bell cranel." The kid says, Ichigo had a mouth full of food, so he just nodded and began the process of swallowing.
Once he was done, Ichigo responded in kind.
"Ichigo Kurosaki" Ichigo said simply.
The night trotted along, as the loki familia had began to become drunk and lively, all except for two.
Bell and ichigo talked alot more and Ichigo figured out that bell was on a quest to catch up to the one he loves in terms of strength.
However, She's one of the strongest people in the city so he knew it would be hard.
"I'll be your wingman bell, I know a little bit about combat, so dont worry. I can train you" Ichigo said.
"That sounds great! Say, How would it sound for you to join my familia? You'd have a place to sleep, food to eat, and you can even come with me to the dungeon!" bell exclaims
"...I'd like that, bell." ichigo says.
But as the night progressed, Ichigo apologized to the waitresses for his lack of tact.
Ichigo even nonchalantly apologized to the Tavern owner, but she just dismissed him like nothing had happened.
Bell ended up telling ichigo how his familia needed new members, And ichigo was confused.
"what's a familia?"
Bell's eyes widened.
"you've never heard of that? It's when a god bestows their blessing, or Falna, Onto an adventurer like us, to make us more powerful. That being said, once we have their falna, We are now a part of that god or goddess's family, or familia." bell says, instinctively.
"I see..." ichigo ponders.
"oh hey syr, How are you doing?" bell asks the girl.
Wait...
"Hey, you're the girl who said that she'd pay my bill!" ichigo adds
"H-Hey, I did no such thing!" the girl blushes while looking away
A man from a table near the entrance calls out drunkenly.
"She lieeess...aaye."
Ichigo flashed a thumbs up at the man and got one back, before looking at syr.
"Aha, so that must mean that this food here, since you never took my order, is my food. Meaning you're paying for aaaaalllll of this." Ichigo says with a smug expression as he points to the several full plates that were in front of bell.
Syr pouted with slightly puffed up cheeks.
"Thats...thats not fair.."
"Nooope, It's totally fair!" Bell quickly agrees.
"But Bu-" Syr was about to retort, When she was cut off by a rather rowdy adventurer with...wolf ears?
'Damn drunkards.' Ichigo says in distaste
"SO! Ais, Tell us about that weakling that you met in the dungeon today? You know, The pansy ass who saw you, and ran?" The man laughed.
Ichigo's interest was peaked.
Bell tensed up when he heard that, And syr sat down to listen.
"Who?" Ais said.
'She doesn't even remember me?' Bell thinks to himself in pain.
Ichigo could fell the minute pulse in Reiatsu bell was giving out.
'Is this guy talking about bell?" ichigo thought, as he eyed Bell's movements and body language.
The sunken embarrassed look was all ichigo needed to understand that this guy was talking about bell.
"ah... I see." ichigo muttered to himself, as he put a hand on Bell's shoulder in reassurance.
Bell noticed, and gave ichigo a look.
"yeah, your body language gave it away. Just be calm. Finish up your drink and ill take you to your house." ichigo said, In obvious distaste for the one who's talking bad about his new friend.
"Yeah! He was saved by Ais here, And instead of thanking her, He got up, still drenched in that minotaur's blood, and ran like a little bitch!" The warewolf laughed even harder.
'minotaur? Like that one bipedal bull that history class was teaching us in mythical history?' ichigo thought to himself.
Bell made movements to stand up and run away, But ichigo held him still
"i want to leave.." bell said, a downcast look on his features.
"Abandon your fear. Look forward. Move forward and never stop. You'll age if you pull back, You'll die if you hesitate." Ichigo said to his friend, who looked at ichigo like he had just spoken literal divinity.
"o-okay..." bell said as he sat back down.
"Hey, Wait a minute... Isn't that him right there?" The warewolf chuckled, And all at once. All eyes turned to bell.
Bell really wanted to get out of here.
A wave of laughter came from the tavern's patrons, and ichigo had enough.
"Shut the hell up, you bunch of drunken idiots." Ichigo said, throwing over a glare that could freeze over hell.
The entire tavern was awed, Someone had stood up to bete, a level five adventurer.
Ichigo strapped zangetsu to his back.
"Oh, sober now? Great. Understand this, Maybe you'll be put into positions you dont ask for. Maybe things are forced upon you without your consent. Granted, Running without saying thanks is odd, But nevertheless, Im pretty sure any one of you would rather run from hardcore trauma like that." ichigo says, while standing up.
The werewolf does the same.
"Sounds like an argument only a weak ass punk would make, Tell me, what familia do you belong to." the man/wolf says Ichigo begins to walk a little closer.
"bete sit down, Leave it alone." a dark skinned girl next to him tells him.
"shut up, This asshole needs to learn how to stay in his lane." 'Bete' Says back to the girl.
"I'm not in any familia." ichigo says.
Again, A wave of laughter rolls through the Tavern.
"Let me get this straight...A no level..Without a falna...wants to talk back to someone stronger than him?" bete says while snickering.
"yeah. Thats right, How very observant of you! Id give you some dog treats, but im afraid im fresh out of bitch food." Ichigo says
That shut the Tavern up again, This time, a red haired woman who's eyes were closed started laughing.
"...Loki?" bete exclaims in betrayal.
Bell was even covering up a grin.
"OOhh oh my, He got your ass good!" the woman laughs out
"I see the rabbit finally has a carrot to suck on!" Bete laughs out.
"Oh im sorry, i couldn't hear you, You sound like a whole lot of bitch." Ichigo laughed out.
That completely removed all laughter from the man, as he just stood there in seething rage.
Ichigo wanted to stoke the fires, so he went ahead and said this.
"Oh whats that? You're mad cus your itsy bitsy widdle baws were snipped this month?" ichigo said in baby talk.
the tavern erupted in laughter.
It worked. Bete was shaking.
"Goddess, Can i take this outside.." bete asked.
Loki's interest was peaked, yes, But she didn't want to see the needless death of a no-level.
"nah, Just calm down, both of you, and continue your meals." loki said. A touch of malice in her voice as her gaze passed ichigo.
Bete sits down, crosses his arms and closes his eyes.
But ichigo remains.
"Aww Isn't that precious? A puppy and his adorable owner. Look at how cute that is!" Ichigo says, Surprising loki immensely
'wait what?' loki thinks
Ichigo turns to loki and says
"Ooh! OOh! Does he know any tricks? Down boy! Cmon!" ichigo says, Actually acting like bete was an ordinary dog.
Bell walks up to ichigo and says
"Ichigo, It's okay, Lets just leave here." Bell said.
But it isnt gonna happen.
Ichigo shrugged out of bell's grasp and continued his degrading.
"Ah loki, It seems as if your mutt is a little stupid, But thats it's fault though, isnt it, Isnt iiitt!" Ichigo says Like he's talking to a dog, Noting how much angrier bete got when refered to as an 'it' or 'mutt'.
"Fuck this!" bete said, Launching himself at ichigo.
Ready for anything, Ichigo swatted bete out the front of the tavern with a simple right kick.
Following suit, The patrons in the pub went among whispering among themselves.
'How did that just happen to a level five?!' bell thought to himself.
Ichigo reached bete, who was just getting onto his feet.
Bell was about to follow suit, But instead
"If there's a healer, Get one please?" Bell said as he neared the fighting duo.
What bell saw shocked him. Bete was tearing into ichigo like no tomorrow. And...Nothing was happening!
*Thud!*
A fleshy thud sounded throughout the street as bete was knocked away with a punch.
"I'm sorry, We took this outside! Isn't that what you wanted?" ichigo said as he kicked the man across the ground, His eyes hollowfying.
'king snap out of it, The air here is chock full of so much reiatsu, It's exciting your hollow instincts.' Hollow zangetsu said.
As if waking up, Ichigo snapped out of his fury induced high, and his eyes returned to being normal.
"enough." said the red haired goddess who's eyes were open and glaring at ichigo, And her familia was at her back with weapons drawn.
'He may have complimented me, but that doesn't excuse his behavior..' Loki thinks to herself as she moves to defend bete.
Ichigo eyed her and her familia, before scoffing.
"Mkay. But next time one of your 'children' mocks a life or death situation, Please be sure not to laugh along?" ichigo says, Making the goddess feel down.
"ichigo, let's go." bell says as he starts walking back.
one last look at bete, ichigo saw he was lying face down in the mud.
Ichigo took one step forward to turn the man over, But was blocked with a drawn sword, Held by the blonde girl he saw bell stairing so intently at.
"dont do it." she whispered to ichigo.
The other familia members already went ahead and turned bete over to begin medical treatment.
'whatever' Ichigo thought.
'it would be a very great wing-man thing to do, to fight your friend's crush right in front of him, yes?' Hollow zangetsu mocked.
'shut up.' Ichigo said, as he about faced and followed bell.
Walking into an abandoned church, Ichigo notes the smell of fried potatoes as he and bell walk into a secre passage leading down to a living area.
"Oh Beelllllll" Said a cheery almost childish voice as ichigo watched his white haired friend get tackled by a passionate hug.
"i'm glad you're hooome" the woman said, Nuzzling her cheeks to bell's chest.
"AH yes, goddess! I even brought home someone who'd like to join!" bell said, Slightly embarrassed that ichigo had seen this.
"wh-wait what? where?" she asked, before turning around to seeing (what seemed like to her) a giant man in black robes.
"Takemikazuchi?" The goddess asks
"Who's that?" ichigo responds.
"I...another god, So.. What's your name?" The goddess asks.
"I'm Ichi-" Ichigo started but was cut off when bell exclaimed from under the deity
"His name's ichigo! He destroyed Bete, One of loki's level 5 Adventurers!"
"Wait whaaaAAAT!?" the girl exclaimed.
Ichigo sat down on the stairs while removing zangetsu.
"yes, my name is indeed ichigo. NOW, are there any pre-requisites to joining your familia?" ichigo asked, Tiredly.
She gave bell a 'what the hell' kind of look.
"t-there are none, Just lie on that bed over there, And take off your shirt...thingy." The goddess said
"Lady hestia, does this mean you're accepting him?" Bell asks.
Hestia looks down at her prey and says
"Duhhh, my little bell!" as she smothers him some more
meanwhile, ichigo shrug out of his top, letting it hang by his white waist belt.
Hestia, on the other hand, was ogling ichigo's tone physique.
"Alright, ichigo. Im going to give you a falna, and update your status, Ready?" she asks, as she straddles him while he's face down.
Ichigo gives the thumbs up.
"Bell, Can i see your knife?" hestia asks.
Complying with his goddess's wish, Bell unsheathes his knife and hands it over to the beautiful deity.
"so why do you need a knife?" ichigo asks, and squirms around uncomfortably.
"Hold still, dummy. you need a god's blood to activate the blessing." hestia says as she pricks her finger and allows a drop of blood to fall on ichigo's spine.
Ichigo's began to etch itself to his back, tattooing it. Painless, yes, But it was damn hot!
"So...what do you see?" ichigo asks, feeling anxious to see what it held, as this was a new experience for him.
"Well for the most part it's normal, Except...Yours is lower than bell's, Above the flame, is an outline of a circle. I have no idea what that means." Hestia pondered
Ichigo's eyes snapped open in realization.
'The hollow hole!' Ichigo said inwards.
'Chill king, she said 'Outline', Meaning there isnt one.' Hollow zangetsu sneered at ichigo
'Not that, dumbass! What if she finds out what kind of power i have?' Ichigo bit back at his spirits.
Hestia's gentle hands caressed ichigo's neck as she leaned in to speak to him.
"it's okay, the process isn't usually painful. Im sorry"
Ichigo turned towards her and said
"o-oh..Yeah, It...was." he said, to cover up his dread.
"SO! Let's take a look at your stats, huh?" Hestia said as she grabbed a piece of parchment paper and pressed it to ichigo's back.
It was hestia's turn to shake.
"t-this is wrong...it's impossible!" She said, before slumping down.
Bell shot up to catch the fainting goddess before she fell of the bed, and turned towards ichigo's sheet of paper that held his stats.
And he to, feinted, His goddess crashing onto him.
Ichigo was mortified! He had no idea what was going on. On top of that, both of his 'familia' members were now passed out? From what?
Ichigo picked up the slightly crumpled piece of paper that held his stats.
Ichigo Kurosaki, Lv?
Shinigami/hollow -Soul bonded weapon: Zangetsu-
Str SSS 2000
Vit SSS 2000
Dex SSS 2000
Agi SSS 2000
Mag SSS 2000
-skills-
(Zanjutsu) A Highly refined style of combat using a standard Zanpakuto, Most suited for 1v1 combat.
(Flash step) A Shinigami skill, Where the user can utilize the ambient Magic in the surrounding air to move at hypersonic speeds.
(Sonido) The Hollow variant of the Flash step. Same purpose, Except the sound is more defined.
(Et protector potentiae) All skills are amplified depending on ichigo's will to protect.
-Abilities-
(Getsuga Tensho) Ichigo's signature attack, where he coalesces his magic into his blade, and fires it at his target. Is close to being a concurrent chant, However, It is more of an innate ability than a chant.
[can take on the shape of a crescent moon]
(Hollow mask) Ichigo's Synergy with his Hollow spirit allows ichigo to draw apon it's power. All stats are amplified x10 when in use.
(Instant regeneration) A Hollows only form of medical abilities. It condenses the users magical energy unto a damaged part of the body, either regenerating it completely, or just simply healing it.
(cero) A Hollow ability, Where the user can Condense their Magic unto a point and shoot it. Most suited for ranged attacks.
(Hierro) A Hollow ability, where the user's Magic coalesces onto the skin and creates an almost impenetrable armor.[varies on user strength]
-Concurrent Chanting-
(Bankai) By chanting "Bankai, Tensa Zangetsu!" Ichigo ascends into a state of pure power, All of his stats are increased by ten, or more.
(Bankai, Final) Ichigo's final form. When chanting "as*($(# * #($*$ (" He abandons everything to kill the one he's fighting. One final attack, for one final enemy.
-_-Hestia Familia-_-
Apon reading this, Ichigo had to wonder.
'How the hell did she find ALL THIS OUT!' Ichigo never told anyone here about his abilities. Now, He guessed that he'd owe them an excuse when they woke up.
...Speaking of that..
Ichigo picked his familia members, Careful not to nick them on zangetsu's edge, He layed them both down on the bed and covered them both, and after that was done, He had layed down on the nearby couch.
'we need to talk.' Ichigo's hollow said, Uncharacteristically serious.
A pang of anxiety hit ichigo's stomach.
'Im coming in' ichigo thought as he layed zangetsu against the couch.
()())()()()()()()()()(Ichigo's inner world)()()()()()()()()()
Ichigo opened his eyes and was greeted with the blue hues of the sunken city.
"Welcome back, king. Care to take a dip in the pool?" Ichigo's hollow laughed out behind its mask.
"whats up." Ichigo asked, Sitting cross legged on a window pane.
"ahh, nothing much...Except that BITCH Revealed all the nifty tricks i had planned for you!" Ichigo's hollow screamed. The sound-waves being visible.
"I-I had no part in that! I didn't know it was gonna happen! Honest! Plus, If i knew it would reveal things about me, I wouldn't have accepted" Ichigo defended, Rather weakly
"You cannot lie to yourself. Ichigo." Old man zangetsu said from behind ichigo, On his flagpole.
Ichigo sunk a little lower.
"Goddamn it! You're lying! I KNOW you wanted to see what the full extent of your hollow abilities were! and now it's time to see if you really DESERVE THEM!" The hollow shouted.
Ichigo held his hands up in comical defense.
"Old man?" ichigo breathed out before turning around and finding a vacated flagpole.
"AAAHHH" The hollow shouted while using his zangetsu as a flail.
"OH SHIT!" Ichigo said as he parried using his own sword.
()()()(()()()()()(ON the outside, Morning time)()()()()()()())()()
Bell cranel was never one to be perverted, That was his grandfather's job. Though, Being amidst puberty, His hormones were raging at this sight.
Hestia lay atop of him, her nearly exposed breasts pushed apon bell's chest as hestia's face nuzzled his neck.
'o-omygoshwhatthehell!' Bell thought, as a blanket was still covering his lower body. He could be glad that ichigo was probably still asleep so he wasn't more embarrassed.
'...his...stats...' Bell thought to himself, Hestia's assets left his mind, and a renewed astonishment filled his.
'his stats! Who the hell is he?' Bell thought to himself. Remembering meekly, that both he and hestia had feinted after reading ichigo's stats.
Bell lifted his left arm, and brushed the hair out of hestia's face, exposing it to sunlight.
"Hestiaaa, it's time to wake up." bell whispered to the goddess.
She twitched, then her eyes fluttered open.
"bell?" she whispered, as she got her bearings in order.
"Yes goddess, Tis i." bell said, with a smile.
"What? what are you doing here, you never sleep with me" hestia said, yawning as she closed her eyes and went back to bell's neck.
"Yeah, im sorry, but uh. Our newest family member helped you in that regard" bell chuckled, as he motioned to ichigo.
Yesterday's events slapped hestia like a bull, and she was wide awake.
"Wait! that wasn't a dream?" she shot out, as she looked at ichigo, Who was casually sitting down, observing them both with a smile.
...The sight made her heart...flutter? Skip a beat?
'oh..my...He's handsome..' She thought with a minor blush.
The sun hit his face in just the right way, His fiery orange hair was unkempt, But in a way it made him look nice.
"H-Hey" she said, as she continued staring at ichigo.
Ichigo waved.
"OH! that reminds me, We gotta get you set up with the guild still, dont we?" Bell said.
Ichigo waved him off. "It's fine, You two looked happy to be there. I dont wanna intrude" ichigo said, as both Hestia and Bell blushed furiously.
"i-Idiot! Don't say stuff like that!" Hestia said as she jumped off of bell and ran into the bathroom.
Ichigo and bell shared a chuckle.
Bell had gotten dressed, as ichigo did his usual morning stretches, Ichigo did have to admit that it was pleasant not to be woken up with a foot.
As the pair went about their business to the guild, They both pass by the Hostess of fertility, And out came Syr, with a box in her hands.
"Bell! and ichigo." Syr said.
"Oh, Hey syr! What are you up to?" Bell asks.
While the two conversed, Ichigo looked around the city, Trying to memorize the terrain, and landscape.
His eyes fell unto an extremely large tower, and as soon as ichigo's eyes hit the center of the tower, His Reiatsu spiked.
He found who was watching him, and trying to smother him with their energy...So he just shot it back.
Flairing his power a little bit seemed to have worked. He was no longer being looked at...But the other people on the street just staired at him awkwardly.
This annoyed ichigo
"Don't you all have something better to do?" Ichigo said.
Bell and Syr had finished talking, and she gave Bell a boxed lunch, and the pair continued down their way.
"SO! Bell...You seem to have a nice assortment of girls interested in you. I mean, A cute maid and a literal Goddess. Good job huh" ichigo said, trying to move his own hair out of his eyes. His hair had been pretty long, it tried to cover most of his face.
Bell jumped at that accusation.
"Really? i didnt..notice haha" Bell awkwardly said
Ichigo laughed and crossed his arms into his long sleeves while continued walking.
"Say, You dress alot like a god i know, Takemikazuchi." bell questioned.
"Do i? I wouldn't know." Ichigo said nonchalantly.
"Oh, here we are!" Bell said, as ichigo looked at the building.
'looks like a bank.' Ichigo realized.
The pair walked into the building to see a line of people at a vendor to the far left, Exchanging purple crystals for coins.
"Hey bell, what are these?" Ichigo asks, as he fetches the four purple crystals from his pockets.
Bell's eyes shined.
"Oh? Where'd you get those? Those are magic crystals, you can only get from the hearts of monsters. Did you kill some monsters?"
Bell asked. Probing for answers.
"Uh, There were these four goblin things i found and killed outside of Orario." Ichigo said.
"Ah, I see. We can turn them in after" Bell says, as he motions ichigo to follow him
The Substitute was almost the center of attention, as his odd vibes attracted many eyes.
"Einaaaa" Bell called out, And a short haired elf turned to him from her paperwork. Her face softened when she met his gaze.
'...damn bell? Another one?' Ichigo thought to himself
"Oh! Bell, What brings you here?" The woman named 'Eina' Responded, As she tapped the stack of papers she had in her hand onto the desk to level them out.
"I have a new familia member!" Bell says as Eina gives Ichigo a form to fill out.
"Oh, Do you? Congratulations! Now ill just have you fill this out, I'll file it, and add his name to the familia list, as well as the adventurer one." Eina said.
Ichigo's eyes were straining at the odd font. It was Reminiscent of english...But not really. English was a challenge to ichigo, So during english studies in high school, ichigo made sure to absorb as much as he could. Sure it was hard, But it was worth it because he was now able to speak and read fluent english.
Ichigo shivered as he remembered those long sleepless nights dedicated to study. Some of those times, Ichigo wouldn't awake in time to dodge His father's surprise attacks!
ichigo did his best to read and write the required information given the extremely odd font. But once he was finished, He turned in the paper to eina.
"so will you let me be an adventurer or what?"
Eina was thrown off-guard, but she probably should have accepted it, Given the man's Aloof body-language.
"...Uh, Yes, I just need to process your application, Create your profile and put them into the records." Eina said as she stood up with ichigo's stat sheet, And continued.
"You'll have to wait here though, ichigo. I need to brief you about the dungeon, and the floors 1-20." Eina said and walked deeper into the building.
Bell quickly exited the area.
"W-wait where are you going?" Ichigo called out.
"I GOT STUff to doooo" he said his voice fading as he sprinted down the street, the few adventurers in the room each gave bell a quizzical look as he dissappeared from view, then snickered at ichigo as they saw eina coming.
'...damn.' Ichigo whispered, defeated when he saw that Eina was carrying an entire tree's worth of pamphlets and books.
Setting them down on the table, Eina grinned at ichigo's exasperated disposition, She said,
"Let's get started! My pupil."
'BELLL!" Ichigo shouted while eina was cracking up with maniacal laughter
(Babel, VIP Residence.)
The sound of labored breathing carried itself through the upper class room, As did the sounds of rustling fabric.
'first...That boy with the transparent soul...and now..Another with a multi color?...mmmhh he's so strong too.. I...want them.. I WANT them BOTH!' breathed out a woman, who's face was covered by the darkness of nighttime.
'Oooh my! With them both...I think I'll finally be satisfied! Finish what that fool Odin failed to give me! Happiness!' She shuddered out, as her labored breathing intensified, as did the rustling of the fabrics.
The feeling of lust permeated the air, as the woman's activity continued.
"mmh...Ottar!" The woman stuttered out, Nearing her edge.
Instantly, The man named ottar appeared in an instant.
He bowed and replied "What will you have me do, Goddess Freya."
She shuddered at the sudden arrival.
"Bring me...Bring me that man with-ungh!..The orange hair." Freya said, Her Ecstasy almost nearing it's peak, as her adrenaline intensified when she knew that ottar ALWAYS delivered her requests.
"As you wish" He bowed again, and disappeared.
She decided that the Boy with the transparent soul needed a little more time to become stronger, But the other one, The one with the Black AND Crimson soul...He was ripe for the picking.
Freya looked back out her window and stared with love at the man who had captured her attention. The swordsman with fire for hair, Who seemed to be walking back to that abandoned church.
'I Will have you, You and your crimson soul!' Freya thought to herself, as she broke past her limit.