Disclaimer: I do not own bleach! All credits go to Tite Kubo

Rukon Arena (Quincy Grounds)

***Several hours later***

Ichigo and his convoy had just arrived after hours of traveling, and it was quite tiring, Ichigo saw the arena and noticed that it was formed as a round shaped twenty story tall building, but it was obvious that there wasn't any room to sleep in, so as a result they had put up tents outside the Arena, Ichigo saw the Quincy tents in the distance where they had gotten their space.

All the guards and servants had small military tents while Ichigo and the other people of his family had a bigger one, much bigger, as it could easily fit around 80 people and still have ample of space, the big versailles tent was connected to a smaller but long tent behind it that functioned as a hallway, that was connected to smaller pavilion tents that functioned as bedrooms, and on the front of the big pavilion tent was the entrance that was connected to a shed tent so they could eat outside if they wanted to without going to far away, and on the top of the versailles tent two oriflamme flags flying the silver cross blew proudly in the wind, though Ichigo did notice a landsknecht tent just besides the versailles tent that wasn't connected and recieved word that it was the tent that belonged to Ulrik, the commander of the K.G

Ichigo was amazed by the sheer size of the tent he would live in but didn't comment on it, as they approached Ichigo noticed two K.G guards guarding the entrance, and he noticed something different with them, they had also manifested halberd, with a spear on top, axe on front and a hammer on the back of it. It was actually the first time Ichigo had ever seen a medieval halberd, and it looked quite intimidating to say the least.

Ichigo did notice that the Shihoin family and the Kuchiki family was positioned right besides the Quincy, with the Kasumioji family a bit further away with the lower nobility, he noticed the Kuchikis getting ready to enter their tent, while over with the Shihoins, Yushiro constantly tried to charge his sister in an attempt to hug her to death, but Ichigo didn't see Chad or Inoue, but figured he would find them later.

For now Ichigo got off his horse and awaited the rest of his family to enter the tent, once they entered the tent it seemed larger then what it really was, there was a carpet on ground to grass wouldn't get in, there were furniture and a lot of shiny things inside that made the Shiba family impressed with the amount of shiny things, but Ichigo noticed three tent doors, and noticed that the tent had three wings attached to it.

"Your majesty, your royal highnesses, I bid you welcome." One of the servants said as he approached the royal family.

"Thank you, tell me, there are three wings on this tent?" Ichigo asked the servant.

"Yes your majesty, the two outer ones on the left and right side on the back part of the tent is leading to the bedrooms, while the middle one is where we servants go to fetch things you need and where we wait until you call us, it is also where dinner is prepared and it houses a generator to provide power to the tent, aswell as a water wagon is attached to it to provide clean water, furthermore it also contains a portable gate of the sun so we can connect directly to Silbern should it be needed." The servant said.

"I see." Ichigo said as he went over to the dining table inside the tent and sat down on a throne like wooden chair.

"What is the program for this tournament?" Ichigo asked the servant.

"The tournament does not officially start until tomorrow your majesty, right now it's just to get to know the area a bit, since the arena hasn't been used in over 300 years and have only recently been repaired from it's decaying state." The servant replied.

"I see, so we have some time to kill then, good!" Ichigo said as he looked at his family who had also joined him at the table, sitting down.

"We also have arranged rooms your majesty!" The servant said.

"Who has which rooms?" Masaki asked.

The servant told them which wing and room the had, and Ichigo noticed he had the right wing with the closest bedroom on the left, which he shared with Bambietta per their agreement, Yuzu and Karin had their own room at the left side of the right wing end while Chad would get the right room at the end while Isshin and Masaki shared theirs on the right wings closest right room, while the Shiba family and Uryu had room in the left wing, though Uryu would share his room with Inoue, though Kon would sleep in the main tent in a special box made for him that was the size of a drawer.

But what surprised Ichigo was that he hasn't seen Chad at all, he didn't feel him close by and he did wonder if Chad decided not to come after all, Ichigo could have asked but decided to wait with asking.

"And furthermore your majesty, another restroom wagon has arrived from Silbern, and will be attached, to the left wing while the one you have now will be connected to the right wing, that way you can have two rest rooms, we are going to attach them in but a moment. And here is a list of all the programs, nothing today but it will start at 11 tomorrow." The servant said as he handed over the list.

"Alright, thanks." Ichigo said to the servant.

"Could you also take the measurements of my family and give them some more appropriate clothing?" Isshin asked the servant as he pointed to his niece and nephew.

"At once your royal highness, if you'd follow me." The servant said to Kukaku, Miyako, Ganju and Kaien, in which they followed.

Ichigo stood up and went outside the tent, looking out on the massive amounts of tents belonging to the nobility, the whole field was massive, once Ichigo got his eyes around the field he noticed that his eyes met the eyes of someone else, an old man to be exact, he was bald and had glasses, he knew that he belonged to a part of the nobility but which family he didn't know, what Ichigo did know is that he wasn't looking too pleased.

Ichigo turned his attention somewhere else once he heard a voice call out to him.

"Onii-chan." The voice said, Ichigo immediately recognized it as Yuzu, Ichigo turned around and noticed both Karin and Yuzu coming towards him.

"Yuzu? Karin?" Ichigo said as he noticed his sisters.

"Can we have lasagnia today?" Karin asked.

"You want lasagnia?" Ichigo asked.

"We haven't had it in quite some time." Yuzu said.

Ichigo thought about it, it did sound tasty, but before he answers them he notices the man again, this time with four other people, they seem to be discussing something while looking at his direction, what they discussed was one thing Ichigo was unsure of, but he didn't like the look of them, that's one thing Ichigo knew for certain, eventually they nodded towards each other and left, but not before Ichigo noticed their sigil. Karin noticed that Ichigo was looking at something but by the time she looked towards the source the men were gone.

"Something wrong Ichi-nii?" Karin asked.

"No it's nothing, alright I'll have the servants prepare some lasagnia for dinner." Ichigo said as he looked at Karin and Yuzu.

"Thanks!" They said before they reentered the tent.

Just as Ichigo was about to follow his sisters inside he noticed Inoue heading towards his tent.

"Inoue?" Ichigo said as he looked at her.

"Hi Kurosaki-kun" Inoue said with a happy smile.

"I wondered where you left for." Ichigo said.

"I was over with Yoruichi-san for a while, sorry." Inoue said sheepishly.

"Don't worry about it, atleast you didn't get lost. Ishida is inside." Ichigo said as he escorted her into the tent.

As soon as they were inside the tent Ichigo had instructed his servants to serve lasagnia for dinner, per his sisters request. he then asked for the time for when dinner would be served, he noted that he had some more time to kill and decided to check things out, he noticed his father but Bambietta were nowhere to be seen in the large tent, but Ichigo decided to go over to Ulrik and his father who were talking.

"Dad? Have you seen Bambi?" Ichigo asked Isshin.

"She went over to your bedroom." Isshin said as he looked at Ichigo.

"I see, Ulrik, I will be taking a walk soon, have four guards prepared for me, I want you to stay here and guard them." Ichigo said as he headed over to his bedroom tent.

"At once your majesty! If you'd excuse me my lord." Ulrik said as he turned to find two guards.

Once Ichigo had entered his room he noticed how startled Bambietta was when she heard the tent door open, she had quickly tried to cover herself but realized it was Ichigo and continued with what she was doing, Ichigo looked at her wondering what she was doing but realized she was changing from pants to a skirt, once she dropped the cover Ichigo noticed her black lace panties, which he thought did look good.

"Enjoying what you see Ichi?" Bambietta asked as she knew Ichigo was peeking.

"How can I not when the worlds most beautiful woman is standing in front of me?" Ichigo said with a chuckle, noticing that Bambietta didn't expect that response as she blushed deeply.

"So, no more prudish Ichigo huh?" Bambietta asked with amusement as she were about to put her skirt on.

"I've never been a prude..." Ichigo tried to say in his defence.

"Haha yeah right." Bambietta said with a good laugh as she had fastened her skirt.

"It's true!" Ichigo said in his defence.

"That's a lie." Bambietta said with an amused tone as she sat down on the bed, preparing her stockings.

"It's not!" Ichigo said as he looked at Bambietta's smooth legs.

"Yeah yeah... Like what you see? It's not nice to peek to much you know." Bambietta said as she noticed how he was looking at her legs.

"I'm not peeking." Ichigo said.

"Then what are you doing then?" Bambietta asked as she put on her right stocking.

"Observing." Ichigo responded, causing Bambietta to laugh slightly.

"Alright, you are observing then." Bambietta said as she put on the last stocking.

Ichigo looked around his bedroom tent for the first time, since he was to focused on Bambietta he didn't even notice how his room was put up, it had a king sized bed, with carpet flooring, and a bathtub in it with water, and from the looks of it the bathtub had water temperature regulation, and there were some lights using power and a heater since the nights could be cold.

"It's funny really, I thought you had a fetish on stockings?" Bambietta asked lowly as she went over to Ichigo and took him into a hug.

"It's not a fetish, I just find it very very sexy." Ichigo responded as he kissed her forehead.

"Well, you're right about that." Bambietta said as she embraced Ichigo.

"Anyways, would you like to take a walk with me?" Ichigo asked, causing Bambietta to look at him.

"A walk?" Bambietta asked curiously.

"Truthfully I found some people, looks like nobility, they acted kind of suspicious, I wanted to find out who they are." Ichigo responded, causing Bambietta to narrow her eyes.

"Alright, let me just get my boots." Bambietta said as she went over to put on her boots.

"And bring that with you aswell." Ichigo said as he pointed at something on the table, which caused Bambietta to look slightly confused but she didn't bother to question why he wanted that with him.

Rukon Arena (Lesser Nobility Grounds)

Ichigo and Bambietta along with four K.G guards that followed them were looking around in the grounds that contained the lesser noble houses, it was a bit further away from the Quincy encampment, but Ichigo had made an arrangement where they would be told when dinner was about to be ready. For now Ichigo wanted to look around, it was still around day time so he had some time to search.

Bambietta had heard the description of the people and was looking with Ichigo, the four K.G guards were also keeping an eye open, Ichigo noticed some people looking at his little party, some looked at Ichigo with awe and some were intimidated, either by Ichigo or the gasmasks and barets his bodyguards wore. Regardless Ichigo didn't care, he was just focused on one task for now.

Eventually he found the Kasumioji tent close by and nearly bumped into Kenryu.

"Your majesty." Kenryu said as he bowed respectfully, before Shu with two elders appeared.

"Ahh Ichigo-san." Shu said as he noticed Ichigo.

"Shu-sama, he is an emperor and should be addressed as such." One of the elders said.

"Ahhh, I'm so sorry your majesty." Shu said as he respectfully bowed, causing Ichigo to chuckle a bit.

"Don't worry about it, he can call me whatever he likes." Ichigo said to the elder.

"Of course your majesty." The elder said with a respectful bow.

"So what brings you here? It is only lesser nobility that is placed here." Shu said.

"I...Well... I'm searching for someone." Ichigo said, figuring it couldn't be any harm in trying to find some clues.

"If I may be so bold as to inquire of whom you seek?" Kenryu asked.

Ichigo told them of what he saw earlier and used it as grounds of suspicions. He explained in detail the sigil he saw, he had hoped that some from the Kasumioji family could give some clue.

"Ahh yes, that sound like the Uramadani family crest." One of the elders said.

"You know of them?" Bambietta asked.

"Yes we do, they are one of the bigger families in gold mining, and the head family of the complaining department if I may say so." One of the elders said.

"How come?" Ichigo inquired.

"After the war many lesser noble houses were left in economic ruin, the Uramadani family is no exception, to ensure economy quickly in the short run they took on heafty loans, big ones at that too, we all thought that they would be fine with the debt they have but then you Quincy came along and started to undersell them, and offered more in gold and resources. Leaving the family in a massive debt and economic ruin, of all the families to complain on trading, they are at the first row, they have even become very desperate, the family does have a lot of children, and are using them for marrige alliances to ensure economic safety, 13 children in total, in which 4 are yet to be engaged." One of the elders responded.

Ichigo perked his ear up at the mention of marrige alliances, he did recall their nods of agreement, and their intensive stares once Yuzu and Karin came out, that's when it dawned on Ichigo on what they were possibly talking about, and did he like it? Not one bit! He'd have their heads mounted on spikes before he would ever allow Yuzu and Karin to be forcibly married.

"I see..." Ichigo said calmly, though everyone saw that he was furious.

"Something wrong?" Bambietta asked.

"I got a good feeling that they were studying my sisters... They came out to me when I noticed them staring intensively towards us!" Ichigo said with internal rage.

"I see..." Bambietta said.

"It is a possibility that they want to have an arranged marrige with the Wandenreich." Kenryu responded with a frown, knowing Ichigo would dislike hearing those words.

"I see, thank you for your aid, it is really appreciated." Ichigo said respectfully.

"Not at all, we owe you a lot." Shu said.

"Friends help each others out, it's only natural." Ichigo said.

"We can assure you due to his majesty's friendship with the Kasumioji family, the Kasumioji family has the Wandenreich's full support in any matter necessary." Bambietta said.

"Fully agreed." Ichigo said with a smile, causing the elders, Kenryu and Shu to be quite happy with their relationship with the Wandenreich.

"We thank you your majesty on behalf of the Kasumioji family." One of the elders said as he bowed in respect.

"If you would excuse us, we have to get back to our grounds, feel free to come by at any time." Ichigo said.

"Of course, thank you." Shu said as Ichigo left.

Just as Ichigo and his little party had gotten a bit further away, heading towards the encampment belonging to the Quincy, he noticed several people, with a quite familiar sigil, and it was more then just one, who was standing there, just watching him.

'Speak of the devil.' Ichigo thought as he noticed them.

Eventually the bald man approached Ichigo once he got a bit closer, and he didn't like the look of this, as it appeared he now had to converse with them in order to maintain a respectful appearance.

"Good morning your majesty, I am Amori Konubaki, personal assistant to lord Tozuma Uramadani, our lord would like to speak with you." Amori said to Ichigo as he approached him.

"I see, and where can I find your lord?" Ichigo asked as he looked at Amori.

Amori pointed towards one of the tents, and guided Ichigo towards it, Ichigo knew what this would be all about, and he was hell bent on one thing, and that was to make sure they never asked for an arranged marrige from the Wandenreich ever again. As soon as Ichigo entered the tent the Uramadani guards wanted to keep the K.G and Bambietta away from Ichigo, but Ichigo didn't allow it.

"The grand mistress and the guards will accompany me, that is a point of no discussion." Ichigo said with a tone filled with authority.

"Very well your majesty." Amori said as the guards and bambietta were permitted to enter.

Once Ichigo got into the tent he noticed the edo era design on the furniture, though the tent wasn't as big as his, it was quite big, and a man with brown hair, green eyes, dressed in a black Kimono, he looked to be around the middle ages but Ichigo figured he was probably hundreds of years old. He motioned for Ichigo to sit down infront of him, Bambietta stood in the middle grounds between Ichigo and the entrance, while the guards took up positions to best guard Ichigo while the elders stood at the side of their lord.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, Emperor of the Wandenreich, king of the Quincy, and probably the strongest person in existance. I must say your reputation precedes you." Tozuma said as he studied Ichigo.

"Thank you, and you are some lord I've never heard about until recently, your reputation probably precedes you to I guess... I don't know." Ichigo said nonchalantly as he looked at Tozuma with a bored expression, though Ichigo could sense Bambietta trying to hold in some laughs.

"I'm not surprised, we aren't amongst the 4 great houses, but considering what you just said I presume you have heard of us recently yes?" Tozuma said to Ichigo as he looked straight at him.

"I did, though the only thing I know is how much you have in debt, and how much you are trying to fix arranged marriges for economic support." Ichigo responded as he frowned at Tozuma.

"I see, right on the point then, I have a son who has yet to be married and-" Tozuma said before Ichigo cut him off.

"I must politely refuse." Ichigo responded, shocking everyone except his guards and Bambietta.

"I beg your pardon?" Tozuma asked Ichigo with a scowl.

"You are pardoned! And I will not fix an arranged marriage for anyone in my family and that decision is final!" Ichigo responded.

"How dare you!? This is an insult to our great family and who-" One younger elder tried to say but was cut off.

"LIKE HOW YOU INSULT ME!?" Ichigo yelled out in fury, with eyes that reflected a thundering storm, that struck fear into the elders when they looked at Ichigo as he intimidated them through fear into shutting up.

"I will not disrespect my sisters wishes, and throw away parts of my own personal pride for your sake, my sisters are not objects that can be sold off like some livestock! And I will not permit you to treat them as such or speak of them as such!" Ichigo responded with a stern but calm voice, effectively taking dominance over the conversation.

"I suppose the Wandenreich has a high tolerance for womens wishes." Tozuma said as he looked at Ichigo, despite his best attempts to hide it, he couldn't deny that Ichigo was intimidating at this moment.

"That we do." Ichigo responded honestly.

"But yet you are not in the Wandenreich anymore, you are now in the Soul Society, and you surely know better, we have already started the preparations, and we want the black haired one." Tozuma said as he handed over a preperations list to Ichigo, something that ticked Bambietta and Ichigo off, and seeing the smirks on the elders faces didn't help either, but Ichigo had one thing that the Soul Society did not.

"No I'm not, but that doesn't matter as long as my answer remain. The preparations you are doing are all for naught, because this marriage will never happen." Ichigo replied, trying to remain calm.

"We can make it so that my son goes to the Wandenreich with your sister, and they can get to know each other better." Tozuma said.

"That is called a semi-arranged marriage... Still an arranged marriage, and still refused." Ichigo responded openly.

"I can see that the uncertainty of an arranged marriage makes you uncomfortable, then let me remove it for you! If you refuse to marry your sister to my son, I will ensure she doesn't leave here with you, one way or another this marriage will happen!" Tozuma said, causing Bambietta to be pissed and the guards to be on alert, while Ichigo frowned.

"Then what?" Ichigo asked Tozuma.

"What do you mean?" Tozuma asked.

"Surely you cannot be that stupid, you just threatened with abducting my sister." Ichigo replied.

"I'm not threatening, I'm warning you!" Tozuma replied seriously.

"And then what?" Ichigo asked again.

"Can you specify?" One of the elders asked.

"Alright, I'll specify for you! The Soul Society's military might is at rock bottom, while the Wandenreich still has 11.7 million soldiers, you are aware of that fact right?" Ichigo asked.

"We are fully aware." Another elder replied.

"And you are aware that my soldiers are at your very doorstep as we speak right?" Ichigo asked.

"We are aware of the reinforcements from the Wandenreich, what does that have to do with anything?" Tozuma asked.

"You really are an idiot..." Ichigo replied.

"What?.." Tozuma asked.

"You abducted my sister, do you really think that the Wandenreich would let that go without consequences?" Ichigo asked.

"What are you supposed to be able to do about?" The elder asked amused.

"Simple, you kidnap my sister, You start a war, and the laughter you are having now will quickly be turned to screams as I force you to watch your men, women and children butchered by the hands of my soldiers and your entire house and bloodline burned to the ground." Ichigo replied with a stern voice.

"We have a seki-seki wall to protect us against any intrusion, and the army you have here can be dealt with." The elder replied amused.

"Very well then, try it!" Ichigo replied.

"We just might do that." The elder said.

"Try it, I dare you! It will be the last thing you ever do!" Ichigo replied as he turned to leave.

Ichigo heard the elders laugh at Ichigo but he didn't care, he looked at Bambietta before she pulled out something from her pocket, a voice recorder. Ichigo had ordered the entire meeting to be recorded, not that Bambietta needed a voice recorder because the radios the guards wore had inbuilt voice recorders in case it was needed in an investigation or something, so it was recorded and the guards had already saved it and as a result it was saved inside the Silbern vault database!

Just the threats alone were grounds to start a war, but Ichigo had no intention of starting one, so he decided to keep it a little secret for now, as they left towards the Quincy encampment. Regardless Ichigo had more reason to smirk and laugh then they did, for they were unaware of certain things Ichigo already had ensured.

Rukon Arena (Quincy Grounds)

Ichigo had just entered with Bambietta, dinner was almost ready and Ichigo were starting to get hungry, He noticed that his cousins had gotten their uniforms, much to his happiness since they would be representing the Wandenreich, Kaien and Ganju wore a standars trench coat with the Quincy shirt, along with boots, and a medal that showed their status as royals, just like everyone else had in the family, while Miyako wore a trenchcoat with a long skirt, and Kukaku wore a trench coat with pants and shoes.

"Ichi-nii? Where have you been?" Karin asked.

"Just outside looking around, nothing special really." Ichigo replied, though he knew there was a possibility that she figured he was lying.

"Hmm... Okey." Karin said as she didn't poke into it any further.

Ichigo noticed that the servants were approaching with their food prepared, they sat down on at the table and began to eat, enjoying a family time, even though Inoue was there she was almost a part of it, and a highly respected individual that was more then welcome to their table, and if she did marry Uryu she would be part of the family through marriage aswell.

Fort Karakura outskirts.

***Some moments later***

The two men had just gotten backup, their orders, take the fort! They were lent a regiment of 5000 men to take it. Little did they know about the true number of Quincies on the fort.

"Alright... Commence the attack!" The brown haired person said.

The fullbringers went into the offensive, trying to charge the walls, some of the jumped up and created reishi platforms to charge from the air and open the gate, before they knew it however an alarm sounded that sounded quite similar to an air raid siren, to their shock, the fullbringers in the air were surrounded by blue reishi bullets.

The reishi bullets had caught them completely of guard, injuring or killing almost the entire air unit in a matter of seconds, the blue haired person looked on as the air assault unit got slaughtered,

Suddenly several arrows were noticed, large ones at that too, the impaled several men fairly quickly and with terrifying ease, they didn't see where it came from but it came from somewhere.

"Damn it, they expected us, RETREAT!" The brown haired person said as he tried to ease the pain on his arm.

However much to their dismay, the horizon started to glow blue, and so did the sky, the blonde woman look at it and noticed that it was a barrier, that had trapped them inside. She woman tried to open a gateway but found herself unable to do so for unknown reasons to her, which in reality was caused by the Quincy jamming and them jamming any possible gateway whatsoever, regardless if it was a Senkaimon, Gate of the sun or Garganta or anything else, as their radar and jamming was already fully functional and the defences were almost fully prepared, both the jamming and the barrier had made a seperate dimension of their own.

The blonde woman jumped into the air in an attempt to storm the Fort, but what she didn't expect was to run right infront of a HARs launcher that had already taken aim, and all five barrels fired at her, she tried to dodge but noticed that the arrows were following here like guided missiles, and then they multiplied, more and more.

*Splash*

The brown haired person noticed that all that was left of his blonde companion was just her blood, her body had been completely annihilated from the amount of arrows that shot her, there wasn't even a hairstraw left of her, only blood. The blue haired person ran up to a tree and climbed it, trying to get a better look, and then he saw the amount of soldiers the Quincy had here and the amount of firepower they had, he looked at his brown haired companion and quickly ran towards him.

He told him what he saw and the brown haired person frowned.

'Damn, we are outgunned, outpowered and outnumbered and cut off with no way out.' The brown haired fullbringer said inwardly.

He looked at his blue haired companion for a while before blood hit his face, the brown haired person's eyes widened at this, as he noticed that his companion had been hit in the stomach by a HARs launcher, just as he looked at the battlements of the fort, he noticed several blue pillars of reishi flame, when he felt the reiatsu, he noticed it, despite their training not being finished yet, they were here.

The sternritter had arrived.

Emmerich (J), Cappadox (P), Xander (K), Schwanhild (L) and Yorick (Q) had been dispatched, since they were doing the best in training, it was decided to send them out to respond.

"My, my, it looks like lawbreakers are everywhere." Emmerich said with amusement.

"Hah, guess I'll have some fun after all." Xander said with a laugh.

"This should be amusing." Cappadox said with joy.

"Our orders are to capture, not kill!" Yorick said.

Rukon Arena (Quincy Grounds)

***Some moments later***

As they were having fun talking the phone rang Bambietta went over and picked it up for Ichigo since she was closest, they all waited for Bambietta to be finished with the phone call, by now the Kuchikis, Yamamoto, Ukitake and Kyoraku had also arrived to visit their Quincy allies, as they all spoke and laugh and had a good time.

"I see, good job, have them brought to Silbern!" Bambietta said into the phone as she hung up.

"5000 fullbringer soldiers tried to attack Fort Karakura just recently, the attack was thwarted and no casulties on our end, 3859 fullbringers were killed and the rest injured or captured. The entire unit was annihilated with no one returning to whereever the hell they are." Bambietta said.

Everyone widened their eyes in surprise, no one expected an attack at this moment, but for now it didn't matter, they had won a nice strategic victory.

"A strategic victory indeed, I must say!" Ginrei added in.

"Indeed." Yamamoto said.

"So we have some fullbringers to interrogate, do we have someone of importance?" Ichigo asked.

"Eye witnesses say that one officer was annihilated by the HARs, evidently only blood remains of her, nothing else as the system destroyed her entire body." Bambietta said.

Yuzu and Hisana were shocked, hearing that something like that happened wasn't something you'd normally want to hear.

"Furthermore, we have an officer in critical condition after being hit by a HARs launcher, and one with major injuries on his arm after being hit by an explosion from the forementioned HARs launcher, evidently they are high ranking, their reiatsu levels seem to be on par with that of a captains, I guess the only way our soldiers caught them was with the element of surprise on them due to our radars." Bambietta said.

"I see, well this should be interesting." Ichigo said.

"They are bound with seki-seki bands and handcuffs and locked in a cell in the tower, while recieving medical care, as for the regular grunts they are being transported to prison facilities outside Silbern city." Bambietta said.

"Good, I'd like the A.N.U to interrogate them as soon as possible." Ichigo said as he looked at Inoue.

"Okey." Bambietta said.

"Quite soon, but we can let the dark cells break them a bit first, easier to have them come clean later." Ichigo said.

"Well, atleast your battle ended in victory." Ukitake said.

"Have there been any news on your end?" Ichigo asked.

"Nothing of the sort, no unusual activity whatsoever." Kyoraku stated.

"Regardless there is no need for any of you to stand over there, prepare some wine and ensure that our guests have something to drink." Ichigo said.

"You really enjoyed that wine didn't you?" Isshin asked.

"Good taste on it." Ichigo responded.

As soon as Kyoraku and the other Shinigami sat down several glasses were put on the large table and the servants came out with some wine, the all took some sips of it and agreed on one thing.

"Just as delicious as I remember." Ginrei said.

"This is indeed some fine wine." Byakuya said.

"My my, perhaps I should pay a visit into your wine cellar?" Kyoraku said with a little laugh.

"Indeed, the taste is marvelous." Yamamoto said.

"Didn't know the Wandenreich had this good wine, perhaps I should move there?" Kaien said amused.

"Just pack your bags and come whenever you want to." Ichigo said nonchalantly.

"That also reminds me, Kukaku and I spoke during our trip here, the Shiba family is considering moving to the Wandenreich with your permission." Masaki said.

"I don't have a problem with that, not at all." Ichigo said.

When Ichigo said that all was fine for the Shiba family Kyoraku felt a little uneasy, the Shiba family was the fireworks experts of the Soul Society, they had the only equipment that was functionable to send the zero division up to the royal realm, and now they wanted to move, Kyoraku cursed his luck for it.

Furthermore Kyoraku knew he was in no position to deny them since they were blood related to the Kurosaki family, if they had been nobility then they could have been stuck in the Soul Society, being unable to leave but that was no longer the case as their family fell down from status, any attempts to have them remain in the Soul Society by force would cause immense problems they could not afford.

"And when will they want to move?" Bambietta asked.

"Kukaku wanted to speak with you regarding it but it looks like the issue has been forgotten." Masaki said.

"I see then I'll-" Ichigo said before he was cut off.

"Is it appropriate to move after the tournament?" Kukaku said as she suddenly entered the tent with Yoruichi behind her.

"I don't mind at all." Ichigo said as he took another sip of his wine.

"Started drinking without us? My my that's not nice." Yoruichi said teasingly.

"Well we wanted to enjoy the moment before you two drunkards came in and tore the tent down." Ichigo responded, causing Isshin, Ukitake, Kyoraku and kaien to laugh.

"Aww don't be like that little Ichigo." Yoruichi said mockingly.

"I was just joking, have a seat." Ichigo said.

Once the two sat down on the last chairs and got their cups and wine, they tasted it and Kukaku remarked that she would definitively move to the Wandenreich.

"Now the question remains, should the event continue?" Ukitake asked.

"Huh? What did we miss?" Kukaku asked.

Once the story was told to them they understood why Ukitake asked the question, Yoruichi were surprised since she didn't expect the Quincy to be attacked, and for everyone present it was obvious that war would take place sooner or later if this kept up.

"I see, so the Wandenreich has gotten attacked in the world of the living, what about the Shinigami stationed in the world of the living?" Yoruichi asked.

"No reports of anything suspicious, and our own radars still have contact with our forces in the world of the living." Kyoraku said.

"I see, so it was only an attack on the Quincy." Yoruichi said.

"But why would people want to attack us?" Yuzu asked.

"Could be many reasons, but we will figure it out soon enough." Ichigo responded.

"Regardless the event should be cancelled." Byakuya said.

"Why?" Ichigo asked as he looked at Byakuya.

"If the fullbringers attacks us here, the nobles will all be caught in the middle, it's to dangerous." Byakuya said.

"So you'd rather let our enemies waddle about while we know nothing of their intentions, nothing about them, or where they are, when we have a golden opportunity right here?" Ichigo asked.

"I think this is the best choice Ichigo, you already have ample of-" Rukia responded before Ichigo cut her off.

"The prisoners might have limited knowledge in comparison to the forces sent here, we have over 300 captain level fighters at this arena if you include my royal guard while they have just lost a whole regiment of soldiers, and you want to turn your back towards them and show weakness when it is vital for you to show strength in the dire predicament you currently find yourself in? What you are suggesting is madness and stupidity both militarily and politically since all you are doing is saying that the wolves can come and rip you apart." Ichigo responded.

"What do you mean by that?" Hisana asked Ichigo.

"Simple, surely the fullbringers aren't the only ones with a grudge against the Soul Society, you turn your back against the problem by running away from it, like you are suggesting in this case by evacuating the nobles rather then to confront the issue directly you will only transform yourself from a lion to a sheep that just turned your backs towards the wolf flock, and once your back is fully turned those wolves will charge and they will dig their fangs in and rip you apart until there is nothing left of you or the Soul Society." Ichigo responded.

"What are you saying Ichigo!? Are you saying that we should put the nobles in harms way!?" Rukia asked in shock.

"Hmm... Ichigo is right..." Yamamoto said after thinking about Ichigo said.

"How so?" Rukia asked.

"In the past Soul Society has always faced it's problems head on, if that changes now, it would show great weakness and that could be the end of the Soul Society as we know, every enemy we have might learn it, and they will all attack at once like a wolf flock." Yamamoto said, silencing the Shinigami.

"Exactly, and every time you show weakness we have to act on it, to show that you atleast have strength through an alliance, but what good is our alliance if our allies portrays itself as weak and opens itself for attacks at every turn? What good is the Soul Society to the Wandenreich in that state?" Ichigo asked the Shinigami directly.

"So you're saying that we aren't any good to you?" Rukia asked.

"Lieutenant Kuchiki, you seem to be completely misunderstanding what is being said here by Ichigo." Yamamoto said.

Rukia just looked at Yamamoto, realizing he had taken Ichigo's words into another sense.

"What Ichigo is saying is that once we show weakness the Wandenreich will be forced to act on it, to prove for us that we are not weak because of our alliance, but it would also prove that the Wandenreich has a weak ally in itself, an unreliable one at that too, while our enemies will try to attack us, the Wandenreich will be forced to stop the attacks for us while we do nothing and avoid conflict using our allies, which would in the end cost the Wandenreich more then it's worth keeping their alliance, since the alliance in that state would be one sided, and we are unreliable allies. That would force the Wandenreich to break off their alliance with us and leave us for the wolves to feast on for their own sakes, every alliance works two ways, if we show weakness now we only show that our alliance works one way, and that is something Ichigo cannot allow because it would reflect badly on his decisions as an emperor since he would look like a fool infront of his people, while the Wandenreich would be humiliated because of it." Yamamoto said to Rukia.

"Precisely, we can't have allies that would just become a liability for us." Ichigo said as he looked at Rukia.

"Well that is true... Alright you win Ichigo-kun, the event will continue, however if the worst comes to the worst, can I entrust the Wandenreich's support in medical aid to the injured and military support should it be needed?" Kyoraku asked.

"I can assure you that we already have forces and medics ready to move out at a moments notice." Ichigo responded.

"Alright then, there won't be an issue at all." Kyoraku said.

"But enough of that matter for now, let's enjoy ourselves and forget all the problems for tonight." Ichigo said as he took his glass up in the air.

"I'll drink to that!" Yoruichi said.

"A wise idea." Ginrei said as he took his own glass in the air.

Everyone took their glasses into the air, except Yuzu and Karin who were too young to drink, so they got soda. They all enjoyed the night, laughing, drinking and eventually music where brought in by the Kuchiki family and they were joined by three more, two of whom looked exhausted.

"Renji, Kisuke, Chad? I haven't seen you all day, where have the three of you been? I thought you would be riding with the Shihoin family?" Ichigo asked.

"We left a bit earlier, Chad and I have been training in the meantime a bit further away." Renji responded.

"I see, come on join in and relax, we're having the time of our lives here." Ichigo said as he invited them to join in on the fun.

"I can see that, alright then." Renji said as Ichigo waved to the servants and they got their drinks, while Chad sat down besides Uryu, Renji sat down besides Rukia and Kisuke went over to Kukaku and Yoruichi.

But of course with Kyoraku, Yoruichi and Kukaku stronger drinks were necessary and it didn't take long for people to start to get drunk. And it wasn't only inside the Quincy tent where people were having fun, all along the arena grounds laughter and loud voices were heard, and most people in the lesser nobility were drunk already. Eventually Bambietta sat down on Ichigo's lap, embracing him as she felt the need to cuddle.

However, they both noticed something else, that they weren't the only ones cuddling, Hisana and Byakuya were showing more affection towards each other, Masaki and Isshin, Inoue and Uryu, Kaien and Miyako, but the ones that surprised Ichigo and Bambietta were the two they were looking at that were discreetly cuddling when people weren't looking, namely Renji and Rukia.

"Didn't know you two were a couple." Ichigo said as he looked at them.

Rukia and Renji blushed, realizing they were caught, hoping that no one heard Ichigo say it.

"Shhh, be quiet about that!" Rukia said to Ichigo, causing Ichigo to raise an eyebrow.

"Rukia, if you think me and Byakuya haven't noticed you are surely mistaken." Ginrei said with a little bit of amusement to his voice.

Hisana looked at Rukia and Renji and noticed they held hands, a small smile crept up on her face as she was happy that her sister had found someone to love.

"Well would you look at that, Rukia got a boyfriend." Kaien said amused.

"Congratulations." Miyako said as she smiled at Rukia.

The two of them blushed deeply, realizing the cat was out of the bag.

"Nii-sama, is it okay if Renji and I are dating?" Rukia asked her brother.

"Rukia, I married your sister out of love! It would be hypocritical of me not to permit you the same possibility! Even if it is only the thing you call dating at the moment." Byakuya responded, he knew what dating was since he was always having "visits" from Yoruichi when he was younger which was actually unwanted education visits.

Rukia and Renji were both happy for the blessing they had recieved, no longer having to do things secretly anymore, the cat could finally get out of the bag for them. Ichigo called a toast to the new couple in the group, and wished them happiness and joy, which everyone toasted to.

The party lasted for several hours until bed time arrived, and everyone where going to bed, or sleeping outside, depending on how drunk you really were, luckily Ichigo was already in his tent and the servants actually had to escort him to his bed since he had trouble walking, which showed when he walked over to Ulrik to let him enter his inner world for training, which took 5 minutes in total for Ulrik to master his ephitet in real time, though Ichigo knew that a minute in real time were a year in his inner world, so it would be more precise to say that it took 5 years.

The same could be said for Bambietta since she bumped into almost everything and everyone, once they were in their bedroom tent they just tossed their clothes onto the carpet and jumped into bed, where they cuddled and kissed, ready to take it one step further until they just blacked out from the alcohol intake and fell asleep almost instantly. Getting ready for the duels tomorrow, however they weren't used to drinking so tomorrow would definitively be a bitch to their heads and stomachs.

To be continued

A/N: Alright so I didn't find a proper way to add Chad into the story since he is always a silent character in comparison to others, usually just being idle, but I managed to find a part for him regardless but only a small scene, and to further add to it I honestly didn't find a part for him to play either.

So how will this tournament go? What is going to happen next? Who will the fights be with? Who will be dueling? And will the fullbringers make an appearance? Stay tuned! :D