Disclaimer: I do not own bleach! All credits go to Tite Kubo
Rukon Arena (Interior)
***Quincy Stand***
Ichigo had just sat down on the stand that formerly belonged to the Shiba household, each high nobility house had their own stands, of course the Shiba family was exiled from the Seireitei and lost their status so the stand would be given to the Kurosaki-Shiba family, as they were now royalty, the stand was large, enough to have several elders placed on it beside the family members, the stand functioned as a room in a way with two wings.
As it had a roof, since the center of the arena were open with no roof, and the stand was almost on the battle ground, as it provided a better view for them, It was also protected by barriers to ensure their safety and that no attack could harm the people inside the stand, even though the arena had a protective wall almost 20 meters tall surrounding the battle ground, so Ichigo had to look down regardless as he was 20 meters above the ground, Ichigo figured that this arena was old, since it wasn't inside the Seireitei, and it was also open for the general public,
The first wing was on the right side of Ichigo as he he sat in the middle of the stand, was some sort of area where guards and servants were stationed, Ichigo's servants had put up counters and ovens, and more kitchen stuff, so that the royal family, Bambietta and Uryu could get cold drinks, hot meals, snacks and so on, that way they didn't have to starve themselves to death for the next nine hours they would be there, though there would be occasional breaks.
The 9th division, Hisagi Shuhei in particular had a field day for the Seireitei bulletin as the chief of the press regarding Ichigo's arrival, wanting comments on everything and the rest of the press unit actually had to be held back by the guards, Ichigo did say a couple of words to them but regarding who would win and lose he just said "No comment!" and tried to make it to the stand before the matches started.
They even recorded Ichigo using cameras, being broadcasted directly to the Wandenreich and the Seireitei for those who were there, as a live broadcast, Ichigo was surprised that no one got strangulated considering how hard they pushed just to get close to him, but of course the media was the media, and no one could change that, even if Ichigo wished they would have been a bit more considerate and not trying to stand on him.
Having been served some more water for his hangover, and some snacks to chew on, he was content, Bambietta was sitting right next to him on her own chair with Uryu on the left, while Ichigo's family sat in the second wing of the stand along with chad, on Ichigo's left side, to explain it in detail Ichigo's chamber was round, with the two wings as rectangle rooms, though there were no walls or doors seperating them so they could easily see each other and speak with each other, Bambietta sat down on a chair alongside Uryu provided from the Quincy encampment, while Ichigo had manifested his comfortable throne to polish his ass on, it's true, it was padded and all with pillows, very comfortable for Ichigo to sit on.
It was about about 8 minutes until the matches began, and people were starting to get seated, on the first row was the high nobility stands, seperated from the regular stands where captains and other officers, lesser nobility along with their elders and central 46 sat, as the stands were inaccessable from the stands, as a protective measure against any threat, on the second row where the people who could afford a better seat, and the third row, were free and everyone could be there, though the view and sound was a bit bad.
The first row were protected from the second and third rows since they were commoners or lower ranking soldiers, the whole arena was filled, people excited for the matches, Ichigo was a bit excited himself to be honest, and he did fail to hide that, which everyone picked up on, Ichigo looked around and noticed that the stand on his right belonged to the Kuchiki family and the stand to the left belonged to the Shihoin family, were Kisuke was with Yoruichi, and Rukia with her family aswell.
Ichigo thought about inviting the sternritter, but they had training to do, and furthermore Ichigo wanted to invite the other chancellors, but they had to rule the empire in his absence though they could watch over the tv, and there was also the fullbringers, wanting to have the army ready it was better to have the higher ups in the Wandenreich, even if the grand mistress and himself along with a chancellor and the royal family were in the Soul Society, Inoue had decided to help the 4th division with medical care, so she would be in the medical ward watching the matches instead, per the request of Isane, so she wasn't present either.
"I guess you are more excited then everyone here." Bambietta said with a smirk.
"It's that obvious huh?" Ichigo said as he looked at her behind his throne.
"A bit obvious." Bambietta said.
"Who do you think will win, between Rukia and Toshiro?" Uryu said.
"Hard to say, they both have the same Zanpakuto element, having the same element means having the same strength and weaknesses in it, namely heat and cold, Rukia is a compatible combatant, but so is Toshiro." Ichigo said as he pondered the match.
"I guess so." Uryu said.
"What are you saying my idiot son!? Toshiro will win, he was trained by me personally!" Isshin said with a sense of pride.
"Huuuh!? The hell are you saying you old fart!? Rukia was trained by me! There is no way in hell she'll lose to your student!" Kaien retorted.
Ichigo sweatdropped at this, figuring this was a internal family duel now, their prides hanging on the line, The argument was heard by the Kuchiki and Shihoin family despite the noise around the arena, Rukia realized her mentor would be watching, and above the Kuchiki stands were the captains, and head captain, Ukitake sat with Yamamoto behind Kyoraku alongside Nanao, and they heard it aswell.
***The Captains Position***
"Hahaha, they're both as energetic as always." Ukitake said with a laugh.
"I must say." Kyoraku said with a chuckle as he tipped his hat to cover his eyes.
"It's a mentor pride that they are both feeling, refusing to lose towards each other, I presume that the Quincies are eager for that match." Yamamoto said.
"It looks that way Yama-jii." Kyoraku said.
***Kuchiki Stand***
"That man seems to be rooting for you." Hisana said smilingly.
"It is to be expected Hisana, Kaien Shiba is Rukia's former lieutenant and mentor, he trained her personally, while Isshin trained Captain Hitsugaya personally, so it appears that the Quincy side is having an internal rivalry over it." Ginrei said.
"Indeed, It was also the match the other Quincies present looked so much forwards too, emperor Ichigo especially." Byakuya said.
"Is that so? Then you'd better not disappoint them Rukia, do not care about the result, just do your best." Ginrei said.
"I will grandfather." Rukia said.
"Aren't the Shiba family a noble house? What are their relations with the Wandenreich? I never asked." Hisana said.
Byakuya began his explanation to his wife, starting how they fell from nobility and got exiled, until they reached royalty because of Ichigo.
***Shihoin Stand***
"Oh my, they are in a good mood today." Kisuke said.
"Hah, gotta give it to Isshin and Kaien to fight over this, not surprising given their history with the two combatants." Yoruichi said as she chuckled.
"Kaien trained Rukia didn't he?" Yushiro said.
"He did, and Isshin trained Toshiro, so I guess it's an internal rivalry over it now." Yoruichi said as she looked at her younger brother.
"I see, well it should be interesting, I understand why the Quincies are so worked up on it." Yushiro said.
"It's a match that's most difficult to predict, given that Rukia was also trained by the zero division." Kisuke said.
***Quincy Stand***
"Would you two be quiet? People are staring!" Karin said sternly and annoyed.
"Sorry, but you would root for your boyfriend wouldn't you?" Isshin asked Karin.
"What?..." Masaki asked, danger rising in her voice.
"He isn't my boyfriend, it's just something dad imagines mom." Karin said.
"But you do want him riiiiight?" Isshin asked in eternal joy.
"None of your business goat-chin!" Karin said as she punched her father.
"Ichi-nii, what kind of duels will be here?" Karin asked her brother.
"Fights." Ichigo said as he looked at Karin.
"Fights? Like wrestling or?" Karin asked.
"Sword fights and fights using Kido and so on." Ichigo responded.
"Guess this field will be bloody once the day is over." Uryu said.
"I'm happy I'm not washing it away." Bambietta said nonchalantly.
Yuzu was shocked, Masaki was stunned, Karin on the other hand didn't really care much about it, being a bit of tomboy.
"Do you mean they will kill each other?" Yuzu asked.
"No they won't kill each other." Isshin said seriously.
"Then what?" Masaki asked.
"They will fight with weapons and Kido, but they will not fight to kill, just fight to win and for fun." Isshin said as he looked at his wife.
"How can people find this fun?" Yuzu asked.
"Because it's tradition, the romans were no different, and it's a sport." Ichigo said.
"But people might die." Yuzu said.
"True, but it's rare really unless you fight to kill." Ichigo said.
"How do you know that?" Yuzu asked whiningly.
"Because spiritual bodies are more resilient then a human body, it's harder to kill, and tolerates more damage, depending on your reiatsu levels, people will get injured yes, that is why the medical crew is down there beyond that gate, however the odds of dying are slim." Kaien explained to Yuzu.
"It's still brutal." Yuzu said.
"You do not have to be here and watch this if you don't want to Yuzu, no one is forcing you, if you want to stay then stay, if you want to leave then tell the guards and they will escort you, the decision is yours, you do what you feel you want to do." Ichigo said.
"I know, I just never expected a match like this is all." Yuzu said.
"Remember what I told you about the spiritual world Yuzu?" Ichigo asked.
"That it's more brutal, I know." Yuzu said.
"Mhm, and if you ever want out of it, just say so, we aren't going to force anything on either of you." Ichigo said trying to comfort her.
"I know, Thank you onii-chan." Yuzu said as she sat back down, causing Ichigo to wonder if it truly was smart to bring her here.
"Anyways it's starting." Bambietta said as she noticed Kyoraku entering the battle ground.
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the Arena, there is some time since it was last used but now we are here again, and we are happy to have our proud allies with us during this time, and hopefully when we next have a match they will also attend." Kyoraku said as he began his speach and pointed at the Quincies.
Kyoraku began to read out loudly from the letter, who would be fighting who, the first matches was filled with people Ichigo didn't even know, some lower ranking grunts, then it was announced that Ikkaku would fight some random grunt, who dared to challange him. Then it was the turn of Rukia and Toshiro, then it was breaktime, however Kyoraku said something very unexpected, a match that would take place immediately.
"During the break you will be able to stretch out and everything you need, if you are betting then that is the time, food and drinks will be served during the entire tournament of course, however the first name I mentioned for the match are only second in line for the match at hand, there is a pair who will fight before them, that was only added into the list today!" Kyoraku said as people began to wonder who they were.
"Who is he talking about?" Kaien asked.
"Ichi? Where are you going?" Bambietta asked as she watched Ichigo leave after having dispelled his throne.
"Stay here, all of you, I'll be back shortly." Ichigo said.
Uryu looked at Ichigo and noticed something, he noticed Kenpachi standing up and glaring at Ichigo with a menacing smile.
'Oh no he didn't...' Uryu said inwardly as he sweatdropped.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the hero who have saved the Soul Society from Aizen and Yhwach, the man who restored peace between the Shinigami and the Quincy! And as his opponent, The demon of the 11th division! Emperor Ichigo Kurosaki VS Captain Zaraki Kenpachi!" Kyoraku yelled out, causing the entire stadium to gasp before cheering violently, all looking forwards to the match.
"Ichi what the..." Bambietta said as she noticed that Ichigo had already vanished, leaving his cloak behind.
"Ulrik did you know about this!?" Bambietta asked furiously.
"I did, it was his majesty's command to not interfere." Ulrik stated.
"Ichi-nii is participating? NICE!" Karin said as she eagerly watched the battleground.
"Onii-chan! That's reckless!" Yuzu said loudly clearly pissed off.
"THAT'S MY SON!" Isshin said with a huge sense of pride.
"Damn that kid got balls." Kaien said.
"He already defeated Kenpachi once, he can do it again." Kukaku said.
"Really?" Kaien asked shocked.
"He did." Ganju confirmed.
"Isshin..." Masaki said furiously.
"Come on! He will win this easily! CHEER FOR OUR SON!" Isshin yelled out in joy.
***Shihoin Stand***
"Ohh, this was unexpected, but I guess Kurosaki-san has a knack of doing the unexpected." Kisuke said.
"Ohhh... This is a very interesting start." Yourichi said with a huge grin.
***Kuchiki Stand***
"I did not expect that." Byakuya said surprised.
"Neither did I, but it is a match of a lifetime, and a very good start to this." Ginrei said.
"This should be interesting to watch." Rukia said, though she was worried.
"Indeed." Byakuya said.
Silbern Throne Room
Liltotto, Meninas and Candice had decided to watch the matches live, deciding to take a little break, along with the sternritter, and the announcement shocked them, before they eagerly anticipated the match to start, wanting to see their emperor fight the brute.
"Hot damn!" Cappadox said.
"Didn't anticipate this." Emmerich said.
"Damn this will be a good battle." Candice said.
"Hell of way to start it." Liltotto said as she crumped down on snacks.
"Will this be alright?" Meninas asked concerned.
"Of course, it's friendly matches, injuries will happen but that's why they have medics there, regardless of what happens we will treat it as a friendly match, and no consequences will happen, this was his majesty's own decision without a doubt." Liltotto said.
Rukon Arena (Interior)
***Battleground***
Kenpachi came hurdling down in joy and pleasure, waiting for the match to start, Ichigo had flashed down there to fight the brute personally, primarily because he wanted to test out some new abilities he had, and Kenpachi was the best opponent he could ask for, people had quickly run to make bets on who would win and who would lose, it was equal, just as many bet on Ichigo as they bet on Kenpachi.
"Yo Ichigo, I've been waiting for our rematch!" Kenpachi said with a menacing grin.
"Well now you have it." Ichigo said with a smirk, really wanting to fight him now.
"That's the spirit!" Kenpachi said as he grinned for ear to ear.
"Alright, I will just let people get seated before we start." Kyoraku said as he looked at the stadium.
***Quincy Stand***
"Is that the guy Onii-chan will be fighting? He looks scary!" Yuzu said terrified.
"Zaraki Kenpachi, the most dangerous man of the Gotei." Kukaku said.
"The most dangerous? How come?" Karin asked.
Kukaku explained how Kenpachi is, his strength and how he laughs at being cut up and not caring about it, prolonging his battles for the fun of it, many of the things shocked Karin, Yuzu and Masaki, as they were alarmed over the guy Ichigo was going to fight.
"You can't be serious!?" Yuzu asked shocked.
"You'll see." Isshin said seriously.
"Is onii-chan going to be fine?" Yuzu asked with worry.
"Of course he is, Ichi-nii always wins a fight." Karin said nonchalantly.
"How can you be so calm Karin-chan!?" Yuzu asked with worry.
"Because it's Ichi-nii, he knows what he is doing, besides you heard that Ichi-nii has fought this guy before and won right? So there is nothing to worry about." Karin said nonchalantly.
***Battleground***
"Alright, seems like everyone has gotten their seats, the match will stop when I tell you to stop, after that fighting is illegal, if the opponent yield it's over, if the opponent is unable to fight back, it's over, those are the rules, understood?" Kyoraku asked, as he got nods from Ichigo and Kenpachi.
"Alright then, ready?" Kyoraku asked.
"More then you think." Ichigo said with a smirk.
"Let's start the fucking match!" Kenpachi said with a eagerness never heard before.
"Alright, BEGIN!" Kyoraku said as he flashed away.
Ichigo immediately manifested both of his swords as Kenpachi immediately charged at Ichigo, Kenpachi pulled his blade up in the air and struck down with tremendous force, Ichigo dodged it by flashing away, as Kenpachi destroyed the ground with fair ease as his blade hit it.
Ichigo immediately countered and went in for a cut, but kenpachi parried it, causing the earth to shake from the force alone, Ichigo released his smaller blade and moved in to cut Kenpachi around the eye but Kenpachi narrowly dodged it, and was cut right under the eye, before he tried to grab Ichigo but Ichigo flashed away at the last second.
Deciding to try out his new abilities, Ichigo managed to get some distance, and he summoned a Sankt bogen above his head with four arrows, firing them all simultaniously towards Kenpachi, causing the earth to shake the moment they made impact.
Kenpachi was unscathed however as he charged through the dust cloud at massive speed towards Ichigo with a blade aimed to cut Ichigo straight up, Ichigo parried it and ducked down, causing both his blades to follow as Kenpachi cut through the air once Ichigo ducked down, and Ichigo immediately went on the counter offensive, as he cut up Kenpachi's side using his short blade, as he moved towards Kenpachi's back.
Ichigo went for another strike immediately after the second one, the short blade still wasn't out of Kenpachi as the large blade was heading towards Kenpachi's back, the large blade made contact and cut Kenpachi's back open as blood spurted out.
"THAT'S THE SPIRIT! DON'T HOLD BACK ICHIGO!" Kenpachi yelled in joy.
What Kenpachi didn't notice however was that Ichigo still wasn't done, as Ichigo made a 360 turn just as the blade slashed Kenpachi, deciding to use the short blade since that would make contact first Ichigo prepared it to strike.
"Getsuga... Tensho!" Ichigo said as the short blade fired of a getsuga right at Kenpachi's back, hitting just a centimeter above where Ichigo had cut him.
Kenpachi was thrown into the wall at the other side of the battleground with terrifying force, causing surprise amongst the spectators over the perfectly executed attack.
***Quincy Stand***
"That was impressive!" Kaien said with surprise.
"Hot damn." Bambietta said with surprise.
"That's my son!" Isshin said with pride filling him.
"See I told you so." Karin said.
"The match isn't over yet." Kukaku said.
***Shihoin Stand***
"Oho, Nice one." Yoruichi said.
"He still is full of surprises." Kisuke said.
"Wooow." Yushiro said with wide eyes at the scene
***Kuchiki stand***
"I didn't see that one coming, that was a nice one." Ginrei said.
"Parrying Kenpachi's blade and immediately going on the offensive by ducking down and taking the blades with him, freeing up Kenpachi's blades and then using the smaller one he cut open his side, while simultaniously attacking with the larger blade towards his back as he turned his body in conjunction with the larger blade, hitting is back perfectly, and then using the smaller blade to create a getsuga tensho once he is fully turned around, leaving no room to dodge and continous attacks, without stopping, leaving three perfect strikes in less then two seconds, it was a flawlessly executed attack, never expected to see a parry-counter like that." Byakuya said surprised.
"It was amazing." Rukia said in surprise.
"He's a good fighter isn't he?" Hisana asked.
"He is." Byakuya said.
***Battleground***
Ichigo noticed Kenpachi getting up, however he noticed something different, something that surprised Ichigo.
"Drink, Nozarashi!" Kenpachi yelled out as he immediately began to attack, releasing his Shikai and then charged towards Ichigo all the while laughing madly.
Ichigo flashed towards Kenpachi and tried to go in for another strike that hit him in the chest, cutting it open, but Kenpachi didn't care and with his cleaver in the air he brought it down with massive force, Ichigo didn't have time to evade and activated his blut vene to defend himself.
However despite all the defences, Kenpachi still managed to slash Ichigo, causing blood to spill out from the force Kenpachi used, Ichigo thanked his luck for his hierro and blut or his right shoulder would be gone, however Ichigo dispelled his short sword from his right hand and grabbed the cleaver, holding to it tightly, as he decided to try out something new.
"Kirchenlied: Sankt Zwinger!" Ichigo said as he generated a roman numeral with his right hand on the cleaver.
several towering columns of reishi, shaped like the Quincy cross appeared with Ichigo in the center, the ability went in to defend Ichigo, burning and cutting Kenpachi in the process as it tried to tear Kenpachi's body to pieces, but Ichigo had intentionally weakend the ability with the numeral to just injure him severly instead, as Kenpachi was struggling against the ability, Ichigo using his long sword aimed it at Kenpachi and created three arrows and fired right into Kenpachi's stomach.
Kenpachi, decided to step up the battle as he removed his eyepatch, and massive amounts of reiatsu came shooting out of him, Ichigo knew he had to step up aswell and created a new numeral to make the Zankt Swinger more powerful, and it worked, as Kenpachi was still struggling, despite the fact that he was laughing like there was no tomorrow.
Kenpachi noticed that Ichigo's shoulder had already healed, making his joy even better, as he realized that Ichigo possessed instant regeneration, suddenly Ichigo went into the offensive, and pushed Kenpachi away into the wall once more, Kenpachi was undeterred however as he once more went into the offensive, Ichigo disabled Sankt Zwinger and let Kenpachi come to him.
And now a game of hacking and slashing began, as they both slashed at each other, blood pouring out everywhere creating a mess, neither side caring about wounds or pain, Ichigo had even less to care about due to his instant regeneration.
Ichigo cut Kenpachi's arm, Kenpachi cut Ichigo's leg, Ichigo cut Kenpachi's neck, Kenpachi cut Ichigo's forehead, Ichigo cut Kenpachi's chin, Kenpachi cut Ichigo's arm, Ichigo sliced Kenpachi's shoulder, Kenpachi sliced Ichigo's stomach, Ichigo cut through Kenpachi's arm.
It was madness, everyone were stunned and silenced as blood spurted out everywhere, Ichigo's uniform had turned red of blood, just as Kenpachi's haori was, Ichigo's trench coat barely had any white marks left as it was soaked in blood and cuts, and Kenpachi's stomach was so cut open that his intestines were just about to fall out, his chest so cut open that his heart and lungs were visible, and if it weren't for Ichigo's healing ability he would be in the same state.
"LET'S KICK IT UP A NOTCH! BANKAI..." Kenpachi yelled in pleasure, shocking Ichigo, Ichigo was so shocked that he didn't even hear the name of Kenpachi's bankai, he didn't even know that Kenpachi had a bankai.
And there the demon appeared, Ichigo knew he had to finish the battle soon, or this would get nasty, deciding to finish it in the next round Ichigo decided to do unleash a bit of his true strength.
Kenpachi roared at Ichigo, as he charged, showing he was now nothing more then a beast in human form, the massive cleaver struck down on the ground, as Ichigo narrowly dodged it, and then Ichigo put all the power he accumilated into his longsword, and struck Kenpachi with all his might, the ground of the battleground had been torn open everywhere, as a massive dust cloud blocking everyones view appeared.
Everyone was stunned at what had happened, no one knew the outcome, after a while the cloud settled, Kenpachi had once again been blown into the wall, Ichigo figured that was it, but then he heard growling, shocked, Ichigo looked towards Kenpachi and the dust around him cleared, he was nearly without a scratch, which stunned everyone. Ichigo knew this was bad, as Kenpachi attacked once more.
Ichigo now releasing more of his power, fought against Kenpachi as several dust clouds appeared for each strike, blocking the view for everyone, eventually Ichigo knew he had no choice, he decided to attack with more power as he released a fraction of it, hoping not to destroy the stadium and the arena grounds in the process, it was a huge gamble but a necessary one to win.
"Kirchenlied: Sankt Engel!" Ichigo said as a Quincy cross appeared in the air, shooting down a protective barrier around the entire battleground, the ability was much more powerful then blut vene anhaben, as it could endure almost anything thrown at it, depending on the strength of the user, Nanao noticed the strength of the barrier and told Kyoraku, everyone skilled with Kido noticed the strength of the barrier and wondered why Ichigo erected such a powerful barrier.
Once the barrier was in place, Ichigo prepared to strike, Ichigo flashed above Kenpachi as quick as he could, and then made his strike, the strike gave off a force never seen before, and broke a new record in the Soul Society's books.
The ground shook as a massive earth quake appeared from the strike, with the blunt of the force focused down to the earth directly, it spared the stadium, luckily the stadium was meant for massive fights, which meant it was built to be durable, but Ichigo had just broken that limit, but despite that it still managed to hold up.
The most powerful Quincy barrier, Kirchenlied: Sankt Engel had shattered because of the force, being forced to contain more power then it could ever hope to be able to contain, after the dust cleared, which took a while, Ichigo and Kenpachi was standing there, Kenpachi's chest had opened up, his lungs hanging out, his heart bearly beating, his kidney was hanging outside and bleeding, and his arm was shattered.
Ichigo was shocked by what he saw, but knew that as long as Inoue was around he would be okay, or he could always use the auswählen should it be needed, Eventually Kenpachi fell to the ground, he was defeated.
But what shocked Ichigo most he didn't know, the fact that all this damage came from just a fraction of his true power in shikai mode, and that's not including the power ups from his hollowfication, vollständig or Bankai, or the fact that an attack of this magnitude just knocked Kenpachi out cold like it was the most normal thing in the world where a normal individual would be torn to shreds with nothing left of them, but then again it was Kenpachi, Kyoraku flashed into the stage as medical crews rushed to Kenpachi.
"Ladies and gentlemen, We have a winner!" Kyoraku said as the crowd erupted in cheers after seeing the battle of a millenia, nobody cared if they lost the bets or not, this was not a battle you'd see every day, that's for sure.
"Sorry about your stadium." Ichigo said as he looked around and noticed several cracks
"Don't worry, we might have some repairing to do however." Kyoraku said.
"One second." Ichigo said as he pushed his hand into the ground, and reishi filled the stadium, as Ichigo started repairs of the entire field and stadium, which was fixed quickly.
"Impressive, no wonder the Wandenreich got rebuilt so quickly, anyways the next match will begin in 10 minutes." Kyoraku said amazed as the stadium was good as new.
***Shihoin Stand***
Yoruichi, Kisuke and Yushiro were stunned, they were opening and closing their mouths to say something but no words came out, no one knowing what to say at all over what they have just witnessed.
***Kuchiki stand***
Byakuya sat there, eyes wider then ever, Ginrei was shocked to see what Ichigo did with just a strike from his sword, he had brought the full wrath of heaven down on Kenpachi, that much they knew.
"That was..." Byakuya said but was unable to finish the word.
"Incredible." Ginrei finished for Byakuya.
"That man is strong." Hisana said.
"And that wasn't even his full power." Rukia said, shocking Hisana.
"And he even repaired our stadium." Byakuya said as he noticed the reishi swirling around.
***Quincy Stand***
"Holy fucking shit!" Kukaku said loudly.
"I think Kenpachi felt that one." Isshin said.
"The guy caused a fucking earth quake from the strike and you THINK Kenpachi felt it? The guy got knocked out cold with that strike!" Kaien said in shock.
Masaki, Yuzu and Karin were shocked, stunned, and didn't know what to say, Uryu just sat there, wondering what the hell just happened, Bambietta sat there, stunned, but also filled with joy and pride over Ichigo, and to think that guy was hers, and hers only, and she wasn't sharing that's for sure.
Silbern Throne Room
"Holy fucking shit that guy got blasted!" Valentin said.
"That was one hell of a finishing move." Cappadox said in shock.
"I must say, his majesty is extremly powerful, no wonder Yhwach lost to him." Emmerich said as he looked at the screen.
"No shit." Bralgan said to Emmerich.
Liltotto noticed her brother sitting there besides her, she put her hand on his shoulder and whispered to him.
"Listen here... And listen good fuckface! You will stay away from Bambi and never piss his majesty off ever again, otherwise you will find yourself on the other end of that blade very quickly! Got it?" Liltotto said as a warning to her brother.
Liltotto's brother just nodded.
"Repeat what I just said to you dipshit!" Liltotto said sternly.
"I will stay away from Bambi and never piss off his majesty every again, or I will be on the other end of that blade very quickly." The brother said.
"Good, remember that!" Liltotto warned.
Rukon Arena (Interior)
***Quincy Stand***
After being checked by the medics they confirmed that Ichigo was okay, so he went back up to the stand, where he was greeted by everyone else.
"That was an excellent fight your majesty, well done!" Ulrik said.
"Thank you." Ichigo said to Ulrik.
"Onii-chan you reckless IDIOT!" Yuzu nearly screamed.
"What?" Ichigo asked.
"You got hurt!" Yuzu said teary eyed.
"I did, but those wounds have already healed, as I've got instant regeneration, so I'm not hurt anymore." Ichigo said.
"You're covered in cuts and blood!" Yuzu said.
Ichigo looked down and noticed his torn blood stained uniform.
"You're right, my uniform is trashed, I need a new one." Ichigo said.
"I have one right here your majesty." Samund said as he opened a small chest with a reserve uniform for Ichigo.
"I can take that and help him change." Bambietta said happily.
"I'll take a set from the tent instead as I need to change everything, so I'll leave that be for now." Ichigo said as Samund closed the chest.
"Alright but no humping, we are not at home now!" Isshin said with a fake sterness.
Bambietta pouted out some words, nobody heard what she said but she was displeased, and didn't even try to deny it, though no one knew if she was serious or not.
"Alright let's go." Ichigo said to Bambietta, wanting to have a talk with her about something that has been bothering him for a while now.
"Coming!" Bambietta said happily as she quickly followed.
Masaki didn't like the joke, that much was obvious as it showed how much Ichigo has grown, but she knew that he would reach that age, even if she didn't want to, and she swore to herself after that incident in Silbern to allow Ichigo to do things she didn't appreciate of and give him space, but he was a grown man now and nothing could change that, a grown man whose heart belongs to another woman, a thought that made her feel quite sad, as her son had grown up already and she wasn't there.
Rukon Arena (Quincy Grounds)
Ichigo and Bambietta had just entered the Quincy tent, deciding to change there, as they enter their room Ichigo wasn't surprised to see several servants trying to clean things up, as the earth quake had caused quite the havoc around, and servants were running around everywhere, trying to clean up as quickly as possible, Their room however had been cleaned up pretty quickly and the servants were just about to leave as they entered.
The servants were shocked to see Ichigo all bloodied up, but Ichigo calmed them down saying he fought a match and won, and that he is uninjured but needed to change, once they were alone Ichigo got undressed, while Bambietta sat on the bed and enjoyed the view of Ichigo's body, looking straight at his abs.
"Like what you see?" Ichigo said with a smirk.
Bambietta didn't even bother to look Ichigo in the face, having her eyes glued right at his abs.
"Yup, shame we don't have much time, otherwise we could have...Used... The bed a little." Bambietta said happily with a playful wink.
"Well, look at the playful girl." Ichigo said with a chuckle.
"Your fault not mine." Bambietta said slyly.
"How can it be my fault?" Ichigo asked in wonder as he looked at Bambietta.
"You're the one who's too damn sexy." Bambietta said with a playful wink as she licked her lips.
"Ohh?.. Says you with the body that looks like it came from heaven itself." Ichigo said as he went over and touched Bambietta's legs as he sat down on the bed, nearly massaging them.
"And you call me playful?" Bambietta said as she almost giggled, though she managed to keep it in as it would be uncharacteristic of her to giggle.
"Anyways I wanted to speak with you about something." Ichigo said as he stopped playing with Bambietta's legs.
"What?" Bambietta asked, as she noticed the look on Ichigo's face.
"What is the...uhh...Your relations with Liltotto's brother?" Ichigo asked as he looked away, clearly nervous.
'What the hell kind of question is that? Why does he want to know about that sick freak?' Bambietta thought as she was surprised.
"Well I do tolerate him since he is Lili's brother after all, but I tend to avoid him if possible, why?" Bambietta said as she looked at Ichigo.
"Just wondered." Ichigo said as he stood up, but Bambietta grabbed him and pulled him back down on the bed.
"No tell me, why are you so curious about him? Are you jealous?.." Bambietta asked surprised.
"Not really." Ichigo said.
"That's a lie, I can see through it." Bambietta said clearly as she observed Ichigo.
"A little worried perhaps." Ichigo said.
'Why is he worried about him? Did that fucker do something!?' Bambietta thought as she got annoyed.
"Why?" Bambietta asked.
"It's stupid really, nothing to worry about." Ichigo said as he wanted to avoid the topic.
"Tell me! Did he do something?" Bambietta asked sternly, making sure Ichigo knew that this wasn't a topic to be avoided.
Ichigo realized there was no way out once the first word was said, so he told Bambietta the story about when Ichigo caught Liltotto's brother talking about how he tried to have sex with her, and what he said about her, Bambietta understood now why Ichigo asked the question he did, knowing that Liltotto's brother had said that he wanted to have sex with her, and he had shown his lust for her on several occasions aswell.
"I see, so that's the issue, it's true he has tried his luck several times before you came along, and the time he spoke of was the time he tried desperately, as he out of the blue took his hand under my skirt and tried to touch me, but I pushed him away and knocked the living shit out of him, afterwards I have only tolerated him but never spoken or showed any interest in him whatsoever." Bambietta said as she sighed, though she found it cute that Ichigo was a bit jealous and defended her against him.
"I see..." Ichigo said.
"Besides, he never did manage to touch me, and I don't know what you are so worried about? It's you I want not him, and I am all yours." Bambietta said as she reached over for Ichigo and pulled her arms around him and embraced him tightly, having her head rest on Ichigo's left shoulder.
"You're right, it was stupid." Ichigo said embarrassed.
"But understandable, I don't know why you were so nervous speaking about it? You know you can speak with me no matter what it is!" Bambietta said.
"I know, I just... I don't know, was worried about how you'd react to it." Ichigo said.
"You were worried that I would be upset for a question like that?" Bambietta asked.
"Yeah..." Ichigo said a bit ashamed of himself.
"Well, I'm not, so don't worry about." Bambietta said softly.
Ichigo smiled at that, as buttoned up his trench coat, then he looked at the clock.
"I guess we should get back." Ichigo said as he thought about the time they used.
"Yeah." Bambietta said as she got up.
Rukon Arena (Interior)
***Quincy Stand***
Ichigo and Bambietta arrived at the stand, Ichigo summoned his throne and sat down on it, though he gestured for Bambietta to sit on his lap, something she quickly did, she leaned into Ichigo with her backhead, leaving her head to rest on Ichigo's shoulder once more, Bambietta felt quite peaceful from being in close proximity to Ichigo, for her it was the most relaxing place she could be.
As soon as they had sat down Kyoraku announce the matches to start, this time however it was just a bunch of lower ranking Shinigami, the matches weren't as spectacular to watch, they were quite unskilled, and it was quite unimpressive, which was evident as the nobles weren't as excited for these matches as they were when Ichigo and Kenpachi fought, everyone was more hyped up for the matches between the officers.
It went for 4 hours until Rukia's fight would finally begin, and now Isshin and Kaien were once more fighting and arguing over who was superior, much to Ichigo's annoyance once more.
"It's about damn time!" Ichigo said impatiently.
"Ohh, you're just like a child at christmas, very impatient." Bambietta said with a grin as she clapped Ichigo's cheeks.
"Yeah I know, restrain Kon for the time being!" Ichigo ordered.
"Uhhm... Your majesty?" Ulrik said with a bit of worry.
"Yeah?" Ichigo said.
"Lord Kon is currently not present." Ulrik said, as Ichigo and Bambietta turned to check around.
"What? Where the hell is he!?" Bambietta asked worried.
"I swear if that... Lion... Has snuck away to peep or is at the Kuchiki stand I swear I will gift him away to the womens stitching club the moment we get back to Silbern! Order the guards to find him!" Ichigo said annoyed, getting a salute from Ulrik as he called it in.
"Hahaha, do we have that in the Wandenreich?" Bambietta asked amused.
"I don't know... That's why we have the A.N.U to figure things out... I'm sure we have something in Silbern City! If not then Uryu is a good substitute!" Ichigo said, ignoring the questionable glare Uryu sent him.
"Alright Karin, root for your boyfriend!" Isshin said before Karin punched him in the face.
"Huh?... Is Toshiro your boyfriend?" Miyako asked.
"No! It's something dad imagines! He wants me to make children with him!" Karin said annoyed.
Everyone immediately went quiet as Masaki looked at Isshin with her happy smile, but oozed dark aura in fury, Ichigo wondered if this is the moment he loses his dad forever, because if he keeps this up his life will be short from now on.
***Kuchiki Stand***
"Good luck Rukia, and do your best!" Ginrei said proudly.
"Indeed, do not disappoint Rukia, remember, fight to the best of your abilities, but do not worry about the outcome." Byakuya said with a hint of pride.
"Be careful Rukia!" Hisana said with a bit of worry.
"Thank you nii-sama, grandfather, I promise to do my best! And don't worry! I'll be fine." Rukia said with a reassuring smile as she left.
***Officer's Row***
"The much awaited match is here, there is no doubt that this will be interesting from what I have heard." Yamamoto said as he eagerly anticipated the battle.
"Indeed it has, good luck Toshiro-kun, I'll get you some snacks as a repayment for Rukia's victory later." Ukitake said with a happy expression, leaving Toshiro bewildered.
"Captain Ukitake, captain Hitsugaya would never lose to Rukia, there is no way, you can bring him victory snacks!" Rangiku said happily.
"Go get her Shiro-chan." Hinamori said encouragingly.
"I don't need snacks, and it's captain Hitsugaya to you Hinamori!" Toshiro said annoyed over the whole ordeal as he left.
Rukon Arena Forest
Unlike what Ichigo had worried about, Kon was a bit away from the arena, he was taking a walk down the forest as he wanted some alone time, not that anything really bothered him, he just wanted to take a little walk.
"I got lost..." Kon nearly said sadly as he didn't know where he was.
He kept walking, hoping to find some clue back to the arena grounds.
"And I wanted to see nee-san's fight too... I bet Ichigo's having the time of his life now watching that fight..." Kon said sadly until he stopped.
Kon looked around as he felt something off, like something was hunting him, and it made him a bit anxious, he tried to listen but all he could hear was the gush of wind blowing in the leaves, he stood there and looked around but saw or heard nothing, eventually he moved on.
He reached a tree he recognized almost immediately since he passed it on his way into the forest, and the forest road that was besides it led straight to the arena, feeling a bit of relief coming washing him, he ran down the road, after running for a couple of minutes the arena finally came into view, however once more he felt that something was off.
Not only did he feel it, but he heard it aswell, as the sounds of someone talking lowly, but a bit higher then whispering came from beyond the bush right next to him, wondering what it was he decided to take a subtle look, as he walked around the bush but sticking close to it at every step, he noticed several men watching the encampment, he recognized the uniforms from earlier, they were red, just as the prisoners wore.
Kon immediately realized that the Soul Society had been infiltrated, he had heard the updates regarding the fullbringers and instantly knew they were enemies, though what surprised him was that they were suppressing their reiatsu so they would be hard to notice, as quietly as he could he tried to step away, thankfully for him his body was small and fluffy, so it wasn't a problem, until he hit a branch of the bush which made a bit of noise that instantly alerted the fullbringer.
He knew he was in a dilemma, they could kill him if they noticed him, he tried to make a run for it, knowing that if they came after him he wouldn't make it but he could atleast scream for the Quincy guards which were closeby, suddenly something snatched him away quickly, he didn't know what it was but he hit the ground, suddenly his eyes widened at the sight before him.
To be continued
A/N:
Sankt Engel translates to saint angel, a fitting name for the protective barrier ability.
Alright so I'm not sure if you guys have heard, but I did a lot of research and I am happy to announce to you that the Thousand Year Blood War arc was confirmed by Shonen and Kubo aswell as a new bleach project, which I am excited for, it is to be released in 2021 with more information coming soon on release dates and so on! I can't wait!
Alright so I found out I still need some better practice with battle scenes, since I found it short and struggled with writing it, just in case, don't hope for a long next battle either, I'll try to make them much longer in the future.
