Bleach
Hell is home for the Gods
The young orange-haired man sat on his throne amongst the fiery pits of Hell looking over the dammed souls who were crying out with their eyes bloodshot. Some were captain class shinigami such as Yamamoto and Soifon while others were Arrancar like Zommari and Nnoritra. Arrancar who had done evil in their time as a human and had been punished for it as a desire of the will of Hell. The young orange-haired lord had become a servant of Hell after coming to the realization of the truth of the world. The original sin of Soul Society that dammed all of its captains to Hell. Shinigami may rule over death, but because of that rule, many of them were seen as sinful in the eyes of Hell because they choose to uphold the system that has existed for billions of years to keep their powers. Yes, The Soul King does keep the balance between all the worlds, but the cost was people with a portion of the reio inside being used to keep that balance. The Soul King itself even was simply a being with infinite power that allowed the shinigami to rule over the world of death in somewhat free reign. Peace was awarded to many of these shinigami despite the sin that they had committed. Even the young orange-haired man was at a time going to be sacrificed to keep up the power of these gods.
After learning this truth Rukia Kuchiki used her power to free the man from this truth and wipe away all of his memories of them before trapping him to live in Hell. It was her way of freeing him from their burden and her last act of kindness to the man who had lost everything. Now the man was the lord of Hell and had sat alone on top of his throne with no one else around him besides his other fellow subordinates to keep him company.
One day Ichigo noticed something strange as he used his all-seeing eye to watch the world with his Hell butterflies.
"Nnoritra come here!" he called out to his Arrancar solder.
The hollow came forth looking at the orange-haired man as he bowed his head to him.
"Yes my liege"
"Another powerful shinigami has died and yet she hasn't come down to join us in Hell where is this person? Her Hell butterfly has returned to me"
Nnoritra lowered his eyes as he sighed.
"I believe I know the girl, sir..her body was somehow saved and taken to a Church in the world of the living where her soul has been living in peace," he said.
The orange-haired man growls as he looked at Nnoritra and then wrapped his arm around his neck and began to choke with his hand.
"Peace? Peace for a wretched shinigami...no peace is allowed for their people!" he yelled out spitefully as his voice was distorted as he spoke to the fallen Arrancar.
"Understood sir...would you like me to go and take care of the job?" he asked.
The orange-haired man sighed.
"No I feel as if this should be something I take care of..tell me the location of this...shinigami," he said.
A few hours pass by and the young warden of Hell comes out and looks upon the world of the living entering outside its domain before he has the doors to Hell shut before another shinigami comes to question him. He lowered his eyes as he saw the Church and walked towards it. He then touched the doors of the Church before he felt some pain coming through his body as he pulled his hand back and growled.
"What is this? Some form of kido?" he questions looking at his scorched hand as he growls shaking it off as he sighed.
He then opens his hand as a zanpaktou appears in his hand out of nowhere. The zanpaktou looks like a giant butcher knife in its shape and size. He uses his sword swing to slice through the barrier as it breaks apart and he goes through entering inside the Church. But as he enters he feels a burning sensation as he feels every part of his body screaming in agony as he falls to the ground in his weakened state.
"What sorcery?
He then looks up as a young angelic being appeared before him with beautiful black hair and lovely white wing as she looked at the young man before placing out her hand.
"Bakudo #1...Sai!" she said as she watches as the young orange-haired man becomes immediately restrained and falls to the ground.
"What the hell? I am the lord of Hell how could a weak kido like this ever restrain me and my power! Who are you, woman!
The angel smirked at him as she looked at the man.
"My name is Rukia...Rukia Kuchiki" she said.
"Strange name...sounds quite familiar to me," he said.
"Oh so even the warden of Hell knows my name" she replied as she placed one hand on her hip feeling very triumphant.
"Oh get over yourself angel I can't even remember ever seeing a stupid face like that," he said with a smirk.
"Stupid face? You have orange spiky hair if anything you look more ridiculous!"
"Oh yeah what type of being chills out in a Church all day and has freaking angel wings attached to them?!" he exclaimed
"Someone who understands cuteness you fool!"
"Oh please you are not that cute!" he said to her as he growled.
The black-haired angel then sighed pushing back her hair as she looked at him and then walked over to the young man.
"Okay let us get this over with...what brings you here lord of Hell?" she asked.
The orange-haired man sighed still on the ground with his arms tied behind his back as he shakes his head before speaking.
"I am here for the soul of a shinigami...one who needs to go back to Hell where she belongs...is that your soul?" he asked.
"Perhaps it is," she said as she smirked at him.
"Don't get pissy with me angel! As the lord of Hell you will come back with me!" he said as he yelled while a wave of dark energy went around him breaking him free of the kido as he grinned at her licking his lips.
"I am going to end you woman!" he said with a smirk as he attempted to call upon his chains only for nothing to come out.
"What the hell?" he asked confused as he looked at her.
Rukia sighed as she looked at him watching as he kept trying to make the chains come from the ground to attack her before she spoke.
"You have no power here in this Church," she said as she sighed at him brushing back her hair.
"I control what you can and cannot do as the leader of this place," she said as she then came down towards the orange-haired man and touched his chest.
"Come and sit with me," she said as she looked up at him and turned to take a seat at one of the Church pews.
The orange-haired man growled but could tell he couldn't use his power against her so he gave in and followed her before sitting beside her and watched her as she placed her hands together and said a prayer. The orange-haired man watched her and sighed crossing his arms over himself letting out a sigh waiting for her to speak. After a moment the girl opened her eyes as the blue energy ball appeared in her hand as she then turned to him and touched his hand placing it over him as she looked into his eyes. "I know who you really are," she said to him as she then reached out and touched his cheeks as he looked confused.
"If only you could remember...Ichigo" she said as then Ichigo lowered his eyes looking at her and sighed beginning to feel a rush of sadness over his body.
"Remember...what?" he asked.
Rukia sighed touching his hands and feeling them.
"You weren't always like this..angry...and upset...you were a good guy...and you are...a good guy," she said as she smiled at him. "We have both been judged by a God higher than either one of us and that God is giving us a chance to make amends..to have a do-over again," she told him as she smiled at him.
"We don't have to be enemies...we can be friends..." she said to him.
He lowered his eyes as he looked at the angel and pulled his hand away.
"I can not do as you ask of me...I am bound to the laws of Hell...I am an enemy to the shinigami put in place to keep the balance" he tells her.
"I understand...a former shinigami like me...knows that duty is important for us all," she tells him.
She then wraps her arms around Ichigo's body as she smiled at him and looked into his eyes.
"But I will always love you no matter what..." she tells the young man as she then kissed him on the lips. Ichigo wraps his arms around her as a wave of memories came back to him at that moment as a blush appeared on his face and he looked at her.
'I will always love you as well...Rukia" he tells her as he slowly pulls away from her and a small smile appeared on his face as the young girl begins to tear up looking at him as Ichigo turns around.
"But as things are right now that love can never be...not after knowing what the shinigami wanted to do to me," he said as he lowered his eyes.
"I understand Ichigo," she said as she stood up and hugged him tightly. "I will always understand," she said. "Still I hope to see you again"
Ichigo smiles as he lowered his head.
"We will see each other again...until then...see you later, Rukia" he then lets go of Rukia and walks out of the Church.
Tears well up in Rukia's eyes as she reaches out her hand and then snaps her fingers making Ichigo forget his time there as he returned to Hell.