Author Notes: When writing Chapter 12, I came to the conclusion that it would be too big of story plot to contain in merely one chapter. So I'm dividing it into several chapters. By the end of them, it'll lead into the Xcution Arc.
As for the Soul Reaper OCs that I made up for this fanfic, expect a lot of background being put out to explain them.
Chapter 13: The Rain Ends Part 2
Suddenly, each Captain whether in the World of the Living or their barracks felt unease in their being as they recalled a person- with the exception of one.
1st Division
"Tetsu Hitsugaya," said the 1st Captain as he briefly thought of a white, spikey haired middle aged man that bore an incredible resemblance to Toshiro Hitsugaya. He, the silver haired, golden eyed mustached man and an elderly white haired Soul Reaper with a black stripe in his hair recalled their more generally light-hearted and loud-mouthed comrade, who would often joke about how he never got the son he wanted, but got a daughter with more spunk than any man he met.
That daughter got married to a man from the District of Yakunan, to which Tetsu disapproved of- not because of his lowly status, but something , he felt that the man despite his politeness, was even more evil than the man who would become the current 5th Captain, but no one believed him on both counts due to the friendliness they exhibited to others.
Before he could rescue his daughter, the man along with her were never heard from again- leaving only a young baby with ice powers with white hair and turquoise eyes- Toshito Hitsugaya who was then raised by an old woman in the Rukon District.
Tetsu decided to stay away from the child from the guilt not saving the child's mother- his own daughter in time. This continued even after the latter had become a captain in the 13 Court Guard Squads.
He took missions of fighting against Hollows...eventually dying at Grand Fisher's hands, when the latter first became a Hollow. He was ranked 4th in the Division, but it was rumored that he achieved the requirements to be a captain back when he joined the 13 Court Guard Squads.
It wasn't until his death that Toshiro learned that Tetsu was his maternal grandfather, much to the boy's regret. The old man faced an expression of anger.
2nd Division
"Hankyo Muteikei," the 2nd Captain with two braids said as she recalled a fully covered Kunoichi styled Soul Reaper who was the same age as her and went through the same training as a member of the Stealth Force.
She had been her closest friend, especially after the previous captain left with the Visored "traitors". Her quietness made the more cold and haughty woman to open up to her, preferring her to be her Lieutenant over the oaf occupying the seat while the Kunoichi held the 3rd.
They were lovers, Hankyo replacing the void that the previous Captain had left in the petite woman.
One day, Hankyo left on a mission to find the killer of Tetsu along with six nameless Soul Reapers, only to be killed herself with her corpse heavily bitten into with a hint of a single sword wound for some reason.
Unlike her somewhat cold hearted Captain, she was gentle hearted and always tried to look after others in spite of her silent attitude making it hard to approach her. The petite Captain gripped her hand in anger when recalling her death.
3rd Division
"Hanekaeri Modoshi," said the 3rd Captain with narrow slits opening his sky blue eyes in recollection.
He thought of the springy haired with an upturned nose and how he was annoyingly persistent. He never let up an opportunity to him, saying how dare he replaced the previous Captain who became a Visored.
He couldn't back up his words- he was ranked 20th in the seat order and therefore the weakest member. It was not helped by the fact that the Captain's Zanpakuto was superior to his in every way.
So the latter would challenge him to no avail, much to the lieutenant's disapproval.
Eventually, he refined his technique until it managed to greatly impress the Captain. When it was heard that Grand Fisher killed two prominent Soul Reapers among the dozens that the Hollow had killed at that point- Hanekaeri decided that would go to face Grand Fisher to avenge them...and die at his hands in a single thrust of a claw as an unconscious reflex.
The silver haired Captain looked down with an expression of a frown.
4th Division
"Kofuku Kenko," said the 4th Division Captain as she fondly remembered a calm and large hearted man. He was the Lieutenant of the original 4th Division Captain, before the latter was promoted to the Royal Guard.
Slowly, he dropped in rank- not because of a lack of ability- but to allow others to take more responsibility as he felt that the next generation should be the leaders while he fades away.
As a result, he was at the 19th seat despite having a Lieutenant level power. Sadly, he died without a fight, tricked by Grand Fisher into believing that the Hollow was a child in need of medical care after he had killed three prominent Soul Reapers at this point. The braided haired woman stared down in silence.
5th Division
"Hoseki Jundo...hmm...," the 5th Division Captain said to himself as he suddenly remembered a particularly troublesome light purple haired girl with matching eyes with a modest bust with a surprisingly narrowed eyed expression of silent fury.
She and the 10th Captain- Toshiro Hitsugaya were rivals in school, according to some more savvy- they were a couple that were simply in denial of their feelings towards each other. While Toshiro did have feelings towards the girl who would become the present day Lieutenant- she was more of a sister to him- Hoseki on the other hand, was more of an incompatible part of his life that he somehow wanted close to him. She was cheerful and hot-blooded compared to his cool headed and stoic self, to which she wanted him to be more happy, much to his annoyance- the source of their bickering.
She managed to get the 6th Seat of the 5th Division instead of the predictable choice of following Toshiro like everyone thought she would with her relationship with him. It turned out much to the 5th Captain's annoyance, that she was suspicious of the events that caused the Visored and some Captains be exiled- so she shadowed him every time she wasn't on a mission- eventually cornering him.
To his horror of which he constantly denied, she found the truth so he tried to do away with her, but she has holding back powers well beyond her rank.
To his self-denied terror, she relied on a sixth sense to work around his Zanpakuto's powers, was actually much stronger than him to the point of killing him at any point of the fight- having secretly been capable of being a Captain of the 1st Division's level even before the academy; only going because her parents demanded that she needed proper education to refine her skills and more infuriatingly, much smarter than him.
Official reports say that she died fighting valiantly against Grand Fisher, but that was an illusion, both literally and figuratively.
In truth, she was set up with a triple layered trap of a secret meeting, in which he told her they would meet in a location of his choosing. If she refused, her family would be killed. After rather unexpectedly saying that such a sacrifice was needed to bring him down- he said that he'd reveal who- or rather "what" Toshiro's real father was- the identity revealed to her brought her to tears. He implied that if the identity became public, then the boy would be executed for his heritage.
Reluctantly, she agreed- already planning to kill him and expose whatever plans he had hidden in his barracks.
He "accidentally" led her to a room where Grand Fisher would corner her and devour her body- she never expected that the Captain would stoop to such pity behavior. The Hollow ate her alive as she fought angrily to not be eaten, but even he, an absolute monster was repulsed by the 5th Captain's dissonant serenity watching a fellow Soul Reaper being devoured with an expression of a man looking at a lower animal.
He smiled calmly as he continued remembering the horrific scene in his thoughts.
6th Division
"Tan'ni Hikaemena," said 6th Division Captain Byakuya Kuchiki to himself, ignoring the people around him.
He reminisced on the pale green haired noble of the Hikaemena Clan who served under the Kuchiki House. He was nothing remarkable- a mere 15th seat with an average skill set, a normal politeness expected from a subordinate and no particular hobbies.
However, his Zanpakuto power was arguably one of the most dangerous- to force the enemy to be humble enough to accept punishment- it wasn't hypnosis or illusions- it was the personification of humility forced into a enemy or a group of enemies.
However, its one weakness was while they could accept punishment, it didn't mean that they would become peaceful.
Grand Fisher exploited this as he killed him. He was important to Byakuya as he was taught on his grandfather, Ginrei's instructions to control his hot-blooded arrogance of his youth to become more in control of his emotions.
So in his heart, he felt unease with the man's death.
7th Division
"Kyodai Kigyō," said the 7th Division Captain remembering a pink eyed, large magenta pompadour haired adult man with a goatee who was very belligerent, he would make offensive comments on his appearance- not his masked visage- rather his true looks under it that he glimpsed at one point, which grew increasingly nasty over time.
He also resorted to beating up the lieutenant and hanging him on display. Kyodai, the 10th seat of the Division, did this to provoke a fight with the "thing" he refused to acknowledge as a thinking being, he said that a beast like him didn't belong in the 13 Court Guard Squads, this led into a brutal fight that was approved by the Head Captain due to his barbaric actions of spite.
After fighting for a time, with the reveal that he too could be capable of being a Captain if he wanted to- he lost to the 7th Captain with his back on the ground.
The Captain would chide Kyodai for his immature beliefs of prejudice and that the Soul Society's protection was far more important.
As the 10th seat officer was about to speak- Grand Fisher grabbed his body from underneath, pulling him in to devour him and leaving just as quickly.
The 7th Captain lamented that he never got an answer from him or see how he would grow if he became a Captain.
8th Division
"Yosuru Wakamono... Yosuru sweetie," said the 8th Division Captain remembering a puffy lavender haired woman with orange eyes and a lovely figure who joined the Soul Reaper Academy on the same day as him and the 13th Captain .
She was like an innocent child, but she was able to pick up on the sadness hidden behind the flamboyant behavior.
She was the 4th Seat of the Division and was his wife. She couldn't turn down the offers of children because of her pure heart, which got her killed when Grand Fisher decided to use his lure as a child to ensnare her. S
ecretly, like Kyodai, Tetsu, Hoseki, Zankoku and Kafka- she was already capable of being a Captain if she desired, but didn't out of wanting to be with her husband and the responsibilities of work that would take away for children.
The 8th Captain looked down to the ground with regret in his eyes.
9th Division
"Okokkokyokyoku Otoku (biting his tongue)...I mean...O.K.-O.T...," said the 9th Division Captain with annoyance as he recalled a buzzcut haired man with shades and an unusual uniform who sat as the 11th seat.
He came from one of the Four Noble Houses- alongside the Kuchiki and the Shihoin Clans and a fourth clan. They were dark-skinned like the Shihoins, but in a different way- more noticeable lips and darker skin tones- also a more diverse type of culture than the Head Captain would allow.O.K-O.T was one of those kind of people to put it bluntly.
He would speak in lyrical rhymes in a style he calls "rap", which will catch on in the World of the Living according to him, among other odd behaviors.
His Zanpakuto was a loud din that rang in people's ears- it was considered annoyance compared to the Captain's Zanpakuto single loud cry and the previous 3rd Captain's symphonic orchestra. He and the odd man formed an unusual friendship of contrast.
O.K-O.T was very open about maintaining bonds and when his close buddies were killed by Grand Fisher, he went after him- his shades were that remained.
10th Division
"Kurikaesu Futatabi-Kurikaeshimasu...Kurikaesu Futatabi-Kurikaeshimasu...I said it again...you make people always do that," the 10th Division Captain, Toshiro Hitsugaya said to himself, as he remembered the man with the pointed backwards hairstyle- his hair color was light cyan with fuchsia patterns of hearts adorning them.
His default would make these large, dilated pupils with a "X" shaped mouth, he had incredibly odd habits that made people avoid him, but the previous Captain trusted him. He would ask people to repeat his name twice so that they would forget...every time he would meet with them.
Beneath this odd behavior, was a fear of never being remembered after his death. His Zanpakuto's power was hard to explain, but it was powerful. He was the 9th Seat of the 10th Division.
Grand Fisher killed and ate him while he was on his own...the remains of his left arm was in plain sight of the Division..., but no one seemed to pay attention until Toshiro came back from a mission. He grabbed the arm, called the entire Division for not noticing his demise. He was given a simple, but memorable funeral service. After which, Toshiro cried- letting out the tears he held back when his maternal grandfather and best friend died.
Toshiro looked up to the sky with silent remorse.
11th Division
"Zankoku Yakunan...I remember that guy...I've always wondered why that bastard skipped out on that time," said the 11th Division Captain as he laid on his side.
Zankoku Yakunan was a mystery hidden in an unknown tale of hell and nightmares beyond what a person could imagine. Zankoku came from the Yakunan District, the 320 District, the absolutely most horrific District, even more than the 80 due to how much less care went into there.
Rumors of worshipping of deities that were creatures that weren't Hollow, Soul Reaper of Quincy, rumors of human sacrifices and rumors of Hell itself manifesting there spread- causing the Soul Reapers to never go near there.
One day, a massive Spiritual Pressure caused everyone in the immediate area to fall on their stomaches as if being heavily pushed down by something. That something was a single...baby girl came from there, crawling slowly from the direction of Yakunan- covered in blood and expression of void nihilism as if she had seen Hell- she arrived at the footsteps of Soul taken in by the 4th Division Captain to raise until she grew old enough to join the 11th Division due to her talents in combat.
Ironically in spite of rumors of her being a demon, she was a young girl with long black hair that reaches down to her knees and red iris eyes and would be normally be considered cute. It was her habits that made her seem dangerous- it wasn't that she was bloodthirsty- it was that she had extremely random attacks of violence from the trauma she experienced in Yakunan, making the 1st Division Captain to use his Bankai to subdue her before more casualties occurred. At least a canyon of countless Soul Reaper bodies were pilled up before she was calmed down, made more horrifying as she somehow had been born with the required ability of a Captain.
The 12th Division developed a special type of hannya mask that obscured her identity so that others wouldn't recognize her as the butcherer who murdered the countless Soul Reapers, kept her calm and to repress her Spiritual Pressure so she wouldn't be as big of a threat to everyone's sake.
She was still strong enough to more than a match for a Captain and to everyone's horror- the 11th Division Captain heard of her exploits and wanted to fight her. She promised on that, but never fulfilled it- because it was informed that Grand Fisher ate her while she was away on a mission.
In the brief days she was in Soul Society, she ranked 4th in the division.
The 11th Captain sighed in annoyed regret.
12th Division
"Eien Shinko...you imbecile...," Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi said to himself as he analyzed the events on the battle field. He recalled while he was still newly appointed as a Captain after his predecessor was exiled with his Visored comrades, that he would get into what normal people considered a rivalry.
It was with a fair looking young man with black hair who desired to evolve beyond the Homo Sapiens as he called humans- to push Soul Reapers to a more advanced form and had the 17th seat in the Division.
Mayuri was more interested in progression technology and believed that it's through actions instead of physical ascendance- that science can improve. Gradually, Eien's experiments on himself made him less human like as it went on until he had become a human sized bacteria in Soul Reaper clothing. After a day, he changed again into a primitive jellyfish like invertebrate- and then a primitive armored invertebrate until he settled on being a mosquito. It wasn't due to preference, it was because the technology he had available didn't have the capability to evolve him into a vertebrate life form as of yet.
Based on the Asauchi theory that it was the ultimate Zanpakuto due to its unlimited potential- he also changed his Zanpakuto's name in addition to its power entirely with each evolution accordingly- going from a acid based power- to a body division type- to a bubble type- to an armor type and the latest being mosquito manipulation type with the intent of evolving it further. Before he could do that step, his wings were found on the floor with hints of a struggle and Grand Fisher's Spiritual Pressure on them.
Mayuri lamented the loss of the bug man because a potential lab subject was lost forever.
13th Division
"Kafka Kibo...I wonder how old you would've been by now," said the 13th Division Captain as he lay in his bed. He remembered a little girl with a little redhead girl wearing a mushroom hat. who was meek and didn't like fights.
Ironically the only reason, she was ranked 4th Seat at all instead of Lieutenant was due to the previous Lieutenant's demise and the two 3rd seats arguing over who was better for the position of Lieutenant and that technically, she could replace the Captain if he were to die soon because she had achieved the required power as Captain by instinct as a defense mechanism from being bullied by others. It was also due to her inexperience and dislike of violence.
She was informally adopted into the 13th Division where she was treated nicely. Unfortunately, she was found in an extreme bloody and nauseating manner as a flayed corpse with some of her limbs chewed off with hints of Grand Fisher's Spiritual Pressure on the corpse.
The Captain looked with a intense glare of murderous intent at the still active projection of the now unmasked Soul Reaper about to fight a group of resurrected Soul Reapers. Earlier, it had shown Rukia triumphing over the enemies with an awkward strategy that made him sigh in relief- now he was worried about what was to happen
"Please end the fight, not just out of mercy for the dead...but, before six of them can use Bankai (Final Release) on you It's too much for you to handle," the 13th Division Captain asked as if he were speaking to the boy directly.
Ichigo continued to look at the 13 individuals with wide eyed paralyzing fear as he located up from the ground.
"This is 1st Division-4th Seat, 2nd Division-3rd Seat, 3rd Division-20th Seat, 4th Division-19th Seat, 5th Division-6th Seat, 6th Division-15th Seat, 7th Division- 10th Seat, 8th Division-4th Seat, 9th Division-11th seat, 10th Division-9th Seat, 11th Division-4th Seat, 12th Division-17th Seat and 13th Division-4th Seat," Grand Fisher explained pointing to each one of the Calaveras Dolls
Ichigo remained silent in pure revolting disgust of the Arrancar categorizing the fallen Soul Reapers as if they were a collection of objects.
You're even sicker than I imagined, thought the orange haired Soul Reaper.
"Some of these, I had to ambush, others when someone teamed up to help me and a few that I hunted down personally. Like this little girl- 13-4...she was so horrified when I ate her," Grand Fisher gloated as his eyes warped into a upside down crescent shape.
"You Monster," Ichigo roared with anger.
"Kind of redundant, since I'm a Holl-," Grand Fisher snarked about Ichigo's terminology.
"No because not only do you eat innocent lives- you force them fight, especially children," Ichigo interjected
"You seem to underestimate her. She's no normal Soul Reaper- she's an abnormal. It's time you learned more on Soul Reapers boy.,"
Grand Fisher mockingly lectured.
"What," said Ichigo with shock
"Bankai: Mori No Kinoko Joōe (Forest Mushroom Queen)," said the redhead girl as an entity began materializing behind her.
Chapter 14: The Rain Ends Part 3
