Author Notes: Chad x Riruka will be made canon in this fanfic. The reason I chose Riruka as the strongest is that technically her ability is the most diverse in variety and the most adaptable with a great deal of potential. It also hints that Riruka might have some connection to Orihime and of greater things to come.
Also more World Building for this fanfic and that of Bleach Rinse once it gets to there. Also the Royal Guard gets an early introduction to face off agains this new form of Chad- that's how dangerous this form is.
Speaking of which, yes the yellowish-gray entity is Xipe Totec of the Dio Hueco and Chad is his current reincarnation. As for the Balrog-eque form, it has something to do with Chad's family on his father's side.
Chapter 24: Hollow Guardian/Infernal Devil
The way to be strong...
Riruka Dokugamine was born to a normal man who was bit by a massive Hollow with a pointed nose mask, until he was saved by a Soul Reaper- the traces of that power went into Riruka when she was conceived.
That Hollow was a special type of Hollow called a Menos Grande (Grand Minus) that had decided to eat her father for some reason, this Hollow is a being which is composed of several Hollows joined together in devouring each other once they got too ravenous to be sated with Human Souls. As a result, her powers were unique among the 7 members who had relatively average Hollows attack their parents.
Her actual powers initially seen as adding anything cute into anything she found just as cute- something that had a massive potential depending on how she used it, was in actuality the power to store things in another space or become the space itself for others to enter- boosting their powers or her own depending how much she cared for them.
Her mother, whom she inherited her looks from, always seemed to busy at night at a job she couldn't explain- it involved terms like Lady Meninas and the great war that was to come eventually. Aside from this, she was a nice parent to her daughters including herself and Gina, the younger sibling, but was noticeably getting less healthy over time ever since her father was attacked by the Hollow.
"Awesome I put that castle place in a doll house.," said a 5 year old Riruka with glee as she saw a Japanese castle in her doll house. The news of the missing castle caused a lot of controversy in Naruki City- eventually getting the attention of the Soul Reapers who noticed that place inhabited by the Pluses residing within there were missing from their usual location. They eventually found her, forced her to return the castle and used a device to make her forget about her powers. Though for some reason, she wasn't affected by it- unaware that the technology was too weak to repress her instinctive desire to use the power.
Two years later
She locked a boy in a chest and gave him candy. When she released him, he ran away from her with the family moving to another city the next day. Though, he didn't reveal what she did out of fear, she felt guilty for doing this.
"Gimme.," said the 7 year old Riruka to her sister Gina who cried until their mother forced her daughter to give it back.
"I've felt that you've been doing things that aren't normal. But, it's better that you use whatever you do for someone more important than yourself.," her mother said to her, before leaving in a white uniform- she never heard from her again.
The Following Day
The next day, she met a young Yukio who led her to an apartment building. She met a Giriko who lacked a mustache at the time, a teenaged Jackie, a younger Tsukishima and Kugo with his girlfriend Ikuni at his side. They were in a simple apartment complex.
"Listen up little miss- All throughout history, be it royals or samurai or whatever, this world has always been ruled by minorities! You're not the ones in the wrong. It's this world that's become too lenient towards idiots. It's time we changed all that. This time, we're gonna be the ones at the top of the food chain.," Kugo explained in a dramatic way.
"Huh?," said the little girl in confusion to what he just said.
"Your words are too complicated for the young miss to understand.," said Giriko as he chided Kugo for his choice of dialogue.
"Basically, the people who awaken powers are repressed by their incompetent superiors- the Soul Reapers, the government and their parents. Isn't the right way to have the truly powerful be the leaders. Mind giving us a hand.," Tsukishima replied with a smile.
Riruka smiled at the young man's suggestion, she was just happy to use her powers for someone else's sake.
Is to fight for someone's cause, one that you're able to give a reason for using your powers.
Chad's right side began to engulf the right side of the form completely, going from his 6'5 height that was already impressive for a normal human to a towering stature of 10'8 feet tall, dwarfing the Full-Bringers even more than he had before. His empty Hollow hole in his stomach now fully visible.
No Full-Bringer would have this fullness of Hollow power. It's definitely a Hollow, but it's nothing like a Gillian, Adjuchas or even Vasto Lorde as they've been described in reports. What is this and more importantly, what the hell was the thing on his left side- it's like nothing I ever experienced in battle., thought Kugo to himself as he calmed down and gave wordless signals to the other Full-Bringers.
Tsukishima manifested his white katana from his bookmark like he had before and uttered, "Book of the End."
"Time Tells No Lies Technique: Countdown.," Giriko calmly called out as he pulled out a gold antique watch from his pocket. A series of projectiles shaped like projectiles hovered around him.
"Doll House: Battle Mode.," Riruka stated as she manifested the armor from before when she struck Chad.
The three men then looked at Riruka who looked to the side flustered at what would happen next.
"Sigh...House Visitor: Reverse.," she recited as a command, causing her broken heart around her chest to open sideways to reveal a portal of extra dimensional space. The three then turned into pink flashes that shot into the space, which closed behind them.
She then manifested Countdown's projectiles hovering as a halo, manifested Book of the End in her right hand and Cross of Scafford in her left as she held them downwards. She then grew pink feathery cuckoo bird wings on her back. Her figure became bustier in mass and her dress shortened to reveal her midriff while her leggings turned into long pants. Noticeably, the yellow gray entity slowly backed away from the Pink Spiritual Pressure she was emitting.
"Heilige Acht Leben der Ewigkeit: Tier Welt (Sacred Eight Lives of Eternity: Animal World).," Riruka called her form instinctively for her confusion.
"Ugh, why couldn't it just be with the girls. This always happens when I do it with boys and it'll be this way for a day too. But, if the fight went on if I didn't do this- he'd have killed us all in a second.," Riruka said annoyed as she noted her voluptuous figure, likely due to the men's personal preferences having an influence. She also felt the other effect of the power- inheriting the physical traits of the visitors- evident in the noticeable bulge in her crotch area.
"It's usually the opposite effect- I stab a guy with my gauntlets, and the "R" on them glows with light where she stabbed the guy. Then I "visit the house" body of the guy I hit and control them from the inside like a remote controller and maximize their power if I find them lovable enough. When I wanna leave, the H cabinet appears on the chest and opens sideways and I come out. Added bonuses include not being sensed while visiting, accessing their thoughts and making them unconscious when I leave. That's House Visitor: Normal.," Riruka explained to the transformed Chad.
"House Visitor: Reverse is something Kugo insisted I learn, it allows me to let people visit my "house" and grant me access to their powers with no limits on how much I can take. With all the strong Full-Bringers inside me, I'll be a one man army against the Quincy in Silbern. That's one of the strategies we came up with to defeat them. Hopefully, you'll be added too. Only side effect is that my appearance alters to the visitor's preference and if the visitors are boys- I become half boy for the remainder of their visit. Well, becoming a hermaphrodite temporally doesn't seem that big of a deal when you're able to use strong abilities, so it balances out.," the girl clarified further as she looked at the large entity before her. Her tone was that is irritated annoyance.
"Soul Reaper...inside...woman...sake of 12 comrades...must eliminate...," said the yellowish-gray being as the loose appendages on his arms and legs extended in length and reached the sky.
"Not listening huh?, Riruka said as she sheathed Book of the End behind her back and wielded Cross of Scafford with both hands with a determined look.
"Righteous Spade.," She shouted as she gripped the handle near the base of the broadsword's blade tighter. As she swung the Cross of Scaffold around, it generated a large amount of light green Spiritual Power which sheathed itself over the blade. She closed into the transformed Chad's range, swung it to his right side and unleashed a large explosion on impact on the point she landed on.
To her surprise, she heard a nauseating popping sound of bone and ligaments separating and saw Chad floating upwards like a wispy form.
"Ok, that's new.," she said, noticeably taking some of Tsukishima's calm and dissonant personality when she said this. Another unmentioned side effect was that she would take the personality aspects of those visiting her house and would manifest at certain moments.
The slithery form then solidified as a rigged metallic form as it plummet towards Riruka who dodged the blast with her Bringer Light, a speed technique that involved high speed movement accompanied by flickering green flashes of luminescence.
"This is Bringer Light, by manipulating the soul of the ground beneath your feet, Fullbringers can increase the soul's elasticity, increasing the capability to jump into the air. More mastered uses of this technique can even manipulate the soul of the air itself to increase speed enough to walk on air or accelerate faster. It can also make blows harder on impact due to the increased velocity. You'd learn this once you mastered Full-Bring.," Riruka explained as she gathered some distance, her tone mimicking Kugo's who could be brutally blunt at times.
Suddenly, Chad's right arm waved around in a centrifugal manner with the extra limbs surrounding it like a cyclone.
Kugo said something about this. This must be a Bala (Hollow Bullet)- it's probably a special variant considering how much powers he's wielding., thought Riruka as she pulled up Kugo's memories while the man was still visiting her "house.
Suddenly, Chad released the Bala like a ricochet missile, except his variation was very unique- it had a mix of spring flowers, fall leaves, summer beach sand and winter snow combined into a hurricane of Bala energy.
Riruka narrowly dodged the technique as she used Bringer Light by 16 meters of the grassland to look in horror.
the World of the Living- Outside of Planet Earth's Atmosphere
A massive hurricane of power left the Earth's atmosphere from the island of Japan, which was caught by the hovering satellites from the US country. They explained it as an unusual phenomena, but a few knew its true nature.
It continued to whiz past several satellites, reduce space debris to nothing, went for several light years- destroying several stars, planets and even black holes until it dissipated.
A Palace Above the Soul Society
Five individuals felt a massive Spiritual Pressure from the World of the Living. They went to the golden monitor to see what was occurring in the World of the Living with their winter coat uniforms baring the symbol of a Winter Daphne.
They were among the two groups of protectors of the highest two forces in the Soul Society- the Soul King and the Royal Family
The Soul King, despite its impressive title, is merely an non-moveable lynch pin with living extensions of itself that guard it as a last resort- that regulates the soul flow into and out of Soul Society and keep the balance of the wolds stable. Without the Soul King's existence, the balance would be lost and everything that was linked to Soul Society or made in it, as well as the Dangai- the space between the worlds, the current state of Hueco Mundo- the Hollow Realm because some Human Pluses go there when they become Hollows and the World of the Living would fall apart or rather change greatly from what humanity decided it should be. For the system was constructed that if "humanity"- human beings would perish, the system would revert back to the primal era when the Animal Realm was more prominent, Hueco Mundo being slightly different and the other realms altering in minor ways. To the vast universe, it would not be a massive loss- only humanity as humanity does- viewed as the biggest catastrophe due to their sense of importance. So as a last resort in the worst scenario- the person who killed the Soul King gets its title and the one who kills that person, etc. The duties of maintaining the Soul Society government fell to the Central 46- a decrepit bureaucratic senate of 46 rigid individuals that control the duties of the Soul Reapers.
The Royal Family is significantly more important, while relatively unknown to the public- their job is arguably more important than the Soul King and the Central 46 overall. Their duties include: establishing relationships between the five other realms of existence, decide which realm a Soul should reincarnate to, create sub dimensions for Souls in case they don't belong to any established realms until they decide where to reincarnate them, resurrect certain people if the current generation of fighters aren't capable of defeating an enemy, create another universe in case the current one falls apart, write natural laws for Souls to abide by within the system, construct new life if its deemed necessary, give Souls extended life force if needed and incarnate as beings in the other realms to observe potential threats or assets to the system as a whole. The Soul Society views them as a ruling house whose only purpose is give the masses something to worship- only the Head Captain, the Royal Guard, the Otoku and the fourth Noble Clan- Yūdaina families know of them. They possess more constant sentience than the Soul King. They are the only remnants of a cosmology that existed before the Soul King.
If the Soul King is the battery that needs to be protected by the Royal Guard along with the 13 Court Guard Squads, then the Royal Family are the engineers and machines that give the world meaning, protected by not only the Royal Guard, but a parallel organization called the World Sword similar to the another Royal Guard set along with its 13 Court Guard Squad, who protect the Soul King in case of the Royal Guard were not protecting the Soul King themselves at the moment.
What was important at this to discuss this Royal Guard members themselves- they slay beings too strong for the 13 Court Guard alone including Vasto Lorde and other unmentionable abominations, protect the Soul King/The Royal Family- deemed more important than whatever the 13 Court Guard Squads were currently fighting, possess a special Spiritual key in their bones called the Ōken that allows them to remain in the Soul King Palace/Royal Palace- the areas where the Soul King/The Royal Families resides alongside the parallel organization and founded concepts integral in the Soul Society, which they continue to maintain. Unlike that other organization along with the Royal Family, they weren't Kami, but rather Soul Reaper former Captains that were so powerful, developed such important concepts to the Soul Reapers as a whole and a few being the sole remaining generation of the students taught by the founder of the entire Soul Reaper concept along with that founder's comrades- that they were ascended to this rank. As a result, these exceptional people were currently only five in number due to only them being the only five stronger than the Head Captain in Soul Society and had no soldiers from their Divisions that came with them due to the overwhelming difference between them and normal Soul Reapers.
The members were as follows from weakest to strongest with appearances that both greatly contrasted their skills and each other-
Tenjirō Kirinji, the Lightning, the Hot Springs Demon, First Officer of the Royal Guard and the Divine General of the East. He was a very tall, thin built man with black hair arranged into an outlandishly large pompadour, or "regent" hairstyle, with tapered sideburns. He frequently chewed upon a small stick between his teeth. Instead of the standard Soul Reaper uniform, he wore a waist-length white jacket that leaves most of his chest exposed but still bore the Royal Guard emblem on its back, as well as the alternating circle and diamond pattern of a captain's hoary overcoat along the bottom. His attire was completed by a black hakama, a large yellow sash around his waist and a pair of sandals.
He was the first Captain of the 4th Division of when the 13 Court Guard Squads were founded. After creating the hot spring healing technique with his invention of the Hakkotsu Jigoku (White Bone Hell) and Chi no Ike Jigoku (Blood Pond Hell) to heal the Soul Reaper forces after the Powerful Hollow King incident and teaching the current 4th Division Captain her healing techniques. For his services, he became the 4th member to join the Royal Guard. In addition to this, he was a Shunpo master that was on par with the first generation 2nd Division Captain's technique.
He sneered at the sight and rubbed his cheek as if remembering being hit by the multi-armed creature fighting the creature.
Ōetsu Nimaiya, the Sword God and Divine General of the West. He was a short, dark-skinned man with thick, black hair, shaven and dyed green on the sides of his head. He wore a variation of the Soul Reapers uniform, featuring instead a green undergarment, and a shortened hakama that exposed his lower legs. He wore a white, sleeveless puffer jacket that bore the Royal Guard emblem on its back, as well as the alternating circle and diamond pattern of a captain's haori overcoat along the bottom. His eyes were covered by gold-framed sunglasses with blue lenses, and wore a pair of green shoe-like, gold trimmed slippers on his feet.
He responsible for the creation of the Zanpakuto weapons that Soul Reapers use- though not the Death Gods or Angels of Death due to arguments on how he made them in contrast to his teacher's methods, one of the first human based Soul Reapers in existence- creating obscure beings called Asauchi that become a regular Soul Reaper's Zanpakuto and gradually become unique in form as the Soul Reaper increase their individual abilities. Regardless, he passed down his first model to the Royal Guard leader referred to as the Monk and his second to the current Head Captain of the 1st Division. He is able to sense where the Zanpakuto he's created have appeared in, well versed in all Zanpakuto history. For this reason, he was the third member to join the Royal Guard.
He looked sternly for a moment and did a somersault in the following moment and landed in an odd pose saying in English, "Dead King Rising. Oh No!"
Kirio Hikifune, the Ruler of Grain and Divine General of the North. She was a plump, perpetually closed eyed purple haired lady with styled swirl-shaped markings on her cheeks and black lips. She had a large silver adornment in her hair and wears the standard Soul Reaper uniform beneath a white, long-sleeved hoary overcoat decorated with the Royal Guard's emblem.
She was responsible for copying the life creation ability of the Royal Family in the Soul Society called the Artificial Soul (Gikon), including the Kaizō Konpaku (Mod Souls), which made the Gigai usage much easier to perform in the World in the Living. She was the 12th Captain before Kisuke Urahara with Mayuri Kurotsuchi following soon after. She was promoted into the Royal Guard for her actions and left her lieutenant, Hiyori Sarugaki behind.
Her eyes opened slightly due to the concern she felt towards the fight.
Senjumaru Shutara, the Great Weave Guard and Divine General of the South. She was a slender and very youthful looking woman with fair skin and long, black hair with a big golden ornament in the shape of a crescent moon with numerous small lines radiating outwards adorned in the back of her head. She wore the standard Soul Reaper uniform beneath a white long-sleeved haori overcoat, over which she donned a further white robe fastened at the front near the center of her chest. She also wore a pair of extremely thick-soled okobo shoes on her feet.
She created the Soul Reaper uniform and special clothing with unique abilities for the varying missions that Soul Reapers could undergo or in the rare case they visited other realms of existence. Her contribution was very confusing even to the Head Captain- "clothing the Soul Reapers so their skeletons would be covered"- only Ichibē, one of the sole surviving students of the first human-based Soul Reapers understood what she meant by this. For this reason, she was the 2nd member to join the Royal Guard.
She smirked playfully until she went into a stern expression.
Ichibē Hyōsube, the Monk Who Calls the Real Name, Commander of the Royal Guard and Divine General of the Center. A large and broad individual that towered over the other four with a bald head, red eyes that seemed jolly though with a hidden darker nature, bushy eyebrows and a long chest length black beard. He wore the standard Soul Reaper uniform beneath a white, long-sleeved haori overcoat decorated with the Royal Guard's emblem. The top of his uniform was open enough to expose his hairy chest. He also wore a large set of red prayer beads around his neck and a pair of single-toothed tengu geta sandals.
He was the being who named the entirety of the terminology used by Soul Reapers as taught by his teacher, the founder of the human-based Soul Reapers. He can reveal a true name to awaken its power, change it to alter its properties or remove it to cause the being to cease to exist in the cycle of rebirth- essentially altering reality via naming. Potentially, he could revive the Soul Society or change how it runs by renaming its purposes. For this reason, he was chosen to be the first member of the Royal Guard to protect the Soul King.
He looked at the image with a genial curiosity, smiled with a slight insanity and then ended in a grave grimace to what he saw.
"It's that Hollow Bastard that kicked my ass back when I was the first generation 4th Captain- despite my speed at the time, it was faster.," Tenjirō said in a condescending tone as he spat out the stick in his mouth.
"Yes, it wasn't like the Vasto Lorde we faced before- this entity was stronger than even Ōetsu, Ichibē and I at the time. It had just wiped out the entire 13 Court Guard Squad with you included.," Senjumaru stated while looking to Tenjirō with a sly grin to annoy him.
"At the time? When the 13 Court Guard Squad were in its first generation?," asked Kirio in a somewhat puzzled tone while in the middle of a smile and a frown.
"Yeah, total wham experience, got is deliverance by the least likely superstar. And now this Hollow King's back for an encore.," said Ōetsu in an odd way that Kirio was used to at this point.
"...Let's go check on it then. It's our duty to eliminate anything that might pose a threat to the Soul King and the Royal Family by that extension- and this thing needs to be put down. We can just call the World Swords to temporally take our place until we get back.," said Ichibē to the others shock in an upbeat tone.
"Why not let those 13 Court Guard brats- Yama excluded- to take care of this mess.,"Tenjirō asked his fellow Royal Guard colleague until he stared in the face with the large man's wide expression.
"You do know that they have their own mess to clean up with that Aizen. Something about rumors of him turning into a human devouring monster in the Rukon District that keeps itself outside of their radar. If they can't defeat something so trivial then it's too much for them. And you know how Captain Yamamoto would be- "It is too great a duty for you to handle. Let us bare this burden we brought on ourselves. If this beast manages to slay us, then it will head to the Soul King and I know you will be able to defeat it."- something along those lines.," Ichibē explained while mimicking the Head Captain of the 1st Division briefly before resuming his upbeat tone.
"I doubt that they'll just agree on a whim.," Tenjirō complained to the bearded man.
Ichibē wrote the kanji for "World Sword" with his hand in the air, it then acted like a ringing telephone. He whispered into it, while the others looked on.
"Ok, they agreed, It's time to head to that grassland outside of Karakura Town- a lot of events occur there, like its mandated by an invisible forced plot point- though, the World Sword already covers the other areas in the world so we should be fortunate with the few cities that the 13 Court Guard Squads can perform their duties.," Ichibē answered in a matter of fact tone that surprised the other four.
The kanji then changed to "Boar" as he then called another person.
"We're going to need for you to make some Tenchūren (Heavenly Pillar-Palanquin) for us since we already used it for the last Vasto Lorde we had to slay in Hueco Mundo. You're busy helping out the Rukon District for the Soul Reapers. (to himself) That's a shame and taking the stairs will be half a day long," Ichibē asked the muffled recording
"Why don't we use the Chōkaimon (Super World Gate). We can modify it from return to arrival.," Senjumaru suggested with a coy expression. This caused the Monk to widen his gaze as if realizing something.
"...That'll work.," said Ichibē answered in a casual manner to the other members.
World of the Living
Riruka was breathing hard as she continued to fling Giriko's Countdown technique at the transformed state of Chad, who remained unfazed by the shots.
"...Why don't you get it through your thick head...we Full-Bringers need to work together...," Riruka told Chad with a tone of reluctant anger.
The being's wide mouth charged a massive Cero (Zero) blast in his mouth- it was a mixture of fall,summer, spring and winter elements that caused the space around the world to warp- causing spatial distortions.
"I need for you to join us for Kugo's sake! Because he wants your strength, like he needed mine- I use my powers because I fight to protect him like he protected me!," Riruka shouted towards the being. It caused it to halt its actions for a moment.
Suddenly, a circular doorway opened in the space of the grassland and five Soul Reapers appeared- the Royal Guard.
"Hello Full-Bringer, perhaps Bringers since you're occupying the same space. We're to kill that Dio Hueco before he causes more trouble. Sorry for the inconvenience in interrupting your fight.," said Ichibē to the Full-Bringer girl.
"You're the...Royal Guard...what're you doing here?," Riruka said with Kugo's speech patterns, the Full-Bringer inside her recognizing these five people.
"You're better than I thought to hold your own against a Dio Hueco. Now let's beat this bad boy and call it a-," Tenjirō told Riruka in a patronizing tone until he saw Chad's Spiritual Pressure suddenly change.
Suddenly, Chad's right side began to turn into a black color with jagged lava like markings that engulfed the yellowish gray being turning him into a winged cloven hoofed magma rock skinned demon with downward pointed horns, a thick barb ended tail and a skull like visage. He breathed heavily as he opened his eyes to show black voids with blue embers.
"This is something different. Highway to Hell.," Ōetsu responded to the random transformation of Chad. His eyes showing through his sunglasses looking very serious.
Chapter 25: Five Royal Swords
