Hollow Zangetsu
Zanpaktou/Quincy Zangetsu
Speaking
Thought
Akemi Yoruichi's father. Azami Yoruichi's mother. Chika Yamamoto Head Captains Wife
Chapter Eight: Revelations and Family Heritage Revealed Part 2
Royal Realm
"I have returned your Highness." Hikufune said.
"Well done. How are they?" The Soul King asked.
"They are well sir; Ichigo's sisters are just as adorable as they were the day they were born. Kisuke managed to get them out of there human bodies and awaken there dormant Shinigami and Quincy powers. Kisuke and Tessai are well and so is my darling little Hiyori and the rest of the visoreds. Shina is a little apprehensive about Tatsuki and Orihime finding out the truth and so is Isshin where Ichigo and his daughters are concerned but aside from that, they are all okay. Isshin also asked me to send you his best and to thank you." Hikufune said.
"Excellent news Kirio, now would you please send in Oetsu and Tenjiro on your way out and Inform the Shiba's, Kurosaki's, and the Ishida's that the rest of their family is in Soul Society and they will be seeing Ichigo, Karin, and Yuzu soon, also inform Candice, Menas, and the sternritters as well." The Soul King said.
"Yes your highness." Hikufune said.
"Tenjiro, Oetsu the Soul King wishes to see you." Hikufune said as the two in question just nod and head in the direction of the Soul Kings quarters.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
"You wished to see us sir." Tenjiro and Oetsu said in unison.
"Yes please come in." the King replied.
"I have a task for the two of you that needs to handle with stealth and discretion." the King said.
"I need the two of you to go to Hueco Mundo and bring back these two female arrancar's and their fraction with all due haste." He said. "Do so quickly but quietly sedate them if you have to but do not harm them."
"Yes sir!" Tenjiro and Oetsu said and then left to fulfill their task.
"Masaki-Chan! Masaki-Chan!" Hikufune exclaimed. She found Masaki sitting with her family and the sternritters. "I have news for all of you from the Soul King. He said to tell you all that Ichigo, Karin, and Yuzu will be here soon probably within the next day or two if I had to guess." she said. This made everyone very happy especially Masaki, Candice, and Menas. "Thank goodness I can finally stop all this waiting and see my babies again." Masaki said.
Captains Meeting
Ichigo his ladies and Yoruichi's parents, and Kukaku all showed up at the meeting on time only to receive a grin from the head captain who said. "Ah, good we're all here."
"Not everyone Yama-jii, Kurosuchi's still absent." Kyoraku said.
"So he is. Has anyone seen Captain Kurosuchi? The head captain asked.
"If you're referring to the idiot that looked like a clown and liked to use other Soul Reapers as living bombs he's dead." Orihime said flexing her reiatsu shocking everyone in the room.
"How do you know this young lady?" Ukitake asked.
"Because I killed the bastard." Orihime replied. "What was left of his ashes has probably blown away."
"What did he do to warrant such treatment from you young lady?" the head captain asked
"Well let's see, he admitted the we exist as lab rats for him to use, to using other Soul Reapers as living bombs which I witnessed myself, he admitted to bringing innocent humans and Quincy's here for experimentation and finally to the unjust murder of Souken Ishida the grandfather of my friend Uryu Ishida caused by the aforementioned experimentation. I think those reasons alone justify killing the bastard don't you." Orihime said once again shocking everyone in the room.
"Do have some form of proof young lady?" the head captain asked. Before she could answer Uryu piped up and said "I do." as he strode forward and gave the head captain the picture that Mayuri gave to him.
"That sir is my grandfather Souken Ishida or what is left of him after that bastard you're so concerned with abducted him brought him here and treated him like a lab rat." Uryu spat venomously.
"I see young one I am sorry for your loss, but you would do you well to remember young Quincy that you are a guest here so do not overstep your authority." the head captain said. "At least you had a chance to fight for your pride as a Quincy and avenge him."
"Yes sir I did thank you." Uryu said. The head captain responded with a nod and a gentle smile to the young Quincy.
"Ichigo Kurosaki, Captains Komamura, Kyoraku, and Ukitake tell me that you have another very interesting bankai tell me about It.," the head captain said.
"Well sir it is Kori no Ryu's bankai her name is Kōtei no seiren no kōri no ryū and in either shikai or bankai state she is the most powerful ice type Zanpaktou there is." Ichigo said
"I doubt that." the voice of Toshiro Hitsugiya chimed in.
"Oh really. Care to put your money were your mouth is little boy." Ichigo said
"Little boy. I'll have you know I'm a captain brat and you will show proper respect!" Hitsugiya yelled
"Indeed I will just as soon as you've earned it like everyone else has to and not before!" Ichigo snapped back.
"Enough both of you!" the head captain yelled.
"Ichigo Kurosaki could you show the rest of who haven't seen it this ice bankai of yours?" the head captain asked.
"Sure." Ichigo replied. "Bankai. Freeze, Kōtei no seiren no Kori no ryū." he said and everyone could feel the difference in power between his and Hitsugiya's almost instantly.
"Well that is interesting young Kurosaki." the head captain said.
"Ichigo I want a rematch." Zaraki said. "That's fine but it won't be to the death as I don't kill unless I have no other options." Ichigo replied as he sealed his blade.
"Tatsuki Arisawa, Orihime Inoue, and Ichigo Kurosaki you three are by far the most talented young reapers I have seen in quite a while, I dare say that each one of you is as strong as me or pretty close. I would like to thank you for stopping Rukia Kuchiki's execution and revealing traitors within our ranks, you have truly saved the Soul Society today. You should all be very proud of yourselves." the head captain said.
"Now as far as Central 46 is concerned, it has been confirmed that Souske Aizen did indeed kill all the members so the first order of business is to clean up the council chamber, and to do a complete search of the living area below for any possible survivors. Though I am not hopeful, next we must begin our search for new members to install as soon as the war with Aizen is over. Finally, as Head Captain I am instituting a code black and declaring martial law, from this point forward no action is valid unless authorized by myself and the three most senior captains under me who are Kyoraku, Ukitake, and Unohana. From now until this war is over with and until central 46 is officially reinstated the four of us shall comprise the senior counsel." The head captain said. "Is there any new business before this meeting is adjourned?"
"What about the open captain's positions?" Kyoraku asked. "That will be discussed at a later date." The head captain replied. "Anything else?"
Meanwhile in Hueco Mundo
While the captains had their meeting Tenjiro, and Oetsu were busy, competing the task the Soul King gave them.
"Tenjiro is this the first group?" Oetsu asked. "Yes. According to the information we have, the name of this one is Nelliel and her two fraction Pesche and Dondachaka. I didn't realize there was an arrancar this small." Tenjiro said as Nelliel and her fraction woke up.
"Who are you pompadour head?" little Nell asked only to have Oetsu start laughing his ass off.
"My name is Tenjiro little one and I've come to pick you up." Tenjiro said. "Why." Nell asked.
"Because there is someone very important that wants to meet you." he responded
"Is this important person gonna hurt Nell?" she asked.
"No little one He won't hurt you." Tenjiro said.
"Okay!" Nell exclaimed with a toothy grin.
"Hey. You do understand that where ever Nell-sama go's we go as well." Pesche said.
"Of course that is what we planned anyway." Tenjiro said.
"Why are you here?" Pesche asked.
"I don't know Pesche, we were ordered to come here and retrieve two arrancar and their fraction and take them back with us, as for who sent us you will find that out as soon as we leave Hueco Mundo." Tenjiro said.
"Oetsu where is the other one?" Tenjiro asked. "Inside that large fortress." Oetsu replied.
"We need to create a distraction so we can get in, grab her with her fraction and get out unseen." Oetsu said.
"Getting in and out unseen shouldn't be a problem for me, although if you can tell her exact location inside that fortress it would be helpful." Tenjiro said.
"Wait a minute it seems that she has now left the structure with five additional arrancar." Oetsu said
"Oh really, which way is she headed?" Tenjiro asked.
"She's headed straight for us." Oetsu said. "Really she just made our jobs a lot easier then." Tenjiro replied. "How long till she reaches us?" "About a minute Tenjiro." Oetsu said.
"Actually I'm already Shinigami." the arrancar said.
"Would you be Tia Harribel?" Tenjiro asked.
"Indeed I am and who would you be stranger?" Tia asked.
"My name is Tenjiro and I have been ordered to come here and escort to our lord." he said.
"And who is this lord of yours?" she asked.
"I'm afraid that I cannot explain that to you just yet, but your fraction and their two little friends are more than welcome to join us." Tenjiro said. "And to put your mind at ease, none of you will be harmed in any way."
"Why should we believe you Tenjiro?" Tia asked. "Because if I had any reason to harm you, you would already be dead." he replied. Tia looked at the fraction with her who just nodded and then she said, "Very well Tenjiro lead the way but if you try anything I will kill you." "Fair enough Harribel-san." Tenjiro said as they all walked through the Choukaimon and headed for the Royal Dimension.
Inside Los Noches
"Lord Aizen! Lord Aizen!" Kaname yelled running up to Aizen.
"Yes Kaname what is it?" Aizen replied.
"Tia Harribel, her predecessor Nelliel, there fraction as well as your aides Loly and Menoly have all just disappeared." Kaname said. "Are they dead?" Aizen asked.
"Unknown, but most likely." Kaname replied.
"Well no matter I can always create more arrancar's; I have plenty of stock to work with." Aizen said.
"Yes, Lord Aizen" Kaname replied.
Inside the Choukaimon
"Okay, just who are you and what do you want?" Tia asked.
"We are members of the royal guard and we don't want anything from you Ms. Harribel, it is the Soul King himself that wishes to speak with you." Tenjiro said.
"What does the Soul King wish to speak with us for?" she asked.
"I do not know. I'm afraid you'll have to ask him that question." Tenjiro replied. "I suggest you wait to speak to him."
"Very well Tenjiro we will wait however, if the Soul King, you or your companion try to harm us any way neither one of you will live long enough to regret it." Tia said with killing intent lacing ever word.
"Far enough Ms. Harribel." Tenjiro said with a chuckle.
As they approach the exit the doorway to the royal realm opens up to them and they are standing in front of the Soul King himself.
Inside the Soul Kings Living Quarters
"Forgive us sir we didn't mean to exit the Choukaimon in your private quarters." Tenjiro said as he took a knee and bowed before the Soul King. "That is quite alright Tenjiro I felt your presence in the Choukaimon and redirected the exit here." the Soul King replied. "Now could the two of you leave me with these arrancar's and go tell Candice, Menas, and Masaki that I need to see them please." He said.
"Yes sir." they said before leaving.
"Now please have a seat all of you." the Soul King said.
"What do you want?" Harribel asked.
"Two things I want to complete your evolution and turn you into real Shinigami/Arrancar Hybrids so that you can have a life free from persecution, and I want you and Nelliel here once she regains full control of her powers to marry my successor to bring peace between the arrancar's and Soul Society." the Soul King replied.
"You want us to marry your successor!" Tia exclaimed. "Why?" she asked.
"Because the Soul King has always had multiple wives for the purpose of helping him do his job and in this case helping rule over Hueco Mundo as well as Soul Society in an effort to maintain the balance and undo the damage that Aizen will eventually cause. Not only will my successor need strong beautiful women to keep him in line and give him a swift kick in the ass when he steps out of line." he said.
Tia was blushing being called beautiful and then said "Okay I'll do it provided Lady Nelliel agrees and you complete our evolutions as promised."
"What do you think Nelliel?" the Soul King asked Nell who was now in her adult form. "I don't have a problem with it provided I get to see what my future husband looks like." she said as Ichigo's mom and his two Quincy fiancés walked in.
"I take it that these two women are the two arrancar wives my son will be marrying." she said as the Soul King turned on a monitor showing Ichigo who currently in a captains meeting. The Soul King and Masaki began telling Menas and Candice everything about Ichigo and the Soul King telling the arrancar's how he was dying and only had a short time left to live, all the while watching as the meeting was dismissed and the captains headed for a celebration. The Soul King then asked Candice and Menas to ask the other sternritters to come in so they could watch the party unfolding down below and listen to what Ichigo was about say.
Back at the Captain's meeting moments earlier
"Head captain I believe that Ichigo and his two young lady friends would be ideal candidate's to be substitute soul reapers and be our agents in the world of the living." Ukitake said.
"I agree." The head Captain said. "What say you young Ichigo?"
"I accept head captain." Ichigo said.
"Good. Now that our business is concluded I believe we have a party to get to." The head captain said as he adjourned the meeting.
Party at the fourth division
Everyone at the party was carrying on laughing and telling jokes. Ichigo was surrounded by his ladies, the Shihoin family, and the head captain.
"Ichigo tell us about yourself." Azami said
"What do you want to know Lady Azami?" Ichigo asked.
Everyone around was waiting for her to answer, when she said "Well why did you become a soul reaper?" she said.
This question had everyone waiting on pins and needles for him to answer.
"Well to answer that question properly I have to answer a question that Captain Kuchiki asked me during our fight." Ichigo said.
"Byakuya remember the question you asked me during our fight?" Ichigo asked.
"I do. I asked you why you would save Rukia." Byakuya said.
"Well the answer to that question is two words, Masaki Kurosaki." Ichigo said.
"Who is that young Kurosaki?" the head captain asked
"She is or rather was my mother." Ichigo said "I take it she's dead?" Captain Kyoraku asked
"Yes she is." Ichigo said. "How does that answer my question Kurosaki?" Byakuya asked.
"I'm getting to it Byakuya." Ichigo said. Little did Ichigo, Tatsuki, and Orihime know that their family was there as well the visoreds as well as Kisuke and Tessai listening to every word he said?
"To my dad, my sisters, and I my mother was like star and we were all just happy to be in her orbit. My mom was an amazing person she would always put the needs of others before her own and that is something I inherited. My childhood was great; she was always there for our family when we needed her. The best moments for me as a child were when she walked to me school in the morning and the walk home in the afternoon. Later on when my little sisters Karin and Yuzu came along the best part of my day was helping my parents take care of them. I usually left diaper changing to my parents I always helped out in other areas I jumped at the chance to spend as much time with them as I could and when we were old enough she started teaching us other languages Latin would come to have a profound impact on me. I was taught to judge a person by their actions never their differences, and to never allow someone's differences dictate how you treat them, being different from someone else doesn't make you better than them it just makes you different nothing more nothing less. In fact, our family motto was based on those teachings it was Secundum igitur primum genus, amici te which is Latin it means Family first, Friends Second, then yourself, it was my mother's way of teaching us to always put the needs of others before our own. I came to realize just how much my mother meant to me as time went on, she was my light." Ichigo said only to notice that everyone there was hanging on every word he said.
"What do you mean she was your light Ichigo?" Ukitake asked
"I grew up knowing that the world I lived in was a dark and evil place and it was my mother that lit my path and kept the darkness at bay. For a while everything was fine and our family was happy and then it happened she died."
Everyone could see the pain he was in talking about this and saw the tears streaming down his face but they could also feel it through his reiatsu, his pain was so strong they could taste it in the air but no one stopped him, as they knew this was probably something he needed to get out.
"How did it happen?" Chika Yamamoto the head captain's wife asked.
"The day was June 17th seven years ago I was nine years old at the time. My mother had just picked me up from the dojo where I was taking martial arts. As we were walking home along the river and saw a girl on the side of the river that looked like she was about jump in. The river was moving very fast that day, as it had been raining so like the good little boy she raised me to be I went running over to try to help her before she fell in. I heard my mother call out to me and then everything went dark. I awoke to find my mother's dead body on top of me, she had a hole in her back and I found myself covered in her blood. After that everything changed, I focused my anger, hatred and rage solely on my martial arts and myself. I considered the martial arts training as not just training but as punishment. I put myself through some of the most brutal training I could think of, and nearly punished myself into an early grave as a result of course dying and spending the rest of eternity in hell as punishment for my crime would have been a small price to pay as far as I was concerned. I did not stop there. For seven years, I stayed away from everyone I cared about out of fear that the same monster that took my mother from me would come back and take them from me as well. I am sure it may have seemed selfish in fact, I'm certain it was but at the time I didn't care as long as my family and friends were safe that was the only thing I cared about, what happened to me was of no consequence. Now we come to the part where I answer your question Byakuya. It was about 2 months ago when a certain raven-haired soul reaper popped into my life and that soul reaper was your sister. Rukia gave me a very special gift; something that for humans does not come along very often its called closure. After she gave her powers, and I became a soul reaper the first time I came face to face with the monster that killed my mom, it was a hollow named Grand Fisher. That day he had used his lure to draw me or those with high levels of spirit energy in and instead of killing me he got my mom instead, she sacrificed her life so I could live. The day I found Grand fisher, he gloated about it like it was the best thing he ever did, he even made his lure take on the form of my mother to taught me even more, and in the fight that followed I very nearly lost my life of course he didn't get away without a scratch either I'm just sorry I wasn't able to kill the fucker. If it wasn't for your sister Byakuya my life would be very different right now, Rukia gave the closure I needed to get on with my life and stop blaming myself for my mother's death, and I will never be able to thank her enough for the wonderful gift she gave me. I became a soul reaper to thank Rukia for what she did for me and to honor not only my mother's memory but also her sacrifice." Ichigo said finishing his tail.
"Ichi-nii/Onii-chan." Yuzu and Karin said standing there with their father crying.
"Yuzu, Karin." Ichigo said seeing that they were crying he said, "Come here." Bending down to pick them up into hug and giving them kisses.
"Ichi-nii, you don't blame yourself for mom's death anymore right?" Karin asked, "No Karin I don't, but for a while after it happened I did" he replied. "What changed Onii-Chan?" yuzu asked
"A really good friend gave me a good swift kick in the ass." He said.
"I'm glad you two are here." Ichigo said, "You are Onii-Chan." Yuzu replied
"Why?" Karin asked
"Because I get to do this!" he exclaimed putting them on the ground, he said "Tickle War!"
"AH! Onii-Chan/Ichi-nii STOP THAT TICKLES!" Karin and Yuzu cried out as their big brother began to tickle them without mercy.
"No! Big brother rights state I get to tickle you and drive you batty as much as want and you can't say anything." He said as he began to blow raspberries on their stomachs.
"There's no such thing as big brother rights you just made it up AH!" Karin said as Ichigo started tickling her and Yuzu again.
"Of course I made it up. You two drive me up a wall sometimes so I've got to get my licks in when I can." He said before stopping and bringing them both into a warm embrace.
"You two will never know how much dad and I love you, never forget that understand." He said kissing them both on the forehead and then the two sisters gave their big brother a hug as well.
"We won't forget Ichi-nii, Onii-Chan." They both said.
"Ichigo." Isshin said getting his sons attention. "OMF!" Isshin said as Ichigo punched him in the stomach.
"What the hell was that for?" Isshin asked trying to catch his breath.
"You've got some nerve asking such a stupid question. First, you bring my sisters into what potentially could have still been enemy territory, and then you show up dressed up like a soul reaper. You've got a lot of explaining to do." Ichigo said
"You bastard!" Kukaku said as she walked up and punched Isshin in the stomach again.
"Ganju and I thought you were dead. Kaien thought you were dead. Your friends and colleagues in the soul society thought you were dead, so help me if don't tell Ichigo and his sisters the truth about their heritage right now the next punch I give you will make the last one feel like a light tickle!" Kukaku shouted.
"Well Goat-chin are you going to enlighten your children or not?" Ichigo asked
"Well Ichigo for one thing my name isn't Isshin Kurosaki its Isshin Shiba. Kukaku and Ganju are your second cousins." He said. 19 years ago, I was the Captain of Squad 10 as well as the head of the Shiba Clan. I am still technically the later do to the fact that I never designated an heir that is until now. Ichigo you are my heir and next leader of the Shiba Clan." He said "But that's not all is it?" Ichigo asked. "I'm afraid not." Isshin said.
To be continued in Part 3…
Okay people fanficlover2017 here,
I know I said that Isshin would tell Ichigo the truth about his heritage in this chapter but I got a little too involved with it and it would not have left me much to talk about in the final chapter if this arc so I will continue it in the next chapter. Do not be too upset with me. I wanted to draw this out as long as possible and if I did not stop here, the next chapter only would have been three pages if that. After this arc is completed, I will write three or four chapters for my other stories and then get back to this one. The next arc will be one the Bounts. I will be following the anime/manga closely but with me own tweaks. During the Bount arc will be Ichigo's wedding and yes there will be lemons, but be warned I don't do crazy over the top lemons like some other authors on the site, I do just enough were the reader knows the characters are having sex and that's it so the lemon scenes won't be very long at all.
As always R&R but know flames please as they will ignored always be courteous and respectful, and as always constructive criticism and suggestions are always welcome so if you have a suggestion or something you'd like to see put in PM me and let me know. I'll see what I can do.
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