"Damn" Ichigo grumbled "Grimmjow and Ulquiorra can only be kidding"
He had already eliminated over 100 hollows in a single day. When they came to this world, he and his friends never thought about the possibility that the Hollows were following them.
The possibility existed. it was not news that the Hueco world or at least part of it came with them. Hollows could come too. What he didn't think about was the possibility of Hueco Mundo starting to change the world
"I think it's finally under control" He grumbled with an ugly face "Now, I've already shown the hell to myself, what to do?"
"Kurosaki-Kun" Inoue took him out of his thoughts by running to him "The Hollows finished, Sado-Kun, Rukia, Renji-san and Nel-chan eliminated the remains"
"Well... shall we go home?" Ichigo sighed "I'm already annoyed with these Hollows"
"We will!" Inoue waved
"What are these things?" The Bird Woman, Liza asked exhaustedly "Are they stronger than most devils, fallen angels, and exorcists I face"
She was panting looking at a body of a giant masked ant monster lying on the ground and disappearing.
She fought for her life against the creatures and barely made it out alive "I have to get stronger to help Shad-Sama"
hmmm
"Kyaaa"
An explosion startled her making her jump back. She landed and looked at where the explosion came from and saw Sado fighting 3 hollows and winning.
Two of them were already on the ground disappearing and the other three were being pushed away.
Sado's arms were strangely much bigger than they should have been and oddly shaped
"I'm sure Chad-Sama and Inoue-Sama are pure-blooded devils, although they deny it" Liza commented in amazement "He's also absolutely final class"
It was in fact that Sado and Inoue's energy emanating was identical to that of pureblood devils, no, their energy was a bit purer than that of normal pureblood devils
"I'm so lucky to serve Chad-sama~~" She melted in love "I just have to keep him safe from devil piranhas who might want to bring him into their clans"
"So that's what happened?" Ulquiorra commented, "this world has its Shinigami!"
Ulquiorra's words were completely emotionless on her serious face. He was in a position of indifference watching Mayuri open the body of the skeleton she screamed
"Tch, they're just as weak as" Grimmjow growled looking at the experiments "Apparently we weren't the only swords that came"
"Who do you think it could be?" Ulquiorra asked, "I don't feel the presence!"
"haa, it was Yammy, who was killed by a guy named Hades!" Grimmjow claimed "a god of death"
"A shinigami captain?" Ulquiorra asked
"No, not my dear Hollow" Mayuri joined the conversation with her disturbing smile "The being that killed Yammy was a god of death with a capital G, what this Shinigami of this world said... there is no such thing as a real god, so this being is probably something like the king of spirits"
"Hahaha, King of spirits, The one that Aizen wanted to reach? haha, it means that if I kill this Hades, I'll be able to be better than Aizen" Grimmjow yelled looking at Mayuri "That's right, right Shinigami!"
"Exactly my dear Hollow!" Mayuri Stated"Imagine the data I can get from a spirit king in flesh and blood and accessible"
Ulquiorra looked at the two and said nothing. He just looked once more at the living dissected Grimm Reaper and pointed his finger at him.
"Aren't you going to wear this anymore?" He asked
"No, I already got all the data I needed" Mayuri replied
"Cero" Ulquiorra waved and pointed his finger at the Grimm Reaper a dark light flashed from his finger and a bolt of dark energy shot towards the Grimm Reaper turning him to dust.
"What did you do!" Mayuri screamed in desperation
"I took out the trash" Ulquiorra replied
"Ulquiorra, are you getting soft?" Grimmjow asked
He looked strangely at the fourth sword and clicked his tongue.
The next day
Ichigo opened his eyes and felt a weight in his chest. He looked down and saw Nel lying on his chest.
"Nel what are you doing?" He asked
"Lying with You Ichigo!" She responded excitedly, "Let's stay here today!"
"no, let's go to school" Ichigo grumbled "You're the principal now remember!"
"How boring" Nel complained whimpering
"Hey, don't be like that, I promise I'll make it up to you" Ichigo replied
He began to soften with Nel little by little since she was in child form in the Hueco mundo. He took a liking to her. Now that affection was becoming something else.
He just couldn't accept that fact yet.
Later
When Ichigo and his group arrived at the school, he, Ulquiorra, and Inoue were stopped by Yutoo Kiba.
"Kurosaki-San, Inoue-San and Sifer-San.." Kiba called out to them
"What you want?" Ichigo replied with a frown "I don't have time"
"The student supernatural club president is calling you into her office"
Nel arrived in her office with an irritated sigh and sat down in a comfortable chair.
"aaahhh I wish I was with Ichigo!" she whimpered
Toki, Toki
"Goes into!" Nel grumbled
"Excuse me, Principal Nelliel" Souna Shitori the student council president, and her deputy Tsubaki Shinra entered Nel's office
"What do you want?" Nel asked with a smile.
"Principal Nelliel we would like to talk about the school and its rules," Souna said
"I know the rules" Nel replied now formally "I don't need more information!"
"I insist you do" Souna replied "Please forgive me"
A magic circle appeared in Souna's hands and Tsubaki went behind her with a guilty face.
The two did not like to use hypnosis, but to ensure that their rule over the territory and their control of the school continued it was necessary
That's when a huge person fell on them"Aaaahhhh" The two fell to their knees and lost their breath
"What is happening?" Souna gasped
"Souna, I can't breathe" Tsubaki cried
"Don't ever do that again" Nel stated firmly "I'm very kind and that's why I didn't have enough reatsu to kill them, but there won't be a second time"
Her eyes were full of certainty that made Tsubaki and Souna shiver. Nel's eyes said two things, if you try anything again you'll die the second was much more disturbing and pointless. Don't come near my territorial
They didn't understand Nel's territorial sense and just nodded.
"We're sorry" The two cried
"Wonderful, now we can talk"
In the second moment, the pressure that threw them down disappeared with souna and Tsubaki breathing again.
'she's as powerfull as my sister or more' Souna gasped "I can't tell the Nessama about it, I have to avoid destruction in a Shinto territory and cause a war if I don't even know which faction the director belongs to"
She gasped and once again looked at Nel. "Can we please keep order at school?"
Her words seemed to be accusing, but her tone held a pleading sound and Nel responded.
"I won't cause trouble if you don't provoke us"
Souna waved "Thank you!"
she wanted to say more, only she knew that all she could do was miss it. The guy in front of her was way above anything she'd ever faced.
Souna realized at that moment that she was weak. She wasn't as special as she thought
In the supernatural research room. Rias are sitting in the office chair in front of the desk in the corner of the room like some kind of executive boss.
Koneko was sitting on the couch looking at Ulquiorra and Ichigo with a look of silent dread and Kiba was beside Rias with Akeno.
Issei and Asia were on the other side of the room watching the two new visitors curiously.
Ichigo and Ulquiorra didn't miss Koneko's look of fear.
{King, that little bitch she's spying on us, kill her}
[Ichigo, she's spying on her Reatsu, be careful]
'So, did she notice my reatsu?' Ichigo thought 'I kept it hidden long enough for the demons not to feel, what is she?'
'Did she notice my reatsu, a spiritual awareness among them?' Ulquiorra stated in his mind 'what a surprise, I'll keep an eye on her
"Welcome to the supernatural research group" Rias stood up introduced herself and raised her hands to them "Let me introduce everyone, Akeno, Kiba Yuuto, Toujou Koneko, Hyoudou Issei, and Asia Argento"
She pointed to each of her club members and said their names and each had a different reaction. Kiba was friendly, Akeno made a joke, Issei introduced himself fearfully and Asia did the same
Koneko was the only one who didn't speak a single word and kept looking at them in fear.
"Koneko introduce yourself" Rias caught the girl's attention
"it's not necessary! Looks like she saw something she didn't need, I don't blame her" Inoue took the lead with a kind smile and went to Koneko "don't worry, they're good people! They just look mean"
"Mad face?" Ichigo snorted "Tch, it's not my fault she wants to intrude where she's not called"
He referred to the fact that she is trying to research their reatsu.
"..." Ulquiorra didn't say anything
"What do you mean, They did something for Koneko-Chan" Issei stood protectively in front of Koneko and Inoue"They are dangerous"
Ichigo grimaced in anger and Ulquiorra narrowed his eyes a little. Rias realizing this in a split second gasped sensing an unknown danger
but before she could do anything, Inoue got up and walked away from Issei a bit leaving him confused.
' what? but, I just wanted to protect them' He thought
"Issei-san, I advise you not to get too close" Inoue spoke with a serious tone "Something bad happened and they are still super protective, I can't guarantee your survival if you continue"
Although Inoue was always naive and kind, sometimes even foolish about threats, she knew very well how some situations could have negative results.
And this was one of them. They were in an unknown world where they knew little and she was the weakest of the group in combat power, so like it or not, she was the target of protection from her friends.
She also didn't want anyone to get hurt because she was naive enough not to realize that her friends felt she was at risk and jumped in to protect her.
Issei's eyes widened and he took a step back when she felt Rias' hand tugging at him.
"Buchou!" Issei yelled
"Sorry about him inoue-san" Rias apologized lowering Issei's head "But could you explain what happened and what is happening to those creatures?"
"I already told you, demons don't mind" Ichigo growled
"Kurosaki-Kun" Inoue called
"He's right, Demons have nothing to do with it" Ulquiorra spoke calmly "We'll take care of it ourselves"
"it's you and Grimmjow took great care... really well..." Ichigo scoffed
"Take care of what?" Rias asked
"It's none of your business" Ichigo replied
"They are Hollow" Inoue replied
"Hollow what?" Rias asked"never heard of that"
"Inoue" Ichigo growled
"No Kurosaki-Kun, as you said, Ulquiorra-Kun and Grimmjow-San couldn't keep the Hollows in the Hueco mundo," Inoue said seriously "The Hollows will attack people and the demons have power, so it's likely that they are targets"
"Targets of what?" Issei asked, "Are we targets?"
Kiba and Akeno hardened, both with trauma from having already been 'targets' in life
'we cannot say that we are from another world. or anything in our world' Inoue thought even hey I know this is going to go bad at some point, think hime, think, I have an idea!'
"Are you sure?" Ichigo asked "I don't like this!"
He didn't stand against her or tell her to be quiet because even though Inoue is very naive when she needs it, she's very smart.
"Issei-san, have you ever heard that demons devour souls?" Inoue looked at Issei with a smile.
"Buchou do we devour souls?" Issei asked Rias scared
"Yes, I heard that in the church" Asia spoke with a scared tone "is it true?"
"No, this is a myth to make the devils feared and hated" Rias spoke with a sullen snort.
"So Rias-san, this myth is not entirely a lie, the demons that devour souls are Hollows, evil Hollows" Inoue sighed looking at Rias, she didn't generalize so she wouldn't give problems to Ulquiorra and others.
After all, Adjucas can become uprooting and stop eating souls, getting rid of instincts. Not to mention the Vast Lords who have no predatory instincts.
"What? so my race has been getting blamed for losing to another race" Rias replied angrily "How the hell did we not know that?"
Inoue got stuck not knowing how to explain
"Why who took care of the lost Hollow were the hollow, and spiritual beings like reapers" Ulquiorra stood in front of her with a voice of certainty and calm, he used the Shinigami version of this world to explain "There's a hell of a war the Hollow government and the government of another of these spirit beings also fell"
[good explanation, he used the winter war and the possible outcome of it] Zangetsu spoke in Ichigo's mind[this was possibly the result of the war, Aizen lost, but it did a lot of damage to soul society, making things easier for the king ]
'Which? do you think the society of souls will fall?' Ichigo asked in fearful mind 'Who is the king?'
{You are the king of course as long as you are stronger than me, you fool} The hollow screamed
"whatever" Ichigo clicked his tongue and shook his head
"Wait, you mean there was a war between factions that led to mutual extermination and no one knew about it!" Rias asked shocked "Something like that would become devastating news"
"Well, well, if I understand correctly, are spiritual beings like valkyries, angels of death, and reapers? beings that take the dead to the respective heavens and hells of each paradise mythology?" Akeno asked with a playful and fearful tone at the same time "Does that mean that if one of these factions is destroyed, the burden of dealing with the lost hollow is left to the others and overloaded"
"Exactly, both the Hollow and Shinigami governments are recovering and not being able to deal with the lost Hollow part of them" Ulquiorra replied "It turns out that all Hollow reincarnated below, or in the upper class as you call them are just beasts that devour souls to feed"
"Like this?" Rias asked "how such a destructive race hasn't been exterminated yet"
"Because they are powerful enough to stand on their own and usually feed on themselves, they are a cannibal race, only the weakest feed on humans and other races" Inoue came in saying "So usually a Hollow's biggest problem is another one Hollow, so the strongest Hollows who don't need to feed on Reatsu have taken over and eliminate the violent low-level Hollows"
"This is cruel," Asia said sadly "why do they do that?"
"Why, to stay strong and be able to protect themselves in Hueco Mundo a place full of Cannibals, they have to devour reatsu, soul energy, and powerful souls are usually from spiritual beings like Reapers or other Hollow" Inoue replied with a look of sad"Only Vasto Lords and Arrancares don't need to feed on Reatsu as they are very powerful and at the peak of their power evolutions"
"A hostile environment generates hostile reactions from its inhabitants and I think Vastolords and Arnarar are kinds of end-level Hollow right?" Kiba said "But what is this Hueco world"
"Exactly!" Inoue replied and sighed, inventing another lie"The Hueco mundo is what you call purgatory, where souls that cannot pass to heaven or hell go and become Hollow"
"Wait, so Hollows are an evolved version of evil spirits?" Asia gasped "Now it makes sense, that priests-san always prioritized evil spirits over Devils in church teachings"
She looked at the ground with pity "Poor souls, they cannot go down and are still forced into such a situation"
"Asia!" Issei put his hand on her shoulder comforting her.
"Now that you know, let us handle it!" Ichigo growled angrily
"Who are you to deal with this" Rias spoke "an unknown devil, and two I don't know what!"
"We are what's left of the leaders of the governments of the two destroyed factions" Inoue replied "it's our job and I'm not a Devil"
"I see, you were adopted by one of these factions! I won't ask too much" Rias replied with a sigh "But, this is the devils' territory and I ask that you inform me about your activities, we devils also have our lost ones and I don't want to find a lost one of you and have our souls devoured because we don't know or aren't strong enough to deal with them"
"We have an agreement" Inoue replied
Ichigo growled and Ulquiorra just waved.