New Day
Skies above Karakura Town
The sky above Karakura Town was clear and slightly cloudy, a bird flapped flying through, over, and under clouds before readily approaching a dense cluster of clouds. It was peaceful, and calm. It flew through the dense cluster of clouds as the air became colder, and thunder boomed as strange creatures were seen within the clouds. Then it flew through one final cloud and it squinted its eyes as a bright rey of sun blinded it and then the bird blinked once then twice and before it floating on a massive floating landmass was a massive castle with a city inside of it. The gate was a giant skull head with glowing yellow eyes, the teeth were closed. The bird hovered around for a few seconds before the glowing yellow eyes moved to the bird and glowed brighter and brighter before two golden beams fired and disintegrated the bird.
"Humph stupid ass bird…" The Skull grumbled in annoyance, his eyes roamed around looking for any intruders. "Oi.." Came a femaine shout, the skull blinked and looked around again. "Down here Gravedoor." Snapping the voice this time out of annoyance, the skull looked down and spotted Tatsuki and her Fracción standing in front of him. "Oh hey what's up Tatsuki." Gravedoor replied. "Nothing much" Tatsuki replied, "How are you?" She then asked, "Oh you know the usual." Gravedoor replied as his eyes roamed the skies and blasted another bird with a Cero. Aleksandra interrupted the conversation "Should you be scanning us?" Tatsuki scowled and developed a tick mark. {"I'm gonna clobber that ice fairy...she's glad she is my Fracción!"} Her mentality raged.
"Oh okay please stand still." Gravedoor stated as his eyes glowed and shot beams of light that moved up and down each person standing. "Okay all done you guys are good to go!" Gravedoor shouted happily, as he made a grunting noise and his eyes narrowed as he opened his mouth revealing a tunnel that goes completely through. Tatsuki and her Fracción walk through as Gravedoor closes his mouth as they enter the tunnel, they then exit into a small but nicely laid out city. Hollows flew overhead including some that look like dragons or snakes, some hollows were walking around others were operating shops, or sweeping.
Tatsuki breathed in, as her Fracción were looking all over, she knew it was coming hence why she hated coming here. "Tatsuki-sama…" Aleksandra began, Tatsuki paused but sighed as she felt the anger building. "Fine, go have fun, I will make the report." She said after a few tense minutes. "But be back by…" She turned around and blinked as her Fracción had vanished. "Eh?" She blinked and mouth agape at being left in the middle of a busy intersection as hollows moved around. It took about an half hour, as the sky began to darken and lights started coming on as Tatsuki reached the central keep, she was huffing and sweaty. She stretched as she looked up the long flights of steps leading up to the main keep of the castle.
Tatsuki inwardly groaned and slumped her shoulders as she began her hike up the stairs.
Inside the main Keep
Ichigo sat on his throne with a bored expression, as several hollows and arrancar were huddled around by the feet of the throne discussing various day to day affairs. He leaned his head on his left hand as he looked up and saw a very extremely detailed and over exaggerated portrait of himself standing on top of a volcano. He sweatdropped {"I seriously don't know what's worse whats-her-face claiming to be Queen and my wife...or those three aids of mine having a massive crush on me."}. Ichigo yawned; he wanted to be home with his sisters and his friends, {"Starrk could handle this….no...now I think about it he would fall asleep and Ulquiorra would just kill somebody…"}.
"STAARK!" Ichigo jumped at that, he blinked and looked around and then noticed a young-looking female Arrancar. Her outfit consists of white-colored briefs with a black line positioned in the middle, arm-warmers, a revealing vest with a high collar and thigh-high, fur-lined boots. Her Hollow hole is positioned in the center of her stomach. The remainder of her Hollow mask is the form of a helmet, with two horns on the top of her head. The left horn looks as if it has been cut off and the left half of the mask covers her left eye. Her right eye is light pink, with the left eye covered by her Hollow mask and a flame design over the eye socket and she also has light green hair arranged in a very basic manner. Ichigo eye sockets became a cross between an annoyed or a slightly assumed expression.
Everyone paused as they watched the female trying to wake a man sleeping on a bean bag chair. Ichigo blinked more confused about how he got a bean bag chair into the throne room rather than be concerned over the abuse the female was putting him through. Ichigo sighed and sat back down on his throne and slumped his shoulders. He simply raised his clawed hand and pointed a retractable finger at the two. A Hollow that was sweeping and looked up and quickly rushed over armed with the broom he was used to sweep the floor. The doors are then thrown open, and apart from the Hollow that was fighting the young female and the guy who was still snoring. Stare at Tatsuki who was standing there huffing and puffing and covered in sweat she then walked in and kneeled in front of Ichigo's throne.
Ichigo watched with slight concern for his childhood friend. Tatsuki gave her report, and Ichigo waved her off. Tatsuki rose and placed her hand on his Ichigo watch with slight confusion as Tatsuki squeezed it before walking back to her room. The Hollow from earlier was now caught in a dust cloud with the young arrancar. Tatsuki closed the door and the man who was soundly asleep yawned and stood up. He blinked and looked around confused. "Oi...is it morning already?". "No...itssss...6:30" Replied a Scorpion-like hollow with a bessumed look, and it moved to allow the dust cloud to pass. Starrk just blinked and slumped his shoulders "Lilynette…." He called, as the younger arrancar ignored him, he was then handed a broom by Ichigo who decided to leave and go on a walk. The hollows bowed toward their lord and the doors opened and Ichigo left.
Starrk looked at the broom and sighed and walked over to the dust cloud, and lazily swiped it around. The hollows and arrancars watched, and then sweatdropped and blink as Starrk was sucked into the dust cloud with slight annoyance.
The sound of a Garganta was heard and out stepped a slender, yet fairly muscular, male Arrancar of average height with a melancholic appearance. He has fairly short, messy black hair, pale white skin, a black upper lip, and green eyes with small slit-shaped pupils, similar to a cat's. Part of his bangs fall between his eyes, and he has distinctively thick eyebrows. He has teal lines which descend from the lower part of his eyes. His facial expression rarely changes, though he is almost always frowning. He wears typical Arrancar clothes: a white jacket, black sash, and a white hakama. However, his jacket has longer coattails than others, and the collar is higher. On the top-left side of his head, forming a broken horned helmet.
He looked around for someone and then noticed the dust cloud in the corner and his expression remained the same. "Ichigo-sama went on a walk." A Vasto Lordes in the form of a bipedal humanoid like crocodile explained. The male nodded and left the throne room, looking for his master and lord. "S...so who's gonna clean this up?" A female arrancar with red short hair asked, and everyone just shrugged their shoulders.
World of the Living
A Raven haired petite figure dressed as a samurai, came out of a barrel roll, and raised her sword to block a strike from a wasp-like hollow. She gnashed her teeth and pushed back against the hollow. The Hollow raised its stinger to strike and she dodge and managed to roll behind it and slash at its wings. It screamed out in pain, which echoed across the entire city, some humans paused and looked around with mild confusion and some fear. {"Damn it...I wanted to fight a hollow after being idle...but I'm way over my head!"} Thought the raven haired petite figure as she blocked an enraged strike by the hollow. The two pushed each other away from one another and as she raised her blade to strike a bright red beam shot between them.
The Raven haired figure jumped back and the Hollow hunched and huffed as it was injured. She watched a Menoly appear in between the two, she stared in shock at the girl before her. {"Who...who is she? Her Reiatsu is similar to a shinigami..but feels like a Hollow."} The girl noted the oddity to add to her upcoming report. The shinigami looked up and her eyes widened as Negación appeared out of the sky and dragged the injured hollow with it. The teenage-equise girl turned around, and the shinigami's eyes widened. The girls uniform consists of a white dress with short sleeves, which are slit and run slightly past her elbows, and an upturned collar. Menoly's dress is also unzipped at the front revealing her cleavage. Her dress also exposes her waist and part of her thighs on both sides of her body. A black sash is worn loosely around her hips. She completed her outfit with a white, segmented choker and a series of white bracelets on her arms.
"Who are you!" The Shinigami shouted as she ready her blade, the girl looked at her and backed up slightly. The Shinigami blinked {"Her expression indicates that she is surprised by me being here."}. The girl didn't answer and before the Shinigami could interrogate further the girl vanished in a burst of Sonído. The Shinigami blinked {"Was...t..that Sonído?"} She shook her head as she decided to try and follow where the strange girl went.
A mile away
Menoly wheezed as she tried to catch her breath, as she rested in front of theKarakura S. Primary School. She breathed much easier after a few seconds, and sat down on a bench once she confirmed she was safe. {"T..T..That was a shinigami..I guess we got soft...I mean the last one was a wimp…"} her thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice, "Menoly-chan?" Menoly perked up and jumped and rested her hand on her sword, while looking around widely. She paused and bowed quickly once she spotted Yuzu and Karin. "...M...M..My ladies...You're alright!" She exclaimed quickly. Karin and Yuzu just looked at each other and back to their bodyguard/adoptive older sister.
"Uh...yea we good." Karin replied with a raised brow, Yuzu walked forward and rested her hand on Menoly's head. Menoly paused and blushed slightly as she allowed her mistress to rubbed her head in a reassuring manner. Menoly rose and looked around again and decided to open a Garganta towards El castillo. Menoly opened the Garganta and quickly herded the two twins through it ignoring their short protests as she looked behind her as it closed.
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Rukia Kuchiki landed in front of a human school, she rested her hand on her sword. {"This is where that weird girl went."} Her eyes roamed through the gathered crowd of children and their parents. After another few minutes of searching she sighed and stood up and placed a finger under her chin. {"I thought I sensed a Garganta...and two signatures one a...quincy?..the other was a semi-shinigami...I must be losing my mind."} She shook her head at that thought and decided to get answers and she turned on her heel and was walking down the street. Though she paused briefly and had a strange feeling that she was being watched.
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To which to her credit she was right a small Lizard like Hollow was hugging the side of the building watching her every move. "I must..report this to Ichigo-sama" The hollow rasped out with a slight Parisan ascent as he opened a Garganta as well and vanished from view. Meanwhile at Karakura High School, a teenage male with glasses pauses, and looks out the window. {"hmm...That was Karin and Yuzu-chan...and was that…"} He pushed up his glasses, and was about to get up until he sensed another presence. "Did you feel that Ishida-san?" Spoke a bubbly voice. He turned to his left and saw two of his fellow classmates standing there, one was an orange-haired girl and a muscular dark skin male.
He pushed up his glasses again and looked back at the book he was reading. "It's fine, Menoly already handled it." He stated calmly as he read his book, the girl looked like she wanted to continue but the male stopped her. "We can check with them tomorrow." His deep voice rang out throughout the classroom. The girl nodded, and the teenager with glasses closed his book before speaking again. "Yuzu and Karin are in El castillo…" The girl looked shocked "W..wh..why?". The dark skinned male spoke again, "You know why..there was a shinigami.". The teeanger took off his glasses and looked out the window again.
"Be safe Yuzu and Karin-chan"
Rukia sat at the table drumming her fingers into the wooden aged round table. She scowled all she wanted was some answers about a weirdly dressed teenage human who apparently can float in the air and use both Cero and Sonído. She looked around, apart from a few human customers who would trickle in and browse before leaving. There was nobody here, after a few more hours of waiting. She got up in a huff of anger "FINE I WILL COME BACK WHEN I'M NOT BEING IGNORED!" She bellowed as she slammed the sliding door as hard as she could and stomped off her footsteps becoming more and more distant.
A young-looking girl with a perpetual blush on her cheeks who wears a white t-shirt, with , pink skirt with white dots. She has round purple eyes and long, black hair with a purple tint. It is parted down the middle, with two strands of her bangs in the middle of her face, opposing each other. The rest of her hair is in pigtails with pink ties. She peeks out from a doorway and looks around before fully walking out and then after a few more minutes of checking she calls out behind her. "It's safe!". She ran off to a random room before a figure emerged from the same doorway with a wooden fan and a green and white striped bucket hat and traditional style clothing.
He yawns before the girl comes back with a broom, she tugs at his sleeve and he looks down. "Umm.. -san?" The girl meekly askes, as she hides behind the broom. "Yeah?" Kisuke responds while rubbing her head. "How long are we gonna hide from her?" The girl responds back. Kisuke sighs and sheepishly rubs the back of his head. "For as long as we can…" he responds.
In El Castillo; night time
Yuzu, Karin, and Menoly arrive at nightime, Menoly breathes a sigh of relief and points the twins toward the keep as she heads back to inform Loly and Cirucci what happened. Yuzu hugs Menoly who comforts her and tells her she will be back soon and she leaves viva Garganta. The Twins make their way down the streets of the city, as the cries of Hollows are heard at random most of the shops are closed and occasionally massive hollows of 2-6ft of height would walk around on patrol. They paused and could only bow their heads out of respect for Yuzu and Karin.
The twins cross a bridge over water and Yuzu waves to a fish-like hollow and they finally reach the keep. The two hollows guarding the steps bow out of respect and reverence. "Lady Yuzu-oujo, Lady Karin-oujo." It spoke, Karin looked annoyed and blushed in embarrassment from the attention she was receiving. Yuzu smiled seemingly content with being treated like a princess and the twins proceeded up the stairs and into the keep.
At the same time at the top of the keep, Ichigo was looking out over the night sky as he leaned over the balcony. Ulquiorra and his siblings stood patiently to the side, and the lizard hollow from earlier sat down on the wall next to the door. Ichigo breathed in slowly and then threw back his head and unleashed a massive roar which shook the entire city patrolling. Gillians paused and also roared, he then drummed his clawed fingers onto the marble balcony. The door then busted open smacking the lizard hollow hard, {"Uh-oh….."} Ichigo mentally sighed and prepared himself. It was either his aides asking to sleep with him again or…"Hello My King!" Shouted a female arrancar with what looked like a bunny mask on her head.
Shinobu, Ulquiorra, and Chō just stared in a calm and stoic manner. "Who are you again?" Chō asked in an aloof manner, the female shinigami was about to tell her name only to be cut off by Shinobu. "This isn't the time, Ichigo-sama, that shinigami has to go just say the word." He said in a cold manner and spat when he said 'Shinigami' as he held his hand on his sword. Ichigo rubbed his horn in thought as the female arrancar complained on and on as everyone ignored her. {"He's right...we have gotten too complacent the last shinigami slacked off...I hope Yuzu and Karin are okay..I've been away too long."}.
Ichigo's thoughts were interrupted as he heard doors opening and the soft cry of "Ichi-nii!" Rang out from his bedroom, he looked up and was dive bombed by a small blurr. Yuzu hugged her older brother and cried into his chest, Karin stayed back and looked at Ulquiorra who looked at her with piped interest Karin quickly looked away with a blush, after catching his glance. {"W..wh..why do I feel this way?"} She desperately tried to get this thought out of her head. She glanced up and breathed a sigh of relief as Ichigo seemed to not notice her distress.
"Oh yea I brought a poetry book!" Yuzu exclaimed and showed Ichigo her poetry book with happiness. Ichigo rubbed her head and Yuzu jumped up and down, though he did wonder {"How did they get here?"}Karin answered this thought even though he said nothing at all. "Menoly sent us here...she seemed spoked." Ulquiorra looked up and in her direction "I see…" was all he said as he and his siblings turned and left the three alone. Chō dragged the female arrancar who had been complaining the whole time about people ignoring her out the balcony and the lizard hollow had since scurried off.
Ichigo led his sisters into his bedroom and did his check to make sure they were okay. He sighed in relief that the shinigami hadn't hurt his sisters, he then tucked them in and decided to take them for ice cream tomorrow. {"Yes Ice cream sounds nice."} He thought as he held Yuzu's hand and purred softly since becoming a vasto lordes he somehow lost the ability to speak properly he could still roar, and make other sounds but he preferred to be quiet. He looked up and saw two apparitions appearing at the foot of the bed. Tears slowly leaked out his blackened eyes.
{"Mom...Dad.."}
In another part of the keep, Tatsuki was showering the events of the day coming back to her. She sighed as she forgot all about Orihime, {"God damn it….I'm the worst friend in existence."}. She exited the shower, and wrapped herself in a towel when she paused and heard voices from the other end of the door. She didn't have her sword, so she prepared a bala just in case. She slowly crept towards the door when the voices became clearer and clearer and more familiar to her. She opens the door to surprise whoever is foolishly to enter her quarters, only to freeze as a hand stops an inch from in between her eyes.
She trembles slightly out of fear, as Ulquiorra is standing before her flanked on either side by Chō and Shinobu. Her Fracción were hiding behind each other with Yin taking the lead holding a fireplace poker in her hands though they were trembling. Tatsuki just gulped as beads of sweat pooled and dripped down her partially naked form. Ulquiorra lowered her hand and Tatsuki collapsed to her knees and scurried off to change, Yin lowered the fire poker and fainted with a soft thud.
After a few tense minutes, which consisted of the Cifer siblings staring coldly and emotionlessly at the gathered Fracción, Tatsuki joined them on the couch calmly sitting down and trying not to let the fear get to her. "Would you like some tea...Ulquiorra-sama?" Aleksandra broke the ice first. Ulquiorra turned his gaze to her, her dragon-like pet shrinked and hiding in the folds of her kimono. He then looked away and she got up quickly towards the small kitchen which was held on a raised platform overlooking the eating area.
"So..what can I do for you?" Tatsuki asked, and then quickly corrected herself when his gaze landed on her brown eyes. "I mean...Ulquiorra-sama." Despite the Kurosaki siblings plus their cousin and uncle being considered the royal family the cifers were just as feared being considered the second-in command despite Ichigo having aides. Ulquiorra closed his eyes before speaking finally. "In your report you mentioned no Shinigami correct?" He went straight to the point in a cold tone. Aleksandra returned and handed everyone their tea, and sat down by her mistress.
Tatsuki nodded thoroughly inwardly confused {"I didn't miss anything….did I?"}. She hoped she didn't as Chō added on to her brother's statement. "A shinigami was spotted outside Lady Yuzu and Karin's school today." Tatsuki's heart skipped a beat and she dropped her tea just as she was about to drink it. Her Fracción froze and gulped, worried that they would be punished for missing that a shinigami was in their territory. Shinobu then added onto his sister and brothers statements "It appears she just arrived..it seems the soul society is catching on to the unusual lack of hollow activity in the city...yes it's a normality for us but an abnormality for them."
Tatsuki nodded, accepting that logic as Aleksandra quickly cleaned up the mess and replaced her tea. {"Figures...we are keeping a low profile which is fine for us. But for the shinigami that's weird as Hollows are always active."}. She figured Ichigo would have this one killed or try to make things seem normal so when he/she leaves they would report nothing strange. "You five are to return to the human world at once. If this shinigami pops up again, try to capture the shinigami and bring him or her here." Ulquiorra ordered after sipping his tea. Tatsuki swallowed the lump that had been forming in her throat since the three arrived.
Yin beat her to it however, "...What if she resists capture?" She timidly asked and immediately regretted asking that question. When Shinobu turned his gaze to her as if to say 'What a illogical and stupid question.', he finally responded after what felt like an entirety passed. "Kill the shinigami...if you can't I will kill you and the shinigami.", Yin could feel the anger in his mistress rise but slowly dissipate at the same time. The three siblings got up after another tense moment and left the five alone to their devices. Tatsuki stood up and clenched her fist, "My lady…." Yang began slowly, as she shrunk back and started to leave the area slowly.
"You better make sure to kill that Shinigami…" Tatsuki began slowly, causing her Fracción to gulp with fear and hold onto one another tightly. Tatsuki then turned around and raised her eyes with a glow of anger, rage, and fear. "Otherwise...am gonna kill ya yourself you hear?!" She roared, her Fracción nodded out of fear hoping that would quell her anger but it didn't. "I SAID, DID YA HEAR?!" she roared louder, causing the walls to shake slightly, "YES WE HEAR!" Yang cried back and collapsed to her knees, and closed her eyes. She flinched when Tatsuki placed her hand on her shoulder and hugged the redhead who hugged back and cried.
The others looked at each other and nodded with fear and determination. The message was clear, the shinigami had crossed a line. A line that should be never crossed it didn't matter if she or he knew or not, they would pay the same price. Blood for blood, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.