Soul Society. Head Captain's office one week before the mission.
"Are you sure sending lieutenant Takahashi with them is a good idea?" The straw hat captain asked the blue-haired Captain. "She is pretty new, and Being sent to the dead zone with so little experience?" the young Captain remained silent as the old man spoke.
"Enough; he made his decision, and we will send her along with them?" The straw hat captain nodded in acknowledgment of the head Captain's orders.
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Fuyuki City, Tohsaka House.
Again her eyebrow twitched, this time at the woman who had just finished sitting down on her couch which seemed to be close to the carrot top, the girl didn't seem to suspect them, but Archer looked almost afraid, as did Saber, though neither she nor Shirou felt anything from her.
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He's memories Again weren't the same as what was happening; this girl seemed to be hiding a power just as Ichigo was, and her magic signature was on the level of a clock tower mage, and Ichigo's power seemed to fluctuate when his eyes made contact with her's.
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Ayako knew who this was from the Images and what Ichigo told her; the bright orange hair made it obvious who it was.
"Hi, my name is Ayako Mitsuzuri, Ichigo's classmate, and you are?" she held up a hand in waving Motion as she asked even though she already knew who it was.
"Orihime Inoue, One of Ichigo's friends, nice to meet you." the busty redhead replied, seemingly hesitant around them.
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She didn't know who they were, but four of them had some sort of energy radiating from them, and it didn't feel perfect, especially one power coming from the white-haired man that was standing up against the wall.
"Hay, why Are you here, Orihime?" Ichigo's voice pulled her from her thoughts as he sat down on the opposite sofa. As he asked the ginger and poured another cup of tea from the kettle that the archer brought in.
"Oh well, ah, you see, I felt like you were in danger and wanted to come and see if you're ok." She stumbled over her words as if trying to find the right thing to say.
"My power has returned if that's what you're asking." The soul reaper said plainly to her, causing her to fall over practically. "And yes, they all know."
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Fuyuki City, Kotomine church.
The priest closed the book he was reading and sipped on a cup of tea.
"what do you think, Kirei? is it not Interesting that she, of all people, made a packed with that boy?"Gilgamesh said, throwing up his arms in a joyful voice.
"No, it's more like she possessed him but let him keep control. I have not heard ad a servant doing that before, so yes, it is interesting." the fake priest smiled. "And it seems like the berserker's master is making their move, as well as the rider's. Isn't that right, Shinji?" he looked back at the now-open front door.
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Tohsaka house. Next day.
The orange-haired boy had made the front door without making any noise, but the archer had noticed, probably because he was the proper archer of this grail war.
"What is it, Archer?" he asked, glaring at the dark skin man.
"You seemed to know Your way around that last fight. Do you want to explain to me what happened? And you did say you regained your power?" The man said, annoyed. Now that Ichigo had fought an Arrancar, there was no hiding it.
"I'm a soul reaper, and he was a hollow." the answer forced him back a little; the Counter-Guardian had heard of the soul reapers Gaia had told him, and Alaya had said to stay away from the soul reapers, for he had no way of killing them, but this boy a soul reaper how and why was he here. Archer had also heard of hollows the Creatures soul reapers fought, corrupted spirits that hungered for human souls and were very brutal about it.
"you're telling me?" His response was cut off as Ichigo turned and faced the counter Guardian.
"I am." Ichigo stepped forward toward Archer with a fierceness in his step all through; the soul reaper was slightly shorter than the Dark-skinned Archer. The magical energy he was emitting made the six-foot-one warrior feel small.
"Then why are you interfering? In a grail war?" The archer knew that the soul reapers didn't interact with human affairs; at least, that's what at Gaia said, and Alaya had told him it was. A deal was made between the two factions.
"Myself; I am a human as well as a soul reaper." his words had a sorta venom in them. "And I will not stand for people like Shinji Mato who make their servants eat souls so they can get stronger!" The boy raised his voice slightly and then turned to leave again; Archer was speechless. The boy looked ready to kill Shinji without hesitation.
(There's no way around it at some point, he and I will have to cross blades. He's a threat.) The white-haired man thought as he tried to regain his composure
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Fuyuki Central Park.
The little girl sat and waited sitting on the shoulder of the big man she was with as they watched for the individual who had made a mess of the Temple to test his strength.
"Uhh, this is boring. Berserker waiting is boring. Don't you Agree?" She complained, swinging her legs back and forth, boredom filling the little girl's voice, to which the large man grunted in Response, steam leaving the man's mouth with every breath. Suddenly, the both of them felt heavy, like weights had just been dropped on their shoulders, as the orange-haired boy rounded the small hill.
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Ichigo had felt it since he had left the house, a dark power, angry and menacing, and now he was right in front of it, the Giant of A man. He was standing nearly double the height of a certain eleventh-division captain and had a broad frame. Ichigo scowled.
"I assume you're not here to talk?" Ichigo said, summoning his bow, and he felt Jonathan's energy begin to stir uneasily inside his soul; something inside told this man was dangerous, but what he didn't expect, though, was the young girl's voice that answered.
"Well, it seems our pray has finally arrived." As the girl hopped Down from the giant's shoulder, she spoke again. "Nice to meet you. I'm Illyasviel von Einzbern." The girl curtsied, and I'm the master of Berserker." Ichigo's scowl deepened as she said this. Making even a girl as young as her fight in this brutal war, it made him grit his teeth as the thought crossed his mind. "Don't worry; we don't want to fight, at least not in the middle of broad daylight I was just curious about the eighth member of the grail war." again, she curtsied.
"What?" he asked, coking his head to one side slightly, the glare never leaving his Face.
"Fair well, until next time," the young red-eyed said as the big man lifted her back up onto his shoulder. The giant cut off any attempt to speak by Ichigo with a sudden Leap and the sonic boom that came after.
(Yet another thing in my way in stopping this blood bath, and it's a small child, no less) he said, trying to get his mind off it, rubbing His temples. Anger wasn't going to help him any.
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Homurahara Academy.
He had entirely forgotten the purpose of leaving early after his encounter with those two this morning; he had also forgotten his lunch, so he was in the not-so-peaceful cafeteria, which made it hard to think or come up with a plan on how to stop the grail war.
"Ichigo over here," Ayako's voice broke his train of thought as she motioned for him to her table, which he obliged to take, taking a seat next To some Of the archery club but across from her.
"Hay Ayako, what is it," he asked, glancing around the room and checking for a particular blue-haired asshole who he found sitting next to the exit talking to a bunch of the second-year girls.
"Oh, I found This in my bag this morning. It's definitely Shinji's handwriting, so I thought you should read it," she said, sliding a scrap of paper to him; he then reached out and grabbed it, giving it a once over.
"Come to this place tonight at 11:00 PM and Bring all your friends.
Sincerely you're superior, Shinji Mato."
Is what it said, and Ichigo's eye twitched. Then he stood ripping it into a million pieces before throwing it away.
"I'll go and beat that basted to death!" He said, sitting back down And taking a sip of his drink.
"so we're going?" Ayako said hesitantly as less of a question and more of conformation; even seeing how strong he was and the Determination in his eyes, she couldn't help but worry, but nothing she could say would make him change his mind. "Ok, but don't kill him!"
"Well, ill beat him within an inch of death!" He said, standing before turning and leaving, making sure to be a bit scary, letting his reishi spill out over the blue-haired boy as he poured an entire soda on Shinji's head, forcing the boy to stand and attempt to intimidate the one who did it but instantly stopped after seeing who it was. The fact Ichigo was already half the way out The door.
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Soul Society Senkaimon, around the same time.
Both lieutenants looked stupefied at the late arrival while it was still a couple of days until the mission; the head captain had told them to go ahead and set up base camp just outside of town, but lieutenant Takahashi was more the six hours late, and seemed like she was barely awake at that.
"I should have expected as much from the vice-captain, who rarely shows up to lieutenant meetings!" Renji raised his voice slightly at Kay, who waved her hand annoyedly in response while unwrapping some sort of lollipop and popping through an open hole in the bottom of the Mask and Readjusting the sword on her shoulder.
"All right, enough, chitchat; we need to discuss the plan." a tall, lean man with spiky black hair which fell in four braids down his back and the twelfth division's logo tattooed across his face said clapping his hands together and smiling "My name is Yuri Ichiro. I'm the twelfth-division member who you will accompany to the reishi dead zone." he continued and slipping his hands into the sleeves of his shihakusho.
Wow, will this turn of events will Shinji get the best of Ichigo and his friends with this challenge, and where will the battle take place or will Ichigo emerge the victor. Let me know you're thoughts as we near the climax of this Arc. And what will happen when the lieutenant of the fourteenth sees what's going on