Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or Danny Phantom.

GirlFish: Once the other Reapers find out about Danny's hybrid stats, what do you think might happen...? Let's just hope that Mayuri doesn't find him...

As for Plot, where IS that beast anyway? To be honest, I almost forgot about him XD Anyways, he's going to become seriously relevant to this fic...eventually.

BaconLover1800: Not bad. Thanks! XD


Chapter 5: Strength of the Ryoka

"That's impossible because we're from Squad 11, and I've never seen you there before in my life unless... you're the Ryoka!"

'Busted!'

"Ichigo, you take baldy while I take Pretty Boy!" commanded Danny. "Dani and Ganju, you go find Rukia!"

Ichigo and Ganju nodded and immediately went to their tasks as well as Dani, after a bit of slight hesitation.

'Darn it!' thought Danny. 'I'm not one hundred percent yet, I'm gonna have to stall! Think!'

Danny scanned the shinigami for any possible clue for a possible distraction. His eyes quickly caught the teen's extravagant style of dress. 'Ah, I've got it!'

"Uh, it's so it's rare that I meet someone with such good fashion sense!" complimented Danny with a grin.

Pretty Boy's face lit up in happiness. "Thank you! You know your sword isn't all that bad either, a bit gloomy, but in good way," said Pretty Boy with a smirk. "You totally pull it off."

"Thanks, it came with the powers! You seem like you're pretty strong, too! Would you happen to be in Squad 11?"

'That's it. Take the bait. . .'

"Yes, I'm actually the 5th seat. I would have chosen the 3rd seat, but my friend Ikkaku took the spot. So I went with five since it was the next attractive number," said Pretty Boy, nodding to himself.

'Just a little longer. . .'

"That was ingenious of you! It's a very, uh, noble number?"

Danny was half-ready to kick himself after that one, but Yumichika seemed to buy it. "Finally, someone who understands!"

'Finally, I'm at one hundred percent!' thought Danny. 'Although, it wouldn't hurt to find out a little bit more about this place...'

He had gotten a bit of a crash-course on the Soul Society from his parents, but it had been just that: a brief rundown. He didn't know much of anything about their defenses, specifically against ghosts.

"Everyone here seems really strong!" exclaimed Danny, faking cheerfulness. "In fact, I think you guys could handle a ghost!"

"Oh yes!" exclaimed Pretty Boy. "We've prepared a lot, we even have ghost weapons now! Kurotsuchi is as dreadful as always, yammering on and on about ripping the ghosts he's going to catch 'molecule by molecule'. It's truly disturbing."

Danny had to stifle a snort at that. 'Well, that sucks. It looks like my suspicions were correct about these guys!'

"You know," started Yumichika. "I like you, so I'll make your death glamorous!"

"Yeah, I'll have to pass on that dying stuff. It's not really my type of thing... by the way, I didn't catch your name?"

"Yumichika Ayasegawa, and you?"

Danny smirked. "Fenton. Danny Fenton."

'God, I've always wanted to do that. . .'

Yumichika leaped at Danny and arced his sword downward but Danny raised his own to block. Danny then thrust his sword forward only for Yumichika to parry it away, leaving Danny seemingly wide open. Yumichika jabbed his sword forward only for Danny to bend backwards and, while using his hand to balance, kick upwards, catching Yumichika in the chin. Not giving him any time to recover, Danny readied his hand and shouted, "Hado 31: Shakkahō!"

The red blast hit the distracted Yumichika square in the chest, sending him higher and higher until finally coming down with a crash. He groaned while holding his side. His rib was probably cracked, but it seemed to be the least of his worries. "Ah man! You messed up my perfect image!"

Danny blinked. "Uh, sorry. . ?"

"No matter, it will be over soon."

Yumichika flash stepped towards Danny and thrust his sword, impaling Danny through the stomach causing Danny to grimace in pain.

'This isn't good! He's faster than me, has better sword technique, and a smaller sword. I have no choice, I've gotta use my ghost powers!' thought Danny.

Danny feinted with his sword, but instead kneed Yumichika in the stomach, doubling him over. Danny followed up with a kick to the face, sending him crashing through a wall.

"That was a dirty trick, Danny!" yelled Yumichika dusting himself off. He then looked around to find. . . nothing. Not even the slightest hint of his opponent.

"Danny, where'd you go?! Come on out!"

Danny then appeared in front of Yumichika, his sword to the shinigami's neck, tilted slightly upward. "You called?"

Suddenly, Yumichika dropped to the ground in pain with a large gash appeared across his chest. Danny picked Yumichika up in a headlock and slammed his head through the wall, then dropped him.

Danny had to gape at his opponent's resolve, in spite of himself. Despite Yumichika's head spinning, he quickly lifted a shaky hand and yelled, "Hado 31: Shakkahō!"

The blast hit Danny in the head point-blank as it continued on and exploded. "Well, it was nice knowing you, Danny," said Yumichika, panting heavily.

"Same to you, my friend," said Danny, completely unscathed.

"H-how is that possible?" asked Yumichika in disbelief.

"Well, if I told you, I'd have to kill you!" said Danny, grinning cheekily. Danny raised his sword and shouted, "Getsuga Tensho!"

A giant green arc of energy burst outwards rushing towards Yumichika. 'Oh crap! I probably shouldn't get hit by that!' thought Yumichika. Yumichika barely dodged the attack when it exploded, sending him through a wall. When Yumichika shakily got up he realized he was a mess!

His hair was disheveled, his feathers destroyed, his orange cloth torn and singed, and his face was battered and bruised. Yumichika growled, angry about his new appearance, before calming himself with deep breaths. "Okay, fine then. You've earned this!" said Yumichika as he ran his hand down the length of the sword.

"Split and deviate, Ruri'iro Kujaku!"

The sword glowed a bright white, enveloping the surrounding to the point Danny had to shield his eyes. When the glow died down, Yumichika's blade was replaced by a sickle-shaped blade that was split into four, evenly spaced blades.

"That's what I'm talking about!" shouted Danny in mad glee.

Danny blinked. "What the heck was that Kari?"

"It wasn't me."

"What do you mean it wasn't you?!"

Danny felt something snag his wrist. He looked down to see a blue vine-like thing holding his wrist. Then more and more began to wrap around him trying to keep him trapped. It wasn't long until he was completely ensnared. Suddenly, the vines began to glow and buds began to grow on them and as more and more of them grew, Danny began to feel more and more drained.

Danny gasped as he dropped down on one knee. Of course, he'd let himself get distracted. Wonderful.

"Well Danny, it seems that you've realized the ability of my zanpakuto. Unless you get out of it, it's gonna drain your energy dry and you'll be dead!"


Dani's P.O.V

'I'm really, really injured right now. Well, I'm not injured, it's Danny but still, with that stupid link we have, I'm hurting as bad he is right now. If what I'm feeling now is anything to go by. . . look Dani you got to pull yourself together and help Ganju' I thought.

"Hey!" called Ganju, breaking my reverie. "How much longer until we reach Rukia?"

I glanced over at him, grateful for the distraction. "At the speed we're going, we should be there in maybe an hour if we don't have any interruptions."

"Hey, commoner! What are you doing there?!"

I couldn't help the groan that slipped out from my lips. I turned around to see a group of Shinigami looking at us, swords drawn. 'Oh well. I guess it's time for some misplaced aggression!'

"Ganju, keep going! This is gonna be over quickly!"

I drew my own sword and charged the Shinigami.


'I've got to get out of here now!' thought Danny struggling against the vines. 'Wait a second... why don't I just go intangible! Come on intangibility don't fail me now...'

Suddenly, Danny just slipped out of the vines and they began to wither and decay. "What?! How did you do that?" exclaimed Yumichika.

"You can ask till you're red in the face, and I still won't tell you. Anyways, since you let me have the honor of seeing your shikai, allow me to show you mine!"

"Death upon death comes in a raging fire. Chaos comes and Darkness grows darker. Let my foolish enemies, who think victory is theirs to keep. Be the ones that, you, my dreaded blade shall reap! Reap, Karitoriki!"

An inferno of green fire swirled around Danny and shrouded him from all eyes. Slowly but surely, the fire died down and revealed Danny's zanpakuto.

It was an emerald three-foot scythe that had a blade on the right end and the left end facing opposite directions from the other. The blades were a foot long and were as dark as night and had skeletal designs running along it. The most notable change, however, was that Danny and his zanpakuto were lit in neon green flames.

"Nice sword," breathed Yumichika. He didn't know why but he was unnerved by Danny's zanpakuto. It was like just being near it was like being face to face with death. Let's not even mention the chilling feeling the sword was putting despite being on fire. So, to put it simply, Danny's sword was plain creepy.

"What? Is big, bad Yumichika-chan afraid of the scythe?" mocked Danny.

"Like hell, ryoka!" Yumichika swung his swung downward, only for Danny to block it with his scythe.

"Well, it looks like you fell into my trap!"

Yumichika realized his mistake too late. His sword was dotted with the green flames, and they were quickly racing along the blade. He began to shake it around in a desperate attempt to get rid of them.

"It's no use, it's part of the ability. My zanpakuto ability allows my flames to attack the soul of the victim and not the body, because of that it's way more lethal."

"Darn it!" Yumichika continued to use his sword to attack Danny with Danny casually blocking the strikes until Yumichika's blade suddenly reverted back to normal still covered in flames.

"It's over now, give up," said Danny putting out the flames on Yumichika's sword.

"No! I'm not going to stop until I win!"

Yumichika busted out a barrage of Shakkahōs all of them missing their target, leaving Yumichika exhausted. Danny spun his scythe faster and faster until it began a blur of neon green and launched it at Yumichika, impaling it through Yumichika's stomach and setting him on fire in the process.

"I told you to give up, now I have to do this," said Danny shaking his head sadly. As Yumichika was being set on fire, he felt pieces of him were being lost, never to be seen again. He felt like had failed everyone he knew about, everyone he cared about. He felt deep emotional pain as well as physical pain. The emotion he felt the most was despair, feeling like he would never be whole again, so he began to weep uncontrollably.

"They say the soul is who you are, who you truly are," said Danny to the weeping Yumichika. "That's why I hate this ability so much, it destroys the victim, and, unfortunately, I can't say with certainty that you'll ever be the same again."

Danny then resealed his zanpakuto, successfully putting out the flames on Yumichika as he passed out. "I'm truly sorry. I wish it didn't come to this. You were a formidable opponent, Yumichika Ayasegawa."

With that, Danny walked away to meet up with his friends.


"The Ryoka are numerous and powerful. They have already taken down Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa as well as numerous other Shinigami. It is of the utmost importance that you do not underestimate them. I want you to capture them. Am I understood?!"

"Yes Kurotsuchi-Sama!"


A/N: I kinda like how this chapter turned out, and I actually consider it the best one I've made thus far. So, it looks like things are heating up now! Don't forget to review! Thanks for reading!