04/01/2019: Hello everyone. This is ThunderReborn. This chapter has been re-edited by my new Beta-reader, Darklord331. Hope you enjoy the newly edited chapter.
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"Hello." -Normal talking
"Hello." –Ichigo's thoughts.
"Hello." – Zanpakutō speaking
"Hello." – Zanpakutō thoughts.
Kon'nichiwa [Translation of Hello]
Ichigo opened his eyes, let out a big yawn and tried to stretch his body. Ichigo quickly realized that his arms were stuck. Ichigo moved his head to see what happened. Ichigo managed to wake up Suzumebachi who shrunk down and slept Ichigo's forehead.
"Sorry," Ichigo said to them as he moved his head to see that Moka and Ophis had lain on his left side; while Eu and Yasaka controlled the right side. Ichigo raised his head slightly to see that Kyōkotsu slept on his chest. Ichigo managed to see left leg is occupied by Nel and Shirayuki; while his right leg was occupied by Tier and Katen. Ichigo quietly chuckled seeing this. Ichigo gently shook his arms and legs. "Ladies it's morning," Ichigo said. Ichigo could hear the moans and groans from the girls. "Come on," Ichigo said as he managed to slip out of their grasps. Ichigo went to the bathroom to wake up and wash his hands. Once he was done Ichigo walked down to the kitchen and got started with making breakfast and coffee. He decided to make pancakes for everyone proceeding to get out the all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt. sugar, milk, egg, and melted butter. Ichigo started by mixing the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. After that, he mixed in the milk, eggs and melted butter. Ichigo carefully poured some of the pancake batters on a hot pan. With that, he began to cook a lot of pancakes for everyone in the house. Slowly everyone began walking downstairs. Ichigo placed a hot pot of coffee on the counter with a stack of cups, a bottle of creamer and a can of sugar next to the pot of coffee.
"Thank you." Everyone said as they made their cup of coffee.
"Breakfast will be ready in a few minutes please sit around the dinner table," Ichigo said. The mob moved to the dinner table and sat around. Ichigo began to send plates of pancakes to everyone sitting down. Everyone could smell the amazing aroma from the pancakes. Soon everyone had their plate of pancakes. Ichigo carried his plate to the dinner table and sat down. Ichigo looked and noticed Akua wasn't here. "Anyone know where is Akua?"
"Akua left in the middle of the night," Valiona said. "She wrote a note for you." Valiona handed Ichigo the note.
"Dear Ichigo. Thank you for the food. It was very delicious. I hate myself for being defeated by such a simple dish. Anyways…I am sorry for leaving in the middle of the night. I want to complete my mission." Akua wrote. Ichigo chucked at her letter before burning the letter.
"Itadakimasu!" Everyone shouted as they began to eat the pancakes. Once again everyone was treated by a delicious dish prepared by Ichigo. "Gochisousama desu." Everyone shouted once they all finished the dishes. Ichigo walked up and began to collect all the dishes. Suddenly Masaki took the dishes out of Ichigo's hand while Yuzu, Karin, Tier, and Yasaka forced Ichigo to sit down.
"Ichigo you cooked of all of us. You're not going to clean the dishes as well." Masaki said. Ichigo sighed.
"Ok Kaa-san," Ichigo said. "Tier, Nel, Jack, Yasaka and Kunou, do you want me to take you back?"
"That would be appreciated," Tier said.
"Yes Ichigo," Yasaka said. All of them left the house and entered Ichigo's car. Ichigo quickly dropped all of them off and returned home. Ichigo walked up to see Masaki, Kahlua, Eu, Yuzu and Karin working on the dishes.
"Yuzu, Karin come over here please," Ichigo said. Yuzu and Karin dried their hands and walked over to Ichigo.
"Yes, Ichi-nii?" Yuzu asked.
"Both of you go change."
"Is this our date?" Karin asked. Ichigo nodded. Yuzu and Karin ran upstairs.
"Make sure you dress casually!" Ichigo said as he walked upstairs to his room. Ichigo put on a plain black shirt and blue jeans. Ichigo walked down and sat in the living room waiting for Yuzu and Karin. Yuzu walked down wearing a light purple shirt with a pink heart on it and a pair of blue jeans; while Karin walked down wearing a red shirt with a black fist on it and a pair of black jeans. "You two look good."
"Thanks, Ichi-nii," Karin said.
"Thank you Ichi-nii." Yuzu said.
"Bye, everyone." Ichigo, Yuzu, and Karin said as they left. They all entered the car and Ichigo drove off.
"Where are we going?" Yuzu asked.
"Not telling," Ichigo replied.
"Come on Ichi-nii. Give us a hint."
"Nope." Ichigo turned on the radio to tune Yuzu's complaints out. In the middle of the song, the announcer abruptly cut in.
"Sorry for interrupting your broadcast but we have some breaking news." Ichigo turned the radio up a little. "The Ueno Zoo, located in Tokyo, is closed due to the sudden disappearance of all of their animals. According to the report, the culprits appear to be men wearing animal masks. If you have any information, please report it to the police."
"Dang it," Ichigo said.
"You were planning to take us over there?" Yuzu said.
"I was since I remembered both of you enjoying going there when you two were younger."
"Aw. Ichi-nii." The girls said.
"Does this mean our date is canceled?" Yuzu asked.
"Not fully. I planned another event in the evening to take both of you."
"Let's investigate the mystery," Karin suggested.
"That's a good idea." Yuzu said.
"Nope. We're not going to get in involved with this. Let the police investigate this since the culprits appear to be just normal humans."
"Come on Ichi-nii. We can handle a few normal humans." Karin said.
"For the last time Karin, the answer is no."
"Um…sorry to interrupt," Yasaka said through the peerage link.
"Hello, Yasaka. What's the sitch?"
"…What? Is this more slang that I never heard about?"
"Um…maybe?"
"What does it mean?"
"It's short for 'What's the situation?'."
"Why is it sitch?"
"Anyways…what is going on?"
"Right…I believe you heard of what happened to Ueno Zoo correct?"
"We just heard it on the radio."
"I had my agents in the police force report that the culprits appear to be men wearing animal masks when it appears to be human-animal hybrids."
"What?"
"According to the raw footage, they are capable of walked on their feet and used their hands to break into the cages."
"Now how does this relate to me?"
"I need you to investigate this." Ichigo sighed as Yuzu and Karin jumped in joy.
"Why?"
"I've already sent a few members of my special forces to investigate. But, they were all killed. You're the strongest I have to investigate this." Ichigo let out another sigh.
"Fine. I'll investigate this."
"Thank you."
"Do I have a point of contact?"
"Yes. His name is Tsukauchi Naomasa."
"Ok."
"Any other questions?"
"What do you want me to do with them?"
"If possible capture them. If not then kill them."
"Very well," Ichigo said.
"Good luck Ichigo," Yasaka said as she cut the connection. Ichigo sighed as he exited the freeway to Tokyo. Ichigo drove as close to the Ueno Zoo as possible without alerting anyone. Everyone got out of the car as Ichigo sent it back to his mindscape. They walked over the Ueno Zoo. They could see a group of people asking police officers questions about the Zoo. On the other side, near the entrance, there appears a line for refunds.
"Girls, why don't you try and get in line while I talk to the officer," Ichigo suggested. Ichigo walked over to the nearest officer.
"Hey!" The officer yelled. Ichigo stopped walking and pointed to himself. "YES, YOU! Stop walking towards the barrier you delinquent." Ichigo sighed seeing the officer's bias reason to his hair color.
"I'm not a delinquent I was born with orange hair."
"Lies!"
"Anyways, I need to talk with someone named Tsukauchi Naomasa."
"Why would you need to speak with Detective Tsukauchi?"
"It's alright." Someone called out. The officer turned to reveal a tall man with short black hair and black eyes. He is wearing a tan overcoat and a matching hat. Underneath the tan overcoat, he is also wearing a black suit with matching slacks and dress shoes.
"Detective Tsukauchi." The officer said as he lifted the caution tape for Detective Tsukauchi to get through. Detective Tsukauchi walked towards Ichigo and pulled him past the caution tape.
"You must be Ichigo. Yasaka-hime informed me that you're going to investigate this."
"I am… how do you know about Yasaka-hime? I could tell that you're not a yōkai."
"That's correct. I am not a Yōkai. But, my wife was one. My wife informed me about the yōkai world and Yasaka-hime added my name to the list of people who are aware of the secret."
"Interesting…Can I see the raw footage?"
"Sure. I doubted that the raw footage could help much." Detective Tsukauchi guided Ichigo to the camera room. Ichigo could see that there's a trail of blood from the camera room to the outside. Once Ichigo entered the camera room; Ichigo could tell that there was a struggle in here. Detective Tsukauchi walked over the bloodstains as he began to play the footage. Ichigo could see that the culprits entered from the back gate.
The first culprit appears to have red hair with razor-sharp teeth and has the appearance of a reptile with fish-like qualities. His body appears to consist of a hard green outer shell, which is covered in spines. The second culprit appears to have the upper torso of a four-armed gorilla, and a lower torso of a fiddler crab. The third culprit appears to have the head of a spider, six eyes and three pair arms. The first two culprits would break into the cages and the third culprit would bite the victim leaving the victim in a paralysis/ unconscious state. After that, the third culprit would spit out webbing to wrap around the victim. Eventually, they had all the animals and humans were wrapped up. The culprits grabbed all the wrapped up victims and began to carry them away.
"Do you have any idea where they could have gone?"
"As of right now…no. We're currently reviewing footage from the nearby cameras."
"I see…thank you Detective Tsukauchi," Ichigo said. Detective Tsukauchi escorted Ichigo back to the front entrance of the Zoo. Ichigo got out of the zoo and noticed the refund line is gone. Ichigo looked around and couldn't find Yuzu or Karin. "Yuzu! Karin!"
"Ichi-nii!" Ichigo turned to see Yuzu and Karin walking towards him with ice cream in their hands. Ichigo noticed that they weren't alone. There were two other people behind them. Ichigo recognized who it was.
"Unagiya-san and Kaoru," Ichigo said.
"Ichigo, I told you, you can call me Ikumi," Ikumi replied.
"My bad. You two were planning to go to the zoo as well."
"We were." Suddenly Ikumi smacked Ichigo on the head.
"OW!" He yelled. "What was that for?"
"That's for dropping your sister off here while trying to find parking."
"Ichi-nii." Ichigo turned to see Yuzu handing Ichigo some money. "Here the rest of the money for the tickets. We used a bit to buy the ice cream."
"No problem," Ichigo said as he put the money in his wallet. They all moved to a picnic table to talk and eat their ice cream.
"Kaa-san," Kaoru said.
"Yes, Kaoru?" Ikumi replied.
"We're going to go to the restroom and wash our hands."
"Go ahead." Kaoru, Yuzu, and Karin went to the restroom to wash their hands.
"So Ichigo, what happened to the clinic?"
"A few months ago, I decided to move out of the house. At the time, Isshin didn't care I did that. But then, my sisters decided to move out of the house and moved back in with me. Isshin tried to stop them but they resisted his attempts. This drove Isshin into depression. Eventually, Ryūken came down and made a deal. Isshin would rent Ryūken the house. This would allow Ryūken to use the clinic whatever he sees fit."
"I see."
"Ichi-nii!" Karin said cried through the peerage link. Ichigo could tell by how Karin screamed his name that she's scared.
"Karin! Yuzu! Talk to me!" Ichigo yelled through the link. Yuzu and Karin didn't reply. Ichigo stood up and ran to the restroom.
"Ichigo!?" Ikumi said as she chased after Ichigo. They arrived to see Yuzu, Karin and Kaoru unconscious and wrapped in webbing. Ichigo recognized one of the culprits there. However, the other two were different. The new first culprit has angel-like wings on his back and bird-like talons for feet. His facial features and hair resemble a human's; albeit his mouth resembles a beak. While the new second culprit strongly resembles a Minotaur.
"Bihorn. Inzagi. Take the food to mother." The new first culprit said.
"Yes, Sir." The other two culprits said as they grabbed the three children and ran away.
"Ichigo… what is that?"
"I'm sorry." Ichigo placed his hand over Ikumi's eyes. "Inemuri." Ikumi's eyes dilate several times before they fall unconscious. Ichigo caught her and lean her unconscious body on a nearby tree. Ichigo then looked at the first culprit. "Do you have a name?"
"I do. My name is Colt."
"Very well Colt. Why are you kidnapping all the animals and people?"
"It's all for mother," Colt said as he got into a fighting stance.
"Normally, I would like a fair fight with you but…" Ichigo shunpō'ed right in front of Colt's face and punched him in the chest; sending him flying a few feet away. "You just kidnapped my sisters right in front of me." Ichigo took out summoned Suzumebachi. "Sting all Enemies to Death, Suzumebachi," Ichigo said as the butterfly knifes transformed into his gantlets. Suddenly Ichigo could see something flying towards him. Ichigo recognized that it was Colt.
"DIE!" Colt yelled as he aimed a downward sidekick. Ichigo jumped away from Colt's attack; forcing Colt to strike the earth.
"GAH!" Colt yelled from pain. Ichigo had changed Suzumebachi venom from killing to paralyze. Ichigo shunpō'ed right behind Colt and stabbed him in the neck.
"Gah," Colt said before the paralysis took effect. Ichigo carried Colt's body right next to Ikumi's.
"Kyōka and Suzumebachi, can you two come out here." Ichigo requested.
"Yes, Ichigo?" Kyōka said.
"Need some help?" Suzumebachi asked.
"Kyōka can you watch over the bodies here; while Suzumebachi drags all the bodies that I paralyze back here?"
"Sure." Suzumebachi said.
"Very well," Kyōka said. With that, Ichigo began to trace Yuzu's and Karin's reiatsu trail.
Scene Change: Forest
Ichigo managed to trace Yuzu's and Karin's reiatsu trail into the forest. Ichigo managed to find a blocked trail in front of him. Ichigo raised his hand and activated Schrift G: The Gaia and forced the rock away. Ichigo continued down the tunnel; following Yuzu's and Karin's reiatsu trail.
"HALT!" Someone said. Ichigo looked to see a panda with baggy clothes and a cross necklace. The panda got into a fighting stands; facing at Ichigo. Ichigo sighed as he immediately stabbed the panda in the gut; instantly paralyzing him. Ichigo gently pushed the panda down.
"Suzumebachi." Suzumebachi appeared and lifted the panda despite it being twice her size. Ichigo continued down the tunnel. Ichigo easily avoided a tripwire and a concealed pitfall. "You can come out now."
"Wow. Not many could detect me." Ichigo turned to see a humanoid wolf with long blonde hair and is seen only wearing a blue shirt and a thong. Ichigo was about to strike him when he waved his hands up in an act of surrender.
"Wait, man." The wolf said. "I'm here to help." Ichigo stared at the wolfman for a few seconds before stabbing him in the gut. Suzumebachi arrived just in time to see Ichigo pushed the paralyzed wolfman down. Suzumebachi caught him and carried him away. Ichigo shunpō'ed down the tunnels. Ichigo ended up encountering a few more hybrids. The first one was a humanoid rhinoceros with two horns on his head and two along his snout. He had shaggy dark blue hair and wore a karate gi. The second one was a large male lion with brown skin with tiger stripes and white mane. He wore sandals and a necklace adorned with a human skull, and he had a paw print mark where his eyebrows were supposed to be. The final one was large, bipedal, albino alligator with a purple mohawk. He wore a wrestling singlet with the kanji "alligator" (鰐) written on it. Ichigo paralyzed each one. Ichigo soon arrived at the end of the tunnel.
Scene Change: Inner Chambers
Ichigo looked to see large yellowish-green eggs handing on the ceiling. Ichigo looked to see them tied up Yuzu, Karin and Kaoru next two a large red ant hybrid chewing on what appears to be a human hand.
"What are you?"
"It seems that we have an intruder in my inner chambers… My children come and defend your queen!" The red ant broadcast mentally. Suddenly ten different looking humanoid animals appeared. Ichigo immediately charged at the humanoid animals. They all took a defensive stance at the chagrining Ichigo. Once again Ichigo quickly stabbed each of the humanoid animals; immediately paralyzing them. A few minutes later, all ten humanoid animals are paralyzed. Ichigo turned to the Queen. The Queen used this time to rip off the webbing on Yuzu and was about to take a bite.
"Like Hell, you're going to eat my sister!" Ichigo thought as he shunpō'ed and stabbed the Queen straight through the face. Ichigo managed to rip Yuzu out of her arms. Luckily, Yuzu is still unconscious. Ichigo turned to see all the victims' ghosts appearing. Ichigo sighed as he sealed Suzumebachi. Ichigo began to perform Konsō by gently tap each of the adult ghost's foreheads with the Suzumebachi's sealed hilt. Ichigo had to comfort all the little children who were nervous about going to Soul Society. At this time Yuzu and Karin managed to fight off the spider venom from early and woke up.
"Thank goodness you two woke up. Please help me comfort these kids so I can Konsō them. I'll explain everything after." Ichigo asked through the peerage link. Yuzu and Karin began to help comfort all the little children.
"Yasaka, can you hear me?"
"You finished the mission?"
"I did. I have all of them paralyzed.
"Ok. Where are you right now?"
"I'm in a tunnel not that far from the zoo."
"I see. I will have my men began to look for you."
"Also Kyōka should be outside with a few of the paralyzed culprit."
"This might make it easier."
"Ichi-nii, they're ready." Yuzu said. Ichigo walked over to each child, took a knee as he gently tapped the hilt on their forehead. The spirit glowed as it disappeared. Ichigo continued to do this for every child. Soon enough all the ghosts moved on. Ichigo used Schrift I: Ignatius to destroy all the eggs hanging on the ceiling. After that Ichigo used Schrift V: The Ventus to lift all the paralyzed members out of the cavern. Ichigo carried the unconscious Kaoru in his arms.
"Yasaka, do you want to listen to the full story?"
"Sure," Yasaka replied. So Ichigo told Yasaka, Yuzu, and Karin what happened. Eventually, they all got out of the cave to see Kyōka talking with a man of about thirty, with shoulder-length black hair, and green eyes. He noticed them walking out of the cave.
"You must be Kurosaki Ichigo. I'm Kurusu Keigo; member of Yasaka's Yōkai Watch."
"Yasaka… is this guy serious?"
"Yes, he is one of my men. I am aware the name is horrible, but it gets the job done." Yasaka replied.
"Ok. All of them are paralyzed for about 24 hours. All of them except the red Queen stole the animals/humans. The Queen ate the animals and humans. She shows no remorse about it." Ichigo said. Ichigo could see Kurusu Keigo writing this down.
"Very well. Thank you for your service." Kurusu Keigo said as his men handcuff their hands and feet together, placed muzzles on each of their faces and wheeled them inside their vans.
"Mysteria, can you modify their memories?"
"Sure. What do you want me to do?" Mysteria replied as she appeared.
"I want you to alter their memories so that instead of Ikumi seeing me chase the animal hybrids, change it where we parted ways and Ikumi took Kaoru home to have lunch, took him to the park and ate dinner before going to sleep."
"What about the kid?"
"Adjust his memories so that it lines up with Ikumi."
"Very well," Mysteria said as she picked up Kaoru and Ikumi before teleporting away. Ichigo looked at his watch.
"Looks like it's almost time for the final thing I planned for our date," Ichigo said.
"Really?" Yuzu and Karin asked.
"Sure." Ichigo summoned his car. Yuzu and Karin got in as Ichigo drove them away from the Ueno Zoo.
Scene Change: Tokyo: Kioi Hall
It took Ichigo thirty minutes to arrive at Kioi Hall. He finally managed to find an abandoned alley to stop the car. Everyone got off and Ichigo sent the car back to the mindscape. As they walked towards Kioi Hall, Yuzu and Karin see a long line going around the building.
"Um…Ichi-nii… what are we doing here?" Yuzu asked.
"Why we're here to watch a show of course," Ichigo replied. Ichigo walked straight to the front of the line.
"Um…sir all normal tickets attendees need to wait in line." The ticket checker said.
"I was aware that VIP ticket holders are exempt from the line," Ichigo said as he presented three VIP tickets to the ticket checker. The ticket checker checked all three VIP tickets before returning them to Ichigo.
"I apologize, sir. I hope you three enjoy the concert." The ticket checker said with a bow. The bouncers opened the door for Ichigo, Yuzu, and Karin. They followed Ichigo up a set of stairs, had their ticket check two more times before arriving at a private balcony seat for Hall 3.
"Um… Ichi-nii what are we watching?"
"Shush. The show is about to start." Ichigo said.
"Ahem…Ladies and gentlemen… back together after all these years… Puffy Ami Yumi!" Suddenly two girls jumped on stage. The first girl has cerise colored hair tied up into two buns. She also has a pale yellow flower at the bottom of her right bun. She wears a go-go dress that has a yellow and yellow shirt part and a yellow and pink skirt, also carrying a daisy in her hair, a white watch and a right wrist and a red bracelet on her left wrist, and white knee-high go-go boots. While the other girl has on rock style with studded necklaces and bracelets, a light purple T-shirt with a skull on it, a black miniskirt, and black knee-high boots.
"OH MY GOD!" Yuzu and Karin screamed seeing two of their old idols playing a reunion show.
"Is this the best surprise?" Ichigo asked. Yuzu grabbed Ichigo shirt and pulled him into a ten-second long hug. Right when Yuzu let go, Karin grabbed Ichigo and pulled him into another ten-second long hug. Karin soon let go of Ichigo and continued to listen to the band. Despite not being a fan of Puffy Ami Yumi, Ichigo enjoyed the time he spent with the girls.
"I apologize for interrupting this moment but, we have a Kushanāda here to speak with you," Kyōka said. Ichigo sighed as he entered his mindscape.
Scene Change: Mindscape
Ichigo opened his eyes and saw a Kushanāda bowing.
"Hello, Jigoku no Kōtei," Kushanāda said.
"Kushanāda, what is your reason for being here?" Ichigo asked.
"We have detected an anomaly in Hell," Kushanāda said.
"What happened?"
"We have a Gate of Hell being forced opened."
"What? How?"
"We are not sure."
"Have you've investigated the cause?"
"We were unable to."
"Very well, I will investigate," Ichigo said. "Yuzu. Karin, please watch over my body. Kushanāda has reported an issue in Hell that needs my immediate attention." Ichigo said.
"Ok Ichi-nii."Yuzu replied.
"I'll make sure Yuzu doesn't do anything bad with your body," Karin said.
"KARIN!" Yuzu screamed. Ichigo chuckled at Karin's tease. Ichigo closed his eyes as he entered his mindscape and followed the Kushanāda into Hell. The Kushanāda quickly guided Ichigo to the opened Gates of Hell. Ichigo summoned Kokugatsu and cautiously walked towards the Gates of Hell.
Scene Change: Undisclosed location
Ichigo walked out of the Gates of Hell only to encounter a barrier. He placed his hand on the barrier. The barrier appears to be a physical barrier. However, Ichigo could see that Hell's reiatsu isn't affected by the barrier. Instead, Hell's reiatsu is being absorbed by a large black rock with crimson veins on the outside. Ichigo could see the rock is beating and glowing crimson from Hell's reiatsu. Ichigo managed to open a red Garganta to slip around the barrier. Ichigo looked at the barrier to see there is a seal on the ground. The edge of the seal is between the gate; preventing them from closing. Ichigo walked over to the seal and gently broke the seal with Kokugatsu. Slowly the Gates of Hell began to close. Suddenly Ichigo could hear someone walking towards him. Ichigo turned to face the newcomer. It appears to be an undead skeleton creature that is devoid of skin and flesh. It is wearing an elaborate, jet-black academic gown adorned with golden and violet edges. In its hand is a black cane with a white skull.
"I should have expected you to show up Kurosaki Ichigo." The skeleton said.
"Great. It's someone I dealt with in the past…Who are you?" Ichigo asked.
"Let me give you a hint. You turned me into a sex toy for a girl."
"Tsukune?"
"NO!" The skeleton yelled. "I am Diodora Astaroth, the heir to Astaroth Clan."
"…So what are you doing dressed like a skeleton."
"I'm not dressed like a skeleton. I became a necromancer."
"Why?"
"It's the only way to get escape the contract."
"So you killed yourself and you've been reborn like that."
"Correct."
"How did you escape though?"
"I had some help."
"How?"
"That bitch was knocked unconscious by the boss."
"He likely means someone in Khaos Brigade." Ichigo thought.
"He managed to break my chains and killed her and her peerage. We both lit the house on fire as we teleported away. My boss presented me with a few books on necromancy."
"I recall that you don't need Hell's reiatsu to use necromancy."
"True. Necromancy doesn't need me to collect Hell's reiatsu… But, my boss requested me to collect Hell's reiatsu in this artifact."
"I see." Diodora slammed his cane on the ground; a black seal glowed around them. The ground began to shake as zombies began to rise from the ground. Ichigo looked unamused. Diodora interpreted Ichigo's lack of reaction as shock and began to laugh maniacally.
"Are you amazed?!"
"Are you done?" Ichigo asked them are surrounded by resurrected zombies. "Honestly...I'm disappointed."
"Why?"
"Because I can do this" Ichigo pointed his hand in front of a zombie; pretending to hold a gun. "Bang," Ichigo said as a ball of Hellfire flew at the zombie; instantly destroying a couple of zombies. The zombies stood no chance, as Ichigo quickly destroyed Diodora's entire zombie army with Hellfire.
"No…NO! I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED LIKE THIS!" Diodora yelled. He tried to summon a teleportation seal. Ichigo quickly summoned the Chains of Hell and had them wrap around Diodora. "LET ME GO!" Diodora yelled as he tries to escape the Chains of Hell.
"Diodora. You're a devil and you should recognize what these chains are." Ichigo walked towards the bounded Diodora. "Where are the true leaders of the Khaos Brigade and Qlippoth?"
"I'll never tell you!" Diodora yelled. Ichigo shook his head. Ichigo snapped his fingers as the Chains of Hell pierced Diodora's skeleton body. "GAH!"
"Let's see if meeting the Kushanāda will make you want to talk to me." The Chains of Hell began to pull Diodora.
"WAIT! I'LL TALK!" The chains stopped.
"We've got 945 active members of Khaos Brigade and 45 of them are a part of Qlippoth. I don't know where the leaders are. They contact us."
"How?"
"By portkey or teleportation seal."
"What's a portkey."
"A Portkey is an object enchanted to instantly bring anyone touching it to a specific location."
"Anything else?"
"…I wet myself until I was 14."
"I'm losing my patience," Ichigo said as the Chains of Hell began to move.
"I do know the leader's goal with the artifact." The Chains of Hell stopped. Ichigo motioned for Diodora to continue. "I don't know how but the weapon is intended to be used against Heaven in the future."
"I see…" Ichigo turned away from Diodora as the Chains of Hell resumed pulling him into Hell.
"HEY! I thought we had a deal!?" Ichigo stopped and faced Diodora.
"If you could recall, we never had a deal," Ichigo said as he walked away.
"DAM YOU!" Diodora yelled as the Chains of Hell finished pulling him into Hell. Ichigo walked over the black stone. Ichigo picked up the stone. Ichigo could feel something is moving in the black stone.
"No…It can't be." Ichigo thought as he realized the black stone isn't an artifact. It's an egg to a creature. "Knowing my luck it's a dragon egg." Ichigo sent the egg into his mindscape for safekeeping. Ichigo explored the cave to see if there is anything Diodora or his boss left here. Ichigo founded nothing. Ichigo destroyed the cave with a blast of Hellfire. With his investigation completed, Ichigo opened a Garganta and returned to the theater.
Scene Change: Tokyo: Kioi Hall
Ichigo opened his eyes to see Yuzu and Karin out of their seats near the balcony singing along with the band.
"Last part of the song!" Ami yelled.
"All together now!" Yumi yelled.
"Kyoo mo kootsuu ruuru wo mamoru yo! [Today we will uphold traffic laws!]" Ami and Yumi yelled.
"Teen Titans!" The repeated audience yelled.
"Teen Titan's opening song. I forgot they wrote it." Ichigo thought to himself.
"Suki-kirai naku nan demo taberu yo. [The repeated audience yelled! We will eat everything there is!]" Ami and Yumi yelled.
"Teen Titans!" The repeated audience yelled
"Jishin kaminari kaji Oyaji [Earthquake, thunder, fire, or father]… Kokugo sansuu rika shakai [Japanese studies, math, science or society]… Kowai mon wa nani mo nai [There is nothing to fear]…" Ami and Yumi yelled.
"Teen Titans!" The repeated audience yelled
"Teen Titans, go!" Everyone yelled out.
"One, two, three, four, go! Teen Titans!" Ami and Yumi yelled as the song ended. The theater was silent for a few seconds before everyone in the audience cheered and clapped. Ami and Yumi bowed as they left the stage.
"That was amazing." Yuzu said.
"I agree," Karin said.
"Before you go, there are a few booths outside of this Hall that will be selling souvenirs. Not only that, but Ami and Yumi will also be hosting a meet in greet in an hour in Hall 1. Everyone stood up and began to quickly leave Kioi Hall. Due to Ichigo purchasing VIP tickets they were able to leave Hall 3 "I should get a set for Moka too." Ichigo thought as they arrived at the souvenir booth. They purchase a set of soundtracks, a pair of Puffy Ami Yumi T-shirts and an exclusive Puffy Ami Yumi T-shirt for this event. They quickly lined up for the meet and greet. Once again due to the VIP tickets, they were able to stand in an exclusive line. Yuzu and Karin were able to get all of their souvenirs signed by Ami and Yumi. They also allowed Yuzu and Karin to pose with them for photos; that Ichigo took for them. Ichigo, Yuzu, and Karin finally left Kioi Hall. Yuzu and Karin were talking with each other about the entire day's date. Ichigo guided the girls to an unoccupied alley where he summoned his car. Everyone got in the car as Ichigo summoned a Garganta and drove the car into the Garganta.
Scene Change: Kuoh Town: Kurosaki House
The black Garganta opened up and Ichigo drove his car out of the Garganta and parked it right in front of the house. All of them walked into the house.
"So how was your day?" Masaki asked.
"It was amazing!" The girls shouted.
"Oh. Where did Ichigo take the two of you?" Yuzu and Karin told Masaki what happened today. Ichigo walked to the dinner table to see Eu just finished eating dinner.
"Hey Eu".
"Yes, Ichigo?" Eu replied.
"Do you know where Kisara and Valiona are right now?"
"Last I checked they should be in the familiar room."
"Familiar Room?"
"Sirzechs made a room for the familiars to roam around."
"Oh, that something unexpected"
"It is." Ichigo kissed her on her forehead before walking upstairs. He looked at the doors. All of them now had a nameplate beside the door. A few minutes later, Ichigo found the Familiar Room. Ichigo opened the door to see a giant valley. Ichigo looked to see Kisara is sitting under a tree, reading a book while Xīng Chén is curled beside her. Ichigo walked over to Kisara.
"Hello Ichigo." Kisara said.
"Hello Kisara. How is Xīng Chén?"
"She's pretty good right now. She can slowly walk around."
"I see. Where's Valiona?" Ichigo could see Kisara's mood dampened with the mention of Valiona.
"She's currently away somewhere…probably flying around."
"Why?"
"I don't know. All I know is that Valiona doesn't want to help take care of Xīng Chén."
"Let me talk to her," Ichigo said as he walked away from Kisara.
"Don't bother. I've tried." Kisara hollered. Xīng Chén heard all the commotion and woke up. "Don't worry about me. Go back to sleep."
Ichigo used his familiar connection to find Valiona flying in the sky.
"Valiona. Please come here." Ichigo called out from through his familiar connection. Ichigo could see Valiona began to slowly descend to his location. A few seconds later, Valiona landed on the ground and transformed into her Drakaina form.
"Yes, Ichigo?"
"Can you explain to me what is going on with you and Kisara?"
"I don't know why but Xīng Chén doesn't like me."
"Doesn't like you?"
"Ya...due to some dragon's elemental affiliation they wouldn't be friendly with each other; Kisara and I are excellent examples of it. I am a dragon of darkness while Kisara is a dragon of light. We are normally enemies."
"But…"
"But with you as our master, our elemental affiliation is willing to work together since we both are bonded to you."
"I see…is that all?"
"What?"
"I'm asking are you blaming this just simply on Xīng Chén."
"Of course it's just that."
"So you aren't jealous of Kisara because Xīng Chén likes her more."
"Um…" Ichigo laughed at Valiona's hesitation. This caused her to blush even more.
"Come on," Ichigo said as he motioned Valiona to follow her. Valiona sighed as she followed Ichigo. She already knew what's about to happen. They all arrived at the tree Kisara was at.
"Valiona" Kisara said as she glared at her.
"Kisara…I'm sorry for how I acted."
"Oh really?"
"I am. I was jealous that Xīng Chén liked you more than I did." Kisara stood up. Xīng Chén got off her lap. She looked at Valiona in the eyes before flicking her in the forehead. "OW! What was that for?"
"I did that because you were being stupid." Kisara then hugged Valiona.
"You two made up?"
"We did a Master." They said. Ichigo smiled.
"Good because I have something that I need both of you to take care of."
"What?" They asked. Ichigo summoned the black egg."
"I am not sure what this is but I believe this is a dragon egg." Ichigo handed the egg to Valiona.
"It is a dragon egg," Valiona confirmed.
"It smells of fire and death," Kisara said as she pinched her nose.
"I stumbled on a necromancer forcing the egg to absorb Hell's reiatsu."
"That idiot would have likely killed the egg," Kisara commented.
"If the egg did survive the transformation, there would be a high chance it would be uncontrollable." Valiona theorized.
"So master, what do you want us to do with it?"
"I want you Valiona to take care of the dragon egg."
"Me? Why?"
"Well, it appears Kisara is uncomfortable with the egg," Ichigo said pointing out the face that Kisara is still pinching her nose. "Not only that, but it also allows both of you to help teach Yuzu and Karin how to take care of these dragons."
"You intend for these dragons to be your sister's familiars." Valiona realized.
"I do."
"That would be a good idea," Kisara commented.
"But which dragon goes with which girl?" Valiona asked.
"I'm planning to blindfold the girls and have both the baby dragons be a few meters away. I would instruct the girls to flair their reiatsu. From there, I would see which girl would walk to which dragon."
"Similar to how you found us," Kisara commented.
"Exactly," Ichigo said. "How long do you think it will take before that dragon hatches?"
"I think it-" Suddenly everyone could hear the egg cracking. "-be cracking now," Valiona said. She lowered the egg down as the egg began to wiggle and more cracks began to form. Soon the top of the egg fell off the egg to reveal a red dragon. It is mostly red and black. His head appears to have three horns. Just like Xīng Chén, this dragon appears to be capable of walking on its legs. The baby managed to break its shell as it slowly walks over to Valiona. Valiona grabs the baby and began to carry it.
"So what is the gender of the baby?" Ichigo asked.
"It's a female," Valiona said.
"Dam it. I need to find some guy friends." Ichigo mumbled to himself. The girls laughed at Ichigo's misfortune.
"Anyways anyone has any ideas on names?" Kisara asked.
"Maybe something Chinese to match up with Xīng Chén?" Valiona added.
"How about Shēnyuān [Abyss]?" Ichigo suggested.
"That's…Abyss in Chinese." Kisara guessed.
"Yep," Ichigo said.
"That's nice name especially with her being forced to absorb Hell's reiatsu," Valiona added.
"Go a few meters away while I grab the girls," Ichigo said as he left the Familiar Room. A few minutes later, Ichigo pulled a blindfolded Yuzu and Karin into the Familiar Room.
"Ichi-nii. What are you doing?" Yuzu asked.
"Is this another surprise for today?" Karin asked.
"Technically yes Karin," Ichigo replied. Ichigo could see both Kisara and Valiona are about four meters [13.12 feet] away. "One by one, I want you to flare your reiatsu until you feel a pulling sensation. After that, walk towards that direction." Ichigo instructed. Karin began to flare her reiatsu. A few seconds later, Karin felt a weird sensation. She felt something was telling her to go towards her left. So, Karin began to walk towards the left. "Yuzu your turn." Yuzu began to flare her reiatsu as well. Unlike Karin, Yuzu began to walk towards the right. "Stop!" Ichigo yelled. Yuzu and Karin abruptly stopped. "Take off your blindfolds."
Karin took off her blindfold to see Valiona holding Shēnyuān in her hands. "Hello, Karin. Meet your new familiar."
"…Is that a dragon?"
"A baby dragon."
"What's her name?"
"Shēnyuān. It means Abyss."
"Why?"
"Ichigo founded the egg being used to absorb Hell's reiatsu."
"Oh. That name fits well."
"I know. Do you want to hold her?"
"Sure." Valiona handed Karin Shēnyuān. The baby dragon looked at her for a few seconds before gently nibbling on her fingers.
"Now go back to Ichigo so he can tell you how to perform the Familiar ritual with Shēnyuān."
"Ok."
Yuzu took her blindfold to see Kisara holding Xīng Chén. "Hello Yuzu. Xīng Chén had chosen you as her master."
"Really?" Kisara nodded as she handed Xīng Chén to Yuzu. Yuzu began to tickle Xīng Chén's stomach. Xīng Chén let out a playful roar as she wiggles in her arms.
"Now go back to Ichigo so he can tell you how to perform the Familiar ritual Xīng Chén."
"Ok." Soon everyone met up with Ichigo.
"Congratulations on finding your own familiar. Let's get started forming the familiar bond."
"Ok. Ichi-nii." The twins said.
"So you need to place your hand on your dragon's head and then say 'In the name of Kurosaki Ichigo, I bind thee to me as my familiar' but instead of using my name, you would use your name." Yuzu placed her hand on Xīng Chén.
"In the name of Kurosaki Yuzu, I bind thee to me as my familiar." Yuzu said. Both Yuzu and Xīng Chén glowed white for a few seconds before it faded. Karin placed her hand on Shēnyuān.
"In the name of Kurosaki Karin, I bind thee to me as my familiar," Karin said. Both Karin and Shēnyuān glowed crimson for a few seconds before it faded.
"Now that is done, I am going to have Kisara and Valiona stay here and help you two learn how to take care of Xīng Chén and Shēnyuān." Kisara and Valiona nodded.
"So Ichi-nii how long will it take for Xīng Chén and Shēnyuān to be an adult like Kisara and Valiona?"
"It may take twenty years or longer depending on the dragon," Kisara said.
"What!?" The twins shouted in surprise.
"Wait… didn't you say Ichi-nii found both of you like an egg?" Karin asked.
"He did," Valiona said.
"How are you an adult now?" Yuzu asked.
"Long ago, Valiona and I roamed free without resistance. At some point, a warrior managed to slay us." Kisara said.
"Due to magical properties in the blade, it trapped 90% of our soul in the blade. That 10% remaining used what little magic left in our bodies to transform into an egg." Valiona said.
"Years later, Ichigo found our eggs. Ichigo was found to be a suitable master. After that, he managed to set our soul free and reunited it with us. Unfortunately, this caused a small complication." Kisara said.
Our natural baby body couldn't handle the older soul. This forced our baby body to grow at an accelerated rate. This would have killed us because we didn't have enough reiatsu. But, we used our familiar link to pull Ichigo's reiatsu to help. This mutation resulted in us gaining a humanoid form." Valiona said.
"I see." The twins said. With that everyone left the familiar room. Everyone gathered around the dinner table and ate Masaki's cooking. Once dinner was finished, Ichigo went to bed early.
Scene Change: Morning
Ichigo woke up to see once again he was surrounded by women. Ichigo moved his eyes to see Suzumebachi once again sleeping on his forehead. Ichigo gently moved his head to see Ichigo noticed that Moka and Ophis lay on his left side; while Eu and Shirayuki controlled the right side. Ichigo raised his head slightly to see that Kyōkotsu slept on his chest. Ichigo managed to see left leg is occupied by Mysteria and Valiona; while his right leg was occupied by Katen and Kisara. Ichigo gently shook his arms and legs; walking up the others. All of them complained but allowed Ichigo to get out of bed. Ichigo walked to the kitchen and began to omelets. Once again the smell of food filled the house and forced everyone down. Ichigo decided to make omelets for everyone. Ichigo would place two omelets on a plate and set them out on the counter. As everyone slowly trickled down, they would grab a plate with an omelet on it. Ichigo soon sat down at the table. Everyone was enjoying how delicious their omelet was. Once everyone finished breakfast, Ichigo walked upstairs and changed into a white T-Shirt and dark blue jeans. Ichigo said goodbye to everyone. Ichigo ripped open a Garganta and jumped in it.
Scene Change: Kyoto: Yasaka Shrine
Ichigo popped out in front of Yasaka's Shrine.
"Hello, Kurosaki-sama. Yasaka-hime is expecting you." One of the many maids employed at Yasaka Shrine said. The maid guided Ichigo Yasaka's room. Ichigo gently knocked on the door.
"Come in Ichigo." Ichigo slid the door and entered Yasaka's room. Ichigo could see Yasaka fixing Kunou's robes.
"Papa!" Kunou cried out and ran over to Ichigo.
"Hello, Kunou." Ichigo hugged Kunou. Ichigo looked up to see Yasaka amused.
"Hello, Ichigo."
"Yasaka." Ichigo hugged her. "Ready to go?"
"Where are you taking us?"
"Oh… it's a little place called the Seireitei." Ichigo said. Yasaka lost her bearing.
"Wait…did you just said that you're taking us to the Seireitei?"
"I did."
"Um… how are we going to be able to be there since we aren't spirits?"
"Oh, that's easy." Ichigo pulled out a gun. "This is a nifty invention that I had Urahara create," Ichigo explained. "With this gun, it transforms your living body into reishi and your yōkai into reiatsu," Ichigo explained he fired the gun at Yasaka and Kunou. They both glowed white for a few seconds before it died down. Ichigo exited his human body. Ichigo made sure not to wear the special haori he was presented. They walked out of Yasaka Shrine to the secluded forest. Ichigo summoned his car and opened the door for Yasaka and Kunou. They climbed in the car. Ichigo closed the door and got on the driver's side. Ichigo entered the car, opened up a Garganta and drove straight in.
Scene Change: Seireitei: Twelfth Division
In the main computer hub of the Twelfth Division, various Shinigami was typing down something onto their terminals. Suddenly one of the many Shinigami typing abruptly stood up; knocking down the chair she was sitting in. She has long, purple hair, green eyes and large lips with pale skin
"Third Seat Akon!" He shouted. A few seconds later, someone walked out of a hallway.
"What is it Torue?" Akon asked. He is a tall man with short, spiky black hair, which has a distinguished hairline running through it. He has three small horns protruding from his forehead. He wears a laboratory coat over the standard Shinigami shihakushō.
"We have detected a Garganta opening up." She said.
"Where is it?"
"Our scanners were unable to detect the exact location."
"Dam it."
"But we were narrow it down to somewhere in Thirties West Rukongai."
"Were you able to detect the place of origin?"
"No."
"I want ALL of you to investigate this," Akon ordered as he went to report this to Urahara.
Scene Change: Soul Society: District Thirty West Rukongai
In an empty forest clearing, a Garganta opened up and a car drove out of it. Ichigo gently stopped the car. Ichigo turned to face Yasaka and Kunou.
"Welcome to the Rukongai."
"The Rukongai… I thought were going to the Seireitei?" Kunou asked.
"The Rukongai is for the powerless souls. Before I left the Seireitei, I made sure the Rukongai had Shinigami posted around to protect them and provide order."
"So you're doing a 'surprise' inspection."
"Exactly," Ichigo said as he began to transform. Ichigo's long orange hair turned black and shortened. Ichigo's brown eyes turned dark blue. "Call my Tatsuya for now."
"Very well Tatsuya," Yasaka said as she transformed. Yasaka blonde hair and golden yellow eyes turned into royal blue hair and eyes.
"Call my Sayaka." The newly Sayaka said.
"What about me Kaa-san?" Kunou asked. Sayaka waved her hands and Kunou transformed similar to her mother.
"You can keep your name Kunou since not many would know you," Ichigo said.
"Ok." Everyone exited the car. Ichigo handed everyone a Reiatsu-Concealing Cloak. They all put the cloak on. Ichigo sent the car back to his mindscape. They all began to walk towards Seireitei.
"It looks like we're back in time," Kunou commented.
"It does. For some reason, Rukongai will always appear similar to early Japanese architecture." Ichigo said.
"Where is everyone?" Yasaka asked. No one is out about. It was as if they entered a ghost town. Ichigo could sense that there are people are in their homes.
"It looks like these people are scared and hiding."
"From who?" Suddenly they heard yelling.
"I told you I'll don't have the money." Someone yelled.
"If you don't have the money… Why do you have this?" Someone else yelled as something broke. Ichigo and Yasaka rushed over to see a group of men harassing an elderly person.
"Hey!" Ichigo called out. All the men turned to Ichigo. Ichigo resisted letting out a grown. All of them were wearing a Shinigami shihakushō.
"Go away powerless scum we're in charge of this district." Thug 1 said. Ichigo walked over and began to crack his hands and neck.
"You're a disgrace to every Shinigami who fought and died in the line of duty."
"Please…how would you know about the disgrace you powerless scum." Thug 2 said. Ichigo let out a sigh. Ichigo pointed his finger at the group of thugs.
"Shō," Ichigo said. Suddenly the group of thugs was pushed out of the house. Ichigo turned to Yasaka and Kunou. "Take care of her while I take care of them." Yasaka and Kunou nodded as Ichigo walked out of the house. Ichigo could see the thugs have drawn their Zanpakutō and were ready to attack. Ichigo shook his head in disbelief. "Final chance, stand down." All of them charged at Ichigo. Ichigo raised his palm at the group of thugs.
"Bakudō #63. Sajō Sabaku." Yellow energy, taking a form of very thick rope, shot out of Ichigo palm. The energy rope wrapped itself around the upper body of the thugs and pulled them together. The thugs were shocked. The 'powerless scum' actually can use kidō, especially a kidō that they can't fully use yet. "Now then, you're going to answer a few of my questions."
"Sure." Thug 3 said. Ichigo manipulated the Kido to separate Thug 1 and 2 from Thug 3. Thug 1 and 2 glared at Thug 3. "Well we're screwed anyways I might be able to be punished less."
"Why did you attack her?"
"We were ordered by our Seated officer to collect payment from her."
"Why did you need to 'collect payment from her.'?" Thug 3 remained silent. Ichigo grabbed his hand. "Answer the question or else?" Ichigo emphasis his point by holding Thug 3's finger and gently bend it in the opposite direction. "Why did you need to 'collect payment from her.'?"
"We collect payment for priority protection!" Thug 3 said.
"Whose idea is this?"
"Our Seated officer!"
"Who is your Seated officer?"
"He is Takezoe Kōkichirō, the Seventh Seat." Thug 3 answered.
"Where is he at right now?"
"He should be in his office located between District Twenty-Ninth and District Thirty."
"Very well." Ichigo placed his hand over Thug 3's eyes.
"Hey what are you doing!?"
"Inemur," Ichigo said. Thug 3 fell unconscious. Ichigo repeated this with Thug 1 and 2. Ichigo also reconnected Sajō Sabaku. Ichigo dragged the unconscious thugs back inside the house. Ichigo could see Yasaka and Kunou helping two people. The first one is an elderly lady. She has short black hair and blue eyes and wearing slightly damaged robes. While the other person is a man with pale, completely gray hair. Ichigo could see his eyes are full of weariness and a sort of tired resignation. "So who are you… if I may ask?"
"I never remembered my name but many call me Doctor K due to my medical knowledge." Doctor K said.
"While my name is Emiya Kiritsugu."
"And your names?" Yasaka looked at Ichigo with concern.
"Yasaka, you don't need to reveal yourself. I'll just reveal myself." Ichigo said through the peerage link. Ichigo transformed back to his normal self. "My name is Kurosaki Ichigo."
"Wait… aren't you the Hero of the Winter War and Hero of the Thousand Year War?" Doctor K asked.
"I am."
"Sucks to be you when you die," Kiritsugu said.
"Why is that?"
"You'll become a Heroic Spirit and immortalized in the Throne of Heroes."
"The what?" Kiritsugu sighed.
"Heroic Spirits are spirits of heroes who achieved great deeds in life, having become objects of worship after their deaths."
"What about the Throne of Heroes?"
"The Throne of Heroes a place existing outside our reality. It is the home of the Heroic Spirits."
"Aren't those spirits used for some stupid competition that happened a while ago?"
"Yes. The 'stupid competition' you're referring to is the Holy Grail War."
"So it's a competition using legendary heroes for a cup."
"Well said cup in question is supposed to grant a miracle. But when I was competing in the Fourth Holy Grail War, I discovered that the Holy Grail has been corrupted by something evil. So I had it destroyed."
"Which caused a giant fire in Fuyuki," Yasaka added.
"Interesting."
"The Corrupted Grail managed to curse me before it was destroyed. The curse slowly destroyed my body. First were my limbs, then my sight. After that most of my circuits became useless."
"So you're a Magus," Ichigo said; remembering Ruby's brief explanation of the major different type of magic users.
"You're aware of us?"
"I am."
"Sixty years after the Grail War in 1997(3), there will be another Holy Grail War. To ensure the destruction of the Great Grail, I used various explosives to create a 'bump' in the nearby leyline."
"WHAT!" Yasaka yelled. "Do you have any ideas what could happen when you did that?"
"Base on various tombs I have read, it will cause an earthquake in Fukuki approximately thirty to forty years."
"That it would be true but the earthquake in question might severely damage or even destroy all the other leylines in the world." Kiritsugu shot up upon hearing the sever effect of his action.
"What?"
"Yes, your action would have been catastrophic if I didn't already detect it and fixed it." Kiritsugu sighed.
"I see." Ichigo stood up. "Come on, I need to hunt down those fools who think they can abuse their authority." Ichigo stood up. Everyone said their goodbyes. Ichigo changed his hair and eyes again. He levitated the unconscious thugs up. Ichigo hugged Kunou and Yasaka tightly. "Hold on tight," Ichigo said as he shunpō'ed away.
Scene Change: West Rukongai: District Twenty-Ninth and District Thirty
They arrived at the border between District Twenty-Ninth and District Thirty. They could see a building with the sign Shinigami Station on it.
"Stay here with these idiots," Ichigo instructed Yasaka and Kunou as he walked inside by himself. He could see one Shinigami sitting down at the welcome desk. She has short brown hair and glasses. She wears the standard Shinigami shihakushō. She looked up from her paperwork.
"Hello. Welcome to our Shinigami Station. My name is Shirogane Mihane (4). How may I help you?"
"Is there any other Shinigami here?"
"Um…" Mihane pulled out a clipboard. We have three Shinigami on patrol right now."
"I see…I wish to speak to the person in charge of this Station. I believe his name was Takezoe Kōkichirō."
"Ok. Let me notify him." She said as she walked down a hallway. A minute later, she returned. "He is ready for you now." She guided him to a door. She knocked on the door.
"Come in." She slid the door for Ichigo. Ichigo walked into the office. She immediately closed the door. Ichigo had a good look at Takezoe Kōkichirō. He has short dark hair, bushy eyebrows, and stubble around his mouth and chin. He has on the standard Shinigami shihakushō.
"Hello, I am Takezoe Kōkichirō." He extended his hand for a handshake.
"My name is Tatsuya." As he accepted the handshake.
"Oh god. Another powerless scum. I need to hurry this up so I can see what is taking those idiots so long to take care of an old hag." Kōkichirō thought.
"He thinks that I am powerless; oh that fool." Ichigo thought. They soon let go of the handshake.
"So what can I do for you?"
"I would like to start an investigation."
"Ok." Kōkichirō pulled out a sheet of paper. "Whenever you are ready."
"About twenty minutes ago, I witness three thugs breaking a resident's home. I ran over to see those three thugs were dressed like Shinigami."
"Fuck."
"I confronted them. They admitted that they were following orders from their Seated officer."
"Did they mention a name?" Kōkichirō asked. "Those bastards better not have."
"They did."
"Those backstabbers." Kōkichirō thought.
"What name did they say?"
"Your name."
"Fuck this," Kōkichirō said as he pointed at Ichigo. "Hadō #31. Shakkahō." Red energy fired from Kōkichirō's finger, causing an explosion. Mihane rushed on in to see what happened. She turned to see Kōkichirō still pointing at Ichigo.
"Oh he got violent so I blasted him with a Shakkahō."
"Good try but that was weak," Ichigo said. Kōkichirō and Mihane turned to see an unfazed Ichigo. Ichigo raised his palm at Kōkichirō.
"Bakudō #63 Sajō Sabaku." The energy rope wrapped itself around the upper body of Kōkichirō. Both Kōkichirō and Mihane were surprised at the 'powerless' spirit performing Kido. "Now then, Kōkichirō, your thugs told me about you collecting money from your Districts for 'priority protection'. Any comments?" Kōkichirō glared at Ichigo. Ichigo grabbed his hand. "Answer the question or else?" Ichigo emphasis his point by holding Kōkichirō's pinky finger on his left hand and gently bend it in the opposite direction. Kōkichirō remained silent. Ichigo sighed as he broke it.
"GAAAAAAHHHHH!" Kōkichirō yelled in pain. Mihane couldn't handle it anymore and fainted.
"Why did you do it!?"
"I told you I can't tell you!" Ichigo grabbed the next finger and broke it.
"GAAAAAAHHHHH!"
"Tell me." Kōkichirō spit at Ichigo's face.
"Fuck you." Ichigo wipes the spit off his face and grabbed the remaining fingers on the left hand and broke them.
"GAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
"Kōkichirō just tell me the information.
"F-Fine. His name is Tarukane Gonzo. His estate is located at the District Third."
"Anything else?"
"No! Can you please get this healed?"
"Sure." Ichigo placed his hand over Kōkichirō's eyes.
"Hey what are you doing!?"
"Inemuri." Kōkichirō fell unconscious. Ichigo walked over to Mihane and gently shook her.
"Wha?" She woke up to see Kōkichirō bound. "What…what happened?"
"Kōkichirō and your other three Shinigami are a part of a scandal."
"What?"
"Yes. I am here to take care of it. I will explain everything to Hitsugaya-Taichō." Ichigo said as he grabbed the unconscious Kōkichirō and dragged him out of the Station. Ichigo regrouped with Yasaka, Kunou, and the unconscious thugs. Ichigo modified Sajō Sabaku so that everyone was together. Ichigo was about to head to the District Three when suddenly someone fired Hainawa at them. Ichigo reflected the kidō with his hands. Ichigo looked to see Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto.
"Halt!" Tōshirō ordered.
"Ah. Tōshirō. Rangiku."
"Have we met before?" Rangiku asked.
"It's Hitsugaya-Taichō!" Toshiro yelled.
"It is but I never called you that did I?" Ichigo asked.
"Wait…only one person ever calls me Tōshirō." Ichigo transformed back to his normal form.
"Ichigo?" Tōshirō and Rangiku said.
"Yep." Ichigo handed the bundle of thugs to Rangiku. "These guys forced the residents of District Thirty to pay for priority protection."
"WHAT!" Toshiro yelled as he glared at the unconscious thugs.
"Please take these thugs while I hunt down the leader."
"Ok Ichigo-sama," Rangiku said as she grabbed the thugs and shunpō'ed away.
"Hitsugaya-Taichō, I need you to do two things. First, please arrange for a Taichō meeting in an hour."
"Yes Ichigo-sama," Toshiro said.
"As for the second thing, please make sure these two." Ichigo pointed at Yasaka and Kunou, "are comfortable with anything that they may need."
"Very well." With that Ichigo shunpō'ed to District Three.
Scene Change: West Rukongai: District Three
Ichigo arrived at a large building with the words Tarukane written on top of the building. On the outside, Ichigo could see two guards standing post outside.
"Halt!" One of the guards said. Ichigo ignored the guard as he walked towards the building. The second guard realized who was walking towards them.
"Good day Kurosaki-sama." Guard 2 said with a bow. Ichigo stopped at the guard. Guard 1 was sweating when he realized who he just tried to challenge.
"Good day. Can you escort me to Tarukane Gonzo."
"Yes, sir." Guard 2 said as he began to escort Ichigo inside. Guard 1 let out his breath he was holding in.
Scene Change: District Three: Tarukane Estate
Ichigo soon arrived at a set of closed doors.
"He is inside." Guard 2 said before walking away. Ichigo kicked the door down and walked inside. What Ichigo saw infuriated him to his core. Ichigo could see a short, fat, and dumpy man, who Ichigo assumed as Tarukane Gonzo, being served by various female slaves. All the slaves were wearing rags that could barely cover themselves. They had a black collar and wrist cuffs. Some of them appear as young as ten while others appear early twenty.
"Who dares enter my office?" Gonzo yelled; scaring all the girls.
"Kurosaki-Yamamoto Ichigo." Ichigo declared as he summoned his special haori. It appeared on top of Ichigo's shihakushō.
"What gives you the right to enter my office?" Ichigo sighed as he bounded Gonzo with Sajō Sabaku. Ichigo turned to the women slaves. All of them huddled together and looked at Ichigo with hopelessness in their eyes.
"I am here to help all of you." None of them responded to Ichigo. Ichigo summoned two Jigokuchō. Ichigo placed one near his mouth. "Unohana, I need you and a squad of female healers to arrive at the Tarukane Estate immediately." Ichigo ended his message and the Jigokuchō flew away. Ichigo picked up the other one and repeated the message to Yoruichi. A few minutes later, Ichigo could see Unohana and Yoruichi walking towards Ichigo. Behind them are a squad of female healers and female Onmitsukidō.
"Unohana-Taichō and Shihōin-Taichō reporting as requested." They said.
"Unohana-Taichō, I need you and your squad to help these victims." Ichigo pointed at the girls who were cowering in the corner.
"Very well," Unohana-Taichō said.
"As for you, Shihōin-Taichō. I want you and your squad to interrogate this monster to see if there are any more corrupted Shinigami under him and see if he knows anyone else who is has a habit of collecting other girls."
"Yes, sir." Yoruichi said as she glared at Gonzo." With his work done, Ichigo shunpō'ed to the Tenth Division.
Scene Change: Tenth Division
Ichigo arrived outside the Toshiro's office and knocked on the door.
"Come in," Toshiro said. Ichigo slid the door open to see Toshiro sitting down behind his desk with an open bottle of sake.
"Where is Rangiku when you need her?" Ichigo joked.
"Anyways, where are they?"
"They're in our prison."
"WHAT! I mean the girls."
"Oh. There in my quarters right now."
"Ok." Ichigo turned and began to walk out of Toshiro's office.
"Wait, Ichigo." Ichigo stopped and turned around.
"Yes, Toshiro?"
"Are you going to Kuchiki-fukutaichō and Abarai-fukutaichō wedding?"
"Wait… those two are getting married? When?"
"Um… later today …" Ichigo began to laugh maniacally.
"Is it at the Kuchiki Manor?"
"It is," Toshiro answered. Ichigo continued to laugh maniacally.
"Why do I suddenly regret mentioning the wedding?"
"Toshiro, don't tell anyone that I know about the wedding or else I will show you how much pain Karin's boyfriend should have felt from me."
"I won't," Toshiro answered; starting to fear his life, especially with Ichigo knowing about his past relationship. With that, Ichigo left Toshiro's office. Ichigo could vaguely hear Toshiro groaning. Ichigo chuckled as he arrived at Toshiro's quarters. Ichigo knocked on the door.
"Come in." Ichigo walked. Toshiro's quarters appear to be quite spartan. There are only a bed, a few cupboards, and a table. Ichigo cast a privacy kidō around the room. Yasaka and Kunou were still in their disguises. Yasaka was lying on the bed while Kunou was doodling on the table.
"I'm sorry," Ichigo said.
"For what?" Yasaka asked.
"For abandoning you to take care of those thugs."
"Ichigo, I understand completely. Remember I am a ruler as well. There are times when I plan to take Kunou out when suddenly I get summoned back to deal with a mess."
"Your right… well, I got one last thing we can do after this meeting."
"What?" So Ichigo informed her about the Rukia's and Renji's wedding.
"So are we going in our normal form or our disguise?"
"Go normal."
"But we don't have a kimono to wear."
"Yasaka, you have magic use it to transfigure a matching set of kimonos for all of us to wear," Ichigo said as he ran off to the Taichō meeting.
Scene Change: Taichōs' Assembly Hall
Everyone arrived at the Assembly Hall and sat down at their respective seat. This meeting was an emergency meeting and it required both Taichōs and Fukutaichōs to be present.
"Hitsugaya-Taichō, you have requested this emergency meeting. You may start." Genryusai said.
"Sōtaichō, I will start it once one more member shows up." A few seconds later, the doors opened as Ichigo entered the Hall. He took his place at the head of the table.
"I requested Hitsugaya-Taichō to organize this emergency meeting," Ichigo said. "I recently discovered a serious issue that needs to be brought up immediately. "I discovered that three Shinigami were collecting protection money from a few residents of West Rukongai District 30."
"WHAT!" All the Taichōs yelled.
"I interrogated them and discovered their seated officer, Seventh-Seat Takezoe Kōkichirō-"
"Former Seventh-Seat Takezoe Kōkichir," Toshiro said
"Correction, former Seventh-Seat Takezoe Kōkichirō. I proceeded to interrogate him for answers. He informed me that his 'boss' is a man name Tarukane Gonzo. His estate is located at the District Third. At this moment, Hitsugaya-taichō and Matsumoto-fukutaichō stumbled upon me. I gave them the tied up thugs as I confronted Tarukane Gonzo. Shihōin-Taichō please report your findings." Ichigo said as he sat down and Yoruichi stood up.
"After we arrived at the scene, we were in charge of interrogating Tarukane Gonzo for more information about this. As of now, we discovered two members of First Division, Third Division and Thirteenth Division; four members from Fourth Division and Fifth Division; six members from Seventh Division, Eighth Division and Ninth Division. Luckily we discovered no members from Second Division, Twelfth Division or Fourteenth Division." Yoruichi stopped for a second to allow the various Taichō process this information.
"Any patterns?" Genryusai asked.
"At least one member from each division was a seated officer," Yoruichi said.
"I see."
"Anyways, we are currently integrating each of these traitors right now to see if there are any other members we haven't captured yet."
"What about Gonzo?" Lisa asked.
"He is the one who provided the names."
"What I mean is that is there any other people like Gonzo right now."
"As of right now, it appears only Gonzo did it." Ichigo stood up.
"Thank you Shihōin-Taichō for the report." Yoruichi nodded her head. "I want all the Taichō to please keep an eye on your people. I do not want another situation like this to happen again." All the Taichōs nodded in agreement. "Anything else?" Ichigo asked. Urahara stood up. "You have the floor Urahara-Taichō." Ichigo sat down.
"As many of you were aware, we detected a Garganta opening up somewhere around District Thirties. Were you responsible for that?"
"I was."
"Very well. I will inform my men to call the search off." Urahara said as he sat back down. Ichigo stood back up.
"Anything else?" No one replied. "Meeting adjourned."
Scene Change: Toshiro's Private Quarters
Ichigo shunpō'ed back to Toshiro's private quarters. Ichigo knocked on the door.
"Come in Ichigo." Ichigo walked in to see Yasaka tying the obi for Kunou's Kimono. Yasaka and Kunou turned back to their normal form. Yasaka is wearing a sky blue kimono with a pink Sakura tree in the breeze. Below the Sakura tree, there are two yellow foxes and an orange fox laying down underneath the tree while the sun shining down on them. While Kunou is wearing an orange kimono the same three foxes cuddling together in a forest under a setting sun while the moon began to rise.
"Papa!" Kunou said. "Do I look pretty?"
"You do Kunou."
"Yay!"
"Ichigo here is your kimono," Yasaka said. Ichigo looked over and was impressive. His Kimono is mostly black. Around Ichigo's breast area, there is a partial lunar eclipse. The sun is shining dark orange over the dark blue moon. Around the bottom, there are two yellow foxes and an orange fox running under the stars. Yasaka flipped it around for Ichigo to see his twin dragon symbol on it the back of the kimono. However, the color of the dragon's bodies and eyes are swapped.
"Do you like it?"
"I love it." Yasaka and Kunou helped put Ichigo's kimono on. Yasaka also helped combed his long hair. Soon enough everyone was ready to crash the wedding. Ichigo held Yasaka and Kunou closely as they shunpō'ed to Kuchiki Estate.
Scene Change: Kuchiki Estate
They arrived a few meters away from the Manor. They began to walk towards the Manor. They checked to see that their kimono doesn't need to get adjusted. They soon arrived at a closed gate with a man sitting down at a table.
"I am sorry. We are not allowed to let anyone in." The man said without looking up.
"I think if you look up, we can be allowed in." The man looked up and all the color in his face drained. "Now you understand why I recommended for you to look up."
"V-very well. Please write your names down here and on this reading card." The man said as he pointed at a book and slides a card over to Ichigo. Ichigo wrote his full name down, followed by Yasaka and Kunou on the book and the card. Another servant opened the door and escorted Ichigo to the Kuchiki Manor. They walked by many Sakura trees in the courtyard and could hear the music playing from Kuchiki Manor. They soon arrived at the door of the Kuchiki Manor. There were three servants at the door. Two of them grabbed the handles of the closed door while the other servant received the card from Ichigo. The servant looked at the card and his eyes widen with what was written on the card.
"Are you sure about this?" The servant asked.
"I am." The servant nodded to the other servants. They pushed the doors open. The music suddenly stopped as the servant began to read the card.
"Entering Lord Kurosaki Ichigo; King of Souls with his guests Yasaka-hime; Princess of Japan's Yōkai and Kunou-hime, Heir to Princess of Japan's Yōkai." The servant said as the three walked inside. Ichigo had to remember all the edict lessons Kyōka and Hōgyoku pounded into him long ago. The servants closed the door again as the music resumed playing. Ichigo soon placed Kunou on his shoulders to prevent her from getting trampled or lost. Ichigo and Yasaka soon talked with many of the guests. Soon the actual wedding started. Byakuya led everyone to a shrine on the far side of Kuchiki Estate. They soon entered the shrine.
"Ichigo."
"Yes, Yasaka."
"This is a shrine to Amaterasu."
"Really? Does she want to personally bless this marriage?"
"Actually… she might since this will be the first one that happened in a shrine dedicated to her since the Thousand-Year War happened."
"I see…Should I inform anyone?"
"Na." Ichigo chuckled at her response. Ichigo and Yasaka continued to watch the traditional wedding ceremony. Soon the ceremony ended when Amaterasu made her appearance. The Sun suddenly intensified and shot a beam at Yasaka's body, causing her to begin to float and rise. Her eyes began to glow golden.
"Papa, is Lady Amaterasu appearing?"
"She is," Ichigo said.
"Greetings Shinigami of the Gotei 14," Yasaka said in a different tone of voice.
"Who are you?" One of the monks asked.
"The mother of all Nihonjin [Japanese people]." Suddenly all the monks bowed.
"Welcome, Lady Amaterasu. We are honored by your appearance."
"Hey Amaterasu," Ichigo said casually. All the monks looked at Ichigo as if he's insane.
"Hello, Ichigo. How are you?"
"I'm good."
"It seems that you and Yasaka haven't married yet."
"Hey. We both agreed to start slow and steady. Anyways, shouldn't you talk with your guests instead of me right now?"
"Your right." Amaterasu turned her attention to the rest of the Shinigami who are now bowing to her. "Hello everyone, I wanted to bless this married couple with great fortune and fertility for the years to come."
"Thank you, Lady Amaterasu, for your generous blessing." Rukia and Renji said. With that Yasaka's body slowly descended back to the ground and her eyes stop glowing golden.
"You alright?"
"I am. Though I felt the theatrics was unnecessary.
"Hey. I can make some theatrics; especially to a group of people who either don't believe in my existence or questions my existence" Amaterasu said through Yasaka's peerage link. With the wedding formally over, Rukia and Renji could mingle with the various guests there. Rukia and Renji went straight to Ichigo, Yasaka, and Kunou.
"Ichigo!"
"Hello Rukia, Renji," Ichigo said.
"Hello Ichigo, Yasaka-hime, Kunou-hime." Rukia said.
"How are you?"
"Good."
"Took you two long enough to figure it out." Ichigo joked.
"Anyways…" Rukia said. "We want to say thank you for your blessing." Rukia and Renji bowed to Yasaka.
"It is not an issue for us. Lady Amaterasu was willing to come; especially for a wedding at her shrine." Yasaka answered.
"Anyways, I need to ask you a very…very important question." Ichigo said.
"Sure…" Rukia replied.
"Who was in charge of invitations?"
"Nii-sama was… why?"
"Oh, I never received an invitation to the ceremony."
"Really? Nii-sama said he finished delivering all the invites."
"Oh…looks like I need to beat up a noble again." Ichigo cracked his knuckles as he spotted Byakuya not too far away.
"No Ichigo!" Rukia yelled as Rukia and Renji tried to stop him.
"Rukia please clarify this detail. If I am wrong, then I will not beat up Byakuya however if I am right, then Byakuya will be crushed." Rukia sighed.
"Very well; ask away."
"Byakuya is aware that I would be interested in attending your wedding if invited."
"I believe he is aware…"
"So would I take offense if I was not invited despite knowing I would be interested in attending?
"Yes." Rukia sighed.
"Not only that, but I am also technically a noble of higher standing than him so I would be more offended by this action.
"Yes."
"Don't worry… Byakuya will not be seriously injured. I might crush that pride of his again." Ichigo walked towards Byakuya. Byakuya noticing this prepared for the inevitable.
"Hello Lord Kuchiki."
"Lord Kurosaki."
"I would like to ask why did I not receive an invitation to Rukia's and Renji's wedding?"
"It…was an error on my part," Byakuya admitted.
"Really? Please explain this error."
"When I was sending out the marriage invitation, I was under the assumption that you would not be interested in attending due to their actions three years ago."
"I see. I believed that I already challenged that assumption a while ago."
"You are right…" Byakuya said as he took a deep breath and bowed to Ichigo. "I would like to formally apologize for not personally inviting you to this event."
"Rise Lord Kuchiki. I accepted your apology." Byakuya stood back up. Ichigo extended his hand for a handshake. Byakuya looked at it for a few seconds before accepting the handshake. Ichigo and Byakuya let of the handshake. Ichigo walked away from Byakuya. Soon the events died down and it was time to leave. Ichigo summoned his car and opened the door for Yasaka and Kunou to enter.
"Nice car Ichigo." Ichigo turned to see Renji.
"Ya. It was payment for some work I did." Ichigo said as he entered the driver's side. Ichigo waved at Renji as he opened a Garganta and drove in."
Scene Change: Kyoto: Yasaka Shrine
Ichigo drove out of the Garganta. Ichigo managed to park his car in the secluded forest clearing. Ichigo walked out and opened the door for Yasaka and Kunou.
"Did you two have fun?"
"I did though I would have wanted to spend more time with you, Papa," Kunou said.
"I had a good time dear. I was able to see Soul Society for the first time." Yasaka said. Ichigo pulled out his gun and shot Yasaka and Kunou and converted their bodies back to normal. Ichigo returned to his normal body. Everyone had a quick shower and got ready for bed.
"Eu…Ophis can you two hear me?"
"Yes, Ichigo?" Eu and Ophis said.
"This is a reminder that we have our date tomorrow. Make sure you two DON'T eat anything for breakfast."
"Ok," Eu said. Ophis, remind silent.
"Ophis?"
"Fine," Ophis said as she cut the connection. With that done, Ichigo fell asleep.
Chapter 25 Notes
1. Ichigo turned into a replica of Shiba Tatsuya
2. Yasaka turned into Maizono Sayaka from Danganronpa.
3. Remember, this is 2007 (Bleach Canon was 2004 and this story is 3 years after)
4. Shirogane Mihane is originally the 9th Seat of the 6th Division.