Thank you for reading my fan fiction! I didn't dare to start writing it for a long time, but thanks to other Bleach fan fiction and their authors, I decided on this crossover. Thanks to the authors of those works, for their interesting stories, which were a pleasure to read! I wish you all a pleasant reading!
P.S. The third part is already in the process of writing and translating.
Part 2. Shinigami meets… Shinigami?
Ragna had been wandering around this city for some time, noticing some oddities: at times he saw people with chains on their chests. Some had long, others had short . And they, as well as Ragna, were invisible to other people.
«Something tells me they are ghosts,» Ragna mused, «But how do I differ from them? I can bleed? Feel the pain?»
The Grim Reaper had also long guessed that someone was watching him. Thanks to the long pursuits of him in his home world, he didn't have to strain his senses to understand that he was being followed.
«I wonder how long I will be followed?»
~ A few hours before arrival~
After passing through the Senkaimon, Rukia went on her new mission. «I was sent to collect data about new Hollows. There have been too many extremely strong Hollows lately.» the girl concluded for herself.
Almost half a month ago, Rukia was last in the world of the Living in order to regain the shinigami power of Ichigo Kurosaki. Since then, he has visited her several more times, but since the time when more and more strong Hollows began to appear, He didn't even have time to rest. Ichigo's friends help him in destroying the Hollows, so Rukia doesn't have to worry too much about him.
Some time later, Rukia destroys another group of Hollows, fortunately, they were not so strong.
«They're not that strong, but there are too many of them. Usually such a number appears at places with a large concentration of reiatsu. But… this isn't observed here.
Having sheathed her zampakto, Rukia was about to move on, when she suddenly felt a momentary wave of reiatsu. It was powerful enough to make her stop in her tracks.
«Nngh. What was that? Is it really some kind of Arrancar? It doesn't look like it.» Rukia thought, recovering from such a wave of energy.
Quickly using shunpo, the girl quickly got to the place of the splash and stood on the roof, began to carefully study the area for an anomaly. It's didn't have to wait long.
A man came out of the alley, whose reiatsu was quite unusual for Rukia
«His reiatsu is quite strange. For some reason, when I look at him, I want to… run?»
She remembered the time when she first saw the true identity of Sosuke Aizen. His reiatsu was also terrifying, but unlike this one, then she couldn't move because of the high pressure of the reiatsu, and this one, despite the fact that he was at the level of a lieutenant, made her think only about one thing – to run away from here as far as possible.
«I need to find out about his intentions, personality and what kind of threat he can pose.» shinigami decided for herself.
Meanwhile, the object began to walk down the street, as if nothing had happened, diligently bypassing passers.
~Now~
Ragna walked a sufficient distance to finally make sure that his suspicion were reasoned. The unknown pursuer continued to follow him wherever he turned.
«Heh. Still following me, huh? Pretty brave for someone who understands how dangerous I am.»
Walking through the streets, Ragna stopped near a certain restaurant. «Brings back memories…» thought Ragna, remembering how he first met Taokaka, who almost ruined him for money by ordering all kinds of expensive food. After looking for some more time, the Grim Reaper noticed a posted poster with this month's hits. «And not a single meat dish? Don't they know how to cook meat here? If I had the money, I would open my own restaurant, where I would cook the best dishes from any meat!» thought Ragna with pleasure. «But until I figure out how to get back in physical form without major consequences, it's not even worth thinking about.» With these thoughts, he went on to explore the city.
Meanwhile, the little shinigami continued to keep an eye on Ragna. By this time, she had studied his rather unusual appearance: a bright red jacket with rather wide shoulders and a lot of various details on it, a black hakama and … a huge sword hanging not on his back, as Ichigo usually wears it, but on his belt. The sword was also unusual: it's huge blade was a separate part from the handle, as if it had some kind of separate function.
"Is this zampakto? It doesn't look like it. If it was a zampakto in constant Shikai, it wouldn't have such a... mechanical form?" Rukia thought. "Hmm? Why did he stop?"
Ragna stood rooted to the place when he saw the burned house. This awakened extremely unpleasant memories, which he quickly threw aside. Having jumped over the fence, he looked high into the sky in order to understand that it was already evening. Carefuly entering the house, he looked around, realizing that he wasn't alone here.
- Hey! Is anyone here? Please respond! - Ragna shouted to the whole house.
Suddenly, a child began to descend carefuly from the second floor. Seeing Ragna, the boy wanted to escape, but something prevented him from doing so.
- How did you know I was here? - He asked the Grim Reaper timidly.
- You're breathing too loudly. - Ragna said more calmly. -Are you... a ghost?-
- I guess you could say that.
- Then why can't you, well, rest in peace?
- I don't know. - said the child sadly. – Can you see me? Or can you just hear me?
- You're wearing a blue T-shirt, black shorts, and you have several deep scars on your arm. - Ragna said calmly.
- You really see me! - the boy shouted joyfully and go a little closer to Ragna, he suddenly asked - Um, could you talk to me a little? Since my brother and sister and I died, I haven't been able to talk to anyone.
The last phrase of the boy, strongly pricked Ragna and despite the fact that he was not going anywhere in the near future, he agreed to stay with him.
- Oh, I completely forgot to ask your name!
- Call me Ragna.
- And my name is Tatsuya!
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An hour later, after a long conversation with the child, Ragna learned that six months ago, a fire broke out in his house late at night, and not only Tatsuya died in it, but also his younger brother and sister: Shinji and Shio. Their parents stayed late at work, so they were able to survive. After death, they woke up as spirits. When asked by the Reaper what happened to his brother and sister, the boy replied:
- I encouraged them and told them that soon we will be able to get to heaven and everything will be fine there. Until the monsters appeared.
- Monsters? - Ragna asked in surprise.
- Yes. They are very creepy. They often look different, but they all have a big white mask and a hole in their body. They were hunting us. A few weeks ago, we split up to escape, and I never saw Shinji or Shio again... I-I couldn't protect them… - Tatsuya said with a blank look on his face.
Ragna digested all the information he received. From the words of the boy, it can be understood that in this world there are creatures that are not visible to ordinary people and who hunt the same spirits as Tatsuya, feeding on them. He wanted to thank the boy for the information and the fact that he opened up to him, but seeing the emptiness in his eyes, he remembered a time when he also didn't want to continue his life, because he also couldn't protect those who are dear to him.
Shaking the boy's head a little, Ragna began to look him straight in the eyes and say:
- Don't despair. I understand you well. I understand what it is like not to be able to protect those who are dear to you. But this doesn't mean that you just have to give up! Do you think your brother and sister would like to see you like this? - Ragna said menacingly, looking straight into the boy's eyes.
- I... no. I don't think so... I wasn't going to give up. I still hope they were able to escape. I'll hope for it until the end! - Tatsuya said with strong decision.
At that moment, unexpectedly, both of them heard a roar that resounded throughout the street. Instinctively, Ragna ran out of the house, ordering Tatsuya to hide. Looking around, the Grim Reaper saw the gloomy shadows of creatures already stretching from the dark corners of the buildings.
- What an appetizing smell comes from this man! - said an ominous voice and a huge creature with fur around its neck came out into the light of the lantern, on whose back were huge wings and most importantly: a large mask covering the creature's face and a huge hole in the chest. Monsters of the most diverse and incomprehensible forms also came out from all sides.
- And you're pretty confident in yourself, since you came straight to us! Have something to say before dinner?
- Look for someone else, I'm a spoiled product! - with these words, Ragna took off his huge Aramasa from behind him and, taking it with his left hand, brought it behind his back, ready for battle.
- It's pretty self-confident to talk when you're in the minority!
- Oh, don't worry about that. I've put down hundreds of people who thought they were stronger than me! - The Grim Reaper said with a smile.
- I think it would be better to even the odds.
Ragna looked around: «Who just said that?» Suddenly, a small shadow appeared behind him. Turning his head, he saw a small girl in black robes confidently holding a sword in her hands.
- Eh? Who else are you? - Ragna asked, surprised.
- My name is Rukia Kuchiki, shinigami. Squad's 13 lieutenant of the Gotei 13.