Black Reaper of the Crown (Bleach / Marvel Universe)

Yhwach stood silently, looking at the soul king with his broadsword in hand. 'Finally, this is it.' He thought. Raising his arm, he thrusted the sword through the crystal and consequently through the Soul King before quickly stepping back. "Nothing Happened?" He muttered, a deep frown on his bearded face.

[Realm of the Dead: Earth 616]

In the Realm of the Dead, the Cosmic entity known as Mistress Death perked her head as she felt a slight buzz. "So it's time." A smooth, deep but sensual voice spoke; an act which gave all of her minions a metaphoric heart attack.

She stood from her throne, revealing her previously shadowed form. She was tall, standing at 6'2" and although it was covered, her figure was such that any eye, male or female would be unable to stop admiring it. With large, perky breasts and wide, perfect hips, even the goddesses of mortal pantheons would be jealous. All of that wasn't even considering her face, which was constantly covered; no other being bar herself had ever seen it. Though her hands were pale, with smooth white skin and black fingernail polish.

"Mistress?" A minion asked her.

The minion shivered in fear when she turned her head towards him and cowered away. "Time to see what my pet project produced." She said.

[Soul King's Palace]

Yhwach looked up when he heard the footsteps and sensed the presence of Ichigo, widening his eyes at his immense presence. 'That damn Monk..' He cursed. 'How is Ichigo so powerful already?' He wondered.

"Ichigo..." He said, turning to face the newly awakened quincy. "Such a pitiful little bug. The Gears of fate will crush you." He said, activating the almighty power again. "At least let me bury you myself." He offered.

Ichigo ignored him. "We've come to stop you, Yhwach."

Yhwach nodded. "I know. I saw it all." He agreed. "You've come to stop me from killing the Soul King, no?"

Ichigo frowned. "You saw? What are you trying to say?" He had a bad feeling about the way the conversation was heading.

Orihime tugged on Ichigo's sleave. "Kurosaki-kun..." She pointed at the Quincy leader's eyes. "His eyes.." She breathed. She shivered at the creepy stare the three irised eyes directed at their group.

"Yeah." Ichigo nodded. 'Should I use it now?' He wondered. 'No, I'm still new to it. I don't know if he knows a way to counter it yet.' He thought. "Your eyes, what's wrong with them?" He asked, playing dumb.

Yhwach smirked slightly. "These eyes are the eyes that see through everything. The proof of a true Quincy." He saw that most of them were still confused, so decided to demonstrate. "You met the Monk on the way here and he took some of your power and revived himself. Then you followed what he said about coming here." He said, making everyone but Ichigo step back in alarm. "I saw everything. You appearing here, what you'll do next. But I'm sorry Ichigo..." He stepped to the side, making Ichigo widen his eyes and grit his teeth in anger. "...you're already too late." Behind him, the crystal holding the soul king had been impaled.

Yhwach grinned. "The Soul King is no more. You have no more moves left to take."

Ichigo was about to dash forward and remove the sword, but they were all stopped when a female voice spoke from nowhere.

"Oh dear. What a dire situation." Yhwach widened his eyes.

'What the-' He looked around frantically. '-I didn't see this!'

"Of course you wouldn't see this coming, you insect." They all turned quickly to see Mistress Death standing by the crystal, her hand resting on it. They all shivered, even Yhwach, when the faceless being turned to face them. "Ichibei Hyousube was right to change you into an ant. Presuming to be the child of a non-sentient being? Such idiocy." She said, shaking her head.

Ichigo blinked. He could feel some sort of connection to the hooded woman, but he didn't know why. "Who are you?" He asked.

The hooded woman turned to him, and unlike his friends he saw the outline of a face underneath the hood. From what he could see, the skin was unnaturally pale, while the black kissable lips were pulled into an amused smirk. He couldn't see above the mouth.

"My champion! How wonderful to meet you at last." She said happily.

Yhwach growled at the woman. "Who are you, wench." He demanded, his archaic speech emerging.

*Sigh* "Really? You had to use the word 'wench.'?" She asked angrily. "I am Death." She then looked at Ichigo. "Well, Ichigo can call me mistress Death." She said, making Ichigo blush slightly, while Orihime frowned.

"Death? You presume to be the embodiment of a fundamental force?" Yhwach asked incredulously.

Mistress Death nodded. "Of course. What else, insect? If you would like proof, then observe." She said, holding out her hand to the crystal containing Yhwach's sword and the Soul King. Suddenly, the crystal disappeared, while the sword flew into her hands. "I created the Soul King."

Ichigo and company stepped back in shock, while Yhwach struggled desperately to bring his sword back to him. 'Damn it, most of my soul is still in there.' He thought. He had barely registered what had happened, and though the claim of the being before them was a large one, he still presumed that he would be able to overcome her.

Ichigo gulped. "So you are the Soul King?" He asked, then looking at her he changed his statement. "Soul Queen rather?"

The woman chuckled and shook her head. "No my champion. I created him. I claimed this world as my own thousands of years ago, when it was just a wasteland of various people that had tremendous powers. Before then the man known as Genryusai Yammamoto was just someone with good leadership skills, so I implanted the idea of the Soul Society into his mind, then created the Soul King to serve as an unseen Keystone to the realm."

Ichigo nodded. "What do you want here then?" He asked.

She shrugged, making Ichigo sweatdrop. "I didn't, at least not until I got here. I only came here because I sensed someone trying to destroy my creation. I'll be taking my leave now." She said, creating a black portal.

Ichigo held out his hand. "Wait!" He shouted.

She paused. "Yes?"

Ichigo looked at Yhwach, who for some reason seemed preoccupied with muttering to himself. "Can you help us get rid of Yhwach?" He requested.

"Help?" She asked, as if the question was strange. "Ichigo my dear, I wouldn't need your help. But nevermind that. Why should I do this for you?" She asked, stepping up close to him.

Ichigo widened his eyes. "You're kidding, right? He's going to destroy the world!" He exclaimed.

Death blinked underneath her hood and looked at Yhwach, who now stood silent. "Really? Him?" She muttered disbelievingly. She turned back to Ichigo. "Tell you what." She began, trailing her finger on Ichigo's jaw, making him blush. "If you come with me to my home reality, then I'll erase Yhwach and let everyone live in peace here." She offered.

Ichigo's companions began to object loudly.

"Ichigo can't leave! People will miss him!" Orihimi shouted.

"My sister still hasn't had a chance to get to know him as a Shiba!" Ganju protested.

"I still haven't taken his virginity!" Yoruichi roared, making Ichigo look at her like she was insane.

The embodiment of death regarded them for a moment. "Hmmm." She sounded as if she was actually considering their arguments. "Honestly the most convincing argument is Yoruichi's." She said, making Yoruichi pump her fist. "But no-can-do. That'll be my responsibility."

Ichigo almost fainted at the statement, while Yoruichi just pouted. "You're joking right!?" Ichigo exclaimed.

"Maybe." She smirked. "Come on Ichigo, decisions. Either you can stay here and fight him, which will mean that what he expected to happen will happen. The soul society will be destroyed, and there isn't any guarantee that you will beat him. Or, you can come with me and I recreate the Soul King and eliminate the insect." She said.

"I'll come with you." Ichigo sighed.

Yhwach spoke up. "Like she'll be able to-" He was cut off when he suddenly burst into a fine mist of blood, while a white blob of energy was sucked into Death's outstretched hand.

"Good choice Ichigo." She said, holding out her hand, which Ichigo took.

"Can I at least say goodbye?" Ichigo asked, looking at his friends.

Death sighed. "I'm sorry, but I have rather a pressing Issue that needs to be dealt with. Once that has been sorted, I will let you write each person a letter."

END (This was an unfinished chapter)