Saver, not a Reaper
The slums of the 80th Rukongia district, know as Zaraki, was known well as worst of the worst of the Soul Society, filed with murderous scum bags that crossed over. Walk in here at night would be an act of Suicide.
Three tough local hoods spotted their first victim of the week from their dirty alley way. They heard their unexpected prey coming closer and closer. The trio decided to jump the victim when he passed by, so they hid in the shadows of their alley. They waited with great anticipation of how they would mutilate their victim, sucking in pleasure from the suffering of another. Had their minds be filled with bloodlust, the three might have noticed the sound of crunching stone as the mysterious person was coming closer.
When the victim was finally in view, he was much bigger than what the three had imagined; he was like seven feet tall. Despite this, they still thought they could take him on and rushed him. Two of the three went ahead first, pulling out concealed knifes while the third bring up the rear, to make the final blow with his katana sword.
In a blink of an eye, the so called Victim grabbed the two oncoming attackers by their head, which were as big a orange fruit to the mysterious giant's enormous hands, and slammed them together, breaking their necks in the speed and caused serious head trauma from the impact. The brute then kicked one of the attackers' corpse right at the third man, sending him a sprawl down the alley, only to stop at the back wall.
"Damn, who the hell is that guy?" grunted the swordsman as he recovered. He looked up to see that the giant was already standing before him.
The would-be-killer was surprise at the man's speed with such a bulky body. The giant than pick up the last of the trio over head by his head with one hand. The killer's eyes shrank when he saw what the giant was really was, instead of the helpless pedestrian that he thought… IT was. The monster then tighten grip on his prey's head. Tighter, and tighter, until…
"ERGAHHHHHH!"
"Heh… the sound I LOVE to hear." Spoke the demonic being.
The giant monster then walked away from the blood stained ally, heading due south.
000
The legacy of a House is lived by their members. The symbol of El is the Kryptonian for Hope, as the founder of the house believed that hope is achieve through action and has dedicated his life to help others. The House carries many great heroes. Though Krypton held no religion or belief of an afterlife, the dead are kept as figures of achievements and are missed, nothing more. But you, adopted child of El, a being who grew his own soul, through trail, strife, and love, you have achieved an existence that no Kryptonian has gain in over a millennia. As I stated early, the legacy of the House is lived through its members, and you're actions have also made the deceased of the House pass on. You have done much, Kon, but you are far from reaching Eternal peace as we have. As so, we will land our strength pass through you in dire times, all you need to do is to COOCOO-COOCOO!!!
"Coo-Coo," went the chicken alarm clock that rested on the table that was right by Conner's bed. "Coo-Coo! Coo-Coo! Coo-" Conner touched the alarm clock, and using his powers, he shatters it into millions of pieces, allowing him now to return back to sleep. But this was short lived, as a splash of water hit the teen of steel in the face.
"Ahhhhhhhh!" shouted Conner as he sat up in a bolt, only to see Captain Ukitake at the foot of his bed, holding a dripping bucket in his hands.
"Oh good, you're awake." He said with a smile, "For a moment, I thought you'll never get up."
"Yea," said Conner, practically annoyed by the grown man's childish behavior, "I usually wake up by a normal rooster back on the farm instead of a annoy toy alarm and a grown man's pranks."
"Well, you need to get ready for your test today."
"Great," mutter Conner to himself, "First, High School when I was alive, and now I'm being quizzed how I going to spend my future dead. What am I being grilled on anyway?"
"Your use of your Zanpakuto."
"My what?"
"Your Zanpakuto. You're sword, you're weapon. …. Where is it?"
"I don't have one."
"WHAT?!?!" said the Squad Captain with a genuine expression of surprise."
"I don't have a Zanpak-whatever."
"But if you don't have one… unless… Check you're pockets."
"Okay," said the teen, patting the pockets of his new uniform, "But I don't see what the whole-"Conner stop has he felt something in his right pocket. He pulled it out and discovered that it was a hilt and handle of a sword, a sword without a blade.
"Is this what you're talking about?" ask the teen.
"About half of it," said Ukitake. He then pulled out his sword, with handle and blade, out of the sheath that hung by his waist. He held his sword right by Conner's hilt, for comparison reasons.
"I guess that it goes without saying that I got jacked big time, huh?"
"Right, now let's head to practice." The captain then took the former Titan's arm and began to drag him out of the room.
"Hey, wait a minute!" protested Conner, "Doesn't my Zan-ba-toe need a blade or something for it to work?"
"Yes, but yours might be different since you're a clone who is half alien."
Conner gave off a hearty sigh, "This is going to be a LONG day, I can feel it."
The 13th squad captain dragged the clone of Steel up a fleet of stairs to the roof top. There, Captains Komamura, Zaraki, Kyoraku, Kurotsuchi and Hitsugaya, where there waiting. Along with them were Lieutenants Kuksajishi, Matsumoto, Hinamori, and Jisagi, and also Lieutenant Renji Abari.
Captain Ukitake walked over to the Higher Ranking Officers, explaining to them about Conner's sword. The group had a discussion while Kuksajishi and Matsumoto walked over to talk to the Teen of Steel.
"So," started Matsumoto in seductive tone, "You were a Titan?"
"Uh," went Conner, looking right the lieutenant's nearly exposed chest, "Yea, sure."
"Hi there, Mr. Supie-Boy," went Kukashishi as she tug the arm of Superboy, "My name is Yachiru! Can I meet your cousin?"
"What?" said Conner, not getting the gist to what the small girl just said.
"Can you have me meet your foster cousin, Supergirl? If not, can you have me meet you're best friend's step-brother's ex-girlfriend? Batgirl?"
"You know that!?!" exclaimed Conner, surprise how the little girl knew the secret identities of the people around Conner's life.
"Course I do, I read the-." The young spunky pink head was then shoved aside by Matsumoto.
"Enough about her, let's talk about you. How's the Soul Society been treating you?" She said without noticing where Conner was looking at her.
"Oh, it's being treating me tight chest- I mean, it's been treating me okay, at best."
"Hey," said a dark dreading voice, Conner turned around to see the chest of Captain Kenpachi. "How's it going?"
"Uh…" was the only noise that the freaked out Conner could make.
"Listen, Kid." Said the devilish captain, "I heard that you have close encounters with Batman and Darkseid, but up until we meet in battle, you do not know the true meaning of fear."
"Well I got news for you, pal," said the teen, regaining some courage, "The stories of the Bat and the Warlord of Apokolips ARE really nothing compared to meeting them face to face."
"Hey," said Kenpachi, growing impatience, "That suited-up playboy is nothing compared to what I have in my little finger." Kenpachi then tilted his head and Conner could have sworn he heard something jingle.
"Dude, are those BELLS on your hair?"
"So what?"
"Well, for one thing, it doesn't really say 'I am Vengeance!' or 'I am the NIGHT!' Does it?"
"Oh, Kenny," chirped the littlest lieutenant, "The Batman is much scarier than you and you know it."
"Oh, Yachiru," moaned the captain, "You're breaking my heart."
"Besides," Conner butted in, "You look more like a 'Lobo' kinda of guy."
"Hmm," Kenpachi considered, "Good point. But still, you're on my list. And once you screw up, then you will be mine." Kenpachi then walked away as Renji stepped forward.
"Okay, listen here, Kent." He said in stern tone, "Originally, we're going to practice and evaluate your skills with your Zanpakuto, to see if you can meet the rank of Captain or lieutenant, but since yours has such a … unique trait, that the practice will be put off until a through examination of your Zanpakuto, to see if it useful or not."
"Great," said Conner, going back to usual persona of slacking off, "I guess I'll just do… whatever you guys do here for fun." Conner then turned around and started to walk away until Renji grabbed his shoulder.
"Not so fast, Superlad," he said in a much more strict tone, "Since we can't have combat practice, we'll go straight to survival training. Fighting Hollows is dangerous, especially when you're not armed, or with such a weak spirit power as yourself. In fact, if you faced a low level Hollow, you will die."
"'Superlad?'" said Conner is disbelief, "What do mean, 'I will die if I fought against Low Level Hollow?' Do you even know HOW I died in the first place?"
"No, and I don't care. Now, You take your spot over there, we'll begin."
"Yea," mumbled Conner as he walked to his position, "We'll begin with my foot up your-"
In the mean time, the Captains and the remaining Lieutenant s were watching the two, sharing comments about the battle that going to happen to evaluate Superboy's future ranking.
"Abari has no idea what he is getting into," stated Kurotsuchi. "He has no idea of what powers that Project 13 posse."
"Project 13?" said the confused Yachiru, "I thought he was Superboy."
"He is," said Kenpachi, "Project 13 was the codename for him back when he was created.
"I wonder," said the young captain Hitsugaya, "How much power a Superboy can have." Matsumoto, Hitsugaya's lieutenant, snickered at the last comment. Hitsugaya glare at her harshly and growled to her, "What's SO funny?!?"
"I'm sorry," said the lieutenant, trying to hold back her laughter, "It just that… What you just said, for you, is just so FUNNY! Hahaha, I mean, a kid like you validating how strong a teen like Conner is. It's just so ridiculous. I mean… he has muscles while you're just as skinny as a twig."
"Remind me to give DOUBLE paper work after this."
The red head and the brunet took their positions. Turning around to face each other.
"Okay, Kent," said Renji, "Let's begin with you attacking first.
"Okay," said Conner with a delish smirk.
Renji stood in attack position, waiting the teen of Steel to attack him, but Conner just stood there, with his arms folded and acting like he didn't had a care in the world. Then his eyes turn glowing red as he fired a blast of heat vision at Renji's eye level. The Red Head hold up his sword at his face to block the attack.
"Heh, nice try, boy. But you have to try harder than-" Renji didn't finished because when he lowered his sword from his view, he saw Conner racing up to him at speeds of Mach Three and sucker punch the lieutenant, who then went flying across the roof top and crashed against the wall. Conner then took this time to gloat.
"What do you think of me now, chump?"
Renji pushed some debris off of himself and glared at the Teen of Steel. "You-are-DEAD!"
Renji then got up and began rushing at Conner at super-human speeds.
"Roar, Zabimaru!" Renji's sword morphed into a bigger shape with razor blade spikes on the edge. And with a flick of the wrist, the sword began to stretch and expand. Working it as a whip, Renji made the mighty blade strike Conner. But the teen of Steel just extended his index finger and the touched the blade, making it stop, taking Renji by surprise.
"What the-?"
"Tactile Telekinesis," Answered Conner smugly. "It maybe a mouthful to say, but it's a definite crowd pleaser at parties. Check this out." Zabimaru then began to elongate via Conner's powers, to the amazement of Renji, and then it began to bend upwards and took the appearance of a very curvy human shape of the female verity. The most of the watching captains were not amused.
"HA-HA! The kid has a wicked sense of humor," commented Kenpachi, the only one who is pleased.
The young Hitsusugya was not as pleased, "It won't be effective against the Hollows."
"Agreed," stated Hisagi.
"He is still young," added Komamura, "and he is experience at warfare, he will act differently once a real danger happens."
"True," stated Ukitake, "Conner is just playing around. We all saw of what he is capable of, it's safe to say we can trust him when trouble comes around."
Renji was spun his sword before he snap it at Conner, who was prepared to dodge and get close to the red head until…
'Help'
'Someone, please'
'It's ALL over'
Various other voices spoke at the same time, Making Conner stop in his tracks, making him an easy target for Zabimaru, which gutted the teen of steel at the side of stomach. Conner kneeled over on the ground because the pain. Conner's invulnerability comes from his T.K. and since he was taken by surprise, he was momentarily vulnerable.
"Damn," muttered Renji, "I didn't mean to hurt him like that." The red head then drop his weapon and raced over to tend to Conner. The others also went to help the boy.
Ukitake made Conner lay on his stomach while talking to him.
"What happen, Conner? You were doing so well."
"Voices," grunted Superboy, "Crying out… people are dying some where."
"It's his super hearing." Stated Kurotsuchi, "Something must be happening at one of the districts. Someone will have to send the Recon Squad to investigate."
Conner then started to get up, holding his bleeding wound, "I'll save you the trouble."
Conner then focused his vision to see past the walls of the Soul Reaper Courtyard and peered into the Ruckongai Districts. He saw destroyed houses and buildings with dozens of people running around in panic. It was a horrible sight. But when Conner saw who was the cause of this, he lost his breath.
"No way…"
"What is it?" ask Hitsusugya.
"Doomsday... is here…"
There were gasps from everyone, except Kenpachi.
"The thing that killed Superman!?! THAT Doomsday?!" shouted Matsumoto.
"How far is it?" asked Ukitake.
"About 70 miles or so." Answered Conner.
"Then there is no need for panic." stated Kurotsuchi, "It means that he's at least at the 40th district, giving us plenty of time to muster up all our forces and strike back against him."
"We should get started already," said Renji as he caught Conner as he began to fall over. Soon all of the captains and lieutenants began to go into the base, until Conner shove himself off of Renji's shoulders.
"Wait," he protested, still holding his wound, "What about the civilians. They're getting cream out there. What are we going to do about them?"
"The first twenty districts is our main concern." Said Kurotsuchi, "What ever happens to anyone else in the lower districts is not the Soul Reapers' reasonability unless Hollows are concerned."
Conner couldn't not believe this, "You yourself told that Soul Reapers are the ones who sent the people to Soul Society in the first place. But now you tell me that they don't matter here as well that the Districts can be under attack at any given time but you don't have anyone on guard there until something happens, having thousands of people die needlessly?"
Kurotsuchi continued his explanation, "Their deaths here are not losses, when a soul dies in this world, they will be reincarnated back on earth. It's is best that you will focus at the situation at hand. So forget the cries you are hearing now. You're loyalty is to the Soul Reapers now, and Doomsday falls under you distraction as the leading chair of the 14th Squad."
"'My loyalty?' Forget their cries?" said Conner in complete outrage, "YOU ARE THE GUYS WHO DRAG MY SOUL HERE! And in case you forgot, I'm Superboy, and I can't just 'forget' cries for help."
"You will do as you are commanded;" said Kurotsuchi in a stern tone, "I'm your superior commander."
"You are just another universe version of Dr. Westfield!" growled Conner. "You can't hear their cries of help but I do. And it's about time I finally step up and do something about it.
"When my friends were taking on serious crises, I was sitting on my butt, kicking myself. And when I finally came around, this Psycho-Boy comes around and starts wailing on me, my friends and even my crazy alien dog! And now, even in death, there are people in trouble and you're telling me to ignore them? I have news for you chumps," Conner pointed his finger at Renji, but meant it for everyone else. "You wanted a Superman because of his powers? Well, there more than that to why he is called Superman. He can challenge gods to fist fight and win without much fuss, but instead he uses powers to help those in need, and he would NEVER cross the line to make himself above the law. He would NEVER sacrifice an innocent life for the greater good. When he uses his powers, he uses them help people. I may use my powers for goofing around, but I still hold that same principal. So like it or not, I'm going to get Doomsday now and save some lives. That will separate me from scum-wads like you."
"Now wait here," commanded Renji as he grab Conner's shirt, "All of the Soul Reapers here have special powers that are on the same or higher level as you. So don't think highly of yourself just because you have an 'S' printed on your chest."
Conner glared at Renji for a brief moment, and then he sucker punched Renji across the face, making him sprawl over where Komamura caught him. All the girls gasp in shock at the sight while the men just glared at Conner.
"Being Superman is NOT about what powers you have, but what action you use them." He said in serious voice, even in his condition. "And in my life, my actions made me deserved to be called Superboy, which is more than I can say for you."
Conner then turned around and began to fly off, to where Doomsday is. Leaving the others to collect their thoughts on what the teen of steel just told them.
"You had to push his buttons, didn't you, Kurotsuchi?" asked Ukitake.
"I was testing him," answered the zombie like man, "To see if we can truly trust him when things he desires are on the line. And he failed."
"Are you saying that saving lives a failing choice, Kurotsuchi?" asked Hitsugaya.
Renji then recovered from Conner's punch, wiping away some blood from his mouth, "He does have a point." He then turned to his fellow Soul Reapers, giving them a playful smile, "Superboy is going to take Doomsday right? Well, since Superman died from that thing, than Kent won't stand a chance. Unless, of course, if someone would go after him and try to bring him back, they might end up in a middle of a fight with that monster. Since we don't want that to happen, I'll volunteer for the job. Unless anyone has any objections." There were no answer, "Then it's settled."
Renji picked up his sword, sheathing it back in its original form. He then walked over to ledge of the roof top and jump down. When he landed, he started to sprint right behind Conner…
000
Conner: Well, I really showed those Soul Reapers what a hero is suppose to be, Huh?
Renji: Like hell you did, we been doing this before you were born!
Conner: Well, I'm still better than you!
Renji: Are not.
Conner: Are to!
Renji: Are not!
Conner: Are to!
Ichigo: This might go on until the next chapter.