A/N: Settling into Hueco Mundo, Visiting the Human World
Boom another chapter fresh from the oven!
EDIT 1: As it is customary for the Bleach series to have a 'funny' chapter after every big confrontation, I am doin it as well. Don't take this too seriously and the storyline will resume at chapter 12.
EDIT 2: Okay so I think it won't be that funny anymore… Really, when I was writing this it became serious and wasn't what I was aiming for, but you can't always have what you want right?
EDIT 3: It appears that once I go ten thousand words, my mind does not want to settle for two thousand words or less. Meh, better for you guys anyway.
STORY START
"FISH CAKE!"
Kotetsu Isane woke up with a start as her nightmare jostled her from her slumber. She looked around to see that she was back in her room inside the Fourth Division barracks. She sat up on her bed and rubbed her eyes, trying to get all of the sleep out.
"Just a dream…"
She got up, deciding to cool down a bit with some fresh air. She opened the door to her room and went out.
"Why is it always fish cakes? I don't even like them!"
She rounded a corner and saw Captain Unohana sitting down on the floor, a cup of tea in hand and eyes looking up to the sky.
"Another bad dream Isane-chan?"
Isane panicked when she was caught staring. She flailed her arms around, thinking of an excuse. She gave up almost instantly as she greeted her captain.
"Welcome back, Unohana-Taichō."
The motherly figure smiled pleasantly at her vice-captain as she patted the ground next to her, a sign saying that Isane should join her and have some tea. Isane slowly sat down beside her and looked at her captain. Although she was smiling, she could sense her sadness.
"Is… is there something wrong Taichō?"
Retsu looked up at the girl and smiled back, only replying after a few moments had gone by.
"I guess I'm still shocked that four of our captains were traitors… even the kind Naruto-Taichō."
Isane nodded, Naruto was known around the whole of Gotei 13 as a kind and very approachable figure. Even if he was a captain, he respected and treated everyone kindly. He was always open to share a cup of tea with someone, in Kyōraku's case, a cup of Saki. He would even share a cup with the Sotaichō. It was a devastating loss for everyone as they lost a great friend that day. Rangiku took it the worst, however as she has yet to speak to anyone.
On the brighter side, it would seem that she would be getting promoted as soon as she would return to the office.
"After you have calmed down, you should go back and get a good night's rest."
"… Yes ma'am."
Unohana watched as Isane slowly walked back to her room, still holding that motherly smile of hers. But as soon as she heard the room's door click, it was gone in an instant. She placed her cup down on the tray and slowly retrieved something from the folds inside of her evening gown. She withdrew an old tattered photo. There were only two people on it and from the looks of it, it was the couple's wedding day.
The captain knew that bringing things from the Material world was prohibited… but this was the last precious thing she had. She smiled at the memories the picture brought back to her and carefully placed it back inside her pocket.
It seems that she wouldn't be sleeping this night either.
XxX
"Master… Master… Please…"
Naruto looked up from his console to look at the figure inside the containment barrier erected in the middle of the room. The creature was female and had dark skin. Her golden irises were contrasted against her black sclera. Fangs protruded from her upper lip whenever she talked. Aside from her mask fragment, which looked like a headband that started from ear to ear and looped at the back of her head to maintain her ponytail, she was completely naked. She pressed herself against the barrier and grinded against it, trying to provoke her keeper.
"Let me out, my master…"
She traced a finger from her mouth and straight down to the inner folds of her being, letting out a slow and orgasmic moan. She looked back at the man who was seated at the far side of the room. She smiled as she made eye contact with him.
"Let me keep you company, my master."
The man stood up from his seat and slowly stalked towards her. Finally, she would see his face again! It always made her happy to see her master's handsome face, and those beautiful crimson eyes of his. He stood at the edge of the barrier, letting its omnipresent light illuminate his form.
"I'm sorry dear, but every time I let you out you get so violent. I can't let you keep killing my followers. Luisenbarn is still mad at me for getting Ggio killed. Honestly, if you're really that hungry, we built the canteen for a reason."
The woman was obviously not listening as she just kept repeating the same sentence over and over again.
"My master… please… let me out… my master… let me keep you company… my master…"
He was regretting his decision in making her a hollow now. How could he know that there were some side effects to the process? Nobody told him that he had to maintain a barrier that was saturated with Reiatsu? Nobody said that not keeping up the barrier would backlash on the subject? Nobody told him that she would lose her memory or act the way she was acting right now. And finally, nobody told him that the basest instinct of a hollow was to follow or try to kill the strongest out there.
How was the last one connected to all of it? It is a simple explanation really. You see, during the Hollowfication, her mind was damaged somewhat. She still retained her memories, of course, but the transformation literally rewrote her genetic being. Well, long story short, it seems that her mind is on a lockdown, now only obeying her instincts. Until Aizen or Syazel could fix this mess, he was stuck with this creature.
Sighing in defeat, Naruto waved away the barrier and let the woman stagger out of the cage-like structure. It still picked a raw nerve when he saw that she was taller than him. She grabbed him by his shoulders and immediately started the cover him with licks and kisses. He let her explore his mouth with her tongue, knowing that it might calm her down. Her hands slowly explore his body, trying to take off his clothes.
"You have such an exquisite taste…"
Naruto pulled on the female's ponytail, soliciting a soft mewl from her. Naruto looked at her dead in the eye, a mad glint shining in his crimson irises.
"Who told you that you were in control of this situation? I'm in control here, do you understand? I control this world and everyone in it, including you. I control you mind. I control your body. I control everything that is you."
Naruto pushed her back down to the ground and threw her a few articles of clothing. Yoruichi looked back up at her master with a pleading look.
"We'll continue this some other time. I have business to attend to right now. Get dressed, I expect you to be when I get back. When I do get back though, we'll play."
Without another word, Naruto left the dark room.
XxX
The meeting room was filled to the brim. They had moved to the main hall as to fit every Arrancar they had in Las Noches. Minus the Menos Grande that acted as guards/attack towers, everyone was here. Naruto entered quietly as to not attract too much attention. With the bout with Yoruichi a while ago, he just couldn't handle another barrage of 'Naruto-sama' or 'master' at the moment.
Naruto surveyed the room, finding the whole floor was occupied by the lower ranked Arrancar. The Espada were situated on top of the pillars scattered throughout the room. Naruto had to remind himself to ask Aizen what the columns were for. They weren't for the roof support as they were not attached to it. He saw that Aizen was located at the very back, or front, of the room. Kaname and Gin were already with him. Were they waiting for him?
Not wanting to wade through the masses, he used Shunpo to appear beside Aizen who nodded at his arrival. Aizen raised a hand, silencing everyone inside the room.
"The time draws closer my comrades. The time we do battle with the whole of Soul Society is almost at hand…"
The room burst into loud applause. Everyone was cheering at the thought of bloodshed. Aizen raised his hand, not the reaction he wanted.
"This is why I want some volunteers to go and scout our adversaries' power levels. Recently, I have learned that some captain's of the Gotei 13 are to be stationed in a town called Karakura. They have allied themselves with the humans who once invaded Seireitei. I am not sure as to why they intend to move to the small town, but it does not matter. Now then, who would like to volunteer? I shall need only three people to go there."
Naruto immediately raised his hand, wanting to do something. He had almost forgotten how boring Hueco Mundo was. Aizen looked at him with a discernable look of curiosity and hilarity. He was probably finding it funny how fast Naruto raised his hand at the prospect of going to the human world.
"Ah, so we have our first volunteer. We need to more people to go with him then."
"Pick me, over here!"
Oh god… How the hell did she get out of the room?
Behind the crowd of Arrancar was Yoruichi, jumping up and down with her hands raised in the air. Naruto couldn't help but smack a hand over his face.
"And now we have our second volunteer… Who will be the third?"
"I will"
Aizen looked at the new arrival to the spotlight. He smiled as he announced the last person to go to the Human World.
"How fitting it is for the third volunteer to be the Tercera herself!"
XxX
After a few more announcements and the introductions of a bunch of new Arrancar's, Naruto along with the rest of the 'leaders' of Hueco Mundo had stepped to the side for a private discussion.
"It appears that we have encountered a minor setback."
Aizen announced as he turned to face the rest of the small group.
"How minor are you talking about?"
Naruto asked as he found a nice cozy wall to lean on.
"The Hogyoku, it seems, is… half asleep, to put it in the simplest of terms. A century of inactivity has caused it to hibernate and I'm afraid that if we can't find some way to wake it up, our Arrancar production would be cut in half. That is why, Naruto-kun, I would like you to visit an old acquaintance of mine that, coincidently, lives in the same town. Maybe he has a way or an invention that can wake it up."
Naruto nodded and walked out of the room, getting ready to depart for the Human world.
XxX
"I came here back when I had a mask, but the Human World is still boring!"
Why oh why did he bring this idiot with him again? Oh sure Ulquiorra was understandable as he was a powerful guy but why Yammy? Naruto had decided to bring two more people with him to the Human world as he had planned to explore the place with the two girls. He dragged Ulquiorra along so that he would be the one to scout out the occupants of this little town.
"Stop whining"
Ulquiorra started as he turned to address the giant of a man.
"You were the one who insisted in going with us."
Naruto turned to look at his two female companions, wanting to see their reactions to arriving in the Human World. Yoruichi was breathing in the fresh air, happily smiling and skipping inside the crater they had created when they arrived. Harribel had her eyes closed, probably deep in thought again. Hopefully there would be something to do around here as to alleviate Naruto's growing boredom.
He turned to look just in time to see Yammy ascending the crater. As he got to the top, he turned back to the group, announcing something.
"Hey guys look here! A bunch a' humans are looking right at us!"
True enough, as the rest of the group climbed out of the crater, they were greeted with at least a dozen or so humans looking straight through them. For obvious reasons, normal humans could not see souls.
"Look at their ugly faces, Ha! Can I eat them Naruto-sama?"
The man wasn't paying attention as he was observing his surroundings. From the looks of things, they were in what the humans called a 'park'. He waved off the question as he looked at the environment.
"Sure, sure go ahead. But I don't want to see a mess! Use your Gonzui ability."
XxX
"W-what… what happened here?"
Arisawa Tatsuki was having a weekend practice with her Karate club in the park. All of a sudden however, she had fainted and introduced her face with the dirt. A while later she had woken up to find that everyone around her was dead and now…
"Oh look here, a survivor!"
She slowly turned her head to look up at a group of five people. They were all wearing white and differed in size. For some reason, she couldn't take her eyes off of the group, especially the blonde man that stood at the forefront of the group. She could literally feel the power rolling off of this man. The man stared back at her with his frightening crimson eyes.
I'm… going… to faint…
"What should we do with her? Did Aizen-sama say that we were not to be spotted?"
Yammy scratched his head, trying to find a solution to their current predicament. Naruto smacked him above the head, preventing his tiny brain from malfunctioning. Twisting on his heel, Naruto pointed a full grown cero at the prone Karate practitioner.
"This is how you get rid of the problem."
He was about to fire it off when a black arm, striped with red down the middle, punched him straight to the ground. The group of Arrancar was shocked that a Human had snuck up on them and at the same time, defeated their leader.
"Don't touch her."
Yasutora "Chad" Sado had arrived just in time to save Tatsuki's life. In an instant, all the Arrancar's in the clearing had their swords in hand, ready to chop up the man into pieces.
"Don't… touch him…"
Everyone looked to see Naruto pulling his head from the ground. Staggering to his feet, Naruto shook his head to be rid of the dirt that had clung to him. He looked at Chad, his sclera bleeding black. He was pissed.
"You think it's alright to punch people out of the blue, boy?"
In a flash, Chad lost his right arm, cleanly sliced off from the shoulder. Inoue, who was behind Chad, could only look on in horror as a ridiculously long sword sliced her friend in half.
"Useless Human trash! Nobody makes a fool of Uzumaki Naruto!"
Naruto turned to look at Inoue, who was frozen with fear by now. He closed his eyes partially, swinging his blade in a vertical arc as to get rid of the blood. He sneered at her as he sheathed the blade.
"I suggest you run away human, before I kill you too!"
Inoue, showing nerves of steel, ran towards the fallen Chad. She couldn't cry right now, she thought to herself; she needed to heal Chad before he dies from blood loss. Naruto looked at her spitefully before turning to Yammy.
"Get rid of it."
Yammy smiled happily as he stomped towards Inoue. He balled up his right fist, so that his index finger was the only one standing out, as if to point. He directed the finger to Inoue, who was still trying save Chad.
"I'll squish her like a bug!"
He thrust his finger downward, intent clear.
"Santen Kesshun!"
A shield of yellow light burst into life in front of the human girl, protecting her from being smushed into paste. Yammy looked baffled as to what kind of power this was. The others in the group though, were slowly analyzing the construct. It wasn't any kind of Kidō that was for sure. It wasn't even any kind of hollow powers either.
"Oho, what's this then? Maybe you aren't trash after all. What else can you do human?"
Inoue only needed to say two words.
"Souten Kishun"
A dome of energy surrounded Chad. It was clear as day that his wounds were already healing at an alarming rate. Yammy stated the obvious.
"What, she can heal too? And what about this guy, then? He's pretty durable!"
Ulquiorra had already figured it out though.
That is not… healing. It looks more like time reversal or spatial renewal. Whatever it is, it is not some simple healing spell. I've never seen such a technique before.
"What a strange human… this woman."
Naruto could have sworn that Cifer had just smiled, if only a little.
Inoue at this point was already trying to think of a way to stall for time.
At least until Kurosaki-kun shows up!
She stood up from Chad's body, letting the barrier disappear from view. She held both hands in front of her as she was about to attack this powerful group. Inoue looked at them, beads of sweat rolling off of her face.
"Koten Zanshun, I reject!"
Naruto noticed a piece of her hairpin detach itself from the rest. The object transformed in midair, now resembling a boomerang. It was an offensive move from the looks of it. Everyone watched as it streaked towards Yammy, but swerved at the last minute, now headed towards Naruto.
Aim for the leader!
The object collected momentum as it now looked like a meteor was headed towards the blonde demon. Naruto looked unfazed as the object was just mere inches away from him…
… And then swatting it down like a fly with the back of his hand.
"Ewe, what was that, a fly?"
Yammy, who was nearest to Inoue, looked back to Naruto asking what he should with the Human.
"Naruto-sama, what should I do with this one? She has some weird powers, should we bring her back?"
Naruto just scoffed.
"Squish her Yammy!"
"You got it!"
With an open palm, Yammy bore down on Inoue. Naruto was expecting a loud 'SQUISH' to echo throughout the park, but strangely, Yammy had stopped midway.
"Who the hell are you?"
Great, at this rate I won't be able to explore at all!
Naruto stepped off to the side a little so that he could get a better look at the newcomers. Surprisingly, it was only one person and even more surprising was the fact that he knew who it was.
"Oi, Ryoka brat!"
Ichigo looked up from Inoue and saw eye to eye with the ex-captain. He grits his teeth, not forgetting that this man was the reason Yoruichi was not with them anymore. This was actually a good thing too, as he made a promise to a friend. Meeting Naruto would help him fulfill that promise.
"Your ruining our vacation here, get lost!"
Ichigo looked at the man, rage burning in his eyes. He knew exactly what to say back to him right now.
"BANKAI"
He was going full out. He would decimate the other blonde and not hold back. This was for Yoruichi, and for Chad!
A surge of power blew way up to the sky, creating a cyclone of pure, untamed power. The group, save Naruto, was stunned to see that a human could exude so much power. Ichigo's release kicked up a dust storm, obscuring him an Inoue from the Arrancar's view.
Ichigo slashed away the smokescreen, revealing his new outfit and sword.
"TENSA ZANGETSU!"
Ichigo lowered his blade to the side, looking back at a stunned and overwhelmed Orihime.
"Inoue, please leave"
On the other side of the field, poor old Yammy was scratching the back of his head. He didn't know what to do now and he needed someone to tell him what he should do. He looked back at his master and was about to ask the obvious question, but Naruto immediately answered him.
"Kill him Yammy."
A wide grin split Yammy's face as he raised his right hand into a fist. With a battle cry, he brought down his large fist.
"Are you the one who took Chad's arm and almost killed him?"
Ichigo raised his blade with such speed that everyone had thought it was always in that position. The resulting crash between two unstoppable and immovable objects cracked and lifted the ground around Ichigo. Yammy was amazed by the boy's speed and strength when he considered the question.
"Nope! The boss-man over there did that! He got pissed when your friend 'Chad' tried to stop him from killing a human!"
Ichigo looked back at Naruto, then back at Yammy again.
"He took my friend's arm, so now I'm taking yours!"
Naruto didn't know if Ichigo used Shunpo or not, but he was now over Yammy, his right arm sliced at the elbow. He landed deftly behind Yammy. Said giant looked at his missing arm in shock, then anger as he turned to face the Human brat.
Naruto wasn't even paying attention anymore as he was observing his surroundings again. Everything just looked so different. He had been to this world a few times back when he had a mask, but that was years, maybe centuries ago. He looked back at Harribel and Yoruichi, who was talking to one another. They seemed to be getting along fine enough. He walked towards them and as soon as Yoruichi saw her master, she immediately glomped him.
"Master…"
Ugh, why does she always have to talk with a moan?
"Sorry I'm late~"
Everyone turned to look at the new arrival. Everyone knew who he was, as Aizen pinned him as one of the threats to Hueco Mundo.
"Urahara Kisuke"
The man had erected a shield in front of him and Ichigo, who was losing the battle against Yammy when he had a lapse of control. His hollow side was starting to wake up again. Everyone was more surprised when Yammy was flipped over and down on the ground by Yoruichi. Even though she was a hollow, she still had her mastery of Shunpo and had just showed it to everyone.
"Konichiwa, Kisuke-kun, It's been a long time since we last saw each other."
The genius was stunned silent at the unexpected arrival of his oldest friend. He took in her appearance and noted that she had a similar outfit with the other hollows present. That wasn't a good sign.
"What the fuck was that for?"
Yammy stood from his spot, bloody and angry. He was about to attack when Naruto stopped him.
"That is enough everyone. As much as I'd like to see some ass-kicking, this display of High levels of Reiatsu will probably attract Soul Society to our presence… We're heading back."
Naruto gave a curt nod to Ulquiorra, who immediately opened up a Garganta for them. He looked back at the former twelfth division captain and then at the two humans before looking at his new servant.
"Come, Yoruichi, we go."
"Right!"
And as if they weren't in the middle of a fight to the death, the Arrancar's were gone from the Human world.
END
A/N: Ok so next chapter we will be focusing on Soul Societies arrival to the human world as well as Rangiku.
I wonder how she's doing right now.
Anyway, see you guys in a few days!
