Orangette Destiny
Geass VS Resurreccion
Disclaimer – I don't own Bleach or Code Geass. Bleach is the property of Tite Kubo and Studio Pierrot and Code Geass is the property of Sunrise and Ichiro Okouchi.
Warnings – Strong abusive language, strong violence, Orihime possibly OOC, possible yuri (unsure yet) and possible lemons (again unsure)
Ichigo just stood there as Dordonii lunged at him. After struggling with Dordonii with his zanpakuto's shikai and having Nel deflect Dordonii's Cero attack, G.G. had apparently sacrificed herself to save Nel from Dordonii's counterattack. However, somehow, she managed to summon up the strength to lunge at Ichigo and managed to give him the power known as Geass in a desperate bid to help him defeat Dordonii without using his bankai. Now Ichigo had activated his Geass, which appeared as a red glow in his right eye in the shape of the mark that he had noticed on G.G.'s left arm.
In all honesty, G.G. had taken a huge gamble in giving Ichigo the power of Geass, as according to her, each individual Geass power varied from person to person and it may have been for nothing. However, considering the situation, she had decided to risk it. Ichigo figured that if it was for nothing, he would be dead either way since he believed that he should only show off his bankai to the current Espada and not this obsolete ballerina reject.
Ichigo smirked as his right eye locked onto Dordonii and his movements seemed to slow down to a snail's pace. Delivering a kick, one of Dordonii's tornado snake bird like weapons shot towards Ichigo, but Ichigo smirked as he saw it coming and performed Shunpo, blurring and then disappearing.
"What the…?" Dordonii said as his eyes widened in shock.
However, before he had a chance to react, he sensed Ichigo's presence materialise behind him and quickly spun round just in time to see Ichigo's zanpakuto swinging down on him. Knowing that blocking the attack with his arm like before would probably be impossible, he quickly moved backwards. However, the tip of the zanpakuto's blade still connected, slashing vertically down his chest. Luckily for Dordonii, the wound itself wasn't that deep and ran down the entire length of his torso.
"Lucky shot niño!" Dordonii stated with a look of fury on his face, clearly angry that his opponent had not shown him his full strength and yet still managed to score a hit.
Dordonii wanted to win. However, he also wanted to face Ichigo at full strength, believing that if he managed to defeat one of Aizen's most powerful enemies then it was earn him his former Espada rank back or at least earn a spot on the Espada. The thought of Ichigo being able to defeat him without using his full power absolutely infuriated him. He wanted Ichigo at full strength, even if he did turn out to be stronger than him. If he lost with Ichigo at full strength, then he could live with that; knowing that he had tried and failed. However, Ichigo being strong enough to defeat him in his current form was a notion he found rather insulting, especially after he had been dominating the fight up until now. All Dordonii desired was to prove his power to Aizen so that he could get close to him again and if he could not get his former rank back, then a lower Espada rank would suffice. It was better than not being on the Espada at all and having Aizen disregard him like an old car model that had fallen out of favour.
"Did that niña really give him some kind of new power?" he thought as he practically glared towards G.G.'s still form before shaking his head with a snarl, "No, it's just a lucky shot. Niño just got lucky as all. Nothing to worry about."
"Oh you think so?" Ichigo's voice came from behind him, causing Dordonii's eyes to widen, since he had not realised Ichigo had moved.
Fearing that Ichigo would try for another slash, this time from behind, he quickly spun round,, bringing up his leg in an attempted spin kick, but Ichigo had already vanished.
"Too slow," he taunted with a hint of amusement in his voice, "What's wrong? You seemed a lot faster before."
"DON'T MOCK ME NIÑO!" Dordonii screamed in rage as he spun round again, this time shooting off a Bala blast, only to find Ichigo had vanished yet again.
"My, my, you've gotten a lot slower all of a sudden," Ichigo continued to taunt with a chuckle, "You say you want to see my bankai and I told you that I will only use my bankai for facing Espada and even though you were once an Espada, you're no longer an Espada. Therefore I will not show you my bankai. Besides, you're not worthy of my bankai anyway."
Dordonii's face twisted in rage as he heard Ichigo's taunting words. How dare this brat mock him? He was once an Espada, one of Aizen's elite. No one spoke down to him, no one. He'd make him pay for mocking him. He'd show him what happened to those who crossed Dordonii Alessandro Del Socacchio. All he could see was red.
"YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY, MOCKING ME!" he screamed, delivering a series of kicks that caused the tornado snake birds to lash out in random directions; clearly Dordonii was too enraged to think straight and did not care where Ichigo was, just so long as one of his attacks managed to hit him.
However, Ichigo just dodged Dordonii's attacks as if they were moving in slow motion. It was the power of his Geass. He discovered that with his Geass active, anything he locked onto with his right eye seemed to slow down to the point where it seemed as it were moving at a snail's pace or a bit faster depending on how fast the attack was. He also felt as if he could move a lot faster than before. However, he hypothesised that it only felt that way because Dordonii's attacks seemed slower, which gave him ample time to dodge them.
He went in at Dordonii's left side and swung his zanpakuto in a horizontal crescent arc, catching Dordonii by surprise, causing him to veer to the right in an attempt to avoid the slash, but like before, Ichigo's zanpakuto managed to score a hit and like before, it wasn't as deep as Ichigo had been planning on since Dordonii made an attempt at dodging it.
"Coincidence," Dordonii snarled, shooting Ichigo a hate-filled glare, "One lucky shot's lucky, two lucky shots is nothing but coincidence niño. However, I think it's time I go all out for here on in. If it'll help me in drawing out your bankai then I have no choice."
Ichigo dropped into a battle stance as Dordonii screamed and to his surprise, more tornadoes started to form from the two main tornadoes and the familiar bird like becks started to form, creating more tornado snake birds. Each one was connected to one of the two main tornadoes like they were coming out of a hole in a tree trunk and each tornado had a total of six tornado snake bird, giving Dordonii a total of twelve tornado snake birds in total and they all made bird like noises as they opened their mouths.
"Man, what are those things?" Ichigo asked curiously, they're formed from spiralling air, the shape of snakes and have bird like becks."
"Impressed?" Dordonii asked, having somehow calmed down since his earlier outburst, "To be perfectly honest niño, I never really had a name for them. However, it doesn't matter anyway. Now then, show me your bankai otherwise I'll force you to."
"Not a chance you ballerina reject," Ichigo shot back as he locked on to Dordonii's tornado snake birds with his Geass.
Since there were twelve, he knew that he could not lock onto them all, meaning, Dordonii had the advantage once again. However, being as stubborn as he was, he still refused to unleash his bankai. In his mind, only the Espada had the privilege of seeing his bankai and he was determined to stick to that mindset, even if in the back of his mind, he knew that not unleashing his bankai against Dordonii could cost him his life. He didn't realise it yet, but with his current mindset, he would rather die than admit that he was wrong. However, now that he had the power of Geass, the odds had tipped in his favour, though with Dordonii revealing all twelve of his tornado snake birds, the odds were tipping once again. However, Ichigo continued to scan each one, trying to determine which one would attack first or maybe, they'd all attack as once in which case, he'd be in trouble.
He knew that like all powers, his Geass had its limits. One limitation he knew of right off the bat was that he could only lock onto one thing at a time, which meant that his Geass was best suited for one on one battles and would not be of much help against multiple opponents at once, especially if said opponents were stronger than he was. It would still be of help against multiple opponents, just that he'd only be able to lock onto one person at a time and the others could easily take advantage of him while he was focused on their comrade.
He knew that if he was going to use the power of his Geass to bring down Aizen, then he had to learn how to control it and what its limitations were. He knew that it would undoubtably take more than the power of Geass to bring Aizen down, since he knew that Aizen had a Geass of his own. According to G.G. each Geass was as unique to its wielder as a zanpakuto was to its Soul Reaper. Like a zanpakuto, each individual Geass was unique. Each person with a Geass had a different power. Now Ichigo had to discover what Aizen's Geass could do and then find out what its limitations were so he could formulate a strategy in countering it.
"Ballerina reject…" Dordonii said as a vein throbbed in his forehead before he glared at Ichigo; infuriated that Ichigo was still persistent in not revealing his bankai and for the insult, "I'LL TEACH YOU NOT TO MOCK ME NIÑO!"
He then performed a series of kicks, causing all twelve of his tornado snake birds to lunge forward at Ichigo.
"And I'll show you why I don't need my bankai to deal with obsolete elites such as yourself," Ichigo replied to his rant as he closed his eyes and opened them again with a determined look on his face.
Another thing he discovered about his Geass, it seemed his earlier observation had been wrong about being able to lock onto one thing at a time. He could lock onto multiple targets, but only if they were all within the sight of his Geass eye. It was still best suited for one on one battles, since the Geass would have no effect on an opponent as soon as they left the sight of his Geass eye and with multiple opponents and that was an easy feat to accomplish. Luckily in this case, Dordonii had caused all twelve of his tornado snake birds to attack head on in a frontal attack, allowing Ichigo to lock onto them all.
So he just performed Shunpo and got behind Dordonii again and brought his zanpakuto forwards for a vertical slash.
"What the…?" Dordonii said as he spun round, causing Ichigo to slash his side rather than his back.
"Your rage is making you too predictable," Ichigo commented, pointing out the obvious, "You're just attacking me without thinking and I'm easily able to counter your moves."
He then smirked.
"I believe that's three "lucky shots" as you put it," he went on in a boastful tone, "Once is lucky, twice is coincidence and three times… there must be something going on."
"CURSE YOU!" Dordonii screamed as he swung his arm, aiming the side of his hand at Ichigo's neck, hoping to break it with a devastating chop, but Ichigo just ducked and counted with an upward slash, scoring another hit on the left side of Dordonii's torso and causing the white appendix adorning his left shoulder to smash to pieces.
He then backed away from Dordonii and shot him a glare as he briefly glanced down at G.G.'s still form and saw Nel hiding behind her.
"Now then, I say that we stop playing around and end this little skirmish," he stated in a deadly seriously tone with a look that told Dordonii that he was through messing around, "This is for G.G.; I can damn well guarantee that her sacrifice won't be in vain."
A light whitish blue aura appeared round Ichigo as the Geass insignia in his eye started to fluctuate.
"What in the world…?" Dordonii said with a look of pure astonishment and confusion on his face as he felt Ichigo's spiritual pressure starting to rise.
The Geass insignia in his eye seemed to pulsate as if it was the cause of his power boost.
"Hey niño, where's this power coming from?" Dordonii demanded as he regained his composure.
Ichigo didn't look any different, so Dordonii ruled out the possibility that he had decided to use his bankai, but at the same time, his spiritual pressure was rising, apparently for no apparent reason. He had already ruled out the prospect that Ichigo had been holding back until now. From the way he had been fighting before that girl's sacrifice, Dordonii knew that he had been giving it his all; at least his best in his shikai without resorting his bankai. So why was his power rising now? It made no sense. Just what had that girl given him that caused him to turn the tables in this battle? Dordonii was at a loss to explain it. However, he knew that the girl had done something before she died.
"Damn that niña," he thought, giving G.G.'s corpse a hate-filled glare for ruining his plans… only to discover that G.G. and Nel were both gone.
"Impossible, where did she…?" he said aloud in a shocked and surprised tone.
Aizen smirked from inside his throne room as he felt Ichigo's spiritual pressure rise. Everything was going according plan. He felt a slight difference in Ichigo's power that he didn't feel before. It felt more like an alien power laced in with his own than anything else; something that was not of that of a Soul Reaper or a Quincy or even a Hollow; no this was something completely different entirely. However, Aizen wasn't worried. He knew what this alien power was. After all, he also possessed the same kind of power himself.
"So, young Kurosaki is able to siphon the power of his Geass and assimilate it into his own spiritual pressure for a power enhancement," he mused with a smile, "No doubt, he's not even aware of it yet."
Yes, he knew Ichigo had the power of Geass. It had been part of his plan after all.
"I always knew that you would become useful to me once again my dear G.G.," he went on musing to himself, "You may view your immortality may be a curse, but it does have its benefits. I wouldn't have been able to keep you alive all this time otherwise."
He then glanced towards the entrance of his throne room just as Ulquiorra appeared.
"Phase two is now complete," Aizen said to the emotionless Arrancar standing before him, "Proceed with phase three."
"Yes sir," Ulquiorra said simply, his voice devoid of excitement or anticipation, only leaving the fact that it was an acknowledgement that he had heard his superior.
He then vanished leaving Aizen to his musings once again.
"I do believe things are moving along quite nicely," he said to himself, "Though I didn't expect Dordonii to give the boy such a challenge before he received his Geass. Oh well, things don't always go the way you envision them, so it's best to improvise when that happens."
Back with Ichigo and Dordonii, Ichigo had not yet noticed that G.G. and Nel were missing as his power continued to rise and the Geass insignia in his right eye continued to fluctuate as Ichigo subconsciously siphoned the power from it into his spiritual pressure. As for Dordonii, he knew this was bad. Ichigo was already stronger than him and if his spiritual pressure continued to grow, he guessed that Ichigo might be able to take on the current Sixth Espada in his unreleased state without his bankai.
Even though Dordonii did not know the full story, he knew that the current Sixth Espada, Grimmjow Jeagerjacques had a score to settle with Ichigo. He had heard about Ichigo's power and knew of his Hollowfication as well. After all, it had been against Grimmjow that he had demonstrated it, though he could only manage to maintain the mask for eleven seconds. Dordonii had been planning on getting Ichigo to done his Hollow mask after he had sown his bankai. However, he knew now that that was an impossibility. With Ichigo's spiritual pressure being as strong as it was right now, Dordonii knew that he neither needed his bankai nor his Hollow mask to defeat him He could only wonder how Grimmjow would feel once he discovered this.
Grimmjow Jeagerjacques was not in a good mood at the moment. In fact he was practically seething as he felt the familiar spiritual pressure of Ichigo Kurosaki, the Soul Reaper responsible for the scar that now adorned his chest rising. He could feeling the alien power laced in with it, but in his current state of mind, he did not care for that. He did not care for anything. He only had one purpose now and that was to kill Ichigo Kurosaki for giving him this scar, which he intentionally bore in order to serve as a reminder of his self-appointed mission.
Sitting in his quarters, he felt his rage rising as he felt Ichigo's spiritual pressure continue to rise. Needless to say, he had always believed that Ichigo should have been killed as soon as he heard about him, if not because of a scar, then because of the possibility that he could become strong enough to actually pose a threat to their plans; not that Grimmjow particular cared. In fact, Grimmjow did not care for Aizen's plans or ambitions. He did not care for his fellow Arrancar or Aizen himself for that matter. He only cared about one person and one person only and that person was himself. He could honestly care less if Aizen succeeded or failed in whatever it was he was planning; just so long as he survived, that's all that mattered to him.
The only reason he stayed with Aizen was because, even though he would never admit it, he was terrified of him. Aizen was stronger than him and that was an undeniable fact. Sure, Aizen did give him power, but as far as Grimmjow was concerned, now that he had the power that Aizen had promised, he saw no further reason to stay with Aizen other than the fact that he knew Aizen would kill him if he tried to leave and go against him. Even though Aizen never seemed to get angry or lose his composure, Grimmjow knew how deceptive his calm and seemingly dismissive could be. Aizen was a man who knew how to hide his hide emotions well; so well in fact that one could easily be lulled into a false sense of security.
Aizen may appeared collected and calm, but Grimmjow knew just how furious and enraged he could be. Outwardly however, even the greatest of geniuses may be fooled into believing the opposite, but Grimmjow knew otherwise. He had been a victim of Aizen's rage because of his rebellious attitude. He knew just how dangerous Aizen was and knew that his seemingly calm and kind nature was nothing more than a façade for Grimmjow had seen just how enraged Aizen could be by just simply looking into his eyes, the only thing that was said to give a person's true emotions away and Grimmjow had come to believe that theory. Aizen also displayed his anger and displeasure through simultaneous bursts of his incredible spiritual pressure. Grimmjow knew what it felt like and knew that Aizen was perfectly capable of killing him even in his released form without so much as laying a finger on him. He never lost his composure, but the dangerous look in his eyes, plus the release of his spiritual pressure whenever he dared someone to challenge him convinced Grimmjow that anyone who underestimated him would surely end up in an early grave. It was why he stayed
However, that did not mean that he liked it. Quite the contrary. He was only the Sexta Espada; the sixth strongest in Aizen's army and even though he had killed Luppi, his replacement when Tosen had severed his arm and vaporised it, thus regaining his rank, he was not happy. His rebellious nature clashed with Ulquiorra, who was perhaps Aizen's most loyal subordinate as opposed to him being the most rebellious. He and Ulquiorra were exact opposites. It had been Ulquiorra, who had gone to the World of the Living with Yammy, the Decima Espada and encountered Ichigo. However, Ichigo's power had proved to be so unstable that Ulquiorra hypothesised that the instability with lead to his destruction and therefore believed that killing him was a waste of time. However, Grimmjow had disagreed and pointed out that Ichigo may learn to control his power and become a threat, but Ulquiorra obviously did not think so and Aizen agreed with him.
Needless to say, this did not sit too well with him and he took his Fraccion and left for the World of the Living to "rectify" Ulquiorra's mistake. It had led to him losing his Fraccion and his demotion. Not that he particular cared for them. He had met them when he was still an Adjuchas class Menos and they were all Gillians and after he handily defeated them, their leader, Shawlong proposed that they travel together in a quest to become Vasto Lorde, but after a while; after Grimmjow's power grew and Shawlong and others' power remained constant, Shawlong requested that Grimmjow eat a part of them, since Menos were also cannibals and those who were conscious of themselves were governed by this cannibalism.
The majority of Menos were mindless and never got past the Gillian stage, but sometimes, one of the many Hollows that made up their form; if it was stronger than normal would gain control over the new entity and those Gillians were defined by the fact that their masks were unique and different from the normal brainless Gillians. It was only those Gillians that were able to evolve further. However, the downside to this was that because the entity was made up of hundreds, or perhaps even thousands of other Hollows, there was always the risk that it the Menos's mind would be absorbed by the minds of the many Hollows that made up its form in which case it would become a normal Gillian. This threat seemed to be more severe while in the Adjuchas stage. Before becoming an Arrancar, Grimmjow had been an Adjuchas and he knew of the threat of his mind being absorbed. There were only three known ways to prevent this from happening and they were to continue to cannibalise other Hollows, have a part of your body eaten by another Hollow, though it also meant that they could not evolve further, but at the same time it prevented their minds from being absorbed and the third way was for a Menos to become an Arrancar, which Grimmjow had done.
Anyway, he felt his fists clench as he felt Ichigo's spiritual pressure. Just how did he get such a huge power boost? This was not supposed to happen. In Grimmjow's mind, Ichigo was inferior to him and it was why he wanted to kill him; in order to prove that he was the stronger of the two, plus he remembered the determined look on Ichigo's face, even when he was losing. Even though Ichigo was losing, he still had a look on his face as if he would find a way to win and that was what infuriated Grimmjow the most. To him it was a look of defiance and he felt that someone, no matter who they were giving him such a look was looking down on him as if he were inferior and it caused his blood to boil.
In his mind, he should be king. Shawlong had said that that Grimmjow could rule over them as their king when they first met and after Grimmjow handily defeated him and his group. He vowed that he would be king of Hueco Mundo and that he'd kill anyone who stood in his way. He'd kill Aizen, he'd especially kill Ulquiorra, he'd kill Barragan, who was said to be the king before Aizen came along and most definitely; he'd kill Ichigo.
He knew that Ichigo was now stronger than him, though he would never admit it if anyone brought it up and that infuriated him most of all. To him, Ichigo was weak and would always be weak and that he had to kill him in order to prove that point. However, the fact that he was now being proven wrong left Grimmjow with a feeling he could not describe. Sure he was no stranger to having others being stronger than him. After all, there were at least five known Arrancar who were stronger than him, Ulquiorra being one of them and that did not sit too well with Grimmjow. Next to Ichigo, Ulquiorra was the person he hated the most and he swore that once he killed Ichigo, Ulquiorra would be his next target. He vowed to get stronger. He vowed that he'd kill all those who looked down on him and he vowed to usurp Aizen and Barragan and take the throne of Hueco Mundo for himself.
For now, he'd just sit tight, though it pretty much infuriated him. He knew that he had to bide his time, despite the fact that his patience was quick to evaporate. He would get stronger and then wait for an opportunity to strike. He knew that Barragan was the same; also biding his time, waiting for an opportunity to stab Aizen in the back so he could reclaim what Aizen had taken from him. However, Grimmjow would be waiting in the shadows. Hopefully, Barragan and Aizen would end up killing each other and if not, he'd swoop in and deal with whoever won; or he could just wait till he became strong enough to deal with them both.
"Yes," he thought with a rather cruel smirk, "I'll get stronger. I'll become strong enough to defeat you Kurosaki, then Ulquiorra, then Barragan and then Aizen himself; plus anyone else who gets in my way. Enjoy your time being the stronger of the two of us Kurosaki because I can pretty much guarantee you that it won't last for long. Next time we meet, I'll be the one who'll be stronger and you'll regret the day you ever met Grimmjow Jeagerjacques."
He then followed up with maniacal psychotic laughter just like the laughter he'd displayed after he had killed Luppi and regained his rank. He would show them all. He would make Aizen regret ever giving him power and make everyone regret looking down on him. Barragan never really thought much of Grimmjow, so he would no doubt overlook him and concentrate on Aizen. Was he in for a surprise when Grimmjow finally made his move?
Back with Ichigo and Dordonii, Ichigo suddenly held his zanpakuto above his head, ready to strike as he felt his power reach its maximum while still in his shikai. Dordonii responded with a series of frantic kicks, causing all twelve of his tornado snake birds to lunge towards Ichigo once again and then performed fast movements with his arms, getting ready to fire a Cero.
"CERO!" he yelled once he was done, though by the sound of his voice, it was more out of desperation than anything else.
The red energy beam fired across the room, easily catching up with and overtaking the tornado snake birds. However, this did not affect Ichigo in the slightest. He just maintained his composure and moved to bring his zanpakuto down.
"GETSUGA TENSHO!" he yelled, bringing his zanpakuto down, firing off a crescent shaped arc of whitish blue spiritual energy laced with a light reddish tint that travelled to meeting Dordonii's Cero and tornado snake birds.
Dordonii's eyes widened in shock, even though he knew he should not be surprised as the crescent shaped energy arc completely overpowered and devastated both his cero and tornado snake birds. So astonished he was, he did not have time to dodge Ichigo's attack and was hit head on and scent flying back along with the energy arc.
"So this is it, I guess I lose, huh niño?" he thought as a surprising smile crept onto the side of his lips, "Not what I wanted, but still… congratulations niño. You earned my respect and I hope you manage to accomplish your mission because from here on out, things will only get harder for you."
The next thing he knew, everything went black as he fell into the realm of unconsciousness and his body fell to the floor as the energy arc dissipated and fizzled out of existence.
Ichigo was panting heavily, feeling completely drained as the Geass insignia in his eye disappeared and he suddenly felt a rather sharp pain in his right eye. He immediately clenched his eye shut and brought his hand up to his eye.
"I guess first time use of Geass must be painful," he said aloud to himself before stumbling forward in exhaustion..
Luckily, he managed to prevent himself from falling over as he continued to clutch his eye, which was starting to throb.
"Note to self; don't use Geass unless I have no other choice," he went on, "Rather painful on the eye."
He then stood up straight and closed his left eye and let out a sigh as he felt the adrenaline rush from his battle with Dordonii slow down.
"I promise G.G., I won't let your sacrifice be for nothing," he said aloud as he turned to face G.G. corpse, only to discover like Dordonii had that she and Nel were both missing causing both his eyes to widen in surprise, though he immediately brought his hand up over his right eye as he felt the pain flare up, "Ouch, damn it."
"That's nice Ichigo," G.G.'s voice came from behind him, "Just on thing though…"
Ichigo immediately spun round to find G.G. standing up; alive and well with a sleeping Nel cradled in her arms. The hole in her stomach where the Bala blast had ploughed through was gone as if it had never been there, though the hole in her clothing that the blast had caused was still there.
"I'm not dead," she finished, completely ignoring the stunned look on Ichigo's face.
"What the… but you were… and that blast…" Ichigo spluttered, finding it impossible to string his words together.
G.G. sighed as she shook her head.
"Didn't you learn anything from what Aizen said when you saw that flashback of him?" she asked in a somewhat annoyed tone, "I'll give you a hint; something about not being about to kill me."
"Huh?" Ichigo said with a clueless look on his face, causing a vein to throb on the left side of G.G.'s forehead.
"Are you always this stupid, or do you find annoying people amusing you big dummy?" she asked, almost snapping out, "I'm immortal you dumbass."
"Well how was I supposed to know that?" Ichigo snapped back in his defence, glaring at G.G. feeling insulted and offended that she had snapped at him.
Nevertheless, G.G. sighed and forced herself to calm down after taking a few deep breaths.
"Never mind about arguing over something so pointless," she said, shaking her head, "Let's just move on."
"Hold up," Ichigo said, blocking her way as she moved to go down the corridor, "You have a lot of explaining to do; like how the hell are you immortal and why the hell is my eye throbbing like crazy?"
G.G. glared at him, clearly not wanting to talk about it and she opened her mouth to protest, but suddenly closed it and shook her head with a sigh as she knew that arguing with Ichigo would do no good. He would not let it lie unless he had some answers.
"I think you can guess that my immortality was the reason why my people betrayed me," she said with a sad sigh, to which Ichigo nodded.
"Yeah, "From that vision of your father; or I'm guessing that man on the throne was your father, you where from a royal family and he pretty much disowned you," he said, remembering what he had seen and remembering the glares all the people had when he saw that image.
G.G. nodded.
"Yes, as I said before, my real name also died that day," she stated as tears started to roll down her cheeks, "I was a princess of the Holy Britannian Empire before I was cast out."
"Holy Britannian Empire…?" Ichigo said, somewhat confused, "You mean, the United Kingdom of Great Britain?"
"United Kingdom of Great Britain, is that what Britannia's called in your world?" G.G. asked, somewhat confused.
"Huh, what are you talking about?" Ichigo said, as he remembered G.G. claiming to be from another dimension, though he did not believe that, "There's no such thing as the Holy Britannian Empire. Britannia's just an old Roman name for the UK. I don't know much about that country's history, but today its official title if the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland also known as the UK or Great Britain for short or just plain Britain."
G.G. listened intently as she absorbed this information and shook her head.
"In your world, that may be true, but not in mines," she stated, "Anyway, I wasn't born immortal. I gained it through a contract similar to the one I have with you."
"Okay," Ichigo said with a hesitant nod, deciding to drop the issue of other dimensions for now.
"The power of Geass is a contract between an immortal and a normal human," G.G. started to explain, "An immortal can have many contracts with different people at the one time. A Geass evolves over time, becoming permanently active after a while and then eventually, it'll spread to both eyes. Once that happens, the person can trade their Geass for their contractor's immortality like I foolish did."
"So wait, you mean that when my Geass becomes permanent and moves to both eyes, I can trade it in for your immortality?" Ichigo asked, somewhat confused and G.G. nodded.
"Normally, the wish of the immortal is to die and by taking their immortality away, the person whom they entered a contract with is fulfilling their wish by allowing them to live on and die."
"You said normally that's the case," Ichigo said, but G.G. raised her hand to him, preventing him from continuing.
"Yes and I won't deny that I have longed for death," G.G. went on, making sure that she wasn't interrupted, "My immortality works like this; every time I'm killed, my body automatically revives and repairs itself. Over the years, I've been burned, dropped from a high height, crushed and even decapitated and dismembered and somehow, my body still manages to come back together as if nothing had happened."
Ichigo listened, unsure what to make of this. Just what was this girl and how would the Soul Society react if they found out about her? The only immortal beings he had ever encountered were the Bounts, though they were immortal in age only and could be killed. From what G.G. was saying, if she were killed, she'd come back to life, even if she were decapitated.
"So much for immortality being like it was in those Highlander movies," he thought to himself remembering watching the Japanese dubbed versions of the Highlander movies.
"Anyway, I was eventually dropped into a hole since the people decided that if they couldn't kill me, they'd make sure I wasn't free to "curse" the world with my existence," G.G. went on, bringing Ichigo out of his thoughts, "I honestly don't know how long I spent down that wretched hole. It may have been decades for all I know. It definitely felt like it."
"And Aizen rescued you and used you to gain the power of Geass," Ichigo concluded, guessing the rest of the story.
"Right," G.G. confirmed with a nod, "However, afterwards, he handed me over to some nutcase… Mayuri Kurotsuchi I believe his name was and I became his scientific experiment… yeah, more like torture subject until those Arrancar rescued me and brought me back to Aizen in this godforsaken place where I've been ever since, though I honestly can't tell you how long I've been here. Being trapped down that hole for so long destroyed my perception of time."
Ichigo listened intently as he took in the situation. It was clear to him that G.G.'s immortality was the cause of her persecution. No doubt the fact that she didn't age caused people to become fearful of her. He remembered Uryu and the Bount, Yoshino Soma and how Yoshino had recounted to Uryu the story of her life and how like G.G., she had wanted to die and yet, stop her former husband, Jin Kariya, the Bounts' leader at the same time. Of course, Kariya himself granted Yoshino's wish and killed her and Ichigo himself had fulfilled her desire to stop Kariya.
"I honestly didn't want to hand out the power of Geass," G.G. spoke up, bringing Ichigo out of his thoughts, "Immortality has brought me nothing but pain and sorrow and I don't want anyone else to experience what I went through; a lonely existence, never aging and watching as everyone round about you looks on you with disdain and revulsion and as they all grow old and die."
"So when you said that the power of the kings, which I'm guessing is an alternative name for Geass would condemn me to a life of solitude, you were talking about the possibility of me receiving your immortality, weren't you."
G.G. only nodded looking rather dejected and defeated.
"Yes; however, you must believe me that I didn't want to give this power away, but with Aizen…" She started to explain.
"You felt that you had no other option," Ichigo finished for her, interrupting her, "Fight fire with fire; or in this case, Geass with Geass."
"Yes, well; you don't have to receive my immortality," G.G. stated, shaking her head, "I told you, my wish was for you to stop Aizen and though I do want to die. I don't want my death to be at some poor soul's expense. I was young and foolish back when I was still normal. I wanted to change the world and my contractor, T.T., if I remember correctly his name was, though like me, his real name died long ago. I received Geass and used it to help change the world, but when it came time to pay up on my debt to T.T., everything changed. I found that I couldn't bare children and I couldn't age. I'll admit that at first, I was rather ecstatic about becoming immortal and didn't really think much of it; as I said, I was rather stupid back then. However, once I realised the downside, it was too late, I was disowned and disinherited and persecuted for being a witch."
"That's so medieval," Ichigo commented, feeling somewhat outraged.
G.G. nodded.
"It was the late 1890s going into the 1900s of the Imperial Calendar, what do you expect?" she said with a shrug.
Ichigo shook his head at hearing, "Imperial Calendar", but decided to remain silent on the matter and decided to bring up another thing that was bugging him.
"Okay, but can you please tell me if activating Geass is painful because my eye's killing me," he said as he winked repeatedly using his right eye.
"No, T.T. had many people he entered contracts with and I saw some of his memories; Geass shouldn't affect the eye," G.G. explained as she stared at Ichigo's right eye, "However, I think I may have an explanation for why your eye's in pain."
"Go on," Ichigo said, nodding for her to continue, though in truth, the pain in his eye was starting to subside and all this talking had caused him to momentarily forget about the pain.
"Well, during your battle with that Arrancar, I noticed that you managed to siphon the Geass power in your eye into your own power… your spiritual pressure I believe you called it?" G.G. stated and Ichigo nodded.
"Wait, you mean I assimilated my Geass with my own spiritual pressure, is that what you're saying?"
"Yep that's exactly what I'm saying," G.G. confirmed with a nod, "However, Geass is not meant for that. You're not supposed to use it to make yourself stronger, though I dare say that there are Geasses that do provide some kind of body enhancements to their users, but not yours."
"Yeah, I know," Ichigo said with a nod, "It seems to slow down anything I lock onto with it."
"Correction, it speeds up your perception of time in relation to whatever you've locked it on to," G.G. pointed out, "When you lock onto something with it, your perception of time in relation to that thing is sped up, making it seem to be moving slower than it actually is. You can't use it to enhance your own power like that. No wonder your eye's in pain."
Ichigo groaned. In truth, he did not know that he had been using his Geass to enhance his power, but it definitely explained how he managed to completely overpower Dordonii without resorting to his bankai. However, if siphoning his Geass power with his own caused his eye pain, then he knew better than to try it again. However, since he had no idea he had been doing that to begin with, he could not be sure if he would do it subconsciously in future.
"Yes, that does seem quite a predicament," G.G. commented, as if she had read his mind, "Since this hasn't happened before, I don't know what'll happen if you keep doing it. However, I think I can safely assume that continual use of Geass in synch with your power could eventually cause you to go blind in your right eye."
Ichigo found himself nodding in agreement. Even though he could still see out his right eye, the pain it was in was enough to convince him that G.G. theory was a high possibility.
"In any case, we can't do much about it at the moment," G.G. went on as she walked past Ichigo and moved towards the corridor before stopping and turned to look back at him.
"Well then, shall we go?" she asked.
Ichigo nodded, deciding that he had neither the time nor the patience to deal with this dilemma right now and would deal with it at a more appropriate time.
Author's Notes – That's another chapter done. I have to say that I'm satisfied with it. I decided to have Ichigo's Geass more combat oriented than anything. Basically, it has a similar effect that that drug that Mayuri had inside Nemu that Szayel Aporro absorbed while inside her, only unlike Szayel Aporro who took a massive dose of the drug and became paralysed, Ichigo's Geass has a similar effect to a diluted dose of that drug, in making it seem that anything it locks onto moves slower than it actually is, enabling him to counterattack. As for him using his Geass to make himself stronger, I needed him to overpower Dordonii somehow and that seemed like the best idea. However, it comes at a price since I didn't want Ichigo becoming too powerful too quickly without there being a downside. Don't worry though, Ichigo will find a way to eliminate this weakness. Also next time, we'll go back to the Code Geass world and see how Orihime's doing and for those of you anticipating a showdown of intelligence between Lelouch and Aizen; that'll come later. I also want to see Lelouch go head to head with Aizen in order to see how he fares against someone who's perhaps considered the strategist champion. For now however, we'll just see how Orihime and Shirley are doing and what awaits Orihime in Britannia-ruled Japan.