Epilogue

Ichigo, his sisters, and his friends were running to get to the gate, well more like Yuzu was riding on Brielle's back to get to the gate, but the rest are running. Luckily they didn't run into any obstacles, but when the gate came into view Ichigo noticed that it's broken.

"How is the gate broken?" Ichigo asked. His soul sister, Brielle, thought about it, and came to a realization.

"It must have broken when you were going on your rampage with Kokuto," she replied.

"Oh, so that's what that reiatsu was?" Renji asked. "I thought it was some powerful demon that wanted to kill everything and everyone."

"I thought the reiatsu was yours, Ichigo, but it was so filled with rage I couldn't tell," Uryu said. The rest nodded their heads saying that they agree.

"What made you so angry?" Rukia asked.

Ichigo sighed; he should have known that they would have felt his reiatsu from where they were while in demon form. "Kokuto asked if he should kidnap Karin since there was no way he was getting Yuzu back. I snapped, okay? I'm sorry for scaring you," he apologized.

"Less talking, more getting ready to jump!" Brielle called back to them. The others did as told and got ready to jump out of the gate that was fixing itself quiet quickly. "This is going to be a close one," she muttered to herself, but it seemed Yuzu heard her, because she felt her hold on her become tighter. They jumped out the gate.

When they passed through the gate, Brielle asked, "Where's the ground?" She looks down. "Oh, there it is…" Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, and Uryu grabbed hold of her, and Yuzu clung much tighter to her so they wouldn't fall. "NOOOOO, LET GO, OR ELSE WE'RE ALL GOING TO FALL! EVERY DRAGONESS FOR HERSELF! WE'RE GOING TO FALL! WE'RE FALLING! WE'RE GOING DOOOOOOWWWWWWWNNNNNNNN!" the dragon shouted along with everyone else. While they were falling and screaming bloody murder, a golden shield formed under them. It was a good thing that Orihime was there to catch them. Brielle turned to the others that are still holding onto her "I'm not strong enough to carry that many people," she growled at them while also giving them her best glare.

When everyone saw the glare, and heard the growl they quickly got off and backed away from the angry black and red dragon. They were hoping that the shield would go faster, so they can get as far away from Brielle as possible, because even though they let go of her and gave her space, she's still glaring and growling at them.

When they got to the ground, Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Uryu, and Yuzu were happy; now they can get away from Brielle, but she seemed happier now that she is also on solid ground. They all noticed that all the captains from Soul Society were also here with them. They were waiting for them to come down from the sky.

The Head-Captain walked up to them and asked, "What happened?" Brielle was walking, looking to be confronting the Captain, but she didn't seem to be stopping.

"If you want to know, ask Rukia and Renji. We're going home. I need to sleep and to relax unless you have someone in mind that you wouldn't miss if they for some reason go missing," Brielle said while walking past him. After what her friends and siblings did, she was in the mood to kill someone. It's been a long day, so that was the last straw for her.

Ichigo, Brielle, Yuzu, Chad, Uryu, and Orihime all go back to Ichigo's house to check on Karin, and left Rukia and Renji to deal with the captains. When they got back to the house, Kairn seemed fine since she jumped both Ichigo and Yuzu – she couldn't get Brielle, because she was farther away from her two siblings to get tackled with them.

"Don't ever scare me like that again! Do you understand me?!" Kairn demanded. Ichigo and Yuzu nod the heads to tell her that they understood.

"Well, if anyone needs me, I'll be lying on the couch," Brielle said while doing just that. "If you guys want to talk, talk quietly." She curled up into a ball. Everyone decided to relax for a bit before doing anything else.

~A few hours later~

Everyone watched a funny movie to calm themselves down after the fight in Hell. They had some snacks, and drinks to go with it, but now that the movie is over, Yuzu remembered something. She asked Ichigo if they could talk.

Once they were away from Ichigo's friends and their sisters, Yuzu starts to say, "While you were away to fight that Sinner, Asa told me that you could teach me how to use my powers." Yuzu was fidgeting. "I…understand if you don't want to…but…" She didn't get to finish, because Ichigo cut her off.

"Yuzu, I'll help you. I don't know why you would think I wouldn't, but I'm your older brother; it's my job to help you and protect you," he said softly.

Yuzu's face now had a big, bright smile on it. "Thank you, Onii-chan!" She cried out and squeezed Ichigo in a bear hug.

"If you're going to train her, then I suggest that you do so in the Dark Forest." Yuzu and Ichigo turn to see that Brielle was eavesdropping on them. She had to of, because how else would she know what they were talking about? "There would be a lot more space there for her body," Brielle finished saying.

"What about forest fires?" Ichigo asked.

"That would be the first thing we teach her; how to control her fire's temperature, so we wouldn't have to worry about forest fires," Brielle explained. "Besides, gold fire is a healing flame, or so I've heard. I don't have that power, so I wouldn't know for sure."

"What about the Darklings? Shouldn't one of them have that flame?"

Brielle shook her head. "No, not one has that power. Maybe a Glow, but I'm not friends with many of them - just two really," she muttered that last part to herself, but Ichigo still heard her.

"Why do you have only two friends in the Glows?" he asked.

"Because we see them every 3 years, but my one friend I see every once week, the other is guarding the Tree of Life that's within this world. So, I can go see her anytime I want." Brielle replied.

"Why do you see the one friend every once a week?"

"Because… Remember that tower that I told you I need to go to that's in between light and dark?" Ichigo nodded to say that he did remember. "Well, she's the one that goes there for the Glows," Brielle finished explaining.

The tower she mentioned is like a library, but there are two sides, and many rooms for each species on those sides. The two sides are for light and darkness. Those blessed by light go to the light side of the tower while those blessed by darkness go to the other side.

When one lives his or her life walking down the path of light or darkness, their life it written in a light or dark book, and once that person or animal passes on, their book is placed in its respected room. But there are those that walk on a grey path. These kinds are rear, so there is a middle room for just them; the shelves are ordered for each species from top to bottom. The tower is also connected to different worlds. Like the one Darkness lives in for the time being, she found out that the name of this would is called Bleach. She couldn't figure out why it was called that, but she had a feeling that it has something to do with the Shinigami. There are many others, but right now they aren't important.

Brielle sighed, "Let's not worry about training for at least today and tomorrow." Ichigo and Yuzu agreed. All they want to do right now is relax.

Just when they got back into the living room where their friends are, Isshin came back from his meeting. "I'm home!" he shouted happily. He looked around and saw everyone there, even Rukia and Renji, who came by during the movie. "Ah, I see that all your friends are here, Ichigo, but something tells me it wasn't for just a party, was it?" he asked.

Ichigo sighed, "We'll explain tomorrow. Right now we're all tried and want sleep. Besides, it's late."

It was Isshin's turn to sigh. "Fine, but I want a full explanation first thing tomorrow, got it?" he ordered. Ichigo showed that he understood, and everyone that doesn't live in the Kurosaki household left to go home and go to bed. Ichigo and Brielle went to their room, but it would seem that they were followed by their sisters, who wanted to stay with them, so they let them.

Since Ichigo's bed was too small to fit all them, Brielle made a really big nest for them to fit in made out of blankets and pillows. "Good night, everyone," they all said in unison.

~The next day~

It would seem that Yuzu and Karin were the first to wake up, and then their father, but Ichigo and Brielle slept in – although, they would have liked to sleep in a little more. The reason they woke up was because something was hitting the window. Ichigo got up to see what it was only to see a raven with ruby-red eyes. 'What's Jet doing here?' he asked himself. He held up a finger to tell the bird to give him a moment so he can wake up his soul sister. He started shaking her while calling her name, but this never works. 'How to wake her up without getting myself killed.'

"Tell her that a lot of humans have been sent to the World of Darkness," The raven, Jet, told him. Ichigo didn't know why that would wake her up, but he did it anyway. What happened afterward was something Ichigo tried to not do.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE ARE A LOT OF HUMANS IN WORLD OF DARKNESS?! DID SOMEONE GO ON A KILLING SPREE AND DUMPED THEM ALL ON ME? WHOEVER IT WAS THEY'RE DEAD!" Brielle shouted in rage and for good reason, this happened before. An organization tried to destroy a forest that was ancient, and that led to one of the leaders from World of Darkness to take care of them, but after they killed them all, they sent the humans to her, and there was over a hundred of them. She was stuck there for months to deal with them. She did get payback on the one who was too lazy to finish what he started by dumping the humans on her without warning though. Let's just say that he never did it again, but what's to say the others wouldn't?

"He told me to say it!" Ichigo said quickly while pointing to Jet.

Brielle turned her glare toward him. "This better be a joke, or else I'm going to sent you to a clan of cats that would be more than happy to try and eat you…" she hissed. Her feathers were ruffled and sticking up in her anger.

"I was lying, yes, but it might be just as important," Jet said. "Death is within the forest, and he wants to finish your test that you started early yesterday."

Brielle was surprised that she is already getting the test from Death himself today. She thought that she would have to wait a week at least, but it would seem that is not the case. She nodded in understanding. "Alright, I'll be there soon, but don't joke about that ever again… Do you understand me, Jet Black?" she growled which made the bird nod his head up and down so fast that all it looked like it was a blur. "Good. Tell him I'll be there, I just need to do something here first." With that said and done, Jet flew away, and Brielle turned to Ichigo. "Well, it looks like you'll be the one to explain everything to dad. Don't worry; I'm sure Yuzu will fill in her part of the story. I'll see you later," she said, and just before she jumped out the window Ichigo stopped her.

"What test from Death?" He asked worried.

Brielle turned her head to look at him with a raised eyebrow. "Didn't I tell you about the test as to how I got these new weapons?" Ichigo shook his head no. Brielle explained about the test that she had with Izara Luna to get the Dark Crystal sword, and that there is a form that the crystal can take she still needs to get from Death.

"Oh, I see. Thanks for explaining that. I'll see you later, right?" Ichigo wondered.

Brielle nodded her head. "Yeah, I'll be back later. See ya!" She saluted, and then jump out the window and flew away to get to the Dark Forest.

~At the Dark Forest~

Brielle got to the Dark Forest within five minutes. She went to the grey boulder in the center of the clearing to see someone dressed in a black cloak holding a scythe. She walked up to him and bowed. "It's an honor to meet you, Death," she greeted.

Death bowed as well in respect. "The honor is mine, Darkness." They both stood up from their bow. "I'm here to give you the final test," he said.

"I understand," Brielle said before turning into a human. "So, what do I have to do?" she asked.

"You'll have to prove to me that you can use the weapons that the Dark Crystal gives you like they are one with you," he explained.

"Got it," Brielle nodded in understanding. "Shall we begin?" she asked while turning the necklace into a sword and held it in one hand, pointing at Death.

"Let's…" Death swung his scythe in circles around him before stopping with the blade close to the ground with the point end pointing upwards.

With that, they charged at each other. Death brought the scythe down and Brielle was going to block, but didn't think it would go the way she hoped, so she batted it away while doing a 360 and sliced Death's robs with the tip on the blade. She would have been closer, but he moved out of the way and brought the scythe toward her in a horizontal arc.

Brielle ducked and jumped back away from Death. Once she landed far away, she looked back up at him. 'Scythes are cool and all, but tricky to fight against,' she thought while turning her sword into a bazooka and fired at Death while he was charging toward her. It hit, but she wasn't done yet. Brielle turned the bazooka into a whip and dived into the smoke. 'If I want to get in close, I'll have to get rid of that scythe.' She swung the whip and grabbed the scythe. When she tried to pull it out of Death's grasps it wouldn't budge. What happened instead was Death pulled her with his scythe and brought her closer.

Brielle was shocked at how strong Death is, but she is half her normal strength while in human form. She put her whip on fire which got Death to let go since he's cloak caught on fire as well, but she couldn't land on her feet. She rolled on the ground for a moment, but got back up. She turned to look at Death, and saw his left sleeve was burnt and that his arm in indeed made of born.

'I always wondered if Death looked like he does in the stories. I guess it's true,' Brielle mused. Death quickly covered his arm in shadows, creating a new sleeve. 'Huh, why'd he do that?' Brielle asked herself. 'Wait, why am I just standing here?! I should be attacking him while he recovers!' she scolded herself, and turned the whip into a dagger. Before it turned completely into a dagger she threw it at him. Death saw the blade and dodged right at the last moment.

Brielle had the blade turn into a blaster and had it fire a death beam at him, which he didn't see coming, since for one, it was behind him, and two, Brielle didn't have to touch the crystal to turn it into the blaster, which is what he thought she had to do to do that. The beam hit its target, and Death got on his knees. Brielle had the blaster levitate right in front of him with a charged beam ready to fire at any given moment. Brielle walked over to Death with shadows made out of pure darkness surrounding her; they covered the whole clearing and looked like flames.

"Yield…" Brielle hissed. Death knew that if he was a normal human or anything that is mortal, he would be dead when the death beam hit him the first time, but it looks like the blaster is ready with another one. He put down his scythe and stood up.

"You passed the test," he said approvingly. "Not only were you fighting with the weapons like it was a part of you, but you also have a lot of trust in the crystal to turn it into something else without touching it." He held out his boney hand that has a dark purple energy glowing above it. "Allow me to see the Dark Crystal."

Brielle turned the blaster back into a necklace. Death put the energy into the crystal, and took his hand away.

"You now can use a scythe, but you can also turn the crystal into one weapon of your choice; I'd advice you choose wisely," he said.

Brielle bowed to him once more. "Thank you, Death, but I think I already know what weapon I want. Since after all, I feel weird without my claws," she said with a smirk, and turned the crystal into crystal claw gloves with dragon-like, dagger claws. The part on the back of the hands is dark red like her markings on her legs while in dragon form, but it stops right at the wrist. The claws are pitch black, and are three inches long away from the tips of her fingers. "Now this is more like it." Brielle wrapped her new claws in dark energy and swiped. The energy cut deep into the ground. She also bent down, picked up a rock, and crushed it in between the claws. "Oh, yes, this is much better," she said, and then turned to Death. "Thank you, and sorry for the times my brother almost died, and making you crazy."

Death chuckled. "That's fine. It's fun to watch and see how he always pulls away from me," he said.

"True..." Brielle then remembered that she wanted to ask him something. "Oh, yeah, why did you cover your arm so fast during the fight? Must people wouldn't even bother with that till the end of the fight."

"Ah, you noticed that, did you? Well, to answer I can't be touched by the sun, or else I'll turn to bone dust," he answered.

"Oh, is that where they got the vampire thing? Now, I understand why you wear a cloak. Do you wear that at night?"

"Yes, for the vampires, and yes, for not wearing the cloak at night."

"Okay, then, at least I now know what happened there. Well, then see ya around," Brielle waved her hand, and Death said goodbye and left. Brielle started her trek home with a pleased sigh. 'Well, I'm sure nothing worse can happen for at least a long time.' If only she hadn't thought that, because the worst is still waiting for the right moment to strike.

FIN~

I'm sure you know what I meant by worlds, but in case you didn't it's like the tower is connected to Bleach, Fairy Tail, Naruto, One Piece… I think you get the idea now. As for walking down a path or blessed by light or darkness, let's use Zeref and Natsu from Fairy Tail for examples. Zeref's kind, but his power is dark based, and he follows that path, but Natsu, who's a demon, follows the path of light and has a kind heart. They would both be in a dark book. So it's more on the blessing than the path. Zeref wasn't blessed by either light or dark, but he walked down the path of darkness, where as for Natsu, he was blessed by darkness, which is why they are both in a dark book. Now, let's use someone that's in more of a grey area. Let's say Jellal from Fairy Tail as well. He has light powers, but he wasn't blessed by it, and he walked down both paths, and while walking on the path of light again, he is still willing to kill if it's for the one he loves, which is going back to his darker roots. This would put him in the middle grey part of the tower.

Enough about the tower, let's get onto something else.

I'll see if I can draw up pictures of what the two new weapons look like, and I hoped you enjoyed this story! :)

Ichi: This is over? :(

Enj/Dark: Yes, it is. I'll be focused on 'My Hollow Siblings' for a few weeks, before doing another fanfic that I adopted.

Ichi: The Fairy Tail X Harry Potter fanfic?

Enj/Dark: Yup. :) But right now, I'm not going to worry about that. I want to get MHS done which shouldn't be too much longer now. I hit the half way point a long time ago.

Shiro: What are ya gonna do after that?

Enj/Dark: I'm gonna work on my book, and update my fanfic that I'm working on every other week. I'm going to try and finish one of my books, and get it published… :) hopefully. :(

Ichi: You'll do it. A lot of people like your stories, I'm sure they'll like your books too.

Shiro: Yeah, don't let anyone stop ya, if one person doesn't publish it just find another one. That last person won't know what he or she's missin' out on. :)

Enj/Dark: You guys… :') you're the best, you know that? ^-^

Ichi&Shiro: Of course. :D

Enj/Dark: Please review, and see ya at MHS! XD