AN: So, the chapter came a little earlier haha, again a big shot out to chaos083 for proofreading this chapter!
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It's been two hours since they left the forest and from what Scathach said, it would take an hour and a half to arrive at the city. At the moment, Ichigo was really embarrassed, since Scathach's agreement to take him to this EMIYA guy for help, Hollow Zangetsu wouldn't stop sending images of the crimson haired lancer naked and made comments like 'She is smoking hot!' or 'If you don't bang her before we get out of this place, I'll take over and do it myself'. After this, his Quincy spirit have had enough and knocked the crazy spirit out, stopping any comments that could embarrass their wielder further, earning a thank you from the orange haired teen. So here he was now, walking side by side with one of (if not) the most beautiful woman that he has ever seen in his young life, feeling extremely awkward with the silence that was engulfing them.
''Brain, I never asked anything from you, so please, just this once, think about something for me to talk damn it!'', He thought with desperation. Clearing his throat, Ichigo looked at the crimson eyed warrior and asked...
-'' Hey, I know that you already told me where I am, but how exactly does this place work?'' He said, trying to initiate a conversation. She just glanced at him from the corner of her eyes.
-'' I'll try to explain it to you in the best way possible. The Throne of Heroes is like a country that is divided in 10 kingdoms. Each kingdom corresponds to a different servant class and is governed by the strongest Heroic Spirit of the said class. Take me for example, remember that I told you that you where in domains?''. He nodded, "I'm the strongest fighter of the lancer class so I'm the king that reigns over this land, which I named as Alpeach, in honor of my homeland''. Ichigo still didn't understand anything about this servant class thing, but decided to just roll with it,'' The other kingdoms would be, Uruk, Alexandria, Avalon, Monte Cristo, Ganbara, Sesshosenki, Domremy, Cadis and Chaldea. They are respectively governed by, Gilgamesh, Iskandar, Artoria, Edmond, Shuten Douji, Tamamo no Mae, Jeanne d'Arc, Hercules and Mashu. Generally, the heroes live in the kingdoms representing their class, Monte Cristo, Domremy and Chaldea are neutral so heroes of all classes can live there, but the other kingdoms are a different story, let's say that you're a saber class and you want to live in the kingdom of the caster class, to do that, you first need to inform the king about your intentions and ask his/hers permission. You're following me up to this?''. He nodded again. ''Good, EMIYA himself is a archer that I allowed to live in Alpeach as a payment for always helping me to deal with a certain bitc- I mean woman, called Medb. She is always eager to fight against me for the control of Alpeach and I know that she won't stop''. Ichigo was sure that he heard complain in her voice.
-'' But why would she want to dethrone you?'', he was genuinely puzzled.
-''Probably because of Cu Chulainn'', she answered nonchalantly.
-''Cu what?'', seriously, what kind of name is that?
-''He was my student. I taught him how to fight and properly use a spear''.
-''Ok? And what does this have to do with this Medb chick wanting control over Alpeach? He questioned.
-''Well, she always had some sort of obsession with Cu because he was the first man to actually reject her, and since then, he is the man that she most want to have to herself'', she said calmly, "And the reason for her seemingly hatred against me must be because he and I had...'', The last part was spoke in a whisper and she averted her gaze to the floor.
-''Sorry, could you repeat it again please? I didn't hear you by the end'', Ichigo enquired.
-''I said that it must be because me and Cu had an intimate relationship in the past''. She said with cheeks heated from embarrassment, she really didn't want to say it to Ichigo.
-''Huh?... O-Oh!'', was the teens intellectual response. He felt a strange tightening on his throat and a knot on his stomach, but shrugged it off;"I must be sick or something like that''.
-''S-So, she's just jealous'', He resumed.
-''Y-Yeah I guess she is'' She responded quietly. Soon, they arrived at a small hill. Ichigo immediately saw the big city in front of him, "Wow, it really resembles that Game of Thrones TV series that Karin likes''. Entering the city he was lead by Scathach to a place that he instantly recognized as a tavern.
-'' EMIYA is probably here'', she pointed to the tavern.
-'' Let's go then'' He grinned. Stepping inside, he was greeted by the strong smell of alcohol and cheerful laughter. Going to his side she announced...
-''He is at the bottom of the bar, follow me'', her tone was commanding as she started to walk with the Shinigami right on her track. Going further into the establishment, they spotted a muscular tanned man with spiky white hair; he was just using a pair of black shoes, black pants and a sleeveless black shirt with grey lines on it.
-''EMIYA'', Scathach called.
The man now named EMIYA turned his attention to the direction of her voice and, when his eyes landed on her, he smirked.
-''Look who's in this shit hole, the great Scathach in flesh and bone, is Medb troubling you again?'' He said in slight mockery.
She just shook her head,'' No, at least not this time, I came here to ask if you could help my friend'', She pointed at Ichigo. EMIYA just raised an eyebrow.
-'' Is this carrot top over there the friend that you're talking about?'', The archer class fighter asked in amusement, Ichigo just gritted his teeth, "I don't know why but I'm having a sudden urge to stab Zangetsu's sharp side right up this bastard's ass'', He thought, gaining a vein on his forehead. Extending his hand, Ichigo presented himself.
-'' The name's Kurosaki Ichigo, nice to meet you... gramps'', He smirked.
'' G-Gramps?'', Now it was EMIYA's turn to be pissed.
-''Like wise... strawberry'', The two shook hands with so much force, that one would think they were trying to rip each other's arm. Scathach, noticing the tension cleared her throat.
-''Ichigo, weren't you going to ask something to him?'', she pointed out.
-'' Oh yeah'', Releasing EMIYA's hand, Ichigo looked at him seriously,'' Scathach said that you're a part of this counter force mumbo jumbo, is that right?'', The counter guardian eyed him cautiously, before nodding slowly,'' Thank God, so is it possible for you to introduce me to Alaya?'', The Heroic Spirit's eyes almost bulged out of his face at the question.
-''WHAT? You can't be serious'' He exclaimed.
Ichigo just gave him a deadpanned look as if saying ' Do I look like someone that is kidding?'.
-''Look I'm still new in this Heroic Spirit business so I don't know too much about it and I have many questions. By what Scathach told me, just Alaya can give the answers I want, So Please, I would be really grateful for you help'', Ichigo bowed his head slightly, showing how important this was to him.
EMIYA stared at the boy for a moment before sighing.
-'' Okay you win, and I can't really say no to Scathach, after all she is letting me live in her kingdom'', His answer made both Ichigo and Scathach smile,'' I'll call her so let's go outside'', He still didn't trust the kid, but for some reason, something about him made the guardian remember about his younger self, "Besides if he is a threat, Alaya could easily handle him''. Getting out of the tavern, the three entered in an alleyway. EMIYA turned to them and closed his eyes, after a minute he opened them again.
-'' All done'', He informed the two.
-'' So... That's it?'', Ichigo was a little skeptical.
-'' Yes, we Counter Guardian's are connected to Alaya so, if we want to inform or talk to her about something, we just need to create a mental image of her and think of what we want to discuss, closing my eyes just helps me to concentrate better''.
Before Ichigo could even utter a word, a bright light erupted from the ground, enveloping the three. When vision came back, they noticed that they were in a big and empty white room. The only thing there was a big throne in the middle of the room. Seating there comfortably was a Beautiful and voluptuous woman, her dark red hair was kept in a twin tail and her deep blue eyes gazed at them. The woman then stood up and gave a big smile while staring directly at him.
-'' Welcome to my domain Kurosaki Ichigo'', She spoke in a soft, yet powerful voice, '' Now what I would really like to know is what Soul Society's greatest hero is doing here...''
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AN: Thats it for today guys, if anyone has questions just send a PM to me and I'll gladly answer it. Oh if there is any Mondaiji Tachi fan here I just want to say that by saturday or monday I will post a Izayoi x Karyou/Roc Demon King One Shot( I actually plan to write many stories about Mondaiji, It's such an awesome series but the fandom is so small and underrated that the last story posted on it was in April if I'm not mistaken, wich makes me really sad :/ ) and for the people that is also a fan of Hunter x Hunter, by the middle of August I'll post a Gon x Neferpitou One shot too, also, if you guys want to check out, I have a bunch of challenges and ideas for Bleach crossovers( I'll probably do some of them myself in the future), Also, Alaya's appearance is based on Hilda from Cross Ange. Now to the reviews!
ulquimaru3: Thanks bro, I'm glad that you liked the last chapter and I'm noticing that my chapters are getting longer little by little as you said :D
ben 10.000: Well it's not in my plans for now since I still don't feel comfortable enough to write a harem story so for the moment I'll concentrate in single pairings, but probaly I will give it a shot in the future :)
hevenlydemonkinght: Thanks, Glad that you're liking it!
warrior of six blades: Thanks for the review!Emiya is probably my favorite servant in Stay Night but I agree with everything you said about him, his ideals were noble but he really needed to learn to draw a line separating what he could do and what he couldn't. Altough I never played Kingdom Hearts, I undertand the reference since I have read some KH fanfic. Now going to Scathach's 'feelings' for him, I want to go with the phisycal attraction first, friendship and then them being a couple haha, I don't want to just jump to the ''he loves her and she loves him,now here is the smut'', this stoy will be a little short but I want to take my time with their relationship, so there will be some slice of life chapters in the future and they will be in situations that they will feel things that they won't understand.
Guest: Maybe I'll try it in the future :)
RedRat8: I have some interesting concepts in my head, one of them being the one I told you via PM, hope that you're having a fun read with this story!
AnimeA55Kicker:Glad to have you on board bro, I hope that the ride will keep you entertained!
Gabriel790:Thanks!
Neema Arimy: I'm happy that you're liking it :D
