Alaya gazed at Ichigo's eyes and she couldn't help but shudder. He held such resolve and power that it made her thorat and lips go dry. She licked her lips to moist them a little.

-'' Excellent! Now we can do the ceremony'', Her words puzzled him.

-'' Ceremony?''. Didn't he agree to be a counter guardian just now?

-'' My handsome berry-kun this will be just a small rite to show that you're now one of the beasts of Alaya!'', She proclaimed proudly,'' Well...temporaly of course'', this time her voice was bitter.

Ichigo flushed at the handsome part but neverthless nodded in understanding ,'' So, what I need to do?''.

-''Nothing much, just get down on your knees Ichi'', He did as requested and kneeled down with his head bowed. Alaya cleared her throat.

-'' Kurosaki Ichigo, do you accept to be a member of the counter force and protect human history and the world from any enemy and calamity that shall strike?''.

-''I accept'' He spoke with determination.

Alaya looked happily at him,'' Then I honorably declare you as a counter guardian!'', She exclaimed in a dramatical way with one hand in her chest and the other up in the air,'' You can stand up now Ichi-kun'', Said person just sighed in relief and did as told.

-'' All done now right?'', Ichigo asked in a hopeful voice.

The goddess giggled and her blue eyes glinted with mischief...and for some reason that glint made Ichigo tremble.

'' Why do I feel that something bad will happen?'', This thought kept bugging him.

-'' Almost done Ichi-kun, the only thing left is to give you a small portion of my magical energy to you, this way I can mentally contact you and teleport you when your aid is needed', Ichigo wanted to ask what this magical energy stuff was about, but thought that it would be a stupid question.

'' Must be their version of reiatsu or some shit like that''.

-''Ok, and how we're going to do it?'' The red haired deity gave a grin from ear to ear.

-'' The method that I plan to use is safe and painless so there's nothing to worry about, but you can bet that it will be...pleasurable''. Oh, there it was again, the bad sensation from some moments ago. There was something in what she said that was bothering him.

-'' Wait, What do you mean by pleasu-'', His words were interrupted as Alaya's soft mouth covered his. Ichigo's eyes widened in surprise and he gasped while trying to get away from her but the goddess held his head in a strong grip and forcibly shoved her tongue inside his mouth. He couldn't help but let out a small moan as her pink tongue dominated his and Alaya gave a moan of her own in response. The teen felt a wave of energy passing trough him. With a groan, she broke the kiss, both with red cheeks and breathing heavily.

-''Now do you understand what I meant by pleasurable Ichi?'', The substitute could only scowl at her.

-'' Couldn't you have at least warned me? I can't believe I lost my first kiss in that way!'', He accidently exclaimed it during his rant. Alaya's face lit up at this little piece of information.

-'' So I was the one to take Ichi's first kiss? Yahoo'', She cheered,'' If you want I can take care your other first time too'' To prove her point, she swayed her hips teasingly and gave him a wink. Ichigo looked like a fish out of water at this action but soon snapped out of it.

-'' N-No, t-this is not needed'', His nervousness was evident, ''Anyways it's all let's get back to track'' He gave a glance by the corner of his eye at Emiya and Scathach, they had their jaws opened and their eyes out that it would take some time for the two of them to recompose themselves, Ichigo decided to ignore the two Heroic Spirits and focused on his conversation with the seductive goddess,'' I just reminded it but, I don't have any place to stay'' He said carefully. Alaya gained a hunger in her eyes and a sideways smile appeared in her gorgeous face. Albeit hating to admit it, she was freaking him out.

-'' What sad news to hear, I guess there is no other choice Ichi-kun, it looks like you're going to stay with me-''

-'' That's not necessary Alaya - sama, Ichigo will stay in my castle'', Scathach abruptly pronounced. Ichigo stared at her in surprise and Alaya with slight annoyance.

-'' Are you sure Scathach? you already helped me so much, I don't want to bother you''. She just smiled softly at him.

-'' I still feel that what I did till now wasn't enough to compensate for my attack against you Ichigo so please let me do this''. Her gaze was strong and it showed no room for discussion so he dropped his head in acceptance. The female Heroic Spirit directed her attention to Alaya.

-'' It looks like everything is decided Alaya-sama'', She could sense a small bit of haughtiness in the crimson eyed woman's voice.

-'' Tsk, I guess you're right'', She grumbled,'' Time to send all of you back''. She announced loudly. Ichigo turned to EMIYA.

-'' Thanks for the help'', He said extending his hand, after a few seconds EMIYA shook it.

-'' You don't need to thank me I already told you that I can't refuse anything if it's Scathach who is asking for a favor''

-'' So I'll see you around'' after a pause, Ichigo smirked,'' Gramps''. This got on EMIYA's nerves.

-''Don't call me by that nam-'' A flash of light appeared and the three of them were gone.

Alaya calmly walked to her throne and sat on it. Crossing her legs she kept gazing at the space once occupied by Ichigo. She was really hoping to make him stay with her so having Scathach meddling on it pissed her off a little but she quickly forgot about it. Placing a finger to her lips she gave a warm smile and whispered...

-'' I'm glad to finally have you here...my hero''.

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When Ichigo looked around he could immediately tell that they were no longer in Alaya's throne room and that it was night already. He looked to his right side and saw something familiar about four hundred meters away from them.''Wait isn't that the forest were I met Scathach? So this means...''

Scathach, without knowing, gave the answer to his thoughts,'' It seems that Alaya-sama teleported us to my castle, a good thing since we don't need to come back walking''. Ichigo nodded.

-''But were is Gram- I mean EMIYA?'' She shrugged.

-'' He must be back at the tavern but this isn't important now, let's get inside Ichigo'',Walking with her, Ichigo noticed that there was a simbol that resembled a spear in the gate'' Why I'm not surprised?'', he thought sarcastically, opening it, they passed by the large yard and entered inside the castle.

-'' Holy shit, it looked big in the outside but it's fucking giant on the inside''

The floor was lined with red carpet, to his left side there as a wooden door that was opened and revealed the dinner table and to his right a silver door, in front of him was a big staircase that divide itself in two parts by the end of it. Schathach gave a step ahead of him.

-'' Follow me Ichigo, I'll take you to your new room''. climbing up the stairs, they went to the right side. She guided him through a long hallway that had many paintings of what it looked like battlefields. they kept walking till they stopped at the last room in the hallway. Opening the door, Scathach entered the room with Ichigo right on her track.

-'' This will be your room from now on'' She said to the awe strucked teen, the room was bigger than the living room and the kitchen of his house put together! The walls were painted in a light beige and there was a bed that was easily king size.

-'' Heh we are the king so of course the bed is king size! haha got it?'' His zanpakutõ's voice spoke.

'' '-', Zangetsu''.

-''What is it king''.

'' You suck at jokes so please shut up''

-'' ...Fuck you King'', and with that, the voice of his zanpakutõ faded.

-'' You must be tired Ichigo so I will let you rest, I hope to hear an explanation of everything that you talked to Alaya got it?'' She said smiling, wait why her smile resembles to that of Unohana-san? He shivered at the comparison.

-'' Y-Yes Ma'am!'' She smiled contently at his answer.

I'll take my leave, Have a good night Ichigo'', His response was a small grin.

-'' Yeah, See you tomorrow, rest well Scathach''. She turned her back to him and left the room while closing the door. The orange haired teen then jumped into the bed and sighed at it's softness. He started to ponder of everything that happened. What a crazy day! From crashing in another realm to meeting a stunning naked woman a white haired bastard that pissed him of almost as bad as Grimmjow and then being kissed by the goddess of this realm... he guessed that no matter what, this type of thing would always happen to him whether he likes it or not. Thinking about it he closed his eyes and fell asleep...

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AN: Dindn't I say that I would update this late yesterday or today at maximum? Yeah I always keep my promises xD So, the next chapters will be more focused on slice of life and making Ichigo and Scathach closer( no, not in the romantic way, first they need to become good friends and get to know each other, after this I will start to make their relationship more romantic) that doesn't mean that there won't be some action in them. Im actually enjoying writing Alaya and now I'm having mixed feelings If I should keep this exclusively a Ichigo x Scathach pairing or make it a Ichigo x Scathach x Alaya... such difficult decisions to make .-., and yeah the kiss scene came to my head while watching Prisma Illya 3rei( Hmm Bleach/Prisma Illya... That would be nice) and damn did you guys see the brief animation of the FateGrand Order summer event? Scathach best girl in the game haha. I would like to say that this will be the last chapter that I will be responding to reviews, I'll do like a reviewer suggested and respond to everyone via PM from now on. I would also like to say that I posted the first chapter of a new story, it's a Mondaiji tachi/ Frozen crossover, pairing is Izayoi x Elsa(obviously) don't worry, this story is my main priority so I'll focus on the Mondaiji/Frozen story just after I finish this one(or when I'm bored). And my updates will be always between friday and saturday.

This chapter didnt have proofread so tell me about grammar errors or any other type of mistake please.

To the reviews!

Dp11: Thanks for the tips, from next chapter onwards I will follow your suggestion :)

Ulquimaru3: Thanks for the review man! Glad to see that my writing is getting a little better :)

Tamagat: Thank you for dropping some reviews, I'm happy to see that you're enjoying it

Guest: Ok? I understand if you didn't like it after all everyone has different tastes but thanks for sparing some time to drop a review, Hope that you're having a nice day ;)

code004b: Glad that you left a review man and the conversation we had was pretty cool

SomethingAncient: Hey brother! Thank you for leaving your opinion AND as we talked via PM I liked your review, constructive criticism is always welcomed :D

warrior of six blades: Glad that the explanation was convincing, I was going to try to a little more detailed but the idea I had faded from my mind and I couldn't remember it no matter what, so I kept it this way, and about Ichigo regreting working in the Counter Force... I can't say if he will or not because it would be a spoiler xD and thanks for the reviews in my Ichigo x Scathach one shots, Although Unexpected Feelings sucked since it was my first time writing a one shot I'm glad that it was at least a fun read :)

Guest: I still havent played MK9 but it's in my plans to play it since I love MK! and I always liked the idea of Ichigo in the MK world.

Guest: A Bleach/Fate Zero crossover is in my plans too but just after I do some other ideas That I want, and just to let you know that some of the girls that would be paired with him would be Sola-Ui( I would like to include Shirley and Natalia in his small harem too but I still didnt think of a way to make it happen) anyays this will be just in the future so no need to think about it now haha.

Guest: Well I can say to you that his transcendant form is a mix of all his powers so in future harem stories he will have this form.

The Man: Can't say because it would ruin some of the surprises xD haha

Gabriel790: Thank you :)

hevenlydemonknight: Thanks! :D

ShadowGOUF: Glad that you're getting into it and I agree with your review in Between strawberries and jealousy, I would like to see some Ichigo x Scathach fanarts hehe.

Bunny153539: We will see some bitches being murdered in 4 to 5 chapters, sorry xD but it will be brutal I promise hehe.

Neema Amiry: Sorry that the last chapter was updated a little later than normal, I had to take care of some personal business so the chapter was being written slowly.

maxigiampieri2012: I'm happy that it's being an enjoyable read :D and Ichigo is capable of using his new hollow form since he mastered all of his powers.