Naruto no Rei
Ch. 4 – Hitsugaya-san
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'I wonder how I'm gonna get a chance to test Dante. I can't very well do anything without attracting someone's attention. And even then, if I kill anyone, then I'm on the radar and shit hits the fan before I can turn the damn thing on.' Naruto thought, Dante chuckling in his head.
"Just attract the attention of a captain or something. Since you can't use all our powers yet, they won't be able to tell that you're as strong as you are. So long as you only use Rebelion when you fight whatever captain you attract." Dante said, Naruto smirking.
'So simple, I can't believe I didn't catch that.' Naruto thought back to Dante, floating up into the sky. He drew his sword and noticed that the bones on the hilt weren't in a "V" anymore. He also noticed that the skull was close-mouthed again. 'Whatever, in any case, this should draw their attention.' Naruto thought, letting whimsy and instinct take over. He rose the sword into the air, and switched it into a reverse grip, showing the hilt's true appearance.
It was the upper torso of a skeleton with horns and arms, cutting off before the elbow. It looked like a normal skeleton, only metal. It even had part of the spine running up then into the blade. He brought it down so the skeleton was in front of his face. "Hireki Yujiko, Dante (Show yourself, Dante)."
There was a flash of red light, and Naruto's appearance had changed slightly. The arm bones on his sword's hilt were spread as if opened in defiance, and the skull-mouth was open in a silent, presumably defiant shout. Only difference on Naruto was that his mask reappeared on his face. Visually, of course, those were the only changes. Naruto's power had flown out, even through his restrictions and masking on his powers. He felt several Shinigami heading to his position, but he also felt a greater power reveal itself from nowhere.
'Probably a Captain that was in a Gigai. Probably headed here now, too.' Naruto thought, an odd-looking Shinigami with an orange-collar along with a bald one showing up in front of him. "You guys seem pretty eccentric. Tell me, that other Shinigami I can sense approaching, is that a Cap- erf, been speakin' different languages too much, is that a Taichou?"
"*Translation requested to Jap.*" "*Translation requested to Spa.*"
"That would have to be Hitsugaya-taichou." The odd-clothed one said, smirking slightly. "But you won't live long enough to find out. *Bloom* Fuji Kujaku!" The odd man's sword changed into a large Farx, and then spread out into four, like a peacock's tail-feathers.
The bald man grinned sadistically and attached the sheath of his sword to the pommel of his blade. "Get ready for the second and third strongest men in the Eleventh Division, Madarame Ikkaku and Ayasegawa Yumichika! Hidai, Houzukimaru (Grow(Literal-translation is enlarge), Houzukimaru)!" The man, presumably Ikkaku, said as the sword turned into a bladed pole-arm. Naruto gave a weird smile.
"Looks like things might be getting' good, time to party, you two ready for this?" Naruto asked, spinning his sword in the air. 'Hey, Dante. Does this specific version of my sword have a name?'
"Same name as the technique, just translated into English. I'll explain when you aren't going into combat." Dante said, Naruto nodding. He grabbed Rebellion's handle, a metal crystalline design, the handle heptagonal (Seven-sided) in shape. He brought it to his left before charging and releasing an Empujon wordlessly, finding it was much stronger in Rebellion's released state, at least the same strength as when he called out the attack.
Naruto put both hands on the handle and moved the blade in front of his face. "Join the party, Rebelion!" Naruto called, his shadow jumping away from him, flipping into the 3-dimmensional world as some kind of red creature with a black face and a red jacket, glowing red eyes, a silver "helmet" of hair, and the exact same sword Naruto was holding on its back.
'Now, lemme tell you about me when I'm using Rebellion. I can move at high speeds, and can't be affected by anything while I'm moving. I can use Empujon and can actually make things move in slow motion, but only to me, so I'll just have a huge advantage over your enemies. One more thing is that I'm incredibly skilled with my weapons, my own skills reflect the maximum potential you have, meaning my skill level is the highest skill level you can reach. Sparring with me when I'm separate from you lets me teach you how to fight at your best!' Dante explained, Naruto getting a little confused.
"You mean to say that the devil over there has your mind in it, Dante?" Naruto asked, the devil grinning.
"On the money, kid. Now let's get this going!" Dante said, a blur appearing from his current place to behind the Shinigami, Dante appearing at the second point once the blur vanished an instant later.
Ikkaku grinned even more, and turned toward Dante, spinning Houzukimaru as before making a stab at Dante, who bent out of the way and slashed Ikkaku in a lightning-quick motion before he slashed Ikkaku twice more, proceeding to kick the Shinigami before stabbing with his sword, the blade flying out and stabbing Ikkaku through the center of the chest. Another blur and Dante was behind Ikkaku and kicked him back toward where he was, waving toward himself.
"Come on." Next thing, Ikkaku was shouting in pain as Rebellion started trying to spin from its center, eventually just making a huge cut through Ikkaku's side as it flew back to Dante, spinning like a saw-blade as Dante expertly caught it by the handle.
Yumichika stared with wide eyes as the second-strongest man he'd ever known was struck down with a lethal wound in less than fifteen seconds by an Arrancar's Zanpaku-to.
"Ikka-" His shout was cut off as Naruto appeared behind him with Rebellion slashing down into Yumichika's chest, chopping the man in two. Naruto smirked.
"You people are way too dramatic. Theatrics actually killed the captain that gave me the strength of a Gillian as a simple hollow." Naruto said, putting Rebellion back on his back as the arms pulled themselves back against the ribs and the mouth shut, Dante vanishing and Naruto's shadow returning. "Well, looks like I can only keep you out for a small amount of time. That kinda sucks, means all my fights are gonna end before they can get fun."
"Not a problem. Trust me when I say that it'll be worth it when you start finding my other powers." Dante said, Naruto nodding. He watched as the men's remains fell to the ground, their blood invisibly littering the streets, grinning in amusement when a large portion landed on a woman. He would've kept watching, but his senses went wild and he was barely able to use his step to evade a slash at his throat.
"Damn! Figures when I find someone who can fight me on my own level they catch me with my guard down." Naruto mused, his good mood gone as he nursed the bleeding and useless left arm that the newcomer had slashed before going at his neck. Turns out the slash to his arm is what set his senses off. "You're pretty good, I didn't even sense you till you cut my arm. But seeing as your power feels like a Taichou's, that's no real surprise."
"You're less condescending and more careful than most Arrancar I know of. Personally, from this stand point, I see an Arrancar that has a unique personality. Unique how is my question." The Taichou said, Naruto turning to look at the Taichou, eyes widening for a second when he saw him. The Taichou was a kid-looking guy, seemingly twelve, with spiky white hair, a Shinigami's Shihakusho and a white Haori over the Shihakusho. He held a four-foot Odachi, the blade the same length as his height. His Zanpaku-to had a four-pointed star ninja-themed guard, the blade a normal blade.
"Well, I could ask you the same, but a guy who looks twelve being a captain has to be some kinda prodigy." Naruto said, the Taichou smirking a little. "I hate prodigies."
"Can't say I like being one. It'll be another hundred years before people will finally stop making cracks about me looking like a kid." The Taichou said. "I am Hitsugaya Toushiro-Taichou, Taichou of Squad Ten of the Gotei Thirteen." 'Assuming that his rather brutal-looking defeats of Ayasegawa and Madarame are any indication, I'll probably be lucky to get out of this. I need to watch for anything, he carries himself like someone straight out of the Covert Ops.'
"Yeah, well, you look like my kinda guy, Hitsugaya-san. Too bad we aren't on the same side, your look like you're a ninja too." Naruto said, giving a wistful sigh as Hitsugaya gave him an odd look. "What? I've only been a Hollow for about two years, an Arrancar for less than two hours. I still remember who I was. And I gotta say, I'm sure as hell happy that I'm not him anymore."
"What makes you say so?" Hitsugaya asked. 'I might be able to get out alive if I can stall him enough for Seireitei to send back up. There's no way he can handle whoever they send as well as myself and Matsumoto.'
"Well, I was a moron who couldn't find what I was looking for when it was staring me in the fucking face, I mistook love for a crush and got killed for it, and I was killed by the only person I ever considered family. Not to mention the fact because of some idiot I idolized my whole life I was despised everywhere in my own fucking home." Naruto said, not noticing the anger in his tone. "And to top it off, I'm starting to wonder if I'm gonna join that Aizen guy who sent me here, kill him and take his place for something I never had in life, or just fuck those ideas and go against his whole damn army myself for kicks."
"What do you mean Aizen sent you here? If he sent you, why do you speak of him in such an unfamiliar way?" Hitsugaya asked, keeping a serious face. 'He's boating enough strength to kill someone over ten times my own strength, and of a much higher skill level. Plus there's something about that sword and the mask on his face that's weird, and I have a feeling that's how Madarame and Ayasegawa were killed.'
"I don't know him. I met him in my time, several thousand years from now if I had to guess. Gave me somethin' called the Hogyouku and a time-travel orb. I ate the Hogyouku after devouring Aizen to become a Vasto Lorde, and the time-travel orb is somewhere back in my time from after I used it." Naruto explained, Hitsugaya's eyes widening in shock.
'H-He ate the Hogyouku?! What the hell could that have done to him?! That must be what's off about his sword and mask, he's not just an Arrancar! What effect could the Hogyouku being eaten have on a Hollow, or even worse, a Vasto Lorde?!' Hitsugaya wondered, Naruto smirking at that.
"So, I'm gonna guess by that look on your face that I wasn't supposed to eat it. Apparently the Hogyouku is one of a kind and shouldn't have been eaten. Maybe that's why I retain my entire mask instead of only a part of it when I use current full strength." Naruto mused, grinning. "You know what, Hitsugaya-san? I'm gonna cut you a deal. I can feel a door from what my friend calls Seireitei opening, so let me offer you two choices. I could kill you know and slaughter the Shinigami coming through like I did when some chick Taichou with a fat-ass Fukutaichou came with three-hundred ninety-six Shinigami backing them, or you can help me fake my death, come with me, and tell me what I want to know. Interested?"
Hitsugaya's eyes widened more when Naruto gave the number and referenced the Taichou and Fukutaichou, but he quickly came to his sense when he felt the Senkaimon growing to accommodate an entire squad. Hitsugaya made a rush call and readied his sword, Naruto doing the same. "I have no other choice, I have to accept your second offer. Let's go, I'll cut you up and you fall to the ground, mask you Reiatsu completely, and when the others leave you take me where you need me to go." Hitsugaya said, Naruto nodding as he made a mock slash, Hitsugaya appearing to his left, making a cut on Naruto's arm, then his leg, and a few times on his chest and back before slicing across Naruto's jugular, Naruto grunting in pain before falling, blood flowing from his neck for a few seconds before it stopped.
Hitsugaya smirked at Naruto's over trusting mistake, and turned to see another Taichou, Zaraki Kenpachi, standing behind him. Hitsugaya's eyes lowered sadly, while Zaraki's looked at Ikkaku and Yumichika before scoffing.
"I always knew they'd get themselves killed. Just never expected them to die before the final battle with the Arrancars at least. Oh well, guess I need knew third and fifth seats. Whatever, won't take long." Zaraki said, turning and leaving, sending his squad to do the same. Hitsugaya watched the Senkaimon close before starting to walk away, when there was a small rush of wind and a hand appeared on his shoulder.
"Time for your other part of the bargain, Hitsugaya-san. And I have a lot of questions for you." Naruto said, a deviant smirk on his face.
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Chapter End
