"We called it the Traveler, and it's arrival changed us forever."
"Great cities were built on Mars and Venus."
"Mercury became a garden world."
"Human lifespan tripled."
"it was a time of miracles."
"We stared out at the galaxy and knew that it was our destiny to walk in the light of other stars—but the traveler had an enemy."
"A Darkness, which had hunted it for eons across the black gulfs of space."
"Centuries after our Golden Age began, this Darkness found us."
"And that was the end of everything."
"But, it was also a beginning."
A beautiful sunset marked the end of a day over the ruins of the old cosmodrome. The warm sunlight illuminated the snowy peaks of distant mountains and hills, the rusty and broken ruins of what was once a bridge leading towards the shipyards of the cosmodrome were deserted. Nothing but broken vehicles and old bones that have stayed in place for centuries, the ruins of what was once a lively and heavily traffic area lay as silent as the dead with nothing but the rushing wind as the only source of noise.
Perhaps this long-forgotten area will see new life be reborn anew with the passing of a small drone which appeared with a flash of blue light.
Scanning over the broken vehicles and remains of long deceased individuals, the Ghost was once again disappointed for it failed to once again find its guardian. What was a ghost without its guardian, to be borne by the traveler's light, its purpose to find a companion that will help the light fight back against the forces of darkness, that was its purpose. So how could it fulfill it without its other half. Letting out a sigh from its nonexistent mouth, it pressed on in its search, perhaps the next one would be the one it's been looking for all these years.
Passing by a few more broken cars and a skeleton which had a huge hole in its head, likely died due to headshot 'ouch,' regardless of death it wasn't its guardian. Moving around the area a bit more it found a lone skeleton leaning against a car door, the cause of death was unknown as no discernible marking could be seen but in its bony hand something small could be seen being clutched tightly. Moving closer to inspect it, a rather loud roar broke out over the area breaking it away from its musings.
"Dammit, Fallen" said the Ghost, clearly annoyed over having been found by them.
Looing over the skeleton one more time a thought passed over its head, "well let's give it one more try before leaving." Scanning over the skeleton, the ghost thought it was going to be like all the others and be another failure, but perhaps after years of searching, the traveler had finally decided to reward it with its most heartfelt wish.
"Is it possible?" said the ghost in clear astonishment.
Quickly moving into action, the ghost opened itself up, pieces of its shell rotating around it, a process well known to many, the action taken when resurrecting a guardian from death.
At long last.
"There you are." And with a flash of light, destiny as we know it was made.
Darkness, that was all he could see nothing but darkness, the feeling of weightlessness, of floating around in a state of limbo, he could feel nothing, do nothing. Was this what it was to be dead, to be forgotten. His mind was like an empty cavern, nothing to feel, nothing to think about.
That was until a flash of light spread across the ever-present darkness, a small dot that like the rising sun quickly spread its light across the world, leaving his mind in a state of confusion. Thoughts and memories quickly spread across his mind, like a storm in the ocean.
Screams and shouts of panic spread over the area, the rushing of feet running across the road and of gunfire in the air was deafening. People were running but, from what or who.
Panic ensued.
"wait, who am I?" I asked myself, for in his confusion of the situation the man huddled close to his vehicle, seeking cover.
"what am I doing?" an explosion was heard over the area followed by a rather loud roar, sounding like something not human.
"Ichigo! Dad!" a woman and child's voice were heard near him, turning to look towards the sound of the voice, a woman with a child in her arms could be seen hiding close by. My heart beats in desperation, he wants to protect them to save them, but why?
"Run!" I shout, my voice a desperate plea of anger and fear.
They look frightened.
"Don't worry about me! Get to the ships! I'll hold it off with everything I got!" I shout once more over the roaring of gunfire. Looking around me I find a gun, its owner lying not to far away, dead.
I turn to look at them once more, tears in their eyes, I too wish I could cry, but, I have to remain strong, if only for them.
"I promise I'll be right behind you!" with this promise, the woman whose face I could not make out, dashes across the road, child in hand, but before she leaves she shouts something.
"Come back to me alive ichigo!" and with that she vanishes amongst the crowd.
I knew I wouldn't be able to keep that promise.
"I'm so sorry" I say under my breath. I turn around gun in hand, my resolve and acceptance of what was to come reflect in my eyes and as I ready my gun towards my unseen foe, I know nothing more as the light sweeps away all before me. Like a hazy dream, swift to disappear.
"Guardian…Guardian? Eyes up Guardian!" a feminine voice calls out to me as I slowly try to open my eyes for the first time in centuries.
"whose calling me?" I think to myself as try to stir myself awake from what's felt like a very nice nap. As I open my eyes, I come face first with a small white drone? robot? Whatever it was it had a small glowing eye in the center of it.
"it worked…You're alive!" and apparently said robot was happy to see him, wait hold on a sec, what does it mean by 'alive.'
"You don't know how long I've been looking for you." The robot with the feminine voice said, I think I'll just identify her as 'she.'
"I'm a Ghost. Actually, now I'm your Ghost. And you…Well, you've been dead a long time. So, you're going to see a lot of things you won't understand." As I scan my surrounding and move my rigid body a little, I still as the 'Ghost?' relays the information to me.
"Dead? what is she talking about?" I think to myself as I stretch and pop things back into place.
Letting out a groan of satisfaction I freeze as a loud roar is heard over the area. The ghost frantically turns around seemingly seeing something in the distance. Turning back to him the ghost explains what is it exactly I just got myself into.
"This is Fallen territory. We aren't safe here." The ghost relays to me
"I have to get you to the City." The city? What city? I want to ask but before I can the ghost cuts me off and says something more.
"Hold still" and with that the Ghost vanishes. I look around and realize that I'm all alone now.
"Hey, where did you go" I call out to the ghost.
"Don't worry I'm still with you. We need to move, fast" said a voice from seemingly nowhere.
"Any idea where exactly" I say as I start sprinting across the road, trying to find the way forward.
"Head towards the wall up ahead, we'll be safe there, for a while." The ghost informed.
"sounds like a plan" I say as a bolt of blue light flew over me, impacting the boulder up ahead, and leaving a sizeable scorched hole in it.
"MOVE NOW!" yelled the ghost.
Needing no more encouragement I sprint across the road, dodging the bolts of arc being shot at me, one even coming close enough that it left a slight scratch on my shoulder plate. Nearing the wall, he could tell that it had certainly seen better days, nothing but a mass of rusty metal, cracked walls, and broken windows, yet, despite all this it still looked quite sturdy. Seeing an entrance up ahead which had at some point had its door ripped off the hinges and thrown aside was his only way out of this mess currently. Dodging the last bit of gunfire thrown at him, he ran up the stairs and through the entrance, with the last few bits of sunlight being his only light source.
"Ok…I need to find you a weapon before the fallen find us." Said the ghost.
"What the hell were those things shooting at me." I say as I slowly trek through the hallways of the deserted wall, finally having a bit of respite after having been shot at right after waking up after who knows how long according to his ghost.
"The fallen? Well as the name implies, they are fallen, an alien race not from this system, centuries ago they appeared here right after the collapse, nothing more than pirates and scavengers that'll do anything to survive, so be careful, they are quite tenacious." Informed his ghost.
"Oh, great, just my luck, aliens right after waking up, anything else I should know about them before moving forward." I say as I slow my pace.
"hmm, well they are an insectoid like species so their carapace is quite sturdy, though nothing you can't handle, oh, they also have four arms at least those that are vandal class and above, the dregs only have two." Said his ghost as he observed any and all information on these aliens out to kill him.
"What about weaponry?" I ask out of curiosity.
"anything they can scrounge up really, though they tend to use arc type weaponry the most so prepare for a few 'shocking' attacks here and there" said the ghost in a rather jovial voice.
Rounding a corner, the sound of footsteps overhead resounded through the floor, a red mark on his motion trackers confirmed this as well. "Quiet. They're right above us." His ghost informed.
Slowing his footsteps, a sound of something crashing against the walls was heard as he approached a crack in the walls, soon 4 glowing blue eyes popped out in the darkness for a moment staring at him in surprise only to disappear as it quickly rushed up the wall. Having been startled as well, ichigo readied himself for combat. Entering a rather dark open area with the only source of light being his ghost that materialized once more.
"Hang tight. Fallen thrive in the dark, we won't. We need more light, I'll see what I can do." And with that his ghost pressed forward illuminating his surroundings as he moved, slowly revealing the forms of fallen dregs clinging to the walls and ceilings, letting out screeches and roars as the light blinded them for a second. Seemingly unbothered by this his ghost merely flicked on the lights after a bit of tinkering with an old machine.
His motion trackers light up like crazy as movement was all over him, he could see dregs running across the bridge trying to reach him others merely took aim from their position on the walls trying to shoot him.
"they're coming for us" his ghost panicked.
"Well shit, quick open this door." I say as I dodge sniper fire from a vandal and what looks to be a drone flying in midair. A shank as his ghost called them. rolling up the rusty gate he was greeted by a weapon lying nicely up against a crate. Looks like lady luck was on his side today.
"Quick look a gun, grab it and let's get out of here fast!" His ghost once again dematerialized inside him. Quickly grabbing the rifle, he checked to see if it still had ammo, luckily it did, now let's hope that after centuries of inactivity it could still fire a round.
"hopefully you know how to use that thing. Watch your trackers guardian" his ghost advised.
"Don't worry, I'll get us out of here." I reassure my ghost. rounding a corner, he ran forward, keeping one eye on his trackers, many red dots could be seen approaching him, from ahead and above if the red shade indicated proximity. Soon enough a pair of fallen fell down from a hole in the ceiling as he ran down the tunnel, almost catching him by surprise. Reacting quickly, he grabbed the vandals left arm flipping its body over his back, letting out a shriek of pain as it landed hard on the ground. Looking upward, it came face first with his riffles muzzle as he shot a hole through its head. Having seen it's friend die, the dreg shrieked loudly as it charged him with a knife only to have a hole be shot though its head as well.
"Told you I knew how to use it." I say as I made short work out of those fallen.
"Not bad, for a newly risen that is" compliments my ghost. Picking up the knife that the dreg had dropped, he sheathed it at his side, it would come in handy if in CQC engagements. Pressing forward once more, a dreg dropped down from the ceiling once more only to receive a punishing blow to its face, cracking its skull in the process and launched forward like a ragdoll.
Seemingly shocked with his own strength, ichigo did not expect to one shot the dreg with a mere punch.
"Well that's interesting." Said ichigo for a lack of words. His ghost on the other hand took it upon himself to explain his changes after being resurrected. "As a guardian, not only are you essentially immortal so long as I or the light remain with you, but, the changes to your overall physique have increased pass the limits of mere mortals, you are stronger, faster, and have essentially supernatural heightened senses. That along with the powers you have received from the light itself. His ghost informed him.
"that's pretty neat! Oh, by the way, so this light you speak of what is it and how do I use it." I ask eager to see what else I'm capable of with this new body.
"The Light is already within you guardian, to channel your light and bring it forth should be an instinct, one that you will do so much faster as you grow stronger." The ghost explained.
"hmm…instinct, I see" moving forward, he decided he'll figure out how to use his light for later.
Moving through the passages and killing a few more dregs and a vandal, he came up to what looked like a treasure chest.
"A loot cache. Let's see what's inside" his ghost said.
Reaching down towards the lock which he broke with a mere pull, he lifted the lid, coming face first with a bunch of blue glowing cubes and another weapon, a shotgun this time. Reaching for the shotgun first he checked its ammo count and found a couple shells still inside. "this beauty will come in handy" said ichigo praising the weapon. "although" picking up a cube he inspected it and besides the fact that it looked interesting he wasn't sure of its use, "what is this thing?" he asked his ghost.
"Glimmer, a type of currency used in the last city." His ghost informed him.
"Currency? Why would aliens need our currency?" he asked a little confused as to why fallen would hoard currency of the last city.
"Aside from being a type of currency in the city, it also used to be a source of power during the golden age." His ghost explained.
"Well in that case I guess even aliens would need to power their tools." Looking at the rest of the glimmer he checked to see and realized he did not have enough pockets. "So how do I carry all this?" I asked.
"leave that part to me." soon the ghost appeared once more and started to digitize? Whatever it was doing it took all the glimmer into itself, pretty neat actually, like a little backpack that could fit items many times its size within itself.
"Woah, how you do that?" I asked astonished.
"Space Magic" the ghost answered, as if that solved everything.
"…"
Moving onwards the pair soon arrived, at an alley, red laser lines could be seen all over it.
"Tripmines! Don't touch them." his ghost warned him. Crouching till he was past the mines he was greeted by a vandal who got its chest blown open soon after by his new friend he just got.
Switching to his primary he fired his auto rifle into a group of dregs that foolishly started charging at him, putting holes in their bodies till they dropped dead, reloading his weapon he realized he was starting to run low on ammo.
"I need more ammo" I say absentmindedly.
"I got you covered" his ghost said. Soon after it went towards one of the corpses and started dematerializing its armor till bricks of ammo started appearing.
"The hell." I say flabbergasted.
"And done, here you go guardian." His ghost says as a couple ammo bricks surround it.
"how'd you do that?" I ask
"Space Magic" my ghost gives me that lame answer once more.
"…"
Deciding to never ask his ghost about its weird capabilities again, ichigo pressed on. Swiftly clearing the next room of fallen, with the last enemy being silenced by a knife cutting across its throat and dropping dead soon after. Running through the tunnels, his ghost spoke up, "The fallen have a tighter hold on this place than I thought. Just a little bit further. Let's hope there's something left out there…" his ghost said, a little worried they won't be able to find a ride home.
"worst comes to worst, we'll just steal one of their rides instead." I say, trying to ease my ghost.
"now that would be a sight to see" my ghost said amused at the notion.
Finally, after what felt like an eternity in the tunnels they safely made it out into the open. Seems after being in the tunnels for so long the sky had finally given way to night. Old ships could be seen suspended from their platforms across the space of what is now known as the divide.
"This was an old Cosmodrome. There's got to be something we can fly out of here." My ghost says. Soon after a flare is shot off into the sky alerting everyone nearby. A shockwave rockets across the sky as a large ship enters the troposphere.
"Incoming!" my ghost shouts. Ships soon start appearing across the sky with one massive one appearing and flying off into the distance.
"Fallen ships! This close to the surface?!" my ghost exclaims in shock.
Soon smaller ships start to descend, unloading fallen troops unto the ground.
"Quickly we have to get out of here" my ghost warns.
Finding some cover, I hide inside a building till the fallen ship leaves, lest I get blown to smithereens by the ship's guns. After a little while the fallen ships leave, only leaving behind fallen dregs and vandals. Taking out my auto rifle, I break out of cover, catching the dreg closest to me by surprise as I unload a couple rounds into its face, killing it. Switching my target to the vandal, who is already charging up its shot, I quickly dodge to the right in a swift movement, duck and rolling on the ground. Getting back up to my feet I fire a hail of bullets at the vandal, shredding its armor and piercing it full of holes.
Taking out my knife, I stab the face of the dreg that tried to attack me from behind. Grabbing unto the corpse I use it as a shield as another vandal tries to snipe at me. Seeing that it had missed its target, the vandal runs off to another position to get a better angle. Not wanting to let it do so, ichigo runs across the field, as swift as the wind, he jumps higher than humanly possible, reaching the ledge he pulls himself up, in a matter of seconds he had reduced the distance between him and the vandal.
Pulling out his shotgun, he blew the vandals head off into a mist of blood and ether. Having dealt with all hostiles, ichigo could finally catch a breather. "whew, man what a day this has turned out to be." Said ichigo somewhat exasperated.
"You know, for a newly risen, you sure now how to carry yourself in battle. Most new guardians don't even know how to hold a gun right, as green as grass, and blue as a blueberry, and yet you have already killed a score of fallen on the way. Without dying at least once no less." His ghost praises him.
"Huh, really? Well, honestly I'm kind of just following my instincts." Said ichigo, not at all seeing the issue in his battle prowess.
"Praise the Traveler I found you then, I sure do know how to choose them." said the ghost.
"Alright, let's move on before more fallen show up." Said ichigo as he heads towards the docks.
"after you guardian" his ghost says jovially.
After clearing a couple of dregs, they finally found their ride home. A ship, rusted and old, but good enough, though it seems a couple of fallen were trying to scavenge it for pieces. Amongst them was a fallen captain.
"A ship, finally, clear them out guardian." Said his ghost.
"with pleasure" and with that I threw myself into combat. Using my auto riffle, I make sure to take out the two dregs first, all the while avoiding the fire of both the captain and vandal. Ducking behind cover, I narrowly avoided getting killed by a bolt of arc. It seems fallen weaponry not only incorporates arc-based weaponry, but also bullshit levels of aim assist. Luckily for him, he was swift on his feet. Poking out of cover he shot a couple rounds at the Fallen captain, though the flicker of shields were the only reward he got for his effort.
"yeah, those shields are gonna be a problem." I say to myself.
"switch to your shotgun, a big enough damage will shatter those shields, enough to time to kill it." His ghost pointed out.
"hmm, alright, but first I'll try to get rid of that vandal." Poking out of cover a let out a barrage of gunfire, forcing the captain behind cover. Seeing his chance, he sees that the vandal too had seek out cover though in the opposite direction from the captain. Pulling out a flash grenade he threw it out to the vandal, flushing him out of cover in the process after being left disoriented by the grenade. Using his auto rifle, he quickly finished it off, now only the captain remained.
Roaring out in fury the captain broke out of cover, and started firing at him, all the while closing the distance between them in an instant. Surprised by this, I backed off before it could deal significant damage to me. Luckily the light acted as a natural shield for me too. A few shots fired at me wouldn't do much to me. Thinking like this, he got a little daring, running behind a pillar, the captain blinked towards my position, firing at the pillar, and leaving scorch marks on it.
Waiting for the captain to get a little closer, ichigo switched to his shotgun, ready to break those shields. Soon enough the captain was within range. Sliding out of cover in a swift movement, he pointed his shotgun at the fallen captain's face, and pulled the trigger.
BAM!
The shields popped like a bubble, staggering the captain for a moment, but that moment was all he needed. Reloading his shotgun in a swift motion, he brought it forth, this time within point blank range of the captain's head. "Goodnight" I say as I pull the trigger, the shot turned the captains head into a mist of blood, its body dropping like a puppet having its strings cut off.
"Finally, its over" I say out loud as I approach the ship.
"Great job guardian, now let me see if I can get us out of here." My ghost materialized next to me and proceeded to scan the ship. "its been here awhile. Hasn't made a jump in centuries. We're lucky the fallen haven't completely picked it clean." My ghost relayed to me.
"Will it fly?" I ask, concerned that I'll have to walk to the city if worse comes to worse.
"I can make it work, no problem." and with that the ghost got to work inside the ship. It only took a couple of seconds before the ship roared to life, lights switching on and engines heating up. "Okay…it's not going to break orbit, but it just might get us to the city in one piece." Said the ghost. "now—about that transmat…" my ghost trailed off a little at the end as a very big and very mean looking fallen poked its head from a hole in the wall.
"Alright time to go. Bringing you in NOW." Ichigo did not know what to expect, one moment he was aiming his gun at a huge fallen, the next, he was inside the ship's cockpit. Having his ghost steer the ship, they took to the air and within moments they were leaving the area.
"we can come back for them when you're ready, Lets get you home." My ghost said. Seconds later they were shooting across the sky. Their destination the last city of humanity.
On the ground, a pair of eyes gazed at them as they disappeared into the distance. Looking down, the fallen roared out in frustration at having their target escape. Turning around, she too disappeared with a shimmer of light.
Passing through mountains, and a storm, the ride to the last city was pretty peaceful. "oh, I forgot, here you go guardian." My ghost materialized a small object into my palm. Looking at it was a faded black in color, almost gray now, it was small and shaped like a square. A wallet was the word that came to mind.
"A wallet?" I questioned, confused at the object.
it's yours I assumed, you were clutching it pretty hard in your grasp when I first found your remains, it must have been something important for you in your past life." my ghost answered.
Looking at the wallet in his hand, he decided to give it a look and see what's inside. Opening it, he was first greeted by a faded ID, a picture of him stared back, same orange hair, same brown eyes, and a scowl on his face. Next to it was a name, his name, now somewhat faded but the words still legible.
"Ichigo Kurosaki" he said the name slowly, tasting the word in his mouth. This was his name, of the person he once was. Was it alright to use it now that he has been given a second chance? Mulling it over for a second, he decided that it was the only thing he could hold onto from the man he once was.
"From this day forth, call me ichigo, ichigo kurasaki." I say to my ghost as I pick out my name for my new life.
"Since we have some time now, I should introduce myself as well guar-I mean ichigo." Said my ghost correcting herself.
"This one has taken on the name of Cortana, a pleasure to meet you ichigo, my guardian. Let us hope that our union be a happy one from here on to the end of our journey." Cortana said jovially.
"Likewise." I say as we both settle into a comfortable silence.
Looking back to the wallet, I look through it a little more and find old golden age currency, something that cortana said was useless now. To a few notes here and there whose handwriting had completed faded away. Soon a small folded up paper fell from the old wallet. Reaching down he moved to pick it up, unfolding, he came face to face with an image, and realized it was a picture.
The picture was pretty simple, a man stood to the right, himself he realized. To the left was a woman, a couple inches shorter than himself, stormy gray eyes, long auburn hair, and bright smile as she looks to the camera. Finally, in the center, a young child stood between the two adults, clutching onto both of them as he smiled just as brightly into the camera. For a moment as he looked into the picture in deep contemplation, he realized that these people here were his family, his wife and son.
Looking at the picture for a moment longer, he turned to his face, he looked happy in the picture, the small grin, and lessened scowl, as well as the look in his eyes, the eyes of a proud man. "you loved these people very much didn't you" I find myself saying, staring into those same eyes. A feeling of emptiness soon pervades me.
"Ichigo?" for a moment lost in thought as I was, hearing my name being called, I do not hear the voice of my ghost, but of a different one, of a different time, a different place, a woman calling out to me, the woman in the picture. Closing my eyes, I envision her, long auburn hair, beautiful gray eyes, a lovely smile as she greets me happily. As I move closer to her, she moves to embrace me.
"ichigo!" this time the voice beaks me from my thoughts and the vison fades away.
"I'm sorry, I was lost in thought." I say as I put away the picture.
"I see, well anyways I just wanted to let you know that we are approaching the last city, don't want to miss the view." Said cortana. Looking through the window, all I could see were clouds, but as we break through the cloud coverage and into the light. A city unfolds before my eyes. Tall buildings reach towards the sky, roads and highways interweave, cars coming to and fro, and around all this was a firm and solid wall that surrounded the city, like a great shield that could defend from anything.
Despite the city's grandeur, it was the object hovering above the city that captivated him more than anything else. Like a small moon, the white orb in the sky hovered proudly, yet solemn, a silent vigilant that watched over the city, he could feel a connection to this orb, faint, yet there, he did not know what it was.
"The Traveler, it is what created the ghosts, like me, to find guardians, like you. We all share a connection to the traveler, for it is what gives us the ability to wield the light. So, as we grow stronger so too will the traveler, and one day hopefully it will awaken from its slumber." My ghost explained.
"it's quite amazing." I say, awe sprinkling in my voice as I gaze upon the traveler and the city.
"alright that's enough sight-seeing, it's time we head over to the tower and get you set up with the vanguard. Oh right, having assessed your combat capabilities you seem to fall under the path of the hunter, you'll have to speak with cayde-6, he is the hunter vanguard leader. Trust me, you'll love him." Cortana said excitedly.
"The vanguard?" I question.
"Think of them like the city's protectors, as well as government, they help in many affairs, but primarily in fighting against the enemies that seek to destroy us, like the fallen from earlier." Cortana explains.
"I see, well then let's go meet them then." With that both head towards the Tower.
Transmitting into the tower, Cortana set the ship to auto pilot and moved it to the hangar. Looking around, he could see many people walking around to and fro, some even appearing right next to him just as he had. Exchanging glances with some of them who simply nodded at him and moved on, he could tell that each one was a guardian just like him. Some wore bulky armor, others dressed in amazing cloaks, and some in extravagant looking coats, each and every guardian wore a fashionable set of armor.
Looking down all he had was simple undecorated standard armor, making him stand out amongst these fashionistas. "when will I get my own set of cool armor?" I say to my ghost.
"Come on now, you were just revived, plus we only have a little bit of money to be able to afford a good set of armor at the moment." cortana intoned.
"Then how do we get glimmer than?" I ask
"Usually the bounty board up ahead, by doing said bounties a certain amount of glimmer can be earned depending on difficulty. Though let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet we still have to meet the vanguard first." Cortana informed him.
Moving through the tower, some guardians gave him looks as he passed by muttering amongst themselves at seeing a new face and something about a "blueberry," whatever that meant. Some guardians who had their helmets off gave him a double take as he looked at their faces, blue faces at that.
"Uh, Cortana what's with the blue guy over there?" I say as I point my thumb towards the guardian that was talking to another blue guy in robes with an apathetic look on his face while the guardian looked like he swallowed something sour as the guy in robes handed him a weapon. Grabbing it the guardian walked away with a disgruntled look.
"Oh that, well you see guardian, during the collapse, some humans who had tried to flee it got changed in a way by the rampant forces of the dark and light, these energies molded them into beings we now know of as the 'awoken.'" Cortana said.
"Having said that, there is also a group of machine lifeforms known as the 'Exo,' so if you see the terminator walking around here, he is a good guy." Cortana said jokingly.
"I'll keep that in mind." I say as I move towards the vanguards HQ.
Going down the stairs, I pass some more guardians moving about their day. As I turn a corner I almost slam face first into someone else. Reacting quickly, I manage to only slightly bump into their shoulder. "Oh, sorry about that, I didn't see you when I turned that corner." I apologize quickly.
"No worries, I too was being careless, I should have known that the tower is always busy. It seems being out in the wilds for so long has made me forget just how pact the tower can be." Said the stranger.
Looking at them, ichigo takes note of the stranger, locking eyes ichigo is left somewhat speechless. For all intents and purposes the stranger that he bumped into was indeed very beautiful. With blue eyes reminiscent of sapphires, porcelain like skin, and most notably the long light blue hair that reached down her back. Wearing white and black armor pieces, the white cloak that she wore shifted, and revealed a black cross like design on it. As he inspected her, so too did she inspect him.
Cough* "sorry I shouldn't have stared so much" I apologize once more.
"No worries, I get that a lot though usually for different reasons, and mostly fear." She said with a grin on her face.
"Oh" was all I could say to that.
"judging by the fact that you don't know who I am, as well as your current gear, you must be a new light, am I right?" she asks.
"that would indeed be correct, in fact I was just resurrected a day ago by my ghost here." I say as I look towards Cortana who has so far remained silent.
The stranger for her part seemed somewhat surprised/impressed look on her face at this revelation. "Resurrected no less than a day ago, and already you have made it to the tower in one piece, impressive." The stranger says
"you must be either incredible lucky or quite the warrior to have managed that, usually it takes days, months, even years before a guardian can make it here from wherever they were resurrected, so this brings me to ask how did you do it." She asks wanting to hear his tale.
"Oh well, you know, I woke up in a road in the middle of nowhere leading towards the cosmodrome, where I then proceeded to get shot at and chased around by fallen. After fighting a few waves of enemies and killing a Fallen captain I found a ship in one of the docks that Cortana, my ghost, fixed up. Then we made our way here and the rest is history as they say." I quickly finish my story as there really wasn't much to it aside from surviving a few fights.
As the stranger listened quietly she raised her brow in surprise at the mention that he had beaten a captain in what could have been a few hours after his resurrection. "you must be quite strong to have beaten a fallen captain in the first few hours after your resurrection, most new lights like yourself have to go through some level of training before they are able to do something like that." She complemented him.
"thanks" I say somewhat awkwardly.
Moving closer she reaches her hand towards him in a friendly gesture of a handshake. "The names Esdeath, a pleasure to make your acquaintance guardian." Reaching for the hand I give it a firm squeeze as I also introduce myself. "likewise, and the name's ichigo by the way." I say with a small smile on my face.
Retracting each other hand, esdeath moves to leave. "well it was a pleasure, but, as they say 'duty calls' and I have a mission. If fate allows us to meet once more may it be on the battlefield." With that she turns to leave. Watching her walk away, he silently noticed how some guardians seemed to actively try and avoid her, or subtly move out of her way.
"she was nice" I say absentmindedly.
It was at this point that cortana let out a sigh of relief. "phew, man she's finally gone, that was quite the frightening experience." Cortana said.
"what are you on about, all she did was say hi." I say confused about cortana's reaction.
"For you that is, but for me it felt like a silent blade was reaching towards me. Word of advice I wouldn't get close to her if I were you." Warned cortana.
"why's that?" I ask totally confused now.
"Trust me, if you knew of her reputation you would also try to avoid her." cortana said.
"reputation? What is she infamous or something amongst guardians?" I question.
"Something like that yes, let's just say that back during the dark ages, after the collapse and the first risen were born, esdeath rose to prominence though not in a good way. Many described her as bloodthirsty and sadistic, in fact, she was what many once called a warlord back in the days, and a rather murderous one as many accounts have indeed revealed that she has given many guardians their final death." Cortana informed.
Ichigo for his part was quite shocked at this, after all, the first person he met aside from his ghost was a rather infamous killer. Though he quickly shook those thoughts away, as the first impression he got from her was a pleasant one, and that the rumors that surrounded her were probably exaggerated to some degree.
"regardless of the rumors, I found her to be quite pleasant despite the fact that I don't know her quite well." I say, not caring for the warnings cortana was giving me.
"sigh, fine don't say I didn't warn you, I'll just prepare a ress for you just in case." Said cortana, already predicting my death.
"you're being dramatic" I say.
"and you are being careless" cortana shot back.
A wave my hand in dismissal as we move to the vanguard's main room/office of sorts. The staff could be see walking around or sitting in front of monitors as they did their duties. In the middle a long table could be seen with many books, scrolls, and other trinkets place on it. To the right of the table was a woman, human, dark-skinned, wearing fancy purple robes and with a calm yet stern look, she gave off the vibe of a strict teacher just from a glance. To the right of the table stood a robot? No, an exo, as cortana called them, his mechanical body was painted blue, and wore light brown armor, with a black cloak with red symbol of the vanguard on it. Finally, to the end of the table at the center stood a man, an awoken, silver and red armor gave the man an imposing atmosphere, the stern and aura of authority he radiated gave off the fact that this guy was one of the leaders that the guardians depended on for leadership.
"so, these are the vanguard leaders?" I thought to myself.
"over here ichigo, let's go meet cayde-6, he's the hunter vanguard leader I was telling you about." Cortana said as she guided me towards the exo hunter.
"Hey, cayde, guess what, look who I found out in the wilds." Cortana said as she pulled the man away from his musings. Turning to face them, electric blue eyes gazed at him as he neared the exo.
"huh, and who do we have here?" he asked cortana.
Why silly of course, this here is my guardian, ichigo." She said, introducing him.
"So, after all these years you finally found your guardian, well, congratulations ghosty, looks like you have a partner now." Said cayde as he gave a small applause at this event.
"seems that small lead I gave you helped out more than I thought it would." Said cayde absentmindedly.
"Lead?" I ask as I turn to cortana.
"well you see ichigo, it was cayde here who recommended I give the cosmodrome a look over, seeing as many new guardians have been cropping out from there lately, so if I hadn't followed this lead I would probably still be searching amongst rubble in some long-abandoned area." Said cortana as she explained the reason behind his resurrection.
"well, I guess I should thank our friend here that you and I were able to meet then." Said ichigo as he turned towards cayde.
"no need guardian, I didn't have many expectations from this anyways, but, hey surprises exist for a reason amiright." Cayde joked.
"well, regardless, you have my thanks, sir." Said ichigo.
"cayde, not sir, I prefer guardians call me by my name as it helps ease the tensions between me and the newbies." Cayde corrected him.
"alright then, cayde." Ichigo said as he practiced the word.
Cough*
A muffled sound attracted the attention of the two men as they turned towards ikora. A look of curiosity could be seen in her eyes as she looked at him. "cayde, care to introduce your new friend here" she said in a gentle voice.
"of course, ikora meet ichigo, ichigo meet ikora, now were all friends here!" said cayde jokingly.
"A pleasure to meet you miss ikora" I say respectfully.
"to you as well ichigo, it is always a moment of joy when a new guardian joins our ranks." Said ikora with a small smile on her face.
"it is indeed." Suddenly another voice piped up from the end of the table, a deep voice, filled with authority. The titan vanguard stood imposingly, hands behind his back as he gave ichigo a look over.
"I'm Commander Zavala, the titan vanguard leader, it is a pleasure guardian" he says, giving him slight nod.
"likewise, commander." I say respectfully.
Zavala turns his eyes back to cayde-6 as he gives him a look. "it seems you'll be busy again with a new member cayde, make sure to instruct him well." And with that Zavala turns back to what he was doing.
"do your best cayde" ikora says, before going back to her work.
"jeez, you guys, I'll have you know I manage hundreds of hunters. Just because most of them don't like being told what to do doesn't mean they don't follow orders." Countered cayde.
"ignore them guardian, I'll give you a task once I get these papers sorted out, but hey, in the meantime why don't you and your ghost friend here go and explore, do a few bounties, and if you find anything good while exploring the wilds, share some of it with your buddy cayde will you." Said cayde as he nudged him with his elbow in a friendly gesture.
"sure, cayde, will do" I say in a tired voice.
"see he gets it, well, have fun you too, oh, but not too much fun!" cayde called out after them as they were departing.
As they left the vanguard, cortana took the moment to say something. "So, what did you think?" she asks him.
"well cayde is certainly an interesting guy, ikora seems nice, and commander Zavala seems strict but nice. So overall they seem pretty respectable individuals." Ichigo says as he gives his impression of the vanguard to cortana.
"yeah, the vanguard is certainly interesting, but, moving on, what do you want to do next." Cortana asks.
"I don't know, what do you recommend?" ichigo asks.
"hmm, well, we could fix the ship first, as in find you a warp drive, after all a guardian can't really be a guardian without one." Cortana said, giving her opinion on what his first move as a new guardian should be.
"I see, and where do you suppose we should find one?" ichigo wondered.
"well, we could go back to where we got the ship and see if we can get lucky." Cortana advised.
"alright let's do that." Agreed ichigo.
After outfitting themselves in some new armor and weapons courtesy of cayde and banshee. The two headed off towards the hangar where they met Amanda holiday, who cleared them for take-off after checking their ship.
Arriving at the steppes on the cosmodrome, the two searched a ship that had been recently shot down. failing to find one they then proceeded to go search through the tunnels where fallen had taken over, clearing them out, the two proceeded to find a map of the surrounding area. This eventually led them back to where they found the ship in the first place.
"bad news, the warp drive has fallen into fallen hands, we'll have to fight them if we wish to retrieve it, I hope you are ready for this, ichigo." Cortana informed him.
"No problem, let's get this done so we can go home." Said ichigo.
Entering the area, the pair was greeted by vandals and shanks patrolling the area, pulling out the new hand cannon he got from the gunsmith he started by blowing the unaware vandal's head off in a gory display of blood and flesh. Having got the attention from the rest who immediately proceeded to fire at him. Hiding behind a crate, ichigo proceeded to eliminate the opponents one by one, first starting with the shanks, their continuous fire at him was starting to become irksome. The explosion of sparks and shrapnel signaled the last shank, soon he switched to the remaining vandals, one which charged him recklessly by turning invisible, but the arc energy coursing through its blades quickly revealed him, 'moron'.
Having taken care of all hostiles within the area, ichigo stepped out of cover, though as soon as he did a roar rocked through the area as the same fallen from the day before appeared through a hole in the wall. Its enormous form, bulky armor, and bulging muscles gave it a rather intimidating appearance. "what the hell is this guy" ichigo said out loud as he dodged a volley of fire from the shrapnel launcher. "Riksis, Devil Archon, he's the current leader amongst the house of devils alongside sepiks prime, what's someone like him doing out here!?" cortana panicked.
"who cares, this guy stands between us and the warp drive." Ichigo resolved himself for a tough battle.
"this is an archon we are talking about; do you believe you can kill one!?" cortana half asked half shouted.
"I won't know till I try!" no further words were shared as he threw himself into combat. Taking a couple shots at the archon, the bullets didn't do much damage to the armor aside from dent it a little in a couple areas. Firing its shrapnel launcher, the superheated shots fired over his head as ichigo slid under the burst of fire in time to avoid it. Seeing the guardian approaching him, Riksis raised his foot and prepared to crush the guardian beneath his feet. Ichigo for his part switched to his shotgun in a quickdraw and fired at the Archon.
BAM!
Having been staggered by the force of the shot, riksis took a few steps back to regain his balance. Ichigo took this chance to double jump in the air and proceed to land on riksis shoulders. Having reloaded his shotgun, ichigo shot round after round on riksis helm, denting the helmet and even exposing a side of its face from where the armor was completely shredded off. Angered by this, rikisis grabbed ichigo's leg who failed to jump away in time, and then proceeded to slam him into ground back first. A small crater, along with a cry of pain was heard as ichigo was once more, hauled up and smashed to the ground. Riksis was going to kill this guardian for daring to scar his face, then he would add its skull to his collection of dead guardian heads.
Ichigo for his part was experiencing a world of pain, the wind had been knocked out of him, and it felt like his back was about to break from having been slammed to ground so many times. "thank god for guardian resilience" ichigo thought to himself amongst the pain. Thinking quickly ichigo having lost his shotgun from being rag dolled into the ground, brought forth his hand cannon before firing randomly into the archons chest, head, and arm. Feeling the pinch of the shots, the archon loosened its grip on the guardian's leg. Using this chance ichigo kicked out, pushing the archons arm away and its hold against his leg.
Falling to the ground, ichigo rolled away in time as Riksis foot slammed down where his head would have been, unluckily though the force of the stomp was enough to launch him away and crash into some empty barrels. Removing his helmet which currently had a few dents from the impact where his head hit the floor, to a cracked visor, ichigo spit out a mouthful of blood as he slowly got up on shaky legs using the barrels as support. Not wanting to give the guardian a chance to recover, Rikisis having dropped its launcher somewhere, charged forward like a bull, if he couldn't shoot the guardian then he will merely pummel it to death with his bare hands. Roaring out his fury, Rikisis, having pulled back his two right arms in preparation for a punch, threw his arms forward as he prepared to crush the guardian with all his might. Ichigo for his part merely smirked, having anticipated this, ichigo kicked out his leg, hitting the barrel at the right spot, toppling it over, and letting it roll at just the right time and spot where the archon was about step over.
A thunderous crash was heard through the area, as the archon not only lost his balance at having been tripped by the rolling barrel, but the sheer speed and force of his charge, sent him flying through the air at an insane speed before crashing right into the wall. A sizeable crack was formed on the wall, almost forming a new hole from the sheer force being placed on it in the form of a full-bodied armored archon. Ichigo took this chance to let cortana out and heal him.
"Make this quick I don't know how long that'll keep him down." said ichigo as he looked over at the dazed archon on the ground.
"That was really dangerous ichigo, I almost though you were about to die. You should take this chance to run away, we can always find another warp drive." Cortana pleaded. After all she had just found her guardian after who knows how many years, she didn't want to lose him after just finding him the day before.
"I'm sorry, for worrying you that is, but I can't run away now." Ichigo said, refusing cortana's plea.
"Why!?" she shouted.
"Because if I don't kill that guy now, who knows what will happen if he decided to come for revenge, whether it be us or other guardians. This is more than just to get the warp drive back, but a challenge for me as well, as a guardian, I will prove myself by taking this thing's head and mounting it on the city's wall, as warning to the enemies of humanity that we aren't beings to be hunted down like prey." Ichigo said resolutely, his voice projecting his determination and resolution that he will kill the archon before the day is over.
Speechless, cortana merely nodded in agreement, a small laugh escaping from her. "only being around for a day and already you sound like a fully-fledged guardian willing to take on any challenge." Shaking her shell in exasperation, cortana gave her last few words.
"just make sure to come out victorious alright" cortana relented.
"I promise" ichigo said as he could feel his strength returning and his wounds sealing shut.
Going back into him cortana's departing words echoed in his head.
"Don't make a girl a promise…if you know you can't keep it"
Ichigo would make sure he won this fight. Looking around the field ichigo spotted his shotgun near the archons rising form, well that option was out the window. Looking to his hand cannon, ichigo knew it wouldn't be able to pierce through the tough plating of the archons armor, so that option was also unavailable.
"what can I do" I whisper. The archon had already risen to its full height and turned to look back at him with burning hatred in its eyes.
"your light, ichigo, use your light" coratana advised.
"My light?" I question.
"look deep within you, the light is a part of you, shape it, give it form, unleash your power, ichigo!" cortana encouraged me.
Ichigo, for a moment closed his eyes, a mistake some would say as the enemy was right in front of them, but at this moment ichigo could not care less about what was in front of him. Searching deep within him, he felt it, the spark of light that signified his life. ichigo grabbed a hold of that feeling, the light would be his tool, his weapon that would decide the outcome of this battle.
The archon having recovered from its shameful fall, let out a thunderous roar in his fury, the humiliation he felt at having been tripped by a lowly being, he would repay it tenfold by tearing the guardian to pieces, and using its skull as a shoulder ornament. Walking forward at a slow pace, he picked up his shrapnel launcher that had been dropped during the battle. Looking at the guardian who currently had its eyes closed, Rikisis scoffed in ridicule at the foolish move, perhaps the guardian was awaiting its execution, hoping it would be given a merciful death, too bad for him, riksis was fresh out of mercy.
Ichigo, having grabbed a hold of his light, began to shape it, but what shape he asked himself. What could be capable, of slicing through that archon in one swift attack.
"hmm, slice, swift, to strike, pierce, and cut, yes, that's it." A moment of clarity pierced through ichigo's mind.
Soon flickers of lighting could be seen coming from ichigo, like sparks, soon webs of arc coalesced, till ichgo was completely surrounded/covered by arc light. Spreading his arms to the side, ten swords of pure arc light formed behind him, and with but a thought he could control all ten swords like they were a part of him. Letting the swords encircle him like divine protectors, ichigo looked like a divine warrior having come down to smite the unworthy. The nobility and display of power, completely dumbfounded Riksis.
Grabbing one of the swords, ichigo said one last few words to Riksis before resuming the fight.
"This place will become your tomb." Having passed his judgment ichigo moved into action. In the same motion of moving, ichigo appeared before Riksis in an instant, the sheer speed that might as well have been teleportation surprised Rikisis. Ichigo turned into lightning itself, appeared before riksis in an instant, and with a swift strike, proceeded to slice off Rikisis upper right arm that held the shrapnel lanuncher. Letting out a cry of pain, Rikisis clutched the stump where his arm used to be.
Ichigo wasn't done yet, grabbing the next sword ichigo cut the upper left arm, then the lower right, and finally the lower left arm, sword after sword cut at Rikisis. Riksis had tried to put up a resistance by throwing out a punch, but that merely rewarded him with a cut off arm. Soon Riksis was forced to kneel as a sword was shot forwards from behind ichigo's back, puncturing through Riksis right leg. Spitting out a mouthful of blood, helpless, beaten, Riksis knew this was the end.
Looking up at the stoic ichigo, who had grabbed a hold of one of his swords, Riksis shot him a look of hatred, a final act of defiance on his part, before lowering his head and awaiting the final blow that would end him. Moving to Rikisis right, ichigo raised his sword in preparation for the final blow. "This is the end, for what Its worth you were a great warrior, die knowing that the one who killed you goes by the name of Ichigo kurosaki." Rikisis said nothing, seeing this ichigo brought down his sword on riksis neck, a flash of arc, and the head of a fallen archon falling to the ground was the only sound that prevailed in the area. The battle was won, ichigo had emerged victorious.
Lowering himself to the ground, the arc energy around ichigo dissipated, the ending of his super. Laying on his back ichigo let out a tired sigh of exhaustion at the arduous battle he had just been in. "say you should take this chance to search the Archon and see where he put the warp drive." Said ichigo tiredly.
Cortana taking this chance, congratulated ichigo on a job well done. "that was amazing, you just killed an Archon, and we got a warp drive now." Said cortana excitedly.
Ichigo gave a thumbs up from his position on the floor. Cortana turned her eye towards the headless fallen and realized something. "say what was that just now, throughout my time watching other guardians, that's the first time I've seen someone wield the light like you did. It was kind of like the blade dancers but different. Care to explain." Cortana asked as she retrieved the archons head, and warp drive.
Ichigo who raised himself to a sitting position, looked to his handiwork and shrugged. "honestly, I have no clue how I did that, I guess you could say I pictured a sword in my mind, a sword capable of cutting down all opponents before me. I assume the light responded to that desire by gifting me with that ability." Deduced ichigo.
Thinking on it a little cortana saw this as a good possibility. "yeah, you could be right, after all the light is a power filled with many mysteries, guardians have formed many paths and techniques through them, I guess you just formed your way, your path in the light. What do you wish to call this path you have taken?" Cortana asked
Ichigo for his part remained silent, mulling over the question, and after some time came up with an answer. "for now, let's call it the path of the 'sword saint,' yeah that will do for now." Ichgio said, giving name to a path in the light.
"the sword saint, interesting" cortana said, liking the new name.
"alright, come on, let's get out of here and report back to the tower, I'm sure the vanguard will like to hear about this" said ichigo, getting back up to his feet and ready to leave.
"yeah, I can't wait to tell them just how cool my guardian was today, the other guardians will be in awe I'm sure of it." Cortana said as she went back inside ichigo.
The actions taken today would surely be felt across the cosmodrome within time.
At the same time somewhere in the forgotten shore a lone guardian was walking across the beach, his ghost at his side circling him. "why!?, why did you do it warren, you could have stopped, there was no need to escalate the situation!" his ghost berated him.
"will you shut up already, that bastard deserved it, that exotic engram was my mine, MINE!" warren declared.
"yeah, well guess what partner, thanks to you we're on the vanguards shit list now, after killing that guardian and running away. Do you seriously believe they won't send someone after us?" the ghost questioned him.
"doesn't matter now, tell you what, why don't we just find somewhere to lay low for a while, eventually this whole thing will blow over." Warren reassured his ghost.
"I hope you're right" the ghost sighed in frustration.
"hey, don't be so down, look at least we got this bad boy if someone comes looking for trouble." Warren said as he pulled out an auto riffle, the sleek metallic surface, and silvery sheen revealed it to be Suros Regime, an exotic auto rifle. The ghost merely looked at the gun in disgust.
"if you truly believe that gun was worth the effort of killing a ghost and his guardian, then you have truly gone mad." His ghost said as he turned away from his guardian.
"hey know don't say that, why don't we… "Warren trailed off as he heard the sound of footsteps behind them. quickly turning around, warren pointed his gun at the intruder who upon closer inspection turned out to be another guardian, a hunter like him. His ghost having gone back into him advised him to be cautious.
"And who might you be friend" warren said as he looked at the guardian, his gun still trained on them.
"…" silence was his only answer.
Taking a few quick steps closer, finger on the trigger as he approached the guardian. "awfully rude to ignore someone who is talking to you. Who are you!?" he half shouted this time.
"…" still nothing.
"Last chance! Or I'll open fire." Threatened Warren.
Finally, the figure lowered their hood, and long light blue hair sprawled forward, the cloak swaying gently by the wind. Porcelain skin and a beautiful face greeted warren, causing him to slightly lower his weapon at the beauty in front of him, the moonlight surrounding them only further enhancing her beauty. Yet despite this, warren felt the blood in his body freeze in fear, for he recognized the woman standing in front of him, and he knew he fucked up big time if someone like her was sent after him.
"You! why did they have to send you!?" warren panicked.
The woman slowly turned to face him, her gaze switching from the full moon, to warrens frightened eyes. The feral smile accentuating the maliciousness in her icy blue eyes. Like a predator spotting some weak prey in the forest.
"Warren, no last name, hunter, unaffiliated, crime: having killed an innocent guardian. Tell me what say you in your defense." esdeath identified him along with charging him of his crime.
Warren took a few quick steps back, his arms shaking as he pointed his rifle to the woman's head. "Don't move, stay back!" warren shouted.
"Don't be like that, all you have to do is admit to your crimes and follow me back so we can get this all cleared up. No need to be so afraid." Esdeath said as she took a step forward. A shot rang through the air as a bullet wheezed past esdeath's face, completely missing her.
"Dammit, I said stay the fuck back you sick bitch." Warren yelled in both anger and fear.
"If you think for moment I'm gonna go back without a fight you are sadly mistaken, the only way you'll drag me back is over my dead body!" warren declared his will to fight.
Esdeath merely grinned even harder, her smile splitting her face. "That can be arranged." Reaching to her side, esdeath drew out a silver rapier. The weapon itself was elegant in design, the hilt possessing four prongs that encased a revolver like chamber around the ricasso. Arc light could be seen coursing through the blade. Leveling her rapier at the wanted criminal, esdeath said a few more words. "don't fear too much, I won't give you your final death as I'm under strict orders to bring you in alive or dead. The latter would be much more efficient don't you think."
"we'll see about that" warren said as solar energy began erupt from him in the form of a golden gun.
"hmm, do try and not die so fast will you, it would be quite boring after all. Though lucky for you we have all night to get this mess sorted, so even if you die, I can always force your ghost to bring you back over and over again." Esdeath charged forward, fast as lightning, appearing before a surprised warren in an instant.
"Let the hunt begin."
The sound of lightning and screams of pain were heard throughout the shore all night long. The fallen merely ignored the sounds of the dueling guardians as they didn't want to mess with them, specifically the blue haired one.
Well hello there fellow guardians how are you on this fine day.
I've been great, you know after being gone for so many years, but hey, it's never too late for a story idea to crop out.
But seriously I have no excuse.
Well regardless, let's talk about my new passion, Destiny.
As you can see I'm disappointed in the lack of bleach x destiny crossovers, so I took upon myself to be the first one. I think.
In this story, ichigo will be THE guardian, the Godslayer, and doomguy of the destiny universe. We will follow his story from DLC to DLC. Though I will be skipping missions, particularly the ones that don't really add much to the story, or I'll merely shorten it down to a few paragraphs just to catch up to the current Destiny timeline. Otherwise I would have to write hundred plus chapters just to get to the witch queen DLC, and I don't particularly want to have to do that. Also, aside from adding my own twists and turns into the story we will mainly follow the main destiny timeline/story.
Now some questions to get out of the way, why is ichigo a hunter?
The answer is simple, I always envisioned ichigo as part of the hunter class, the style, the way they fight, their abilities suit ichigo far better than let's say a titan or warlock.
For the record I'm a Titan main. Though I do play on all three classes.
Next question, why is esdeath in a bleach x destiny fanfic?
Cause I felt like it, and I may add some more characters from other anime to bring into this great universe.
Third question, will there be romance?
Yes, though it won't really be the main focus, merely something that happens when our MC takes some downtime in the tower and socializes with said pairing. I assume you guys can guess, but yeah, esdeath will be said pairing.
Fourth question, will there be harem?
I actually had a hard time deciding on this one, and I have elected to make said harem, now hear me out before you go, the harem won't really be all that big, like about three girls is what I'm planning. I'll let you guys figure out who as the story progresses.
Fifth question, am' I well versed in the lore?
I like to think that I am well versed in the lore, and that what I write actually makes sense according to the story and universe of destiny, though I'm not Byf so I may forget a thing or two.
Sixth question, I won't leave you guys hanging for years again, right?
Worry not fellow guardians, I have fully devoted myself to seeing this story through, though do have patience as I'm a bit of a slow writer, and I usually focus on playing the game more than I do writing about it. Also, guardian games are around the corner so it's gonna get busy.
One last thing, Titans are taking the win this year, you warlock nerds and monkey hunters can eat our dust as we leave you behind.
HAHAHA, joking, let's all do our best.
This story was made and written by your friendly neighborhood Titan.