Chapter 6 Powerful Allies
The normal life that Conan and Heiji once knew was gone. The two young men awakened to their hidden power that was within them. Conan could transform into his older self and use a outfit that augmented his strength and endurance, with it he was saved from a hollow attack. Heiji could channel his reiatsu into his charm and form an energy sword and fight off the hollows with his augmented skills and power.
Before Conan and Heiji had been taken to see Kisuke, Kaito had began the school day as he always does. And that was messing with either Saguru or Toshiro.
"Kuroba..." Toshiro was releasing a deadly aura.
"Now this is the best I've done yet!" The captain's hair and uniform was tie dyed with many different colors. Behind them Akako, Rangiku, Keiko and Saguru watched what unfolded with amusement. As for Momo, she was tired of playing referee so she watched as well.
"I hate to admit it, but Kuroba-kun has outdone himself this time." Akako smirked, twirling a magenta lock.
"How on earth did he do that?" Momo asked, impressed.
"Beats me, I guess Kuroba-kun's sleight of hand mastery will be beyond us." Keiko said, giggling.
"It's pretty good! I wonder how he did that?" Rangiku wondered, grinning.
"A magician never tells his secrets- WHOA!" Kaito was interrupted trying to dodge Toshiro's kick.
"Kuroba! Fix this at once!" Toshiro demanded.
"Come on Hitsugaya, you need to taste the rainbow- YIKES!" Kaito dodged another kick. As this continued, Saguru continued to talk with Akako and Keiko.
"I wonder if Aoko is feeling better." Keiko said, concern lacing her tone.
"I spoke to Nakamori-keibu. He informed me that she was staying home because of her cold."
"Wasn't she coming back today?" Akako questioned. Not that she cared of course.
"Yes, she was. But on the way to school she was injured and suffered from one of those attacks. I suppose she hasn't fully recovered yet."
"That must be one tough cold." Keiko said, sighing. The sound of the school bell stopped Kaito and Toshiro's fight and class began. Toshiro was excused to try and fix his hair.
Later
The school day ended, fortunately with no more pranks. Kaito was heading back home to deliver Aoko the assignments that she had missed, but Saguru beat him to it. This made Kaito mad; who the hell does that Brit think he is, Casanova? He always goes off and to flirt with Aoko and pretty much any other woman. On occasion, he had blushed slightly whenever Akako appeared. Not a full blown loving look like those poor bastards that were enthralled by her charm, but still.
"I wonder if Hakuba is slightly immune to Akako…" He mused aloud. The meitantei did show some resistance to the witch, but not a lot. "Then again, he's a flirtatious son of a-"
*BOOM*
Kaito heard a loud explosion from behind him. He quickly turned to see what looks like a mirage, but it became more clear until it was visible. The monster looked like something from an anime. The hollow was a cross between a lion and what looked like a gorilla. Its white mask had a face of an ape, the fangs of a lion and a mane around the neck. "SOULS! I NEED SOULS!"
"What the-" The hollow attacked and destroyed a whole wall with its fist.
"Screw whatever it is, I gotta get out of here!" Kaito ran for blocks dodging attack after attack.
"SOULS!" It bellowed again.
"I heard you the first time!" Kaito yelled and dodged another attack. Kaito soon ran into a empty lot, and there was nowhere to run. "A dead end... Wait that means... I'LL BE DEAD!" Kaito pulled out his card gun, prepared to fire. But before he could, he was hit by the lion slash ape slash whatever-it-was hollow.
"GAH!" Kaito fell to the ground in pain. "Dammit..." Kaito grounded out weakly and glanced at his card gun. It was broken.
"GIVE ME SOULS!" The hollow roared.
"There is no way I'm dying here. Not yet." Kaito winced, determined. Just then, a surge of power flowed from within him and into the broken card gun that was next to him. Kaito's card gun was fixed and currently glowing.
"What the hell?" The magician stared at the card gun. Then he remembered the hollow due to another roar and quickly grabbed the tool. "Well then... Time to fight!"
Kaito shot off two cards, both of them spades, a five and a seven. The cards proceeded to hit and then explode, engulfing the hollow in flames. The hollow shook off the flames and prepared itself for another attack.
"Looks like the tables have turned!" Kaito smirked. "Well then, time to see what else I can do!" Kaito fired another card, it was the ace of hearts. The ace of hearts curved away from the hollow's direction and hit Kaito. The card began to heal him.
"Hearts seem to heal." Kaito mumbled. He fired two more cards, the king of diamonds and the ten of clubs. The king starts to spin so fast until it looked like a saw blade and cuts the hollow's hand off. The club hits it in the gut and makes the hollow fly backwards.
"Diamonds cut and clubs smash… Nice!" Kaito cheered, grinning. The hollow attempted to attack again, but fails to hit him. Kaito then shoots five cards which is a straight flush. The cards fuse together and form a giant glowing long sword. The sword launched into the hollow's face and exploded.
"It seems that when I have the right cards to form a successful poker hand, they do tremendous damage." Kaito mused. He was starting to figure everything out. But just then, there was a loud crash around him. All around him, there were different types of hollows. And they had him surrounded.
"Shit... I'm screwed." Kaito cursed, but he prepared to fire. But before he could, a familiar young woman with orange hair appeared out of nowhere.
"Matsumoto?" She was a wearing black kimono. He was then grabbed by her and moved so fast, it was like a blur.
"WHOA! I need to learn how to do that!" Kaito yelled excitedly. It would make heists so much easier.
"Taicho! You're clear!" Kaito looked up to see Toshiro Hitsugaya descend from the sky and pull out a katana.
"Sit upon the frozen heavens, Hyorinmaru!" A massive Chinese dragon slammed into the ground and freezes it, turning the lot into a field of ice. It was now filled with frozen ice stalagmites the size of buildings.
"That ends that." Toshiro put Hyorinmaru back into its scabbard. Seeing the effect of Toshiro's power make Kaito's jaw hit the ground.
"That's Shiro-chan for you." Momo proudly stated as she walked over to Kaito. The stunned magician stepped back from the approaching girl, wary.
"Hold still please, I need to see if you have injuries." She began to check for any injuries on Kaito. "You don't seem too hurt, but some treatment won't hurt." Momo began to use some healing Kidou. When she finished the treatment, Toshiro landed onto the building.
"I'm sure that you have questions, but first come with us." Toshiro coldly commanded.
"Okay... Where are we going?" Kaito asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Our temporary base." Toshiro gave a nod to Rangiku. Kaito's new classmate then grabbed him.
"Wait, what are you- WHOA!" Rangiku used her shunpo to transport Kaito to their base, leaving Momo and Toshiro alone.
"I knew there was something different about Kuroba-san." Momo started.
"Yes. And it seems that his power revolves around playing cards. Each card has a different property ranging from offensive to defensive." Toshiro deduced. "I think that's just the surface to Kuroba's power though. I'm sure the more he trains, the more likely his power will start to grow."
"I see... Well, we better get going, Shiro-chan." Momo smiled warmly at her childhood friend.
"Don't call me that! It's Hitsugaya-taicho!" The captain scolded as the two left. However, they failed to notice a red eyed raven spying on them. The raven flew away into the bleak sky and towards a dark forest. It flew gracefully in between the trees and deeper into the dark woods until a it came to a large mansion. The raven landed on a decorated windowsill and knocks with its beak. The window opened and the raven flew in, landing on the arm of an extremely expensive looking chair. An ugly man stepped closed the window and bowed to his mistress before leaving the room. The person who owned the raven was none other than Akako. The witch stroked her pet and with a wave of her hand, images begin to appear in the mirror.
The images were of Kaito, Shinichi and Heiji fighting various hollows with their new powers and from the raven's point of view. Thanks to the new spell Akako had learned, the three men soon had their own power.
"Well, this is rather interesting." Akako waved her hand again and watches Kaito fighting with a smirk playing upon her lips. "I knew Kaito had some power within him, but I didn't think it would manifest into this... I think it suits him though."
The temptress changes the scene again and views the images of Shinichi fighting. "His power interests me the most. Not only can he transform in between an adult form and a child form, but he is protected by a mass of condensed energy that the shinigami call reiatsu. I've been wondering if he would also have power…"
With another wave of her hand, an image of Heiji fighting appears. "This one seems to channel his reiatsu into a charm and forms it into a katana. Not only that, but his skills are augmented by it." Akako finished looking over the images of the three and their powers, but returns the picture to Shinichi.
"Interesting... Very interesting. I could use a new bodyguard. I have become rather sick of looking at my ugly slave." Akako smirked, red eyes flashing. "However, I will need time to prepare. If I'm correct, then he's the same as Kuroba-kun. I'll need to use something with a lot more power..." Akako muttered with a frown. Just then, she hears the whispers of the living creatures in the forest.
"Intruders..." The whispers warned.
"I see... As the mistress of this domain, I cannot sit idly by and do nothing about this crime." Akako reaches into her closet and pulls out a scythe. "I have not used this in a long time… Since I tried to kill Kid, if I recall correctly." With the weapon in hand, she readied herself for combat. Tapping the scythe on the ground, a magic circle appeared. Being the mistress of this forest granted her the ability to travel anywhere within the forest that she pleased. She can also tell when someone enters the forest because of the residents of the forest tell her.
"Let's see who the intruders are, shall we?" Akako closes her eyes in concentration and senses the intruders. She senses twisted auras in the North-Eastern part of the forest. "Found them..." With a wave of her scythe, the circle actives and Akako disappears in a bright light.
Elsewhere
The magic circle appears and with a bright light, the witch does as well. She immediately spots the intruders. They were hollows. Each hollow was a different type. One was a bull that was on all four but the size of a bus, the second one was a flying type with fish like features, and the last one was a frog of sorts. The hollows roared and their eyes glowed red with lust.
"My... Such primitive creatures." Akako mused with disdain. "Be gone!"
Akako moves her hand in a strange pattern and points at the bull hollow. "Burn!" The hollow becomes surrounded by vortex of fire. The flames burn the flesh of the hollow and making it crack and blister. The bull roars in agonizing pain as it's slowly reduced to dust.
"OHOHOHOHO~! Those flames weren't just normal fire, those are hell flames!" Akako laughs as the hollow dies. The frog hollow spits acid at Akako, but the earth rises and forms a barrier between the acid blast and her.
"WHAT...!" The frog hollow yelled in surprise.
"Oh, so you do possess some intelligence. The reason your attack failed is because I am the mistress of this forest and when the mistress is in danger, the forest will aid me in combat." Akako elegantly lifted her hand above her head and a sphere of fire forms. She hurls it at the frog hollow and the sphere explodes on impact, the blast blowing apart the hollows head. "I also forgot to mention… The forest increases my power tenfold." Akako laughs again, triumphant. The last hollow performs a dive bomb in hope of doing damage.
"That won't work..." Akako readies herself and sidesteps, using the momentum of the hollow against it. She slashes the hollow in half, killing the hollow in one blow. She watches it disintegrates and laughs.
"Ohoho~! Well, I've had my exercise for the day." Akako brushes herself off, twirling her scythe around. "I think it's time for a relaxing bath." The temptress teleported back to her mansion with a snap of her fingers.
After cleaning herself, Akako headed towards the magic chamber in her house. With hopes and determination of crafting a powerful charm to use on her new bodyguard.
Elsewhere
Ichigo and Yoruichi land outside of an old warehouse holding Conan and Heiji respectively. Ichigo put Conan down and the boy turned to face Ichigo, a scowl on his face.
"Never do that again!" Conan glared at Ichigo.
"Take it easy, at least we got here in time." Ichigo retorted.
"In time? How long did it take-"
"Thirty seconds." Yoruichi grinned at Conan's reaction.
"Thirty seconds! But that's-"
"Impossible? Not really." Ichigo smirked. "You should see how fast I am when in my Bankai."
"What's Bankai?" Conan asked, confused.
"You gotta see to believe." Ichigo replied as Heiji started to wake up. Yoruichi put Heiji down.
"Argh... What hit me?" Heiji groaned.
"I did." Yoruichi said.
"Wha' da hell did ya do dat for?" Heiji yelled.
"It made it easier to get here. Come on, it's time for the meeting." Yoruichi guided the two into the rundown warehouse.
"Wow... Nice digs." Heiji said, chalk full of sarcasm.
"Smartass, it's down here." Ichigo insulted Heiji and pointed to a staircase. The group traveled down the stairs and at the end, there was a large open space that looked like a desolate wasteland.
"What the-" Heiji was at a loss of words.
"What do you think now?" Ichigo said triumphantly with a smug grin.
"Impressive..." Conan was in awe.
"I'm glad you approve." A large tanned man greeted as he walked up to them. "My name is Tessai Tsukabishi, it's nice to meet you boys." The man points behind him. "Kuchiki-san, Sado-san, Inoue-san and Ishida-san are out on patrol and will be back shortly. Keep going this way and you'll see the Boss." The group followed his order and a short walk later they found Kisuke in front of a large TV with a bunch of weird looking wires.
"Alright! All set and good to go." Kisuke cheered, wiping his brow. He then turned around and spotted the group coming over.
"Nice, do ya get HD on dat thing?" Heiji asked, impressed.
"It's actually a communication relay. It will connect us to the Soul Society." He activated the relay, and on the screen appears a very old man.
"I see you have some new faces. I am Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Sotaicho of the Gotei 13." The old man said. The two detectives noticed that the old man look frail but the way the sotaicho spoke demanded respect and for them to listen word for word.
"Da Gotei 13?" Heiji repeated.
"I see that you do not know of the Gotei 13 yet. You will have to be filled in later. For now I have to brief you on our course of action. First, the information we had acquired from the soul Akemi Miyano is true. The jewel exists and can grant you immortality." Yamamoto informed the group.
"It would be bad if human achieved immortality." Conan thought aloud.
"Indeed, Kudo Shinichi." This made the meitantei's eyes widen.
"But how-"
"In Kuchiki Rukia's report, it tells that men in black poisoned you with something called APTX 4869 which caused you to shrink." The Sotaicho explained. "If they do find Pandora and use it to make themselves immortal, then those souls will not pass on to the Soul Society. This will disrupt the balance of souls that pass back and forth from the World of the Living and the Soul Society. If more people become immortal, the balance will be further disrupted and it will eventually lead to the apocalypse." This made the two detectives' eyes widen in horror.
"The end of the world!" Conan repeated, visibly paling.
"Ya got ta be jokin', Jii-san!" Heiji yelled.
"I do not joke around, boy." The way Yamamoto called him boy seemed almost scary. It was most definitely intimidating. "The Gotei 13 will not allow such an action. You, Kudo Shinichi, shall have the support of the Gotei 13 in your mission. But in return, you must aid Kurosaki Ichigo in defending Beika. Kurosaki, you are to aid Kudo Shinichi in his mission to stop this Black Organization in finding Pandora and prevent them from achieving immortality." The Sotaicho ordered.
"Of course. I'm grateful for the help," Conan gave a small bow to Yamamoto.
"Dis seems too good ta be true. Why don' ya just go an' destroy them yourselves?" Hattori muttered with a snort.
"We cannot act so rashly, boy! Biding our time is the only option. If they do find Pandora, then we will strike and take Pandora. Then we will destroy this organization in one fell swoop. However, Pandora cannot be destroyed so easily." The sotaicho stated.
"Then how can it be destroyed?" Conan questioned.
"The only way to completely destroy it is the Sokyoku. The power of the Sokyoku will vaporize Pandora into nothingness." Yamamoto explained.
"So where do we begin?" Ichigo asked.
"I have to inform Hitsugaya-taicho of Pandora. Until then, you two!" The Sotaicho roared with a thunderous voice that made the two flinch. "You two are to train under Urahara and Kurosaki. Hone your skills so you will not become burdens!" He ordered.
"Now hold on a minute 'ere! Who are you to order us around?" Heiji yelled. This made Yamamoto open his eyes and glare at the teen, successfully Heiji feel smaller and shrink.
"Be silent, you defiant child! Would you rather be fodder to the hollows or do you actually want to protect yourself?" The Sotaicho scolded.
"I'm sorry about my friend, he's a little hot headed but brave." Conan explained. Shinichi knew that Yamamoto was a no non-sense kind of guy. The scars on his head were most likely injuries that he attained in his long career, and no doubt there were more of them. The fact that he is also missing an arm is a dead giveaway. Shinichi theorized that Yamamoto could easily take out Gin, Vodka and the whole organization one handed. Literally.
"I see... He would fit well in squad seven." The sotaicho cracked a small smile. "Now, I must to go and inform Hitsugaya-taicho of the mission. Succeed." The TV screen then turned blank. The two teens turned to Kisuke and Ichigo.
"Alright, you two. Time to start training. It will last for three weeks. Do you have an excuse for Mouri-san, Conan-kun?" Kisuke questioned.
"I can tell her that I'll be spending time with my 'parents'." Conan answered, flipping out his phone and walking away to call Ran.
"And you, Hattori-san?"
"I can tell my parents I'm involved in a case." Heiji muttered and called his house. A few minutes later, the two come back.
"Ran bought it. She sounded upset though..." Conan sighed.
"It can't be helped." Heiji comforted his friend, walking back to them. "They bought it, hook, line and sinker."
"Alright then! First, it's time to learn some key facts." Kisuke said.
Elsewhere
Kaito and Rangiku arrived at a small apartment building. Toshiro and Momo land right next to him, scaring and making him hop back.
"WHOA! I gotta get used to that…"
"I'm sure you will." Rangiku giggled. Kaito looked at the apartment building, observing every detail.
"Something wrong?" Toshiro scowled.
"Nope, I find it a good idea. No one will suspect this place to be a base." Kaito flashed a grin.
"That's the idea. Come on, we don't want to keep the Sotaicho waiting." Toshiro grumbled. They made their way into the apartment building and walked into the living room. The first thing that a Kaito spots is a huge TV.
"Awesome! This would be a soccer fan's dream TV." Kaito grinned his signature smile and thought of Tantei-kun.
"It does have that feature. But it's our communication relay." Rangiku informed the magician.
The screen turned on and a old man was on the other side. The old man introduced himself as Yamamoto, sotaicho of the Gotei 13 to Kaito and began explaining what he told Conan and Shinichi. He tells them about Pandora and what it can truly do, and everyone in the room had a reaction to this. Toshiro kept his cold composure, Rangiku's eyes widened at this, and Momo was horror stricken. As for Kaito, kept his Poker Face intact and realized his theories were finally confirmed. However, if the organization made themselves immortal, then it could slowly lead to the end of the world.
"What will you do, boy?" Yamamoto questioned Kaito after he finished explaining everything.
"If it's alright... I'd like to help." Kaito responds.
"Very well. If you wish to become stronger, then seek out Haido Warehouse Fifteen. Someone will be there waiting for you."Yamamoto told the magician.
"Thanks a lot. If that's all, I would like to get going."
"Very well, you are excused." With that, Kaito leaves the apartment building and hops onto the next train to Haido City. He called his mother and Aoko and told them that he was going on a trip for a few weeks. Chikage seemed concerned, but didn't object and told him to be careful. Aoko yelled at Kaito and made him go deaf for a while, but she eventually (and grudgingly) stopped yelling at him.
He finally arrived to the warehouses and looked for number fifteen. He found the warehouse after a few minutes of searching and goes in and finds a woman with short black hair.
"You're Kaito Kuroba, right?" Kaito nodded at her question. "I'm Rukia Kuchiki. The Sotaicho told me we would have a new arrival. Come with me." The two go down the stairs and into the training area. Kaito was in amazed at what he saw. It was a massive artificial wasteland Rukia handed him a schedule.
"This is the training schedule." Kaito scans it.
Breakfast- 6:00 AM - 6:15 AM
Training- 6:15 AM - 4:00 PM (lunch at 12:30PM)
Rest/Dinner- 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Evening Training 6:00PM - 10:00PM
Bedtime 10:00 PM - 6:00AM
Hope you enjoy your training! (Chappy doodle)
Kaito had a feeling that the training was going to be the toughest he would go through in his life. But fortunately for him he wasn't the only one. He spots two familiar detectives and Kaito walks up to them.
"K-Kudou? But… You're…" Heiji looked back and forth between Kaito and Conan.
Conan deadpanned. "Hattori, I'm right here. That's someone else…"
"Hey! I'm Kuroba Kaito!" The magician bowed. "Pleased to meet you!"
"Are you related to Kudou Shinichi in anyway?" Heiji demanded.
"The Great Detective of the East? Not that I know of."
"Okay… Anyways, ya got a fullbring too, huh?" Heiji asked Kaito.
"Fullbring?" Kaito repeated.
"That's what Urahara-san calls it. Do you have one?" Conan questioned. Kaito was surprised that Tantei-kun had special powers. But then again, the detective shrunk. Why couldn't he have powers?
"Yeah, I'll show you guys later. Shouldn't we get training?" Kaito asked to the two detectives.
"Yeah, we should. I gotta go train with Kurosaki." Heiji muttered.
"I'm with Shihoin-san in hand-to-hand combat." Conan stated.
How can you fight in that body? Kaito silently asked. Then, "I guess that means I'm with Urahara-san." Whoever that is. "Let's get to training, how hard can it be?"
The three would soon find out the hard way, as these three weeks were going to be hell for them all.
To be continued...
A/N- There we go, all set and uploaded. Sorry about being so late, I've been playing a game called dark souls it's really good, but it is intense. How intense you ask? The back of the case reads "prepare to die!" The back of the case was right, I did die... a lot of time... In very painful and unfair ways... But in the end, I beat the game so, I get to start a new game plus and get killed again!
Cleseaj500- Glad you like that idea, and it's up for grabs.
Unknown author 1- I will have a few of the captains stopping by in the world of the living.
Unknown author 2- I have a different person in mind... But I'm not tell.
Reader238- Yes, Ran will get her own power and get over her fear of ghost (eventually).