Yuzu: A quick update
Karin: That's nice
Ichigo: The title has changed to Sky Queen and this has been converted into a full crossover
Setsuna: Please enjoy
Evangeline: This will be interesting
Chizuru: And we continue on with the greatness baby!
Yoruichi: Konsu does not own Bleach or Negima! Magister Negi Magi or Love Hina
Karin and Yuzu: Please enjoy the chapter!
"I have a taste for something sweet. I think I'll make grilled pineapples tonight."
That sounded delicious in Yoruichi's ears. The cat was seated on Yuzu's left shoulder with amazing balance as the girl went about shopping for dinner. Once again her father was out for business and she was left cooking for herself once again. A few weeks have passed since the start of summer and Yuzu was really feeling the effect of not having her siblings around.
"Maybe some cake on the side too. A chocolate cake, I love chocolate cake. Maybe I'll have ice cream and apple pie too. Hmm, maybe a parfait too. I'm making myself hungry. I think I'll add a pound cake as well. I'll be cooking all night, but it'll be worth it."
The girl continued to mutter to herself, ignoring the disbelieving stare Yoruichi was giving her.
"Don't look at me like that. I like to eat sweets when depressed. Oh shut up Yoruichi-chan. I know what you're thinking, and no I'm not a fatty, I just love sweets, and no I don't have a problem, sweets are just so universal in healing that I happen to eat a lot of it from time to time."
Over the past few weeks Yoruichi watched the girl devour six times her weight in sweets, and honestly it was worrying. The strange thing is however the girl never seemed to gain any weight despite how much she ate. The girl was truly far from normal. If she knew it would blow her cover, Yoruichi would have long since talked the girl out of her disastrous habits of eating sweets to try and forget about her depression. If that did not work, then she would have beat her up.
"Hmm. Something vile is polluting the sky," Whispered Yuzu. "Hmm. It's nothing to worry about."
Having sensed the hollow the moment it emerged, Yoruichi could silently praised Yuzu's sensing abilities. However the girl was a little worrying. Unlike Ichigo who would destroy the hollow if he sensed it, Yuzu did nothing of the sort. She wanted to ask about this, but once again her current form was preventing this from happening for one reason. Normal cats do not talk in the human tongue.
"Okay, so about those pineapples."
As Yuzu made her way to the produce section, Yoruichi picked up a familiar spiritual pressure, it was faint but it was no mistaking it.
"Sweet or sour? Sweet or sour?"
The two came to a stop where a familiar red-haired girl was holding a lemon in one hand and a pineapple in another. For a moment Yuzu stared at the strange older woman. Having felt the stare, the woman, Chizuru Honsho gave Yuzu a friendly smile and the words that flew out of her mouth made Yuzu recoil in shock.
"Wow. You turned into quite the cutey Yuzu-chan. Give you a few more years and I'll have to turn you out to the good stuff."
Stun and not sure what to say to this odd person, Yuzu opted with taking a few steps back, deciding on forgetting about her grilled pineapple meal altogether if it meant running from this creature. For her part Yoruichi the cat only stared at Chizuru, not knowing she had been in town for the past month watching over the very same girl she herself had been gathering information on. Of course this was for good reason. Chizuru did not want to be found by anyone especially her mother, unfortunately for her she was not privy to the fact that her mother was able to shape shift into a cat.
"What? Don't tell me you don't recognize me. I'm Chizuru, a classmate of Kurosaki-kun and Tatsuki."
The woman did a pose and blew a kiss at the frighten Kurosaki. The meow from Yoruichi snapped Yuzu out of her shock and drew Chizuru's attention. The moment Chizuru saw the cat a strange sense of a familiarity passed through her as she stared into the cat's golden eyes.
"That's one freaky cat."
"I believe you're the freaky one here." Said Yuzu with a smile.
"That's quite the tongue you have there. For a moment I thought it was a sword."
"That's the first time I heard someone say that."
"Excuse me for me eternally different."
"I don't know what the means."
"Forget it. How's Kurosaki-kun and the Gorilla, I mean Tatsuki. It's been awhile since I saw them."
"I'm sorry Honsho-san but I'm not allowed to talk to strangers and if you excuse me I must go."
After saying this, Yuzu grabbed a pineapple and walked off in a hurry leaving a staring and spluttering Chizuru behind. When Yuzu was out of sight, Chizuru huffed and crossed her arms over her chest in annoyance.
"That could've gone better."
After a few moments passed, Chizuru realized something and she smirked.
"I never told her my full name. Clever brat!"
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Once Yuzu made it away from the crazy woman, the girl quickly paid for her groceries and made her way home. The walk home was done in silence and save for the few purrs from Yoruichi as she scratched her head. The silence came to an end when a roar sounded. Despite this, Yuzu continued on walking, and continued on even as the earth shook as something struck it with tremendous force.
Behind Yuzu and Yoruichi a hollow disintegrated from its place in a large crater.
"Did you hear something Yoruichi-chan?" asked Yuzu innocently.
The cat had no words for what she saw. One moment the hollow was in the sky, the next it was in a crater on the ground. She knew what happened, but she did not know how it was possible.
'The range of her powers is something amazing.'
No, what was more startling was how easily the hollow died. The girl did not use any spiritual power in the attack. The hollow was of average strength and the girl dealt with it as if she was levels beyond it in power.
'Her power doesn't follow the conventional means.'
The more Yoruichi thought about it, the more she realized she knew nothing about Yuzu's power. It was a mystery that had to be solved. It was soon after this thought when Yoruichi came to the sickening realization that Kisuke's obsession with the girl had become her own.
'Better not let him find out; he'll never let me live it down.'
The walk home came to a sudden stop. Yoruichi wondered why until she saw Chizuru standing there. The day was bright and wonderful with the sun shining brightly above, and yet the air around and above Chizuru was dark and oppressive. The young woman smirked at Yuzu, an unearthly glow in her eyes causing the hairs on Yoruichi's and Yuzu's body to stand on end.
"You know," Started Chizuru never losing her smirk. "I was hoping we can do this peacefully out of respect for Kurosaki-kun but you really left me no choice Yuzu-chan. I hate to do this, I really do but you're not giving me much of a."
The young woman cut herself off and took a leap back. No sooner had she did, the ground where she once was caves in and forms a crater. Staring from the crater to the frowning Yuzu, Chizuru whistled.
"Okay. Maybe I started the conversation off wrong. What I meant to say is," Chizuru leaped to the side avoiding another sky drop from Yuzu. "I want to talk," Chizuru flipped back. "About you and your abilities. Our organization," She dodged another one. "Had their eyes on you for years and we're concern that you have no idea what forces will be after you," Yet again she dodged an invisible attack from the sky. "You may no one knows about you but that's far from the truth. Even now as we do this little dance I can feel them, they're watching and they're waiting to make their move."
Suddenly Chizuru shimmered and appeared in front of Yuzu. Moving quickly, she grabbed Yuzu by the chin and brought her forehead down on the wide-eyed girls.
"And they're after more than you. If you stop and listen I can explain everything to you in detail."
For a moment all is silent. Yuzu stared at Chizuru unblinking. The moment ended when Yuzu raised her hand and a powerful gust of wind slammed on them both. The wind expanded out and separated them sending them flying in opposite directions. Yoruichi clung to Yuzu's back as not to get separated from the girl. The girl tumbled across the ground and rolled until she crashed into a parked car. Chizuru however only slid across the ground, glaring at Yuzu with pure annoyance.
"That wasn't a smart thing to do brat." Sneered Chizuru.
The response Chizuru got was the weight of the world dropping on her and she crashed into the ground, a massive crater forming on impact. For a moment Chizuru had black out, but only for a moment. She coughs up blood and took a long withering glare at the rising Yuzu. To think things would end up like this. To think the little brat had that much power was unbelievable, and almost incomprehensible.
'I guess the status of a Queen is nothing to laugh at. A Princess really stands no chance.'
This did not mean Chizuru would take this lying down. Orders were orders and she be damned if she failed them. Breaths coming in rapid pants, Chizuru opened her mouth and mumbled out a phrase an echo following or at least tried to.
"This is my Gard-."
A powerful force struck Chizuru from above, causing the massive crater she was in to increase four times in size. A cry escaped Chizuru and she fell unconscious. Groaning, Yuzu walked around the crater but stopped, needing to address the unconscious older woman.
"I really don't care what you have to say to me Honsho-san. I do however care that you're trying to disrupt my daily life. I'm not interested in the supernatural, I just want to live like I and how everyone expects me, quietly and normal. Should you or anyone else tries anything I'll drop more than the portion of the sky on you; I'll drop the moon!"
Having said what she felt needed to be said, Yuzu continued on her way home, taking no notice of Yoruichi staring at the unconscious Chizuru or the fact the cat seemingly disappeared from her shoulders.
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Later that night Yuzu sat on the cough munching on her tenth slice of cake when she heard something. It was not a normal sound by any means. The sound was of someone cutting the sky with a blade. She glanced out the window and frowned. There was something going on outside and it was disturbing her fatty night. She sat the plate of cake on the table and made her way to the window to see who was disturbing the nightly sky. Strangely enough she saw no one and she knew what that meant.
"Spirits again."
This was frustrating. She did not know what to do in this situation. On one hand she could ground the spirits clashing in the sky for disturbing her peace. On the other hand she could let them do as they pleased like usual. This was not the first time she felt blades cutting the sky. It happened a lot, and recently it happened more often around this time of night. She could not see what was happening, but thanks to her connection with the sky she could feel out the presence of the spirits. Concentration was key. Eyes closed off and breathing slowing, Yuzu focused on the spirits clashing outside. An image of swords flashed in her mind followed by the sight of two girls. The two were far from identifiable appearing as nothing more than flashes in her mind's eye.
This was truly frustrating for Yuzu. She could not see spirits like her siblings and longed to see them. This was no secret, she made it clear to her siblings more than once that she wished she had the sight like them. She never understood why she could not see them as clearly as her siblings, but she felt it had something to do with her abilities. Since she was a child the sky was always at her calling, she did not know of this however at the time, but as she grew the knowledge of what she could do became engraved into her very being. Yuzu knew what she was capable of and knew what dangers her powers would have on the world if let loose. The power to control the sky and what exist in it was nothing to play with. It was because of this that Yuzu remained quiet about her abilities. Power was nothing to play with and Yuzu had no intention of living a life that would require to use such power. A normal existence with her family is what she treasures.
Fate however had different plans for Yuzu and she knew this.
The swords in the sky clashed again and Yuzu decided it was best to ignore it. There was no point in causing unnecessary trouble. Making her way back to the couch, Yuzu took a seat and grabbed her cake from the table. Eating, she ignored the clashing in the sky and the pain in her head alerting her of the happenings outside. Doing her best to ignore it all, Yuzu allowed her mind to wonder to her siblings and what they could be doing at this moment.
She missed them dearly.
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Soul Society
"Captain! Hey Captain! Wake up Captain Kurosaki!"
A foot slammed into Ichigo's face sending him flying out of his chair into the wall with a powerful bang. Groaning, the newest Shinigami Captain of the 8th Division glared at his Lieutenant. The woman was a pain in the ass. Since being assigned to him two weeks earlier the woman had done nothing but hound him, forcing him to do more work than he actually wanted.
"I'm up damn it!" He growled irritably.
"It's about time Captain." The woman said sarcastically.
The worst thing about this woman was her lack of respect she had for him as a captain. It was infuriating. Never before has he dealt with a woman anyone who riled him up so easily. Well there was Hiyori, Tatsuki, and Rukia but they were different. The woman was beautiful, there was no other word to describe Arika Anarchia Entheofushia. The beauty she radiated was something unearthly and more than once Ichgio found himself admiring her.
"Arika-san," Ichigo had to be the bigger man. "If you have to wake me up I would appreciate it if you did it in a less violent way."
"I'll think about it." Arika deadpanned.
Releasing a long suffering sigh, Ichigo wondered what the woman wanted this time. It showed on his face because Arika pulled a stack of papers from nowhere and dropped them on his desk.
"These are a few dozen transfer papers the Head Captain received about the shinigami wanting to join the division. He wants you to go through them and accept whoever you want and decline whoever you want. The decisions are up to you."
"Why so many?"
"I wonder why?" Questioned Arika sarcastically. "Must have something about you being Ichigo Kurosaki the hero of the Soul Society."
The Hero of the Soul Society, Ichigo really hated that title. The lives lost during the war with the Quincy was not something Ichigo liked to think about because it always put him in a foul mood.
"Right, stupid question." Said Ichigo with a scowl.
"Yes it was."
"Shut up."
A kick to the face is the response Ichigo received for his words.
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Elsewhere
"So this is the only student to survive your training Aoyama-sama?"
Setsuna Sakurazaki (18) stared at Karin Kurosaki in curiosity. The girl had some strength she give her that, but nothing she would could special. How she survived Aoyama-sama's training so far was a mystery. The doubt must have shown in her eyes because Karin glared at her in annoyance.
"You have something to say about my strength senpai then why don't you say it with your blade."
Eyebrow cocked up in surprise, Setsuna turned to her Master for instructions. This was truly out of her element. This girl was training under Master Aoyama and no matter how much she would like to teach the girl the proper respect she knew the final say came from the Master. The response she received was unexpected and Setsuna could only gawk at the woman.
"Go on Setsuna. Test her strength. Karin hold nothing back." Ordered Master Aoyama (35)
Grinning widely, Karin smirked at her Master as she fell into a ready stance holding the wooden sword in her hand tightly.
"I wasn't planning to Master!"
Annoyed, but knowing better than showing such an expression in front of Master Aoyama, Setsuna grabbed the wooden sword off the ground and fell into her own ready stance.
'I don't have time to be sparring with newbies.' Thought Setsuna.
Although a newbie in the style of the Shinmei-ryu, Karin was far from a newbie when came to the sword, she would show her senpai what she was made of, just like she showed Master Aoyama and the others who all left.
Karin Kurosaki of the Shinmei-ryu would be known far and wide soon enough.
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Karakura Town
"Yeah she fucked me pretty good. There's no doubt about it the girl is a Queen. If you want to convince her then you should come yourself or at least send me some back up. I'm only a lonely Princess. No it's not really a problem, but, well, I'm in a little trouble with my mom. She found out I was in town without telling her and well, not only that, she found me passed out in a crater. I really didn't know how to explain myself, so I didn't and now I'm under house arrest."
"Off the phone Chizuru."
A shiver crawled down Chizuru's spine at the glare in her mother's eyes. Yoruichi Shihoin was truly a frightening woman when angered.
"Um Leader. I'll call you later."
Hanging up the phone to avoid angering her mother further, Chizuru smiled from her position on the couch. The young woman was covered in bandages and she aching all over. Yuzu really did a number on her. Scary enough, Chizuru knew the girl did so effortlessly. A High Royal was truly a frightening creature, well, not as frightening as the creature standing over her with a glass of milk in her hand.
"Give me one reason why I shouldn't bash this over your head for not telling me you were in town?"
"Because you love me?"
"Try again."
"Because it would be abuse?"
"Try again."
"Because I'm already injured and you wouldn't want to further my injuries?"
"Close but no cigars. Unfortunately I hate doing stupid things and bashing your skull in with a glass full of milk would be very stupid."
"Yep. You wouldn't want to kill your daughter."
"No. I wouldn't want to waste any milk or cause a mess that I would have to clean up later. So consider yourself lucky," Yoruichi sat on the couch and glared into her daughter's eyes. "Are you going to tell me what you've been up to?"
The concern in her mother's voice was loud and clear, but Chizuru would not budge. There were some things better left unsaid and her secrets were some of those things. Becoming tight lipped, Chizuru glanced away from Yoruichi and glared out the window. Seeing the signs of Chizuru closing herself off, Yoruichi sighed and left the couch, heading for the kitchen to grab another glass of milk.
'Such a troubling girl.'
Frustrated and annoyed, Yoruichi wondered what to do from here. Continue studying Yuzu or find out what Chizuru was up to. The answer was simple and Yoruici realized she would have to abandon Yuzu for the time being until she figured out what was happening with her daughter.
'Sorry Yuzu-chan, but my daughter comes first.'
Unaware of Yoruichi's plans, Chizuru wondered what her next move would be. Direct contact with Yuzu was useless, using force was even more so, hell the girl did not even want to talk.
"How can I get her to listen?"
To think the kindest of the Kurosaki Siblings would be the most stubborn. She should have expected this, especially knowing how stubborn Ichigo was. That guy could be so depressingly stubborn at times.
'At this rate I'll have to become a Queen to counter her. Shit that's better said than done.'
A Princess could not stand up to a Queen just how Chizuru would never fall for a guy, it was impossible. Only a Queen could beat a Queen or someone of equal status, and unfortunately Chizuru was not someone of equal status. She was a Princess a being of lower status to that of a Queen or King.
A Garden could never stand against a Kingdom.
Chizuru: Wonder how long this one will last?
Yuzu: What do you mean?
Chizuru: The author's track record with stories isn't good
Yuzu: It'll be fine
Chizuru: You don't what you're getting yourself into
Yoruichi: Looks like you're having a good conversation
(Chizuru and Yuzu glares at Yoruichi)
Yoruichi (innocently): What?
Setsuna: We'll see you all next chapter where we'll have more of Negima
Negi: I like that sound of that Setsuna-san
