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Chapter 26

Karakura Town

Lucas and the others docked their ship into the Elle Ciel and then walked calmly out of it and into the corridor. The ship was as silent as a breeze in an early morning day, there wasn't a peep or a sound. Everyone moved through the silent corridor, they found it odd that they had not run into anyone with in the ship. it was super quite which put everyone on edge. Lucas drew his sword; everyone proceeded carefully and quietly through the ship waiting for the slightest sound. It was dead quite and then BOOM, there was a loud bang that echoed from one of the rooms. Lucas and the others rushed to that room to investigate, they reached said room and entered to find a place they had not been before. The entire room was like an island with large flower filled green lands, to the left was a sandy beach and a wide blue sea that seemed to be as big as the real one. All over people were rushing about putting put decorations and setting a table with food. it seemed like they had entered some kind of observation room and the sky was made of glass and allowed for a clear view of the stars. Lucas and the others saw The Doctor, Lester and Kurogane yelling at Joy, she seemed to be holding what looked like a bunch of fireworks, Lucas and the others wasted no time in trying to figure out what was going on.

"Listen, we said no fireworks" said the Doctor.

"Why not, they'll be really pretty" said Joy.

"Hey, what's going on?" asked Lucas.

"Hey Lucas, your back, good timing" said Joy.

"We're getting ready for a special event, see the thing is that the next world we are going to is about to have this fantastic meteor shower, it is meant to be so great that all those that make a wish under them will have that wish come true" said Lester.

"But this little fuzz ball is trying to ruin it, she wants to shoot off some fireworks, not only is it dangerous to do that inside the ship but fireworks will pretty much ruin the effect of watching them, so she decided to prove us wrong and set one off which caused all of that" said Kurogane.

Everyone saw what Kurogane was getting at; all around them were bowls of food with the food all over the floor and some were splashed all over the trees and also burnt decorations that were destroyed beyond repair littered the floor. There was also a scorch mark on the ground as if a rocket had flown past and one of the trees had a gaping hole in it.

"But it was awesome" said Joy.

"Yeah, if had blown up, what kind of firework doesn't explode, if Kurogane hadn't stopped it then it would have killed someone" said The Doctor.

"Joy, you idiot" said Pan.

"So...have you finished all of the upgrades that you needed to do?" asked Amu.

"Yep, we've built a tracker that will help us to locate Michel and his goons quicker, this way we will be able to launch a quick attack against them, we have also added weapons to the Elle Ciel in case we see that Eonia guy again or if we are attacked by Hexes, we have also added a training room which will allow for you to get stronger without damaging the ship and also a Dive machine for Mir" said Joy.

"A what, you made one of them" said Mir surprised.

"Oh hell no, like hell I am going into that Cosmosphere again, the last time nearly killed me" said Lucas.

"Don't be such a baby; the crystal is gone so it probably won't happen again" said Etna.

"But with those guys you can never be sure" said Lyner.

"Anyway we have something interesting to say about the next world" said Joy.

There was yet another weird noise, the ship then teleported itself to another world without the help of either of the two Demis.

"What the hell" said Train.

"Oh yeah, we also installed a warp drive filled with our transportation power so the ship didn't need us anymore, thanks for the idea Takuto" said Joy.

"Anyway what was it you were going to say?" asked Shelke.

"Well the thing is we picked up some weird readings from this world, not only do we also get several of Michel's goons but also a weird energy reading" said Joy.

"A weird energy reading?" questioned Maria.

"To tell the truth it looks like another one of the Lords might be there, as well as that something related to the person who butted in on your battle with Fate" said Joy.

"Really...wait how do you know about that?" asked Sakura.

"I have my ways" said Joy.

"Meaning we need to go there and stop this Lord or whatever" said Syaoran.

"Yes but there is this thing that Joy failed to mention" said Kurogane.

"What?" questioned Amu.

"Well the world...it's kinda run by Soul Reapers" said Joy.

"Well...that shouldn't be a problem" said Pan.

"Why, what's a Soul Reaper?" asked Aigis.

"Basically a sort of ghost, they guide souls to the other side like grim reapers but they are incredible powerful and can only be seen by a select few" said Pan.

"So there isn't a problem as long as we don't piss them off" said Lucas.

"Yeah, pretty much" said The Doctor.

"Okay, well goodbye" said Joy.

Lucas however quickly grabbed her and dragged her out of the room with them as they left.

"Oh no, you're coming with us to stop you from doing any more damage" said Lucas.

Joy cried as she realized she wasn't able to secretly set up her fireworks, Pan however laughed at her sister as she found the situation amazing. Everyone returned to the ship, some complaining about not getting a brake. Mint took control of the ship and flew it down to the planet's surface; they landed on the outskirts of a town and hid the ship from view. After literally dragging a kicking and screaming Joy from the ship they entered down to find it surprisingly empty. Apart from a few people who were wondering around town there seemed to be no one walking around, everyone seemed to be inside their houses. Everyone wondered why, as they walked down the street everyone started to feel an odd presence. It was like something was telling them to stay off the streets and to take cover. They however continued to move through the town ignoring their instincts, they then heard the growl of some kind of animal, it was a unique sound that they had never heard before. They followed the sound fearing that it might belong to a Hex, when they got closer they started to hear the sound of a sword clashing against something. They quickly turned a corner and walked down an alleyway, when they reached the end and emerged on the other side they saw a boy with orange hair fighting a monstrous creature with a white mask. The boy wore black clothes and held an extremely large sword while the creature was this giant ape like monster with a hole in its chest and a large white mask. The boy was busy fighting the first creature he didn't notice another on sneak up behind him. As the second creature prepared to attack him Lucas jumped in and blocked the attack, this caught the attention of the boy who then noticed their presence, he seemed quite surprised to see them and everyone else got ready to fight as several more creatures appeared.

"What the hell are these things" said Lyner.

"Don't know but looks like we haven't got a choice" said Train as he took aim at a monster's head.

The boy charged at the monsters cutting two of them in half with his sword, Lucas attacked one and rammed his sword straight through its head splitting it in two, blood poured out of it and it vanished into nothingness. Train shot several of them in the head, all perfect shots which showed off his great marksman skills. Sakura protected Syaoran with the shield card from a centipede like creature, soon the creature found itself open for an attack and so Syaoran cut it straight through the middle, the creature bled from its wound and screamed as it vanished. Aigis and Flynn were forced back to back; they teamed up with each other with Flynn blocking the attacks of the monsters with his sword and Aigis defeating them by quickly shooting them in the head. Mint used a shield to defend herself as monsters surrounded her trying to get her; Mint waited and then summoned a cannon which killed all of the monsters that had been attacking her. Mint dismissed her shield but failed to notice a monster sneaking up from behind, it was however Etna who noticed this monster and impaled it through the head with her spear. Etna then dived bombed a large group of creatures using some kind of ability which caused a thousand spears to appear beneath her. When she jumped into the air the spears followed and when she landed on the creatures, about ten of them the spears impaled all of them in multiple places. Maria was doing her best to fight but was barely able to hold them back, she wasn't designed for fighting like they were, it was thanks to Mir and Snow jumping in and saving her from a creature that she managed to survive. Although she wasn't powerful she could still fight, with their help she managed to kill several creatures by snapping their necks with her Chain of Fate attack. Mir battered monsters left, right and center with her spells while laughing at them, Snow smashed in their faces and used his bare hands to stop all of their attacks. Shelke coldly decapitated several monsters with her swords while Amu blasted them away after changing into her Dia form. It continued like this for a while, the boy they were helping wielded his huge sword and cut through as many as he could, everyone else was just barely keeping up with him. Lucas and the boy were forced back to back, Flynn tried his hardest to stop several monsters finishing off an unconscious Mint who was on the ground after being hit in the head and narrowly avoiding death. Aigis and Train shot down as many targets as possible but they never seemed to stop coming, Amu defended as several monsters attacked her, she was saved by Snow smacking them away, he had however received a wound oh his chest that continued to bleed. Snow collapsed to the floor and was expecting death to come quickly, a monster raised it's claw however something flew from the sky and took it's arm off, then it happened again but this time it went through the monsters head. It was revealed to them that someone was shooting arrows from the sky, soon thousands of arrows shot out from the sky and rained down on the monsters killing them. Several stragglers remained but they were quickly finished off by a black haired woman with a sword, a tall man with a strange looking arm, a red haired boy with a sword that could extend it's length and a girl with long orange hair. As the remaining monsters were defeated Lucas and the others regrouped, Sakura healed Mint who quickly regained consciousness, her wound wasn't too bad and only took a few seconds to heal. Pan and Joy focused on the boy and his friends, they seemed to be very agitated by them, Lucas cautiously approached to introduce himself, his friends were all behind him in case they were needed.

"Thanks for the help kid" said the boy.

"Not a problem, my name's Lucas" he said.

"Ichigo Kurosaki" said the boy.

"This is interesting" said a black haired girl.

"What is?" asked Ichigo.

"They can see us yet they don't posses any spirit energy, I can't sense anything from them, by all rights they shouldn't exist" said the black haired girl.

"Really...I can't really tell" said Ichigo.

"Well it's not like you have ever been able to sense spirit energy anyway" said the red haired boy.

"Shut up" said Ichigo.

"Make me" said the red haired boy.

"Enough you two, so what are they, Hollows?" asked the boy with glasses.

"No, if they were then I would be able to sense something but with them it's like they came from another world or something" said the girl with black hair.

"You wouldn't believe how close you are" said Etna.

"So then who are your friends Ichigo?" asked Lucas.

"I'm Rukia" said the girl with black hair.

"I'm Orihime" said the girl with long orange hair.

"I'm Renji Abarai" said the boy with red hair.

"I'm Uryu and this is Chad" said the boy with glasses.

The large boy waved his hand, he seemed shy as he didn't talk much.

"So Lucas, perhaps you can explain how you can see those Hollows" said Ichigo.

"Hollows, you mean those things, who wouldn't be able to see them" said Syaoran.

"That's not what they mean" said Joy.

"A Demi" said Renji.

"I see, so that is what you are" said Rukia.

"What are they?" asked Chad.

"Nothing to be concerned about...anyway thanks for the help, those things are called Hollows, their evil spirits that normal people cannot see" said Rukia.

"Really, so that would make you lot Soul Reapers" said Train.

"Only Ichigo, Renji and Rukia, I'm a Quincy" said Uryu.

"What ever the hell that is" said Mir.

"There certainly were a lot of them, have they attacked like that before?" asked Shelke.

"No, it's strange they have never appeared in those kinds of numbers before, it's been happening more and more lately, it's like every Hollow around the world is being drawn to this town for some reason" said Rukia.

"We're starting to fear for the safety of the towns people, we have even had to force them all to take cover in their homes" said Renji.

"So call for help, don't you have some sort of back up or way to reach other Soul Reapers?" asked Aigis.

"Yes, however I have been unable to get through to them, in fact I doubt the Soul Society even knows what is going on" said Rukia.

"All pathways have closed as well except the Senkaimon in Urahara's Shop, we were going to send several people to get help but..." said Renji.

"It will take most of us to persuade the Soul Society, the only ones we leave to protect the town is Ichigo and Renji but they won't be enough to hold back the Hollows" said Uryu.

"I said I could handle them" said Ichigo.

"Listen you idiot, there will be millions of them, an army of Hollows you and I both know we won't be able to keep them back long enough for help to arrive" said Renji.

"Well seems like you're in a bind" said Mint.

"We have some business here, a criminal by the name of Michel Paradox so we'll help you" said Snow.

"Really?" asked Rukia.

"Of course, we can't just leave if people are in trouble" said Maria.

"Besides helping you could further our own goal but remember you owe us one" said Etna.

"Thanks for the offer but it sounds like you have your own problems to deal with" said Ichigo.

"You really are an idiot, you know you can't beat them all by yourself, we're offering you our help so like it or not we're helping" said Lucas.

"Urgh...fine just don't get in my way" said Ichigo.

"I could say the same to you meat head" said Lucas.

"What did you call me" said Ichigo.

"Brake it up you two" said Amu.

"So we'll guard the town with Ichigo and Renji so you can get help" said Flynn.

There was a small beeping noise and Rukia quickly checked her phone, she was taken back by what she saw and immediately ran into the middle of the shopping district. She looked up at the sky and all the others followed, they were shocked by what they saw. In the sky was a large crack that slowly got larger and larger. Slowly several large hands appeared out of the crack in the sky and attempted to make it larger until there was this huge hole in the sky with Hollows crawling around inside.

"Good...because here they come" said Rukia.

"Go, we'll handle it" said Renji.

"Just hurry up and get help" said Ichigo.

Everyone prepared for battle as Chad, Rukia, Uryu and Orihime run to get help, it would be a long time before they would return and so everyone prepared for a long and grueling battle. The Hollows descended on them, Mint started to blast them out of the sky with her cannons and Amu used her abilities to help stop them from coming through. However the hole was getting larger and larger, Hollows fell to the floor, one landed right next to Ichigo and felt the sting of his blade as it cut through it's head. Lucas covered his back as another Hollow appeared and tried to kill Ichigo. Lucas blocked the attack, counter attacked and cut off the creature's arm before slicing it in half.

"Roar Zabimaru" said Renji.

Immediately his sword changed shape and cut through three Hollows, Flynn defeated a Hollow and then managed to cut straight through a gorilla like Hollow. Mir was firing off spells destroying many of the Hollows in the air while Train and Aigis protected her. Aigis blocked attacks while Train unloaded his gun into his enemies before reloading his gun and continuing to fight, Snow charged into the many Hollows and punched about ten of them, braking through their masks and killing them, soon at least a hundred Hollows were on the ground while at least a thousand were in the air.

"Bahamut" said Lucas.

"Tiamat" said Etna.

"Diablos" said Mir.

"Ramuh" said Shelke.

The summons appeared and attacked the enemies in the air while everyone else focused on those on the ground. Shelke decapitated all the Hollow who were foolish enough to attack her, she swiftly dodged to the side before delivering the final blow. Maria and Etna were forced back to back, Maria blocked attacks while Etna delivered the finishing blow. However a Hollow managed to grab Maria and throw her through a shop window. Maria groaned on the floor as she noticed the creature standing over her and was about to deliver the finishing blow. Maria reached for her sword but the creature pinned her arm down and then stood on her body to stop her from moving. Maria struggled as the creature laughed and prepared it's claw to slice through Maria's head, Maria shut her eye's in fear waiting for the end. However what she had was the scream of a creature, she opened her eyes to see Lucas who had abandoned backing up Ichigo to come to her aid. He cut the creature in two before violently shoving his sword through the creature's head three times in retaliation for attacking Maria. When the creature vanished Lucas helped Maria up off the floor and handed her weapon back to her.

" Are you okay?" asked Lucas.

"Yes...I'm fine" said Maria.

"That's go...what the hell" said Lucas.

Maria turned round, she had crashed through into an electronic store, there were all sorts of old fashioned radios all over the place. It was incredibly dark, however what was upsetting was the fact that all the radios were producing a loud hissing sound and the fact that something was moving in the dark, they head a scraping noise as a large shape appeared and slowly moved close to them. Outside everyone was fighting their heart out, now Hexes had shown up to aid the Hollows. They looked like giant tigers with huge chain balls that they used to attack everyone, also were these lizard like monsters who were armed with a trident, these things easily avoid any attack thrown at them.

"What the hell are Hexes doing here?" asked Pan.

"Michel is here, that has to be it, it's certain now the next Lord is here" said Joy.

"Where the hell did Lucas and Maria go?" asked Renji.

"Through that window" said Mint as she dodged a Hollow.

Maria and Lucas came running out of the shop, well Lucas kicked down the door in an panic, they kept looking over their shoulder as if something was chasing them.

"Hey guys, we have a slight problem" said Lucas.

"Slight problem...it's a huge problem" said Maria.

"What's up?" asked Snow as he punched the lights out of a Lizard Hex.

A blade then came out of nowhere and almost decapitated Lucas and Maria, it would have succeeded in it's task if Ichigo hadn't appeared and stopped the attack.

"What the hell" said Ichigo.

He looked at the blade, it was huge, to huge, no normal human could carry it let alone swing it, then out of the darkness came a figure, it slumped towards them and into the light. They looked at the wielder of the sword, it was a large masculine man that towered over them , he was covered in a apron made out of what looked like flesh. His skin was pale white and almost dead like and his head, what can I say it was a pyramid , that is right, his head was encased in a pyramid like helmet that seemed to weigh the creature down. Every time it put it's foot down the ground shook like an earthquake, Ichigo looked at the creature and compared his long blade to the creature's, the monster's was bigger.

"I take it this is the slight problem you mentioned" said Ichigo.

Meanwhile Rukia and the others had successfully made it to the Soul Society and had begun to talk to the Captains of the Soul Society about the condition of Karakura Town.

Aftermath.

Hi I'm Joy, I'm back baby

I'm Project H and welcome to the Aftermath

H, was that you know who

Defiantly, god help them now that he is there

It's PH

Anyway I bet you weren't expecting that

I wasn't, the answer to last chapter's riddle is a promise

This chapter's riddle is you use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead what am I?

See ya

See you next time, oh look at the time

Not funny