Naruto/Bleach (Earlier this Year/2013)
Embittered Truth, Fem Ichigo - gallery/?q=Femichigo#/d4fmn6r
Death Goddess of Konoha
Prologue
'Damn, I didn't see that coming' Ichigo thought as she fell through the rip in space and time that Aizen's last spell before his defeat created beneath her feet. There were both upsides and downsides to this. Upside: The energies of the portal allow Ichigo to keep her powers and Zangetsu. Downside: She's stuck in the 'Saiga No Getsuga Tenshou' mode with the waist long black hair and wispy Black Reishi flowing around her, Upside: she can choose whether she wields a solid Tensa Zangetsu or a Reiatsu Tensa Zangetsu, and finally ultimate downside: Ichigo has no idea where the portal will spit her out and if she'll ever see her family again. Yeah, that's a pretty shitty deal for her.
Ichigo emerges in a valley next to a river with two huge statues flanking a waterfall on one end and a forest on the other, It's night-time but the moon and starlight is enough to see by, also Ichigo idly notices that her Night Vision has gotten better, maybe it's because she is now closer to the darkness then the light? Looking down in the water she sees herself for the first time since her transformation "Tensa wasn't lying, I am different now. I wonder what I am right now? Shinigami? Human? Hollow? Arrancar? Zanpakutō? Some hybrid of one or two of them, or all of them? Can I even call myself Human anymore?" Looking back up at Ichigo from the calmly flowing waters is a Teenage Female about Fifteen-Sixteen with Waist long Black hair, wearing her Bankai Outfit without sleeves and with Blue-Black bandages covering her arms and hands as well as the lower half of her face, starting just below the eyes and working its way across to just under her ears is a solid mask, that Ichigo has not trouble breathing or talking through this mask doesn't bother her at all. In Ichigo's right hand is a solid yet ethereal sword made of black Reishi, with just a thought it materializes back to the stage just beforehand with the larger Daito and the chain wrapping its way up her right arm and hanging loose from her shoulder.
Ichigo walks on a Reishi platform to the dead center of the of the river and faces the waterfall, Raising Tensa Zangetsu she gathers her Reiatsu and slashes her Zanpakutō downwards vertically while shouting out "Getsuga Tenshou" A wave of Black Energy splits the waterfall and buries itself five feet deep into the stone behind the waterfall. Ichigo is about to continue but… Suddenly a massive waves of Reiatsu washes over filled with malice and hatred. Without stopping to think Ichigo immediately starts to Shunpo towards the source of the Reiatsu, Without hesitation because she knows that lives will be lost this night.
Seconds later Ichigo comes across massive village surrounded by 50 foot walls and massive trees, she immediately spots the source of the Reiatsu, 100 foot tall Red Foxes with Nine Tails aren't all that common 'Although this is a another world, for all I know 100 foot tall animals might be the norm here' Ichigo thinks to herself with a mental chuckle, She misses hearing Zangetsu's voice, hell even Shirosaki and her maniacal laughter and death threats would be appreciated, just so she knows she at least has someone to stand with her.
Ichigo, immediately spots the hundreds if not thousands of small figures battling the fox, 'Maybe I'll call it a 'Kyūbi' for now', She immediately flies over and starts blasting wordless Getsuga Tenshous at the Kyūbi's tails. Although Ichigo doesn't know it her intervention on this night saves hundreds if not thousands of lives, the Kyūbi immediately stops attacking the humans and starts focusing on her as the largest threat, for several minutes Ichigo battles while marveling at the endless power of the Kyūbi she is fighting. After every hit a dark crevice opens on the foxes skin, after a couple of minutes the fox is covered in crevices.
Ichigo also marvels at the fact that she has launched nearly one hundred Getsugas at the fox and still not feeling even the slightest hint of exhaustion or even low Reiatsu levels, in fact she doesn't feel like she's used any Reiatsu at all. Suddenly she senses something to her right and turns her head to see a giant toad attacking the Kyūbi with her, with their combined efforts the Kyūbi is pushed further and further away from the village.
In its anger the Kyūbi starts charging some kind of power attack that resembles a Cero, Ichigo not wasting any time quickly gathers massive amounts of the Black Reishi to her shifting Tensa Zangetsu back to the Ethereal Blade form. The Kyūbi launches its attack and Ichigo just swings Tensa Zangetsu down while murmuring "Mugetsu".
A massive wave of Black Reiatsu nearly two hundred feet high flies forth from Zangetsu, hitting the Bijudama the Kyūbi had just launched, detonating it and flinging all the power of both attacks back at the Kyūbi. The Kyūbi is disorientated by the massive attack power just launched at it, but before Ichigo can capitalize on it, the giant toad stops next to her with a Blonde haired Man on its head with a similar face to the Fourth Giant Stone Head on the mountain Ichigo had absently noticed while battling.
The Man then shouts "I don't know who you are, but I'm going to transport us and the Kyūbi (Ichigo inwardly smirks for guessing the name right) to a secure location, would you be able to hold it in place for ten or so minutes?" Ichigo quickly reviews her powers, discovering that due to the merging she now has knowledge of all of her Hollow Powers, Every Kido Spell and every ability Zangetsu and Tensa Zangetsu has 'Zangetsu has nearly a dozen abilities, Damn I wish I could train for this but that one will have to do'
Ichigo nods to the man who smiles and then makes a dozen or so strange hand… Gestures? Before he shouts out "Space-Time Jutsu, Continental Shift" Suddenly Ichigo, the Man and the Kyūbi start to glow before suddenly shifting to an area behind the mountain with the giant stone heads on it.
Ichigo wastes no time, she quickly repositions herself directly above the Kyūbi before gathering her Reiatsu and shouting out "Chains of the Lunar-Fang" Thirteen 70-foot poles of Black Reishi appear and impale all of the Kyūbi's limbs and tails, Black chains link the poles together and immobilize the legs and tails completely, another group of Black chains twenty times thick bind the body and head of the Kyūbi while also sealing the Kyūbi's mouth shut, before slamming into the ground at high speed holding the Kyūbi in place.
The Blonde Man and a Red-haired woman are doing some ritual around an altar, the woman looks upset while the man looks determined and prepared to sacrifice himself for the good of his village, Ichigo then focuses her vision and spots a baby on the altar, while concerned she rationalizes that the baby must be integral to whatever he is doing and that it will survive.
After ten minutes of pointless straining the spell or ritual or whatever the man was doing is complete and the Kyūbi starts to shrink before being contained… or sealed? Into the child's abdomen just over the naval. Ichigo spots a weirdly dressed creature with a giant knife behind the man, the being emits an aura of death similar to her own although thousands of times greater, The strange being stares into Ichigo's eyes before giving a nod of… Approval? To her before it finishes containing the Kyūbi and disappears from sight, in the depth of her soul Ichigo rejoices at the acceptance of the strange being for reasons she doesn't know.
Ichigo drops down to the ritual site, she sees the Woman crying over the Man's body and hears the baby crying on the altar. With extreme care Ichigo picks up the child and holds it while waiting for the woman's grief to run its course, about five minutes later an old man leading a group of… Soldiers? Shows up, he looks at the Man's corpse and bows his head with the followers coping his actions, one with strange gravity defying silver hair falls to his knees and openly sobs.
Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze stops crying a couple of minutes after Hiruzen Sarutobi the Sandaime Hokage shows up, Her eyes widen as she realizes she hasn't watched Naruto and she quickly spins around to see the strange warrior standing there with Naruto in her arms. Kushina's Shinobi training quickly analyzes The warrior who is a young woman of around Fifteen-sixteen, about 6 foot one and probably weighs around 69 Kilograms, she has C-cup breasts and waist length black hair, around her some form of energy radiates from her body, the energy in question is black and has an almost mist like quality to it. The way she holds Naruto shows that she has had practice in holding infants before, Considering her age most likely she has babysat for friends, family or a job. She doesn't appear to be a Shinobi but she has an aura of alertness around her found in those that have fought in a war, even now with the primary threat gone she is still on guard. Kushina almost asks what she has done to make her so wary but decides not to, instead she says "Thank you for helping Minato and calming Naruto down"
The Woman smiles and replies "It's okay, I helped… Minato? Because it was a way of saving lives, and I calmed down… Naruto? So you had time to grieve for your husband?"
Kushina nods to her question at the end and thanks the Woman before holding her arms out for Naruto, without hesitation the Woman hands her Naruto, Kushina looks down into his Cerulean eyes, and smiles at the fact that Minato's legacy will continue in the future. She looks over to Hiruzen (After he retired she was all too happy to call him by his name) and almost orders "Hiruzen, while I know you are still grieving it is time we headed back to Konoha and helped restore order 'She turns to the Woman' Would you like to come with us…"
The Woman nods and replies with "Yes, I need someplace to live so I might see if I can get a house in your village, Konoha was it? 'Kushina Nods' And then find a job that pays the bills. By the way, my name is Ichigo Kurosaki" Ichigo then bows slightly.
Kushina bows back with respect and says "My name is Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze, my husband who you helped is Minato Namikaze and was Hokage or Leader of our village"
Ichigo nods and murmurs under her breath "Explains the Giant Stone Faces" Kushina almost giggles before the solemn atmosphere of this night returns in force and brings back the memories of all the losses.
The group of Shinobi, one Shinigami and a Baby return to Konoha to find that there were only eight people killed in tonight's events thanks to Ichigo's intervention. As they walked towards what Ichigo assumed was the Village Centre or Town Hall or Something, All the civilians and Defense fighters (What exactly were they?) bowed in reverence both to her and the body of their dead leader which was being carried on a stretcher behind the old man who seemed to emit an aura of leadership and respect. Ichigo watches as they move the body to a funeral preparation area and then arrive at a tower with the Kanji for Fire on it, she assumed that the country they were in had something to do with Fire, for now a safe assumption.
Kushina and the Old Man then walked into a hall in the tower after asking Ichigo to follow them, inside the room was quite strange, on one side it had tiers like an auditorium four levels up with eighteen or so civilians on it, there was an open area then two long tables on either side of the room parallel to each other with one end facing the Auditorium end and the other facing a large chair with four smaller chairs around it (Advisors and Hiruzen), on the walls behind the two long tables were banners with symbols under them, under most of the symbols an armed person sat radiating power and purpose, there wasn't anybody sitting under a strange swirling symbol or a wave being blown by a breeze symbol (Nami means wave and Kaze means Wind, so I took a liberty here). Kushina goes and sits under the swirling symbol and Ichigo realizes that the Swirling symbol must be for Uzumaki, so the other one must be for Namikaze, Ichigo also realizes that the large chair must be for the Village Leader… wait they called it a… Hokage. The other chair must be kept for honorary reason then.
Ichigo waits in the open area with the civilians looking at her with undisguised disgust or suspicion while the Armed area look at her with a respect and reverence bordering on Worship, she guesses that her actions must have enamored her to the fighters while the civilians were either unaware or uncaring of her actions, she guesses the former is most likely. One of the civilians stands up and shouts "Who is that Woman, and why is she here is she the one that released the Kyūbi upon us?" 'Ah that explains the suspicion and disgust' Ichigo muses.
Kushina responds with "NO" loudly and then in a calmer voice continues with "This Woman as you called her, is the reason why the Kyūbi's attack only has nine victims in total, she held the Kyūbi off long enough for Minato to arrive and then when he teleported them away held the Kyūbi down for ten minutes so Minato could seal the Kyūbi away. Her name is Ichigo Kurosaki, and as of right now she is one of two saviors to Konoha" Suddenly the Armed forces explode with agreements with loud enthusiastic ones from a Woman with Face markings and an overweight Man with a strange symbol on his face to polite but heated agreements from two arrogant looking men, one with long black hair and the other looking blind, although Ichigo is fairly certain he can see considering the look of loathing he and the other arrogant man shot each other for agreeing on something, 'Obviously that's a disagreement that's been going on for a long time, wonder which side started it?' Ichigo idly wonders.
The civilians then apologize to her for the suspicion, but before they can get too worked up into their apologizes Ichigo puts her hand up for silence and says "That's alright, I understand why you would be suspicious and the fact I am a stranger wouldn't of helped. I am not upset or angry, please continue, you obviously have a very serious issue to deal with 'The civilians look at her with confusion in their eyes' What I mean is that your village leader… a Hokage? 'They all notice her hesitation' has perished saving you from the Kyūbi and now your village is in dire need of a replacement" Suddenly all the faces in the room are looking down with melancholy for the loss they have suffered, all except for the Man with one eye and a bad arm giving her a speculative look, Ichigo glares at him and the Man pales considerably, it doesn't help that when she glared Ichigo unconsciously used both Reiatsu and Killer Intent upon the Man, who only just avoided soiling himself from fear and dread. The Man quickly looks away from her, Kushina and the Armed forces and Hiruzen? who had looked up when she had her staring contest with the One-eyed Man look at her with a mix of Amusement and respect, obviously that man isn't very well liked by this village.
Hiruzen then gets up and says "We need a new Hokage as soon as possible, otherwise Iwa and Kumo will be quick to take advantage of a perceived weakness, luckily thanks to Ichigo here our losses are small compared to what they could have been, Does anyone have a nomination for the position of Hokage?"
The one eyed man, whose name is Danzo Shimura nominates himself to a general disgust from the armed forces and a wary acceptance from the civilians. A civilian comments on nominating Ichigo who quickly responds with "I'm not a member of Konoha and I probably don't fit the criteria for the position" and then she murmurs too low for the civilians to hear but the Shinobi all hear "And I'm certain that a non-human can't hold the position anyway, not to mention that the Soul Society would be on my ass for doing so" While confused at this comment the Shinobi all realize that this isn't something worth pushing, Hiashi Hyūga nominates Kushina for the position and to everyone's amazement Fugaku Uchina agrees with him followed quickly by Chōza Akimichi, Inoichi Yamanaka, Shikaku Nara, Shibi Aburame and Tsume Inuzuka. The elders and Hiruzen agree and the Civilians agree as well, That night Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze not only announced her marriage to the deceased Hokage, she was also chosen as the Godaime Hokage, and the first ever Female Kage.
After the meeting has ended Kushina walked over to Ichigo and says "You said you were looking for a house right? 'Ichigo Nods' Would you like to stay with me? and before you ask it won't be charity, I need someone to watch over Naruto now that I'm going to be Hokage and you seem to be the best choice, so what do you say?"
Ichigo smiles and says "I'd love to, I have babysat babies before and this would be kind of like that, only long-term and I don't have to walk home afterwards. I needed a place to stay anyways, a lost Shi- Person should find shelter as soon as possible" Kushina made the assumption that she was about to say 'Shinobi' but as always the truth was far from that.