Ichigo woke up surrounded by people in robes which was weird considered he was just in bed. When he looked down, he was wearing his shinigami robes and when he took a glanced back, he saw the hilt of Zangetsu. "Where am I?" Ichigo asked only to get a splitting headache.
He started to see numbers, words, error messages, and question marks. "What is going on!?" Ichigo thought in pain.
When the pain stopped Ichigo almost fainted, he looked up and stared at the people around him, he couldn't understand them and there was a low radio static sound in his ears that got louder with every second until it stopped, and he could finally understand the words coming out of the mouths of the people around him.
"We finally summoned a hero of our own." one said which was met was cheers and applause.
That was when a woman with purple hair who was wearing a crown and had a fan in her hand had busted down a door (The only door Ichigo saw.) and a bunch of knights rushed in.
Ichigo gritted his teeth and pushed out his spiritual energy and shouted, "Where the hell am I?" This seemed to get all these weirdos to stop what they were doing for a second.
Then the woman with purple hair said, "Don't just sit there get them, now." This made the knights snap out of it and went to capture the people in robes.
The people in robes were saying, "Save us hero we need you!" Though Ichigo didn't care he just wanted to know where he was.
Ichigo then noticed the woman with purple haired walking up to him "This should be great." Ichigo thought.
"I know you have questions but please wait a bit for things to calm down for me to explain." The purple haired woman said to Ichigo.
Ichigo blinked and nodded his head and sat down where he was only to pass out, the last thing he heard was the purple haired woman ordering the knights to help him.
When Ichigo woke up, he was in a bed he looked around the room and it looked fancy like something out of a mansion. He also noticed people hiding in the room by sensing the spiritual energy nearby.
One of them moved fast and got someone a couple rooms down and after a couple of minutes people came out and into his room. There was the woman with purple hair, and four guys one with a bow, another with a sword, the last two with a spear and a shield. Ichigo gave them a deadpan look and asked, "Where the hell am I and how did I get here?"
This made the woman with the crown on her head step forward and say, "You are in the castle of Melromarc and you were brought here after we tried to stop a cult from using a forbidden magic to summon a hero to are world, hence why you are here."
Ichigo looked wide eyed at her explanation then grumbled to himself and asked, "Is there any way to send me back."
"Unfortunately, no, not until the waves are delt with." The woman with a crown said only for Ichigo to give a questionable look.
"We will explain later, right now can I ask who you are?" said the woman with the crown.
Ichigo gave a deadpan look and said, "Shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking for someone's name."
This caused three of the 4 guys who entered the room to look at him wide eyed as the woman with the crown grinned and said, "My apologies I am Mirellia Q Melrmarc the Queen of this country and these four are ..." She then gestured to the four men in the room to continue.
This prompted Ichigo to look at them and the one with a spear stepped forward and introduced himself as Motoyasu Kitamura he also said he was 21 years old AKA the spear hero, the next was the one carrying the bow and said his name was Itsuki Kawasumi and he was 17 years old the bow hero, the next was the one carrying the sword who introduced himself as Ren Amaki 16 years old and was the sword hero, lastly was the one carrying the shield who said his name was Naofumi Iwatani 20 years old and was the shield hero. The shield hero then asked who Ichigo was.
"My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, 15 years old, substitute shinigami." This made the spear, bow, and sword hero laughed at Ichigo for claiming to be a god. The Queen and the shield hero narrowed their eyes.
"What do you mean by substitute?" Naofumi asked with a serious look on his face.
Ichigo looked at him and said, "I'm a human with the abilities of a shinigami now can you guys tell me what's going on?"
One Explanation Later
"Great, another world another problem." Ichigo thought. Ichigo already noticed the spear, sword, and bow heroes left during the explanation.
"Naofumi, can you help Ichigo around the kingdom till he is comfortable?" The Queen asked Naofumi.
"What why me, what do I get out of it?" Naofumi said grumpily.
"She probably picked you since your friends already left." Ichigo pointed out causing Naofumi to look at where the other heroes was supposed to be.
Naofumi grumbled to himself before sighing and ended up agreeing to show Ichigo around for a bit. Ichigo got up and looked at Naofumi and scratched the back of his head and bowed a little and said, "Thank you, I'll be in your care."
Naofumi was a little taken aback by the politeness from the guy who looked like a thug but shrugged it off. "So, do you know how to use that sword are do you need some help?" Naofumi asked.
This caused Ichigo to shake his head and say, "I've been fighting with Zangetsu for a couple of months now and quite skilled at hand to hand."
That was when a knight appeared and told the Queen there was an Incident involving the hero's companions. After the Knight explained the situation Ichigo decided to go back to bed and Naofumi told him to meet him in front of the castle in the morning so he can show him around.
The Next Day
Ichigo got up and met Naofumi in front of the castle to explore. When he arrived, he also got to meet his companions Raphtalia and Filo who constantly called Naofumi master, maybe it had to do with his title of hero.
"So Naofumi where are we going?" Ichigo asked as the four of them walked together.
"The equipment shop, I need to check something." Naofumi said as they walked to a building with a sword over a shield.
When they walked in the shop owner greeted Naofumi and Ichigo learned that Naofumi had a bounty recently. "Talk about trouble, well I'm one to talk."
Apparently Naofumi wanted to try something called weapon copy and the other heroes have been doing it for some time now to get free weapons.
When Naofumi managed to get his shield changed into a different shield did Ichigo finally notice how Naofumi's Shield felt like a zanpakuto.
When they left Naofumi was in a hurry to find the other heroes to talk to them about something important when they ran into the sword hero's comrades who explained that Ren usually does things on his own. Ren had apparently left for the decks so he can go to some islands known as the Cal Mira Islands. When they went back to the castle the group found out that Ren wasn't the only one that left, because the spear and bow hero departed as well.
Ichigo decided to take a look at his stats as Naofumi, Raphtalia, and Filo can class up whatever that is. Ichigo saw that almost every stat had a question mark. His level was at 42, His equipment showed what he was wearing and showed Zangetsu as his weapon. Zangetsu had its own stats that was also a bunch of question marks.
Ichigo thought abought his level and thought about how he was supposed to be losing his power, but he didn't feel like he has been losing any power since being summoned here. "Weird."
Ichigo decided to get up and stretched a little before going to find the Queen to ask how he was supposed to get to the islands.
When Ichigo found the Queen, she was talking to who Ichigo thought to be the Queens daughter.
"Am I interrupting something?" Ichigo questioned as the two looked at him with slight surprise.
The kid the Queen was talking to ducked behind her scared of how Ichigo looked. The Queen chuckled and said, "No, we were just done though I do have some Questions for you if you don't mind?"
"Sure, no problem is she your daughter?" Ichigo asked the Queen.
The Queen smiled in pride and said, "Yes she is, Melty introduce yourself."
The kid Melty stepped forward and said, "I-I'm Melty Q Melromarc nice to meet you." as she curtsied.
Ichigo smiled softly at her and introduced himself "I'm Ichigo Kurosaki do you mind if I speak to your mom for a bit."
Melty brightened up and smiled and nodded her head. Ichigo thanked her and Melty left. "So, how can I help you?" Ichigo asked the Queen.
"Well, I couldn't help but notice that you carry yourself like a soldier at times and wanted to know what training you've been through?" The Queen asked as she looked at Ichigo with interest.
Ichigo thought about how to answer that question and said, "I was taught the basics of swordsmanship and the rest was self-taught through battle."
"Impressive, so what is it you wanted to talk about?" The Queen asked.
"Oh, I wanted to know how to get to the docks so I can go to the Cal Mira Islands." Ichigo said.
The Queen smirked and said, "If that is all then I'll have someone escort you, just wait outside for a wagon to pick you up." Ichigo nodded and waited outside the castle and when the wagon got there, he got on and the went to the port.
Some Time Later
When Ichigo arrived at the port, he gave his thanks to the driver of the wagon and started to head towards the ship. Infront of the ship he saw Naofumi, Raphtalia, and Filo. "Naofumi seems to be mad about something wonder what it is?" Ichigo thought.
"Hey, Naofumi, what's going on?" Ichigo asked getting the attention of the group of three.
Naofumi sighed and said, "Nothing, but I hate to tell you there is no rooms on the boat."
That was when the captain spoke up and said, "If you don't mind sharing, we have one cabin that can fit 4 more guests?"
Naofumi and Ichigo agreed. When they got to the cabin Naofumi, Ichigo, Raphtalia, and Filo were greeted by a man and women. The woman introduced the male as L'arc Berg and herself as Therese Alexandrite.
Filo and Raphtalia introduced themselves to them, but when Naofumi did they laughed and L'arc said, "Don't you know Naofumi is the shield hero's name."
Naofumi looked at him questionably and said, "I am the shield hero."
This got L'arc to talk about how the shield hero was a villain and that he committed fraud, extortion, kidnapping, and manipulates people in power to get who wants executed.
Naofumi had agreed to L'arcs statements only for Raphtalia to scold Naofumi.
L'arc laughed and said, "See, you are nothing like that kiddo. We just met, but I can tell that you're not a bad guy, kiddo."
This surprised Naofumi and made Filo and Raphtalia smile that was when Ichigo was noticed by L'arc.
"Oh, sorry didn't see you there who're you." L'arc asked Ichigo.
Ichigo gave a deadpan look at him and said, "Ichigo Kurosaki a friend of these three."
The rest of the ride to the islands was filled with laughs, smiles, and the sea breeze.
