Chapter 1148 Black Samurai
I don't own Bleach or any of the powers and gear used in this story.
The group were eating at a table and the sushi there was great.
"It's always nice to have something to eat." Zack said.
"Boy, the service here is great," Fred smiled and he saw a geisha. "But, uh, our waitress could use a suntan."
"That's a geisha." Yui said. "It's a japanese tradition of beauty."
"Hey didn't you once dressed as a geisha?" Aka looks at her.
"That was part time job. Plus they have more respect compared to maid ones." She said.
"Speaking of beauty, check out the buffet table," Shaggy said. "It's like there's a party in my stomach and everything's invited."
Yeah!" Scooby karate chops the table making the food fly into his mouth.
"Hope you don't choke on it." Shiro said.
Shaggy picks up a apple before a ninja star hits it.
"What?" Draco said.
"Ninjas!" A geisha cried out.
Many ninjas came down scaring many of the guests.
"Wow! Real life ninjas!" Fred smiled. "How cool!"
"Fred those aren't part of the act." Hank said.
They threw more shurikens making the group lift table up to block them.
Sonja fights against one before she got thrown away.
Aka catches her and she said: "Oh thank you."
A black samurai came out and Zack gasps.
He remembers a scroll with a image of that guy in Wu's dojo.
"Who's that?!" Daphne gasped.
"Who cares?!" Shaggy said.
"Not me!" Scooby added.
"Let's get out of here!" Fred told them.
Many ran away while Team Light defended themselves against the ninjas.
Zack sees the Black Samurai come up from behind.
"The student of Wu shall fall!" He swings his sword at him.
"Whoa!" Zack dodges as he jumps away, he sees a katana on the ground and picks it up to trade blows with the samurai.
They went around fighting against each other moving through the Halls.
Shaggy and Scooby saw that while hidding.
"Wow, Zack is fighting that guy with a sword too." Shaggy said.
Black Samurai swings his sword making Zack duck and slash at him.
He then raises his hand making Zack get blown back.
"Does this guy have magic too?" He said.
Velma runs away before the ninjas they were after her got hit away and she saw Hank.
"Don't worry, i'm here to help you." He smiles.
She blushes a bit as Hank protected her.
Black Samurai still fought against Zack as the two went around the place slashing the walls.
Zack jumps around and two scrolls came out of the wall the moment a wall got slashed opened.
Black samurai picks one up. "Finally it is mine."
Zack got surprised and looks at the other scroll, he picks it up before he noticed it.
Mirimoto came but he throws a smoke ball down to escape.
"Where did he go?" Zack said.
They went out to find him and heard laughter.
"Over there." Victor sees the guy on the rooftop.
"The Black Samurai will live again forever!" The Black Samurai laughed as he disappeared into the sky with a bolt of lightning.
"So it is true," Mirimoto said. "The ghost of the Black Samurai has returned."
"G-Ghost?!" Shaggy and Scooby got scared.
"What ghost?" Yui said.
"Perhaps I should tell the young ones more." She said.
"Please, follow me." They followed her to a different place.
Zack puts the scroll he found away since this one felt different, from the moment he saw the wall getting destroyed it looked like a hidden compartment was made to keep it away.
After they arrived at a stop Mirimoto looks at them. "I'll be right back." She went to find someone.
"It just doesn't add up," Velma said. "The artwork in this collection must be worth a fortune."
"So why go through all that trouble just to steal one scroll?" Daphne said.
"Maybe theres something special in that scroll." Zack said.
"It is a strange mystery." Vivi said.
"It is no mystery," Everyone looked to see an older Japanese man. "The legend of the Black Samurai has been told for centuries."
"May I present Mr. Takagawa, most honored curator from the Tokyo Museum of Cultural History." Miss Mirimoto introduced.
They bow to him to show respect.
"You'll have to excuse us." Velma said. "We don't know much about Japanese folklore."
"But ghosts are kind of our specialty." Fred added.
Speak for yourself. My specialty is a triple-decker-Scooby Snack-and-ice-cream with-chocolate-sauce sandwich." Shaggy said.
"Mine too." Scooby added with a laugh.
"The legend began hundreds of years ago when fierce warriors known as the samurai served the warlords of Japan with absolute loyalty."
This got them interested.
"The most fearsome of all, were The Ronin, the samurai who had lost his master. Set adrift, like a wave on the open sea. One Ronin sought out the master sword-maker Masamune. The legendary master agreed to forge the samurai a sword of great mystical power, but it would take an entire year to complete the work. The master's evil-minded apprentice: Muramasa, offered to forge him another sword, but in only half the time. The samurai returned, and upon drawing the blade felt a surge of uncontrollable dark power. The evil spirit of the apprentice had passed into the blade itself. It was a sword of hatred. A sword of darkness. A Sword of Doom. And in that moment was born the Black Samurai." Takagawa said.
"Finally, the master's blade was complete, he named it the Sword of Fate, and entrusted its mystical power to a fearsome green dragon. Heaven and Earth trembled as the two great swords clashed. Until, using his sacred magic, the Green Dragon defeated the Black Samurai, imprisoning him forever within the Sword of Doom."
Zack thinks about it. "Was there another sword?"
"Some do think, but theres no records of a second sword found, but some believe because of the yin and yang." Takagawa said.
"Why did he want that scroll?" Vivi asked.
"The Destiny Scroll holds the only clue to the secret location of the Sword of Doom in the form of an ancient riddle." Miss Mirimoto said.
"If the ghost can solve the riddle of the scroll, he will reclaim the Sword of Doom, and free his evil spirit." Mr. Makagawa added.
"If only we'd gotten a good look at that scroll, maybe we could have solved the riddle first." Velma added.
"Well, you won't have to worry about that scroll actually." Miss Mirimoto gave a small smile before pointing her fan to a door and pushed a button on it to open the door.
"The Destiny Scroll!" Mr. Takagawa gasped.
"So the other one was a fake." Draco said.
"Yes, but the Black Samurai will soon realize the deception and return." Miss Mirimoto shows them the scroll.
"I will decipher the inscription." Mr. Takagawa offered.
He goes to do it and Zack sneaks out to read the scroll he got.
He reads the riddle. "To find the golden dragon you must go opposite of where the journey of darkness begins."
"'The journey begins with a thousand steps'." Mr. Takagawa read aloud.
"The journey begins with a thousand steps?" Miyumi was confused. "How is that any different?"
Aka thinks about it. "Oh the temple of the thousand steps."
Zack is getting the clues too, the opposite of a high number, nothing?
"We'll prepare your Journey with Sojo." Mirimoto said.
They all get ready to go out and find the sword, but Zack is interested in this other one that could stop it.
Zack looks at his scroll and sees a golden dragon symbol. I will find that sword since it seems Master Wu might have hidden it away until his student found it.
At the Soul Society
Kiyone and Sentaro were moving through the halls of they're Division.
"Hey stop always getting the captains attention." Kiyone said.
"Oh yeah, I will prove that I can get a promotion." He glares at her.
"Must you two always fight?" They heard a voice that scared them.
They backed up to a wall and then Ukitake came. "Oh there you Kimimaro."
There in the hallway was Kimimaro who's wearing altered Shinigami outfit that is modeled after his old one.
"Captain, I finished the report around the town, it's been peaceful." He said.
"That's good, you did a good job." Ukitake coughs.
"You shouldn't stress yourself captain." Kimimaro said.
"I appreciate the concern Kimimaro, but i'm fine." He said.
Kimimaro joined the Gotei 13 after the war, his soul got sent to this world and he joined the Gotei 13 on 13th Division, Ukitake saw the potential he had.
The only ones scared of him was Kiyone and Sentaro.
Rukia came. "Kimimaro, do you wish to train with me."
He looks at her. "Very well." He nodded.
Note: Black Samurai appeared and Zack found another scroll to help him out, also yes Kimimaro got sent to the Soul Society too as he deserves another chance for good.
