Authors Note:
Alright, this is going to be my first serious story, so let me know how it is by leaving a review. Now I chose the main character to be Uryu because he so underused in fanfics. I mean how is there not a story where he joins the wandenreich earlier? Anyway, this story is going to get very dark and I mean dark. All the sternritters worst traits are going to be amped to 100. Also, Uryu in this fic will be very strong and will have more broken version of Antithesis. So I hope you guys will follows this story and enjoy it.
"Join me, my son, and I can show you a place in this new world."
-Ywach
Uryu watched as the soul reapers investigated his grandfather's corpse. His grandfather was defenseless against the large hollows, and where were the soul reapers? nowhere. Why couldn't they be here faster? They knew they were in trouble. The only man he could consider a father was now gone. He wanted to help, but he couldn't because he was scared, so his grandfather told him to go hide. The soul reapers eventually left, and young Quincy left his hiding spot.
Uryu cried as he went up to his grandfather. "Get up, grandfather," said the young Quincy as tears fell down his face and onto the older man's clothes. 'You would still be alive if I were strong enough, maybe Ryuken is right,' he thought as he wiped his tears.
But suddenly, a voice was heard scaring the young Quincy.
"Get up"
Uryu looked behind him to see a man with blonde hair wearing a white uniform, it honestly reminded him of a Quincy uniform, The young Quincy also noticed he had a sword. The man scared Uryu, as he could sense his power.
"Who are you?" said the frightened young Quincy.
"Just get up and follow me." He said in a stern voice.
"O-Ok, but who are you?"
"My name is Jugram."
"Why do you want me to follow you?"
"Because his majesty request's your presence."
Uryu cocked his head in confusion. "W-Who's his majesty?"
Jugram narrowed his eyes. 'Is he not aware of his culture'
Souken Ishida may have been a traitor, but to not tell the boy the existence of the wandenreich was just foolish.
"I'm talking about Ywach, the king of the quincy," said Jugram.
Uryu's eyes widened. There was a Quincy King, and there are more Quincy's?! 'Why didn't Grandfather tell me about this?' he thought.
"My grandfather said I was last Quincy. Are you telling me there's more?"
'Why would Souken lie to this boy'
"Yes, there are more Quincies in a place called the Schatten Beriech," answered Jugram.
"Why does the Quincy King want me?" asked the young Quincy.
"That I can't answer," said Jugram. The older Quincy had the same question. why? What was so special about this boy?
Uryu thought about what Jugram said. Did the quincy king really request his presence? What would his father think? Wait a minute, why would his father care? He wasn't a Quincy anymore. Besides, he didn't want to go home after they had that big fight. "I'll go, but can I say goodbye to my grandfather first?" asked Uryu.
"Fine"
Uryu turned towards his grandfather's dead body, went towards it, and kneeled down. Seeing his grandfather like this hurt him, he still couldn't believe he was gone. "Goodbye, Grandfather, I'm sorry. I was too scared and weak to help you, he said as tears started coming back down his face. He then turned toward Jugram. "I'm ready to go."
Jugram nodded before putting his arm out, summoning a shadow shaped like a doorway.
"Come on," he said as he pointed to the portal.
Uryu looked at the portal in fear. "W-What is that?"
"It's the quincy shadow technique; it helps us get to the Schatten Beriech," said Jugram as he turned around and walked into the portal, making sure to look back to see if Uryu was coming.
Uryu walked towards the portal and looked back at his grandfather. "I love you, Grandfather," he said before stepping into the portal.
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When Uryu opened his eyes, he saw that he was in a throne room, It was like nothing he had ever seen before. The floor was made of reishi, and he could see crosses everywhere on the walls. What really caught his attention was the man sitting on the throne.
"What is this place?" said the young Quincy.
"His Majesty's throne room," Jugram said while walking towards the throne.
Uryu's eye's widened. "The Quincy King!"
"That's right, my son."
Uryu jumped at the man's voice. The man gave the young Quincy a smile, making Uryu calm down. The young Quincy then bowed as he remembered reading books about eastern Europe.
"y-you requested me, sir?" questioned Uryu nervously.
The man chuckled, "Yes." He then got up and walked to Uryu and said, "Follow me, my son."
Uryu followed the man down the dark hallway.
"What is this place?"
"Were in the Silbern," the man said as he stopped at a window.
Uryu looked through the window at the city with amazement. A city full of his own people, he wondered why his grandfather and father lied to him about it.
"Uryu, do you know why I brought you here?" asked Ywach
"No sir"
"You're here because you have a power that can surpass my own." Said the Quincy king.
Uryu's eyes widen, he had a power that surpassed the Quincy King?!
Really?" he asked.
"Yes, my son," Ywach said with a smile as he looked out the window. He turned his attention to Uryu, who looked at him with confusion. "What's on your mind, my son."
"Why didn't my grandfather say anything about this?"
"Your grandfather, Souken Ishida, abandoned us years ago," Ywach said.
Uryu looked hurt by this. Why would his grandfather abandon his own people, and why would he lie to him?"
"B-But Why?"
"Your grandfather disagreed with our ways, Uryu."
What did he mean by that? Uryu wanted to hear more but was interrupted as a messenger came forth and bowed in front of Ywach.
"Your majesty, the ceremony is ready."
Ywach looked at the messenger and dismissed him,
"Come, my son."
"W-Where are we going?" Uryu asked nervously.
Ywach looked at him with a smile. "To welcome you home."
THE CATHEDRAL
Bambietta Basterbine was the newest to be picked to be a sternritter; she was only nine, making her the youngest to be picked. It was like a dream come true when Ywach went into the orphanage and personally picked her. She was happy that people would finally acknowledge her greatness. While she was happy the other sternritter were not, they didn't know why his majesty would give an important position to someone so young. If there was one thing she hated, it was the constant meetings she would have to go to.
"Ugh, can this thing just start already?" she said out loud as she stomped her feet, making the soldats behind her nervous. They had been serving her for nearly a month, and she had already killed 30 of their soldiers just because she was impatient.
The other sternritter just gave her a mean glare, to which Bambietta noticed, "WHAT ARE YOU IDIOTS STARING AT!"
Robert Accutrone, sternritter "N" then spoke up, "It would be wise to not make such noise in his majesty's holy cathedral."
Bambietta just scoffed, "Old bastard."
Robert had a flash of anger as he was about to say something until Jugram walked on to the stage.
"Raise your crosses!" he yelled.
Ywach then walked out onto the stage. "My sons and daughters, I've brought you all here for an announcement," he said out loud.
All the sternritter leaned in.
I've brought someone from the human world to help us forge a new world." Ywach then looked to his left and waved his hand. "Come out, my son."
Everyone in the room was shocked when a young Quincy came out.
"Who is that?"
"Why is he on the same stage as his majesty?"
Uryu was nervous as he heard all the whispers.
Ywach then put his hand on Uryu's head. "This is Uryu Ishida, the last Quincy in the human world." He then took his hand off his head and said, "I hereby name him my successor."
Everyone's eyes widen, this little brat was Ywach's successor.
"I will not stand for any objections, and if any harm comes to him, you'll be executed." Said Ywach. He then looked at Uryu. "Come along, my son," said the Quincy king as he walked past his newly appointed successor.
Uryu nodded as he followed Ywach off the stage.
The sternritter's looked at each other, not knowing how to process this information.
"A Gemsicht is our future emperor!" yelled sternritter 'Q' Berenice Gabrielli.
"And from a traitor family no less" said sternritter 'O' Driscolll Berci as he picked his ear.
"Surely his majesty had a reason to choose him as his successor," said Robert Accutrone.
Meanwhile, Bazz B was wondering why Jugram wasn't protesting his majesty's decision—was he not angry that he put all his time into leading wandenreich while his majesty was asleep only to get nothing out of it? He wanted to get on stage and confront Jugram but couldn't, as he had already left.
"WHAT?! THAT DORK IS OUR NEXT EMPEROR!" Yelled Bambietta as she jumped up and down. The soldats backed away nervously as this a common Basterbine meltdown, and when that happens she starts releasing explosions everywhere.
"Hey brat, shut up; your voice is annoying," said Driscoll as he covered his ears.
Do something about it, you ugly bastard!" yelled the young sternritter as she summoned a ball of reishi.
Suddenly, her Bambietta felt a hand on her shoulder. "May I remind you that fighting among sternritter is forbidden unless it's been authorized by his majesty. Do I need to tell your caretaker about this?" said Robert Accutrone.
"GAH!" Yelped Bambietta as she backed away. "Don't touch me again, you old geezer!"
The Silbern-Dark Hallway
As Uryu and Ywach walked down the dark hallway, he noticed he was getting a lot of mean stares from soldats and maids. It was clear that people didn't like the fact that he was the successor to Ywach.
"Where are we going, your majesty? Said Uryu
"To a feast in your honor," said the Quincy King.
"Why?"
"I would like you to meet your fellow sternritter."
Uryu looked at him, confused. "Sternritter?"
"Holy knights I've assigned schrifts to."
Uryu wanted to ask what a schrift was, but before he could, they had arrived at a giant dining hall. The dining hall table was filled with food like turkey, ham, rolls, etc. The young, quincy mouth nearly watered at the sight.
Ywach took a seat at the head of the table and pointed to a seat on the left of him.
"Sit, the sternritter will be here soon."
Uryu sat patiently before a door opened, revealing young Bambietta Basterbine, who gave the new successor a dirty look, making Uryu gulp in fear.
'She's scary,' he thought as he adjusted his glasses.
"Young Basterbine I've see you have joined us" said Quincy king.
Bambietta immediately bowed before Ywach, "Yes, your majesty.' She then walked over to the table and took a seat next to Uryu.
"Um, H-Hello im Uryu Ishida, N-Nice to meet you," said the now prince as he put his hand out.
Bambietta just gave a nasty look at the boy.
"U-Uh, okay then," said Uryu as he put his hand down.
The doors then opened, revealing all the rest of the sternritters who gave Uryu the same look that Bambietta had given him.
"I'm glad you all can join us, I wanted to have this dinner in honor of the prince, and afterwards we can talk about his training," said Ywach.
The sternritter's sat down and started eating. Uryu could feel the tension as they looked at him, it was only made worse when Bambietta started kicking Uryu from under the table.
"Can you stop that?" said the prince.
Bambietta just smirked. "Nope," she said as she kicked him again.
As Uryu was about to say something, he was interrupted by another voice. "Now, Bambi, is it really a good idea to kick the prince?" said a man on the other side of Bambietta.
The little, black haired Quincy looked to her left. "Mind your business, Askin; I'm just seeing what's so good about him." She then kicked Uryu again from under the table.
The newly appointed prince sighed as he knew this person was going to be a problem, but she was quincy around his age, so maybe he should try to be friends with her. So Uryu then looked at the young girl and said, "Look, maybe we got off the wrong foot, but why don't we try to be friends."
Bambietta just looked at him like he just offended her entire existence. "Why would I be friends with a gemischt like you?"
Uryu cocked his head in confusion. 'What's a gemischt?' he thought. As he was about to ask that question, he was interrupted by Askin.
"Bambi, I know you have feelings for the prince, but you shouldn't be so rude to him," he teased.
Bambietta immediately turned toward the man with her cheeks flushed red. "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!" she yelled, but as she did, she noticed everyone looking at her, including his majesty. Now Bambietta wouldn't normally care about what the other sternritter thought, but his majesty was here, and that was different. So she got up and bowed, "M-My apologies, your majesty." She then sat back down on her seat.
Ywach just sighed before putting his fork down. "Now that you all have eaten, we need to discuss Uryu's future here and prepare him for the war against the Shinigami, so I'm assigning you each a day to train him."
Uryu looked at Ywach with a confused face. While he didn't like the Shinigami, he still believed in his grandfather's philosophy about soul reapers and Quincy working together to stop hollows.
"But shouldn't soul reapers and Quincy work together?" said Uryu.
Everyone at the table dropped their silverware. What nonsense was this boy speaking? Soul reapers and Quincy working together—why, that's preposterous!
Bambietta had a smile on her face. 'Your so dead, Gemischt bastard' she thought.
But to everyone's surprise, Ywach chuckled, which was rare.
"And why do you think that, my son?"
To be continued
Authors note
So here's a new story for ya! Now Ywach in this story is going to be a manipulative father figure to Uryu and the pairing is going to be [Bambietta x Uryu] and eventually [Uryu x Candice]. Also, Ichigo will be involved in this story but much later as this mainly an Uryu centric story. Anyway leave your thoughts in the review section.