Wassup lads, Been a while huh. I can't even type as fast as i used to, nor do i have the same precision.
Nobody took up the offer to adopt.
Its a sign.
Whatever, Adoption offer REVOKED!
Here's another chapter, or whatever.
ACT II CHAPTER 1 ()()()()()()()()(Orario, 0300 Nighttime)()()()()()()()()()
Shadows moved in fast pace, throughout the mansion of the god of Death.
Light sounds of feet pressing into the hardwood were as soft as silk, carrying the unknown entities upstairs.
Slowly, Slowly, until they reached the master bedroom of the place.
The five shadows stood still, and narrowed their eyes as they peered into the room.
The air of the room seemed to shimmer, it was sacred space. Two gods had lived and existed in the same area and thus their energies had transformed the area into holy ground.
*Click*
A sword was pressed into the back of the leader of the intruders.
It was Cassandra, her dreary but Adrenaline fueled eyes focused on the now nervous intruders, as the leader put his hands up and chuckled.
"Intruder, What purpose do you all have with the God of Death's house?" Cassandra said, Flashing looks at the party of intruders.
The leader turned his head to look at the pajamas clad woman, and his eyes glowed a bright red.
"Fall." He said
Suddenly, Blood gushed out of the nostrils, ears, eyes, and mouth of Cassandra, and she dropped her sword as well as dropping to her knees to cough and grasp at her throat.
"Your paltry god has fled this world. Like a dog who tucks his tail and scampers away in fear. Fear of the winged, of the abyssal one."
The man says, as he removes his cowl.
Cassandra's bloodshot eyes looked at him, and they widened.
He was not human. His skin was black as night, and scaled.
"Hear this, the last things you can with your destroyed ears." He said, as Cassandra collapsed completely to the ground.
He kneels and grabs a fistful of the woman's hair, bringing her closer to him.
His rancid breath flooded Cassandra's nostrils, as he rasped out "I am Itorash, the Black Dragon."
With this, Cassandra choked out her last as her soul escaped from Genkai into the loving arms of whatever god had caught her soul up in Tenkai.
Itorash dropped the corpse of Cassandra, and turned back into the room Ichigo and Hephaestus had dwelled in, and stepped inside.
Breathing the cold air through his nostrils, he breathed out pure hatred and heat.
"Ahh.. The divinity of a god. Someone was Disconnected from Tenkai here." The Dragon-man said, turning to his accomplice who then walked forwards and pulled out a bundle of cloth.
Itorash grabbed it and Unraveled it.
It revealed a crystalline black orb with the insignia of a dragon, that drew in all of the holy essence that lingered in the room, returning the area to just a regular room.
The egg began to glow red and emitted smoke from seemingly nowhere.
A mix of Orange and Red swirled within the egg, and melted together until it turned into a small orb within the cursed object.
"Farenia, Stay. Await the god's return." Itorash said, a female member clad in the same black colored armor-shroud stepped forwards and bowed before melting into the floor.
"Come, children. Here, Here is where Pandemic begins, Here is the collapse of society." Itorash said, and disappeared into smoke along with the remaining intruders, and fled from the window.
Minutes later, Creaking and a sloshing of liquids was heard from the corpse, as it twisted and seized together in a putrid mass of disease.
*Cough* *Cough* *Gurgle*
Cassandra's body twitched, and convulsed.
And then stood up with a low pitched Moan.
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Six years in the world of the living had passed, Karin and Yuzu had moved out of the Kurosaki Clinic and had begun their own training cycles with their newly found powers.
Karin, with Urahara, and Yuzu with Ryuken.
Yuzu had manifested Quincy powers that were black instead of blue, with fire-like qualities.
Meanwhile, Karin's soul reaper powers had completely bled into her human body, allowing her to use them while still in human form.
Both had tremendous power, Yuzu shot a hole through a mountain, and Karin made a deep trench with a swing of her sword.
Karin still did not know the name of her Zanpakuto, nor any idea how to use her latent quincy abilities.
As for Ishida, Orihime, and Chad, they have all mastered their abilities and had begun working ernestly to ensure they are ready for the next quincy invasion.
As for Ichigo, Hephaestus and their children?
Ichigo had solidified his seat as the captain of the 14th division and executed his duties in the world of the living faithfully, while being a dutiful husband and Father, but had been gone for a few weeks. Given a task from Central 41 to investigate misterious spiritual pressure.
Hephaestus had been moved to the Squad 14 divison headquarters in Seireitei, due to her and the twin's Reiatsu leaking and beginning to change Karakura into a spiritual hot spot attracting hollows of stronger and stronger varieties. One such occasion, an Adjuchas ran amok through Karakura Rail stations and caused trillions of yen in damages, and lots of paperwork for Ichigo.
But regardless, the Castle Hephaestus lived in had an ethereal shimmering light surrounding the property, due to her presence in the building.
She had consented to creating armor for the Squads of Soul reapers in Seireitei, Now along with their usual Shihakusho, they now sported Black Samurai armor that was able to withstand Kurohitsugi. The armor was tied to the Reiatsu of the individual soul reaper, and thus could be strengthened depending on the power.
Kazui and Senna had been taught Swordplay, but Kazui had an unnatural gift for his Shinigami powers. At the age of Six, he had manifested an ethereal Shihakusho, Zanpakuto that was reminiscent of His father's first Bankai form. He doesn't know his divine abilities like his sister did.
Senna had no Shinigami powers, but had domain over the earth and it's fruits. Trees sprouted at a touch, fruit grew at a glance, steel liquified when breathed on, and solidified at a whim. Her domain most directly contributed to the mass arming of the Seireitei, She is currently the Mascot for Squad 11, who had bribed her with candy and toys to make cool objects for them. Hephaestus hadn't objected, to her, it was only right to pay respects and make offerings to the little god.
Peace had been obtained, and the realm was secure.
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'King, There ain't nothing here. I dont feel anything aside from the menos below in the forest.' Zangetsu said
Blitzing through the realm of hollows, The god of Death had flown through the entire realm at least five times.
"Yeah, but it's not like they're gonna take 'Couldn't Find it Durr' as a good excuse to leave the mission. If it was so important to send a captain, not the stealth force, then I have to take it serious" Ichigo said, passing over dunes and crystalline trees.
'Ichigo, Forward. That forest of trees was not always there, was it?' Old man Zangetsu said
Lifting his eyes to try to see, and the Quincy spirit was indeed correct. That forest wasn't always there, and suddenly it began to disappear like smoke in the wind.
'Hurry! Reach it before it's gone!' His spirits said in unison.
Didn't have to tell him twice, Ichigo's fully powered flash step brought him there in just over a second, his armor now glowing orange, and heat waves flowing from him. He stood on the ground of the forest of trees, and turned behind to see the pale dunes of Hueco Mundo disappearing.
'Don't tell me we're stuck here...' Ichigo thought, while face palming.
'No we aren't. I'm analyzing the spirit particles here, and we're still in Hueco Mundo. Look up, it's been weeks, but there's the blue sky and sun.' Suki said.
"Huh, She's right. The sun is even hot too...Hey, where were you? You disappeared for days." Ichigo asked, walking forwards to the silent forest.
'Dormant. Don't worry about it' Suki said, and yawned.
'She was snoring too.' Zangetsu said, narrowly avoiding a flick to the nose.
"Ok enough, We have to Focus." Ichigo said, drawing his swords, and walking into the forest.
Everything was silent. Not even his feet made noise.
Hands sprung up from the floor and began to try grabbing the god, but it wasn't only the floor, the trees, the leaves, the grass, all had hands springing out of them.
'What the fuck' Zangetsu said, manifesting the mask onto Ichigo's face, forcing the hands to be flattened onto the ground from Ichigo's spiritual pressure.
Ichigo's eyes widened and jumped up and floated in the air.
This event unnerved the young god, but he pressed deeper into the forest finding a small shrine of various designs. European, Western, Oriental, he couldn't place it.
In the center was a floating Sphere with three designs, One of which was a Black Dragon, the other two depicted a Large spiked Serpent in blue, and a Beast with two curved horns, and four eyes.
All of the eyes, save for the Black Dragon's were dark. The Black Dragon's eyes emitted a dark red glow.
'Ichigo, do you-'
"Yeah, That's from Genkai no doubt. The Black dragon is a giveaway." Ichigo said, interrupting Zangetsu.
Floating closer, he put his hands on the sphere, and it then faded into black particles.
All at once, The hands disappeared, the forest, the warm sunlight, and Ichigo fell to a knee.
Memories of the Demise of Leviathan, and Behemoth flooded Ichigo's mind like a torrential flow of water.
Ichigo's eyes flashed over to the right, and there lying on the ground was a Forked golden spear that was long and twisted around itself into a singular sharp point.
'Be cautious, Ichigo. That Object is emitting Spiritual pressure.' Old man Zangetsu said.
"Sure, But do I just leave it here?" Ichigo asked, feeling several thousand spiritual pressure signatures appear around him.
He jolted back up and scanned the area with his swords in hand, only to see nothing. But he felt them advancing on him rapidly until he felt himself get struck in the cheek sending him skidding to the right next to the spear.
'That actually hurt!' Ichigo thought, He felt the next entity come closer to him and he swung Zangetsu at it.
There was then a bright purple explosion, Sending Ichigo flying.
Blood ran down Ichigo's face, and he parried the next invisible blow.
Instantly Ichigo flash stepped into the sky and Charged up his signature attack.
"GETSUGA TENSHO!" Ichigo shouted, sending a super-condensed wave of energy down to the dunes where he felt the beings trying to jump at him.
The area was once again bathed in bright purple light and a massive explosion that shot a beam of fire into the sky.
Ichigo dodged, and felt no more spiritual pressure down where his invisible foes were, and then returned to where he was on the sand.
"What the hell just happened..What were they? How could they Bypass Hierro and Blut?" Ichigo asked, his eyes finding the spear that was on the ground, seemingly untouched.
His spirits were silently waiting for Ichigo's next move.
Ichigo thought that in any case, the spear should be brought back to the soul society for study, and picked up the spear...Only for it to disappear as well.
'Ichigo, Something Unknown entered your soul' Suki said out of nowhere.
"What? How? What's going on?" Ichigo said, eyes on a darting around to find enemies.
'Return home, You're soul is safe, but return so we can discuss what happened.' Old Man Zangetsu said.
'Agreed.' Zangetsu said.
Without wasting a second, Ichigo tore a hole in space, ignoring the red lightning that erupted from his hand at the action, and jumped through the Garganta into the World of the living.
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The young god of Death sat atop one of the bridge structural support pillars, and stared on in disbelief.
Hours before, Ichigo had entered the world of the living in an electrical ball of fire creating a devastating storm in his wake as he fell through the Garganta.
The Garganta Ichigo created crackled with Red lightning, and was very hot.
Suki had gotten control of the issue, but that leaves more questions than answers. Currently, she is analyzing why this phenomenon happened and how to keep it in control.
His soul pager was fried, as was his headphones and regular phone. He was in the dark, but atleast he was home.
Looking over to the right, he felt a spiritual pressure heading towards him in a fast pace.
"...mmmmMMMMYYYY LLLOOOORRRDDD!" Mirba, Ichigo's Lieutenant and Captain of his familia flew towards him using all of her strength
Ichigo saw how she looked, and Noticed that her hair was no longer Blonde, it was now Black and shoulder length.
She wore the same Armor she always used to, and has upgraded her sword to be a long and thin great-sword that is surprisingly light.
The young god smiled and sidestepped, causing her to miss him completely and stick a landing on the side of the Support beam behind Ichigo.
"I don't see you for weeks, and I cant even welcome you back with a hug?" Mirba pouted, Standing on the sword she stabbed into the steel to keep her from falling.
"You've gotten good at moving at near-Sonido speeds. Keep it up. Glad to be back." Ichigo smiled and crossed his arms, then looked upwards, causing Mirba to look at her god in an 'Oops, this is awkward' manner.
"There's Ren." Ichigo said, taking a step backwards onto a reishi platform as Ren fell from the Sky into a Handstand where Ichigo was just at.
"Lord Ichigo!" Ren said, and sprung backwards into a back-flip, landing on his feet and bowing.
Ichigo chuckled
"None of you are sneaky." Ichigo remarked while his eyes darted downwards, seeing Acero standing on the Sidewalk leaning on the rails overlooking the river underneath, sneaking glances at the trio high above.
"hehe..." Ren chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. "We're just happy to see you."
Fading into existence, Acero sat next to Ren, and Mirba dislodgedw her sword to stand on a reishi platform next to the other Familia members.
"Right. We're all here." Ichigo said, and sat down on the Reishi.
"Report." Ichigo ordered.
Mirba was the one to answer.
"Lord, Twenty Six hollows, 23 gillian, 2 Adjuchas, 1 Vasto lorde, Zero Casualties." Mirba said, bowing.
Ichigo cringed inwards, but over six years here, he was unable to change how they acted to him.
...wait
"Did you say Vasto lorde?" Ichigo asked, surprised.
"Indeed. Lord, it was a Dragon-Type hollow. It used several abilities including the ability to create False Realms, Altering their appearance at will. As well as the Ability to Phase in and out of physical existence. Needless to say, he was a wretched enemy, repulsed, not killed however." Acero said, touching the new scar on his arm.
Ichigo's brows furrowed, and said "Did this Vasto Lorde have the ability to summon Invisible minions or shoot lightning?"
Ren's eyes widened, then narrowed.
"Hmm, No. No lightning, or invisible guys, what about you two?" Ren said, wracking his brain for recollection.
Mirba shook her head and Acero said a simple "No."
Ichigo's eyes narrowed, and he said "I see. Regardless, Do not en-" Ichigo was cut off by suki who said.
'Your ability to enter a Garganta has been fixed.' after a long sigh.
'Thank you very much.' Ichigo thought to himself.
"Lord?" Mirba asked, concerned that he cut himself off and was silently looking down.
Ichigo stammered for a second, Recovering from a mental flash-bang, and said
"*Ahem!* As I was saying" Ichigo said, crossing his arms.
"Do not under any reason enter Hueco Mundo. Especially you, Mirba." Ichigo said.
Mirba's eyes narrowed, and she wondered the reason why, but said "Yes Lord" And all three bowed in unison.
'Yeah, Bow hehehe' Zangetsu snickered in Ichigo's mind, causing Ichigo to want to shake his head in disapproval.
"I need to report this to Head captain Yamamoto." Ichigo said.
"Right. We'll head back to Headquarters, and appoint the lower ranks to keep rotations through the night" Mirba said, causing Ren and Acero to disappear in differing directions, Back to their respective patrol Squads.
Ichigo nodded, and Mirba smiled tenderly to him, and then disappeared to her own Patrol.
'Ichigo.' Zangetsu asked.
The young god already knew where this was heading.
'Yes, oh hollowed one?' Ichigo sarcastically said, while creating a senkaimon with his sword, and opening the realm's doorway.
'...when are ya gonna fuck her.'
Ichigo choked on his saliva, and started coughing violently.
He knew this was the direction the conversation was heading, but he didn't know the exact topic.
"Wow. Gotta keep my on my toes from you and your dumb ass questions huh." Ichigo said, clearing his throat and walking through the doorway.
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Standing upright, Ichigo relayed his Report to the Head Captain, Yamamoto.
Stroking his beard with his regenerated arm, he said.
"You claim to have found two objects, do you have them here with you?" The millennia aged man asked.
Ichigo nooded, and said "One second." And closed his eyes.
The rest of the captains looked on at Ichigo, with questions forming in their heads.
"Here." Ichigo said, two items Materializing in his hands.
An Ornate Spear, which had an aura of static electricity, and the sphere with the three beast icons.
Mayuri's eyes were locked onto the sphere.
And Kenpachi's own were looking at the spear.
"Hmm.. I sense a great Reiatsu in these objects. They feel neither Sinister or Benevolent." Kyoraku remarked.
"Head Captain, I hereby request to take the sphere to research it's properties. I don't care for that weapon." Mayuri asked.
Yamamoto breathed out, and said "Captain Kurosaki, do you know anything about these relics."
Ichigo blinked before looking at them and said "Yes, They disappeared the first time I touched these. My Zanpakuto told me they were transported into my soul, as sort of a storage mechanic." Ichigo said, Practically causing Mayuri to drool.
"I see." Yamamoto said, and asked "Anything else?"
"The spear gave me a boost in speed after I absorbed it. Giving my High-Speed Movement Techniques the quality of Lightning. And when I went through the Garganta I used to enter the world of the living, it was like Entering a Tesla Coil, There was Lightning Everywhere, and I had some sort of uh..." Ichigo said, struggling to put this in a term Yamamoto would understand.
"Lightning Cloak?" Ichigo finally said.
"Interesting." Yamamoto said. "That would make sense why the our scouts reported anomalies in Hueco Mundo"
Ichigo Nodded, And picked up the spear. When touched, the spear was exuding massive amounts of red Lightning, as a Plasma Ball would.
"Captain Kurosaki." Captain Kurotsuchi started.
Ichigo turned to face the Scientists direction. Everyone focused on this interaction.
"Would you.." Kurotsuchi turned, and licked his teeth, "Be willing to use your Getsuga on this object?" The deranged captain asked, holding out the Relic.
Ichigo's eyes narrowed as his eyebrows raised in suspicion.
It has been a minute. Forgive the short chapter.