AN: R.I.P. James Earl Jon
The Team Shinigami had to admit that they hadn't expected it to end this way.
They had come to that world with the intention of stopping the hollows who had traveled there for whatever apparent reason, but in the end, they ended up allying themselves with Fairy Tail, a mage guild, with the reason being that they could get better information about the hollows.
At the time, the team was sitting at a table relaxing a bit while those in the guild were going about their daily business.
"Was this how you pictured a guild?" asked Renji to Ichigo.
"Not quite. In fact, it's not that different from the Soul Society, with all their weirdos out there." said Ichigo.
"Who are you calling 'weirdos'?" asked Ikkaku and Rukia at the same time.
"Don't forget that we're not here on vacation. We have an important mission to accomplish." said Toshiro.
"Oh, come on, captain, don't be so serious. We deserve to enjoy ourselves a little." said Rangiku.
"Say yes, dudette."
They all turned their gaze to the front to see Team Natsu sitting in front of them.
"After all, work would be boring if there wasn't a little fun in between." said Natsu with a smile.
"You see it? He does understand me." said Rangiku.
"I have a feeling he's not exactly the right role model." said Toshiro.
"And you're right." said Charle.
"Anyway, I think we haven't introduced ourselves properly." said Erza.
"True. It was rude of us." said Rukia.
"That's okay. Given what was going on, it was normal for us to deviate from that. How about we start now? My name is Lucy Heartfilia, I'm a celestial mage." said Lucy.
"A celestial mage? What's that?" asked Ichigo.
"It's a mage who has the ability to summon spirits" said Lucy.
"You can summon spirits?" asked Rukia surprised as well as the other shinigami.
"Now I understand why I felt in you a hint of spirit energy" said Retsu.
"Is that why you went after her at first?" asked Happy.
"Yes, we thought it was strange to feel something like that in this world and went to investigate. We didn't expect that magic like that could exist. Would you mind demonstrating it?" asked Toshiro.
"Sure." began Lucy pulling out a silver key. "Open Gate of the Canis Minor! Nikola!" as she recited that, a small light shone on the table and when it dissipated, the shinigami saw some sort of snowman-like creature that kept shivering.
"Puu." said the creature.
"Aw! He's so cute!" exclaimed Rangiku grabbing the spirit and hugging it tightly, burying it between her breasts.
"Awesome. I can feel its spirit energy." said Rukia in surprise.
"Haha. Those are the spirits you can summon? I don't know how you can fight with something as pathetic as that." said Ikkaku.
"It's not the only spirit I summon. There are two kinds of spirits. The ones with silver keys, like Nikola, who help me with everyday things and the ones with golden keys, who are the strongest and help me fight." explained Lucy.
"So, they are like zanpakuto." thought almost all the shinigami, since the fact that she can use keys to summon spirits was almost similar to zanpakuto and the spirits that inhabit them.
"Now I'm coming. I am Gray Fullbuster. My magic allows me to create any ice structure. The limit is my imagination." said Gray creating an ice sculpture.
"Interesting." said Toshiro as his power was almost similar to his and Rukia's.
Suddenly, a notebook impacted the ice mage's face, knocking him to the ground in the process.
"Hey, what was that for?" asked Gray.
"That's what I should be asking! Why are you getting naked?" asked Rukia.
Looking down at himself, Gray gasped in horror as he saw that he was in his underwear.
"Does this happen often?" asked Rangiku.
"More often than you think." said Lucy with a bead of sweat.
"You know my name from before. As for my magic, it allows me to change my armor completely, as well as weaponry." said Erza.
"Really? That sounds impressive." said Renji, as that would be like someone being able to change the appearance of their zanpakuto multiple times.
"My name is Wendy Marvell. Nice to meet you." began Wendy bowing by way of greeting. "I possess the sky dragon slayer magic."
"Dragon slayer magic?" asked Ichigo with an arched eyebrow.
"It is an ancient and powerful magic that few mages possess. It's a magic that grants the user the power to slay dragons." said Happy.
"Really? Is that little one that strong?" asked Ikkaku.
"Of course she's strong. Plus she also knows support spells and healing spells." said Charle.
"Can you use healing techniques?" asked Retsu with interest.
"W-Well, yes. I wouldn't consider myself an expert, but I'm pretty good when it comes to healing wounds or other things." said Wendy.
"I see." said Retsu with a smile.
"And I am Natsu Dragneel, the fire dragon slayer and the strongest in Fairy Tail." said Natsu crossing his arms and closing his eyes in extreme arrogance.
"Says who? You can't even hurt Gildarts." said Gray.
In the next instant, the two mages clashed foreheads as they released auras of red and blue.
"But I was able to push him back when we fought that time." said Natsu.
"Anyone with half a brain is capable of doing that." said Gray.
"What are you implying, you ice bastard?" asked Natsu.
POW
POW
The next instant, the two found themselves with their faces on the table and a huge whip on their heads.
"No fighting, got it?!" asked Erza.
"Y-Yes, ma'am, yes." said the two turning slightly away from the red-haired mage as they trembled in fear.
"Ha. I like this girl already." said Ikkaku with a toothy grin.
"Anyway, what are your names? If you're part of an organization, surely you have a position within, right?" asked Lucy.
"That's right, I'm Toshiro Hitsugaya, captain of the 10th division." said Toshiro.
"You're a captain even though you're a kid?" asked Happy.
"I'm not a kid." said Toshiro with an anime streak in his head.
"It may not seem like it, but shinigami age at a slower rate than humans. All of them are older even than your old master." said Ichigo.
"I heard that!" shouted Makarov from a distance.
"Hey, don't label us old. In human terms, we're just as young as you and everyone else." said Rangiku.
"It's true. You look so young that no one would say you're older than you look." said Gray.
"Oh, thank you. I'll introduce myself now. I'm Rangiku Matsumoto, vice-captain of the 10th division." said Rangiku.
"Isn't it a little weird to be under that kid?" asked Natsu pointing at the captain.
"That I'm not a kid." said Toshiro clenching his fists in frustration.
"Sometimes he can be very strict, but actually my captain can be very kind." said Rangiku as she patted her captain's head.
"Kind, huh? In that case, allow me the kindness of giving this to you." began Toshiro before pulling out a stack of papers which he set down in front of the vice-captain. "Since we're going to be here for a while, you might as well take the opportunity to finish the work you skipped out on yesterday. Did you really think you could hide it under the couch without me knowing?"
"Huh? B-But Captain, do I really have to do it now? Doesn't the saying go 'Don't put off until today what you can do tomorrow'?" asked Rangiku trying to skim again.
"I don't think the saying does." said Charle with a bead of sweat.
"And what is today if not yesterday's tomorrow?" asked Toshiro.
"Huh?" asked Rangiku seeing that there was a catch in her saying.
"Let's continue. I am Rukia Kuchiki, vice-captain of the 13th division." said Rukia.
"How many divisions are there?" asked Wendy curiously.
"Thirteen in total. Each with its own captain and vice-captain, but some of those divisions focus on specific tasks. For example, I am Retsu Unohana, captain of the 4th division, which specializes in medicine." said Retsu.
"Really? That's amazing." asked Wendy in surprise.
"Thank you." said Retsu.
"I am Renji Abarai, vice-captain of the 6th division." said Renji.
"If you are all vice-captains, you must be strong, right?" asked Happy.
"Of course I am. Even I, Ikkaku Madarame, third in command in the 11th division, am strong." said Ikkaku.
"If you rank third it means you aren't as strong as them." said Natsu.
"What did you say? If you want, I'll prove it to you." said Ikkaku.
"Go ahead. I'm on fire." said Natsu ready to fight.
"No fighting!" said Toshiro and Erza, managing to make them stop with a 'Tsk'.
"Lastly, there's me. Ichigo Kurosaki, substitute shinigami." said Ichigo.
"Substitute shinigami?" asked Gray.
"Let's just say that his induction into the 13 divisions is very different from everyone else's. Because of that, he was given a special position. And since he doesn't belong to any division, he can stay in Karakura City of the human world to take care of the hollows there." explained Rukia not wanting to elaborate on what happened regarding his origins or the fullbringer case.
"It must be very hard for you to take care of an entire city." said Lucy.
"I'm not alone. I have friends there who will surely be taking care of everything while I'm away." said Ichigo thinking about his hometown friends.
"By the way, those swords you are carrying are interesting. Do all shinigami carry them?" asked Erza.
"That's right. They are zanpakuto, the regulation weapon of the shinigami." said Toshiro.
"Zanpakuto?" asked Charle.
"They are an extension of our souls. That is, they are like a part of us. However, they all possess their own personality, so they are considered as a shinigami's companion." said Renji.
"In other words, they're like my spirit summoning keys." said Lucy understanding how zanpakuto work.
"Sort of. They also possess their own abilities that we can unlock through shikai and bankai." said Rukia.
"What are those?" asked Wendy.
"The shikai is the first form of a zanpakuto when it is released. The only way to activate that form is to learn the name of the zanpakuto." said Ikkaku.
"But didn't you say they are part of you? Don't you name them yourselves?" asked Natsu.
"No. As Renji said, the zanpakuto have their own personality, so they have their own name, and they would be offended if we didn't know them." said Ichigo.
"He's right. It's like calling the zodiac spirits by a different name when they already have one." said Lucy.
"What about that bankai thing?" asked Erza.
"The bankai is the most powerful form of a zanpakuto. The only way to obtain it is to defeat the zanpakuto's own spirit in a fight or test of some kind. That way, it allows you to be able to use its full power. So far, only captains and very few shinigami have been able to unlock its bankai." said Retsu.
Team Natsu was impressed, for if few could unlock that form it meant that the power behind the bankai must be enormous and not easy to control.
Truly the shinigami were more skilled than they could imagine.
"Wow. You are amazing. I'm sure you'll beat those hollows with ease if you can find them." said Natsu.
"That I don't doubt, but there's a chance that the mission will be more complicated than we imagined." said Toshiro.
"Why is that?" asked Erza.
"Because we have a suspicion that there might be an arrancar among the hollows that traveled here." said Ichigo.
"Arrancar?" asked Wendy.
"They are an evolved form of the hollows that allow them to gain shinigami-like powers, even their own zanpakuto." said Toshiro.
"Does that mean they can use shikai and bankai like you?" asked Lucy nervously.
"No. They have resurrección, which allows them to release all their power and regain their original form." said Retsu.
"Tsk. I'm not afraid of any of that. If I see that arrancar, I'll kick his ass." said Natsu with a toothy grin.
"HAHA. Then it will be the last thing you will ever want to do in your life. All of us faced an arrancar, even espada, who were the strongest and we almost didn't survive." said Ikkaku.
"He is right. You shouldn't underestimate the arrancar." said Ichigo.
That made the Team Natsu nervous at the thought of a powerful enemy being in their world.
"For that reason, we ask you to stay out of the way if it indeed turns out that there is an arrancar." said Toshiro.
"I appreciate your concern, Captain Hitsugaya, but in case that arrancar attacks the guild or something, we won't hesitate to act." said Erza.
"I will accept it." said Toshiro.
"Uh… Excuse me, Toshiro…" began Lucy.
"For you it's Captain Hitsugaya." said Toshiro.
"I'm sorry. It's just that Rangiku is gone." said Lucy.
Looking to the side, all Toshiro saw was not his vice-captain, but a flashing broken outline of her form.
"But what…?" asked Toshiro.
"Let the drinks roll! Let the drinks roll!" shouted Rangiku from a distance.
"Ugh. What am I going to do with her?" asked Toshiro as he patted his face.
Rangiku was currently at the bar counter drinking a bottle of beer quickly.
"*Sigh of relief* I didn't know this world's drinks were so good." said Rangiku.
"You're telling me."
Turning her head to the side to see Cana smiling at her with amusement.
"I can tell you know about drinks." said Cana.
"A little bit and I can tell you do too." said Rangiku pointing to the bottle near her.
"Oh, this? This isn't mine." started Cana before lifting a barrel off the ground. "This is mine." said Cana before setting about drinking from the barrel.
"Wow. That's really taking it to the next level, but I wonder how much you can take." said Rangiku with a challenging smile.
"Ha. Is that a challenge? I warn you, I don't usually lose when it comes to drinking." said Cana.
"Clearly you haven't met someone like me. Do you have another keg of those?" asked Rangiku.
"Always." began Cana picking up another barrel and tossing it to the sub-captain who caught it easily. "Then don't back out."
"That's what I was going to say myself." said Rangiku before they both started drinking from the barrel.
Ikkaku was sitting off to the side, looking for some opponent to take on, but none of the guild members seemed to be anyone worth the trouble until he spotted someone he thought was interesting, so with a smile, he stood up and approached said person.
"Hey, you." said Ikkaku drawing the attention of a man with long hair and nose piercings.
It was Gajeel Redfox, the iron dragon slayer.
"Huh? What the hell do you want?" asked Gajeel.
"You look strong. How about a fight?" asked Ikkaku.
"No, thanks. I don't feel like fighting someone with a light bulb in his head right now." said Gajeel waving his hand as he turned his back to him.
"What did you say about me?" asked Ikkaku giving Gajeel a kick that knocked him to the ground.
"You bastard. Do you know what you have done?" asked Gajeel.
"Taking out the trash. How about you, screw face?" asked Ikkaku.
"Now you've really earned it. Iron Dragon's Club!" shouted Gajeel turning his arm into an iron pole which he stretched forward.
Ikkaku moved to the side quickly, causing the pole to impact against a table, shattering in the process.
"Yes. That's more like it." said Ikkaku drawing his sword and throwing himself into the battle as Gajeel drew back his fist to throw another blow.
However, before the two opponents could even make contact, Ichigo and Renji stood in the middle and blocked them.
Ichigo blocking Gajeel's fist with his sword while Renji blocked Ikkaku's sword with his.
"Hey, stop it you two." said Ichigo.
"Yeah, we didn't come here to fight." said Renji.
"Get out of my way, Renji!" said Ikkaku.
"Yeah, carrot, get out of my way so I can beat that guy up." said Gajeel.
"What did you call me?" asked Ichigo before Gajeel punched him with his other fist in the face, sending him crashing into the wall.
Ikkaku took advantage of that to push Renji out of the way, sending him crashing into a table.
"Ikkaku, you better get out of the way, because I'll be the one crushing that punk." said Ichigo getting ready to fight.
"W-Wait, Ichigo. That wasn't what we…" began Renji trying to calm the situation down.
"If there's going to be a fight, I'm in!" exclaimed Natsu giving Renji a punch in the face that sent him flying into a collision with Gray, both of them being knocked down in the process.
"Hey, watch where you're falling, you idiot!" said Gray.
"Who are you calling an 'idiot', you second-rate exhibitionist?" asked Renji.
"What?" asked Gray in an anime vein.
The next instant, a huge fight broke out in the guild, with all the men punching each other or using their magics, including Ichigo, Renji and Ikkaku who were fighting with their swords.
At a separate table, Lucy, Erza, Rukia, Happy, Charle, Wendy and Retsu, who was drinking tea, were keeping out of the fray.
"Is this a normal thing around here or is it out of this world?" asked Rukia with a bead of sweat.
"The former and it happens so many times that even I consider it an everyday normal thing." said Lucy with a shrug.
"Come on, Natsu! Show what you're worth!" exclaimed Happy.
"Don't encourage him!" exclaimed Charle scolding the exceed.
"S-Shouldn't we stop them?" asked Wendy.
"Yes, we should!" said Erza intending to use her authority to stop them all and beat up anyone who refused to obey, but before she could do so, Retsu put down her teacup and stood up, drawing the attention of the others.
"Excuse me." began Retsu causing all those fighting to stop immediately, as if someone gave it pause as they turned their gaze to the captain. "I'd like to have tea quietly, so…" said Retsu before opening her eyes and looking at them with a smile. "Would you please stop making such a fuss?"
Despite her kind tone and smile, a tremendous shiver ran down the backs of all of them and they quickly set about cleaning up the mess they created before returning to their things as if nothing had happened.
"Thank you." said Retsu before sitting down and going back to sipping her tea.
"What an amazing woman." thought Erza in awe.
"What a terrifying woman." thought Lucy a little frightened seeing how she overpowered them all with a single look.
"Uh… Excuse me, Captain Unohana." said Wendy nervously, getting their attention. "Can I ask you a favor?"
"What is it?" asked Retsu.
"C-Could you teach me your healing techniques? I'd like to learn a little." said Wendy.
"Sure. I wouldn't mind. I was even thinking of asking you to teach me your healing techniques. That way, we could learn from each other." said Retsu.
"Really? Thank you so much." said Wendy bowing in appreciation.
"Actually, you remind me a bit of my vice-captain." said Retsu.
"I do?" asked Wendy.
"Yes, only she is taller and has bigger breasts." said Retsu.
The next instant, Wendy found herself on her back and sitting on the floor, hugging her knees drawn up to her chest, her head down and a spotlight shining on her while everything else was pitch black.
"I think that last one was left over." said Charle with a bead of sweat.
"Hehe. Sorry." said Retsu.
Meanwhile, in Makarov's office, the master was at his desk with Toshiro sitting across from him.
"To what do I owe this visit, Captain Hitsugaya?" asked Makarov.
"You see, Master Makarov, miss Scarlet commented to me that, if those hollows we are looking for plan to attack the guild, they will act even though we want them to stay out of it." said Toshiro.
"I agree with her. The hollows may be a threat that only you shinigamis deal with, but if it's about protecting our guild, we'll fight anything." said Makarov.
"'That is why I am here. I don't question your determination, plus there's the fact that you have your right since this is your world, so I come to propose something. Something that would help your guild members to be prepared against the hollows." said Toshiro.
"And what exactly had you thought of?" asked Makarov.
For the next few minutes, Toshiro was telling the guild master about his plan, and he didn't hesitate for a second to agree with it.
