Gacha Power Realta Nua [FGO/Multiverse SI] - Chapter 2
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The clock struck three, and I had done absolutely nothing the entire day, well that wasn't entirely true. I had learned or perhaps was it more accurate to say that I had re-learned how to utilize my Magic Circuits and access the spells within the Mystic Code that I wore.
And designing my Magical Girl outfit alongside Emerald, which just ended up with me plagiarizing Kiana's Herrscher Battlesuit. It was perfectly suited to work as my costume, especially since we had the same bust size. And it was also the right amount of lewd to function as a Magical Girl outfit as was tradition.
But I had just been waiting for the most part until the current time, as this was when Ichigo was set free from the cruel walls of High School.
Cause I really needed to talk to him, to tell him the truth for he deserved to hear it. Cause the truth was necessary if he wanted to unlock his full potential, cause it was there, but Old Man Zangetsu was keeping a lid on it, out of a misplaced feeling of protection and selfishness. Even if he was a part of Ichigo's soul, he was also Juha Bach, and probably that screwed the priorities a bit.
But first, we needed to talk at a place he would listen to me, and I already knew that location, now I just needed to tell him to come. And that was the easiest part of this whole plan.
"This is Kurosaki Ichigo, what can I help you with?" Ichigo asked as he picked up his phone as I used Emerald to call him.
"Ichigo we met yesterday, so if you wish to know the truth about yourself, and why your mother died that day to Grand Fisher, come to her grave at four, and I shall tell you." And that was the hook, line and sinker to get him to come along.
"Wait, who the hell are you what do you me-." I cut him off as Emerald ended the call.
[Done Mistress, now what do you plan to do?]
"Like I said, Emerald go to the graveyard, wait, and talk," I responded as I walked down the street already on my way to the resting place of the dead.
It only took me ten minutes for me too arrive, and so I had to wait for fifty for Ichigo to come, thankfully though I had picked up some manga earlier in the day to entertain myself, besides surfing the primitive internet which existed in 2001.
But I would have to postpone finishing my Chinese comic as Emerald spoke up as soon as we entered the graveyard.
[Mistress you remember when I told you yesterday that I could detect spatial anomalies?]
"Yeah, I do. Do you sense something that is not supposed to be here?" I asked.
[That I do not know, but I am detecting what looks to be a concealed Pocket Dimension in the middle of this Graveyard. That kind of warped space is unmistakable.]
"Take me there cause, I have absolutely no knowledge about such thing existing here." And that was entirely true, there existed no such thing in the canon timeline, and I didn't even know anyone with the capabilities to create such a thing with the exception of Juha, maybe Urahara as an experiment maybe. But even then, he would have made one in the training area. Not in the middle of the fucking cemetery.
So, this was a complete mystery to me.
I headed into the middle of the graveyard where this Pocket Dimension was located, I couldn't see it but Emerald easily could as we stood in the crossroads walkway. I couldn't see any ghosts around, which was either a good or bad thing. I decided to go with good for now, but what with this bubble of space it could quickly change to bad.
"So, Emerald, what can you tell me about this thing?"
[The thing is rather large on the inside, and I can detect a being that has a similar spiritual composition like the one you eliminated yesterday. The magical energy levels are higher than the big one was outputting but not by.]
So a Hollow was inside of the Pocket Dimension that was good to know, but it seemed to be on the level of a sealed Yammy. Which probably put it around Espada level, so it was perhaps a Vasto Lorde level Hollow. But now the question was the fuck was it doing in there? And who had really set it up? As this seemed to disqualify Urahara as the creator, maybe Aizen but doing something like this seemed out of character. Mayuri maybe, but he would keep such a thing close by.
"Anything else you can tell me, Emerald?" I asked once again.
[Mistress, the Pocket Dimension has various concepts written into it, one being the gathering of spirits. So this is probably why there are no human souls wandering around nearby. The must-have all gotten sucked into this.]
Yeah, that settled it, I was going to destroy this thing as it seemed to be a feeder for the Hollow inside. But how long had this thing been here, since there was a bloody Vasto Lorde inside. "Okay, Emerald can you take this thing apart."
[Yes, but we need to eliminate the entity inside, this Hollow as you've identified it as. As that is what is keeping this Pocket Dimension stable. If we go inside and eliminate, it will collapse on its own.]
"Great when we shall do that, and this can serve as a testing ground for the transformation and Servant Materialization," I told her.
[Of course, Mistress, commencing transformation, and preparing third-dimensional location shift.]
In a flash of light, my outfit was replaced, and I stood in the white, orange, purple, and black colored outfit that was Herrscher Kiana. Ether constructed wings floating behind my back, to help with the image that flight was possible for me.
And then I heard Emerald execute the shift, and I realized this bore similarity to a Mirror World shift, as a second later I no longer found myself in the graveyard, but what looked to be a singular mountain, that seemed to have no bottom or not peak. At least none I could see from my position as I looked over the edge.
Someone had been very creative while making this place, certainly beyond anybody that wasn't Juha, and again this didn't seem like a thing he would make willy-nilly.
I brought out Ashwatthama's card, and threw it to the ground to activate the third function the Class Cards in Emerald's possession possessed.
The normal one had two, Including and Install. Include just Materialized the weapon and gave the user weakened stats, but the magical energy cost was much lower. Install was then user gained the outfit, and full abilities of the Servant. Though in my case, I was fully transformed into a look-alike of the Servant, gender-bend if the Servant was male. As was the case with Ash yesterday where I became a female version of him.
Now the final one, one was one the regular cards could use, but the user couldn't, namely summoning the Servant and materializing them around the card itself. Though with the usual cards, the Servant would-be weakened and mindless. Though with me, that would apparently not be the case, according to Emerald.
"Essence of Silver and Steel… Materialize Archer!" I shouted my Aria as the card touched the ground, and it lit with a summoning circle.
And second, later, the dark-skinned Indian man that was Ashwatthama stood before me.
"Sup, Master who do you want to die? I'm still angry about what those two did yesterday, so who do you want me to rip apart?" He asked, enthusiastically.
"You remember me installing your card?" I asked in surprise, though it shouldn't really have as I had felt his emotions. These Class Cards were not as mindless as the normal ones with the exception of Gilgamesh. But Gil was Gil, and the dude broke all the rules, when it came to anything.
"I did, and I must say having breasts was a different experience, so Master my power is available to you who do you want me to crush? And where exactly are we?" Asked with a grin as fire began to coat his chakram.
"A monster of the same species as the two from yesterday, but less evolved. It should be intelligent, but something tells me won't solve this diplomatically. As for where we are? We're inside a Pocket Dimension containing the beast, and it designed so that it sucks in human souls to feed it, denying them their journey through Samsara." For that was the entire Bleach cosmology was based on. Hindu and Buddhist mythology in regards to the afterlife, but with a layer of Japan spread all over it. Though if Burn the Witch was somewhat canon here, there were multiple Soul Societies, and Hollows were a global problem. Which fucking sucked donkey balls.
"That's all I need to hear Master, now where is the beast?" He asked as he began to focus on detecting it.
"It should be nearby. Emerald?"
"Running on the side and down towards you." She informed us, which meant it was above us, though thankfully, this a flat part of the mountain, so we had a lot of ground to fight on.
"Yeah, I'm sensing it," Ash stated as his head turned upwards, and I did the same, and I saw the Hollow running down at us. Yeah, it was a Vasto Lorde. The humanoid shape was unmistakable.
And also it was utterly insane, as I could not see a single speck of sanity in its, no his eyes. The Vasto Lorde actually reminded me of Ibaraki. Though more accurate to say, this was one that had his looks based more towards the Oni side. Highlighted by the long thin horns extending from his mask. And the large clawed hands that looked like they could easily tear a Lieutenant in half or should I use Vice-Captain? A question to find out later.
"Alright, let's go, Archer." Calling the Indian Warrior, by his class.
"As you command Master?" He shouted as he ran towards the Hollow while laughing gleefully. I was going to get this over with fast, so I was just going to focus on binding and stopping his movement.
"Constrict!" I shouted to manifest magic circles that fired of locks that bound the Hollow to the mountainside by his Leg and arms like that one Bakudo. I should probably get a book on that, so that I could better make spells that behaved like they did. Cause using Emerald to cause Magecraft required a clear image of what I wanted to be done. The clearer and more accurate it was, the better and more stable it was.
"Arggh!" Ashwatthama roared as jumped towards the now bound Vasto Lords, to slay him in a single strike. But it seemed the Oni Hollow was not done yet, as perhaps his instincts warned of his imminent demise. He opened his mouth and fired a massive Cero straight into his face. And if this had been another Servant, more damage would have been done. But since this is Ash, and with that one Skill of his. He could easily tank the blast of concentrated magical straight on without any damage done to him.
But the same could not be said for the Hollow, as the Archer Class Servant crushed the Oni based Hollow with his flaming wheel.
I could hear all of him just breaking under the pressure of the hit as the remains of it went up in ash.
And as cool as that had been, it was kinda anticlimactic, but that was Ashwatthama for you strongest warrior of the Mahabharata Epic. Even if I had not been there, the result would have been the same in the same amount of time.
I just made it easier on his part.
"Wooh, thanks for that Master; no, I feel a bit better; I see you some other time if you choose to Materialize or use my power for yourself." The flaming spoke as he vanished, and the Archer Class Card returned to storage.
[We, should leave now Mistress the place is starting to come undone, but I have a lead for where we can go. I teleport you out now." A second later, we were back in the Cemetery and I was back in my Chaldea uniform.
"Now, what have you discovered while inside Emerald?" I asked the Kaleidostick as Fou returned to my shoulder, the little critter happily chirping into my neck. For if we genuinely had a lead to uncovering whoever set this place up, I would be glad.
[I noticed it while inside, the Pocket Dimension had spells with the function of recording and monitoring the beast inside and transmitting the data to another location. Which I managed to locate.]
"Great, we can go there tomorrow," I stated.
[Also Mistress, the beast also had enough potential for a singular SQ, though it was barely enough.]
"Also great, let's see if I can go for another Servant." If the Gacha was merciful enough for me.
I brought up the screen and hit the single summon button, and watched as the orbs spun going into three rings, showing that it would be a Servant arriving. The card spun around to show a gold Berserker card, revealing itself to be Lancelot.
Which was fine, Zerkalot was a powerful Servant, and I would be interesting to see how Mad Enhancement would work on me.
Now I could finally read my book as I still had like forty minutes until Ichigo arrived, so now it was just playing the waiting game.
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"Why hello Ichigo Kurosaki, I'm glad you showed up," I spoke as I saw the carrot-top walk up the stairs of the graveyard that took one up to the shrine and higher levels of the resting place. And I looked like a real super-villain as I sat there petting Fou as he approached me.
"So, you're the one who called me?" Ichigo asked with his standard scowling face.
"That was me."
"So who the hell are you, and why do you look so different from yesterday?"
"Ah, so you're able to tell that was me?"
"I'm shit at sensing Reiatsu, but even if it is a little bit different like one layered on top of another, I can your presence is the same that was underneath yesterday." Well, I had to give Ichigo a bit of credit, his sensing abilities weren't utterly shit, and being so close probably helped, and I had really no way to suppress my own presence. I wasn't an Assassin at the moment.
"Let's just say that is a part of my power, as for who I am? My name is Emilya Spirit. And I have knowledge which you desire." I told him.
"I know that you said something about my mom, what the hell do you know about that?" He asked with anger.
"A lot I am very knowledgeable person, only Aizen and Urahara can match me in that regard," I told him, which caused his eyes to narrow.
"Well, since you did kill one of his goons yesterday, so I guess you're against him?"
"I am, but back on topic. Do you know want to know the truth of how your mother died Ichigo and your heritage?" I asked him, with a devious smile. I was getting way too into this.
"And I know she was killed by Grand Fisher the bastard, or are you telling me that there is more to it? And how the hell do I know you're not lying to my face?" He asked with suspicion. Which he was well within his rights to be.
"Yes, there is much more; whether you believe me or not is up to you, Ichigo, but I will not lie to you about this," I told him.
"Fine, tell me, and I be on my way."
"As you wish," I stated. "Your Mother, Masaki Kurosaki, was a Quincy and your father is a former Shinigami Captain."
At that, Ichigo's eyes widened. "You-you are not lying, are you?" He knew it within himself that I was telling the truth.
"No, am I not, have you ever wondered why Ichigo you have Shinigami powers Ichigo? They are your own not Rukia's so they had to come from somewhere? And the only way for a living soul to develop such a potential is then one of the parents is one."
"I can't argue with that logic, but if Goat-Face is a Shinigami, how come he hasn't used his powers?" Ichigo asked, and now the exposition and question train rolling.
"Until recently they were sealed away due to Aizen's meddling one his experiments a powerful Hollow named White infected your mother with a Hollow Virus that threatened to kill her. But thanks to Urahara, Isshin used his soul to stabilize your mothers via a spiritual bond between the two. Which sealed the Hollow energies and his own powers away making him a 'Fake' human so to speak. But that virus was still within her and it carried unto you then you were born, and so did the bond and just until recently it was broken and your own Hollow nature is coming forth." Man, the face Ichigo was making was a nasty one.
"You said that Goat-Face powers were sealed away but you didn't say anything about my mother's Quincy powers being sealed away too?" He asked.
"That is correct; her power was fully functioning and under normal circumstances, she would easily have killed Grand Fisher. But at that moment, she was screwed and her powers were taken from her, along with another Quincy mother's own." I saw Ichigo's eyes widen again as he realized who I was talking about.
"Taken by who?"
"Everything comes from somewhere Ichigo including Quincies so there has to be one who was the first. And he is their Immortal King, recuperating right now after his battle with the Head-Captain a thousand years ago. Juha Bach spread his power to others, and so he can easily take them back again. That is what he did the moment Grand Fisher attacked."
"Bastard!" Ichigo cursed. "Where is he now?"
"Hiding in Soul Society's shadow quite literally right now. But Ichigo you have already Juha Bach," I informed him. Now to drop the biggest bombshell on his probably already fragile mind but he needed it.
"Wha?" Was his confused response.
"As I said a Quincy's power is a shard of his, even you have one within you and you've seen him. An elderly man with black hair and a scraggily beard." And I didn't think eyes could go that wide. "That man you've been calling Zangetsu is not your Zanpakuto Spirit. Your Hollow is, for that power, fused with your Shinigami Essence; he is just suppressing and keeping your true potential hidden."
"No."
"Yes, Ichigo just ask him, and will tell you the truth even if he is Juha; he is also a part of your soul, and you can't truly lie to yourself, can you." And that was when Ichigo lost consciousness and collapsed onto the stairs.
"Guess they pulled you in or you managed to enter," I said as I went down and pulled Ichigo over to the side. And I guess I had to reward him with being such an attentive listener.
And there was only one solution.
A lap pillow.
I sat down and placed the boy's head on my lap.
Ah, he was going to freak the fuck out when he woke up.
And it took about five minutes for the hybrid to his eyes once again, his blue orbs looking straight at me.
"So did you have a conversation with them or what?" I asked as he blinked and he seemed to slowly realize where his head was laying.
"Gargh what the hell woman!" He shouted at me as he removed his head and stood up pointing his finger at me.
"Aww, here I thought that boys wanted the ultimate gift that is the lap pillow or was I miss informed," I said with grinning teeth.
"The hell not you don't do that to people in real life." He shouted at me, and I tried my best to not laugh, but it was a futile effort on my part, and his blushing face did not help.
"Farharhar!" I laughed but it was quickly over. "You're certainly in a better mood than before. So Ichigo do you believe me now?"
And that brought the situation back down to earth again. "Yeah, nagged a bit but they told the truth. Just going to need to deal with that."
"Well, at least White won't be as big an ass to you now."
"As if, Zangetsu. Both of them want me to bust my ass out in training now to get a handle on all my abilities." He responded.
"Well, the Vizards can at least show you the ropes in regards to your Hollow powers. Cause I bet the only lesson you're going to get out him in regards to that is 'follow your instinct, you moron' or something similar."
"You Emily it is kinda frightening you know so much. How do you even know all of that?" He asked.
"That is my secret and one I won't be sharing cause frankly, it doesn't matter where I got the information from. What is important is just that I know and nothing else. But Ichigo now you gotta pay me back for all that sweet info that I gave you." I stated.
"Pay you back? With I thought you were giving it to me?" His face was utterly perplexed.
"Nothing is free, boy. So I want payment for services rendered." I once again stated.
"And that is?" He asked with raised eyebrows.
"For me to sleep in your closet." That was my payment for services rendered.
That caused him almost to face-vault but he managed to recover before he fell to the ground.
"You don't have any place to live, do you?" He asked flatly.
"Well, I can buy another hotel room for the night, but I don't wanna spend any money," I responded.
I could see him mentally groaning. "Fine, you can stay Yuzu will probably be overjoyed. I call and tell that we'll be having a guest over."
"Than you Ichigo, you da best now how about I-." My words were stopped as Fou hit me on the cheek.
"Fou, Fou."
"Argh, don't be a fun Nazi Fou," I said and I turned my head to see Ichigo looking at me with a raised eyebrow. "Right, Ichigo, this is Fou; he is my animal companion."
"Well, nice to meet him. Now just follow me, and I show you the road to our house."
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