sword dragon and the phoenix -chapter 24- tomb fall ways part
this chapter will cover the aftermath of the last chapter of reaper of Rome aka tyrant's tomb.
As well as cover episode 26 of yuyu hakusho with many changes
And episodes 343 -344 of bleach in the back parts of the chapter
Ichigo pov
It was as the fighting ended and peace was restored that I gave the folder to my brother only for it not to open up. it was as we had the problem Renya said "maybe the pact doesn't just cover the city but the people, if you devils help save as many people as possible it could open the folder and if that doesn't work, Ichigo could have the seal undone."
With that we teleported all the survivors to the hospital and each member of the team did their best to try and get all the wounded to stable states but soon enough too big a problem for just a few members of the Ravel phoenix peerage to handle and others began to help with Apollo included. I then began to organize the others to aid in the effort of getting everyone stable by using the medical knowledge I had from working at the clinic. After about a day of effort we managed to get many campers that would have died with roman healing tricks alone to stable states and the number of people that died was only ten percent of the campers left. We would still need to recruit many more campers to refill the ranks but were in better shape than we could have been.
By the time things were done, I realized I had ended up recruiting my mom and her hunters to help as well. but she was more than willing to help in the duty or working with her sons and brother and the mothers of her grandchildren. With that I soon learned that Shirou currently had four different kids among three different girls. It was my mother that said "I am sorry, but Venus is the reason so many girls are attracted to you, it pretty much a backlash for mostly leaving Ichigo alone. I am pretty sure she watches both you and that Issei boy for her own fun."
Apollo pov
As the battles were done and the folder was unsealed, my sister got to talk to her sons and soon told Shirou about his father and that he was an athletic the Olympic games that game up his last shot for good to save her and that's what caused my sister to have Shirou as for Ichigo she confirmed that it was a deal between her and his 'mortal' parents that she cant fully disclose until the time is just right and that time includes not telling even me while among mortals.
Even while helping save the campers I could tell Ichigo was restless about something and soon learned some Renya's brother Chad, that ichigo's fatal flaw is the feeling of powerlessness and that the lose of the power he had as a soul reaper had made him feel weak and how he had lost two swords in his recent battles was shocking enough that him and Chad were going to return to his home town to try and figure out the prophecies he had been give to get his powers back in time to confront Nero.
After that, I got to talk to Ichigo himself and learned he was planning to marry a daughter that I had during the Meiji restoration in Japan that had became a soul reaper. He told me her name was Rukia, and she used to have a sister named Hisana that led to her gaining a brother-in-law that adopted her into his family. He soon showed me a photo and I recalled a female musician I loved enough to give one of my guitars to. I could only assume her and her two children died as part of the upheaval that was part of the war that came, and the sisters never ended up meeting their mother in the land of the dead.
After that he told me about Lancer and that he was a grand servant that would have to stay in New Rome in spirit form just to be maintained as a servant until we could battle Nero. Then he told me that once Nero lost his divinity the beast part would remain and rise into a being likely to try and end the age of the gods completely. From how it sounded ending said age would leave the gods as spirits with man being cut off from them completely, but he wasn't sure what would happen. But it didn't just mean the Greek and roman gods but all the other active pantheons as well and that was one reason, he needed his powers back but the other was to be able to marry Rukia. When I asked the meaning of Rukia's name, Ichigo guessed that I gave it to her but with the lack of the 'l' sound in Japanese it came out as Rukia instead of the Lucia I likely meant her name to be.
It was after that he showed me around his house and let me stay inside it, then after showing me the storage room. we found a note in Japanese that said "the parts of any monster killed will be store in this room. after selling off the current batch of stuff the only thing left in the room was a few scattered monster parts along with the skull of the fallen Commodus and both of us were grossed out as the boy showed me the giant rabbit and let Meg and I stay in the place for the next few days with the instructions to knock on any doors and more so in you hear noise within.
When I arrived, I met the house butler, she was a tomboy that was pretty cute, and Meg tried to find the giant rabbit and was amazed to see one that was only slightly smaller that her. The butler girl showed us rooms to stay in and told us when meals were. It was at dinner that I asked Ichigo how he afforded this house and his reply was "the treasure of Monte Cristo makes sure I have all the money I need."
Shirou pov
That night, I got to stay at my brother's mansion and went over the folders, the first folder covered my father and stepmother and the fact they owned an outdoors company that would hunt and explore the outdoors around Japan, China and Korea. It said my stepmother had twin daughters that were the children of the Norse Vanir god Frey and after that it said my original name before the fire was Keita Suminoe. After that it detailed how I got caught in the Fuyuki fire and that I had to regularly go to my grandparents' shrine in Fuyuki to have my powers sealed. Then Grand master spoke up and said, "before I woke up again your powers started to get out of control, and it took my awaking that saved you from the fire to get them under control."
Then I went over the second folder to learn my stepsisters were twin Ako and Riko and mostly looked the same except one had a bandage on her face to cover a scar. Then it said that Riko didn't fully go toward the values of Frey and would make a pawn member worth four pawns and Ako being more aligned towards Frey would make a better bishop. After that I found the next page and found that it was for a girl named Paul Bunyan, but the name wasn't sure, she is a daughter of Venus with the power to grow in size. Then it said her location was somewhere in Minnesota.
Before I could look over any more names, Ichigo came into the room with his phone and said Odin wants to talk to you and said he got my number from the elf Hearthstone I borrowed magic from. After that Odin said to me "I didn't get your number but figured by this time you would be close to your brother. Come to the Runestone museum with Halsin and meet with him about the trip to face Loki and possible land to build a new house in Alfheim and how to find Paul. "
It was a few hours later that Ichigo gave us a ride to the meeting place as a peerage and said we will spend a few hours here and then go back to Japan as a group. It was there Halsin, and I met Odin again with a Valkyrie in a hijab and then showed us a gate from this museum to Alfheim. Then he told Halsin that his brother had become a ring dragon and basically tainted the family lands. The time to leave would be in July, then he pointed out the location that Paul was in, and we soon headed there. It was a Camp in the woods with extra large tent. We discovered Paul was a blond teen in full camping gear and she agreed right away when Ravel mentioned being able to control Paul's growth and that she couldn't fully control it on her own. after that we returned to Japan via teleportation, and I knew I would try and find my family as soon as possible.
Before leaving my house, Ichigo told me he was going to let Apollo stay in his house with the other members of his team long enough for them to recover. But I could tell he was also hoping they wouldn't be ready to face Nero until at least after his soul reaper powers were restored. From what I could decipher from the two prophecies, he won't just get his original powers back but more. but even Apollo said they could have multiple meanings. But Nero would be as least three times as strong as he was as a minor god and as a beast I couldn't even guess. Then there was python as well, I would need to try and talk to Merlin about what it all meant but likely not good things.
It wasn't long after Ichigo left that Hiei came to the house and asked with a desperate look on his face, "What did you do to me?" I replied, "I think it could be a sacred gear, and I know an expert that could help us figure out what it is and what it could do." The short yokai said back to me "okay take me to this expert of yours." It was then I took him to Azazel and the fallen used some strange machines to look over and said, "it is indeed a sacred gear with a very young dragon within it." then Hiei asked "what can it do and how will I be able to access the power?" the fallen replied with "normally it would take years to develop but if you are about to get involved with the dark tournament it could accelerate the gears evolution and it may also be possible to combine the power of this gear with the dragon of the darkness flame to further evolve it faster." The yokai said "I always thought that dragon was too dangerous but if it could grow my power more, I will try it." I then said "my underground training area should be able to contain anything you unleash. You can use it while I am at school and ask any of the devil maids to cook you food if you like."
Yusuke pov
It was after a long time between the battles and returning to the world of mortals. I ended up on a shopping date with Keiko and things went normal and boring for a while. Until Toguro appeared in the middle of town and said to me "its time for the dark tournament. The emperor of the black club called for it to happen now and only Kurama, Hiei, Kuwabara and a mystery fighter chosen by the committee will be able to join your team and the rest of the peerage won't be able to fight. You have a week to train before you meet at the dock in Kobe. It turned out that at the dock, we would have to battle on the boat for our team to even get into the main event.
Ichigo pov
When I met up with Urahara, he said Kon was taking all my classes for me over the last eighteen months, and I could download all the info from the Gigai Kon was using to catch up. but mostly Kon was normal and school like was normal. The mod-soul had been even a working job for me, even if at this point, I wouldn't need the money. But I knew I would need to be around the city to try and find the people that will help me get my powers back.
When I first got to have breakfast after coming home, I got to see my sisters showing off their middle school uniforms. Yuzu wasn't happy that I barely said anything about her new uniform and Karin could see ghosts while I could barely see them in my current state. I could still barely see stuff like ghosts and hollows and soul reapers but didn't pay them much heed. I texted Rukia but she would mostly reply back with being busy with paperwork. But I had the feeling it was something more.
I also got to see many of my other classmates change over time. With my soul reaper powers mostly gone, my soul reaper badge didn't work and Uryu was helping the soul reaper on duty by weakening the hollow so said afro reaper could kill them. I was happy for the momentary peace in my hometown, but I knew the treat of Nero still loamed on the horizon.
It was my next day back and on the way to school, I dealt with a mugger and got to use the skills I honed at camp Jupiter. Then after school, my father challenged me to his normal fights and I defused him by saying, "I got to meet my goddess mother Diana and learned my have an older brother." He then asked me "so does this older brother live in the states, or somewhere else?" I replied, "he lives near Kobe, and he is a reincarnated devil. He told me one of the members of his peerage is sub-leased to the Enma faction. I also got to meet people from the Egyptian, Norse and Greek factions. Also, some former hunters of Artemis made me a van." He replied, "it sounds like you had a busy seventeen months." But I replied with "I still have one more piece of business back in the states. so, I will have to go back, and finish said business and after I graduate."
It was three days into the new year, I got to see Orihime again and learned her boobs grew even bigger and she was just as dense as she was when we last met. She was also one of the only ones to know I had switched back out with Kon and seemed happy to see me. As school ended that day, I had the feeling I had run into one of the people that would help get my soul reaper powers back.
It was the next day that I ran into Uryu again and we had to deal with a gang of punks and as we clashed with them, I talked to him about the battles I had in the states among the other supernatural factions. It was after that fight; I got to meet the boss of the job Kon signed me up for and was about to leave the job very soon. but before I could quit, the man I saved form the mugger arrived with a look that he knew me and clearly was trying to get close to me. the man soon asked me about my father and where he had gone as of late, my simple guess was the man was going to the soul society for business, but I couldn't be sure. It was after that; he passed me a business card and said "call me if you want to try and get your powers back." the card only had a number and the words "welcome to our xcution" in English. With that I knew this group that called themselves slayers had everything to do with getting my powers back.
Chapter end
On the next chapter of reaper of rome will cover ichigo meeting the xcution and having to learn how to get his powers back
After that Yusuke will have to battle through the first round of the dark tournament while his other peerage members are forced to watch
After the dark tourney and xcution sagas both story will take a break for a few months and give me time to work on other stories
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