'I always have suspected...that there would be a version of a Rukia, Renji, and Byukuya on the opposite side of Hell...' Ichigo thought grimly as he looked at the three Shinigmai. 'But I pushed that thought into the back of my mind and hoped that they wouldn't be part of the Gotei 13, and rather the Shingmai that had their powers sealed away. He then looked away from them and closed his eyes. 'But I guess it was just wishful thinking'
Ichigo then took a deep breath and readied his resolve as he branded his two blades.
"So Ichigo..." Uryu commented. "Do you have any information on these Shinigmai that we should know about?" He asked, and Kurosaki let out a deep breath.
"That short girl over there, Rukia, can freeze anything at absolute zero, that guy with the spiky red hair, Renji, can summon a long-bladed whip, and in his banka, can shoot powerful energy blasts and greatly increase his strength.'
He then stared directly at the tall man himself. "And the one in the middle...is one you should look out for the most, Byakuya Kuchiki"
Uryu then readied his bow. "Is it because he is a Captain?"
Ichigo then shook his head. "Not just because he is a Captain, but one of the strongest and most skilled of them in the Gotei 13. Due to him being the most powerful of the heads in the history of the Kuchiki clan, and on top of having a shikai that allows him to command a thousand blades in the shape of cherry blossoms, and a bankai that increases that number by over a hundred million"
On hearing that, the white prince then tightened his bow as he focused his Spiritual pressure in his blunt vene while Kain let out a whistle.
'"So basically, he is one of the top tiers..." She then held up her ball. "Got it."
Ichigo was about to tell Kain to leave because she might be out of her league even if she might object, but before he could. Byukauya stepped forward.
"Well,l it would seem that my reputation precedes me," The nobleman spoke, and Ichigo, Uryu, and Kain quickly went into a fighting stance.
"But I am afraid...he spoke in a low, menacing tone as he unsheathed His zanpakuto, and the group immediately readied themselves. "That you are still underselling me..."
"For I..." He then wordlessly released his Zanpakuto, in which the blade, as Ichigo warned, scattered into a thousand blades, each of which radiated a pink-like glow and reflection of energy that resembled cherry blossoms.
However, just when it looked like the swarm of blades was about to attack, they suddenly rotated themselves behind Kuchiki in a bizarre pattern that looked like…
Firework sprinkles...
"AM THE GREAT AND MIGHTY BYUKUYA KUCHIKI!" He hallowered out with a big flashing grin on his face, much to the stupefied reactions of Uryu, Kain, the other fullbringer, and Ichigo. While Rukia and Renji looked away in cringe, with the former rubbing her temples in frustration and the latter in embarrassment.
"...what..." Ichigo could barely speak out. '...the hell?' Not believe that what he was seeing before him was real.
'HA!' Byakuya shouted out smugly. "It seems my radiance of awesomeness has left you practically speechless!" He boasted while slicking back his hair, while Ichigo continued to stare at him with his jaw dropped and his eyes twitching and pupils shrunk in utter incredulity of what he was witnessing.
'This...' He thought while struggling to piece together what he was witnessing. 'Is this universe's version of Byakuya Kuchiki!?' He stuttered almost fanatically in his head. 'The one who barely cracks a smile, who always acts stoic, dignified, and reserved, to represent the best his family and the Gotei 13 had to offer…' he thought out while continuing to stare at the grinning, laughing, and dancing captain in front of him. 'This is HIM!?'
Uryu then looked over to Ichigo. "Kurosaki, if I didn't know any better, I say you were overhyping this man a bit too much," He commented with a sweet drop.
Kain then frowned in annoyance. "Especially given how much of a clown this guy acts"
On hearing the insult, Byakuya's smug grin then turned into a pouted scowl.
"Hey brat, don't try to insult my dramatic entrance!" He shouted out before putting on another smug grin. "After all, a little snot-nose brat like yourself should be grateful that the great and mighty Kuchiki would-" SMACK!
The man didn't have time to finish his rant before Rukia slammed her fist right into his noble jewels. Causing the great and mighty Kuchiki to squeak out in pain, cry in tears of agony, and then collapse face-first to the ground before having his hair pulled out by the woman, who then stared at him with murderous rage.
"Listen, you idiot!' She said in a ow spiteful tone. "I have deal enough of this crap back in back in Hell and I refused to let your foolishness embarrass us in front of our enemies!' She then pulled out her zanpakuto and placed it next to Byukuya's neck. "So get your act together or I am sending you back home personally!"
Byakuya then fearfully looked at the sword and then at Renji, who averted his gaze nervously. While Ichigo looked even more dumbfounded by the fact that Ruki, someone he knew, worshipped her adopted brother, was not only hitting him but even threatening him with death.
'This alternate reality has no standards on how messed up it can get, huh?' Kurosaki thought in bewilderment.
"Uhh..." the nobleman then smiled uneasily. "Point taken," he then got himself back up and took a more, somewhat serious expression.
"Alright, I think that with the pleasantries out of the way, I think we can finally get down to business," he declared. Which caused the rest of the other group to take up stances once more. "As you all know, our Emperor is planning on invading the human world and the Soul Society the moment the seal of the Oin fully breaks...but'
Ichigo, Uryu, Karin, and the rest of the fullbringers and Quincies held their breath.
"He is willing to make a compromise"
Uryu then focused his gaze on the noble. "What kind of compromise?"
Rukia then stepped in. "We will postpone one of our invasions just long enough for the holy kingdom and Xcuation to recover their strength...in exchange for Kurosaki Ichigo himself."
Ishida then frowned. "Surely you do not take us for fools" The prince snapped back. "You of all people should know that Ichigo Kurosaki is by far the strongest ally we have against the Gotei 13 and the rest of the forces of Hell, and giving him to you would put us at a tremenduse disadvantage, regardless of whether you allow us to recover to our full strength or not!"
Renji then smirked sinisterly. "Regardless, as you say?"
Then, after the very moment he asked that question, several gigantic blades of Spiritual energy shot out across the city, much to the other group's shock.
But to Ichigo, they resemble too much of the Kido spell his Yamamoto used on Aizen. While the Carnival across the lake, the apartment districts and markets were almost completely devastated by the explosions.
"As you can see..." Rukia continued while countless screams of the innocent echoed across the dimension. "We are fully capable of infiltrating anyone of your dimensions, sabotage at our whim, whenever they be in the shadows, the Soul society, and especially the world of the living." She then stared coldly at Uryu. "The only reason that none of them are leveled to the ground is because of the slight pity we are willing to give to you"
Ichigo then bared his teeth while brandishing his two blades. "And if you think I will go with you by threatening and killing a bunch of innocent people?" He then pointed his larger Zanpakuto at Rukia's face. "Then all you are are bigger idiots than I thought!"
Rukia then stared at Ichigo and sighed in disappointment. "Very well if you insist on being unreasonable, then we will take you by force!"
The forces of the Gotei 13, the Holy kingdom, and Xcuation were about to battle until a light of blue digital energy flashed in front of them all, much to everyone's surprise.
"I think I have enough destruction of my city, thank you," a deadpan yet teenage voice spoke, and Ichigo immediately recognized it.
"Hey, is that..."
Suddenly, the light died down and revealed a young man in his late teens, with blond hair that was cut short yet had spiky bangs that covered his left eye, and wearing a black vested suit with a white dress shirt underneath,h while staring at the Shingmai stoic yet intense green eyes.
For he was the Xcuation director of technology and architecture, Yukio Vanheim.
"I had hoped that by staying at HQ and keeping a watch over it. I would avoid getting myself involved with all the ruckus..." he then slightly glared at the shingmai. "But you hell hounds just have to ruin it all, huh?" He complained sourly with an air of displeasure. But Byakuya merely snorted in annoyance.
"If you are upset about us running your precious little city, then why didn't you get out there culling the fires instead of comforting us?" Nobleman mocked. '
But his expression changed to bafflement when Yukio snapped his fingers and all the blade explosions were suddenly engulfed in digital blue lights before getting extinguished themselves, while the entire buildings that were demolished were repaired in seconds. While the bodies of the victims were teleported away into the Monique.
"Just did..." he said with the most casual of expressions. "Or are any of you going to cause more of an inconvenience?"
"Inconvenience, huh?" Renji spoke sarcastically. Before using the flash step to appear right in front of Yukio with his Zanpakuto drawn, and in the same movement, it transformed it into its shikai state. A large, multi-segmented sword. "Let's see how inconvenient it would be when I split your smart as skull in two!"
The lieutenant then brought down his sword and sliced down on Yukio's head before splitting virtually in half!
However, before Renji could celebrate, the director's form flickered and faded, revealing it to be nothing more than a hologram, and before the Shinigmai could do anything else, he was suddenly engulfed in a black box.
"Renji!" Rukia called out in worry. Only for her and Byakuya to get trapped in other black boxes as well.
'I would rather have none of you cause any more destruction to the city than you already have, ' Yukio spoke out sternly. 'So don't be surprised when I decide to put you all in a time out'