Edit: April 5, 2016; "It's been so long since an update and you come up with this!?" is probably what many of you who are up to date with this story are thinking, some of you are probably cursing me. The only justifiable excuse that I have is college applications, financial aid applications, and all that other stressful bs that comes with being a high school senior. Class of 2016 whoo! Who am I kidding I'm tired, the best news for me is that I got accepted to a 4 year university. And because feel like a huge weight has been listed from my shoulders, and I have somewhat improved in my writing, I have decided to (not really rewrite this story) fix some inconsistencies* between earlier and later chapters. So, officially this story is not dead and in these upcoming days I plan to fix the other chapters before I post the chapters that I am done with. Well here goes nothing, or something.
*for the 'inconsistencies', I'm sure many of you already know who they are, and they are staying, though with a darker twist than the original.
Summary of original author's note- First fan Fic, Shit happens when you are bored, please be gentle.
Disclaimer- I do not own Bleach or High School DxD… or any other series I might mention in the future
PROLOGUE: The King
Sitting upon a throne, of pure white marble, was a man, resting his head on his left hand. His upper face was hidden behind the shadows of a hood, rimmed with black fur, his visible mouth revealed a somewhat bored expression. Said man wore white hakama pants, along with a white coat that reached his ankles, a black obi held his hakama in place. From his partially exposed muscular chest one could see six lines, tribal tattoos, two of which traveled up his neck. The sleeves of his cloak were also framed with black fur.
The most distinguishable features of the man, however, were the clawed hands, somewhat pale skin, and most importantly the bone white horn sticking out of the hood,that was enough to lead one to believe that he wasn't human.
Two pitch black blades were leaned against the right side of his throne. One had the bore the image of a trench knife about the same size as the man's arm. The other was a large khyber knife with a thin hollowed out section in the middle, it size could be compared to the man on the throne if he were to stand fully erect. Both were beautiful blades, their jagged beauty known by many.
This man was currently contemplating ways to relieve his boredom until the sudden opening of the throne room doors snapped him out of his musings. In stepped a woman in her late teens, judging by her appearance alone. She was 5 foot 9 with silky black hair that reached the back of her knees, tied in a ponytail, held together by a navy-blue ribbon. A crown of four black horns adorned her head, seemingly made of black bone and crimson red eyes. She had quite the buxom figure, not that the man atop the throne would ever admit. Her generous assets, enhanced by the form fitting white dress only served as fuel for the fire that was his inner demon.
She walks in, stopping at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to where the man is sitting and bows.
The man on the throne sighed and asked her to raise her head, "Shuri-san, how did it go?"
"Everything is complete, Kurosaki-sama. Captain-Commander Shunsui has approved of your trip to the world of the living."
"I see… then do you have anything else to report. Anything from hat'n clogs?"
"Yes, Urahara-san wishes me to inform you that your body has been prepared, although it is going to take a few more days for the furnishing of the house."
As she finished her sentence, the doors opened once again, the sound of multiple voices filled the room. A flash of irritation crossed Shuri's face.
"Harribel, why do you think Ichigo called us in so early in the morning?" asked a buxom woman with green hair.
"I'm not sure Neliel, but I think it has something to do with the return of his fracción." responded a nicely tanned buxom blond.
"Shuri-chan is back? From where?" asked Neliel while tilting her head.
"Apparently she went to Soul Society to inform them about a trip to the world of the living or something," interjected a brown haired, brown eyed man who had already greeted said woman.
"Why would he do that Starrk?" asked a young looking light green haired girl, with a helmet like horned mask that covered her left eye.
"He said something about wanting to finish his schooling in the world of the living, Lilynette." responded Starrk. "And apparently he had to inform the shinigami that he was going to spend a long period of time in the world of the living."
"You're right Starrk," responded a voice from the throne."My friends in the world of the living have already finished their second year of high school and technically so have I, due to 'homeschooling'. However, I'm not going to let my life as King of Hueco Mundo take over my normal life as a human since I am still alive… technically." whispering the last part to himself. "Now where's Grimmkitty?"
"Fuck you Kurosaki!" yelled a blue haired man from behind the previous group.
"About damn time," said Ichigo, "you're late."
"It's not my fault you called us in when I was eating my breakfast you bastard."
"Was little Grimmjow eating his cheerios," chucking spread throughout the group.
"Shut up carrot top! They're healthy!"
Full blown laughter could be heard from Lilynette and Nel, while stifled giggles came from Shuri, Harribel, and Starrk. From what could be seen of Ichigo's face, he was grinning madly.
"Enough of that. Now I'm going to give you each your roles while I'm gone. Nel, Shuri, and Harribel, you three along with Menoly Mallia and Loly Aivirrne will be coming with me to the world of the living. Starrk, I'm sure you can handle things here while I'm gone... better not slack off." Said man chuckled while rubbing the back of his head. "Lilynette, I want you to make sure that he does his job." The little girl grinned evilly. Now Grimmjow you will be in charge of security, and please try to capture intruders and not kill them."
"Yes your majesty," said the blue haired man while giving an exaggerated bow and a mocking grin. Ichigo just scowled from what the others could tell.
"If you don't mind me asking, Ichigo," spoke Harribel, "but why are we taking the other two?"
"They will be our messengers," he responded like it was the most obvious thing. "Also from what I know they are good cooks and know how to clean, and from you three, the only one who knows how to do these kinds of chores is Shuri," '...and Grimmjow would probably kill them if and when they got on his nerves.' he added to himself.
"Ara, ara, Ichigo-kun you're making me blush." her comment was ignored.
"Okay… Now everyone that is coming with me get your things ready we will be heading to Karakura Town tomorrow morning, before we head over to Kuoh, the city where I'll be going to school, the next day. Now you're dismissed. Oh, and Tier I have an assignment for your fracción. I'll tell you about it later."
"Yes Ichigo," responded the stoic arrancar.
One by one they start leaving the throne room talking about what they thought on this sudden change. as the doors closed the only two that were left in the room where Ichigo and Shuri.
Ichigo was the first to break the silence, "Was Urahara able to get permission from the rulers of that territory?"
"Yes he was, Ichigo."
"Let me ask you again then, why did you recomend that area again? Himejima Shuri," he said while removing his hood exposing his entire face, as well as releasing his waist length orange hair. His right brown eye and golden yellow left eye with black sclera stared deeply into her own crimson.
"I can't tell you yet, Ichigo. I don't feel like I can right now, give me some time." she pleaded while shifting her gaze to the floor.
"Fine... " he said while pulling her into an embrace.
Snuggling into his chest she muttered, "Thank you."
The next day
Urahara Kisuke, humble candy shop owner, pervert, and mad genius. Said man was currently talking to a see through crimson haired man that was standing on a red circle with intricate symbols.
"So what do you think Sirzechs about letting Kurosaki-san spend time in your sister's territory?" the blond shopkeeper asked as he flipped open his fan and covered his mischievous grin.
"I… will allow it, but remind the Hollow King that if I wish for him to do something for me, I will expect it to be completed." responded one of the four great Maous.
"Are you perhaps thinking of your little sister's engagement?" Urahara asked curiously.
"Sadly I am, Riser Phenex has been pushing for the engagement to be sped up."
"I see… so you plan on setting up a situation where he can't act due to politics."
"As analytical as ever old friend."
"I try to please."
Both men men look at each other before laughing. "Well, tell the boy I look forward to meeting him soon."
"I will Sirzechs. by the way Soul Society recently got a message from Takama-ga-hara."
"I see, so the Shinto faction also has their sights on him."
"Haha, no, no, it's Amaterasu-sama, if I'm not mistaken that has taken an interest in him since it's not the first time she has asked to meet with him. However, last time she tried was fourteen months ago, after Aizen's defeat."
"Oho, should you really be telling me this Kisuke?"
"Haha, it's more of a heads up Sirzechs, I have a hunch a little goddess of the sun will contact you in a few weeks to pass on an Invitation."
"I see, well thank you for the warning. Now I have to go see my little Rias-chan and tell her we will be having some guests."
"Your welcome, I'll inform Kurosaki-san that everything is ready for his transfer. See ya." and with their good byes the circle disappeared. "Haah~ the convenience of magic. So lucky," the shop keeper said to himself. "Well I better go tell Kurosaki-san." with that he headed from his room in the shop to the underground training room.
Meanwhile at Kuoh Academy, Occult research club building…
Rias Gremory, heir of the Gremory family, was drinking tea at her desk. Her crimson hair flowing neatly behind her back, her green-blue eyes looking at the contracts completed this month. Standing next to her was Akeno Himejima,a buxom girl with black hair tied into a ponytail held together by an orange ribbon. Vice president of the club, as well as Rias's best friend and [Queen]. On the couch in front of them sat a petite girl with white hair, who was currently munching away at a bowl of cookies. She was Koneko Toujou, her [Rook]. Sitting across from her was a blond bishonen by the name of Yuuto Kiba and her [Knight].
All of a sudden, a red magic circle, which she recognizes as her brothers appears in the center of the room. Stepping out of that circle was a silver haired maid and a crimsoned haired Maou.
"Onii-sama, Grayfia-san?!" questioned the surprised Rias.
""Rias-chan/ Rias-sama"" answered both devils respectively.
"What are you two doing here?" she asked tilting her head to the side while putting down her tea.
"Do I really need a reason to visit my adorable little sister and her peerage," he said as he was, out of nowhere, hugging her.
"Lucifer-sama," said a cold voice behind him, "have you, by chance,forgotten our purpose in coming here?"
"N-no, Grayfia, not at all." he responded while sweating bullets as he separated himself from his sister.. The others in the room sweat dropped at the leader's of the devils behavior.
"What's so important that Onii-sama had to personally inform me," asked a confused Rias.
"Well you see, Rias," the mood suddenly became serious, "a very powerful person will be coming into your territory shortly."
"Who is it?" questioned the younger of the crimson haired devils.
"It is a being from a recently organized faction," he said.
"That doesn't answer my question Onii-sama."
"Remember the stories mother and father used to tell us when we were younger, the ones about the shinigami,"
"Yes I do," she responded, however the other devils present were confused.
Seeing this Grayfia decided to clear up their confusion, "The shinigami are death gods, a branch from the shinto faction that has it's own ruler. They prefer to be referred as 'balancers of souls'. They were a very secretive and isolated faction that keep the balance of souls between the living and the dead and are active around the world, they are responsible for the souls that have not moved onto the afterlife… any afterlife."
"What do you mean by 'were secretive and isolated' Grayfia-san?" asked Yuuto.
"It is as it sounds, Kiba-kun, until recently they did not make any attempts to establish relations with other factions for over a thousand years." Sirzechs responded. "The last time anyone heard anything from them was during the Great War, and only when the balance of souls was being threatened."
"Then why do you say they aren't isolating themselves any more," asked Rias.
With a silent gaze, Sirzechs asked his wife a question asking for approval, to which she responded with a slight nod
"What I am about to tell you does not leave this room, do you understand Rias, Akeno, Yuuto, Koneko."
Those mentioned looked at each other before nodding, "Yes Onii-sama, we understand."
"Good… Grayfia set up a barrier,"
"Hai," she responded.
"From what an old friend amongst them has told me it has to do with them them having a new leader, apparently their leader Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni died during their most recent war," he said with a saddened tone filled with respect, "he was one of the strongest men I ever had the honour of meeting. Apparently he died a few months ago during one of their wars." He paused for a few seconds before getting back on point, "As I was saying, a new leader for the shinigami was established, was the first reason. Kyoraku Shunsui, a man several centuries older than myself, and more liberal compared to Yamamoto, plans to reopen relations with other factions," he paused, allowing the information to settle before he continued. "The second was due to what the new faction is and who their leader is."
"What do you mean Sirzechs-sama," asked a confused Akeno.
"What I am saying, Akeno-san is that the newly established faction is the Hollow faction."
"Hollow…?" whispered Koneko while tilting her head.
Sighing Sirzechs responds," Hollows are corrupt human souls, they have lost their hearts and wear a mask in order to hide their face. It is said that their hearts turn into their masks. The strongest among them are the arrancar, hollows that have removed their mask in order to gain the powers of a shinigami. Their power ranges from the type of hollow they were before becoming an arrancar. The hollows are divided into two groups the menos and the menos-grande. menos are newly born hollows while the menos-grande are divided into three subclasses, the weakest being a gillian which have the power of a low class devil, adjuchas which can range from mid-class devil to high class, and vasto lorde, their final stage of evolution and whose power range from high class to ultimate. And their king is someone who has surpassed Yamamoto in raw power alone. He is also rumored to possess power rivaling that of a heavenly dragon. Our guest is going to be a visored, a shinigami with hollow powers, that serves under the hollow banner. He is also a close friend of the shinigami and is the one who has helped establish a treaty between the two groups." Sirzechs let everything sink in.
After a few minutes of waiting Rias broke the silence, "When is this person coming here and for what reason."
"He will probably get here either today or tomorrow, however you probably won't see him around until classes begin in two weeks in April,* but even after that he probably won't start until a week after all of you return to classes."
"What!? he's coming to school here, I thought by the way you made it all sound, getting into details and everything, that he would be someone older. How old is he anyway!?" the crimson haired girl practically screamed, not that they could blame her for doing so.
"He is seventeen." responded Sirzechs like it was the most obvious thing.
"Ara, ara,~ I think buchou broke." commented Akeno as she looked at her best friend who had collapsed on her seat.
"Well, I believe it's time we go back Grayfia."
"As you wish Lucifer-sama." responded Grayfia in a calm voice with a barely noticeable amount of amusement. Before the two powerful devils disappeared in a flash of red.
"I need to lay down," said Rias after a few minutes of silence, apparently sitting wasn't enough.
'Ufufufu… things are going to get interesting,' Akeno thought. 'though this could be dangerous' her expression getting darker yet unnoticed by the others.
With Ichigo and his group, the next morning
Ichigo Kurosaki was finally back in his body after a month of being trapped in Hueco Mundo. The same appearance as before with both eyes returning to their normal color, the mask fragment gone (even if he could have gotten rid of it if he wanted to but didn't want to be the only one without one). His hair was now shoulder length (dangai hair), his tattoos gone. He now wore a black t-shirt that had the number 15 on the left sleeve in white. Blue jeans and some black nike's with a its trademarked symbol decorating the sides of the shoes.
Next to him on his left, was Shuri who had her hair tied in a ponytail held together by a black ribbon. She was wearing a black jacket with a red short sleeved t-shirt and black form fitting jeans and black toms. Besides her was Harribel who was wearing a high collared white jacket that was zipped up covering the lower part of her face a white tank top and form fitting blue jeans. To his right was Nel who was wearing a green hoodie with a white tank top underneath and form fitting knee length shorts and green flip flops.
Behind them were Loly, who was wearing a black dress and black shoes, and Menoly, who was wearing loose grey, shorts black shoes and a white t-shirt as well as a grey scarf around her neck. In truth the only reason why he decided to bring Loly and Menoly was because they were great at completing paperwork. They were practically his secretaries and the speed they were able to complete it in would make Nanao Ise proud, hell it would make Toshiro cry of envy about how he couldn't have someone like them helping him out instead of Rangiku.
They were about to enter the train that would take them to Kuoh. Urahara had already given them the address for the house, i phones 6 to each of them, as well as a couple hundred thousand yen from Soul Society. Off to see them was hat'n clogs, Chad, Orihime, his dad, Karin, Yuzu, Tatsuki, and Harribel's fracción.
Ichigo couldn't help but notice the absence of two his four familiars, he would have expected them to have finished helping Uryu out several days ago, he would contact him later. "Well I'll see you guys soon," he said towards the large group.
"Yup, we'll see you in a month Kurosaki-kun, be careful of the little blue men."
"I will Orihime, take care, " he said while ruffling her hair making her giggle.
"Take care Ichigo," said the gentle mexican giant as he stretched his for a handshake.
"You too Chad," Ichigo responded while taking the hand.
"Don't do anything stupid until we transfer over in a month, you got that hot head," commented Tatsuki as she gave him a light jab on the shoulder.
"Can't promise anything, Tatsuki, you know trouble loves me." He grinned, crossing his arms behind his head.
"It's cuz you go searching for it ya idiot." Tatsuki smirked, 'If only you were like that with women.'
"No I don't."
"Just be careful."
"Sure thing Tsuki-chan," that earned him a punch.
"Make sure to make lots of grandbabies, and a couple a girlfriends, or else I'll get worried." This time it was his father.
"Shut up old man!" he screamed while kicking his father in the face.
Turning to Apache, Sung-sun, and Milarose, "And you three better take care of my sisters, ya got that."
"Yeah, yeah, and you better take care of Harribel-sama," responded Apache.
"Don't worry we got it," was Mila Rose's response.
"Rest assured Kurosaki-sama, we'll have everything under control." was Sung-sun's answer.
"I leave them in your care."
He then walked towards Kisuke, "Is everything ready hat'n clogs?"
"Yes Kurosaki-san, your transfer papers will be in your room once you get to the house." said the shopkeeper as he pulled out his fan. "Now go have fun, and if you see Sirzechs tell him I said hi. Oh, and don't forget to meet up with Rias Gremory once you start school. She'll most likely be the only girl with crimson hair and green-blue eyes."
"Surething Urahara." Ichigo sighed, after all, Kisuke's friends were never normal, he could only pray that his mentor's friend's sister was not as bad as the friend.
"I'll go visit in a month to collect more of your reiatsu, I hope you haven't forgotten."
"No, I haven't. Well our train's here, take care hat'n clogs."
"You too Kurosaki-san and don't be surprised if Yoruichi stops by and pays you a visit, after all you did visit while she was in Soul society,"
"Dammit," the orange haired hybrid muttered as they got on the train. Heading off to a new city.
AN: And done, now to the next chapter.
*April is the beginning of the Japanese school year (for those who didn't know