A/N: Just a little plot bunny that I wanted to write out. There isn't much Bleach fics with the cast watching the future. To my understanding there are only two... Hogyoku Ex Machina and one fic at AO3 with an OC inserted into the story.
I understand the copyrights and some such which is why this fic would be merely paraphrasing the events with occasional quote since most of you already know what happens in canon. The focus would be in the character reactions and the theories they come up with. More interesting aspect is added by having the cast from Turn Back Pendulum Arc to watch the canon timeline instead of the present day cast. Though I have an idea for a fic like that too... IT would take place just after Rukia has left for Karakura and then almost everyone is gathered to watch what happens from there on.
But here's an intro chapter. Please tell me what do you think and whether this would be worth continuing.
Gotei 13 watches anime - Pendulum cast
Chapter 1: Intro
It began with a flutter of jigokuchou heading to the divisions. The amount varied from one to three with the eleventh division receiving none. All jigokuchou instructed the recipients to arrive the first division's courtyard post haste. Once everyone arrived though, there was a flash of light beneath their feet and all the gathered officers vanished.
They landed mostly on their own feet. Some, like 12th division lieutenant Sarugaki Hiyori, stumbled the landing and fell down while some were scooped up by their superior officer as was the case of 8th division lieutenant Yadomaru Lisa and little Ise Nanao who had been lifted from the ground by their captain Kyoraku Shunsui.
"Put me down." Lisa demanded at once.
"Ara…" Shunsui looked around whilst granting his lieutenants request. The woman took Nanao from him at once too. "I didn't notice it before but most of us are the highest ranked officers of our divisions. Most of the captains are even gathered."
"Yoruichi-san… Is this…?" Urahara Kisuke, the captain of 12th division, took notice of the place they'd landed in. It was a huge cavern with a lot of light in it. It was very familiar place for the inventor and his two childhood friends.
"Yes, I think it is." The 2nd division captain Shihoin Yoruichi nodded. Next to her young Sui-Feng looked around too.
"You know this place Yoruichi-sama?"
"Yes, this…" But her attention went to two individuals that had not been at the First Division courtyard. "Tessai! Is this your doing?"
"No, it is not, Yoruichi-dono." The Kidou Corps commander shook his head. "Ushouda-kun and I were taken here just moments ago with…"
"Byakuya-bou!" The cat-woman tackled the irate teenager standing next to the two Kidou Masters.
"Get off me, hellcat!" The heir of the Kuchiki Clan yelled.
At the background the head captain Yamamoto was having Urahara to explain just where they were. ("Training grounds that I dug under Sokyoku Hill when I was in the Academy. No sir, I have no other places like this stashed away.")
There was chatter and confusion but eventually things calmed down enough that they could take a proper stock of exactly who all had been invited and promptly kidnapped.
1st Division: Captain Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni and Lieutenant Sasakibe Chojiro
2nd Division: Captain Shihoin Yoruichi and seated officer Sui-Feng
3rd Division: Captain Otoribashi Rojuro and Lieutenant Iba Chikane
4th Division: Captain Unohana Retsu, Lieutenant Yamada Seinosuke and unseated officer Kotetsu Isane
5th Division: Captain Hirako Shinji and 3rd Seat Ichimaru Gin
6th Division: Captain Kuchiki Ginrei and Lieutenant Kuchiki Sojun (+ clan heir Kuchiki Byakuya)
7th Division: Captain Aikawa Love and Lieutenant Kotsubaki Jin'emon
8th Division: Captain Kyoraku Shunsui, Lieutenant Yadomaru Lisa and unseated officer Ise Nanao
9th Division: Captain Muguruma Kensei and Lieutenant Kuna Mashiro
10th Division: 3rd seat Shiba Isshin and unseated officer Matsumoto Rangiku
11th Division: None
12th Division: Captain Urahara Kisuke and Lieutenant Sarugaki Hiyori
13th Division: Captain Ukitake Juushiro and Lieutenant Shiba Kaien
The officers took their time to investigate the place. Especially after they noticed that the entrance had a barrier over it, preventing them from leaving. Urahara introduced his secondary workstation in one crevice and healing springs in an enclave between huge rocks.
Then there was an area that he didn't remember making. It had tatami mats spread on the rocky floor with some rice paper walls separating the area into 'rooms' of equal size with one of them being larger than others. The large 'room' had pillows in organized stacks along one wall and couple of low tables. The room was 'facing' a large rock which had a smoothed down rectangular space in the middle of it. On the table was notebooks with various writing utensils and some snacks in bowls and plates.
He was about to question the place when an excited voice spoke up.
"Ooh, they found the place!" It was relatively young female voice. Disembodied and echoing in the cavern slightly. Several officers went for their zanpakutou at the voice.
"Dammit, Asagi, a bit of tact here." A male voice groused at the other.
"Mou, you are no fun Kanzo-iro-kun…" There definitely was a pout at her voice.
"Who are you and what do you want?" Yamamoto demanded immediately. The officers were standing a bit scattered around him, trying to locate the source of the voices. Without much success.
"We? Call us Asagi and Kanzo-iro." The female, Asagi, replied. "We've gathered you here to show a potential future for you guys. In an entertaining story mode where things will be revealed in time and bit by bit."
"It's so weird future." Kanzo-iro muttered.
"Well, it isn't ours but it's theirs so…"
"Why do you even want to do this?"
"Things were solved at our world and I'm bored now. I want to play around a bit. And watching their reactions to alternate world's hero's actions will be entertaining. And who knows, maybe they'll manage to fix their own world too." Asagi explained.
"Does that answer you, jii-san?"
There were a couple of shouts and lifted eyebrows at Kanzo-iro's way of addressing the head captain but Yamamoto remained impassive.
"And how long would this take?" The ancient Shinigami asked.
"Hmm… A month? Maybe? Don't worry about the time passing. The barrier separates this place from the outer world and thus overall approximately on an hour passes outside."
"Once we let you out, people will just think you were on a meeting and act upon the information given there. Which is technically correct."
"Everything it technicalities to you…"
"Right you are!" Asagi chirped. "Please, soutaicho-dono, taicho-tachi, fukutaicho-tachi, shinigami-tachi… Take seats, you are in for a journey."
A/N: Those who are familiar with my other Bleach fic, will recognize that the hosts of this show are my SI-OC Kotobuki Mirai and the general protagonist of the Bleach series Kurosaki Ichigo. Knowledge of that fic is not needed even though I do shamelessly recommend you to read it too. If not for any other reason than because it's mine.
Whew... There are over twenty people watching the anime... I wonder how I'll juggle that many in one setting...
Oh, and if I do continue writing this, it won't be chapter per episode. It will be (at least during the Agent of Shinigami Arc) case per chapter. For example next chapter would have only one episode but the next chapter will have two since it consist Orihime's case.
But anyways, please review and tell me if you'd be interested in reading this.
Bye bye! o/