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Author has written 30 stories for Pokémon, Sonic the Hedgehog, Digimon, Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, Monster Hunter, My Little Pony, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Brave Frontier, Final Fantasy XIII, and Five Nights at Freddy´s.
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Personality: Fun loving, Caring, Loyal to friends and family, Helpful, Knowledgeable.
Fav. Games: PKMN series, Prototype, MH3U/4U, Portal, Left 4 Dead 2, Terraria, Brawlhalla, and Brave Frontier
Friend code for PKMN Black: 3192-1392-6663. Add if you want to battle me.
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4/23/12-4/27/12: For those that read my PKMN stories, I will have a new chapter for Zora Fire between Friday and next Tuesday.
6/18/12: Joined Your Fanfiction.com. PenName: Sekai.
8/9/12: My DS has broken so please wait until my birthday or Christmas for when I (hopefully) get a new DS/ a 3DS
8/19/12: Due to someone breaking a piece of my dads laptop, updates will come very slowly, once a month, or even once every two months. I amnsorry for this inconvenience.
3/12/13: Starting next Friday, I will start what I like to call, a Fanfiction All Out Spree. During this time, I will update all of my fanfics with at least one chapter. The exceptions are, if the story has been discontinued, if I have already uploaded a fanfic the week before, or if I simply have Writer's Block for a particular Story. This will happen only once a month, so be sure to read my stories for the next one (or you'll simply see a shit load of updates. Either works for me).
9/9/14: I know you guys must be waiting for the new chapters for the fics. that have won the poll to come out. However, I have to take an unexpected leave from writing this week as some things have come up. I apologize, but the chapters will be posted next week.
10/269/15: The next chapter for You're Broken, I promise to put you back together and TGYM will be released sometime within the next two weeks
(Note that I have all of these Pokemon in my games)
All time Fav. Pokemon/Pokemon Team: Victini, Azelf, Pichu/Pikachu/Raichu, Celebi, Grovyle, Riolu/Lucario
Oc Bios.:
Region: Kanto
Jhen Mohran:
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Personality: Caring, Kind, Very Helpful
Eye Color: Black with a Reddish-Orange Hew
Description: Height: 5’3. Has Light Brown Hair that ends in a Ponytail. He loves wearing a pair of Blue Sunglasses. He has on a red T-Shirt and Black Shorts. He is able to talk to Pokemon.
Pokemon: Vaporeon, Raichu, Charizard, Steelix, Nidoking, Dragonite; Extras: Aeordactyl, Arcanine, Ninetails, Pidgeot, Arbok, Golem, Hypnos, Alakazam, Gengar, Butterfree, Khangastkhan, Sandslash, Primape
Region: Johto
Ceadus Moga:
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Personality: Caring, Kind, little bit Anti-social, Supportive
Eye color: Yellow w/Silted eyes (like a cats)
Description: Height: 5’5. He has White hair tied in to a double ponytail. He loves to wear a light green headband that is tied onto his arm. He has a red cap, a white T-Shirt, and red shorts. He is able to speak Pokemon and is a psychic.
Pokemon: Typhlosion, Skarmory, Espeon, Scizor, Umbreon, Tyranitar; Extras: Donphan, Ampharos, Heracross/Pinsir, Sudowoodo, Electabuzz, Lapras, Giraffarig
Region: Hoenn
Almia Shadows:
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Personality: Outgoing, quick to Anger, caring, loving, cheerful
Eye color: Light Blue
Description: Height: 5’4. She has silver hair, with Green and Black Streaks going through, that goes to her mid-back. She loves the Charm Bracelet that her cousin, Amy Goza. She wears a light blue shirt with a brown skirt. She has a high Empathic ability.
Pokemon: Sceptile, Mightyena, Gardevoir, Breloom, Skarmory, Salamance; Extras: Swampert, Swellow, Ninjask, Shedinja, Exploud, Glalie, Swalot, Regirock/Ice/Steel, Beautifly, Metagross, Jirachi, Masquerein, Manetric, Altaria, Relicanth, Armaldo
Region: Sinnoh
Amy Goza:
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Personality: Cheerful, Outgoing, Kind, loving, supportive
Eye Color: An amber-like color
Description: Height: 5’5. She has Light Blue and Yellow Hair that goes to her mid-back. She loves the bandana her cousin, Ceadus Moga, sent her. She has a yellow shirt and a light blue skirt. She has Aura Abilities like that of an Aura Guardian (Except she’s not one).
Pokemon: Infernape, Luxray, Floatzel, Garchomp, Frosslass, Azelf; Extras: Giratina, Vespiqueen, Mamoswine, Gallade, Torterra, Leafon, Glaceon, Electivire, Magmortar, Lopunny, Lucario
Region: Unova
Zora Fire:
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Personality: Very quiet unless needed, Prefers to be alone, very kind to Pokemon, very loyal to his friends.
Eye Color: Sky blue eyes
Description: Height: 5’7. He has red spiky hair and a green bandana on his forehead. He doesn’t know about his family (Even his cousins (The other OCS.)He eventually meets his cousins in an awkward situation) and is very kind to Pokemon. He is always wearing a Pokeball holder/Necklace that his adoptive mother gave him. He wears a black T-shirt with red cargo shorts. He has Psychic, Empathic, and Aura Abilities. When he was little, he discovered that he can turn into Pokemon and use their moves as well.
Pokemon: Weavile, Emboar, Serpirior, Tornadus/Thunderus, Reshiram/Zekrom, Victini; Extras: Gigalith, Excadrill, Kyurem, Cobalion, Tirtouga/Archeops, Hydriegon/Haxorous, Darmanitan, Seismitoad, Zebstrika, Krookodile, Volcarona, Zorua, Zoroark, Golurk, Druddigon
Region: Unknown
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Gender: Male
Personality: Quiet, Kind, Caring, knows when to say the right thing, Helpful, Prankster
Eye Color: Completely white eye with a black pupil for his right eye, and opposite coloration in his left eye.
Description: He is 5'2 with Amesyth hair that reaches his lower back. He wears a white kimono with a black kanji for 'Dragon'. He is always seen with a small bag and a few Pokeballs that are attached to a necklace with a Jirachi design (Jirachi's head). He also has a hair band in his hair in the way a Zoroark has.
Pokemon: Mew, Lucario, Jirachi, Luxray, Charizard, Shiny Zoroark; Extras: Hydreigon, Haxorus, Gallade, Froslass, Togekiss, Shiny Pichu, Lapras
Specialty Team: Anyone of my OCS. Can use this team. They will only be used in any tournament or league fics. that I think of.
Team: Charizard, Azelf, Lucario, Victini, Gallade, Skarmory
Top 10 Fav. Pokemon:
10. Meganium
9. Lucario
8. Riolu
7. Pikachu
6. Arceus
5. Venasaur
4. Dewgong
3. Gliscor
2. Pichu
1. Victini
Original Pokemon Techniques:
Type change: User changes their Pokemon type (i.e. Fire to Water) by using their aura. Only Pokemon whose trainers have trained in aura or have trained themselves in aura can use this.
Brave Frontier Info: Kyro: 4284252029
Rare Units:
Water:
Twin Flash Rickel (Lv 50/60) Lord (Water)
Spear Arms Raydn (Lv 40/80) Guardian (Water) Bishop Merith (MAX) Lord (Water) Stya (Lv 17/30) Anima/Lord/Guardian (Water) Ice Keep Copra (Lv. 21/60) Lord/Breaker (Water) Eliza (Lv. 1/60) Anima/Oracle (Water)
Thunder:
Holy Thunder Eze (Lv 100/100) Anima (Max SBB) (Thunder)
Bolt Mallet Elulu (Lv 53/80) Guardian (D:) (Thunder) Crusher Uda (Lv 40/60) Breaker (Thunder) Thunder Cat Parmi (Because I have a Cat girl fetish) (MAX) Anima (Thunder) Royal Dancer May (Lv 39/40) Lord (Thunder) Thunder Beast Avhel (Lv 19/60) Anima (Thunder) Zeln (lv 6/30) Oracle (Thunder) Zele (Lv 1/60) Lord (Thunder)
Earth:
Iron Shield Darvan (Lv 60/60) Lord (Hope to Evolve Soon) (Earth)
Time Lord Claris (MAX) Guardian (Earth) Titania (Lv 31/40) Guardian (Earth) Vine Pike Lance (Lv 22/40) Anima (Earth) Boxer Nemia (Lv 1/30) Guardian (Earth) Archer Lario (Lv 9/30) Anima (Earth) Paula (Lv. 1/60) Lord (Earth) Diva Hatsune Miku (Lv. 49/60) Anima (Earth)
Fire:
Pyromancer Liza (MAX) Guardian (Fire)
Great Thief Leon (Lv 23/40) Breaker (Fire) Fire Knight Lava (Lv 22/60) Lord (Fire) Blacksmith Galant (Lv 16/30) Lord (Fire) Burning Vargas (Lv. 15/40) Breaker (Fire) Defiant Luther (Lv. 1/80) Guardian (Fire) Freya (Lv. 1/60) Lord (Fire)
Light:
Holy Queen Luna (Lv 12/60) Guardian (Light)
Worldly Themis (Lv 59/100) Lord (Light) (Lv. 3 SBB) Light Blade Alyut (Lv 1/60) Breaker (Light) Squire Atro (Lv. 25/30) Lord (Light) Traveler Alma (Lv. 12/30) Guardian (Light) Deemo (Lv. 60/60) Lord (Light) (Also have 4 other Lords and 2 Anima)
Dark:
Executioner Shida (Lv 59/80) Guardian (Dark)
Magistra Lira (31/80) Anima (Dark) Dark Sword Logan (11/60) Oracle (Dark) Goth Idol Kikuri (Lv 55/80) Breaker (Dark) Necromancer Lemia (Lv 31/60) Breaker (Dark)
OC Units:
OC Regions:
Aurora Region:
Size: About the size of Sinnoh, Hoenn, and half of Johto combined.
Population: Surprisingly small
Prof.: Oro, Lance, and Emily
Human interference: Minimum
Gyms: 8
Elite 4: Orochi, Amaya, Ichi 'Kai' Uzu, and Wesley Einstein Enoch Dejesus (W.E.E.D)
Champion: Zora Fire
Pokemon: All 648 Pokemon
Towns: 28
Cities: 15
Poke-Centers: 43 (Towns City)
Poke-Marts: 42 (Towns City)
Routes: 30
Caves: 5
Large Bodies of Water (Rivers, Seas, etc.): 5
Small bodies of Water (Ponds, Small Lakes, etc.): 13
Additional info.: There is little human interference in the wildlife of the Aurora Region, making it the most untouched region by human standards. There is a large amount of Pokemon in the wildlife, many of which are actually new to seeing a human. The towns and cities are very scattered, making training their the best. The region is very tough, especially with the first Gym having their Pokemon in the mid to high twenty range to the low thirty range.
Current Stories:
The digital world is in trouble and its up to several chosen children to save it. Join [Redacted] and his friends as they travel around the Digital World, stopping the evil from within. Completely AU.
What if Dr. Gero had created another Android like 17 and 18. Read on as Gohan finds the Android, and all of the adventures that follow afterwards. Follows the story line, though with some of my twists thrown in. Enjoy. Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or DBZ.
The Aurora Region. One of the Pokèmon world's toughest regions. Join Dariell, a 15 year old Pokèmon handler, as he treks through thus dangerous region with the up most determination. Disclaimer: I don't own Pokèmon.
Summary: Naruto has a new bloodline. Read to find out what it is. Naruto x Haku, maybe harem.
Summary: Naruto gets abandoned by his parents in favor of his sister, Naomi, who has the Kyuubi sealed inside of her, and is taken in by the Uchiha clan. Naruto then meets the legendary Arceus, who is at deaths door, and becomes the new god of Pokemon. Watch as he takes the world head on in his quest to become the best. AU.
Summary: Ash Ketchum had disappeared for 4 years. What has he been doing? Where did he go? Read on to find out. Not very good at summaries. Please enjoy. Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
Summary: Remake of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Team Trinity. Hope you enjoy. Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or Pokemon related items. On Hiatus
Summary: This is the story of a speacial person named Zora Fire, whose destiny will change the world on his journey to find someone in his real family. Will have some parings I.E Cheren x White, Black x Bianca, OC x Iris, and many others. Don't like, Don't read. Part 1 of 2. Book 1 complete. Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
Summary: An outcasted Squirtle, Charmander, and Cranidos. A stolen Treecko, Mudkip, and Shieldon. When these two teams meet, their destiny will appear. Can they overcome their future problems, or will they fail like all the others before? Disclaimer: I own nothing of the Pokemon franchise. On Hiatus
Summary: Project with my friend Lucas GrayLord. Completely AU. In a town called Jinguang, a boy named Rukasu will know his destiny. He and 9 others must lead the Digimon Rebellion Force to victory against the evil Venom Myotismon. On Hiatus
Summary: Just a one-shot between Radiant Shadows and Shock Blade.
Challenges:
Final Fantasy XIII & XIII-2 and Naruto Challenge:
The challenge is that you write the entire story line of 13 and 13-2 (Which I must say are very good games) with Naruto being there the whole time. How he gets there is up to you. Now, Naruto can be either pre-shippuden or during shippuden (Not sure if I spelled that right.) He can be a l'cie or not, that is up to you, however he must be able to preform attacks via Chakra, the Crystarium or both. He must also be able to summon the creatures like Serah (13-2) and Lightning do, through those crystal things (Never understood that -cue massive sweatdrop-). His creatures can be the nine bijuu (How he gets them is up to you and that is if you choose to do it through Shippuden) or the creatures of 13/13-2 and how many he can summon at once is up to you. He MUST not be dense or weak like he is in canon, but you do not have to make him god like. He must also have a weapon, what weapon is up to you. I would prefer a melee weapon, though if you choose not to is fine as well.
As for pairings, doesn't matter, though no Yaoi. No gender bending either.
If you decide to do this challenge, please PM me.
Pokemon Challenge:
This challengebis quite simple really. All you have to do is create your own region in the Pokèmon world, including the Gym leaders, Elite 4, Champion, and other things, such as whether there are contests, battle clubs, and anything else that you want. You must also specify what tyoes of Pokemon there are (fan made or not) and the Prof./Profs. along with Starter Pokemon. Be sure to add an age requirment as well as the types of training you can do (Regular Trainer, Co-Ordinator, etc.) You must also specify if there is an evil orginization or not. Here is an example below (Please note that this is MY OC region. Please ask if you want to use it in a fic. of yours before you do it):
Region: Aurora Region
Gyms: 8
Elite 4: Sekai, Ichi 'Kai' Uzu, Daikenki, and Kyroshiro
Champion: Zora Fire
Contests: Yes, though few
Battle Clubs: Yes, very many
Pokemon: All 648 Pokemon are there
Prof.: Oro, Lance, And Emily
Starters: Riolu, Aron, and Trapinch
Age requirment: 11
Pokèmon jobs:Trainer: Most basic of Pokèmon jobs. Many choose this option, yet many fail or are killed in this line of work, especially with the tough wildlife of the Aurora Region.
Co-ordinator: The least common choice of Pokemon work. Not many contests in the region due to it being more for those tough enough to face off against this region.
Breeder: Again, not really common as breeders tend to leave the region and never come back.
Handler: A combination of all three aspects yet still pretty rare. Reason being the breeder aspect since breeders are more caring of their Pokemon
Evil Organization: Team Uni
Kinda like that. If you want to take this challenge, please contact me either by review or PM.
Author's Note: Well, its been over a month now, I hope you have all had a wonderful Winter holiday and great start to a New Year. The reason for the delay of this chapter is because of the excess of things that demanded my attention. Things like the start of a new-semester, preparing for my residency as I approach the end of Med-School.
Most certainly not because I've become addicted to the mobile app Brave Frontier..Hmm? What's that you say? I'm playing it even as you are reading this?! My dear reader! I would kindly ask that you not slander me such!
On a more serious note, I would like to say that I've changed Tiamat's appearance and behavior from the light novels. As I said last chapter, I'm heavily borrowing from her ancient Mesopotamian legend..which is older than Human written history so bear with me.
Hope You Enjoy!
Beta Readers: SeerKing/DA Exodus
Chapter 9: Fire and Storm
Studying Before the Mid-Class Exam
'Dragons…they are concepts of reality made manifest. Elements of the world brought to life. Solitary by nature, dragons tend to keep to themselves for the most part. Though even a single dragon can prove to be a fatal danger if ever properly enraged.'
Ichigo paid rapt attention as Grayfia lectured prudently and pointed out diagrams within the worn text laid between them.
'I'm assuming that they don't generally live in large groups or colonies.'
Eyes of cool silver regarded him. 'As I said, they are solitary creatures. They have no uniform system of governing nor do they generally acknowledge any sovereign state. Though a few will politically align themselves with the governing powers of their home.'
He cast his eyes back to the book, studying the more generic forms that dragons were known to take. 'Are there dragons here in the Underworld?'
Grayfia gave him a slight nod. 'Plenty of dragon species have made their home within the unclaimed territories of the Underworld. Some have even aligned with the rule of the Four Satans. Most prominent of them is the former Dragon King Tannin.'
His brow furrowed. 'Dragon King?'
Her delicate finger reached out to turn the pages of the leathery book until stopping on two specific pages showing a hexagram composed of six magic circles. Each circle was of a different color and marked by a single word written in a unique language.
Ichigo recognized two of the languages as being Chinese and Arabic but the other four escaped him.
'Dragons, despite their independent nature, have a rather loose social ladder. Lower tier, middle tier and upper tier make up the more common dragons. Though do not let that fool you. A matured dragon of the lower tier is more than a match for the average High-Cass Devil. And those of the upper tier can slay even an Ultimate-Class Devil.'
Ichigo leaned into the study table, peering closer at the bizarre symbology displayed before him as he raised a sceptical eyebrow. 'And I'm guessing these Dragon Kings are not 'common' dragons?'
'No,' Grayfia said as her own eyes fell to the pages. 'The Dragon Kings are six individual dragons who have marked a place in history through their power and legends.'
She tapped the circle coloured purple with the Arabic word. 'Tannin, the Blaze Meteor Dragon. For reasons that are his own, he gave up his status as a Dragon King and became a Devil. Despite his reincarnated status he is highly respected within our community and is somewhat of a celebrity amongst our younger generations.'
'You know,' Ichigo scratched his chin. 'I think I may have seen a billboard with his name on it.'
Grayfia smiled softly. 'Children absolutely adore him so he tends to do well in marketing. Oddly enough, for a creature heavily associated with fire, Tannin is quite the accomplished gardener.'
Ichigo chuckled as Grayfia moved to the next circle, one of a staunch grey.
'Jörmungandr, also known as Midgardsormr, The World Serpent of the Norse Pantheon.' Ichigo nodded as he examined the newly identified Norse runes. 'He is the largest Dragon known to exist and the second most powerful Dragon King. Not only that, but his venom is the single most poisonous substance known to our world. There is not a single creature who has ever survived the venom of the World Serpent.'
The next circle was a golden one, also labelled in Norse. 'Fafnir the Gilded Monarch, the Gigantis Dragon. He is very unique in that he has an entire treasury of weapons that he uses in combat and is also known to curse people by descending into their dreams.'
Vivid green with Chinese followed. 'Yu-Long, the Mischievous One. Are you familiar with the Journey to the West?'
At his nod she continued. 'He is the very same one, though he is quite young when compared to the other Dragon Kings. He is known to be the most pacifistic of the Dragon Kings and rarely ventures forth from his lair.'
The fifth circle was black. 'Vritra, a dragon renowned and named often in the Hindu sect. He is called the Prison Dragon and the Dead Drought Dragon. He was slain by Indra centuries ago and later his spirit was sealed into a series of Scared Gears. While considered the weakest of the Dragon Kings, his wide arrange of abilities mark him as one of the most dangerous.'
'And finally,' She tapped the last circle of deep azure. 'We have Tiamat. The Mother and Chaos Karma. She is the oldest and most powerful Dragon King. Not only that, but she is of the Old Ones, a term applied to those who existed long before Humanity began to forge their civilizations. With the Heavenly Two sealed and the Divine Pair having retreated into the Unknown Regions, she is the most powerful dragon known to us currently.'
'How powerful is that?'
Grayfia pondered for a moment before responding. 'I can say for sure that the only two people in our society who could soundly defeat her would be Sirzechs-sama and Ajuka-sama. And I suppose that you would be able to do so as well, provided you were in your released state.'
Ichigo hummed in contemplation just as his eyes flickered over the strange line of letters he couldn't identify. He had assumed that Vritra's circle had been labelled in one the older languages of India but Tiamat's he could not identify.
He drew a finger over the alien letters as he turned an inquisitive glance towards Grayfia. 'What language is this?'
Grayfia looked at him for a moment before sighing. 'I do not know.'
Ichigo's eyebrows shot up. That was certainly unexpected. Grayfia seemed to know everything. 'You don't know?'
She shook her head. 'As I said, Tiamat is one of the Old Ones. The speech of the Ancient World is only known to those who lived in those elder times. And those who still live today have not deemed it fit to share their knowledge with the rest of us.'
'Still live? Aren't they immortal? How did they die?'
'Many of the Old Ones were killed off by their own progeny or successors.' Grayfia said.
Ichigo noted how she seemed slightly uncomfortable with the current topic.
'The Titans of Greece were slain by Olympians. The Unnamed Ones of the White Wastes were defeated and cast down by Odin and his armies. The Dark Masters of Egypt…' Grayfia trailed off as her eyes drifted to the side. 'Well, the less said about those abominations the better.'
'Huh,' Ichigo leaned back in his chair, absorbing all the information.
Suddenly, confusion lit his eyebrows. 'If this language is unknown save for a few, how did it end up in this book? Don't tell me one of these Old Ones wrote it.'
'Very astute of you Ichigo-kun,' Grayfia said with an approving nod. 'This book was written by Zekram Bael. He is one of the Old Ones who chose to side with Lucifer.'
'Wow,' Ichigo eyed the book with newfound appreciation and respect. 'So who are these Divine Pair?'
Grayfia opened her mouth but said nothing, much to Ichigo's surprise. He saw the gears behind her eyes turn as she labored to find the right words. 'The Divine Dragons are Ophis and the Great Red.'
'Great Red?' Ichigo tilted his chin in question. An odd name to be sure.
'We call it the Great Red because it has never chosen to share its name with any other. In fact, there is no record of it ever conversing with someone, let alone choosing to introduce itself. Most call it the Great Red simply because the other option of Apocalypse Dragon is a little daunting.'
Daunting indeed.
Quite frankly, Ichigo was quite comfortable not having any association with something along the lines of the Apocalypse.
'So who are they?'
'The Divine Dragons are the most powerful beings in existence.'
Ichigo blinked. 'When you say most powerful beings in existence…?'
Grayfia arched a delicate eyebrow. 'Ophis could decimate all four Satans, simultaneously, in the span of five minutes. Great Red could do the same in the span of five seconds.'
Right…Ichigo was officially terrified of Dragons.
'What are the chances of me running to any of these Dragons?' Ichigo asked hesitantly.
'The Divine Pair tend to ignore the world for the most part so it's highly doubtful you will even see them anytime soon. As for the Dragon Kings, they tend to remain within their territories and not bother anyone who extends the same courtesy to them. That being said, Tiamat has a nest somewhere in the Forest of Familiars.'
'Though you won't have to worry about that. When it is time for you to gain a familiar, you will be sent at a time where you won't have to contend with a Dragon King and all the other most powerful creatures of the Underworld.' Grayfia closed the book on dragons as she looked up at him. 'Now, while we are on the subject of familiars…'
Present
As he widened his base through the mud and foliage littering the forest floor; as the fierce deluge from black clouds soaked him to the bone and impaired his vision; as the steady beat of her wings filled Ichigo's ears with a dull thrum; a single mutter summarized the mindset of one Ichigo Kurosaki.
'I'm going to murder you, Sirzechs!'
He didn't have time for any further verbal abuse on behalf of the Fallen Star because several tons of pure muscle and snarling dragon crashed through the trees to land in front of him. The ground shook as her frame impacted the forest while trees were sent flying overhead.
As dust kicked up all around, Ichigo dispersed the flying dirt by summoning Zangetsu and cutting it away with a forceful swing. While the rain was swept away from the power behind his swipe, Ichigo was finally left with a clear view of the ancient Dragon King.
And sweet Lucifer was she big!
Tiamat easily matched his high school building in mass and if her size wasn't intimidating enough, her sheer appearance was enough to make most people run screaming for their lives.
A sharp diamond shaped head with razor like bone protrusions jutting from the back of her skull and forming a jagged crown. A sleek, near humanoid body covered in a hide of glistening scales of the deepest blue possible with warped spikes lining her spine. Her wings were positioned more above the shoulders than toward the center of her back and her tail thrashed about like a fierce whip.
Large eyes of the darkest and clearest cobalt blue peered into his. Silted in a hostile intensity, Ichigo was rather surprised to find that they contained no trace of malice. He remembered reading about the eyes of a dragon. How they could enthrall and enslave anyone foolish enough to lock gazes with them long enough.
And Ichigo believed it.
Because if it wasn't for the immense flood of demonic power pumping through him in that moment, he would have been utterly lost in that ferocious glare. Yet, despite it all, he couldn't help but think this monstrous presence before him to be the single most gorgeous sight he had ever seen.
Did Tiamat have the same allure of Yasaka or Grayfia? Of course not. She was a giant fire-breathing lizard with wings.
However, there was a natural balance and harmony, all too opposing the fierce tempest and squall of her aura, shining out of her. He could feel it and, as ridiculous and corny as it sounded, Tiamat was the calm at the center of the storm.
'You know,' Ichigo said loudly as he twirled Zangetsu in his hand and his stance became more relaxed. 'Not too sure what this is about but I don't suppose you'd be willing to let me go on my merry way?'
The Dragon King turned her head to the side and regarded him with a piecing stare. She then let out a snort of flame through her nostrils as her eyes seemingly shone with amusement.
Ichigo let out a defeated sigh as he pushed back his dripping hair. 'Yeah, didn't think so.'
Tiamat drew herself to her full height and Ichigo noted with some minor alarm that the scales of her underbelly and throat began to glow a molten blue.
'That can't be good.' He muttered.
Sapphire encrusted jaws lurched open and unleashed a torrent of brilliant star white flame that spewed forth at an alarming rate.
Twisting power through his ankles, Ichigo utilized his preternatural speed to jump away and to the side. In response, Tiamat swept her serpentine neck in a wide arc, spraying the inferno as rainwater was evaporated and trees completely incinerated.
A second supernatural step deposited him a distance from her side, into the fine steam that her flames had created. With a lazy flick, Ichigo launched a Getsuga Tenshō. It wasn't all too surprising when he saw Tiamat snap her maw shut and ferociously lash out with a claw, tearing his conjured fang in half with her intensely sharp talons.
If anything, he would have been severely disappointed if that was all it took to injure a Dragon King. Especially the reputed strongest one.
White steel flared to life as Ichigo pressed forward and struck out against the side of her jaw.
Or at least tried to.
Apparently being big didn't hinder Tiamat's speed.
If anything, those massive layers of powerful muscles only facilitated to make her move faster and, where once the symmetrical scales of her neck were, Zangetsu's white edge met instead with the back of a clawed foot.
His eyes sharpened to frustrated steel as he saw the white blade grate against the azure hide and release an angry shower of red-orange sparks.
Halfway through his impeded cut, Tiamat pushed back with a blackened roar and he was forced to the ground with a fine line of dust rising as he skidded to a halt.
Ichigo idly noted the sea of white fire raging high despite the violent onslaught of the rain. A brief frown crossed his lips as he realized just how dangerous the dragon fire was because, while no true flame could ever burn him, dragon fire had a special magical quality unique to each species.
Tiamat, being a Dragon King, probably had an impressive amount of magic poured into her fire and that was the kind of damage that was to be avoided under any circumstances. He could always regenerate from most physical wounds after all.
His blooded eyes flashed back to the ancient dragon. Her tail flailing as fangs the equal in height to him bared in a twisting cruelty.
Dragon and Devil regarded each other. His glare of infernal crimson warring against her stare of glacial predation.
Abruptly, Tiamat's eyes glowed briefly and Ichigo felt the hairs on the back of his neck charge with static. As he felt a sudden burn in the air, Ichigo stiffened and immediately he jumped back.
Half a second later, a flash of lightning smashed into where he was standing and shattered the ground while also having the effect of blinding him and burning his eyes.
He blinked away tears, back peddling and putting as much distance as he dared to between himself and the rampaging dragon. Instantly, he sent a pulse of demonic power out, utilizing it as radar to gauge the space between them.
To his surprise, he couldn't find her and a hollow feeling ripped its way through his throat. The hissing of the flames and ceaseless pattering of rain on stone being the only things he could perceive with his ears.
The rush of blood through his face slowly began to deafen him and a cold weight settled over his skin with every drop of freezing water. He blinked, once…twice.
A hazy world returned to his eyes even as he felt the displacement of frigid air across his neck. He spun Zangetsu behind him and the might of a canon impacted the flat of the blade as Tiamat's vicious snarling vibrated through his body.
He reversed his grip on the demonic blade and launched another black fang in the direction of the hazy Tiamat. Not even waiting for the attack to land, he blurred out of existence and appeared behind her. A second fang ripped itself from Zangetsu.
Zangetsu's black strokes tore the ground apart as they hurtled toward the cerulean dragon betwixt them.
Tiamat answered by throwing her head high and letting loose a sky-shattering roar. Her entire frame radiated a shadowy azure as a literal wall of lightning and thunder erupted from her. Streaks of wavering white and blue clashed with twin crescents of black laced with red.
The acquaintance of the released energy ending with a pillar of flame rupturing into the churning clouds and swallowing both titans.
Ichigo swept a hand in front of his face, swatting away the flames as he emerged unscathed from the inferno. A second plume of fire saw him tracing Tiamat's figure as she did the same. A grim smile carved his lips as he charged the dragon.
The two continued to trade blows for several violent exchanges. Each time steel met scale, a boom of thunder shook the forest and banished the water around them. Zangetsu carved long trenches through the ground and dragon claws uplifted earth from its place.
Ducking underneath a swipe that would have torn him to shreds, Ichigo maneuvered underneath the ferocious dragon and drew forth a dark core of power to the tip of one, outstretched, finger.
'Cero.'
The beam of energy ripped forth with its signature eerie sound and seared against the underbelly of her scaled hide. The force behind the stream of energy lifted the massive dragon off her feet and launched her towards the rumbling storm.
It was a rather curious sight to see Tiamat rip her way through the cero and flip in midair as her wings unfurled.
As she began to sail through squall and tempest, Ichigo touched that part within himself that lay within the darkest crevices of his inner world. That part of him which had recently gained a considerable upgrade.
The shadows beneath his feet twisted and wailed as Ichigo lightly drew Zangetsu overhead and allowed the diabolical energies of Hell to bleed through. His presence exploding by exponential degrees, Tiamat wound her body in the sky and cast a wary glance as Ichigo's aura pressed and warped the world around him.
'Tiamat isn't the only dragon here.'
She must have sensed the shifting energies and increase of demonic presence because the sky lit up with an electrical storm as bolts of pale blue ripped through the atmosphere. 'Twixt madness and despair thine animas cries, little one. A fitting descent for shadowed nature.'
The dragon tilted her arrow shaped head and jeweled eyes glinted down on him. 'Yet, the touch of Wyrmkin remains alien to mine gaze.'
A flux of lightning pierced the tip of Tiamat's wing and arced its way out of the barbed thorns along her spine. 'What horror has thou dredged forth from the First Flame?'
A dark grin curved onto Ichigo's lips as his aura deepened a malicious red and Zangetsu let loose a howl of black and purple flames. 'Resurrect and Twist… Sō'unga.'
Eldritch energies jerked and convulsed around the blade, forming a corrosive miasma that melted the ground and turned the surrounding water a poisonous shade of violet. Ichigo responded by letting loose the floodgates and allowing his power to crash onto the world.
Baleful and volcanic in its hate, the Dragon of Hell manifested as a shade of ebony and coiled itself around the Moon Slayer. The two spirits merging their murderous and savage zeal for violence.
Slowly, Ichigo twisted the blade above his head in a wide circle. With each rotation, the clouds amassed above, churned with his arm and whipped a new furor in the raging storm about them. The specter of Sō'unga snarled into the sky, in face of the Dragon King, as shadowed winds curled at Ichigo's ankles.
A deep rumble reverberated through the charged air and, through the furious pounding of adrenaline and will to slaughter, Ichigo was surprised when he understood that Tiamat was laughing.
'Well met Kin of blood and storm.' The Undying Storm's visage perverse for the first time in actual malice. 'Contest your gale against mine thunder we shall!'
All the electrical discharge within the raging sky of the Underworld surged forward as Tiamat arched her neck back and opened sapphire jowls. A tight orb of pulsing voltage, shining a star blue, vanished from its place and Tiamat swung her neck down.
Ichigo completely ignored the deafening of his ears as a tower of pulsating thunder ruptured forth. Wider than Tiamat's significant wingspan, the nexus of energy consumed his eyes as it hurtled down, hell-bent on annihilating everything.
Ichigo heaved a Sō'unga layered Zangetsu with all the might he could muster and let out a heavy roar. 'Gokuryūha!'*
Instantaneously, a full force vortex of black energy ripped its way into existence. White judgment crashed into the black tower piercing the sky.
Ichigo lost himself to the shadowed light.
Sirzechs sat with little humor, a stark contrast to the pleasant smile he had plastered onto his face, as he listened to a Pillar Lord prattle on about some inane and outdated ideals.
He idly tapped the arm of his chair with a single index finger as he stole a glance at his desk. The sheer volume of paperwork deposited by Grayfia earlier this morning had been despair inducing and he did not appreciate anyone impeding his efforts to get through his work. Even though he knew that there was no chance in Hell…actually…never mind.
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'I wonder how he's doing?'
'So you are in agreement my Prince?'
'Hmm?' Sirzechs widened his smile. 'But of course. Tradition is very important and the foundation of our society.'
Truthfully, he had been thoroughly ignoring the Lord in front of him for the better part of fifteen minutes and had no idea what they were talking about. However, judging by the pleased expression on his face, he had hit the nail on the head with his guess.
'Excellent, excellent,' The spokesman of the traditionalist party clapped. 'So I assume you can see why we are so disturbed by such a sudden and unprecedented occurrence?'
'I can assure you, Duke Barbatos,' Sirzechs said patronizingly as he leaned forward and folded both hands in front of his chin. 'I have everything well in hand. You need not concern yourself.'
Sirzechs mind flew back to a memory over two centuries old.
He had been having a charming little dinner with the Emperor Napoleon on eve before he began the Montenotte Campaign. Well he hadn't been crowned emperor just yet, but Sirzechs was slowly making it happen at the time.
'My Lord Lucifer, what matter that I assemble the largest force ever seen? Tis not better that I be the wedge between my enemies and weaken them without extending myself? That I strike furiously forth and harvest the weakness sowed?'
A fond smile drifted to Sirzechs' lips as he recalled the bravado of the young Frenchmen.
'My little emperor in waiting,' He had loved ruffling Napoleon, he was such a hot-blooded young man. 'Rather than strike at them, learn to turn them against one another. Sip your wine while they tear at each other as the dogs that they are. For there are few things more dangerous the poison of the tongue. Lead your enemies to seek their own ruin.'
It's a shame that Napoleon never took his words to heart. If he had, the fledgling emperor would have realized that Sirzechs had been using him all along to weaken Michael's hold on the European monarchies.
And how wonderfully had Napoleon fulfilled his role by destroying the Holy Roman Empire. A thousand years worth of reign brought to an end by Sirzechs' hand and the Catholic Church left with but a weak touch rather than a firm grip on Europe.
It was one of his prouder moments.
He was snapped out of his reverie by Barbatos. 'I do not doubt that in the least my Lord, however, you can most likely understand, there are many that talk of favoritism on your part.'
Sirzechs fought to keep the frown off his face.
'Favoritism?..Ah…yes, Ichigo's recent promotion no doubt.'
'Favoritism.' He tasted the word slowly, allowing the question to hang in the air.
'I mean no accusation, of course!' Barbatos waved his hands in appeasement. 'But several of the lesser houses are begrudging that a reincarnated creature has accomplished in months what took them centuries.'
'I see,' Sirzechs laid a perfectly cool layer over his voice.
'It pains the Houses of the Pillars to see your name besmirched so and for the sake of a former human at that. Surely my Lord will think of his standing and silence these harsh whispers?'
'I find myself at a loss, Your Grace.' Sirzechs said with flawlessly smooth inflection. 'While I did indeed put Ichigo's name forward, it was the Committee of Peerage Oversight that confirmed my recommendation. The Committee, which is formed and boarded by members of the august body of the Seventy-Two Pillars. What fault is it mine that four of your fellow Lords saw fit to promote my servant?'
Barbatos flushed at the rebuke and swallowed hard. 'You are correct as usual, my Prince, however, the common rabble and those of lower birth do not understand these things. Like minded individuals and I worry that such a…erratic move will illicit resentment from the lesser houses.'
Sirzechs looked at Barbatos with contempt he was barely managing to veil. Barbatos was quite young for a Pillar Lord.
Young and utterly stupid.
His father, on the other hand, was completely the opposite. The former Duke had sided with Sirzechs during the civil war and had been a military genius. He had been essential in several key victories during various campaigns.
Unfortunately the Duke had lost his wife during the conflict and had never fully recovered from the heartbreak and sorrow. And even after the war had concluded, with the Old Satan Faction exiled, he had heroically continued on, helping to lay the foundations of a new government.
When all was said and done, the rule of the new Four solidified, the old Duke had approached and begged his forgiveness. He had decided to move on, no longer willing to stay in a world that lacked his beloved.
Fully sympathizing with his kinsman, Sirzechs had reluctantly allowed the man to enter his eternal slumber. A decision he had regretted consistently for decades as his incompetent son took over the family seat.
'Please understand, my Prince, we only wish what is in your best interest. For the sake of necessity.'
'Necessity?' All pretense of civility dropped from him as the darkness within him began to swell.
'Ah yes,' Sirzechs felt the frost creeping into his throat. 'Necessity.'
Placing his palms flat across the desk, he stood with an expression carved out of ice.
Barbatos opened his mouth to respond but one look from the irate Sirzechs froze him in place.
Moving around his throne like chair, he strode over to the window behind his desk and his feet fell parallel of one another as he folded his arms behind his back.
A frigid gaze followed the skyline of New Lilith and down to the bustling metropolis below. The city, his city, which stood as a testament to all the lives sacrificed for the future and prosperity of their race.
'It was necessity,' He spoke with an eerily calm quietness. 'That drove me to slaughter an army of ten thousand of our own blood on the Plateaus of Tel'vivaine. It was necessity that brought my hand down and saw all of Ser-Amon burned to ashes.'
Sirzechs turned his head and peered over his shoulder, revealing burning eyes of vermillion to Barbatos. 'It was necessity that saw your father come to my side and leave your mother to her fate.'
A tremor passed through the ground as the growing ire of Lucifer's heir slowly churned its way into volcanic fury.
A thin veneer of sweat coated Barbatos when the air became thick and suffocating as malice and blackened sin choked the chamber. 'M-My Lord, I-'
'Do not,' The venom of Sirzechs' hiss practically dripped onto the floor. 'Speak to me of necessity!'
Sirzechs' eyes honed to steel as he pressed his malevolence onto the foolish Duke's neck and applied a maligned pressure. Barbatos spluttered in his seat as his air supply was quickly cut off however, as swiftly as the oppressive aura descended and sought to snuff him out, it also disappeared.
Sirzechs slowly turned on his heels and all trace of hostility and violence disappeared. Replaced, instead, by his traditional demeanor and pleasant smile.
'I propose a game,' He smiled lightly.
'A-A game, my Prince?'
'Yes…a Rating Game.'
Barbatos' eyes widened as trepidation resettled within his veins. 'B-but you are forbidden fro-'
'Oh I won't be participating.' The glint in his eyes all too predatory, Sirzechs turned back around as his voice fell impassive. 'You will.'
'Me?' The young Duke's voice barely above a squeak.
'Indeed. Seeing as how there are so many dissatisfied with my young Pawn's meteoric rise through the ranks, you, and your servants, will compete against him.'
Sirzechs flicked his eyes back towards the night sky for the second time that night. His otherworldly eyes peering through pollution of light and catching the outlines of the twin moons in their new birthing phase.
'Just one opponent?'
His eyes moved once more. This time, focusing in on the glass before him, specifically the reflection of Barbatos.
'Do not make me repeat myself.' His lips quirked as Barbatos' reflection flinched. 'In ten days you will face each other. If you are triumphant than I will strip my Pawn of his promotion. If he is the victor…well that is no concern of yours.'
'Yes, sire.'
'Good, now get out of my city.' Sirzechs returned his attention to the sky. Barbatos and his peerage weren't too powerful. In fact, amid the Seventy-Two Pillars, he was in the midst of the weakest. So long as Sirzechs gave his young charge permission to unseal his full strength, there would be no problem.
'Oh, and Barbatos.' Sirzechs called without turning around as he heard the door slide open.
'Y-yes…sir?'
'Dare to lecture me again and I'll tear your arm off…again.'
Surrounded by calm brown, pupils expanded to allow more of the dim light to flow in and heavy lids blinked slowly to break the daze away.
He was lying down and, judging by the soreness of his back, not on something soft. Ichigo made to move but let out an aggrieved hiss as sharp ache pulsed warmly through his torso. Sucking a sharp intake of breath, he slowly pushed himself up on his elbows and held back the wince forming on his face as hurt convulsed.
He took a moment to pause before pushing through the discomfort and a sitting up all the way. His abdomen screamed in protest but he ignored it with a grunt and huffed out a breath of relief as he bent towards his legs.
Neck arched downwards, Ichigo swept a gaze towards his surrounding from underneath his draping bangs.
He frowned.
Confusion met the images his eyes were sending to his brain.
He had apparently found himself in a cavern somehow. His eyes focused in on a small hole in the stone ceiling that was letting in dusted light. His frown deepened as the shade of the light made it obvious that the sun was beginning to rise.
'I've been out for hours.'
A plop of water made itself audible to his ears and his neck snapped to follow the sound, only to cause him to flinch as the sudden movement aggravated his injuries.
He blew out air in annoyance as he closed his eyes and allowed demonic energy to swirl to the surface. A cool sensation rippled across his skin as he felt the hot ache of injury begin to recede.
'Right,' He softly exhaled as he stood up and flexed the muscles in his legs, allowing the blood to flow more freely.
Once more, he cast his gaze around and focused upon a newly discovered tunnel that hopefully led out of the cavern.
Taking a step forward, Ichigo's eyes immediately darted to his feet as the sensation of cool stone prodded his soles. He gave a hard stare before running a hand through his hair and letting out a very tired sigh.
For the umpteenth time, Ichigo had managed to utterly annihilate his apparel..again.
His shirt, one of his favorites, had been utterly disintegrated while his shoes were left leather anklets and all that was left of his pants put him somewhere between obscenely indecent and stark naked. Luckily, Mathers had taught him a simple conjuration spell that would clothe him temporarily.
A flick of his wrist later, Ichigo's hand was softly tracing rock wall as he made his through the weakly lit underpass while the rest of him was clothed once more.
The passage seemed to lead deeper into the cavern rather than out however, the constant running of water assailed his ears and Ichigo chose to locate the source. The water had to be going somewhere. With any luck, that somewhere was the outside.
If push came to shove, he'd simply make an exit with a well-placed cero. The only reason he hadn't already was because he didn't know whether or not if Tiamat was still alive and lurking out there somewhere.
The thought of the dragon caused him to scowl in frustration.
He had been an utter idiot.
The hand not tracing along the cavern stone clenched into a tight fist. 'Nee-san told me that dragons were not something to be underestimated and I went and did just that.'
It was all too obvious that Tiamat had been soundly out of his league. Her powers were well beyond any foe he had ever faced in the past.
His eyes narrowed as the memory of Zangetsu scrapping across azure scales ran parallel to the one of his second clash with Ulquiorra. And hadn't that confrontation ended on a lovely note?
He should have taken the ancient dragon more seriously. He should have unsealed Zangetsu and used his full power from the get go. Despite Sirzechs forbidding him from doing so unless it was an emergency, Ichigo was quite confident that engaging a Dragon King on an unexpected note counted as such.
His flickered as the ambient light grew into a dull and soft blue. Curiosity peaked, Ichigo rounded the corner and stepped past the end of the tunnel and into another cavern. This one much bigger and, dare he say, outright breathtaking.
Eyes wide, Ichigo openly stared in wonder and awe as the subterranean cave was lined with creeping veins of intense blue crystal.
'Holy crap.' He breathed softly as his eyes traveled from the hanging stalactites that illuminated the cave to the hefty deposits of shining ore. Jagged and cut randomly, gems of deep rolling blue surrounded him from every angle. Had he been someone of a more materialistic design, Ichigo would have deemed it quite appropriate to shout out, 'I'm rich!'
He caught sight of spherical stone that was slightly cracked open.
He bent over, his fingers wrapping around the smooth exterior, and pulled it into his palm. Peering into the crack, Ichigo's brows rose as he saw dark faceted jewels of sapphire glinting back at him. 'Wow.'
Turning the geode over in his hand, Ichigo decided it would make a decent present to mail over home. Lucifer knew it would get Yuzu off his case for a week or two. He pocketed the stone and, as he stood, the sound of splashing water rang hollow through the cavern.
His head rose sharply and he began to march away with wide and quick strides, searching for the water. A few minutes of trekking had left him gaping at some of the geological formations and lost in utter wonderment.
The rushing of water became louder as he continued to maneuver through the maze of crystals and series of stalagmites. As he navigated the formations of Underworld landscape, Ichigo idly wondered whether he'd be able to find this place once again. By no means was he a naturalist but, upon witnessing this unique location, he found a healthy new respect for nature.
Eventually, the formations of stone and earth faded behind him as the ground took a slight slope downwards and into a massive basin of a dazzling underground lake. On the far end of the lake, a waterfall fell down from high and sent soft circles lapping over the surface of the water.
The whole sight made ethereal as gemstones, submerged in water and embedded in stone above, echoed a crystalline radiance.
Practically mesmerized by the vision, Ichigo fluidly moved toward the water as each step crunched over wet gravel.
Peering through both shifting dark and otherworldly glow, he couldn't help but let a soft smile grace lips. What he wouldn't give to share this sight with his younger sisters.
And as soon as the thought occurred to him, a pang of melancholy rang through his being. The price of sharing this moment being that he dragged his family, and probably friends, into the world of endless conflict known as the Supernatural. Soul Society had been bad enough but, this world was a thousand times worse.
Hollows were nothing compared to some of the monsters he had come to learn about.
He could go back.
Announce the return of his powers and have everything return to normal with the only addition being his responsibilities towards the Underworld. Though, in doing so, he'd shatter the world view of everyone he cared about and throw Soul Society into pure chaos. Admittedly, tweaking the beards of the stuffy nobles of the Court of Pure Souls would be beyond entertaining.
Simply imagining the dumbfounded look on Byakuya's face made for a sore temptation.
Still, after a near dozen weeks within the Underworld, he realized that the political ramifications of such an outburst would be astronomical. Ichigo was a major of business administration in college. Ergo, he knew quite well that sowing massive upheavals in a rigid organization would only lead to catastrophic collapse.
He shook his head as it fully dawned on him, just how much it mattered that he kept all this a secret from everyone back home. He was definitely caught in a stalemate.
Craning his neck up and pushing his hair back, the corners of his eyes crinkled as he let out a harsh breath. With a mirthless chuckle, he whispered, 'Too late, too late.'
Caught in his musings, Ichigo did not notice the shifting in the swells on the surface of the clandestine lake water. It was only when he the water lapped against his feet that he finally looked down.
A look of concentration etched its way onto his face as he scrutinized the suddenly active water. As he leaned forward to examine the small rolls of water, Ichigo became acutely aware of something moving within its radiating depths.
Something distinctively draconic in nature.
'You've got to be kidding me,' He muttered as Zangetsu materialized in his right hand. 'Here?'
There was no possible way he could actively fight Tiamat down in the cavern. That, and he also didn't want to fight her down here. The thought of decimating the natural beauty of the cavern was downright depressing.
Suddenly, the lake went perfectly still and Ichigo tensed as the water became perfectly smooth, glass-like even.
However, as the energy signature came closer, Ichigo's face mired in perplexity. The water wasn't so deep that at this range it would be able to conceal a Dragon King. So how was it possible that Tiamat, who Ichigo definitely recognized after being thoroughly battered by, was still submerged in the shallow water?
His answer came in the form of dripping white-grey hair quietly breaking the stillness. Ichigo nearly dropped Zangetsu in bewilderment as an entirely nude woman made herself known before his eyes.
With each step she took closer to the shore, more and more of her slid out of the water.
Somewhere, in the back of Ichigo's mind, he knew that it was less and less astonishment and more and more ogling that he was portraying and, quite frankly, he couldn't care less.
Even soaked to the ends of their roots, her hair fell thick and waved around her lithe and angular frame. She was taller than him, he noted as he forced himself to look away from her revealed nether regions and swaying hips.
Impossibly smooth and flawless, her skin was of a darker variety that was unique to the region of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Her features set in a strong regal manner that could not be human. She was faultless. Perfect.
Not even Amaterasu could compare to the woman in front of him. For Amaterasu appeared in what, bad pun aside, could only be called a heavenly splendor brought upon by her sacred nature.
The dark skinned magnificence before him…everything about her proclaimed an effortlessly primal majesty that was innate.
Now Ichigo prided himself when it came to his self-control around women of exceptional loveliness. Rangiku and Yoruichi being the forbearers to his entrance in the realm of impossibly beautiful women. And, after the last few weeks where he was consistently in the presence of Grayfia-nee and Yasaka, who utterly surpassed the concept of human beauty, he still did not react to them way he was reacting to her.
Shapely legs, long and slender, cut through the motionless water. Arms, smooth and cut finely, swayed lightly to rhythm of her hips. Droplets of diamond water spilled down her full and wavering breasts and onto hard, toned abdominals.
As Ichigo's mouth went dry, he finally managed to regain enough self-control to look her in the face. Turned out that wasn't much easier.
Full and pink, her lips gently contrasted with her caramel complexion. Her mouth, all too sensual in its shape, was far too distracting for his liking. As his eyes rose to meet hers, his breath froze in his lung. With a piercing gaze backing them, the twin pools glistened with a sapphire lustre so deep, they seemed to be rolling in waves.
He continued to stare into those eyes. A minute and hour, perhaps even an eternity. Ichigo felt himself fall into an endless dream as those impossibly blue eyes drowned. It wasn't until she stopped in front of him that Ichigo was finally shaken from his daze.
And that was only because of the monstrous pressure that collapsed onto his shoulders.
His knees nearly gave way and it was only Zangetsu's roars of frustration that managed to keep him from giving into her enthralling stare.
Ichigo closed his eyes, breaking her hold and slowly bubbled his own potent energies and built them to match hers.
Shadowed malice crawled forth, causing the scent of sulfuric miasma to mix with the churning of burning ozone.
His lids slowly slid off his eyes, allowing her glinting gaze of azure light to war with his now glaring shadow of crimson. Bizarrely, the clash of the two titanic auras did little to disturb the serenity on the basin of shining water nor the forest of shimmering crystal.
They continued their contention for dominance as Tiamat pushed and prodded his aura for any show of weakness. Several moments of where they pressed forward a suffocating atmosphere, which Ichigo estimated to be more than twice that of an average Ultimate-Class Devil, saw her pull back slowly and Ichigo respond in kind.
She didn't show any outward sign of satisfaction so Ichigo could only guess that whatever had inclined her into instigating the silent war had been fulfilled.
Her eyes slipped away from his and slowly they traveled down his body. Ichigo did his best to ignore the sudden rush of heat in his ears and the hotness crawling along his neck.
She let out a throaty purr.
The sound was a husky ink, all smoke and sex.
And sweet Lucifer did Ichigo wish in that moment that he hadn't been channeling his inner demon.
The Devil came in full as need slammed into him..hard. Hunger, feral and savage, had his eyes churning once more and his gaze fixed on that carnal mouth, lightly trailing down to an exotic neck.
Her eyes snapped back up, locking with the raging fire threatening to consume him. Demanding to consume her.
The corners of her mouth slowly curled in shadowed amusement. 'Breathe little one. Your power should not rule you.'
Like ice, her words sloshed over him and calmed the sudden burst of desire that he found himself sinking in. His grip on Zangetsu tightened until he felt his knuckles groaning in protest. A bout of shame quickly drenched the remnants of the demonic fueled lust and anger at himself burned in its place.
At least the anger was a welcome distraction from his libido.
'Sorry,' He breathed out as he averted his gaze, though not so much that he couldn't see her from his peripheral vision.
That alluring smile still played on her lips as she looked at him from under heavy lashes. She took a step forward and he immediately responded by doing the opposite.
She stopped in place, her smile curving positively predatory. As she continued to regard him, Ichigo grew increasingly uncomfortable. There was terrible moment for Ichigo, where he wondered if those were the same eyes he had been staring at her with.
'Well?' She let out in a chilling rasp.
He swallowed hard as he felt a unique kind of fear. One that was a little too reminiscent of a drunken silver-haired She-Devil. In this situation, he forced himself to be as eloquent and firm as possible when speaking with a possible walking death sentence.
'Huh?'
She chuckled, a dark sound that did a number on his self-control. He shut down every desire and want behind a wall of solid iron. Never mind that the iron was thoroughly rusted through.
'Will you not make your attempt to bind me as your familiar?' She approached closer, her nudity hitting him with renewed vigor…in some places more than others.
It was a good thing she was slightly taller than him, looking down on her would most likely granted him a view he could not afford with his current control. Or rather, lack of.
'Do you want me to?' He labored out as she pressed herself far too close.
Damn the inherent pride of both himself and his inner devil. If it weren't for that pride, he would have put a decent amount of distance between them by now.
'Do I want you to?' His spine shook in terrible anticipation as she reached out and tapped a finger to his jaw, tracing it with her nail. She came in closer and he felt two mounds of flesh press against his chest while her breath, warm and traced with a soft oceanic breeze, fell on his face. 'What do you want to do?'
Lucifer
Zangetsu screaming into his soul went widely ignored as Ichigo peered deep into sapphire stars. 'I…I didn't expect to run into you.'
She blinked, genuine surprise crossing her face. 'Oh? The entire Underworld knows the moonless nights are mine. Surely Sirzechs told you as much?'
His breath hitched as her face was literally inches away from his.
'No, he did-' His face scrunched in slight befuddlement, a moment of clarity glimmering through. 'Wait a minute, how do you know who I am?'
Her eyes dropped from his and he felt her hand trace its way down his neck to over his collar.
'Little one,' Her tone strong with a hint of laughter. 'Your initial descent into bowls of the Hell was heard to all those who know how to listen. I've known who and what you are for quite some time.'
He frowned at her, finally gaining a slight foothold against her spell much to Zangetsu's exasperated relief. 'Stop calling me that.'
His usual gruffness slowly fell into place as he strained to suppress all the venomous influence from within and insert his customary demeanor.
She laughed mildly, a sound akin to rain pattering against a body of water. 'Little one, I remember when the Greatest Desert was lush with greenery and flowing with waters. I was ancient when Khufu built his edifice within the sands that came from that greenery. I watched from the Hanging Gardens as Azazel, still radiant and gold-plated, razed the Tower of Babel to the Earth.'
'To me, you are very, very little.' She emphasized her point by patting his cheek pompously.
He cursed silently as he held back a painful sigh.
How in Hell did he find himself in these situations?
She stepped back and slowly walked away from him. Ichigo couldn't help but follow the sway of tanned skin across wide hips. She stopped and looked over shoulder. That infuriatingly appealing smirk, shadowed behind strands of white silk, lacing his mind with shameful arousal.
'Do try and keep up.'
She blurred away before Ichigo could blink.
With her presence removed, he finally felt the gears in his mind moving with normality once more and Ichigo did the only logical thing he could think of. His fingers twitched violently as they slowly curled into an iron-gripped fist.
Soundlessly, Ichigo drove his knuckles into the center of his forehead and the entirety of his skull exploded in pain. The crunch of bone and flesh drifted quietly as the last remnant of Tiamat's gravity left his eyes. Inquisitorium dark trooper.
Focusing through the throbbing pain, he let out a sharp breath and disappeared in a swift step of his own. Hurtling through the maze of underground formations, Ichigo steeled himself, his eyes becoming as honed as Zangetsu's edge.
It was within seconds he found her once more, softly treading over wet stone towards the mouth of the cave. Her long stride carrying her naked and dripping form back into the falling rain. He stepped up from behind her, standing to her side.
From the corner of his eyes, he caught her looking at him in the very same manner. Slowly, she turned and placed a hand to her hip as she leaned her weight on the very same leg. It was a slow and exaggerated movement. One, he realized with a grimace, to draw his attention to her body.
She was behaving less like a Dragon King and more like a dark seductress. And damn it all to Hell if she wasn't proficient at being both.
Sapphire once more took hold of him but this time, Ichigo guarded his mind with battle hardened instincts and the absolute intent to commit murder at a moment's notice. Embodiment of every man's dream or not, he was finally seeing her as the very same dragon that nearly killed him not too long ago.
He held her gaze, pushing back at her enthrallment and serpentine stare, and her mien shifted as a satisfied look settled across her imperial features.
The smooth muscles rippled in her shoulders as she craned her neck past him. With a near painful slowness, Ichigo followed her line of sight, his eyes sweeping over a line of trees to a wasteland stretching on for miles.
Blackened earth, gouged and set running with rivers of fire ran through the remains of their former battlefield.
Uneasiness stirred from within him. Neither of them had been going all out. He did not know the full extent of Tiamat's power, but it had to be greater than what she had used against him. At best, the levels of strength she displayed were slightly above his own and she had been toying with him for the most part.
His own release would have increased his power by several fold, vastly outstripping even that of a Maou. He hadn't even utilized his Hell infused powers to their full extent.
A frown crossed his lips. She could have killed him in his moment of foolishness.
The same thought must have occurred to her as she turned back to him and said, 'You lost.'
A simple statement. As well as a bitter one. 'I did.'
The smirk reappeared. 'I spared you.'
His grip on Zangetsu would have broken any lesser blade. 'You did.'
She hummed again, the same alluring sound, which would have pushed back into the edge if not for the swell anger at the forefront of his brain.
She drew on a long strand of hair, twirling it within her finger as her sight became flat and impassive. 'I would entreat with you.'
He rose a single brow, willing silence to speak for him.
'The worlds move once more. A new age is settling upon us. I feel this as I have many times before.' Her eyes slowly cast themselves over the ruined horizon before returning to him. 'You will take part in this, the power within you will demand no less. I wish to witness the move from the center.'
'You're going to have to clarify.' He couldn't help the dry inflection.
'I will become your familiar, under conditions.'
He didn't bother hiding the surprise on his face. 'Really? You'd bind yourself to me? Just like that?'
She smiled as she swung the entirety of her wild mane over one shoulder. 'A temporary arrangement. We are both powerful enough to break the bond whenever we wish without any magical backlash.'
About to say something, she quickly cut him off. 'Though in no way does this make us equal. We are merely striking a bargain. Your debt to me for sparing your life is not yet repaid. I will ask the price from you at another date.'
His lips twisted. 'Any indication of when you plan on cashing it in?'
She blinked at him in uncertainty as her head tilted to the side. 'Cashing…in?'
Ichigo's lips hung apart for a moment before he shook his head. 'It's a human expression, never mind. When do you plan on calling in the debt?'
'Interesting,' She gave him a considering look. 'I have not spent time amongst the mortals since a small age ago. Their idioms have always been a curious thing. I shall remedy this, perhaps, while being with you.'
She regarded the sky for a moment before returning her attention back to him. 'As for your question, I cannot say. It may be in a fortnight, it may be in a century. When it behooves me, I will let you know.'
'Fair enough,' He sighed before running a hand through his hair. 'You wanna do this now?'
She opened her mouth to respond even as a tremor struck through the ground and the entry of the cave shook off dust that settled on the two of them. He regarded her with confusion, as she did the same to him, before pulsing a wave of power to outstretch his senses.
He felt it, rolling off waves of hostility and bestial savagery. A quick glance saw that her eyes were fixed to the same spot. Past a mountain that survived their titanic confrontation, stepped a creature that easily dwarfed Tiamat even in her dragon form.
It was sickeningly thin, as a hundred meters of black leather stretched over jutting ribs and visible joints. There were places were grey and withered bones broke the diseased hide and parts were flesh was rotting and falling off.
'We've attracted some attention.' The amusement reflecting in her voice was all too evident.
Ichigo counted eleven serpentine necks swinging wildly and seemingly in no direction as they supported snakelike heads, rimmed with broken horns. A few of the heads weren't even whole, missing patches of hide that showed the rotting tissue below. There was even one whose head was missing half of its entire skull.
'I guess we have.' Lacking her amusement, Ichigo, if anything felt a sudden sense of satisfaction. The undead hydra had presented itself as the perfect scapegoat for his current bad mood.
He didn't even bother to say anything further, simply ripping forth all the negative energy he could draw from the Underworld.
The way he should have done against Tiamat in their battle.
The Underworld answered his call in a silent wail. The unknown writhing in black, twisted at his feet and tore itself free from the laws of physics. He raised a palm, gathering darkness as Hell-Fire erupted and swirled madly into the squirming shadows.
Rage
Misery
Insanity
Coated in his domains, Ichigo pressed his fingers closed, allowing the unholy light to shine from the edges of hand and cause the rain to hiss and simmer.
He took a deep breath, holding in the intoxicating current coiling in his lungs.
With a flick, he sent the miniature sun sailing in an arc and leaving a trail of hot steam as it vaporized rain and cloud. The small luminous orb fell onto the rumbling hydra, ceasing momentarily in its decent and hovering for a second before dipping into the hydra's back.
The undead giant froze, sensing something wrong as all its heads turned around towards its body. A deep orange and brilliant yellow glow began to radiate from the hydra and all its heads let out a strange mix of hissing and groans.
In a deafening detonation, Ichigo felt the full force and heat from his Cero Ceniza tear away at the world as it ruptured in a void of power. The megaton explosion sent a shockwave that instantly annihilated the rain and blew every cloud clear out of the sky.
As fire roared across the sky and the earth shredded itself apart, Dragon King Tiamat turned towards him with a disturbingly still expression. Disturbing, because while her face remained impassive, her eyes shone with sapphire fire. 'Yes..we do it now.'
Fire, he wasn't too sure was reflected from his power…or came from within.
Author's Note: Some people will complain that Ichigo is drooling over our resident Dragon King a little too much. I will explain in the next chapter as to why as it ties into her legend.
And yes, Zangetsu has absorbed Sō'unga to a certain extent. Remember that comment on 'Sword eat sword world..?' Yeah, Ichigo has a Hell Dragon summon to go along with a murderous, insane ultimate albino.
Power Levels! Man has everyone asked me to set a definitive tier for this story. I am loath to do it but it seems with the story quickly expanding into other Supernatural realms it will be a necessary evil. Kind of like the politics here in America.
I would like to point out that this list does NOT include everyone and reflects both the canon as close as possible while catering towards MY needs as an author constructing a backdrop.
DO ME A WRONG POWER LEVELS Revised 1.1
Ultimate Existence: Great Red
TOP 10
No.1: Ophis- Openly stated as number one in the light novels.
No.2: Shiva- Openly stated as number two in the light novels.
No.3&4: Vishnu and Brahma- Ichiei Ishibumi, the author of DxD, stated that the strongest beings in the world belong to the Hindu sect. These two are part of a Triumvirate with Shiva so I'm going out on a limb and saying they are the strongest after him.
No.?: Ddraig(Unbound)- At the height of their powers, the Heavenly Dragons are members of the Top 10.
No.?: Albion(Unbound)-At the height of their powers, the Heavenly Dragons are members of the Top 10.
No.?: Hades- Openly stated as a member of the Top 10.
No.? Fenrir(Unbound)- At the height of his powers, Fenrir is on par with the Heavenly Dragons and openly stated as a member of the Top 10.
No.9&10: Sirzechs and Ajuka- The super devil pair are weakest members of the Top 10 according to Ichiei Ishibumi.
According to the author, Indra(Śakra), Thor, Typhon, Aten and Lugh replace the members who are bound and, Sirzechs and Ajuka outside of their true forms.
Now, also according to the Light Novels, between Sirzechs, one of the weaker members of the Top 10, and the original Lucifer there is a power difference by a factor of ten. Meaning between a Satan and the Top 10 there's a vast difference in strength.
For the sake of classification they will be called the Supreme Class. In no particular order or equivalence I have listed a few of them.
Supreme Class
Zeus
Poseidon
Odin
Amaterasu
Tiamat
Ichigo (Post Resurrection)
Rizevim Livan Lucifer
Midgardsormr
Satan Class
Serafall Leviathan
Falbium Asmodeus
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto: I know this will generate controversy so I will provide my reasoning. The Captain-Commander is far more dangerous than some of the Satan Class individuals listed. However, in terms of raw power, he is weaker than them. The characters in Bleach do not measure up to the sheer destructive power of Highschool DxD.
Vali Lucifer(Imperio Juggernaut Drive)
Tannin
Fafnir
Azazel
Michael
Sutr Second
Grayfia
Ultimate Class Tier 3
Shemhazai
Yu-Long
Vritra
Vali Lucifer (Balance Breaker)
Ichigo (Base Form)
Aizen
Ultimate Class Tier 2
Yasaka
Souji Okita
Baraqiel
Elite Shinigami Captain
Espada
Beowulf
Issei (Cardinal Crimson Promotion)
Siaroarg Beal (Balance Breaker)
Ultimate Class Tier 1
Loki
Issei (Balance Breaker)
Sairoarg Beal
Vali Lucifer
Aurelias
Aurelian
Average Shinigami Captain
This is just a small list based solely on power NOT combat ability.
If you disagree or wish for a name to added somewhere, feel free to PM me or leave it in your review. If you do want me to change a ranking, please give me a viable reason instead of 'because he/she could kick their ass!' As I said, this list does not reflect battle capacity merely power. Top 10 will not change as it is canon.
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Don't bother nuking because without Mitigation leads, Barion will straight out kill you easily.
Use Miti leads like this and auto your way through.
Recommended Leads : Lyonesse + Regil/Rozalia/Feng
Must have buffs :
Advisable to give your Mitigation unit BB Gauge reduction spheres
1st Battle : Fujin a mitigator and you can auto the rest. Without 85% Mitigation from leads, critical hits might kill you, so bring someone with that.
2nd Battle :
UBBing at any other point of time = This turn Instant Buff Wipe + Next turn Super Nuke
/u/roikuudere mentioned that Buff Wipe comes from OD and not UBB, anyone gonna test it? I might do so on 1/2 EN. :)
.. That's all, you can UBB the turn where Barion revives, should kill him on that turn.
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