You are Captain Kusajishi Riku, and your nephew Ichigo is only now in stable enough condition that you're confident he won't bleed out on the sidewalk.
As Rosa explained it to you while you were sealing his wounds with your modest skills at kaidō, Ichigo has inherited the true ability to use blut from his mother Masaki... which in this instance worked to his disadvantage. Karakura town may be unusually rich in reishi, but the living world just isn't well suited to using quincy techniques because of how little reiatsu there is even in a place like this. In Hueco Mundo or the Soul Society, his blut may have been sufficient to protect Ichigo from Byakuya for at least long enough to escape and get himself healed. But as things stand such limited and yet-untrained quincy powers were far from enough to face a Captain at even one-fifth strength.
“Your own version is a mixed blessing, of course,” Rosa concludes, unusually talkative at the moment. It probably has something to do with the fact that it's suddenly become appropriate for her to lecture you on the finer points of quincy technique.
“You utilize your own reiatsu for blut or hirenkyaku, which means that while your defensive skill is limited by the peak of your own reiatsu you need not worry about suddenly finding some of your abilities too weak to be relied upon... as your nephew here did.”
“I'm just glad he held out long enough that kaidō could help him,” you mutter, swiping your brow with the back of your wrist. “Now, I feel like I'm forgetting something...”
>1/2
>>43755725
Ishida, who has lain still on the sidewalk since Byakuya and Renji left with Rukia, coughs loudly to get your attention. It seems he doesn't want to be seen begging for help from a shinigami, despite the severity of his own wounds. They're not mortal by any stretch of the imagination, but if left untreated they certainly could claim his life eventually.
“Well, well,” you reply, walking closer to frown down at the young quincy. “What have we here? After the stunt you pulled with that hollow bait, you decided it was a good idea to run off and challenge a Captain and his Lieutenant by yourself? Give me one good reason why I should bail you out instead of letting Darwinian genetics have their way with you.”
“... because you value human life?” Ishida offers hopefully.
You sigh dramatically, resting your hands on your hips and allowing your frown to shift into a mischievous grin. “Say the words “I am an idiot, I got what I was asking for”, and I'll patch you up like it never happened.”
After a moment of silence, Ishida gives in to your demands.
“I am an idiot,” he repeats wearily, “and I got what I was asking for.”
“Good boy,” you nod, kneeling to use your kaidō on his wounds as well. “Now quit being such a baby and hold your shoulder still so I can put your supraspinatus back together.”
When you're done making a functional left shoulder out of a pile of twitching hamburger meat, you think long and hard about what's best to do with these two morons. You eventually decide to...
>Take Ichigo to Masaki and Isshin
>Take Ichigo to Kisuke's place
and
>Escort Ishida to see Ryūken
>Allow Ishida to return home on his own
>>43755745
>Take Ichigo to Masaki and Isshin
>Escort Ishida to see Ryūken
YOU DONE FUCKED UP ISHIDA!
>>43755745
>Take Ichigo to Masaki and Isshin
>Escort Ishida to see Ryūken
and let the chew-out begin.
>>43755745
>>Take Ichigo to Masaki and Isshin
>>Escort Ishida to see Ryūken
>>43755745
>>Take Ichigo to Masaki and Isshin
>>Escort Ishida to see Ryūken
parents should know.
Why are people so obsessed with chewing out Uryu?
>>43755745
>Take Ichigo to Kisuke's place
>Escort Ishida to see Ryūken
>>43755798
Because he did something extremely stupid in canon and never got punished for it, It was extremely dangerous and he did it because he wanted to have a dick waving contest.
>>43755745
>Take Ichigo to Masaki and Isshin
>Allow Ishida to return home on his own
It's not like Ryuuken won't find out anyway.
Even if we don't take Ichigo to Kisuke's place he still is going to unlock his shinigami powers. There is no way Masaki and Isshin will let him go to soul society without as many advantages as possible.
>>43755813
Um what? He very much got punished for it. He was stuck with the knowledge that anyone who died in that incident from a hollow was his own fault. And there was probably some people who were killed by hollows.
>>43755745
>>Take Ichigo to Masaki and Isshin
>Escort Ishida to see Ryūken
Is it bad that I want to let Rosa Lecture him?
>>43755846
>He was stuck with the knowledge that anyone who died in that incident from a hollow was his own fault. And there was probably some people who were killed by hollows.
That is not a punishment anon, If he cared he wouldn't have done it in the first place.
>>43755798
he didn't use common sense.
1. He used Hollow bait just to prove his dick was bigger than strawberry's
2. He tried to used the cool factor to rescue Rukia and got curbstomped.
>>43755865
>2. He tried to used the cool factor to rescue Rukia and got curbstomped.
He's a sniper and he went to melee range with a heavy.
>>43755846
That's not a punishment you retard.
>>43755863
He DID kind of spend the whole time bragging about how he could totally handle it, but yeah. It was not just bone-headed, but also reckless. Ryūken, to whom protection of the living is tantamount to a religious duty, will be quite upset.
>>43755893
Not as upset as Riku though.....
>>43755878
>>43755863
Unless Uryu is some kind of sociopath that is a punishment. He has to live with the fact that he got people killed over a dick waving contest.
>>43755893
>Ryūken, to whom protection of the living is tantamount to a religious duty, will be quite upset.
His dad continually told him to stay out of Shinigami business and to just worry about the living.
Events in the whole series have proven his dad right.
So has anything been explained about Ichigo's and Uryu's resistance to be power drained by Yhwach yet?
>>43755908
or Rosa for that matter. She's practically rolling in her proverbial grave.
>>43755964
He didn't want to take it, or it wasn't prominent enough to be taken at the time.
The big question is, why he didn't take Masaki's powers this time around.
My personal theory? Remember after Ishida used Letz Stil and lost his Quincy Powers? Having Yhwach collect your powers is functionally the same, and can be restored the same way, so he -did- confiscate Masaki's abilities, but she was able to get them back.
>>43756012
Wasn't it flat out mentioned that he tried to take Uryu's powers and couldn't? Also He didn't take Masaki's because there are way to many shinigami running around Karakura town
>forgot to mention, update incoming
>kind of a long one
>>43756049
Weren't Uryu and Ichigo the same type, not true Quincies but ones who provide boosts to others, he could not take their powers?
I think since Ryūken was the last 'true' he left him be perhaps.
Likely in this time line, draining the quincies here would alert soul society since they are watching.
Which would let Riku know.
And that would be bad.
>>43755964
There is one interesting thing we learned recently.
You know how Nanao's last name is Ise? Turns out that there is indeed a connection between her family and the Ise Grand Shrine, complete with the family zanpakuto being a variant of the Sacred Mirror. Only this version, is a sword made only to kill gods/those with divine reiatsu.
>>43755745
“Ishida,” you growl at the young quincy. “You know Ichigo better than I do. Help me find his body so we can get him back to Isshin and Masaki. I'll hand you over to Ryūken when we're done.”
Ishida doesn't seem thrilled at the prospect of having to explain the night's events to his father, but also seems to know better than to argue with a Captain. Maybe he's got more common sense than you've given him credit for, or perhaps he's just given up.
“I suspect that his body is back at the Kurosaki clinic,” Ishida guesses. “He probably used that replacement soul of his when he learned Rukia had run away from there.”
That makes sense, and lacking any other real theory to work from you head for the clinic with Ichigo slung over your shoulder. Ishida limps along at your side, his muscles clearly still aching from the fight. Good, maybe this will teach him to use that brain of his instead of charging into a fight blinded by pride. You've seen his test scores: he's clearly got the capacity to make smarter decisions, what he lacks is the discipline.
You barge into the Kurosaki clinic, where you find a nervous-looking mod soul in Ichigo's body sitting in the living room. The mod-soul sees you and Ichigo, as does Masaki from her seat across from her son's body. Isshin, however, only sees Ishida.
“Ishida?” he asks in confusion. “What are you doing here so late at night? Did something happen?”
“Dear,” Masaki replies coolly, “Ishida is not alone. Your sister and our son are there too.”
“Wait,” the mod-soul asks, suddenly far more panicked even than he was when you arrived, “you mean you know that I'm not Ichigo?”
Isshin shrugs. “While you've been in my son's body, have I ever once called you Ichigo? I'm not as dumb as I act you know, Kon.”
>1/2
>>43756145
Eh, unless circumstances turn truly dire, it's effectively been removed from play.
>>43755964
Yhwach hasn't done that at all in this timeline as far as I can tell.
>>43756191
While on the one hand, it's nice that Masaki is still around, on the other, that means that we've already gotten Yhwach's attention to the point where he has to plan around us. That's bad.
>>43756153
“The real question should be why our son is covered in blood,” Masaki continues, staring at you with those same cool eyes. “I was under the impression a certain Captain had been looking out for him?”
After looking Ichigo's body over briefly and finding no convenient way to pop the soul pill out of him, you decide to simply punch Kon in the stomach. The mod-soul's eyes widen in surprise as the pill shoots from Ichigo's mouth and rolls across the floor. Isshin tosses a lion plushie at Ishida, who pops the pill in its mouth.
“You could have warned me!” the lion grumbles loudly.
“Can it,” you warn him as you shove Ichigo's spiritual body roughly back into his physical one. “I'm tryin' to concentrate. This isn't as easy as it looks.”
Once the task has been accomplished, you request that Tenkotsuki convert your own reigai into a more visible form for Isshin's benefit. He seems surprised that you can manage such a feat, though Tenkotsuki is disappointed by the fact that he doesn't ask how you did it.
"Better," you announce, stretching your newly-physical body a little. "Now, I believe you were asking why Ichigo's all beaten up?"
Masaki nods. She's been patient this whole time, far more so than you'd figured.
>Explain everything, including your reasoning for not interfering until the last minute
>Explain that Ichigo went after Rukia, but ran afoul of Renji and Byakuya. He held his own against the former until the latter dropped him.
>Turn it around on them: ask how he managed to slip out and get his ass beaten like that.
>Other?
>>43756153
>“While you've been in my son's body, have I ever once called you Ichigo? I'm not as dumb as I act you know, Kon.”
Get fucking rekt, Kon.
>>43756231
>Explain everything, including your reasoning for not interfering until the last minute
>Turn it around on them: ask how he managed to slip out and get his ass beaten like that.
>>43756231
>Explain everything, including your reasoning for not interfering until the last minute
>>43756231
So King....Is Renji saying his last goodbyes to everyone and writing his will?
>>43756231
>>Explain everything, including your reasoning for not interfering until the last minute
>>43756231
>>Explain everything, including your reasoning for not interfering until the last minute
>>Turn it around on them: ask how he managed to slip out and get his ass beaten like that.
>>43756231
>Explain that Ichigo went after Rukia, but ran afoul of Renji and Byakuya. He held his own against the former until the latter dropped him.
>>43756274
No, but he IS in the midst of composing a death poem.It isn't very good
>>43756231
>Explain that Ichigo went after Rukia, but ran afoul of Renji and Byakuya. He held his own against the former until the latter dropped him.
>>43756231
>Explain everything, including your reasoning for not interfering until the last minute
>>43756231
What IS our reasoning for not interfering until the last minute?
Kid's gotta learn?
>>43756231
>>Explain everything, including your reasoning for not interfering until the last minute
>>Explain that Ichigo went after Rukia, but ran afoul of Renji and Byakuya. He held his own against the former until the latter dropped him.
>>43756231
>>Explain everything, including your reasoning for not interfering until the last minute
>>43756347
He just continues to disappoint Riku doesn't he?
>>43756347
You mean his shoddy grammar made him add an extra syllable on a 5-7-5 haiku?
SHAMEFUR DISPRAY
>>43756359
He needs to access his own powers not used a crudged together copy of rukia's. Also he needed to know how out classed he was and what he needs to strive to beat.
>>43756359
Basically, allowing what had to happen to happen. Ichigo needed to not have the stolen powers from Rukia in him to develop his own powers and keep the Soul Society off his back.
To a degree Byakuya was thinking along similar lines, he was just willing to go an extra step to ensure Rukia's recovery.
>>43756407
This too.
>>43756389
Why do we think he should strive to beat anyone instead of just going to high school like a normal kid?
>>43756389
>Also he needed to know how out classed he was and what he needs to strive to beat.
Also would be a warning for what he is stepping into. Riku or someone else won't always be there to save his ass.
>>43756407
Also if he still had Rukia's powers, soul society or the Central 46 might send someone else.
>>43756418
His personality.
>>43756418
Nigga, You dumb.
>>43756418
Aizen is not above taking hostages. Frankly, we should move the girls to the Shiba estate the moment Aizen's treachery is manifest.
>>43756483
The fuck are you even talking about?
>writing
>>43756507
What, do you really think Aizen would be morally opposed to kidnapping Yuzu or Karin if he thought it would help him? If Ichigo remains a powerless kid, its basically asking for Aizen to kidnap him for some absurd plot.
>>43756483
what are you talking about, taking hostages is stupid. death threats have better leverage. Taking a hostage is stupid because hostage negotiations is essentially high-stakes haggling for commodities that both sides wants to get away with. Death threats on the other hand is a one-way demand which benefits the one who makes the demand regardless.
>>43756509
“Ichigo left to follow my subordinate Rukia,” you explain. “In doing so he ran into Lieutenant Renji, whom he nearly bested, and Captain Kuchiki, Rukia's adoptive brother.”
“And so they did this to him?” Masaki asks.
You nod. “They did. I suspected trouble, so I followed Ichigo. I allowed Byakuya to strike your son's saketsu and hakusui in an attempt to return the spiritual abilities he borrowed from Rukia to return to their original owner. When Byakuya attempted a third strike, which would have been immediately fatal, I intervened.”
Isshin seems concerned about your initial willingness to allow his son to be stabbed multiple times by another Captain. “Why did you wait? I find it hard to believe you would simply hesitate, so you must have had a reason.”
“I knew that Ichigo would never be left alone otherwise,” you explain. “I also concluded that Rukia's stolen powers were likely interfering with his own growth. The only way to set things right for him was to allow Byakuya to destroy that power. As I predicted, Ichigo's own powers found a way to protect themselves from Byakuya's blade, leaving him in the condition you see now.”
Masaki's eyes soften a little, though her tone is still stern. “I understand, Lady Riku. Thank you for saving my son's life.”
“One thing bothers me,” you frown. “How did Ichigo give you the slip?”
>1/2
>>43756689
“We've always let our son deal with his own affairs,” Masaki replies simply. “By the time I noticed the Captain and Lieutenant-level reiatsu in Karakura town, it was already too late to stop Ichigo. I was also concerned for the safety of our daughters... so I placed Ichigo's safety in your hands.”
“That must have been hard,” you nod. “Even after a century, I still worry about mine.”
“It's part of the job, isn't it?” Masaki sighs.
>Please don't tell Ichigo about this. I'd prefer he not know how much I meddled in his life tonight.
>I'll let you deal with your son as you choose. I need to go back to the Seireitei and sort Rukia out.
>You should consider training Ichigo yourselves. He's going to run off again, maybe some time soon.
>You should consider letting Urahara train Ichigo. He may understand better what Ichigo's power is like.
>>43756709
>You should consider training Ichigo yourselves. He's going to run off again, maybe some time soon.
>>43756709
>>You should consider training Ichigo yourselves. He's going to run off again, maybe some time soon.
>>43756709
>Please don't tell Ichigo about this. I'd prefer he not know how much I meddled in his life tonight.
>I'll let you deal with your son as you choose. I need to go back to the Seireitei and sort Rukia out.
>But before that...
>Look over and grin at Ishida
>>43756709
>I'll let you deal with your son as you choose. I need to go back to the Seireitei and sort Rukia out.
>You should consider letting Urahara train Ichigo. He may understand better what Ichigo's power is like.
Gotta try to keep our cute little subordinate unexecuted.
>>43756709
>You should work with Urahara to train Ichigo. He's more likely to understand his power and since Ichigo is likely to run off on his own you can make sure he's trained to the best he can be.
>>43756709
>You should consider training Ichigo yourselves. He's going to run off again, maybe some time soon.
>Look over at Ishida, "Don't you think I've forgotten boy, you're still gonna get chewed out"
>>43756758
Dude it's going to happen. Stop trying to make Uryu hate our fucking guts.
>>43756709
>>I'll let you deal with your son as you choose. I need to go back to the Seireitei and sort Rukia out.
>>43756709
>>Please don't tell Ichigo about this. I'd prefer he not know how much I meddled in his life tonight.
>>I'll let you deal with your son as you choose. I need to go back to the Seireitei and sort Rukia out.
>>43756709
>You should consider letting Urahara train Ichigo. He may understand better what Ichigo's power is like.
>>43756709
>You should consider letting Urahara train Ichigo. He may understand better what Ichigo's power is like.
Anon's why are you trying to give Urahara so many people to train? He's not going to be able to train Ichigo all that well since he has Tatsuki and Chad to train as well.
>>43756709
>You should consider letting Urahara train Ichigo. He may understand better what Ichigo's power is like.
>Though you should definitely keep an eye on him.
>>43756709
>>You should consider training Ichigo yourselves. He's going to run off again, maybe some time soon.
>>43756709
>>You should consider letting Urahara train Ichigo. He may understand better what Ichigo's power is like.
Really, I rather let Ichigo's choices be influenced by his parents more then anything else.
>>43756709
>You should consider training Ichigo yourselves. He's going to run off again, maybe some time soon.
>>43756823
I honestly can't think of a reason why people are voting for it other than people being retarded yet again.
>>43756709
>You should consider training Ichigo yourselves. He's going to run off again, maybe some time soon.
>writan
>need to go out for food after this
>>43756892
Well my reasoning is that Urahara would know more about his condition and how to best handle it, though his parents would probably be best for the 'training' part right after.
>>43756950
He won't have time for that, Remember he has to train Chad and Tatsuki.
>>43756950
There was a perfectly good write i for that that you ignored.
>>43756709
“Urahara may be able to tell you more about Ichigo's current condition,” you tell your brother and his wife, turning to leave the Kurosaki home. “But if you asked for my advice, I'd suggest you start training the boy. He strikes me as the type to run off again on his own as soon as there's a reason, and the next time he does none of us will be there to bail him out.”
Isshin and Masaki seem to ponder your words carefully as you leave with Ishida. The trip to the Ishida family home is a short one, though the young quincy strikes you as increasingly worried about his impending welcome.
Ryūken's wife, a gentle-looking woman with dark hair, greets you formally at the door, ushering you into a western-style parlor room. Predictably Ryūken is sitting quietly in wait, a cigarette hanging from his lips and a glare in his eyes at his son's disobedience.
“What did I tell you?” the man asks sternly. “You have no talent, Uryū. Certainly not enough to be of any value when a shinigami is concerned.”
“His opponent was a Lieutenant,” you observe. “Can't expect a rookie to deal with that as his first fight with a shinigami.”
“No talent,” Ryūken repeats coldly.
His wife seems to step in before her son can respond. “Ryūken, perhaps we should let our son explain himself? I'm sure he has a good reason for defying our wishes.”
“Kanae,” the man replies, his tone suddenly softer but no less serious. “This is a grave concern. It doesn't matter what his reasons were, our son cannot allow himself to be dragged into spiritual matters! He's far from ready for such a responsibility!”
“I've already told you,” Uryū responds, agitation replacing nervousness. “If you refuse to act against these hollows, then I will do so in your place!”
>1/2
>>43757187
It seems the Ishida family is at an impasse.
>Yeah, not even touching this one.
>It may not be my place, but the boy has a point. You can't ignore something just because it's dangerous or inconvenient.
>Listen to your father's reasoning, kid. He's given this a lot of thought.
>Ishida, things aren't the same as they were back in Sōken's time, let alone mine. Your idea of what a quincy should be is outdated.
>>43757198
>Ishida, things aren't the same as they were back in Sōken's time, let alone mine. Your idea of what a quincy should be is outdated.
>>43757198
>>Ishida, things aren't the same as they were back in Sōken's time, let alone mine. Your idea of what a quincy should be is outdated.
>>43757198
>>Ishida, things aren't the same as they were back in Sōken's time, let alone mine. Your idea of what a quincy should be is outdated
>>43757198
>Ishida, things aren't the same as they were back in Sōken's time, let alone mine. Your idea of what a quincy should be is outdated.
>Doesn't change the fact that Ishida was being stupid by using hollowbait when a ruler would have sufficed though.
>>43757198
>It may not be my place, but the boy has a point. You can't ignore something just because it's dangerous or inconvenient.
>>43757230
>>Doesn't change the fact that Ishida was being stupid by using hollowbait when a ruler would have sufficed though.
What the hell are you talking about?
>>43757198
>Ishida, things aren't the same as they were back in Sōken's time, let alone mine. Your idea of what a quincy should be is outdated.
>>43757240
The fact that Ishida and Ichigo were having a dick measuring contest.
>>43757198
>It may not be my place, but the boy has a point. You can't ignore something just because it's dangerous or inconvenient.
>Ishida, things aren't the same as they were back in Sōken's time, let alone mine. Your idea of what a quincy should be is outdated.
>>43757198
Wait...Which Ishida are we talking about?
>It may not be my place, but the boy has a point. You can't ignore something just because it's dangerous or inconvenient.
>Ishida, things aren't the same as they were back in Sōken's time, let alone mine. Your idea of what a quincy should be is outdated.
>>43757198
>Ishida, things aren't the same as they were back in Sōken's time, let alone mine. Your idea of what a quincy should be is outdated.
>>43757275
Ryuken
>>43757198
>food run failed
>writing
>>43757198
“What does it mean to be a quincy,” you muse quietly. “Uryū, do you have an answer? How about you, Ryūken?”
Both Ishida men stare at you in puzzlement, while Kanae seems amused. It almost strikes you that she was prepared for you to take this sort of approach... you wonder how much Sōken told his son and daughter-in-law about you.
“The world has changed since my day,” you continue. “It's changed from Sōken's day as well. Change stops for no one and nothing, not even the quincy. What it means to be a quincy living in this world shouldn't be determined by a fragmented understanding of what happened to Rosa Rosette's generation of quincy, nor to Ishida Sōken's. It needs to be defined by the quincy that are alive now, today, living in this world and no other.”
“To do that, both of you need to rethink the issue from your own perspective and discuss it like reasonable adults.”
The Ishida share an uncertain glance, while Kanae smiles.
“Thank you, miss Captain,” she tells you with a slight bow. “I appreciate your candor.”
“Think nothing of it,” you reassure her. “Now if you'll excuse me, one of my associates is in a lot of trouble... haven't decided how much yet.”
“Oh dear!'” Kanae exclaims, likely understanding that the shinigami responsible for her son's condition are probably on your list of people to deal with in the coming days. “Please, don't allow us to keep you waiting!”
You quietly excuse yourself, and then
>Return to the Ninth Division barracks
>Stop by the Urahara shop
>Try and arrange a meeting with Central 46 despite the long odds
>Visit Rukia in her cell
>Visit Yoruichi, try and formulate a plan for the next few days.
>Other?
>>43757721
>Visit Yoruichi, try and formulate a plan for the next few days.
>>43757721
>Visit Yoruichi, try and formulate a plan for the next few days.
>>43757721
>Stop by the Urahara shop
N ovisiting Byakuya or Renji on the options?
>>43757721
>Other: Visit Renji
So how's that death poem going? I hope you didn't add an extra syllable on a 5-7-5 haiku.
>>43757721
>Stop by the Urahara shop
>Visit Yoruichi, try and formulate a plan for the next few days.
>Visit Rukia in her cell
>>43757721
>Try and arrange a meeting with Central 46 despite the long odds
>>43757721
>>Visit Rukia in her cell
>>43757721
>Visit Rukia in her cell
>>43757721
>>Visit Rukia in her cell
>>43757721
>Visit Yoruichi, try and formulate a plan for the next few days.
>forgot to mention I was writing
>>43757721
Upon your return to the Seireitei, you head for the Onmitsukidō headquarters to find Yoruichi. When you arrive in her room you find it conspicuously empty, obliging you to shut your eyes and extend your senses to search for her reiatsu. Which is also absent.
Yoruichi isn't in the Soul Society... at your level and given your familiarity with her, you would be able to sense her if she were.
Looking around her room you notice first that her uniform is neatly folded beside her futon, which is unusual. Further investigation reveals that her scant wardrobe is missing one outfit: Yoruichi's traditional hunting outfit, which she wears only rarely when out in the Rukongai practicing her falconry. Sure enough a thorough search of the grounds reveals that her prized hawk is absent from its cage. You have no doubt that her little brother's horse is gone as well, as Yoruichi mentioned a while ago he was having trouble getting it to follow his lead.
But had she gone hunting, you'd still know it. That only leaves two explanations: that Yoruichi's been killed, which you find incredibly unlikely, or that she's in the living world using her absent hunting gear and hawk as an explanation for her disappearance. After all it's known that she does that from time to time. Apparently that's what Yoruichi was out doing when she first met you, trying to find herself a new hawk after the one she had was mysteriously poisoned by tainted meat.
You can think of one sure-fire way to test this theory.
>You're pretty sure that if you went to the Valley of Screams you'd find a confused hawk and an upset horse. Verify that.
>Risk it and contact Urahara directly.
>Take it on faith and go visit Rukia.
>Other?
>>43758132
>You're pretty sure that if you went to the Valley of Screams you'd find a confused hawk and an upset horse. Verify that.
>>43758132
>Take it on faith and go visit Rukia.
>>43758132
>>Take it on faith and go visit Rukia.
>>43758132
>Take it on faith and go visit Rukia.
>>43758132
>>Take it on faith and go visit Rukia.
>>43758132
>>Take it on faith and go visit Rukia.
>>43758132
Yoruichi is a grown ass woman, and a badass to boot she doesn't need us doting over her all the time.
>Take it on faith and go visit Rukia.
>>43758132
>>Take it on faith and go visit Rukia
Check the Valley afterwards.
>>43758369
She should be handling stuff on her own. Likely she is properly assisting Urahara. Riku can prep things on the Soul Society side.
>>43758132
You trust Yoruichi implicitly, and have for more than two hundred years. Now's not the time for that to change... after all, even if she apparently felt she couldn't tell you what she was doing outright she left you more than enough to figure it out on your own. You can't think of anyone to whom she'd afford the same courtesy, regardless of the risk involved.
It's just like back when you were still her Lieutenant, picking up on the subtlest of body language when she'd wish you luck on a mission.
Instead of worrying about her, you leave to find Rukia. First you head to Rangiku, who is in your office drinking tea with a worried look on her face.
“Captain!” she greets you hurriedly when she spots you. “They wouldn't let us keep Rukia in our own facilities. I tried to argue...”
You sigh heavily, completely unsurprised at the measure. “They took her to Sixth Division, didn't they?”
Rangiku nods silently and you continue. “It makes sense. It's a contentious situation, so they'd want her kept by the Division which captured her instead of a Division where anyone could be sympathetic to her.”
“That's horrible,” Rangiku mutters. “Using the Divisions against each other like that. It's part of why the Seireitei is so spread out, right?”
You chuckle grimly, tussling your daughter's hair. “I came to that conclusion too, honestly. If you were the Central 46, would you trust us?”
>1/2
>>43758439
“Probably not,” she admits dejectedly. “But that's still not how it should work.”
You can't argue with that.
Rukia is being held in the Sixth Division barracks, under light guard. You can feel as you approach that her powers still have yet to return, and her plain white robe serves as a visual reminder that so far as anyone else is concerned she barely qualifies as a shinigami in her present state, if at all.
“How's the food?” you ask her quietly.
Rukia shrugs, trying to appear unconcerned. “Not too bad. They have a Fourth Division officer looking after me, so unlike the rest of my brother's Division he has some practical skills.”
“They spend a lot of time writing poetry and playing go over here?” you joke.
Your Commando barely stifles a giggle. “And it's not even good poetry, either... don't let any of them get their work published, Captain!”
>How are you, really?
>What happened down there? Tell me everything.
>She deserves to hear it from you how bad things are.
>Other?
>>43758455
>What happened down there? Tell me everything.
>>43758455
>She deserves to hear it from you how bad things are.
>>43758455
>How are you, really?
>She deserves to hear it from you how bad things are.
>>43758455
>She deserves to hear it from you how bad things are. Explain you're doing everything you can to help her.
>Tell me what happened down there explain everything.
>How are you, really?
>>43758455
>What happened down there? Tell me everything.
>>43758455
>>How are you, really?
>>What happened down there? Tell me everything.
Kind of a slow day. So... how's everyone feeling about things? Looking forward to the next arc once this business is taken care of?
>>43758635
Oh hell yeah! Also you going to run a second thread today? Since last tiem you didn't run?
>>43758635
Yeah. Hoping for a chance to finally show off a little.
>>43758635
yes, enough with the pre-raid tease.
>>43758635
Looking forward to things. This is the prelims, we are all waiting for Aizens reveal.
No doubt right now he is practicing it, in front a mirror.
>>43758635
Everythibg is awesome! Hell yeah I'm definitely looking forward to the next arc!
>>43758635
Can't wait for Invasion.
Kinda hoped this quest would have Riku be a hidden benefactor that doesn't meet or has her role revealed to Ichigo & Friends until later, but still good with this direction.
>>43758635
Definetly.
The clusterfuck!
The alliances and agendas!
Get to beat up kids and maybe a few fellow captains and Lts too!
Can't wait.
>>43758635
I would be contributing more, but I need to at least pretend that I'm paying attention to my cousin's wedding. Still super excited for the next arc.
>>43758635
Yes you damn cocktease! Can't wait til Cpt doggy learns!
>>43758635
I feel like we're still close enough to canon that it's difficult to make decisions not based on metagaming. Hopefully that'll change soon.
>>43758635
I'm looking forward to seeing Riku actually let loose with everything.
But most of all I want more kido dickery. Out of all the abilities Tenko has, that one is my favourite.
>>43758713
We did decently to avoid it too badly.
Gotta say this Quest is amazing. You made bleach fun!
>>43758455
“I don't know what purpose it serves,” you tell Rukia softly, “but none of this is an accident. Your meeting Ichigo, your slow recovery, your arrest. I'll get to the bottom of it all, but first I need you to tell me exactly what happened in the world of the living.”
Rukia recounts her experiences: how almost immediately upon arrival a powerful hollow appeared near the Kurosaki clinic, and about how she had trouble sensing its reiatsu. It's a familiar story by now, you tell her. Hollows that can hide their spirit energy aren't new at all, but their repeated reappearances are unusual. You allow her to continue, as she explains how she was caught off guard by Ichigo charging the hollow attacker to protect his younger sisters. That seems to fit his personality.
“Then I put myself between him and the hollow,” Rukia explains, concern etched into her features as she no doubt remembers the feeling of giant, impossibly white teeth crushing her torso. “I don't know why I did it. In retrospect I should have stopped it with kidō... it's as if I simply stopped thinking, and my body moved to shield him of its own accord.”
The way she described that was interesting, but ultimately you doubt you can tease out any additional meaning to it at the moment. So for now you simply press her to continue her story.
“And why did you transfer your powers to him?”
“Desperation,” Rukia replies calmly. “I won't lie about that. Ichigo's family needed my protection, and in that moment I failed them. It was all I could do to ensure that he could defeat the hollow on his own, or else we would have all been killed anyway.”
“I take it you went to the Urahara shop after that?”
She nods quietly. “Mister Urahara was the one who provided me with a gigai for my stay in the living world.”
>What sort of gigai, and where is it now?
>What else did you purchase from him?
>Did he tell you anything that could be important?
>Other?
>>43758761
Have to agree, I'm kicking myself for not taking part in it earlier.
>>43758770
>>What sort of gigai, and where is it now?
>Did he tell you anything that could be important?
>>43758770
>What sort of gigai, and where is it now?
>Did he tell you anything that could be important?
>>43758770
This will be one of the last updates before things get interesting again, by the way. And oh dear lord will things get interesting.
>>43758770
>>What else did you purchase from him?
>>43758770
>What sort of gigai, and where is it now?
>What else did you purchase from him?
>>43758770
>>What sort of gigai, and where is it now?
>>Did he tell you anything that could be important?
>>43758770
>What sort of gigai, and where is it now?
>Did he tell you anything that could be important?
>>43758780
Gotta say, It feels good to be one of the original anons, Only time I've not participated is when my power suddenly went out.
>>43758635
yeah, kinda just reading and not posting, Fallout and all that. Waiting the next arc to get going. This kind of side activity is nice and necessary but...
>>43758831
>Fallout
Any good? Trying to decide whether to buy it on Steam over the winter break when some mods and bugfixes will be out, or GTA V instead when the price has come down from retail.
>>43758914
Different anon, Fun as fuck, Love the base building.
>>43758811
Aww yiss
>>43758811
Things have been interesting though!
>>43758941
I was kind of disappointed that I could only build up like 5-6 stories, so I started building out.
Sanctuary looks like a cross between Fort Knox and the Kowloon Walled City now.
>>43759036
If the thing you're building looks like the Kowloon Walled City, then I say you're doing something right.
Place looked cool as fuck.
>>43758770
“Any other important details?” you press. “Anything, even if it seemed minor at the time.”
“Well,” Rukia frowns deeply. “I do remember Urahara saying that he was giving me an upgraded gigai. Said it was a reiatsu-blocking type that could avoid detection.”
That could explain Rukia's slow recovery... or it could just be that giving one's powers to someone means you recover slowly. There's really no way to know for sure unless you examine the gigai itself and determine whether it was the cause or not.
“Where is this gigai now?” you ask.
Rukia shakes her head solemnly. “Destroyed. On orders from the Central 46. I was told it was to drive home the fact that there was no chance for me to flee back to the living world.”
“So,” she continues wearily, “how much trouble am I in?”
“Depends on how the Central 46 feels,” you admit. “It could be a light punishment, or it could mean death. There's no way to know what those old fools are thinking with so little information, but to destroy your gigai...”
“Bad, I suppose?” Rukia concludes. “Well, Mirai told me once that a Commando's life is supposed to be in danger, so I guess this is just par for the course.”
“Not really,” you insist quietly, trying to counteract her fatalism. “This isn't how things should work at all, Kuchiki. I'll see what I can do for you, so sit tight.”
“And try not to get too down, okay?”
Rukia, who is clearly denying herself the luxury of crying, nods silently before you leave her to her isolation.
>Taking a short break to try and get food again
>>43759062
>Taking a short break to try and get food again
Try using money this time.
>>43759083
>try and get food again
I want to get food, but suddenly I it's snows for a whole day. Now I can't get any food and don't have a car. halp.
>>43759130
Sorry Darwin says survival of the fittest guess you gonna starve.
>>43759162
I still have legs so I can walk to the cafeteria for food. It's just the weather that's annoying.
>>43759062
Just wanted to say that I'm really grateful that you run this quest Queen. After this week filled with Exam angst and stress its nice to finally kick back into my couch and slowly sipp my jeager while reading Shinigami Savant Quest... So thanks Queen and everyone else for making this possible.
>>43759062
>>43759183
>>43759062
>food accomplished! writing
>>43758132
>when she first met you, trying to find herself a new hawk after the one she had was mysteriously poisoned by tainted meat.
I suspect Kubo in this, not from aizen but the god that caused tenktosuki's death.
>>43759328
yayz.
>>43759181
>I still have legs so I can walk to the cafeteria for food. It's just the weather that's annoying.
Reminds me of when I was attending Uni, snow every day Oct-March, classes never canceled, slipping down a big ass hill back to the dorm.
I was snowed into my apartment once, classes still not canceled. Such is life in eastern Washington.
>>43759062
It's been ten days since you returned to the Seireitei, and ten days since Yoruichi first disappeared.
"Riku, wake up!" Rangiku shouts, rolling you out of bed.
Groaning loudly, you rise to your knees and shake yourself fully awake. "Right, what's happening? I was having a lie-in."
"We've got a report from Jidanbo, at the gate!" she tells you. "Apparently it's serious, and he's moved to engage an intruder!"
An intruder? At this time of the morning? That's pretty inconsiderate.
>Try and sense the disturbance from here
>Just head out there as fast as you can
>Send someone else, it's not a problem that demands your attention.
>Other?
>>43759435
>Just head out there as fast as you can
Oh god yes!
>>43759435
>Just head out there as fast as you can
Hell, it's about time.
>>43759435
>Try and sense the disturbance from here
>>43759435
>Try and sense the disturbance from here
>>43759435
>Just head out there as fast as you can
>>43759435
>Just head out there as fast as you can
I'd rather avoid poor rolls.
>>43759435
>Just head out there as fast as you can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5wT1_fLzd4
>>43759435
>Just head out there as fast as you can
"Goddamn those brats, goddamn that Urahara."
Has Rukia even been formally sentanced yet?
>>43759435
>Just head out there as fast as you can.
>>43759435
>Try and sense the disturbance from here
Ichigo, you little bastard...
>>43759435
>>Try and sense the disturbance from here
Just find out what is happening first.
>>43759508
>>43759513
So when we see them we're gonna bitch them out for making us wake up huh?
>>43759435
>Just head out there as fast as you can
>>43759435
>Just head out there as fast as you can
>>43759539
Ooooh yeah.
When Riku's cranky Riku ain't happy, And when Riku ain't happy no one is.
>>43759435
>Just head out there as fast as you can
>>43759539
So how are we going to boot them back out? I guess we're taking Gin's job.
>>43759435
You sprint at your best possible speed towards Jidanbo's gate, pulling on your usual garb and accessories as you go. After all it wouldn't do for someone who's technically your subordinate to see you with bed hair. That sort of mistake's only allowable when it's Yoruichi doing it, because you already know she didn't give a damn. But in this case, you have an appearance to maintain.
When you arrive at the scene, you're honestly shocked to find that the giant has already been defeated by a familiar orange-haired punk in a shinigami uniform. His blade, however, has changed. It's similar in size, but vastly different in shape and utterly lacking in any fittings aside from a white cloth wrap about the tang. The slender blade itself isn't quite like a khopesh's wicked hook, instead possessing a clean, smooth, almost “feminine” curve to it as the single-edged blade sweeps back into the line projected by the curved tang. The overall shape reminds you more of the upper arm of a bow than a sword.
“Astute,” Rosa observes silently. “I wondered what his own weapon would manifest as.”
The massive Gatekeeper starts to panic as he sees you walking towards him. “Captain Kusajishi... I beg your forgiveness, ma'am...”
You look out at Ichigo's group. Yasutora and Arisawa are here, and the latter recognizes you even though she has the good sense not to say anything about it. Ishida avoids your gaze, and behind him is... that's not right. That's not right at all.
“... which one of you did that to my cat's tail?” you ask in a dangerous tone, eyeing Yoruichi's clearly injured tail.
Ichigo looks around himself before speaking up. “Well, that'd be me I gue...”
>Roll for composure
>Let it happen
>>43759812
>Let it happen
>>43759812
>>Let it happen
>>43759812
>>Roll for composure
>>43759812
>Let it happen
>eyeing Yoruichi's clearly injured tail.
He dead.
>>43759812
>>Let it happen
haha, this is going to be amusing :p
>>43759812
>Let it happen
>>43759812
>Let it happen
now he'll know why making Aunty Riku mad is a bad thing.
>>43759812
>Let it happen
>>43759812
>Let it happen
>>43759812
>Let it happen
It was suicide! Everyone witnessed it!
Damnit guys, Gin is gonna show up in a few moments and be so bored, and he won't get to meet his cousin
>>43759812
>Let it happen
WHAT A LOVELY DAY
>>43759891
>Damnit guys, Gin is gonna show up in a few moments and be so bored, and he won't get to meet his cousin
No Gin is going to show up and see the scene of carnage and vomit his guts out, That's how horrible it shall be, The nuking will look like a small splash in the water compared to Riku's wrath.
>>43759812
He ruffled Yoruichi's tail? Mother Fu-!
>>43759812
I still feel like writing Orihime out just because she can be unpopular is lazy.
>>43759812
>>Roll for composure
>Riku atm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q2buuDfGxQ
>>43759891
>Gin shows up and sees Ichigo getting his face caved in. Repeatedly.
>glances over at Yoruichi's tail
>decides he wants no part of this
>>43759812
>Soko Shunko
Let's give our disiple another show
>>43759933
>Confirmed for not fucking reading the quest.
>>43758914
So yeah, Fallout, it's good, likely best bethesda game out of box in a while, well worth the winter sale price any day.
>>43759812
He doesn't get a chance to finish answering you before your foot is planted firmly in his gut. The unexpected blow sends him tumbling across the ground head over heels until he's well beyond the gate. Little splatters of blood dot the stone along his path, and his friends all gather around him in obvious alarm. Even Yoruichi seems a bit surprised you went to that extreme as you stride confidently past the equally-shocked gatekeeper, your Captain's cloak fluttering dramatically in the breeze in what must paint one hell of a dramatic picture.
“What the hell was that for!?” Ichigo demands loudly, clutching his gut. He's about to say your name, but he finds four paws covered in sharp claws colliding with his face. He's bowled over by the feline attacker, as she pads carefully around his head and turns to face you.
Yoruichi heaves a sigh of resignation, her voice familiarly gravelly and masculine in her cat form. “That would be Kusajishi Riku of the Shiba Clan, Captain of the Ninth Guard Division. She's stronger than any of you could possibly comprehend. There is absolutely no chance of passing this way now.”
No doubt she's already realized that she would either have to reveal herself, or you would need to let Ichigo's group past. Withdrawal is the only way to handle this impasse without revealing your partner's complicity in the invasion or your own.
>1/2
>>43759971
Really? I've heard it was a glitchy mess with horrible dialogue choices
>>43759957
Assuming this doesn't actually kill him, I'm all for it. Especially if we make it obvious to Tats that we are instructing her
>>43759994
>tfw that still makes it the best Bethesda game out of box in a long while
>>43759993
Now release all our killing intent!
>>43759812
>Let it happen
>>43759993
“Jidanbō,” you mutter angrily, now rounding on the gatekeeper and playing your part. “We don't pay you to open the gates, numbskull. I'll sort you out later.”
You tuck one fingernail behind your thumb, and after building pressure there you flick towards the gatekeeper, sending him hurtling back into the Seireitei with the overwhelming concussive force. As the gate slowly begins to grind shut under its own massive weight you step backwards to meet it with your right hand. Ichigo manages to sit up, and his little group stares in wide-eyed shock as you hold up the tremendous gate Jidanbō struggled to lift in one hand. It's no doubt a display of raw strength not even Tatsuki was prepared for.
“I'm afraid we're closed for business,” you tell the group simply. “Try again later.”
"She didn't even use her sword!" Ichigo groans as the gate slides to a close.
"So, Gin," you announce as the gatekeeper struggles to his feet. "Sorry you came out all this way for nothing."
"Not at all!" your son insists, his enthusiasm unusually genuine. "That was quite the spectacle, though I suppose the Head Captain won't appreciate it."
>Come to think of it, it's likely you're wanted there in light of Ichigo's attempt. Head over without being called.
>Wait around for the official message to come through.
>These things aren't mandatory anyway. Go find something else to do (write in)
>>43759994
yeah, how they handeled the dialogue was bad but there is already an good mod that fixes it and otherwise it's not really all that buggy, compared to NV or 3 atleast. Also sorry for starting the derail. Back to quest&gaming.
>>43760078
>They touched the tail Gin, I am not a happy person right now.
>Come to think of it, it's likely you're wanted there in light of Ichigo's attempt. Head over without being called.
>>43760078
>>Come to think of it, it's likely you're wanted there in light of Ichigo's attempt. Head over without being called.
>>43760078
>Wait around for the official message to come through.
>>43760078
>>43760096
...i want this
>>43760078
>Come to think of it, it's likely you're wanted there in light of Ichigo's attempt. Head over without being called.
>>43760078
>Come to think of it, it's likely you're wanted there in light of Ichigo's attempt. Head over without being called.
>>43760096
>>43760078
support.
>>43760078
>Come to think of it, it's likely you're wanted there in light of Ichigo's attempt. Head over without being called.
>>43760078
>Come to think of it, it's likely you're wanted there in light of Ichigo's attempt. Head over without being called.
I can't wait until its revealed to Ichigo just who Yoruichi is to Riku. If he ever figures that out, from what I remember Ichigo is preeeeetty fucking dense.
>>43760078
>>43760096
Okay, I giggled. This.
>>43760096
Pffft this.
Meanwhile with the Ichigo gang:
>Wait, 'my cat'? You were a captain's pet?
>...You could say that.
>>43760168
Hah! This has to happen now
>>43760168
Oh god my sides...
>>43760168
Oh sweet fucking god why can't I stop laughing! I hope we get a cutaway!we all know riku tops
>>43760241Except when she's been a very bad girl.
>>43760241
Well duh, It's just very VERY tricky trying to dom Yoruichi, Not because she's a dom herself but yeah.
>>43760217
>>43760204
wait til she reveals to our nephewshe's actually our wife and is a woman who transforms into a cat
>>43760258
L-lewd!
>>43760168
>Meanwhile with the Ichigo gang:
>Wait, 'my cat'? You were a captain's pet?
>Of course not baka, She is my wife!
Engage maximum mind fuck!
>>43760296
>Meanwhile, in the Human World, Mizuiro and Keigo suddenly feel depressed.
>>43760321
Crushing depression.
>>43760296
>Oh hey by the way, about Captain Gin and Lieutenant Matsumoto? They're your cousins.
>>43760296
>yfw he responds "Oh, she does that, too? "
Ichigo, you're not actually supposed to fuck cats.
>>43760168
That's silly. She's a cat.
There are no pet cats. Only cats with pet humans.
>>43760078
“He touched the tail, Gin,” you mutter angrily. “He should just be grateful I permitted him to live.”
“And he was quite rough with it, too,” Gin grins maliciously.
“Gin...”
It takes a few minutes to reach the Head Captain's chambers, where you find that the other Captains are in the process of assembling. Suì Fēng and Ukitake are the only ones conspicuously absent: the former is probably still issuing orders or something, and the latter is probably not coming due to his illness.
“I see you have arrived, Captain Kusajishi,” Yamamoto growls. “And Captain Ichimaru as well... take your positions.”
“Captain Ukitake ain't here yet?” Gin observes almost playfully. “That's not like him at all, keepin' people waitin' like that!”
“Unfortunately he fell ill yesterday, and is recovering in his quarters,” Byakuya responds. “He should be fine in a few days, as usual for him.”
“Well that ain't good!” Gin replies. “I should send him some hoshigaki, he always likes 'em when he's sick.”
“Where's Lady Shihōin at a time like this, I wonder?” Aizen ponders aloud, noting the absence of your partner in the hall.
“Yeah,” Kenpachi growls. “I've heard she's got her Commanders runnin' things for her right now. Wonder what she's up to...”
>Why are you looking at me? I'm not her mother, she can do what she pleases.
>She's out hunting. She should be back in a few days.
>Don't know. She has a habit of disappearing unexpectedly, but she always comes back.
>Other?
>>43760457
>Why are you looking at me? I'm not her mother, she can do what she pleases.
>She'll come back, she's like a cat. A cat always comes back.
>>43760457
>Why are you looking at me? I'm not her mother, she can do what she pleases.
>She's out hunting. She should be back in a few days.
>>43760457
>Why are you looking at me? I'm not her mother, she can do what she pleases.
>>43760457
>>Why are you looking at me? I'm not her mother, she can do what she pleases.
>>43760296
>cats don't get married
>that's just common sense
>>43760457
>>Why are you looking at me? I'm not her mother, she can do what she pleases.
>>43760457
>She's out hunting. She should be back in a few days.
>>43760457
>Why are you looking at me? I'm not her mother, she can do what she pleases.
>>43760457
>>She's out hunting. She should be back in a few days
let's not fuck up her alibi :)
>>43760457
>She's out hunting. She should be back in a few days.
