Hello, Mad Man in the Flesh here. Posting a story after nearly two years of inactivity.

Firstly, I'd like to apologize for that and say that I have been incredible busy in my life, school work and my own personal life really caught up to me. I've just been insanely busy with school, exams and everything that I have't had time to do any major writing. Secondly, I've created an account on FictionPress and have the chapter of one story up, Severed Strings by DominoArcron. I would greatly appreciate it if everyone reading this story would check it out and leave a review on it as I'll be mostly focusing on that story more that these.I may delete my account on here some day but until then, I'll strive to continue updating these stories.

Anyway, on with the story. Read and Review.

"Hello." Ichigo/Kisuke/Gods conversing in their mind.

"Hello" Zangetsu/ Benehime? Alternate aspect conversing in their mind.

"Hello." Old Man Zangetsu conversing in their mind.

I do not own Bleach or Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The rights are reserved to Tito Kubo and Rick Riordrian respectively.

I really thought I could have a normal life after the Quincy Blood War. Ywhach and Halschwath were dead, by Shinigami, Arrancars and Quincy working together. A tentative peace treaty was created between the three after the war was ended and the Soul King was re established as the rightful ruler once again. There were still bouts of violence between the Shinigami and the Quincy, that was to be expected, but things were slowly getting better for the two races and the lower Hollows were still hunted in the Living World but Arrancars living in Las Noches were off limits unless they did something that warranted the attention of the Shinigami and Quincy to intervene.

Then everything went wrong.

Urahara Kisuke was always a bit crazy, but he was a manageable crazy. So when he said that he had created a device that would allow instant travel between the World of the Living, Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, alarm bells and screams about the end of the world really should have accompanied it. If he actually told anyone, bar Tessai and myself, he had created the device. Turns out that Kisuke was really wrong in his calculations about what he had created. While he was right in the fact that the device was able to cross the dimensional gap, he had been very wrong in assuming that we would arrive in Soul Society. Apparently Kisuke had developed a dimension hopper that broke after the first use. Leaving Kisuke and I stranded on a parallel Earth where Soul Society doesn't exist and the Greek and Roman Myths are true. And apparently they have children. Wonderful.

"Well, Kurosaki-san." Urahara said, his signature fan in front of his face, most likely hiding a very large grin. "This looks to be a fun world." He received a four sided beat down from Zangetsu, Old Man Zangetsu, Benehime and I for his stupidity and also for sounding so jolly about it.

We had been stranded in this world for three months, Kisuke furiously trying to find a way back to our world with the limited resources he had at his disposal while I worked in a small supermarket to get money to 'support' the both of us. Probably the only good thing about arriving in this world was the amount of reiatsu and reishi in the air. Kisuke and I didn't even need a gigai to be seen, so we had full access to our powers if the need arose. We chalked this occurrence up to the godly deities that resided above the Empire State Building. Although, I had learned a few new things about Kisuke since we've arrived. One is that he is a very good hacker. He was able to hack the Pentagon and several very large bank accounts, giving us enough money to live our lives comfortably and he wasn't even noticed. I chalked this up to him being ex Omnitsukido and also the captain of Research and Development. He was also able to find the main places that this godly energy originated strongly from. First, the Empire State Building that held Mount Olympus, Long Island Sound and the Bay Area which we decided held the godly children, Mount Tamapalais and finally, Mount Saint Helens. Kisuke and I vowed to check these places out when we had the time.

Second was that he was very attached to his shop. The instant we had money, he went about securing a plot of land in the city of Maine close to the school, Westover Hall, and also near to the city outskirts. From there, he built his shop again in an exact replica of the original. The only difference between this shop and the old was this shop was actually popular with the public. Children from the suburbs of Maine and from the school came and went like moths to the shop due to how close it was and also the fact that Kisuke kept the prices lower than all his competitors.

The third thing I learned about Kisuke was to never underestimate the man. Within a month of arriving and building his shop, he went about creating the underground training field underneath the shop and most of Maine. Apparently it's a mixture between Kidou and rocks to create these training areas, which was actually very impressive. I was half hoping that he'd e able to do something about the dimesion hopper but apparently not as he used some elements from Soul Society in its construction. And with Soul Society not existing here, until Kisuke could find suitable replacements, we were stuck here.

I gave a sigh as I walked to the Urahara Shouten, running a hand through my orange hair that I was still abused for. Seriously, was it so difficult not to comment on it? At least no one had decided to jump me for it. As I got closer to the Shouten, I felt the reiatsu inside the shop fluctuating greatly between low and high constantly. If Kisuke brought home some godlings, I was going to kill him. In a few steps, I was standing outside the doors to the shop that I swiftly pulled open to reveal a sea of girls varying in age, primarily garbed in silver, all miling through the aisles of sweets that Kisuke had. All motion stopped the moment I entered the shop and as one, all the girls and two boys at the back of the store turned to stare at me.

"The hell, Kisuke." I muttered low enough that no one was able to hear me.

"I've got this." A girl with spiky black hair, electric blue eyes and punk clothes, said as she pushed through the crowd and snapped her fingers in my face and a small breeze rippled across my face "You were never here. You'll walk away and leave this place." I stared down at her unblinking and the two spirits in my head and I watched with pleasure as the little godling squirmed. Really, once you go up against monsters like Aizen and Ywhach, whose power was on a transcendent level that only a few others, such as myslef could reach, normal people, even goldlings were quite easy to handle.

"What the hell are you all doing here?" I said, and watched with great pleasure as the girls took a step back in shock that I was unaffected. "Don't you know the shop's closed."I let a small portion of Zangetsu's Hollow reiatsu seep into the air and was rewarded with everyone backing away in fear.

"Kurosaki-kun! I see you've met our guests!" I glared at Kisuke who had opened the back door of the shop which led into the sitting area where a boy of fourteen with black hair sat along with an auburn haired woman who was at least twenty while the third person was a girl of fourteen with black hair like the boy but with olive skin.

Still scowling, I strode across the room before firmly planting my foot in Kisuke's face with enough power to make him back flip. Before he was even halfway of the floor, I already have his green robe balled in my fists and his face dangerously close to mine.

"You are going to tell me exactly what happened before I got home." I said and Kisuke's response was to whip out his fan, break the hold on him and retreat to the opposite side of the room.

"Well, it happened like this." He said, no doubt a cheery smile hidden behind the fan.

Kisuke's POV

I was working away in the lab in the basement of the shop, trying to find any metals that could hopefully replace the ones we don't have for the 'dimensional hopper' while also trying to create some alloys that would have similar properties. So far, I wasn't having any lucky and let out a tired sigh. That's when the machines specifically designed for detecting the energy of gods and their offspring went off at a much higher pitch than before. My head instantly snapped up and I was beside the machine in a dash of Shunpo.

Ichigo and I knew about the two demigods at that school that is more of a castle. They've came in a few times over the recent months. But this machine was reporting that there were twenty or so more approaching the school, three moving quicker than the others.

Looking over the results, I was able to quickly open an image of Westover Hall from current satellite imagery and watched as three teens stepped out of a car at the entrance of the school, the driver most likely saying something as one stopped to look inside again before it drove away. The three demigods soon disappeared into the building and so I focused attention on the other group that was approaching. It was much bigger and yet harder to track due to the cover of the trees that surrounded the school. All I was able to see from the image was a silver blur occasionally through the trees.

I gave another sigh as I walked towards the stairs, Benehime's sealed form clacking against the ground at each alternate step as I made my way towards the shop entrance. Of course some demigods would have to come out and get others. They'd all be extinct if more experienced demigods didn't help them. I had soon locked the shop and was making my way towards the large energy source that was emitting from the forest. As an ex member of the Omnitsukido, I found this such a disgrace at hiding their strength. If the enemy could sense reiatsu, they would be screwed in terms for... everything really. It was shocking.

As I made my way through the forest at a low level Shunpo so I could intercept and watch the group, I realized who they were as they ran through the forest just ten metres in front of me without them even noticing I was there. An all girls troupe wearing silver and carrying bows and arrows with some wolves running at their heels. The Hunters of Artemis. And once again I felt disappointment at such abysmal power control. Especially from what was meant to be the elite of the godly world. A student just out of the Academy could do better at control. Hell, Ichigo could do better and that's saying something with how he just exudes power.

I followed the Hunters for five minutes and in that time, I had deduced who would be the most dangerous threats of the group. The first was a twelve year old, auburn haired girl leading the pack, most likely Artemis. Second was a girl just behind her with black hair and had a silver tiara in her hair, the second in command most likely. As the Hunters slowed down as they came closer to a clearing, so did I and moved in the trees so I could see the Hunters and the demigods who were fighting a mix between what appeared to be a lion body, a scorpion tail and a human face. Honestly, it was ugly, but it could offer great research material as it was firing those spikes and yet more kept regenerating in the tail.

My inner musings missed me watching as the Hunters made their appearance, by blowing a horn before shooting several arrows at him.

"This is against the Ancient Laws!" the beast roared as it yanked arrows out of its body.

"Not so." Artemis said as she stepped beside the tiara wearing girl. "All wild things are within my sphere of influence. And you, beast, are a wild thing. Zoe, permission granted." The monster seemed unhappy with that decision.

"If I cannot have them alive, I shall have them dead!" It dodged the arrow shot at it before charging at a boy and a girl who looked winded from fighting the best and the boy had a nasty cut on his shoulder.
"Byakurai." I whispered, pointing my finger towards the beast and a single stream blue lightening pierced the creature and threw it towards the cliff where a helicopter was hovering just off the edge. Raising my hand once more, I pointed it directly at the machine before uttering the next Kidou. "Soukatsui." I watched as the controlled stream of blue fire ate through the metal and flesh of those inside as the copter was reduced to nothing and deciding my cover was effectively blown, I jumped out of the trees, unsheathing Benehime with my left hand as I fell before landing on one knee, my robe pooling around my feet in the snow while my free hand held onto my hat.

"Well, this seems like quite the party, monster-san." I said, rising up from my position slowly, letting everyone see my six foot tall stature clearly. "Mind if I join?" I allowed for a half smirk to cross my face and let out some of my reiatsu leak out, bathing me in a light red glow. I saw the creature gulp in fear as I advanced forward at a slow but purposeful pace.

It looked around for an escape route, but seeing that all its paths were blocked by me. In my head, I could hear Benehime making sounds of approval and also hissing occasionally. In an act of desperation, the monster flicked its tail, sending twelve spikes at me before charging. Thirteen swings of Benehime was all that were needed to take care of the problem. Twelve to split in half the spikes while the thirteenth sliced the monster from head to crotch, splitting it in half before it disappeared into golden dust. All within three seconds. Sheathing Benehime, I spun on my feet and came face to face with fifteen adolescent girls pointing bows at me and the two black haired demigods pointing their weapons at me while a blond and a satyr protected the di Angelo kids.

"Who are you?" Artemis asked, well demanded more like. Her arrow was the most dangerous as it was pulsing with silver light.

"Why, I'm just a humble candy store owner, Artemis." I said, a smirk on my face as my hat cast a shadow over my eyes.

"Thou will address Lady Artemis with respect, pig!" Zoe snarled, the grip on her boy tightening.

"Oh, then how shall I address a goddess whom I don't respect? Your mistress has done nothing to earn my respect and so I shall treat her and the Olympians how I shall." Benehime gave a huff of agreement in my head and my smirk grew as I watched Zoe's face twist into a snarl. Artemis started to glow slightly.

"Mister Urahara." Bianca said and I tilted my head to look at her. "What are you doing here? And why do you have a sword?"
"Oh, the answer to that question is simple Miss di Angelo." I said, purposefully turning my back on the goddess to talk to Bianca. I swear I heard Zoe and some of the hunters grinding their teeth in frustration. "I was tracking the power that the Hunters and the demigods were giving off as they neared the school. Which is seriously pitiful by the way." I turned back to the Hunters. "You were giving off so much power I'm surprised the monster didn't sense you as you approached. And you call yourself hunters when you can't even mask your own presence." I think that was the last straw as Zoe let loose her arrow. Hopefully trying to hit me between the eyes. All it took was a quick swipe of Benehime's cane to knock the arrow of course and a quick Shunpo dash to reach her, Benehime's blade resting against her throat.

"Don't try that again. I've killed people for less than this." I said darkly, letting my reiatsu slip slightly so she could feel the force of my power before I dashed backwards and sheathed Benehime once more, leaving a startled huntress who was rubbing her throat from where Benehime lay. Even Artemis looked shocked at my speed.

"Now then. How about we continue this conversation back in a warmer environment. You can leave your stuff in the school for now. We'll retrieve everything later. Follow me." I said, walking through the forest. I was able to tell that they were following me due to the energy signatures that were close behind me, although they were rather reluctant to do so.

"Uh... Excuse me, Mister Urahara." I looked over my shoulder at the satyr who was supporting the older black haired boy. "Percy took a skip from the Manticore. While the poison in his system isn't fatal, it's mostly making him groggy and also numb." I filed this info away for later. "I was just hoping we were close to your shop to give him some treatment."
Of course, Underwood-san. May I ask how he was injured?"
"The idiot ran off alone after the Manticore and got spiked trying to save them." The punk girl said, glowering at the boy.

"Well, to be fair. Percy couldn't find us and he saw the Manticore with the two. He was just trying to protect the demigods." The blonde said, defending Percy who smiled at her for the defence.
"He could've found us and we could've got a plan." Punk said, the glower moving onto the blonde.

"And in that time, the Manticore and the di Angelo siblings could've been taken. Percy at least slowed them down and allowed for you to catch up. His will to protect is very strong. I think there would be someone you would like to meet, Percy-san." I said, smiling as I thought about Ichigo. Maybe I should tell him we were going to have guests. Nah, it'll be funny to see his reaction at the shop being filled with adolescent girls about his age. The punk girl just huffed and crossed her arms.

"Are we close?" Underwood asked, shifting slightly so Percy easier to carry.

"Yes, just around this corner here." I said, pulling out some keys and opening the lock on the shoji doors, locking them once everyone was in.

"Now, who are you?" Artemis said, her eyes were narrowed and she grew to the appearance of a twenty year old women so she wasn't looking up so far.

"I'm Kisuke Urahara. A humble candy store owner." I said, smile on my face as I made my way to the back of the shop. "Please feel free to browse my selection. If you want something, you have to buy it. I believe that would be compensation enough for putting you all up for the night." I slid open the back door and gestured for Artemis to enter to further discuss the events of tonight.

"And that is all that happened." I said, taking a sip of my green tea while Ichigo pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I'm sorry if he's annoyed any of you here." Ichigo said, looking pointedly at Zoe when he said this, causing the punk girl, who I had found out was called Thalia, to snort. "It's just how Kisuke acts with everyone."
"Thanks for the compliment, Kurosaki-kun."

"Shut up!" Ichigo snapped, rubbing his face with his hands. "Why couldn't you just phone me that you were bringing a goddess and her wards and demigods back to the shop?"
"I wanted to see your reaction." I said, smiling slightly in a way that always infuriated him. "I must say, it was surprisingly tame. Have you been taking lesson in patience from Old Zangetsu."
"Yes actually. Quincy techniques aren't easy for me to create due to my control. So the Old Man's been making me do Jinzen every night with him to improve my control."

"Who is Zangetsu?" Artemis said and Ichigo and I just smiled knowingly at her and everyone else who was listening in on the conversation.

"Just a friend. Now let's discuss the events of tonight." I said, becoming serious, suprising every one at the mood change. "Percy-san. Did the manticore say anything as to what it was doing there and why it needed the di Angelo's?"
"Um... he talked about the Great Stirring and also saying that soon the Titans would have the strongest monster of all." Percy said, and it looked like he was really trying to remember everything. "He didn't say what the monster was but he said the di Angelo's were wanted by his master, The Lord of Time." I nodded in acceptance to the words.

"Ichigo, it looks like we traded one war for another." I said and got a grim nod from Ichigo in acceptance.

"What war are you two talking about?" Artemis said in suspicion and I made sure to bore my eyes into hers.

"A war that makes this war seem like a children's tantrum." That sent a chill down everyone's spine. "Now how about we get everyone sorted for the night. Ichigo, can you get some futons from the back room and prepare the guest rooms. I'll make a trip to Westover with Artemis-chan here to retrieve the demigods belongings."
"If she shoots you full of arrows, it's your own fault Geta-boushi. And I won't help you pull them out." Ichigo said as he stood up and made his way down the hall to where we kept the spare futons.

"Arigatou!" I called out after him. "Now shall we get going, Artemis." I pushed myself from the floor and grabbed Benehime and made my way to the door. "Now when Kurosaki-kun done, he'll show you were the rooms are and you can pick you're beds. Also, if you are hungry, take some candy but you still have to pay for it. I'll know if you don't." I left that ominous threat hanging in the air as I shut the door behind Artemis as we once more stepped out into the snow covered ground.

"Why did you want me with you?"

"I know you have questions and I'm willing to answer some of them. But I will hold the right not to answer some if I choose not to. So fire away."

Ichigo's POV

Damn Geta-boushi. What was the idiot thinking bring back some godlings to have a chat, and a goddess to boot.

"Yeah, but did you see some of the girls she has. Fuckin' tens all around. An' the goddess herself, an eleven. Seriously, for a virgin goddess, she is fuckin' hot." Zangetsu said and I let out a sigh in my inner world.

"Old Man, can you shut him up?" I asked, not wanting to deal with Zangetsu's antics at the moment.

"Of course, Ichigo."

"Fuck you, King!" Zangetsu shouted in my head before it all went silent. Finally some peace and quiet.

"Hello, I'm Annabeth."

Or not. I turned around to stare at a fourteen year old blonde haired girl with grey eyes and a leather necklace with seven beads on it.

"Ichigo." I said gruffly as I pulled down several rolled up futons and passed them to Annabeth who thankfully took them.
"So, what war was Kisuke talking about earlier? And why did he say it was so more dangerous than a war with the Titans?" I froze up, subconsciously flexing my right hand.

"I'm only going to say this once. Put it out of your mind and don't go prying. It's something Kisuke and I don't like to bring. So just drop it." I probably sounded colder than I ought to have as Annabeth was frozen in place so I just walked passed her, grabbing the futons as I did.

"That could've gone better." Zangetsu quipped, causing me to growl in annoyance inside my head.

"There you are!" Hollow Zangetsu gave a short yelp of fear before my mind went silent once more. I gave a sigh of relief as I slid open one of the rooms before placing down five futons and rolling them out. Soon twenty futons were placed down in five different rooms, with one room holding three for the boys as I'm pretty sure the hunters wouldn't appreciate sharing a room with them.

"Kurosaki-kun! We're back!" Kisuke shouted and I gave a groan of annoyance at the fact he wasn't even slightly harmed. "Are the beds prepared yet?"
"Yes!" I shouted back, walking into the front room. "Girls are in the rooms on the left while boys are on the first door to the right." The hunters looked grateful at the fact they wouldn't be sharing with any of the boys.

"Very good. Now, if everyone could please find their rooms. Lights out shall be in ten minutes. You may talk in your rooms but please keep the sound to a minimum." Kisuke said before he disappeared down the hallway, giving Annabeth and the punk their backpacks while Artemis gave Percy, Bianca and Nico their belongings.

"So, how long are you all staying here?" I asked, my normal scowl now across my face as I stared at the assembled group.

"We'll be leaving tomorrow morning as soon as the sun is up and my brother will pick us up." Artemis said coldly, her eyes narrowed at me, probably for my lack of respect just like Kisuke.

"Okay. Just remember to get some sleep before morning and boys on right and girls on the left. G'night." I said, walking down to my room and flopping down onto the single bed I had bought for the room and was asleep within moments. Only to be dragged into my inner world where a slightly bruised Zangetsu sat while glaring at the Old Man who stood on his signature pole.

"Are you ready for more training, Ichigo?" I gave a sigh before nodding in acceptance.

I was pulled out of my inner world three hours later by Kisuke shaking me awake, an uncharacteristically serious look on his face that made me sober up immediately. He didn't say anything but I knew to follow him when he left my room and the spirits in my head were silent. I followed Kisuke into the living room where he was calmly sipping on a cup of tea with one sitting opposite him.

"What's the matter Kisuke?" I asked, taking the seat opposite him and having some of the green tea.

"We may have a solution on getting back to our world." That shocked me and the spirits in my head at hearing that news. We could go home! But what was the catch?

"If we have a way to get back, what's the matter?"

"I was studying the composition of the metals that make up these demigods weapons. Celestial Bronze and Sterling Silver and then there is also Imperial Gold and Stygian Iron. All these metals are godly metals. And are controlled by the gods."
"And why are you telling me this?"
"These metals are the only replacement materials that I could possibly fathom would work with the device. And to get a supply of these metals." Kisuke didn't need to finish his train of thought as I had pieced together where this was going.

"We're going to have to work with these gods, aren't we?"
"Yep, and I've told Artemis some information on us so we don't seem suspicious. I am a descendant of Athena , not purely demigod but still in the line. You are a descendant of Apollo, technically speaking, your Artemis' grand nephew and she wants both of us to accompany the demigods and hunters to Camp Half Blood on Long Island."

"So, we have to pretend to be some demigods just so we can get back to our world. That should be easy enough."

"Yes, it should the only difficult thing will be transporting the entire lab and training area to Camp Half Blood. And also leaving behind the shop. It will be a sad day tomorrow."His eyes started to tear up and I deadpanned at this. I believe I could faintly hear both Zangetsu's utter 'unbelievable' in the back of my head.

"Don't you have device's that can create mini pocket dimensions? Just put the lab and the training area in there. And seriously, it's not like we won't be coming back to the shop. Act your damn age, Kisuke." I said, driving an elbow into his face, causing him to yelp quietly in pain.

"You're so mean, Kurosaki-kun!" Kisuke whisper shouted as he cradled his nose in mock pain. I really hope he could repair the device quickly. Otherwise I'd go insane. Or I might just kill Kisuke to get rid of my stress.

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