Okay, so I told all of you I was rewriting two story's of mine, but what I didn't tell you was the surprise I had for all of you. That's right! I've completely rewrote this as well. The reason? I feel the changes I made have a bigger impact if that makes any sense. I hope you guys agree as you see the amount of time I took to make the characters feel organic in a sense. How their exchanges will feel more human.
Read all of the chapters first and then tell me what your final thoughts are.
Disclaimers, rated M for a reason
I don't own anything except for possible OC and powers.
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(Normal) or (Heavy) Parenthesized means an action/intense action, or an area effect is happening. Don't worry i will be sure to tell you or show which one is happening.
'Inner thoughts.'
"whispering."
"Zangetsu speaking."
"Old Man Speaking"
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Tired, that's all he was, was tired. The rain pouring on him by the gallons, every drop felt like it could measure to a cup. Standing in a crater, that was big enough to be a small town, was Ichigo Kurosaki. Feet under large puddles of water as he's looking down at the beaten and bloody form of Yhwach, Ichigo was forced to enter his Bankai. His appearance and form is no better than Yhwach.
The only thing that saved him was his High Speed Regeneration and his Blut Vein. Every bone in his body felt broken and all his muscles felt torn, he was breathing heavily.
"Hm...hmhmhmhmhm." Ichigo looked up and saw Ywach chuckling.
"What are you chuckling about?" Ichigo asked not even wanting to know the answer. "You think it's funny? All the lives lost, on all sides?! Your pursuit for a world without fear was always a flawed and selfish desire! Without fear, there is no courage, without courage, there is no reason to move forward!"
Yhwach tilts his head down and breaths a heavy sigh. He then stands up. "Ichigo." He says in low tone, before he chuckles once more. Ichigo widens his eyes as Yhwach launches an attack so fast and powerful that Ichigo barely had time to charge a Cero. Stopping the incoming attack by mere inches, he then makes it a Gran-Rey Cero mid attack.
The attacks are now evenly matched as everything around them turns to dust, Ichigo then combines his Getsuga with the attack with an earth shattering scream. The area warps, distorts, and electric strikes of unknown color form around them.
A slit in reality appears, causing a suction to happen and Ichigo is being pulled in while still firing his attack. He knew that this is his last shot, if he doesn't end this now, everyone will die. Ichigos' eyes light up red as he pushes all his power into this attack and gets launched into the slit. Yhwach smirks as he's consumed by the boys power and he turns to ash.
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Metropolis, center of the city.
The night was cool but not to cold to warrant any pants or long sleeved shirts, the moon was full and big, the night was supposed to be peaceful, but sadly that was not meant to be for the people of metropolis.
The night was young and people were out having a good time, especially for a man with glasses and a beautiful brunette woman. Clark had finally asked Lois out and they were both having a great time at a fancy restaurant.
"So smallville, I didn't ask this yet but how long have you been wanting to ask me out?" She questioned with a very sensuous smirk.
Clark kinda stumbled with his words before he responded. "I guess for a while...was it that-"
"Noticeable? Yeah." Lois playfully finished for him.
"Well, after the first week I thought you were amazing, but I just wanted to wait...and because I'm not really good at this sort of thing." The simple answer was enough for Lois to smile at him.
"Clark...you want to hear a little secret?" She asked with a little embarrassment. "I-"
(FLASH) An extremely bright flash was seen throughout the restaurant. People began to laugh from the surprise scare, including Lois. "Man that scared the crap out of-"
(Click) The whole restaurant went black and this caused a good amount of people to become uneasy. A bright flash of lightning was then seen through the windows and this caused people to get up and see what was going on, Clark and Lois included.
What was once a beautiful night, was now darkened by the black clouds covering the sky, the power outage seemed to span a great distance. "I guess the old saying is true." Lois commented.
"Which one?"
"The Calm Before The Storm." Lois answered with a smirk.
(FLASH. FLASH. FLASH)
Another three flashes were seen and were so bright they lit up the area.
(FLASH,FLASH,FLASH,FLASH,FLASH,FLASH,FLASH,FLASH,FLASH,FLASH,)
Soon there was a plethora of flashes as the sky lit up with streaks of lightning. People started to scream in the restaurant and outside and were blinded, even Clark was having a hard time trying to see as he held Lois close and covered her eyes.
'Where's the thunder?' Clark wondered as the display lasted another minute before stopping. All that was left were the dark clouds, no rain had fallen, no thunder was heard. The people started opening their eyes and were trying to fix their eyesight from the temporary blindness.
"Hey Clark, is it over?" Lois asked and got a yes. "Then you think I can have my face back?" She asked with a smile and immediately he moved his hand.
"Sorry." He apologized a little embarrassed. What he didn't expect was a little kiss to be placed on his lips.
"I'm not mad at you, I thought it was sweet." She stated with a beautiful smile.
(BOOM)
Their little moment was ruined by the sound of a loud single clap of thunder that shook the building. Then a ball of light shot down from the sky and was coming in fast, everyone in the restaurant took cover and screamed as the light slammed into the street below with another thunderous boom.
Clark and a couple of other people decided to go outside to see if there was anyone hurt. With the power still out it was hard to see where the incident had happened outside, except for Clark, he saw this crater in the middle of the street and there appeared to be a-.
(GASP) Clark heard the gasp for air and backed up a little when he started to hear the shifting of rubble. Rain started to fall from the sky and the power came back on, other people that were on the street started to walk over to see what was going on.
Clark looked down and his expression was that of worried, as there was a young man covered in blood and open wounds breathing heavily.
Unknown place and time.
(Beep.)
(Beep.)
(Beep.)
We come to a room with a nurse, she's doing a routine check on the unknown patient laying in the bed. She's checking the IV and notices it's low on water, walking to her cart she takes another fluid bag and goes to detach the empty one, but stops when she see's a violent twitch happening with his head. The middle aged woman opens his eye lid to check his rapidly moving eyes.
(GASP)
The young man shot up with a startling gasp, scaring the nurse as she runs for the com to call for help. The orange haired teen is coughing and shaking in a violent manner and can't stop the spit and puke coming from his mouth as he's being hit with images of unknown origins. His heartbeat is out of control and the doctors that ran to his aid are having a hard time restraining him.
Ichigo is hit with a final image that causes him to slump and go unconscious, the doctors begin to examine him and carefully lay him back down, and do to the vomit and spit on his torso they now have to clean him up.
An hour has passed and the boy is clean and stable now, there was another person standing over him, and this person was Batman. The boy was now starting to show signs of waking up. Ichigo slowly opened his eyes and was hit by light, he groaned and raised his sore arm to shade his eyes.
"How are you feeling?"A deep voice to his right asked.
Ichigo closed his eyes again and parted his dry lips. "Tired and sore...how long have I been out?"
Batman looked at the papers and spoke in a calm tone. "Two months."
Ichigo sighed and tried to look around but the light was still too much. "Since I'm here and being taken care of, I'm right to assume that we won?" He asked aloud and waited for a response.
Batman put the papers down. "What I'm about to say is important and might be hard for you to hear, but I need you to stay calm. We don't know who you are and where you came from. You appeared from the sky and we've been taking care of you ever since. We were hoping you could share some information with us."
Ichigo listened to this man and for a while he stayed in the same position without any movement. "Please go." His voice broke and he turned to lay on his side. Batman left the room and Ichigo started to break down. He remembered the tear he was pulled into but he thought it was a dream.
He tried as hard as he could to remember what happened to him but nothing came to head. 'Zangetsu?' Ichigo closed his eyes and appeared in his inner world. "Zangetsu!?"
"Ichigo." He turned around and was face to face with Zangetsu. "I already know what you're going to ask. Me and the old man don't know what happened either." Zangetsu answered and Ichigo was both upset and relieved at the same time to learn that they were both alright.
"Ichigo, I must congratulate you on your victory against Yhwach, but at what price did the victory cost?" Old man stated then questioned and this made Ichigo sit on the building and start to think.
That night was a long one for Ichigo. He woke up hours later and looked around, it seemed like a normal hospital room. Ichigo then stood up and the soreness and pain from everything was enough for him to sharply intake air. Once up, he grabbed a gown and put it on, there was a window on the right side of the room and he could see people walking around and doing their jobs.
The door to his room opened and he is greeted with an unusual sight of a tall man in a suit of armor that looked kind of like a bat. "You're up. How are you feeling?" The man asked in a deep voice. The two stared at each other and Ichigo sighs and nods. "This may be sudden, but I would like to know what your situation is. Take your time." Batman states as the two sit in the two chairs in the room.
Ichigo is apprehensive about saying anything, but the fact that these people were kind enough to take care of him isn't lost and he relents. They first start with names, then backgrounds, and then the how and why he's here. After two hours of talking and Ichigo drinking lots of water, Batman goes silent for a bit.
"Do you think theirs a way back to your world?"Ichigo looks up and put's his hand back in his lap, he looks Batman in the eyes. The answer was unspoken as Batman nods. "Do you think you will be able to live here, and not cause problems, while we find a solution to your dilemma?"Asked the caped crusader.
Ichigo does a once over to Batman as he has a look of emptiness, not knowing what to do. "What choice do I have?"Ichigo answers as he looks at his lap again.
"Thank you."Ichigo looks at him questioningly. "I'm not going to force anyone to do something, and you could have done anything, but you didn't. You listened and answered my questions, you promised not to cause trouble, and I give you my thanks. The last request I have, is for you to stay with a team of ours, they'll be around your age and help you with anything, it will also be an easier way of keeping an eye on you. This is me being honest."
Ichigo looked at him as he went over what he was told, he holds out his hand and gives Batman a firm shake with a neutral expression. "Thank you." He answers.
It took another week for Ichigo to completely get the pain and soreness healed and he was currently in the bathroom finishing up getting clean, he looks into the mirror and starts to think about everyone. Ichigo clenches his fist. Why! WHY! Why was it always him! Why was it him who had to kill Aizen?! Why was it him that had to fight the Soul Society's battles!? Why does he always loose everything and always be alone!?
Ichigo is grinding his teethe and clenching his fists. He was on the verge of releasing his Spiritual Pressure but he caught himself before he could unconsciously release his Spiritual Pressure. Self hate wasn't going to fix anything, especially when he knew his thoughts are untrue and anger filled nonsense. His face has anger and hatred written all over and it made him think of his family. They would hate to see him this way. He looked down at the drain hole for the sink he was bracing himself on, he then inhaled through his nose and looked up while pushing his hair back with his hands.
He started getting dressed with the clothes they provided him. Simple white sleeveless shirt, another white T-shirt to go over, a black hoodie, blue jeans, socks, and shoes. Ichigo sat on the bed for a few minutes until Batman shows up.
"Ichigo." Batman spoke out and Ichigo looked back. "It's time to go." Batman stated and Ichigo got up and walked with him out of the room.
While walking through the halls, Flash saw the guest walking with Batman and he just had to meet the kid. "Yo Bats!" He ran up to them, looking like a blur. "I see the kid's finally awake." He appeared in front of Ichigo with his right hand out. "Names Flash, Fastest man alive, no matter what other people say." He greeted with a sparkling attitude.
Ichigo looked down then back to Flash's eyes, as he extended his right and firmly shook his hand. "Pleasure." Ichigo greeted.
"Name?" Flash asked and made Ichigo cock an eyebrow. "Your name, you know the thing I call you when you meet someone new?" Flash questioned with his still sparkly attitude.
"Oh. Ichigo." He finished while ending the hand shake
"Hey Batman. I'm looking for a lost child, he's in a red costume, about ya big?" Hal asked and couldn't stop the giant smile from forming as he described Flash.
"Hey…Shut up! Oh, and look who's awake." Flash retorted as he pointed to Ichigo.
"Hey! There he is! The man that everyone's been talking about! Names Green Lantern, but most call me Lantern or G.L." Hal stated as he walked over and extended his left hand. Ichigo looked at him and his face has a scowl, he shook his hand and introduced himself again.
"Man! That was some scare you gave us when yo-"
(a-hem)
Both Hal and Berry look to Batman and can tell he's in a hurry. "I need to get him to Mount Justice and quickly get back to Gotham." Batman stated as he and Ichigo started walking.
Flash and Hal stood there for a few seconds, before Flash did the fastest noogie to Hal and ran to see if Ichigo would freak out about being in space. "Bet you ten bucks he's gonna freak when he see's where we are!" Hal barely heard the bet as he glowed green and started to fly.
"Just wait till I get my hands, ratsafratsermerer!" Hal grunted then growled.
When the elevator stopped and opened it's doors, the group of three walked out and were heading to a wall with odd contraptions on it. Flash was a little flabbergasted that Ichigo didn't show anything, and to make it a little worse, Hal arrived just in time to see the bets favor go to him.
"These are called Zeta-Tubes, they'll get you to your destination, but I have to warn you, the first few times are a bit odd feeling." Batman stated and Ichigo nodded.
"Computer. New guest. Ichigo A14. Authorization Batman 02."
'Authorization confirmed.'
Batman typed in a few more things. "Lets go." Batman stated and Ichigo followed.
(SLAP)
"OW!"
Hal gave Flash a pork-chop to the head and held out his left hand. "Pay up." Hal stated with a gleaming smile and made flash grunt as he gave him a Ten.
(Recognized. Superman 01.)
"Hey flash, Hal, I miss anything?" Superman asked as he saw the both of them giving each other mean glares.
"Huh? Oh yeah! Supes, you're never gonna believe who woke up from his eternal slumber!" Flash stated much vigor.
Superman took a thinking pose and went along with the joke. "Sleeping Beauty?" Superman answered with a fake clueless look. The reaction he got was pretty funny as Berry was rubbing his forehead with his right index and thumb, while letting out a sigh.
"Don't worry Flash, I was joking. So he finally woke up, how's he doing?"
"Fine, if you take him walking and going to Mount Justice as a good sign." Hal answered as he crossed his arms.
"Wait? He's going to Mount Justice? Can I guess Batman's with him?" Clark asked as it was his turn to rub his forehead with his left index and thumb.
"Yup." Flash stated with a smile.
"(sigh)" Was all Clark did.
(Mount Justice)
(Recognized. Batman 02. Recognized. Ichigo guest A14.) Announced the computer. Walking through first was Batman, then Ichigo. Ichigo shook his head as he blinked a few times. "It's like that the first few times, but you get used to it." Batman said when he saw him sway a bit.
Ichigo looked at him and gave him a small smirk. "So I was told." He states and starts looking around and couldn't see anything special about the place.
Batman motioned for him to follow and they arrived in another part of the base. It looked more homey, kitchen, living room, BIG TV with entertainment center, and many other things that make up a home. As Ichigo was analyzing his new 'home', his eyes spotted a red haired teen, with green eyes, wearing casual clothes, walking out of a hallway eating a banana. As soon as the kid saw the two of them he gulped the food in his mouth and screamed. "HEY GUYS! THE NEW GUY'S HERE!" Right after that, he used super speed to run to Ichigo and stop right in front of him.
"Hey new guy! Names Wally, also known as the best and handsomest on this team." He said the last part with a puffed out chest and a large grin. Ichigo raised his eyebrow at the teenager.
Ichigo lets out a small sigh. "Names Ichigo." Ichigo informs as he doesn't even bother doing a hand shake. He then notices more people arriving. One of them had black hair, black shades covering his eyes, looked younger than the others, was shorter, and he had some casual clothes on. Another had buzz-cut white hair, dark skin like chad but darker, light blue eyes, and on his neck were patterns. He was wearing a red sleeveless shirt, black pants, and was bare foot.
Their was a blond teen that looked like she was mixed races, she had on a brown jacket with a black shirt underneath, blue jeans, and some boots. Next was a black haired teen, with a black shirt on that had a shield like design with an S in the middle, his eyes turn to the last of the group.
She had green skin? Below the shoulder length brown hair, light brown eyes, dark brown short sleeve jacket, with a white shirt under, a skirt, and normal girl shoes. By the time he was done analyzing the rest of the team, they were already three feet from him. "Ichigo, this is the team. To the left we have Superboy, Ms Martian, Artemis, Aqualad, Robin, and you already know Kid Flash." Batman introduced.
"Batman, why didn't you call us by our real names?" Artemis asked rather confused.
"I wanted to leave that decision to you." He answered quite bluntly.
"So Ichi-something! This is M'Gann, Dick, Artemis or Lian, Kaldur, Conner, and of course me Wally." The young speedster informed.
Ichigo looked at them and nodded his head. "Name's Ichigo Kurosaki and I'm seventeen." He finished with a blink of the eyes and cracking his neck.
The others looked at him with raised eyebrows. Kaldur is the first to 'break the ice' as he walks up to the young man. "Greetings Ichigo, I am Kaldur, the leader of this team. Thank you for your respect, please don't worry about staying here. There is plenty of room and you're in need of help. Batman informed us of your arrival some time ago-"
"-and wanted us to clean out a room for you!" Wally interrupted with a giant smile.
Kaldur let out a sigh as he shook his head and heard a slap get delivered to the back of Wallys head. "So all I have to say is, welcome to your new home." Kaldur puts his hand out and Ichigo shakes it firmly.
Ichigo looked around and wasn't feeling right and quite frankly, just wanted to be alone. "Wheres the room I'll be staying in." Ichigo asked rather bluntly and coughed a few times. Batman walked beside him and asked if he needed anything. "No, I think that was just a normal cough, but thanks." Ichigo answered with his faint smile still on.
Batman motioned to follow again as they were approaching the hallway the others came from.
Once in front of the door to his room, Batman speaks. "I won't always be free like this, so I informed the teams coach and therapist about your dilemma, if you need to speak with someone she's available." Batman finishes.
Ichigo still facing the door turns around and replies with a very genuine 'thank you'.
"Me, and Black Canary are the only ones who know your story, no one else." Bruce finishes and Ichigo opens the door.
Ichigo walks into the room and closes the door. He's holding his head down slightly and it makes his eyes hidden from the hair.
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Wow! So, tell me, how did you guys like it, and be honest, I want this story to take you for a ride Mista.
Review please.
OH! Before I forget, this will be a combination of the shows, movies, comics, and maybe some of my own adventures.