Disclaimer: I own neither Assassin's Creed nor Bleach.

Welcome to Tales of the Undead! Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, Toshiro Hitsugaya, and Rangiku Matsumoto are assigned to assist allies of the Gotei 13 as Aizen and his Arrancars attack different areas of the world...

Tales of the Unead 1

Italian Shinigami! The Arrancars appear!

Chapter 1

Ichigo Kurosaki

"I wonder when he'll wake up. It's almost noon."

"Let him sleep, Rangiku."

"But we need to get going! Surely you understand that, Captain."

"Let him sleep!"

"Both of you, stop it! You'll wake him up."

"It wouldn't bother me if they woke him up. At least we'd get going sooner."

"You're not helping, Renji!"

"Whatever, Rukia. I'd rather bother him than his old man."

"Yeah, well if you don't shut up you'll bother both of us." Ichigo said as he sat up in his bed, practically knocking Toshiro Hitsugaya off of the window. Ichigo groaned softly as he stretched and shook himself awake, then jumped slightly after noticing the five people gathered in his bedroom.

"Do you guys seriously have nothing better to do than watch me sleep?" Ichigo shouted. Ichigo's fiery, reddish-orange hair shimmered slightly in the sunlight that Toshiro wasn't obstructing the path of. He was easily taller than everyone in the room except Renji, who stood at about the same height, although Ichigo's hair made it seem like Renji was shorter by more than an inch.

"We have more important things to do than that, which is why we're in your room anyway." Renji Abarai answered calmly. He was a relatively tall man, about Ichigo's height, with spikey scarlet hair and tattoos covering his muscular body.

"Precisely." Toshiro said, still looking a bit irritated by almost being knocked out of his perch on Ichigo's window when Ichigo had woken up. "We have received orders that a group of our allies in another area has dire need of our help, and we are the only group capable of sparing a squad for that, however small it may be." Toshiro Hitsugaya was a short man with icy blue eyes whose silver-blue hair seemed to exist for the sole purpose of making him seem taller.

"Allies?" Ichigo repeated dumbly.

"You idiot." Rukia Kuchiki said. "You can't tell me you thought that the Gotei 13 was the only group fighting Hollows." Rukia was a short girl with raven-black hair combed neatly behind her ears except for a single bang that dared stray onto her face.

"I can't say I gave it much thought." Ichigo muttered. "But how come I've never heard of these allies before?"

"That's beyond me, but you'll certainly enjoy meeting them." Rangiku Matsumoto said with a smile. "There are all sorts of Shinigami out there under all kinds of names. Eventually you'll end up meeting a bunch of them, and I've heard that there are a lot of beautiful women out there dying for a man like you." Rangiku finished her statement by winking at Ichigo and adding "Although there are certainly enough women dying for you back here."

"Quiet, Rangiku." Toshiro said. "As you heard, there are many forms of Shinigami under different names and protecting different areas. Shinigami is actually a local name. We have received reports of one group currently suffering from attack by a large group of Arrancars lead by none other than Sosuke Aizen. A few months ago we sent out a group of four capable Shinigami, which was made up of Kenpachi Zaraki, Ikkaku Madarame, Shuhei Hisagi, and Yumichika Ayasegawa. However, they failed, and only Yumichika has returned. From what he told us, they were betrayed by Ikkaku, and Kenpachi was captured and Shuhei was killed. As such, we were ordered to investigate the report and take care of the situation, because we are a more capable group… or so we were told."

"Alright, so just tell me where we're going then." Ichigo said as he started to dress himself and pack a suitcase.

"We are headed to assist a group of allies centered about Rome, Italy." Renji answered. "However, that's not where the problem is. They also are in charge of the Arabian Peninsula. That's where the problem is."

"Alright, so when do we leave?" Ichigo asked.

"As soon as you finish packing we shall depart." Toshiro replied, getting his suitcase.

"Captain, do you need help with your bags?" Rangiku asked. "After all, they're almost as big as you are."

"What did you just say?" Toshiro snapped, then took a deep breath to calm himself. "I'm fine. I don't need the help. I doubt you'd be able to lift my bags in addition to your mountain of luggage anyway."

"This is going to be a very long trip…" Ichigo muttered as Renji and Rukia began bickering in addition to Toshiro and Rangiku.