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Seven Deadly Sins – Prologue

The Highest Order

Muken. The lowest, deepest, darkest, and the final level of the Central Great Underground Prison. A place that stretches on endlessly, like the never–ending void. A place forever out of reach for even the light of the sun.

For as long as history dates, this place has existed right underneath the Seireitei, but was only discovered by the Gotei 13 for the sole purpose of locking away the most vile villains that ever walked the earth of Soul Society – villains that not even death could claim.

That being said however, the number of villains that were actually ever locked away in Muken was… Eight.

Among the eight convicts, the most common one known to the world at current time was Sōsuke Aizen; the treacherous Shinigami Captain who turned against the Seireitei, and plotted to murder the Soul King.

And as for the other seven… Well, perhaps a brief look in history is needed to better understand their position.

It had all started a 1000 years ago, when the Quincy King, Yhwach, along with his vanguard, the Sternritter first launched their invasion of Soul Society – when the first generation of the Gotei 13 still prevailed.

Within only the first day of fighting, Yhwach came to realize that the 13 captains were far too powerful for even his Sternritter to take on, while he himself had his hands full with the leader of the captains, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.

After being forced to retreat, Yhwach then decided that he cannot leave things as they are, and so decides upon bringing forth his own group of powerful warriors to directly oppose the captains. A task he accomplishes by resurrecting seven of the greatest warriors to ever exist.

The resulting group came to be known as the Highest Order of the Sternritter – the Seven Great Commanders that led them into battle.

Although, what set these seven commanders apart from the other Quincy was that unlike the Sternritter, Yhwach did not imprint the initials of the powers he wishes to bestow upon the souls, but rather he imprinted his own deadly sins into the souls of these seven individuals.

…And ended up birthing a group of absolute monsters that not even Yhwach himself could control.

Despite this though, the seven warriors still chose to fight on the behalf of the Quincy King, their benefactor; the one who had saved their souls from oblivion, and had given them a chance at life they had thought lost.

Thanks to the seven leading the Sternritter into battle, the Quincy faction was able to resume their assault on the Seireitei, and even fight the Shinigami on equal terms.

However, even with the contribution of the seven warriors, the Quincy faction still lost the war when their king was stripped of his power and subsequently sealed away, resulting in the Quincy fleeing the battle grounds with their seven commanders covering their backs – which ended in an all-out clash between the Seven Commanders of the Sternritter and the Thirteen Captains of the Gotei.

The two sides then fought for eleven days and nights straight, before eventually with the help of the Royal Guard, the seven were defeated and sealed away, with each one scattered to the farthest corners of Muken. That victory did not come without a cost though, as before their fall, the seven commanders took down eleven captains.

Following their sealing, the very existence of the seven was completely wiped out from the history of Soul Society, as well as the keys to the more than 1000 seals placed upon each destroyed, and even the paths leading to the seven locations erased in hopes of preventing the seven monstrous Quincy from ever making their return.

And the name of this Highest Order of the Sternritter was, Die Sieben Todsünden meaning, The Seven Deadly Sins.

However… despite the great deal of precautions the Shinigami took in order to prevent the resurrection of the Seven Deadly Sins, it was all for naught – for when the time came, the King of those Seven Monsters awoke for the first time after a 1000 years of slumber…

Golden eyes with cross–shaped pupils snapped open in the darkness.

(Present Time)

The Captain–Commander of the Gotei 13, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto could only watch in shocked silence as the 1st Division barracks went up in flames in the distance.

No doubt, it was that damned Yhwach.

He still couldn't believe he got fooled into going after a fake while the real one did as he pleased! Fortunately though, Okikiba's Reiatsu hadn't disappeared, so at least he could rest assured that his second-in-command was still alive …but what was this feeling of unease that was stirring up in his gut…

Just as he made a move to go to the scene, he halted when he felt Yhwach's presence suddenly appear behind him. He then slowly turned to address the Quincy King, "Yhwach… you…"

"Well done." Yhwach addressed the downed Sternritter, completely disregarding the captain–commander. "Sternritter 'Y' – the Yourself, Royd Lloyd."

The Sternritter in question, Royd Lloyd weakly turned to Yhwach. "Being told… that I… did… well… is an honor…" He said weakly as tears of contentment swelled up in his eyes.

Remaining silent, Yhwach pointed his index at the dying form of Royd Lloyd. What followed was a blinding flash of light, and all that was left behind was a gaping hole in the earth where the Sternritter previously laid.

There was silence for a moment as Yamamoto stood unfazed at what had just transpired, before he once more addressed, "You fiend… what have you been doing all this time…?"

Yhwach casted a look at Yamamoto out of the corner of his eye. "You do know what is underneath the 1st Division barracks?"

Yamamoto's eyes widened as realization hit him. 'The Central Great Underground Prison!' He then regarded Yhwach with a hard glare. "Don't tell me you went to bargain with Sōsuke Aizen!"

"Sōsuke Aizen?" Yhwach began with his back still facing Yamamoto. "Ah, yes. I did meet him and also extended the offer of joining my ranks as one of the 'Special War Powers', but he calmly declined. It's fine though. Now he has eternity to think about the decision. But that is not why I went there…" Yhwach trailed off as he fully turned to Yamamoto before facing the sky. "It's going to be a new dawn, and as it is the duty of a father… I went to give my still sleeping sons the wakeup call."

Realization hit Yamamoto like the weight of the sky as he looked at Yhwach in unrestrained shock. "You… you didn't…"

"Oh, but I did."

Yamamoto grit his teeth. This was unforeseen – or rather, he had very much hoped that the situation wouldn't come to this. "If that is indeed the case then I cannot let you leave here alive, before worrying about them! Ban –" Before he could even fully call out Bankai…

He got cut off by a Monstrous Reiatsu that engulfed the entire Seireitei – a Reiatsu Yamamoto will silently admit he could have gone another 1000 years without feeling.

"Farewell Shigekuni Yamamoto."

Yamamoto's attention snapped back towards Yhwach to see him melting into the shadows.

"It seems my time outside of Wandenreich is up. A shame that I did not get to kill you but that is fine. Now you get to live to witness the same terror that you went through a 1000 years ago."

The Quincy retreated. But not before laying waste upon the Seireitei that is, leaving countless Shinigami dead with more than half of the captain-level fighters critically wounded, and four with their Bankai stolen.

The captain-commander however, as he stood in the soaking rain at the same spot, found himself not concerning with all of that – or at least not entirely. He had much more pressing matters to deal with. To be more precise, Yhwach's words followed by that sudden surge of Reiatsu.

This did not bode well for them.

The Quincy were much more powerful than they were a thousand years ago, and the same could be said about Yhwach. And looking at the grueling defeat they had faced at the hands of the Sternritter alone and at the initial stage of the war no less, they might not survive the next assault if They were to make their return, and on top of Yhwach joining the fray!

"Captain-commander."

Yamamoto didn't turn, he didn't need to, and just waited for the 4th Division Captain, Retsu Unohana to continue.

"Captain-commander," Unohana addressed once more, her hard eyes fixated on Yamamoto's back. "Just what in the world is going on?"

She didn't elaborate, but there was no need for that, he already knew what she was talking about – in fact, he had very much expected this visit from her.

Yamamoto was silent for a moment, before saying, "I believe that you already know the answer to that, Captain Unohana."

Unohana's eyes narrowed as the grip on her sword tightened. "So I wasn't mistaken after all… that Reiatsu earlier… it in fact did belong to… him!"

Yamamoto remained silent.

"You Gotei 13 really did show your incompetence this time!"

Hearing the sudden comment, Unohana turned behind her to see the five figures of the Royal Guard standing there, each wearing a serious expression on their faces, which was in contrast to their usual, more easygoing natures.

"Well now, what brings the esteemed Royal Guard here at a time like this?"

"Let's cut the crap, Retsu!" The Hot Spring Demon of the Royal Guard, Tenjirō Kirinji said as he stressed the name 'Retsu' almost mockingly. "You know very well why we are here! To think that you Gotei 13 would actually let their resurrection to commence! And let me tell you I could have gone an eternity without even hearing their name!"

"I think that goes without saying for all of us…" God of the Sword, Ōetsu Nimaiya commented offhandedly.

"You did not answer my question." Unohana said as she kept her gaze fixed at Tenjirō.

Just as Tenjirō opened his mouth to retort, he got smacked on the head by the Monk Who Calls the Real Name and the leader of the Royal Guard, Ichibē Hyōsube, causing him to fall to the ground. "Now, now! I know you don't like those seven Quincy Tenjirō, and with everything that has happened, I do understand your position Captain Unohana, but let's not be so tense!" Ichibē spoke in his usual upbeat tone as he turned to Unohana. "But to answer you, it was the will of the Soul King."

"This time, by his will we are here a bit ahead of time… although, it seems we were still too late... but apart from that we are also here to collect Byakuya Kuchiki, Rukia Kuchiki, Renji Abarai and Ichigo Kurosaki, and take them with us to the Soul King Palace!"

"You cannot do this." Unohana started right after hearing what Ichibē just said, "I cannot say about Ichigo Kurosaki, but the other three are in no condition to leave the Soul Society."

"And that's exactly why we're doing it. Got it?" Tenjirō once more started as he looked down on Unohana. "I know yer aware that you don't have the power to heal them completely! And that Byakuya's gonna kick the bucket if we leave him with you! You don't have the skills, but I do!"

Unohana remained silent at that, because as begrudging as it was for her to admit, it was the truth.

"And as for Ichigo Kurosaki," Tenjirō continued, "The brat got his ass handed to him by Yhwach, and also got his Bankai broken!" Just as he said this, he once more got smacked on the head by Ichibē.

"Now, now, we are not here to talk about that!" Ichibē reprimanded Tenjirō before turning his gaze at the back of the silent captain-commander and turning serious. "Genryūsai–dono. I am sure I don't need to tell you of all people of the terror that are those seven Quincy! They are a sect of Fallen Gods of Battle that are completely different than Yhwach, or even Aizen! And unlike last time, we might not get to come to your aid if they decide to finish what they started a thousand years ago. So I want to know, what will you be doing from here on?"

There was silence as the rest also turned to the captain-commander to hear his answer.

"What will we be doing?" Yamamoto started after a long moment of silence, "They, the Seven Deadly Sins, are an evil that threaten the very existence of Soul Society as we know it. But we will not despair! We defeated them in the past, we will defeat them in the present! There is nothing left for us to do," He paused here as he turned to face the others. "But to face them head on!"

The others all had their eyes widened as they were taken aback by the fierce look in Yamamoto's eyes. Those… were not the eyes of the captain-commander of the Gotei 13! No, those were the eyes of the only other evil that could match the Seven Deadly Sins; the eyes of the very same monster that appeared within the Soul Society eons ago, and nearly set the entirety of it ablaze.

"Captain Unohana," Yamamoto turned his eyes over to Unohana as he stated, "I have very specific orders for you, but before that, I want you to send for Orihime Inoue immediately! I cannot afford to leave my body in this broken condition any longer! I need her to fix this body of mine at once!"

(Time-skip: The Second Quincy Assault.)

Sternritter 'E' – the Explode, Bambietta Basterbine could not make sense of just what was happening.

Everything had been going normal for her when they had started their second assault on the Seireitei, and after she had found herself left alone by the others, she had decided to just do her own thing: blast a Shinigami here, blast a Shinigami there; blow up a block here, blow up a block there, as she searched for the doggy–captain to finish things from last time.

She had searched for a while with no luck, before having enough and deciding on just blowing up everything around her to draw out the doggy–captain.

It had worked. Though the doggy–captain had showed up before she could blow anything to kingdom come.

This time, he had been all armored up with a bucket over his head.

They had fought. And after a while, she had been able to blow away his armor to reveal that the doggy–captain wasn't so much of a doggy anymore! And to make matters worse, he had even managed take back his Bankai from her, but she hadn't thought much of it as it wasn't her Bankai to begin with, but then the huge Bankai had also lost its armor, and that was when things started to go downhill for her.

Not only had her bombs had no effect on neither the not-so-doggy–captain nor his huge, demonic looking Bankai, but her bombs had also been forced right back into her! She had then been on the losing side of the fight, before being plain over-powered!

She had thought it was the end of her when the giant sword of the Bankai had been coming at her unguarded form, and so she had closed her eyes and waited for the blow to finish get her.

It had never come.

Instead, she had felt something strong firmly grab her around the waist. Taking the chance, she had started to slowly open her eyes, before they had flown open at the sight before her.

For there, a man she had never seen in her life, was holding her with one of his strong arms, while he stopped the not-so-doggy–captain's Bankai sword with a single, bare hand.

He appeared to be around 20 or 21 years old, and had short, spiky golden blond hair that covered his eyes as it swayed in the wind, along with three whisker–like marks on each of his cheeks. He wore no clothes – save for the white rags that he wore for pants – which exposed his sculptured body.

She didn't know who this man was, but she did know one thing. Judging from the Blut patterns covering the arm with which he was stopping the giant blade…

This man was a Quincy.

And a really powerful one at that if he could stop a powerful Bankai that she, a Sternritter, couldn't even slow down – much less stop, and he did it with a single hand, all the while suspended in mid–air no less!

Just who was this man?

Meanwhile, down below, the 4th Division Captain, Retsu Unohana stood watching the scene. All around her were a number of dead bodies of Quincy soldiers along with three dead Sternritter – her drawn sword dripping with the blood of her victims.

Her long black hair, which was usually worn in a braid on the front, was let down while her eyes that always had a kind and gentle look to them, were narrowed with a very menacing look to them as she stared at the blond-haired man standing up above her in the air.

"So," She started to say after a long moment of silence, "You are finally awake… Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Sin of Wrath… Uzumaki Naruto."

To be continued…

AN: Ok~ so this is a little something that I came up with as sort–of (insignificant really) tribute to Bleach's end – took my sweet time writing it, and still got it done on time! So what do you guys think? I kept it intentionally short and fast-paced because well, it IS a prologue.

So anyways, as you guys can see, Naruto here is a Quincy, and a Sternritter no less! I also plan on a harem here with the Quincy girls, the Division Zero girls and Unohana. Also, Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck and that Quincy girl, Liltotto Lamperd (A Loli!) are up for some serious consideration, but I don't know if I should add them. So what do you guys say? Oh and, any other pairings will include canon-pairings.

And yes, Old man Yama as well as Unohana live here! Because, their deaths were really sad for me. They are both awesome so I'm gonna have them live here and fight it out with Naruto and the others!

This was actually inspired by the anime 'Seven Deadly Sins' that I recently got into, and wanted to write something similar of my own and came up with this idea of my own take on Bleach's end influenced by Naruto.

The other Seven Deadly Sins will also be Naruto character by the way.

SPOILER ALART!

Well, seems like this is it. The time to say good-bye to Bleach has finally come. It's been a long ride... Kubo-sensei! Thank you for giving us this amazing manga, and for following through with it for 15 years!

I will refrain from putting in my more... personal thoughts... as this is meant to be a sort-of tribute. Sure the manga had its fair share of let-downs, plot-hopes, and questions that were left unanswered, but I am not here to complain nor rant about any of that. I am here to simply show my gratitude to the series that played a huge role in getting me into anime/magna and remained an absolute favorite of mine! Besides, even with all of that, the manga is still one of the best! Although, I will say that the climactic fight with Yhwach could have gone better, and we would have liked to see more of Ichigo's newfound power, plus his new Bankai, but I guess I am still satisfied with the end.

Well, I also cannot really say that I am surprised with the ending. A pretty typical manga-ending if you ask me. Still, it was a let-down that the anime isnt returning and we are getting Live-Action Movie... Was REALLY hoping for the anime's return. What can I say, the 1000 year blood war was really interesting, and I would have loved to see it adopted into the anime!

But, talking about the end, it really did leave us hanging... What did Kazui (Ichigo and Orihime's kid) do with Yhwach's last remaining power? Did it have something to do with the kid? And the (sort of destined) meeting between Ichika (Renji and Rukia's kid), was that a sign of a new beginning or an end? Hm... it really did end with a cliff-hanger... Wonder if there will be a sequel, or a spin-off...

So anyways, this is good-bye to Bleach, and I am thankful that I got to read it.

P.S. One of the Big Three Manga ends with a "Whaaa!?" LOL. Thats Just Kubo!

Well so that's it for now… So! Please be sure to leave nice long REVIEW to let me know your thoughts, and also be sure to check my fb page for the answers to the REVIEWS that will be replied after 24 hours.

Well, ciao!

- El Emperador