This is an idea that I've had for quite a while, but kept putting off the research. I enjoy writing "culture shock" fics, so I thought "With the fighting-filled world of Bleach, and the peaceful world of Oh! My Goddess, I wonder how the characters would react to meeting each other?" And so this was spawned. Seeing the similarities of Angels/Devils and Zanpakuto, this is what my mind came up with.

Ruins.

Mountainous piles of rubble and debris stretching farther than the eye can see.

Overhead hung a blank sky. No clouds. No rain. No light. Just a void.

And yet, shadows persisted.

The shadows remembered.

They remembered when the hills rang with power, forming infallible towers.

They remembered the Old One. He who watched over the realm.

They remembered the Horse. He who wished to devour the realm

They remembered the King. He who was the realm itself.

Oh, yes. The shadows remembered.

Who could forget?

When the King, in his quest for power, caused the realm to shatter.

When the Old One tested the King by releasing the Horse.

When the King beat the Old One into willing submission.

When the Horse taught the King of instinct.

When the King accepted the Horse and the Old One.

When the King lost everything to protect.

. . .

. . .

In the darkness, a shadow stirred.