13 It's light shines once again.
Ichigo and saber walked out from the Throne, the portal closing behind them.
Just as she left, the two sabers began to merge. They were the same being for all intents and purposes. With saber finally whole, the evil piece could finally reincarnate her.
Shirou had finished moments prior and was watching over his lover
It took a bit longer than normal. The piece had to construct an entire physical body around Saber to fuse to her soul, she was essentially a walking soul previously.
Ichigo could feel his King Piece draining his power to facilitate the reincarnation. The pieces had never been made to reincarnate a Heroic spirit. The knight piece was having trouble adapting, but it pushed through.
She finally opened her eyes and looked around at her new comrades….her new family.
"I feel faster" she said while examining herself.
"Ah, I forgot o explain some of the benefits to becoming a devil" Ichigo said.
Saber and Shirou could only look at him with their mouths open.
"So basically becoming a devil increases your stats all around, devils are stronger, faster and contain more magic than a human afterall."
"And the pieces themselves give a bonus, The knight piece will give you extra speed and agility on top of becoming a devil. I would say you are a couple fold stronger than before when you were in the Throne."
He then looked over to Shirou.
"The pawns don't have a specific boost, they enhance everything at a much smaller margin, I reincarnated you with 3 pawns which means you are several leagues above a regular human"
"Also, pawns have the ability to -promote-, when engaged in battle against someone you recognize as an opponent, you can promote your piece to another. So if you promote to a queen, your stats will increases substantially for the duration of the fight."
"There is a time limit and a cap, they are inferior to actually being the queen but its still pretty good nonetheless." Ichigo finished.
Shirou was admiring his new abilities.
"My magic circuits can generate much more prana now" He said.
"Anything else?" Saber said towards Ichigo.
"Yeah, you have wings now and you can speak/write any language on earth." He said nonchalantly
"I feel like one of those things should have been spoken of with more emotion than the other" Saber said
"Right!" Shirou said excitedly.
"I would have considered becoming a devil just to avoid having to take language classes" He continued jokingly.
Saber let out a sigh at her lover's antics.
"I would like to know more about these wings, please" She said with exhaustion.
"Actually I don't know much about them" Ichigo said embarrassingly.
"....." -Saber.
"Shinigami can essentially fly….so I never had the need to learn to use my wings…" He said.
"I feel as though I have made a terrible mistake" Saber said, holding the bridge of her nose.
"I can show you!" Yoruichi said excitedly.
"Finally someone who can answer my questi...….." She abruptly stopped and gaped at the purple haired Shinigami.
Yoruichi had transformed into her cat form, from which she grew wings and started flying in the air.
"I have so many more questions now....." Saber said, finally giving up.
Rukia walked over and put a hand on her shoulder, offering her sympathies.
"Don't bother with those idiots, I'll explain anything you want to know." Rukia said to her new friend.
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"So my Excalibur will be revealed to the world when we return?" Saber asked.
"Most likely" Ichigo said ignoring her hesitant expression.
"Gramps did some magic to help us avoid people coming to us directly, just be careful around town"
"And I'm actually more concerned about Shirou" He said while eyeing the only other male in the group.
"From what I understand, your reality marble which is essentially your soul, will be opened up forcefully and the world will look inside. This means all the weapons you have stored there, courtesy of Gilgamesh, will have their auras revealed to the world."
Shirou could only give an awkward smile at the substitute Shinigami's words.
"Sorry…." Shirou said to the group.
"Don't worry about it" Orihime said, waiving off his concerns.
"Agreed, Ichigo already screwed up pretty badly in that regard" Tier added.
"I didn't mean to…." He said dejectedly.
"What did he do?" Saber asked.
"He caused the whole world to go on a manhunt for him" Rukia said in annoyance.
"Says the one who fanned the flames" Ichigo muttered.
Which Rukia responded with a flying kick to the face.
"I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO IF YOU DIDN'T GO FLAUNTING YOUR POWERS AROUND LIKE AN IDIOT" She said, basically strangling her lover.
She composed herself before answering saber. "He's not being hunted down like a wanted criminal or anything, basically everyone is trying to figure out what he is"
"He thought it a good idea to declare himself a Shinigami in a world where they do not exist, and broadcast his foreign power to the whole world"
"I'm starting to wonder if I wouldn't prefer the Throne to this" She said, making a small joke.
It appeared as the two petite women bonded over the fact that their lover's are complete idiots.
"Lets get going, I don't want meet Gaia if she's anything like Alaya" Ichigo said, realizing his mistake as he finished speaking.
"What?" the 4 females and Shirou added in.
"Ah…yeah…we met in the Throne" He said hesitantly.
Saber then chimed in. "He valiantly fought for my sake, he even defeated the strongest Hero in the Throne." She said.
"Thank you…." Shirou said to the Shinigami.
"Don't thank me. I would do the same for any of my friends." He declared.
Shirou reaffirmed his stance on becoming a devil. He was happy, he found comrades that he could trust and he finally could be with the women he loved.
"Open Portal: Home" He said.
And the group left the world.
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Just as the girls before them, Shirou and Saber lost control of themselves.
Excalibur had been forcefully pulled out, its wind sheath removed. It shone brightly, it declared to the world its arrival.
The sword of promised victory, the crystallization of Humanity's Glory, The strongest holy sword to ever exist.
It once again shined its light upon the world.
This light did not go unnoticed. Every faction in the world was aware of the legendary blade. They've all felt its glory before and it was supposedly broken and reforged into some shitty knockoffs.
But this was different. This was THE Excalibur.
The blade had somehow become whole again and someone was wielding it.
The first to notice was the Heaven faction, they recognize this light, this impossible light.
What many people didn't know was that the sword in the stone wasn't Excalibur. It was Caliburn.
Caliburn was created by God. He wanted to give humanity a champion they could rally behind and he attempted to create the strongest holy sword possible.
Events played out like one would think, up until the point where King Arthur lost Caliburn. And a turn of events God did not foresee.
A sword birthed by the world.
A sword that surpassed Caliburn in every way.
King Arthur came to wield a blade the world bestowed upon him. A holy sword to surpass any other holy sword. His legend truly started after this point.
They all felt it in heaven. The sword that echoed the glory of mankind. A light that could surpass even their father's.
Excalibur.
It was not very long that the aura radiated around the world before it vanished.
They immediately searched for the Excalibur sword fragments and their wielders. To their surprise the sword was still broken, but they clearly felt the sword as a whole.
When they approached the ones chosen by the fragments, they all said the same thing.
The swords spoke.
The wielders were all separated by a great distance, so the chance they were lying was small.
The swords all spoke one sentence when the light illuminated the world.
"All Hail the King"
Rumors began to spread.
The king had returned they whispered. And once again, the eyes of the world turned towards Kuoh town. The origin of where they felt the familiar aura.
The rumored home of where a certain Shinigami was hiding.
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Shirou wasn't faring any better than saber was. His essence was being invaded, he tried his best to not resist but when something wanted into your soul it was hard to open up completely.
The world's will finally made its way into his reality marble, and its power exploded out.
Right as the light of Excalibur died down, his power was made known.
Weapons of every type, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands. Unlimited.
Every faction in the world recognized several weapons that belonged to them.
Weapons who's owners they knew, weapons that had been lost or destroyed long ago, weapons that should not exist.
The Greeks felt certain weapons call to them, Tauropolos, Bow of Heaven; Nine lives, the axe-sword of heracles.
The Celts felt many weapons, the most predominant being Gáe Bolg.
Every faction around the world got worked up.
Weapons that can destroy armies.
Weapons that can slay dragons.
Weapons that can kill gods.
For the first time, the lofty gods that sat high above the world felt vulnerable.
The aura disappeared similar to Excalibur just before them.
But something was spoken on the wind. It contained power. It was connected to the weapons that had just revealed themselves.
"Unlimited Blade Works"
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The world was in chaos. Every faction made its way towards Japan, specifically to Kuoh city.
It hadn't even been a week since the last incident and once again, Ichigo had stirred up trouble.
The factions of the world had assumed at this point that the boy was in the middle of everything. Bounties were made, any information regarding the boys location would make one extremely rich.
Some of the best trackers in the world came to Kuoh, to everyone's surprise, they found no traces of the boy.
Even diviners couldn't pinpoint his location, they could only tell that he was in fact in Kuoh town.
Three people were angry this time around.
The first being Ajuka Beelzebub again.
He was finally starting to settle down after not seeing a reaction from Ichigo's evil pieces for awhile.
He had told himself earlier that day he would sleep in tomorrow. And right as he was about to go to sleep for the night, he double checked the computer.
Ichigo had gained two more peerage members, 3 pawns into one person and a knight.
He thought for a moment before calling Sirzechs to ask about any news in the human world, specifically about Kuoh.
And boy was there trouble.
It seemed as though every time Ichiog added a new peerage member, the world would be thrown into chaos.
Excalibur, and the weapons identified by every faction after the incident.
He couldn't go to sleep now, he had to continue monitoring.
"DAMN YOU KUROSAKI ICHIGO, I NAME YOU MY ARCHENEMY" he roared for the world to hear.
News came from the Beelzebub compound, Kurosaki Ichigo gained two new peerage members, the time corresponded with the outburst that happened in Kuoh.
The second person angry was Amaterasu.
Japan was her territory and yet, EVERY faction in the world were coming here.
She couldn't deny them, she also felt the auras. If the situation was reversed she too would demand to investigate.
Her country was walking a thin line, a small conflict could erupt into a major one that could consume the whole land mass.
And if all this wasn't enough, she had to go through the proper etiquette and politics that came with foreign factions coming into her territory. She would be going in and out of meetings for days. She may be the first god that is killed by paperwork.
And finally the last person Angry at Kurosaki Ichigo, Rias Gremory.
This was supposed to be her territory to rule over.
Her backyard to recruit for her peerage, and yet….there were more non-humans here now than humans!
The amount of transfer requests she received from around the world, because Sona refused to deal with them, was taking its toll. She refused any new transfers at this time. She stated that she wanted a normal school life and among the humans.
The other factions could only back off, they didn't want to anger the little sister of Sirzechs Lucifer.
"Kurosaki Ichigo! If I ever get ahold of you…." She was heard raging in her club room.
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The two new peerage members quickly made themselves at home in the large mansion.
To everyone's surprise but Saber, the usually quiet Shirou openly declared the kitchen his territory. Everyone was a bit hesitant at first, until dinner came along.
No one spoke, they just continued to shovel food into their mouths.
The only pause was when they looked over to see the petite saber having eaten more than all of them combined.
After idle chitchat, the group decided to head to bed.
Apparently both Rukia and Saber had become good friends in this short period. They were almost in sync as they both grabbed their respective idiots and dragged them into their separate bedrooms.
The Night was doomed to be restless for the male duo.
