Bleach: Paradox Nexus

Bleach: Paradox Nexus (ブリーチ•パラドクスネクシス, Burīchi: Paradokusu Nekushisu) is the on-going story of Kenshin Yagami as he journeys through various timelines in order to destroy the Paradox Nexus.

Preface: The Nexus
I could scarcely believe the sights that lay before me. There in the midst of an open sea of swirling energies was an endless dream of worlds long forgotten and new. Innumerable corridors branched out and from within their depths entire worlds sprung into creation, entire histories spanning countless millennia bound and unbounded, shifting and changing before the lucid dreamer. What I was witnessing was an impossibility made manifest, a singularity of infinite realities wound together in a nexus of paradoxes. That's it. That's what this anomaly was.

In the instant I conceptualized the event, something inside me snapped, a torrent of white hot fury erupted to the surface like never before. This... this thing is an abomination! My anger soared as my thoughts burned within me. A profound sense of wrong echoed through me as I stood there transfixed. It was in defiance of the natural order of the world, a slight against reality itself!

Never in all my years had I felt such mind blinding rage, my body trembled with overwhelming fury, commanding me to destroy, to annihilate and tear asunder this atrocity till not even dust remained! And just like that, once the revelation of my purpose became clear, I found the strength to reign in my anger, feeling the vestiges of burning vengeance simmer beneath the mantle of resolve.

Now was the time to think, to strategize, and to plan how I was going to deal with this. Taking a breath I calmed himself down, and began to organize my thoughts. For now it was necessary to meditate on the events that transpired, i needed to see the pattern with this new perspective, only then would I have a chance at deciphering how I was going to undo this event.

The Shinsengumi first became aware of this, when they began detecting strange anomalies propagating from the Dangai and surging across the Human World and Spiritual Realms. They hadn't been able to pinpoint it as an unknown energy signature until they had observed its effects on the surrounding environment so we had dispatched a team of operatives to investigate. Their findings however were inconclusive, reporting that nothing was amiss, and soon the investigation ended. The problem however lay in the fact that strange happenings had continued to plague the area, and it only after I had confronted my peers did I realize the severity of the problem. Their perspectives... their memories of the event entirely were slipping away, until it had never existed. Only I could recall with any clarity what had transpired.

With growing trepidation, I began my own investigation and so I returned to the affected region only to find...nothing. It was gone, worse, it had never existed. Two conflicting observations and histories of the area, and only I was aware. In the depths of mind I could still sense that unknown energy, but it was like trying to grasp at a distant dream, and the dread in my gut only increased. So I hastened my search. I traveled across the spiritual realms, seeking its foul influence. It was so very subtle in its touch, figures replaced by those of a similar make, events so small and inconsequential, were it not for my sight I never would have realized it. But as strange as the occurrences were, a pattern began to emerge. Eventually the clues led me to this place, here and now.

As I stand before the chaotic nexus of paradoxes, the gravity of my task finally weighed upon my shoulders. If left unchecked the stability of the timelines would soon collapse, it was inevitable. Even worse, I would have to make this journey alone; I had no allies, no intelligence, nothing save for the uncertainty of the monumental task before me. The only thing I can do is to follow the paths of these paradoxes and hope that I could stop them before they consumed the other timelines. I have only one choice, one course of action. Once I make that step there would be no going back.

I stepped into the chaos and the world turned white.

Terminology
Over the course of the story, various terms and references are used to describe unique events and phenomena. The following is a list of said terms as they encountered.


 * Paradox Nexus (自己矛盾因果関係, Jikomujun Ingakankei): A term referencing a singularity or focal point where paradoxes intersect. This location exists within in both the third, and fourth dimension, possibly more, and from this point its influence is affecting the divergent timelines. Timelines so affected by the paradox nexus will suffer through increasing instability until the timeline either collapses or becomes consumed by the paradox nexus. The more its influence propagates the stronger and more profound its effects become in all other affected timelines.
 * Fate Determination Vector (運命既決担体, Unmei Kiketsu Tantai): A term to denote individuals who are in a state of entanglement with fate and the resulting paradox nexus. In the original timeline hereafter referred to as the Main-Timeline, there exists a central focal point from which its future is determined. The original vector is one, however as the timelines split and diverged, other individuals bearing their own circumstances have become entangled to the point in which their actions decide the course of history.

Main Characters

 * Kenshin Yagami