Royal Guard (Ten Tails)

''This is Ten Tailed Fox's article on the Royal Guard. For a community-wide list of Royal Guard incarnations, please see Royal Guard (disambiguation).''

The Royal Guard (王属特務, Ōzokutokumu), also known as the Zero Division (無番隊, Mubantai), are the charged with the protection of the.

Overview
The Royal Guard is the organization in which the most powerful members of the Gotei 13 get promoted to. Its membership consists of five former captains that are tasked with guarding the royal family. Like the royal family, they live in the Royal Family. According to, the Royal Guard is often called upon to cull the population of. Because of their role in defending the royal family, the Zero Division rarely, if ever, interferes with the affairs of the Gotei 13, such as 's Arrancar invasion. They only become involved should the Soul Society near destruction.

Organization
The Royal Guard, at any time, only has five members, which are five former captains of the Gotei 13. As noted by, there are no soldiers in the Royal Guard. All five members combined are more powerful than the entire Gotei 13.

Role
In addition to protecting the Spirit King, the royal family, and their dimension, the Royal Guard also intervenes should Soul Society ever be in danger of perishing. Additionally, they are often sent to deal with the Menos Grande, though, since the Gotei 13 was shown capable of taking care of them, the Royal Guard stepped back from this duty.

Technology

 * Tenchūren (天柱連, Pillars Supporting Heaven): A large pillar, with the Royal Guard's insignia on it, that is the Royal Guard's preferred means of transportation. It is large enough to contain the entire guard and descends from the Spirit King's dimension, always landing just outside the the gates of the with tremendous force. There appears to be many rows of Tenchūren in the Spirit King's dimension.

Creation & Conception
This incarnation of the Royal Guard was created due to some of the disappointment I had in the canon incarnation. It will work slightly differently and have an entire new cast.