A Hollow's life: A Bleach fanfic.
Chapter one: Death
„Dad, I'm off to school!" Utsuro Kuudo told his father. Little did he expect it was the last time he would ever speak those words, nor that he would never reach the school. It all happened so fast, without any warning. He was just about to reach his school when it happened. A piano, 20 stories above him, fell down, crushing him to death. How ironic, death by a fallen piano. How often had he seen it in cartoons, laughing at it. Not so laughable now is it? Neither was what happened afterwards. He woke up, unsure how, or where. He got up, noticing that he was all in one piece. But one thing caught his attention. A chain, stuck to his chest, leading somewhere. He followed the chain with his eyes, and then he saw it. His own body. The movers that had accidentally dropped the piano were picking it up, and screamed in shock as they saw the body underneath it. Utsuro showed no expression. Probably thinking it was just a bad joke, or a dream, he pinched himself hard on the cheek. When he realized that the pain was real, he screamed in shock. He was dead. Dead... With no way of returning to his body. His friends, family, he would never see them again. Why? Because of a small error made by a couple of movers? It wasn't fair... But then he realized. The chain, it must hold some purpose. Maybe the fact that the chain is connected to the body, it means he can return! He firmly held on to his believe, as he approached the body. The movers were calling an ambulance, even though they knew the boy couldn't be saved. As Utsuro approached the body, something happened. A creature he had never seen before, suddenly appeared and broke the chain. Utsuro stared at this shocked. His only hope, demolished.
„No..." He thought in shock, as the beast turned to face him. „W... Why..?" He asked it.
The creatures voice was deep and dark. „Why it asks... Because I intend to eat it!" It answered.
„It's not fair... I won't let this happen!" Utsuro screamed as he ran towards the beast, intending to attack it. He was instantly overpowered by the strength on the beast, and thrust at the earth.
„Eating time!" The beast said as it devoured Utsuro whole. „Yumm! Another tasty human sole!" It said glad. But then something unexpected happened. The creature exploded, and out came Utsuro, in the shape of a smaller version of the beast.
„W... What happened..?" He said as he noticed the dead creature close to him. „Was I... Saved?" He then said, not talking to anyone in particular.
„Holy crap, that's an awesome power!" A voice close by said. Utsuro turned towards the owner of the voice, and saw a similar creature to the one that had just eaten him. „You must have incredible reatsu to be able to do something like that!" It said.
„W... What do you mean?" Utsuro asked confused.
„I think you might want to look in a mirror or something." The creature told him.
„What?" Utsuro asked as he looked in a puddle close by. When he saw his reflection he screamed in shock. „Ahh! How?!" He screamed.
„Apparently, that Hollow triggered your reatsu, and started up your power. You ate him from the inside, thus gaining his reatsu as well as his terrible looks. We Hollows gain the reatsu of our fellow Hollows, should we eat them. Only a few of us know that, since only a few of us actually have a brain, and we intend to go to the top. Say... Would you like to join us?" He asked Utsuro. But he was unable to answer. All the information he had just obtained made his head spin violently, making him fall unconscious. The Hollow sighed. „Rookies..." It said and picked Utsuro up, before they both vanished.