Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or anything related to the anime.
A/N: I know that my other story To Hell And Back, For You hasn't been updated in over a couple months, and that's because of two reasons: 1- I had to change my approach to the story, as well as make some helpful adjustments that readers had brought up (which I'm grateful for): and 2- this story was taking my time. Also, I had more motivation and drive for this story then the other, but I will not abandon my other story. It's just taking me more time to write and think out the plot then I had originally given thought to.
As for this story, I currently have 6 chapters already written out, and I will upload them based on reviews. If you have any questions, statements, critiques, or ideas, leave a review and I will edit any errors and apply any ideas I seem fit for the next couple of chapters. I like this story already and have a lot of fun writing it so, hopefully, it will be smoother then my other story. Again, if you have anything, leave a review, and I hope you like reading this story as much as I like writing it.
Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Aftereffects
Life without a focus or a cause is boring beyond comprehension and leaves the average person lost. Ichigo knew this all to well. Shortly after the battle with Aizen, Ichigo was lost as to what was his reason to even wake up in the morning. Yeah, before, he had school, the occasional bully or gang leader to deal with, the soul at the light pole who would have to have fresh flowers, ect. But ever since the night he got his soul reaper powers and met Rukia, the whole reason to get up was to go save this soul from being eaten, or give a lost soul a burial. Then that changed to saving Rukia, which then changed to beating the Bounts and their leader, followed by all those other troubles with the Soul Society which was shortly followed by having to fight a spiritual war against Aizen and his Espada. Now that all of it is passed, how would a person go back to a life that was as exciting and dangerous as a soul reaper, to going to school?
"Gooooood Morningggggggg Ichigooooooo!" Well, there is that to get up for.
Without opening his eyes, Ichigo sat up calmly allowing the dropkick that was aimed for his head to miss causing Isshin to land on the bed perpendicular to Ichigo. Then Ichigo executed an elbow drop right on the breastbone, knocking all of the air out of Isshin's chest. While Isshin was gasping for air, Ichigo slowly got up, grabbed Isshin by the back of his head and heaved him out the window. With that over with Ichigo looked at his clock. It read '5:30'.
'Great.', he thought sarcastically. 'How can he be so active this early in the morning? My alarm doesn't even ring til six.' Ichigo felt something soft impacting the back of his head. Turning around, Ichigo saw a small pillow, to small for any average person to use. It was Kon's.
"Really, to be up this early has to be against the law.", the little plushy muttered tiredly as he rubbed his eyes awake.
"I agree.", Ichigo answered which a yawn. Fast footsteps that became louder with each passing second stormed up the stairs, warning Ichigo of the next surprise attack. Before the door opened, Ichigo picked up Kon. (Much to the mod souls protest and disapproval) When the door opened, Ichigo threw Kon as hard as he could in the face of Isshin, turning the tables as Isshin fell backwards with a temporarily knocked-out Kon on his forehead. When he sat up, a foot greeted him 'good morning' as it slammed him back down to the ground, effectively knocking out the elder Kurosaki.
'Kon's going to give me hell when he comes to.'
After taking a few minutes to brush his teeth and take a quick morning shower, Ichigo walked back into his room, catching Kon as he 'ambushed' him through the door. He could hear the curses and swears as the mod soul tried to get out of the clutches of Ichigo and give him a piece of his mind. Sighing, Ichigo tossed Kon back on the bed, got dressed for school, and grabbed an unconscious Isshin and threw him on the couch. Ichigo decided to go back to his room until Yuzu and Karin awake to go back to the living room. Upon entering, he noticed Kon sitting on the bed steaming, but was surprised when Kon, instead of throwing a hissy-fit at him or gloating about how much better he is instead of Ichigo, just seemed to take a deep breath and relax. Shrugging, Ichigo decided to look over his homework that he finished last night. While checking, he heard a door opening and closing as soft footsteps traveled down the hall indicating that it was Yuzu. Kon also realized this as he went stiff and his eyes started looking for possible hiding spots.
"Relax. If she comes in here asking about you, I got you covered since you've been quiet and not disruptive.", Ichigo told him. This seemed to have gotten Kon to relax, though he was notably still rigid. A slight yelp was heard as Yuzu noticed Isshin on the couch. Ichigo couldn't help but smile as he pictured Yuzu's face at seeing Isshin on the couch with bruises and a possible broken nose. As Ichigo got to the last few questions, another set of footsteps, these slightly loud and groggy, indicated Karin was up. An audible sigh was released as she too seen the form of their father.
Done with checking on his homework, Ichigo finally went downstairs as the TV could be heard and the sound of a microwave's 'bing', as the timer went off.
"Good morning Ichigo.", Yuzu said cheerfully as she smiled at him.
"You really gave it to him this time, didn't you. He's still not up.", claimed Karin as she flipped through the channels.
"Old bastard got it coming to him. You would think that by this point in time, he would get the message.", replied Ichigo.
"Now now Ichigo, I'm pretty sure he has a good reason for it.", Yuzu said while retrieving the meal in the microwave.
"I would really like to know what that would be. Really, how many times do I have to wake up and kick his ass around for him to get that he can't even touch me anymore?" As he finished, a sudden blow to the middle of his back sent Ichigo flying to the wall. Looking up, he saw Isshin grinning broadly as he cracked his knuckles, "What was that son? If I can hit you that easily without you even moving to intercept than you've learned noth-", he was cut off by his son's fist and the father-son brawl commenced. Karin just walked over to the kitchen table and sat down, consuming the meal that Yuzu cooked. Yuzu finally stopped trying to break up the fights as she took a page out of Karin's book and ignored them, making conversation with Karin instead.
The doorbell rang. As Yuzu went to open the door, Ichigo had Isshin in a headlock, punching him in the face while Isshin would retaliate with punching Ichigo in the kidneys. Ichigo's kidneys gave first and Ichigo was forced to release Isshin. The older Kurosaki attempted a spinning roundhouse kick, but Ichigo kicked Isshin's grounded ankle pushing him back and making Isshin do a split. Ichigo couldn't tell if the tears his father shed were fake or real, but took advantage and proceeded with stomping on any visible surface of the poor man. The person behind the door turned out to be Keigo seeing if Ichigo was ready to go to school yet.
"Yeah, let me get my stuff.", Ichigo yelled out as he rubbed the spot where his kidneys were and rubbed his knuckles. Really, of all the people Ichigo ever punched, his dad's head was probably the hardest of them all. He hurried to his room and retrieved his backpack which he could've swore he closed when he put his homework back.
"Hurry up Ichigo or we might be late to class!", Keigo yelled.
"Shut up, I'm coming." A minute later, Ichigo came out and noticed Chad and Mizuiro there as well. He nodded to the two. When was the last time Ichigo just walked with his three friends? It felt like centuries ago. Hard to believe how much life can change in the course of a year. While walking, the four came across Tatsuki and Orihime. Though Orihime refused at first due to the fear of intruding, she and Tatsuki eventually joined and the little group of six made their way to school. Tatsuki, Keigo and Mizuro were good friends with Ichigo. Tatsuki was a childhood friend, Mizuiro just cool to talk to and hang out with, and Keigo's ok too when he doesn't get eccentric. And then there's Chad and Orihime. Those two were war friends, practically family and very precious to him. Chad had a sort of bond with Ichigo that Ichigo never had before. Orihime was a good friend and always supported him along with the rest of his friends. Yeah, the other three are great, but these two are closer to his heart than he lets on.
"-igo, hey Ichigo? Ichigo.", Having enough of being ignored, Tatsuki, smacked Ichigo on the back of his head. Ichigo was going to yell at her when Tatski cut him off with, "Well, you deserve it! Pay attention why don't cha?"
"Yeah Ichigo, you were walking like a zombie or something. What's on your mind?", Mizuiro asked.
"Probably trying to sense hollows or something. Well what do you got?", Keigo followed. Ichigo flinched when Keigo brought that up, but then relaxed when he remembered that they were awake when Aizen invaded Karakura Town and more than deserve an explanation. It was a long story starting from the night of his first encounter with a hollow leading all the way up to Aizen. They actually took it quiet well, but that could've been the fact that they had subtle hints before the story and had their suspicions beforehand. Smack!
"Damn it Tatsuki, will you stop hitting me!", Ichigo yelled as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Well if you stop zoning out, maybe I could!"
"Come on Tatsuki, maybe Ichigo just has a lot on his mind. You don't have to hurt him to get his attention. Just a tap on the shoulder would be fine.", Orihime tried to defuse the argument before it began.
"Fine, whatever you say Orihime. Though I don't know what he would have to think about that he has to zone out."
"What makes you think I'm zoning out? I could just be ignoring you." Smack! "Ok, I probably deserved that one."
"Hopeless as ever.", Tatsuki muttered. While walking, the group passed a local movie theater. None of the movie photos really caught his eye until he saw a multicolored one with explosions and every other thing that you would see on a movie photo. The title really struck Ichigo. 'A Soul's War'. Looking at the poster, he noticed Don Kanonji and face palmed. Really! This guy actually made a movie out of the thing! He groaned when he saw an actor with orange hair marveling Don like a god.
"You've got be kidding.", Ichigo said.
"Yeah, tell me about it. Even more shocking is that it's been nominated for movie of the year. Unbelievable.", Tatsuki replied. "But I got to give it to him, he really found a guy that looks exactly like you." She pointed at the Ichigo look-a-like and smirked. Ichigo took a second look at him and noticed that he in fact does not, look like him. Ichigo was sure to give her an insult right back when Chad put a hand on his shoulder.
"Come on, we got to get to class."
"Yeah, you're right.", Ichigo said with a sigh. A short while later, the group got to school and walked into their classroom. Tatsuki walked inside the class before Orihime to scan the room. Clear. Turning around, she had just a second to recognize the red hair and glasses.
"Hi Orihime! So good to see you and your-", before Chizuru could continue, Tatsuki gave her a solid right that effectively detached her from Orihime.
"Well, seems Chizuru hasn't changed much.", Keigo said.
"Look, it's Uryu.", Chad pointed out. The other three looked at the doorway to see the self-proclaimed 'Last Quincy' walk through the door and take his seat. Yet another person that Ichigo was thankful to have as a companion though their relationship did have a rocky start. It was ironic really. He claims he hates soul reapers with all his existence, but he's Ichigo's friend and helped the Soul Society just as many times as Ichigo, Chad and Orihime. Oh well, the excuse 'wrong place, wrong time' never seemed to fail when his father questioned it.
"Hey Ichigo, when are you going to get your hair cut?", Mizuiro asked. Ichigo was puzzled at first, but then remembered his reflection in the mirror. Ichigo was going to cut it, but never had the time. Yeah, even he would admit that he looked cooler with the longer hair, but long hair just got in the way.
"Beats me. What about you? Your hair is a little longer than the last time I saw it.", Ichigo countered.
"Unlike you, I actually like long hair and was going to grow it out a little. I'll have to trim it a little though.", Mizuiro answered. Keigo was about to say something when the teacher walked in and told her class to settle down and return to their seats. Ichigo reflected on the past hour or so. He found that he missed it. All of it. Not just the action of being a substitute soul reaper, the simple life of a high-school student as well. Ichigo opened up his backpack to retrieve his homework when he saw Kon eating his lunch.
"What the hell are you doing!", Ichigo barely managed to keep from yelling and keep it down to a whisper. Kon just looked up at him with indifference.
"You used me, now this is my reward." Ok, maybe not all of it.
At lunch, Ichigo, Chad, Orihime, Uryu, Keigo, Tatsuki, and Mizuiro went to the roof to eat their lunch. When Ichigo got up there, he immediately grabbed Kon and threw him out of the backpack. Kon, being a plushy without any nerve endings or pain receptors, just got up and dusted himself off. For just a moment, he was angry, but then he noticed Orihime and completely forgot his anger. As he prepared to jump towards heaven, he was kicked over the fence on the roof by Ichigo and proceeded to fall from the roof of the school to the school grounds. When Kon looked up at the roof, the noticed Ichigo smirking, and Kon just decided to give him the finger.
"I like to see you come up here and do that to my face!", Ichigo yelled down. To anyone else, it would seem that Ichigo was just yelling at a stuffed animal, or the ground if they didn't see Kon.
"Pff, I'm not scared of you. You're nothing but a washed-up waste of space with a worrying disinterest in women! I can take ya! Come down here and I'll give you a first class ticket to pain so bad that even Aizen would beg for mercy!" As much as Keigo tried, he couldn't suppress the growing laughter building in his body and fell down to the ground laughing until it hurt. That had to be the funniest thing Keigo ever witnessed. Ichigo getting told off by a stuffed animal. He wasn't the only one that saw the hilarity in the situation. Everyone except for Chad had different levels of building laughter and since Chad had only a smile on his face and nothing more, he wasn't counted. Mizuiro seemed to take it well, with only a large smile on his face. Tatsuki and Uryu each were struggling to keep a straight face but were failing and going into dry heaves of laughter. And Orihime looked ready to burst into a giggling fit any second, keeping both hands over her mouth to laugh even now.
"Oh, you are so dead when I get my hands on you! And this time I won't let Uryu fix you up!"
"Kiss my ass.", and Kon bent over and patted his bottom a few times. Orihime lost it and collapsed into a fit of giggles and deep belly laughter.
"Kon, is that really appropriate?", a new voice asked. Everyone looked up and saw Rukia in her standing by the doorway, without a gigai. She looked the same as when they last saw her, but with one notable difference. The Lieutenant Badge for Squad 13 residing on her left arm.
"Rukia!", Kon yelled and started running into the school to get back on the roof.
"Or that's just perfect! Now I can get the perverted little shit and give him to Yuzu when I'm done with him!", Ichigo commented while cracking his knuckles with an evil look in his eyes and envisioning all the tortures that he can apply on Kon.
"Why can't you and Kon ever get along?", Rukia asked while walking towards everyone else.
"Why can't Byakuya take out that stick up his ass and not be such a damn prick." Smack! "Ouch damn it, that hurt!"
"Good.", Rukia said angrily. "Maybe it'll teach you more respect towards a Captain of the 13 Court Guard Squads and Head of the Kuchiki noble family!", she almost yelled as she shook her fist threateningly. It was awkward at first to explain who and what Rukia was to Tatsuki and the others, and Rukia had a hard time adjusting to the three knowing about who she really is, but she quickly adapted and grew comfortable with discussing soul reaper business around the three.
"Hi Rukia! It's been awhile! How have you been?", Orihime asked.
"I'm fine. What about you all?" A loud shout and yell distracted everyone from answering as Ichigo had Kon pinned under his foot. Ichigo was grinning evilly as Kon's shouts of rage and anger were dulled to begging and sorrow as he noticed Ichigo seemed scarier than before.
"So you think you can take me huh? You're not doing to much of a good job now are ya?"
"I was just kidding you know…you…you…Rukia!"
"Too late!" And Ichigo began the torture.
Ignoring the drama between the two, the rest just sat in a circle chatting and catching up. Rukia questioned how life was after the war, and vise versa. Then she told them the real reason why she was here, earning confused looks from everyone present. After a while, a very mistreated Kon limped towards the circle. Before he could mutter a word, Ichigo grabbed him and stuffed him back inside his backpack. "I'm going to give you straight to Yuzu when I get home.", and he closed the bag before Kon could say a word.
"You know it's pretty hypocritical to get into fights and beat all of the bullies that harass you, just for you to turn around and bully on poor, little Kon.", Rukia stated.
"Oh like you have room to talk. You stomped on him just as much as you hit me.", Ichigo retorted. "Besides, he deserved it, mocking me…", Ichigo trailed off.
"Anyway, let me tell you why I'm here. Though I would like to spend more time with the others, I have to return by the end of the day. I was sent here to retrieve you, Ichigo, and escort you to Head-Captain Yamamoto at Squad 1."
"And can I ask why?", Ichigo asked, slightly suspicious.
"I wasn't briefed on the details and was just given orders to 'retrieve' you." It was the truth. She passed all that she knew to the others, which wasn't much while Ichigo was torturing Kon. She found it odd, but she wasn't going to deny orders. A few more seconds passed which was ended by a sigh from Ichigo.
"Since you have to leave by the end of today, I take it that they want me to come now?"
"Well, not exactly. You can still finish your school day and leave when it over. You ok with that?" A nod was her answer.
Ichigo thought about it a little more. Looking over at his friends, they all were watching him. Especially Keigo, Tatsuki, and Mizuiro. They never witnessed Ichigo go from his human body to his spiritual one. "Yeah, the end of school will be alright." Nodding, Rukia got her Soul pager out and texted a message to the Soul Society. "So are you going to stay for class or are you going to Urahara's shop?"
"All my orders stated that I had to convince you to go to the Soul Society and escort you to the Squad 1 Barracks, and since I completed half of my assignment, I thought I could stay here with the rest of you.", Rukia answered. On cue, the bell rang signaling the end of lunch and for students to return to their classes.
"Well, I hope you find a place to sit down and relax. Since you don't have a geigi, you won't be able to interact with the physical world.", Uryu stated while walking towards the door and proceeded down the stairs.
"I can deal with that.", Rukia answered, following him down.
The rest of the day went by without incident and they all met at the front of the school. As it turns out, Chizuru can also see Rukia in her soul self, and brief explanation and greetings were exchanged. As the final school bell rang, Ichigo walked to the entrance of the school. Everyone else was already there, and was surprised to see Chizuru there as well. Taking out a napping Kon, Ichigo reached into his mouth and pulled out a little green pill. He swallowed the pill and was ejected out of his body, leaving Kon in charge of the body.
"Now listen, just go home and tell my dad that I was called to the Soul Society and might not be back for a while. And just act natural in front of Karin and Yuzu.", Ichigo told him. Kon just nodded, it wasn't everyday that Ichigo let him take his body for a spin. "Oh, and don't tear my body up!" With that said Ichigo turned to his friends.
"Bye guys, see you later. And make sure he doesn't do anything stupid.", Ichigo pointed at Kon, ignoring his 'hey!'. They nodded and he and Rukia started walking the opposite direction that the others were going. Once out of sight, the group started walking home when Keigo asked, "You know, I haven't really talked to you. Names Keigo.", he said as he extended his hand. Kon shook it.
"Yeah I know. I know all your names. Hope we can become friends.", Kon said back with a smile.
"That's creepy, seeing Ichigo smile. I'm more used to his usual scowl.", Mizuiro commented. Tatsuki agreed.
"Well as you can see, I'm better than Ichigo at any and everything. By the time he comes back, you'll have forgot about him.", Kon gloated.
"Thankfully, this is where I depart, see you guys tomorrow.", Uryu stated as he took a right and disappeared shortly after.
The walk to Urahara's shop was uneventful. Once they got to the shop, they were greeted by the one and only Kisuke Urahara.
"Why hello Ichigo, long time no see. How's it goin'? You here to shop or go to the Soul Society or for some tea and conversation…", Urahara asked with a small smile.
"Don't act like you don't know. Is it ready?"
"So rude Rukia!", Urahara said with a fake hurt expression and tears. "But to answer your question, yes."
"Any idea as to why they asked for me?", Ichigo questioned. Urahara took a quick glance at Rukia and she seemed to be in the dark as well.
"Surprisingly, no, I haven't. Though I would like to find out. You know how I hate being out of the loop, as they say.", Urahara said smoothly as he pulled out his fan. Ichigo narrowed his eyes slightly, but didn't question him further. "Alright, let's get this thing started. Meet me at the training grounds when you're ready."
A couple minutes later, Ichigo and Rukia stood staring at the huge rectangular gate that they had to go through to get into the Soul Society. It was already activated as Ichigo and Rukia headed towards it. As Ichigo was about to enter, he heard Urahara say, "Welcome Ichigo. I look forwards to seeing you in my office." He turned around to ask what he meant but Rukia literally pushed him through the gate. Deep in thought, he still didn't fail to notice a very familiar presence behind him. "So, what do you think of that?", Urahara asked Yoruichi.
"I'll give credit to where credit is due, that was a good statement, though it had cliché timing.", the black cat stated.
"It was the truth though, it's going to be a fun year."
"You just want another chance to make a fool out of him."
"I didn't think you of all people would object to that line of reasoning."
"I don't at all. Making him blush and embarrassed is the only kind of fun around here anymore."
"Ah Yoruichi, you hurt my pride.", he grabbed his chest as though he were stabbed. "I know all about your hot spring antics and fully support your methods, though I am a little jealous of him. Wouldn't you want another chance to put him through hell again?"
If a cat could smirk, it would look like Yoruichi's face at that moment, "You know me all to well, Kisuke."
"Of course I do, hanging around you for all this time has given me invaluable information on the great Shihouin princess." At the statement, Yoruichi raised a single paw and extended her claws.
"Well if that was true, then you would know how I feel about my royal status being thrown back at me.", she said in a calm voice. Though calm, the threat implied was easily recognized. Urahara gave a meek smile and laugh while adjusting his bucket hat. He was trying to inconspicuously create space between her and him, though he knew it was futile. She was faster than him by far. It would still be fun to try. Besides, seeing Yoruichi slowly walk towards him in her cat body always kinda turned him on. Seeing the way the body moved and imagining that black, furry body replaced with a tanned, toned one with a sultry look, naked and on all fours but kept the same movement always put him on the edge of a nosebleed.
"Boss, preparations and tests are ready." Oh Tessi, both saving him and killing his buzz at the same time, classic. Urahara took to clear his throat to remedy his guaranteed stuttering had he spoke without doing so. Yoruichi always knew what to do to all men, Urahara included, to make them stutter and uncoordinated. Men, Urahara especially, now matter how hard they hid and concealed it, always had a perverted side. Yoruichi knew what Urahara was thinking when she walked slowly over to him. He was a pervert. It wasn't like it was his sole purpose in life, just, when the opportunity arose, he took it. All men would. That was why the orange-headed teen that left a few minutes ago puzzled her. Now matter how great a view or opportunity, he never took the chance. It was a conundrum that she never figured out and always tried to fix. She focused back outside and heard Urahara clear his throat. To that, she just inwardly smirked and started to walk away. Urahara took a breath and replied, "Good; now we wait."
As the last of Ichigo's friends departed, Kon started stretching his temporary body as he planned to see if he still had the edge that made him different from a regular mod soul like that terrible Chappy. Before he could start his mad dash to Ichigo's house, he was alerted to a troublemaker.
"Hey, you orange-headed freak! What did I tell you about the hair? Are you mentally stupid, were you dropped and then stomped on when you were a kid? Either dye it, or stop dying it, or do we just have to rip it all off of that ugly little head of yours?", a bully called out. Kon may not have been around, but he knew of the people that have a problem with Ichigo just over his hair. Putting on his best scowl, which though scary, not as scary as Ichigo's trademark scowl, Kon turned to look the bully right in the eyes. Kon estimated about a gang of 5 with the talker out in front.
"What was that?", Kon asked dangerously.
"Well I think we can put in deaf too. I said-", he was cut off by a foot in his face that seemed to materialize out of nowhere. The other gang member's eyes widen at the seemingly impossible speed. In less than the blink of an eye, Kon shifted to another member and jacked his jaw with a kick under his chin. The other three shook off their shock and started charging Kon. The first unlucky victim threw a wide punch which Kon easily ducked under and hit him three times, once at his stomach, once on his lower side ribs, and then a knee to the side of the head as the bully fell sideways knocking him out almost instantly. The next bully was slow, allowing Kon to plant his feet and give a roundhouse kick that landed squarely on the side of his head. But he was a tough one and got back up. Before Kon could follow up, the last bully charged and put Kon in a full nelson, holding him down. Seizing the opportunity, the tough bully ran for a punch but was surprised when Kon jumped and landed both feet on his chest and flip over the other bully. Once behind, Kon pushed the bully next to the other. Side by side, the bullies were in position. Kon ran as fast as he could with both of his arms spread out, giving them the strongest clothline they will ever experience.
Looking around, 4 out of the 5 bullies were down and out, with the loud bully getting up. Once up, he pulled out a pocketknife and waved it threateningly at Kon. He charged Kon, but Kon just caught his fist, spreading the fingers so they won't get caught, and move the fist to the side so the bully can clearly see the ease he did this act on his face.
"Don't try this again, or you'll end up worse than what you are now.", and Kon punched him square on the bridge of the nose, breaking it. Laying on the ground holding a bleeding and broken nose, the bully looked up in time to see Kon stand over him and say, "The next time you want to get my attention, try calling me Ichigo, you pathetic scum.", and the world faded to black for the bully.
After straightening himself out and grabbing his bag, Kon decided that he still wanted to see how fast he can make it to the house. Turning around to the direction the house was, Kon started doing some test jumps that would make a basketball player jealous. After a couple were done, Kon was ready to make his mad dash.
"Hey! You there, with the orange hair. Did you do this?" With a vein throbbing on his head, Kon turned around to see…a cop car. With one of the cops talking into the radio quickly while the other stepped out of the car. "Do not move.", the cop yelled out the words individually. Not going to happen. Kon took off to the left of him. No way a normal human could keep up with a person like Kon. But after making another turn, Kon found some more cops that have seemed to have been alerted to the speedy teen. Kon started running again until he arrived on a main street. Looking behind him, the cops chasing on foot were way behind. Looking around on the street, he spotted the same cop car just made a turn towards Kon. Evidently, the car spotted him too, turning on the sirens and pulling closer to him.
Damn it. Normally, Kon would just use his jumping abilities to jump on the roof of a house, and then speed to Ichigo's house by jumping over ally-ways and streets. But such acts were impossible in human standards and would undoubtedly draw attention to Ichigo when he came back. But it wasn't impossible for humans to do cool stunts that allowed them to get from one point to another quicker. He believed they called it freerunning, or parkour. Though he couldn't just jump straight up on the roof, he could still climb up. Some yelling alerted Kon to the group of police that were starting to close in on Kon as well as the car pulling up on the curb not to far off with the cops coming up.
Moving quickly, Kon climbed to the top of a stop light. There was a powerline running a few feet over it. Thinking it might be within a human's capacity to make the jump, Kon jumped up and grabbed the line, moving to the power pole with his hands. The cops down below just looked on in wonder as they followed him on the ground. Once to the pole, Kon maneuvered around the generators and climbed to the very top of the pole. He wouldn't need the extra height to make it to the balcony of the run down building about 3 to 4 feet from the pole, but a human would. Without hesitation, Kon jumped just short enough to look like he's about to come up short until he reached out both hands to grab the edge and pull himself up. The cops down on the sidewalk were astounded.
Did you see that!/That was amazing!/How did he do it?, and more remarks were heard from the group of cops. Then, out of all the ruckus, one cop had the sense of duty to say, "What are we standing around for, after him!"
After making the climb, Kon traveled through the broken down hallways and corridors in the rundown building. From the looks of it, it was probably a hotel at one point in time. Now though, it was on the verge of collapse.
"Where is he?/This way!/Follow me.", started to vibrate of the decaying walls. Kon groaned. I never heard of human police working this hard on their kind of salary. Kon started to run through the place, trying to find a set of stairs. While he was running, one of the cops got lucky and caught a glimpse of his orange hair.
"That way!" Looking over his shoulder, Kon saw around 4 cops chasing him with another few starting to give chase. Rounding a right turn, Kon saw a gap on the floor ahead. Well, gap wouldn't really explain it as completely missing about 5 feet of the floor would. It wasn't a problem to Kon, but it would definitely scare the cops into a stop. And to add to the fear was the fact that, from what Kon could guess, they were on the 4th floor. Already, some of the cops were starting to slow down to fear. Smirking, Kon jumped across the hole and easily cleared it. He couldn't slow down fast enough to stop himself hitting the wall that was right after the hole though and the decaying wall almost immediately gave away, throwing Kon into one of the hotel rooms. The crash was enough to alert any cops that wasn't chasing him. Also, surprising Kon, one of the cops actually had the courage to jump and make it. Getting up, Kon looked around. There was a big hole in the wall, showing the street below, and a hole on the ceiling, near the wall. That's my way out.
Behind him, one of the cops reached the doorway. He looked around 6'1 and had light brown, wavy hair of medium length that ended at the middle of his neck, and piercing, silver eyes. He also had a shadow, that wasn't thick, but thick enough that the color showed on his face, even on a distance. He didn't look like a native from Japan. Pulling out a tazer gun(or something like that), he yelled, "This is as far as you go! Lay down and put your hands behind your head." After saying this, he touched the radio on his shoulder, "I got him trapped on the forth floor, room 212, left wing. Apprehending him now." He never took his eyes off Kon and kept his tazer gun trained on him. Kon moved slowly, made a motion like he was going to cooperate by raising his hands. Then, as quick as lightning, Kon flew in motion, using his mod soul abilities to accelerate his run. Jumping, Kon planted one foot on the wall and used his little experience of controlling reishi particles to prevent his foot from going through the wall, kicked, twisted midair, and grabbed the edge of the hole, pulling himself up. As soon as Kon moved, the officer shot his tazer gun, but Kon was to fast.
Cursing, he thought, I'd never seen somebody move so fast before. Looking at the wall he jumped off of, he inspected the hole that his foot left when he kicked, At the speed he was going, when he planted his foot the whole wall should've came down, not just this little hole. He looked over it once more. Sighing, he got up, about to report that he's on the next floor. He didn't have to, however, as a fellow cop appeared on the doorway. He did look native, with a military cut and clean shave. Nothing really seemed to stand out. He was one of those people that you meet once, and wouldn't clearly remember his face. Looking around, he didn't see an orange headed teen.
"I thought you said you had him?", he asked in a cruel tone.
"I did, but he jumped off the wall and climbed up through the hole on the ceiling.", he replied smoothly.
Snorting, he said, "Yeah, whatever. That's just what happens when we get an officer from the states. Had it been me or someone from here, then that wouldn't have happened." Grabbing his own radio, he reported, "Runner still on the loose, 5th floor." Giving one last scowl at the other man, he left, leaving an agitated cop behind.
After pulling himself up off the floor, Kon started to run around again, still trying to find a way out. There wasn't much difference between the two floors that Kon traveled through so far. Not much time had passed between the situation Kon was just in to now, and he already started hearing voices. It still wasn't a bad situation as far as Kon was concerned, but he had to play ordinary, albeit very athletic, human, so he was getting a little stressed. Kon found that he actually enjoyed doing all of the jumping and climbing that he was doing. Maybe after this was over, he would go out and find places like this to climb. After wandering around, Kon wandered into a bar of some sorts. Well, it seemed like this was a luxury hotel because it was actually a big room with flaking wallpaper. Luckily, there was a stairwell at the wall on the other side of the room. Running over to the door, Kon pushed through it and into the stairwell.
"He's there!" You've got to be kidding me! The stairs were short, maybe up one level, and they only went up, so up he went.
Once got to the end of the stairs, Kon opened the door that went into a hallway. At the end of the hallway was another door. The only thing though, there were holes all over the floor and walls. There seemed to be a sequence though. There was a just short distance between that and a large, gagged gap, but still jumpable. After that, exposed piping both vertical and horizontal lay on concrete slabs that were the floor and wall. That was also followed by another gap, one to large for even an athletic human to cross. He was now up about 6 stories off the ground, so a fall would most likely kill a normal human. Just the spot he was standing on seemed to sink a little lower than the rest of the floor, and others seemed to flake away even while Kon was looking at it.
Taking a deep breath, Kon started with Lets get this over with. Carefully advancing, Kon stepped lightly to test the weight that the floor could safely support. Busy concentrating on carefully making his way through the hall, Kon didn't notice the group of police behind the door that he closed after making up here.
"Freeze!" Oh, screw it! And with that thought, he rushed forward, easily jumping across the gap, though he shortened the clearance for it to seem humanly possible. Rolling as he hit the floor, Kon jumped back up, already looking for pipes the jump on to get across. A whizzing sound passed by the side of his face. Looking back, he saw that some of the cops had their guns out, trying to shoot him down. What's with these guys? Focusing in front of him, Kon started jumping on the pipes to get across.
The cops temporarily stopped their shooting to witness in amazement at the grace and balance that the teen seemed to be effortlessly performing. The cop that had Kon for a second and the other that came by after Kon jumped to the next floor came up. They also looked on at the acrobatics that the teen did, but they recovered more quickly than the others.
"Think you can follow him, Jackson? Come on, show me what the states can do.", said the other cop, taking off after him. He jumped across the gap without hesitation. The now named cop, Jackson, was reasonably hesitant. Jumping over obstacles on rotten floors that were high enough that he would be a stain on the ground underneath wasn't what he signed up for. Than again, neither was this forced transfer. Steeling his resolve, he too, rushed forward, clearing the gap. None of the others followed, but they abandoned firing their weapons.
Kon was just about across the pipes, swinging and jumping from pole to pole. When he landed on the floor, he noticed some sounds of footsteps and turned around. He saw two cops also crossing while the rest just stood, watching. The one closer to him he didn't recognize, but he did recognize the one further from him, the one that almost caught him. Signing, Kon turned back around to the last part of the wreaked hall. The only way across that would seem humanly possible would be to wall run. But he wouldn't make it all the way, so he would have to jump to the other wall and finish his way across that way. Running as fast as that woman that kicked Kon when he was running away from the Kurosaki house, Kon jumped on the wall, not even breaking stride as he crossed half the hall and jumped across to the other side and make it to the end. Kon jumped at the end of his wall run and landed on the floor by the door. The group of cops at the other end actually cheered and shouted words of relief. Without even looking back, Kon when through the door, seeing another flight of stairs that went to the roof.
After making the jump, Jackson proceeded to crossing the pipes. The teen made it look so easy. Both he and the other cop had difficulty making it through, but they were progressing. He seen what the teen just did. He enjoyed playing video games of all types. But very rarely does he come across a character that can freerun as fluently as this kid was doing. Hell, he's doing better than a video game. The other cop finally made it across. He seemed to hesitate for a second as he looked ahead of him. How could he really think he could just attempt what that teen just did and actually do it? That was amazing, but that required a level of athleticism that was to high for even athletes. Suddenly, he took off for the wall. Jackson made it to the floor just in time to see him also wall run. He did everything exactly like the teen, even jump across to the other wall and make it to the door. He can do it. No way in hell can I do it. The cop turned around, gave a smug grin and said, "Don't even try, s.a. Do dangerous for the likes of you." He then walked through the door, going up the steps.
The comment just flicked a new fire within Jackson, as he took off for the wall as well. Running as fast as he could, Jackson jumped for the wall. He wasn't as smooth as the other two, and was already going down before he even came close to the end of the wall. Not good! Thinking as fast as he could, time seemed to slow down for him. He couldn't see anyway for him across. He was about to fall to his death. Looking up, he saw a chandelier, somehow still hanging on the ceiling. In a last ditch effort, Jackson kicked off as hard as he could and propelled himself to it. The kick was to much for the decaying wall and even the support as the whole section of wall fell to the ground and the overhead support beam cracked dangerously. It looked ready to fall any second. But it held long enough for him to get to the chandelier. Using the momentum, Jackson grabbed the Chandelier and swung his legs forwards to give him more speed. The chandelier wasn't going to have any of it as right after he let go after swinging, it and the piece of support beam it held on to broke and fell. The beam collapsed in on itself, causing both sides of the building to fall towards each other. The group of cops at the entrance frantically found something to hold on to while others ran through the door.
Jackson landed on the tilted floor. The floor sported spider web cracks that spread out from the landing of his feet. Damn it! He tried to crawl up the floor to the door, but the floor gave away and Jackson had to scramble and jump and extended as far as his body would allow for the door. Luckily, the door opened as the building continued to slowly fall towards the other slowly collapsing building. Stretching as far as he could, Jackson's hand closed around the knob, his other hand grabbing the other just as quickly. The buildings finally collided, giving a loud 'boom' and sudden stop of the movement. The combination of catching himself on it and sudden stop caused the top hinge of the door to pop off of the wall and tilt ominously forward. Reacting quickly, he swung his legs forward and reached for the ledge with his left hand. Catching it with one hand and hanging for a second, he reached his other hand up and pulled himself up and on the floor. Slowly pulling himself up on his feet, he looked back to the former hallway, tilting far back to balance the tilt of the floor. He saw the other cops were uninjured and in a good enough state of mind to get off the floor as quickly as possible. Calming his racing heart, he started up the awkward stairs to the roof. This kid just ain't worth it! Practically took down the entire building trying to get this guy.
Tatsuki and Orihime made it to their own apartments after a long, long walk home from school. They would've been there sooner had Orihime not practically drag Tatsuki to every store they had along the way. Just as they were about to walk into Orihime's apartment, they heard a loud crash and deep rumbling sound. They both looked at the cloud of dust that was rising from the direction of the sounds. "Do you think they've finally started demolition for that eyesore of a hotel?", Tatsuki asked Orihime.
"No, there's a specific spiritual pressure there. It feels like…Kon!" Right at Orihime's exclamation of the name, a head of orange popped out amongst the dust.
"What's that idiot doing! He's going to get himself killed! Let's go Orihime.", Tatsuki yelled angrily. Orihime just nodded.
Kon made it to the roof. The building seemed to fall sideways and Kon almost crashed though the wall, literally. He was aware that the cop that just started climbing the steps was on his back as well.
What the hell! Are they trying to bring the whole building down! I can't believe this! Trying to regain his balance, Kon slowly made his way up the stairs. His patience was really starting to run out. He just got rid of some bullies and now, he was about at the roof of a collapsing building. Right before he made it to the door, the building crashed to a halt, which was followed by a loud 'boom' sound. Really starting to get agitated by being thrown around like such, Kon forcefully kicked open the door, said door flying a good ways away. It was dark now, the stars starting to glow their bright lights. Looking around, the roof was surprisingly intact. No holes, no decaying. And to top it off, the building next to it was within human jumping distance. Kon was about to jump when he was tackled to the ground. After a brief struggle, Kon was able to see the man that had attacked him. It was the cop.
"Whoa, hang on there! You thought you could outrun police huh? I guess you can think again, and trust me, you're gonna have a lot of time to think where you're going.", he said in a sarcastic tone. Though sarcastic, the cruelty was certain.
Kon, being on his back with the cop over him, threw his head forward, effectively dazing both of them, though the cop was still on top. Planting his feet flat on the ground, Kon pushed up. The sudden motion threw the cop forward, off of Kon. Kon quickly got up, but was decked across the face by the surprisingly quick cop, falling to the ground again. The cop got on him again, putting a pair of handcuff on him. He stood up, keeping a foot on his back.
"Clever, but not smart. Stay put while I call for assistance getting down this corpse of a building. I can't believe you single-handedly took down this entire building.", he said with a suggestive tone. That took Kon for a trip.
"Wait, you're blaming me for all the damage to this place?", eyes wide.
"Yep. I don't have the money in my paycheck to compensate for the damages. Parents are gonna give you hell when you get back, huh?", he said with a sneer. As he started reporting whatever he was saying, a howl sounded over his voice. The cop didn't seem to notice. He wouldn't, based on what Kon knew what it was. A hollow…shit. Kon started to inconspicuously move his legs to set up for a quick lurch forward. When Kon was ready, the cop finished talking and looked back down to Kon.
"That was some pretty impressive stunts you pulled back there. Where did you learn how to do that? Are there any other troublemakers around town that you know? Answer me all the right answers and you might get less time.", he inquired, foot still on him. "Or you-", he didn't finish as he was thrown back to the ground as Kon sprung forward and ran faster than a rocket, using some of his special abilities to accelerate even faster. Running up the slanted roof of the collapsed building, Kon ran for the highest part of the roof. It was where he was going to jump earlier before he got tackled. There was a building about two stories below and about 15 feet away. After Kon landed, however, he had to take care of the newly arrived hollow.
Jumping at the edge, he had an idea. While in the air, Kon pulled both arms down and brought his legs up to his chest. He was going to bring the handcuffs under and in front. He was losing time as he was crashing to the ground quick so he hurried. With a final strain, he finally got the handcuffs out in front of him. He hit the roof of the other building, landing in a roll, which he quickly got out of and felt for the hollow. In doing so, he also felt Orihime and Tatsuki coming in his direction. Then, they stopped, and headed for the hollow's instead. Kon got up. The handcuffs won't be a problem, he fought with his legs anyway. He started for the door on the roof to go down the flights of stairs to help.
"Damn it!", the cop that had Kon yelled. I've had enough, he's going down. He got up, reaching for his gun when the unexpected happened. The teen jumped. "Hey!" He doubted that he heard it. Running to the ledge, he stopped when he saw Jackson burst through the door. He looked around, finally looking at the other cop and asked, "I thought you said you had him? If it would've been someone from the states, than this wouldn't of happened.", he said with a smile.
"Fuck you Jackson. I did have him, he just jumped.", he replied, glaring at him the whole time.
"Really now? Why don't you follow him? You did when he got across the hallway."
"That was because I could do it. I can't make and land a jump like that.", he said, as he watched the teen run into the building. The whole time they were talking, they were walking to the ledge.
"You know, Azubuki, hesitation and cowardice are bad traits.", he said as he walked to the other side of the roof. The cop, Azubuki, was radioing the other cops, saying he was at the other building. Once finished, Azubuki turned around and was about to reply when the figure of Jackson raced past him. Azubuki turned in time to see Jackson jump the ledge. He also ran forward, but unlike the American, stayed by the ledge. Jackson seemed stiff as he fell. Once he started to fall downwards, he started to brace himself for the impact of hitting the ground. He also entered a roll, one that kept going until his momentum stopped. He stayed on the ground for a moment, and then, slowly, got up. He had a light limp that straightened out as he kept moving. Soon, it would disappear. But he would be sore tomorrow, that was guaranteed. He reached for his radio, "Officer Jackson, in pursuit.", he said into it. With one last glance at Azubuki at the top of the other building, he also went into the building.
Kon make it to the second floor about to descended another level until he heard footsteps and shouted commands down there. About to shout out in frustration, Kon just ran through the door that led to the 2nd floor. The building was an apartment building, raggedy and in need of repair. Their was a window at the end of the hall. Running to it, Kon opened it up and saw a window under the one he just opened. He jumped out, holding on to the windowsill. "He's over there, by the window!" Without further initiative, Kon dropped.
He grabbed the windowsill with some difficulty before he started picking up real speed. After that, he dropped again, to the alleyway. There was a 10ft high fence in his way between the alleyway and the street. Kon would normally jump straight up and over the fence, but that was impossible for a human to do. His next option would be to climb the thing, but that was also impossible due to the fact that he was handcuffed. Looking around, Kon saw a dumpster that was close enough to the fence to jump from and clear the fence. Running, he jumped, landed on the dumpster, kept running, and took a long jump that cleared the fence with room to spare. Once he landed on the sidewalk, he ran down to the park that the hollow, Orihime, and Tatsuki were.
Jackson reached the second floor the same time some more cops reached it. He questioned them, and they said that the teen was on the second floor. He heard a shout, and that was why he rushed over to the second floor, but then thought better and ran to the front entrance. If this kid taught any of them anything tonight, it was that he can perform miraculous feats and keep going. If he was out by the window, he was gonna get to the ground. He ran out of the entrance and looked around in the street. He looked to his left and saw the teen; orange was hard to miss, even with the darkness amongst them. He gave chase. He wasn't a slow person by any means, but this teen just seemed to be faster, which was a wonder how he could seeing as he couldn't use his arms for proper running form. Jackson was about to stop when he was a lone driver at a stop light. He didn't even care what car it was, he was just happy to have a breather and a way to track him. Running to the door, he flashed his badge and yelled, "Get out of the car! This is police business and you will be the car back." Unlike what he was used to, the man in the car, middle-aged, got out without question. It seemed as though he said, here take it, don't even worry about taking care of it. Stepping into the relatively clean car, Jackson took a turn left. It was the last thing he saw the teen do before confiscating the car. He caught him taking a right. Jackson wasn't here for long, but he knew that there was a park in that direction. But, why would he go there?
Tatsuki and Orihime were halfway there when they heard the howl of a hollow. Looking at each other, they decided that Kon could handle himself and changed directions to the park where the hollow was. Jogging to the park, Tatsuki asked Orihime, "Can you handle it?"
Orihime smiled to herself. Tatsuki was always protecting her. "Yes, I'm sure I can handle it.", she replied with a bubbly tone and cheerful smile. Tatsuki was unsure for a moment, but she then gave a small smile of her own.
"And your not worried about Kon? He's in Ichigo's body you know."
"Knowing him, he wouldn't let anything happen to Ichigo's body. And, if he does mess up, than it'll give me a chance to practice my healing.", with the same tone and expression, but a little less intense. Only someone like Tatsuki would see the difference. "Were almost there, get ready Tatsuki.", she said in a sudden serious tone. Tatsuki just nodded. Rounding the corner of the block, they entered the park, feeling for the hollow. He seemed to be hiding it, though it would still be detectable by any other soul reaper. Suddenly, upon seeing two humans, the hollow just jumped out in front of them on the pathway.
"Hah! Lucky/me getting/two higher/than average/spiritually aware/humans for/dinner.", it said in multiple tones and voices. Like he was saying the sentence in stages, and each stage was a different tone and voice. (Thus the slashes) He was a worm like hollow, with a grey body but with muscular arms that were completely black up to the shoulder. It had long, straight blond hair that started behind and above the mask. The mask itself was of no distinction, just white with teeth and eye holes. The upper body was muscular that contained it's hollow hole. It had no legs.
It attacked, giving a frontal charge. Tatsuki already moved, but Orihime was frozen, shivering where she stood. I know it isn't him, and he's different in a lot of places…But…he looks so much like him…
Cursing, Tatsuki jumped back just in time to throw a kick at the hollow's wrist, moving it to the side just enough that it missed Orihime by a few inches. "You/Bitch!" It grabbed her by the arm and threw her to a field by it's left. She slid a good 10 yards, which for a human was very painful. She was still sliding when she came to an abrupt halt. Once she got orientated with her mental directions, she looked up to see orange and brown. "Ichigo?" Ichigo's face just smiled.
"Nope. Kon.", he was going to add something else when she hastily interrupted him.
"You idiot! Go rescue Orihime! The hollow is about to eat her!" Kon didn't need to hear anymore as, for the first time that day, ran as fast as he could toward the worm-like hollow.
"Now, where/were we?" It turned towards Orihime and the mask seemed to smile. Orihime was still frozen. In her eyes, the hollow had traded places with her brother, like what she did when Ichigo looked at her for the first time when he had his mask on. Not again… The hollow was in front of her, leaning over about to consume her. I don't think I can do this… Suddenly, the hollow's face and head jerked to the right, a footprint cracked on his mask. The rest of the body followed the head and the hollow rocketed threw the trees into a playground. Orihime finally looked in front of her, seeing Ichigo. No, not Ichigo, Kon. He gave her a winning smile. "You okay princess."
Orihime blushed at the statement. Not at the statement, though she would've blushed at that also, but the smiling face in front of her. It's been a dream that she put down as a silly fantasy, but some of it in a way was being fulfilled in that moment. See Ichigo truly smile, and not at anybody, but at her. The fact that it was Kon didn't escape her, but the face was his, and it was like a preview of what can happen. After a few more moments, she regained herself. She's in a battle ground, thoughts like that had no place here.
"ah, yeah. Yeah! I'm okay.", she finished with a smile. The hollow finally rose from the pond, looking at the new arrival.
"Who/are/you." The last part, both voices were present.
"Your purifier.", Kon said with a scowl. The hollow looked at Kon for a few more seconds before it threw it head back in a roar of laughter. Either voice individually would've be creepy enough, but with both, it sent constant chills to both teens. Once the laughter died, the hollow looked on and said.
"You are/not a/soul reaper/boy. I wondered/how you/kicked me/so hard,/but that/other girl/did kick/my arm/away, so/that must/mean you're/strong. Perfect./You'll make/a great/appetizer. Come on.", it rose it's arms and moved it's fingers in a way that said 'come on'. Kon gladly took the challenge and charged. Orihime then saw that Kon had a pair of handcuffs on. He's gonna need help.
The hollow was taken aback at how fast Kon was. It was impossible for a human to run so fast. Kon jumped up, but he didn't seem like he was attacking. Seizing the opportunity, the hollow swung it's left arm at him. Then, a yellow platform appeared underneath him, and he got an extra jump, going over the hollow's arm. Kon landed on the elbow and he sprinted to his face. Right in front of him, he gave a spinning kick and cracked him in-between the eyes. It hurt, but the hollow brought his right hand up and tried to swat him away while the boy started to fall. Another platform, this one to the side, stopped his attack. Once Kon landed on solid ground, he looked back at Orihime, giving a nod of approval and thanks. She just gave her bubbly smile in return. Kon jumped back as the hollow brought his left hand down where he was standing. Kon contemplated his next move when his arms suddenly fell to his sides, causing a great deal of pain as they did. His arms were so sore. Looking behind him, he saw Orihime giving another smile and the handcuffs on the ground in pieces. He didn't use his arms a lot in combat, but it would help in mobility and power. He smirked. The hollow had no chance.
Jackson stopped by the park. He heard noises, and none of them sounded pleasant. There was a lot of rumbling, and a weird howl around there. He didn't know one animal that made a sound such as this. Getting out, he pulled out his pistol and radioed his location. Once that was done, he cautiously walked into the park, senses on full alert. He saw a teen, female with black hair, slowly getting up in the middle of a field. She was battered and bruised and it must've been painful, but she had a determined face as she proceeded to try and get up. She didn't seem to notice him. He changed course to her. If he could get information on the activities of the park, he would know what he's dealing with. Emerging from the path and walking to her, she finally noticed him. Her expression seemed panicked a little, but then calmed to a blank look.
"What happened to you? Were y-"
"You need to get away from here, now. Trust me, you're not safe here.", she said in a almost monotone voice. What was she talking about?
"I'm not safe? Look at you, struggling to get up and from the looks of it, in a lot of pain. And you're safe and I'm not? I'm calling an ambulance. While it's coming, I want to know what's going on here.", just as he reached for his radio, a howl distracted him. For a moment, he didn't move. She seemed to have heard it too, but she didn't give any reaction to it. "Did you hear that?" Her face shot to his with a shocked look on her face. He wondered why she had that look.
"You can hear it too?" This got her a puzzled look. Something as loud and as chilling as that would be hard to miss. Slowly, he nodded his head, looking at her carefully. She seemed to be amazed. Another howl shook him and he swirled to the direction of the sound.
"Look, stay here. Do not move. I'm gonna check it out an-"
"No! Don't go over there. You wouldn't understand and it's to dangerous.", she said with an almost angry look. Thinking about what he did in just this one night, an animal that he never seen before that was dangerous wouldn't really surprise him. Why is she so dead set to stop him from going? And who is she to command a police officer? Thinking over it once more, he looked at her and said, "If it's something dangerous to the people of this town, then I must stop it."
"This isn't something that you can stop. Trust me, it's gonna be over soon." Jackson shook his head.
"If it's gonna be over soon, then I must be there to see that it is.", and without listening more to the teen, he started running his tired body over to the noise.
"I'm gonna/kill you!", the hollow yelled. It charged forward, both arms out. Kon ran and jumped to it's chin. He gave a strong kick that forced the hollow up in the air, it's back to the ground. He then jumped in the air and kicked him hard on the back that forced him higher. Kon hit the ground and jumped with a little extra power to get to the hollow. Once there, he grabbed him by the neck with his legs and twisted, breaking his neck, and then leaned back and threw the hollow back down to the ground. The hollow hit the ground hard, but it was still in one piece and moving. He got up sluggishly, seeing Orihime, it charged her, trying to devour her. Kon was still in the air, unable to help. "Orihime!", he yelled. Not even flinching, Orihime said, "Souten Kishun!" A shield appeared in front of her, and stopped the weakening hollow. Looking the hollow in the eyes, she said, "I reject."
A flying light came out of her hairpins and zig-zaged in the air before changing course and hitting the hollow at the top of the mask and continued down to the bottom of his chin. Before the hollow started to disintegrate, Kon landed an axe kick right on the split, making the mask collapse and the hollow disintegrated instantly.
Catching his breath, Kon looked at Orihime and asked, "You okay?" She took a deep breath, and then looked up at him and smiled, "Yes, thank you."
Kon smiled. "Come on, let's get Tatsuki and get out of here. I had an evening that you wouldn't believe.", he said while walking away.
"Like being on top of a collapsing building?", Orihime asked, still smiling. Kon twitched and hunched forward. He turned and asked with a sheepish grin, "You knew about that?" Orihime nodded. She started to walk also. "Me and-"
"What in the world was that?"
Kon and Orihime turned around, ready to attack if need be. Then a cop stepped out in the clearing. He looked shocked and confused. He also had a gun pointed at the two. "Who, what are you? What was that? W-", he stopped when the orange-headed boy who he relentlessly chased around town appeared in front of him, hand on the gun. He didn't have any idea what happened next as the boy's knee contacted with his gut, knocking him out cold.
Carefully laying him down, Kon grabbed his radio and said, "Officer down, at a park." He looked at his name tag. "Officer A. Jackson." He looked at Orihime, who was surprised at what she saw. "Well, he had a gun pointed at you, I couldn't let that happen.", Kon said honestly. Orihime blushed again. Then she remembered about Tatsuki. "Let's go get Tatsuki.", and she started walking at a quicker pace than before. Kon just followed her. When they got to Tatuski, Kon didn't even ask as he just swept her up and carried her to Orihime's place. Tatsuki gave a world of protests, but when she wasn't put down, she moved to threats and promised pain like Kon would never forget. Kon just smiled the whole time. She also warned Kon about getting any perverted ideas while he carried her. Kon again just smiled.
Once they got there, Kon put Tatsuki down, Tatsuki immediately slugging Kon across the mouth. He rubbed his jaw, exclaiming, "What the hell? I help you home and that's what I get in return?" Tatsuki just smirked and kicked him in the ribs.
"Hope you weren't expecting anything else." She would've continued but Orihime said no, so she stopped.
"It's late guys. We should let Kon get home so Ichigo won't have to look for him when he gets back.", Orihime just smiled sheepishly when Kon started saying how kind and innocent she was. That was followed with Tatsuki hitting him again. After a while, Kon was finally able to leave. He was tired, but he was also tired of playing human without running his maximum speed or jumping ability. He jumped on the roof of a building. Seeing the Kurosaki household, Kon mapped a course to it through the streets. He jumped down. Ready. Get set. Go! Kon ran as fast as he could through the streets. Had a person been on the street that Kon was running through, they would've seen a blur followed by a strong wind. Taking the last turn, Kon came to a sliding halt in front of the door. Oh yeah. He sobered up and gave his best scowl. Walking through the door, Kon yelled, "I'm home." Yuzu was cleaning the Kitchen while Karin was watching TV. Just like always. He expected to have to subdue Isshin, but the attack never came. "Where's dad?"
"Somewhere, I don't know.", Karin said, not taking her eyes off the TV.
"Aren't you a little worried Karin? He might be hurt or…", she say Kon for the first time that night and her eyes widened. Kon can practically feel her eyes scanning every broken end and stressed spot of fabric that made up Ichigo's school uniform. With a shake of her head that was meant to break her out of her surprise, Yuzu asked, "Ichigo, what happened to you? You're a mess! Did you get into a fight again? Oh, why can't they ever leave you alone?", at her mourning, Karin took her eyes off of the TV set to look at Kon as well.
"Wow, I thought she was exaggerating but, they really did a number on you, Ichigo." Kon was starting to get annoyed with the big deal they were making about this. It was only clothes and a few scratches on his hands. Ichigo probably got a lot of those on a daily basis and yet they still made a big deal about it.
In an effort to turn the conversation, Kon asked, "So, dad isn't here. Ok, well hope he's okay. I'm going to my room.", and he promptly turned and proceeded to Ichigo's room.
As he walked into Ichigo's room, the exhaustion of the day's events really started to take effect as Kon laid down on the bed. A few minutes later, there was a knock at the door. Groaning and getting up, Kon opened the door. On the other side, Isshin was standing there. He walked into the room, without waiting to be invited in.
"Close the door, Kon." Kon was no secret to Isshin. He noticed every time he was used. "So, where did Ichigo get off to this time?", he asked.
"The Soul Society. Rukia came to 'escort' him to Head-Captain Yamamoto. Don't know why though.", Kon answered. Isshin seemed to contemplate this, but then he seemed to give a sad smile.
"I can't believe they're actually going through with it."
"Mind if I ask what that would be?", Kon asked, honestly curious.
"Well, it's a rumor, and hasn't been confirmed, but I guess it won't hurt to tell."
Kon was surprised. He would already know what Ichigo's answer would be as the other choice would go against everything that Ichigo stood for, but it was still an undesirable situation. It also spelled disaster for Kon himself too. They ordered his demise a long time ago. They're back.
Yo, SLR here. Got some things to point out.
The bond between Ichigo and Chad was witnessed during the Soul Society arc, where Chad fought Kyouraku and lost. Ichigo said he could always feel when Chad was okay and felt when he lost.
Yes, Ichigo has the long hair when he faced Aizen. No, he isn't going to cut it. I thought he looked more badass with it.
The freerunning Kon did in the chapter with the cops chasing him was the most fun to write on this chapter! I was always like, "That would be so badass to do during a run from the cops." I like freerunning and parkour, think it should be a national competition.
Jackson will be a part of the story.
So, tell me what you think of this chapter and see you soon.