Alright, I know I'm being a jerk, but when I watch the Movie 4: Hell Chapter Trailer, I just can't resist the blessings from the God of Inspirations, even if it meant to cut down my time on other matters.
Before reading a word, if you haven't watch the trailer yourself, then go watch it on YouTube and come back. For those who've watched it, you may find that this fic would have some differences from what you see in the trailer. Who cares, for it's my own creation (Though I tried to adapt from the trailer as much as possible, but there's the copyright we have to consider.)!
So, are you all ready? 1...2...
Let all the Hell break loose...
Hell
So, this is what Hell is.
Rukia couldn't help it, but keeps thinking the same phrase with distraught and despair. This barren landscape has nothing at all, except piles of dried bones and the redness of fiery heat.
She feels her limbs growing weak. No matter how much she urges herself to move even a pinkie, her physical body just won't comply, staying just as still as ever. Her grip on her broken Zanpakutou looses gradually. Though claimed to be one of the most beautiful Zanpakutous in Soul Society, Sode no Shirayuki is no longer gleaming with its pure white, but stained and ugly rather.
She doesn't know what's become of Ishida and Chad; all that she knows is that as normal humans, they're in a real critical state. Renji could no longer use his Bankai for quite some time, but he still persists in fighting with his Shikai, yet it's way minute to win—ah, there you go, he finally collapses.
The painful weight in Rukia's chest grows, and it hurts most horribly. Even the captains are fighting, it's impossible to win.
She could hardly fight against her heavy eyelids, and waits hopelessly for the cruel end…
So, this is what Hell is.
"UOOH…!"
The echoing cry thunders the dimension. Rukia's weary eyes, originally closing, snaps open with surprise.
In such a desperate situation, he's still swinging his blade against his enemies. Vigorous clashes of metal ring in the space.
A fraction of Rukia's lips crooks and lifts upwards. That's right; they have this trump card, their Substitute Shinigami. Ichigo never knows how to give up. He may have down times, but he'll never let loose of his precious blade. He'll keep fighting; even his body is in ribbons, his burning soul will still be blazing.
Of course, they're talking about his family that he cherishes. These people are committing crime after crime. They not only want to merge Hell and the Living World together, to trigger his immense potential powers, they even kidnapped his innocent younger sister, Yuzu. It's because of them that they're having this meaningless battle.
Her smile grows sarcastic. If she's a member of them, then she's doing nothing better to meet this very purpose.
"I don't care how and what my body becomes of! Even at cost of my own life, I must protect those who are precious to me!"
His loud voice could be heard from afar, catching many people's attentions, whether they've fallen or not. Beyond the furious red, there he is in his Bankai form. His robe-like Shihakushou, after so many battles, are in rags. Several wounds sport on his well-toned body.
Everyone hold their breath as he brings his spare left hand to his face, fingers curled a little. Rukia's eyes grow yet larger.
"Don't, Ichigo!" She finally finds her voice back and yells at top of her lungs. It's just a second, but all's too late now…
He brings his hand down in a ripping fashion and, at the same time, summons his Hollow mask. The nightmare begins.
So, this is what Hell is.
Rukia watches the fight in terror. Probably it is fear that drives her heavy body to, finally, move subconsciously.
With the power augmentation after Hollowfication, the table's starting to turn. Every slash has so much power in it that the leaked reiatsu comes as if tsunami waves, washing them to and fro. It instils a sense of terror to Rukia as she recalls the time when they're in Las Noches, when that fearful reiatsu flooded down from the dome, when she realized it was Ichigo…
The frightening reiatsu is getting overwhelming, as if going to engulf everything in it, under its feet. Ichigo starts to act really weirdly. He might still be fighting, yet it seems that he's losing his focus to maintain his honour in his battles. He acts on more of his instincts than rationality, which sets off an alarming alert to his comrades.
His inner Hollow's surfacing, and he may risk the berserk mode of his stage of Complete Hollowfication.
"No, Ichigo! Call off your mask and suppress your inner Hollow! You're going on a rampage!" Rukia yells.
"A-ARGH…!" That's the last of his voice they could hear, before his black reiatsu envelops him up…
So, this is what Hell is.
Rukia's eyes pop out again at the source of all catastrophes. Nothing she'd seen in the past could be compared to this sinister sight, even when Shiba Kaien's being possessed by Metastacia, taunting in her nightmares to no end.
Amongst the dancing tongues of flames, a humanoid beast looms over with the slender black blade in its right clawed hand. The long orange waist-length hair of a mane flows in the howling wind, so as the red tuffs on its collar, wrists and ankles. Rukia could spot the broken-heart markings on its chest and back from the hole at its chest. It turns around…
The mask with two horns startles many, to all, witnesses around, and it lets out a murderous roar.
It's executing the enemy's death in the most possible insulting and painful way. It crafts deep slashes into the dying body, and the black blade's drenched in blood. It swings the blade to get rid of those foul sticky liquids, yet at the same time sends a shockwave. The swing destroys and blasts a large area into flames, casting redness to everything.
Mindlessly, it carries on with its destruction, which threatens the balances of the dimensions.
So, this is what Hell is.
"Come on, everyone! We can't stay here any longer!" Captain Hitsugaya calls to all the fighters alarmingly. In half a minute, Vice-Captains Hisagi and Kira appear and take Ishida and Chad, both heavily beaten and surely unconscious, away from the scene. Ikkaku and Yumichika evacuate with a barely conscious Renji together on their shoulders.
Rukia allows her stiff body to be picked up to a strong embrace. The hot wind goes past her naked skin, telling her she's now moving in high speed, yet she doesn't feel the journey to be bumpy. Through her murky eyes, she makes out the stern lines of the cool-faced Captain Kuchiki, her brother, bringing her to safety.
"Nii-sama…" She murmurs, unsure of whether he heard it or not. However, he just did.
"Hang on, Rukia." He responses quietly, never hesitating his pace for a second. "We're leaving here."
Rukia lets out a tired sigh of relief. Finally, they could return to the safety of the Living World, where Ichigo—
Wait a second…
"I-ICHIGO…!" She doesn't know where this surge of strength comes from, but she struggles in Byakuya's arms.
"No, Rukia!" It's probably the first time she hears him to be so agitated. "I'm sorry, but we have no choice!"
His hold grows stronger and they're very close to the Gates of this disastrous place. At the very last moment, before Byakuya makes a leap, Rukia's struggle finally comes to a success and climbs over his shoulder. She could see Ichigo, in his rampant New Hollow form, devastating the place to rubbles and terminating everything in his path.
"No…come back, ICHIGO!" She shrieks just before they, the last, pass through the Gates.
So, this is what Hell is.
They've returned, to the safety of the Living World, but not everyone.
This safety is secured, but at the cost of a great man. His sacrifice's just too great to be weighed.
"Ichigo…ICHIGO!" Rukia's excruciating cries stab everyone's heart, as the heavy Gates are closing.
With her teary eyes, Rukia takes a glimpse of Hell for the last time.
She'll never forget the redness of this inferno, the place called Hell…
So, this is what Hell is…
Well, I'd say it's just great since it's the first time I write a fic for Bleach (excluding the last chapter from The Four Seasons). If you don't think the same as I do, then gimme a friendly review, please...
BTW, as the movie's supposed to be, there'd definitely a happy ending. So I just want to ask if anyone of you out there would like to have a happy ending with this story as well? Whatever your answer is, do give me a kind reply.
I love you all as well as your hearty reviews.
Drops of Chastity
P.S. If you like happy endings, please proceed to the next chapter.
