The Mask that hides ones trueself,

The Hole in one's heart made from lost humanity,

In the dark, a soul cries as it falls into a dark and Hollow void...

BLEACHed

Chapter 1: Dead to Fall

"Oh... my head... what happened?"

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[Karakura, Japan- Site of a Car Accident]

Several people were gathered at the site of the car accident, standing above the body of male high school student who was hit by the car. The boy wore the Karakura High School uniform and had neck length midnight blue hair that was parted over his left eye which was green as was his right and both eyes had slitted pupils like a cat.

"Oh man, I took my phone out for a second to talk with by boss and I didn't see him until it was too late!" The owner of the car, a business man stated. "Come on kid, you gotta get up, I could go to jail and lose my job over this and I've got a wife and kids to worry about!" He stated.

"It that kid dead?" A woman asked.

"I hope he's okay." A second woman stated.

My name is Matabi Daisuke, I'm what you would call your average high school student only that... well, I the kid laying on the ground there.

Unseen by the onlookers, Daisuke stood beside his own body as a disembodied soul that was confused and scared about what was going on.

Here's me right now, unaware of what just happened to me.

"That's me laying on the ground... but how can that be if I right here?" Daisuke asked in confusion as looked down at his own palm.

"Isn't it obvious? You're dead..."

Daisuke flinched up before turning aroud looking behind his backin surprise. Behind him, was a girl with long, stringy black hair, red eyes, and pale skin wearing a black kimono with a red butterfly pattern that was tied close with a red obi and had a katana that was as long as she was with a rectangular tsubasa and a brown hilt and sheath.

"Or at least you appear to be." The girl stated.

"Dead? What are you talking about? Who are you?" Daisuke asked.

"I am I psychopomp, my name is Shinigami and I came here to reap you soul..." Shinigami informed as she raised her hand to grab the hilt of his katana and began to unsheathed it to Daisuke's horror.

"Reap my soul? Hold on, wait a second!" Daisuke exclaimed as he stepped back away from Shinigami.

"However, this seems to only be a false alarm. You're just having an out of body experience, seriously annoying..." Shingami informed with sigh.

"Y- you mean I'm not dead?" Daisuke asked.

"No, but there's still the matter of putting you back into your body..." Shinigami stated as she narrowed her eyes and her red irises began to glow. A shadow was suddenly cast over her eyes, leaving only one visible as she unsheathed her sword, spun it in her hand as she swung it back before impaling Daisuke in the center of his chest, directly through his heart.

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"GYAH!" Daisuke screamed as he sprung awake in his bed wearing a T- shirt with a black cat head on it and a pair of pink shorts. He panted heavily as he repeatedly touched the area he thought Shinigami had stabbed him in, only to find no wound. "Phew..." He whistled in relief. "So... was it all just a dream?" He asked as he looked up at the ceiling at the spinning ceiling fan light. He began to think back to the moments before Shinigami stabbed him. "The moment right when that Shinigami girl stabbed me, I could actually feel the pain through my chest, it felt like I just got killed... " He stated. "Could it really have been just a dream?" He asked. "Oh well, I guess it's not really important..." He sighed. He turned his head to look outside his bedroom and saw that the sun had set and it was currently late at night. "Wow, has it really gotten that late?" He asked.

"Yo! Daisuke!"

Daisuke turned his head toward the door to his room, where he heard the voice come from.

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At the bottom of the stairs, stood a young man with neck length black hair and blue eyes wearing a white sleeveless shirt with black pants and dress shoes with an apron tied around his waist and a blue bandana tied around his head, covering most of his head.

Daisuke came from around the corner and began to walk down the stairs with a yawn. "Yeah? You need me Katsuo Onii- San?" He asked.

"I need you to deliver some ramen, I'd do it myself, but I'm swamped right now with a bunch of orders." Katsuo informed.

"I understand..." Daisuke sighed. He walked past Katsuo and grabbed the ramen from off of the clerk counter and walked out of the Matabi's ramen shop.

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Daisuke walked up a street of Karakura, having delivered the ramen, with a disgruntled expression on his face. "I hate delivering the ramen..." He sighed. "I didn't even get a tip..." Daisuke added as comedic tears streamed down his cheeks as he bit down on a hankie. "Besides, Karakura sure is creepy at night..." Daisuke stated as he began to shiver in fright.

A hitodama suddenly whizzed passed Daisuke's head, to the surprise of high school student, causing him to fall backwards onto his rear.

"Wh- what the hell?" Daisuke mumbled in shock and fear. He looked to his right and saw a mother and her toddler daughter holding hands with their hitodama glowing through their chest where small chains hung from. He looked to his left and saw a group of punkish teenage boy sits on loitering n the sidewalk with their hitodama glowing through their chest and chains hanging from their chests as well. these similarities Daisuke took particular note of. "G- ghosts? Am I imagining things? How is I'm able to see them?" He asked. He remembered Shinigami stabbing him again. "That Shinigami girl! Whatever she did to me, it gave me the power to see ghosts!" Daisuke concluded. "...WHY ME?" He cried with with comedic tears once again.

Donk! Donk! Donk!

Daisuke looked up and saw a boy soul walking a fence with a stick stuck between the fence posts. "A kid?" Daisuke asked.

"I'm not dead... I'm not dead... I can't be dead... I'm still walking aren't I? I still breath, I still eat... I'm alive, this chain and hitodama be damned! I'm still..." The boy ranted on as he suddenly grabbed onto the chain in his chest.

"Oh crap, that kid's pulling on his chain! He's about to go Hollow!" One of the street punks warned.

"Everyone get out of here!" A second punk ordered.

Daisuke watched in panick as all of the souls around him suddenly began running away. "W- what's going on?" He asked.

"ALIVE!" The boy shouted as he ripped the chain out of his chest along with his hitodama that was attached to it, leaving behind a hole in his chest. Spiritual energy suddenly exploded from the boy's spiritual body the moment his hitodama was removed from his chest, stiring up a cloud of dust.

Daisuke held his arm up over his face, to protect his eyes from dust as it blew past him. He lowered his arm and saw that boy had taken a large oni like shape with long, ape like arms and now wore a skull like mask. "What the hell?" He mumbled in horror.

"I am alive... I still breath, I still eat... I shall prove that I am alive by... consuming... EVERYTHING!" The boy turned monster roared. He looked down at Daisuke and saw his hitodama glowing through his chest. "YOU! You're soul looks especially delicious! You shall be my first meal!" He shouted as he jabbed his clawy hand at Daisuke's chest.

'It's like with Shinigami again! I'm even feeling that pain in my chest from earlier!' Daisuke thought as he watched his impending doom coming toward him.

Daisuke's hitodama suddenly began to glow as the Hollow's fingers were about pierce Daisuke's chest before spiritual energy erupted from his chest to the hollow's surprise.

"GRAGH!" The Hollow screamed as he pulled back his hand, the fingertips of which were burnt off by Daisuke's spiritual energy.

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Atop a building, overlookking the scene, stood Shinigami, appearing interested in the events unfolding below. "It seems that my Zanpakuto(Soul Slaying Sword) has had a second effect on this mortal... time will tell how having his spiritual powers awakened will effect this human..." She stated before suddenly vanishing.

To Be Continued...