Untitled chapter 1:
Along the riverbanks
An orange haired boy, in his late teens, walked across the karakura riverbanks. The wind was blowing slowly, and the only sounds that could be heard were the soft scuffling of his feet and his school uniform shirt flapping in the wind. He stopped slowly to glance out over the river, sighing slowly he walked down a stone set of stairs and sat upon them. Resting his elbows on his knees he rested his chin upon his palms and sighed softly. Glancing out towards the river he spied a small pebble on the step and slowly picked it up. Rising and brushing off his pants he glanced along the riverbank again and skipped the stone across the water, the stone skipped once, twice, three times then submerged under the water.
"Just like always…"
He said as he smiled softly sliding his hands into his pockets he walked along the river bank. He heard a faint laughing within his mind, the laughter of his other within him;
'oi Koichi why so glum? It's a peaceful day and you don't have to worry about fighting..'
Koichi sighed slowly, as his partner was beginning to get on his nerves, but this wouldn't be the first time.
"No reason. Just not feeling too energetic."
Koichi turned towards the river again and pulled back one of his bangs behind his ear;
"Its been pretty lonely around here…"
'I guess it has but what's that got to do with anything..?'
"Heh, It's nothing. Just voicing my feelings that's all."
'well you better snap out of it… looks like you got work to do.'
Koichi glanced towards the edge of the lake and spotted an ape like figure, it wore a milky white mask and a hole adorned its chest, it bellowed out loudly as it pounded its chest. Koichi nodded slowly, small resolve forming as he pulled out a pendant out of his pocket, he grasped the pendant tightly, and his earthly body was thrown backwards, leaving his shingami form standing. His robes fluttering in the wind slowly he unsheathed his blade and jumped over the river towards the Hollow.
The hollow reared its head towards koichi and lashed out with a tail from behind him. Koichi stumbled forward and landed face first into a concrete wall, he groaned slowly as he slid down the wall;
'baka! This guy is a low level hollow you should be able to take him easil…'
Koichi's brow furrowed as he clenched his teeth and gripped his hilt tightly running towards the hollow;
"I know that!! You don't have to lecture me!!!"
The hollow bellowed out once again and threw its gargantuan fist towards Koichi's sword, blocking it with the face of the blade he struggled to keep his defense up. The hollow smirked slowly and laughed;
"Heheh… foolish Shinigami…where is your resolve… if you don't take this seriously I'll finish you here and now!!"
The hollow laughed once more and brought his tail above Koichi's body, and struck downwards towards Koichi's head.
'Baka!!! Watch out!!'
But before Koichi had time to react the hollow's tail was cut from its body, Koichi's eyes widened as he glanced up and spotted another Shinigami, the Shinigami flipped through the air gracefully and landed on the floor behind the hollow.
'A woman???'
The female Shinigami raised her head and smiled eagerly, her red eyes shining brightly as the sun hit her face, her blue hair shimmered slowly as she smirked.
"wh…who is that girl??"
Koichi glanced at the girl Shinigami dumbfounded, questions raced through his mind; who is she, why is she here… and what's her name..?