Hey guys. This is my 4th fanfic, featuring my first ever OC as the main character. Hope you guys enjoy

Chapter 1: Calling

"Run! Just run!" I yelled to my friends as we ran. The creature that had been chasing us for quite some time now was slowly but surely catching up to us. I turned around, but oh damn did I wish I did not. Seeing the look of fear on all the faces of my friends only served to make me more afraid. As I turned and faced the front, I could hear my friends screaming, voices disappearing one by one. No doubt what had happened, but I couldn't lose focus now. I needed to keep my cool and remain confident, not just for myself, but for the others that had made it thus far too.

"Keiko! Heeeeeelp!"

No, not Shinji too. His voice still ringed in my ears even after the monster got to him. My best friend, just gone like that…I fought back the tears and just kept on running, with no destination in mind. None of us could afford to slow down, otherwise we would be dead too.

"Keiko!"

"What!?" We don't have time for small talk! Just run man!"

"Here! Catch!"

As Kenji threw me an object, I quickened my step a bit and leapt forward to retrieve it.

"What's this? A pistol?"

"Yeah, you always were the best shot amongst us…..and I could never get it to fire…..I thought you could figure out how to….It's best if you held on to it."

"Thanks," I said with a hint of sarcasm. I mean, did it matter who held on to something that didn't even work in the first place?

Anyways, after running for what seemed like ages, we came to a small cave at the base of a cliff. Since it was the only shelter available to us, we decided to seek refuge inside it and hide from that monster. We bent over and placed our hands on our thighs, breathing heavily as we tried to catch our breath. Looking around, our group of ten had been reduced to just me, Kenji, Ayane and Hidetoshi.

"What…..what the heck was that!?" Hidetoshi cried and banged his fist repeatedly against the cave walls in anger. He didn't even care that his knuckles were now cracked open and bleeding. What an idiot….

"So many of us…..gone…"

"It's a hollow…..it must be…"

"Yeah," I said. "I think it is. What other kind of monsters could there be lurking?"

"It doesn't matter! It got Shinji!" Hidetoshi yelled. They were brothers, Hidetoshi and Shinji, and they were inseparable. "I'm gonna go get that bastard!"

His anger had got the best of him and he was out of control. Seeing that he was about to exit the cave, I rushed over and grabbed his collar, throwing him over my head and hard against the wall.

"See Hidetoshi…..you've gone and upset the queen," Kenji tried to make a joke out of it. "Just look at that strength!"

"That's our queen alright," Ayane chipped in.

I knew they were just trying to lighten the situation but it was no time for jokes. We were in a dire situation and really, I just wasn't in the mood for it after losing so many in our group. I shot them a look of anger as they dropped their faces to the floor trying to hide their shamed faces after realizing that the joke had really pissed me off. After which, I turned my focus back towards Hidetoshi.

"Fool!" I screamed at him as he covered his left shoulder in pain trying to get off the floor. "Don't be reckless! That thing is out there!"

"Then let me get him!"

"Do you honestly think you can! Look at just how many of us are left!"

"Keiko's right. Control yourself," Ayane said.

"Don't tell me what to do! If that bitch cared for Shinji at all she would be doing the same as me!"

Once again going to his side, I raised my hand and slapped Hidetoshi across the face. It impressed me that he was still standing…..the slap left a mark on his face and it really should have knocked a couple of teeth out of his mouth….

"What the heck was that for!?"

"You idiot! Do you honestly think I don't care…" I cried a bit as my words came out and thought about Shinji. "He was my best friend since we were kids! We've been through a lot together so don't you dare tell me that I don't care!"

"Quiet you guys! Something's coming…" Kenji said as he pointed towards the entrance of the cave. The buzzing of wings could be heard. At first, the sound was soft but it became louder as it approached us.

"Enough!"

"Hidetoshi! Don't!" I yelled and tried to stop him before Ayane grabbed my shoulder and held me back. She shook her head as if to say that he was a lost cause and I reluctantly agreed. If she hadn't stopped me, I might regret my decision later.

Suddenly, the buzzing stopped and a deadly silence filled the cave.

"Hide…..toshi?"

Out of the blue, Hidetoshi's body came flying towards us before it crashed against the wall with such impact that we could actually hear a couple of his bones breaking. He had bite marks all over him and he bled profusely. Furthermore, a sickly black ooze came out from the bite marks as well. Poisoned and apparently, looking somewhat eaten, he was dead.

"RUN!" I yelled as we rushed towards the back of the cave. What rotten luck…just when we thought we were safe. The inside of the cave was so dark and almost no light passed through. Trying to keep our balance, it was almost inevitable that we would fall down once or twice.

"KEIKO! AYANE! AHHHHHHHH!"

"KENJI!"

"AYANE!" I screamed. "Just run!" I still had to keep my cool and prevent Ayane from losing her head too. The hollow had gotten to Kenji and only two of us remained. Then, after a few minutes, I couldn't hear Ayane's heavy breathing anymore…..she was gone too….She didn't scream because she knew it may have made me more worried and I would lose my focus and die too…. But now….I was all alone….Running as fast as I could, I figured my luck would run out sooner or later. Alas, I ran straight into a wall and landed hard on my backside. Then, the hollow's roar got louder. Turning around, I could see a pair of glowing red eyes floating in mid-air and hear the sound of wings buzzing, it must have been an insect of some sort.

"Shit….what am I going to do…" I thought to myself as the pair of red eyes came nearer and nearer towards me. I began to panic a little as drops of perspiration fell down the side of my face. I was about to give up when I felt something in my pocket. Pulling it out, it was the gun that Kenji had passed me earlier….but what good was a gun that couldn't fire? Praying for a miracle, I tried to aim where I thought that hollow's head might be, hoping to kill it in a single shot. Before I could take my aim though, the hollow roared and I felt it approach me at a frightening pace. Without hesitation, I pulled the trigger. To my surprise, I thought I heard a voice saying something like "I thought you were never going to use me." Then again, it might have just been my imagination in the heat of the moment. I definitely did hear a loud bang though as a blue light came out from the pistol. Before I knew it, the hollow let out a high pitched roar, sounding like it was in pain. After struggling a little, the pair of red eyes fell to the floor and the buzzing of the hollow's wings stopped. Had I killed it? I believe I did….But the hollow did a number on me as well. Feeling my neck, I felt a burning sensation coming from it and it was moist and a strange odor came from it…..I fell to the floor and I couldn't feel my body at all….the hollow had poisoned me like it did to the others…I was sure I was going to die but then, I heard a voice.

"Quick! There she is! Get her to safety immediately!"

It was the voice of a woman…..but who was she?

"She killed the hollow too! Amazing for someone so young…"

"Taichou, this isn't the right time of the place!"

"Quite right…let's move!"

I remembered feeling a bunch of guys lift me off the floor as they sped on out of the cave. Throughout the journey, I still couldn't feel a thing as I lay down on a stretcher and stared at the night sky. Before I knew it, we had reached a large area, with buildings of sorts. They entered a room that resembled an infirmary as they lay me down on what looked like a medical bed. And then, the woman spoke again. This time though, I could actually see her face. A short woman with blue hair, it was long though she kept it short and tidy by braiding it up with covers that looked like ropes. She seemed leaned and fit and wore a white haori…..a shinigami? Was I in Sereitei?

"Soi Fon taichou….who is this cute little girl?"

Soi Fon…so that was her name…at least I think it was…..by now my senses were really messed up and I couldn't even tell left from right….but she was addressed as taichou…she was a captain level shinigami?

"Some girl poisoned by the hollow I was chasing…..but enough questions…..Can you save her Unohana taichou?"

"Don't worry, she'll be fine. Thank goodness you brought her here quickly though….just a few minutes later and she wouldn't be able to make it!"

"She is one lucky bitch."

"Yup. I'll let you know how she is after the treatment alright? Go get some rest."

"Ok, thanks Unohana taichou."

As Soi Fon exited the room, I witnessed Unohana…..or whatever her name was, smile at me as she took a syringe and injected some liquid into me.

"Rest well, little girl."

Before I knew it, I drifted off into a deep sleep.

That's the end of Chapter 1! Thanks so much for reading and I hope you guys like it so far. Do let me know how I'm doing so I can improve! I know I didn't give a detailed description of how Keiko is supposed to look like but I promise that'll come in the next chapter so please do stick around for the rest of the story!