Hi guys! Imma back!
I just want to say thanks to my reviewer:
HyorinmaruXD: O my god, thank you so much! As my first reviewer EVER, you now hold a special place in my heart. Must more need be said?
But enough of me talking. Here's the chapter! XD
Chapter 2
"If I train hard, can I change the future?
No, not change the future, but keep it in line.
I am its guide, because I am the one, the only one,
Who does not walk in a straight line."
Robin's POV
I sighed as I flopped to the ground, exhausted. I was in the middle of training, and I held my white Zanpakuto in my left hand, and my black Zanpakuto in my right, just like always. Why? I had figured this out quickly. My white Zanpakuto was meant for my left, my black, for my right. Otherwise, the balance was off. The way I was teaching myself to fight was with a lot of spinning and whirling, because I had two Zanpakuto. When I tried to practice with them in the wrong hands, I basically just fell down a lot, but when I them switched back to their right way, it was easier.
Easier, not easy, mind you. Yeah, I wasn't getting very far in the 'training' department. If you want, you can go ahead and check off 'bad' in swordsmanship.
Well, what the hell was I supposed to do? Its not like I had any opponents. I had decided that in order to gain more skill and experience, I was gonna need someone to fight.
"Dammit, this would so much easier if I had Shikai! Seriously! How am I supposed to train, to get better, without it?" I muttered to myself. Yeah, though I hadn't gotten very far in training, I had gotten at least a little farther in the show. I was nearing the end of the part where Rukia is sent to the Soul Society, and Ichigo goes to save her from execution. Basically, that meant I had just learned about Shikai and Bankai.
You know, I can't wait to get a Bankai of my own…Tch, big talk, me. You don't even know your Zanpakuto's friggin' names! And here you are dreaming about Bankai? Give me a break!
Sighing once more, I set my Zanpakuto on the ground and walked over to my backpack to grab a water bottle. I was training in an abandon warehouse. Again, the problem with it being abandoned was that I didn't have anyone to train with.
As I rested, I glanced over at my body, just lying there. Another problem. The Soul Candy couldn't seem to get my body to move. Sure, when I popped one in my mouth they forced me out of my body so I could train, but they never did anything.
I had even tried popping a few in my mouth at a time. It still didn't work, and I realized afterward that that had probably been a bad idea.
Maybe they're defective? I thought. Well, anyway, if they could move, then I might have had someone to train against, but since they can't…back to my original problem.
"Hey wait a minute!" I said aloud. "There are hollows, maybe I can find one of them!"
But what if I'm not ready, or if a Soul Reaper sees me? Nope, definitely ready. Besides, it's not like I'm gonna get much better just standing here, or practicing alone. If I totally fail and have to run away, or if I can't find any of them, I could maybe go to Kisuke Urahara. I'm sure he could help me train, like how he did with Ichigo in the show, but I'd rather go to Kisuke as a last resort. I kind of don't want him to see how much of a failure I am.
And as for the second problem, if a Soul Reaper sees me, I'm sure they wont recognize me, after all…I looked down at myself. Yeah, that's another thing? Why are my clothes in the Spirit Realm or whatever so different from the Soul Reapers?
When I transformed into my 'Spirit Being' or whatever, 'Soul Mode', I always wore the same clothes. I wasn't like Chad and Orihime, who wore whatever their bodies were wearing. No, in 'Soul Mode,' I always wore a pair of long black pants going down to black sneakers with white laces. I had on a plain my-colored red shirt with a black n' white swirling dot symbol on the bottom left side. What do you call those symbols? Oh right, a yin and yang symbol. My sleeves on my shirt went down to just before my elbows, with a horizontal stripe of black on the right, and white on the left, tagged on to the end of the sleeve. I had a jacket over my shirt. It was a black leather biker jacket with lots of pockets, unzipped and opened up straight down the center, with a hood, nothing special. The sleeves of my jacket went down all the way to my wrists. I always had a white, small chain knit, plain beanie over my midnight black hair. For a finishing touch, I had a black combat-looking-ish leather belt for holding my Zanpakuto while they were in their sheaths, with the black one on the right side, and the white one on the left, which were essentially their respective sides.
Putting the cap back on my water bottle, I stuffed it back into my pack, and slung that over my shoulder. I walked over, picked up, and sheathed my Zanpakuto. I was just about to walk out of the warehouse when I hesitated.
"The hell?" I mumbled. "I'm still in Spirit Form, what am I doing grabbing my pack? Seriously? All people would see is a floating backpack! It'd scare the crap out of them!" Sighing, I walked back into the warehouse and stashed my pack next to my body. Stepping back, I shivered. Man, that's creepy. It's so weird just seeing myself lying there. Still haven't gotten over that.
"Well," I said, scratching my head. "No sense standing around here. I'd better get going. Right guys?" I looked down at my two Zanpakuto. No answer. I sighed. It's going to be a long couple months. I frowned. Speaking of which, how much time do I have? I wondered. The letter said I have half a year, and that was about three months ago, so I only have three more months left! I smiled grimly. Great. Then I'd better get moving.
It took me several hours to find a hollow. Why so long? Well, for starters there weren't very many. Second, I had to actually see it with my eyes in order to find it, I couldn't just sense it's presence like Rukia and Ichigo, because I didn't know what it's presence felt like. Also, I'd never felt another well, anything's spiritual pressure before, so I didn't know what I was looking for. I didn't have a Soul Pager, either.
I was sitting on the rooftop of a house when I saw it. It was a big one, with the body of a horse, and it started to turn into a giraffe's neck, but the neck could twist and turn like a snake's body. Weird.
Eww, I thought. Do I have to kill this one? It's disgusting, creepy, and it, it, it just grosses me out okay? I was talking to myself again. It's a bad habit, so what can I say? I mean, other than sorry.
Yes Robin, you do. It's a good opportunity. What sounded like two different voices spoke in my head at the same time.
I was so surprised, I almost fell backwards off the roof.
Huh? Wh-who are you? I thought back frantically.
Who do you think? Said one voice. Alone, it seemed rough, and aggressive, like it was ready to lash out at any moment.
Shh, don't speak to her like that. She's our master. Show some respect. A second voice. This one seemed more feminine, and laid back, more passive.
Are, are you both my Zanpakuto? I asked in my head.
That is correct. Said the second voice.
Bingo, dipshit. Said the first one.
Hey! Didn't I tell you no—the first voice started, but I interrupted.
No, its okay. I should have realized right away. Umm, could you guys tell me your names! Please?
Not quite yet. Stated the second voice, and I could hear the smile in her words. Defeat this hollow, and then talk to Kisuke. He'll help. Now, we must go.
Yeah. Agreed the first voice. We can't stay like this for long. Takes too much energy. Talk to you again at Kisuke's! Later!
Wait! I cried out in my mind. Please don't go! There's still so much…
No answer. I sighed, and looked down at my Zanpakuto. I smiled.
"Fine," I said. "You guys win. Just you watch, I'll defeat this hollow and go see Kisuke right away!"
I glanced at my surroundings, and then at the hollow, judging the best place and way to fight him. We were on a street, and while it wasn't very busy, I didn't want to cause too much of a ruckus. Looking around, I could see Ichigo's high school was close by.
Great. Okay, I'll probably want to come at him from behind, because I want to get this over with quickly. It wouldn't be a very good idea to face him head on, since my Zanpakuto are only short swords. Plus, the longer this battle takes, the more damage it'll cause, and the more chance I take of getting injured, or somehow having Ichigo bumping into us fighting.
I smiled grimly. Yeah, that wouldn't be good. I have a feeling that when I do meet him, I don't want him to know I'm a, a…I scratched my head. What am I, anyway? A Seer, but that doesn't mean I fight hollows. A substitute Soul Reaper? Not really. How about, how about, someone who is capable of fighting hollows, or just 'hollow capable,' for short? I nodded decisively. Uhuh, that'll work.
Okay, back to my original thought. When I meet Ichigo, I don't want him to know I'm hollow capable, because then he might try to get me to help him with his battles, and that wouldn't be good. I don't really know about later, but I'm sure that his first couple months as a Substitute are probably very important to his growth. And if he's not strong enough, that could end up being bad. I laughed silently. After all, he is the main character of the show.
I thought of something else. So, after this, no more killing hollows, cuz I could kill one that might be an opponent of Ichigo's later on, and that wouldn't be good.
I quickly ran things through in my head once more before engaging in battle. I didn't want to mess this up. Okay, so come from behind, jump above it and cleave its head in two, get it over with quickly. Don't take damage, or make a big commotion. Got it.
And with that, I made sure the hollow had its back to me, and then leapt off the roof. I jumped high into the sky, making sure to come from behind. In the air, I drew my Zanpakuto, brandishing both of them in the air over my head.
That's when things started to go wrong. Because I jumped up into the air, I made a shadow on the ground. The hollow noticed it, and then noticed me. It twisted its snake neck around to face me, and laughed with pleasure.
Shit!
"It seems like someone has come to play." It laughed at me. "Are you a Soul Reaper, girl? You certainly don't look like one. You must just be a human playing with knives."
"I'm a Seer!" I yelled at him, unfazed by his taunts. "And I'm going to defeat you!"
"Ohh?" It sneered at me. "Is that so? Whatever you are, you're still just a human."
"Tch!" I pivoted in mid-air, so instead of landing on his head, with his jaws that were beginning to open wide to accept me, I landing safely on the ground in front of him.
Well, I thought. So much for coming from behind and finishing him off quickly. I took a deep breath. Never mind that. Stay focused, Robin.
The hollow was advancing on me. Then it reared its snake head up, and struck, attempting to crush me against the pavement. At just the right moment, I dodged nimbly to the side, and then tried to slash its neck, but it had already retreated out of my reach. Instead, I ran under its belly, slashing its four legs as I went.
Underneath it, I noticed its belly getting closer to me and the ground. It's trying to crush me! I thought. I put on a burst of speed. Looking ahead, I saw my exit window of light getting smaller and smaller. I might not make it!
In order to slip through, I launched myself through the air and flipped onto my back. I then stuck my Zanpakuto into its underside as I exited from beneath it using my momentum to carry me forward, and then using it to flip backwards into my feet.
The hollow howled in pain. I took this chance to dust off my clothes, while it recovered. Suddenly I heard a 'whoosh' sound. I half-turned and my eyes widened in surprise. Its tail!
No chance to dodge. The hollow's tail hit me so hard I flew across the street, smashing painfully into one of the buildings. I fell to the ground and stayed there, on one knee. My whole back was sore, and I could feel blood welling up from where it had hit me. Damn. I thought. I was careless.
The hollow laughed again. "You're not so tough after all! Are you, little human?"
"Yeah, well we'll see about that!" Focus, Robin. Focus. I stood up, shaky. I stumbled slightly, but caught myself, and stayed upright.
I gritted my teeth and half closed one of my eyes because of the pain. I glanced down at myself to see and feel that the middle of my left side was wet, and stained an even redder color than my own shirt. The sight of my own blood made me dizzy.
So much for 'don't get hurt.' I shook my head. No, I can still end this. I've just got to…ignore…the pain.
"Tch!" Easier said than done.
No more time to think. The hollow was advancing. It reared it's snake head up again, getting ready to strike. Wait, that's it!
The hollow's neck plummeted toward the ground, and instead of dodging to the side, I jumped upward, timing it so that I landed on his head the moment he crashed into the ground. It worked perfectly. I latched on to the back of its neck, just below the mask. As it tried desperately to shake me off, I held on with only me knees, taking my two Zanpakuto and plunging them straight into its mask. The hollow screamed in pain. Giving it no mercy, and no chance to live, I then withdrew my two Zanpakuto, and made an X-shape on the back of its neck.
I slashed, and the hollow went still. The only sound it made was the sound of its decapitated head hitting the ground, before its body and cracked mask dissolved into nothingness.
On the ground, I sighed. "Well I'm glad that's over." I looked down proudly at my two Zanpakuto. "You guys were great." I brought them up to my chest in a X-formation, and then flicked the hollow's blood off them simultaneously, like I had seen Ichigo and the others do so many times in the show. "Now to go to Kisuke."
But just then I felt something. It was sort of like what I had sensed when I was fighting the hollow, but it was different. Is this Spiritual Pressure? I thought. If it is, why does it feel so…so familiar? "Well whoever it is, they can't no I'm here." I muttered.
I stumbled away to a side alley, in the opposite direction I sensed the Spiritual Pressure coming from. In the darkness there, I hid, and watched for who was coming. Yes, I thought. I definitely recognize this Spiritual Pressure. But why? Whose is it?
Can you guess the answer? It was Ichigo's.
As he jogged around the corner of the street, I gasped, then immediately covered my mouth. I limped away from the entrance of the side alley, while Ichigo surveyed the damage my fight with the hollow had caused.
It was just my friggin' luck that he noticed some of my blood, and walked over to the side alley where I was hiding. Putting every once of energy into running, I just managed to turn another corner and get away before he saw me. Thankfully, the alley was shadowed and dark, so he didn't see the trail of splattered blood that I had left in my wake.
Back at the warehouse, I bandaged up my wound with some gauze that I had in my pack (you learn to be prepared when handling swords. Yes, it's happened. I was, to say the least, very clumsy in the beginning.) Once that was done, I promptly fell asleep for a few hours, exhausted.
When I woke up, I felt refreshed, though not fully healed, and ready to go find Kisuke Urahara for some much needed training.
It didn't take me very long to find his shop. After all, it was in between the warehouse and my home, plus, it kind of stood out from everything around it. In the front, were Ginta and Ururu sweeping, just like I'd seen them doing so many times in the show.
One difference: they looked to be about my age.
As I walked up, I saw Ginta just about to pull on Ururu's bangs. I quickly intervened. "Woah, dude, take it easy!"
Ginta and Ururu stared. "And just who the hell are you!" Ginta, as aggressive as ever.
I smiled easily, unfazed by his rude attitude. "Nobody special. Listen, guys. I need to see Kisuke. Or Yoruichi, if she's here."
"Oh! A customer." Said Ururu. I thought about it for a moment. Was I a customer? "No," I said, after a pause. "Sorry, Ururu."
Ururu was speechless, so Ginta spoke again. "H-how do you know her name!"
I regarded him. "That, Ginta, is not something you need know."
Little did I know that that question of his would be only the first of many ones similar.
"Tch." Was all he could say.
Just then the front doors to the shop slid open, and out stepped, what do ya know, Kisuke Urahara.
"Ginta, Ururu," He said. "What's all the racket that I'm—" then he noticed me.
I faced him, appearing completely confident and sure of myself. Which I was. "Kisuke Urahara. A pleasure to make you acquaintance."
Kisuke blinked twice, clearly shocked. I laughed mentally. Kisuke stunned? I thought. Never!
He still managed to reply in kind. "Likewise. And who might you be?"
"My name is Robin. Can we go inside? There's a lot for me to explain."
Kisuke still looked shocked. "Of course. But first," he held up a hand. "May I inquire what happened to cause you that injury?"
I smiled knowingly at him. "Nothing major. Just a hollow I was fighting. To tell the truth, I was careless, and have only myself to blame."
Kisuke looked even more shocked and confused now. "Well then, Miss Robin, you'd better come in. It seems we do have a lot to talk about."
We entered the shop, and I then told Kisuke Urahara my story.
And there you go! Sorry that it's not quite as long by any means, but I decided to cut this chapter in half, to give this to you guys now, and have the next portion ready for you by Christmas!
Next chapter she finds out her Zanpakuto's names! Exciting stuff! If you can guess it, I'll tell you something that happens in the story! Is that a good enough prize? Or your prize could just be theoretical…but you have to review or pm me your guess!
I will give you a hint: (well, actually I've already given you some hints, but he's another one!) their names are well known, and well, to me its obvious.
If I spelled anything wrong, got anyone OOC (I think I did a pretty good job with the other guys…) or just did something wrong in general, please tell me, and I WILL FIX IT!
I hope you guys like Robin. She IS an OC, and I DO totally favor her, but I try not to make her toooo much of a Mary-Sue. So yeah, she's got some problems. Even if you don't see them now, or right away, they're there. She's definitely NOT perfect. Just really awesome.
Come to think of it, she has a lot of problems that generally revolve around or relate to in some way or another to a certain…person.
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Expect the next chap out by Christmas Day on Sunday! Bye for now!
-Sapphire out.
