BLEACHed

Chapter 2:

Daisuke stared down into his palm in awe as he clenched his hand in a fist. "Wow... this, this energy flowing body, I've never felt this great in my entire life!" Daisuke exclaimed as a smile crept onto his face.

"You little insect! I'll make you pay for what you did to my hand!" The Hollow roared. He began to slam his hand down onto Daisuke, causing the young high school student to suddenly look up at the massive hand descending down upon him. "I'LL CRUSH YOU!" The Hollow exclaimed before pressing his hand down upon Daisuke, crushing him. "Khehehe... " The Hollow chuckled in victory.

Daisuke suddenly leaped through the Hollow's hand, leaving a hole behind in it and rising up to the Hollow's face and flip kicking it, causing it to reel back with a large crack in it mask.

"KRAUGH!" The Hollow screeched in pain as it grabbed the part of its mask with the crack and began to stumble backwards.

"Wow, amazing! I never been able to do stuff like this, I feel like a superhero!" Daisuke stated as he hung in the air. "Maybe I can finally join a sports team!" Daisuke added with his smile widened. He flipped on to his feet as he landed before suddenly dashing toward the Hollow, who was starting to regain his bearing and noticed Daisuke.

"GReeeaaaaUUUGGHHH!" The Hollow screeched as it slamed its arm into the ground.

Daisuke immediately sidestepped the Hollow's attack and continued forward before dodging the Hollow's second attack with its other arm and leaping up toward the Hollow's head as he pulled back his fist. 'This is usually when the hero of a manga shouts out the name of his signature technique... I got to think up something, something cool sounding...' He thought. "DAISUKE BULLET!" He shouted as he uppercutted the Hollow, releasing a burst of spiritual energy as he made contact that engulfed the Hollow's head, blasting it off, leaving only the Hollow's headless body behind to fallover.

The Hollow's body began to disintegrate as Daisuke landed back onto the ground.

"Daisuke Bullet? Really, that's the best I could come up with?" Daisuke asked himself with a facepalm. "Oh well... Guess I'll have to work on it..." He sighed as he shook his head.

"Not bad kid..."

Daisuke immediately flinched up before quickly looking behind himself and seeing Shinigami standing behind him to his surprise and horror, mostly horror...

Shinigami had her Zanpakuto drawn and was wielding it in one hand as she held the hitodama of the boy who had earlier became the Hollow that Daisuke just defeated. "For someone who just got powers, you seem to be able to use them pretty effectively..." She complimented.

"Well... uh... thanks, I just did what came naturally, I guess you could call it instinct or something..." Daisuke said nervously as he looked away with a blush on his face and began rubbing the back of his neck. "You know... this Shinigami girl is actually pretty cute, you know, when she's not trying to take my soul or stab me in the chest..." Daisuke thought as he looked back at Shinigami's face.

"Instinct you say? Interesting..." Shinigami stated.

"Hey, what are you doing with that kid's hitodama?" Daisuke asked as he noticed the hitodama and pointed at it.

"Oh, you're about to find out..." Shinigami said as she held up the hitodama before suddenly dropping it. She swung her Zanpakuto through it, although not leaving any damage, it suddenly vanished in a blue light to Daisuke's horror.

"What the hell did you do?" Daisuke asked. "You just killed an innocent soul, you mons-"

Daisuke was suddenly cut off by a smack to the head from Shinigami with a paper fan who had a half lidded glare at him.

"Shut up and let me explain..." Shinigami ordered as she suddenly had a pointer stick in hand and a sketchpad on a canvas beside her.

"WHERE THE HELL DID SHE GET THOSE FROM?" Daisuke asked.

"I am a Psychopomp, one of many who guide souls to the otherworld. Each Psychopomp handles the souls of a different region, for example, I am the Japanese Psychopomp, Shinigami." Shinigami explained as she turned to a page showing a crude drawing of the planet and a bunch of stick figures. She turned to a new page showing a poor drawn circle with a '+' inisde of it and another stick figure with '-' inside of its head. "The human soul is made up of two parts, the hitodama shaped part containing positive energy, called the Plus," She said pointing at the circle. "...and the part made up of negative energy that takes a form similar to the living body, called the Minus." She added as she pointed to the stick figure. She flipped to the next page, showing writing that numbered from 1- 3. "These are the way Hollows, evil spirits of lost souls like the one you just fought, are made. 1. A sinful person's Minus consumes their own Plus; 2. The Plus decays from the souls spending to much time here; 3. The soul refuses to accept there fate and rips out the own Plus, as you just witnessed. These Hollows feed on souls of both the dead and living, even though they are seperated, the Plus can still be guided to the otherworld as for the Hollow... that's not really our problem..." She stated. "Got it?" She asked.

"Uh..." Daisuke mumbled with a blank expression on his face.

"Good, now I want to talk about you and you powers." Shinigami stated. "Straight to the point, I'm interested in observing you." She stated.

"What?" Daisuke asked in confusion.

"There have been reports about human's exibiting paranormal abilities, but no one has been able to track one down and study them closely. What else is interesting is that so far, no other human has developed powers behind seeing the dead from a near death experience like you have. Until I understand what makes you tick, I am never leaving you're side..." She informed.

"Wait, not even to use the bathroom?" Daisuke asked with a disturbed look on his face.

"Use... the bathroom?" Shinigami repeated as she tilted her head to the side.

"...This is bad, very very bad..." Daisuke said with comical tears streaming down his cheeks.

To Be Continued...