I sighed and laid my head on the table. It's only been a few minutes since they left and I was honestly worried to the very core.
"Here, it'll calm you down." Orihime said as she placed a steaming cup of tea in front of me.
"Thanks." I said as I took the cup and took a small sip.
"You shouldn't worry so much." Orihime said as she sat down across from me. "Kurosaki-kun is strong."
I sighed. "I know." I said as I looked at the cup of tea. "How can I be more worried than Orihime? I know the outcome of this, she doesn't. If this is how I am while knowing the outcome, I'd probably running into walls and flipping tables." I thought as I took another sip of tea. "How long do you think it'll be?" I asked as I leaned back in my chair.
"I don't know." She said as she looked out the window. "I just hope it isn't that long."
"Same here." I said. After that it became silent for a few minutes.
"I'll go check on Sado-kun." She said as she stood up.
"Okay, I think I'll go get some air." I said as I stood up as well. She nodded to me and headed back to the clinic. I went to the door and slipped my shoes on, then headed outside, a small breeze greeting me. I took in a deep breath and started walking. I really didn't know where I was going but not like it matters. I walked and walked and walked and walked till I found myself at the same place from earlier, where the spirit was. Basically, I walked through the entire town which took up a lot of time. I noticed that the basket had been knocked down again. I sighed and picked it up.
"Some people never learn." I said as I put the flowers back in the basket. "Well, I guess it's like I said earlier, idiots don't have the ability to evolve." I said and stood up.
"H-help me."
I turned on my heels to see the spirit from earlier, his chain was almost gone. My eyes widen, he had only about a five seconds left.
"I... don't... want to go to hell." He said as he turned into a Hollow.
"Damn it!" I growled as I reached for my pocket but I didn't have any pockets. I was still in my school uniform and the mod-soul container was in my bag, in the clinic. I jumped back as it lunged at me but it managed to get a hold of my leg.
"Fffffoooooooddddd." It mumbled as it held me upside down. There was a flash of black and next thing I know, I'm on the ground. I looked around and spotted Sydney.
"Sydney!" I said happily.
"Long time no talk." She said as she helped me up to my feet.
"Phew, I'm glad to see you." I said and wiped the sweat from my forehead. "What are you doing here?" I asked.
"There's been some weird reiatsu activity going on." She said.
My eyes widen a bit. "Don't tell me..."
"What?" She asked.
"The Gates of Hell, they're going to break!" I said.
"How...?" She said.
"Onobanjo." Byakuya said as he appeared beside us.
"Captain!" She said and bowed.
"There's been a crack." He said.
My eyes widen. "Oh no... Ichigo..." I said softly. "We have to hurry or else!"
"We know." Sydney said.
"How do you know of the situation?" Byakuya asked.
"I told her."
Byakuya eyed her. "You know this was supposed to stay secret."
"It wasn't her fault! It slipped." I defended. "In any case, please take me with you." I said and bowed.
"No." Byakuya said.
"But!"
Sydney put her arm out and stopped me.
"Don't worry everything will be fine." She said with a reassuring smile.
I sighed. "I know that but still..."
"Onobanjo, let's go." Byakuya said and flashed stepped away. Sydney followed shortly and I was left alone. I closed my eyes and sensed the reiatsu in the area, there was definitely some strange reiatsu in the air but I also noticed the presence of other Shinigami. I opened my eyes and broke out in a run towards the other Shinigami.
"This is bad, like really, really, bad." I thought as I turned a corner. "Well, it's not like they won't fix it or anything but still! This is really, really, bad! But why am I worrying?! Gah! I'm so useless!" I thought as I turned another corner. "Orihime probably already noticed the weird reiatsu and the reiatsu of the Captains but I can't go to the Captains, especially if Yamamoto is there.." I stopped in my tracks, panting heavily.
"Then what am I supposed to do?" I said to myself. There was a huge spike in reiatsu and suddenly a huge amount of fire shot from out the sky along with a strong gust of wind. I brought my arms over my head in order to shield myself. That didn't keep my hair from slapping me in the face though. After a few seconds it disappeared. I put my arms down and looked up. "Oh no..." I said as I looked at The Gates of Hell, they were broken. The sun was starting to come up, so I couldn't tell if the sky was pink because of flames or because of the sun. I took off running as fast as I could, almost tripping several times in the process.
"Damn it! I told him to keep his cool!" I thought as I turned a corner and sensed Ichigo's reiatsu on the roof of a building. I ran up the stairs and tripped a few times but I got right back up. I opened the door that led to the roof and saw Ichigo holding off Yuzu, trying to get away from a group of Shinigami.
"Ichi-"
"Kurosaki Ichigo." Yamamoto said cutting me off. My eyes widen and I went back inside but keeping the door opened, just enough so that I could watch.
"Jii-san." Ichigo said as Toshiro, Ukitake, Byakuya, and Rangiku with Orihime appeared behind the old man. Orihime rushed over to Ichigo.
"Kurosaki-kun!" She said.
"Inoue!" Ichigo said. "Yuzu is... please save her!" Ichigo pleaded.
"Leave it to me." Orihime said. "Hang in there, Yuzu-chan!" She said as she activated her Santen Kesshun.
"Yuzu!" Ichigo said.
"Oh flip, I'm screwed! What do I do?!" I thought.
"What is this?!" Orihime said and snapped me out my thoughts. I turned my attention to her barrier that was turning different colors and exploded. My eyes widen.
"Yuzu!" Ichigo said.
"No way, did this really happen in the move?!" I thought.
"Why?" Orihime said as she turned Yuzu so that she was laying on her back. I heard the sound of a chain jingling.
"No, Yuzu..." I said as I noticed the chain coming from her chest.
"Inoue! Inoue, what's wrong?!" Ichigo demanded. "Please, do someth-"
"It's no use." Yamamoto said.
I bit my lip as I remembered this scene of the movie. "Ichigo..."
"That girl has already been bound by the chains of Hell, and has become one of them." Yamamoto said as he walked over towards Ichigo. "She cannot be brought back with our abilities."
"That... can't be." Ichigo mumbled.
"This is all your fault."
Ichigo started making incomprehensible sounds and brought his hand to his head. "Yuzu!" He cried out. He laid his head on her chest and cried in agony.
"I can't stay here, I can't do this." I thought. I cried during the movie and I'm crying now. I took off down the stairs.
The sun was setting again, after that morning I ran back to Ichigo's house and locked myself in his room. I was feeling depressed and I had no reason to.
"Sheesh, I'm such a lamo." I thought as I stared out the window. "I mean, I already know that she's not gonna die but even yet... it still hurts." I thought as I felt tears in my eyes. I shook my head and wiped the tears away. "No, now is not the time to be crying. I'm sure Ichigo will be leaving soon and I'm going with him."I thought as I stood up. "No matter what he says." I went out his room and headed down the stairs but I heard Orihime and Ichigo talking so I decided to listen in on them.
"You must be tired." Ichigo said. "What something to drink?" He asked as he headed towards the kitchen
"Kurosaki-kun." Orihime said. "Are you going to go back there?"
"Yuzu was supposed to have been swallowed up by Hell, but she recovered.I'm sure Rukia and the others are not beyond help." He said as he stopped in his tracks.
"But if it happens again..." Orihime trailed off.
"I I go there and go on rampage as a hollow again, I might end up destroying the world. It's just as Jii-san said. However... I will not lose control again! He's strong. None of the others could hurt him. I can't say that I can beat him without using my hollowfication. But I have to win! If I don't, I can't face the others who entrusted me with their lives!"
Orihime hugged Ichigo from behind and I felt every living inch of me fill up with jealousy.
"Make sure... make sure you come back." She said softly.
"Yeah, I'll be back." Ichigo said.
"You bet you will." I said as I revealed my presence.
"Addie?" Ichigo said as he turned to face me. Orihime let go of Ichigo and looked off to the side.
"Sups." I said as I walked over to them.
"Were you eavesdropping?" Orihime asked.
"Of course I was." I said with a shrug. "Anyway, you are aware that I'm coming along with you."
"No, you're staying-"
"Like hell I am." I said and pulled his ear. "I'll say this once and once only."
"Ow, ow, ow!"
"I'm coming with you!" I yelled into his ear.
"Ow!" He said as he pulled away from me.
"That being said." I said and took the mod-soul container from the pocket of the pants I changed into earlier. I swallowed the pill and stepped out into my Shinigami body. I wrapped the blue scarf around my face so that only my eyes were showing. "Problem solved, almost, but close enough." I said with a shrug.
He smiled and shook his head. "Alright."
We waited till the sunset and destroyed the barrier surrounding the house. We then headed to where The Gates of Hell were. The Kido squad was there repairing it and Ukitake and Toshiro were also there. Ichigo stood in front of them and I stayed hidden, he would give me the signal.
"Kurosaki, do you intend to take revenge?" Toshiro asked as he put his hand on the hilt of his sword. Ichigo didn't respond.
"If that is the case, we definitely can't let you go." Ukitake said as he also put his hand on the hilt of his sword. "If you lose control again, this time..."
"Bankai." He said nonchalantly. "I'm going to rescue my friends."
"That's the signal." I thought.
"Kurosaki." Toshiro said but he turned around when the gates started to pulse. "What is it this time?" A hand emerged from the gates and the guardian began to come out.
"Lovely." I thought.
"Dense formation. Don't let the Kushannard enter the Real World!" Ukitake ordered. Ichigo nodded to me. I flashed stepped beside him and we headed towards the gates.
"Ichigo!" Rangiku said.
"Don't get left behind." Ichigo said as Byakuya's petals hit the Kushannard.
"Heh, don't worry about me." I said with a smirk. We plunged straight down, the hands of the Kushannard's just barely missing us. We past the first layer and dived into the water and soon we were out of that too.
"Get ready." Ichigo said.
"I was born ready!" I replied. We headed towards an area of lava and fire. There was a dead tree and giant skull on an island that was surrounded by lava. We landed swiftly and silently.
"Ichigo! I was planning on coming to get you, but it's nice of you to come of your own will." Kokuto said then spotted me. "And then you brought some help." He said from the top of the skull. "Are you here to take revenge for your sister?"
"Yuzu is fine." Ichigo replied.
"She wouldn't die that easily and by the hands of someone like you." I spat.
"Well, that's a surprise. So why did you come back?" Kokuto asked.
"I'm here to save my friends." Ichigo said and took an informal stance.
"We didn't come all the way here to come and see area here." I said motioning to Kokuto's face. "Ain't that pretty." I said and took my own stance.
"Save them? It seems that you still don't understand this have been captured by the chains of Hell. Look over there." He said and nodded towards the dead tree. I looked over to the tree and from the branches, Renji, and Ishida were hanging from their chains. "The men are still in the process of rotting. Don't panic." Kokuto said and pointed his sword at us. "The little Shinigami woman seems to be just about ready." He said and swung his sword to his a burst of flames appeared beside him and a glomp of lava emerged and from that lava, Rukia appeared. She was naked but soon afterwards a white robe appeared on her and a chain was on her chest.
"Ichigo... why..." She gasped in pain when Kokuto yanked her chain and pulled her towards him.
"Hell is pretty simple place to understand." He said as he lifted her off the ground."Once captured, people will be resurrected any number of times. As long as this chain isn't cut, they can never escape."
"In that case, all we have to do is cut that chain." Ichigo said.
"Doesn't sound too hard." I said with a smirk.
"That sounds promising. In that case, you'll cut my chains too, right?" Kokuto asked.
"Hell to the no." I said.
"We can't do that." Ichigo said as a circle of smoke surrounded him. "We're going to defeat you!" He said as he pointed his sword at Kokuto, the tip of his sword covered in the black and red reiatsu.
"I should probably go bankai." I said to myself as Ichigo flashed stepped to Kokuto and clashed swords with him. "Heh, Bankai!" I said. The dagger in my hand exploded and flames traveled up my arms. My dagger turned into a sword that kind of look like a giant sewing needle but it had a hilt made of flames. Kokuto jumped off the skull and I intercepted his attack. "Hey buddy." I said as I clashed swords with him.
"Tch, get out my way!" He said and pushed me back. I jumped away and Ichigo clashed swords with him and they started fighting in the tree. I watched and tried to find an opening. Kokuto moved out the way of Ichigo's attack and grabbed him by his neck and flew down towards the ground. "You fool. You seriously think you can beat me without putting on your mask?" He said and threw Ichigo at the ground.
"No, but two against one sounds pretty close." I said and clashed swords with Kokuto again.
"How naive!" He said as he moved back and came back at me and threw me into the skull.
"Gya!" I said as I collided with the skull.
"Addie!" Ichigo said.
"No matter how strong your feelings are," Kokuto said as he attacked Ichigo. "They won't be of any use in your current from!" He said and threw Ichigo off the edge.
"Ichigo!" I yelled.
"Getsuga Tenshou!" Ichigo yelled and the black and reiatsu shot up and destroyed part of the island. I jumped out the way of the attack.
"That's it!" Kokuto said as the chains clashed with the attack. Then he parried the attack and sent it into the tree.
"You... who are you?" Rukia asked as she looked up at me.
"That's for me to know and you to wonder." I said.
Ichigo landed back on the island, a few feet away from Kokuto. Ichigo was about to charge at him but stopped. His mask was trying to appear.
"Ichigo." Rukia said.
I looked at him in anticipation. "Come on, you can fight it." I thought as he brought his hand to his head. He managed to pull it off but it tired it him out a bit.
"What's wrong?" Kokuto asked as he flashed stepped beside Ichigo. "What are you afraid of?" Ichigo tried to hit him but missed. Kokuto put a hand on his shoulder. "Is it that the self you don't know will destroy everything? If that is the case, you shouldn't have bothered coming here!" He said as he threw Ichigo like a rag doll.
"Ichigo!" I said and appeared beside Kokuto. "You!" I said and clashed swords with him. "Ha! If he can't beat what makes you think you can!" He said and pushed me back a bit.
"Keh, don't underestimate me!" I growled.
"Don't worry." He said as he sword lit up with a darkish blue reiatsu. "I won't!" He said and threw me back into the tree.
"Gah!" I yelled and fell to the ground. Sadly, he was right, I was useless. "D-damn it!" I said and hit the ground. The scarf slipped but I caught it before it would reveal anything.
"You sister was saved because you turned into that monster, right?" Kokuto said as he clashed swords with Ichigo. "Without that, you can't do anything!" He said as his sword lit up with the blue reiatsu. He threw Ichigo into the skull and I staggered to my feet in order to avoid the lava.
"I told you, right?" Kokuto said as he stepped on Ichigo. "Enforcing your will while experiencing everlasting despair. That's what 'hatred' means. The desire for revenge made me strong." He said and stepped on Ichigo's face. The ground beneath him breaking, lava spilling out from the cracks. "What's wrong?" He asked as the lava reached Ichigo's hand. Ichigo yelled in pain.
"Why you!" I yelled as I charged at him again. "Claw of the Phoenix!" I yelled as swung my sword. The lava around me bending to my will and attacking Kokuto. There was an explosion and I flashed stepped to Ichigo and tried to catch him. Didn't work out very well but it softened his landing, mine, not so much.
"Hate me more!" Kokuto said as he appeared a few yards away from us. His right hand on fire. "If you do that, you can get stronger too." The fire disappeared and showed the burned skin.
"Tch, as if." Growled as stood up and took a stance. Ichigo was in pretty bad shape so I was going to hold Kokuto up until Ichigo could stand.
"Didn't I already tell you." He said as he walked over to me. "You can't beat me!" He said and clashed swords with me.
"Says you!" I yelled and pushed him back. He pulled his sword back and kicked me in my stomach, sending me flying into one of the rocks.
"Addie!" Ichigo said.
Kokuto wasted no time and started to bash on Ichigo, he sent him flying but used his chain to pull Ichigo back and into the ground. Then he pierced Ichigo in the stomach, causing the ground to break and lava escape once more.
"Maybe I should go kidnap your sisters again, huh?" Kokuto said.
Ichigo's reiatsu spiked up and he was covered in the black and red reiatsu. The white of his eyes turned black. Soon after the white substance emerged from his chest.
"Ichigo! Don't do it! don't give in." I yelled as he tried to fight it off. Kokuto glared at me and decided to step on me. "Gya!" I yelled.
"That's it! you're doing fine! You already lost control once. It should be easy to do it again." Kokuto taunted Ichigo. He pressed his foot farther into my stomach and I heard something crack. I opened my mouth to scream but nothing came out. "You can't separate yourself from that monster anyway. You can't do anything with feelings alone!"He said as Ichigo fell to his knees.
"Ichigo!" Rukia yelled.
Kokuto flashed stepped over to her and I scrunched up in pain.
"Don't make a fuss." Kokuto said as he held Rukia in and armhold. "We're just getting started." He said and looked off into the distance. "Can you hear it, Ichigo? The Kushannard have noticed that your reiatsu has changed."
"Ichigo." I said and stumbled to my feet while wrapping my arm over my stomach. Ichigo was still fighting but he looked like a Hollow, the transformation was almost complete. "Ichigo!" I said as the Kushunnard started to come out from the rocks.
"They're here to eat you, the person who tore up Hell!" Kokuto said as more appeared and he laughed maniacally. "Hurry up and turn into beast, Ichigo!"
"Ichigo! Listen to me! You can fight it! I believe in you Ichigo!" I said as I stumbled towards him.
"Do you want to be eaten by them? I don't really care either way. As long as you're here, you will be resurrected." Kokuto said. "As long as you don't completely destroy Hell itself, this cycle will continue forever!"
"Ichigo! Please!" I begged as I tripped over my own feet. "I know you can do it!" I said as the Kushannard started towards us. I crawled over to him as best as I could. "Ichigo! Don't ignore me! Stupid Strawberry!" I yelled. "Strawberry! Idiot!" I said trying to find everything I could that would snap him back and I had only one more thing left to say that might work. "Ichigo I... I-I love you!" There was silence.
"What's wrong?" Kokuto asked.
"Like I'd... give in." Ichigo said still in full hollow form. "I'm not going to turn into this." He said as he pulled off one of his horns. "Just because my feelings aren't enough, I have no intention of taking revenge!" He said as the hollow began to break off. "That's just... blaming your suffering on those around you." He said and stood up and almost fell but caught himself.
"Ichigo..." I said.
"By taking revenge, you're just running away from your suffering. I want to save my friends." Ichigo said as the Kushannards stood at the edges of the island. "But I refuse to sacrifice those around me for that!"
"Ichigo, run away!" Rukia said. "Ichigo!"
"That is how I will use my soul... to fight!" He said as the last piece of hollow broke off but there was a Kushannard towering over him. My eyes widen but I didn't know what to say, since it was also towering over me.
"Ichigo!" Rukia yelled as the hand came down. It barely missed to the point that I was staring at the fingertips. Then there was a golden light that came from under the hand.
"This is...!" I said as my eyes widen in excitement. This was probably one of my favorite forms of Ichigo and to see it in person would totally just blow me away.
"He's going on a rampage after all!" Kokuto laughed.
I shielded my eyes and tried to move away, but that didn't work too well. I can't crawl backwards.
"That's good, go ahead and destroy them all like that!" Kokuto said.
I watched as the light surrounded Ichigo and the armor started to form, the Kushannard disappearing. There was a huge wave of light and wind and it blew me away but he caught me, put me down, then cut Renji and Ishida chains. Then caught Rukia who also had been blown away by the gust of wind. All under a second. I stared at Ichigo in awe, the armor was shining and it was just epic.
"What... is that form?" Kokuto asked. "What did you do?"
"Kokuto, did your sister want revenge?" Ichigo asked.
"What did you say?" He asked in a low voice.
"Did your sister desire such a cycle of killing? You cannot fight hate with more hate. All you have done is to drag your sister into a never ending cycle of suffering!" Ichigo said and pointed his sword at Kokuto. "What my friends entrusted me with is not the desire for revenge." He said as he clenched his free hand. "Its the desire to stop you! Can you see it? Hell is clinging to would even go to the extent of helping an outsider like me, to prevent your escape!" He said as he began to glow with the yellow light/reiatsu.
"Hell is helping a human?" Kokuto asked. "That could never happen! You're the same as me!" He said and pointed his sword at Ichigo and charged.
"You're right. Just like you, I'm a human." Ichigo said calmly as he raised his sword above his head. "And a brother!" He said as he brought down his sword and a wave of the yellow reiatsu hit Kokuto, breaking his chains and almost pushing him off the edge. Kokuto staggered to his feet, blood dripping from his body.
"The chains are..." Kokuto said as he looked at his wrist which no longer held a cuff onto it. "I'm free... Finally, I'm free!" He said as he threw his hands into the air and laughed. The ground started to shake and from the ground thousands of chains shot out. They all headed towards Kokuto and wrapped around him. "No!" He yelled as they fully covered his body.
"This is your punishment for your sins, while trying to escape from hell!." Ichigo said. "Kokuto! You will spend eternity repenting for your evil deeds." He said as he began to glow again and pointed his sword at Kokuto. The chains lit up with a pink and bluish reiatsu as Kokuto let out a yell of agony. The ground swallowed him whole and the ground collapsed. Ichigo grabbed both me and Rukia and flashed stepped on top of the skull and set us down gently. Luckily, the scarf managed to stay on, how exactly, I don't know but it did. The sky lit up and illuminated us. We looked over the valley of Kushannards that were bowing down.
"Hey, Rukia, you got your Shinigami robe back." I said. She looked at herself and noticed it as well. Then she looked up at Ichigo.
"I won." Ichigo said softly. "It's over." He said and looked down at his fist. He then let out a yell of victory and lifted his arms over his head.
"Calm down, Strawberry." I said as I patted his shoulder.
"Ichigo, you did it but you're not done just yet we have to find Renji and Uryuu." Rukia said as she looked around.
"Oh, that's right." Ichigo said as he put his arms down. "When the fight started I broke their chains and released them both. Where are they?"
"So, you're telling me you lost them?" I asked while raising an eyebrow, although, the probably couldn't see it.
"We're right here!" Renji said from under the rubble. "My whole body is sore." He said as he stood up.
"Mine too." Ishida said.
"Hey! Pineapple head! Four eyes!" I said and waved my hand in the air.
"You're that girl from earlier!" Renji said.
Ishida looked at me but knew that he should keep his mouth shut.
"Earlier? What are you talking about?" I said and looked off to the side. "Hehe, oopsies, probably should've stayed quiet." I thought to myself.
"You were both rotting away." Rukia said. "What did you expect?"
"She has a point." I said with a shrug.
"Rotting?" Renji repeated. "What are you talking about?"
"Well..." Rukia said.
"Anyway, looks like its all over." Ishida said.
"Pretty much." I said.
"What happened to that guy, Kokuto?" Renji asked.
"He's gone. He was dragged down into the depths of Hell." Ichigo said.
"That's what he gets, breaking whatever it is that he broke in my stomach." I mumbled to myself.
"Heh, well, I guess that means you did win." Renji said.
"Uwah!" Renji and Ishida said in unison as they looked at Ichigo and stepped back.
"What's up with that outfit?" Renji asked.
"What do you mean?" Ichigo asked. "This? I'm not sure. I don't really get it either. It might be from them." Ichigo said as he looked at the armor then at the Kushannard. "I think they helped me." He said as Renji and Ishida climbed up onto the skull. "Does it look weird?"
"Oh it goes way beyond that. You're like the champion of weird." Renji said.
"Haha, champion of weird." I giggled.
"Your tailor must reside here." Renji continued.
"I'm not really surprised, Kurosaki, you're always on the cutting edge of things." Ishida said as he adjusted his glasses.
"Is it permanent or can you change back?" Renji asked and took a step towards Ichigo and Ichigo respectively took a step back.
"Wait, let me touch it." I said and poked at the armor. "Haha, it's so awesome!" I squealed. Everyone gave me a strange look. "I mean... it's okay." I said and looked away. Still fangirling on the inside.
"Well, I'm not sure, I guess I'll give it a try." Ichigo said.
"Huh? Try what?" I asked as I returned to reality after fangirling.
"Taking off the armor." Ishida replied.
"No! Wait!" I said but it was too late, the armor was off.
"What? Why?" Ichigo asked as he turned to me.
I hung my head in defeat. "That's why." I said and pointed at the Kushannard that were towering over us.
"Oh..." Ichigo said.
"That's not good." Renji said.
"Ya think?!" I said and looked up to see one of them raising their hand.
"RUN!"I yelled. We all took off running as fast as we could. I was kind of limping and Ichigo had to come back for me so that I wouldn't die. He carried me on his shoulder like a potato sack. "Run! Strawberry, Run!" I yelled as we sped through the several passages of Hell. Really hoping that we wouldn't die. In my mind, the theme was playing and that made me happy. We jumped over Kushannard's like crazy and did all we could. Eventually we reached the final level. "Guys!" I said.
"What?!" They yelled in unison.
"Look!" I said and pointed to the gates that were closing.
"Ahhhh!" We all yelled as we sped up in order to get out of here. There was a small opening with the circumference of about ten feet but we managed to squeeze out of there just in time. Then we fell to the ground. Luckily, Orhime put up her shield and caught us. We safely floated down and Chad was there too.
"Taco!" I said and waved my hand but regretted it. "Ow, ow, ow." I mumbled. but ignored it for the time being. We were floating to the ground, in slow motion! I just live the Hell Chapter! Pain can wait for later! I smiled like a total idiot. I was feeling pretty proud of myself
"I went to Hell and back AND I can live to tell the story! I am officially ready to die." I thought. "Well, if I die, I wouldn't be able to tell anyone... hehe... okay nevermind about the dying part."
"Wait, who are you?" Rukia asked.
I took in a sharp breath. "Uhm... ah... AH! My spleen!" I faked and fell over on my side. "Oh, I'm so dead."