[With Ichigo]
Ichigo Kurosaki did not expect his day to turn out like this. To go from helping a spirit find peace to seeing monsters roaming around trying to eat said spirit was not how he expected his day to go. And that thing that resembled a woman. What was she and why did she help that little girl? She didn't look like all of the other monsters that showed up. She looked, well more like a human being than anything else really. What was she, and what was that girl with the sword that killed that monster?What was with all those other monsters and roars? Just what in the hell was going on in Karakura Town?
It didn't really matter to Ichigo right now as he went to the front door to his home. It was a nice little house that had a clinic attached to it. As long as Ichigo knew, his family has been able to see the souls of the departed, but today was unlike any other time before. He opened his door and right in the middle of his greeting, he received a foot to the face. Courtesy of his father, Isshin Kurosaki. After a few words, and fists, were done by father and son, Ichigo decided to head to his room, much to the protests of his sister. Both his little twin sisters, one of which is in supreme denial of seeing spirits while the other wishes to see them, watched as he left up the stairs. Isshin was being his usual goofy self around the two, while Karin was still eating her dinner and ignoring him.
Ichigo closed the door to his room and tossed his bag onto his desk. When he did that, he plopped himself on his bed with his hands behind his head and he rested. His thoughts were on what happened today, or more precisely, the woman from earlier that save that girl. Who was she, and why did he feel like she was there to help? Well, whatever the reason, he could only hope to see her again.
[Hours later]
Ulquiorra had been flying around this strange world for hours now. Something about this world and the humans here really intrigued her. And that human with the strange orange hair really caught her eye. There was something about him that just felt right to her. She didn't know why, but he just felt different. What was it? Why was he still on her mind? Just what was he?
Ulquiorra didn't have enough time to think about that as she continued to feel the presence of that girl with the raven hair still chasing after her. She sighed as she flew faster.
The raven haired girl had been following her ever since she saw what happened with the little girl earlier. She saw Ulquiorra hunting and killing the hollows herself. Why? Why had this strange looking hollow been destroying her own kind? It made no sense to her. Now this hollow was flying faster, too fast for her to keep up.
"What the hell?"
The raven haired girl said to herself as she crouched over and panted heavily.
"What the hell is that hollow? And why is it attacking its own kind?"
The raven haired girl found out rather roughly that this particular hollow had no interest in her and only went after other hollows. Why? Who knows. All the girl knew was that she had a job to do, and she would stop this hollow no matter what.
[Twenty minutes later]
Ulquiorra thought that she had finally lost that girl. She was very annoyed by whoever she was and glad that now she could focus on the task at hand. That task being to take out these monsters called hollows. She didn't know why, but the fact that they were trying to eat innocent souls just irked her in the wrong way. Before she could really focus on finding another hollow, she felt something familiar. A presence that was getting stronger and stronger by the second. She turned towards where that presence was and rushed over towards it. As she was approaching, she felt the spirit energy of one last hollow near that presence and went faster to the source. When she reached it, she saw a large hollow holding some girl in its hands.
"AHHH!"
The little girl screamed out in pain.
"ICHIGO! HELP ME!"
The girl screamed out as the hollow continued to squeeze her. Before Ulquiorra could make a move, that same human with orange hair rushed outside the house with a chair and jumped towards the hollow.
"LET GO OF MY SISTER YOU BASTARD!"
Only he was met with a fist for his efforts.
As he skidded a bit to a stop, Ulquiorra saw so much red. Her fist clenched in rage, and she gritted her teeth behind her mask. Without a moments hesitation, Ulquiorra quickly swept down, cutting the arm off of the hollow with her wings. She caught the dark haired girl, who had passed out, and skidded next to the boy named Ichigo. She crouched next to him with the girl and held onto her protectively while her wing held Ichigo.
As she kept her eyes on the hollow, she failed to notice that Ichigo had been looking right at her with both awe and wonder. From before, she looked like some woman with dark fur all around her and a mask, but now he could see her eyes. Despite the mask impeding her face, he could see the will and fire in her eyes. A fire that seemed to be for him and his sister. It was the same fire that willed him to protect the people he cared greatly for. Did that mean-
"You!"
A female voice rang out as that girl with raven hair appeared once more.
"Let them go you hollow!"
She drew her blade and was prepared to attack when Ichigo spoke up.
"Karin!"
Ulquiorra handed the girl to him and he held onto her while looking at her in the eyes. Ulquiorra did the same and they sat there for a moment, ignoring the raven haired girl and the hollow at the same time. At that moment, everything just stood still for the two as they sat there gazing into each others eyes, lost within them.
The raven haired girl looked to the two of them in confusion.
"Why isn't this human running away?"
She said to herself.
"How can he just look that monster in its eyes so casually? This situation is bad. At this rate, the humans will die and I might too."
The hollow on the other hand had other ideas as it ran towards the two, screeching as it did so. Both the girl and Ulquiorra caught onto it too late as the monster pierced Ichigo in his side. The orange haired teen went wide eyed as he released a silent scream before falling lifeless to the ground. Ulquiorra went wide eyed as the boy laid there.
The raven haired girl gasped as she realized she had failed at her job in allowing a hollow to kill a human. She looked to the hollow monster that was laughing and shouting out something that made no sense to her.
"YES! WITH THIS POWER AND SPIRIT ENERGY, ALL WILL CRUMBLE BEFORE ME!"
That was the last thing he said before an intense and powerful pressure befell the entire city.
Ulquiorra stood up from her spot next to the boy and looked directly at the now terrified hollow and girl. Her eyes burned a deep a violent green color that caused the two to shudder in fear and back away. Ulquiorra looked straight to the hollow and simply whispered in a dead-like tone.
"Die."
She held up one of her fingers and a teal light formed.
The girl looked on in wonder and confusion as the light grew and grew. The hollow paled as he attempted to run away, but it was too late.
Ulquiorra fired the attack from her finger and unleashed a massive torrent of energy directly at the hollow, disintegrating it into nothing. The girl managed to get out of the way in time with only a light burn on her arms and legs. She sat there in a heap as she saw the beam of energy die down. She panted hard as she watched this all unfold in front of her.
"How?"
She said to no one in particular.
"How can a hollow be that strong?"
Before she could say anything else, Ulquiorra's eyes changed back to their normal color and she fell to her knees. The girl looked stunned by all of this and didn't know whether or not to attack this hollow in her current condition.
Ulquiorra turned to Ichigo and crawled over to him with what little strength she had and sat next him. She gently picked up his head before noticing that he was still breathing. It was faint and shallow, but there. She didn't know what to do or how to save him. She was so caught up on the orange haired teen that she didn't even realize that the raven haired girl had just left through some strange wooden door that just appeared from her blade. When the girl left and the doors closed, Ulquiorra held the teen close to her chest, feeling his faint energy. It was strange to her as it felt somewhat similar to her own energy. Dark, vast and somehow lonely. She looked to him with sad eyes and sighed. She held him close to herself and felt some sort of pull to herself. That was when she heard a voice that was not her own.
"If you want to save him, then you have to give him some of your power. I'll take care of the rest."
The voice was distorted like a hollows, but it was coming from her own mind. It wasn't her own voice.
Without a moments hesitation, Ulquiorra started pouring her own energy into the boy. The teal energy started to pour into the boy. It felt strange to her, giving something instead of taking away. Helping someone instead of hurting them. This was all new to her as she gave her energy to him and trusted in this foreign voice to keep its word.
After a few minutes, she could see that her energy had started to change. It stopped being her own teal energy and started to change to a black/red energy. It started to swirl around him as Ulquiorra grabbed the girl he called Karin and moved away. The energy swirled violently around him for a few seconds, sending pulses all around the area, until it finally died down to reveal something else entirely.
He was wearing something very similar to what that girl from before was wearing. Only his was completely white with black on the inside. It wasn't baggy like hers, but instead it was tighter and core like a long coat. He wore the same baggy-like pants though. He also had these pitch black fur cuffs on his wrists and ankles that color contrasted with his pale white skin. He also wore a pitch black mask with white markings on it and long horns atop of it. The last things that caught Ulquiorra's eye was his long white hair that was to his lower back and the fact that his hands and feet had black claws to them.
Ulquiorra looked on in awe at his new form and stood up with Karin in her arms. Ichigo looked down at her, something she didn't notice that he had gotten taller a bit, and walked over to her. With every step, she could feel a rush going though her. What was this feeling? Why did she feel, whole from this feeling? Like his very presence was enough to fill that empty void within her soul. She had to have this feeling. She needed to have this feeling. Whatever the cost.
So, what do ya'll think?
I know. I rushed it a bit, but eh. Whatever I guess. The next chapter will have some actual interaction between Ichigo and Ulquiorra. Also that voice, yeah. That was Hichigo. He's really gonna be OOC in this one.
Bye-bye.
