I felt bored and inspired so here's chapter two. I'll apologize now if some of the characters are OOC, but yeah….Anywho! I started things off a little fast in the first chapter, or at least fast by my standards.
I guess I'll stop rambling then and get on with the story!
Chapter Two: Discovery
The creature before them was no hollow, the first indication being that it wore no mask on its face, the other being there was no hole in its chest much less anywhere else. It was baffling to look at, its appearance alone was enough to bring confusion to just about anybody who looked upon it.
"What the hell is that thing?" Ichigo managed to blurt out after a long moment, Rukia just shook her head.
"I have no idea, but…do you think you can beat it?"
"Let's find out…" Ichigo removed Zangetsu from his back and held it out in front of him ready for battle. Without hesitation, he charged at the creature and brought his zapakuto down onto its head. The creature roared and thrashed about, a large hand suddenly came up and took hold of the blade. Growling, it threw Ichigo back with little effort. Startled by this sudden show of strength though figuring it was stronger then it looked, Ichigo got back to his feet with a slight growl himself. There wasn't so much as a scratch on the creature as it crouched down.
Without warning, it leaped into the air and came crashing back down directly over the shocked Soul Reaper. Ichigo jumped out of the way just as the creature struck the ground, "Geeze!" skidding to a stop a few feet away, Ichigo glanced back over at Rukia, "That things pretty fast, Zangetsu didn't even scratch it."
The creature turned and stared down at the two Soul Reapers before it, it was strange, the creature did not seem to attack unless attacked. "What do you suppose we should do?"
"That thing is attacking innocent people, we have to find a way to beat it…" Ichigo stated firmly while sizing up the demonic looking rabbit…thing….Perhaps it was a type of hollow, one they haven't seen before. But, the only person now who had the ability to make such beings was Aizen, could he have sent this thing?
Seeming to grow bored or losing interest all together, the creature turned and started off in the direction the most human's had run. It was attracted to humans, it wanted to be around them…to destroy them…Both Ichigo and Rukia spotted this and followed swiftly, however, they were intercepted when a sudden flash streaked across the sky and slammed into the creatures head in a slight explosion.
Turning to see where the attack had come from, a lone figure in white stood on an over pass about five blocks away.
"Uryu!" Ichigo shouted, but the Quincy had already drawn his bow a second time and released a second arrow. The creature let out an ear splitting screech, windows were blown out by the sheer amplitude of the sound. It then swatted the second arrow with ease while lurching forward and charging at the Quincy, a large hand drawn back ready to deal a devastating blow.
Jumping out of the way just barely in time to avoid the full brunt of the blow, Uryu made his way swiftly around the creature and towards Ichigo.
"What is that thing?!" he practically demanded, "That can't be a hollow can it?"
"I don't think it is…" Ichigo replied, "Then again…I have no idea what the hell it is in the first place."
"My arrows should have killed it," Uryu started, but was cut off when Ichigo shook his head.
"Zangetsu didn't even scratch it either…"
"What?!" Uryu actually looked rather shocked at this bit of information. Now he wasn't one to comment on how strong Ichigo was, his pride wouldn't let him, but he knew that Zangetsu was a formidable zanpakuto. So, if even that couldn't kill it, then how on earth COULD they kill it?
"We'll just have to keep it busy and away from innocent people until we think of something," Ichigo said while turning towards Rukia, "Rukia, you should go back to the Soul Society and inform the others about this."
"Yeah, I was just going to do that." She replied with a nod, "Don't get yourself killed doing something stupid ok."
"Heh…yeah." He gave her a reassuring thumbs-up before turning with Uryu and charging after the retreating monster. Once those two were off, Rukia turned and started to head in the opposite direction. She needed to find a space big enough to open a portal back to the Soul Society.
Reaching the river side in only a few short minutes, Rukia brought her hands up and was just about to open the portal when suddenly, one already appeared. Slightly baffled, but thankful for the conviance, she stepped forward expecting the doors to slide open, only to have them not. Bumping rather ungracefully into the front of the door and staggering back, she blinked in a slightly flustered and irritated bewilderment.
Before long, the doors opened, Rukia was on her feet in an instant and was about to walk through when once again, she was denied access, only this time she bumped into somebody.
"Arg, you came just in time, but I need to get back…" she started before glancing up and pausing. Standing before her was a man she had never seen before, he was obviously a soul reaper judging by what he was wearing, and what baffled her the most was the white hiyori that he wore. It was that of a captain! Wait, was this one of the new replacements for Aizen, Gin, and Tousen? That was possible.
Rukia found herself staring quite a ways up as the man glanced down. What caught her attention first were his striking green eyes, they held a rather irritated look of their own, "Tch…" he scoffed a little before stepping around Rukia, "You need to watch where you're bloody goin'." He said in an accent she had never heard before.
"W-wait, who are you? What squad do you command?" Rukia quickly asked while getting to her feet. Her question had earned a rather startled and baffled look from the other before he grumbled and answered simply.
"I'm the captain of squad three, but you should know this….whatever…" he turned, not in the mood to deal with uneducated underlings.
"Then you've been informed about Ichigo?"
"What the hell is an Ichigo?" the man spun around, now so that Rukia could get a better look at him. He was kind of shorter then she'd originally thought, his eyes a deep emerald green, and his hair was a darker blond and kind of messy looking. He wore what looked like a constant scowl on his face, and above everything else….she could not take her eyes off of his eyebrows.
"Aya~ Now is not the time to be chatting, aru!" a second voice had come from behind Rukia and out of the portal. Spinning around, she saw another figure exit the portal. At first glance she thought it was a woman, though when the person spoke again, it was very clear that this person was male. He also wore a captain's hiyori. Perhaps one of the other new captains?
"Tch…not my fault, this girl here started asking stupid questions…like about something called an Ichigo." He commented while crossing his arms, momentarily adjusting the sword at his hip. The other male just tilted his head.
"Ichigo? What does she want to know about strawberries I wonder, aru."
"Strawberries are for eating, da?" a third and final figure had stepped out of the portal before it quickly closed behind him. Now this man, he was HUGE, he was a freakin sky scraper compared to the poor and confused Rukia. Who on earth were these people.
"But we have business to deal with first, we'll ask about this later, da?" the tallest replied casually while drawing his sword, "It only looks like a tiny one though…"
The other two just sighed as they were broken from their thoughts, they also drew their swords and took off before Rukia even had the chance to say anything. What had just happened?
Surely if they were actually captains they would have been informed about Ichigo, but these guys had no idea what she was talking about. So now posed the next question…stay here and see exactly what these people are capable of, or open a portal and escape into the Soul Society. It was rather obvious that she took the staying with friends option.
Ok yeah, I said they'd appear in the next chapter and they sort of did….they just haven't been introduced yet xD.