A/N: Here is another chapter! Didn't mean to finish this one before my other fic, but was on a little bit of a writer's block. Finally got over it for 'Mirror' so I will finish it soon to update! Anyway, here the final part of the start of the Shinigami!Uryū story. Wait until the next chapter! More characters and how this AU looks will appear in the next one.

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Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul.

And sings the tune

Without the words,

and never stops at all.

- Emily Dickinson

Dragon and Death Part Three

He did not know what he would find when he appeared outside. Just whatever he thought, it was not what he saw right now.

He thought Hollow was a human spirit...or something. Not the huge monster that stood there. It was half the size of his whole home, maybe taller. It looked like some mutant frog with this strange horrifying mask and that huge gapping hole in the middle of its chest. The blood dripped from it made it all terrible.

'How...How did you break free?"

The Shinigami took noticed that Uryū arrived on the scene. She didn't look well as she tried to catch a breath. He could not respond as the monster jumped at her. She jumped with speed and height that he didn't possible as she landed next to him.

"What do you think! What is that thing?" demanded Uryū as he pointed at the monster.

"That is a hollow, boy," growled the Shinigami, "Get out of here! No one had their souls eat yet."

Now Uryū was confused. Wasn't this hollow supposed to eat souls? That was what the Shinigami had said. He didn't had a chance to ask her as the hollow turned around and jumped at them. Its large hands were a frighten sight to behold. He didn't have strength to move, but the Shinigami did as she grabbed a hold of the raven hair boy. The two of them rolled on the street as the hand of the Hollow slammed into the side of the clinic.

"I...I thought that this Hollow was suppose to eat souls?" asked Uryū as the two of them backed away. He struggled on to his feet as the Shinigami held tight to her weapon in hand.

"...Hollows search for souls with high spiritual concentration. Because of that, sometimes people are attack..." she said in a sombre tone of voice.

"And...you mean..."

"...I have never came across nor heard of a human that was able to see Shinigamis...you were able to break free of Demon Form, which no one should be able to do without harming their soul. You even have a high spiritual concentration yourself..."

"..."

She turned at him with this emotionless look on his face that caused Uryū to go cold, even more at her next words.

"I believe that it was coming after you..."

Uryū backed up away from her as he felt his soul, his body freeze at the news. No...it couldn't because of him...but it made sense. It made so much sense, damn it.

"You are saying...it came for me...that all of these people hurt...my father could be..." mumbled Uryū as he felt the need to collapse right there on the ground. This was all his fault...all his fault.

"I...I did not mean..."

She didn't finish at all as she flew half away down the street. The Hollow let out another roar as he glared at down the fallen Shinigami as she skidded to a stop.

"No!" Uryū screamed out. He had thought that she would have been done for. But she wasn't. In fact, only a few seconds later and she risen to her knees, slowly. She was alive...what were these Shinigami's made of?

But his attention drifted on to the hulk of the Hollow that had its sights on him. A mixture of drool and blood came out of its' huge mouth and teeth. This was not something Uryū thought he had to deal with. He was only a high school student for God sake! He was supposed to worry that he passed his classes with his father's approved good marks and girls. Oh girls were a problem for sure, especially a certain girl in his class...These were the things he was suppose to be worried about, nothing more.

But he had to worry about the people's souls because they were in danger because of him. This thing could take out the whole neighbourhood! That is if he was around...A frown came across his face as he knew what had to be done. This thing had tracked him down; it wanted to have his soul. He had to get away in ordered to save everyone.

"You want me!" shouted Uryū as he stood up and glared at the Hollow, "Come and get me!"

The Hollow let out a roar as he started to come at him. Uryū turned around and started to run. There was no plan at all. All he could think of was kept up the pace. He could figure out the rest once he got away from the ruins of the clinic. It was unlike him to do something like this. He rather planned what he was doing. But there was no time! No time at all!

But it did not matter how fast he ran as the Hollow came on to him within moments. Uryū looked back and it was on him. No, it couldn't be the end of him! He tried to pick up the pace. Maybe he could-

That thought process stopped when he fell down and met with the hard ground. Pain ran through him, but he let the fear overcome that as he turned around. The Hollow was above him and its huge mouth up in a roar. He lunged at Uryū and the young student thought it was the end.

Never again would he see his father...his friends...say the things he always wanted to saw.

He closed his eyes, and he thought that a unbelievable pain would surged through his body. It never came. He opened his eyes and looked up.

There in the middle of the jaw of the Hollow was the Shinigami. Blood poured out of her body as the Hollow tighten his mouth on her. It looked like any second it would ripped her in half. It did not have a chance as she jabbed her sword into it's' jaw. It let out another spine chill roar as it let go of her and backed away. Its blood and her's dripped out of its maw. She stood for only a moment as it let her go before she collapsed into a pool of blood. Uryū sat there shocked as she saved his life at the risk of her own. She died to save-

"Idiot..."

"Shinigami...you're alive..." gasped out Uryū , surprised that she was able to even to talk.

"You should have listen...you don't have the strength and power to fight it. You are either an idiot or you thought that by leading it away would solve everything," she said, struggled to get up but it seem pointless.

"I...I just wanted too..." said Uryū as he struggled to say sorry, to say anything.

"Don't worry about it...or I wish I could say that...But I can't fight the Hollow any longer," Shinigami said, "We can only wait until it devours us."

Uryū felt weak in his knees as his fist clenched. He was an idiot, such an idiot, "My fault...everyone is going to died because of me."

They said nothing to each other as the Hollow continued to roar in pain. The Shinigami stared at him with thought and pity as Uryū only felt sorry for himself before she spoke, "Do you want to make things right?"

He looked up at her. Panic and hope appeared on his face. There was something they could do? Something he could do? "Is there something we can do? You must tell me right away!"

"There is a way...actually, it is the only way..." she spoke.

She reached out and grabbed a hold of her sword. Once she grabbed a hold of it, she turned herself around and sat up. It looked like it took all of her strength to even do that as she held out the blade of her weapon at him before she spoke, "You...become a Shinigami..."

Uryū stood there in shock at the suggestion, "You...You have to joking?" he asked.

"No, I am not. This is the only way to save everyone you had been fighting to protect. If you pierce the middle of your chest with my Zanpakutō, I will be able to give you half of my power. This way you will be able to have the power of the Shinigami for a short while and fight the Hollow on fair ground."

"It is...safe to do something like this?" asked Uryū.

"I am actually not sure. I only suggest this because of your high spiritual nature. There is only a small chance that this will work. You could died..." she explained before a determined look appeared, "But there is no other way and there is no time to talk things over!"

This was such a shock. Uryū did not know what to do. Either he went along with the plan and he could get killed or allow the Hollow to do that. There were so many things and parts to think about. He wanted to weight all his opposites, go over the pros and cons of both choices. That is what he always done before! He had time to make a choice he thought best. This time, there was no time to be picky, to go over every little detail. He had to pick and he had to pick now.

All Uryū could do was wonder what his father would do. While they didn't have the best relationship, his father did know what was best in his own way. But right now, the older man couldn't help...Oh God, was he even alive now? What about the other people in the clinic? They had families and love ones like him. They were all dead if he didn't do something.

And there was only choice to make to give them all a chance to live.

A serious look came across his face as he stood up. He said nothing as he walked over to the fallen Shinigami with her sword still pointed at him, "Fine, we will do it your way, Shinigami."

She chuckle a bit and smiled at him, "My name isn't Shinigami, Idiot. My name is Kuchiki Rukia."

A small smile came across Uryū's face as he pushed his glasses up on his face, "My name is Ishida Uryū...It is nice to meet you."

"You as well..."

The Hollow let out another roar as it seem to have recovered from the wound that Rukia gave it. It seemed that it would be on them in a matter of moments. Uryū wasn't going to let it have the chance as he came closer to the blade, placed his hand over her handle to steady it in place. Never would he have thought that he could be close to something so sharp. Pointed at his chest, he looked away from the Zanpakutō and at Rukia. Their eyes met and both shared a determine look on their face.

"Let's get this over with," said Uryū.

"Right," said Rukia.

The Hollow was coming on fast one them.

Rukia held tight to the Zanpakutō in her hands as steady as she could.

Uryū lunged himself on to the blade without a second thought to it.

Pain shocked his body as the blade ran right through his body and appeared on the other side. It only lasted a second as a huge rush of power emerged from the two of them. The Hollow only slowed down for a moment in shock as it never had felt such a surge of spiritual power, a power he once search for, but it change into something different all the more powerful.

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Over on the other side of town, another figure could felt the surge of spiritual power. Actually, he was on his way to the battle, to take care of both the Hollow and that filthy Shinigami. There was another spiritual power that he picked up from there but he was always familiar with it. There was no worry about it.

That is until the moment the third spiritual power change.

He stopped mid step on top of one the many buildings he used for travel. Shock appeared on his face as he couldn't believe it. Did the third spiritual power just change? It couldn't be? How was it even possible? He couldn't believe unless...

He stood still as he focused his mind on the spiritual power of the town. There was something special about his hometown for sure. Something that drew all this spiritual energy like no other place in the world he knew of. A blue light emerged around him; highlighted the strange white clothing with blue trim and a blue cross shown on his chest. His eyes were closed as he was more focus on what he was doing.

Threads soon burst forth from the light around him. His brown eyes soon shone as this is what he was waiting for as he stood in forest of white threads. They were the humans that lived around town and not his focus. There was only one he wanted to know about.

His eyes turned to fury as he found two threads of red stood in front of him. With a growl, he only grabbed a hold of one of them. The thread became tight in his grip before he ripped it apart.

"You made a grave mistake today, Ishida. One you will pay for..." he growled.