I had just finished eating. Licking the leftover blood off my lances, I was about to leave before something sliced into my back!
"Ichigo! What the hell are you doing?!" shouted another voice. Whirling around, I roared in pain and anger at whoever attacked me.
"Listen here you ugly hollow! I'm about to cut you to ribbons!" shouted the black cloaked figure that only came up to my knee. Looking closer, I saw a semi-permanent scowl on his face and bright orange hair.
"Ichigo?" I muttered "Tatsuki was right."
"How the hell do you know my name? And how do you know Tatsuki?" Ichigo shouted "Tell me!"
"Even if I told you Ichigo, I doubt you'd recognise my name!" I roared back
"I guess I'll just have to beat it out of you!" he said, raising his sword
"Bring it on, Strawberry!"
He charged in, sword raised. I smashed at the ground with my lance, but he dodged out of the way! As his sword cut into my leg, I roared in pain. Swinging my lance at him, I felt it connect as he was launched backwards into a building.
"Ichigo!" shouted the other voice. As I turned to see the source of the noise, I saw a short woman stare in horror.
"What are you doing here?" I roared "Get out of here before you get hurt!"
"What?"
"You heard me!" I shouted again, turning to block another strike with my lances
I swung a lance at Ichigo, silently hoping not to kill him, even as I swung my arms and attacked him.
Ichigo swung his sword at me, but I blocked it with my forearm. The sword bit slightly into my arm, causing me to reel back in pain.
"Now's my chance!" he shouted, leaping up into the air. I kicked him out of the air, sending him crashing into a building.
"Ichigo!"
"I'm not going to kill him." I said to the woman
"What?"
"I may be a monster, but I will not kill an injured man." I said, stomping away to nurse my injuries
*v*v*v*1
*v*v*v*2
Ichigo coughed as his vision returned.
"What the hell…" he said numbly, pain shooting through his nerves as he sat up
"Stay down Ichigo! You'll open your wounds again!"
Ichigo ignored her and looked around "Where are we?"
A paper screen door slid to one side as a man with a cane stepped through "Yo!"
"Hat and Clogs?"
"How're you doing Ichigo?" he asked, tilting his hat slightly
"I feel like I was hit by a truck." He groaned
"That's good! At least your nerves haven't been damaged."
"Shut up!" Ichigo snapped in annoyed tone
Kisuke explained how he had seen Ichigo hurt, and had taken him to the shop to heal and rest up.
"So what time is it now?"
"A little after five o'clock."
"Dammit, I missed school again!"
"Don't worry Ichigo, Kon's been to school in your place." Rukia said calmly
"That's even worse!" he shouted before reeling in pain again "Aaagh! My shoulder wound's opened up again!"
"Kisuke, I want to know more about that hollow from earlier." Rukia said
"Which one?" he asked
Rukia then dug out her phone, pressed a few buttons and showed Kisuke the image on the screen.
"This one. It's been called Lancer. The bounty's really low for some reason. It's only five hundred Kan, and not even any bonus either."
"Oh yeah. I think I've seen that one around before." He said, tipping his hat back "It appeared only a couple of days ago, during the funeral of Hiroshi Suke. Same place too."
"Hiroshi's funeral? That was just a day before…" Ichigo began, before retreating into silence.
"Ichigo. Do you recall when you found Tatsuki at the old theatre?" Kisuke asked
"What about it?"
"She didn't say anything about Hiroshi, did she?"
"You're telling me Hiroshi was with her?!" Ichigo shouted in shock
"You catch on mighty quick Ichigo!" Kisuke said cheerfully, before returning to seriousness "Now please tell me, did you find Hiroshi's corpse?"
"No. No I didn't."
A short silence filled the air for a moment before Kisuke spoke again.
"Then it's just as I feared."
"Do you mean..?"
"It is very likely Hiroshi has become the hollow known as Lancer. And from the sound of it, a powerful one."
The silence returned, heavier than ever.
"I never thought… It could happen to anyone from school." Ichigo muttered
"Hold on Kisuke, aren't you jumping to conclusions?" Rukia asked
"Maybe, but just in case I'm right, we should gather as much information that we can."
"Rukia. Do you have any other information about Hiroshi?" Ichigo asked
"Yes. It would seem that he has some form of aversion to the souls humans and soul reapers."
"Oh?"
"While hiding in the alley, around five hundred people and spirits passed him. He didn't move to attack a single one of them. All the members of Hiroshi's family are still living as well."
"So you're saying that he's only been eating hollows?" Ichigo asked
Rukia nodded slightly as she voiced her thoughts "This only makes him more dangerous. I'm afraid he may become a Menos Grande if he is not stopped."
*v*v*v*2
*v*v*v*1
Disgusting. The hollow I had just eaten was filthy! It tasted like someone had taken a dump in my mouth! I think after I had killed it, these big red doors opened up, and some kind of huge knife stabbed the torso and drew it back in! I thought that at least I had an arm from it, but the moment I took a bite, I wanted to throw up! I ran over to the river to wash out my mouth and tried shovelling water into my mouth, but the damn lances on my forearms couldn't pick up any!
"Dammit! I have to drink like an animal?!" I shouted
Leaning over on the bank, I submerged my large head into the water and drank deeply. Pulling my head out of the river, I burped contently.
"Oh that's much better." I sighed. I was about to stand up when something thudded heavily into my back. Turning around, I saw a black haired girl, eyes wide in terror.
"Oh crap…" she muttered as I thought the same thing
My mind raced for a way out of this. I didn't want her to know what I had become! Jumping to my feet, I leaned in as close as possible and roared as loud as I could in her face. Instead of fainting, she reached back and slugged me straight in the jaw! Okay, Plan A didn't work, so Plan B it was.
I fell dramatically backwards, straight into the river! I thrashed about in the river, but my lances wouldn't let me swim, and my clawed feet weren't helping either!
"Help! I can't swim!" I gurgled under the water
Then I remembered something. I had died. I had become a spirit, then turned into a hollow. Did that mean I still needed to breathe?
Tentatively breathing in, I noticed that I didn't need to breathe!
"Well, at least I don't need to swim anymore." I thought aloud
I sank deeper into the river, trying to reach back to the surface when a huge shape flashed by me, cutting into my shoulder!
"Hahaha! Another tasty morsel who fell into my river!" it laughed, swimming up to my face. Another hollow?! This one looked like a Koi fish but its muscular body had sharp spines and fins jutting wildly out of it.
Landing heavily at the bottom, I readied myself for a fight.
"Fool! Water is my domain! Here I am king! You will never defeat me!" it shouted
"You know what else makes its home in water?" I asked
"What?"
"Magikarp." I grinned
"You dare compare me to that pitiful Pokémon?! Now you will die for your insolence!" it shouted, rushing towards me
"Like shooting fish in a barrel." I said, raising my lance.
Before I could raise my lance any higher though, the fish collided with my shoulder, slashing at me with its fins!
"Too slow, mouth breather! Here in the water, your movements are slow, while mine are faster than anything!"
I leapt at him, using my lances to pierce through the water.
"Nice try! But now you'll have to sink again!" he shouted, rushing at me again "You're mine!"
As he got closer, I reached out with my neck and bit down hard on his side as he squealed in pain.
"Mmmmm! Tastes like salmon!" I laughed, gulping down the flesh "I think I'll dice you up and make you into sushi!"
"How..! I am invincible in the water!"
"You attack by getting up close. Too close for my lances, but close enough for me to take a nice big bite!" I roared
Reaching out with my lance, I skewered the fish hollow and bit down on its mask, crushing it in my mouth like eggshells as scarlet began to bloom in the water all around me.
After I had finished, I clambered up the steep slope out of the river. It was getting dark again. It was going to be time to eat again soon.
*v*v*v*1
*v*v*v*3
A man in a white jacket glided through the wood floored halls. That hollow hadn't been killed yet. What was its name? Lancer? He thought that the order had been put out a week ago, so why hadn't his sister destroyed it yet? It was unreasonable to even think of her slacking off. He decided that he should get her something when she got back. Maybe another one of those stuffed rabbit dolls she kept in her room.
He opened the door to the Hollow Bounty Registration and was immediately greeted by a clerk. "Captain Kuchki! What brings you here?"
"I am curious of the state of the hollow known as Lancer."
"Ah, yes sir. Right this way."
The clerk led him to a desk, covered in coffee stains, paperwork and computer monitors. He waited patiently as he clerk brought up the file.
"Here we are. Lancer. Age as hollow: Six days. Current Location: Karakura Town. Bounty… Does this even count?"
"Is there a problem?"
"It seems that someone has put its bounty at five hundred Kan instead of five thousand."
"No, that information is correct." A clerk said from the opposite table, leaning back on his chair and taking a sip of his coffee
"What? Why?" the first clerk asked
"He hasn't eaten a single soul. The bounty's only there because he's a hollow."
Nearby, a loud beeping could be heard as well as a shout. "Hey! We've got some new information on the hollow known as Lancer!"
"What is it?"
"The bounty's been raised from five hundred to five million!"
"Five million?! Why?"
"We've gotten a report saying that it's dangerously close to becoming a Menos Grande!" the third one shouted again.
Byakuya Kuchki stiffened at the words. A Menos Grande in Karakura Town was a potential disaster! Almost running out of the building, Byakuya flash stepped back to the barracks and slammed open the door to his lieutenant's office.
"Renji. Come with me."
"Captain?"
"There may be a Menos in Karakura Town."
"Karakura? Rukia's stationed there!" he shouted, getting up from his chair
"We'll save the visit for later. For now we-" Byakuya was about to continue when a black butterfly landed delicately on his and his lieutenant's shoulders as a voice filled their heads
"Captain Byakuya Kuchki, Lieutenant Renji Abarai. You are to go to Karakura Town at once for the arrest and retrieval of the criminal Rukia Kuchki. She has given her Soul Reaper powers to the human Ichigo Kurosaki. If encountered, he must be executed."
*v*v*v*3
*v*v*v*4
Sitting at the table, the man in glasses turned off the monitor, sat back on his chair, steepled his fingers and smiled to himself.
"Everything is going according to plan."
*v*v*v*4
*v*v*v*2
"So tell me again why we have to kill all these hollows before Hiroshi reaches them?" Ichigo yawned
"So he doesn't transform into a Menos."
"I know that, but how many do we have to kill?! I'm getting exhausted." He said, resting against the brick wall of the alley
"You could let Kon take over."
"No way! I'm not letting that creep take control of my body!"
"And I don't want to be in your filthy mouth anyway!" a new voice added
"Shut your trap!" shouted Ichigo, tossing the stuffed lion into the opposite wall
A beeping noise filled the air as Rukia's phone went off again.
"Is it Hiroshi?"
"Yes." She said, standing up off the ground.
"Then let's go find him."
The two ran through the streets, towards their goal. Then they were cut off.
"Rukia." The man in the white coat stated, a sad look in his eyes
*v*v*v*2
*v*v*v*1
I stomped down the road, licking blood off my lances with my long tongue. Tonight was especially good. I had killed and eaten fifteen hollows tonight alone! Think of just how many people I saved! Then I felt something. Something deep in my stomach, shifting like a snake, wriggling through my guts. Then the spasms started.
It was just like when I was first turned into a hollow. I felt my arms, legs and spine stretching, twisting and breaking. Flesh and bone mutated with sickening snaps and squelching as I felt myself grow above the tree line. My mask melted and twisted again, a huge conical nose forming in front of my eyes. I felt a huge black cloak form and wrap around me tightly, almost suffocating me. When it all stopped, I cracked the mouth of my mask open and roared into the sky.
Somehow, I had transformed! What could this body do now? Just when I get used to one, I transform again! I try to speak, but the only thing that comes out of me is another roar. Had I lost the ability to speak?
A white shape appeared on my nose and my eyes struggled focused on it. A man in a white coat, brown hair blowing in the cold night's breeze. I couldn't see his eyes from the glare given off from his glasses.
"Very good my little pawn. I think it's time to send you home." He said with a grin
I felt myself hurled backwards again, like I first was when I turned into a hollow. I landed with a thud as the window to the other world closed in front of me. Struggling to stand up, which is very difficult without using your arms, I looked around me. I milling around me were hundreds upon hundreds of things that looked exactly like me! My stomach groaned again.
This cloak was too tight! Tearing my arms free, I saw my arms had grown to match my new size, and the lances were still there. Many of the big hollows looked at me curiously as I readied my weapons and roared loudly.
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*whew* Big one right here.
Greetings loyal minions! Snazzy Hat here!
So yeah, Hiroshi's now a Gillian. I have no idea if Gillians actually have arms or not, but whatever. My story, my rules.
*Roars loudly*
Shut up Hiroshi!
*Roars even louder*
I said shut up!
*Releases a roar that could split the heavens*
Fine! I'll give you your voice back if you just stop roaring!
*Stops roaring*
Excellent.
I have no doubts that you readers may be wondering where the heck this story's going. I've given you readers enough clues as to where this is going, so my more alert and intelligent readers may have already guessed the entire plot. The first person to PM me with their idea of the plot gets a prize!
Also, some of you may be wondering what the numbers at the end of the viewpoint breaks are. I'll let Yachiru explain, since she won't stop bugging me about not being in the fanfic yet.
"Thanks Snazzy-kun! Now, the numbers at the end of these thingies [*v*v*v*]-"
How did you even pronounce that?!
"Shaddup Snazzy! It's a different group of characters! 1 is that nasty hollow guy Hiroshi, 2 is Ichi-kun, Rukia and Kisuke, 3 is Byaku-bo, Renji and the other captains, and finally 4 is-"
Now, now Yachiru. I said you could do this if you didn't put out any spoilers!
"Hmmphfhurmmmuru!"
"What are you doing with my Lieutenant?"
"Yay! Kenny's here!"
Oh Christ! Hiroshi! Protect your creator!
*Roars loudly and runs away*
Damn it Hiroshi!
Before I die horribly, I wanted to say thanks for reading, be sure to leave a review containing your thoughts and suggestions and be extra sure to read and review my other works too!
Snazzy out!