Sasuke: Bleached

Author's note: Wow...revising this fic shows just how much of a kid I was when i wrote it...the A/Ns that I used to have were terrible. Oh well. Here's the revised third chapter, as per usual, drop a review if you feel like it!

Chapter 3: Strong Fires Rising!

Most of the time, Sasuke was surrounded by idiots. At least in his opinion. Idiots who were prone to shouting quite random, inexplicable things. However, sometimes, he heard such a weird, random, statement that made absolutely no sense was one of those times. So he responded as best he could.

"What. The. Hell?" he muttered, almost inaudibly. We're fucked...the wound made her delirious!

"Please..." she gasped out, taking the sword from her sash and handing it to Sasuke. "Just...trust me-" she halted mid-sentence, coughing up blood. When she looked up at Sasuke again, he saw the tears in her surprsisingly white eyes.

"Please...save us...the only way..."

"How the hell is stabbing myself going to help this situation?" Sasuke yelled, watching fearfully as the hollow approached.

"I-I'm going to give you-" she paused here to spit out a bit of blood, and Sasuke cringed as if it was his fault. In some ways, it was. "some of my power...y-you can become...a Shinigami..."

Sasuke gasped. "Shinigami?"

The lady nodded, obviously in pain. "Yes. A Death G-God!"

D-Dammit...I...I-I can't...save...Brother, what do I do?

Suddenly, in Sasuke's mind's eye, he saw a vision of his brother staring down at him. Weak...

His father appeared beside his brother. Our clan is special Sasuke. We are strong. We stand tall, we never give up, we always succeed.

I-I'm an Uchiha...I have to be stronger than this!

He grasped the sword firmly, staring at it as if it was his entire world. Slowly, he drew out out the sword from its sheath. Seeing this, the Hollow paused in its advance. It favoured Sasuke with a wicked grin.

"What's a weak human like you going to do with a Soul Slayer?" the Hollow started advancing again, the disturbing grin still plastered accross its mask.

"Weak?" Sasuke muttered, as he held the sword up in front of him. "I'm not...," he glanced once at the woman lying prone beside him."...WEAK!" he yelled as he thrust the sword through his own midsection. The Hollow blanched.

"Huh?" It muttered.

Sasuke froze for a moment, hands still wrapped around the hilt of the sword which he himself had embedded in his own chest. His eyes drifted downwards, noticing the suprising lack of blood. Suddenly an explosion of white light burst forth from Sasuke's body. It engulfed the entire area, forcing the woman to throw up her hands to shield her eyes.

How is he...taking so much of...my power?

When the light faded, both the hollow and the woman were confused. Through its masked, the hollow narrowed his eyes and bared his teeth at Sasuke.

That human...he's...completely different the hollow. Those eyes...

Sasuke was now dressed in black robes similar to the lady. Strapped to his back, was a large sword, an oversized version of the lady's sword. It obscured the Uchiha fan symbol on his black robes. His stance exuded defiance, and his entire body emmanated an aura of power.

The Hollow faltered in his charge. "Damn you, Shinigami!" it yelled, and started forward again, its sights on Sasuke. Sasuke ran to meet the Hollow, stopping a little in front of it. He grasped the hilt of his sword, as the Hollow lifted his foot up to kick Sasuke. One strong swing later, and the Hollow's foot was separated from its body, causing the Hollow to roar in fury.

"D-Damn you human! I'll kill you and EAT YOUR SOUL!" the Hollow yelled.

No sooner had he finished the last words, than Sasuke stepped in under his guard, and jumped up. For a fleeting moment, Sasuke was level with the Hollow's mask, and saw the fear in the eyeless sockets. Sasuke gave a mighty slash, and completely severed the Hollow's right arm, amidst a spray of blood. The Hollow screamed and thrashed, and dodging the last flailing arm, Sasuke dashed in again and, just like that, the Hollow lost another limb. Bleeding from the stumps of his appendages, the Hollow's body crashed to the ground. The Hollow only looked silently at Sasuke as he approached.

Smirking down at his defeated enemy, Sasuke asked only one question.

"Who's weak now?"

One more slash, this time to the Hollow's mask, ended its existence. Sasuke gave the empty air where the Hollow once was with an empty smirk, and turned to the lady laying half-conscious on the ground.

"As for you..."

On her instructions, Sasuke carried the black-robed lady(who he learned was called Hinata) to a seemingly ranshacked building. Inside, they found a girl unconscious on the floor, who looked exactly like Hinata, except for the differences in attire. Sasuke gently placed Hinata down next to the girl.

"There, I delivered. Now what?" Sasuke asked expectantly.

He watched as Hinata shifted closer to the girl, and then his eyes widened in amazement, as she merged with the unconscious girl. Where there were once two prone bodies, one dressed in black, and the other adorned in a school uniform, there was now only one...clad in the simple uniform of their high school. This body looked exactly like Hinata. Sasuke, after looking around wildly for the black-robed Hinata, leaned down and inspected her, making sure she was breathing, eyes examining every feature of her soft face...until her white eyes shot open. Her sudden return to consciousness startled Sasuke, and he lost his balance, and would have toppled straight onto her, if his reflexes had not allowed him to brace himself by placing his hands beside her head.

They both stayed frozen in that position for a few moments, Sasuke watching as her cheeks were slowly coloured red by her blushing. Then Hinata broke the silence.

"...p-pervert!" she whispered and drew both legs up and kicked him. Caught off guard, Sasuke flew accross the room.

Struggling to his feet, Sasuke realized that for such a seemingly small girl...she had a hell of a kick. He gestured at her angrily.

"W-What the HELL was that for? I was checking on you! And...what THE HELL is going on?"

Hinata made no response, instead she turned her head the other way, and presumably continued blushing. Bewildered, Sasuke fought down the impulse to shout some more, and instead grabbed Hinata by her uniform, and turned her face to him.

"What...is...going...on." he hissed softly.

Eyes widened, Hinata stared back at him for a few moments. Then slowly, her mouth opened and uttered the three words that forever changed Sasuke's life.

"You are shinigami."

Hinata's explanation made little sense at first to Sasuke. According to her, she was a Shinigami(or Death God), sent from a "celestial" place called Soul Society. A shinigami's duties were to ensure the balance of souls between both worlds( the human world and Soul Society) by sending the souls of dead people to Soul Society. They also fought off Hollows, who were after the souls of dead people...and who themselves, incidentally, were souls who decayed and became evil. Sasuke thought it was a lot to take in at once, but he noticed that Hinata looked a bit preoccupied while she was telling him. When he asked her about it, she looked panicked for a second.

Turning to him, wringing her hands she muttered something incomprehensible. Annoyed, Sasuke glared at her. "Well?"

Eyes lowered she started. "Well...when we were out there...I lent you my power."

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "I guessed. So, want it back?" he held out his hands. "Take it. I don't want it anyway. I have enough on my plate."

Hinata shook her head worriedly. 'Th-that's just it...I can't."

Sasuke stared at her. "Wha-?"

Hinata interrupted him. "I don't quite know what happened...I mean, the Hollow was obviously drawn to your already high spirit power...and I only meant to give you a little of my own power, just enough to defeat it..."

Sasuke watched her rambling, saying nothing.

"...but, I suppose it must have something to do with your spirit power because...you took all of my power. And I can't seem to take it back."

Sasuke's jaw dropped, and he stared at her dumbfounded for a few minutes. "So...what does this mean for me, exactly?"

Hinata ducked her head awkwardly. "Well...I was sent here to patrol this town...so, if it's not too much to ask..."

Sasuke's jaw dropped as he understood her unasked question. Then he violently shook his head. "No freakin' way." Hanging his head, he looked down. "I never...I-I never wanted any of this shit. It's your problem...you deal with it. I'm getting out of here."

Hinata looked at him slightly reproachfully, tears beginning to form in her eyes. She lowered her head, allowing her bangs to cover her eyes, so Sasuke would be unable to see her shed her tears. Glimpsing this, Sasuke felt a small twinge of guilt and remorse, but he ruthlessly shoved it aside, and strode away from her. Pausing at the threshold of the small building, he turned to her again.

"And just where the hell is my body?"

Another Author's Note: Sasuke is as Sasuke does. I'm hoping to introduce another character next chapter and continue their development. Review if you can!

OMAKE

Hinata poked her fingers together nervously... "Erm, well...about your body...I kinda...sold it to a pink haired girl. She said her name was Sakura..."

Sasuke's eyes widened in fear. "WHAT?" he screamed in horror. Unable to take it, he fainted.

Hinata looked at his downed body and grinned deviously. "Victory is Mine!" she muttered.