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Hollow 2.0

Chapter 4:Not a dream

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"My head." Tatsuki woke up with a groan and a spitting headache. With a quick glance round she saw she was in her blue coloured bedroom. After a few seconds the events of last night came back. Her and Orihime were talking when a car crash into the house. Because the house was ruined, they had come back to her apartment.

Something seem off about that, but Tatsuki was sure it would come back to her. Stripping off to take a shower, she stopped and faced the large bathroom mirror. Standing in it, just as in the buff as she was, was Artemis. A sudden assault of a different last night hit her, almost dying, the search, almost dying again. Tatsuki gripped her head in her hands. "What the?!" Tatsuki almost shouted, managing to keep it lowish after remembering Orihime was in her modest apartment, most likely asleep.

In a lower tone, Tatsuki asked the doppelgänger in the mirror "What is going on? Why are you real? How did I stand back up with my rib cage missing? Why can I remember two versions of last night? Who are you?"

Artemis just simply shrug "I think in order, we're standing naked, because I am, human spirit or you just really stubborn, that black hair girl with the pez thing mess with ours minds, but it didn't stick and I'm Artemis, I said that before, a few times now."

"...you are quite useless." Tatsuki said after a while. "Hey! I only know what you know, if that! Not my fault that I'm only four days old!" Artemis shouted.

Tatsuki waved her arms in a calm down manner "Okay okay, I'm sorry. I'm just reaching the end of my rope with all these strange events." she took a deep breath "I'm going to have my shower now, just...just don't talk." Artemis looked like she was on the verge of tears as Tatsuki step into the shower.

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"It's true! A sumo wrestler really came to my room and shot a bazooka at the wall!" Orihime claimed. "Guess her memories are different." Artemis commentated.

Tatsuki and Orihime were now at the school, in their classroom. One whole side of the room was windows and a bunch of those classics desks were in rows.

'True, Artemis.' Tatsuki thought back, hoping that it was enough to reach her. "You're speaking to me again?" the hopeful childish voice came back 'Of course, I just needed time to think. There been a lot to think about last couple of days.'

A tug on her skirt "It's true! Right, Tatsuki?" asked Orihime. 'My memories are either false or the impossible fight so...' "Completely true. A fat man with a rocket took out a wall."

"You used that on my familiy the other day, didn't you?" It seem that her hearing had jumped up in power, considering she just heard Ichigo whispering from the across the classroom. "Yeah I use it." whispered Rukia back. Tatsuki gave a sniff "You okay, Tatsuki?" asked Michiru. Yes smell had also jumped up in strength, smaller sniffs next time thought Tatsuki as she tried to recover from a whole classroom of smells.

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Tatsuki walked through an abandon factory zone. It was a shortcut back to her home that she took today because she was hungry today. At lunch she just piled her plate up high, but it didn't abate the hunger. It seem that whatever the power Artemis said that she unlocked that day came with a increased metabolism. All she needed to do was find out what was the upside of the power beside greater senses.

Tatsuki saw a familiar alley entrance. A image of a jacket wearing man fighting masked soldiers flashed before her mind's eye. She peeked around the corner and saw three similar dressed soldiers looking around the red brick alley.

"We got a onlooker, sir." "Deal with her." was all Tatsuki's enchanted hearing caught before a bullet slammed between her eyes.

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The shooter watched his target fall over. "Make sure she dead and-" He interrupted his commander "Recover the bullet. I know, I know. Can't let the Japan government know we been here."

He put a hand over the body's heart. No pulse. He pulled up a eyelid. No dilation. He pulled out his knife and dug out the bullet.

He took a last look at the body. It not going to be open casket. Shooter look back at his commander "Bullet retrieved." Commander looked up and jolted before drawing his gun. Shooter felt pain as an arm of a teenage girl busted out of his chest. The last thing he felt before dying was being ripped apart.

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Tatsuki blinked. "Are you okay, sis?" Artemis asked. Tatsuki looked around a blood stained alley. Memories of her slaughter hit her with the three soldiers's deeds. "Oh god!" said Artemis as Tatsuki threw up. She threw up again when she realise she was no longer hungry.

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This went darker than I first planned, but I think it for the best. Don't worry about the blackwatch's soldiers. It will be mostly bleach, it just that a whole scout team of them disappeared and I needed to do what blackwatch would do and I dropped Tatsuki in it.

More reviews: asredwer Yeah details are a weakness of mine, it why I started fanficing, to get rid of it. sanddrake111 A tale for another time indeed. jmwigington Thank for all the ideas, especially the captains ideas since I trying to think of who she should face. I had Komamura as a placeholder simple because I was stump on that. The idea of Tatsuki(Always growing stronger woman) vs Nnoitra(Hate women because he think them weak) bought a smile to my face thinking of the dialogue between them.

Anyway review, flame or lurk.