Strawberry Flavored Shinigami
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"Hollow Thoughts"
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Chapter 4: Nel vs. Orihime
"Hmph… then show me." Said the female vizard.
With their last exchange of words the girls began their sword dance of anger. Sonido vs. Shunpo, zanpaktou vs. Shun Shun Rikka, and the classic while clichéd good vs. evil. The rest of Karakura's protectors watched as crater after crater appeared on the ground and walls.
Orihime swung Kiria trying her best to decapitate Nel, but the former Espada blocked her strike with ease and fire a cero at the other girl's chest. At such a close Orihime took the full brunt of the cero blast and was shot at least five feet backwards. They all watched the smoke carefully for any sign of Orihime, and when it cleared they saw her standing with Katen Kesshun in front of her.
"Like I told Kurosaki-kun… if you wanna stop me then you're gonna have to do more than those tiny spirit energy attacks." Orihime said charging at Nel once more.
Nel ducked under the kick aimed at her head and countered with an uppercut to Orihime's chin. The vizard spun with the momentum from Nel's attack and kicked the green haired woman in the side. Next she followed up with her Hyaku Valkyrie no Sutoraiki, but Nel on the other hand dodged a good number of them. Nel winced at the cuts over body as she stood evading a sword strike while swinging her sword at the young girl's head.
Orihime jumped back from Nel's attack and shot her in the leg with her Tsubaki Needle Technique. The orange haired vizard narrowed her eyes at Nel as she came charging like the attack didn't faze her. Nel used her Sonido to create an afterimage to get behind Orihime and slash her across the back. Orihime growled, and with a turn she tried to cut Nel across her stomach.
Nel managed to jump back with only a small scratch on her abdomen. The two females stood taking deep breaths and staring each other down. Then an idea formed in Nel's mind she still had few tricks up her sleeve that could take Orihime down.
"So you say you're tired of those weak spirit energy attacks huh well I got one that'll rattle that empty head of yours. I hope this works and if it does I'll be sure to thank him for teaching it to me later. Now here's a technique a friend taught me before I left Hueco
Mundo!" Nel yelled out gathering energy in her palm.
"GRAN REY CERO!!!" Nel yelled firing the blue green cero at Orihime who eyes widened.
"Oh shit…" Ichigo thought to himself while he watched Orihime take the attack head on.
"Now is my chance!" Nel thought as she began to release Gamuza.
Both Ichigo and Nel's eyes widened when they saw Orihime still standing trying to catch her breath and a large crack in Katen Kesshun. Ichigo looked on in disbelief at Orihime's new powers to him she was a different person which she was of course. Then he heard something he hadn't heard since Hueco Mundo.
"LANZADOR VERDE!!!" Ichigo watched as Nel launched Gamuza full speed at Orihime.
"NO!!" Ichigo yelled.
Orihime simply brought Katen Kesshun up to block the oncoming lance, but to her surprise it pierced right through and drove her into the school wall. Ichigo could see Orihime's wide eyes as her mask shattered and she coughed up huge amounts of blood.
Orihime listened to the crazed laughter in her head as her inner hollow became known.
"You want me to take over Orihime-sama?"Her hollow asked hoping she could get out for awhile.
"*pant pant* No… no… NO I WON'T LOSE TO HER I REFUSE TO BE WEAK ANY LONGER!!!" The young girl yelled out releasing all her reiatsu.
Her spirit pressure brought Rukia and the others to their knees while Ichigo and Nel watched in anticipation. Orihime's wounds began to heal thanks to Shun Shun Rikka, the orange glow from before intensified, six fairy like wings manifested themselves on her back, two smaller wings appeared on each side of her head, and her hollow mask reappeared across her face.
"KOTEN ZANSHUN, VALKYRIE KIRIA!!!" Orihime began to gather spirit energy in her sword, but when she did this Ichigo noticed that one of her wings dispersed.
"TSUBAKI KIRIA NO KAZE!!!" Orihime fired a much larger version of Tsubaki with a little wind energy added at Nel who for some reason couldn't move.
"Shit…" Was all Nel could think before the attack hit.
"We gotta help them!" Chad shouted but Rukia protested staring down at the smoke cloud.
"HAAAAA!!!" The smoke began to swirl along with Ichigo's spirit energy. The familiar blue glow around Ichigo turned red and black while his hollow mask form over his face.
"Finally!" Orihime shouted as she charged toward Ichigo who charged as well.
Uryu used his Hiyrenraku to retrieve the unconscious Nel when he laid her down he noticed a cut on his upper arm.
"What the hell?" The young Quincy thought looking back at fight taking place down below.
"TSUBAKI KIRIA NO MIZU!!!" Ichigo batted the water based technique aside only to see three more Orihimes surrounding him.
"TSUBAKI KIRIA NO HI!!!"
"TSUBAKI KIRIA NO KAMINARI!!!"
"TSUBAKI KIRIA NO TSUCHI!!!"
All three attacks came fast but Ichigo was much faster and used the colliding of all three attacks to take out all the Orihime clones. When he struck them they faded away in orange particles. The soul reaper looked around carefully for the other vizard but she was no where to be found. He found her when he looked up she was standing on top of school with one wing left.
She gathered her remaining spirit energy in her sword, and when her last wing dispersed Kiria became enveloped with white light.
"Valkyrie Sword no Hikari" She jumped from the roof diving straight at Ichigo.
Ichigo gathered energy in Zangetsu and jumped toward her and they met with a bright explosion of white, red, and black. Inside the energy collision Orihime could feel Ichigo winning as he pushed her sword back.
"No… I won't lose to him…" With the last of her energy Orihime batted Zangetsu to the side and head butted Ichigo shattering both their masks.
~ Back in the Classroom ~
"Are they alive… its been five minutes and I haven't sensed anything yet." Uryu voiced while they watched the smoke dissipate.
Down in the giant crater they could see Ichigo laying unconscious with Orihime laying on top of him in the same state. Their friends let a heavy sigh out that they didn't know they were holding and they jumped down to help the two slumbering vizards. Because they were so enthralled in the battle they didn't know another set eyes had seen the whole thing from beginning to end.
"What the hell is going on here?" Tatsuki thought while the group down below headed for Ichigo's place.
~ Orihime's Inner World ~
"You kicked some major ass today Orihime-sama!" Her hollow yelled jumping around.
Orihime's inner hollow was a pale white child version of herself so to the outside world they would look like mother and daughter.
"But I didn't win it ending in a fucking draw." She growled out.
"At least you didn't lose badly like you did against Kisuke-kun and Yoru-chan." Her hollow told her.
"I guess so but…" Orihime looked to be in deep thought.
"Still thinking about how you're gonna apologize after nearly killing them?" Asked the younger girl while she sat in Orihime's lap.
"Hell no I was just testing by new abilities its not my fault they were to weak to fight without nearly getting killed. I just… I still wanna apologize to him about Karin because if I had this power back then maybe she wouldn't have died." Orihime explained.
"You're too overdramatic." Said a voice from behind the tree that they were sitting against.
"Kiria!" Her hollow yelled when the other woman stepped form behind the tree.
"Hey Ori how's it goin?" She asked the chibi Orihime.
Kiria had long white hair that reached her thighs, a bust smaller then Orihime's but still quite noticeable, piercing green eyes that would scare anyone, and she wore pink and white celestial armor.
"Guess what Kiria Orihime-sama almost beat Kurosaki-kun today!" Ori yelled excitedly.
"Did she now." Kiria said with a smile.
"Don't give me that sly smile of yours incase you forget you lost to since you were technically in the battle as well." Orihime said smirking as Kiria scowled at her mistress.
"Bite me." Kiria said looking away.
"Ori would you do the honors?" Orihime told the young girl.
"HAIII!!!" Ori went over and bit Kiria on the thigh bringing her out her thoughts.
"You little brat come back here!" Kiria began to chase Ori through the flower field that was Orihime's inner world.
~ In the Real World ~
Orihime snuggled into the warmth that she was enveloped in then the warmth brought her closer. She was relishing in the contentment she felt lying there with a sense of security.
Then something clicked she opened her eyes the same time Ichigo's did and they laid there staring at each other before Orihime spoke.
"Wow Kurosaki you're a perv." She said with a deadpanned look.
"You're in my damn bed!" Ichigo yelled back wincing as a sharp pain shot through his head.
"Can you like not yell I kinda have a headache you know." She said quietly and laid her head back down oh his chest.
Ichigo began to blush when he noticed their attire or lack there of. Both were currently shirtless with bandages wrapped around their wounds.
"Yea well maybe you shouldn't head butt people then you wouldn't have a headache." Ichigo told her quietly trying to keep the perverted images from forming in his head.
"Kurosaki… I'm sorry about Karin-chan… if I had been stronger back then maybe she wouldn't have died." Orihime said looking at the red paint that now covered his walls.
"Its fine I was weak back then to… so don't worry about it anymore ok." Ichigo told her forgetting about the perverted thoughts for a minute.
Ichigo was caught off guard when he felt Orihime's lips against his, but he regained his composure and they were soon involved in a heated make out session.
"I knew you were a perv." Orihime said with a seductive smile.
"Yea yea…" Ichigo smiled and gently flipped her so that he was on top.
"Kurosaki… fuck me." She whispered in his ear sending chills down his spine.
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Snap its bout to go down or shall we say he's bout to go down. Should Ichigo get him some cudi or shall he be interrupted like always. Looking forward to them review ya'll and a big thank you to my faithful reviewers you know who you are. Seeing as how Tsubaki was her main source of attacking I kinda stayed true in that aspect I hope I didn't go overboard with though. Cheers (^_^)
Lanzador Verde = Green Lance
Tsubaki Kiria no Kaze = Tsubaki Kiria of Wind
Tsubaki Kiria no Mizu = Tsubaki Kiria of Water
Tsubaki Kiria no Hi = Tsubaki Kiria of Fire
Tsubaki Kiria no Kaminari = Tsubaki Kiria of Lightning
Tsubaki Kiria no Tsuchi = Tsubaki Kiria of Earth
Valkyrie Sword no Hikari = Valkyrie Sword of Light