Momo stop! I stopped running and leaned against the school. I placed my hand on my chest and tried to catch my breath. What are you doing? You didn't blow anything, he just didn't answer the question, maybe he didn't know what you were talking about. Yes that must be it.
"Momo." A voice pulled me from my thoughts, I turned around and saw Toshiro standing there. He was looking off into the distance.
"Hey Toshiro, what's up?" I tried to keep my voice from cracking.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry. I didn't mean to blow you off."
"Oh it's okay. I mean I figured it was something I said."
"Well it kind of was, but I can't tell you anything." My heart dropped. "I mean I can't because I'll get into some huge trouble, but here look at this and it should explain most of your questions," Toshiro said, handing me a book. I gave him a strange look but took the book anyway. "Put it in your locker and then read it at home. If anyone asks, you found the book but make sure no one has to ask, okay?" I nodded, then he walked away. I quickly stuffed the book inside my jacket and walked inside to put it in my locker.
When I got home I ran right to my room and locked the door. I jumped on my bed, opened my backpack and pulled out the book. On the cover there was a picture of a man dressed in a black kimono and holding a long sword. The title was The Begining of the Soul Reaper and it was written by some guy named Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto. I looked on the back but there was no summary like on a usual book, so I opened it and began to read.
I didn't stop reading until I finished the book. I didn't go down for dinner and I didn't do my homework. By one in the morning, I had read the whole book cover to cover. The book talked about how a man was hit by lightning while practicing his fencing and some power was awakened. The man was able to see ghosts and other wandering spirits. His fencing sword became some power sword called a zanpakuto and he some how obtained the ability to control fire with this sword. After the accident he started to test on other people because he figured that the power had to be in everybody. First he tried to awaken the power in other people the same way it was awakened in him; by using lightning. But since he couldn't control lightning, he tried other methods.
Over the years he figured out the the power could be awakened by a trametic experience, or a near death experience. He said that all humans had the power but it was hidden away. When the man died, he went to this place, like Heaven, but he was the only one there, so it was closer to Limbo. He decided to start a school where people could learn how to obtain and control this power. If a person could not awaken the power, they would continue on to Heaven. He called these powerful humans, Soul Reapers, and each Soul Reaper recieved their own zanpakuto which was linked to their souls. So the power of their zanpakuto rested on how strong their souls were.
In my opinion the whole book seemed pretty far fetched. I mean how could the man write a book when he was dead? And how does he know that humans that can't obtain the power go to Heaven? The book seemed like a myth. But after I read the chapter of "MOD Souls" I was starting to believe it a little more. It made sence that Toshiro took one of those pills and thats why he sounded different .
No! This can't be true. It makes no sence. Toshiro sounded weird because he's hitting puberty and was embarrassed so he didn't answer. Yes! That must be it. But what about the chapter about Hollows? I remember Toshiro telling Byakuya something about a hollow and the book said that people who have awakend a small portion of the power, might see blurry objects. But I never had a life or death experience or a tramatic experience. Nope, this book is fiction. One hundred percent fake. It has to be, it just can't be real. Can it?