I can't believe that I did this chapter in one day. Well I like how it turned out so hopefully all of you will.
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
Change of POV, place and time
Bleach- Retold Story
Chapter 7
Normal POV
Rukia stared up in awe. Up in the sky appeared to be some kind of rip and coming out of it were groups of Hollow.
"I don't understand? What's going on?"
"It looks like a bunch of Hollows are being drawn here," Urahara said from behind.
Rukia spun around and looked at him.
"Drawn? By what?"
"Who knows? But it's clear that we're going to have to take care of this problem before it gets out of hand. I think now would be the best time to friend that friend of yours."
Rukia cursed under her breath when Urahara reminded her. She ran off without saying a word. As she ran by people on the sidewalk she reached for her phone to see what time it was.
'Ichigo should be out of school by now. But he probably sees all the Hollows already. Please don't do anything stupid Ichigo.'
YYH World
Spirit World
The doors to Koenma's office burst open. Koenma jumped in his seat from the sudden disturbance and looked to see who it was. Walking towards him was his Spirit Detective team. Yusuke, who was in front, seemed extremely pissed about something. Koenma swallowed hard when they reached his desk. Mustering the little courage he had at that point Koenma tried to speak with some authority in his voice.
"What's the me..me..meaning of this Yusuke?! You can't just barge right into my office like that!"
"Yeah well guess what? I did. Now you better start answering our questions pacifier breath! Or I'll.."
"Yusuke. Calm down and let me handle this," Kurama said.
Yusuke grumbled to himself but stepped aside to allow Kurama to handle it. Kurama stepped forward and stared down at Koenma. Koenme did the best he could not to break under the demons penetrating stare.
"Koenma you have told us for some time now that you sent Hiei on a mission in the Maiki. But we haven't heard a word from him in about two months now. We all know that Hiei is well capable of handling himself but this is starting to become odd."
"What do you mean?" Koenma asked.
"For starters why would you send Hiei instead of one of us to the Maiki? It's obvious that Hiei wants nothing more than to return there. It doesn't make sense. Plus you would have had to make a hole in the barrier for him to pass by since he and I are too powerful now to pass through it. We is our friend?" Kurama asked with a deadly tone in his voice.
Koenma was almost to the breaking point. He knew that they wouldn't do anything to him, well at least Kurama and maybe Kuwabara, but Yusuke was another story. He doesn't really care who he hits. Koenma took a deep breath before answering.
"Alright I'll tell you. But there is one thing you need to know."
"And what's that?" Kuwabara asked.
"What I'm about to tell you can never leave this room. If this information were to spread it would lead to terrible things. Understood?"
They weren't expecting it to be so serious but they agreed nonetheless. Koenma told them to shut the door. After it was closed he started to explain.
Minutes Later
When Koenma finished explaining where he had sent Hiei they were all dumbstruck. Yusuke recovered and asked, "Ok. So there's another world that is completely separate from this one?"
"Yes."
"And you sent Hiei there to fight some things called Hollows?" Kuwabara asked.
"Yes."
Kurama thought for a moment. The others looked at him well he was lost in his train of thought. When he was done he looked at Koenma and asked, "If his reason for being there is what you say than why didn't you send someone you could trust more?
Yusuke and Kuwabara were interested in the answer as well and waited for Koenma to answer. They started to get suspicious when he didn't answer.
"There⦠was a reason that I had to send him. But enough of this. How about we check on his progress?!" Koenma asked as he fumbled around for his remote.
When he found it he brought down his monitor and turned it on. It was nothing but fuzz for a while but they knew it would change soon.
Meanwhile
Bleach World
Human World
Hiei cut down another Hollow that came at him. He watched as its body parts started to disappear. Swinging his sword the blood that was on it was flung off. He looked back up as another small group came at him. Smirking to himself, as they got closer he stood in place, waiting for them. Before the ones that were flying hit him he leapt into the air and landed on the back of one.
This Hollow seemed to resemble a bat with its features. Hiei held on tight as it flew higher and thrashed about, trying to throw him off. The first Hollow that missed him had now turned around and headed straight for him. It came down on them and tried to take a chunk out of him. Quickly, Hiei jumped off in time and the Hollow tore off the flesh of the other Hollow. The other then retaliated and the two ended up killing each other.
Hiei landed safely on the ground below. As he watched their bodies disappear he shook his head.
"These things are so simple minded they make the fool look smart."
A ring came from Hiei's coat pocket. He reached in and pulled out the communicator. When he flipped it open he saw Koenma and the rest of the gang.
"What the hell is this? Why are they there?!" Hiei yelled.
Koenma cringed under Hiei's tone, but never looked away.
"Yes well. Under certain circumstances they have been informed of your mission."
Hiei cursed in his mind. His displeasure was clear on his face.
"So does this mean that I can come back now?" Hiei asked.
"Not yet. We still need time to prepare the portal. Now don't worry it shouldn't be too much longer," Koenma said.
"Hey Hiei. How did you let Koenma rope you into this man?" Yusuke asked.
"None of your business fool! Now leave me alone, I'm busy," Hiei said as he closed the communicator and cut off their transmission.
He furiously stuffed the device back into his pocket and got ready as more Hollows came at him.
Elsewhere
Uryuu had just killed another group of Hollows as they slipped into the Human World. He allowed his energy to deplete back to the cross that hung from his wriest. Adjusting his glasses he looked over in another direction.
"It seems that those two are fairing well. Though that strange one is killing more. Like I thought. Soul Reapers are so useless," Uryuu said, clenching his fists.
Memories of his grandfather flashed in his mind and his anger grew. He sensed the presence of more Hollows in another direction and made his way for them.
Elsewhere
Rukia jumped out of Ichigo's bedroom window. She had returned there hoping that he hadn't noticed the Hollows and just went home. As she walked in a random direction she thought of places that he could be at.
'Maybe he's at a friends house? But I don't know where any of them live so that would be pointless to look. Could he still be at school? He does get detention sometimes so who knows.'
With her mind made up she changed her direction and headed back towards their school.
Meanwhile
"Damn Hollows! Get out of my way!"
Ichigo jumped into the air and brought his sword down on another Hollow that got in his way. His entire path has been riddled with Hollows everywhere. It didn't seem to matter how many he killed. It was as if for everyone he killed two more would take its place.
After that last Hollow disappeared he took a brief moment to rest. He heaved in deep breaths as he used his sword like a cane. Once a few minutes passed he put his sword back into its sheath on his back and started running again for his school.
'Karin should still be at school playing with her friends. Just please be there when I get there.'
Some Time Later
Elsewhere
Rukia cursed to herself as she ran from a giant Hollow. Of course it had to be a flying one to make it more difficult for her to run from it. The only thing she was thankful for was that it was following her and leaving the people she passed alone.
The Hollow dived down at her, trying to grab her as it passed by, like a hawk attacking its prey. She managed to duck it but the powerful gust of wind created as it passed by knocked her off. Everyone around her was startled by the sudden gust. She could hear some asking others what was going on. When Rukia looked up she saw that the Hollow had already circled around and was heading straight for her again. Franticly looking around she saw an alley and ran for it. When it tried to follow her it crashed into the two buildings, too big to fit.
People ran and screamed as the ruble fall to the ground. When Rukia reached the end of the alley she cursed her luck again. She had reached a dead end and was trapped. Turning around she looked and saw that the Hollow was gone. Leaning against the back wall with her eyes closed and sliding down she let out a deep breath that she hadn't realized that she had been holding.
"Finally. I didn't think I was going to lose it. Hopefully no one was hurt by what the Hollow knocked down."
She heard voices calling out for her. Some of the civilians saw her run into the alley but were too afraid to enter it just yet, so they instead called out for her. As she opened her eyes she was going to tell them she was all right. But she had to yell to them to get away instead.
Not too far off she could see the same Hollow charging towards her, ready to give it another try. The people were confused and started to try and climb over the ruble, but ran away when more of the two buildings started to crumble down and fly everywhere. This time with the weakened structure the Hollow was slowly forcing its way towards Rukia.
Franticly she searched for an exit but in the end couldn't find one. The only exit was now blocked by the Hollow and all the ruble around it. Desperately she looked for anything she could use as a weapon. The only things around her were some bricks and trash. Knowing that the bricks wouldn't help her with a Hollow this big she stood by the back wall and waited.
When the Hollow tore its right arm through the wall it reached for her and she braced herself, but instead of being crushed by something powerful she was lifted off the ground by her waist. She heard the Hollow roar as she was carried away. Looking up and saw her rescuer.
"It's you again?!" Rukia exclaimed.
Hiei didn't answer her and just carried her to the rooftop. He let her go on her feet and she looked at him with a puzzled look. Seeing that she was looking at him he glared at her.
"What are you looking at?"
"I was just wondering. What are you doing here and why did you save me again?"
Hiei looked back towards the alley before answering.
"Hn. I was just passing by as I was looking for Hollows. You're just fortune that I was passing this area."
Before she could question him further the Hollow joined them up on the roof. Hiei seemed unfazed by it while Rukia took a few steps back. It slowly walked towards them, creating small quakes with each step and creaking the roof, leaving giant footprints.
"So what do you suggest?" Rukia asked.
"I could handle this on my own if it wasn't for your presence."
Rukia looked at him questioningly before she let out a little yelp of surprise. Hiei had quickly thrown her over his left shoulder and started to run in another direction. The Hollow cried out as it flapped its wings and took to the air to chase after them.
Hiei jumped from rooftop to rooftop trying to put some distance between him and the Hollow so that he could set Rukia somewhere where she wouldn't be in the way, but with his energy loss he was having trouble losing the Hollow. Cursing under his breath he picked his pace up a little more. Rukia thought that she was going to be sick because of the speed that they were moving at and the way she was being carried. Managing to deal with it she tried to shift herself so that she could talk to Hiei.
"Hey! Where are you taking me?!"
"Just shut up woman! I'm trying to lose that damn thing so that I can set you out of the way!"
Hiei looked over his shoulder to see how close the Hollow was and it appeared closer than before. This greatly annoyed him. Plus he was starting to run out of buildings in the direction that he was running in. It looked like they were reaching a neighborhood. Rukia started to pound on Hiei's back to get his attention. When he finally yelled at her she warned him that the Hollow was about to attack them. Quickly looking over his shoulder he saw it and jumped high into the air.
"Why didn't you respond when I first hit you?! We could have been killed!"
Hiei was going to yell back at her but didn't have a chance to. With them hanging in the air they were easy targets for the Hollow. Knowing it was its best chance the Hollow flew at them faster than before. As the Hollow got rapidly closer Hiei took Rukia and threw her up higher, all the while she screamed in surprise. He did it just in time as the crashed into him.
Hiei had his breath knocked out of him from the impact but held strong as the Hollow pressed on. The Hollow stopped where it was and started to struggle with Hiei. It pulled him away from itself and tried to crush him with its giant hands.
From her place up above Rukia watched as Hiei tried to break free from its hold. He was slowly parting its hands, which amazed her. But the Hollow, knowing it wasn't going to be able to hold him for long lunged at him with its mouth. Rukia gasped in both disgust and worry when she saw blood saw out, but since she was behind it she couldn't tell if it killed him or not. But she assumed with the way it was still struggling with him that he was still alive.
Rukia began to chant the same kido that she tried on the previous Hollow that almost killed her. She prayed that her powers were stronger than before. As she came down she released her spell and instead of just smoke like last time a small burst of energy came out and struck the Hollow. She smiled to herself as she saw the Hollow drop Hiei, who she found out was mostly all right. It seemed like he managed to pull his left arm out and stop the Hollow from tearing something vital, like his neck or biting off his head.
As Hiei got close to a rooftop he landed on his feet and looked for Rukia. When he found her he jumped up and caught her with his good arm. They both landed safely on the ground and looked back up at the Hollow. Rukia examined Hiei's arm while he continued to watch the Hollow and saw that his sleeve was torn completely off and his arm was badly injured. But when she looked at his face it seemed like it didn't bother him that much.
"Hn. At least you're not completely useless. It seems like your attack actually hurt it," Hiei said without looking at her.
Rukia didn't appreciate the way he said it but didn't say anything about it. There was something more important to deal with.
"So what are we going to do? I don't think running did us any good. Are you going to be able to fight with your arm in that condition?" Rukia asked.
Hiei gave a small brief laugh, one that you couldn't really consider one. He reached for the collar of his coat and threw it off to the side. Then he reached for his sword with his right hand.
"Of course. I've dealt with much worse pain than this before, and for longer periods of time. The only thing that will make this fight difficult is that I'm going to have to protect you with an injured arm now."
"Don't think I'm going to stand by and let you save me a third time. Since some more of my powers have returned I'll be able to do something, even if it's just to be a distraction," Rukia said, determination in her voice.
Hiei decided not to argue with her since time was a factor. The Hollow descended and landed a few yards ahead of them. It licked around its teeth, picking up all the blood from Hiei's arm. Hiei looked over to Rukia with just his eyes and said, "Just don't get in my way."
Charging the Hollow Hiei drew his sword. Rukia followed suit, only without drawing a weapon. Jumping into the air Hiei slashed his sword down diagonally to his right using just his right arm. The Hollow reached up and caught the blade with its hand. Rukia then came from under it and jumped towards its head. It saw her and went for her with its other hand.
She managed to plant her hands on top of its hand and jump from there. When reaching its head she kicked as hard as she could, causing her to do a somersault. Her foot hit hard and the Hollow was stunned. Hiei took this opportunity to rip his sword from its hand, while in the process cutting it open, and this time sliced straight down as he fell. His blade cut open the Hollows head and it screamed in pain as it disappeared.
After it was over both Hiei and Rukia stood up straight stared where the Hollow once stood. Hiei swung his sword to rid it of the blood before sliding it back into its sheath. With a small smile Rukia turned to Hiei.
"Not bad. I didn't think you would be able to fight with your one arm in that condition. I figured you would be to distracted by the pain to concentrate."
"Like I said. This is nothing compared to the pain I've endured before," Hiei said as walked over to his cloak.
Rukia followed closely behind and watched as he started to dig around for something in his coat. It seemed he found what he was looking for and quickly stuffed it into his pocket, not wanting her to see it. He then proceeded to burn his coat with his fire abilities, but not before taking some bandages out of it first.
"Why are you burning your coat?"
"There's no point in wearing it unless I want to look like a bum."
After he set it on fire Hiei started to walk away. Rukia ran after him and grabbed his shoulder. He glared at her over his shoulder.
"Let go."
"No. First you're going to tell me something. I can already tell that you're not an enemy. So tell me your name. I'm assuming you already know mine," Rukia said.
Hiei thought about it for a minute. There was no real harm in tell her his name since he wouldn't be here much longer. Plus if he keeps running into her before leaving the same annoying question will be asked over and over.
"Hiei."
"Good. Now come on. I can speed up the recovery of your wound with my powers before you wrap it up," Rukia said, pulling his arm to drag him somewhere that they wouldn't be seen.
"Let go of me women! I do not need your help!"
"Just be quite and this will go by quick."
With great frustration Hiei final let Rukia treat his wound. He reasoned it in his mind and figured that with his energy loss he couldn't afford any injuries to interfere.
"Good. Now as soon as we find a place where I can use my powers on you I'll treat you."
'Damn woman,' Hiei thought to himself as she led him.
End Chapter 7
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