Chapter 7 © Mampf

Nothing except the OC is owned by me

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"Stronger than the arrancar?"
"No time to explain, let's go!", Soi Fon shouts, grabs me and flashsteps away.

A second later we appear before the main hall of the first division.
"So where's this monster?"
"There", she points at a group of people, which seem to slash their zanpakutou through the air.
"Um....I can't see anything"

"That ain't surprising, since it's designed to be nearly invisible.

"Oh"
Suddenly a giant roar shatters the air and the whole group of shinigami lays dead on the floor.
"W-What is this thing?", I ask, horror on my face.
"Like I said, developed by the Research Labs as a new weapon against the arrancar"
"I understand, but why is it attacking Soul Society instead?"
"The experiment went somewhat wrong", a creepy voice says from behind.
I turn around and face a strange ...creature?
At least the man (is it a man?) doesn't look very human.
"Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Captain of the 12th squad. Some DNA-strings got mixed up, now the monster attacks everyone. It's only desire is to kill" he explains.

"Kay, how can you beat this thing?", Soi Fon asks, looking herself quite scared.
"It absorbs reiatsu. The only chance to kill it is a direct hit with a zanpakutou" the mad scientist states.
"Then all I have to do is to sting it twice with Suzumebachi?"
"Unfortunately, no. We implemented a mechanism for it to know all the techniques of the regular shinigami's zanpakutou."
"So...every shinigami who was alive during the invention of the monster practically is useless against it" the stealth force captain sums up.
She turns around to face me. I don't like the expression on her face at all.
"Looks like your only hope is you, kid. Don't mess it up."
"I...I'll do my best."

I turn my attention towards the invisible creature.
The only thing I can see is an enormous, glowing eye.
For a moment it stares at me, then the world around me freezes. My previously fast movements now are as slow as a turtle's.
However what frightens me most is, that I seem to be in a completely different area now There are lightstreams everywhere. They are flowing around me, engulfing me.
"This ain't the monster's work", I think, dazzled by the colourful experience.
Somehow I hear a voice in my head, calling out something: "Say it!"
Say what?
"Say IT!"
What's it?
"Say it, or the creature'll kill you. Listen to your emotions and say the words."
Listen to my emotions....alright. I've got nothing to lose, so I shut my eyes and focus on myself.
Which emotions do I have? There's grief for losing my family, pride for being one of the stronger shinigami, joy for living with the 4th division and ....something unknown.
A source of warmth coming from inside me, filling my whole body with pure bliss.
And there are words. Words so loud, I wonder how I could have overheard them.
I take a deep breath, and then, with the faintest whisper I repeat.

"Light up!"

My body starts trembling. The lightstreams move faster and faster around me, and then ....they are gone. I'm back in Soul Society. Somehow I'm now able to see the strange monster.
Something is different. There's no other word for it, it's simply ...different For a moment I feel absolutely nothing.

Then an impulse sets me off into the air.
Hovering, I spread my arms and let my instincts take over.

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I'm back. Took me a while to write this, because I wasn't satisfied with the outcome and had to rewrite the chap three times.

Chapter 8 will be finished soon.

--Mampf