Bleach: Dark Prophecies
Chapter 7: New Plans
When Ichigo arrived home, both girls beside him, he found his dad with a serious face, something he doesn't always do, with his arms crossed.
"Ichigo, you're home. I heard about the commotion over by Orihime's. We need to talk about certain…things you've neglected to tell us. Inside, now."
Ichigo felt an inward fear the fact his dad was being serious AND ordering him inside. He didn't look happy. Ichigo led the two girls in, who had equal confused looks like him, and found something strange awaiting them.
Kisuke was sitting sipping tea at a table, Shinji standing next to him, the rest of the full contingent of Visoreds lounging in the living room, and Uryu was standing next to Chad, all eyes seemingly drawn to Ichigo expectantly.
"Uhhhh…hey…guys?" Ichigo said, waving his hands hesitantly at them, a sweat drop went down his head with nervousness.
Kisuke spoke after nosily slurping some tea, "AH! Ichigo! Nice for you to come home, safe and sound! Please come and take a seat over here," he said patting a seat next to him.
Ichigo put on a serious face, wondering what was going on, as he moved forward and took a seat.
"Kisuke. What's going on here?" Ichigo asked, the girls still standing in the doorway.
Kisuke then said with an equally serious face, "I heard about what happened. How you attained your powers again, and the foes you're facing."
Ichigo was silent, expecting as much since he was here now.
Kisuke then said, "This is an enemy that you've never faced before. This is an entirely new playing field, so I must have Senna come forth now and tell us exactly what she knows now."
Senna stiffened at first but then complied walking over to the table and sat next to Ichigo, before taking a breath before explaining herself.
"The organization is, as I told Ichigo, developed by former Soul Reapers and Spiritually gifted humans. Together, they have been warding off countless attacks from the Alpha Demons' servants, Hantas and Hell-Spawn, twisted creatures of their realm or experiments to make nearly immortal servants to accomplish their goals, known as contracts. Unfortunately, the Alpha Demons have becoming more and more restless, more of the lesser court but still, that's enough to hurt a lot of people and for some reason they have been searching for unique souls with powers that had been augmented through some force or another. Like the Hogyoku for instance," she said pointing to Kisuke, his eyes widening slightly in shock from her understanding of it.
Ichigo said with narrowed eyes toward Senna, "So…you think they want my soul because it was changed by the Hogyoku? Its been so long since then, why take me now?"
Senna looked back at Ichigo saying, "You were in a powerless state. If I hadn't come when I did, you would've been dead, plain and simple."
Ichigo was about to argue but was cut off by Kisuke, raising his hand, "You wouldn't happen to know who's your leader, do you Senna?"
Senna shook her head, "No one really knows him…he keeps his name and identity a secret, even to us Seers. Only the High Seer knows who he is and he calls him the Overseer."
Ichigo chuckled at the name, "Pretty sure he likes to keep an eye on everything, doesn't he?"
Kisuke then turned to Ichigo, "Ichigo, you need to train more with your Zanpakuto and get a grip on your new powers. Otherwise your enemies will overwhelm you, and we have no idea how many they will send the next time."
Ichigo nodded, "I understand. I'll work harder with Zangetsu, and become even stronger."
Kisuke then pulled out a fan and smiled, "Great! Now we can have the cookout everyone's been waiting for!"
Ichigo suddenly twitched and gaped his mouth opened, as well as Senna. Ichigo's dad came up and layed a hand on Ichigo's shoulder with a serious look, "I'll keep a lookout for anymore Hanta or other creeps they send at you. Make no mistake…your enemies are restless if not powerful."
Ichigo nodded slightly, his eyes still wide as saucers from the fact everyone was waiting for a cookout of all things. 'Are Kisuke and my Dad really that insane?' He thought to himself as all of the Visoreds and his friends gathered in the backyard for the cookout, already in preparation with grills cooking burgers and tables and chairs set up for everybody. Ichigo then thought angrily, 'I bet this was my Dad's idea to freak me out,' he grumbled to himself.
Senna grabbed Ichigo's hand with a smile and pulled him to sit onto a chair, "You stay right there. I'm going to get you all you need and you deserve to lay off, and NO buts about it," she waved a finger at him before skipping over to the grill. Ichigo just slumped back onto the chair resigning himself and closing his eyes, feeling sleep call to him again.
Location: Karakura Town Outskirts, Forestland Vista
"That town sure don't look like much. Are you sure that we need this many to take one guy down?" Asked one white garbed figure, his face pale and dark rings were around his eyes, making him look as if he hadn't seen daylight in forever.
The other turned around, his face glaring at him for questioning him, "Our Master doesn't want us to screw this up like the other Hantas have. Now stay focused and wait for my lead, then we will tear this town apart, looking for him."
The Hanta just snorted at the lead Hanta saying, "Rosa was a tough guy. What makes you think we're anywhere near that good?"
"Because, Asar, we have strength in numbers and we have a backup plan, in case he's being guarded," spoke the lead Hanta smiling, as the other Hantas gathered before him, flanked by dark monstrous creatures hiding in the shadows but breathed fire.
Asar smirked flipping back his white hair smiling sadistically with approval in his voice, "My, my, Malice! You take the term , 'Overkill' and take it to a whole new level, hehehe!"
Malice smiled darkly as he agreed with Asar silently, knowing that his company of Hantas and 'those' creatures would serve him just nicely. Malice's white cloak flowed like fire and water, almost transparent at the rim of his cloak, having one single Katana slung across his back, about two feet for the hilt and five feet for the blade.
Malice then spoke, "Disperse," and all of his minions scattered across Karakura Town, disappearing in the wind and awaiting further orders.
Malice then spoke darkly, "You're soul will belong to us…Ichigo Kurosaki."
Location: Soulscape, Ichigo's Inner World
Ichigo then felt himself immersed in a grand sky, sitting on top of a giant skyscraper that almost disappeared into space, the other skyscrapers below looking so small to his view. He glanced as he found himself sitting on a throne with Tensa Zangetsu standing next to him, always neutral in expression looking at him.
"Welcome back, Ichigo," he said, his voice echoing off the space of his Soul Realm, the skyscraper carrying his voice far below.
Ichigo smirked as he said, "You know, you could try smiling once in a while."
Zangetsu then pointed out, "But seeing this place in such grandeur and without rain for such a time, is an example of my happiness. My physical form doesn't have to smile in order for me to be happy."
Ichigo rolled his eyes, before standing up from the throne, "Whatever…hey listen, I need to train with you to become stronger, now that we are a part of each other it should be a little different."
Zangetsu simply responded, "Indeed. You have already started to master Spirit Energy control, and were able to call upon a much more potent Getsuga Tensho. Now you must learn other ways of defending yourself."
Suddenly, Ichigo was holding his large sword in his hand again, and Zangetsu was holding his smaller sword, the form of his Bankai.
Ichigo smirked as he gripped it with both hands, "This should be easy."
Zangetsu then was behind him, Ichigo flinched as he saw him blur behind him. He took a step forward before twirling on his heel and brought his sword diagonally to the right downwards, simply blocked by Zangetsu.
Zangetsu then attacked again, his counter startling faster than when Ichigo remembered, proving difficult to fence with his large butcher blade. Ichigo thought quickly, pushing back with his sword fishing his right hand down and grabbing the chain below and then spun around to his right in a 360 degree angle, spinning the giant butcher blade like a whirlwind causing Zangetsu to halt his counter attacks and back up, observing his technique.
Zangetsu remarked, "What an unorthodox way of defending one self. That almost appears to be like…"
"The Hollow's style? Yeah, it seemed to be pretty effective on me so I decided to mix it up a bit. Pretty nifty if I say so myself," Ichigo smirked as he continued to spin his sword with the black chain attached to it before pulling it back to his hand, holding it with one hand.
Zangetsu closed his eyes, blurring from view before reappearing with his left hand ablaze with crackling black energy, while the other struck at his sword. Ichigo flinched, at a disadvantage with only one hand on his sword, not giving him enough strength to counter Zangetsu's hand attack. He then applied his Reiti control technique, strengthening his hand with enough resilience and power and punched into the open palm black energy strike, a giant shockwave emitted through the realm. However, Ichigo's body still felt the pain and shock from the attack, surprised it didn't work.
Zangetsu sighed as he used his fist as leverage and threw him away easily back at the skyscraper with a mighty crash, his throne untouched but the ground around him smashed and splintered, Ichigo felt his body ebbing with pain, spitting some blood that was in his mouth.
Zangetsu dropped gracefully before him, twirling his sword in his right hand, "Do you know what kind of attack that was?"
Ichigo gasped for air as he leaned on his sword, stabbing it into the ground so he could get back on his feet, a little dizzy and unsteady from the attack, "A…Reiti control type of attack?"
Zangetsu nodded, "Correct…if you attain mastery over your Reiti, you will be able to summon more and more complex attacks like that one, from almost any point of the body."
Ichigo nodded putting both hands on his sword again, "I see…so if I practice more on my Spirit Energy control, I will be able to pull off nifty tricks like that?"
Zangetsu nodded again, showing no emotion to speak of. Ichigo then smiled, "Okay, let me try a bit," he then summoned his Spirit Energy to his hand just like Senna told him before, slowly glowing black, then began sparking, but not nearly as intense as Tensa Zangetsu.
Ichigo then sighed, "This might take a while…"
Location: Kurosaki household backyard, The Barbecue
When Senna came back with the food in hand, she saw Ichigo's eyes closed, looking almost serenely peaceful. She smiled, setting the food on his lap and kissed him on the cheek before walking back to where Ichigo's friends were eating, around a round table, taking a seat before eating her food along with them.
Uryu among them now, pushed is glasses back up and said tersely, "Senna. Nice for you to join us."
Orihime smiled widely seeing Senna sitting next to her and asked, "Is Ichigo alright?"
Senna waved a hand dismissively, "Ah, he's fine. He's just tired from all of the chaos and shock from earlier, nothing to be worried about."
Orihime bowed her head, her smile dwindling for a second before reappearing, "Oh! Well he should rest up and get stronger soon then!"
Chad then spoke, "So…where does Ichigo know you from?"
Senna then turned her head to the large Mexican friend of Ichigo's tapping her chin thoughtfully before saying, "I met him while I was fighting Blanks."
Everyone arched an eyebrow, with the exception of Uryu who was content with a hidden glare, then Senna explained, "Let's just say they are Souls without memory or emotion."
Orihime then brightened, now being informed of how the two of them met and scooted closer and leaned against the table propping her head up to listen to her tale.
"I was seeing what looked like harmful spirits so I attacked, giving all I could to make sure they wouldn't hurt anyone. Then as I was about to release my Zanpakuto, Ichigo clashed with my own asking with such an irritated voice, ordering me to stand down."
Orihime asked enthusiastically, "What did you do?"
Senna smiled cheekily saying, "I kicked his face of course."
Orihime gasped, putting a hand to her mouth and Uryu smirked slightly amused at the fact such a little girl kicked him down, hiding it with a glass push motion. Chad made no comment just eyeing Senna with eagerness to continue.
Chad then ushered on with a clearing of his throat, breaking Senna's cheekiness and then she continued, "After I wiped out the Blanks, I came down in a Gigai state and was happy that I did so well. Then I noticed they were still there, and Ichigo was all flabbergasted and saying, 'How did you get a gigai?' and, 'Where did you come from?' looking all serious. It was…fun to meet someone that could see me and understand me…even if it wasn't totally real."
Orihime looked sadly down, understanding slightly what she had to go through, being Crystal of Memories as a collection of memories in one person.
Uryu then asked perceivably on that track, "Then what does that make you now, Senna? Another Crystal of Memories? Human? Soul Reaper, or Hunter?"
Senna glared back at Uryu saying with two palms pushing herself closer to him, "I wouldn't tell a jerk like you, being shallow and all!"
Uryu smirked, "Says the girl who's been spying on Ichigo for nearly a week before moving in to 'save the day'."
Senna gasped, not noticing until now that he knew something, both Orihime's shocked eyes and Chad's alert eyes stared at her, waiting for an explanation.
"I-I…don't know what you're talking-"
"About?" Uryu interrupted Senna, arching a brow before chuckling and saying in a low dark voice, "I don't know your intentions, 'Senna', but I can tell you I am a friend and ally of Ichigo. Make no mistake, the moment I sense the slightest treachery in your plans with him, make no mistake. I will put. You. Down."
Senna was trembling at the audacity and total murderous intent in his voice. She was on the verge of tears, or feeling sick for what he said. 'Is he right? Am I nothing but an…outcast and will never be truly in Ichigo's heart? Do I love him, truly?' she asked herself as she felt her entire body spasm with shock of Uryu's threat, and calling her out like this in front of Ichigo's other friends.
Then Orihime slammed her palms onto the table screaming at Uryu, "Take that back, Uryu!"
Everyone around the table, even around the barbecue had their eyes on Orihime, as her arms were shaking in anger.
Uryu was startled at Orihime's behavior stuttering a reply, "O-Orihime?"
Angry eyes met Uryu's eyes her arms shaking with anger before pointing to Senna, "Take back what you said to Senna! Right now!"
Uryu gasped, almost unaware that she was going to retort against his remark, but he steeled his eyes straightening his glasses arrogantly, "Why should I, Orihime? We know little of her and she is part of a shady organization that allegedly vowed to protect Ichigo. No one works for free, so I'm concerned of their intentions…-"
"That's not the point!" Orihime interrupted, still glaring at Uryu, "Senna is my friend, and I don't need to tell you how much she risked to protect me today! How much she cares for Ichigo is clear, and I don't need to question her intentions cause I know she's here to help! So stop interrogating her like she's an enemy and apologize. RIGHT NOW!"
All eyes drew to Uryu, awaiting a response. Uryu felt flabbergasted why he is always targeted in these situations. He felt like he's the only one thinking the sensible thing and looking out for everyone's best interest and comes back to bite him. 'What is it with Orihime? I didn't know about today, but a few saves can easily be manipulated into one's favor. I'll submit for now, considering the public humiliation if I don't,' Uryu concluded in his mind, standing up and bowing his head towards Senna.
"I'm sorry…for what I said to you. That was uncalled for," Uryu said but inwardly thought, 'For now.'
Senna could still feel his distrust but decided to accept his apology, knowing how much it took him to be this humble.
"Its alright, no offense taken," Senna said with a neutral face. Suddenly she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket and she fished it out, reading the text. Her eyes widened slightly but then returned to a normal size smiling at everyone and hugging Orihime.
"Thank you, Orihime for sticking up for me," she said with a smile.
Orihime returned the hug with a smile of her own, "Your welcome."
Senna then let go and said, "I have to return this text, excuse me."
Orihime bowed and Senna was off entering the house, smiling and waving slightly to Ishiin and Kisuke, both of their gazes following her tensed form as she went inside and up the stairs, looking each other with serious faces nodding to each other.
Senna then entered the room and was greeted with a ambushing Kon, intending on glomping into her chest, yelling, "SURRRRPRISE!"
As Senna was glomped in her midriff by the stuffed animal, she snarled wrenching him off and throwing him into the corner, "PERVERT!"
Kon hit the wall with a squeak and fell to the floor likewise, smiling to himself with stars dancing in his eyes, "Such…perfect…chest…heaven…"
Senna just scoffed as she checked her text message again reading, 'SENNA! Need to talk now! -Ryo'.
Senna typed back, 'What's up, Ryo?-Senna'. Senna tapped her foot impatiently as the moments turned into a minute replying saying, 'They're back in greater numbers. Searching city. Get out now!-Ryo.'
Senna widened her eyes, as she texted back asking, 'Who's coming?-Senna'
It only took a moment when she got her message, 'Malice is here…-Ryo.'
Senna then gasped with shock and then heard someone at the door, reaching around to punch them in the face from reflex. Unfortunately, Isshin was punched right in the face hurling back into the hallway, Kisuke ducking the blow by instinct.
Senna held her hand to her mouth apologizing to Kisuke, "Kisuke! I'm so sorry!"
Kisuke chuckled waving a fan, "Well you know, you're pretty wound up tight to snap a tree in half, hehehe!"
Isshin was lying on the ground for a moment, grumbling about 'violent girls' and 'why can't Ichigo find a decent girlfriend?', getting up rubbing his face before getting serious.
"Who's text was that just now?" Ichigo's dad asked crossing his arms.
Senna crossed her arms saying, "I don't think its any business to any MAN what a girl's TEXT message was."
Kisuke then arose with a serious look as well, "We both know that's not the reason. It was from Ryo, wasn't it?"
Senna flinched and then turned away, before speaking, "You don't trust me, so why should I trust you?"
Kisuke sighed saying, "I have been doing this far longer than you have, Senna. For the fact, I have lived for many centuries longer than you have, which you probably been informed. Ichigo puts a lot of faith in his friends and allies, and although it clouds his judgment at times, I choose to let him make his decisions and stand by them. So, will you trust us now?"
Senna bit her lower lip, still hesitant on telling them. She then said in a low foreboding voice saying, "They're coming for him, and in great numbers. That's what I got from the message."
Kisuke frowned and Ichigo's dad crossed his arms, "We'll handle them, we're altogether and ready for anything they throw at us."
Senna's were widened as she shook her head saying, "You don't understand! Malice is coming with them! One of the strongest of the Hantas, and I nearly was overpowered by one of the middle men. They've gotten stronger somehow…"
Isshin then patted Senna's head with a confident smile that mirrored Ichigo's, "I'm his father, and those are his friends down there. We won't stand by and let them hurt Ichigo. That's the last thing we plan on happening!"
Kisuke nodded saying, "Yes, the moment they arrive, we'll be alerted by the sensors I placed strategically around Karakura Town."
Senna turned to face Kisuke, her hair ruffled by Isshin's hand with a arched eyebrow, "Sensors?" Kisuke nodded smiling as he pulled out a device that looked similarly to a GPS tracker, but it had small blue boxes representing the sensors he placed on a topographical map of Karakura Town.
"And now we activate the sensors, via switch," Kisuke said with a smile, pushing the trackers big red button, making all of the boxes began to beep and green waves similar to radar, pulsed from them. Within moments, red triangles appeared all across the town, moving rapidly, causing all three to gasp in horror. Their enemies are numbered in the dozens, and were growing with every ping of the pulses.
Senna quickly dug into Ichigo's closet, grabbing her trench coat and swinging it over her and grabbing her Kido gun, loading it with the appropriate Reiti ammo.
"We better get ready," Isshin said to Kisuke, who only gravely nodded back and saw Senna grab her Zanpakuto, heading out the window with a leap onto the ground outside.
Senna immediately saw five figures, all clothed in white robes, all of varying sizes and shapes, stop in front of the house, identifiable as Hantas.
The lead one had Spikey White hair, was tall and lean, and had a lewd grin on as he sized up Senna, "Hiyah, pretty thing! You know where a certain guy by the name of Ichigo Kurosaki is?"
The one next to him, significantly shorter than him, was a girl with pink pigtails, with eyeshadow and overly big robe on her, the sleeves going much past her arms and was wearing tower shoes. She poked at the leader saying.
"Kuro, I think she's the Soul Hunter they were talking about," she said, noticing she was carrying the Zanpakuto and was drawing it as they spoke.
Kuro narrowed his eyes on the Zanpakuto and gleamed, "OH! You're a Soul Hunter! You guys give us real head aches sometimes…oh well," he extended one thin arm to her saying, "You give us Ichigo Kurosaki, I might just let you live. I'd hate to hurt such a hottie like you-"
Senna then whizzed past him, faster than he could see, standing behind him with sword drawn, leaving an afterimage of herself through Flash Step.
Kuro's eyes widened in shock, suddenly feeling his chest burst open, two large wounds open up from his midriff, blood gushing out of him from both sides, gasping in shock.
"Wh-What…the hell?" He uttered as he felt himself, fall to his knees, Senna had a cold indifferent look to her face, as she whipped out her blade, blood flakes dripping onto Kuro's robes.
"I don't have time to jest with you amateurs, so forgive me if I make this too quick," she said, backhanding effortlessly Kuro across the street, his body landing in a heaving, bloody crater in the sidewalk, barely breathing.
The shorter Hanta cried out in horror shouting his name, "KURO!" She summoned her sword barely in time to see Senna cut down another of the Hantas to Kuro's former right, his head cut clean in half, falling limply to the ground, the others barely could summon their swords in time before Senna killed all but the short Hanta and one beside her, he was short and fat, his hair matted to his head with a pale blue texture, talking to his cohort nervously, "Asar didn't say she was this good, Myri! What are we going to do?"
Senna kicked one of the falling bloody bodies, turning to face them, her sword soaked with the Hantas' blood, stepping over the fallen bodies, speaking lowly, "Your turn."
Myri gulped quickly using her twin sai, connected to a chain and began to release, shouting, "RUN! Get help before she-!"
Senna Flash Stepped past her, slicing her head off from her neck, then slashed the last the fat Hanta across the chest, moving too slow for Senna to counter, falling to the ground dead.
Kuro crawled over on his hands and knees, pushing himself up, coughing up blood but still rising to his feet, "You…cut my…Soul Chain…didn't you?"
Senna admired the stubborness of Kuro's will to live, turning to face him indifferently, "You are bound by a chain of power, granted by your masters, each located where your hole should be," she said pointing to the tattoo on his chest that was now visible, "your Hollow hole is filled with a chain to their will. I just cut it, therefore, cutting your Arrancar powers from you, making you unable to summon your Zanpakuto. Its finished."
Kuro walked heavily forward, moving one step in front of another until he was just a couple feet within Senna,
"You…SOUL…REAPERS…TAKE EVERYTHING…FROM ME!" He said with as much energy he had left, he thrust out his hand towards her throat, and was simply cut off with a slice of her sword, his arm falling to the ground before disintegrating into black ashes before disappearing completely.
Kuro wheezed, painfully held onto his stump and said, "You're…going…to die…all of you! Its been foretold….kaff-kaff-kaff…there would a dark battle that would tear across the World of the Living…as the Legions of Hell are set loose…and will kill and rape every Soul in sight! You'll…kaff-kaff-kaff, hehehe…kaff-kaff-kaff…see…" Kuro then fell to the ground, onto the ground, his body crunching limply as he gasped his last breath dying.
Senna hadn't heard a Hanta foretell something before, especially near death.
"Is that why…?" She started to wonder, however eight creatures suddenly leaped onto the scene, howling and snarling with saliva of blood dripping from their maws. Their bodies were covered with charred skin no ordinary Soul Reaper can cut, charred from the fires of Hellfire, acting as a callous armor. They feel no pain, and are abused to the point of empty minds of hunger and obedience. Their faces are horribly twisted, four eyes on each one, and a terrible mouth, dripping with the saliva of blood, their very bodies in constant death-state. Their massive bulky bodies, easily the size a car, rippled with muscle and have scythe like tails and clawed hands for feet. They are known, as Hellspawn, the official twisted lowest beings of Hell, foolish enough to beg to an Alpha Demon for surrender of pain only to be twisted into mindless beasts, devoid of emotion or pain.
The nearest one stepped its front clawed hand into the ground, its maw gruesomely salivated at its newest target, Senna shivered at the sight of it, as it reared up for an attack.
As the Hellspawn leapt at her, its maw was fired into by a blue arrow, synchronized by firing also into the gaping maws of the other Hellspawn, causing Senna to widen her eyes in shock, her Zanpakuto was held out in front of her but didn't see who shot them. The Hellspawn fell over vomiting blood from their horrid mouths, before gurgling on it, dying horrible sounding deaths.
"Those things leave themselves totally open for attack, its quite sad," proclaimed Uryu, standing ontop of the house, dressed in a white T-Shirt and jeans, his bow held to the side, its bright blue signature web design not changing too much since she last saw it.
Senna got back her nerve, scoffing back, "I could've handled it!"
"Like how you handled those Hanta back there?" Uryu asked pushing his glasses up, the sun glaring off them showing his plain contempt for her.
Senna just turned her head away from him saying, "There's more out there, why don't you find somewhere else to exterminate Hantas?"
"I decided it would be best I stayed here to protect Orihime and Ichigo, seeing as they are no match for enemies of this caliber. Kisuke is heading to where his shop is to gather the kids to help fight too. The Visoreds are just splitting up around the city in groups, trying to cover as much ground as possible."
Senna waved her arm out yelling back at him, "That's not nearly enough! There are DOZENS of enemies out there, and they covered the entire town!"
As she spoke teams gathered around the entire town, seeing a collection of Spiritually strong individuals at their appointed places. Kisuke moved to his shop to get his group ready for attack; Shinji and the Visoreds scattered around town; and Uryu and Senna were joined by Chad, wearing his black T-Shirt and beige pants, his arm already enraptured by his Spiritual powers, forming his black and red right arm.
"You should have faith in Ichigo's allies and comrades. They know what they're dealing with, and they will give their lives to protect him," Chad said solemnly, his eye staring at Senna's desperate eyes.
Senna sighed, with a smile she said, "To think that you're the one to talk sense into me. I wonder why they're searching the town when they could be attacking him all at once."
Uryu said from his perch, "It's the fact Ichigo isn't releasing any pressure of any sort. He must've cloaked himself before sleeping or whatever he's doing."
Chad nodded, "I noticed that too, when he fell asleep that is."
Senna sighed with relief saying, "Well, let's hold the line here and hope the others can do their part."
"Indeed…my my, Its been awhile, Senna," a dark voice spoke behind them, and Senna gasped, twirling around to see the threat she hoped she wasn't going to face.
"M-Malice…" She gasped out, her hands trembling on her Zanpakuto, seeing him again after all this time…
Uryu was also shocked he didn't feel him coming, feeling stupid for underestimating the Hantas. He then aimed his bow at him asking, "Are you here for some purpose?"
Malice looked up at Uryu, his yellow reddened eyes showed only resentment for what he saw, saying in a dark voice, "I'm here…to retrieve Ichigo's Kurosaki. Dead or Alive, it matters not. Do you know him?"
Uryu proclaimed, "I am Uryu Ishida! The Last Quincy! Do well to not underestimate his allies!"
Malice cocked his head to the side, smiling maliciously saying, "So…you know where he is then? Take me to him and we don't have to fight, fair?"
Chad stood next to Senna saying, "We're not telling you nor are we letting you take him," he clenched his fist audibly, making crackling noises threateningly to Malice. Malice was a large figure, about 6 ft tall and had visible rippling muscles visible beneath his white cloak, his hair was a contrast however, dyed a matte black, reflecting his pale complexion with repulsing visage.
He pointed a pale hand to Senna, a large scar traced along his fore finger and up his wrist, saying, "You gave me this scar…by accident on my part. I won't underestimate you a second time."
Senna flailed her Zanpakuto around her hand before gripping it with both, "I won't be beaten easily!"
Malice moved one step with his right foot, a blue arrow shot by it as a warning shot, making him look up indifferently at Uryu, "Nuisance…" he raised a hand to Uryu and snapped, a shock wave emitted from his finger tips, striking at the top of Ichigo's house and hitting the light pole Uryu was standing on, barely getting out of the way.
Senna gathered wind around her blade and slashed at Malice's arm. He blocked it with the back of his hand easily, but a slight splay of blood was seen, causing him to narrow his eyes angrily.
"You've gotten stronger I see," Malice remarked, pushing her back with his hand, pointing his hand back at her to snap at her.
"El Directo!" Chad roared, a giant burst of reiti flowed from his arm towards Malice, having to use his other hand to stop the blast, his feet skidding across the road concrete, tearing it up from the force of the attack.
Malice's eyes widened with surprise, speaking aloud, "That's…almost like a Cero…yet different. Interesting," as the attack continued its course, Malice gripped the energy, dispersing immediately, showing him unharmed from the attack, though his sleeve of his robe was burned off completely, showing a muscle bound, pale, scarred arm, completely unharmed.
"You have an impressive attack…no one can usually force me back that far," Malice said complementary, walking forward to Chad with a now clenched fist. Uryu then made his move, firing off a dozen arrows instantaneously at Malice's position. Malice sidesteps and turns his on his heels, turning his body in a 360 degree angle, avoiding all of the arrows.
Uryu commented, "Not bad…try this!" Suddenly, there were two dozen arrows flying fast at him, Malice widened his eyes, using Sonido to disappear and reappear behind the arrows, to which Uryu responded shouting, "Turn!" And the arrows turned around in a 180 degree angle, coming towards his back. Malice sighed, turning on his heel he snapped his finger, a great burst of power emitted, the ground quaked and the air split, the arrows broke apart from the pressure of the shockwave.
Senna stepped back, feeling herself unsteady from his enormous power. Uryu smirked, ignoring the fact he just created a miniature earthquake from a snap of his finger, saying, "Can you dodge an instantaneous barrage of 1200 arrows?"
Malice turned, amused that the human was still trying, raised his arms wide saying, "Give me your best shot!"
Uryu fired a barrage of arrows, 1200 in number, firing instaneously in tandem with each other, Chad also fired off his El Directo, the energy of the two energies striking in tandem with each other towards Malice.
Malice smiled, using both hands, he snapped both fingers, two bursts of shockwaves hitting the large forces, disrupting them in midair, also sending Chad tumbling head over heels backwards into the window of Ichigo's house, shattering the glass and tearing some of the furniture.
"CHAD!" Senna shouted in distress, seeing him flung like that she feared the worse. Uryu managed to dodge, appearing beside her, asking, "What is up with this guy, Senna? His powers are unreal. He just snaps his fingers and disrupts the air in front of him with a shockwave, dispelling any Spirit-based attacks."
Senna says, "Its his special ability. He has such a strong Spiritual Pressure, he can use his immense strength to emit shock waves with whatever he strikes, whether its his hands or fingers, or another person. He's the only Hanta I know who's never needed to utilize Soul Reaper or Hollow powers. I don't know what he is, honestly…"
Uryu grimaced, Malice turning to face them, a hungry look in his eyes were shown for their blood. "If we don't stop him…Ichigo may be in danger."
Senna gulped a lump in her throat, fearing the worst, she may not be able to force this enemy back.
"Ichigo…I'll defend you with all my strength!" She shouted, suddenly raising her Pressure to the brim, bursting Orange Aura danced around her like fire, Uryu stepped back, not wanting to interfere with her sudden release, deactivating his bow and taking out his Quincy Blade, arming itself with a blue hue.
Malice chuckled, amused truly by their tenacity for delaying the inevitable, "Come on, little mortals. I'll show you true power like you never seen before!"
To be continued…!
A/N: WHEW! Sorry for the wait guys! This took awhile…With School and all starting, and work, and RP'ing *loving it ^_^* Its becoming a hectic mess.
Edit: Finally got some stuff patched up here too. I'm almost done editing my chappies, I feel proud of myself ^^
So, what do you know? Hanta invasion and Hellspawns *tell me that didn't sound gross in your head when I described it and you're truly sick people yourselves -_-*. This is going to be EPIC! I'll be pulling all of the stops on this one…Trying to make this the most Epic battle yet!
THX Guys, you're awesome and I like where this is going…CHEERIO until next time! XD
