Well here is another chapter! Sorry if it's a tad short but it has a little action in it! X3 review if you likey!
Coward
I knew it was too good to be true.
A hollow showed up during school and only few blocks away from it too. I saw the explosion and I nearly jumped out of my skin.
"Kai! Come on!" I heard Rukia said as she left my class.
"Where are you two going?!" The teacher asked shrilly.
"My house is over there!" I lied as I followed Rukia out of the class, and out of the school.
We found Ichigo and the others; Rukia slammed a token with a strange symbol on it on Ichigo's forehead and his body fell to the ground. I knew this was what Ichigo looked like as a Soul Reaper. Rukia followed suit and then popped a small pill into both Ichigo's body and her own.
"Alright, let's go!" Matsumodo said and took off towards the source of the explosion.
Cold fear crept through my veins as I followed the others.
Rukia looked back and noticed me with a pale face and smiled. "You'll be fine Kai."
I nodded with a small smile in return.
Another explosion sounded and then a scream. We all quickened our pace to maximum speed.
"Stay by me," Chad said to Orihime and me. We both obeyed.
Then another explosion and sound seemed to disappear as I watched a hollow pull itself out of a building. It put its arm back in the building and seemed to be reaching for something and then I noticed Orihime was trying to say something to me.
Sound suddenly rushed back to me as I focused.
"-your powers! We need a distraction! KAI!" Orihime said as she started to summon her powers.
I was full of fear and I used it to my advantage by using ice shards to rapidly hit the Hollow's open side. It retreated back and focused on us. It let out a loud scream that made me scream. I fell to my knees and covered my ears as tears leaked out of my eyes.
It reminded me of the first time I had been attacked. Its screams froze me down to the core until I was shaking, unable to react to anything.
I felt a hand on my shoulder but I didn't move. It screamed again and I felt the shudder of another explosion. I saw broken concrete fly towards me but I couldn't move. I was too scared.
I felt someone pick me up and move out of the way of oncoming death.
"Kai! Snap out of it! It's okay, nothing will happen to you," Uryu said as he set me down and looked me in the eyes. He pushed up his glasses and searched my wide, frightened eyes.
"I'm...sorry," I said sadly as I let my head fall in shame. I had been of no use; I was too much of a coward.
I heard a fading scream as one of the Soul Reapers repressed and cleaned its soul so it could live in the soul society.
"No one was expecting you to not be afraid of this, to fight your first fight," Uryu said and I shrunk away from him. His hand dropped.
I turned and began walking away, I had been horrible. Guilt flooded me as I slowly returned to the school, still shaking and crying.
"Kai! Wait up!" I heard Rukia yell from somewhere behind me but I did not yield to her. I wiped away my tears and headed into the school.
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I took the long way home, avoiding everyone. I didn't want to train or anything, I just wanted to be alone. I had let everyone down and most of all had been a burden.
I finally reached my house and unlocked the door. I shuffled inside and headed up to my room where I collapsed on my bed and let myself sink into a nightmare-ish sleep full of misery and fear.
