-Wonderweiss's translated speech will be in Italics, unless unable to be translated, it will remain untouched; there may be times when his speech is fine.
-all thoughts for all characters will be as such: "{abc}"
Chapter 9:
The Reason
This is the first floor of the school now: dead body floor. People here all had the same type of head injury. Uryuu says that at least 90% of those in the school bashed their heads on walls, lockers, desks, doors, or widnows. We head to the swimming pool, and the water is red with blood, bodies floating on the surface. One was hanging off the diving board. Ichigo and Uryuu started to worry; none of these were Chad. We were preying that we never find Chad like this. There is no way in hell Orohime would be able to revive these people.
We split up to explore the other floors. Uryuu chose the roof, Kenpachi took second floor, Ichigo the third, leaving me the fourth. As I walked around, trying hard not to become sick of the smell, I started to notice a faint reiatsu.
I call out, "Chaaaaad!"
No answer. I follow the reiatsu and it leads me to the music room. Everything in here was so shiny! No! I need to focus on loo--OH COOL A DRUM SET!
Argh, damn it Wonderweiss! Keep it together! The reiatsu was coming from in here, but where is it? I notice a stage near the entrance, and try there. I go to look behind the curtain on the left side (when facing it) and there's Chad!
What the? Why is he hugging his knees? I tap him on the shoulder and he looks up at me.
"Wonderweiss! Oh thank God you're okay! Where's Ichigo?" he says.
"Follow me!" I say tugging his arm.
He stands up and follows me one floor down, till we ran into Ichigo coming up the stairs.
"Ngh...Chad!" Ichigo says.
"Ichigo!" Chad says.
"Haha, way to go Weissy! Let's get Kenpachi and Uryuu and get the hell outta here!" Ichigo says.
Though when we headed for the roof first, Kenpachi was already there. He seemed confused at the statue-like Uryuu. Wait, statue-like? NO!
Kenpachi looks at us and says, "Guys, I think we just lost the last Quincy."
"That can't be...Uryuu!" Chad calls.
Sure there are bodies up here too, but how does Uryuu plan on committing suicide? There's a huge ass fence here. That's when he uses the Quincy equivilent of a Shinigami's Shunpo, Hiren Kyaku, to appear over the fence and over the road. Ichigo tries to grab onto him using Shunpo, but Uryuu uses Hiren Kyaku again. We quickly hear a loud "smack" sound.
Farewell, Final Quincy, Uryuu Ishida.
We exit the school half an hour later, Kenpachi still unphased by the loss of Uryuu. We head to Urahara Shoten to bring Kisuke the news.
"Oh snap, you serious? Okay here's the even worse news, 80% of Japan has been infected. So basically, you need to keep Chad alive." Kisuke says.
"We don't even know how long he's been exposed!" Ichigo says.
"I've been outside for a couple hours now." Chad replies with growing concerns.
Kisuke keeps silent.
"Why isn't he answering?" Kenpachi asks.
As I keep looking at the door hoping for an answer, I hear Chad mutter something, "El Directo..."
I turn to face him, and he had already impailed himself in his gut.
I cry out, "CHAAAAD!"
Ichigo and Kenpachi turn to look as Chad slowly falls to the ground. He had become infected without our knowledge. Ichigo couldn't believe it; he just lost his family and his friends; I lost my friends. Ichigo falls to his knees in disbelief. His eyes had no shine in them.
That's when we hear a strange voice say, "Hahahahahaha, nice try, Ichigo. But it seems you failed everyone around you way too easily."
On top of Urahara Shoten stood a paper white Ichigo.
"Shirosaki! How-how are you outside my head?" Ichigo asks.
"I found a way, Ichigo. Now then, it seems you've let all of Japan go to waste. You and Wonderweiss can't return to your gigais without the smell of death entering your lungs." Shirosaki replies.
"Are you behind all of this?" Kenpachi asks.
"I can't lie. Of course I am. But, I had a little help. Recognize this face, Ichigo?" Shirosaki says, signalling for someone to come out.
When they appeared, none of us could believe our eyes. His helper, his partner in crime, is D-Roy!
"What the? Rukia killed you!" Ichigo shouts.
"I guess somebody loves me...AND I MEAN GOD! I LOVE GIRLS!" D-Roy replies.
"Indeed it's D-Roy. Now then Ichigo, it's your turn to die." Shirosaki says.
"But you'll die with me!" Ichigo says.
"No I won't. Once you're dead and I stop this whole thing, I'll take over your body and live your life, just like a wolf in sheep's clothing." Shirosaki explains.
"And the best part is, the disguise is perfect!" D-Roy says unsheathing his sword.
Both Shirosaki and D-Roy charge at Ichigo witrh their swords.
"....NOOOOOOO!!!" Ichigo shouts.
Suddenly, I'm knocked into a tree. I open my eyes and find, I'm still at the park. Human activity was normal, no dead bodies, no woman screaming...there's life all of a sudden. Wait, how'd everything go from scary as f*ck to completely normal?
"Hey, about time you woke up, Wonderweiss. Sounded like you were having quite the nightmare, till you hit your head." Ichigo says with a happy face.
"...Nightmare?" I ask.
"Yup. They're usually very bad dreams that act as wake up calls. Heheh, yours took three hours. What on Earth did you eat last night to give you such a dream, huh?" Ichigo replies.
At this point, I'm not sure what came over me. I jumped right into Ichigo's arms, knocking him over, and started crying like crazy.
Clueless, Ichigo asks, "Geez kid, you okay?"
"SCARY DREAM!" I reply.
"...I'm gonna have to get you to either write it out or draw it for me when we get home later on." Ichigo says.
Quincy: a race that existed alongside Shinigami and Hollow, they controlled mostly bows and arrows created from their own spirit energy. However, they competed with the Shinigami, killing Hollows more efficiently using arrows. At one point, almost all the Quincy were wiped out. Mayuri Kurotsuchi mentions to Uryuu during their fight in the Rescue Rukia Arc that he experimented on a Quincy once. It turns out it was Uryuu's grandfather. Although unable to kill Mayuri, he does injure him to a point where he turns into liquid and slithers away. Uryuu and his dad are the only known living Quincies left. Their emblem is in a starlike shape; Uryuu carries it with him throughout the Arrancar Arc when he regains his Quincy Powers.
Hiren Kyaku: or Hirenkyaku, is the Quincy form of Shunpo, only somehow it's faster. Uryuu shows off this power during his fight with Iceringer, effortlessly keeping up with him. Uryuu also defeat Iceringer, stating he can fire more arrows compared to Iceringer's spears.
El Directo: one of a couple attacks that Chad knows. This attack belongs to his right arm only. It is seen being used through his arm's evolution and even after he gains the Left Arm of the Diablo during his fight with Mosqueda in Las Noches. He does, however, lose to Nnoitra, due to Nnoitra having a lot more power than Chad. El Directo is Chad's main attack, and hardly resembles a Bara, performed only by Arrancars and possibly Vizards. It can be used at any range, but is not a rapid-fire attack like Bara, as demonstrated by Yammy.
Shirosaki: one of many fan nicknames for Ichigo's Inner Hollow, he is also called Hollow Ichigo and Hichigo (both words combined). However, Shirosaki is the more popular and well suited name. In the manga and games that he is featured in, his name is mirrored like letters on an ambulence truck. Shiro (for short) teaches Ichigo about Zangetsu's abilities, and even trains him one last time during his Vizard Training. Though, Shiroaki reappears in a new and more deadly form while trying to protect Orihime from Ulquiorra (in his 2nd Release Form). This new Hollow Ichigo goes bersek and not only kills Ulquiorra by damaging all his vital organs (his only weakpoint), but also impails Uryuu with his Bankai sword. Eventually this new form retreats, healing the hole the Ulquiorra caused when using Cero Obscura (or however it's spelled). Ulquiorra gives into his injuries by the end of it all, and turns to ash. Any further info on Shirosaki has yet to be revealed (as of July 2, 2009).
D-Roy: one of five of Grimmjow's fraccion, he is first to die when facing Rukia. He was always called weak by the other Arrancar, possibly because of the injury Grimmjow gave him during their days as Adjucas. His Ressuerccion is unknown as well as the name of his Zanpakuto. In this appearance, it is only because Wonderweiss is having a nightmare for two chapters, and somehow gives a bigger villan role to D-Roy. When he says, "somebody loves me" he is really refering to God, not to Shirosaki.
