The characters in this fan fiction are property of Tite Kubo, Viz Media, Shonen Jump and the others, I do not own and part of the Bleach manga/anime series. I am not nor have I ever made any money of Bleach series.
This is a fan fiction about Ichigo , Hiyori, and somewhat about Rukia . Many things about this story are the same as in the current continuity of Bleach while some things are vastly different.
And a thanks to those who've reas and reviewd so far, I know I haven't responded to all of your comments and reviews on the top of my chapters, but I still am thankful for them, and try to use any good ideas into the chapters, and now.. On with the show!…
Chapter 10
Some ways away from Ichigo and Uryu, Rukia had just asked Urahara about Quincys.
Urahara held his hand in his chin, thinking for a moment before he spoke. " Quincys. It's been a very long time indeed, in fact I'd say it's been about 200 years since I've heard that name mentioned"
"Indeed, at least 200 years or so" Replied Tessai, as he walked into the front door of the store. "The name Quincy, certainly has a old fashioned sound to it, doesn't it?"
"Urahara" Rukia said , impatiently. "What exactly is a Quincy, anyway?"
Urahara looked over at Tessai, "Tessai, would you do me a favor and make us some tea while we talk?"
Tessai nodded to him as he walked away "Sure thing boss, I'll be just a few minutes."
Urahara waved his thanks, before turning back to Rukia. "Now where to begin? You see, Quincys were a clan of humans, with powers much like Ichigo's before he became a Soul Reaper. They developed ways of using their Spiritual energy to fight the hollows. But it was the way in which they destroyed the hollows , that led to their destruction."
Rukia was shocked about this, and asked. " Destroyed ? … And what do you mean their ways were different?"
Tessai brought in some tea for him and Rukia, to which they both thanked him before, Urahara continued. "Well as you well know, when a Soul Reaper kills a hollow, their Zanpaktou cleanses the soul, so it can pass into the Soul Society."
He took a sip of tea, before he spoke again.
"Tell me, Miss Kuchiki, what happens when a soul within a hollow is sent to the Soul Society?"
She looked up, and after drinking some of her own tea, answered him. " That's an easy one, when a Soul is cleansed by a Zanpaktou, it returns to the Soul Society and in turn becomes part of the Circle of Transmigration"
" That's true, however , when a Quincy takes care of a hollow, they do so using a beam of energy made of pure Spiritual energy that annihilates everything, including the human soul within. By destroying the soul, it will never return to Circle, and thus the 2 worlds become unbalanced." Urahara said, putting more sugar in his tea.
When Rukia's eyes went wide again he paused for a moment before speaking again. "Despite warnings to stop or change their ways, the Quincy's refused to on account of their belief that they were avenging their fallen friends and family, by killing hollows. Why should they be giving peace, when all they did was murder, was their main argument."
Meanwhile, the hollow "battle" of Ichigo and Hiyori versus Uryu had begun. One hollow crawled out of a opening in the sky, and before it even got all the way out, Uryu had shot an energy arrow at it, disintegrating it on contact .
"That's one for me, Soul Reapers." Uryu said looking confident. "You realize that before long, this town will be flooded by Hollows. If I were I'd worry about protecting as many people as possible, right now."
As Ichigo and Hiyori stood there, looking pissed, Uryu readied his bow for the next hollow. He turned his head for a moment. " Since your new to this, I'll give you a hint. Hollows are attracted to those with high Spiritual Pressure."
Ichigo's eyes went wide. "Oh no, Karin!" He turned around and sprinted away to find her. " I've got to find her and protect her from these things!"
Hiyori watched him, as he ran for a moment before yelling "Ichigo!, Wait for me dumbass!"
She turned her head towards Uryu, and growled at him "I hope the hollows defeat you feast upon your mortal soul." She the turned her head and ran after Ichigo, while calling for him.
"Humph… I almost feel sorry for him, he hasn't even figured out that that his family our the only ones close to him that have high Spiritual Pressure. And his little girlfriend hasn't mentioned this to him." Uryu said, looking up at the sky as two more hollows appeared and roared loudly . "At this rate, it will be no problem at all for me to defeat you, Soul Reapers."
-Meanwhile , ..
While Ichigo and Hiyori were trying to find Karin, and Uryu was hunting hollows, Tatsuki was outside her karate dojo taking a break. It wasn't an completely relaxing break though, because she had a lot on her mind. First ,she was …curious… about Ichigo's relationship with the two new students Rukia and Hiyori, curious not jealous in any way, she thought to herself. She felt her cheeks start to turn red, so she quickly tried to focus about other important things on her mind. One of the other things she had been worrying about was, that ever since she had visited and had dinner with Orihime some time before, a night that had been kind of blurry at first. She had been seeing strange things, ghostly things. And every day, these things got clearer and clearer to her, to the point where now she couldn't really see any difference between the ghosts and regular humans.
She also knew Orihime had been acting strange ,but whether she could also see ghosts now or not, she didn't know. Suddenly she felt a strange …feeling.. Like the ones she got when ghosts were around. She looked around but didn't see anything, so she walked around the corner, and the feelings got stronger. "Hello, any ghosts around here?" she called, standing in one spot now.
Then a voice said "Not a ghost my dear, just a hungry hollow, he he he he.."…
Tatsuki's eyes went wide and she screamed as one of the hollow's tentacles shot out for her….
Close by, Orihime had been feeling strange ever since that night that Tatsuki had visited with dinner. At first she could remember exactly what happened but with each passing day, she remembered more and more, as if her memory was unblocking itself.
She was getting ready to go home from school and was on her to meet Tatsuki. Suddenly she heard a scream and ran around the building to see horrifying sight.. It was Tatsuki,.. And she was being held onto by a large strange creature, That reminded her of a squid. "Tatsuki! She yelled
The creature and Tatsuki both looked down and saw Orihime looking at them , with a scared expression on her face. "What are you! And what are doing to Tatsuki!"
"You mean…ugh.. You can see this freak job too… Orihime" Tatsuki said struggling.
"Ye.. yes I can see it, what is it?" She yelled back
"Me? I'm a hollow, and my name is Numb Chandelier my dear… and you …"it said licking its lips, "Are about to be my meal!"
But before any of them could do anything, Orihime's hairpins ( that she had gotten from her brother Sora, before he died) started glowing. Dully at first, but it soon got brighter and brighter until Orihime and Tatsuki had to shut there eyes tightly. The hollow on the other hand didn't have eye lids and couldn't shut its eyes, instead it cried out in pain as it was momentarily blinded causing it to drop Tatsuki from its grasp.
Even though Tatsuki hurt her legs in the fall a bit, she managed to limp over to Orihime,. They were both then surprised again, when the hair pins shot off her head growing bigger and then hovered right in front of them, not as hair pins anymore, but small floating ,Fairy -like people. "Wow" said Orihime, "There are like, little fairies floating in front of me, how cute!"
"Uh, were not actually fairies you know". One of them said "Oh sorry" Orihime replied, slightly embarrassed.
"In any case we much to explain and not much time to do it in, we only managed to blind that hollow for a short time, so you have to listen carefully!"
In the soccer field, across town, Karin was practicing, and kept feeling the same strange feeling she had during the night of live Spirit Hunters event. She looked around but didn't see anything, so she tried to shake it off and get back to her practice with her friends. She kicked the ball, but wasn't paying attention and hit one of her friends in his face.
"Hey, be careful, Karin!" One of them said, picking up the ball.
"Yeah, your not even paying attention. are you?" one of the others said.
"Hmm? I'm calling it a day, I gotta get home, see ya!" Karin said, absently.
As she walked away, she was deep in thought. Just what is this feel, anyway? It's so much stronger then last time, its…heavier.
She looked up and saw one of Ichigo's friends standing at the top of the stairs, looking out of breath, like he had been running. "Hey, your one of Ichigo's friends…um Chad , right?"
He blinked, then remembered seeing her before,. "Your one of Ichigo's sisters."
"Um yeah, I'm Karin. So what are doing her anyway?" She asked moments before he darted forward, grabbed her and pulled her out of the way of a explosion behind them.
She opened her eyes and looked up. Standing in the middle of the small crater, was a huge monster with a huge face, a hollow. "It's one of those things again, like at the Spirit Hunters event, and from that night at my house!"
Chad looked at the crater but couldn't see anymore of it then he could when it first started chasing him through town. All he could see was a shimmer of sorts, standing there. If only I could see it more clearly.. he thought. He looked over at Karin, and remembered what see had just said. "Wait a minute, you can see that thing, Ichigo's sister?"
"What do mean, can I see it?," She asked, eyes wide. "Of course I can, it standing there as clear as daylight!"
Before he could respond to her, he saw the shimmer dart towards them , so he once again grabbed, and threw her over his shoulder as he ran for cover.
"Hey mister can you.. can you see that thing?" Karin asked, still over his shoulder. She shifted her self with his help, till he was carrying her piggy back. "Let me be your eyes, and you hit it, where I tell you to!"
He turned his head back to her. "No, it's too dangerous, Ichigo's sister"
"It doesn't matter if… There to your right!" She shouted.
He ducked to the left quickly. "As I was saying, it doesn't matter, we don't have a choice, right now. Now… to your left!"
As he dodged again, and this time, he brought his fist down on a arm shaped burry object nearby him.
As he continues to dodge the hollow, with Karin's help, all he could think about was when he was little. He often used his superior strength to hurts others, and it wasn't until his grandfather was beat up by people that had been chasing him that he was taught a valuable lesson. His grandfather never fought back , only stood there. He did so because he refused to use his great strength to hurt them. Because that would make him no better then them. He decide from then on that he would only use his strength to protect others, instead hurting them.
As he punched the hollow again, Karin jumped off and rolled to the side, out of the way. He prayed to his grandfather to give him the strength to see the hollow, just a little bit. So he could better protect Ichigo's sister from danger. I'll do anything , just.. give me the power … grandfather…
As Karin watched the hollows arm disappeared after a blast of energy hit it. It came from the spot where Chad had been standing, a place that was now covered in smoke and dust. "Hey, Chad! Are you…ok…?"
The dust had settled and Chad now stood there, but he wasn't the same. His entire right arm was covered in a strange black armor, with a thick, red stripe running down the middle. It also had prongs protruding form the sides of his hand and the top of his shoulder.
"What the fuck?…" Karin stared to say in shock, as he moved forward again.
He shot off another few beams of energy from his fist and hit the hollow directly, knocking it back to the ground.
Karin ran up to Chad and asked " Hey, mister! What the hell happed to your arm!"
He looked down at it and didn't know what to say. He looked up and saw the hollow getting to it's feet. He didn't understand it himself but he didn't hesitate to run forward and shoot off another blast, this time hitting it in it's head, destroying it on contact. He came to a stop, feeling out of energy.
"Hey, mister! That was incredible, …. But are you ok though?" Karin asked, running up to him.
He turned towards her, and gave her a thumbs up. Her face vaulted in response. How fricken lame can you get? He gave me the thumbs up? How uncool!
Suddenly as was still giving the thumbs up , he tilled to the side, and fell down on his back.
Karin ran up to him yelling out his name, but he was busy looking at the armor. I don't understand this at all. Suddenly I could see the monster, and then this weird armor appeared on my arm. I was able to shot off blasts of energy, as well. Was it a gift from my grandfather? Or something else…
He looked up and saw Ichigo's sister standing there over him. "Hey, are you alright, Ichigo's little sister?"
"I'm fine, you moron" She said smiling down at him.
"That's good. "He replied, laying there.
"No it's not, you jackass!" She yelled ,kicking him in the side as hard as she could angrily. "What the hell's wrong with you! Getting hurt like that isn't good.! Damn, your just my stupid brother Ichigo, acting like a tough guy all the time! By the way it's Karin, got it!"
She turned around and said "I'm going to get my father, who's a doctor, to fix your ass up! If you move from this spot when I'm gone, I'm gonna kick your ass so hard I'll leave the spikes from my soccer shoes permanently imprinted in your ass!" She then ran off towards home.
As Chad lay there, all he could say was "Hmm, …Karin kicks…. exactly like Ichigo does."
After a moment, he fell asleep, and a shadow of a man wearing a hat, fell over him. The man smiled and had another larger man, carefully pick him up, and put him over his shoulder. Then they walked off leaving no trace they were ever there.
As Orihime tried to listen to the fairy-like person, who's name was Ayame, she noticed that Tatsuki's arm was bleeding , and her ankle was bruised. "Tatsuki, your arm , and leg.. Are you alright?" She asked, concerned.
The Fairy person, namedHinagiku got her attention. "Please listen Orihime, We can heal your friend later with our power, but for now, you must listen ,as time is short!"
"He's right , Orihime,.. Now then , we are called your Shun Shun Rikka. We are your Spiritual Powers in physical form. Only you, your fiend her and people like Ichigo Kurosaki can see us…. The hollow looks like it's about to attack, so you must follow are instructions! Are you ready?" said one of the other ones.
The angry hollow started to shoot off strange spores things, from her forehead at them. The fairy thing turned and said "Now hold your hand in front of you and repeat after me! Hinagiku, Baigon , Lily!"
Orihime held her hands forward, and said " Hinagiku, Baigon , Lily!"
Then fairy thing, Lily said "Now say, our incantation or Kotodama Santen Kesshun , I reject!"
"Santen Kesshun , I ..Reject!" Orihime shouted, and just in time. As the spores were about to hit her and Tatsuki, a strange, triangle shaped shield of energy formed in front of them, blocking them from the attack.
"Nicely done, Orihime" Shun'o said to her, "That was your defensive shield, one of your three shields you can summon, that reject all matter on the other side."
"Now it's my turn Orihime" Shouted another one who flew up in front of her. "I'm Tsubaki, your offensive shield power. Now call my name, and say the Kotodama!"
"Right!" Said Orihime, " Tsubaki!"
Together they then said, " Koten Zanshun, I reject!"
He shot forward toward the hollow at high speeds, turning into energy as it hit the hollow, who cried out "No! what the hell are you!…
The hollow was cut in half Tsubaki, and dissolved away, cursing the girl as it died.
Orihime felt very tired, but tried to stay awake. "One last thing to do Orihime" one of the other Fairy's said. " My name is Ayame and this is Shun'o. We are your healing shield, we reject an reverse anything that has happened to the one we are placed around, allowing us to heal any wound conceivable.. .. Now, say are names "
Tiredly, she nodded and said " Ayame, Shun'o"
"Now say are Kodadoma, Soten Kisshun, I reject" Said Ayame, politely.
Orihime repeated after her, as she yawned. "Soten Kisshun, ..I reject"
A oval shield formed around Tatsuki, who had lied down to rest her arm and ankle. Immediately the bruise and swelling around Tatsuki's Ankle , vanished and the cuts to her arm closed itself up, both looking like nothing had ever happened.
"Ha.. I did it, Tatsuki…" Orihime said before the Shun Shun Rika return to her head as hairpins. Moments later, sleep over took her, and she fell into a deep sleep on the ground, next to Tatsuki.
Tatsuki looked over and smiled. "Good job Orihime.." She said , before she heard a sound like something bursting, and felt a strange wave of warm energy wash over her. She too, then fell deep asleep.
"Well, it seems, we have two of them to take care of this time, huh old friend?" said the tall man, who had appeared before and carried off Chad earlier. " If you would Tessai"
"Of course Boss" Tessai said, picking the two girls up. " What should I do with young miss Arisawa here, Kisuke?"
Kisuke lowered his hat , to block out the bright sun before saying, " Hmm… considering her level of Spiritual Energy, she will no doubt cause the effects of the memory replacment to wear off quickly. There's nothing else we can do, but to lay her down inside and leave her there. The high level spell you used on her memory should work well enough for right now."
"Right, boss" Tessai said, as he carried Tatsuki inside and gently, laid her down on a gym mat. He then carried Orihime back outside and followed Urahara as he started walking back to the shop.
Meanwhile, as Ichigo and Uryu continue to hunt down and kill hollows in the city, Rukia had left Urahara's shop and was thinking about whet he had told her about Quincys. It was hard for her to believe what she had learned, and also that this Uryu person, might be among the last of them. Suddenly her, Soul Pager started to beep, but just as she got it out and was about to open it, it stopped. "huh? That's strange, Ichigo must be working faster then usual. He's really come far in such a short time. Partially thanks to Hiyori."
She couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy run through her, but before she couldenvn think anymore, her phone started beeping again. This time she actually got it open before the signal disappeared. "What the hell's going on? How can there be so many hollows appearing at one after another, and how is Ichigo killing them so fast?"
Then it beeped. again, and again and as she watched, the screen begin to fill with 8, 9, 10 signals. More and more appeared on it, and then she heard a strange sound like something cracking. She looked up, and the sky looked like it was cracking open. Her eyes grew wide as she looked at it. "What… what's going on here.. It's like the end of the world or something…..!"
"I've.. I've got to find Ichigo… And Hiyori too.!" She said out load as broke into a run down the street.
It was many hours later, and Orihime was mumbling in her sleep. "No Ichigo, it's Shonen Jump, not Shojo Jump.. I like that magazine better , silly…"( I know that's not what she actually says, but I though I'd give a reference to the awesome magazine it runs in) She said this as she suddenly pushed her self up and felt something hard hit the back of her head. She turned her body till she was kneeling ,and looked behind her, to see Chad sitting there holding his chin in pain.
"Oh , Hi Chad gooooood morning!" she said happily. " Oh by the way, is something wrong with your chin?"
"No it's fine.. Orihime." He said, holding his chin, He had though she was having a nightmare, and now he was paying the painful price of being concerned about his friend. "You have a surprisingly hard head though.. By the way, What were dreaming about anyway?"
She turned bright red, and stuttered out "Um.. We..well ..it was nothing , yeah nothing at all hehehehe.."
"By the way, Chad Where are we… and .. Tatsuki! Where's Tatsuki?" She shouted out , looking around franticly.
From behind them a calm, lazy voice said "Relax miss Orihime, your friend Tatsuki is safe and sound back at the dojo resting. In fact, I suspect she'll probably wake anytime now. AS for where you are.. This a back room of my shop, and I am Kisuke Urahara, the owner"
"Now that your both wide awake, it's time we had a chat.. About your strange abilities and there connection to Ichigo" Urahara Said, sitting down in front of them.
Orhime's eyes, went wide. " The connection to Ichigo?…"
Speaking of Ichigo, he and Hiyori were currently running through the streets, killing hollows left and right. "This is the way home, so if Karin walks this way she'll be safe. We gotta fins that basterd Uryu, now, Hiyori"
She smiled at him as they ran Thinking about his sister's safety over everyone else's.. That kind of stupid but also very sweet.. She though to herself. Not that I like anything that's' sweet or anything.. She quickly thought as she fought her blush that was threatening to spread across her face. "Oh … uh yeah,.. We gotta find four eyes, and kick his ass, straight to next month."
"Is something on your mind, you seem distracted or.. Is something wrong?" Ichigo asked slowing down so she could catch up. "I know we're in a hurry but if you need to talk about anything, all you have to do is ask,.. Anytime, any place."
Hiyori Turned her face down to hide the massive blush that covered her face, and ears." N.. n.. no It's nothing really , just shut up you moron and lets keep going, I think I hear small explosion-like sounds nearby, it could be him."
"Um ok.. If your sure.." he said turning his face forward. " But the offer stands, Indefinetly"
Close by Uryu was having trouble killing all the hollows as fast as usual. " What's going on here, one shot from my bow isn't enough to kill them anymore.. I don't understand this…" He said out loud to himself. "And the number of hollows in the area,,.. There are way to many for the small amount of bait I released….. But I can't give in, I wont loose to a Soul Reaper" .And I wont dissapoint Grandfather..
As he ran on to keep killing hollows, he felt a familiar Spiritual Pressure nearby, and He knew it was Rukia's. He sped up and turned the corner to see her checking her Soul Pager. She looked up when she heard his footsteps.
"Uryu,.. What are you doing here?" Rukia asked, confused by his presence.
"Rukia… Are you going to enter the tournament Uryu asked, adjusting his glasses. " The one that has me verses Ichigo and Hiyori , the one about who kills the most hollows?"
"So this is your handy work?," Rukia said, standing up. "What the hell is going on here?"
"Indeed.. But not to worry, even if Ichigo fails or even dies, I'll will not allow a single person in this town to be taken by a hollow" Uryu said looking serious at her. "If I can't do that ,, then I wont win and this fight will mean nothing"
Behind them a hollow appeared and as Uryu readed his Bow, it was cut in half by a huge sword, and when it desolved away Ichigo stood there smirking evily. Suddenly, Hiyori flew out of nowhere, and punched Uryu in the face, sending him stumbling back. "Ha! That's for making us chase your four eyed ass around town!"
Hiyori stood there with a grin that matched Ichigo's as she stood ther with her arms crossed next to Ichigo. "Now we finally found you, and we're going to kick your ass so hard, you'll never walk straight again!"
"Um.. What do you mean, are powers are connected to Ichigo?" Orihime asked, looking at Urahara
Urahara looked at them and said "Yes, that's right, You see, your powers were born because of Ichigo."
Both Chad and Orihime's eyes went big, and they were speechless for a moment.
Orihime managed to speak after a few minutes. "What exactly do you mean, mister Urahara?"
"Ichigo is what you call a Soul Reaper, he helps souls pass on, and destroys spirit monters, called hollows. He does this using a sword called Zanpaktou. He has Incredible ammounts of what's called Spiritual Pressure, or sprit energy. The more of this you have the more powerful you become." Urahar said to them standing up.
"Now then, you two have been giving a key t othe door of pssiblities that open before you." He said looking at them with his hands in the pocket of his coat. " The choice to open that door and walk through however… is entirely up to you."
The door behind them opened, and Tessai was kneeling there, looking up. "Sorry to disturb you, boss but the sky ridge has begun to converge"
Urahara looked over at him, "I see have preperation been complete?"
"Of course. Everything is ready, Kisuke." Tessai said. Closing the door behind him as he walked.
"Well then," Urahara said, waving himself with his favorite fan. "ket us go, that is if you want to see poof of what I've said to you. Of course it's entirely up to you, so follow me or not, it's your choice, your destiny.."
Urahara walked out the door and Chad and Orihime stood up , following him, wondering what they had gotten themselves into and what would happen now.
"So then Uryu, Are you ready to finish this crap between us, just you, me and Hiyori." Ichigo said putting his Zanpaktou over his shoulder behind him. "Right, Snaggletooth?"
Hiyori grinned in aggrement, standing next to him."Damn right strawberrry!"
"Ichigo look!" Rukia yelled out , pointing to the sky.
All the others looked up. "There are cracks in the sky?" Ichigo asked in surprise.
"That's not all" Uryu said, activating his bow. "Look, the holles are gathering at the middle of it!"
Uryu begin to fire arrows at the hollws as they flew across the sky.
"Hey, wait a sec!" Ichiogo yelled, getting a good grip on his sword.
Without turning back or stopping, Uryu said. "What the matter, afraid, Ichigo Kurosaki? Then stand as I Uryu Ishida, The last of the Quincys wins this battle!"
"Last of the Quincys?" Ichigo said, looking confused.
Rukia answered him, looking up the hollows. "Ever other Quincy was wiped out a very long time ago.. And the reason of his hatrid for Soul Reapers, is because they were the ones, who hunted them down.. And annihilated them…."
Rukia then explained to him what Urahara had told her about hem upsetting the balance and how the Soul Socirty had no choice but to destroy them. Ichigo grtted his teeth and ran afte Uryu, with Hiyori in tow.
"Hey! Uryu!" Ichigo yelled out, as he cut through a group of hollows, "I heard about the reasons you don't like Soul Reapers, and I don't actually know who I think was right, but your way of doing things, like this are out of control!"
"He's damn right !" Hiyori said, frowning at him. " You shouldn't bring innocent people into your stupid grudge against Soul Reapers, you four eyed freak!"
"Actually. I'm not too interested in something that happened nearly 200 years ago." Uryu said, ignoring her nasty comments, and pushing his glasses back up his nose. " I heard about it from my grandfather, and to be honest, I think at first, I sided more with the Soul Reapers on the issue ."
He turned towards Ichigo. "At least until…. they let him be killed by hollows…"
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END OF CHAPTER 10
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