Souls Hollowify faster due to the high energy levels in Amity Park.
Evil Cliffy ahead, be forewarned!
We'll be back to semi-canon after the next two chapters. And I have some awesome chapters planned!
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He opened his eyes, having been awoken from his Inner World. His new watch, a well needed gift from Sam, said just about 6 AM. He sighed, and rose from the bed, and grabbed a shirt and shoes. He yawned, and flash stepped downstairs.
When he opened his eyes, and stood face to face with Granny.
Shit shit shit shit. She saw.
"Why Daniel. I didn't realize you were an early riser." She said, completely ignoring the fact that he just appeared from mid air.
"…It's a recent thing." He said, just managing to say. She turned back towards the meal she was cooking.
"Its always a good thing to meet the day bright and early. Would you like some eggs?"
"No toast please." He nodded, and took a seat at the table, still shocked.
"Most people put on a shirt before breakfast." She winked, and placed a plate of steaming eggs, sausage and grits in front of him.
He blushed, wide eyed and put on the forgotten shirt. All the exercising he had done had down wonders for his abs. Almost too much of a wonder, so he preferred not to show them off.
He ate the steamy plate of breakfast, and noticed she only cooked two meals.
Did she know I was getting up?
"I'm going for a jog on the beach. Tell Mom if she asks." He waved goodbye, as he went out the door.
The Hollow-Dog, named Reynolds by the boys, which he would never actually use, wagged his tail at the sight of Danny. He had sat by the door all night, waiting for the boys. Danny grumbled, and jogged past the dog. The dog followed after. He ran down the walkway to the beach, the dog following close behind. He sped up, and the dog quickly sped up as well.
He growled, and picked up the pace, using a little Spiritual energy. The dog followed obediently behind. He pushed more energy into it, and the dog followed close behind. This went on down the entire beach, for two or more hours. Spiritual Energy made exercising take three times as long, a downside to be sure.
He finally snapped.
"Why can't you leave me alone? You're a Hollow! You and I are enemies! You eat me, or I kill you. So why are YOU STILL FOLLOWING ME?"
He yelled in anger at the dog, his energy coming off as green freezing smoke. The dog whined, and moved closer.
He froze, as the dog moved closer to the expelled energy. His jaw dropped as the Hollow absorbed some of the energy.
He's been following me around because he's hungry! He thought, shocked.
Hollows eat souls for energy. But maybe he's small enough to live by absorbing energy. All the kids in this family have levels of Spiritual Energy. So he lives by absorbing it from them. Is that dangerous?
The amount he absorbed was small compared to what you released. Spiritual Energy is continuously replenished. So as long as he doesn't absorb too much, or try to kill us, he's fine.
The said dog, happy at the meal it just got, then rolled around in the sand, its black fur lightening with every roll. He then ran into the water, and splashed about.
Danny sighed. This vacation just got better and better, sarcasm dripping off the mental thoughts.
The dog returned, slinking close to the ground in fear. It lay down next to him, and whined. He shuddered, as a big heaviness of evil and hungry energy fell over his body.
A herd of Hollows was heading towards the house.
I'm such an idiot! I just lit a beacon for the Hollows to find me. And an entire house full of souls is ripe for the picking.
He quickly Flash stepped, and arrived in the backyard of the house. As the world stopped spinning, Chandra sunbathing and texting, while watched Missy and Paul play in a kiddie pool greeted him. It was about 8 AM, so why was Chandra awake?
"Chandra! Everyone needs to get inside!" He ordered, hoping his appearance wasn't noticed.
"Why? It's a beautiful day, and I'm in charge." She waved him off, apparently missing the whole "appearing out of thin air."
"Where did everyone go?" He asked, the Hollows coming closer and closer.
"The adults and Jazz went into town, and left Granny in charge. She's asleep inside, so I'm in charge."
He seethed. "Where are the twins?"
"Something about looking for Reynolds…" She waved him off, and returned to her texting.
The hollow-dog appeared next to Danny, obviously hearing his name. It startled Danny, as well.
"Where did you come from? Never mind. I can't believe I'm talking to a dog-hollow…" He said exhausted, his palm trailing down his face.
"That reminds me. What the hell was the white haired kid yesterday?" She asked, lowering her glasses and glaring at him "You were the only person in the room."
He sighed. "Look, its really confusing and a really long story. I'll explain AFTER you get into the house." He flinched, as the door slammed and two innocent boys ran out towards the hollow-dog.
"REYNOLDS!" They both yelled in happiness. The dog turned, wagged its tail, and greeted the boys much like a dog would.
"Candy! Everyone has to get inside. Before the Hollows show up." He said, using her pet name.
"You're talking gibberish. And that's not my name!" She said, angry and returned to her texting.
"Chandra. I know we've had our differences, and I've never asked you for anything. But I need….I need you to take everyone inside and go into the basement." He pleaded.
Missy and Paul both started to cry. Reynolds whined, as the howl was heard.
"Chandra? What was that?" Reeves asked nervously, and hugged the dog in nervousness.
"I…don't know." Danny hushed her, and listened. Chandra picked up both of the crying kids, and nervously stood next to him.
I sure wish I had you right now… He thought, clenching his empty hand.
You still cease to amaze me with your stupidity.
He opened his hand, as green and black particles floated from him. They came together, and started forming his Zanpakutō.
While you still amaze me. He complimented, the warmth and strength flooding him.
"Is that a sword? Danny you better tell me what's going on right now." She ordered.
He turned to her, and she flinched from the sword.
"He's got a sword!" Ryder said, amazed.
"Chandra. Get inside. Right…" His eyes widened, and he turned, using the sword to block something. The something was a sneak hollow attack.
Everyone screamed in fright, and backed away from the monster, as Danny kept the hollow from pushing down and crushing them.
He pushed up, throwing the attack off. While the Hollow was off balance, he flash stepped and sliced through the bone-mask.
The Hollow dissolved, and he landed and turned towards the scared breathing souls.
"Everyone inside. Now." He ordered. Gone was the nervous Danny. This was Danny the serious Soul Reaper, one who not mess around. They nodded, and rushed into the house, and he followed behind, keeping watch for another surprise attack.
It's only because of my instincts that I wasn't crushed. I couldn't even sense it!
It was suppressing its Reiatsu. We can feel the others, thankfully.
He closed the door, and they quickly ran towards the basement. He released his Zanpakutō, it dissolved into thin air. Using his strength, he dragged the still snoring Granny and her chair downstairs.
"I will tell you everything as soon as we're not in danger anymore." He cut off her questions before she could ask.
He looked to Reynolds, as he was till unsure of leaving it alone.
He says he'll protect them.
What?
I speak Hollow, remember?
He sighed. In a flash of blue light, he separated from his body. They screamed in fright and surprise, and he expertly grabbed onto it, and gently lowered it to the ground. He could feel the Hollows coming again. There was 4 or 5 of them. Not too powerful, but more Hollows meant more danger.
"What the hell was that?" She coughed, as the green smoke dissipated, and the cold pressure on her lungs vanished as quickly as it came.
He stood on the staircase, his hand on the still sheathed Zanpakutō's hilt. His clothes and white hair were moving from the energy he was suppressing, and he glowed as brightly as his green eyes. He smirked.
Sam and Tucker could handle his usual energy output, but he was suppressing it as much as he could and it still wasn't enough.
"YOU'RE the boy I saw?" She managed to say.
"Danny Fenton, Soul Reaper at your service."
"You can't… You're going out there to FIGHT them?" She asked, shocked.
He nodded.
"You can't! There's no way! I mean that stick against that monster?" She said, while trying to calm Missy and Paul, while she herself was barely managing not to have a panic attack.
"I'm a Soul Reaper. Its what we do. And this 'stick' is my Zanpakutō. She doesn't like the term 'stick'. She prefers the term 'Hollow Ass Kicking Sword of Death'." He spoke for her, drawing the said stick for its full glory.
He turned and faced the door.
"Do. Not. Fucking. Leave. This Room." He ordered. She flinched, and nodded.
Without turning, he replied, softer. "I'll be back. I promise. And besides…We're Fentons." He vanished, and the door slammed shut, leaving the Fenton cousins alone.
Alright. I can do this. I've fought more Hollows at home. I can't let any of them hurt my family. I won't let anyone of them get hurt. Even if their parents wish I was dead.
They got their wish. She chuckled at his accidental pun.
Not now. Concentrate.
He appeared outside the house. He raised his arm and Zanpakutō, releasing some of his energy as bait into the sky. Like moths to a flame, they appeared. One looked like an octopus, one very goat like, one large bird, and the last two were cat like.
"Come at me bros!" He yelled, and charged towards Bird-ow. Using a vertical platform, he spun and ducked to avoid the killer beak.
Use your instincts.
The advice she gave came to mind. He could do that. He sliced left, and jumped. His instincts said to look down. He did. An attack flew over his head, destroying a tree. No time to be glad, he attacked again.
He ducked the ongoing attack from all sides. He avoided a tentacle from the Octo-Hol, jumped over a poorly aimed horn attack by the goat, and spun away from the cat attack.
The world slowed, as the 2nd Cat attack was right on target. He had no option, so he braced for the worst. The claws sliced through his kimono, hitting his skin.
His chest was sliced, and bleeding heavily. He shivered once, as a layer of glowing ice covered his wounds.
He jumped straight into the air to dodge, and sliced through the mask of the goat hollow. He dodged again as the hollow dissolved.
He twisted his head, as another tentacle came whizzing by. The two cats both charged at him. He hardened his energy, creating a shield bubble. The force created a dent in the ground, and he jumped onto the top of the larger one. He went to kill it, when the other one jumped and tackled him to the ground. It held down his arms, effectively trapping him.
"ARUGH!" He yelled, and he used his legs to push the cat off him. He sunk his Zanpakutō into its mask, and withdrew it as the cat hollow dissolved.
The Octo-Hollow fired something, and Danny realized too late it was ink. He was coated in the black ink. It blocked his vision, and he grew weak, falling to the ground.
The ink is stealing your energy!
He breathed in deeply, and hardened his pressure and threw the pressure away from him. The ink was thrown away, and the leakage of energy stopped. He was hit in the gut by a tentacle, and thrown backwards. His head hit a tree, and the world spun.
He coughed, blood spilling onto the ground.
He shakily stood up, and he barely ducked, as the Birdow pecked him, the bill getting stuck in the tree. He used that chance to slice the head off, killing the Hollow.
Which left the cat and octopus.
The cat growled, and charged. He dodged each attacked, while avoiding the occasional octopus tentacle.
The octo-hollow fired another ball of ink, which missed by… a lot.
He chopped a tentacle off. He ducked as the cat tried to attack him from behind.
He flash stepped, and landed above them on a platform. He panted, and watched them below.
They remained attracted to him, watching and waiting. They circled below him, patiently.
I'm starting to run low. I need to finish this before they decide I'm not worth it and head for the house.
He jumped as a wave of tentacles came flying towards him from the Octo-Hollow, which decided it was done waiting. He jumped, flipped, and flew towards the ground, aiming near the cat.
He landed and jumped. He dodged a stray attack, and slid under the cat's belly. He thrust his sword up through the chest, and the hollow disintegrated.
The Octo-Hollow howled, and started to gather red energy in its mouth.
A Cero! Memories of his first Cero encounter flashed through his head. The block of houses destroyed in a flash was disturbing. He blinked to remove those memories and concentrated on the attack.
He went to dodge, but then he realized if the attack were fired, it would destroy the house behind him, with Chandra and the others. So he would have to stop the attack before it was fired, or take the attack full force.
He gritted his teeth, and went to attack. He charged, Zanpakutō raised to meet the attack.
"FOR SPARTA!" The ball grew larger, and fired the energy at him.
His Zanpakutō met the Cero, and he could feel her screaming in his head.
He pushed all the energy he had into her, half shielding half attacking the ball of Hollow Energy.
The energy in the ball shrunk, and he swung downwards, throwing the attack back at the octo-hollow. Weakened, it still easily destroyed the Hollow.
I'm never having sushi again. …You still with me? He mentally asked, barely managing to stay standing.
Teme.
That's not very nice. He joked.
You deserve it. Trying to take a Cero on full blast? Who the hell does that?
"Daniel! You have to get your Gigai back on before the authorities get here!" A familiar voice yelled to him.
…What? He turned to find the voice was Granny. In her arms she had his limp body, and next to her were the rest of the Fenton kids, who were still in shock from what had just happened.
The time seemed to speed up. Granny was saying something, but he couldn't understand. Chandra was hugging, and crying, and the boys were asking him questions.
"I hate you Daniel James Fenton. I will find out everything. Even I have to use every single thing in my blackmail file I've gotten from you since you were 2. I will find out."
Danny just stared off into space, glassy eyed.
"You'll need this. The cops will be here soon. While you were able to protect the house, you still destroyed half it." Granny said from next to him.
She waved her hand in front of his face, and found he wasn't responding.
"Looks like he's in shock. Can one of you boys fetch me a glass of water?" Both boys nodded, and ran towards the house.
"Down Reynolds." She scolded the Hollow-dog, who knocked the slightly out of it Danny down.
He sputtered, as a glass of cold water splashed on his face.
He blinked, and sat up angry.
"What the hell was that for?" He cursed, and then paled as he realized the boys did it.
"You were slightly out of it. Here." She handed him his body, which he slipped on. He shook out his body, and looked towards the house.
"And it's not that bad. We can get a hell of a insurance bonus!" She laughed, and Danny barely managed to stay standing. Half the house was gone. Destroyed.
"Haha very funny. I totally just destroyed probably a million dollars! How am I going to explain that?"
"I'll handle that." She winked.
He frowned, strangely accepting of the situation. He assumed it was just the life he was living. You took what you got, dealt with whatever else.
He was suddenly hit with a dizzy spell, and black spots clouded his vision. Was the world supposed to be spinning?
Its absorbing all of your energy, you baka!
He was having trouble standing, as the world was spinning so fast. But he could see that Reynolds was growing. The Hollow was feeding off his energy.
"Reynolds! Stop it!" The boys pleaded, as the dog grew larger and larger and started to change shape.
"Chnadra, take your cousins and go inside the not damaged part of the house. Now." Granny ordered. She wanted to protest, but realized it was safer and better away from the large Hollow. She picked up both of the boys, and ran towards the house.
He fell to his knees, the amount of energy being drained from him was large, especially considering he just won a battle. He remembered that a certain amount of his energy was saved by the Zanpakutō spirit unless in a life or death situation. It was a security precaution, because if the energy dropped down to zero, he was a goner.
He fell onto his belly, his Zanpakutō laying beside of him and weakly lifted his hand. Was his hand supposed to be blue? He blinked, as it faded from view and back.
We have to do something! If we don't we're both toast! Danny? DANNY!
With a groan, he collapsed, his Soul fading fast and his energy levels dropping closer and closer to zero.
"See you in hell, Hollow!" Granny yelled, as she threw the strange thing in her hand it towards the Hollow. It exploded on contact with the mask.
It howled in pain, cracks appearing on the mask. It exploded, and the body dissolved, leaving behind a semi-transparent ghost of the original Reynolds.
The dog-soul barked in happiness, ran around once in a circle, his tail wagging, and faded from view.
The Hollow threat eliminated, she turned her attention to the fallen Reaper. The Zanpakutō was wiggling and wobbling, barely managing to retain its shape. His skin was turning blue, and his hand continued to fade in and out.
"Alrighty. Let's see if Grandad Hisao really knew what he was talking about." She yanked her necklace off, which was a circle with two symbols 健康. Which translated as Kenkō, or Health. She broke the circle in half, and spread the glowing powder over him.
And waited.
As long as she could get his Reiatsu levels up enough so his Zanpakutō wouldn't disintegrate, he would survive.
Update will be next week!