Light began to be shown as Sai opened his eyes. He saw he was no longer at the school, but what seemed to be someone's home. He sat up and had a look around.
"Where am I?" Sai said.
"Good, you're awake." Sai looked over and saw Michael with Orihime, Kenji, and Katie.
"Michael, Mrs. Kurosaki, Kenji, Katie? What's going on?" Sai said.
"I woke up and ended up here myself." Michael said.
"I'm sorry for this being so sudden. It's just that we had to bring you here because we might need your help." Orihime said.
"Our help, with what? Does this have something to do with what's going on with these creatures?" Sai asked.
"Oh good, you're both awake." They heard the door open and Kisuke entered the room.
"Who are you?" Sai said.
"His name is Kisuke Urahara." Orihime said.
"That's me. I was the one that brought you all here." Kisuke said. "Kalia is going to need the help from both of you. Maybe not today, but I have a feeling she's going to in the future."
"Kalia?" Michael said.
"What's going on?" Sai said.
"I'll explain on the way. We don't want to miss the show." Kisuke said. Sai and Michael weren't sure if they could trust him, but he seemed to know what was going on. They also noticed that Orihime trusted him and if Kalia's mother could, they should as well.
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Kalia
Kalia and Ryo were following the hollows. For reasons they didn't know, the hollows were gathering together and some sort opening was forming in the sky.
"Ryo, do you have a clue on what's going on?" Kalia said.
"I have a couple theories. I just hope that I'm wrong." Ryo said. "We've got to stop the hollows from gathering together. The more that gather, the bigger that opening seems to get."
"I'm on it." Kalia said. She saw where there were so many hollows. "Get the hell out of my town!" Kalia started slashing as many as she could, but it felt like she wasn't getting anywhere. "Who else wants some?" All of them were gathering around her and she didn't know how she was going to get out of this.
"Jinta Homerun!" Jinta came out of nowhere and started beating all of the hollows. Multiple blasts were shot and destroyed the hollows. Tessai even pulled a hollow apart with his bare hands.
"Don't worry, Kalia. We'll take care of things here." Kalia saw Kisuke and his small crew.
"Who the hell are you people?" Kalia said.
"It's okay." Ryo said. "His name is Kisuke Urahara. He's been helpful to many soul reapers, we can trust him."
"If you say so." Kalia said.
"Listen, we've got things under control here. You might want to handle the big one." Kisuke said.
"Big one, what big one?" Kalia said.
"The big one coming out of the sky." Kisuke said as he pointed at the opening. Kalia and Ryo looked at it and saw something was coming out.
"What is that?" Kalia said. She saw a giant hollow with a big nose and black cloak come out of the opening. It was as tall as a skyscraper.
"Menos Grande!" Ryo said.
"You know who that is?" Kalia said.
"Not a who, a kind. It's a hollow type known as Menos." Ryo said.
"Menos?" Kalia said.
"That's the name of the type of hollow that thing is. They say Menos Grande are hundreds of hollows brought together." Ryo said. "Menos are hollows that are more powerful than the hollows you've fought. There are three levels of Menos. Gillians, Adjuchas, and Vasto Lorde."
"Vasto Lorde? That's what Drasaki said he was." Kalia said.
"Vasto Lorde are the strongest levels of hollows and Menos and Gillians are the lowest. All Gillians are Menos Grande, but I can't imagine why that would one be here." Ryo said. "This is the first time I've ever seen one."
"You're kidding me. Drasaki is a Vasto Lorde, but he's an ant compare to that thing in size." Kalia said. She got discouraged a little based on the size, but it felt a little better knowing that it was much weaker than Drasaki.
"You might want to get moving because that big guy is going to wreck the whole place." Kisuke said.
"But how is Kalia suppose to defeat that thing?" Ryo said.
"He's still a hollow. I'll just beat it down like any other hollow." Kalia said and went to fight it.
"Wait!" Ryo said and went after her. Menos Grande was moving through the city and Kalia's family with Michael and Sai were watching the whole thing from a high rise.
"That thing is enormous!" Sai said.
"Mommy, are we going to be okay? I'm getting a little scared." Katie said.
"Everything will be okay. Kalia is going to handle everything." Orihime said.
"Shouldn't we do something?" Sai said.
"Mr. Urahara told us to wait here. We'll just have to see what Kalia can do." Michael said. Kalia kept following Menos Grande and was able to catch up. She jumped up and grabbed onto its foot.
"No way extremely tall, dark, and ugly. You're not going anywhere." Kalia said and started climbing. "If I can just reach the mask, this will be much easier." Menos Grande raised its leg and when it brought down, Kalia was thrown off and hit her back against the ground.
"Kalia, are you alright?" Ryo said.
"I'll be having back pain for the next few days." Kalia said as she tried to stand.
"What were you trying to do?" Ryo said.
"I was trying to reach the mask. He's like any other hollow, right? If I can strike the mask, that guy will go down." Kalia said.
"That might be true, but how are you suppose to reach something that high up? You would need a series of ladders to reach that high." Ryo said. Kalia was trying to think of something, but she spotted something that might help. Menos Grande was the same height as some buildings.
"That's it!" Kalia said. She got back up and made large leaps to try and get ahead of Menos Grande.
"What are you going to do?" Ryo said, but she didn't stop to answer. Kalia managed to get ahead of Menos Grande and entered a building.
"No time to wait for the elevator." Kalia said and went straight for the stairs. She had to get up to the top before Menos Grande could pass the building. Kalia busted through the door on the roof and made it right when Menos Grande did. "Over here!" Menos Grande spotted her. It opened his mouth and was charging up an energy blast.
"What's going on?" Sai said.
"Kalia's at the top of that building, but what is that hollow doing?" Michael said.
"Oh no. It's powering up a cero." Ryo said and raised his voice as loud as he could. "Kalia, get out of there! If you're hit by that, you'll be blown to bits!"
"There's no time." Kalia said. Menos Grande fired the cero, but Kalia couldn't let herself get hit by that. She held up her zanpakuto and tried to block it. Kalia was able to hold her ground against it, but it held a lot of power.
"Is she insane? There's no way she will be able to block it." Ryo said. Kalia was starting to get pushed back, but she can't let herself be beaten by this thing. Kalia tried to push back, but wasn't getting anywhere. That still wasn't going to stop her. She didn't care how big her enemy was or how powerful they were. She won't let herself be beaten like this.
"AAAAAAAWWWWWWW!" Kalia screamed and the cero was turning from red to blue.
"What's happening now?" Kenji said.
"I don't know." Orihime said.
"It can't be. Is she turning the spirit energy in the cero to her own?" Ryo said. The cero changed color and broke through it while still having some strong energy. Kalia ran right at Menos Grande and jumped up. She raised her sword and swung it down as tons of spirit energy was released that it actually cut Menos Grande in half.
"Now that was impressive." Kisuke said as he saw what happened. "She was able to pour her own spirit energy into the cero to make it easier to break through it. She had no control over how she did it, but she must hold tons of it in order to do that and slice Menos Grande all the way down." Menos Grande was dispersing into nothing, but Kalia used a lot of energy and was plummeting right to the ground.
"Kalia!" Ryo shouted as he ran towards her. He jumped up and managed to catch her to soften the blow as they slid against the ground. "Are you alright?"
"I think so." Kalia said. They still weren't aware that Kalia's family and friends were watching the whole time.
"Oh man, why does Ryo get to hold her in his arms?" Sai complained.
"Can't have everything your way. You've also been asking a lot of questions today." Michael said.
"Our sister is so cool." Kenji said.
"Was Daddy as great as that?" Katie asked.
"Yes. Kalia is becoming so much like her father. I'm so proud of her." Orihime said as she held her heart that was filled with pride towards her daughter. Even, Kisuke's friend saw what happened. He didn't show it on his face, but he was amazed that someone as inexperienced as Kalia was able to defeat a Menos Grande.
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Hueco Mundo
Drasaki was in his home world, Hueco Mundo, and he knew what happened to the army of hollows and the Menos Grande.
"It happened just as you said it would. She was able to defeat a Menos Grande." Drasaki said. He was talking to someone standing on a ridge with his back to the moon.
"Yes. She's progressing better than I thought."
"She holds tons of spirit energy, but there's something strange about it." Drasaki said. "Is there anything else you would like?"
"No. You've helped me well, Drasaki. You're services are no longer required."
"Are you at least going to tell me what you were after?" Drasaki said. "You practically forced me to send hollows that weren't even Menos to the world of the living. Then, you had me go myself to face her. Now this. What is it about this girl that you want?"
"I don't see why I need to explain myself to someone who I no longer need assistance from. She did well against the hollows, but I wonder how she'll do against the soul reapers. After something like this, the Thirteen Court Guard Squads are bound to notice her now." The strange man stepped off the ridge and just vanished, but Drasaki wasn't going to let things for him end here.
"I don't know what you're planning to do with Kalia Kurosaki, but it won't happen when I get my hands on her." Drasaki said. "In my present form, I'm not sure if I'll be able to claim this special spirit energy of hers. I'll have to take things to the next level." One mysterious foe and a dangerous hollow are both after Kalia. She's got future battles coming her way.
To Be Continued….
