As you guys know, Bleach's story line and characters belong to Tite Kubo. Other characters belong to me. And the title, of course belongs to My Chemical Romace from their album, The Black Parade


Chapter 12: The Match Starts and Chad Rises

Staring at one another was what we were doing right now and it was in silence. "Okay, now got ahead and explain the rules of this match." Ichigo stated since we were waiting for quite awhile. Ishida then made an arm gesture, moving his right hand towards his shirt pocket. 'What the hell is that in his hand?' "Let's use this." He said, indicating to the tablet-looking object. "What's that?" Ichigo asked the question that was lingering in my head. "It's an anti-Hollow bait. If you break it and scatter it around, Hollows will gather." Ishida explained. "What?!" I stated; anger was starting to be noticed in my voice. "The one who beats the most Hollows in 24 hours is the winner. How about it? Simple rules, right?"

"Screw you! You want to put the townspeople in danger just for our match?! Who the hell do you think you are?!" Ichigo yelled. "Have you gone insane, Ishida?! Lives are in stake if you break that stupid thing!" I screamed. "Shut up, you pompous bastards." "I'll show you a bastard!" I was about to run towards him, wanting to beat the living hell out of him, but I was pulled back by Ichigo. "Let me at him! Let me at him!" "Calm down Tsukiko." Ichigo held me back, as Ishida ignored my little comment and continued. "You don't have to worry about the other people. I'll destroy every last Hollow that shows up." I began growling at him. 'Overconfident jackass!' "If you have confidence that you can protect the people from Hollows, then you should be able to accept this challenge." And with that, he broke it.

Bait was now floating in the air. Moving along with the wind as it spread all over Karakura town. "I have a really bad feeling about this Ichigo. And my feelings are normally correct." "Don't worry Tsukiko. It'll be alright." Ichigo tried to comfort me, but it wasn't working as much as I wanted it to. I began to hear cracking sounds all over me. It kept on getting louder and louder. Kon and Luna were looking around, trying to figure out where the first Hollow would appear. I searched as well, preparing myself and Kuro Maho for any attack. I heard Ichigo gasp and look towards where he was looking at. A black hole was opening up, and just then, a Hollow began to come out. In an instant, Ishida shot out an arrow and destroyed the Hollow. "One down" was all that Ishida said.

Ichigo then sprung towards Ishida, grabbed him by the front of his shirt and knocked him down towards the ground. I ran after Ichigo and stood behind him. Boy was Ichigo pissed as hell. "You should see your face, Kurosaki Ichigo." "Undo it!" Ichigo demanded. "Send the Hollows back Ishida!" I screamed. Ishida ignored the pleas and said, "Soon this town will be buried in Hollows lured by the bait. The die has been cast, as it were. Isn't there something else you should be doing instead of attacking me?" I saw Ichigo's grip on Ishida shaking. He then released him and stood up. "If you want to protect as many people as possible from the Hollows, that is."

By now, both boys were standing up and Ishida began to walk past Ichigo and myself, but he stopped when Ichigo spoke. "You bastard..." "Have you forgotten? Hollows have a tendency to prefer attacking humans with high spiritual power." Ishida said. Then suddenly, Ichigo gasped and I know why too. 'Karin...Yuzu.' "Yuzu! Karin! Damn it!" Ichigo then ran off to where his sisters could possibly be at. "Ichigo!" I screamed. "Hey wait, Ichigo!" Kon yelled and ran after him. "So you haven't realized after all. Of the people close to you, your family aren't the only ones with high spiritual power." Ishida said. "Luna, I want you to and roam around to make sure nothing bad happens to anyone. After that, find Kon and stick with him." "Right!" Luna ran off and now I stood face to face with Ishida. "I hope you know what you are doing Ishida because if something goes wrong in the end, I will hunt you down and kill you." I told him and then ran off.

"Don't worry. I'll defeat them all. And you will both see how weak you are, here on the banks of the Rubicon. I hate Shinigamis."

No Ones POV, Karakura High School

Tatsuki was hanging against a wall, drinking water to cool off from Kendo practice, when suddenly..."It's true. You're the cutest, Mikarin." "Can I really trust you, Yoshirin?" "Of course. After all..." "What? But here, someone might see us." "Jesus...It's too freakin' early for petting!" Tatsuki said annoyed about the ghost couple that was walking past her and that was now currently in front of her. "Damn ghosts..." "Don't worry, no one's watching. Miakrin!" "Yoshirin!" Tatsuki just looked down as the ghosts kissed. "Hey Arisawa! Break's over! Arisawa!" Someone yelled towards Tatsuki. "Got it!" She yelled back. She began to walk back when another voice had stopped her. "Tatsuki-chan." Tatsuki turned around and there stood Orihime. "Orihime?" "Got a...minute?" Orihime asked.

'That's right, the day I went to hang out at Orihime's place...I have almost no memories from that day. Just, that it was extremely painful and...that I thought I saw someone resembling Kuchiki-san. At first, I thought it had been a dream, but...the next day when I told Orihime about it, she'd had exactly the same dream, and ever since that day, I...have started to see strange things.' Tatsuki thought to herself.

"Tatsuki-chan." As Orihime barely said that, a ghost was now in front of Tatsuki, annoying the hell out of her. "Hey, Tatsuki-chan." Orihime tried getting her attention, but the ghost said to Tatsuki, "Hi there." By now, the ghost was being annoying and stick down his eye lid and turned around to show his butt to Tatsuki asking if she liked his butt. Tatsuki got pissed, began to swat towards the ghost and screamed, "Damn it, quit bugging me!" "Tatsuki-chan?!" Orihime was now frightened. "Oh, sorry. What was it?" "Well you know, it's not a big deal, but..." A large crash was now heard. Students that were still there began to wonder what the noise was. Someone yelled out, "A first floor window just shattered!" Then someone asked if someone had gotten hurt. "I wonder what happened. Let's go see, Orihime." Tatsuki said. "Y-Yeah." The two girls began to run towards where the broken windows were at. But suddenly, Orihime stopped. She looked towards the sky and heard a cracking sound.

Karakura Park

Kids were screaming as they waited for Kurosaki Karin to kick the soccer ball. Karin ran towards the ball and was about to kick it when she suddenly stopped. "Hey Kurosaki, hurry up and kick it!" One kid yelled as he was waiting eagerly for the ball. "What the heck?" Another said. Karin just remained quiet and looked at the sky as well.

Ichigo's POV

I ran towards Karin's and Yuzu's school, hoping to find them there. It was empty outside and then there was a scream. A Hollow scream. Above the sky, a small black hole materialized and out came a Hollow. It flew towards me and once it was near, I sliced it straight through the middle of his face with my Zanpakutou. "Third one." I stood up straight and looked at the clock. "It's that late? She must've gone to play somewhere. Where...Damn it."

Ishida's POV

Arrow after arrow, I kept on shooting at those damn Hollows. "Seven. Eight. Nine." I shot two more arrows that headed directly towards their targets. "Ten. Eleven." I looked towards the sky and saw what appeared to be a large black rip in the sky.

Tsukiko's POV

"Four!" I yelled as I sliced through another Hollow. I was roaming around town, trying not to cause any destruction while I was there. I saw a Hollow flying past towards some building. I jumped to reach the Hollow and once I managed to come face to face, I stabbed it and the Hollow screamed as it disintegrated. "Five." 'Ichigo, you better save your sisters somehow or I am going to kill you. And you better take care of yourself or I'll kill you, bring you back from the dead, just to kill you again. I am so glad that Hitomi had to leave Karakura town today with her family. I would have been extremely worried.' I kept on running, attacking any Hollow that was in my way. "Six!"

No One's POV, Urahara Shoten

"What's wrong, Urahara?" Rukia asked. Suddenly, her cell phone went off. "Damn, a Hollow? At a time like this...Sorry, Urahara. We'll continue later." Suddenly, the ringing stopped, indicating that the Hollow was purified and sent to Soul Society. "The signal already disappeared..." Urahara sat there, looking intently knowing what was going on. "Ah. That Ichigo and Tsukiko. Most impressive." Again, another ringing and then it left. "It disappeared again...What's going on? Don't tell me it really is broke." Rukia said as she examined her phone to check that it wasn't damaged in any shape or form. It rang again. "Again? I-It's practically i-impossible for Hollows to appear at this rate!" Panic now appeared on Rukia's face as she saw on her phone that there were various amounts or Hollows appearing. Rukia then heard a Hollow scream and she ran out of the Shoten. Up in the sky, a crack appeared. "What is... this wildly chaotic spirit pulse? Just what...is about to happen?"

With Ichigo

Ichigo was still running, searching for his sisters when three Hollows appeared before him. All the Hollows were the exact same height as one another, and they were tall! The first one that went to attack had a pig like mask and attack Ichigo. Luckily for Ichigo, he had pulled out his Zanpakutou just in time to block the onslaught. As he pushed back to be able to attack, he managed to cut of the pig-headed Hollow. "Come one!" Ichigo screamed as he ran and sliced the Hollow in half. He kept on running and attacked the next Hollow. Ichigo sliced upwards and jumped on top of the Hollows head to attack the last Hollow. Ichigo struck his blade right on top of the Hollows mask and he jumped back down. He placed his Zanpakutou back in it's sheathe and ran off again. 'Where is she?'

With Ishida

Ishida was still in the same spot as he stood, looking towards the sky. Another Hollows scream was heard and Ishida prepared his bow and shot an arrow. There goes another Hollow.

Somewhere in Karakura streets

Chad was looking at the sky, knowing that there was sometime wrong. "Hurry up, Chad! If we're late, lunchtime will be over! I'll make you pay the difference!" Chad's blonde friend said. This surely caught Chad's attention, not wanting to pay more than he has to already. "That's a problem." "That's right. It is a problem. If you got it, then come on already!" Chad began to catch up with them, when he heard a rumbling noise. He looked towards the sky and thought to himself, 'I've got a bad feeling. This feeling...is familiar...' Suddenly, Chad got kicked right on his head, thanks to his blonde friend. The blonde feel backwards as Chas rubbed his head. "Get a move on, damn it! I have to string meals together with just minimum wage! My life's on the line here! I'm not a carefree student like you who gets to eat just by being alive!" The blonde complained. "Sorry." Chad said. "'I risk my life for a bowl of food'! Okay, repeat!" "I-I risk my life for a bowl of food." Chad repeated. "If you got it, let's go. Don't buy meals unless it's a bargain. Consider expiration dates a suggestion. Okay, r-"

Then, there was a crash and it was right behind Chad. Both of Chad's friends fell towards the ground. "What happened? Was it a gas explosion?" The one with the blue cap questioned. Dust began to settle when Chad saw the large hole in the ground. 'What? Just that area looks...' "Hey, Chad. You okay?" The blonde asked looking scared and a bit worried. "Anyway, let's get outta here." Blue cap said. Chad just pushed the two guys to the sides and jumped himself towards his left. "Shigeo! Harutoki! Run aw-" And that's when the Hollow looked right at Chad, and Chad noticed this. He dodged a punch that was thrown at him. Glass broke from the punch that the Hollow had given the windows from trying to hit Chad. 'It's after me? I see. In that case...' And with that, Chad ran. "Chad, where are you going?"

'I don't know what that big thing is, but if it's after me, the deal is simple. I'll just run...to somewhere with no one to get caught in the fray.'

Karakura Park

"Run!" A kid yelled, but got hit right in the face with the soccer ball. His nose had begun to bleed and he fell to the ground. "Sorry." Karin said, since she was the one who had kicked the ball. "Kurosaki!" The kid with the afro said. "What's with you today? Spacing out and kicking randomly..." asked the one who wore glasses. "You wanna play or what?!" The one with blonde and black hair asked in an annoyed tone. Karin gave all the boys a look and they back away in fear. "W-W-What? You wanna fight?" Afro kid stuttered out. "Fine, bring it on. Today, we'll finally..." The blonde/black haired boy said. "Sorry, I'm gonna call it a day." Karin told the boys and then walked away. The boys at first were confused but then the afro kid said, "H-Hey, wait! Kurosaki!" As Karin walked away she thought, 'Today's a lost cause. That weird air's been distracting me so I can't concentrate on soccer. I'm just gonna take an early bath and go to bed.'

Karin stopped and looked in front of her. There stood Chad, breathing heavily from all the running that he had done. "Hey, you're Ichi's friend...the parakeet dude." Chad then looked up and said, "Ichigo's sister..." "What's a grown up like you doing here by hims-" Chad grabbed her before she was able to finish her question and jumped away to dodge the Hollow. Karin looked over Chad's shoulder once she was on the ground and saw it. "W-What is that..." Dust rose from everywhere and there in front of both Chad and Karin stood the Hollow. 'It's stopped moving. Is it checking us out? Or maybe...Damn, if I could just see it a little more clearly.' "It's back." Karin muttered. Chad looked at her in shock. "What is it? What the heck is that?" "You...can see that thing?" Chad asked her. "Can I see it? What're you talking about? I see it too clearly." Karin was now frightened. "You..." "Old dude, behind you!" Karin screamed to warn Chad, who was about to get hit by the Hollow. Chad ran towards Karin, grabbed her, and jumped once again. He slid in the ground to try to stop and once he did, he looked back to where the Hollow was.

"It's gone? Where did it go?" Chad questioned. "Where're you looking, old dude?! The right, run away!" Karin was pointing towards the right and moving Chad's head towards the same direction. Another punch and like before, Chad dodged it with ease. He ran as Karin asked him as she was on his back, "Hey, don't tell me you can't see that thing?" "I can see it a little." Was Chad's response. "In other words, you almost can't see it al all." She rephrased his previous statement. "No other choice. Hold on to me. I'll see it for you." She told him. "Wha? U-Unacceptable!" Chad protested. "It is acceptable. Let me do it. This isn't my first time seeing a monster like that." She argued back. Then she said, "I've been wondering...for a long time...how those things are related to Ichi!" "Ichigo?" Chad asked. "Left side, dodge!" Karin commanded. Chad did what she had told him to do. By now, Chad was able to see the Hollows arm. And with that ability, he punched it.

The Hollow screamed in pain. It tried to grab them, but Karin screamed "RIGHT!" However, Chad didn't have enough time to dodge. He covered Karin and took the hit, being sent flying towards the left. They were both on the ground and blood was making its way down Chad's face. "Dude, are you okay?" She asked worried. "Dude!" Karin got off of Chad's hold and tried to wake him up. "Dude!" "Kurosaki!" She heard one of her friends yell. She turned around and all four boys ran up to her. "What happened?" The one in the red shirt asked. "Who's that blood-soaked old dude?" Afro kid asked. "Did you fight with him? You beat him?" Glasses boy wondered. "You dummies! Keep away! Go away!" Karin screamed at them. "What's with the attitude!?" Yelled the red shirt kid. "We were worried about you." The afro boy told her. "You're always like that!" The boy with blonde and black hair told her. Behind the boys, the Hollow appeared and Karin noticed. "Kurosaki's just like the other girls after all." One of them said. "Fickle and mean."

Karin jumped towards the boys and pushed the one with the red shirt down. By that time, Chad was gaining conscious and then he heard a voice in his head saying, "Did you hit someone again, Yasutora? What's the point of hitting? Hurting those how hurt you, and what is left? Yatsutora, you're strong. You're big. You're beautiful. You were born with just about all the things people ask the gods. The things that aren't, can be suppressed. I don't know about the rest, but that's how this world's set up. But Yatsutora, you be gentle. The reason that big, strong fist of yours exists...know that first." 'I know abuelo (grandfather), that the reason my fist is big is not to hurt, that the reason my body is big is to protect.'

By now, Chad stood up and was able to see the Hollow. All the boys ran off. 'I know it all. I know all of it. So...So, just a little...' By now the Hollow was coming towards Chad and about to attack, when Chad got his right fist ready to attack to protect. '...give me strength.' Chad screamed and then gave a mighty punch. A bright light appeared where both had attacked one another. The Hollow screamed and fell back. Well, thrown back is a better term. Karin had a shocked look on her face when she saw how far the Hollow was sent flying back. Dust began to disappear and there stood Chad. His right arm was now covered with a black, scarlet, and white colored armor.

"What is with that arm?" Karin questioned, never having seen something like it. The Hollow had gotten back up and was now missing its left arm. It screamed in anger and Chad got ready to fight once again. Chad ran towards the Hollow as Karin screamed to him. "Dude!!" The Hollow, with his right arm, was launching an attack. Chad did an uppercut with his right arm and hit the Hollow straight on. A large flash of bright light appeared and in the end, the Hollow disintegrated and was finally gone. "Old dude, is your arm...alright?" Karin asked as she ran and then stopped. Chad turned around and gave her a thumb up. The look on Karin's face was priceless. 'Oh, my God! How dorky! Couldn't he use something else...' As Chad began to put his arm down, he too fell with it towards the ground. "DUDE!" Karin screamed.

'I don't understand...' Chad thought, '...the armor that suddenly appeared on my right arm...the unbelievable thing that came out of it...the monster I was suddenly able to see clearly...I don't understand...any of it. Except...'

"Are you hurt, Ichigo's sister?" Chad asked Karin as she now stood next to him. "Stupid ass, you're the only one who's hurt." Karin smiled as tears were now glistening in her eyes. "Oh. That's good." Chad responded. A foot suddenly hit Chad's head with such a force. "NO, it ain't good!" Karin screamed at him. Chad held his head feeling some of the pain from the kick. "What's so good that only you got hurt?! If anyone at all gets hurt, that's already NOT good! That kind of thinking is just a show-off's logic! On that point, you're just like Ichi! I can't take it! You just wait! I'm gonna call my dad and have him treat you! Don't move from there, old dude!" Karin screamed and then ran off to call her father. 'Ichigo's sister, eh? She's just like Ichigo...in the way she kicks.'

Karakura High School

Orihime was looking at the sky they cleaned up the broken pieces of glass. Chizuru was helping Tatsuki by sweeping the fragments into a dust pan. Orihime was looking at one specific direction, feeling as if something was there, in which...there was.