CH. 12

Date: August 19th

Time: 7:35 PM

Location: Karakura stadium

In front of the stadium was Seinaru and Rin waiting for the rest of the group to arrive and enjoy the music. Seinaru was getting a little bit impatient at the moment.

"They better get here soon since the line is getting really long." said Seinaru "How long have we been waiting out here for anyway?"

Rin then looked at his watch and said "We've been standing here for 35 minutes." Rin was also getting impatient "We were supposed to meet in front of the stadium at 7, why are they taking so long?"

"I don't know, this is rare for Selena to be late to these sort of things and Tiana's usually earlier than me when arriving at places. And Matt likes to arrive fashionably late but not this late." said Seinaru. He then saw someone he recognized in the huge crowd of people. "Hey, I think I see Matt!" Just as Seinaru said that, Matt came over to Seinaru and Rin. Matt is also the same age as Seinaru and Rin. Matt has dark brown, short, wavy, hair, purple eyes, and a narrow face that looked pretty good. Matt was also really tall, somewhere around 6 FT and 4 inches tall. Seinaru's height is 6 FT, 1 inch and Rin's height is 5 FT 11 inches. Matt was also a slim lean built teen.

"About time you got here." shouted Seinaru. Matt ran up to Seinaru and Rin and greeted his friends.

"Sorry I'm late." said Matt. "I had to do something for my older brother and he really needed the help." Matt then looked at Rin and then back to Seinaru and asked "Is anyone else going to be here with us tonight?"

"Yeah, Selena's gonna be here along with someone else new named Tiana who moved here a little over 3 weeks ago." said Seinaru

"Oh yeah," began Matt "Rin told me about her and it sounded like she was excited to go." Matt then took out his phone and checked the time.

Time: 7:42

"Well Selena and Tiana better get here soon because the concert is gonna start soon." said Matt "Ironically, Selena is one of the last people to show up in our group. Usually she's always here right on time on when we meet at specific places for certain activities."

"Hey everyone." said a girl's voice. Seinaru, Rin, and Matt turned around themselves and saw Selena along with Tiana behind her. "We're so sorry we're really late. We lost track of time while were hanging out together."

"We at least made it Selena." said Tiana "Let's get this show on the road."

"Alright" began Seinaru "Let's go inside and listen to some good music. You've got the tickets Rin?"

"Right here." Rin showed 5 tickets in his hand and gave a ticket to each of the members of the group. They finally got in the long line of people and surprisingly didn't have to wait that long to get in. Once Seinaru, Rin, Matt, Selena, and Tiana entered the stadium, they were immediately greeted by a huge crowd of people wanting the concert to start. As Seinaru squirmed his way through the crowd, he felt a small poke on his right side. He looked and saw Tiana handing Seinaru a folded piece of paper. After Seinaru took the paper, Tiana then acted like she didn't do anything a second ago. Seinaru then slowed himself down on purpose so that none of his friends could see the note Seinaru was about to read. He opened the paper and began reading.

Seinaru

When searching for the hollow from yesterday, I want you to do nothing for now. I know it sounds confusing and something I wouldn't ever recommend but just trust me on this. You'll see what I mean later. But for now, enjoy the concert as much as you can. I know I will.

From Tiana

"This better be for a good reason or I'm gonna question your battle strategies from now on." said Seinaru in his mind. "Since when did Tiana order me to do nothing? This is something Tiana would not suggest unless it was for a good reason. That's how she is. Even though I've only known Tiana for 3 weeks, I know that Tiana never does things like this unless it's for a good reason." Seinaru then folded up the paper and put it in his pocket. He then caught up with the group and acted like everything was all right. Then Aqua-Timez entered the stage. Everyone was cheering and was eager to listen to some music. They started out by playing Velonica. While the music was going on, Seinaru saw that Tiana was cheering for Aqua-Timez.

"Well I'm glad she's enjoying herself." said Seinaru in his mind. Selena and Rin were also excited to listen to Aqua-Timez live. Matt was standing and smiling while he was watching the group.

"Matt never really was the type who would show his excitement by cheering. He always showed his excitement by grinning like that." Seinaru was also the same way. It's rare for Seinaru to jump up and down like a kid when he gets excited over something. Seinaru also grins big when excited over something.

A FEW SONGS LATER

Seinaru kept on looking at Tiana giving her a face that meant "Is it time yet?" And then resulted in Tiana giving a face to Seinaru in response saying "Not yet, be patient." Whenever this happened Seinaru just went back to enjoying the concert.

"I should just relax and enjoy the concert." said Seinaru in his mind. "Tiana knows what she's doing just leave it at that until the time comes and then I'll take care of the hollow." Seinaru's feeling of relaxation however didn't last for very long after that last thought. Seinaru then felt a hollow nearby and looked behind him and saw a hollow sitting on the edge of the stadium. Seinaru was just about to run to the hollow but he felt someone grab his arm. Seinaru looked behind him and saw that Tiana stopped him from going anywhere.

"What are you doing?" asked a confused Seinaru "That's the hollow we were looking for right?"

Tiana just smiled when she answered the question and said "That hollow is just listening to the music."

"What?" asked a confused Seinaru. He then looked back to the hollow and saw that it hasn't moved from the top of the stadium at all. "What the hell? Why is that hollow not doing anything?" asked a confused Seinaru.

"Truth is I don't know either, but I think that hollow has precious memeries here while it was alive." said Tiana "I'm surprised that this hollow has a strong will

"What do you mean by, while it was alive?" asked Seinaru

'Oh yeah, I haven't told you about that yet." said Tiana. "All hollows were once normal people alive sometime in their past." When Seinaru heard that, he became a little freaked out.

"So I've been killing people then." said an angered Seinaru. Tiana noticed this and had to explain it to Seinaru what he's been doing.

'Soul reapers aren't killing hollows completely." said Tiana. "We're just freeing the soul that's been taken over by a hollow and sending them off to the soul society. The zan-pact-to that soul reapers wash away the crimes souls have committed as hollows and helps them pass on in peace. To put it simply, you're just saving souls from pain and suffering."

Seinaru was relieved when he heard that he's actually in truth saving souls. But Seinaru was still confused on how souls become hollows.

"Alright I'll explain that part as well." said Tiana "As I said before human souls eventually become hollows but that happens when the chain on a soul's chest is gone."

"Now that I think about it, I remember every single soul I've seen before having a chain on their chests." said Seinaru "I've always wondered about that."

"The chain on their chests is called a soul chain." said Tiana. "That shows that they are dead. But as time goes on, the chain gets smaller and smaller. When it reaches the souls chests, a hole forms where their heart is. When that happens, the soul also known as something called a whole becomes a hollow. The hole in hollow's chest represents the emptiness and pain a hollow has. Hollows try to fill up their emptiness by eating human souls endlessly. But they never fill up the emptiness they have. So soul reapers come in and exorcise the hollow and freeing the soul from pain to the soul society."

"Well that's good to know. I'm glad of that." said Seinaru. He then looked over to the hollow who was still sitting there listening to the music. "Should I go exorcise that hollow then? I think it's better if I destroy it now before it causes any trouble to anyone."

"Yeah that sounds like a good idea. Normally I would wait a little bit longer but, it's better to be cautious rather than risk it." said Tiana. Seinaru and Tiana then told Rin, Matt, and Selena that they had to use the restroom. After Seinaru and Tiana found a place where no one could see them, Tiana turned Seianru into a soul reaper. Seinaru then ran to the hollow that was still on top of the edge of the stadium. Seinaru was hoping to end it in one shot with a sneak attack, but the hollow saw Seinaru and went from calm just listening to the music to a wild and vicious nature a hollow usually has. The hollow looked like a human type hollow with a shark like face. The hollow attacked Seinaru but managed to block the attack with his sword. The hollow managed to push Seinaru off of the stadium and were falling to the ground. When they made impact with the ground a loud noise was heard but no one heard it except for Tiana and one other person who Seinaru and Tiana would never expect to hear it.

BOOOOOOOM

"Huh? What was that loud crash I just heard?" asked Selena who wondered what she just heard.

"What crash?" asked Matt "I didn't hear anything like that."

"Same here." said Rin "Did you maybe just imagine it?"

"No I'm positive that I heard a loud crash just a second ago." said Selena. "I didn't imagine it." Selena then thought about it for a second and said "I'm gonna go check it out." Selena then left the giant crowd of people and was just about to leave the stadium but heard some footsteps behind her. Selena looked behind and saw Rin and Matt following Selena.

"The concert is about to end soon, so we thought it would be a good idea to leave before it gets too crowded." said Matt.

"Plus the last song was something we've already heard of before." said Rin.

"They're just trying to find an excuse to come with me and not leave me by myself." said Selena in her head. "Oh well, it means that they care. Thanks guys." The three friends then exited the stadium and split up to look for where the loud crash came from.

Selena didn't have to look for very long though. She saw the humanoid shark like hollow that Seinaru found earlier.

"W-W-What is that?" asked a scared stiff Selena. "I've got to get out of here." before Selena could take even a step away, Selena became even more wide eyed when she saw Seinaru himself battling the hollow. "Seinaru?" Selena managed to whisper. Selena watched the battle between Seinaru and the hollow take place. "Is that really Seinaru? What is he doing?" After Selena asked that in mind Seinaru sliced the hollow in half vertically and the hollow slowly disappeared. As Seinaru watched the hollow disappear, he saw a human soul in the middle of the evaporating hollow. Seinaru saw that the soul was a teenegae boy that looked slightly younger than him. Seinaru also saw that the boy was smiling as he was disappearing. This caused Seianru to smile while watching the teenage boy disappear. Seinaru then left when the hollow completely disappeared. Selena tried to follow Seinaru but lost him after the first corner. Selena then stood there after she lost Seinaru.

"Seinaru, just what was that you were doing just now?" asked Selena in her head. "Should I ask him that? I don't know." Selena then jumped a little bit when all of a sudden a hand touched her shoulder. Selena looked behind her and saw Seinaru, Rin, Matt, and Tiana.

"There you are." said Rin. "Where were you?"

"Are you alright?" asked Seinaru "You look a little pale."

"Yeah I was just surprised that you came behind me all of a sudden." said Selena

"Sorry about that." said Seinaru

"Did you find anything Selena?" asked Rin

"Find what?" asked Tiana.

"We'll explain later." said Matt. The five friends then headed out to home since the concert was over. A little bit of time has passed and Rin, Matt, and Tiana already left. Seinaru was walking Selena home and Selena was surprisingly silent.

"Are you tired?" asked Seinaru "You're awfully silent this evening."

"Yeah, I'm just eager to go to sleep is all." said Selena. Seinaru and Selena then arrived in front of Selena's house.

"If there was ever a good time to ask about what happened earlier, now is a good time." said Selena in her head.

"Alright then, seeya tomorrow." said Seinaru. He then walked a few feet and then heard Selena calling his name.

"Seinaru!" said Selena. Seinaru looked at Selena wondering what she was going to say to him. Selena was just about to ask Seinaru what she saw earlier but instead, she said something else. "Thanks for walking me home."

"No problem." said Seinaru. "Have a nice night." Seinaru then continued walking away to his house. Selena watched Seinaru walk until he left Selena's field of vision. Selena then walked inside of her house and into her room.

"It was probably best if I didn't ask Seinaru about earlier." said Selena in her mind. "Seinaru's not the type of guy who would not keep things from his friends unless it was for a good reason. I'll let Seinaru decide on when he should tell us on what's going on. But for now, I should keep silent about this. Seinaru obviously doesn't want anyone else to know about it. It was strange though, when I saw Seinaru I think he was emanating an energy that felt really warm. It was like he's an even better person for doing something like that. Oh well, I probably should stop thinking about it for now. It will keep me up all night." Selena then got ready for bed and then got under the sheet covers of her bed. Selena fell asleep after this last thought.

"Good night Seinaru. I hope you continue on what you were doing helping people." After that last thought, Selena fell asleep with a smile on her face.


And that's that of chapter 12. I hope everyone likes it. As promised, I managed to upload chapter 12 on the 4th of July. So that's awesome. Also before I leave I just wanna give you all a heads up about the next chapter.

1. A character from the original Bleach is gonna be in the next chapter or two. You'll all be surprised on who it's gonna be.

2. Possibly the 13th chapter will be delayed for a few days I don't know for sure. Most likely not but I just thought I'd let you know.

Anyway, please review my Bleach story so I know what you all think of this story so far and this is the one and only Holy Writer signing out HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY EVERYONE.