( Hello, Hi. So, i've only ever written once or twice and am still rather inexperienced, As such please don't expect much of me. I'll try my best to make it entertaining though.)
In a world full of death where the strong consume the weak. A world with no sun Only an endless moon forever adrift in the dark sky looking down upon an endless plain of white sand. So harsh and unwelcoming that even the trees if you could call them that looked like quartz.
This place known as Hueco Mundo. The home of the Hollow's. A race of creatures that live for the sake of consumption. Living for the sake of eating one another and anything else they can find to increase their power. It's commonplace for these creatures to fight to the death. Victor eating the loser.
And in doing so they grow in power. Many even venture out of this endless plain through a portal known as a Garganta which allows them to pass through the plain into the world of the living. Once there they eat as many souls as they can. Before inevitably being cut down by what are commonly known as Shinigami.
Or Soul Reaper. Another race born for the sake of protecting the souls of the living world from these hollows in order to maintain balance among the two worlds as well as their own. The soul society a place where wayward souls attached to the earth for whatever reason are sent to live in peace.
For the most part it is accepted that Hollow's are monsters that eat one another to satiate the endless hunger they feel. While mostly true some band into groups and hunt together rare as it may be. And they also talk. Even in a place full of death and destruction. Rumors spread and they're rarely good.
A group of three hollows. One being slightly larger than human sized with a rhinoceros horn on it's head and a hole in the pit of it's stomach the other two taking on similar features. All of which being white and to some extent disfigured.
This is a class of hollow known as an Adjuchas, Belonging to the Menos grande classification. Which is a fancy way of saying it's the second step in the evolution of a hollow to their maximum evolution of Vasto Lorde. With a crooked voice that changed pitch irritatingly quick the Rhino like hollow began speaking.
" Did you hear about the Vasto lorde thats been seen a few times in this area? " The hollow asked in an eery tone. Similar to what a camp fire's Scary story would sound like.
" Vasto Lorde? " One of the bird like hollows responded in a much less irritating tone of voice. " Surely you're pulling our leg? A Vasto Lorde Out here? There's nothing here... Even for Hueco Mundo this place is empty. " The bird like Hollow said. Eliciting a nod from the similar looking Hollow.
" I've never actually seen it myself. But I've heard tons of stories about this area. Some Adjucha's was absolutely terrified. I'm telling you somethings up around here for sure! " The rhino Hollow insisted. Causing the other two hollows to look at eachother before letting out a large sigh. Their white beaked masks pointed at the ground.
" Alright. Tell us the story. " They said in unison. Now giving the hollow their utmost attention. The hollow cleared it's throat and began to tell them what he'd heard. " The story goes that there's a Vasto Lorde in this area Black... With long horns on his head. And a spiking Tail. A hole right over his heart. " The rhino put his odd looking clawed hand over it's chest.
The other two hollows nodding. " Blue colored patterns etched around the hole in it's heart and a mouth full of sharp teeth. With long black hair Extending down to it's lower back. The flats of it's arms have boney buildups that look like blades. " The hollow took a breath before continueing.
" He's never attacked any of the Adjuchas, Or weaker hollows passing through this area either. It's as if he's wandering this place in search of something. Just being in his presence causes your legs to buckle. " The rhino continued his story.
At this point the other two hollows were sweating, Somehow. But they were sweating like crazy. A Vasto Lorde is the strongest class of Hollow the pinnacle of Evolution. And this story creeped them out the thought of a monster like that roaming around the area they were resting gave them shivers.
" Anyways, Even though he's a Vasto Lorde, Nobody has ever seen him Eat. Nor have they seen him leave this area. He never rests. He walks the sands forever and nobody knows why. Anybody who got a good look into his eyes says that they are blue with black sclera. " That last part didn't make much sense to the other Hollows. All Vasto Lorde use their immense power to eat whomever they want.
So it didn't make sense to them that this Vasto Lorde if he was real. Didn't try to kill anybody. But they were cut out of their musing when a sudden Heavy Pressure which can only be caused by a high level of power being present.
Following the direction the energy had come from. That's when they saw it. Barely visible but still there. If they could shit themselves they would have in the distance on a dune of sand they saw the very creature the story spoke of. Immediately they began to wonder why them. They didn't do anything to deserve dying over. It was if some kind of evil god had cursed the three.
But they stopped. The creature was facing their direction. But it wasn't looking at them. Which for some reason made them even more nervous. The group turning, they saw what can only be described as a Hollows worst nightmare. A second Vasto Lorde. So many questions.
How had they not noticed? Now that they were looking they could feel the Energy coming off of them in waves like a tsunami. But they had to take pause again. Neither Vasto Lorde had moved. It was confusing. What were they doing?
While it's true that Vasto Lorde hollows are incredibly rare. Rare to the point of Maybe one every 200 Hundred thousand Hollows. Their own immense power is like a magnet for others to come and eat them. Then it clicked. The other Vasto Lorde was challenging it.
From what they could see the Vasto Lorde that was challenging was tall. Maybe.. They couldn't tell very much from where they were. It's body was covered in spikes. Being the normal bone white color. With no hair on it's body at all. Nor a tail. It was definitely odd looking.
The group was far enough away to be out of their battle range thankfully. But instead of running they just stood there amidst the rolling sand watching. They could have run, Should have. But they wanted to watch.
The Black and Blue Vasto Lorde stood there staring daggers at his Challenger. His eyes sharp And piercing with a slight squint to them. It made no sense to this Hollow. Even for Vasto Lorde they are separated In power. And from his perspective this challenger was weak.
No longer content to just stare at the Hollow in front of him the White Vasto charged taking only a few seconds to bridge the gap. Cocking it's fist back it tried to slug him. Only to stop as his arm was torn off at the shoulder.
But then. He blinked and his arm was fine? It jumped back to make some distance. Examining it's arm. Looking up it spoke. " What did you do? " It asked. It's blood lust sky high.
He looked at the White Hollow for a moment before speaking. His tail swishing behind. " I didn't do anything. " Slowly raising it's arm A dark blue orb formed at the tip of it's finger. Pointed at the Challenger. Letting out a loud sigh with a slight shake of the head. The very air around the Hollow began to choke him. So he turned. And tried to run.
Being up close and personal now the sudden realization had hit this hollow that he was utterly outmatched. The difference in their power became evident the moment he came face to face. Every cell in the creatures body told it to run. Survive.
" Cero. " ... " He said in an even tone firing the blast. It hit the running Hollow in the shoulder. Taking off his entire right arm for real this time. Luckily for him that wouldn't be enough to kill him. And with only the thought of Escape, And Survival. On his mind he ran for everything he was worth.
lowering his arm watching the Challenger flee. The three hollows that had seen this were amazed. It was like the Vasto Lorde Was nothing to him. Well, Unfortunately for them the running Vasto lorde had seen them. The three being adjuchas had enough energy to fuel his Regeneration.
In just a few seconds the injured Vasto had appeared in front of them with every intent to consume them. The three began to back away. What could they do? injured or otherwise. They could barely breath. Having trouble even walking back. The energy that the Vasto Lorde released was crushing them.
But, Just as he had reached out to grab one of the three. His hand became very much detached. It was instant. There was no chance to dodge it or avoid it. As the Black and Blue Vasto Lorde stood in front of the three. It would be a pain for him if this Hollow regenerated only to attack him again.
The Vasto Yelled. Now having no hand on the left side. And no arm on the right. He could hear the steps of the Hollow that took his hands getting closer. He tried one last time to run. To escape, Anything he thought maybe he could get away if he just chugged it again. It worked before after all.
That's when he heard the single word he had hoped not to. In a low Even tone The hollow stood there with an outstretched hand. Fingers pointed at the back of the Vasto lorde's head. Locked onto his target he said it. " Cero. " And with a flash of blue his head and upper torso were gone. Falling into the sand as he slowly faded away.
The three Adjucha's stared at the creatures back. In shock. And oddly enough that weight. That crushing feeling was gone. It began turning and consecutively all three covered their eyes hoping for a swift death.
When they realized it wasn't attacking them they looked at the Hollow. He wasn't Radiating Blood lust. Nor was he crushing them with sheer power. It was just looking at them. The rhinoceros Hollow figured he should say.. Something.
" Uhm.. Thank you. " The Vasto only nodding it's head ever so slightly. Keeping it's Blue eyes trained on the group. They squirmed under his gaze not knowing what to do.
Finally speaking of his own accord he said. " What are you doing in this territory? " It wasn't what he said, But the way he said it. In such a calm voice that it caused them to jump.
" W-Well. We were just Y'know.. Resting.. And- stuff.. " The Rhino like Hollow said again. Stuttering slightly.
" You can calm down, I have no intention of eating you. " It said in the same cold calm and collected tone.
The three were relieved that he had no intention to eat them. And calmed down slightly as a result. But none the less tense. The two Bird like hollows walked a little bit closer. Despite their bodies telling them not to. Both Extending their hands. In the Hand shake gesture.
He looked down at their clawed birdlike hands that were shaking violently. Slowly reaching out with his sharp clawed ash black hands he clasped theirs shaking them.
" My name is Aoguro, What is yours? " The Vasto Lorde said. Crouching slightly and putting his arms on his knees. For those curious Aoguro directly means blue black in
Japanese.
The three looked at one another before they collectively shrugged. " Horn, Beak, Wing. " Ao said as he pointed at each of them. " You didn't have names, So use those. "
Ao now sat. His legs crossed. He rarely met other Hollow's that didn't either run away screaming or try to attack him. So these three had piqued his interest somewhat.
" Can You a question? " Ao said. Getting 3 separate nods. " Can I travel with you? I've grown tired of roaming the sands alone. Always fighting and nothing else. "
The three looked at one another before nodding. One of the two identical bird-like Hollows had a question. " Sure, But why are you out here? There's nothing in this area for miles but sand. "
Ao pondered it looking up at the worlds only source of light, The shining moon in the sky. " I don't remember anymore, It's been too long. " Was all he said not having anything else to say they merely sat there for a few more minutes. Talking about random topics. Learning more about what's been happening in basin of sand that is his home. Which isn't particularly much.
In the few minutes they spoke the Adjucha's had become more comfortable around Ao. Less afraid of being eaten. The group had decided to get on the move now.
" Where are we going? " Ao asked walking next to them. " The Menos forest. We feed on the menos since they aren't really.. Y'know all there so to speak. " Beak explained.
Ao found that reasonable. Since Gillians are the weakest menos. From what he remembered. So they walked. And that was all they did for a while just talking and walking.
For a world so full of death, And strife. It's surprisingly stagnate most of the time. And as far as entertainment goes... Well, There was always counting sand dunes. One of the bird-like Hollow's turned his head to Ao.
" Can you show us that cero again? " He asked randomly. Causing the other two to look at him askew.
He stopped and shrugged. " If you want. " Earning an eager nod. He looked up. Pointing his fingers at the sky. The same Navy Blue energy swirling into an orb at the tip of his finger. The orb gained size quickly. Going from the size of a tennis ball to a bowling ball.
" How big can it get- " They all seemed to say in unison. Beneath the calm visage of his mask. He was enjoying himself. By no means vain he enjoyed some positive attention. " Cero. " The blast fired straight up into the clouds. The wind generated by the cero was powerful enough to blow the clouds apart.
A perfect sphere of clear skies. The ground Shining a bright blue before slowly fading back to white. This was probably a terrible idea tactically speaking. Since he just revealed their position to anything that was searching for a meal. Only, Nothing came. The sands remained empty. Possibly due to the presence of Ao scaring them away.
And so, After that bit of entertainment had ended they continued their walk being able to see the entrance to the forest from where they were anyways. Being relativly easy to see considering how empty the scenery is in Hueco Mundo Other than the occasional Quartz tree or hole.
A massive hill with an equally massive opening that leads straight down. Visible from nearly any angle due to it's sheer size. Said hole was the target so that's the direction they walked not in any particular rush.
Large gusts of wind from the opening in the ground blew a cool breeze over the group as they arrived in front of the entrance. They made their way down into the forest finding the cooler temperature enjoyable.
After a few minutes of walking they were in the forest. Massive tree's All around. Little to no light shining into the massive cavern. Ao had to be rather careful to keep his Reiatsu in check or he'd just scare away the Gillians. Like you would if you threw a rock into a pond to scare away the fish.
He was already careful not to release much for fear of crushing his new companions. But even so it's better safe than sorry. It didn't take long to spot a group of Gillians just standing there. Swaying in the wind like extremely Ugly trees.
" Do you plan to eat them? " Ao asked curiosity piqued. He looked between his new companions and the Gillians as if sizing something up.
The three looked at him for a moment before answering. " Not all of them. But at least one for each of us. " Absently nodding he just found himself a spot to sit and watch.
( Something to note. The process of evolution from Gillian to Vasto Lorde is unkown. Some have consumed thousands to get there. Others have never even consumed a single hollow or human soul and arrived at the same point. I personally think that it's based on the willpower of the soul in question. A weak soul stays a Gillian while a soul with a strong will gains Independence. So I think it's the willpower of the Hollow themself to become a vasto lorde and survive the hunger. Sorry just wanted to say that.)
And so they did, The power difference between Gillians and Adjucha's is massive enough that it takes only a small amount of effort. And like vacuums they ate the Gillians with little to no resistance. Those they did not eat ran while releasing hi pitched yells to alert any other gillians in the area to run aswell. However the forest isn't only home to Gillians. It's also home to many Adjucha's that control them and they don't take kindly to the Gillians being eaten. Ao was a decent distance away. Suppressing himself to an extent that the Adjucha's didn't even notice his presence.
The three could feel their presence in the trees looking down at them along with the blood lust. They couldn't tell how many of them were there. But the number was high. Double digits at least. The trees began to light up. Red, Orange, Blue, purple, many color's. Like a christmas tree.
only, Each color was a Reiatsu dense laser designed for the explicit purpose of murder. " CERO! " Was echoed through the forest. The group huddled together hunkering down. The Cero's rocketed towards them at breakneck speed. And they hit something.
A massive explosion. Uprooting even the massive trees of the menos forest kicking up sand. The shockwave was big enough that it could be felt even at the distance the Adjucha's were standing at.
When the dust began to settle. There was. Ao, Standing with his arms crossed. That many Cero's combined into one shot even for a Vasto Lorde wouldn't be a joke. And sure enough it wasn't. His body was burned all over smoking. Blood running down his mask.
A liquid so dark it was almost black There was a crater all around the spot at which he'd stood. Leaving only a small space where the three Adjucha's had huddled up Including where he stood. He fell onto his knees, His body wracked with pain. His regeneration had kicked in but with so many wounds spanning all around his body. It would take time.
They began to drop from the trees Hollow's of many different shapes and sizes. Making their way towards them. If they ate even a bit of the Vasto Lorde they'd be set for months. Maybe even years. And now was the perfect time. He was weak.
So, Like ravenous animals they pounced piling ontop of him. They ignored the Adjucha's he was protecting they were worthless compared to the feast in front of them. A sickening sound of crackling and ripping emanated from the pile. It was obvious that they were quite literally tearing chunks away from his body.
Even for a Vasto Lorde, The hit he'd sustained was severe enough that he needed to rest. Not having the chance to he was being torn apart literally. Blood splashed through the cracks of the pile up. But the highest evolution of Hollow was not to be underestimated reguardless.
He released a growl, A yell, A roar? Whatever you wish to call it. A sickening sound that twisted the air and Rumbled the ground it was the sound of a caged beast. Bloodlust and anger proliferating the sound. The Hollows on top of him couldn't do anything. Even the ones with their teeth sunk into him. They were being crushed alive by the Reiatsu he was releasing.
Unfortunately for his friends it was the same. They were being crushed to death by the pressure. And suddenly. " Cero. " It was raspy and sounded like it had just barely clawed its way out of his throat. One minute there where hollows in front of him. The next it was only blue.
He began to tear them off of himself. Crushing their masks with an aggression he'd yet to display. One after another he killed them. All the while his wounds bleed. Missing parts of his body all over. With the ferocity of a Wild animal backed into a corner.
His breathe slow and with each exhale it looked like smoke was coming from his mouth. They were dead, All of them. Like an execution delivered by a king. There was nothing left but corpses unfortunately among those corpses lay his companions slowly fading away.
Such is the life of Hollow's, death follows them like a plague. There's no room for companionship. To be Hollow is to be alone. Ao then remembered what he was searching for amidst the sands, It was something he'd lost long ago before he was a Hollow. He was vainly searching for his Humanity. Always feeling that he'd lost a part of himself. He searched the sands to find it. But never could.
Well, There thats chapter 1. I do plan to write more. becuase I honestly enjoy myself. And if anybody who actually has experience writing unlike me is willing to throw me a few tips i'd be grateful. Chao!