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Chapter 3: The Menos Grande
Ichigo was once again sitting in his normal seat at his school. His head was once again wandering out the window. He watched as a bird flying around in circles. It was a strange bird, with every inch of it except its eyes, totally pitch black. Ichigo doesn't remember ever seeing a bird like it before.
One top of school, on the roof stood the three figures hidden in the dark from before. All of them watched the bird fly around.
"Taichou, it's…" Ikkaku started.
"Yeah I know…it's coming…" the big man said.
"Should I inform Lord Yamamoto?" the female like man asked.
"No, this will be a test," he said.
"Ken-chan! I'm bored!" the little pink haired girl yelled.
"Oi Yachiru, shut up!" the man yelled.
Ichigo was walking home after school with Kari once again.
"So anything happen yesterday?" she asked.
"Yeah, I ran into another hollow but I took care of it. Oh yeah, thanks for giving those lessons," Ichigo said without looking right at Kari.
"If you didn't give me tips, I probably wouldn't be here right now…" Ichigo continued.
"It was no problem, I was glad to help," Kari said.
"Yo Ichigo!" a voice yelled from behind. Ichigo turned around to see one of his classmates running towards them.
"Oi, Keito, what's wrong?" Ichigo asked.
"Dude, seriously wacked out news! You know the 5th division captain right?" Keito asked.
"Yeah, 5th division captain, Aizen Sousuke. Why?" Ichigo asked.
"He's dead!" Keito yelled shoving a newspaper in Ichigo's hand.
Ichigo started reading the article out loud.
"At 5:36 am, 5th division captain Aizen Sousuke was found pinned onto the Great Hall Wall with a zanpakto through his chest. It has just been confirmed that Aizen-taichou was officially dead at 2:51 pm by 4th division captain Unohana Retsu. The murderer is unknown, but a new fifth captain will be elected with a tournament," Ichigo said.
"A tournament? What do they mean?" Kari asked.
Ichigo continued to read out loud. "Each captain of the Gotei 13 will pick a candidate who will enter a tournament and fight to the top. The winner will then be put through a series of intense obstacles, which are called the trials. If the shinigami gets past the trials, he/she will become the next 5th division captain," Ichigo finally finished.
"Sounds intense," Kari stated.
"Yeah, it's crazy," Ichigo agreed.
Keito left the two, and both continued to walk home.
"Next couple of days are going to be crazy…" Kari said.
"Yeah, there is going to be a lot of fuss about this," Ichigo said.
Ichigo then turned his head with a strange look on his face. He was staring out into the distance, which Kari soon noticed.
"Ichigo, what's wrong?" Kari asked.
"A hollow…it's coming this way," Ichigo said.
"Stand back Kari," Ichigo said transforming into his shinigami robes.
Suddenly a huge buffalo like hollow appeared behind them. The large beast had the body of a buffalo, but had 6 long tentacles on its back, with a long tail with a blade on it.
Kari was scared, but Ichigo stood in front of her, with no fear in his eyes. The hollow shot one of its tentacles towards him, but Ichigo hacked it off. The hollow moaned in pain, but was ready for more. It started to charge towards him.
Ichigo then ran towards it, with his blade pointing at it. Both collided, and Ichigo was sent skidding back with no blade in his hands. The hollow hollered in pain, because Ichigo had stabbed his blade right in the forehead of the beast.
The beast yelled even more before it dissipated. Ichigo picked up his sword, but then his eyes widened. Ichigo looked around, but couldn't anything wrong.
"Is it another hollow Ichigo?" Kari asked.
"Yeah, but this one is different. It feels like a lot more hollows, just in one place," Ichigo explained.
"What do you mean"- Suddenly there was a massive earthquake appeared out of nowhere.
"Taicho, that bird really was a demon bird," Ikkaku said.
"Yep, signaling that it is coming," the large man said looking out into the distance where Ichigo was staring.
Ichigo was still staring, and started to sweat. Kari noticed this and started to worry. If Ichigo was starting to sweat, then this thing must be huge.
Suddenly the air got extremely heavy. Kari had to go to her knees due to her having hard time breathing. Ichigo was hit as well, but was not hit as hard as Kari due to the power difference. Ichigo was still panting a bit, but was still okay. But his eyes widened as what he saw in the sky.
The sky was cracking, and giant fingers were popping out. Giant hand pulled on the sky, as if it were a curtain and revealed itself. It was huge, and had a humongous white mask, so Ichigo could tell it was a hollow, but its size is what throws it off.
"What is that?" Ichigo asked.
"It's the Menos Grande," a gruff voice said behind answered behind him.
Ichigo turned around to see a large man, with spiky black hair, and an eye patch over his right eye.
"Who are you…?" Ichigo asked intimidated a little by the man's huge size.
"I'll tell you if you can beat that," he answered pointing to the menos.
"Are you crazy! How the hell can I beat something that massive!" Ichigo yelled.
"You have no choice. Your friend there is paralyzed by the reiatsu, so if you can't beat it…she will die," he said.
The large monster then sent out a tiny blast from is left eye. A the large crimson blast headed straight for Ichigo and Kari. Ichigo pointed his blade at the blast, and applied pressure and sent out a blue spirit blast. Both blasts met, and evened each other out, and smoke was everywhere.
"It can't see us through the smoke so I'll take this to my advantage!" Ichigo said, pointing his blade at the beast and yelled out.
But to Ichigo's surprise, nothing happened.
"Wha…why didn't it fire off?" Ichigo asked baffled.
"Pathetic…you can't even focus your spirit power. You think you can launch spirit attack just by tightening your grip and yelling? Oh, and the menos sees you now," the man said.
Ichigo turned around, to see the menos launch another blast twice the size of the last attack. Ichigo was able to launch a blast, but it was pathetic compared to the menos's attack, and the attack hit the ground, causing an explosion.
Ichigo got back up. Blood was dripping down his head and his body was feeling heavy. Ichigo then turned his head to find Kari on the ground. She was bleeding much more than Ichigo, and her pulse was slowing down. If she isn't given medical attention quickly, she was going to die. It was just as the huge man said. Ichigo then turned around to find the man just standing in the same place, as if nothing happened. Not even his shinigami robes were dirty.
"Please you got to help my friend!" Ichigo begged the large man.
"Fine. Oi Ikkaku!" he yelled out.
The bald guy from before then jumped down at his captain's orders.
"You and Yachiru take this girl to the nearest infirmary," he ordered.
"Yes sir!" Ikkaku said picking her up and running away.
"Now get back to fighting that!" he said yelling this time.
Ichigo turned around to see the menos charging up a huge crimson sphere in front of its mouth.
"That's what we shinigami call a Cero. If that attack hits the ground, everything in a one kilometer radius will be destroyed. Isn't your house right the corner?" the large man asked.
"Ichigo's eyes widened. His house was right around the corner. But how would he have known that, and just who is this huge guy? But Ichigo had no time for questions. The menos was getting ready to fire.
"This is it…" Ichigo said, with his eyes hidden in his orange eyes.
The large man was interested in what he was going to say.
"All my life, my father has been protecting me, even though they were stupid methods. Stupid or not…he was there," Ichigo said tightening his grip on the hilt.
The menos was nearly completed charging its attack.
"Kari even protected me. If it wasn't for her, I would have been killed yesterday," he spoke.
The menos's eyes turned red signaling it was about to fire.
"A lot more people protected me, and I'm not going to let them die!" Ichigo yelled pointing his blade at the beast.
The menos then launched the gigantic attack at Ichigo. Suddenly Ichigo was outlined with a blue light.
"His power…it's tripled in force…but he's just standing there," the large man thought to himself.
Ichigo stared at the attack with no fear. He then yelled out, and a huge gust picked up.
"All this reiatsu…" the large man said astonished.
Ichigo was holding the attack off. But the Cero was still a little stronger; Ichigo was able to keep it from hitting the ground.
"He's doing well, but…he is doomed. He has great power, but can not last much longer," the large man said.
"I'm not going to let them down. I refuse to lose to this piece of shit! Whoever gave the power of a shinigami in the first place…if you can hear me…please, I beg of you, if possible give me the strength I need to defeat this thing," Ichigo thought to himself.
"I will…" a voice said.
The large man started walking away, but then his eyes widened. He spun around to see Ichigo engulfed in a huge mass a blue light.
"This visible reiatsu…he is much more powerful then before. It is like he is a totally different person now…" the man said.
He noticed that Ichigo's spirit blast was starting to overpower the menos's Cero.
"Take this for trying to kill my friends and family!" Ichigo yelled out at the top of his lungs.
His reiatsu got even higher and Ichigo blasted a massive spirit attack that combined with the Cero striking the Menos. The blast went up almost cutting it in half.
Ichigo was exhausted. He stabbed his blade into the ground, and leaned on it, trying to stand up.
"Damn, I couldn't kill it…" Ichigo said.
Suddenly a yellow light appeared in front of the menos. The light disappeared to reveal the same large man from before.
The man unsheathed his blade, which was quickly engulfed in yellow reiatsu. He went high up, and dove down stabbing the monster's forehead. He jumped up again, then slashed while coming down, leaving a yellow streak.
The monster's cries in pain became more ear retching. The monster then started dissipating. Soon the monster totally dissipated.
Ichigo was amazed by the man's strength. The man came down, and walked up to Ichigo and looked down at him.
"If you were that powerful…why didn't you kill it in the first place?" Ichigo asked, falling on his knees. "And who are you…really?"
Suddenly a white coat materialized on top pf his black shinigami outfit. It was a long white coat that goes down his shins and is ripped up at the bottom.
"My name is Zaraki Kenpachi…"
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