KingVessel: My first voyage into one of the Old 'Big 3' fandoms. I hope not to sink.
Chapter 01: Such Misfortune
Karakura City Mall, 16:07
Keigo Asano paused in his recent tirade to look up to the sky, hearing another resounding crack. "Are you sure you didn't hear that, Mizuiro?!"
"I told you already." Mizuiro Kojima didn't look up from his phone as he replied. "I'm not hearing anything. Now about what you said about matured ladies-"
"You mean MILFs?" Keigo cut in.
"Matured ladies are clearly superior to whatever has your fancy this week." Mizuiro strongly continued. "A guy who's just interested in large chests clearly doesn't know the good in having a preference."
"Preference, schmeference!" Keigo hyperactively threw his arms up and spun about to shoot a finger gun at his friend. "It's important for a man to be openminded! Take Orihime-chan for instance! A cute and innocent face with a matching personality, but added to that is a bombastic body! That glorious cleavage she reveals on hot days! Those slender legs born from someone who exercises just as a hobby rather than with real drive!"
"I do not deny Orihime's beauty, but you're a fool if you consider her your physical ideal." Mizuiro shook his head in disappointment. "Rather than focus on her freshness, let's take the ripened Ochi-sensei as an example for a moment."
Keigo dumbly blinked at what he just heard. "...what?"
"An excitable woman who has with a ripped body and bountiful curves!" Mizuiro nodded with his eyes closed as he imagined his words. "Always with a dynamite smile that's got lots of energy charging it! The body of a woman fully grown into adulthood is just incomparable to others."
'Wait a minute... This bastard did talk to her privately a bit earlier today...' Keigo just stared before speaking his mind. "You bastard..."
Mizuiro yelped as Keigo suddenly pulled him into an armchoke. "W-What are you doing?!"
"How dare you set your sights on our hot homeroom teacher, Mizuiro?!" Keigo raged as he spouted tears of jealousy. "I'll kill-?!"
*KRRRRCCK!*
Keigo flinched again, noting the thundercrack-like sound again. Then electricity snaked along his spine, causing him to grab Mizuiro and dodge out of the way. The fountain they had been sitting on suddenly broke apart, splashing the teens and some unfortunate passers-by.
"Was that a gas explosion?" Mizuiro questioned as Keigo adjusted his armchoke to put a protective arm over his head.
Keigo himself shivered as he saw a piece of rubble suddenly get crushed into a small crater in the mall ground.
'What the hell...? Just that area looks...' Keigo frowned as the area around the destroyed fountain looked hazy, as if he was looking at it through a watery surface.
"Keigo, are you okay?" Mizuiro placed a hand on Keigo's shoulder. "What are you looking at?"
"I... I don't know... But..." Keigo shivered as he heard something growl, the bestial sound simultaneously hitting his ears and his soul. "I can't see anything... But there's something there...!"
The electrifying sensation wracked his spine again, causing Keigo to push Mizuiro to one side while dodging to the other. His actions became justified as the ground he had just stood on suddenly caved in from something smashing down on it.
"Mizuiro! You ok- Aaaaaiee?!" Keigo screamed as he dodged again, feeling something brush past his cheek. Behind him, a wall suddenly gained a nasty gorge ripping across it. "Is it aiming for me?!"
The thing shifted, landing a hungry gaze on Keigo once again. Well, there was only one thing this cowardly and lovable Keigo could do at a time like this.
"I'm running away!" Keigo turned on his heel and sprinted off, hoping for the invisible monster to ignore Mizuiro and chase him. Thankfully, he was already close to the entrance, making it a simple matter of getting outdoors. However...
*KRAASH!*
"WROOOOAAAAAH!"
He had also succeeded in keeping the invisible monster's attention.
"NOOOOO!" Keigo wailed, tears and snot dripping out as he heard the invisible monster chasing after him. "I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE! I HAVEN'T HAD A GIRLFRIEND YET! I'VE NEVER FONDLED A GIRL'S BREASTS OR BUTT BEFORE! I HAVEN'T EVEN KISSED A GIRL!"
As he turned into an empty road, he briefly halted as he recognized a brunette little girl.
'That's one of Ichigo's sisters.' Keigo's adrenaline-charged mind supplied, prompting him to grab her as he passed.
Yuzu Kurosaki screamed as her brother's friend suddenly snatched her away from the ground, suddenly gasping as the ground behind them was rapidly getting crushed. "Wh-What's happening?! What's happening to the road?!"
"I'm sorry! There's a monster chasing me and it probably would've hurt you if I just passed you without doing anything!" Keigo shrieked as he kept running without being slowed down a bit by her weight. "I need to find somewhere safe to drop you!"
"YUZU!"
The two turned to see chasing Isshin Kurosaki chasing after them. The hairy Kurosaki Patriarch was rapidly catching up to them, easily displaying who his children inherited their athleticism from and somehow dodging about the invisible monster's swipe.
"Hey! You're Ichigo's friend, right?!" Isshin bellowed as he relieved Keigo of Yuzu's weight and still raced to his front. "Follow me! I know a safe place from that creature!"
"A safe place?! No probl-?!"
Keigo tripped.
Keigo had always known that he was an unlucky guy, but never had he cursed his misfortune as much as he did now. The only bit of solace he had was that Yuzu's face had been buried into her father's shoulder at the moment, sparing her the sight of bloody lacerations appearing on Keigo's back as he was viciously slashed at.
"Argburfh!" Keigo screamed and choked as he landed facefirst into the dirt and then felt an intense, painful pressure on his neck as something bit into his throat and ripped away.
Keigo's last sensations in his life were three minutes of utter pain and terror as something he couldn't see kept biting and ripping and clawing through his body.
'It hurts! It hurts!'
Something bit into his collar.
'Nee-chan, it hurts so much! Someone, please help me!'
His legs were ripped off, splattering the ground with his blood.
'There's too much red stuff leaving me! Please help me! Save me! It hurts!'
A few clawed hands dug through his back, piercing through and gruesomely ripping out chunks of flesh repeatedly.
'No... Nee-chan... I don't want to die-'
With a final liquid sounding crunch, the skull was crushed and Keigo died.
Hueco Mundo, Unknown Time
Strange visions were all Keigo could see as he felt an emptiness consume his soul. He had no idea who he was or what or where he was anymore. Visions of a brown haired human flashed throughout his mind. This creature was sitting in a small room at some type of desk, while constantly leering at females in the same room as him.
'Who is he?' He finally thought as a moment of clarity surged through his otherwise mindless thoughts.
He flopped down onto an endless expanse of white sands, his new form filled with too much hunger as the moment of clarity passed, instantly noting the chaos surrounding him.
There were several monsters rapidly attacking and eating each other.
Hollows... Devour... Join... Fight... Kill... Fill the void... Become Menos Grande... Become Gillian...
Before he could comprehend what was happening, he launched himself at the nearest Hollow and gorged himself in a cannibalistic feeding frenzy.
Every time he ate another Hollow, rather than the clarity returning, the hunger simply increased. Brief flashes of his mortal life would return on occasion which only seemed to fuel his hunger more. This continued for a long undetermined amount of time.
A colossal Gillian meandered away from the battlefield as it's merge completed, idly roaring into the night sky.
It didn't know how long it moved about, how many days, weeks or months had passed, constantly wandering and devouring any unfortunate Hollow that entered it's reach.
*krrsh*
"Keigo, ¿recibiste los bocadillos que pedí?(Keigo, did you get the snacks I ordered?)"
*krrsh*
The Gillian flinched in confusion from the sudden static. As stark white hands clattered against it's bony mask, an Adjuchas approached with a league of Gillian behind him. "Oi, you!"
The Gillian turned to look down on the porcupine-like Adjuchas ordering him. The Porcupine Adjuchas bristled at the glare it got. "Get in line and follow me! We're off to go and defeat Baraggan! I'll be needing you as fodder for the other grunts we meet!"
"Keigo, ¿cuándo vas a dejar de fingir que eres estúpido?(Keigo, when are you going to stop pretending to be stupid?)"
The Gillian moaned as it got distressed from the strange memory. And as it's distress grew, so did it's hunger.
"¡Hola, Asano-kun! ¿Quieres compartir esta barra de pan conmigo?(Hello, Asano-kun! Do you want to share this loaf of bread with me?)"
A gigantic hand lashed out, suddenly ensnaring the Porcupine Adjuchas. The Porcupine Adjuchas roared and shot out it's spikes, severely injuring the Gillian's hand. It didn't delay his death by much as the Gillian bit his top half off.
"¡Buenos días, Asano-kun! ¿Podrías ayudarme a abrir esta caja de jugo?(A good morning to you, Asano-kun! Could you aid me with opening this juicebox?)"
Relishing the taste of the fleshy meal and huge burst of clarity he got, the Gillian roared out in elation, driving the other Gillians into a frenzy as well.
"Keigo. Estás frágil. Cómete mi sándwich. Te llenará.(Keigo. You're frail. Eat my sandwich. It'll fill you out.)"
An arm was ripped off and stuffed down a throat.
"¿Dónde estabas, Keigo? ¡Puedes ser amigo de ese delincuente, pero solo yo tengo la autoridad para mandarte!(Where were you, Keigo?! You may be friends with that delinquent but only I have the authority to boss you around!)"
A neck was gouged through and two crushed heads slid into a slick mouth.
"Encantado de conocerte. Soy Mizuiro Kojima. ¿Y tú?(Nice to meet you. I'm Mizuiro Kojima. And you are?)"
Alone once again, the Gillian shifted forms as it's Reiatsu skyrocketed, compressing down to a smaller shape. The new Adjuchas moaned softly as it- no, he flopped onto his front, a name slipping out his masked lips.
"...Kei...go...?"
I... am... Adjuchas...
KingVessel:...This was a new area for me so I have absolutely no idea how good or bad I did. Please give lots of reviews.