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"Talking"

'Thinking'

"God like being speaking"

"Zanpakuto or other spirit speaking / Ichigo talking and using hollow powers"

Long text = Dreams

Place / Time


Chapter 4 My hero

On a white desert, blood was spilled.

Time seemed to be in slow motion, as a vertical cut was on a young man's face, passing by his left eye. A trail of blood, coming from the injury, leeded to a sword close to the sand. The injured man was smiling and the one holding the weapon was also smiling. An echo of laughter could be heard from the two warriors.

Opening his red ruby eyes, with his left hand touching the scar going from his forehead to his upper jaw, Ichigo stood up and looked at the bright window on his right, his instinct that he trusted many times before telling him some things are about to happen " Things are about to be interesting. " he said as he continues to feel the phantom pain from his favorite scar.


Soul society

In a big village in plain sight, a terrible event was happening. A horde of hollows were destroying said village. People were running and screaming, some were trying to distract the monsters to buy time for the others.

A young woman with long dark hair and simple cloth was running with a little girl with the same black hair holding her hand, she looked like she was 4, the woman tripped and fell to the ground " Haa ! " she looked at her right feet " I think I sprained my ankle. "

" Mommy ! " The little girl said, a hollow, who looked like a spider, was near them and heard the call, he was looking at them with hunger in his empty eyes. The woman saw the hollow and took the little girl in her arms and had her back at the hollow, crying.

As the hollow was near them a rock was thrown at him, the hollow looked to the side and saw a little boy who also had black hair, he looked like 9 " Leave them alone ! " he yelled through tears. The hollow had now a new prey, the boy began to run away, leeding the giant spider away from his friends " Mikoto, take Mia to safety ! "

" No come back ! " Mia, the little girl, said, trying to get out of Mikoto's grasp.

The boy was running as far as he could, and when he was at the entrance of the village he stopped, thinking he had lost the monster. He was out of breath. When he turned around he was hit to the side immediately, throwing him to a nearby wall, the hollow had followed him and was now walking toward him, the boy was struggling to stand up. The hollow had one of his legs ready to strike him, the boy didn't close his eyes, he had attacked the hollow for a reason, he wasn't afraid.

As the leg was descending on him, a man with orange hair and a white haori appeared out of nowhere and walked between the two, like he didn't care about anything, like there wasn't a hollow just right there. After passing them, the boy was looking at the stranger and the symbol on his back. It was a skull inside a pentagon on 2 diagonal lines. Looking back at the hollow, he didn't seem to move at all. Suddenly, the hollow falled back in 2 pieces, as if he was cut in two, no sound was made when the flesh was separated, like he was already like this *1.

The boy looked back in awe at the stranger that was still walking toward the chaos. All the hollows within the area stopped and looked at him, then they all roared and charged at him. As they were getting closer, the stranger stopped.

From the point of view of the boy, the stranger was standing there waiting. One nano second later, the stranger now had his right leg behind him and his left in front of him crouching. He couldn't see him entirely but the boy was sure that the stranger was holding something behind his haori. It's as if he changes positions without moving. Then the hollows that were near him were instantly thrown back in all directions by an invisible force, sliced up in chunks. The stranger, him, was perfectly clean, no drop of blood on him. The stranger stood straight again and he continued to walk, the boy was running trying to follow him. Only looking at him in silence.

As they were getting to a different area, they heard a scream. Mia was on her knees crying as another hollow was coming from behind, a claw above his head. The boy ran trying to stop the hollow, but the stranger was faster. He immediately appeared behind Mia and took her in her arms like a baby and quickly turned to face the attack, he grabbed it barehanded and stopped the claw like nothing. Still with the same hand on the hollow, he easily lifted it and threw him in the air, the hollow was thrown so fast that he already disappeared in the clouds.

The boy was once again looking at the stranger in shock at his strength. He finally heard the stranger's voice " Shh, it's okay, everything is going to be alright. " he said as he patted Mia's back, which seemed to calm her. The voice was kind and reassuring, it held a certain soothing tone, the boy was surging with relief just by this calming voice " Hey do you have a mommy ? " Mia, sobbing, nodded on his shoulder " Then how about we go look for her, okay ? " she nods again and cleans the tears from her cheeks.

The boy was surprised that the stranger easily befriended Mia, usually she doesn't bond easily with anyone that she doesn't know personally. Plus, only those she loves the most can hold her without her struggling and even sometimes scratching their faces. And this stranger just took her up, calmed her down and seemed to have gained her trust in 7 seconds.

The stranger started walking again. As the boy was about to follow he heard something behind him, he turned and saw another hollow running to him. The boy looked back at the stranger but saw that he was still walking. When the hollow was very close, something crashed down on it, creating a cloud of dirt, when the dirt was out of sight, the boy had his jaw to the ground. The hollow that was thrown in the air came right down to the other killing both of them instantly. ' How- ? What- ? Who is this guy ? ' He had heard of stories about a man with orange hair and a white haori, legends saying that he would appear saving many lives, helping the commoners and much more. Who's myths are said that his strength is beyond imagination and whose wisdom is greater than any elders in Soul Society, but to witness it for real, he never thought that it was true, and he still hasn't seen his face.


The boy POV :

After a while, Mia was sound asleep, and she didn't wake up, not even when the stranger was still killing hollows with her in his arm, it was as if the stranger was making sure she wouldn't. We found Mikoto who was on the ground with a gash on the abdomen, she was bleeding but still breathing. The stranger ordered the rest of the villagers to establish a place for the wounded and he used a different tone with his voice, it asked authority and respect, the villagers automatically followed his order without hesitation. He had to help them so he gave me Mia, even then I still didn't see his face, just a nice smile. He told me that he will take care of the rest of the hollow first and will come back. The wounded were placed at a storage building and were placed on 2 rows, I was sitting next to Mikoto who had her bandages replaced.

It has been a long time since the stranger left, I was beginning to think he just abandoned us. Mikoto started to cough a lot, Mia then awakened from the sound. " Mommy ? Mommy are you okay ? Mommy ?! " she started to cry again. The curtain suddenly opened and the stranger was here, the light of the outside hiding his face in the shadows. I couldn't see his eyes but I was sure that he was looking at us.

The stranger walked and sat on our leff, he lifted his right hand above the injury and a green glow emitted from the palm of the hand. Finally looking closer I could see that he was wearing a black glove that is attached to his black outfit, there was 2 white X, one at the back of the hand and one at the forearm, the entire palm of the hand was covered in white. *2 After a moment the stranger stopped what he was doing and was thinking, at least I think since I couldn't see his face " Everyone who isn't injured please get out. " he asked.

" Are you going to help mommy ? " Mia asked, her hands gripping the white fabric on him.

He looked at Mia " Anything for you little girl. What's your name ? "

" Mia. " she said.

" Well Mia I need to be alone to heal all the people who are hurt, it's a secret magic and it needs to stay a secret. " he said, and I now was sure he was a hero since he didn't want us to see his superpowers.

One of the other adults in the room said " I'm sorry but we can't just leave you, a stranger alone with the injured, we are thankful for your help but we cannot leave them like this. " it's correct, but still, with all he has done I just know that we can trust him.

" Please trust me, I can help them but I need you to leave. Your right, you don't know me but if I don't act now then you will be digging holes in a few hours. " the stranger wasn't going to lose this round. Nobody was dead … yet.

The adult, in this comment, took awhile but eventually gave up " … Everyone please leave. "

" Let's go Mia. " I took Mia's hand to take her away but she stopped and looked at the stranger.

" Mister ? Is mommy gonna be okay ? " she asked with pleading eyes.

" Yes, now go. " he shou us away

When we passed the curtain everybody was outside, but not me. I was looking between the curtains. The stranger was standing in the middle of the room and I saw only the right side of his face. He looked young, in his 20's, and had brown eyes. He lifted his hand, palm forward the ceiling. The hand then glowed green like last time, but then, it glowed more and more and it became bright enough that everyone in the room was touched by the light like it was the sun. The light then started to change color and changed to lavender. I looked at Mikoto and she was breathing normally, she was gaining color and I could see her wound repairing itself faster until it was closed. When the stranger started to walk to the curtain, I quickly ran back to the others.

The stranger got out and looked at us. " They will be fine but they need to rest for a couple of days, a week minimum. "

Everyone got back in, Mia rushed into Mikoto's arms and they were both happy. Mia got out of her mother's arm and runed to the stranger to tackle his leg. " Thank you very much Mister Stranger. "

The stranger picked up Mia " One, my name isn't Stranger. Two, ... " he then playfully threw her in the air and she giggled each time. "... your welcome little cute girl. " he ruffled his nose with hers and she laughed at the action " Now go talk to your mom. " he put her down and she hugged Mikoto who mouthed the words " thank you " the stranger only nodded in response.

A golden butterfly, that was enveloped in a white aura, was coming from the window, everyone became silent at the occurrence. It wasn't every time that a glowing butterfly just flew around like every other insect, and none were golden. The stranger lifted his finger and the butterfly landed on it, after a moment the butterfly flew away to where it came from " I am sorry but I have to go, it was a pleasure to help you. " he then walked very fast out of the building, I decided to go after him.

He was near the entrance when I caught up to him " Wait ! Wait ! " he stopped, turned around and I stopped in front of him, out of breath " Teach me,... please. "

" And why should I do that ? " he asked me.

" I want to be strong. "

" And why do you want to be strong exactly ? " he asked again.

" I want to kill the hollows. "

After finishing that, I found myself on the ground on my back with a sword pointing at my throat " I do not teach someone who want to become stronger just so he can become a killer, I am a warrior not a criminal that take anybody as an apprentice so they can become even worse than a killer. " he took the sword out of the way.

' So fast, I didn't see anything, and that sword. ' the sword was as black as the darkness, not even the light of the sun could reflect upon it like it was absorbing it, the blade was long and the guard was in swastika form also in black *3 ' So that's what he used against the hollow back there. '. Then I thought back to what he said " I want to kill the hollow because I want to protect my friends ! "

He sheathed his sword in a black sheath at the left side of his waist " Still, killing isn't the only way to protect someone, hollows aren't my enemy and I do not hate them, I pity them. While sometimes you don't have a choice, you cannot alway resort to killing your enemy, if you continue to become strong just to kill then one day you will lose yourself. " I started to understand what he meant even if in his soul years I was still a child, the legends were true he seemed to be really wise, he must be very old, again even just from his voice I could feel the experience.

But I wasn't going to give up easily " Then please, make sure I won't lose myself. " I bowed as low as possible and waited.

After a long silence the stranger sigh in exasperation " Lift your head up kid. " I did so and the stranger was on one knee, eyes at my level. His eyes… , they were now red ruby *4, I didn't notice earlier but he had a scar on his left eye. I could feel him looking at me like he was looking at my heart, like he knew all my secrets and desires. Another silent moment later, weird blue lines appeared from his neck to above his right eye, I could feel the power coming from him even if I couldn't feel his reiatsu. He placed his right hand on the ground and brought it up, following it and coming from the ground were white particles that then formed a hilt, then a guard and finally a blade. He created a simple sword, in the process there was a little bit of sweat on his face. After the sword was complete only a small crater was left where the particles appeared, the stranger gave it to me, I caught it but it was pretty heavy " It's heavy isn't it ? Well you have to be strong to lift a real sword. "

" Thank you mister, I will make good use of it. "

" No. " I was taken aback by his word " Do not attach yourself to this sword, if you find a better one then take it, the sword can become the most powerful weapon at the hands of a master and you are no master, so you will use a weapon that can help you. If you want a weapon that suits you then you will either create it or find it somewhere else, the sword chooses his wielder, in a fight you put your heart in it whether you're calm or filled by rage then you wield your weapon with your heart, so you need to find the right one, the one that shows your will, your will to protect your friends. The blade will become rusty and useless and you don't have to lose your friends just because you're attached to it. Understand ? " I nod in response and awe. Again, this man must be really wise. He stood up and walked toward the entrance, but I wasn't done.

" Mister, what's the difference between a warrior and a soldier ?! "

" A soldier doesn't question his action and does what he's told to do without mercy and hesitation ! A warrior fights for what is right in his eyes and the people he believes in, he is always honorable and strong in spirit even if he works for evil ! And don't tell anyone what I did to the wounded. " I blushed in embarasement for being caught so easily.

" And for the second time it isn't mister, my name is the one who protects ! " then he disappeared without a sound.

" The one who protects. " I said this like it was the name of a legend, and to be honest probably is or will be " I hope I could see him again. "

Mikoto said, " You need to go back, everyone is eating ! " she said as she was a bit far away from me.

I turned " I'm coming ! " I looked back at where the stranger disappeared.

" Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekunie, come eat right now ! " she's angry, plus I'm hungry too.

" Okay okay ! " I said as I was clutching the sword, already thinking of ways to train with it.

To be continued

TheAbsoluteZero, ... glitters.


*1 : Hitotsume : Nadegiri ~ The First : Killing Stroke ( Yamamoto vs Ayon ) but without the flesh sound.

*2 : His Bankai Fullbring outfit. (AN : little special thing in futures chapter ;) )

*3 : The sword is from the first Bankai but without a chain.

*4 : Ichigo can change his eyes from brown to ruby red and even make them glow but that's for later ( think like Ainz Ooal Gown or Goblin Slayer )

PS : Ichigo has dangai hair and a swimmer's body (yes I wanted to make him sexy. Is that not bad enough ? not sinful enough ? not sexy beast enough ? TELL ME !!!).