A/N Thanks for those who reviewed my last chapter. Please enjoy my latest chapter.
I've turned Karakura town into a section of Tokyo near Hinata, another section of Tokyo, just so I can get a connection between the characters of Love Hina and Bleach, so I wouldn't have to do something like "Keitaro randomly encounters Ichigo and become instant friends, and have a super mad pairing-crazy fest."
I'm basing this on the Japanese manga of both Bleach and Love Hina, not the English versions, so there will be a lot of stuff most of you might not be familiar with, sorry guys.
Another thing, I will be leaving out several things in Bleach, just so I can hurry up and get to the good action parts. I will mostly be describing the Love Hina character's side, and as for the missing parts (Such as how Ichigo became a Shinigami, Inoue and Chad's fight with the hollow, Kon etc.) will be the same as in Bleach, unless I redescribed the event myself. So in order for you to get this story, you will need to either read or watch the Bleach manga/anime. If not… you'll be very very confused.
Anyways… now let's see what's going on with Motoko!
Disclaimer: For the last time its NOT MINE! I'm too stupid too make up Bleach or Love Hina!
Last chapter, Keitaro was sent to Rukongai! Will we learn what'll happen to him? Nope, we'll be exploring the tenant's side this time. Now let's begin.
Chapter 2 – Death and the Swordswoman; A Promise and a Zanpakuto
The sound of an alarm clock sounded, and an annoying bleeping sound echoed throughout the room. The sound of an alarm clock was one of the most hated sounds in the morning, cutting through the blissful rest known as sleep, and the day's troublesome tasks would begin.
The current inhabitant of the room stirred in her bed and grumbled on. The girl slowly climbed out of the futon and grumbled something not clear. She stretched and yawned before resting on her legs, which were bent beneath her. After clearing the cobwebs of sleep from her mind, she sat in a cross-legged and went into a meditative stance.
This woman was of course Motoko Aoyama, Hinata Dorm's swordswoman in residence and she was awake for her everyday training. Most of the dorm thought that she used some ancient samurai technique to wake up everday, but it turns out, she used an alarm clock just like any normal person. Except that she would always had to buy a new alarm clock every time she slammed on the snooze button. Motoko was freakishly strong as a woman with her samurai training.
Motoko finished meditating and looked at the clock.
5:00 AM
School would start at 8, which gave her 3 hours for training, bathing, and eating breakfast. She stood up and reached for her wooden training sword as well as her training clothes. After stripping her sleeping clothes, she examined her body in the mirror that she had in her room, which was strange seeing as she wasn't a woman to spend her time in front of a mirror every morning.
She examined her body, which cause most men to gawk at her and most women to stare jealously. After checking her chest wrappings, Motoko sighed and donned her hakama and gi, before slipping out of her room.
Her wooden training sword was in her hand, and her eyes still seemed tired but her mind was fully awake. She reached her usual training spot, the roof, and swung her sword for nearly an hour before practicing various swings. After practicing for an hour and thirty minutes, Motoko went back to her room, and dropped off her sword. Finally, Motoko walked into the hot springs to wash the sweat off.
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The rest of the tenants were already sitting down at the breakfast table as Motoko walked in wearing her school uniform. As usual, the table was quiet with an air of depression around. Motoko sat down with her usual calm face. As the last tenant arrived, Shinobu finished serving breakfast and sat down as well. The tenants began eating.
The table was so silent that even Motoko felt uncomfortable, even though she was the one that never talked at meals.
Shinobu ate slowly, lowering her head so she wouldn't have too meet any gazes. Naru also ate in a way that seemed like she had no soul, like every morning, but Motoko felt something different about her, like something had happened during the night.
Speaking of last night… Motoko thought I sensed battle was going on, but I didn't feel any ki signatures, nor heard any sounds of battle. I didn't see anything strange but I could have sworn that there was some sort of battle going on. Well, no use thinking about this now. Motoko banished her thoughts before continuing to eat breakfast.
Kitsune wasn't at the table, and hadn't been recently. Hangover as usual Motoko thought. That left Su who Motoko hadn't seen recently. After Keitaro, who was like a brother to her, died, Su stayed locked up in her room and hadn't been sleeping in Motoko's room for a while now. Thankfully, she still never misses a meal Motoko smiled slightly at this, glad that Su still had one characteristic left.
Motoko was also affected by Keitaro's death, though she didn't show it as much as the others did because of her training. Still, she thought that the other tenants would be over his death by now. Apparently, the tenants were not that truthful over their feelings for the former landlord.
Then again, she might not have been truthful about her feelings either.
Motoko finished and thanked Shinobu for the food, before bringing her plate to the sink. She walked up to her room to prepare for school, which was located in Karakura.
Hinata and Karakura were different sections of Tokyo that were located next to each other. They were named after nearby subway stops and had their own special traits. Hinata was well known for its historical look, which seemed more traditional and less modern than the rest of Tokyo. Karakura was a more modern area.
Sadly, Hinata's only high school had been closed down for more than a year so, Motoko had no choice but to go to the nearest school, which was located near the unofficial border between Hinata and Karakura.
After a short walk to the bus stop, Motoko got on and sat down on a seat near the window, watching as the city past by her window, silently waiting until she would reach her school.
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"Yo, Motoko-chan, how're you doing?" A figure called out to Motoko, who was sitting quietly at her desk near the window of her classroom.
Motoko looked up and greeted back, "Fine. How are you doing, Tatsuki-chan?"
Ariwa Tatsuki was one of Motoko's best friends, as well as her classmate. Like Motoko, she was also a fellow martial artist, though preferring to use her fists rather than a sword. They had sparred on numerous occasions; usual fighting on equal terms, even though Motoko refrained from using any Shinmeiryuu techniques.
The kendo swordswoman smiled slightly before standing up and walking over to Tatsuki's desk to chat. Along with her, was another one of Tatsuki's friends. Inoue Orihime
Now Inoue Orihime was a huge question mark to Motoko. Orihime was always so cheerful and, somewhat…ok not somewhat but really weird, even for the kendo girl.
"Good morning, Orihime-san." Motoko bowed slightly.
"Ah! Good morning, Motoko-chan." Inoue smiled and waved cheerfully. Motoko just nodded and gave off something that was similar to a grunt. She wasn't exactly too fond of the orange haired cheerful girl who always got in the way of her patented "PERVERT PUNISHMENT" by saying violence wasn't the answer.
She was right. One glimpse of Orihime's breasts was enough to knock out any pervert. Even Motoko was secretly jealous of her assets.
On that note, Motoko hadn't done any pervert punishing for while now since Keitaro…
"Oh, Motoko, I haven't seen you at the kendo club recently. Something wrong?" Tatsuki asked, breaking Motoko's current thoughts.
"Umm… yeah, been busy with stuff." Motoko said, turning her head away. While she refused to admit it to anyone, Keitaro's death had affected her a lot. No matter what she said to everyone, she couldn't lie to herself about what she felt.
She loved him. Or had loved him.
If I had been there, I could have protected him…I could have stopped this…Motoko would think nearly every day. Nearly every time she was meditating, that thought would always push to the top of her mind, no matter how much she tried to get rid of the thought.
Her thought process was cut short as the teacher entered the classroom, and Motoko walked back to her seat and sat down.
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The bell rang and the period ended, signaling a 15-minute break. Some stayed in their seats, chatting, while others walked off into the hall. Tatsuki and Orihime walked off to go to the vending machines, and somehow ended up dragging Motoko along with them.
"So what did you bring for lunch today Tatsuki-chan?" Orihime asked, while walking along with them.
"Me? Just a normal bento. Nothing special. You?" Tatsuki replied.
"Hai! I brought a jelly and leek sandwich on onion bread! Yum!" Orihime began to start salivating just at the thought of it. Tatsuki looked sick and Motoko sweat dropped. Suddenly someone walked in and bumped into Orihime, who fell to the floor at the sudden contact.
"Huh? Oh it's just you."
"OI! ICHIGO! You knocked into her and that's all you can say? Why don't you apologize?" Tatsuki immediately went to her friend's aid.
"KUROSAKI ICHIGO! APOLOGIZE NOW!" Motoko commanded, her eyes were in the "Listen or Die" mode. Even if she stopped punishing perverts, she still distrusted most males.
Kurosaki Ichigo(A.K.A Strawberry) was a 15 year old teenager that was also their classmate. He had a strange orange hair, and was rumored to be some gangster in the Yakuza. He was a legend around the many gangsters in Karakura, mainly for his trademark orange hair and strong fighting skills.
But he paled at the fury of a woman.
A gigantic sweat drop appeared on his head before saying "Eh…Right Tatsuki-chan, Motoko-chan. Sorry, Inoue." He stretched out his hand to the woman sprawled on the ground, offering her some support.
Inoue looked at his face once. Than she started rambling something incoherent before jumping straight up, hitting Ichigo's forehead and knocking him back.
She started rambling about something that sounded like "Kacurdurgjhgrzstnami" before running off somewhere.
Ichigo stood back up with a massive bump on his head, with a gigantic mysterious question mark over his head.
"What was that about?"
"He, maybe something to do with your scary eyes." Tatsuki teased.
"Or…" Motoko was right behind him "What did you do to Orihime to make her like that?" And somehow, a fiery aura appeared around her.
"N-n-n-n-nothing! Nothing at all, Motoko!" Ichigo quickly said, while backing away from Motoko. Tatsuki just laughed at him. She and Ichigo were childhood friends.
"By the way, why weren't you at class today?"
"Ah that. I'll tell you about it later." Ichigo said before walking off toward the classroom. Tatsuki and Motoko exchanged glances before following him back to the classroom.
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"Hime-chan!" A red haired thing suddenly leapt at Orihime "Cute as ever!" the figure screamed as it rubbed itself against Inoue, who seemed to blank out either in confusion or embarrassment.
"What the hell are you doing, you damn lesbian!" Tatsuki shouted before she whacked the red-haired figure that turned out to be…a girl.
"Damn you! How dare you get in the way of my Hime-chan?!" The redhead named Chizuru retorted, "I will one day beat you and rescue my Hime-chan!" She screamed and ran at Orihime again. This time Motoko blocked her.
"Damn perverted woman…are you shameless?" Motoko muttered angrily. Perverted women pissed her off the most of all things.
"Yep!" Chizuru replied "Why? Am I too naughty, Mo-chan?" And she proceeded to grope Motoko's…chest.
Motoko's face turned red. Amazingly red. In fact, it made normal red look like blue in comparison.
"Oh? Why aren't you stopping me? Are you enjoying this?" Chizuru smirked in a seductive way while moving her hands lower down Motoko's body. Motoko's face color was now as bright as the sun.
That's when Keigo, the class pervert, walked in. And the moment he saw Motoko's…. predicament he fell to the floor with a look of awe on his face. Then he stood back up in a flash quickly snapping pictures with a camera he pulled out of nowhere, spit dribbling out of his mouth. He said one thing "Oh, My prayers have been answered!"
Motoko's embarrassment shot up even more, and she forcibly pushed Chizuru off, sending her into a wall and leaving a nice big Chizuru-shaped hole, before forming a fist to punch Keigo. The punch went straight through Keigo's camera and sent him flying to form a Keigo-shaped hole in the wall next to the Chizuru hole.
"I-I regret nothing!" Keigo declared before passing out, a bit of blood oozing out of his nose.
Motoko fumed before returning to her seat, refusing to meet anyone's face. The teacher finally walked in and ignored the two holes in the wall shaped like her students.
"Kurosaki Ichigo, you were missing this morning. Where did you go?" The teacher asked.
"Umm…a big truck ran into my house?" Ichigo replied cautiously, realizing how stupid it sounded.
"…. ok…" The teacher replied unsurely. Suddenly someone knocked on the door and entered.
"GAH! YOU! W-W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" Ichigo screamed out randomly, pointing at the figure.
"Do you know her?" Chad asked. Chad was Ichigo's friend and was also rumored to be a gangster. He was a very tall and muscular who looked to be Mexican. And he gave off a very scary appearance. Very.
"No, I don't believe we've ever met. My name is Kuchiki Rukia, and I'll be sitting next to you from today onward!" the girl said with a huge smile on her face before extending her hand to Ichigo, who looked at the hand and fainted.
"Oh my." She said before sitting down, trying to cover up the words written on her hand.
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"Mo-chan!!!" Both Chizuru and Keigo jumped and screamed at the same time, both hitting each other. Chizuru, who was still obsessed with Inoue, now decided that Motoko was her new toy. Keigo however, had been trying to get Motoko ever since they met a year ago.
After they picked themselves off the ground, they both started to try to flirt with Motoko, who just ignored them.
Nearly every guy in the school had hit on Motoko since she was a rather beautiful girl, not that she knew it anyway. Despite her attitude against males, they just kept on coming. The only boys in her class that didn't hit on her were Ichigo, who always seemed pissed, and Chad, who was always quiet. Oh and then there was that boy in glasses that she didn't remember and was always brooding over something.
Inoue walked in, and to Motoko's relief, Chizuru left her alone to go grope Inoue, only to be kicked away by Tatsuki.
It had been about 2 weeks since Rukia came to the class and she had been accepted to the class rather quickly. Motoko would hang out with her often and she had quite a lot of fun. But, for some reason, she was always with Ichigo.
It's not like Motoko hated Ichigo. In fact, they had hung out every now and then, but only with Tatsuki, who with friends with both of them.
"Morning, class." The teacher walked in and everybody stopped talking.
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The roar of a hollow sounded and swung its fist down upon the earth, creating a large crater in the ground. People everywhere started screaming and running around everywhere. The massive hollow screeched once more before moving toward a soul that was trying to run away.
"Your soul is mine!" The hollow roared in a dramatic movie-like way. He reached out to grab the soul before…
A massive blade came through the air and cut the hollow's arm off. The hollow roared but the figure that wielded the massive blade didn't stop. He jumped up and brought the blade upon the hollow's mask, effectively slicing it in half.
"Damn, this is so annoying!" the figure put down his sword as the hollow disappeared. The figure of course was, Kurosaki Ichigo.
He had obtained Shinigami powers from Kuchiki Rukia in order to save his family, and from that day forth, he and Rukia worked together to vanquish hollows, since Rukia lost her Shinigami powers to help Ichigo.
"You shouldn't be complaining, Ichigo. Let's go back now." Rukia appeared beside him.
"Damn, it's dark already. How the hell am I going to finish my homework?"
"Well that's…" Rukia said before the ringing of her cell phone cut her off. "Ichigo! Another hollow! Let's go now!" She took off in a direction and Ichigo sighed and grabbed his massive zanpaku-to.
"Damn, this is troublesome."
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"Wai! Tatsuki-chan's mom's beef stew! Its' the best!" Inoue cried out.
Tatsuki and Motoko had been working together on a joint project when Tatsuki's mom had told them to deliver Inoue some beef stew. And that's how Motoko, Tatsuki, and Inoue ended up having a party.
Inoue lived by herself and ate really…really strange things. In fact, when Tatsuki and Motoko came in she was preparing to eat a… bean, onion, and jam stew.
Motoko nearly threw up when she saw the stew.
The three girls had been chatting for quite a while when suddenly; Inoue's favorite doll fell from the mantle. It wasn't just some normal doll; it was a gift to Inoue from her deceased brother. Inoue stood up to pick the doll up when something invisible grabbed her. Inoue was dragged down to the floor screaming.
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"Damn!" Ichigo muttered as he ran to Inoue's house "I won't make it in time!"
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Tatsuki had been thrown against the wall, while Motoko was panting heavily, leaning on her sword. She had drawn it in an attempt to free Inoue, but whatever that invisible thing was, she couldn't cut it.
"Damnit!" Motoko yelled and stood up again, only to be kicked back to the wall and get knocked out.
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Ichigo arrived just in time to see Motoko kicked back. Then he saw a hollow with blue hair grabbing onto Inoue's leg, attempting the drag her somewhere. Ichigo drew his blade just as Rukia arrived.
"Stop! Ichigo!" But he didn't listen. He yelled and attempted to strike the hollow, but it just swiped him with his arm and whacked him away.
"K-k-kurosaki-kun?" Inoue muttered before she passed out. Motoko saw someone looking like Ichigo battling a strange monster before she too passed out.
20 minutes later
"Take care, Orihime." The hollow said with his mask taken off, and stabbed himself with Ichigo's zanpaku-to.
Ichigo battled with the hollow, which was rather powerful, for a long time. He ended up cutting off the hollow's mask to reveal that all hollows were once human and that this hollow was Orihime's brother.
After Inoue woke up and said several things that were quite touching and then her brother regained control over himself. Then he grabbed Ichigo's zanpaku-to and killed himself. Inoue was once again, unconscious.
"Damn, that was hard." Ichigo fell back to the floor and Rukia immediately went over to him.
"You did well, Ichigo."
The next morning….
"What happened to your house?"
"A monk with a rocket launcher tried to kill me!"
"NO WAY!"
"It's true! Right Tatsuki-chan? Motoko-chan?" Inoue was busy explaining how her house had been destroyed.
"Yep."
"I was there. It's true."
"No way! If Motoko-chan says so, then it must be true!"
Ichigo, who was listening, sweat dropped before turning to Rukia.
"What the hell? A monk?"
"I used a memory replacer on them. It was rather low-quality, so…"
"But who would believe that crap?"
"Shut up! At least they don't know that you're a Shinigami!" And Rukia and Ichigo argued for the rest of the day.
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"My name is Ishida Uryu, I'm a Quincy, and I hate Shinigamis. Therefore I hate you, Kurosaki Ichigo." Ishida Uryu declared, aiming his arrow at Ichigo, who was frozen in place. Ichigo had first met the Quincy when a hollow was attacking.
Ichigo was about to defeat the hollow, just when several arrows had been sent its way, by Ishida.
Quincy were humans that gained power to see and defeat hollows as Rukia explained it. The Shinigami had long since wiped them out, but there had been a few survivors. And there before Ichigo, stood the Last Quincy.
"I will prove it to you, that this world needs no Shinigami. With the power of the Quincy, I will protect everyone." Ishida said dramatically, and pulled out a disc and broke it, leaving its remnants to scatter in the air.
"Bastard! What the hell did you do?" Ichigo yelled and raised his sword higher.
"Nothing. I just broke a disc that will attract hollows from everywhere. I will prove to you that the Shinigami are not needed. The one who defeats the most hollows will be the victor."
"Damn you! If you wanted to prove who's stronger, than you shouldn't be putting people's lives on the line! You're involving lives for your own damn personal vendettas! I don't care what happened to the Shinigami and Quincy, but if you want to settle this, then fight me! Don't involve innocent people!" Ichigo angrily yelled "Stop it now!"
Ishida just laughed. "Once this starts, I cannot stop it. But don't worry; I won't allow anyone in this town come to harm. Now shouldn't you be somewhere? Surely you know how hollows target humans with high spirit power?"
"DAMN! Karin! Yuzu!" Ichigo cursed and sped off into a direction to his family.
"Your family isn't the only one with high spirit energy. But don't worry, Ichigo. I will show you the true power of the Quincy." And with that, Ishida pulled the string on his spirit bow and aimed carefully at the first three hollows that appeared.
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"What is that?" Inoue asked herself, pointing at the strange creature on the school building, that apparently, Tatsuki couldn't see. They had been walking back from karate training when the strange thing appeared, that no one seemed to be able to see.
That's when the monster jumped from the building and attacked them.
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"Chad? Are you coming?" One of Chad's friends called out. Chad turned towards him and said, "Yeah, wait a sec." And he gave one last look around and ran after his friends.
He didn't see the large hollow observing him on top of a building.
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"Damn that Ishida! I won't forgive him for this!" Ichigo muttered to himself. He ran around in his Shinigami form, cutting down any hollow in his path with his zanpakuto.
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"What's going on?" Rukia asked no one in particular while looking at her cell phone, a gift from Soul Society that allowed her to detect hollows. She was currently in Urahara Shop, a small store run by Urahara Kisuke, 2 little kids, and a massive man who wore glasses.
Urahara was a strange man, with a striped hat and had an interesting choice of clothing. He always seemed to know more than he was willing to let on, and always carried around a strange cane.
He usually had a carefree attitude, but right now, it was all serious.
"So it begins."
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At Hinata House.
"Motoko! Are you coming?"
"Hai, Naru-sempai." Motoko responded and continued to walk up the stairs. She had paused when she noticed something strange in the air, something of great evil. As a Shinmeiryuu swordswoman, she was always trained to sense evil. And now, a massive evil aura seemed to be in the air.
Motoko gripped her sword tighter, which was strapped on her belt, before continuing the climb the long staircase the Hinata.
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"Damn! That bait couldn't have possibly drawn this many hollows! There's too many!" Ishida muttered before firing another arrow from his bow into the face of a hollow that attempted to sneak up on him.
Ishida had been firing arrow after arrow, killing hollow after hollow, but they didn't stop coming. His hand was already starting to bleed from using the bow too much.
"I won't stop!" He aimed and let loose another arrow.
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"Damn that Ishida!" Ichigo cursed, currently surrounding by several hollows, each looking menacing and dangerous. Ichigo paid no attention as he swung his sword down upon them and sliced several apart with a series of swings.
"Damn! Yuzu! Karin! I'm coming!" Ichigo yelled, before charging into a group of hollows wielding his massive sword.
Meanwhile…
Rukia had met up with Kon, who saved her from a hollow. Kon was a modified soul that Ichigo and Rukia came upon in their battles. Ichigo often used Kon to change into his Shinigami forms in an emergency. Other than that, Kon usually stayed in a lion doll's body.
Currently, he was in Ichigo's body, fighting off hollows using powerful kicks, a special ability from being a modified soul. He kicked off another hollow and landed on the ground…right under Rukia's dress.
Oh and Kon was REALLY perverted.
Rukia didn't say anything; she just stomped on Kon's face repeatedly, which was actually Ichigo's face.
Right when another hollow came to attack, Rukia charged up her remaining reiatsu and fired kidou, a Shinigami art used with reiatsu to inflict damage, similar in a way to magic.
"Destructive Art 33: Blue Firefall" Rukia chanted, and fired a small blast of blue energy, which impacted with a hollow, sending it back a little. Kon had recovered from Rukia's stomping and stood up, preparing to protect his "Nee-san".
"Let's go you bastards!" Kon called before charging forward, only to be blasted away by a hollow. Rukia looked around, knowing that she was outnumbered. Her Shinigami powers were taken away when she tried to save Ichigo, so she was at a major disadvantage.
Suddenly, explosions rocketed the area, and most of the hollows disappeared.
"My, my, what's going on here?" A figure said.
"You're…" Rukia said before something caught her off in a dramatic sort of movie way. Dramatic but annoying as hell.
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"What the hell is that thing?" Motoko cried, as she was again sent flying back by the invisible creature. Motoko had been walking back with Naru to the inn, when something appeared and knocked Naru and Motoko away, knocking Naru out cold..
Motoko had drawn her sword and used any Shinmeiryuu technique she could on the hollow, but no matter what she did, she didn't seem to be able to harm it.
Just then, Shinobu, Kitsune and Su popped out of the Inn to see what was going on.
"NO!" Motoko yelled but it was too late. The shimmer in the air moved and knocked her away into a wall. Before the rest of the tenants could scream, the hollow had grabbed Shinobu and Su with its hands and kicked Kitsune away.
Shinobu and Su were now screaming, being held up in the air by some invisible force. Kitsune was unconscious and Motoko was struggling to stand up, when she heard the thing's voice for the first time.
"Hehehe, I always love to devour the souls of young ladies like you two. This will be a nice treat." The thing said.
"You will not harm them!" Motoko yelled and charged at the hollow.
"Zan Ga Ken!" Motoko yelled, and sliced her sword down on the shimmer, using the Shinmeiryuu special technique. (Stone Splitting Sword)
The hollow just threw her back with its arm, sending her flying back again. But Motoko didn't give up, and used the force of the landing to jump back up again, gathering more Ki to her sword and unleashing upon the evil ghost in a massive wave.
The ki wave simply passed straight through the shimmer. Motoko didn't seem to notice as she brought her sword back down on the hollow, but the blade went through the air as if there was nothing there.
"It's useless! Useless!" The hollow mocked. Motoko heard it but ignored it, bringing her sword up and swung again and again, but the sword hit nothing.
The hollow screeched, making goosebumps appear on Motoko's skin.
"I told you it's useless human! Why do you try so hard?" The hollow yelled and punched Motoko away, sending her back down on the ground.
Blood splurted from the many cuts on Motoko's skin. More blood began to emerge from her mouth as she struggled to stand, panting heavily.
"I WILL PROTECT THEM! Shinmeiryuu Technique! Hyakuretsu Okazan!" Motoko yelled and swung her blade through the shimmer in the air, with her ki surrounding her in a circle and several sakura petals falling from nowhere.
"USELESS! It's all useless!" The hollow screamed once more and punched Motoko with its giant fist, blasting her several feet back. More blood flew from Motoko's mouth and she landed on the ground with a thud.
Motoko had never been injured this badly, even against her sister or demons.
"Zan Ku Sen!" Motoko yelled, sending more Ki waves at the hollow, which passed through it harmlessly.
"You starting to annoy me! Let me devour these brat's souls in peace!"
"Like hell I'll let you do that!" Motoko yelled another battle cry and charged at the hollow, focusing more ki to her body and sword.
"Hmph. And here I was giving you a chance to run, woman. But no matter. I'll end this now." The hollow extended one finger, which was sharp at the tip. Motoko would have dodged but she couldn't see the hollow.
"Die, brat!" The hollow stabbed Motoko with the sharp point on its finger.
Motoko screamed as she felt something pierce her body straight through. The point pierced straight through her body and came out of her back. Blood flew in all directions, and the finger was covered with Motoko's blood.
Time seemed to slow down for Motoko as she fell to the ground, blood everywhere. She was lying in a pool of her own blood that was steadily growing larger as the wound bled more. Regret clouded Motoko's mind and tears fell from her eyes as it began to glaze over.
As more blood came out, Motoko felt less and less pain as she felt her consciousness began to fade. Her fading conscious tried to grasp at the remainder of her memories, as it slowly began to darken, trying hold onto whatever bit of life she had left.
Her life at the Shinmeiryuu dojo. Her sisters and how they saved her from the turtle demon. Coming to Hinata Dorm. Meeting with the tenants. Meeting and beating up Keitaro. Everything passed by in a flash.
Motoko's last regret passed through her mind. I couldn't save them. I couldn't save anyone. I took a vow to protect all residents of the dormitory, but I failed. I couldn't even save Keitaro and now I can't save anyone of them!
The last memory passed through her head. An image of a smiling cheerful Keitaro. And the image of his tombstone. She stood before it, her head lowered in guilt. She kneeled down and laid a single flower. A rose. And she swore on oath on his grave, similar to the one she swore with the Shinmeiryuu and swore when she came to Hinata All-girls Dormitory. The oath repeated itself in her dying mind once again.
"I swear on my sword, my life, and my honor, that I will protect the innocent and the weak, incapable of defending themselves, from all harm and evil. I will give my life to serve those who cannot fight for themselves."declared a young Motoko, in front of her sister and family, who smiled at the young girl.
"As my oath as a resident to this place, I will protect all of its residents and this land. As long as I reside here, I will not allow harm to come to this place or any of its residents."Motoko promised, kneeling before Granny Hina, who seemed amused by this formality.
Motoko shuddered as she realized she broke her promise when she first hit Keitaro, even though he was a male, he was still a resident. Her final vow raced through her head, to the memory of the only male that she ever loved.
"Keitaro, I swear upon your grave, that I will protect and take care of Hinata House and its residents in your stead. I have failed to protect you, but in your memory, I will stride to save those who were precious to you. I swear this on your memory and my honor as a swordsman…and a woman."Motoko whispered, standing in front of a grave, alone with her as she seemingly offered her swrod to the grave.
Forgive me Keitaro, I couldn't do anything. I have broken every one of my vows. Motoko thought as her vision began to fade. The hollow began laughing until suddenly it stopped. Not just the hollow but also everything stopped. Everything was frozen in place. As if time had stopped itself.
"So you wish to fulfill your promises and protect your friends eh?" A voice rang through the air. Motoko suddenly found that she felt no pain. In fact, all of the tiredness from before disappeared. She slowly stood up to see that her body was still on the ground, frozen just like everything else.
"Hmph, I can't believe it took you so long to realize your own follies. All it took was for you to almost die for you to finally awaken." The voice said again.
"Who are you? What's going on?"
"Who am I? I know you more than anything in the world, and you know me anything more than anyone in the world. Do you really not know who I am?" The voice said again. It was definitely a male voice that was neither high pitched nor low pitched.
"Stop fucking kidding! Who are you?"
"Very well. Here is a hint. I have been with you since the beginning, and without me…" a dark figure appeared in front of Motoko, "You are nothing." Motoko could see the figure for the first time, which had dark shadows covering his face and body, making him totally unrecognizable.
"What the hell does that mean?"
"I am what makes you human. I am the very representation of what separates humans from mere animals. I am your soul."
"………WHAT?"
"Ha! I knew you would say something like that. Very well, let's start from the beginning. Every human is born with a soul. When we die, the soul ascends to heaven, or Soul Society, whatever you want to call it. If we have a strong regret, we remain behind and if the soul is evil, we become that thing you were battling, called a hollow."
"And what are you?"
"Me? Why that's a ridiculous question. I am YOU!" The figure said before Motoko found herself staring at herself. The figure then reverted back to its normal dark form, shadows blocking the face and body.
"Me? STOP KIDDING!" Motoko yelled and grabbed a sword that she found lying next to her, and charged at the figure that lazily sidestepped out of the way.
"My my, trying to cut me…using me?"
"What? Stop speaking in riddles!"
"Well, you can say that I am part of your soul that's always been with you. I know you better than you know yourself, because in a way, I AM you. And that sword you're holding…" The figure pointed at the sword in Motoko's hands, which was a slightly longer version of her katana except with an long red string tied to the bottom of the blade with a piece of metal attached with the carving of a snake on it. In fact, the blade also had a carving of a snake on it, running all the way to the tip. Other than the design, the blade was a traditional Katana, with Eel skin used as the grip, a guard that was made of gold, and a sheath made with black material.
"You can sort of say that sword IS me."
"What?"
"Let me tell you know. That sword… or otherwise me, is a Zanpakuto. A Soul Slayer."
"What do you mean?"
"You sure like to say 'what' a lot huh? A Soul Slayer is the sword of a Shinigami. Shinigami send souls to heaven, or Soul Society and slays the bad spirits, called Hollows. Simple enough eh?"
"I don't understand. What are you getting at?" Motoko asked in confusion. This strange figure had a way of replying so that Motoko would ask more questions. Frustration started to build in her mind.
The figure sighed. "To put it simply, that blade is the only thing that can harm the hollow you're fighting, which is why your ki attacks or sword attacks don't work." The figure said indicating the hollow, which Motoko realized she was able to see clearly for the first time.
"I am your Zanpaku-to. I am your sword. Your shinigami powers were awakened by your friend Kurosaki Ichigo, who has a massive amount of reiatsu, or spirit pressure, which judges the power and strength of a soul or Shinigami."
"Ichigo?"
"Correct. He awakened your dormant powers, which everyone has to some extent, during a battle with a hollow that was trying to kill you and your friends Tatsuki and Inoue. The contact with the hollow and Ichigo was used to unlock your powers, and this encounter that nearly left you dead fully awoke your Shinigami powers."
"Your powers are quite strong if you train up a little more." The 'Zanpakuto' said, walking over to her body. Even when he was closer, Motoko still couldn't see his face. "Kurosaki Ichigo is also a person whose shinigami powers were also forcibly awakened. His was awakened by a shinigami, who now has no powers. I'm sure you know her; she's in your class. Kuchiki Rukia."
Motoko stood stunned. It all began to make some sort of sense, seeing as how much Rukia and Ichigo were together and how they always seemed to be hiding something.
"Even if your powers were awakened, you could not use them unless you were emotionally stressed or on the brink of death. Like now. Now that you have fully awakened your shinigami powers, you are free to wield me." The figure said pointing at the sword in Motoko's hands.
"…I…s-see…" Motoko said, still confused.
"Not you don't see. Don't forget, I'm part of you. I know when you're lying. Now is the question." The figure turned to Motoko, with his face still in shadows. "Will you protect them? Will you protect those precious to you? Will you fulfill your vows? Do you wish for power?"
Motoko paused before saying "I will. Even if I die, I'll protect them to my last breath."
The figure laughed, "Alright, I like you kid. You can use me. I will fight together with you and together… we will have the power to defend your precious people. Now rise, Motoko Aoyama."
Time began to return to normal. The hollow continued laughing until a blinding light shined and blinded him. Su and Shinobu were both unconscious. The hollow looked in wonder at the figure bathed in light.
"YOU! You're… a Shinigami?"
Motoko didn't answer, but raised her new sword at the hollow. She could see that she was wearing a black Shinigami uniform. Her sword was slightly longer than her other sword, with a snake carving going up both sides of the blade and red tassels coming from the end of the sword attached to a gold medal with another snake carving.
The Zanpakuto spirit was still watching her, but she could sense that the hollow couldn't see him.
"Rise Motoko Aoyama. Charge at your enemy and strike him down. Do not fear death. Do not fear pain. Strengthen your resolve and strike. Trust in me. Are you willing to put your lives and the lives of all of your friends in my hand?"
"Yes."
"Then go. Do not stop. Do not fear. STRIKE NOW MOTOKO AOYAMA!"
Motoko complied and started running, letting out her battle cry and raising her blade up over her head.
"IT'S USELESS GIRL!" The hollow screeched and dropped both of the girls and raised his fists, now fearing the shinigami girl.
The two figures charged at each other, both crying out. As they both neared each other, the hollow swung both of his fists at Motoko, who brought her sword down on the hollow's fists.
BAM! The whole area was illuminated in light, and the ground shook, craters forming under the pair. There was an explosion and then silence. The smoke cleared from the ground to reveal….
Motoko Aoyama, heir to the Shinmeiryuu, standing victorious over her opponent, who was cleaved in two and was fading away.
"Good job girl. You did well." The zanpakuto said quietly.
Motoko smiled "Thanks. Now can I see your face and get your name? Zanpakuto-san?"
The figure laughed before saying "That is for a later time. My name is something that will give you great power."
"And your face?"
"It'll make me look less cool."
Motoko sweat dropped before she fell to the ground, her newly formed zanpakuto still clutched in her hands. Urashima, I have saved those who were precious to you. I'm glad I could at least fulfill my promise to your grave.
I can finally understand, you were not a dishonorable male. I can finally see the true Keitaro. One who would die for his loved ones, who would give his all for anyone he cared about, who would dedicate his life to fulfill his promises, no matter what it took. The one who cared deeply for everyone. Who would sacrifice his own happiness to make everyone else happy. The one would never complain no matter what misfortune came upon him, but face the world with a smile to tackle even the most hardest of challenges.
Please watch over us. I will become strong so that once again...
I will promise to defend your honor.
Motoko smiled as she fell to the ground, unconscious.
"You did well Motoko." The figure said and disappeared as well. After a while, the wind started blowing, clearing off all of the dust from the battle. There was an eerie silence in the air, as if the air itself was awestruck by the show of powers.
"My my, I guess I came a bit too late." Another figure said, walking up to the sight of the battle and looking down at the unconscious Shinigami form of Motoko and her human body that was still on the ground.
"You fought well." The figure said, A massive man followed the figure and two little kids. They picked up the tenants and they slowly walked off before disappearing all together.
Haruka sat in her teahouse, calmly smoking her cigarette as if nothing had happened. "Damn, that'll take forever to repair. You're late again, as always, Urahara." Before she put up a closed sign on her teahouse door.
------Meanwhile------
"Welcome to the Shinigami Academy." A figure said to all of the gathering students.
As the person continued his speech, a certain someone was standing in the front row that had black hair and sported a pair of glasses. His face had a nerdy look and he seemed quite cheerful.
"Now I will call all of the students to come up and receive their Shinigami Academy equipment." The person finished his speech and read through the list until he arrived on a particular name.
"Keitaro Urashima"
TBC
A/N That was possible one of the longest chapters I have written EVER! I was considering splitting this into two chapters, but I wanted for Motoko to have her proper introduction into a shinigami.
Next chapter will feature Keitaro, his adventures in Rukongai, and how he joins the Gotei 13! Until then please review this chapter? Pretty please?
Oh by the way, all of the main Love Hina cast will gain some sort of Shinigami powers or powers similar to Inoue or Chad. And yes, Keitaro will be a shinigami, a rather powerful at that. But that's for the next chapter, ok?
Now, a new feature I'll implement… Now, I've seen those fics that let you vote on pairings, so I'll let you vote on something…
WHO FIGHTS WHO?
That's right, I'm not one for pairings, so I'll give a chance for people to witness any fight they want to see! Or read rather. It can be between anyone from both Bleach and Love Hina. Just vote, and I'll implement the battle in the fic.
For Example…
Motoko/Tsuruko Vs. Kenpachi (A fight I wanted to do…)
Anything you want. It could be between Bleach characters only or Love Hina characters only or Bleach Character vs Love Hina character, or any character you want. (But I decide the outcome… hehehe)
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I hope I didn't disappoint and if I did, please tell me what I did wrong. Please leave a review on the way out.