In this chapter I reveal two new characters, I was thinking about making Otohime a guy(with a guys name) but this is much more amusing, at least I thought so, I hope you do too. I also reveal the real Kai… Enjoy!

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Another Deadly Spiral

Chapter Two

Otohime and the Zanpaktou

Falling… falling… it seemed endless, he fell for ever as if there were no end to the black void. The only light was from the memoriesflashing before his eyes, and even this light was only in his mind; outside, all he could see was this all consuming darkness.

It was absolute.

He got so used to the darkness that when the fleeting memories stopped flashing and his feet stopped on solid nothingness that it startled him. He looked around, then he looked down, there was nothing supporting him, everything was that black void. Nothing held his feet in place; maybe I'm still falling, maybe I'm going insane. He shook his head and looked forward again into the pitch blackness of the void and shivered. He was alone, alone in the dark of his own being. It was because of this belief that when the slender young woman appeared only inches from his nose he jumped back and nearly lost his balance. Catching himself he glared as the girl giggled uncontrollably, it was madness! This was supposed to be his consciousness, where did this girl come from?

"Took you long enough," she said with a smile that just made Kai a little bit more frustrated. "I've only been waiting for three damn years!"

Kai cocked an eyebrow at the enthusiastic young woman and let out a slight cough. "Who are you? Get out of my head!" He paused at the young woman's expression and proceeded to scratch the back of his head. "I've… always wanted to say that."

"Right," she said with a hint if not a dousing of sarcasm. "You were always the weird one."

"I'm weird, I'm weird? Look at you little miss two piece… bead wearing…bikini…" He stopped for a moment as he looked her over and was only able to utter a single strangled word, "wow." She was beautiful; he was able to recognize this by actually taking time to look, she was indeed wearing something like a bikini with various blue beads hanging off the lower edges of the fine black fabric. He was soon at a loss for words and found himself staring awkwardly at the tanned female.

She looked at him amusedly and waved at him. "Hello… earth to Kai." She sighed as she failed to get his attention and shook her head. "Jeez, I never thought guys would be this shallow… I hope not all guys are like this."

As if hearing his name Kai started and looked at the woman as if he hadn't noticed her standing there. Then as if remembering the entire conversation (and taking offence where it's due), he looked at her in surprise and cried, "I am not shallow!"

She nodded, "Uh-Huh." She pointed at her chest and smiled coyly. "So you deny having stared at these for the past couple of minutes? I dare say you were so fixated by them that you lost the ability to speak." She chuckled slightly as Kai blushed to a deep shade of red and then stopped herself before he again took offence to her light hearted chuckles. "I am Otohime, I live here."

Kai stopped, and looking rather startled, he looked around. "I thought that this…" He made a motion to his surroundings and looked back at her, "was part of me."

Otohime nodded. "It is, I've been here since you were born," she pointed an accusing finger at Kai and smiled. "I was there when you took your first steps, ate your first bite of baby food, spoke your first word, and even the first time you-"

"Okay! I get it alright, enough of that!" He blushed to an even deeper shade of red, making his face resemble an overripe tomato and looked at her sheepishly. "If what you say is true, then answer these." He pulled out a set of conveniently place cue cards and almost immediately he threw them away in fright. "Where'd those come from?" He cleared his throat and calmed himself after his out burst, and then, looking very serious he began. "What was my favourite baby food-"

"Pineapple,"

"First word,"

"Don't,"

"Favourite pastime,"

"Soccer,"

"Favourite saying,"

"I may not believe with a word you say but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

"Brand of underwear," Kai waited a moment before he pointed an accusing finger at Otohime and let out a hearty, HA. "I got you! I must admit you did well on my test but you failed to get my final question."

"Fruit of the loom," Otohime answered with an abashed expression. (This time she was blushing.)

Kai froze, his arm dropped to his side and he studied her with a strange expression. "That's just creepy… don't do it again."

Otohime shrugged, "gladly." She looked over his shoulder and smiled. "Oh and there's one more person I think you should meet."

Kai sighed, when would this end, all this time he had another persons' soul inside of him… and what's more? There was another one too! He turned around and dodged a fist that was inexplicably flying straight at his face. "What the hell?" He caught the fist the next time and let his own fly in the direction of its owner, connecting with the nose of a winged man with light blonde hair and a failure in the gene pool that made him look like a girl. The mans nose shattered and dripped blood as he reeled back and looked at Kai in pained confusion.

"What was that for?" He nursed his broken nose and looked at Kai with a hurt expression. "Is that how you greet your Zanpaktou?"

This time is was Kai's turn to laugh. "Zanpaktou, what is that your name or your title?"

"My title…" He took his hand away from his nose and Kai noticed with disbelief that it was fully healed. "If I told you my name you'd have to promise me one thing." The man surveyed Kai with interest as Kai nodded. "You'll kill that Hollow… and avenge Otohime."

Kai stopped. "Wait a minute, that thing killed me, not Otohime."

"Wrong, you were living on borrowed time." The man explained. "Your chain of fate broke off three years ago when your brain functions stopped. Remember, the cancer?"

Kai did remember, all too well. The doctors said that they had tried to revive him for hours before he woke up suddenly, and all traces of the cancer had disappeared. His life had ended then only to come back to him in a rush of air, but he'd never experienced this then.

"When you died three years ago, I didn't let your spirit fly free because I couldn't bear to see you go." Otohime said.

"The life you were living was Otohime's borrowed time. Time she gave to you without a second thought, that Hollow killed Otohime, you… were already dead and long transformed into what we call… a Shinigami." The man smiled at Kai's angry reaction. "Now, do you promise to avenge her?"

Kai chuckled. "Sure."

Next chapter coming soon! I had so much fun writing this… I say it earns three chuckles out of five! I hope you like it. My next chapter is coming soon! REVENGE!!!