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Date: Thursday; September 19th, 20XX
Time: 3:55pm
Location: Karakura High School - School yard
"Sachi run !" Was the only advice Rex could offer as he barely escaped being impaled from the horned monster.
With a nod the brown haired teen took a step back, but was soon sent airborne with a flick of the monster's tail. Having fallen to the ground with a yelp,she gripped her shoulder, pushed herself up, and watched as Rex ran towards her. "Stay back!" The words were already out of her mouth,but it was too late; The hollow caught the dark skinned teen in it's palm, and tightened its grip.
Rex didn't know what just happened. Everything was a blur as he found himself suddenly caught in the hollow's grasp, before being slammed into the ground. The sound of bones breaking echoed throughout his body, followed by immense pain. As he laid on the ground ,he slowly tried to crawl away ,but soon found himself being tossed several feet in the air. For a second He felt as if time had slowed down,but that all went away as he felt himself slammed back down.
Bleach: The Bearers of The Key
By: Derrick Flax (wabi777)
Chapter Five-Countdown to Destruction
Paralyzed as fear overtook her like a wave, She watched in horror as the hollow repeatedly slammed Rex into the ground.
Darn it! Move! Move!She told herself.
"Sa..chi.." Everything went black as he laid in the crater, and hoped that the pain would leave. He felt his broken ribs; one of them pressing against his skin. A howl from the monster caught his attention.
Having lost interest in Rex, the hollow headed for his new prey; Sachi.
As he ordered himself to crawl over, he felt his heart race as the hollow was about 10 feet away from It's prey. "Sachi run!"
Snapped out of her fear when she heard Rex, she took a deep breath ,and willed herself to run away. Fighting fear, as puffs of the hollow's cold breath hit her neck, she made a quick left and unknowingly headed towards her fallen comrade. She was less than eight feet away when a roar from the hollow pushed her to the ground; caught between the monster, and the teen.
"No!" Rex yelled as he reached for her,and watched as the hollow was 10ft away, then 5ft; the horn only a few feet away from Sachi's face.
Oh God! What am I doing? Rex thought as he tried to crawl faster. I'm trembling! I need to run; I need to get away, but what can I do?
Suddenly a voice spoke to him in the midst of all of the chaos. "Get up."
Rex looked up as the color from the environment seemed to dull, and time seemed to slow down. "Who's there?"
"You have pushed my patience to it's limit! All this time I've called out to you, and you've ignored me." The tone of the voice was indignant. "But this is the last straw! I am too important to have you killed by some lowly hollow, while you disregard my existence completely!"
Confused and frightened, the teen tried his best to look up. "Look, I'm sorry! But if you can help me save my friend, I'll do whatever you want!"
A few seconds passed before the voice spoke again. "Stand up child and tell me, what do you desire?"
Pressing his protruding rib back in, He managed to stand up. "I just..." Responded the teen before a look of determination crossed his face. "Power. Power so that I can protect...Please."
"Let me warn you that once I lend you my power , we will forever be intertwined."
"I don't care!" Yelled the teen , unaware of the orange sparks radiating from his ring. "I'll do whatever! Just help me save my friend!"
"Very well," Said the voice. "Call on me, My name is.."
The color returned and the hands of time seemed to turn once again.
Lowering it's head, the hollow was ready; It's horn ready to impale when suddenly Rex stood between It and Sachi.
He made a fist with his right hand and punched. "...!" Spoke the teen as his fist met with the hollow, and light filled the area.
Date: Thursday,September 19, 20XX
Time: 3:55pm
Location: Streets of Karakura
Within the heart of Karakura people walked up and down sidewalks ,going about their daily lives, but that normalcy was perforated as a purple haired teen sprinted down the middle. "Run!" Was all that was heard before be continued running straight down and turned another block.
"What's that all about?" One schoolgirl asked , when suddenly a howl echoed throughout the street.
"Not again!" Spoke Ryohei as he ran past people who kept going on with their lives. "Don't they hear it?!" He stopped to catch his breath before a loud crash from behind him caught his attention. To his horror , he saw the buildings that he passed on the street before come crashing down. Multiple blood-curdeling screams were heard as smoke and dust engulfed the area. "Oh god. Don't tell me it.." The horrified teen barely managed to say before he saw something that made his blood run cold; Two giant hollow eyes staring at him from within the cloud.
Wasting no time to even curse , Ryohei pushed himself to sprint away.
Damn, He thought as he continued sprinting down the street. I need to get away from it! I can't -I won't allow anymore innocent people to get hurt!
His eyes searched for some type of secluded area, when his eyes suddenly spotted a complex of abandon buildings next to a construction site. Without any hesitation he made a quick right and headed into them.
Is it still behind me?! Thought the teen as he looked behind him only to see the beast closing in.
He quickly ran into a nearby abandoned building and tried to stay as silent as he could. He felt around the dark room , looking for any type of weapon when his fingers stumbled upon a rusty pipe. He muscles tensed up even more when he felt the air suddenly become heavier as if it was being sucked from him. It was there. Ryohei could see it's monstrous claws through the slits in the blinds.
Listening as the claws moved around to the side, and trail off, the teen let a sigh of relief escape him, as his grip on the pipe relaxed. "What was tha-" The teen's question was interrupted as suddenly a giant claw came crashing into the room.
"DAMN IT!" He yelled as he ran out the door, and sprinted down the construction site, when he suddenly bumped into a young woman.
The woman had dark hair and purple eyes and wore a hoodie over a school uniform. "What's your problem?-" She was cut off as Ryohei grabbed her hand and pulled her along.
"We're not safe here! We have to get away!"
"Let go of me your perv!" The woman demanded as she pulled her hand away. "What are you talking about? Get away from what?"
Suddenly another howl echoed through out the area.
"From that!" Responded Ryohei as he continued to run, and turned into an alley; the woman following him.
"Great!" Was the sarcastic response from the woman when she ran into the alley. "A dead end. What now?
The sound of buildings crashing got closer before the monster crashed into the alley, blocking the escape.
Ryohei gripped the pipe as the monster stared at the two; It's mouth watering as it came closer.
"What is that?!" Asked the horrified woman.
"I don't know." Was the short reply from Ryohei, who stood protectively in front of the woman. "But It's dangerous."
Date: Thursday day; September 19, 20XX
Time: 3:55pm
Location: Karakura Community Park
"Matsuda." Spoke Daisuke as they walked by the enterance to the community park. "Matsuda was it?"
The raven haired male looked up, as if brought out of a deep thought. "Huh?! I mean yes! What's up?"
The senior male raised an eyebrow at the latter before continuing. "I was asking how often do you all have practice? I forgot to ask while I was there."
"Hm." The junior thought as he rubbed his cheek. "Everyday, but the times vary."
"Also," Daisuke repsoned in his typical calm manner. "Why are you walking with me?"
"Such a direct question!" The younger one joked, before he grinned. "Well,I usually walk this way with Ryohei, but he was busy, and Rex has detention."
"Oh, well where-WATCH OUT!" Warned the usually calm student ,as he and Matsuda jumped back, as out of the blue, two explosions occurred simultaneously; One a few feet in front of the former, while the other was a few feet behind the junior.
Meanwhile from within the pillars of dust two pitch black eyes glared at them.
"Aw, and here I was hoping I didn't run into any today." Matsuda complained.
Continuing to keep his eyes on the pillar of dust, Daisuke raised an eyebrow. "Any what? Do you know what caused these explosions?"
"Yeah," Replied the teen with a sigh. "They're Hollows, and they're here to kill us."
Date: Saturday; September 14, 20XX
Time: 3:55pm
Location: Karakura High's locker room
The locker room, and showers were occupied as the young men from Karate class, the soccer team, and kendo team walked to their respective lockers, while others joked around.
Wiping the sweat off his head as he walked to his locker, Rex sighed. "That was a tough workout! I haven't done that many roundhouses in a workout before."
A sarcastic laugh escaped Ryohei as he walked in. "Are you serious? It wasn't even that hard. Right Isamu?"
Rex looked over his shoulder to see who this Isamu was. Just then he saw a guy look up confused and frightened a little.
The lean 5'8" teen had rubbed his brown hair and had a look of worry in his black eyes. "Wh-What happened?!"
"Nothing happened!" Responded the teen with a a laugh as he walked up to Isamu. "I was just telling Rex how today's workout would be a piece of cake for you."
"Oh well ya see.." Isamu began before Matsuda appeared.
"Are you trying to recruit Isamu into the Karate class again?" laughed Matsuda. "He already said He's on the soccer team, silly Ryohei."
"I know he is! He's very good at it!" Responded the purple haired teen, as he slapped Isamu on the back to which the latter winced, and then pulled him into a headlock. "I was just saying that just because he does soccer ,doesn't mean he can't join another club, right 'Samu?"
Matsuda and Rex traded unimpressed glances at each other ,before Matsuda dragged Ryohei away from the frightened teen. "This always happens." leaving Isamu to sigh as he finished changing into his casual wear.
"I bet you're wondering what happened. Well you see," Matsuda started to explain to Rex. "Isamu used to do Karate, and he was really good at it ,but decided that he wanted to play soccer-which Ryohei wasn't to thrilled about."
"Really?" Asked the teen as he looked at Isamu. "What position do you play?"
"I'm the goalie, Isamu Moriama. "
Date: Saturday; September 14, 20XX
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Karakura High School- Library
Having just walked out of the school library (which was opened on the weekends), Sachi took a deep breath in ,and let it out. "It's such a beautiful day!" She smiled as she begun to leave the school grounds. "Oh!" She suddenly started to look through her bag. " Do I have it? Hmm. Oh, there you are!" Having pulled out a package the size of her palm ,and unwrapped it, Sachi was treated as the aroma of Cooked salmon, a few slices of cantaloupe, and a little bit broccoli filled her nostrils.
She quickly wrapped it up and put it back in her bag. "I'm sure Creamy will like this! I wonder if I can take him home this-" Cut off as someone bumped into her, Sachi looked back, but she didn't see anyone except for a few people that were across the street. Having disregarded it as her being clumsy, she continued to walk until she came to an alley between the restaurant and the convenience store.
"Creamy!" A few seconds later there was sound from behind the dumpster, and the tiny orange and white cat came trotting out; looking up at her with teal eyes. "There you are!" She said as she bent down to pet the cat, who had begun to purr. "I got something for you!" She reached into her bag to get the food, but didn't feel it. "That's weird." With a perturbed look she felt around once again. "It was right here! I must've dropped it."
Creamy gave a concerned look, before rubbing his head against her leg as if to console her. "Oh well, I'll just go next door to buy some fruit for you." The teen said as stood up and walked into the convenience store. She looked out the window to see Creamy waiting patiently at the door, before she picked out some cantaloupes.
"Good Afternoon!" She walked over to the cashier and placed the cantaloupe up on the counter. "Is that all?" He asked. "Yes.." She trailed off when she looked out the window to see a some guy near her Creamy. "Miss, that will 95.9 Yen." "Oh yes! Sorry!" She payed and grabbed the bag. "Keep the change!" She hurried out the door, and faced the man who had his back faced towards her.
"Excuse me, but what are you doing to my cat?" She moved to the left a little to see that he was actually petting Creamy. "You're actually petting him." She said to herself.
"Ah I didn't know he was yours." The man commented , ignoring her question.
Having noted how familiar the voice sounded, she moved towards Creamy. "It's..you."
The man looked up and smiled, revealing that it was Mordred, the one who beat up Kohaku,and his flunkies. "Ah you remember me." He said as he stood up. "He was quite hungry, so I was feeding him this.I saw it on the sidewalk over there ,and thought why not."
"Oh, I that was what I was going to give him." The teen said as she placed the cantaloupe in her bag. "Thank you!" Having picked up Creamy, and cradled him, she introduced herself and Creamy. "Thanks for helping us get away from those guys last week."
Mordred shook his head. "It wasn't a problem."
"So what brings you here?" She asked as Creamy, who had flipped on his stomach, was looking in her bag.
"Oh, I usually buy candy and stuff here. I was about to walk in, when I saw him at the door. What luck."
"Well it was nice meeting you, but we've gotta go. Bye." She said as she walked away.
"Ok take care!" Mordred smiled ,and waved. His smile faded when the girl was out of hearing range. "And separating with the cat would do just that." He said before he shrugged. "Oh well." He said as he walked into the store.
Date: Saturday; September 14, 20XX
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Streets of Karakura
The sound of a door closing was made as Ryohei walked out of a convenience store, and headed home. A feeling of relief swept through him when he placed the cold bottle on his sore neck. "I didn't know he'd get that upset." He said as he walked past several people ,and took a shortcut through an alley.
"Hey!" Someone yelled. "What do you think you're doing walking through our turf?" Standing ahead of Ryohei, was a figure who blocked the exit..
"What do you mean by 'our'? I only see one of you." He responded
As the person walked closer, Ryohei saw that it was a female. "I mean exactly what I said. You're looking at one of the most notorious gang leaders of karakura. Name's Tairiro." The woman said as she brushed aside red bangs out of her face.
"Look I'm not in the mood for this. Just let me pass and I'll go a different way next time, or maybe not. Who knows?" He said as he continued to walk toward her till he was about five feet away. "By the way, if you're trying to make friends that's not how you should go about it." He said before walking past her.
"What?! I wasn't even trying!" Tairiro argued, but Ryohei continued to walk on. "Hey listen up! Don't ignore me!"
"What a weird girl-" Ryohei was cut off as he was kicked in the back. He grimaced before he turned around sharply. "What the heck's your problem?!"
Tairiro glared at him. "You don't walk away when someone's talking to you! Especially someone of my rank! "
The 5'11 male gave a mundane look. "What rank is that, a gang leader? Wow ,that'll get you far." To which that earned him a punch.
"Look! I don't like to fight girls okay, so how about we go our different ways? I'll go home and you go back to whatever hole you crawled out- I mean , you go back home."
"You're kind of funny." Tairiro said as she took a step back. "Go on, get out of here before I change my mind."
Ryohei gave a confused look before shaking his head and walking away till he passed a restaurant, and came to his apartment.
Date: Saturday; September 14, 20XX
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Hueco Mundo- Castle
"Boss! I've got great news!" Araña announced as she walked through the hall of the castle, and into the meeting room.
The one they called 'Boss' was sitting in his chair, his face hidden in the shadows. "What is it?" His deep voice bellowed throughout the room.
"We've traced traced the location of where the keys are. They're in Karakura Town." She responded.
"All of them?" The Boss questioned.
"Yes sir! Somehow they're all in the same town." She spoke.
A smile crept along the bosses face. "So that is what He's planning." The Boss said before he chuckled. "This is gonna be easier than we've thought. Arania, I want you to go and scan the area for them. The last human we've taken was a dud. He must've had contact with one of the keys. If that's so then it's gonna take some time to separate the people the keys have come in contact with from the keys themselves. I'm trusting you with this."
"Yes sir." Araña said as she walked to the door. "Sir, what should I do with those that aren't the keys?"
The boss smiled. "Do as you wish."
"Understood." She said as she left the room, heading for Karakura.
Date: Saturday; September 14, 20XX
Time: 11:55pm
Location: somewhere in Karakura town
In the silence of the night, a man clutched his chest and let out wail. "Somebody help me! Somebody help! This pain is unbearable!" He yelled out, but only silence answered him. He painfully made his way to a street light and leaned on it. He tried to catch his breath. "Maybe If I go back this pain'll stop." He thought out loud. "Maybe If I go back to where I died..." He looked ahead as he pressed on towards his destination,the place where he died. He sighed as he leaned on a sign which read 'Karakura High School'. "I'm finally here!" He sighed as he made his way to the schoolyard. He took his hand away from his chest only to see there were two chain links remaining;the hole in his chest growing bigger.
"Somebody help me!"
Date: ?
Time: ?
Location: ?
A male stood in a field of lightning, letting his fingers brush past the plasma that would shoot up from the ground and into the endless orange sky. He looked over his shoulder his orange eyes looking at a figure covered in lightning that stood far away.
The figure held out It's hand. "Child."
The male looked at the figure for a few minutes before turning away from it. Ahead he saw several familiar people, and started to make his way to them; unaware of the darkening sky behind them.
"Child!" The figure called, as he watched the male continue to walk over toward the darkening sky. "Child!"
The male , as if deaf to the figures words, continued to walk until he stood at the threshold between the field of light and the people. He reached his hand out to them.
From afar the figure reached out his hand once more and yelled.
"REX!"
Date: Monday; September 16, 20XX
Time: 7:35 am
Location: Michaels residence
"Rex!" Anthony called out to his son, who sat at the table staring at breakfast.
"Huh?! Yes?" The teen asked as he realized where he was.
"What were you doing? Daydreaming?" Anthony half joked. "Hurry up, you're gonna be late if you stay any longer."
"Oh I.." Rex began before he looked at the clock. "I'm gonna be late! Gotta go , Thanks and see you later!" He said as he grabbed his bag and jacket and rushed out.
"Hold up You have.." Anthony began to say , but his son was already gone. "Your shirt inside out..Oh well , He'll figure it out." He finished with a shrug.
Date: Monday; September 16, 20XX
Time: 7:50 am
Location: Karakura High School
In Ms. Ochi's classroom, most students conversed with each other as they waited for the teacher to come in, when Ryohei walked in eyeing the crowd before he spotted his target.
"Roundhouse kick to the head!" Announced the teen excitedly , letting his target know in advance what he was up to. He rushed in and threw a kick at the brown haired teen that was conversing with other students.
"Huh! What?!" The target said as he turned and quickly blocked it. "Ryohei!" Stated Isamu with a worried look.
"Ah you're getting better!" Complimented the purple haired fighter with a smile.
"I- It's just a roundhouse." Isamu sheepishly replied as Sachi and Matsuda walked in, looking at the usual commotion.
"I know," Stated the fighter with an oblivious grin. "I'm just keeping you on your toes!"
"Um.." Began Isamu before Matsuda patted Ryohei on the back and pulled him to his seat.
"I'm sorry once again 'Samu." Matsuda smiled. "He just gets excited around you! I think he has a mancrush on -Ow Ryo-chan that hurt." The teen taunted as Ryohei pinched him in retaliation.
"You just make it awkward!"
"I'm sorry, but isn't it true?-OW!"
As the bell chimed for people to get to class, Rex walked in.
"You're late!" Spoke a familiar voice.
The student looked up only to see it belonged to none other than Asami Higa. "Give it a rest. The teacher's not even here yet."
Pushing up her glasses, so that the light hid her eyes she pulled a ruler out of her jacket. "Such a nonchalant attitude about school you have."
"What are you talking about ,Teacher's Pet? I'm a great student!"
The self proclaimed discipline leader scoffed. "Don't make me laugh."
"Whatever." The teen said as he took his seat by the window.
"I'm watching you." Warned Asami as she sat one seat away from him in the next isle.
"See, this is why you don't have any friends." Rex taunted,hoping it struck a cord.
A dark aura enveloped her when she heard this. "The more I witness your insubordination, the less amusing it becomes." She tapped the ruler on her palm. "We need to fix that." A small smile crossed her lips when she thought of the different ways to 'fix' the problem.
"OH God!" Fearfully announced one student. "She's smiling! The demon is smiling!" With that said all the surrounding students scooted themselves to the back of the room. "I dun wanna die! I dun wanna die! " Whimpered one student as he shook his head.
Rex raised an eyebrow at the fearful students , before he turned to Asami. "You have these students cowering in fear and calling you a demon. While I don't see why anyone would be afraid of you."
"Is that right?" Asked the raven haired dictator as she walked forward. "Well it seems like I'll have to teach you fear in front of all my subjects." The woman began to make her way over to the rebellious student. "I'll teach you fear." Were the words she uttered before burst into the room, not caring about what was going on before. "Hello class! Please take your seats!"
The majority of the students in room gave a sigh of relief as they realized that they were spared from witnessing whatever was about to take place between the two opposing students ; Some even cried tears of joy.
The leader of the discipline committee sat down as she stared daggers at male. "You were spared this time."
The orange eyed teen shrugged his shoulders before he opened his notebook.
-Later on that class-
Most of the students in class took notes on what the teacher was saying.
Rex was in the middle of his, when he heard his name. Looking up only to see no one looking at him, he continued to write when he once again heard his name. He sighed as he looked away from his notes and looked around the room, when he spotted Ryohei glance over at him, and give a quick wave. "What is it?"
The puple haired teen looked confused and whispered back. "What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb," He replied. "I know it's you calling me. So what do you want?"
"I didn't even say anything!"
"Mhm, okay." Rex sarcastically retorted as he went back to his notes.
A few seconds later he was interrupted as something cold, pea-sized,soft, and wet hit his neck. The teen froze up thinking it to be a bug, and hesitantly pinched the object stuck to his neck. Holding it in front of him, and examining it, he realized what the object was just before he was hit in the cheek with another one. He turned his head to glare at the one who sent the spitball. "Ryohei."
Ryohei grinned maliciously as he held a staw. "What," He taunted as he blew more spitballs at him. "I was trying to get your attention."
The teen narrowly dodged the annoying objects, before he put a small piece of paper in his mouth and blew; sending it to hit the fighter in the neck.
His fingers pinched at the object that stuck on his neck. That could've went into my mouth. Thought the scarred teen, before he glared at his friend. "This is war."
With that said the two engaged in an all out spitball battle; jumping out of their seats and using textbooks as shields. Ryohei shot a spitball that hit Rex in the eye.
Still rubbing his eye , the teen could barely make out where the instigator was and blew. A collective gasp from the students made him look up to see what happened.
Frozen in the middle of taking notes, sat Asami. Her face was hidden as the spitball fell from her forehead and landed on her notes. She gripped the pencil so hard that it snapped in half. "Delinquents.." Muttered the woman before she looked up;glaring at Rex. "Delinquents!" She yelled to which the students all started to run out of the room. One unlucky student wasn't able to make it out, and just curled up into a fetal position.
Date: Monday; September 16th, 20XX
Time: 10:48pm
Location: Karakura Town
High in the night sky of Karakura stood Arana as she looked over the city and cracked her knuckles. "Time to get down to business." Was all that was said as she started to descend down upon the unknowing city; planning to bring destruction and chaos to those who stood in her way.
-End of Chapter Five: Countdown to Destruction-
OMAKE TWO DETENTION is HELL
In front of the room sat two students, two desks apart, and bored out of their minds.
"Richard Michaels! Ryohei Takeshi!"The teacher stares at them ;unflinching "In detention , there is no talking, no singing, no drawing, no-Ow!" Slapping his neck and holding the object infront of him, the teacher examines it. "A dart? What's that doing her-" The teacher suddenly falls over.
Rex and Ryohei look at each other, giving a concerned expression. "T-Teacher?"
Suddenly the lights flicker, and in walks the demon herself , Asami Higa; Self professed Leader of the Discipline Committee. "Well well." She says as she locks the door behind her. "It seems that we have ample amount of time to work on that insubordination of yours."
Rex and Ryohei jump out of their seats and run to the door, only to realize that Asami had managed to lock them in with her.
"Help!" They scream in unision as the woman walks closer cracking her knuckles.
"You're in my world now!" She says with a dark grin.
OMAKE TWO - END
Disclaimer- Bleach is property of Tite Kubo.
You can read and see animations and clips from Bleach: Bearers of the Key at www . bearers-of-the-key . deviantart . com OR bearers-of-the-key . wikia . com - close the gaps) SITE CONTAINS SPOILERS OF LATER CHAPTERS! ALSO ON WATTPAD