Hello again, it's Shadow Typhoon. Sorry for the long wait, but school was calling. But anyway, the next chapter is up. A lot is going to be revealed, so please enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don´t own Bleach, but I do own Ryushiro and this fanfiction.
Dark Ice
Chapter 11: The true orgin of hollows
by Shadow Typhoon
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Hitsugaya, Ulquiorra, Grimmjow and Szayel had just returned to Las Noches. The mission was completed, and Hitsugaya now had some spare time. He was sitting in his room, reading a book. He wanted all the information he could get, since it could be necessary later on. The book was about hollows, how they were build and how they were as they were.
There was some new information, but the most he knew already. So he kept the away and stretched. He then decided to go and visit Ulquiorra and maybe have a game of chess with him.
He walked out of his room, past all the white corridors and knocked on Ulquiorra´s door.
"Come in" Ulquiorra said from the other side and Hitsugaya entered.
The room was a lot like his own, just more plainly and white. Ulquiorra also had a bookshelf, a bed and so on. There was a window, where Hitsugaya could see the star filled night sky. Ulquiorra was standing by the window, staring outside.
Hitsugaya walked over to him and looked outside as well.
"It´s beautiful, isn´t it?" Ulquiorra asked.
Hitsugaya was surprised. He never knew that Ulquiorra felt that. Actually, Hitsugaya thought, that Ulquiorra was without any emotion of any kind.
"Yeah" he replied and they looked outside for a while.
"What do you want?" Ulquiorra asked.
"I was just wondering. Since I was bored, I wondered if you would play some chess with me."
Ulquiorra nodded, so they found the chess board, sat on the ground and began playing. They were very equal, so the game was taking a lot of time.
"Ulquiorra?"
"Yes?"
"I was wondering. Why exactly are you following Aizen?"
There was a tensed silence and then Ulquiorra finally spoke.
"He is my superior."
"Is that the only reason?" Hitsugaya asked surprised. He thought that Ulquiorra worshipped Aizen or something like that.
"Yes" Ulquiorra said. He paused, deep in thoughts and then continued:
"Actually, it is not all hollows which are a dark and taunted soul of a human. Those hollows you know is what we call the blinded"
"Then what are you?" Hitsugaya asked curious.
"I am a hollow born in hell."
Deep silence… then:
"What?" Hitsugaya asked surprised. Well, this was certainly new.
"As I said before, not all hollows are a human soul. I am, what you can call, a pure hollow. I was born by hollows and have always been a hollow. Like heaven, hell has a society of its own. Hollows are a special kind of demon. In hell, there are demons everywhere. Different kinds, including hollows."
Hitsugaya´s eyes were wide as Ulquiorra continued:
"Many assume that Hell is a horrible place, where everyone gets punished for their sins. But that´s not true. Hell is just as good as Heaven; in fact the ruler of Heaven and the ruler of Hell are siblings."
Now Hitsugaya´s mouth was wide agape, but he didn´t realize it.
"Enma is the name of the ruler in Heaven. And Aria, his twin sister, is the ruler of Hell. They are very close to each other, so Heaven and Hell is also very close to each other."
"So Hell isn´t a place for bad souls at all?" Hitsugaya asked.
"Well, when a shinigami purifies a hollow, the hollow gets reincarnated in Hell. All of its memories will disappear, so it isn´t bad anymore. If the soul has been an extremely bad soul in the past life, the soul will get reincarnated in Hueco Mondo. Of cause, if the soul itself wishes to get reincarnated in Hueco Mondo, even if the soul wasn´t that bad, it will happen."
"That explains why Kusaka got reincarnated in Hueco Mondo" Hitsugaya murmured to himself. He somehow felt, that he had heard this somewhere before. But he couldn´t place it.
"Tell me more about Hell and how people live there" Hitsugaya demanded.
"Hell is a lot like Soul Society. It has both poor and rich people, noble and normal people. I am a noble, born from one of the most powerful clans in Hell, the Quiorra clan."
"That´s probably why you call everyone trash" Hitsugaya chuckled.
"Grimmjow is a normal hollow, a powerful one, but nevertheless, a normal one. That´s why I don´t like him. His family is known for being, how should I say this, extremely bloodthirsty. All of them are cat hollows, and that´s why Grimmjow is a panther hollow. I don´t like violence, and I only fight when necessary. That´s why Grimmjow and I hates each other."
"That explains a lot" Hitsugaya said. "How many knows this?"
"You´re the first shinigami to hear this in the world's history"
Hitsugaya raised his eyebrow.
"Why do you trust me?" he asked. He knew that this was a privilege.
"I´m actually not quite sure myself, I guess I just trust you. You remind me of someone I knew in the past"
There was another silence, but this one wasn´t as tense as the last one.
"I have another question" Hitsugaya said.
"Yes?" Ulquiorra said, looking Hitsugaya straight in the eyes. Green orbs locked into aquamarine ones.
"If you are a pure hollow, a noble one as well, and as powerful as you say, why do you still follow Aizen?"
"There are some codes, which pure hollows have to follow" Ulquiorra began.
"The Hogyoku is a special gem. It has the abilities to create half hollow and half shinigami creatures and it can do a lot more. It can control pure hollows as well, but to some certain degree. It can make us fight for him, but he cannot control our mind. We are hoping that someday, someone will set us free. So that we can go home, visit friends and family and relax. In war, you hardly get some spare time."
"So how is your family?" Hitsugaya asked.
"My family is all dead; they fought in the war and got killed. I have some uncles and aunts and such, but we are not close family." Ulquiorra said with sorrow in his voice.
Hitsugaya felt sorry.
"What about your friends then?" he asked.
"My one and only friend is dead too. He also fought in the war, and he was the one to kill the enemy´s leader. But he got killed too." Ulquiorra said with even more sorrow in his voice.
"Erm, sorry for asking. But what is the war you are talking about?" Hitsugaya asked nervously.
"The queen of hell, Aria, has 12 demon lords. They are controlling different parts of hell. There are 13 parts altogether, and the queen is controlling the capital. The demon lords are acting as her suppliant, and they are doing as she says."
"But one of them, Aon, became impatient. He wanted war, so he rebelled. He pulled together an army and attacked the capital. He had all of the evil hollows from Hueco Mondo with him, so he was almost unstoppable. "
"But my best friend was very strong, only bypassed by Enma and Aria. He went to see Aon face to face, alone in deserted area. He fought him and managed to stab him in the heart. But unfortunately, Aon had enough power to stab my friend in his heart too. So they both died in the end. After the defeat of Aon, his army scattered, and everything was at peace again."
"I just wished that I was with my friend, that I was able to help him. But I was ordered by him to stay away, so I did. I just wished that I could be there with him before he died."
Hitsugaya never thought that he should hear such words from the pale arrancar. And everyone was saying that he was without emotions, but he knew how wrong they were. Ulquiorra was just hiding his feelings, never opening up for anyone. But now he had opened up for Hitsugaya.
They finished their chess game in silence. After a quick goodbye, Hitsugaya went to his room to think. Never had he thought that something like a society in Hell could exist. Bu he didn´t get much time to think.
Azeneth was standing in his door, waiting for Hitsugaya to see him.
"Aizen has a new mission to you. Follow me!" he said and turned around.
Hitsugaya followed him with his heart in his throat. What if he had to kill some shinigami? He hoped that he shouldn´t. They came to the entrance to Aizen´s throne room and Azeneth opened the doors.
"He is waiting for you" Azeneth said and pointed inside. Hitsugaya stepped inside, waiting for the best outcome…
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know I left a cliffhanger, but I will update soon. I know, Ulquiorra displaying emotions? I just couldn´t resist it. Please remember this chapter; it is very important to the outcome of this story.
What is the mysterious mission? Read to find out. Oh, and please review, I would be so grateful if you did.
But, until then, have sweet dreams.
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