Lost Without You Chapter 7: Lost 7, a bleach fanfic

Lost Without You

A/N: I know I know I'm evil.

A bit of editing done: 9/7/15

Warning: Everything you know about the Bount has changed, Ishida is not a badass, and an abundance of Oc canon fodder. (Do I still need to warn you every chapter?)

Ichigo was instantly regretful of his last thoughts that nothing could be worse than facing the shadow doll, Edgar. Not only had the hollow he had felt disappear come flying full throttle out of the decaying remains of the bount known as Henry, so had at least ten other hollows. Apparently this Bount had had a liking for hollow souls as he only saw two other lights, he assumed to be souls, fly off into the distance. They were probably returning to wherever they had come from.

"Do you think you can..." He was about to ask Orihime and Chad if they thought they could handle it when a zanpaktuo whizzed through the air slicing off the head of the closest hollow. "Well never mind." Ichigo grinned joining the fray as it seemed like several more zanpaktuo joined the first. He could only feel one shinigami though. He wasn't certain that it was the shinigami who had replaced Rukia when she was taken away to Soul Society, but he thought it might be. Not that he had personally met them as of yet, even as a substitute shinigami he had yet to meet most of the shinigami outside of Soul Society. And given time to think about it he had met very few beyond the higher ranks. The hollows were slowly dwindling down when he heard Ishida scream for him.

"Ichigo!" Ishida was being held up by his ankles a hollow laughing in his face. It was times like this he wanted to draw his bow out and smash the damn thing's face with an arrow, it wouldn't be laughing then. As it was he had no choice but to scream at Ichigo, since Chad was busy holding another hollow off and Orihime was helping one of the shinigami with a flying hollow. Being saved by a shinigami was not something he had imagined would ever happen to him but lately it seemed to be happening frequently. He was immensely grateful it was Ichigo, who he didn't consider a true shinigami, but instead considered something like a friend.

Ichigo was there in seconds and with a few smooth movements of his zanpaktuo, moves he hadn't been aware he could make with his large sword. The hollow was dispatched quickly and with little mess. Catching Ishida he quickly set him down fighting a blush at the way he had caught him bridal style. Guys were not supposed to look cute in that position. Pushing that thought away he turned towards the remaining hollow just in time to see the new shinigami stop before them pulling his zanpaktuo before him. Ichigo could feel the spiritual pressure gathering around him in a way he recognized from training.

The shinigami shouted. "Slither oh Sanzer." His zanpaktuo shot out in five different directions a snake head growing at the end of each their bodies spilling forth behind them from the hilt of the sword. When they came out fully formed each snake took a hollow's head into their giant mouths, their huge bodies wrapping around their bodies constricting them tightly. The hollows struggled having been taken by surprise, when the snakes pulled upwards on their heads, it was sickening as blood sprayed everywhere painting the once beautifully white snakes with blood. When the blade reassembled it was covered in the blood of the last hollow. "Good job Sanzer." The shinigami smiled as he cleaned his blade slowly spraying blood onto the ground from it.

"Thanks for your help." Ichigo smiled approaching the shinigami, might as well make a formal introduction. The shinigami turned around to look at him studying him slowly. This shinigami didn't look much older than him and had blonde hair that was styled in a way that made him think of a popular singer everyone seemed to hate. Scratching the back of his head Ichigo smiled at the recognition he saw in the others green eyes.

"Oh you must be Kurosaki." The shinigami smiled looking around at the once invaders of Soul Society. He was well updated on their profiles and was actually rather excited to meet them after hearing so much about them. Especially with what he considered his own personal assignment. He had always been curious about the Quincy ever since he had first heard of their existence, and the other two with strange powers were even more of an enigma and interesting. However unlike Ichigo Kurosaki, the infamous substitute shinigami he wasn't aware of their names. "I don't have the time for introductions now. I have to report this. We didn't realize the Bount were back." With that he disappeared into the night, he would get another chance sometime later. If the Bount were back in Japan and not just passing through he would need to alert Soul Society as soon as possible. And he personally hoped he could get assigned to protecting the Quincy in the background. He had been cuter than he had been told previously. He'd have to have a word with Nemu about that.

"Well that was good timing." Orihime smiled they would still be fighting off all of those hollow had that shinigami not come to their aid. However she didn't get the greatest vibe from him when he had looked at Ishida. She may be known to be ditzy but she was very capable of seeing if someone was looking at someone else with a bit too much interest for a first meeting. She knew most of the shinigami were eccentric to say the least but something had felt off about it.

Chad was silent but something had seemed off to him about that encounter with the shinigami. Why had the shinigami been slow to react at all? Had he been waiting to meet Ichigo when he would undoubtedly show up when the shinigami didn't? He was aware all of them had made name for themselves in Soul Society but there was no reason for him to neglect his duty to meet Ichigo. He also couldn't believe that Soul Society was unaware of the Bounts presence. Then again if he thought about it they hadn't been aware of him, Orihime, or Ichigo for a long time either. Yet he still couldn't shake the thought that there was something off about that shinigami.

"Yeah it really was." Ichigo shrugged looking over at Ishida he remembered catching him and fought back another blush. It was hard to get the image of a helpless Ishida in his arms looking up at him in gratefulness and relief out of his head. "I'm sure we'll see him again. I wonder what he has to report in..." He trailed off noticing the thoughtful look on Ishida's face. He was too busy making sure no one was injured and wondering why Soul Society seemed to be so slow in getting news. Shouldn't they know about the Bount? Did this mean Urahara was correct when he told Soul Society had very little information on the Bount? Would they be asked to collect data?

"Well if you think about it there were fifteen hollows that came out of this one Bount..." Ishida frowned. "Wouldn't he be reporting the Bount because this is not an uncommon occurrence when you kill a Bount." Ishida's mind was racing with possibilities as much as everyone else's yet his thoughts centered around himself. This Bount had reacted similarly to the first. He was starting to realize Tessai was right after the news spread that he was indeed the last Quincy in Japan, and powerless there would be no end to the Bount coming after him. He did his best to shake these thoughts away they were depressing enough without adding his own role into them. If they killed a Bount and ended up facing several hollow how were they supposed to fight?

A heavy silence fell between them as they all weighed these thoughts. Just as it was getting unbearable Orihime's stomach let out a loud growl. "Eheh..." She smiled awkwardly scratching the back of her head. "I guess hollow fighting has made me hungry." She could see from the looks on her companions faces they were just as glad for the distraction as she was. It was hard to think about all the possibilities when they weren't even sure what they were going to do with the new information.

"Yeah let's go back to the shop and raid Hat-and-Clogs fridge." Ichigo smiled they would have to deal with all of this as it came there wasn't enough information out there. And if the way the Bount had been acting was any indication Ishida would need more protection outside of battle as well. Even though Tessai had mentioned something along those lines before it was only now sinking in. And he had a good idea of how he could protect him, now if only he could get Ishida to agree to it.

A/N: Well that's all for now. Please review! With the following if you don't mind as I would like constructive feedback!