Me: Well, here's the next chapter. I think it hasn't been two weeks since I last updated.
Everyone: Sure...
Me: -glares-
Me: Anyways, before we begin thanks to LovelyIAmNot and Ominias for reviewing the last chapter. Oh, and Twilight Dark Angel for favoriting and alerting me and the story. Arigato!
Mitsuki: So...what's the chapter about?
Kiyo: -whacks her head-
Kiyo: It's not that hard to tell what it is.
Mitsuki: Really?
Everyone: -sweat drops-
Renji: Does she even read the script?
Kaida: Sometimes...maybe. That's why there's so many random things that happens.
Everyone: Ah...
Orihime: Well, begin!
Matsumoto: Oh! And the author says that the chapter may be weird since it says...
Me: I. Suck. At. Fighting. Scenes.
Matsumoto: That's it!
Everyone: -anime fall-
Rukia: And that there are five more OC's submissions allowed until it's closed!
Rukia: -pushes Ichigo-
Rukia: Say it.
Ichigo: -glares-
Ichigo: Fine. Now begin.
Mitsuki: Happy birthday strawberry!
Everyone: It's your birthday?!
Ichigo: S-Shut up!
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Happy birthday, Kurosaki Ichigo!
Before you begin...
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-o-o- Chapter 6 -o-o-
Hollow Time
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'Thoughts'
"Speaking"
The group of shinigamis, humans, and Quincy raced or shunpoed over as quickly as they could over to the field, dodging the mass swarm of people fleeing in all directions. Those running away were in a mighty panic and screaming. Parents were crying for their children or pulling them along as they ran off. Dogs were barking and howling with mad, struggling to break free as their owners dragged them towards the exit. It was plain chaos.
Once the group was able to finally reached the area, all of them were stunned. The field was none the less destroyed. Huge, gaping holes laid around the area, smoke coming from some. Rubble like the metal soccer posts and the benches also cluttered the place. A few trees even were on their sides, the two explosions uprooting them from their homes. All the vegetation obliterated, gone and dead. And all of it laid centered towards those at the Hollow flying above them.
The Hollow itself that was flying above them was enormous, possibly or at least four stories high in length. Its body was just as large and heavy that it resemble much like those of a bear. A long, scaly, slithering tail and neck were also attached to the disgusting Hollow. Two white wings sprouted out of its back at crooked angles, one much higher than the other. The traditional red and white Hollow's mask at the end of the long neck. Except that it was slightly cracked, as if it had been hit with something.
But that wasn't why the group was stunned. It was the people below the Hollow that was making them like that.
"Shit! Shit! Shit!" Kiyo yelled, staring at the girl lying in front of him. His body trembled as he laid shocked on the ground, watching as a small pile of blood was beginning to form around her head.
"This is bad! This is bad!" Mitsuki screeched, staring at all of them there. Her usual stupid, happy attitude gone with only a terrified girl left in its place.
"Shut up and listen!" Kaida barked back at them, taking off her jacket. Her face had a dark scowl on it as a bead of sweat came down her check while she pressed the soft fabric to the small girl's bleeding forehead. The other two were still in some sort of panic but quieted as Kaida ordered them to do things. But that still didn't mean they were actually going to listen to the older sister now.
"RAWR!!!" the Hollow thundered above them, flapping its wings angrily. Huge gusts of wind began spreading out, blasting anyone and anything within range, including those that were left on the field.
"Ahhh!" Orihime screamed, holding her arms out in front of her to protect herself from the attack. Her friends did the same as they braced themselves. Some even skidded a few feet back as they were hit.
Kaida was cursing loudly as she tried to prevent her and the small girl that was bleeding from flying off. All of her curses were barely even heard over the wind. Kiyo and Mitsuki were the same, but they ended up skidding back a few feet since the four of them were directly under the area the Hollow was blasting.
The little girl's soul wailed, already out of her body from the previous attack to her head. She was sniffing and sobbing, having absolutely no idea what was going on. Her Chain of Fate was slowly starting to crumble (A/N: Would it actualyl be it crumble or shorten?) as seconds passed. She didn't even notice it, but the shinigamis did. They were running out of time quickly.
Ichigo stared at the girl, a memory flashing through his head. He was brought back to when his twin sisters, Yuzu and Karin, were attacked by the very first Hollow he saw. However, at the at time he didn't know about Hollows then. The girl in front of him was about their age, expect about a year younger. But that didn't stop him from remembering both of their faces when that night. The very fact that this girl had on.
"Bastard!" the shinigami representative yelled up at the Hollow, his reistu flaring angrily, alarming his friends. Unsheathing Zangetsu from its sheathe, he took off to fight it.
"Ichigo!" his friends yelled, following after him. The other three headed towards the other four. They couldn't take part in this fight since they couldn't expose themselves to fighting what seemed of just air; all they could do was to make sure everyone lived.
Ichigo headed straight towards the mask, shunpoing around as the Hollow fired white feathers from its wings. He was successful until he was attacked by the tail from behind, sending the orange head flying to the side as the others approached.
Rukia and Renji were by his side instantly, the other two holding off the Hollow. Both were scowling as Ichigo straightened himself up, wiping the blood that was trickling out of the side of his mouth.
"Idiot! We can't just go in recklessly!" Rukia shouted at him. "The others might get hurt-"
"I know!" Ichigo snapped back, glaring. He took a step forward before Renji grasped his arm and pulled back.
"No you don't! You're risking everyone's lives here by charging after it like that!" Renji yelled straight at his face, eyes darkened. "You're not thinking about those that can't actually see this thing!"
Ichigo didn't respond, seeing as he had no time to answer back before the Hollow was swinging its massive tail at them, hoping to catch them off guard. The three shunpoed away as it swept through empty air, sending another shock wave of wind throughout the area.
"GAH!" Kiyo spluttered, grabbing onto the ground to prevent himself from flying away. He coughed and spat out dirt as dust and debris entered through his nose and mouth. His clothes were getting ripped and torn by the sharp wind and the objects that came with them. The area was slowly becoming darker as well from the ground.
"Guys!" Mitsuki screamed, her voice lost in the tornado of things flying around. No could see where she was, let alone hear her; her voice was blown away with the wind just like everything else.
"Damn it!" Ichigo shouted, watching the scene below him. He couldn't even see anything from the couple feet he was in the air. The only thing that he could make out were the screams and yells of the seven people that were actually conscious down there. A faint sobbing made out the eight voice he heard. It made him sick in his stomach that he was doing a dang thing to protect them as he was supposed to.
Rukia reappeared right next to him, glaring. But her eyes held concern for him despite what her face said. "Ichigo! You have to calm down! Y-"
BAMN!
She didn't finished for the Hollow had swiped at her with one of its paws, sending her crashing towards the ground below her. Ichigo was instead able to block the attack, but just barely before he was sent crashing into the crushed soccer net nearby. Getting up, he frantically began looking around the area for his raven haired friend while his other three friends tried to get counter each of the attacks the Hollow threw at them. The shinigami representative couldn't see anything at all through the dust covered field.
"RUKIA!!!"
Hitsugaya glared at the Hollow before quickly shunpoing towards it with Matsumoto, sparing only a few seconds to tell his gigai to get Kira out of there and hide. Both unsheathe their zanpakutõs as they saw the approaching arms of the monkey-bird Hollow.
"Tch!" the white haired taicho grunted, holding his ground...or air...as the four arms pushed against him. His feet slowly sliding back a bit, the force of the Hollow battling against his sword for an advantage.
Matsumoto during this time instead headed towards the Hollow's mask, using this time to her advantage. But when she was just face to face with the Hollow and about to swing her sword the Hollow opened its mouth and swipe its tongue at her. Startled and disgusted at the sudden attack, the bug busted fukutaichō was sent flying backwards from a tongue that was just as sharp as their swords.
The woman crashed into the tree below her, shaking it to bits and awakening the girl below her. Not noticing the tree that she was in or who was staring right up at her, Matsumoto got up and returned to battle. She didn't even seen to notice the narrowed eyes that the girl was giving her through the leaves before she left.
'Hitsugaya' decided at this time that it would be a good time to race across the area and grab the girl by her wrist before dragging her away from the battle. However, his good plan was destroyed when the Hollow began using its own wings to send its own blasts of wind down at them. The gigai couldn't even get close, branches and leaves blowing in his face as trees fell all around him. It was amazing that he was still in one piece by now.
Kira was now standing up and digging her nails into the bark of the wood as she felt the wind beat down on her. Profanities were sprouting out of her mouth while she forbid herself from going backwards into the storm of falling vegetation and debris. She was just glancing up towards the area above her, eyes narrowed at the sky she could see through the rustling leaves, as if she could actually see the battle above them.
BOOM!
Everyone jumped at the sound of it before looking over to the outside of the woods, seeing smoke appearing just overheard of the trees as the figures of a second Hollow could be seen with small figures fighting it. One could only guess that it was the other shinigamis fighting off the thing. But they didn't seem to be getting close to defeating it, seeing as the Hollow was still standing and hitting them. The two shinigamis in the sky cursed at this.
"Taicho!" Matsumoto shouted over to him, slicing off one of the arms in the process. But to her shock the thing regrew the very arm she had cut off. Those few seconds of shock prove to the Hollow's advantage, sending her flying backwards once again before she was able to Haineko to reflect the attack and slice the arm off once again.
"Fast-regeneration?!" Hitsugaya muttered, having seen everything that had happened why trying to avoid the Hollow's tongue. He had seen Hollows regenerate themselves but not as quickly as the Hollow had done. He jumped to the right as the sharp tongue came close to cutting his head off the same time one of its arms approached. But what he didn't account for was a second arm to grab him and immobile him from using Hyōrinmaru.
The Hollow roared, its cry sounding as if it had captured a prize. Its head bend down, drool dripping from its mouth as it watched Hitsugaya try and wiggle out of its arm. Another roar came out of its mouth as it began trying to crush the life force of the tenth division taicho. Hitsugaya was struggling to get out, trying to get a firm grip on his zanpakutõ to use his shikai. Matsumoto was yelling out to him, rushing to get to him but unable to since she was fending off five different attacks at once.
But just when Hitsugaya was able to get the grip on Hyōrinmaru and was about to strike it with his shikai, the Hollow nearly close to crushing him, he saw out of the corners of his eyes the Hollow rear back, bellowing angrily before its grip on Hitsugaya weakened and the boy was able to jump out of its hand. The boy panted a bit to regain the breaths he lost before he saw why the Hollow had reared back.
A bolt of fire had blasted the Hollow straight at its mask, burning parts of it.
Hitsugaya didn't know who casted it, seeing that Matsumoto was on his right and still fighting the other arms and tail from the back of the Hollow. The attack at the Hollow's face had come from somewhere to his left and in front of the Hollow. But before he could scan the area to see who it was, the Hollow began trying to use the very same arm he escaped to crush him. However he wasn't going to fall for that again; this time he was ready for the attack.
"Reign over the frozen sky, Hyōrinmaru!" Hitsugaya shouted, unleashing his shikai. The Hollow stopped its advance, confused on what was going on. He used this to his advantage.
The tenth division taicho began striking at the Hollow, hitting any part that he could as he made his way up to the Hollow's mask. Ice began encased any area he hit, freezing the Hollow's movement as more ice began appearing. Desperate to break out of it, the Hollow began thrashing around, breaking everything and anything that was in its path, wanting the ice to stop and to prevent Hitsugaya from reaching his destination.
Dozens of trees began crashing down, nearly destroying half of the area the woods contained. Dirt and dust flew everywhere, creating another mini tornado of the one similar to the one occurring where the other Hollow was. Matsumoto abandoned her fight with the other arms and was now trying to prevent the Hollow from destroying anything else, most importantly the two gigais and human below her. But it was no easy task as the Hollow was firing everything it had at them.
Hitsugaya finally reached the top, having almost frozen half the Hollow into a giant ice block. He prepared his zanpakutõ to cut right through the mask before he found himself inches away from the Hollow's tongue. He shunpoed away, barely avoiding losing his neck in the process. All it did was just nick the skin on his check, making it bleed. And that was the last thing the Hollow did before the ice wielding shinigami finished off the Hollow.
The two watched as the Hollow let out one more roar before it came crashing down, disappearing along the way until nothing remained of it. The only things left of it was the injuries the two had obtained, the half destroyed woods, and the still lingering dust cloud beneath them. Once the Hollow was gone from existence, it was then the two shunpoed down to the ground.
The dust and now added smoke from the Hollow's defeat wasn't even coming close to dying down, the cloud still just as thick and haze. Coughing a bit, the two began shunpoing all over the area, trying to find where three different bodies were in the mess. They couldn't hear anything expect the debris they step on. Hopefully they weren't too late.
Hopefully that someone hasn't died yet.
"Rukia!" Ichigo yelled down to the ground below him, trying to get his first shinigami friend to answer. But the rapid wind the Hollow's wings were creating overpowered his voice. To anyone that could actually hear it his yelling only sounded more like a muffle when someone covered their mouths with a pillow.
Renji, meanwhile, was trying to prevent himself from getting blown back from the increasing wind and hits from the Hollow. The task proved more difficult for the dust and smoke was everywhere around him, having spread that high from the constant wind. It was amazing enough that he even managed to land a few good hits on the Hollow without getting too beat up.
"Yeah! This is what I'm talking about!" Ikkaku hooted, using his zanpakutõ to block the tail from slicing through the middle of his body. Pushing back, he began slicing back at the Hollow, a wild grin on his face as he attacked and parry. He seemed to be the only one out of all of them that actually enjoyed the fight.
His friend on the other end was thinking opposite feelings. Yumichika was completely disgusted at this Hollow, wanting this to be done quickly. He had opened his eyes to fight it when he found out that this Hollow wasn't planning on to be defeated easily as most Hollows that came to Karakura Town were. It actually proved to be a challenge.
"How disgusting, this dust is ruining my skin and this Hollow is a poor excuse to even be one." Yumichika complained, insulting the Hollow before cutting at one of its legs. But to his surprise it was gone before he was even able to swing his sword. All there was just dirt and air.
"Arwoo!!!" the Hollow bellowed, the sound as if fingers were clawing their way against a chalkboard. And to everyone's horror, it began attacking wildly, firing all of its attacks and flailing around.
Ichigo, now forced to stop yelling, glared at Yumichika before ducking as the feathers flew over his head. "Damn, Yumichika! Why the hell did you insult the fucking thing?!" the eleventh division shinigami scoffed at him before shunpoing away to avoid the Hollow from stepping on him into a pancake.
"This insolent creature understood nothing of what I said. It is far to ungracious and unrefined to-" the Narcissus scowled, never finishing as the Hollow had thrown him into Ikkaku harshly. Both shinigamis dropped a few meters before stopping.
The Hollow was downright more pissed than ever.
"Shit! Why the hell did you do th-ugh!" Renji yelled at them before he found himself soaring. He crashed into Ichigo before both crashed into the ground below them. The Hollow roared again, as if laughing at them.
"Assholes," Ichigo muttered darkly, referring to the ones that cause of all of this. The red head right next to him glared just as darkly as well but was unable to speak since the Hollow was still thrashing around them. If they didn't do something quick bad things would happen.
Bad things as in people dying.
As that happened in the air, Orihime, Chad, and Uryū were trying to find each other and the ones unaware of all of this. The three had gotten separated when the first blast of wind had hit them and scattered them across the area, the dust shielding them from each other's sight. Now they were scrambling around, trying to sort all of this out.
"Chad-kun! Uryū-kun!" Orihime shouted, coughing a bit before continuing. It was almost as dark as night on the ground and seemed to be getter thicker. She couldn't see her a few feet in front of her, proving how thick it all was. The only thing she could see was brown.
"Chad-" Orihime began again, only to stop when she saw someone lying on the ground. Gasping, she ran towards whoever it was quickly as she could in this battlefield.
When she was finally close enough to see who it was she let out another gasp before kneeling next to them. The person groaned before slowly getting up. Once they were on their knees, they glanced at Orihime in confusion.
"Orihime..." Rukia began.
"Are you alright?" the girl asked, looking over her friend to see if there were and injuries on her. Rukia nodded her head before standing fully up, Orihime on her side.
"What's going on?" Rukia demanded, surveying the area around her. There wasn't much to see still, the tornado dust still the same and thick.
Orihime shook her head, not knowing about it. "I don't know, Rukia-chan. Th-"
BOOM!!!
The two looked around them, alarmed. The crash sounded as if whoever it was landed possibly nearby. Both couldn't see very clearly yet but they could make out of the Hollow still thrashing around above them. And whatever it touched was destroyed or obliterated in seconds.
Rukia turned back to Orihime, her purple eyes meeting the brown ones of Orihime. "Find the others and get away."
"But-" Orihime protested. Rukia shook her head.
"You have those four of here before they get hurt in all of this. Thi-" the girl began to explain before she stopped. Her eyes widened as Orihime began to look slightly scared.
"Damn it." Rukia cursed loudly, picking up Sode no Shirayuki from where she laid ont the ground nearby. Turning back to Orihime, she issued one last order before shunpoing back up.
"And don't go and try to find whoever reistu that belongs to!"
"Mitsuki, put your fucking phone away!" Kiyo snapped at his sister, coughing. The four of them, which included the wounded girl Kaida was taking care of, were still in the same area they first were, tending to her wounds. But the three teens weren't in top shapes themselves.
Kaida wiped the sweat off her forehead before she continued to press Mitsuki's jacket against the wound on the girl's forehead. And it was still bleeding quickly. That was why the girl's soul, who had fallen unconscious from everything, was having her Chain of Fate breaking. And the three of them were starting to freak out.
"Damn them to hell, they're fricking slow!" Kaida yelled, scarring the crap out of the twins. The two of them knew that Kaida didn't speak like that unless she was seriously pissed. And the last time she did that was almost a year ago. And it scarred them even more that they knew exactly what they were talking about.
Mitsuki looked at her, panicked. "Is...Is the girl gonna die?"
"Hell yes!" the older sister shouted, sending the twin girl backwards. The girl looked up at the sky angrily, her orange-red eyes glaring. She seemed to be following the movements that were barely seen through the dust. "What the hell is taking them so long?!"
Mitsuki just continued to stare at the younger girl, eyes wide as dishes. "She's gonna...die?" she whispered, her voice barely even audible from all the things going on around them.
"Hai." Kaida answered, taking a deep breath to calm herself. There was no need to snap at her when it wasn't her fault at all for this. The three looked at each other, grim before another explosion happened right above them.
"That's it!" Kiyo growled, surprising the two other girls. Jumping up, the older twin rushed towards Kaida and pushed the startled girl out of the way. Not apologizing or explaining why, Kiyo placed his hands above the girl's bleeding forehead. His eyes closed while his mouth began opening and closing, words slowly spilling out of his mouth at the same time.
Mitsuki gasped, stunned. What the hell was he thinking?! Doing something like that here?!
Finally recovering from the shock of the sudden movement, Kaida jumped back onto her own feet and grabbed Kiyo, pulling the boy backwards. The boy struggled, trying to pull free instead but Kaida's strong grip and stubborn will prevented him from doing so. Mitsuki in the meanwhile went towards the girl and began pushing the jacket onto her head again while watching the argument the other two were going through.
"Kaida!" Kiyo yelled, pissed. "Let me go!"
"Hell no!" Kaida snapped, gripping harder despite Kiyo almost clawing at her hands. "I'm supposed to not you reveal that secret at all to anyone, baka."
"Let me go!"
"NO!"
"Kaida, let me go NOW!"
"You know I can't let you do that! It's my orders, you baka!"
"Just let the damn hell-"
"I TOLD YOU ALREADY I CAN'T!!!"
"YOU WANT HER TO DIE?!" Kiyo screamed right in front of her, making the sister freeze. Mitsuki just stared again, not sure what to say in this situation that won't make it worse. She may be the school idiot but she did know when not to talk to people in certain situations. Her brother was breathing heavily, waiting for Kaida's answer as she still grasped him.
The three stayed quiet, no other sounds coming in expect for some curses from overhead and another explosion. A few more seconds passed after that before Kaida released Kiyo. He turned to look at her but the girl had already turned her head away from him and everyone else. The only thing that anyone could see was the yellow streaked black hair covering her face from everyone. All remained quiet.
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"Fine." she finally said, loud enough for the two to hear above the sounds of fighting overhead again. "But just enough to let her live. No more." Kiyo nodded.
"Thanks, Kaida." the boy said back before turning to the bleeding girl. Placing his hands over her forehead, he began muttering the same words again. But this time a small green light accompanied them, glowing on his hands and where the wound was. Slowly, but surely, the wound began healing, the bleeding slowing down to just a small trickle down her face. Her pale face slowly regaining her original skin tone.
Mitsuki glanced over at Kaida, worried. She wanted to say something to her friend but once again didn't know what to answer with. And it didn't look like Kaida wanted to talk to anyone or for anyone to talk to her at all either. It took a damn hell of a thing to break Kaida's stubborn pride.
Avoiding Mitsuki's gaze and the other two, Kaida just kept looking away. She stared towards the area in front of her, eyes focuses on the dust and smoke floating around her. Her fists were by her side, the nails digging into her palms. And she was digging them quite deep. So deep that they were almost turning into a mix of red and white.
Rukia shunpoed back into the air, zanpakutõ ready. She scanned the area around her, or the visible parts that she could actually see. And that wasn't much. Anything she did see was broken, on the ground, crushed, or completely turned into dust. The only thing actually standing itself was the Hollow itself, who was still adding more stuff to the debris already on the ground below them.
She spotted the other four shinigamis fighting the Hollow again, ever so trying to get closer to the top of the Hollow. But the Hollow's frantic movements gave them more injuries to themselves than what the four of them were doing to it. All of them were just near the central of the Hollow, trying to fend off attacks. However the weariness of the battle was beginning to show more and more on their faces.
"Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo shouted, using his shikai against the Hollow. Slashing his sword against the air, a wave similar to those of a crescent moon headed straight towards the belly of the Hollow, spirit particles released from his blade's edge with it. His attack cut straight through the two paws that were in front of the Hollow and its right wing. And it also hit its intended target, the stomach.
A loud, ear splitting roar rang out, making everyone able to hear it wince. Ichigo may had been able to cut through the Hollow but that still didn't mean that the Hollow was gone. They had to cut through the mask before they could be able to sort through this mess.
Not wanting to be up-shown by Ichigo, Renji jumped up towards the falling Hollow first before the others could. Using Zabimaru, Renji slashed through each parts of the neck on his way up towards the mask, preventing the Hollow from trying to whip him away before he could deal the final blow. And the Hollow had wanted every intent to do that to him and send the sixth division fukutaichō straight back towards his friends.
Finally reaching the top, Renji swung Zabimaru one last time right through the center of the cracked mask. He watched with a triumph smile as he watched the Hollow vanish right in front of him, it giving out one more roar before it disappeared. Making sure that it was completely gone, he then shunpoed back down to where all of his shinigami friends at the moment were gathering.
Ichigo spotted Rukia right away as she appeared right next to him. He cracked a smile as he sighed in relief. "You ok, Rukia?"
WHACK!
"Ow!" Ichigo yelled, holding his head. He glared at Rukia, his smile vanishing into a scowl. "What the hell was that for?!"
"If you weren't being such a hothead earlier than I wouldn't have ended up like that in the first place, baka!" Rukia snapped/explained to him. She was referring to the fact that Ichigo was charging in after the Hollow without any sort of plan or idea that could easily take down the Hollow without causing so much destruction to the park. Ichigo glowered at her, knowing very well to what she was referring to about.
Renji appeared at this moment and interrupted their fight. "Yo, you guys can fight later. Right now we have to find the others and get that girl back into her body before it's too late." Ichigo and Rukia glared at each other once more before nodding, agreeing with the tattooed red head. They and the other three then shunpoed off to find their friends quickly before the dust and smoke settled and people began rushing towards the area and causing more problems.
Ikkaku and Yumichika found Chad and Uryū first, the two somewhere at the edge of the field. They were helping get an old couple out from underneath the other soccer net that had fallen, trapping the couple underneath. The two were blown out there during all of the commotion and were helping people that were stuck in the debris. Orihime wasn't with them, the two having not seen her since they were separated. Both were worried about how she was.
But Orihime was fine. Renji, Ichigo and Rukia had found her, still wandering around trying to find where the transfer students and the little girl was. Since they had no reistu at all, it was extremely much harder to find them than if they just like her shinigamis friends. And when she explained that to them, the three had gone and quickly searched the area, but found no traces of them. Their worries instantly skyrocketed at this change of events.
"Do you guys know where they are?" Orihime asked when the three returned from their search. They shook their heads, frustrated. Nowhere in the field could they find them. The girl instantly began worrying harder.
"But what if they're hurt? And that girl-"
BAMN!
The four looked around, alarmed at the sound of something crashing to the ground nearby. They tensed as they heard someone curse and two people yelling. It sounded familiar, but they weren't completely sure. When the figures got closer to them, all of them were immediately put on alert. None of them had any ideas on who they could be.
"Orihime!" Mitsuki cried, breaking out of the dust and smoke. She was waving frantically, not minding the fact that she had scratches all over her. The usual stupid smile was wiped off her face that everyone was so used to seeing. Grabbing the girl she cried out to, she began pulling her towards the edge of the field.
"Come on! Come on! That girl needs help!" Mitsuki added, dragging the surprised girl along. The others looked in shocked as they watched Kiyo and Kaida come running after her, the little girl they saw earlier in the boy's arms. The little girl's soul seemed to back in her body, her chest rising and falling slowly to show that she was awake but didn't solve for the still apparent head injury she still had.
But that wasn't why the three shinigami were wondering exactly what happened. The girl could have gotten back in her body when they were away but that would have to be that her injury was healed to so it wasn't critical. And the last time they checked trying to stop a bleeding head wound couldn't just be healed with stopping the blood with a jacket. They were also wondered how the hell that those three were in still able to run despite being in the middle of the field during the all thing. It just didn't add up.
However, the shinigamis chased after them, not wanting to leave their friend alone. They also needed to know what the three of them thought about this all attack and if they should have their memories wiped or not. But they were thinking already of just having their memories wiped anyways, just as a precaution for just in case.
Rukia meanwhile was thinking about something she had sensed again when the three students ran passed them. And it was a few things. All of them seemed to avoid running right through them though they couldn't be seen by regular humans. Kaida's eyes seemed to have met hers for a second when she ran past her before she looked away. The fact that all of them injuries on them that didn't seem to go with the fact they were right under the Hollow in the beginning. Each of those had Rukia thinking about them. However, there was one thing that kept nagging at her brain.
Ichigo looked over at her, seeing her deep in though. "Rukia?" getting the girl's attention onto him. "Everything ok?" Rukia nodded.
"Hai. Just thinking." she answered, going back to that last thought she was having. Ichigo and Renji looked at each other and then back at her; both knew something was up with Rukia but decided now wasn't the time to ask questions when they had to deal with the second part of this mess. But what was Rukia thinking so hard about?
It was the fact that she had sensed the same reistu on the small girl in Kiyo's arms from earlier.
The three quickly found their bodies and got back into them. Yumichika and Ikkaku had already done it before Renji, Rukia, and Ichigo had shown up. Luckily no one had noticed the fact that Ichigo's body was lying on the ground, seemingly unconscious. Everyone else was too focused on the sudden stuff happening on the field that they didn't seem to notice that their gigais were dragging Ichigo's body to behind a tree. It would have been funny if it wasn't for the fact that there was were ambulances nearby treating to the people with injuries.
Uryū looked at them, noticing that Orihime wasn't with them. "Where's Orihime?"
"She's somewhere with the other three treating to that little girl's injury." Ichigo answered, entering his own body. Rukia and Renji did the same.
"No! She's right here!" Mitsuki's voice sounded from right behind Ichigo. The said boy yelled and jumped, turning around to face the girl that spooked him. Mitsuki just smiled and waved her arms happily, her happy face back on. Orihime and Kiyo were right behind her.
Kiyo sighed before pulling his sister back from Ichigo's glaring face. "Mitsuki, geez, just behave for once. I'm too tired from that windstorm to deal with you."
"Windstorm?" everyone but Orihime and Mitsuki questioned. The twins looked at them with a raised eyebrow while Orihime was looking nervous.
"Yeah." Kiyo answered. "Everyone's saying it was some freak windstorm that just appeared. However, others are saying that it was two planes crashing into each other or something like the a hippo fell through the sky and was having a stampede. Totally nuts." he added, shaking his head. Mitsuki nodded, to show his agreement with her. All of the others remained quietly, musing on the fact that someone else was already using their memory modifier or actually had a valid reason for this. But the only two that could had do the memory modifier was Hitsugaya and Matsumoto.
"Where's Kaida?" Rukia asked, noticing that the older sister was missing from the three that walked up towards them. Mitsuki pointed back towards to where the ambulances were.
"She's over there, waiting for Kira to be done. She, Matsumoto, and snowy walked out of the woods a bit after we went over there. They were caught up in the windstorm-thingy too but Kira had to get her arm bandaged for the demon cat scratching her." the girl explained. The temperature then began slowly decreasing, making the girl shiver. Only one person would be able to do that when mad...
"It's Hitsugaya to you, Nagasaki." a familiar icy voice snapped from behind them. All of them turned around to see Hitsugaya and Matsumoto walking over to them, the Yumi sisters behind them. Hitsugaya was scowling at Mitsuki for the nickname he was called while Matsumoto went up and glomped Mitsuki into a hug with her. Everyone else just sweat dropping at how this was going after everyone was meeting up again after the windstorm.
Kaida rubbed the back of her head at the odd scene. "Mitsuki, stop that. You already done enough." the said girl pouted before letting go. Matsumoto just laughed at the scene in front of her while everyone else just sighed.
"So, everyone's here again?" Orihime asked once everyone had calmed down a bit. Asked people nodded. Kiyo stretched his arms.
"Yup, from the looks of it. That girl's gonna be alright though. Medics said it was a miracle that she was still alive." he added, yawning. The group stiffened at what he said. Kiyo just stared at them confused while Mitsuki was chasing after a butterfly. Kaida wasn't even looking at him at all, just at the ground while Kira raised an eyebrow at all of them. Rukia got a bit suspicious of him.
"That's good!" Matsumoto exclaimed, smiling. She seemed to be the only one that didn't mind breaking the unknown tense silence that had befallen the group. The others just nodded, agreeing with her but not saying anything.
Mitsuki then started pouting at everyone one whacking everyone on the heads. Startled and in pain, everyone rubbed their foreheads before glaring darkly at the girl that did it to them. Said girl just smiled and waved at them, happily as if she had no idea on what she just did.
"Mitsuki! What the hell was that for?!" various people yelled out at her. Mitsuki put her arms on her hips and looked back at all of them.
"Be happy! Everything's fine again!" Mitsuki cried at all of them, shutting up everyone that yelled. They were instead staring at her in disbelief. Was she seriously saying that? It didn't seem like everything was fine again. But then again, it never was.
Kaida groaned before grabbing Mitsuki by the collar of her shirt. Not even saying goodbye except by a way of her hand, she began hauling the girl out of the park. She only stopped to get the empty picnic basket on the table before continuing again, a daze and confused Mitsuki with her. Kiyo and Kira just sighed at them before following, Kiyo the only one giving the really confused group a goodbye.
"Well, I guess that means this picnic is over. Kaida's in no good mood right now and pretty much wants to go home now. Later guys." Kiyo said, turning around before chasing after the other three people who was already ahead of him. Everyone that was behind him stayed silent until her vanished out of sight with everyone else.
"Ok..." Ichigo said after awhile, noticing that no one was talking. He stopped when everyone just raised an eyebrow at him for saying that.
"Something's odd with them." Rukia instead said after Ichigo fell silent. Over five pair of eyes blinked at her in surprise as the raven haired shinigami said this.
"What do you mean?" Renji asked, wondering with everyone else how Rukia was thinking of something like this. She explained everything to them quickly, about how she and Orihime had sensed a small bit of reistu earlier during the battle and how she sensed it again on the girl's head when Kiyo had rushed past her with the little girl in his arms. Rukia also added what she thought about their three classmates not even having major injuries even though they were pretty much right under the attack zone of the Hollow.
"You're probably over thinking this, Rukia." Ichigo commented once she was done. Rukia scowled at him before the two began arguing about if she was really over thinking this a lot. Renji was talking with everyone else on whether what Rukia said could possibly mean something. Matsumoto was pestering Hitsugaya on what he thought on this but he wasn't commenting on it. His eyebrows were furrowed as he thought about something that happened earlier. No two, things that happened earlier.
And that led him to think about whether or not what Rukia was said was true. That those four from America were more than what they were telling them.
Kiyo sighed as he followed behind Kira, Mitsuki, and Kaida. He was at the back since he knew Kaida was pissed at him for doing that. He knew that Kaida wanted the best for all of them but it just drove him nuts sometimes. She didn't need to do that; he could take care of himself just fine.
Mitsuki just pouted and crossed her arms as Kaida continued to drag her back toward their apartment. Kaida was not trusting that Mitsuki would actually follow them and was therefore holding onto her as a safety measure. You never knew what Mitsuki would do. But it was clear she wanted to know what was going on with Kaida and her brother.
"What's up with you two?" Mitsuki asked, glancing at her brother and awkwardly at the girl holding her. The two didn't say anything, making Mitsuki fume that she wasn't getting an answer to the question she wanted answer the most. Apart from when she would be getting more candy, that is.
Kira looked at the two of them herself, wondering exactly what was going on with the two of them too. But she had more sense to keep her curiosity to herself when both of them seemed to be on bad terms with each other now. If she pestered them, she would probably get no answer from them too. However, she did know that her sister was going to scold her for what she did earlier when she was left with the one proclaimed Midget and Matsumoto.
Kaida just muttered something under her breath that Mitsuki was barely able to pick up. And she still didn't pick up on it. So she just remained pouting during the whole time she was dragged towards their apartment, ignoring the odd glances people were throwing at them. She just wanted to know what was going on. A brief thought went into her head on to explain why they were acting like this but her brain didn't think much of it; now she was more interested on how to get more candy.
Kiyo groaned and rubbed his forehead, annoyed at how everything was turning out. This was not supposed to happen. Heck, it wasn't even supposed to be like this. He was actually supposed to be back in America and being a regular boy after that last mission they were sent on. Not on this one. Damn them for doing this to all of them. Now he was in for a hell load of problems now.
Glancing to his right, he looked at all of the regular people that had no worries like his. All of them were living regular lives without a fricking care in the world. How he wanted to trade it all away for all of that. He knew that he wasn't the only one with this; everyone he knew that shared this cursed thing wanted to. It was just that they were the ones that fell unlucky victims to all of this. Now he just wondered how his sister could still pull this and still smile. Maybe he'll ask her later when he was in a better mood.
Sighing, he was about to turn away when he spotted someone with silver hair. Turning back around, he started scanning the crowd of people he just passed, looking for that person with silver hair. He knew that he had seen someone with that hair color somewhere, but where he forgot. His eyes searched the whole area but he couldn't spot anyone with silver hair again. Kiyo shook his head. It was just all of this stress that was getting on his brain.
Turning away once more, Kiyo picked up his pace to catch up to the others. He didn't once turn back once again, not wanting to get caught in an illusion his brain was setting him up for. All he had to do was figure everything out and things would be fine again, like his sister said. But little did he know that his mind was not playing tricks on him. He did see someone with silver hair. He did see that person somewhere before.
He just didn't think to look upwards onto one of the buildings instead.
Me: Well, that's it for the picnic arc.
Everyone: Really?
Me: Hai. It was only for two chapters.
Renji: Then what's next.
Me: Hm...a filler arc or two before I begin the Mountain arc. Maybe sooner for that one. I'm still planning that one out.
Mitsuki: Yay! What's it about?!
Kaida: She's not gonna tell you, baka. You're just try and change the script into something stupid.
Mitsuki: No!
Everyone: Oh yeah?
Mitsuki: -pout-
Shiha: Hey, are those three people that haven't been included yet gonna be in the Mo-
Producer: -covers Shiha's mouth-
Producer: SHH! That's a secret!
Ichigo: So it's true?
Producer: SSSHHH!!!!!!!!!
Everyone: -sweat drop-
Ikkaku: Hm. It's my turn to say goodbye.
Kiyo: So? Say it.
Ikkaku: Don't wanna.
Kiyo: -anime fall-
Me: Fine. Ja ne!
Matsumoto: See! It wouldn't had been that hard!
Ikkaku: -scowls at Matsumoto-
*~Kira~*