There were only two skyscrapers left and Zangetsu and the hollow each perched their respective skyscraper. It had not rained in what felt like an eternity, and the heat was blistering. Zangetsu, clothed in all black, felt the heat. Sweat dropped on his face, on his back, on his hands, on his legs, everywhere. His clothes stuck on his skin and his feet felt like they were on fire. For the first time, Zangetsu wanted it to rain for the heat was unbearable. The hollow, clothed in white, faired slightly better, but not enough for him to bicker endlessly about the heat.
"What the hell old man! Go up there and tell that brat to cut the crap already. It is too freaking hot! If you don't do anything, I swear, I am going to possess the kid and kill that woman!"
Zangetsu had never been in such close proximity to the hollow for this long before. Before, they did speak to each other, but only when times were truly lonely and the rain just would not stop, and they would seek each other's company. Now to hear him bicker nearly drove him mad.
"Hollow, remain where you are. Ichigo is still young, and this was bound to happen, you know that. I agree that the heat is abnormal but bear it, for out of this will come a better world for the both of us."
The hollow looked at Zangetsu as if he were mad and then shouted,
"Like hell! I liked the other world just fine! Now, if you excuse me I wil…."
Just then, the skyscraper the hollow was on started to crumble and the hollow jumped to the skyscraper that Zangetsu was on.
"Great, now I am stuck with you now old man!"
Zangetsu did not say anything. He looked up at the sky and found that it changed colors. It took an orange and yellow tint now and the sun had seemed twice as close as before. The heat got even worse.