thank you for the posotive reviews! makes me feel really good that people are enjoying my writing! and to xJ11Cx: I laughed so much when I read over your review, I don't think I'll go that deep in the love... octogon? I want to try to keep this as simple as possible since it's my first fanfic, and when I thought about the purpose of the guitar, after all everything in the story needs to be there for a reason, I realized it served no purpose in the story, so I took it out of the chapter and will probably take out the part when it was mentioned in chap one.
and real-dreamer I really appreaciate the posotive feed back, and you must be really perceptive to already know where I'm gojng with this, let's see if you thought right!
enough from me, again, review if you like, it's what motivates me to do my best!
Chapter two
Human world
Ichigo sighed heavily, standing up from his desk and stretching the kinks out of his chiselled body, his efforts earning him some relieving cracks. His room was quite plain, white walls, a light blue colored carpet, black computer desk chair, a white desk, and a white bed with a deep blue comforter and brown doors into his closet. The one light in his room was on the roof, right in the centre of it all.
Ichigo walked over to the window looking out of his room, brooding again, he had done and seen things a regular person couldn't comprehend or imagine, he had been to heaven, which turned out to be NOTHING that any religeon had depicted, and he had been to hell, he had suffered injuries that would've killed a person, but he had gotten back up and won, countless times, but just by looking at him, most people just saw a delinquent. Ichigo's thoughts continued as he scanned the cloudy, grey, and gloomy outdoors remembering all the different things that happened in front of his house over the years, like Orihime's older brother Sora getting carried in, coated in blood and Orihime's high pitched voice. pleading to his dying brother to not leave her here all alone. Ichigo jumped when he saw a girl with purple hair held up in a smooth, somewhat spiky ponytail held up by a yellow ribbon, she had amber eyes, and was wearing a light brown colored shirt with a red tie and a short brown skirt. Ichigo was dumbfounded, unable to believe who was standing on the sidewalk outside his house smiling up at him; he rubbed his eyes to see if he was seeing clearly, when he looked back, there were only a few leaves being blown by a gust of wind. Ichigo couldn't take it anymore; he was ready to do almost anything to spend even five minutes with Senna. Ichigo was about to collapse on his bed when a sudden surge of energy welled up inside him, his vision was getting blurry and he was having trouble standing, he leaned against the wall for support, as he struggled to retain a normal breathing rhythm as his insides felt like they were getting crushed by this surge of energy. After the most painful five minutes of Ichigo's life passed he let himself slide down the wall, so he was sitting. Just as he was about to become relaxed, a voice he did not miss rang through his mind, startling Ichigo almost as much as when he hallucinated Senna.
'Guess whose back Kingy?' it was his hollow, and Ichigo was not happy to hear that voice again. 'Wow you are downright miserable, and this is all over a girl? You humans are so mentally weak' the hollow mocked in amusement that his king would allow himself to be so influenced by the absence of one person. And Ichigo was wondering just how much access his hollow had to his mind.
"Where's Zangetsu?" Ichigo said aloud, but he knew his hollow could hear him
'ZANGETSU is no more' the hollow laughed like a maniac, but his tone suggested something that Ichigo was having trouble figuring out.
"What do you mean Zangetsu is gone? So what am I know? A hollow? I can't be a Vizard without shinigami powers"
'Oh, your powers are here, somewhere, but there's no way you'd be able to reach them in your pathetic state' the hollow continued to mock his master
"If I'm in such a pathetic state right now why don't you just take over me?" Ichigo challenged
'Tch, that's obvious, it's no fun without a decent fight' Ichigo could imagine the hollow's crooked smile he must've had on his face when he said that.
Ichigo waited for the hollow to continue speaking, and when he didn't Ichigo decided he needed a breather, he went to the park for a walk. He was wearing blue jeans, a white t-shirt and a black windbreaker with a collar.
He noticed Uryu and orihime, sitting on a picnic blanket, working on a science project while munching on some snacks that Uryu must've brought, because Orihime never ate anything that plain, must've also been Orihime's idea to come outside when the sun wasn't even visible. The two noticed Ichigo and waved to him, Ichigo gave a half-hearted wave back and continued down the path, his hands shoved deep into the pockets of the windbreaker, the sky was grey now, full of clouds, it was quite windy to, a big change from last week's sunny weather. The stroll was quiet and peaceful, exactly what Ichigo needed, but of course it was never going to last. he had maybe an hour before his day plummeted.
"Why hello Ichigo Kurosaki" Ichigo jolted around to face his confronter. He had long auburn hair and a white mask that covered the lower half of his face and stretched out to look like a beak. He was wearing a white shihakusho with black lines embroidering it, Ichigo quickly recognised it as an arrancar's uniform when he saw the hollow hole placed in his stomach.
"What, how can I see you?" Ichigo said, almost to himself
'Hello? Hollow here, I'm a part of your power, so naturally you would regain some of your spiritual awareness' he said it like it was common knowledge, Ichigo clenched his teeth in anger, this is not what he wanted to do today.
"You Ichigo Kurosaki, must die" the arrancar said in a higher pitched voice than you would expect.
"What? I'm not a shinigami anymore!" Ichigo reasoned, still suffering from his sudden shock "all I got is an annoying hollow in my head" it was an aweful excuse, but it was all he could manage in his startled state.
"That doesn't matter to me or my master, my master is looking at every possibility, and if you were to regain your original powers it would be a very large inconvenience, so I was sent to eliminate you to rid him of that possibility" the arrancar explained quite aristocratically.
"tch, well I'm not going without a fight, bring it on" Ichigo put up his fists, something that felt beyond stupid to him, since he was used to holding an elegantly shaped cleaver the size of his body when going up against an arrancar.
The arrancar spared him no words of sympathy, just leapt towards the high school student. They spent what felt like a short 20 minutes trading blow for blow, Ichigo constantly having the upper hand, while he would get hit from time to time, he was dodging or parrying a considerable amount of the arrancars would be hits, But Ichigo being out of practice fighting arrancars made a huge mistake. After dodging a punch he grabbed the arrancars arm and tried to snap it backwards over his leg. Only to get the worst Charlie horse a human could possibly receive. But the arrancar did yell in pain.
"You stupid boy, you sprained my arm!"
Ichigo was covered in bruises and his mouth was bleeding a little, and he might've had a broken rib. But he was better looking than the auburn haired arrancar, who had at least 4 broken ribs, a sprained arm and a plethora of bruises all over his face and many more hidden under his uniform.
"I'm done toying around with you, pest" with his good arm he unsheathed his sword, and right on cue Ichigo lost his breath, how was he supposed to go up against an armed arrancar bare handed? Not being a soul he was already beyond exhausted from the last bout.
'Looks like you're stuck in a corner huh Kingy?' the hollow inside Ichigo teased, but his underlying tone was genuine worry and fear for his host, and there was nothing the hollow could do to help other than watch.
'Where is Zangetsu!' Ichigo yelled to the hollow in his head, the arrancar was rambling about something, but Ichigo didn't care enough to listen, he needed Zangetsu, and he needed him now.
It was now pitch black out, there were no clouds in the sky and the fist fight took them off the path and into a hidden clearing that was blocked from view by an oval shaped wall of trees, the only light came from the moon and stars, a light gust of wind made the grass sway, imitating small waves.
'I told you Kingy, ZANGETSU is gone' Ichigo was tired of this, the hollow was playing games with him when his life was on the line, and if his life was on the line so was the hollow's, but he seemed so nonchalant about the whole situation now, what change did ichigo not notice that altered the hollow's mood?
'God damn it you basterd where the hell is Zangetsu!' Ichigo snapped at the hollow, he was out of patience and the arrancar was wrapping up his speech.
'I told you he's gone!' the hollow snapped back, 'he's gone' the hollow used a very realistic fake sad tone.
Ichigo sighed 'then is there anything you can do to help me?' before the hollow had a chance to respond the arrancar had used a sonido and appeared right in front of Ichigo's face and swung his sword across Ichigo's chest, but because Ichigo had barely managed to jump back, the slash did not go nearly as deep as it was supposed to, in turn the large cut was maybe only half an inch deep, and despite that it still drew a lot of blood.
Ichigo struggled to stay standing, but managed, and lucky for Ichigo the self-absorbed arrancar appeared to be starting another speech, taking advantage of this Ichigo spoke into his mind again, talking to the hollow, but before he could utter a single word, he felt a sword run through him, he felt a rush of blood run up his throat and out of his mouth. Ichigo had been run through plenty of times, but this was the first time it happened to him as a human, and it was plenty more devastating than when he was a soul.
Everything was happening in slow motion, but his hollow's voice spoke in real time , he first whistled before speaking 'that looks like it hurt' what an understatement.
Heuco Mundo
there The three surviving Espada, and two important numeros, one was absent at the moment, playing what could possibly be a very crucail role in their plan. the other four sat around the former meeting hall table, they were all understandably quiet, they were about to pull something that could easily get them all killed, and could just as easily go better than they could possibly imagine.
"Are all the pawns ready?" one of the quieter espada asked, he couldn't say he was looking forward to it, but he was in debt to Aizen, in a way he never would've expected.
"Yes sir" was the full masked espada replied, knowing who the question was directed at.
"I am so stoked, let's get going already" he jumped from his bland white chair and smashed his fists on the table.
"Patience, we have to wait for the right time" the blonde espada scolded
"Tch, but he said they're ready, what more do we have to wait for?" his emphatic and irate voice echoed multiple times in the huge, poorly lit, and white room.
"sit back down trash, the full extent of the plan is to much for you to understand"
He stood there, quietly for a second, then relunctantly sat back down, letting himself crash in his chair.
"how many are in waiting?" the blonde one asked again, after an awkward silence
"approximately thirteen thousand, there would be more, but you insisted on me joining you here maim" the arrancar with the full bullhead mask replied dutifully.
"that's more than enough, I apologise for making you wait Grimmjow, I was mistaken, we may make our way now" she stood up and began walking out the door. The black haired espada took his time getting up and following his 'comrades'.
well there's chapter two, review if you like! I hope it was as good as my last chapter. I gave you two cliffhangers there though, I apologise if you aren't a big fan of them. is Ichigo going to die? what are the espada and that other (hopefully) mysterious arrancar planning?
now I have a few ideas floating in my head for chap 3 regarding ichigo, I know for sure that uryu will be the one who saves/attempts to save ichigo, but should there be a fight scene? or should Uryu kill off the arrancar quickly and get Ichigo to a hospital or something? or should ichigo's will to live bring back his powers and He kills off the arrancar? OR should Ichigo die and become 100% soul? send me your thoughts through a review, and I will take them all into consideration.
Random note of the day, i am enjoying a very refreshing glass of milk as I type this. hoping there will be a next time, see ya 'round!