Ultrabross's Vision

CHP 5: Form Sighted

Ichigo shook hands with Gin introducing himself. Off to the side of them approached another student. Unlike everyone else he wore a separate type uniform; one in which Ichigo believed to be a karate outfit. His expression shifted to mystification speculating what the story was behind the particular attire, "Finally found you haha," The individual set his eyes on Gin's camera, "Some habits never die; anyway who's this friend of yours?" He asked gazing at Ichigo.

"Well ah," Gin grazed his hair lowering the camera, "I wouldn't call it that, he and I met just a couple moments before you showed. Anyway Haiji Ichigo, Ichigo Haiji," Gin introduced them to each other.

"What's with the karate suit? Unless it has something to do with the assembly a little while ago forget I asked. Honestly didn't catch the entire thing."

Haiji cracked his knuckles putting on a smile, "I'm actually a member of the karate club. Signup is right over there if you wish to join; you look like you'd make a suitable member. Come to think of it I don't believe I've seen you around…you new here?"

"You could say that, but only to Youkai. I've been enrolled as a third year so if that counts than I guess you could call it that. As for your offer," Ichigo raised a folded piece of paper, "I already decided on the soccer club. Not sure if we're limited to just one, but that's all I'm interested in taking to start off." To the left another member of the karate club joined them.

"How's it going Haiji, Gin…and you are?" He set his eyes on the 5'11 orange spiky haired newbie.

"Name's Ichigo but if you guys could excuse me I need to get going." He had no idea things would procrastinate the way they did when choosing to speak with Ginei. The karate club member threw out a punch stopping a couple inches of Ichigo's face, "Your head would have went flying had I connected," With his other hand he quickly commenced with a knife hand to Ichigo's throat, "Hehe your reflexes are a joke, no way would you make it in da karate club!"

"Whoever said I was interested in joining your stupid club?" Ichigo replied bluntly.

Gin and Haiji watched from the side not daring to get involved. In fact they were anxious and even a bit excited to see what might happen between the two, "What did you just say?!" With no intention to reply Ichigo stood in place staring into the student's eyes, "No one insults our club and gets away with it!" In an out roar the student jumped back into a fighting, "You're going to regret those comments big guy."

"Am I now," Ichigo placed the piece of paper into his pocket grinning. Without warning the KC member came at him with a kick which Ichigo grabbed hold of flipping him upward and throwing him to the ground. Gin couldn't help but chuckle while Haiji clinched his fists, "This guy is goanna make us look bad." He uttered beneath his breath referring to the particular club.

"Guess I failed to mention I know a thing or two about material arts," Ichigo placed both hands into his pockets looking away, "See you guys around." The instant he made a move toward the building someone ran into his side knocking him to the ground. He immediately grabbed at his knee feeling slight pain, "Watch where yo…" Ichigo went silent resting his eyes on a girl with orange hair except an entirely different shade to his own, tied in pigtails.

"Where is neesan have you seen her?" The girl asked both Haiji and Ginei.

Ichigo stood upright dusting himself off along with the student he took down moments ago, "No clue Kokoa Chan. She might be inside on her off period if you're lucky." Gin spoke.

Haiji seized hold of Kokoa's wrist the instant she took off, "Why are you in such a hurry, don't you want to hang around for a little while? It's been awhile since I've seen my favorite little girl; we should at least catch up before you go running off. Did you do anything fun over the summer?"

Kokoa forcefully pulled away from him, "Hands off me lolicon!" Ichigo had noticed the flying bat beside her right after she collided with him, but couldn't believe his eyes seeing Kokoa transform it into a baseball bat! She stepped forward swinging directly at Haiji sending him a couple ft the other way!

"What the hell! Someone of her size shouldn't have the strength to do that," Ichigo quietly proclaimed with his mouth dropped open and wide eyes; but then remembered Youkai was a school for Ayashis/monsters. It would take some getting accustomed to and he felt if the mission took another couple days he'd get used to it. Haiji was slow to stand feeling pain throughout much of his torso.

"What was that all about?" Ichigo asked becoming a bit interested.

"You mean Kokoa Chan," Gin looked to the side doors noticing two girls progressing toward them, "Nice talking Ichi…whatever your name is, I gotta go!"

Ichigo crossed his arms observing Gin disappear from view in a matter of seconds, "What's up with him, he took off like someone was after his life or something." Both girls situated themselves in front of Haiji, "We know you're friends with him! Where is Gin?!" One of them demanded leaving little breathing room for Haiji. The karate club member had an idea what might have been the reason to their anger and didn't want to find himself in the middle of it, "You should be able to find him hanging around the gym. That was five minutes ago however." Haiji quickly came up with something off the top of his head.

Not buying into his story the girl directly across from him grasped her fingers around his uniform pulling him in close, "You two are like buds so why should we believe you?" She hissed pushing him back noticing Ichigo from the corner of her eye, "Hey ginger you know where Gin is?"

In an instant Ichigo's heart rate rose, whilst his shoulders dropped, "This girl barely set eyes on me and already an insult; that's no way to get someone to cooperate." He knew nothing about the guy, feeling it best to go the route having never met him, "That name doesn't ring any bells."

"You're a liar just like him I can see it in your eyes!" She snapped getting into Ichigo's face. He kept a straight face giving her nothing that would prove her assumption true.

"What do the two of you want with Gin anyway?" Haiji asked.

A long pause followed and just by their faces alone Haiji knew something was up, "Well as you may or may not know Gin and I had been dating through the end of last semester up till now…but it appears he was with her as well! In other words he was seeing both of us at the same time."

"That's a bummer." Ichigo spoke placing both hands in his pockets.

This time both girls got into his face, "How could you say that like it's no big deal!?" Both grabbed hold of his shirt. Wanting nothing to do with the situation Haiji and the other KC member slowly walked away. But then from out of nowhere screams of students filled the sky, "That doesn't sound good," Ichigo exclaimed pulling away from the two girls. He took off at full speed with Haiji following close behind. Kokoa had her hand over the doorknob ready to enter the academy, but instead turned the other way. Like everyone else she was curious as to what was happening.

As they got in close Haiji's eyes broadened gazing at various students floating around, "What the…" To him and everyone else it appeared to look that way, but Ichigo was able to see what truly went on, "Hollows!" He grimaced clutching his fists. In total were three of them, but knew he couldn't change into soul form out in the open. His body would then be left unprotected, "Damn I need to find somewhere secluded!"

When taking an early exit from the assembly he bypassed a couple bathrooms knowing exactly where to find them. Without hesitation he entered the academy through a side door rushing down the hall. Hollows were no joke to begin with, and there was no telling what the upgraded ones might be capable of. Another round of screams ensued being even louder than the first.

"What in the world was that," Tsukune pronounced standing from his chair, "That didn't sound good at all; I think we should go check it out." Without warning or a word he ran toward the closes exit.

"Tsukune wait for us!" Yukari called out running after him. Mizore and Moka trailed the two exiting the cafeteria at nearly the same time. It wasn't long before they set their eyes on the horrendous sight of students being thrown around by an apparent ghost. Tsukune considered it might even be the doing of a Youkai student that switched over into his or her monster form.

"Neesan!" Kokoa hollered running toward Moka. It was the inner/true Moka she wanted to speak with but would settle with the outer for however long it took. Moka noticed her little sister approaching from the corner of her eye fully turning to face her, "Get away from here Kokoa Chan it isn't safe!" Moka yelled attempting to keep her out of harm's way.

Kokoa didn't care how dire the circumstance, all she wanted was to embrace arguably her favorite sister. As she came within four feet of Moka the turf beneath them erupted tossing them both down along with Tsukune and the others. Debris filled the area making it difficult for any of them to see. Tsukune got up on one knee coughing, "Is everyone alright?" Students continued to scream trying to evacuate the area. Many were snatched from behind by the un seeable enemy shoved into the ground and thrown against trees. As she began to sit up something grabbed hold of Moka's neck lifting her up high.

"Moka San!" Tsukune yelled.

Unlike everyone else Kokoa was able to see a faded outline of it, but couldn't make out anything passed that. Moka grasped at the area around her neck which let the others know something or someone had a hold of her throat. Though he was unable to see the enemy Tsukune could sense more than one of them thanks to his training with inner Moka awhile back, "I promised to protect Moka San and the others, never to have it the other way around. I can't see whatever it is, but I've got to try something!"

Tsukune quickly punched into the ground using the youjutsu known as the Bakuryuujin which he learned from Fuhai Touhou. A huge shockwave knocked the hollow off balance but it didn't lose hold of Moka. Against any ordinary hollow the technique would have done damage, but against the new incarnation not so much. Another of the hollows landed over the top of Tsukune KOing both he and Yukari in a single blow, "Some of these Youki kiddies are completely pathetic as humans' hahaha." One of the hollows said, "I say we quit messing around and get straight to the feasting of their souls."

Moka felt herself begin to fade as her hands dropped from the hollow's wrist. Not long after she passed out with both arms dropping to her sides. Out of desperation Kokoa morphed the bat beside her into a large hammer swinging at random, hoping she'd get lucky and hit something. Effortlessly kicking her thirty ft the other way a hollow laughed watching her collide with a bench smashing it to pieces.

As with Kokoa, Mizore strived to combat what she couldn't see firing off a couple rounds of ice blades. She was unable to confirm it, but confident her projectiles were making contact with something, "Foolish brat!" The hollow taking the punishment of her attack spun around grabbing hold of Mizore's head smashing her entire body against the pavement. Like the others she fell unconscious, leaving only Kokoa that slowly stood, "How am I supposed to win against something I can't see possessing that much power!?"

Perceiving Moka the way she was infuriated Kokoa even more feeling taunted, "Let's finish off these small fry so that we can get to the ma…" The three hollows instantly stopped what they were doing, "That spiritual pressure… could it be a shinigami?" They looked all around in search for the person possessing the high spirit energy.

"You creeps looking for me?"

Together they glared atop the academy spotting someone sporting a black robe holding a zanpakuto over his shoulder. The wind blew his orange spiky hair back and forth, "Well if it ain't a lousy shinig…"

The hollow's head and arm were sliced off simultaneously as Ichigo caught Moka through mid air using flash step. The particular hollow ceased to exist leaving only two of them, "Wow she's gorgeous," Ichigo got a quick glimpse of Moka's face setting the vampire down over the grass, noticing numerous others unconscious all around, "Looks like I'm a bit late, but I'll make up for it."

"We had no idea a shinigami was in this realm oh what a treat it is!" One of them spoke jumping up and down.

"I'm done messing around!" Ichigo blitzed both hollows destroying them in fifty swings of his zanpakuto in less than ten seconds. He was almost surprised how easily they went down, expecting much more of a fight, "Neesan!" Kokoa shouted dropping down next to Moka. She was unable to see Ichigo and had no clue the enemies were destroyed. In that moment she didn't care, all that mattered was Moka, "So this was the Neesan she was looking for." Ichigo uttered.

From around a corner of the building appeared Kurumu licking at an ice-cream cone. She was accompanied by a couple others, feeling her heart jump at the devastating sight, "Tsukune!" He was the first she noticed lying motionless. She and a number of others took off toward the group of unconscious students. Soon after Ruby and various other staff members were on scene.

"I'll go and alert the headmaster; while I do try and get all of them to the infirmary as soon as you can." Ruby spoke with another staffer.

Seeing there was nothing else for him to do Ichigo headed to where he had left his body. Kurumu positioned herself next to Tsukune trying to get him to wake by steadily shaking him, "Kokoa Chan what happened?" She turned to the younger vampire hoping for answers.

Entering through an open window and into a bathroom stall Ichigo re entered his body. He stood from the toilet stretching out, exiting the stall and washing his hands, "Something was off about the three I just encountered. Unlike the first two, their power was near that of a typical hollow and they didn't have the ability to regenerate. Weird…" He dried his hands waiting over another five minutes before exiting.

Through the hall quite a few students stood by their lockers engaging in conversation. Ichigo uncovered his class schedule from his right pocket checking where to go next. The moment he looked up, two persons approached; neither in which he had ever seen, "That was quite the impressive show you put on out there."

Ichigo bit down on his tongue feeling the hairs on his back rise! What was this person referring to? Was it possible they were able to see him in soul form? It was certainly a possibility, after all there were other non shinigami within Karakura town that were able to see him in soul form, "No idea what you're talking about, you must have me confused with someone else." Ichigo replied trying to walk off but the two blocked his path.

"I may not have been able to see you in action but big sis did."

"Ah so the two of you are brother and sister?"

"That's correct. My name is Fang Fang and she's Ling Ling. It's strange but she was able to see those things attacking the students outside while I couldn't. And even when you came onto the scene she was the only one able to see you as far as we know."

For numerous moments Ichigo didn't say a word, "Did you think for a second your sister might be lying, I mean just think about it," One of the rules to Youkai was to keep your true form a secret and he planned to keep it that way, "By the way are you a girl or a guy? I'm having a hard time figuring which it is."

Fang Fang face palmed shaking his head, "I can assure you I'm a guy."

"There's no need for you to hide it from us…after your battle with those beasts I took the liberty of following you. You entered through the bathroom window, so then all we had to do was wait for you out here. I don't know but maybe the fact I'm a zombie is why I was able to see what others couldn't. I was just about to jump in and attack those things when you beat me to it."

"A zombie? Ahahaha get out, like I'm supposed to belieaaaaaahhhh," Ichigo jumped back in terror watching as she removed her own head from her body, "What do you people want from me?!" Ichigo put extra space between them, "I'm so goanna pretend I didn't see that."

"We're members to the Huang family and could use someone of your strength at our side. I promise you'd be treated well and could have anything you wanted in return for your services." Fang Fang enlightened.

Ichigo's eyes narrowed as he sighed, "Not sure what sort of role playing the two of you are into, but count me out." There was no way that was a comment to be taken serious in his mind. Finding an opening Ichigo ran passed them both heading to his next class. Fang Fang attempted to go after him but was held back, "Let him go, we'll have plenty of opportunities to recruit him later. I wish you could have seen him in action…this one is more powerful than Aono Tsukune or even Moka." Ling Ling said with a grin.

To Be Continued