Here's chapter four!
Chapter 4: KON(nani?!) the Barbarian
Kon fell out of Uryuu's backpack carelessly strewn on a rooftop several yards away. "I have been struggling to get out of there for half an hour and nobody bothered to help!" He exclaimed. Kon looked around quickly, and realized that no one was there. "On top of that everybody left me!" he yelled, flailing his arms up and down.
A wave of spiritual power caught his attention, and he turned his head in time to see a blue light streak into the sky. "Whoa! That can't be good!" Making off in that direction, he shook off the doily clinging to his leg and marched – right off the side of a building. "AAAAAHHHHHH!" the surprised Kon yelped as the fell and landed with a soft thud. "I guess there are benefits to being trapped in a stuffed body." he remarked, dusting himself off.
Setting off towards his desired goal, Kon stumbled into Ichigo's discarded body, cleverly tucked away next to a dumpster. "This may come in handy…" he rubbed his paws together. "Now all I have to do is find a way to get out of this body." After several attempts at removing himself from the stuffed animal, most notably hitting himself on the back of the head, punching himself in the chest and assuming 'the hairball' maneuver on all fours, he was finally able to position himself over Ichigo's body and roll the mod soul pill out of one mouth and into the other. The doll plopped lifelessly onto Ichigo's chest, and Kon, now in control of the human body, picked up his former shell, and recovered Uryuu's book bag. I've got to figure out a better way to do that…" he mumbled. "You know, just in case of an emergency…" A crackle of light and a rumble that shook the ground turned his attention to the matter at hand. "Like now! Time to boogie!"
Kon bounded through town, jumping on rooftops and running through the streets. With Kon's natural agility it took no time at all to reach downtown, the source of the disturbance. "How rude of them to leave me behind when there's danger a foot! I'm their mascot, the pillar of strength and leadership!" Pointing his finger dramatically in the air as he assumed a pose; one leg bent with the foot perched on top of a barrel, while the other stayed firmly planted on the ground. "In a soft plushy body of course," he added, thinking of the appeal his cushy exterior could have on members of the female population. This warm thought quickly dissipated as a huge hollow loomed into view.
It was a grotesque scene; Uryuu's twisted body was suspended in place with dagger-like spikes, his bloodied right arm guiding Lone Sparrow toward the sky and his left arm limp and dangling, his pose resembling a crucifixion. Blood ran from his wounds in several trails down his left arm, dripping from his fingertips. The hollows' long body was curled in on itself at the moment seemingly uninterested in its environment. There was Rukia, maintaining a cautious distance from the beast…but where was Ichigo?
Kon witnessed Ishida's agony as his fingertips reached for another arrow and fired it off into the sky. Somehow this hollow was gaining an enormous amount of power – he could feel the spiritual pressure and its strength, yet equally Uryuu was draining that power with every shot. Kon understood how Uryuu's power as a Quincy draws others' spiritual energy to channel, rather than contributing his own. So Ishida's plan was to weaken the creature, Kon surmised. "That must mean it's time to mount an offensive!" he shouted. He leaped easily on the hollow, making fast jabs of footwork between the metal spikes. Drawing energy out of the hollow seemed to weaken its defense, since now the blades were brittle, some even crumbling as Kon kicked out at them.
"NO!" Bakuhatsu flared rising up, disgusted with mortals ruining his feast. Uryuu's body dangled helplessly as the creature thrashed around, the blades digging deeper with every move. A section of the hollow's body housing Ichigo suddenly collapsed, and Rukia screamed.