ahaha... yeah sorry guys, for taking this too long... you see, my internet is kinda out of commision right now so yeah.. so, since its been such a long time, i decided to go to some nearby internet cafe =.=
also, thank you so much for the reviews XD i am so happy that theres at least someone who read this story.
DISCLAIMER: I did not own bleach by any right, this is just the fruit of my daydreams regarding a certain orange haired teenager .
Chapter 6. A New Dawn, Recollection
The room was dark, shadowed as the only source of light was coming from a lone wide window. There was nothing there except all of the unused stuff that was stashed in the lonely room, and the man that was sitting on the ledge of the window, looking down on the great city below it.
His bluish silver short hair was dancing on the wind. His military uniform which consist of a white colored formal shirt and a long pants that perfectly fits his lower part of body. The belt he was wearing kept his zanpaktou on its place, attaching it beside his hip. He also wears an overcoat with a unique style and decorated with gold linings.
It was always a question for his subordinates on his obsession with the place. Every time he was free of duties, he will always sit on the window. Despite how tremendously tall the tower was, he never get unfazed by the sight from the height. Most people would probably back away since it such a stupid and dangerous thing to do, well, not for him, sitting there has been always a great chance for him to relax and calm his mind.
The calm was, however, were broken by a sudden appearance of a messenger.
"Reporting in, the council wished for your immediate presence sir!"
"Oh? That so?" His voice was smooth, slithery like, yet it was apparent that he has less care on whatever it was for. After all, what's the point on talking to the old relics that acts way to slow much to his annoyance?
"hai! and... They has inform me that they has taken your request"
Immediately, the man's stood up, a wide grin was decorating his face. Finally, his long awaited plan could begin, after such a long time...
"At long last..." he said as he saunter towards the door, the movement he made cause his white coat to move and waves, a Japanese number of 3 was stitched with golden threads on his back. "What took those grandpa's so long?"
He really couldn't get over how slow paced the council elder is, those fools should have just retire already. Oh well, when his plan succeeded, they could finally gain their sweet retirement. He chuckled upon that thought. But still, he got lots of things to prepare now. I go without saying that this would definitely be one fun trip to the outside world.
It was dark. Dark and empty. Nothingness. He has no strength left on him. Slowly, his consciousness began to fade to the eternal darkness.
With a jolt, he sprang up in lightning speed, eyes wide and sweat trickled on his neck. All of his body was covered with sweat. His breath was uneven, as if he was just finished running a marathon. His warm blanket was thrown back due his sudden motion. For some reason, he have this felling of dreadfulness, he has failed. But for what, he didn't know...
A sudden nausea hit him, he clutched his head upon the pain it has given him. He cursed, he can never get used to this frequent headache that has occurred every morning ever since he move to Japan. As the pain subsided, he looks around. That counter, that wardrobe, and the study desk... It was his room. But then, why on earth he was here? Wasn't he supposed to... 'Wait... What the hell has happened' he thought. He can't seem to remember anything, other than the fact he was... That monster... He gasp as part of his memory started to come back, how he was cut down by a masked invisible monster, which is isn't that invisible anymore for some reason, probably because of that weird voice.
His eyes were wide in panic as he realized what has happened. Quickly, he lifts his white plain shirt and rubs his own chest to check for the damage. Carefully, he checks for any signs of damage on his muscular body. He sighed on relief as he found no trace of any scars and wounds.
Once again, he was drowned on a deep thought. Was all that madness is just a dream? And what about that place... 'What place?' he asked himself yet again. He started to abuse his own brain, trying to get some answers from his memories. Even as he forced himself, he still couldn't get the picture. He gritted his teeth out of frustration. Why the hell he can't remember any of it. Enraged, he hit the wall beside him with his clenched fist. "Dammit!" he cursed through gritted teeth. He was mad, mad at himself for failing whatever he was supposed to do back then, and the memory loss doesn't really help his temper either. He was frustrated for not knowing why the hell he felt this way. It's seriously confusing and has successfully made his headache even worse.
A soft creak was heard as his door slowly opened by his housemate. His eyes widen as he realized that ichiru has finally awaken from his deep slumber. An awkward moment of stare downs follows right after, the uncomfortable silence between both of the teenager made ichiru shrugs in the awkwardness of the situation. The silence didn't stay very long, at least, until Ray rushed towards ichiru and proceed to violate his body by opening his shirt and touching his muscular body on several places, just to check his condition. Upon the unwanted sudden violation, feelings of anger, confusion, annoyance and shame started to grow. Ichiru can't stand it, who the hell did he think he is to do something like that.
"CUT IT OUT!" he screamed as he throws his friend out of his bed while blushing madly. He went to standing position right after to avoid getting another violation, just in case. To think that Ray has unwittingly pressed his pressure points on the upper part of his body... Damn that stupid blonde! "What the hell are you thinking!" he would like to add 'raping me on the break of dawn' but decided that it would be better if it were left un said, much to his own sanity.
The blonde was surprised, but the fact that ichiru was that healthy made him sigh on relieve. "I'm glad" he said as he stood back up "if you had the that much energy this early on the morning, I think it's save to say that you're fine already"
Ichiru throws a ridiculous look to his friend. "What are you talking about? Of course I am-" (despite the fact that he has been raped so early in the morning) "-why should I not be?"
His friend stood still, this time it was his turn to give a confused look. "Why?" Ray replied rather loudly, "You have slept for one full day after that... That... Thing.. Hollow.. Attack you!"
Ichiru stood in shock, his eyes widen as he heard what his friend has just said, mouth gapping in a futile attempt to voiced himself. So it was real, all of that craziness... That thing.. That monster, is real, he really was attacked by that white masked monster, hell, he almost entered the afterlife because of it... Wait a sec.. If that thing attacked him, how could he recover so quickly? He knows how bad his condition is before, it supposed to be days before he was completely healed, and yet, his body didn't even had a scratch.. Also, what did Ray said before? Hollow?
Ray stood beside ichiru, a frown could be seen on his face, this, he suppose, it was because he was mulling over the things he just said.
"Hollow?" ichiru asked with a hoarse voice, not because of the long sleep he just had, it was more to the strange welling hostile felling that raise on his gut. For some reason, that name spells trouble all over. It was a weird experience to him, he felt like he had known them for ages, and he was supposed to destroy these things... He had no idea why he could think of something like that.
"Oh, right, so you didn't know about that yet" said the blonde as he gives ichiru a calculating gaze.
"Know what?"
Ray sighed as he sat down ichiru's unkempt bed. "I suppose I should tell you right from the beginning" he said as he started his long narrative of a story.
-"So, yeah, you took so long at buying the groceries that I started to worry"-
I could fell it, something bad is gonna happen. I can't really know why, but I just know. The heavy atmosphere that I felt tells it all. After lots of musing, I decided to head after ichiru, not caring on locking nor closing the door. It was dark outside, the sky was filled with dark clouds that would, eventually pour rain, not easing this bad felling that I have.
The more I ran, the more stronger that dark awful felling I felt. Sweat trickling on my spines from the constant running I have done. I don't have any second too lose, not enough time for a breather. I know it sounded ridiculous that I believe my unconditional hunch, even that it might be just from my paranoia, but this dreadful felling that I've felt, When I felt this way, some kind of unknown explosion happened, They said that it was from gas leak or something... But either way, I can't let anything happen to him, after all these time we have been trough...
I continued to run until I heard someone calling me
"Hikari-kun!" the voice called. I stopped for a moment, breathing rather harshly after the run I had done, and saw my new classmates, Inoue Orihime, I think, was on the same condition as I was, seems like she has been running as well.
I was about to say something until I vaguely heard someone scream. From what I could hear, the voice was screaming "ICHIGO!" and realized that it was rather close by. I Frowned, who the hell would scream "strawberry" this early on the morning? The girl, inoue, was petrified when she heard the scream, and without any ado, she started to ran after she called "Kuchiki-san!" not even sparing me a glance or some clue on what actually happened.
Okay, things got rather confusing for me after that, but then I realized that the way that she is heading... dammit! It was bad enough for me worrying over ichiru and now that girl was going to a bad direction. I cursed as I ran after her.
I never was prepared for the sight that hit me after. What I saw is enough to haunt me for the rest of my life.
So much blood...
I body turn cold as I got closer to the scene. I could saw it, the trail of blood and the orange hair of an unconscious teen. I felt a dreadful coldness shaken my whole body, coldness like I never felt before. This cold is not from something as a decrease on the temperature, it was far more times worse, it's the cold of a piece of your life has been taken from you, never to return again. It took everything on my power to keep standing, otherwise my feet would be as useless as a jelly.
It was then that I realized that...A black robed girl was holding the Limp body of ichiru's. She wailed as a green light glowed from her hand.
"Kuchiki-San!" a voice snapped me back to the world. Inoue ran toward the raven-haired girl.
"Inoue he is..!"
I cant hear what the girl said as a loud furious roar rang on my ears. I turned back right that instant, only to meet a truly horrifying sight. It was a monster with white mask with a height twice my own. Its hand was decorated with claws and on it's chest.. There was a hole. But the true horror did not present on it's feral fang like mask nor it's abnormally huge body, it was those eyes that made me stoned by fear, the depthless black on it's eyes.. It was void of feelings, only wild instinct that drove the monster's existence.
The monster roared yet again, the earth shattering echoing voice kept me from running away like my gut felling tells me to. The monster started to attack me by lifting one of its giant hands. It was then that my body started to work again.
A second too late.
Despite the huge body it has, the monster was terrifyingly fast, I was thrown in a matter of seconds. I hit the pavement with a force, the sharp pain and the cracking voice made me realized that I must broken some bones. Damn! At the time like this as well! The demon started to continue his hunt, and I was his prey.
I close my eyes as I dreadfully wait for the final blow. So much for having a good life...
The thing is.. I could fell nothing.. Except for my fractured bone.. But I did hear something being sliced. With a mustered courage, I opened my eyes. The monster was sliced into half with something black and red hovering in the air.
"What the.." I managed to voice my self.
"Inoue!" exclaimed the other girl.
Inoue, she was standing with flying things hovered around her. What is that? "I'm sorry but I don't appreciate you hurting my friends" she said. Her voice was deeper that it usually was.. Her normal smile left her, exchanged by a slight scowl as she said the words full of determination. It made her more intimidating and terrifying.
As soon as she said that, the monster's body turned to dust, disappearing to the empty air.
I turned back to saw that the small thing that surrounded inoue gives out an orange glow that was surrounding ichiru's body. It took me a while before I realized that a small... Something with a black and red costume shouting at me. "Oy! Hang in there!" it shouted. It was a bit hard to make out as the colors in my eye has fade away, making my sight covered in a blur. The last thing I saw was inoue running at me and... Who's that white guy on the roof of a nearby house?...
-"And the next thing I knew, I woke up in the sofa, free of broken bones and fit as a fiddle"-
Ray said as he hold up his right hand, showing his muscle... Ichiru could swear that he sees spotlight coming from the blonde as If he just won a quiz show or something..
Ichiru blurted out on how ridiculous his friend made the ending of his story. "The hell! You just ruined the damn atmosphere!" he exclaimed as he was now sitting on the edge of his bed.
Upon the reaction his friend made, Ray could not help himself but to say, "well, it was worth it seeing your ridiculous face like that" which was replied with a muffled curses from the orange haired teenager. Damn it, Damn the stupid Blondie for toying with him.
"Ah! Yagari-kun!" exclaimed inoue who has just entered the room, as soon as she saw ichiru, the happy smile she has came back to her face. "Thank goodness, you are fine already right?"
"a..aaa.. Yeah.. Sure" ichiru stuttered, not exactly know how to talk back to the twinkle eyes of inoue orihime. Still... What is she doing on his house this early on the morning...
"Come on, lets get breakfast, kuchiki-San is waiting on the first floor" she said.
Ichiru felt a twinge on his brain as the name was, once again, has been mentioned. A flash of raven-haired girl with black robe offended his mind. He has this felling, again, that he knows that person... And rather closely as well... Why? He never had once have met or knows someone with that name.
"Ichiru? You okay?" asked Ray as he noticed the long face that he is making. The voice snapped ichiru back to reality
"Huh? Uh... Yeah.. I'm fine" he replied
"Come on, let's get breakfast" and with it, Ray descended the stairs.
"Be right there!" ichiru said with a sigh. Oh well, better head down now, no use on thinking about it. Maybe, everything would be clear when he met this Rukia person...
Yeah! That's all for now... I know it's short, but... Since I'm not planning to torture you with anymore cliffy... (Well, it would be on the next chapter, not this one :P) so, I decided to end it here.
I know things is still weird and jumbled up, hopefully, I'm able to straight things out soon...
And about the other oc... I'm bad at making original characters, I know, not exactly an original person am I?... X( ... So, it would be most appreciated if you guys give me some ideas... Since I need them much for the story... *sigh*
PS. Did you realize that ichiru called Kuchiki Rukia as Rukia on the end? Despite the only thing he gets from his friends is only Kuchiki? Yeah, its not a typing mistake, just so you know... *shrugs*
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