BLEACH –Again–

Chapter Six: ATTACK OF THE VAMPIRE 2

Ichigo barely lost strands of his hair as Chachamaru swung her bladed arm over his head. Rolling away from her, the orange head got back up to his feet. "Wh-what the hell are you doing, Chachamaru?"

"Excuse me, Kurosaki-sensei. But it is Master's orders," The green hair girl seemingly said.

"'Master's orders' you say…" Ichigo muttered, his face etched with disbelief. He yelped as Chachamaru somehow fired her arm from 5 meters away and rocket it towards him. Bringing out his badge, Ichigo focused his Reiatsu and blocked the rocket arm and deflected it. This caught Evangeline's attention as Ichigo rolled over the ground once more. Looking up, Ichigo's face was that of shock and surprise as Chachamaru rocketed herself using rocket boosters and flew above him, before using the same jets to speed herself to Ichigo's position, threatening to crack his skull against the bridge's concrete. Ichigo used Fullbring to manipulate the concrete and pushed himself away just as Chachamaru punched the floor.

"A blow like that… I really would be dead…!" Ichigo deadpanned to himself. "Are you trying to kill me?" He asked.

"Was it that obvious?" Evangeline asked as Ichigo tweaked an eye. "Shut up! It's been a while since I had a life-death situation battle, alright? And what the hell is up with that? Chachamaru's arms transforming into blades and somehow rocketing itself from her elbow… is she a robot or something?"

"I thought it was obvious…" Evangeline commented, gazing at Chachamaru as Ichigo felt his ears burning in embarrassment. "Why I ought'a…" He muttered as he thought up of different plans.

The plans were shot down, however, when Chachamaru appeared behind him. His instinct acting up, Ichigo fired up his Fullbring focus, and raised up his Badge, black energy shrouding.

The black energy immediately caught Evangeline's curiosity as she thought, "What is that?"

The two contacted, and immediately, the two were flung from each other. Chachamaru skidded across the floor before flipping over to her Master's side. Ichigo, however, being lighter weight than a robot, was flung farther until he crashed into one of the towers on the bridge. Gasping out blood and air, Ichigo painfully fell to the ground, right where Asuna and Negi were, just as they kissed.

Ichigo painfully, yet confusingly, watched as a 14-year-old kissed a 10-year-old. Right in the lips, too. And being the guy he is, Ichigo did what he usually did when he saw people do something odd or strange.

"What the hell are you guys doing?" He asked-slash-demanded as Asuna immediately shot right up. Turning around to see a confused Ichigo, Asuna felt her body growing in temperature, glowing red. "Th-th-this isn't wh-what you think!" She tried to explain as Negi, still dazed, suddenly said, "A-asuna-san! Wh-why d-did you… That was my first kiss…!"

"Ah, wait, Negi-…!"

"Your first kiss…?" Ichiog repeated as Negi suddenly took notice of the orange head. "K-kurosaki-san!"

"H-hey, it was my first kiss too, ok?" Asuna countered as tick marks gathered around Ichigo. "I'm in the middle of a life-and-death battle, and here are the two of you hiding around, MAKING OUT?"

"WE WEREN'T MAKING OUT!" Asuna tried to make her fellow orange head understand as Chamo started laughing until his tiny little ribs started hurting. "WELL THAT'S NOT HOW I SEE IT!" Ichigo yelled back.

Chamo continued on laughing as he wiped the tear from his eyes. "It's, it's so hilarious seeing this, but anyway. Last time, Ane-san did it only half-heartedly, so the Pactio power was only half-effective. This time, Ane-san did it properly, so now… Contract Renewal!"

A bright light blinded Ichigo as he covered his eyes.

Behind the tower, Evangeline narrowed her eyes. "So that's where they were!"

As the light ended, Ichigo rubbed his eyes to find Negi and Asuna both standing in the clearing. "What the- what the hell are you guys doing?"

"So, finally out of your hiding hole, eh, Bouya. Is it because Onee-san finally came down to the rescue?" Evangeline asked. Negi clenched his jaws a bit as Chamo tried to calm him down. "Shut up! This is how a fight should be like! Two-on-two!" Asuna fired back as Ichigo palmed his face.

"You say two-on-two, but I see three of you…" Evangeline deadpanned as the two shocked, remembering Ichigo behind them. "Ah, Ichigo-san! Um, uh, th-this is, uhh…!" Negi tried to explain the situation when Ichigo interrupted, "Shut it, brat. I already know about this Magic thing."

"H-haah~…"

"Hmph, whatever. That power you have is surely interesting. But that's irrelevant as of now," Evangeline announced, floating down to the ground, "What I need right now is the Bouya's blood so I can get free of this accursed curse that his father, the Thousand Master, has cast upon me…!"

"So that's what this whole fiasco is about? To get free of some sort of curse?" Ichigo deadpanned angrily, "If she asked nicely, I would have Urahara-san conjure something- actually, on second thought, never mind…" He thought again, remembering clearly how he got his Shinigami powers back to save Rukia.

"Take care of Kagurazaka Asuna and Kurosaki Ichigo. Both are stronger than they look…"

"Hai, Master," Chachamaru answered to her Master. Evangeline smirked. "You ready, Bouya? Forget the fact that I'm your student! I'm your enemy now! Show me how much of a 'man' you are, Negi Springfield!"

Negi gulped. "Alright…!"

There was a moment of silence before Ichigo broke it first, using Fullbring to rush towards the two. Seeing this, Chachamaru dashed forwards jus as Evangeline started chanting, "Lic Lac La Lilac!"

Perking up, Negi drew out a card, shouting, "Sis Mae Pars, Per Nonaginta Secundas! Ministra Negi, Kagurazaka Asuna! (Activate the Contract 90 Seconds for Kagurazaka Asuna, Attendant of Negi)" With a brilliant light, Asuna was covered with energy, catching Ichigo's eyes for a second, before he blocked Chachamaru's fist with his own hand. The two intercepted each other, trying to catch the other off guard, until, with unknown speed; Ichigo reached in and flicked Chachamaru on the forehead.

This surprised Evangeline mid-casting as her robotic servant was thrown from some incredible power all the way across the bridge. This shocked the other two fighters as Ichigo grabbed his Badge, black energy emitting from it. "Since you're going to go serious, I'll go serious as well…" Suddenly, his Badge, shrouding with black energy, sprouted out four bars, creating a cross. From the cross, branched prongs, creating the shape of a manji.

"Pride of the Black Moon…" Ichigo declared the name of his Fullbring.

"What is that…?" Evangeline once more thought as Negi began chanting. "Ras tel Ma Scir Magister!"

"Kid, you concentrate on Evangeline, Asuna and I'll work on Chachamaru!" Ichigo yelled out as Negi nodded in confirmation. Asuna chirped in surprise and nodded furiously, all the while thinking why she was flushing so hard in front of the adult boy. Ichigo, meanwhile, ran towards the gynoid as Chachamaru produced rocket launchers from her arms. Firing, the rockets aimed towards the two orange heads as Ichiog flared up his Fullbring, diverting each rockets to the sides as Asuna only sidestepped them as they were about to hit. Two more came as Ichigo, firing up his Pride of the Black Moon, willed a circular Reiatsu around the base of his Fullbring, before swinging and a spinning propeller-like projectile shot towards the rockets.

Chachamaru quickly analyzed the spinning projectile, trying to determine what kind of Magic this was, before Ichigo was suddenly at her face, facing her in a physical fight. Asuna was right behind him as the three fought.

Negi, meanwhile, was chanting out his spell of choice as Evangeline fired out her own arrows of ice, arrows of thunder shooting from around Negi. The two continued to fire arrows after arrows as Ichigo peaked at the two icy arrows and light arrows.

"What kind of Fullbring is that? By the sound of it, it's more like Kido than it is to Fullbring. Plus, they even chant incantations to command their spells," The orange head hummed a bit, blocking a left-handed chop from Chachamaru before ducking as Asuna jumped in, flicking Chachamaru on the forehead as the gynoid in turn flicked Asuna on the forehead. Firing up his Fullbring, Ichigo fired another spinning projectile right at Chachamaru's left abdomen and the gynoid was left spinning into the air from contact.

In the meantime, Negi was chanting, gathering up his Magic to fire a powerful spell. "Ras tel Ma Scir Magister! Come, Spirits of Air and Lightning!"

Evangeline smirked. "Li Lac La Lilac! Come, Spirits of Ice and Darkness!"

Negi blinked at the similarity between the two spells. "Eh?" He spoke out in confusion as Evangeline merely smiled. "Evangeline, that bitch! She's trying to use the same level Spell against Aniki!" Chamo yelled out, ignoring the glare from his, self-made, roommate.

Negi grunted as he continued his incantation. "With Lightning flees the Southern Storm!"

"With Darkness flees the Snowstorm!" Evangeline also continued her spell. "Come on, Bouya!" She taunted. "Bring it on!"

"Jovis Tempestas Fulguriens! (Jupiter's Storm of Thunder)"

"Nivis Tempestas Obscurans! (Snowstorm of Darkness)"

Ichigo watched as a swirling storm of lightning and wind flew out and fought against the storm of blackness. Ichigo had to admit that the spells were as strong at mid-leveled Hado. Hell, if he knew any better, it was, at least, at par with Shakkaho (Hado #31) and Sokatsui (Hado #33). The two spelled clashed, trying to overwhelm one another, when Ichigo felt a huge rise in Reiatsu coming from Negi. "How's he-?"

Suddenly, Negi sneezed just as his training wand shattered into pieces. With that one sneeze, his spell was overwhelmed with a sudden rise of Magical power and it completely overwhelmed Evangeline's Magical storm. "Hwah… HAAACCHOO!"

"Wh-wha!" Evangeline managed to let out as the lightning and wind storm overwhelmed (man, I'm using that word a lot, huh?) her. In a flash of light, the remainder of the storm diminished as Asuna and Chachamaru yelled out for their respective partners, Ichigo stared up where Evangeline was. Until he sputtered out a sound of surprise as Evangeline came out, still floating, but with her clothes gone.

"Grr, now you've done it, Brat!" The Lolita, which Ichigo can say she really was, growled. "Fufufufu, just what I've expected from the son of that man…"

"Wah! Awawa! H-her clothes! They came off! I'm sorry, Evangeline-san!" Negi apologized as Chamo celebrated.

"This isn't the time or place to be apologizing, kid…" Ichigo deadpanned as Evangeline took a few steps in the air. "Nnnngh, th-this isn't over Bouya!" She threatened, flushing not because it was her choice.

However, Chachamaru sensed electricity running down the city as she yelled, "Master! NO! Come down!"

This caught Ichigo's attention as Evangeline shocked. "Wh-what!"

"The blackout is ending 7 minutes and 27 seconds sooner than expected, Master!" The gynoid explained.

"Tch, alright, fine!" Evangeline tsked in annoyance. "Enough of this, let's get back to-…!"

She didn't get the chance to finish, however, when a surge of lightning suddenly coursed through her veins. With a quick scream of pain, her body shuddered at the shock of electricity as she felt her power escape her. Ichigo, sensing Evangeline's Reiatsu drop tremendously, thought the worst thing possible and ran off the bridge in full speed with his Fullbring. Chachamaru was about to jump after her master when Ichigo jumped before her. Manipulating the air, Ichigo pushed forward at as much speed as he could.

Evangeline, still in pain, cracked an eye open to see Ichigo flying towards her. She narrowed her eyes. "The fool… isn't even a Mage and yet he falls after me? Such foolish act, is he planning to die saving me…?"

Ichigo gritted his teeth as he realized that he wouldn't be able to make it. "Shit! Not enough speed! No choice, I didn't want to use it but…!" With that, his Badge began glowing a brighter black than before, covering his body.

"Speaking of which…" Evangeline continued her thoughts. "This is just like before… back then with that… idiot…"

Her previous life until 15 years ago flashed before her eyes. A red-head saving her life just for the heck of it. Her falling in love with him, only to be denied more than she could count. Their final duel and her anticipated sealing. Her utter defeat and humiliation being enrolled into a middle school by the man she both loved and hated as well as the old Dean of the school she was sealed into. And finally, the last words she spoke with the same man who sealed her into this blasted school.

"Don't worry about it…! I'll come back just in time for you graduate, ok? Until then, try living in the light for a change. If you do, the time will come when your curse will be lifted, ok?"

Evangeline closed her eyes as the same words repeated over and over. "Liar…" She thought back. Suddenly, her drop was suddenly stopped when Chachamaru cried out her name. Expecting it to be her servant, she instead felt the sudden rush of energy flowing around her. Confused, she opened her eyes to stare back at chocolate hazel eyes as Ichigo sighed.

"Good, made it in time…" Ichigo said.

Evangeline, for the first time in years, flushed in embarrassment and unwelcomed gratitude before looking at Ichigo, shocking to see his body surrounded by astounding Magical energy. "What is this…? This isn't a spell nor is it Ki amplification… it's like… that one spell I created…" She thought as Ichigo walked on air back to the bridge as Chachamaru sighed in relief. Looking closer, Evangeline speculated that the energy surrounding the orange head looked like a Hakama, and not only that, felt safe. She frowned.

"Fool… why did you save me…?"

Ichigo had a sense of déjà vu as he hummed. "Who knows. It may be because you're one of my students. Or…"

Evangeline reluctantly rested her head onto Ichigo's arm.

"… maybe because I don't want anyone else to die anymore… not when I can do something about it…"

Evangeline's eyes grew at that sentence as she looked at the Fullbringer's eyes. Eyes filled with regret and sadness. Closing her eyes midway, she repeated, "Fool…"

"Eheheh, thank you so much! Ichigo-san!" Negi thanked the orange head as the man approached the others. "Whatever," Ichigo simply said as he set Evangeline down, before lending her his jacket. Negi then smiled at Evangeline. "Well, I guess it is my win then!"

A tick mark ticked on Evangeline's head.

"So from now on, you'll have to attend my class and stop doing bad things, ok?"

Evangeline glared at him. "Mmmgh, f-fine. I suppose I do owe you, well, him, a debt for today…" She muttered, gesturing at Ichigo, who's Fullbring was deactivated. Negi chuckled. "So now, I'll write 'I won!' on the class roster!"

"WHA! W-w-what the hell are you doing? S-stop that this instant, dammit!" Evangeline yelled; her face flushing. "Wh-where did you pull that from anyway?"

"Ehhh? But-!"

"If the blackout hadn't ended, I would have definitely won!"

"So, uh… does this mean that they made up?" Asuna asked, pointing at the two shortest people arguing (which is horribly one-sided), as Chachamaru looked passive, answering, "Who knows."

"Let's just hope that next time, things will get better…" Ichigo muttered in annoyance as Evangeline stretched out Negi's mouth. "Ah, don't worry, Evangeline-san! When I become a Magister Magi, I'll find a way to lift the spell from you!" Negi declared out with confidence.

Evangeline was taken back at the sudden declaration before irritation came back. "I-i-idiot! H-how long do you think that'll take? If I suck out your blood, I'll be free in no time!"

"Ah, that's right, I have to find the cure of Makie-san and the others…"

"DON'T IGNORE ME!" Evangeline cried out as Ichigo pulled her away from Negi. "Alright, break it up."

"Listen up, Bouya! I haven't given up, alright? You'd better watch out for the next full moon!" Evangeline threatened before moving her anger towards Ichigo. "And YOU! Let go of me, stop treating me like a child!"

"You look like a child right now…"

"I'M OVER 700 YEARS OLD!"

"And…?"

"Hey, is Evangeline always like this?" Asuna once again questioned as Chachamaru shook her head. "No, I have only seen Master have this much fun since Negi-sensei arrived. And this night, Master was probably more happier with Kurosaki-sensei attending the battle."

"Grrrr, mark my words, Bouya! I will take you blood!" Evangeline growled as Ichigo sighed. "Yeah yeah, let it go, will'ya?"

Notes:

And so closes the Evangeline Arc. I'm so happy, now that I got an LG, it's so fun to use! On the other side, college's starting to bring me down again and slowing down my updates even further. I've been trying to update every 6th or 7th of every month, but if College keeps up, I fear I might move it up to around the 15th or the 20th... maybe even later... On the even brighter side, this is the last week of classes, so I'll have even MORE time to get the story moving! On the down side, once again, I will be venturing to both the Philippines and South Korea for the Summer on June 28th (for roughly 2 weeks), meaning I will miss Independence Day... So sad...

So I will probably doing another Double-Feature since I won't have the time to do any story writing during my trip, but don't keep your hopes up...

Anyway, moving back to the story, we now find Asuna as Negi's first Partner (what other surprises are there?) and also got to see Ichigo's Fullbring (and name), named "Pride of the Black Moon (Kuroi Tsuki no Hokori, 黒い月の誇り)"! The next few chapters will be the chapters before the big Kyoto Trip, and after the Kyoto Trip will be a whole new Saga known as the "Bleached Nights Saga", something all you BLEACH fans have been waiting for. So just wait for a few chapters or so (roughly 20 chapters). I might do more Double-Features later on, like on an important holiday or something, so be on the red-light for those.

Let's see, what am I missing...? Ehhhhh, nothing! Nothing else on the clock, so I'll see you all in the next chapter! Later!