Chapter 3- The Something Within
Back at the Urahara shop, we find Ururu sweeping up the mess from the impact. "Sorry for whatever happened Kisuke" Rukia said. "Don't worry, you didn't do anything" grinned Urahara "Although, I did recognise that reiatsu, it felt exactly the same as Ichigo's, but such speed, I wasn't able to keep up. Not even Ichigo's bankai moves that quickly". "You're right" replied Rukia, I'll speak with Ichigo next time I see him". "Thanks for your help anyway" bowed Rukia. "No problemo!" Kisuke smiled cheesily.
Meanwhile Renji, and Toshiro had met up back at the park, and were discussing what could be the cause of the sudden hollow outbreak recently. "Ya never know, someone could've used some hollow bait or something, it might just be a onetime thing" Renji suggested. "Unlikely, hollow bait is powerful, but it wouldn't have lasted as long as it had" replied Toshiro. The two of them sighed slightly. Meanwhile Byakuya was nearby, but wasn't involved in the conversation. "This is ridiculous." He came out with. Renji and Toshiro turned to Byakuya's direction. "What is, captain Kuchiki?" Renji asked. "Why send out two captains, a lieutenant, and a substitute Shinigami to fight off the hollow?" Byakuya asked in an angsty, angry sort of way. "Good question..." replied Renji. "I know why." Toshiro mentioned, "It's because we're expecting Menos. However, however I think we would have felt the reiatsu by now if that were the case." "More than one?" Byakuya asked "If so, then maybe I can accept why we were sent here instead of ordinary Shinigami. Toshiro replied with "Yes, captain Mayuri's records showed that around One hundred menos were all travelling in the same direction in Hueco mundo, appearing to be coming to the world of the living." Byakuya and Renji's eyes widened from this. "One hundred?...Interesting..." finished Byakuya. "Hey" Renji suddenly said after some awkward silence, "Where'd Ichigo go anyway?".
Rukia knew that Ichigo had his phone in his pocket, so she gave ringing it a go. She eventually tried 7 times, but gave up, he obviously had it turned off again. The two of them have been having this problem for a long time, with Ichigo always having his phone turned off. "Any luck?" Kon asked. Rukia just shook her head and continued walking. Kon sighed.
Ichigo had taken Senna back to his house trying to avoid Karin, Yuzu, and his dad, so he had to climb up through the window to get her into his room unseen. Ichigo lay Senna on his bed, went and locked the door, with the lock that was recently installed on his door, and sat down on the desk chair next to the bed to watch over Senna. Ichigo also brought Senna's body aswell as her soul, so that the chain didn't stretch to far. Ichigo just stared at her, feeling concerned about her near hollowfication. He was also wondering if he should perform a konso or not, he knew it was the right thing to do, she could, if she tried, regain her Shinigami powers, and she wouldn't have to worry about hollowfication. But on the other hand, when a konso takes place, the soul completely forgets their previous life's memory, meaning she would forget everything, her name, her friends, and Ichigo... Ichigo wanted the best for Senna, but didn't want to lose her again. Ichigo suddenly remembered something, he noticed that Senna didn't have her hair tied up, so decided that while she was asleep, he undid the red ribbon off his hand, and tied her hair up with it, like it was before. He then just stared at her for a little while. Suddenly there was a knock at Ichigo's door, "Ichigo, you in there?" It was Rukia. "Um, yeah" . Ichigo unlocked the door and opened it slowly. "What's been up with you lately!?, You suddenly vanish, wreck urahara's place, and then y-". Rukia stopped when she saw Senna lying unconscious on Ichigo's bed. "W-who's that?" Rukia asked nervously. She's my friend, she just recently...died.
Rukia looked a little guilty. "I'm...sorry for snapping at y-" "forget it Ichigo interrupted. "How did she die, if you don't mind me asking?" Rukia asked. "She said she was hit by a car." He replied. "... I don't think that's it Ichigo, look at her chest" Rukia pulled down Senna's top slightly, to reveal a huge bleeding scar going down her neck to her chest. "Didn't you even notice it?" Rukia questioned. "No..." "Also, why haven't you performed a Konso yet?" she continued. "I don't want to..." "YOU HAVE TO! ITS YOUR DUTY AS A SHINIGAMI!, IF YOU DON'T, SHES IN DANGER OF BEING EATEN BY A HOLLOW, OR BECOMING ONE!" "SHUT YOUR GODAMN MOUTH!" Ichigo yelled back. Rukia could see the anger in Ichigo's eyes, she was actually, terrified, Ichigo had never spoken to her this way before, her eyes had widened, and she was standing there still, she couldn't move.
"I think you should leave now". Ichigo's voice had almost changed completely, it was a lot deeper than usual, and his eyes, the healthy brown they were before, had turned a more red sort of colour. Rukia's heart was pounding so fast that it could be heard clearly out loud. Rukia was thinking ("What is this reiatsu, it's...so dark, every wave of it is pounding into my soul, its not like other reiatsu, this one, is actually causing damage"). Rukia's breath got heavy, she was now completely paralyzed, her whole body had stopped responding. "I SAID LEAVE!" Ichigo shouted after a while. Just this sentence brought Rukia to her senses, allowing her to get out of the house as fast as possible. When Rukia left the house, she was breathing very quickly, wheezing in fact. "I-ichigo...." Ichigo meanwhile, was starting to calm down, "What was that just now?, I don't speak like that..." Ichigo looked in the mirror, wh-what? His eyes had turned from browny red, to completely luminous red, in fact they looked as if they were glowing, Ichigo quickly had a look around his entire face. His canine teeth had grown larger slightly, and his hair had turned a slightly darker shade of orange. However all these were quickly turning back to normal. Ichigo lay himself on the floor until he regained his sanity. Once he had calmed down he got back up to watch Senna. "Senna, I'm so glad, you didn't see me like that..."
"What was that reiatsu just now? It felt as if a strong wind of some sort had just hit me." Asked Toshiro, "did you two feel it aswell?" Renji and Byakuya both nodded. "It felt like Ichigo, only... strange." Renji suggested. As well as these three, Orihime, Uryu, Chad, Kisuke, Ururu, Jinta, Tessai, Rukia, Kon, and even Don-Kanonji, felt this reiatsu, and they were all in the different reaches of Karakura town.
Senna was starting to wake up after about 3 hours of Ichigo watching over her, eventually falling asleep. "Hey, Ichigo?" Ichigo woke up too. "Huh?, oh your awake. Hey how are ya?" He asked. "I'm fine now, thanks to you" She said bright red. Ichigo turned red too, and turned away in embarrassment. "Ichigo?" Senna said. "Um, yeah?" "I'm sorry" she said again. "Sorry? For what?" "I wasn't really hit by a car." She said in guilt. "You weren't?" Ichigo asked, trying to sound surprised. "No, I felt like... a sword had gone right through me, before I fell to the ground, I saw the blade." This time Ichigo wasn't pretending to be surprised, he was. "All I can remember is that the blade didn't have a hilt, and that there were chains going around the bottom part of the blade." "So, somebody, murdered you?..." "Yes" Ichigo started to slowly produce the same strange reiatsu, that he did before. ("I'll, crush them...I'LL KILL THEM) He thought. But before he could go any further, Senna took hold of Ichigo's arm, but its ok, now that I'm dead, I can remember you. Ichigo's red eyes widened. Y-yeah... Ichigo calmed down, and smiled.
And heres Chapter 3. Enjoy ^^ Feedback would be appreciated.
Chapter 4s gonna be longer so it might take a while longer to get up on here.