The Mysteries of This Life

Chapter 8: Busy Day, Busy and Frightful Night

Yamasorrowichi watched the clock, counting down the time left in school. She was unbelievably smart for her age group so she knew what the lesson was about without listening. She had been at the school for a month. On her second day she became friends with a lot of the people Ichigo and Tatsuki were friends with. Ichigo hadn't been there but it didn't matter. She still made friends with his friends. The people she had become closest to were Tatsuki, Orihime, and the group they were usually around. Orihime had become a great friend of hers within one day. After that day Orihime had stopped coming to school. Chad had also stopped and Ichigo had stopped on her second day. She wondered what it was they were doing. She decided not to worry about it. She waited as the clock slowly ticked. After school that day, she would spend time with Tatsuki. They were going to have a fun day and she was going to stay with Tatsuki that night. The bell finally rang and she hopped out of her seat, packing her things as fast as she could. When she was done, she saw that Tatsuki was already standing by the door waiting. They grinned at each other and left, Tatsuki leading the way.

"I'm actually really excited to be spending today with you Tatsuki. We haven't done this in a long time."

"Yeah, I know. My parents are out of town so they told me I could have some friends over for the weekend if I wanted. Orihime is gone too so it's just you and me."

"What are we going to do all day?"

"Well we need to go to the store before going home. Before that I want to go to karate practice, even though we don't have to go today."

"Ok. Can I get my stuff from home while you're at practice?"

"Yeah. That would actually work great."

"Ok. Well I'm gonna go get the stuff now. Where and when should I meet you?"

"At 5 meet me in front of the old dojo."

"Ok. See you at 5!" She ran off towards Urahara Shoten. On the way she stopped at a store to get some groceries then set off again. She arrived there out of breath and with arms weighed down by bags. She put things away and cleaned up the whole store. It was part of the deal for her staying at Tatsuki's house that weekend. The other part was making dinner and some desert before she left. She usually only made dinner. She packed her things and told Urahara that she would be leaving to meet Tatsuki a little bit before 5. She checked the time and started cooking. Tessai walked in the kitchen and got shooed out. When she was done, she put the food in containers to keep it as fresh as possible. She then checked the time again. It was time for her to leave. She said bye to everyone and headed out the door. She ran to the meeting spot and waited for Tatsuki who arrived shortly after. They went to the store to buy groceries and headed for Tatsuki's house. When they got there Yamasorrowichi made dinner and set the table while Tatsuki cleaned up the house a bit. They ate dinner while having an animated conversation about what had been happening over the past 7 years. They had fun doing that and cleaned up together afterwards.

"Yamasorowichi, do you want to watch a movie or something?"

"Actually Tatsuki I need to go for a walk. I ate more than usual so I need to walk it off."

"How much do you usually eat?" Yamasorrowichi hadn't eaten much so Tatsuki was surprised.

"About half of what I had tonight."

"Half! That's hardly anything. Why did you eat twice as much as usual?"

"I don't know. Wanna walk with me?"

"Sure. Just let me get the keys." She got the keys and they left the house. They walked by the river. The moon was lighting their path.

"This brings back memories, right Tatsuki?"

"Yeah. We used to do this to get away from home and pretend that there was more out there than just people."

"We thought that things like monsters and stuff would come after us if we stayed out at night. And when we found one we were gonna catch it." They laughed about their childhood thoughts and continued their walk. "It was fun doing that though."

"Yeah. I remember that we would have so much fun pretending to train for fighting the monsters that never came. And when they didn't come, we thought it was because they were scared of us."

"Yeah. I remember that too." Yamasorrowichi laughed as she remembered it happening. "I miss those days. Life was so easy."

"If only it still were. Now we actually have more things to do. Especially you with all those guys following you around."

"They won't leave me alone! I'm gonna join the crafts club and see if they follow me there."

"They probably will."

"Oh well. I still wanna join."

"Orihime's in that club."

"Really? That'll be so cool. I can have fun with crafts and spend time with Orihime! Maybe I'll get to know her better. She's such a great person."

"Yeah. She really is. That's why I'm such great friends with her."

"Makes sense. You were always great at picking friends." She stood there triumphantly and Tatsuki laughed. "Hey! I'm serious."

"I know. That's why it's so funny."

"Hmph. Fine," Yamasorrowichi said with a pouting face. Tatsuki took one look and laughed harder. "Hey! It's not funny!" Tatsuki didn't listen. She was double over laughing. "Seriously Tatsuki. Quit laughing."

"It's so funny though."

"Is not."

"Yeah it is."

"Maybe a little."

"See?"

"How do I join the crafts club?"

"The same way you join anything else."

"Ok. How do I do that?"

"I'll show you at school after the weekend."

"Ok." They kept walking. They were silent for a while until they heard a scream. "That's a scream. Follow me!" Yamasorrowichi ran off towards the scream.

"Yamasorrowichi? Wait! Where are we going?"

"To help that person."

"How do you know we can help?"

"Tatsuki, it's you and me. We can take on whoever it is that's attacking the poor person." They kept going. They ran through the streets as fast as they could while still staying together. After a while they heard another scream from down an alley they were next to. They turned down the alley and ran until they saw a girl being chased by the monsters they always pretended existed. Yamasorrowichi recognized the girl as the one she had saved in the alley on her first day back in Karakura. She looked at the monster. It was similar to the one she had tried to fight off but still very different. She ran and grabbed the girl in her arms. She gave the girl to Tatsuki and ran at the monster. It laughed at her determined face.

"You are going to try to fight me? That won't work. You're very weak." She got angry at being called weak. She went at the monster and started trying to fight it with as much strength as she had which had increased with her time in Karakura. The monster felt pain at her hitting it and decided to change its goal. "You shall be my dinner instead of that girl. She can be desert but you seem tasty." She felt a surge of power as she fought the monster and she cut off the power completely for a while before releasing it again with even more power than before. "That spiritual pressure is so strong. If only you could control it better. That would make you the perfect dinner." She cut off the power again letting it build up. She let it build up for a long time before releasing it in a huge blast. The monster stumbled back and she went at it with the power still at the level it was at before. Every hit she gave the monster made it stumble back in pain. Her power started steadily increasing as she fought and more monsters showed up. The girl screamed again and Tatsuki almost did too. Yamasorrowichi turned around and was stunned at the amount of monsters there. She looked at Tatsuki.

"Tatsuki, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I was very very wrong. Let's make a run for it."

"Ok. Sounds good to me." They ran off as fast as they had run there.

"Run faster Tatsuki!"

"I can't! Can you carry this girl?"

"Yeah!" They stopped and Yamasorrowichi took the girl. They started running again. They made it across town. They turned around and saw that they were still being chased. "What is with these things! Do they have a built in radar or something!"

"They can smell you and feel your energy."

"Huh?"

"That's how they know where we are. They're actually after you," The little girl said staring at Yamasorrowichi.

"Tatsuki, take her and run," Yamasorrowichi said handing over the girl. Tatsuki was about to protest when she saw the look in Yamasorrowichi's eyes. Instead she nodded, took the girl, and ran off. "Ok. You things want me? Well you're gonna get some pain instead!" Yamasorrowichi ran towards them and started trying to hit them. She kept getting knocked back. She was getting mad about that and she was determined to make sure that Tatsuki and the little girl were safe. Her spiritual pressure flared up and the monsters got knocked far back by it. She was starting to get a really dark glow around her from her spiritual pressure. She was ready to start fighting them again. She ran at them and started hitting them with al the strength she had. Her spiritual pressure made the impact hurt the monsters even more. A name popped in her head as she fought them as best she could. She realized that she knew what they were. She realized that they were called hollows. She didn't know where the name came from, but she knew it was right. She was getting tired fighting them. The hollows were strong and murderous. Not to mention they were at least 5 times as big as she was. She was starting to get weak from fighting them and they were still alive. She was felt as if she was losing spiritual pressure yet it was getting stronger. As she started to lose her stamina, she saw a sword penetrate a hollow through the back of its head. The hollow disappeared and she saw someone with startlingly red hair standing in the air behind it wearing a black kimono with his sword stuck at the place the hollow was before. She fell to her knees out of exhaustion as she watched this mysterious person make quick work of the hollows she couldn't defeat. He landed on the ground next to her and knelt there to see if she was alright. Once he knelt down she looked at him and started talking. "That was amazing. How did you defeat all those hollows so easily? When I first started fighting them one of them had said I had a great amount of spiritual pressure. Right before it said that I had felt a bunch of power coursing through me. Is that what spiritual pressure is? Is it good to have a lot of it? Who are you? How did you stand on the air earlier? Will you teach me? What's up with your eyebrows? They look weird. One of the hollows said it wanted to eat me. Is that possible? Do they really eat humans? Where'd you get that sword? Is it a hollow killer? Can I call it that? If I had a sword would I be able to kill hollows? Is it a real sword? I'm hungry after that fight. Do you have any food? I'm also tired. Is that normal? Where did you come from? Why are you wearing a black kimono? Is it comfy? Does it help you fight hollows? Why is your hair sooooooooooooooo red?" She paused and took a deep breath. Before she could continue, he held up his hand to stop her.

"My name is Renji Abarai. If you stop talking I'll tell you everything."

(A/N: So that was chapter 8. My longest chapter yet. I have a lot of ideas. It's like getting sleep inspired me. Anyways… Please review. I'm still desperate for feedback. I know that last chapter was serious and this one was too for part of it. The next chapter most likely will be serious too. I think I'm going to write it after I put this chapter up so I'm going to hurry this up… Please review. I don't own bleach or its characters only Yamasorrowichi and the little spirit girl. Have a great day!)