The Mysteries of This Life

Chapter 22: Run Away! I Caught You My Pretty Powers

I watch the fight between Yoko and Kariya. I had whispered the plan of leaving one at a time with the others. So far Uryu and Ichigo were forced to leave. Our problem was how to get Chad out of there. I was strong, but I wasn't sure if I could get him out of there. I decided I should at least try. I turned to Orihime and Rukia. They were still trying to figure it out while Orihime's flowers healed him. I sighed and walked over to them.

"I'm going to try and carry him out of here. Where should I take him?" They looked at me incredulously. "Where do I take him?" They didn't answer. "I'm sure I can do it if I try. Just tell me where to take him."

"Take him to Urahara Shoten. Do you know where that is?"

"Yes Rukia. You two be careful. Don't wait too long before leaving." I walked over to Chad and took in a deep breath. I knelt down and put one of his arms around my shoulder. I held it there with one hand. I lifted him up a little bit and started to stand. I put my other arm around his waist. I stood up fully and started to walk out of there slowly. Once out I walked faster. I went through alleys to get to Urahara Shoten. When I got there I walked straight in and carried him towards the room that I had used when I stayed there. "Urahara! Tessai! Where are you?" I shouted as I pulled Chad along. Urahara came running out of a room when he heard me calling with the desperate tone I had used. Tessai came right after him. Tessai took Chad and carried him to the room with ease.

"You shouldn't be carrying people heavier than you."

"Urahara we need to talk. First I could've done it easily if I were taller. Second I'm not a kid so don't worry. Third I know you can help me get my soul reaper powers back. Please help me. I need them back." He smiled.

"Well then. We better get started."

"You're nuts!"

"What makes you say that?"

"We are in a giant room under your store. What if the ceiling of this place gave out? You're store would fall and we'd all die!"

"When you put it that way, you make it sound dangerous."

"It is dangerous!"

"Do you want your powers back or not?"

"Ok. I'll stop."

"It's time to start." He poked me in the head with the bottom of his cane. My soul fell out of my body. He cut the chain.

"If I die for good it's all your fault. If I become a hollow it's also all your fault."

"You're awfully calm."

"Freaking out won't do anything."

"You have a point, but most people would anyways."

"Can we get on with this?"

"You're very impatient."

"And even though I'm out of my body, I can still beat you senseless."

"Looks like you don't need the first part. So we'll skip to the second part."

"Fine by me."

"Tessai!" Tessai appeared next to me. He used a kido to bind my arms.

"This can't be good." A huge hole opened under us. "Not good at all," I screamed as Tessai and I fell down the hole.

"You have to get out of the hole with your arms bound!"

"I'm gonna kill you when I get out of this hole Kisuke!"

"I guessed you would!"

"How do I get out of here? Should I try running up the wall?" I faced one side of the hole and looked up. "That won't work. So what shou-? Ahhhhhhh!" I felt a pang of pain where my chain was. The links were eating each other. The pain was excruciating. "Dammit Kisuke! I am so going to kill you," I shouted once the pain went away.

"Don't worry. I cut your chain extra short. It'll only happen three times!"

"That doesn't help!"

"To stop it you have to get your soul reaper powers back! And you had better hurry or you'll be turned into a hollow and I will have no choice but to kill you!"

"You're evil Kisuke! Remember that if I turn into a hollow, it's all your fault!"

"I know!"

"How do I get out of this hole? Well I guess I'll try running up the wall even though I'm sure it won't work." I took a few steps back and ran at the wall. I started to run up, but it didn't last long. I fell back to the ground. "Ow." I got up and stared at the wall. I didn't move. "Shrink," I told the wall. It obviously didn't so I sighed. "I'm out of ideas. How the hell do I ge-? AHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh! That one hurt too. Why are these happening so fast?"

"The hole we're in speeds up the process by a significant amount." I turned to face Tessai.

"Please tell me that you were lying when you said that."

"I wasn't."

"I'm going to turn into a hollow and Kisuke is going to kill me. This sucks. It's like everyone is on a mission to kill me or something." I sighed and sat down facing the wall. After a long time I stood up and shouted, "I can't do this! I have no ideas on what to do to get out of this hole! I'm going to turn into a hollow! There is no hope for me! I'm going to die as a holl-! !" I screamed in pain. It was too much for me and I blacked out.

When I woke up, I was somewhere that I had never been to before. "Where am I?" I heard a soft chuckle. I sat up and turned to the chuckle. There was a lady sitting there in the darkness. She was standing next to what looked like my zanpakto before it had gotten broken. "Who are you?"

"I am your zanpakto."

"Wow. I'm dead."

"You aren't dead. Well you aren't dead yet. You're in the process of turning into a hollow. You're inner world is crumbling." I looked around and boxes were falling all around us. "If you find the box I'm in, you won't be a hollow. You will become a soul reaper again."

"Ok. How do I do that?"

"Figure it out. You have a maximum of 50 seconds before you become a hollow. Goodbye Yamasorrowichi." She disappeared. I stared at the place she was. I started falling through the air. I turned around to face where I was falling. I landed in water. I was able to breathe. There were so many boxes in the water with me. They all had ribbons. The ribbons were white except for on two boxes. One was red and one was blue. I grabbed the boxes with the different color ribbons and pulled them towards me. I opened them both and looked inside. I took the bracelet that was in the blue ribbon box and put it on my wrist. I looked in the box with the red ribbon and pull out my zanpakto. I smile at the feeling of having her in my hands again. I shot out of the water. It was like I was flying.

I landed on the ground in front of Kisuke, Ururu, and Jinta. They all stared at me. I reached up one hand and pulled the hollow mask off my face. They looked relieved when I did that. Kisuke smiled and I glared at him.

"I am going to kill you Kisuke."

"Actually for this next part you have to knock my hat off my head with the blade of your zanpakto."

"What blade? There is no blade. How do I knock your hat off with a blade that doesn't exist?"

"Find a way."

"I'm gonna kill you." I started to chase him around he pulled a zanpakto out of his cane. We both stopped and I turned around. I ran away from him and he chased me with his zanpakto.

"You are such a coward." I heard the voice of my zanpakto in my ears. She was calling me a coward. I have never been called a coward before. "You're running away from an old man. I thought you were better. I thought you were strong. I thought you were brave." I was getting mad. "You know my name. Stop running. Face him. Say my name." I did as she said. Kisuke looked at me in confusion before I raised my zanpakto at him. He slowed down but didn't stop.

"Show him the dark Yami," I shouted. Everyone always used cool phrases when they released their zanpaktos and that was all I could come up with. It worked. She sent up a column of darkness as she released. I swung my new zanpakto and knocked Kisuke's hat off. "I did it. I win. Bye Kisuke. I gotta go. Maybe I'll come back later." I turned to leave. Then stopped and went back to my body. "I need to be in my body." I climbed in my body and then ran out. I climbed up the ladder and into the store. I let out a small smile. "I'm back and just as powerful as before."

"I'm back too. Don't take all the glory."

"Ok Yami. We're back and just as powerful, if not more than before." I smirked and she agreed with me. I headed out of the shop and back towards home. It was almost dark. It was still the same day though. Chad rushed out of the shop and walked all the way to my house with me. When I got home, I saw a group of people out front. Chad and I walked over. "What's going on?" Everyone faced us. Uryu gave me hug and just held me. "You're acting like I died."

"I was worried you did," he replied. I just smiled and hugged him back. Everyone just looked at my smile.

"I'm fine. I'm not even hurt. So can we please get everyone out of my front yard? My neighbors are starting to look." Everyone nodded. Uryu let go of me and we went inside.

(A/N: So that was chapter 22. What do you think? *Quick glances around* Ok Yamasorrowichi isn't here. Now then. Review and you get 60 points. If you reach 100 points you will appear in chapter26. I don't own Bleach or its characters. I do own Yamasorrowichi and Yami. The song for this chapter is Break My Fall by Breaking Benjamin. I don't own the song or the band. I do love the band though and I wish I could see them live. Have a great day!)