(english)
'thoughts'
attacks,hado...etc
Hollow speech
I don't own Bleach...yet.
Chapter 3
BEEP! BEEP!...
ZZZ...
BEEP! BEEP!...
Uhhh...
BEEP! BEEP!...
Grrrrr...
BEEP! BE-SMACK!...
'Damn alarm.'
I sat up grumbling and rubbing my neck as I glared at the now silenced alarm clock. As I was getting out of bed, all the while cursing about all alarm clocks and their inventor, I couldn't help but be slightly nervous about today. I didn't have many friends back home and this was a different country. Oh well. It's not like I can really do anything about the future anyway. Still I can't really say I want the uniform I'll be recieving today. I sighed while I put some frozen pizza in the oven to cook. I was lucky that most of the food I bought could be cooked in the oven as well as a microwave so I could have a hot meal for dinner and breakfast.
While waiting for my pizza I went through my morning rituals and only stubbed my toe once. Considering this is a new place this is a major accomplishment for me. After showering and dressing I was awarded with the smell of melted cheese and hot pepperoni. Looking at the clock I saw that I had enough time to sit down and enjoy my meal so I did just that. When I was done I brushed my teeth and was out the door. It was only half way down the block when I realized I left my bookbag, schedule and directions inside.
After spending a few minutes gathering my stuff and cursing my early morning stupidity I was once again on my way. The school was about a mile away so I had a bit of time till I get there. One thing I noticed was the crowds. Who knew there would be this many people wondering around at 7:30 in the morning? Another thing I noticed about the crowds was they noticed me. I guess I do stand out. I was taller than most of the people out here. Especially the other students. Oh well can't blame them for staring I suppose. A tall obviously foreign teenager dressed in a grey hoodie, white bandana and sunglasses isn't really an everyday occurrence in a little Japanese suburb. The thing I wish would stop were the whispers. If they were gonna say something they could at least say it to my face.
Oh well, can't stop them from whispering. This is their country after all. As I got closer to the school the small houses and apartments gave way to bigger buildings until the area looked like a small city. Well technically it was a small city but that's not the point. As I was walking past an alley I heard something strange. It sounded like guys laughing and a girl whimpering. Looking down the alley I saw something that pissed me off. It takes a lot to piss me off. Annoying me is easy, pissing me off is hard. A group of older guys dressed in what I recognised as the school uniform I would soon be wearing had surrounded two girls, also wearing school unfirms, I guessed were my age. One had long red hair, a rather large bust and a face that would be very cute if it wasn't twisted in fear. The other was cute in a tomboyish sort of way with short black hair. Her face was nice except for the bruises on it. Judging by her bruises, the bruises, bloody noses and black eyes on a number of the assailants along with the way one had her arm locked behind her and pressed her against the wall she was probably a fighter and tried to help her friend. I counted six guys in all.
"Heh heh heh...!"
The leader of the little gang walked closer to the redhead with a leacherous look on his face.
"Well babe your little friend gave us a bit of trouble, so how you gonna make it up to us?"he said while leering at the redhead.
"P-please just stop!"begged the redhead.
"ORIHIME JUST RUN!!!"shouted the other girl.
"Shut up bitch!!"yelled the leader while throwing a punch at the back of the girls head.
Except it never connected...
-KLANG!-
...because of the trashcan lid that impacted his head.
"ANIKI!!!"cried the other five as they saw their leader fall.
They looked up to the entrance of the alley and saw me.
"(Heh heh. Five summers of frisbee and look what I can do!)"I exclaimed in english.
"WHAT!?"came from Thug #1.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?"Thug #2
"SPEAK UP GAIJIN!!!"Thug #3
Thugs #4 and #5 just stood back and tried to look threatening. Idiots.
"Me? Well I'm the hero of course!"I exclaimed.
"What?"came from the 5 thugs.
"Yes, and as the hero I must say you need to give up now and minimize your future beating."I told them.
-SMACK-
"(OW!)"I exclaimed. Something just smacked me in the face! I looked around at what hit me and saw a shoe a little ways away from me. I looked back at the thugs and saw the leader back up with a visible bruise on the side of his face. I also noticed he was missing a shoe.
"(Goddamnit!) You asshole! Who throws a shoe!?"I exclaimed in anger.
"YOU LITTLE SHIT! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!?"yelled/questioned the leader.
"I thought I just told you."I said with a grin as they charged.
The two girls watched in awe and worry.
Later
"Thank you very much!"
"That was very impressive."
"Thanks."I said while rubbing my sore jaw.
The two girls and I walked into the school courtyard after introductions were made. Once again I was on the receiving end of a lot of stares. This time there was a good reason. My hoodie was covered in blood, not all of it was mine, as well as dirt. My forehead was bleeding and had partially soaked my bandana and there was a small cut on my check. My jaw would have a small bruise as well. Guys like that always thought about safety in numbers and never think about quality over quantity. Hopefully now they'll think twice about messing with other people. I shared these thoughts with the two girls who I learned their names were Orihime,the redhead, and Tatsuki, the tomboyish girl.
"It's great that we're going to the same school Watson-kun!"chirped Orihime.
"Yeah I guess it is."I replied while still rubbing my jaw. Thug #2 had a halfway decent punch. He'd probably still be conscious if he hadn't broken my shades.
"Any way."said Tatsuki."Where did you learn to fi..."
"WAAATSOOON-SAAANN!!!"
She was interrupted because Keigo tried to jump on me from behind. Luckily I felt him before I heard him and ducked down low to the ground causing him to fly overhead...
...and face first into the wall.
"Nice reflexes."complimented Tatsuki.
"Thanks."I replied with a grin.
"Watson-saaaaaan... Whyyyyyy?"whined Keigo as held his face and rolled on the floor.
"Heh. Sorry Keigo."I apologised. I've always had a thing about people jumping on me from behind. Strangely I've always been able to tell when they were there. So I can usually put a stop to it before it happens.
"Oh Watson-san, what happened to you?"questioned Mizuiro who caught up to Keigo.
"Yeah, you're all beat up!"exclaimed Keigo who finally got up off the floor and surprisingly didn't have any marks from the wall.
"Nothing. Just a fight."I explained.
"He saved Tatsuki-chan and me from a gang!"exclaimed Orihime with a big smile.
"Hime-chaaaaaaaan!!!"
I stared wide-eyed as a girl with glasses and hair a darker shade of red than Orihime's suddenly appeared, glomped Orihime from behind and fondled her breasts all in one moments time.
"You must have been so scared! Don't worry I'll comfort you!"yelled/exclaimed the redhead.
"Stop molesting Orihime!!"yelled/ordered Tatsuki while kicking the redhead in the face and sending her down the hall.
"... The hell was that?"I asked still with wide eyes.
"That's Chizuru, she's a lesbian."explained Mizuiro. Judging by his face and everyone elses this happens often.
"I can see that."I mumbled and forced myself not to imagine the two redheads together. Hey, I'm not a pervert but I am a guy.
"So, a fight huh? First you're a starving animal and now you're a hunting predator?"asked Mizuiro.
"No, I... Actually that sounds pretty cool. And I didn't start the fight I finished it."I explained. The thugs started it when they messed with the girls.
"You might wanna clean yourself up or someone might call the cops."warned Keigo.
"Huh?"
"Look."said Mizuiro while handing me a small mirror.
"Damn, I look bad."I thought. Outloud.
"Why do you carry a mirror?"I asked Mizuiro.
"To make sure I always look good."he explained with a bit of pride.
"Ok. I need to find some bandages and a bathroom."I muttered.
"Here."said Mizuiro handing me a wad of gauze wrap and a box of band-aids.
"There's a bathroom down the hall."he told me.
"Why do you carry bandages?"I asked him.
"Well Keigo and two other of my friends get hurt quite often so I have these just in case."
"Wow. You are prepared."I complimented him before I walked to the bathroom.
After cleaning off the blood and applying the gauze wrap around my head and a band-aid to my face I went to the principles office to announce my presence. Unfortunatly as soon as I walked into his office...
"Mr. Watson! What happened to you?!"demanded the principal.
So I told him the story of Orihime and Tatsuki being cornered by the small gang and my current injuries. The principal got more than a little angry when I told him that the thugs wore Karakura High uniforms.
"Rest assured Mr. Watson I shall see to it that the young men who did this shall be punished."he assured me.
"Thank you, Kocho-sama."I thanked him.
"The school also owes you a debt, Inoue-san is one of our brightest and Arisawa-san is one of our star athletes."he told me. Which shocked me because Orihime kind of came off a bit ditzy.
"You don't have to do anything Kocho-sama."I told him.
"Nonsense. Mr. Watson I give you this school day off so you can rest and recover from your ordeal."
"But sir I'm fine."I protested.
"Mr. Watson, it will reflect badly upon this school if you go to class right after participating in a fight. So please go home, rest and come back tomorrow."he all but ordered.
"Yes sir."I reluctantly obeyed. As I got up to leave he stopped me.
"Mr. Watson, have you forgotten something?"he asked as he held up a bundle of cloth wrapped in plastic.
My uniform.
'Shit.'
With the Gang
Ichigo was having a decent morning. Better than usual actually. He had a good nights sleep after helping the idiotic Don Konanji stop a hollow at the old hospital. But when he was walking to school things got a little unusual. For one when walking past an alley close to the school he found one of the local gangs beat up and unconscious. What was weird was that it was usually him and Chad who usually did it. When he got to class he noticed Tatsuki's state. It looked like she had cleaned herself up but he could see the bruises.
"Hey Tatsuki you okay?" asked Ichigo.
Yeah, I'm fine."she informed him.
"What happened? You look beat up."this came from Chad.
"One of the local gangs cornered me and Orihime and pinned me to a wall."she explained.
"What?!"exclaimed Ichigo.
"Don't worry Watson-kun saved us!"piped in Orihime.
"Who?"
"The new foreign exchange student."explained Mizuiro.
"Apparently he's a pretty good fighter. Took down the whole gang and only got hit a few times."said Tatsuki.
"Sounds impressive."said Rukia.
"Yeah. The only thing is I didn't recognize his fighting style."admitted Tatsuki.
"Really?"
"Yeah. I saw some karate and judo along with a few other things I've never seen before."
"Well whatever it was it was really amazing!"chirped Orihime.
"Especially when he threw that trashcan lid!"
"Trashcan lid?"asked Rukia.
"Yeah. Then the gang leader threw his shoe at him."told Orihime.
"A shoe?"
"Yup."
"A shoe?"asked Ichigo.
"Uh-huh."
"..."
"..."
"Who throws a shoe?"asked Ichigo disbelieving.
''Actually that's what Watson-kun asked."said Orihime.
"Damn, gangs are getting dumber."noted Ichigo.
"It seems so."agreed Rukia.
"What did this guy look like?"questioned Chad.
"Well..."began Tatsuki.
Unfortunately she was interrupted as Ochi-sensei walked into the room and told everyone to return to their seats and settle down.
"Now class I have a very exciting announce."she began.
"Our school is hosting a foreign exchange program and we are lucky enough to have the student in our home room!"exclaimed Ochi-sensei.
"Now please come in and introduce yourself."she said while opening the door.
Except when she opened the door the only person there was the principal. He motioned for Ochi-sensei to come out to the hall. Once they were outside the students immediately began whispering amongst themselves. Because of this hearing Ochi-sensei and the principal talking was all but impossible. After a few more minutes Ochi-sensei came back inside with a disapointed look on her face.
"I'm sorry to say class that the new exchange student won't be joining us today for reasons beyond our control."she explained.
"Instead he will be joining us tomorrow."
Those few who new about the new student were now worried. What if he was hurt worse than they thought? However before anyone could voice their concern a familiar alarm went off. As Ichigo looked at Rukia he couldn't help but have one thought while he raised his hand to be excused.
'I really hate that thing.'
With James
After wandering around awhile I found a small park and sat down to rest. After having a few minutes to cool down and think I realized the principle was right. He did have to think of the school. at least the thugs would get what they deserved. That thought alone was enough to make me calmer. In fact the only thing that would make me feel better is if it rained. But it doesn't feel like rain today. Looking around the park I saw something that was a little strange. A kid. Now granted a kid at a park is not strange at all. In fact if a park didn't have kids it usually meant something was wrong with the park. But it was midmorning. The kid should have been in school.
Sighing I stood up and walked over to the kid. A little boy I guess around nine or ten was just standing near the slide.
"Hey kid, shouldn't you be in school?"I asked.
"Huh?! Y-you can see me?"He asked. Weird. Why shouldn't I see him?
"Yeah kid, I'm not blind."
Looking closer at the kid he seemed a bit off. For one he truly seemed to believe that I shouldn't be able to see him. Secondly he seemed to be wearing a weird necklace. It was a thick chain. Then I realized he wasn't wearing it...it was coming out of his chest! The kid had a chain coming out of his freakin' chest! I was all set to drag this kid to a hospital when... I felt it. The feeling was almost indescribable. It was like a cold hand just wrapped around my heart. Then it got worse from there.
ROOOOOAAAARRRRR!!!!
When I heard the inhuman roar it was like my blood ran cold and the core of my very being froze. What's even worse was I felt it. Some dark presence, I don't know how else to describe it. It was like something was pushing at me from all directions. The kid started crying and grabbed onto me as we heard footsteps. Big ones. The kind that made the ground shack.
I grabbed the kid about to make a break for it when a large crash came from behind us. I slowly turned around and almost screamed from shock. Standing atop what remained of the monkey bars was a massive creature that seemed to be a cross between a gorilla and a preying mantis. It had a large muscled body with four arms that each ended with a wicked looking sickle like blade. But what drew my attention the most was the hole in the creature's chest and its glaring white mask like face. It's eyes were a piercing yellow and were full of hunger. Before I could get freaked out even more the thing spoke.
"What...? A human? Can you see me?"it asked in a gravelly voice.
"Of course I can! How can I miss something like you?!"I shouted while slowly backing away hoping that it's short legs made it slow.
"Hmmm...To see me you must have a decent amount of reiatsu... and that boy...Heh heh...two souls in one day...what a feast!"It grinned out.
"What?!"I backed away more preparing to break out into a full sprint.
"Heh heh heh...TIME TO EAT!!!"it yelled as it lunged towards us.
Without really thinking I picked the boy and threw him out of the way while jumping the other. This caused the monster to land between us effectively seperating us. The kid just sat there watching in awe and fear.
"You idiot! Run kid run!"I shouted to him.
The boy shakily stands up and begins backing away before full on running away from the monster. Lucky kid. The monster looked at the kids retreating form as if contemplating if it should go after him or not. Finally he turns back to me.
"Heh...you'll probably be more fun anyway."
"Yeah, I aim to please."I muttered sarcastically.
I looked around for something, anything to fight this thing with or at least distract it for a getaway. My fists were not going to hurt this thing. I looked around futiley until I spotted the wreckage from the monkey bars. I rushed over and grabbed a long bar. I reared my arm about to throw it like a javelin hoping I could hit the things eye so I could make an escape.
"Hey! If you're so hungry eat this!"I shouted as I hurled the pole.
Which the thing cought between it's teeth and started to crunch like a freakin' pretzil!
"Holy shit! You ate it!"I exclaimed. I am so screwed.
"Thanks, but I prefer souls myself!"it exclaimed before lunging again.
I jumped to the right to avoid a swipe from a sickle which embedded itself into the ground. And promptly repeated that action with the other three limbs. I need to do something, anything to throw it off and make a break for it. I looked around again and didn't really see anything. Maybe I could grab more pipes and try to get this guy full enough that he wouldn't eat me. No, that would take to long.
Unfortunately while I was lost in the ramblings of my mind the monster lunged forward again this time with all four limbs spread to prevent me from jumping. I did the only thing I could think of. I ducked forward...
...and ran into the things chest.
I was holding to the edge of the damn things chest hole! It stood up leaving me to dangle like some cheap dimestore necklace. It looked around like it seemed to lose me until it looked down and saw me looking up.
"GET OFF!!!"it roared out at me. Pheew. This thing had some rotten breath.
It started shaking around trying to dislodge me but I stuck on tight.
"All right if you want to be like that."it said as it raised its arms. It can't be that stupid. Can it?
Apperently it was as it brought it's bladed arms in towards it's chest in an attempt to impale me. Which would have worked if I didn't let go and slid down it's stomach. The result? One pissed off monster impaled on four of it's own claws.
"Uhh! You little bastard! You'll pay for that!" the thing yelled out.
Unfortunately it had enough common sense to slow its attack when it felt me slide off.
"Me?! You're the one that did it you idiot!"I shot back.
"DIE HUMAN!!!"it roared and attacked.
'Shit.'
As all this was going on the little boy ran as far and as fast as he could. Hoping that the man who helped him was able to escape the monster. The boy looked behind him to try and see the monster but he crashed into a tall black object. The boy looked up and saw a tall teenager with orange hair and a large sword. The teenager scowled and bent down to look at the boy.
"You okay?"
The boy just stared at him.
"Answer me!"
"Ichigo, your scaring him!"
The boy looked up at the other person with the scary guy. She was a small girl with violet eyes wearing a school uniform. She bent down and talked to the boy.
"Why are you running?"she asked with a kind smile.
"Th-there's a monster!"wailed the little soul.
"A hollow!"exclaimed the orange man.
"Can you tell us where it is?"asked the nice girl.
"That way."pointed the boy.
"Thank you. Now it's time for you to pass on."she informed as Ichigo unsheathed his sword.
"W-wait..."
"Yes?"
"There was a another boy! He started fighting the monster so I could get away!"yelled the little soul close to crying.
"Please help him! If you don't he'll... he'll..."The boy stopped speaking as he started sobbing.
"Don't worry. We'll help him. Just pass on now."said Ichigo as he pressed his sword hilt to the boys forehead.
"Thank you."the boy said before he faded away.
"Come on Ichigo."
"Yeah let's go save this idiot before he gets eaton."
"DAMN IT! Stop moving!"yelled the beast.
"NO!"I retorted.
This was bad. I was getting tired. The only thing keeping me going was adrenaline and that had a limit. The cut on my forehead had reopened and soaked through the bandage dripping down my face. Luckily the monster itself never managed to hit me. I was to small and fast and stayed near it's stumpy legs so it couldn't use it's arms to well.
"At first this was fun but now it's just annoying!"
"Sorry, but I want to live!"I shot back.
"NOT FOR LONG!!"it roared in triumph as it had knocked me over so and prepared to slash down.
I braced for the attack and closed my eyes not wanting to see it. Except I never felt anything. But I heard something instead. A slashing sound and the thing roaring in pain. I opened my eyes and gaped at what I saw. The monsters limb that was swinging for me was severed and stuck in the ground a few feet away. I looked to the side and saw who did it. A teenager wearing black robes and carrying a sword as big as he was. The most stric ing thing however was his hair which was bright orange.
"What the hell?"I mumbled.
"Back up, you're in the way."he ordered me.
"What?"
"You should leave."said another voice.
I turned and saw a short black haired girl wearing a school uniform staring at the monster but clearly talking to me. Finally she turned her attention to me.
"Leave. Now."she said in a firm tone.
"R-right."I said before standing up and beginning to run away.
Hey if they want this fight it's there's. Besides the orange guy did more damage than I could anyway. Plus the girl somehow felt off. Not bad just off. Like she was hiding something. Anyway I took off and let them handle it.
I ran and ran the shock of the recent event basically made me run on autopilot. My adrenaline was in control. But the closer I got to my apartment the more I calmed down. I was all but drained when I made it inside. I collapsed on the bed and combining all of the excitement, fear and overall life threatening conditions I was out before I fully touched the pillows.
Author Notes:
Hey my first hollow! Don't worry James will be just fine. I'll admit I got the shoe part from Austin Powers because it was the kind of randomness I like. I'm not trying to write an overly serious fanfic It will have funny stuff, random stuff and just plain silly stuff. It will have some serious parts.
Small Rant: I assure you my character will not be a 'gary sue'. He will not be all powerful able to defeat everyone with little to no effort. He will be getting stronger but not almighty. He won't be part of some great destiny, or some ancient prophecy. He's just my take on a new character. He will have some parts that make him unique but come on all the characters do. I will admit he is based a lot on myself,(shares my last name for one) I believe every OC or self insert is based at least a little on the authors. Yes that totally evil character you write about may be some deep emotions wanting to surface.
Translations:
Aniki: nickname given to an older unrelated male
Kocho: principle
I don't know the principles name so he will be known as Kocho-sama.
Reviews are welcome but flames will be used to destroy any evidence against me.