Hooray! Second Chapter! See it didn't take long! Thank you for the reviews, and I kept your comments in mind when I wrote this. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, only what I'm typing.
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Chapter 2
"Ichigo you're pitiful"
Before Ichigo was a tall man draped in black known only as Zangetsu.
"Ichigo, why do you cower before me?"
He looked at his hands; they were shaking violently, Zangetsu was right, he was frightened, but why?
"It's because of fear Ichigo, without power your hearth is filled with fear."
Ichigo gulped. He knew what Zangetsu was going to say next.
"You are nothing without me. You are powerless."
Suddenly Zangetsu's face distorted and Ichigo recognized the altered face immediately.
It was me, he thought, Ichigo was looking at his own face.
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Ichigo walked to school that morning wearing the scowl that his face got accustomed to these last few years.
"Hey! Ichigo!"
Ichigo turned around to see his somewhat idiotic friend Keigo Asano running towards him in break neck speed.
Crash!
"Yo" mumbled Ichigo taking his foot out of Keigo's throbbing face.
"Good morning Ichigo. Good morning Keigo."
Ichigo noticed the voice belonged to Mizuiro Kojima.
"Hey" Ichigo muttered.
Seeing Ichigo's downcast face upset Keigo and Mizuiro, but they didn't let it show. They knew it was better to leave him alone.
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The school day went by without anything worth noting, and as Ichigo picked up his bags he noticed a familiar hulking figure towering him.
"Hey Chad" said Ichigo as he picked up his school bags.
Chad gave him an acknowledging nod.
Walking home with Chad gave Ichigo a sense of nostalgia. He remembered the old days when he and Chad were burning with adolescent spirit getting into fights as if it was daily routine. However that fire left Ichigo's eyes, and Chad never had the violent spirit to begin with. He stayed with Ichigo because they made a promise, and he was a man who never backed down on his promises.
Along the way Ichigo noticed the look of apprehension on Chad's face. Ichigo was concerned.
"Everything okay Chad?"
Chad broke away from his train of thought. "Um…yes" he grunted.
Ichigo knew that something was wrong, and he didn't back down from his interrogation.
"Are you sure? Chad I know already it's a hollow right?"
Chad looked away for a second, and then back to Ichigo he said, "Yeah"
Ichigo hid the look of pain in his eyes. "Just…go…"
Seeing his once loud and crude friend like this deeply upset Chad, but he knew he shouldn't treat Ichigo like a child. Ichigo could take it. He was a man.
Chad sprinted off to a dark alley, opposite of where Ichigo was facing.
Ichigo started to walk away, but took a quick glance to where Chad ran off to.
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"EEEk!" the loud cry of the defeated hollow was quickly silence by a burst of energy from Chad's Brazo Derecha de Gigante.
"Two down one more to go." Chad uttered to himself.
Chad carefully absorbed his enemy. It was a humanoid hollow, and it was the oddest of the hollows he faced this afternoon. Its body looked black, bleak, and empty. The hollow's torso was shrouded with flaming black reiatsu. Around its waist were draping white flames that encircled him. Chad thought it was his imagination, but there seemed to be a katana sheathed in those flowing white flames. The hollow's face was covered by a plain looking mask. However, it had no eyes.
The enemy was still, and Chad couldn't help, but notice how familiar this hollow's reiatsu was. Chad was in no immediate danger; his enemy's reiatsu seemed unbelievably low, almost nonexistent. Chad prepared his attack of choice El Directo. As he fired the deadly burst of blue concentrated reiatsu, he noticed that the enemy was no longer in front of him.
As Chadturned around he instinctively raised the armor shield on his right arm to fend off the blow the hollow dealt him.
Chad backed away, and was shocked to see the hollow holding…a zanpakutou!
How could this be? Was it an arrancar?
The hollow launched at Chad, but its attacks are once again easily blocked.
Chad didn't know how that hollow was holding a zanpakutou, but its attack power is still nowhere near Chad's. Noticing that the enemy didn't appear as a huge treat, Chad relaxed a little, but still didn't lower his guard. A threat is a threat, no matter how weak.
From that moment, the situation was in Chad's favor, but when a certain orange haired teenager showed up…
…things got out of hand…
"PLORTCH!"
"ICHIGO!"
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So that's the second chapter! I know it was kind of short, but whatever! Please read the upcoming chapters, I promise things will get more interesting! Please review while you're waiting for the next release! I'd love to see what you have to say!
Cheers!
-Mc kun