YAY FOR UPDATES! Ok so some things are gonna come together in this chapter. We finally discover what Chad is, and what happened to everyones favorite arrancar? How does Ichigo and Rukia feel now? And did anyone miss Ichigo's hollow? Rofl i feel like im doing a commercial.
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Chapter 12: Revealed
Give me strength, Abuelo!
The coin around Chad's neck began to glow a bright red color and a light engulfed him. His eyes began to transform, from their sullen brown color to a fiery red. His pupils also turned into slits. His body became engulfed in the light and started to transform. He shrank considerably in size and was soon standing on all fours, his shoulders about 3 feet off the ground. He took the form of a very rugged, yet noble wolf. His snout was gray and the tip covered in black fur. The rest of his body was covered in a beautiful gray fur, aside from the tips of his feet, ears, and tail, which were black. He had pretty good sized claws which could easily tear anything apart. His tail was large and bushy, only adding to the creature's beauty. His fangs extended slightly below his upper lip and his sparklingly wet nose was black. The wolf had a golden chain hanging down his neck, and the chain had a gold coin on the end of it. His eyes finally transformed from the red to a deep gray and stopped glowing. The beauty of Chad is this form was astounding; especially considering what he was…a werewolf.
"So, a werewolf eh?" the hollow sneered. Chad's calm expression did not change as his tail and fur blew about in the breeze. His gray eyes almost prying into the very soul of the hollow. "I thought ya'll were extinct, but I guess I was wrong. Oh well, they will be soon!" With that the hollow sprung forward towards Chad. Chad remained calm and stood there. The hollow opened his jaw to strike and Chad shut his eyes and disappeared from sight just as the hollow reached his past location. The hollow landed with a thud and turned around in anger to find Chad standing calmly looking at him with his gray eyes.
"Those eyes'l be the death of ya boy!" the hollow shrieked as it charged a cero. The hollow fired the cero and Chad jumped up into the air, and dove head first…into the ground.
"Ahh, I thought this was only legend but I guess it's true. They say that the difference between dog demons and werewolves is that the demons can never take human form, and are almost like spirits, while the werewolves can take human form and are spirits. Spirits of lonely wolves reincarnated into human bodies. They are said to be vicious and blood thirsty. It was said that the vampires killed them off years ago, but I guess they missed one!" The hollow punched the ground where Chad's shadow was, but to no avail. Chad's shadow moved behind the hollow and Chad slowly arose from the ground with a slight ghostly glow.
"True, werewolves are spirits. However, we are not vicious creatures and only fight to protect those we care about. I originally thought that the vampires were cruel for hunting us off years ago. Until I met Ichigo and Renji. They took me to the vampire council and they explained what had happened. A terrible plague had spread through the werewolf population, causing our normally mild tempers to transform into that of bloodthirsty creatures. The vampires killed off everyone that was infected in order to keep the peace, however almost every werewolf had contracted it by this point. Few of us survived. My parents had to be killed and I moved to Mexico to live with my grandfather, who gave me my limiter coin. When he died I took on a human form using this coin and moved back to Japan, where I met Ichigo and Renji. Initially when I discovered that they were vampires I was cold and wanted nothing more than revenge. However, I remembered the teachings of my grandfather and asked them about it. They were stunned that I was a living werewolf but didn't try to kill me like I expected. That's when I found everything out. The vampires tried to do nothing more than to help us, I can't hate them." Chad finished his explanation and looked at the yawning hollow. "I believe you're gravely underestimating our power, let me clarify things for you" Chad stated coldly. His eyes began to glow a dark black and a dark demonic aura formed around him. He stood on his back legs and released a loud powerful howl and slammed his paws down into the ground below. A dark energy traveled through his paws into the ground, and wrapped around the hollows feet.
"What the???"
"You said yourself we're spirits." The aura surrounded Chad, leaving the beautiful gray wolf to look almost menacing. The black aura outlined him as he slowly circled around the hollow, head low and releasing a low and menacing growl as he did so. The hollow tried to escape but the dark energy coming from the ground was to strong. "I really hate doing this, but I will not allow you to hurt anyone" Chad roared. His eyes suddenly turned the same black as the aura around his and the aura flared. Chad roared into the sky and lunged forward, releasing the aura directly into the hollow. The hollow starting screaming as the blood began to pour from its eyes and mouth.
"Werewolves can control people's thoughts; you are experiencing your worst nightmare. This is the power of a werewolf." Chad sighed as he sat down. He howled softly and the aura began to swirl around the hollow and eventually sliced right through him, leaving him a bloody pool of his own flesh as he faded away. Chad got up and slowly began to trot home, the battle having taken its effect on him. Even though he had not received a single scratch, using that kind of power drained him. Werewolves also needed blood to use their powers, however unlike vampires were able to live off of animal blood. He decided to go hunt a rabbit in the woods by his home, which would be enough.
Chad had just finished his meal and was on his way back to the house, still in werewolf form when his sharp hearing picked up some noise a ways off. He began dashing through the woods towards the source of the noise when he spotted Orihime up in the sky, fully transformed into her Succubus state.
"Orihime, what are you doing here!" Chad shouted into the sky. Orihime say him and landed into the woods next to him.
"I sensed something strange out here and decided to come investigate. I guess I was correct as well when I sensed you fighting a hollow as well" Orihime replied, her pink eyes glistening in the moonlight. Chad nodded.
"Did you feed yet?" Chad nodded again. "Well I still feel it, let's go see what it is."
"What if it's just a normal human with a strange aura, and we're spotted?"
"We'll figure it out if that happens." They slowly walked over to the area where they sensed the disturbance, and saw something shocking. It was Ulquiorra, lying in a pool of blood, with a little girl crying over him.
"Ulku! Ulku! Please wake up! Ulku!" she sobbed.
"What happened! Orihime shouted as she ran over to them. The girl recoiled in fear at the appearance of Chad and Orihime. "Don't you dare hurt him! Or I Nel the arrancar will…will… please help him!" she sobbed as she hugged Chad around the neck. He looked down at her and looked back up at Orihime, who had already thrown Ulquiorra over her shoulder.
"Orihime, she's an arrancar" he stated low. "Those are the things sensei and Ichigo warned us about.
"I know," Orihime sighed. "So's Ulquiorra." Chad's eyes grew wide and he looked at Ulquiorra, who sported a mask on the left side of his head.
"Orihime! We can't!"
"Chad!" she shouted. This took Chad by surprise, since she never raised her voice. "I don't care what he is, Ichigo, Renji, Rukia, they're all vampires, Uryu is a vampire hunter. You're a werewolf and I'm a freakin succubus and you wanna leave him to die because of what he is! I don't care if he's the enemy he's still our friend and we have to help him!" She was practically sobbing as she told him this. Chad looked her in the eye and sighed, shutting his eyes and looking away. He picked Nel up with his teeth and tossed her onto his back.
"Hold on little girl." He then turned to Orihime, "you're place is closer."
Ulquiorra's eyes slowly opened. He felt like he had been hit by a truck. I may as well have been he thought to himself. His entire body ached but he was surprised that he was not bleeding anymore. He looked around the room and realized that this place was unfamiliar to him. It was slightly baron, only a small table, a few shelves, a sink, a stove and a refrigerator. He panicked and looked around when he realized that the precious little girl he came with was gone. He jumped up and ran into the nearest room where he found her snuggled up against a gray werewolf, both sound asleep.
"Nel, please don't scare me like that again" he sighed.
"I think Nel should be saying that to you" he heard a confident yet worried voice say from behind him. He turned to see Orihime, still in full succubus form staring at him while leaning against the wall. Her white wings hung down at her side and her tail slowly floated in the air. Her pink hair was wet from the shower he had just taken and clung tightly to the sides of her body. Instead of her usually succubus attire, she was now in nightwear, which had obviously been selected for sleeping in this state. She wore a white sleeveless top and a pair of black shorts that had a small hole in the butt for her tail. "You should go rest, you were hurt pretty badly."
"How can you know what I am and still show me this kindness" he pondered.
"You're my friend. Isn't that enough reason?" she smiled. Ulquiorra's usually emotionless face lit up in shock. He turned his head in shame.
"I was only sent to you're school to spy on the princess. Becoming friends was never something me or my master planned on. However when I lied to him he almost killed me, and he never cared for Nel, so I ran off. I had lost so much blood though and passed out while running away. I'm sorry I've caused you so much trouble, Nel and I will leave in the morning."
"And go where?" Orihime asked sweetly as she walked over to Ulquiorra. He sighed and she placed her hand under his chin and made him look at her. "You'll stay here. I can't throw you out on the street. You'll go to school tomorrow, we'll leave Nel with Kisuke, and you'll explain everything to all of us then alright?" Her pink eyes stared directly into his emerald, showing all the different emotions running through her head at that moment. She let go of his chin and smiled sweetly at him. He couldn't believe how kind she was being to him, even after discovering that he was the enemy.
"Come on, it's late, I'll make a bed for you, Nel and Chad seem to be pretty cozy where they are." She motioned to Ulquiorra to follow, and she led him into a small room next to hers. She started preparing a bed for Ulquiorra when he wondered something.
"Orihime?"
"Hmmm?"
"Why are you still in your succubus form?"
"Oh you haven't noticed? Look above your head." Ulquiorra looked above his head to find two bats hovering above him glowing with strange colors.
"What's?"
"Ayame and Shun'o are healing you right now. Without the help of all 6 of the shun shun rikka I can't take my human shape again. Once their done, which will probably be morning considering how bad you're injuries were I can retake my human shape. It's alright; this is my true body so I'm perfectly fine staying like this for a while." Orihime slowly rose from her crouching position as she finished her work on Ulquiorra's bed. He couldn't help but notice how the moonlight made her soft pink hair shine, and her pink eyes glisten. Her wings were so white, so pure. She turned to him and delivered a smile that would have killed any mortal man. "Good Night Ulquiorra-kun!" and with that happily trotted off into her own room to fall asleep herself.
"Good Night, Orihime."
Ichigo! Let's go play in the sandbox!
But I'll get sand in my pants!
You need to grow up and be a man strawberry. You're 9 years old for petes sake!
Shut Up!
"Ichigo,"
You know what Ichigo?
What?
"Ichigo…"
We should get married
But we're only 9 ….
So?
We should wait till we're older
Ok then. How old?
I don't know. What's a big number?
Well…how about…..umm…16? That's a big number.
Ok, we'll get married when we're 16!
7 years! That's so long!
It's not that long; it will go by so fast. I promise……
Ichigo's dream was interrupted when a soft pair of lips met his. He slowly came out of the dream and smiled as he kissed her back. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer, taking in the sweet smell of her freshly showered hair.
"Morning. You have horrid morning breath" Rukia giggled.
"You're the one who decided to wake me up like that Rukia" Ichigo teased. Rukia smiled and kissed him again.
"Go get in the shower, we have school today remember?"
"Ya ya you gotta get off me first!" With that he wrestled her off of him and delivered another quick kiss before jumping out of the bed and into the bathroom.
Ichigo stood under the steaming hot water for a moment, allowing his thoughts to gather. The hot water dripped from the tips of his spiky orange hair and ran down his finely tuned body. He couldn't help but rub the area where Rukia had drank from him the night before. The emotions that they both were able to share through that moment, the love, the pain, the trust, everything came out last night. He couldn't remember the last time he tasted blood that delicious. He shivered slightly thinking about it. He turned the water hotter and grabbed the bar of soap sitting on the edge of the shower, where his mind returned to his reoccurring dreams.
What do these dreams mean? I've been having that same dream for the last week. Every night I try to see the face of the girl, but I can't. I feel like something in my mind is trying to block it out, but I don't want it too! Damnit I wish I could remember! What do you guys think?
You're actually asking out opinion on something? You must be desperate King.
I just wanna figure this out!
Relax Ichigo. And Shiro do us all a favor and shut up.
Shut up old man I live here too!
I knew this was a bad idea.
I've been trying to help you unlock you're memories, but this seems to be as far as I can get. The rest is up to you Ichigo.
Lovely.
Seriously? You'll figure it out. If she is that important to you, you'll remember who she is.
Di…did you just reassure me…an.. and encourage me? Who are you and what have you done with Shiro?
Ok seriously! When you're depressed it rains. And it doesn't just rain, oh no it fucking downpours. Not only do I get soaked. Zangetsu doesn't shut up and I'm afraid you're gonna ruin the X-box.
There's an X-box in my inner world?
Well we need something to pass the time.
Dear god.
Ichigo stopped conversing with his inner beings and allowed the hot water to relax him. The steam was beginning to collect inside the bathroom and he decided that he was probably clean. He grabbed the towel and rubbed his orange head with it a few times before wrapping it around his waist. He opened the door to go into the bedroom when he realized that the mirror was covered in steam. His inner child took over and he drew a smiley face on the mirror.
"It's missing something" Rukia chimed in from behind him.
"Oh? What would that be midget?" He grinned as she growled and kicked him in the shin. He hopped around the bedroom in pain before coming back to the bedroom to find Rukia's addition. A set of fangs on the smiley face.
"You're right, now it's perfect."
Ulquiorra slowly awoke the next morning to the smell of waffles. He rolled over in his makeshift bed and slammed his eyes shut again. He really wasn't feeling getting out of bed at this moment. When he was with Aizen he would have to get out of bed whenever Aizen ordered, and he had a thing for early morning tea. Being nocturnal creatures by nature, and being that he enjoyed sleep… that sucked. The sighed into the pillow and wrapped the blanket around his face in an attempt to block out the delicious smells coming from the kitchen. The soft cotton sheets smelled like fresh linens and the soft blanket beneath him was more comfort in itself than he could ever remember feeling. The sunlight shown in on his face as he tried to fall back asleep. He rolled over in frustration and attempted again, only to be thrown about halfway across the room.
"MORNING ULKU!" Nel smiled as she jumped off of Ulquiorra. He groaned as he tried to sit up.
"Aw I'm sorry Ulquiorra-kun, do you need Ayame and Shun'o again?" Orihime nervously smiled as she walked into the room, having once reentered her human form.
"No, I'm fine Orihime" he sighed. Nel ran back into the kitchen to eat her breakfast. Orihime extended a hand towards Ulquiorra and helped him get up.
"She was very excited to see you this morning" Orihime smiled.
"I think she's excited to be out of there" Ulquiorra replied. Orihime frowned sadly as he walked out of the room into the kitchen. He sat down next to Nel and took in the small kitchen, realizing that Chad was gone.
"He left after Nel woke up" Orihime answered before he was able to open his mouth. He nodded and shut his eyes again, trying to go figure out what he would say to everyone today.
Will they really buy that I just decided to leave? How will they react when they discover that I was spying on them? Damn. Ulquiorra sighed and slammed his head into his palms.
"Don't worry Ulquiorra-kun" Orihime assured as she placed a plate of waffles in front of the hungry arrancar. "I'm sure if I back you up that they'll listen to you. Not to mention, Kurosaki-kun has a soft spot for Nel, and as much as she likes you, I think you'll be ok."
"I sure hope so" he sighed as he bit into his waffle.
"Um Ulquiorra-kun?" Orihime asked.
"Hmmm?" he responded without looking at her.
"What are you going to do about your mask?"
"Oh, I almost forgot" he replied as his eyes popped open. He moved his hand over his face and a dark aura pulled away, and his fangs vanished. "It's basically the same as vampires making their fangs vanish" he told her. She nodded and went to get her things for school.
Chad ran through the streets of downtown Karakura town as fast as his werewolf legs would take him. The only reason he stayed in this form was because he could run faster, and he needed to get home before he could go to school. He wasn't overly concerned with people noticing him since they would more than likely just think that he was a large gray dog. However, he stopped suddenly when he smelled the smell of a vampire. He slowly turned down the street he sensed the smell coming from to find Soi Fon walking to school. He ran up behind her and made sure nobody was around.
"Sensei" he stated. She jumped and turned around, and was shocked to see the werewolf sitting behind her.
"Wait, Chad?" she gasped. He nodded. She had known he was something, but it had never been elaborated upon to her by the others. She was shocked at how beautiful and powerful looking he was. "Why are you?"
"I was at Orihime's last night" he replied.
"WAIT WHAT! I had no idea you 2 were"
"No!" Chad sighed. "Something happened last night, and Orihime is going to elaborate during lunch. But you said you wanted proof that Aizen was up to something?" she nodded. "I think you've got it." With that Chad vanished and left Soi Fon to ponder his statement on the street.
What the hell could have happened?
Chad got home and transformed back into his human form. He showered and grabbed his uniform and bag and made his way out the door for school.
"I promise I'll explain everything after school Urahara-san but please just watch her until we get back from school" Orihime pleaded to Kisuke. He looked down at the green haired arrancar girl and sighed, nodding his head. He took her inside and called for Yoruichi and Orihime and Ulquiorra raced off towards the school. The respective groups made their way to school. This would not be a normal day.
So I hope you guys liked it! It may seem a little rushed at the end but I really wanted to get this up. The next chapter should be really good! Ulquiorra will be exposed. So what's gonna happen? How will this affect Aizen? Where are teh rest of the arrancar? Comming up soon!
Wanna Reviw? I think so XD GO RED WINGS! PS I hate west coast trips! The NHL needs to get theyre head out of their ass and put Detroit and Columbus in the eastern confrence! This is stupid! TTYL XD
