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Chapter 9 blaze
One hour ago (5:55 PM)
Ichigo and his friends walked into the café poirot and ordered something to eat .As they waited for their food they talked about the mission. "Rukia, what does the hollow alert look?" The substitute shinigami asked.
"The only dangerous hollow that has appeared is a gillian. Hopefully we don't have to deal with an arrancar." Rukia said while looking at the cell phone.
"If an arrancar does come we'll have to kill it with minimal damage to the city." Uryu pushed up his glasses.
"Hm..." Chad nods. After waiting for minutes Azusa came with their food. After eating the group left the café Poirot and walked back to their apartment that they lived in, but as Ichigo walked with his friends he hears his cell phone ring. Ichigo answers his cell phone. "Yo." Ichigo answered.
"Hey Kurosaki." It was Conan on the phone.
"Hey K-Conan, what's up?" Ichigo caught himself.
'Well, he's better then Hattori.' Conan thought. "If you don't mind I would like to know more about Aizen and what he's done." Conan requested.
"Sure thing, where do you want to meet?" Ichigo asked.
"At Agasa-hakases house." Conan said. "Do you know where it is?"
"Yeah, I'll meet you there." Ichigo hangs up. "I got to meet the kid, I'll see you later."
"Good bye Kurosaki-kun!" Orihime yelled and waved him good bye. After walking a few blocks Ichigo arrived at Agasas house, however he feels he's being watched. Just then, Conan calls Ichigo over.
"Oi Kurosaki!" Ichigo walks up to Conan.
"Why were you looking into my house?" The shunken detective asked.
"Someone was watching me..." Ichigo said quietly.
"That might have been Saburu Okiya. Haibara thinks that he's one of them." Conan said.
"So are you spying on him?" Ichigo asked.
"No, I'm not spying on him!" Conan said defensively. The two walked in and sat on the couches. Luckily for them Agasa and Ai will be out of the house for a two days. Conan thought it would be a good idea to learn more about Aizen and his plot.
"So, I want to know what kind of person was Aizen?" The tantei asked.
"A ice cold backstabbing asshole, if it suited his goals he'll kill his own allies. It took a while to get to him but after a long battle against Aizen we defeated his arrancars and finally defeated Aizen. The sad thing was, he betray the arrancars and then was betrayed by his closest ally Gin Ichimaru who was killed by the new and improved Aizen, fused with the Hōgyoku." Ichigo finishes his story.
"Do you think he'll change?" Conan asked.
"Not sure, but I won't be around when he does. His sentence for treason was imprisonment for 20,000 years." Ichigo said calmly, which shocked Conan.
"Wait, 20,000 years! That's longer then any normal persons lifespan!" Conan exclaimed.
"He's immortal Kudo, he's got all the time in the world to redeem himself. But I still think he'll the same backstabbing son of a bitch." Ichigo gritted his teeth. The very thought of Aizen and what he did made Ichigo mad.
"Thanks for telling me." Conan turned on the TV onto the news, then turned pale and turned up the volume.
"In today's new a man was killed by a sharpshooter in Ekoda. The police have no leads to finding the sniper. In other news-" The anchorman continued his report.
"It's them..." Conan said intensely.
"You sure!"
"Yeah, they don't leave any evidence. We need to get there, NOW!" Conan gets up and gets his shoes on.
"Hey hold up! You can't go alone!" Ichigo yelled. The black organization is a group of heartless killers, even if shinichi found something he would be overpowered and he can't use his fullbringer power in front of them, because they would find out the truth about what happened to him.
"I've got to Kurosaki! This could be my chance!" Conan retorted.
"Let me call someone first..." Ichigo pulls out his cell phone and calls Toshiro. "Hey Toshiro, whatever. I was talking with Ku-Conan and we saw the case where the guy was shot in the head and-" This was taking too long.
"Kurosaki! Give me the phone." Conan demanded
"Huh! Okay here's Conan." Ichigo hands him the phone.
"Hitsugaya! I need to know who was the underlings boss, did you get a name!" Conan sounded frantic.
"He did." Toshiro responded.
"What is it?" Conan asked.
"Gin..." Toshiro said to the meitantei. Conan thanked Hisugaya and gave back the phone to Ichigo.
"I got to go!" Conan got his shoes.
"Well your not doing it alone." Ichigo got up and put his shoes back on. "I'll watch your back and get you there quickly." The two of them walk outside.
"Quickly, how?" Conan asked but his eyes shot open when he realized what he meant. "No way! You are NOT using shunpo with me!" Conan yelled. Ignoring him, Ichigo checked to see if Saburu was still spying.
"We're clear, you ready?" Ichigo asked.
"I'll use my watch on you-" Before Conan could react, Ichigo grabbed Conan and used shunpo to get to Ekoda.
Later (6:05 PM)
After using shunpo to travel roof to roof the two found themselves at Ekoda. Ichigo landed in a allyway and put down Conan, who was glaring at Ichigo. "Didn't I say not to do that!" Conan yelled at Ichigo.
"Hey! At least we got here. The sniper nest is at least a block away, c'mon." Ichigo walks out of the ally and down the sidewalk with Conan following. After walking a block the two arrive at the scene.
"We're here. Get to the roof and do your thing Conan." Ichigo said.
"Right." Conan nodded. He went to the roof as Ichigo stayed at the entrance of the building, just then Conan was thrown out violently by the owner of the building. The building was small apartment complex, and the landlord was well in his sixties and not in the mood.
"OUT YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" The landlord yelled and slammed the door. Ichigo bent down and helped Conan up.
"Are you alright?" Ichigo asked.
"Y-yeah... Just a little dazed. He kicked me on the head." Conan rubbed his head.
"What!" Ichigo looked like he would kill someone.
"I'm fine Kurosaki, this happens all the time-" Conan was cut off by Ichigo.
"It still isn't right!" Ichigo rips open the door then slams it. Conan can hear the yelling of Ichigo, then the landlord and then Ichigo again. Conan used this chance to walk in and get to the roof, as he made his way to the elevator he heard Ichigo and the landlord.
"What the hell is wrong with you! You can't just kick a kid in the head!"
"The brat's lying! I didn't kick him on the head! Now get out or I'll call the police!" The landlord yelled.
"You attacked a Kid and you threaten to call the police! You should be arrested for assaulting a minor!" Ichigo yelled back.
"Shut up you- HEY!" The landlord spots Conan using the elevator.
"YOU PUNK!" The owner pulls out a wooden bat from under his desk counter and takes a swing at Ichigo but missed.
"Hey! Watch it!" Ichigo dodged.
"A good beating is what brats like you need!" The landlord rises his bat for another swing but is stopped by someones shouting at him.
"That is enough!" A blond woman said, glaring at the landlord. Next to her was a older man and another man bigger then both of them.
"Shut up woman you can't tell me what to do!" The landlord said.
"But I can." A man with a small mustache said as he walked in the appartment and up to the landlord.
"My name is Ginzo Nakamouri, inspector of the Tokyo police department and these three are-" The blond jabs the inspector with a elbow. "Advisers that I trust, their here to investigate the shooting."
"Nakamouri... Oh your that stupid inspector that can't catch a simple thief-" The landlord was cut off.
"YOU ARE INTERFERING IN A POLICE INVESTIGATION! MOVE IT NOW OR ELSE!" The inspector yelled was so loud it echoed.
"You can't make me move-" Ichigo punched the landlord in the gut. "GAH!" He fell down knocked out.
"HEY!" Nakamouri yelled.
"What, he attacked first. Don't I have a right to protect myself?" Ichigo asked in a smug tone.
"Well... You can't just... Whatever, I'm out of here." Nakamouri left sounding spent.
"What's up with him?" Ichigo asked.
"He was tired from dealing with Takeshi Souta, he's the landlord that you knocked out." The blond said. "My name is Jodie Starling, and this is James black and Andre Camel."
"Kurosaki Ichigo..." The he introduced himself.
"Your name-"
"Just don't say anything." Ichigo glared at Andre.
"So, can you tell us why your here?" James asked. The elevator dinged and the door opened revealing Conan.
"Jodie-sensei? Black-san and Camel-san what are you doing here?" Conan asked.
"Oh! Cool kid! Your here too!" Jodie exclaimed. "So, is he..." Jodie pointed to Ichigo.
"He's helping me." Conan said to the "advisers."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Jodie asked.
"I'll be fine. But you guys aren't just advisors are you." This made the their eyes widen.
"Your right, we're FBI. We've been tasked to find them and bring those responsible to justice." James explained.
"So you heard about what happened?" Conan asked.
"That's right, an old friend of my called and we made are way here from Beika. We were escorted by Nakamouri-kun to the scene."
"Nakamouri-keibu? I thought he was a fraud inspector and in charge of the Kid task force, why was he here?" The shrunken tantei asked.
"The detective in charge of the case had to visit his wife in the hospital, she was giving birth to their son." James said.
"Then things got complicated when Kid showed up." Andre followed up.
"Kid? Why was he here?" Conan asked.
"We don't know but he was testing some new tricks, around here and the crime scene were the man was killed." Jodie explained. "But Takeshi Souta kept screaming at the police to get out, when they first tired to access the roof he almost attacked an officer."
"Why would he attack an officer?" Ichigo wondered.
"He hates the everyone, including the police." Conan answered Ichigos question.
"How can he everyone?" Ichigo asked.
"He hates people that live in today's age. He thinks their lazy, and worthless. You don't want to hear about what he thinks about women." Conan explained. "I learned this from the residents that live here."
"So he's a old school dirtbag. Big deal, I've dealt with worse." Ichigo shurgged.
"Because of your hair right?" The FBI team leader asked.
"That's right, and if a person has a problem with it they can piss off." Ichigo said and glared at the landlord. "So Conan, did you find anything?"
"No, the roof was clean." Conan said with some disappointment in his voice.
"Nothing to worry about, we'll get them. Come on, let's head back." Ichigo began to walk off.
"You got this?" Conan asked the FBI.
"Yes! There's nothing to worry about." Jodie said with a thumbs up. Her smiling face then turned in to a look of horror. Wondering what's wrong Conan turned around and saw that Takeshi had gotten up and charged with his wooden bat, ready to hit Ichigo.
"Ichigo-niichan!" Conan yelled in his kiddy voice. Almost as fast a bullet, Ichigo performed a spinning back fist that destroyed the baseball bat, then he punched him again but in the ribs. The look on Takeshi was priceless, it was a look a disbelieve, shock and pain before falling to the ground again.
"That was for Conan you son of a bitch!" Ichigo cursed at the downed man. " You comin' Conan!" Ichigo yelled.
"Y-yeah. I'll see you later." Conan said his good byes to the FBI team.
"Did you see that!" Andre nearly shouted.
"That was something else..." Jodie commented.
"Did you two see the look in his eyes." James said in shock.
"No, why?"
"That boy- no, that man has the eyes of a warrior." The veteran FBI agent said. He had only seen a hand full of people with that look and one of them was the late Shuuchi Akai.
Later (8:33 PM)
"Well that was a hell of a detour." Ichigo commented. Conan and Ichigo were walking to the nearest train station to get a ride home. When Ichigo offered to use Shunpo, and then Conan readied his watch to fire at Ichigo. Conan did not like to be man handled and moving faster then a speeding bullet. "It would be faster if use-" Conan cut Ichigo.
"No!" Conan yelled. After that, the detective and the substitute shinigami bought two train tickets and rode it all the way back to Beika. By the time they got back it was nightfall, this made Conan worry. "Damnit! I was suppose to be back by eight!" Conan then felt something evil and oppressive in the air.
"Goddammit! We got hollows somewhere near Teitan elementary school, you gonna be okay on your own?" Ichigo asked.
"I'll be fine." Conan responded.
"I can have Kon walk you home if you want." Ichigo offered.
"No, I'm good."
"Then I'll see you tomorrow." Ichigo used the soul candy and entered his Shinigami form. "Be careful, the hollows are more powerful at night. Kon, get back to the apartment." Ichigo shunpos off.
"Stupid Ichigo. Are you going to be fine on your own?" Kon asked.
"Yeah I'll be fine, you can-" Conans cell phone goes goes off. "Great... I'm doomed." Conan answers it "Moshi moshi?"
"Conan-kun..." The caller was Ran. For some reason she was quiet.
"Ran-neechan what's wrong?" Conan asked quietly.
"I'm being chase by someone- no something and it's trying to kill me..." Ran was on the verge of tears.
"Where are you Ran-neechan?" Conan asked with worry in his voice.
"Near the hakases house. Conan, I'm scared it- it keeps saying it wants to eat my soul and to 'make the brat pay' by killing me." Ran said in a shaky voice.
"Ran, just hold on. I'm coming!" Conan said in a deep tone.
"Conan-kun... If you see Shinichi tell him I'm sorry and that I... I l-love him." Ran said, her voice was laced with overpowering fear. Conan would be blushing if it didn't sound like her last words.
'Ran...' Conan thought sadly. "Hold on I'm coming! Don't give up!"
"C-Conan-kun?" Just then their was a loud crash. "It found me-" Ran was forced to hang up.
"Shit!" Conan ran as fast as he could with Kon following. He found a place where no one could see him and he actives his fullbring power and becomes Shinichi Kudo. After transforming he jumped to the roof of a building and begin to jump from roof to roof with one mission in mind, to save Ran. Shinichi then heard the roar of hollows closing in on him, he looked and saw the hollow closing in.
"Your in my way... Move!" Shinichi shot an energy blast at the hollows which killed a hollows, then it was replace by another hollow. Shinichi fired more energy blast at the hollows but the ones he killed are quickly replaced. "Dammit!" Shinichi swore and kept firing. Just then Kon kicked a hollow in the head and then landed on a building.
"Hey ugly ass hollows come get some!" Kon taunted. The taunt worked, the hollows began to chase Kon "What possessed me to do that!" Kon yelled as he ran from the hollows. This gave Shinichi a chance to get to Ran.
"Thanks Kon. Hold on Ran I'm coming."
Elsewhere (Same time)
Ran was running as fast as she could, not because she was being chased by some pervert, a killer or a mugger but a monster. A few days ago she started to see ghost which wasn't as bad as she thought. When she was young she thought that spirits were more evil looking and could possess you. On her way to Agasas house she talked to a few ghost and the more she talked to them the more she realize that they were once human at one point but died. Then there are the monsters as Ran called them, a few of the older (Those who have been dead longer) spirits called them hollows but the one that's chasing her looked like a monster.
"I-I need to find a safe-" She was interrupted by a loud crash and fell on the ground
"Stop running and let me kill you!" The hollow roared. The hollow looked like a chimera.
"W-what did I do to you! Why d-do you want to kill m-me!" Ran stammered in fear.
"Two reasons. One because you were with that brat at the game convention and two... Because I can and get away with it!" The hollow laughed. This monster was going to kill her for no good reason. The murderers that she met killed for revenge, money, blackmailed or out of envy. But this hollow was going to kill her for a laugh.
"No... I can't die. Not yet!" Ran stood back up and readied herself to fight.
"HAHAHAHAHA! You think can fight me! Even if you try, you can't win-" The chimera hollow sensed the reiatsu in Ran was becoming stronger. "No you don't!" The chimera hollow brought fist on Ran, but to his horror she blocked it with her arm. For some reason its arm was burning, he pulled his arm off and looked at it and saw it was burned badly.
"What the fu-" Was the last thing the hollow said. He was cut off by a barrage of fists to its stomach, for some reason every strike burned and hurt badly then the last. The final attack was a deadly spinning thrust kick to the stomach again. Stunned and close to death the hollow looked to find that his prey became the predator.
"Your... Finished." Ran took a breath and looked at her arms and legs. Her forearms and her legs up to her knees were covered in fire. Ran stared at herself for a few seconds in disbelief, she was on fire but she wasn't burning or in pain. The flames slowly disappeared as well as her strength, she slowly walked away using the brick wall for support. As Ran walked back to her home she thought about what happened.
'I-I can't believe I beat that thing and I was on fire... Literally, I just want to go home and sleep.' Ran thought deeply as she walked. Her thoughts were interrupted by a roar. It was the hollow she defeated, it was back up and ready for another fight.
"I WILL KILL-" interrupted for the second time, the hollow was shot in the head with a small and focused energy blast which killed it.
"What the- but who?" Ran wondered.
"Hey Ran, it's good to see you." The voice said. Ran turned to the sound of the voice.
"S-Shinichi!" Ran cried at the sight of seeing her childhood friend. "What's going on? Why was I on fire? Why-"
"Ran I know you have questions but I need you to calm down, you might overexert yourself." Shinichi said in a worried tone. "Come on, let's go to Agasa hakases house and talk there." Shinichi said and offered a hand to Ran, which she takes. The moment was cut short when the sound of sierns were heard.
"The police!" Ran exclaimed, their was no wait the police would believe her and Shinichi.
"Hold on!" Shinichi picks up Ran bridal style and uses his fullbring powers to run.
"EEEEK!" Ran was shocked and embarrassed by his actions and speed. After a minute of super speed sprinting the two arrive at Agasas house.
"Come on. I'll tell you everything about whats going on." Shinichi puts Ran down on her feet and they walk in and start to talk.
One hours later (9:33PM)
"And so the hollows are hunted down by the shinigami. We're different from the shinigami, we are called fullbringers. Our power can manipulate the souls of the ground, the water and other objects. Some Fullbringers have something special they have pride in, something they hold dear. For me and you it's are skills as a detective and a martial artist." Shinichi finished a long explanation about what has happened and whats going on.
"Wow... I told you ghost were-" Rans gloating was cut off.
"Yeah I get it! I learned that the hard way!" Shinichi exclaimed, he knew that was coming.
"So... Shinichi will you stay now...?" Ran asked hopefully.
"I can't." Shinichi said sadly.
"Why?" Ran was on the verge of crying again.
"The hollows. I got to fight the hollows in another area, but I'll be closer then before." Shinichi explained.
"Please don't say it like that, it sounds like your going to war..." Ran rubbed the tears out of her eyes.
"I know... Um R-Ran..." Shinichi stammered.
"Yes?" Ran asked.
"You know why I came here so fast." Shinichi said, his face was turning red.
"I call Conan and I-" Ran stopped and her face turned red.
"He told me what you said... You know how I feel about you since London, but do you... Feel the same way? W-well you weren't sure you were going to live or die but, I just need to make sure what you said was true, not a act of desperation. Please I need an answer." Shinichi finished. The tension in the air was intense.
"I..." Ran couldn't talk. She had to say it or yell it now, if she didn't get it out then they might not get another chance. "Shinichi I-" There was a knock on the door. The look on Shinichis face was a angry one. Once again the two of them were interrupted by someone, don't people have better things to then interfere in their love life. Ran walked up to the door and opened it and was Kogoro, a drunk Kogoro.
"Ran, why are you here with HIM." Kogoro glared at Shinichi.
"What are you doing here otou-san..." Ran said in a deadly tone. Shinichi guess that she was mad too.
"You weren't home to make dinner and I was starving so I had to get some takeout." Kogoro complained.
"Hakese called me, he wanted me to check the house." Ran lied. She didn't like lying but Kogoro believed it, but then turned his attention to Shinichi.
"Why the hell is that brat here? He better not have done anything to you." Kogoro said in a bitter tone.
"He's not like that otou-san-" Ran tried to defend Shinichi but was cut off.
"Of course he is, he's just waiting for the right time to take advantage you and have his way with you." Kogoro accused. "But why are YOU back brat. I'm the greatest detective in all of Japan, you disappearing was the best thing that's ever happened, you should have stayed gone." The drunk glared at the detective.
"OTOU-SAN! That is enough!" Ran anger was at the limit. "If you don't stop, then I'll stop cooking for you!"
"WHAT! But I'll starve!" Kogoro yelled.
"Learn how to cook!" Ran and Kogoro start yelling at each other.
"Whatever! I'm going home, you come back home Ran, you have school tomorrow, and YOU." Kogoro glares at Shinichi. "Stay the hell away from my daughter... *hic* argh... I'm not feeling so good." Kogoros buzz wears off and starts to head home.
"I'm sorry Shinichi..." Ran apologize for her fathers actions.
"He was drunk, nothing to worry about." Shinichi shrugged.
"He so embarrassing! Comes here drunk and thinks your taking advantage of me..." Ran sighed. "Is Conan-kun with Kurosaki-kun Shinichi?" She asked.
"Y-yeah, do you trust him?" Shinichi asked.
"Yep! He helped me when I first met with a ghost. Have you met Kurosaki-kun and all of his friends?" Ran asked.
"I've met with them." Shinichi nods. "I have to go Ran, 'I'll see you later."
"Goodbye Shinichi and good luck-" Ran was cut off.
"Ran! Let's go home!" Kogoro yelled. Ran walked out and caught up to her dad and was shouting at him. After Ran left Shinichis phone goes off, Shinichi answers the his cell.
"Moishi moishi?" Shinichi answered.
"Hey Kudo, you might be out of school for awhile." Ichigo said in a dark tone. Not liking what he said Shinichi made his way to Teitan elementary. After running for a few blocks Shinichi arrives at Teitan elementary school and sees that the school was damaged badly. From broken window, huge holes in the walls, slash marks and burns.
"No way..." Shinichi was stunned at way he saw.
"Kudo-kun!" Shinichi looks in the sky and finds Uryu standing in midair. "We got to go! The fire department is on their way!" Shinichi made his escape when he heard the sirens. He jumped and ran up the side of a building to make his way to the top. Shinichi stared at the destruction in horror, if it were daytime a lot of children would have been hurt or killed.
"I WILL drive out the hollows and make the city I live in safe again!" Shinichi said, determined to protect the people of Beika street.
"Your not alone in this Kudo." Ichigo said, just as determined as Shinichi.
"The hollow will be driven out of Beika and they will NOT return." Uryu pushed up his glasses and glaring at the damage.
"We cannot be stopped..." Chad said silently.
"That's right! If we can stop the hollows and make Beika street safe again." Orihime pumped a fist in the air.
"Then standing around isn't going to get us anywhere, let's go home and rest." Shinichi said, he knew that to fight the hollows he need to stay at full strengh and staying up late won't help that.
To be continued...
A/N- Sorry about the way late update my computer crashed and it had the original chapter nine complete so I had to start from scratch. Damn blue screen of death... Hopefully I get it back soon if not I can manage.