Chapter 18: The Forbidden Power; Fullbring!
It had been several days since Date had decided to work with Lloyd in his search for Marina. However, over the past few days, no new leads presented themselves and the duo were at a loss of what to do and where to go.
"Surely finding these other three fated warriors would be out best bet?" asked Date for the umpteenth time. He remained adamant that fulfilling the prophecy Lloyd was told would be the best course of action
"I've already told you, I can't focus on anything else right now. Marina could be in danger, or even hurt, because of my carelessness" replied Lloyd "I have to find her as soon as possible"
"We don't have any other leads" said Date "The best course of action is to proceed with-"he started, before he was interrupted by a massive spike in the reiatsu nearby. Without a word, the two of them dashed towards the scene of the disturbance.
However, when they got there, all they found was a teenage boy. He had blonde hair which went down to his shoulder, abnormally long for a boy and bright blue eyes, as blue as the ocean. He wore what appeared to be a school uniform. The uniform consisted of a maroon blazer, a white shirt and black trousers and shoes. He also seemed to wear some kind of pendant around his neck, presumably a good luck charm of some sort. There didn't seem to be anything abnormal about him, until, he turned his head and looked right at Lloyd. Date, being a human Quincy, had hidden earlier, but Lloyd thought there was no need to. As a Shinigami, he was invisible to the majority of humans, apart from those who had any kind of Spiritual energy. The boy continued staring at him for about a minute, before turning and leaving
"What was that about?" asked Date "He looked right at you, do you know him?"
"…No…I've never met that boy before" said Lloyd "I'm certain…but, it was like he could see me! He said. After a moment of silence, he spoke up again
"Let's follow him!" said Lloyd
"Are you sure?" asked Date "What about Marina, I thought you were worried about her?"
"Then…Can you follow him?" asked Lloyd "I have this weird feeling about him, like he's going to be important"
"*sigh* Fine then…I'll contact you when I find anything else" said Date "Go and look for more leads."
It was not until the next morning that Date contacted Lloyd. He sent him a text on a phone he gave him, although it took Lloyd half an hour before realising how to read the message. He went to where the message said and found Date looking around the corner of a wall at a school
"What took you?" he asked "I sent you a message forty five minutes ago"
"Well excuse me, Shinigami's don't carry…what did you call it…a 'mobile-phone'?" asked Lloyd
"Seriously? What about those other things?" asked Date "They look shockingly like phones"
"That's different, those are for finding Hollows and communicating with Soul Society" said Lloyd "Besides, aren't you the one who grew up in the 1500's? Aren't you the one whose supposed to have Techno fear?"
"I've learned to move with the times" said Date
"Anyway, look at this" he said, pointing around the corner "That kid probably attends school here."
"You're probably right…so what now, will we wait for him to come out? Asked Lloyd
"I guess…We don't have any other leads so we'll just have to wait" said Date
Six hours later, students began to file out of the school in droves. Among them was the blonde haired boy from before
"Hey! Arc! We were all gonna go out for karaoke, you wanna come?" asked a girl
"Hey, don't ask him, he's such a bore, he'd bring the whole mood down" said another boy, who grabbed the girl by the arm. The boy called Arc was about to answer before the cry of a Hollow echoed throughout the city. Of course, only certain people could hear it, like Lloyd and Date. However, it seemed that Arc was not quite normal either.
"…No…Sorry, I'm busy" he said
"Fine then, maybe next time" said the girl, smiling at him, making Arc blush a little
"Maybe never?" said the guy "C'mon, everyone's going on ahead". As soon as the couple had left, Arc turned and went the other way; towards the sound of the Hollow!
"That kids headed straight for the Hollow" said Date "We have to take it out before he-" he started, before Lloyd held him back
"Wait…I have a feeling about this kid…I feel like…He knows what he's doing" said Lloyd "Let's continue observing him for now"
"Fine…you're the boss" said ate as they began to follow Arc silently over the buildings.
They eventually ran into the Hollow, as expected. It wasn't particularly special for a Hollow. It stood on four legs and had a forked tongue. It's hole was on it's back and it was green in colour. Arc stopped at the end of the street and looked at the Hollow
"Geez, you bastard…Making me miss an opportunity" he said as he removed the pendant from his neck "Prepare to pay the price, you dumbass monster!" he said as he clicked a button and opened the Pendant. Inside were two pictures, one on either side. On the left was the picture of a blonde haired man with glasses. On the other side was a brown haired woman, smiling brightly.
"Chivalry!" called Arc as a green light erupted from the Pendant in his hand. Suddenly, the pendant had transformed into a massive blade. It was heavily adorned with intricate designs and jewels. The hilt was long and thing, sporting the sign of a Lion were the blade appeared The blade was rather large, but Arc had no problem holding it. The blade was mainly black, but half way up the blade, starting from the lion head, was a gold streak.
"Time to pay compensation for wasting my time!" he said angrily as he rushed towards the Hollow and jumped over it, cutting it in half straight down the middle with a single swipe of his blade. When he landed, hi s blade returned to being a Pendant as the Hollow disappeared. For a moment, he was silent, as if he were deep in thought. Finally, he spoke up at the top of his voice
"Come on out! You worthless Shinigami!" he called
To Be Continued…