Kindly Hollow
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"...Why can't I move...?"
"Its like my entire being is restrained"
The red haired arrancar groggily opened her eyes, "Whats happe..."
Only to see a rectangular face with a big moustache and glasses.
"AHHHHHHHHHH" she shreiked as the supprisingly tall man stood up and called out to someone. "Sir! She's awake!" The man who had attacked her then walked walked in with a goofy smile.
"Ah, youre up. I was wondering how long you were going to be out. You missed all the fun." He greeted jovially, while she just gawked at how he could be so cheery to somone he injured and imprisoned.
"Uh, wha...I.." she said dumbly, as his smile seemed to widen at her response. "Oh yes, how rude of me not to introduce myself. My name is Urahara Kisuke, a humble candy store owner. And who, might I ask, are you?". His smile seemed friendly but his eyes said something different. "Um, well I'm Ranma Soatome, and um, seeing as you can see me, uh I guess you know what I am, but how?" She'd heard of humans with exceptionally high spiritual enegy but this guy didnt feel like a human, in fact he reminded her of Ashido..., 'Soul Reaper!' her brain screamed.
" By your expression I can tell that you've figured out what I am, but what we all really want to know is why you are here", he asked in a serious voice. She was about to answer when she had a thought, 'How do I get soul reaper him to believe me.' Urahara smirked, "Dont worry, I'm an excellent reader of people, so I'll be able to tell whether your lying or not." 'And how the hell does he keep reading my mind!' she thought, angry that he seemed to be able to read her like a book.
"Well, I wasn't planning on coming here but when those lower level hollows began to go to this world because of that nice smell, and when I saw all the people that could get hurt I had to try and stop them." Geez, that has got to sound rich coming from a hollow, but it was the truth. The two stared at each other until Kisuke suddenly smiled and exclaimed, "Well thats good to know! I guess I should apologize for attacking you like that earlier then shouldent I?!"
Ranma just stared in disbelief at how easily he believed her. 'I guess he really can read people' the arrancar thought as his assistant undid the kido binding that held her. "Um, well thanks for believing me, I guess..."
"No problem!" he replied in an overly cheery voice. Now that she was free she could get a better look at her surroundings. "Where are we" she asked, curious about the strange landscape. "I'm glad you asked actually" smiled Urahara, "this is my underground training facility."
"So, where under a mountain or somthing?"
"Nope! Under my shop." He casually replied.
Ranma gave him another disbelieving look before asking, "So, um, am I free to go then?"
"Of course, we can trust you after all, so theres no reason to keep you here." He said, waving his fan as his assistant stood behind him with his arms crossed.
"Well, I'll be going then" she said as she back up toward the ladder behind her. "Come back and visit sometime, okay!" he yelled out as she reached the top of the ladder and climbed out.
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As she stood out side after laving the little shop, only one thought came to mind.
"Weird"
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As Ranma lept across the buildings, she now had time to think. Where would she go now. Being back in the sun made going back to the Menos forest seem like a bad idea. But then she remembered the one of the reasons she tried so hard to become stronger over the last thirteen years. 'Mom, Akane, everyone' the red haired arrancar thought wistfully.
She stopped and looked up at the sun. She shaded her eyes with her arm and thought, 'mabye its time to go home...'
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A young girl with black hair skipped down the road. She didnt have any particualar destination in mind but was enjoying the stroll anyway. Her name was Ranko Ono, she was 10 years old and had black hair that hung down to just below her shoulders. She looked up at the midday sun and sighed happily, "Such a nice day."
She suddenly noticed a stange girl wearing a pair of torn grey pants and and a similar shirt. But what really caught her attention was her bright red hair and strange bone mask on top of her head. Slightly curious she walked over to she slightly lost looking older girl. "Um, hello?" she asked timidly. Getting no reaction, she tried again a bit more forcibly, "Hello!" Suddenly the girl spun around and looked at her with suprise writen all over her face. "Y-you can see me?" she asked. Ranko then realised what she meant. "Your a spirit arent you" she stated, now understanding why the older girl was suprised, "I can see spirits if thats what your wondering." The red haired seemed to understand and was about to say something until Ranko noticed to hole going straight through her body so she could see the wall behind her.
"Oh my god, what happend to you!" she skreiked in blind panic over the fact that someone, even if their a spirit, has a hole going right through their stomach. "We need to do something! You could die! You could.. you could!..", "Hey, Hey! Calm down! I'm fine!" Ranma shook the little girl, worried about what people would think seeing a ten year old seemingly talking to thin air.
Ranko wiped a few paniced tears from her eyes and sniffled, "really?" Ranma sighed, "Yeah kid really", glad to have that little panic attack over.
"B-but the why do you have a hole in your tummy" she asked, no longer panicing but highly curious. The red head grimaced before answering, "well, I dont really think you want to know" until she saw what all people with some form of a heart (ironic) fall for. The puppy dog eyes technique. "Please, Please, I really want to know."
Ranma sighed and pulled the girl to the side of the path to sit next to the wall. "Well, you said you could see spirits, right?", the younger girl nodded, "well there are actually two types of spirits. The firt types are called wholes, their the spirits your used to seeing. And because you cant tell what I am, I'm guessing you've never seen or heard of hollows before...", she was about to continue until she saw that the girl was looking at her with wide and slightly frightend eyes. "B-but, y-you dont look like those big monsters, even with the hole and the mask..." she stood up. Ranmas own eyes widened when she heard this, "you mean that you've heard of hollows before?" The little girl nodded nervously, "I've seen some people dressed in black clothes fighting them before", Ranma then nodded in understanding, "soul reapers, so thats where you've heard of them."
Ranko looked down as if in thought, then back up and asked, "but then why are you different?" with some of her fear gone. Ranma smirked and answered, "well I'm not just an everyday hollow, I'm an Arrancar."
Noticing the pride in the older girls voice Ranko then asked, "Whats an arrancar?" Keeping up her smirk Ranma explained, "An arrancar is a hollow that removed its mask to gain soul reaper powers" she pointed to her sheathed sword. "Does that mean any of those hollows could become nice like you" she asked. Ranma seemed to think it over for a bit before replying, "Its possible, but I was a vasto lorde when I removed my mask so I wouldnt know." The girl nodded before asking another question, "whats a vasto lorde?" Ranma just shruged, "Its the highest level of hollow", she replied simply.
Ranko was thinking about what she had been told before asking one last question, "um, miss? What's your name?" The red head suddenly realised she hadnt even introduced herself, "Ranma Soatome." "Hey you have the sme name as grandma and grandpa Soatome", Ranko suddenly realised.
Ranmas whole body froze before she asked, "K-kid, whats your name...?" Curious about her new friends sudden change in behaivour, she replied "Ranko Ono."
The red heads eyes just got even wider and Ranko began to worry. "Ranma, whats wrong?" she asked with her hands clutched in front of her. Ranma looked at her, finally seeing the resemblence, just had one thing to say.
"Figures..."
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End notes: sorry for taking so long to update. Thanks for the reviews everyone. Also, I've uploaded a picture of what Ranma currently looks like, so take a look if your curious.
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