The garage like door remained closed until Shinji banged on it hard and forcefully, the metal actually bending slightly under his fist. Eventually, it started to open upward, with a groan and a protesting shriek, like a garage door. My entire body tensed up, preparing for the unknown. Ichigo gave my hand another reassuring squeeze but I didn't return it; it was almost as if I didn't even realize he was still with me. I didn't turn to look at his face, I just stared as the door completely opened up, staring at the stairs that lead into the dark, a dim light at the far bottom. There was clearly a reason for it to go probably underground.
Shinji looked at me, then started going down the stairs. I barely hesitated; I walked forward, pulling Ichigo along with me. Shinji looked back, his eyes drifting to Ichigo he frowned, but didn't say anything when he saw the death grip I had on Ichigo's hand. I realized that I was actually afraid. I was afraid of what might happen if this doesn't go over well. I'd be completely lost if that were the case. I knew that if that was the case, they'd have no choice but to kill me. This made perfect, although horrible, sense. I repressed the subject from my mind. That wasn't something I needed to be thinking about at the moment.
As we reached the bottom, we reached a room very similar to the thing under Urahara's shop. Except it was more just plain dirt and rocks and no shrubs, and it seemed to be wider, and I noticed the ground was torn up, as if there was a recent fight here.
Shadowy figures stood right where I couldn't see them. But I didn't want to see them; if they were all like Shinji then I definitely did not want to know who they are. But judging from the look Shinji's wearing, I may have to find out, despite how much I don't want to.
Shinji finally said something. "Ichigo I'd recommend you move, so you don't get involved."
I started to panic when Ichigo released my hand and walked over to the side. He stared at me, then deliberately looked at Shinji, and I knew I had to turn my attention back to him.
"You need to get out of your body." Shinji said flatly.
I frowned. "I thought you'd have a way to do it."
Shinji looked exasperated but pulled a glove with a skull on it out of his back pocket. "Good thing I picked one of these up recently."
He stepped forward until he was in front of me, then slammed the palm of his gloved hand into my forehead, and I fell backwards out of my body. Ichigo rushed forward and dragged my body out of the way, pulling it into another room. Shinji scowled at him, but said nothing as he jerked the glove off and shoved it into his back pocket. I just watched him, my hand resting on Yoso's hilt.
"Don't draw your blade. Relax your mind." He said.
Hands suddenly grabbed the side of my head and everything swirled and as I felt my body slacken, everything went black.
When I came to, I was in my world again, in a half living, half dead meadow. The half I was standing on was alive and thriving, but where my Hollow was standing, quite a ways off, there were angry storm clouds, and the grass was dead, and withered. The Hollow pointed her blade directly at me.
"Looks like it's time to see who's boss. This should be easy, since you didn't get much training." She said cockly.
I pointed my blade right back at her. "I guess we'll find out who has the stronger will."
She snorted and rolled her eyes, and released her blade the same time I released Yoso. But there was a deadly difference; lightning was flickering around on her blade, and nothing was coming from mine. I frowned but charged forward.
"That's where you fail!" She screamed at me. "You can't even use the sword to its full potential!"
The lightning reared off of her blade and slammed into my chest, sending me flying backwards, and it was agonizing. I struggled to catch my breath and get to my feet. She grabbed the front of my clothes by the color and slammed the blade, flat side, into my stomach, shocking me. I screamed in pain as she threw me. My stomach was bleeding badly, and I could feel the skin beginning to blister. This was going horribly wrong. I could tell I was losing badly; I didn't have enough experience.
She laughed as more lightning slammed into me, hitting me in the shoulders and stomach, sending me tumbling. I was bleeding badly now. I got up, and the Hollow slammed her hand into my face and slammed me on my back into the ground.
"I guess we know now who the stronger one is." She smirked and got up. "However, I can't let this end quickly. Dragging it out would be fun." She chuckled in her demented way.
I struggled to sit up, groaning. "Why can't we cooperate?"
She whirled around to glare at me." What's the point of that? You are weak! I am much stronger than you! What is the point of letting you, a weakling, live?!"
I slowly stood up, despite the pain and how hard it was to stand. "I don't understand. Why do you have such an urgent need to destroy me. The only reason you exist is because of me."
She snorted. "Yeah sure whatever. But now that I do exist, I don't need you anymore."
"They will kill you if you destroy me." I growled. "Then what will have been the point?"
She shrugged. "I don't know. But I don't care. Anyways, too much talking!"
She lunged at me and I heard Yoso's voice in my head. "Use your reitsu and channel electricity at her! You can't take much more of this! If she hits you two or three more times with that electricity you're dead!"
The hollow laughed and sent another bolt of electricity at me, grinning, as if she knew I was close to being completely done. I held my ground as best as I could, lifting Yoso up, my arms shaking, Yoso feeling like she weighed a lot more than before.
Electricity popped on either side of the middle blade and I realized.
That's what the three blades were for.
The middle one was a conductor.