Ch. 6

Lost in the Woods

Krillin appeared back in human form. He looked down and noticed that his Soul Chain was gone. Krillin breathed a sigh of relief; he hated being that butterfly. He was already short, and being a butterfly made it even worse. Krillin looked around and saw that he was in a forest.

The forest was very gloomy. Every time he looked around, he thought he saw eyes glaring at him. He looked around, and saw the massive trees surrounding him, which seemed to touch the sky. After taking in his surroundings, he decided to walk.

The walk seemed to take forever and he could see no end in sight. The Z-Warrior decided to fly for a while. He flew straight up into the air and was halfway past the tree line. As soon as he hit this point, he was attacked.

Krillin began crashing into the ground like a plane. When he hit the forest floor, his whole body ached. He looked up and saw something flying throughout the forest. The creature darted among the trees. Then the hollow appeared.

Krillin believed that he was looking at a very similar monster to the one that killed him at Master Roshi's Island. His anxiety began to skyrocket, and his breathing became faster. He didn't want to fight this creature again, they had already killed him once.

The winged hollow began to nose dive at Krillin. He yelled in pain when claws struck his shoulder. The hollow came down again. Before the creature could attack, Krillin threw an energy ball at the hollow, and killed it. He then ran as fast as he could through the woods.

Krillin, "Great, as though being killed by one of those things wasn't enough. How many of those things are there?"

As soon as he said that, a swarm of hollows flew around him. Krillin began to throw several energy balls at them. No matter how many he killed, more and more kept on coming. In the meantime, they began swooping down at him; he was able to dodge most of them, but a few of their attacks made contact. Krillin then held both of his arms back, "Kamehameha!"

The powerful blast of energy began killing the hollows one by one. He then turned around and used it again. This time, no more hollows were left. Krillin wiped the sweat from his head, and caught his breath; afterwords, the Z-Warrior continued walking through the woods.

As he approached the end of the woods, several Menos Grande appeared around him. Krillin looked up and saw how huge the hollows were. They were about the size of a tall building. He glanced around, and counted six of them. He noticed their power was far greater than the other hollows. They began to open their mouths and fire huge beams of red light. Krillin flew up in the sky and dodged the blasts. He began to throw energy balls at them, but they just bounced off of his opponents.

Krillin, "So, I guess this is the end. I guess I'll go all out."

He kept trying to charge Kamehameha blasts, but the Menos would fire the cero's too quickly. He then used an after image technique and began moving at incredibly fast speeds. The Menos kept firing ceros at him, but they kept missing. Krillin finally found and opening and stopped the technique. He charged a Kamehameha and fired it at one of the Hollows. The blast made contact, and the hollow vaporized.

Another hollow fired a cero at him, but he teleported behind him. Krillin fired off another Kamehameha and killed the hollow. Krillin, "Two down, four to go." He decided to take a risk and appeared in front of one of the monsters. The monster fired a cero, and he fired a regular energy blast. The two beams collided, and Krillin's overpowered the cero. The blasts then hit the hollow, and it was destroyed. At the last second, he saw a cero being fired at him, but it was too late. The blast hit Krillin, and he was thrown from the battlefield.

He looked up and saw that the Menos had begun looking for him. He tried to get up, but he didn't have the strength. To his right, he saw another hollow. This one looked more human and was extremely muscular. The Adjucha saw him, and walked over to him. Krillin was surprised that it could talk.

Adjucha, "Well, I see that you're taking a breather."

Krillin, "This isn't what I would call relaxing."

Adjucha, "You know, those Hollows aren't acting of their own free will. I'm controlling them. You made quite a disturbance in the forest earlier, and I want to return the favor."

Krillin, "Gee, thanks."

Adjucha, "You're not a Soul Reaper, but I sense that you have a decent amount of energy. So, you'll make a good snack."

When Krillin thought all hope was lost, a sword pierced the Adjucha. The Adjucha fell, and Krillin saw Rukia.

Rukia, "Can you stand?"

Krillin, "I think so."

As he got up, Rukia helped him.

Krillin, "Where are you taking me?"

Rukia, "To the Seireitei."