A/N: Don't like the plot of character plot, then don't read. Or I'll get my Zangetsu and Getsuga Tenshou you :P
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CHAPTER 3:
Two Hollows. Two Humans. One Goal
Orihime was standing with Ichigo, holding his hand tightly as they stood in her inner world together, the soft snowflakes caressing their skin, the golden warmth of the sun softened the biting chill of the breeze.
On every tree was a picture of everyone of who mattered most to her. On the two biggest trees were Tatsuki and Ichigo. Ichigo's tree being the slightly bigger one to Tatsuki's as Orihime's feelings for him only enhanced the growth of the trunk.
"Ichigo...I'm scared. I don't want to become a Hollow." Orihime's voice trembled with fear.
Ichigo folded her close into his arms. "It's going to be okay, it's going to be fine, I've been through this and I have faith that you will surpass your Hollow. I did, and now look at me. Semi-sane with only an alter ego living inside my head. . . and that sounds much worse when you say it out loud." Ichigo said, making Orihime laugh.
Good, that's what he wanted.
To at least take her mind off the problem at hand, he wanted her at ease, to be in peace with herself.
"So nice to have visitors." A sweet, twisted voice said from behind them. "And what luck, they seem to be a couple, how nice."
Orihime's heart stung, like someone had plunged a dagger through it.
The young healer turned and saw an opposite version of herself with another version of Ichigo.
"Oh, its Queen Orihime."
"And King Ichigo. What a coincidence."
The two Hollows had taken the form of the people they had chosen to overcome.
Hollow Orihime smiled cruely, her white hair flowing against a copy of Orihime's perfect body. Her yellow eyes twisting the image of Orihime's beauty.
Covering Hollow Orihime was a long black cloth that was fashioned so splits were in place, exposing various places of her chalk white skin. Her long blue tongue flicked out and tasted the air. "Yes, such tasty souls."
"Yes, they are aren't they?" Hichigo piped up, sliding his arm around her waist, his fingers sliding underneath the cloth to touch the bare skin.
Ichigo gasped. It was almost like it was him touching Orihime. It was surreal, if he closed his eyes and concentrated, he could feel her soft warm skin on his fingertips, the feel of her waist around his palm as he pulled her close to hug her.
Even now, as she huddled closer to him, he could feel her warmth radiating toward him, the sweet aura she always held about her, even if they were in two different worlds now. In one world, Ichigo was married and on a mission, in the other world, his Hollow displayed his true feelings as it was no secret that he liked Orihime when they were younger, did it still reflect in his age now?
"What's the matter King? Jealous at what you can't have?" Hichigo goaded him, making Ichigo's blood boil.
"Shut up!" He screamed, but Hichigo only laughed mockingly and pulled Horihime closer, his lips connected with hers and they kissed passionately.
Ichigo couldn't react. But Orihime did.
"STOP IT!" Orihime screamed, running towards her Hollow. Tsubaki flying from her hairpins and he screamed flying toward her Hollow self. "STOP TOYING WITH US!"
Horihime broke the kiss and looked over at the enraged Orihime, smiling maniacally, as she did the same thing, her Tsubaki flew from her blood red hairpins and he collided with Orihime's Tsubaki, their powers exploded and it wiped out half of Orihime's inner world.
The dust flew up around them and Ichigo started to run, before he felt a chilling hand go around his neck. "I wouldn't go interfering if I were you." Hichigo spoke, his voice a deathly chill.
"You bastard!" Ichigo whispered, his windpipe getting crushed.
The dust cleared and Ichigo saw that Orihime had her alter ego pressed against a tree, her soft hand pressed around a chalk white neck. "I won't let you.." She whispered, tears falling down her cheeks, Tsubaki at her side.
Horihime looked frightened, she was no match for the real Orihime Inoue.
"I won't let you take me over!" She screamed and Tsubaki flew to Horihime, the blinding light appeared once more.
Horihime was defeated.
Orihime turned to face Ichigo, her eyes black with the yellow iris he knew too well, her mask was a snowflake, covering her face and she looked up at him, glittering blue Spiritual Pressure melded with her mask, giving it a mysterious and beautiful aura about it.
"Ichigo.." Her sweet voice whispered through the rustle of the wind.
Her voice sounded like his, mixed with his Hollow's, yet hers still maintained that sweet innocence.
Then all he saw was black.
Ichigo woke up on a futon in Urahara's shop no less, he remembered Orihime's yellow eyes as she looked up at him, her mask unique and different. Like her.
He sat up and looked into violet eyes. "Rukia.." He spoke softly, looking into his wife's eyes.
"It happened didn't it? You saw her Hollow form?" Rukia asked, looking quite scared.
What happened while he was in Orihime's mind?
"Yes... it was so much different from Orihime, yet it looked exactly like her. It was so disorienting." Ichigo said, clsoing his eyes and he saw Horihime once more.
"Ichigo.." Another voice whispered from the door and his eyes snapped open, looking at the opened doorway.
There stood Orihime Inoue.
"Orihime! A-are you alright?" He asked, looking at her from head to toe.
"I'm okay, disoriented and scared, but okay. It's weird, hearing her voice in my head. I thought I was crazy before, but this is so much weirder." Orihime explained, touching her cheek.
Ichigo knew what she was looking for.
Her Hollow mask.
"It was truly unique. Your mask." He said, looking into her beautiful light gray eyes.
"Really? I didn't notice...it was just so terrifying, seeing myself like that. I know it wasn't me, but she looked like me..or it.." Orihime looked so confused that Ichigo got up and hugged the poor, confused woman.
"I'll be there with you. Every step of the way, to guide you and teach you how to control the Hollow. Unfortunately, you can't do anything about its voice in your head. You learn to tune it out." Ichigo said, holding her close.
Rukia walked away to give them privacy, they needed a moment to figure it out.
It had been twenty minutes, before Orihime underwent the transformation to become a Vizored, she needed to learn how to use her mask at will.
Ichigo didn't want to have to fight her Shun Shun Rikka, but if it came down to helping Orihime, he'd do anything.
"Okay Ichigo, you're up." Shinji said, looking at him seriously as he came out of the force field that held Orihime.
All of the Vizoreds were beaten and bloody. Orihime had almost been fully transformed into a Hollow.
Ichigo stood and ran in, grabbing Zangetsu and swung, Orihime's shield blocked it and with reflexes even he didn't see, her nails dug into the skin of his chest and she clawed down his body, making him scream in pain.
Without missing a beat, she jumped and kicked him in his face, roaring like any other Hollow.
Her long auburn hair flowed around the almost Hollowfied human, her Hollow was a gorgeous creature he couldn't deny.
Her white armour consisted of the same blue Spiritual Pressure that bled through the entire thing, glowing.
Her hands had turned into claws and her Hollow's teeth had elongated. She was a tiger-like Hollow and a beauty she was.
Ichigo took a chance and raised his sword, but the blue in her armour and mask started to glow gold, the Hollow screamed and in that scream, he detected Orihime.
It wasn't long before the gold light filled the force field completely and then it disappeared without a trace. Orihime was there, no armour, no mask.
Just Orihime.
She had won.
Orihime's body swayed and started to fall backwards, but Ichigo was there to catch her, he lifted her up and held her sleeping form close. "It's okay Orihime. You won. Rest now. I'll be here when you wake up." Ichigo whispered before planting a soft kiss on her forehead.
At the top of the training grounds of the Vizoreds, Rukia watched.
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