One Bleach
In this chapter, Luffy is going to fight another named Hollow…you probably know which one it is based on the title...I personally thought that it was just perfect. Then again, maybe you don't agree…
Also, Ichigo has gotten into a bar fight…I know, the One Piece part of the fanfic isn't as plot-focused as the Bleach part at the moment…but I skipped over some One Piece arcs since I wanted to have several characters already part of Luffy's crew…we'll start getting to that soon.
But for now, let's have some fun!
Chapter 4: Hide And Go Shriek
After that fateful night with Orihime and her dearly departed brother (which was a rather surprising family reunion), Luffy woke up from a rather long nap. It was time to go back to school…again.
On the plus side, he thought he was going to do better.
Still, he wondered if there were more Hollows like Acidwire where that came from. He was probably going to have to fight again.
But at least he was feeling ready.
Sure enough, Rukia left her closet.
"Great job taking on that Hollow…but just for the record, there are still more powerful Hollows than that…" answered Rukia.
"I do like a challenge…" noted Luffy.
"Good, because inevitably you're going to be challenged again." said the Shinigami.
Personally she wondered when Luffy would encounter the next named Hollow herself.
But for now, he was going to go to school and learn something…hopefully he would do better than last time.
Unsurprisingly, Orihime was happy to see him again after last night.
"Hi there, Luffy! How are you doing? I have to admit…last night was rather scary." noted Orihime.
Luffy nodded. Things had gotten surprisingly intense.
"Do you need any more help with your schoolwork?" inquired the teenage girl.
"I guess I could stop by your house later…" nodded Luffy.
"That would be awfully nice…" noted Orihime.
However, not everyone was as happy as Luffy and Orihime were. As it turned out, Chad was rather unhappy that Ichigo had suddenly vanished off the face of the earth.
He was hoping to hang out with him later…but apparently it just wasn't meant to be.
Hopefully he would be able to make some new friends at least…and that he would be back soon.
He had gone absent without official leave…and he was probably going to have a lot of schoolwork to make up.
Where was he, anyway? He was starting to wonder if something had happened to him.
Eventually, class was over, and he was free to go outside.
Suddenly, he noticed a parakeet flying around.
For some strange reason, it reminded him of himself…because as of now he was the loneliest person in the world…and this parakeet did not appear to be traveling in a flock.
However, there seemed something off…about this parakeet.
Taking a closer look, he noticed that the parakeet was worried about something…was he being chased by an eagle or something?
He didn't ever recall seeing any eagles in his hometown before.
Maybe his owner's cat was trying to eat him? He wondered why Granny would own both a parakeet and a cat…that seemed like a recipe for disaster.
Suddenly, he noticed that there seemed to be something rather…sinister…in the air.
It gave him some pretty bad vibes. Apparently, it was something that was…evil. He was starting to wonder if he should stick around.
"Something is going on here…" noted Ichigo's BFF.
Taking a closer look, he noticed that a hand had grabbed onto the unfortunate bird, and he decided to do something. Apparently, this mysterious individual was planning to have some lunch.
"I've got to do something." thought Chad.
Immediately, he punched the hand with his fist…
…only for it to end up being burned.
"Aah!" screamed Chad.
Fortunately, this allowed the parakeet to break free and resume its journey in the skies.
Unfortunately, this resulted in Chad being beaten rather…savagely.
"Aargh!" screamed Chad. All of a sudden, he was covered in some pretty nasty burn marks.
He was going to need to go to the hospital.
As he passed out, he still began to wonder what the canary was…and as he did before, where Ichigo had hopped off too.
What had gotten into the world?
Meanwhile at the tavern…
"Do we really have to hang out here?" questioned Ichigo.
"Everyone knows that pirates hang out here…it's one of the most popular joints in town." stated Nami.
"I'm going to drink myself silly!" exclaimed Usopp.
"You sure that's such a good idea?" questioned Zoro.
"Of course it is!" bellowed the sniper.
Immediately, he began to purchase a bunch of drinks. He was asking to be drunk.
"What's gotten into him?" inquired Sanji.
"Apparently he hasn't had alcohol in years…" answered Ichigo.
Suddenly, he bumped into a patron.
"Whoops!" exclaimed the substitute Shinigami.
"Hey, watch it, buddy!" bellowed the patron.
Unfortunately, the man standing next to him thought he was talking to someone else.
"Don't tell me what to do!" answered the man.
"Make me!" exclaimed the other man.
Immediately, the two of them got into a fight.
"Does this always happen here?" inquired Ichigo.
"I'm afraid so." nodded Nami.
Sure enough, there were several other patrons fighting in the bar as well.
"You sure we should…stick around?" questioned the substitute Shinigami.
Suddenly, one of the patrons grabbed Nami.
"You are so hot!" exclaimed the patron.
"Aah!" screamed Nami.
"Hey! Get your hands off her!" demanded Ichigo.
Immediately, he grabbed the patron's arm and wrestled him to the ground.
"Thanks…" answered Nami.
"You're welcome." stated Ichigo.
"Maybe you're right…maybe we should go outside and get some fresh air." stated Nami.
Immediately, Nami and Ichigo stepped outside so that the alcoholics wouldn't bother them.
As they did so, the bartender received a phone call.
"Phone call to Joe's Tavern…" said Joe.
"Hello there, I'm looking for Mama…first name Yo." answered the prank phone caller.
"Hey, everyone! Does anyone know Yo Mama?" questioned the bartender.
Immediately, the drunkards began to laugh.
The bartender groaned, realizing that he had been set up once again.
How many times had that happened to him? When he caught the person that kept giving him prank phone calls…
"Why did you become a pirate, anyway? You seem a bit different compared to the rest of this crew…" noted Ichigo.
"Well for some strange reason I am the only girl…" answered Nami.
"I guess things must be a bit lonely then…" noted Ichigo.
"Yeah…" nodded the orange-haired girl.
"On the other hand, I am stuck living with two girls…my younger sisters, to be precise." answered the Shinigami-turned-pirate.
"Oh really?" questioned Nami.
"Yeah…things are rather crazy." nodded Ichigo.
"I'd imagine so." agreed the pirate girl.
"So…what is Luffy like?" inquired the substitute Shinigami.
"Not the sharpest tool in the drawer…" answered Nami.
"I see…" nodded Ichigo.
Hopefully, wherever he was…he was doing well. He wouldn't want the Hollows to eat his soul for lunch.
Yet for some strange reason, he couldn't help but shake the feeling that wasn't something he should be considered about.
He wondered why.
Back at Ichigo's homeworld…
As Luffy walked out of school with Rukia, he noticed something that immediately alarmed him.
"Who's that in a stretcher?" inquired Luffy.
"Hmm…" thought Rukia.
As it turned out, one of the students in his class was being taken to the hospital.
"Oh no! What happened? Did someone dare him to leap between two buildings?" questioned Luffy.
"That'd be a pretty stupid dare." noted Rukia.
Curious, the duo followed the ambulance to the hospital…
"You think he's going to be alright?" inquired Luffy.
As it turned out, the hospital's slogan was "We're The Worst Hospital Ever! We Cause More Problems Than We Fix!"
"Yeah…I'm sure that he's going to be fine." lied Rukia.
"Well, we should probably check on him…" noted Luffy.
As it turned out, he was in the hospital…without his shirt on.
Rukia had to resist the urge not to squeal.
Suddenly, she noticed that Chad was covered with burns.
"Wait a minute…" thought Rukia.
"What is it?" questioned Luffy.
"I think he fell victim to a Hollow…and was lucky enough to survive." answered the former Shinigami.
"Another one?" inquired the pirate.
"Yes, Luffy…Hollows never seem to leave you or your friends alone." noted Rukia.
Suddenly, Luffy noticed that there was a parakeet outside the window. Specifically, he was pecking it with his beak.
"Is he trying to tell us something?" questioned Luffy.
"Who?" inquired Rukia.
"The parakeet…" noted the pirate.
Curious, Luffy opened the window…
…and gasped in surprise.
"Oh thank goodness you're here! I really need your help!" exclaimed the parakeet.
"Um…what's the matter?" questioned the pirate.
"I'm being chased by a monster! He said that if I could elude him for three months he would bring my mother back to life…but he's so hard to escape from…" said the bird.
"A monster?" inquired Luffy.
"Sounds like a Hollow." questioned Rukia.
"Your name is?" asked the pirate.
"Yuichi! Yuichi Shibata!" exclaimed the parakeet.
"Hmm…" thought the former Shinigami.
Immediately, Rukia went to look that name up…
…apparently, Yuichi Shibata was a young boy whose mother fell victim to a serial killer by the name of Jeffrey Bundy.
By the looks of it, he was quite the notorious serial killer.
"Gosh…" murmured Rukia. Why did serial killers always target women?
She didn't quite get that…
Fortunately, Jeffrey Bundy was eventually killed in a freak accident which ended in him falling out a high-story window…
…but unfortunately that was the recipe for a Hollow.
"So, let me get this straight…someone trapped you inside a parakeet's body?" questioned Rukia.
"Yeah! He said that if I could elude him in this body for three months, he would bring back my mother to life!" exclaimed Yuichi.
"About that…I think he was lying through his mask…" answered the former Shinigami.
"Yeah…unless he's some sort of necromancer that likes to make zombies…" stated Luffy.
"OK…" questioned Rukia.
"What? Liar liar, pants on fire!" screamed Yuichi.
"I guess the only thing we can do now is to try to deal with that Hollow and make sure he and this boy get to Soul Society…" questioned Rukia.
"Yeah…" nodded Luffy.
"Ugh…" murmured Chad.
As it turned out, he was waking up.
"Thank goodness you're alright…the health care here is terrible…" questioned Rukia.
"What happened?" inquired Chad.
"A Hollow went Chuck Norris on you…but thankfully you survived." answered Luffy.
"A…Hollow?" asked Ichigo's BFF.
"Yeah…on the plus side, we found a talking parakeet!" exclaimed the pirate.
"Have you gone nuts?" questioned Chad. Since when did talking parakeets except in his world?
"Well, he is in a hospital…" noted Rukia. Did Luffy need a strait jacket?
"I'm not crazy! I'm perfectly sane!" bellowed Luffy.
"Then why are you foaming at the mouth?" inquired the teenage boy.
"What? Oh…" answered the pirate, sucking up the foam.
"Moving on…we appreciate you finding this parakeet for us…we need to protect him…" stated Rukia.
"I figured that he was in some sort of bad situation…" noted Chad.
"Well, you thought right…we better get him into hiding…a Hollow's hunting him down…" said the teenage girl.
Hopefully they would be able to take him to a place where he could get to safety.
Of course, there still was the matter of dealing with the Hollow that was chasing him…
…but they would cross that bridge when they came to it.
Immediately, Rukia pulled out a bird cage and put Yuichi in it.
"Where are you taking me?" asked Yuichi.
"Where your ghastly friend won't be able to find you. Let's go, shall we?" inquired Rukia.
As it turned out, they were taking Yuichi towards Ichigo's house.
At Luffy's world…
"You are all my mateys for all time! All time, I say!" exclaimed Usopp.
"Yep…he's drunk." noted Zoro.
"Remind me not to take him to a tavern again…" said Sanji.
"I will…" nodded Nami. She wasn't looking forward to the idea herself. Why did she have to be so freaking hot?
It was basically a curse…but apparently, Ichigo didn't think so.
"Are we going to get going, now?" inquired Ichigo.
"Not so fast…we need to get some supplies." answered Nami.
"What? Oh yeah…" answered the teenage boy.
"Just for the record…we're probably not going to stock up on booze…" stated the teenage girl.
"I can see why." said Ichigo, looking at Usopp, who was dancing around in his underwear.
Fortunately, there was a store nearby that just so happened to be loaded with fruit…in particular oranges.
"Finally…now we won't have to worry about getting scurvy…" answered Sanji.
"Scurvy drives me nuts." noted Zoro.
"I would imagine so." agreed Ichigo.
As it turned out, that had been a problem in the past…and that had driven them crazy. They almost changed their names from the Straw Hat Pirates to the Scurvy Pirates.
And that is why they always stocked up on Vitamin C food.
Alternatively, they could have simply gotten some vitamins.
Immediately, the pirates went to stock up on what they wanted on their ship…Usopp decided to get some grapes…(since he was a drunkard now), Sanji decided to get some tomatoes…Zoro decided to get some bananas…Nami decided to get some pears…and Ichigo decided to get some watermelons.
For some strange reason, they reminded him of Nami…he wasn't quite sure why.
"Oh wait, that's right…" thought Ichigo. Was he becoming a pervert?
He hoped not.
Eventually, they were all ready to go. It was a good thing too, because Nami was being greedy.
"C'mon! I want some money already!" exclaimed Nami.
"I don't have money…but I could give you a backrub…" stated Ichigo.
Nami began to blush.
"It's fine…it's fine. I guess I'm just feeling a bit greedy today." answered Nami.
"You're always greedy." noted Zoro.
Nami rolled her eyes.
Fortunately, their ship had not been stolen while they were away. That would make the Straw Hat Pirates very angry indeed.
After all, it was Luffy's pride and joy…even if he wasn't there to captain it at the moment.
As usual, they were going to look for treasure…Nami in particular wanted to buy something that was rather valuable.
Why did she spend so much, anyway?
Ichigo had to admit…this had been a rather interesting trip to town.
But it had been fun while it lasted…he in particular liked hanging out with Nami.
But hanging out with the other Straw Hat Pirates were too.
Maybe if Luffy somehow returned to the Straw Hat Pirates, he would let him be part of his crew?
Speaking of which, he wondered if he was going to get to go home soon.
Being in Luffy's world was starting to make him feel homesick…even if he hadn't been there for too long.
But he guessed he could stay in Luffy's world a little longer.
At Ichigo's house…
Luffy and Rukia entered Ichigo's house, hoping that they would be able to protect Yuichi there. The only question was whether they would succeed.
As soon as Yuzu realized that Luffy had brought a bird in the house, she began to squeal.
"Yes! I always wanted a pet!" exclaimed Yuzu.
"This is kind of temporary…" answered Luffy.
"Aww!" bellowed the young girl. Life was so unfair sometimes.
At that very moment, Karin walked down the stairs.
"Luffy, why did you bring a bird into our house?" questioned Karin.
"We're trying to hide him from a vicious Hollow…he was a serial killer in life!" exclaimed Luffy.
"A…serial killer?" asked the brunette-haired girl.
All of a sudden, her blood was beginning to run cold.
"Yeah…he fell out a window but he came back to life as a Hollow…it's just our luck." said Luffy.
"You've got to do something! He's going to kill us all if he breaks into our house!" exclaimed Karin.
"I'm…working on that." answered the pirate.
Immediately, Yuzu began to hug Luffy tightly.
"I'm scared!" exclaimed Yuzu.
Suddenly, they heard knocking on the door, causing Yuzu and Karin to gasp in shock.
"I'll go answer it." said Rukia.
Curious, she opened the door to see who this mysterious individual was.
As it turned out it was a Hollow…who was wearing glasses and a mustache.
"Excuse me, I'm looking for my son…who somehow got transformed into a parakeet…have you seen him?" inquired the poorly disguised Hollow.
"You're a Hollow, aren't you?" asked Rukia.
"Wh-what makes you say that?" questioned the Hollow.
"You're speaking in bold…only Hollows know that…the audience should know that already." answered the former Shinigami.
"Alright, fine, you got me…but I'm not just any Hollow!" he exclaimed.
Immediately, he removed the fake glasses and mustache.
"And why is that?" questioned Rukia.
"I just so happened to be a notorious serial killer when I was alive! Does Jeffrey Bundy ring a bell?" inquired the Hollow.
"Yeah…I looked you up when he mentioned that his name was Yuichi…" answered the ex-Shinigami.
"Well, nowadays I'm going by Shrieker!" exclaimed Shrieker.
"And why are you named that?" questioned Rukia.
Immediately, Shrieker screeched in Rukia's face, causing the windows in Ichigo's house to break in the process.
"That explains things clearly." noted Rukia.
"Nooooo!" screamed Yuzu. Their father was going to kill them!
"I'm not cleaning that up." stated Karin.
"I already ate two Shinigami who tried to stop me…and you're next…unless of course, you'd be willing to give me the parakeet." said Shrieker.
"You're going to have to take that offer with Luffy." stated Rukia.
"Rukia, whose there?" inquired Luffy.
Immediately, Rukia ripped out Luffy's soul so that he could fight Shrieker.
"It's time for you to be a hero. Again!" exclaimed Rukia.
Luffy nodded, and stretched out his arm to punch Shrieker in the face.
"Ouch! Why you little…" murmured Shrieker.
In retaliation, he charged towards Luffy, hoping to claw him in the face.
However, he missed.
"You're going to have to do better than that!" exclaimed Luffy.
Shrieker screamed extremely loudly, causing Luffy to have to cover his ears.
"Watch it! You're going to make me go deaf!" bellowed the pirate.
"This is going to be a rather interesting battle…" noted Karin.
"I'll say!" exclaimed Yuzu.
"I just want to know when my dad will get home…I want to know already." stated the tomboyish girl.
"Me too…" nodded the youngest Kurosaki sibling.
Things have gotten rather interesting…it looks like Luffy's going to have to take on a serial killer turned Hollow this time! Granted, you probably saw this coming considering what I based this off of…
However, I did decide to give him a shrieking ability…since you know, he's called Shrieker. I like making it so that things make sense, I guess.
In other news, Usopp needs to control his drinking.
In the next chapter, Luffy and Shrieker are going to fight…and Chad's going to step in…and maybe Orihime. I don't know.
Oh, and we might see if Ichigo and Luffy get to go home while we're at it…I in particular had a twist in mind…