One Bleach
In this chapter, Ichigo's going to try giving Nami some of his power to keep her safe from the Hollows that want to eat her soul…like the Dementors from Harry Potter. You think that they're friends with them?
Also, you're going to meet my Hollow OC…heh heh.
Chapter 7: Home Sweet Home?
"So, this is what your home is like? I have to admit, something's rather eerie about it…" noted Nami.
"Yeah…that's because there are evil spirits here that want to eat our souls…" explained Ichigo.
"What?" inquired the cat burglar. All of a sudden she was starting to feel rather scared.
"Yeah…you'd be surprised how dangerous this town can be…on the plus side, the Hollows seem to be gone as of late…" noted Ichigo.
"Maybe Luffy did that?" inquired Nami.
"What? Oh yeah…you think Rukia taught him how to fight Hollows?" questioned the substitute Shinigami.
"Apparently. Wait, who's Rukia?" asked the pirate girl.
"Just a friend of mine…who happens to be a Shinigami like myself. I wonder if her powers have returned…" said Ichigo.
"What's this about her powers returning?" inquired Nami.
"She accidentally transferred all of her power to me due to my high spiritual energy…it was kind of awkward for both of us. Since then, I've had to substitute for her until she can return back to Soul Society. How long has she been absent, anyway?" asked Ichigo.
"What's Soul Society?" questioned the greedy pirate.
"I'm not sure about that myself…maybe I should ask Rukia. For now, I think I should get home. I bet Karin and Yuzu miss me…" noted the teenage boy.
"Karin and Yuzu?" inquired Nami.
"I'm making you ask a lot of questions, aren't I?" questioned Ichigo.
Nami nodded.
Ichigo sighed.
"I'll try to answer them as I head back home, alright? I've been looking forward to it." said the substitute Shinigami.
"I bet you have." agreed Nami.
Immediately, Ichigo headed back home along with Nami.
As they did so, they were greeted by Karin and Yuzu, who were rather happy to see them.
"What took you so long to get back home?" questioned Karin.
"I'm so glad that you're back, Ichigo! I missed you so much!" exclaimed Yuzu.
"I know…" nodded Ichigo. It was good that he was finally home.
Suddenly, Yuzu noticed Ichigo had brought a pretty girl with him.
"Is that your girlfriend?" inquired Yuzu.
Ichigo and Nami began to blush.
"No, we're not boyfriend and girlfriend!" exclaimed Ichigo.
"Nope, there's absolutely nothing between us! Nothing at all!" bellowed Nami.
"Now if you excuse me we're going to the bedroom so that we can absolutely not make out!" shouted Ichigo.
Immediately, Ichigo and Nami went to Ichigo's bedroom.
"There's something between the two of them…I just know it." said Karin. For some strange reason Nami reminded her a bit of Ichigo, though she wasn't quite sure why.
Maybe it was because of the hair? They did both happen to have orange hair…oddly enough.
"Is there anything else you want to tell me?" inquired Nami.
"Well, I was worried that the Hollows might end up eating your soul…as you pointed out to me…" noted Ichigo.
"Yeah?" asked the orange-haired girl.
"Well, maybe I could give you a portion of power just like Rukia did…that way you wouldn't have to worry about it." questioned the substitute Shinigami.
"Really? That's awfully nice of you…" answered Nami.
"I just felt like somehow I'm partly responsible for getting you stuck here…" noted Ichigo.
"Oh…I guess you must feel guilty about that…" stated the pirate girl.
"Now, how did Rukia do it again? Ah yes." said Ichigo.
Eating a Soul Candy, Ichigo's soul was separated from his body.
He then stuck his sword through Nami's cleavage, causing her to blush.
"Yeah…something tells me this might have been easier for Rukia." noted Ichigo.
"Er, yeah…" answered Nami.
Successfully, he stuck his blade through Nami's heart…and transferred some of his power towards the cat burglar.
He then took the sword out so that she wouldn't think that he was a pervert…though she probably already did.
"How do you feel?" questioned Ichigo.
"Like a million bucks…which I wish I had right now." noted Nami.
Oddly enough, Ichigo did not feel the same way. In fact, he felt sick. Had he caught a cold?
For some strange reason, all Nami seemed to think about was money.
"Now if you excuse me I'm going to slay a Hollow…there's one right outside the window." answered Ichigo.
Apparently, this Hollow thought that Nami was hot.
Immediately, he swung his sword at the Hollow's mask, hoping that it would crack.
However, much to his surprise, he found that it didn't do a thing except leave a small scratch.
"What's going on?" questioned the Shinigami.
He tried again, but his sword didn't seem to be hurting the Hollow much.
"That tickles!" exclaimed the Hollow.
Immediately, the Hollow began to laugh.
Frustrated, Ichigo tried again and again, which caused the Hollow to finally die…of laughter.
"What's going on here?" inquired the suddenly weak warrior.
Sighing, he decided that he should tell Nami the bad news.
"What's the matter?" asked Nami.
"I'm having a lot harder time slaying Hollows than I usually am…I wonder what's going on?" questioned Ichigo.
"Me too…" answered the orange-haired girl. She was under the impression that Ichigo was stronger than that.
Suddenly, he remembered what had happened when Rukia had tried transferring some of her power to him…his high spiritual power had kicked in and he had absorbed all of her power instead.
Had history decided to repeat itself?
Curious, he checked Rukia's belongings to see if she had something that she could use to measure someone's spiritual power.
As it turned out, she had a device that could be used for just that.
He used it to scan Nami.
Much to his surprise, he found that she had about the same amount of spiritual power that he did, and realized what had happened.
"Oh no…" murmured Ichigo.
"What's the matter?" inquired Nami.
"I think when I tried to transfer some of my power to you…I ended up transferring all of it to you instead…" noted the depowered Shinigami.
"What?" asked the pirate lass.
"I'm sorry to say this…but until I get my powers back…you're going to have to fill in for me…" explained Ichigo.
"What?!" bellowed Nami.
"Unless of course, you want Karakura Town to be on a platter for the Hollows…" stated the substitute Shinigami.
"What?!" exclaimed the nineteen-year-old.
"Why do you keep saying what?" inquired Ichigo.
"What? Oh." answered Nami.
"Basically you're a substitute substitute Shinigami…" explained the depowered teenager.
"A substitute substitute Shinigami?" inquired the empowered pirate.
"You're going to have to fill in for me like I filled in for Rukia…" answered Ichigo.
"Speaking of Rukia, is that her heading towards your room?" inquired Nami.
Curious, he began to hear footsteps as well, and wondered if it was Rukia as well.
"I wonder where Luffy is…" questioned Rukia.
Ichigo gasped in shock. It was Rukia!
"Aah! If she finds out about this, she'll-"
"Kill you?" asked Nami.
"Worse! She'll make me watch the Garbage Pail Kids Movie!" screamed Ichigo.
"Now that's just plain inhumane." noted the orange-haired girl.
"Please don't tell her about this! I'll do anything!" exclaimed the former Shinigami.
"Um, sure…" nodded Nami. Perhaps she should ask Ichigo for a favor later.
Sure enough, Rukia walked in. She was pleasantly surprised to see Ichigo again.
"There you are! Where have you been?" inquired Rukia.
Ichigo rubbed his hand behind the back of his head.
"Let's just say that I went on a vacation…" said Ichigo.
"Who is this? Is this your girlfriend?" inquired Rukia.
Ichigo and Nami sighed. First Yuzu and Karin, and now this!
"Er, no, she's just a friend of mine that I met while on vacation…" explained Ichigo.
"Yeah…you could say that I'm the one on vacation now…" noted Nami.
Curious, Rukia noticed that something seemed different about Ichigo…but she wasn't quite sure what.
"So, are you going to resume your duties? You can't slack off forever…the people of Karakura Town need you, in case it's not obvious." pointed out Rukia.
"Um, yes…I'm going to resume my duties." lied Ichigo.
Fortunately, it appeared that she was not aware of the mishap that had happened.
"However, you may not have to do so for long. I happen to be regaining my power…I don't think it'll be long until I can return to Soul Society." stated Rukia.
Ichigo let out a sigh of relief. It looked like Rukia wasn't going to find out.
If he was lucky, he would regain his powers quickly. He did happen to have a large amount of spiritual energy as Rukia had said.
"If you need me, I'll be in your closet." said the teenage girl.
Immediately, she went into Ichigo's closet.
"Well, tomorrow I'll be going to school." said Ichigo.
"You think they'll allow me in?" inquired Nami.
"Probably, they seem to be getting transfer students all the time these days. I'm not sure why." noted the Shinigami.
"I wonder how Luffy's doing now that he's finally back home…" questioned the pirate. Hopefully they would do better now that their captain had returned.
Granted, he didn't seem to order them around much, but still.
On top of the Going Merry…
"Am I stuck here for the rest of my life?" inquired Orihime.
"Don't worry Orihime, I'm sure that we'll be able to get you back home somehow…" said Luffy.
"That's a relief…but I'm still a bit worried." noted the teenage girl. On one hand, she wouldn't have to worry about Chizuru stalking her…but on the other hand, she was going to miss her best friend Tatsuki.
"You mentioned that you're a pirate, right?"
"We're all pirates here." nodded Zoro.
"Your world sounds awfully dangerous…" worried Orihime.
"Don't worry…I promise that my crew and I will keep you safe…even if we don't have Nami…" said Luffy.
Suddenly, the ship began to rock, causing Luffy to fall overboard.
"Oh no! Luffy!" screamed the female student at Karakura High.
"Oh dear…I think someone needs to rescue him…he's the worst swimmer in history." pointed out Sanji.
"Help me! I don't want to sleep with the fishes!" shouted Luffy.
Immediately, Orihime kicked off her shoes.
"I'll save you!" exclaimed Luffy's heroine.
Quickly, she jumped overboard and picked up Luffy so that he wouldn't drown.
Sanji and Zoro then tossed a ladder so that they could climb back onto the ship.
"Right after I said that…you saved my life. That was kind of awkward." noted Luffy.
"It's a good thing I decided to take a few swimming lessons in case my karate course didn't work out…" said Orihime.
"I'll say! You happen to be quite the decent swimmer…" answered Sanji.
"I think this could be the start of a beautiful relationship!" exclaimed Luffy.
"Heh heh, yeah." nodded Orihime, who began to blush.
Suddenly, her stomach began to grumble.
"I think I need something to eat…" said the teenage girl.
"I'll see if I can whip something up." nodded Sanji.
A few minutes later…
"Captain Luffy!" exclaimed Sanji.
"What's the matter?" inquired Luffy.
"It's your friend! She's eating everything in sight! Just like you!" bellowed the chef.
"What?" asked the pirate.
Curious, he went inside the dining room in order to investigate this matter for himself.
Nearby was Usopp, whose jaw had dropped in shock. It appeared that he had been paralyzed.
Sure enough, there was Orihime, who had eaten quite a bit of food. There were several plates on the table where she was sitting.
"Delicious!" exclaimed the gluttonous girl.
Personally, Usopp wondered how she could eat too much without having a heart attack…or becoming morbidly obese. Or both.
"Well, I suppose there's only one thing that we can do about this…" noted Luffy.
"Please get rid of her! Please get rid of her!" exclaimed Sanji.
"I challenge you to an eating contest!" bellowed the pirate, pointing at Orihime.
Sanji collapsed on the floor.
A few more minutes later…
"You sure I can handle this?" inquired Orihime.
"Don't worry! You'll be fine!" exclaimed Luffy.
"3, 2, 1, eat!" bellowed Zoro.
Immediately, Luffy and Orihime began to eat ravenously. Sanji wondered if there was going to be any food left on the ship once the two gluttons were done.
Not only that, but he was going to have to wash a lot of dishes. Today simply wasn't his day.
Suddenly, Luffy let out a big burp while Orihime let out a small burp.
"Whoops! Maybe eating rock candy and soda pop isn't such a good idea…" noted Orihime.
"You could have killed us all!" screamed Zoro.
"I must be losing my marbles…" answered Luffy.
For the next course, they were going to eat some chicken wings.
"I hope people don't call me chicken after I eat these…" said Orihime.
"You'll be fine…you just have to be braver than Usopp…" answered Luffy.
"I am not a coward!" bellowed Usopp.
Suddenly, a spider creeped up next to him.
Immediately, he screamed like a little girl, ran outside, and jumped overboard.
"Should I go rescue him? I'm apparently the best swimmer here…" acknowledged Orihime.
"But you might get a cramp in your stomach…you just ate…" pointed out Luffy. Personally he was a bit surprised that he knew that considering that he never went for a swim…for obvious reasons.
"Oh, right…" noted the teenage girl. Her hair was still a bit wet after her previous experience.
Sighing, Zoro went to rescue Usopp. At least he hadn't eaten a devil fruit like Luffy had so he could float…probably.
For the next course, they were going to have to eat their vegetables…including brussel sprouts.
Fortunately, Luffy and Orihime both happened to be omnivores…so brussel sprouts weren't poison to them.
However, they were going to have to eat Mexican food next.
Shortly afterward, a large fart shook the Going Merry.
"Gah!" screamed Sanji. All of a sudden, he wanted to vomit.
"Whoops!" bellowed Orihime. Maybe she should try eating slower.
Finally, the two of them were required to eat a cake. At this point, they were feeling a bit queasy.
The two of them kept at for a while, until eventually…
…Luffy collapsed on the floor.
Sanji gasped in shock. Orihime managed to defeat Luffy!
"Well, it looks like I win the competition…but is Luffy going to be alright?" inquired Orihime.
"Don't worry…he's made out of rubber." pointed out Sanji.
"Oh, right." remembered the teenage girl.
Since it was getting rather late, the Straw Hat Pirates decided to go to bed…which of course Luffy already had.
"Where am I going to sleep tonight?" inquired Orihime.
"Since Nami's vanished off the face of the earth…I guess you can use her bed." answered Zoro.
Orihime shrugged. Hopefully her room would be nice.
Fortunately, it was…though for some strange reason it was filled with money. Why was she so greedy? Was she poor as a child or something?
Personally she wondered if she would marry someone simply for their wealth. Was she a gold digger?
The next day at Karakura Town…
"So, this is what your school is like?" inquired Nami.
"Yeah…I'd figured I might as well keep an eye on you since that's what Rukia did…" stated Ichigo.
"Greetings…we have a new transfer student, again! In other news, Ichigo had returned to us…we don't know why he was absent…but he's in our classroom once again…" said the teacher.
Ichigo immediately waved to the classroom.
"However, Inoue Orihime has disappeared off the face of the earth…which is rather odd since she's always on school on time." she questioned.
"Noooooo!" screamed Chizuru and Tatsuki.
"We hope that she will return to us shortly. Also, Luffy has mysteriously disappeared as well." continued the woman.
"Nooooooo!" screeched Chizuru and Tatsuki.
"Also, we'll be serving expired milk at the cafeteria." explained the teacher.
"Noooooo!" bellowed Chizuru and Tatsuki.
"I was only kidding. Now can you please stop screaming "No" in my classroom?" asked the woman.
Chizuru and Tatsuki nodded, though they were very unhappy to see Orihime and Luffy were both gone.
But on the plus side, at least Ichigo was back.
"Where have they gone?" inquired Tatsuki.
"Maybe Orihime went to file a restraining order against me?" questioned Chizuru.
"Maybe…" answered the brunette. She wouldn't be surprised.
"It feels good to be back…but how many assignments do I have to make up?" inquired Ichigo.
The teacher immediately put a big stack of papers on Ichigo's desk.
"Oh no…" murmured the orange-haired boy.
"I guess you better get started…besides, you're not going to be particularly busy hunting Hollows for the time being…" noted Nami.
"Nami, Rukia's sitting right next to me!" warned Ichigo.
"Sorry." apologized Nami.
Fortunately for Ichigo, he managed to make up his assignments and managed to turn them in to his teacher.
Hopefully now he wouldn't flunk the class.
"So, when am I going to start Hollow slaying?" inquired Nami.
"Well, I suppose you could start with that room over there…it seems to have dark energy coming out of it…" noted Ichigo.
Sure enough, the door did appear to be glowing black.
Taking a deep breath, Nami ate a Soul Candy and went inside.
As it turned out, there was a Hollow inside that classroom…and for some strange reason she had captured some of the Karakura High students. For the most part, she looked like an ordinary Hollow…though oddly enough she had glasses on her mask.
Nami noted that in her presence the classroom was not well-lit. It was very dark in fact.
Apparently, she was torturing them. From what she had written on the blackboard, her name was Ms. Twilight. Perhaps she was a former teacher at the school?
"Greetings, class. Today we will be reviewing advanced calculus." explained Ms. Twilight.
"Somebody kill us!" bellowed one of the students.
"Yeah…we really need to do something about this." noted Nami.
"You better hurry…I don't think that they can keep their sanity much longer." warned Ichigo.
Fortunately for Nami, she now happened to have a blade that she can use to fight Hollows.
Immediately, she pulled out her blade…
…only to find herself tied to a chair.
"Ah, we have a new student! Sit down!" exclaimed Ms. Twilight.
"I'm really not into bondage…" pointed out Nami.
"You had better behave or you're going to get detention!" bellowed the Hollow.
"Detention?" asked the young lady.
"You had better listen to her! She'll devour your soul if you misbehave!" warned one of the students.
"Oh." said Nami.
Immediately, Ms. Twilight handed out some tests for them to write on. Curious, she noticed that Ms. Twilight had not bothered to tie her hands, so maybe it was her lucky day.
However, when she used her blade to try to cut through the restraints, nothing happened.
Sighing, she decided that she was going to have to work on the test for now.
However, Nami quickly noticed that the tests seemed to be quite difficult, as all the students are struggling.
But it wasn't a problem for her, and she answered all the questions correctly.
"I'm done!" exclaimed Nami.
"Already?" questioned Ms. Twilight.
Curious, she went to examine the piece of paper that Nami had given her, and began to look it over carefully.
She gasped in shock.
"Impossible! How did you get all these questions correctly?" asked Ms. Twilight.
"Maybe you underestimated me…" noted Nami.
Fortunately, this caused the restraints binding her to the chair to weaken, allowing her to cut herself free.
She then proceeded to free the other students as well so that they wouldn't end up in Bedlam.
"Thanks! You're really attractive, you know that?" said one of the students as he ran out of the classroom.
Nami began to blush.
However, now she was going to have to deal with Ms. Twilight herself, who wasn't happy that her captive students had decided to walk out on her.
"I'm giving you detention for the rest of the year!" bellowed Ms. Twilight.
Immediately, Ms. Twilight began to attack her with some rather sharp-looking pencils. Fortunately, she was able to block most of them with her blade.
"I'm getting the hang of this…" noted Nami.
However, she then followed with an eraser. Apparently, since she was an anime character, Ms. Twilight was trying to erase her.
But she sliced the eraser in two, so she didn't have to worry about that.
But Ms. Twilight was now going to try a sneak attack. Immediately, she used two blackboard erasers to create a dust cloud.
"Darn it! Where did she go?" asked Nami.
Her question was answered when suddenly Ms. Twilight lunged at her.
Fortunately, her quick reflexes allowed her to stop her in time. She pulled out her katana and stabbed Ms. Twilight in the mask, causing her to scream.
She then used her sword to slice Ms. Twilight in two, and the job was done.
Oddly enough, she transformed into a regular person afterwards…or rather a spirit of a regular person.
In this case, it was a young woman with glasses on, much like the Hollow she had seen earlier. She was also dressed in a school uniform.
"I'm not sure what happened…but thank you." said the school teacher.
It looked like she was going to the afterlife.
Nami exited the classroom shortly afterwards.
"Did you slay the Hollow?" inquired Ichigo.
Nami nodded.
"That explains the lack of darkness in the room…" noted the Shinigami.
Sure enough, the room was now completely lit. It was as if the Hollow was never there…apart from the massive black bloodstain.
"You know, I might be able to get the hang of this…" answered Nami.
"Glad to hear it." nodded Ichigo.
She had to admit, she was dismayed that she would have to become a Shinigami at first…
…but maybe it would be a thrilling experience.
"You want to go hunt down more Hollows?" asked the newfound Shinigami.
"Be my guest." nodded Ichigo.
Immediately, Ichigo and Nami went to hunt down more Hollows.
I hope you liked that chapter…and yes, I decided to create an OC Hollow. Is that OK with you? Personally I thought she was funny…but I would like to know what you think as usual.
In the next chapter, Arlong and his pirates are going to show up…and they're going to steal the Going Merry! Oh no!
Also, we're going to dwell on Karin being exposed to Hollow blood…don't worry though! She won't become a Hollow, I promise! At least not for now, anyway.