In this chapter, Ichigo's going to pay his respects to his dearly departed mother. Shortly afterwards, he's going to discover the Hollow that was responsible for killing her. I suppose it's revenge time...but can he handle it?
Chapter 12: Gone Fishin'
Ichigo and his family arrived at the cemetery, ready to pay their respects to Ichigo's dearly departed mother. It had been a rather tragic night, to say the very least. And it was all because Ichigo had been careless and had gotten too close to a Hollow. To his credit, that Hollow was awfully crafty.
On the plus side, he doubted that would happen again considering that he was a Soul Reaper and therefore he could slay Hollows now. Of course, that Hollow had seemed pretty strong.
However, he then remembered that he was only at half power due to him accidentally transferring all his power to Nami.
"I've got to be more careful..." noted Ichigo.
Immediately, Yuzu began to plant flowers on her mother's grave. She figured that she would appreciate it.
Oddly enough, Karin instead chose to write graffiti on the grave saying that she was there. Of course, Ichigo and Yuzu already know that.
"I'm sorry about your loss...I ended up losing my mother too..." noted Nami.
"Sorry to hear that..." stated Ichigo. Apparently he and Nami were in the same boat.
After paying their respects, Ichigo, Nami, Karin, and Yuzu decided to go with their father to get something delicious to eat.
But on the way there, Ichigo's father noticed that he was running low on gas.
"Darn it! I need to go get some more..." stated the man.
Sighing, he began to drive towards the gas station so that he could go get some.
"I'm going to pay for the gas...you kids behave yourselves, alright?" asked Isshin Kurosaki.
Yuzu and Karin nodded.
Curious, Karin noticed that Ichigo appeared to be sleeping.
"He sure is a sleepyhead..." noted Karin.
Looking closer, he noticed that Nami appeared to be sleeping as well.
Not only that, but she was resting her head against Ichigo's shoulder.
"Huh. Would you look at that..." stated Ichigo's soccer-playing sister.
Suddenly, Yuzu noticed someone outside the car.
"Huh?" asked Yuzu.
Curious, she went outside to investigate.
"Where are you going, Yuzu?" inquired Karin.
"I think I see somebody outside the car..." said Karin's younger sister.
"Don't take too long..." warned the soccer player.
Yuzu nodded.
Curious, she decided to look at this mysterious individual.
Something seemed off about her, to say the very least.
"Hmm...maybe I should stay back..." stated the young girl.
Suddenly, she noticed that there appeared to be ice cream bells ringing.
"Yes! Ice cream!" exclaimed Yuzu.
Immediately, she went to the ice cream truck so that she could get some ice cream.
Taking a closer look, she discovered that the ice cream truck was being piloted by the same girl she saw earlier.
"Wait a second..." thought Yuzu.
Suddenly, the girl began to transform.
"What the-" exclaimed the young girl.
As it turned out, the mysterious girl was actually a Hollow...and an enormous girl at that.
"Oh snap!" bellowed Yuzu.
Immediately, she began to run, but unfortunately the Hollow began to chase her.
Unsurprisingly, she began to scream.
"Help!" screeched the young girl.
Sure enough, Karin heard her voice, and began to sigh.
"It looks like she encountered a spider or something..." stated the tomboy. It appeared that she was going to have to go help.
As she did so, Ichigo began to wake up.
"Huh?" asked Ichigo.
Sure enough, he noticed that both Karin and Yuzu were gone.
"Nami, wake up..." stated the Soul Reaper.
"Huh?" asked Nami.
Immediately, she opened her eyes, and realized what she had been doing. She began to blush.
"Sorry about that..." said the teenage girl.
"It's fine...we have more important things to worry about...like where Yuzu and Karin have hopped off too..." stated the male Soul Reaper.
"You're right...where are they?" inquired Nami.
Sure enough, Karin had decided to look for Yuzu.
There she was...in serious danger of becoming Hollow food.
"Help me, Karin! This Hollow wants to eat me!" exclaimed Yuzu.
"C'mon! I want a snack already!" bellowed the Hollow.
"Jesus christ! We better get Ichigo!" shouted Karin.
Immediately, she kicked a soccer ball in the Hollow's face, causing him to recoil.
"Agh! My mask!" screeched the Hollow.
"Gotcha!" exclaimed Karin.
"Curse you!" bellowed the enormous soul eater.
"Where is Ichigo, anyway?" asked the sports player.
Immediately, Ichigo showed up.
"There you are, Ichigo! There's a Hollow that wants to eat us!" exclaimed Karin.
"For some strange reason, it looks awfully familiar..." stated Ichigo.
"Remember me?" asked the Hollow.
Immediately, the Hollow put out his lure.
Ichigo gasped in shock.
"You're the Hollow that ate my mother!" exclaimed the teenage boy.
"They call me the Grand Fisher!" bellowed the Grand Fisher.
"The Grand Fisher? I wonder who he was when he was still alive..." questioned Ichigo.
A few years ago...
"The fish sure are biting today!" exclaimed the fisherman. At this rate, he was going to be filthy rich.
Immediately, he cast the rod one more time.
However, instead of catching a fish, he ended up catching a Hollow.
"What's this?" asked the fisherman.
Quickly, the Hollow grabbed onto him.
"Whoa!" bellowed the man, falling out of his boat.
"Way to go! You ruined my family! Do you know how hard it is for my father to look after three kids by himself? Granted, I'm a teenage now, but still!" bellowed the teenage boy.
"I just couldn't resist the taste of your mother..." stated the Grand Fisher.
"Today, you're going to pay!" exclaimed Ichigo.
Immediately, he pulled out his blade and began to attack the enormous Hollow.
"You think you can defeat me? I've managed to evade capture from the Shinigami for over 54 years!" bellowed the Hollow.
"You are one lucky Hollow..." remarked the teenage boy as he leapt into the air.
"I sure am!" bellowed the Grand Fisher.
Immediately, tentacles appeared to help the Grand Fisher attack Ichigo.
However, he retaliated by severing them with his katana.
Even so, they appeared to be regenerating.
"This is going to be really annoying..." remarked Ichigo.
To make matters worse, the Grand Fisher appeared to be attacking him with his fur as well.
"You're an awfully hairy Hollow..." noted the teenage boy.
"Yeah...I was thinking about having a shave..." answered Ichigo.
Unsurprisingly, Yuzu and Karin were cheering their brother on.
"Yeah! Get him, Ichigo!" exclaimed Yuzu.
"Things have never been the same without our mother around..." answered Karin.
"Guess what, Karin! Today we're going to be celebrating Mother's Day!" exclaimed one of her friends.
"Mother's day?" asked Karin.
"Yeah! We're going to be sending gifts to all our mothers!" bellowed her friend.
Karin sighed.
"What are you going to give to yours?" asked her friend.
Karin facepalmed. How many times did she have to explain to this to her friends? Her mother was six feet under!
At least her sister seemed to be enjoying this particular holiday.
As it turned out, she was currently giving a gift to her mother, who was now a ghost.
"Here is your gift...though I don't think you can hold it..." stated Yuzu.
"It's alright, honey..." stated Yuzu and Ichigo's mother.
Immediately, Masaki Kurosaki gave her daughter a kiss on the cheek.
"Woohoo!" cheered the girl. It was always nice of her mother to show up for her holidays...even if she was completely and utterly dead.
Fortunately for Ichigo, he appeared to be gaining the upper hand. He was starting to wonder how the Grand Fisher had managed to get past so many Soul Reapers that had decided to hunt him down.
But as it turned out, he was about to find out the answer.
Suddenly, the Grand Fisher pulled out his lure...which this time was his mother.
Ichigo gasped in shock.
"Now now, Ichigo...you wouldn't hurt your own mother, now would you?" asked the Masaki Kurosaki lure.
For a moment, Ichigo considered dropping his blade.
However, he then remembered something that was rather important.
"Oh, that's right...my mother is dead...you can't fool me with that trick..." stated Ichigo.
Sighing, the Grand Fisher decided to impale Ichigo with his memory-searching claw.
"Ugh..." murmured the Soul Reaper.
"Alright then...I'll just have to switch to someone whose still alive..." stated the Grand Fisher.
"Who is that?" asked Ichigo.
Immediately, the Grand Fisher switched his lure to that of his good friend Nami...who for some strange reason was now a mermaid and was wearing a strapless bikini.
"Look at me, Ichigo! I'm so sexy it hurts!" bellowed the Nami lure.
Curious, Karin noticed that Ichigo appeared to be drooling.
Suddenly, the Nami lure blew Ichigo a kiss, causing him to feel weak.
"Can't...handle...the...sexiness!" exclaimed the Soul Reaper.
Ichigo collapsed on the floor.
"No! Ichigo!" screamed Yuzu.
Karin sighed. Why was her older brother such a pervert?
Deciding to put away the lure, the Grand Fisher proceeded to grab the now defenseless Ichigo.
"Darn it! If I had my full power I would have won by now..." stated Ichigo.
"Oh really? Funny you should mention that...if your mother had been at full power she likely wouldn't have died as well...as you said...I'm a really lucky Hollow..." spoke the Grand Fisher.
Ichigo raised an eyebrow. What did he mean by that?
"Now then, where was I? Get in my belly!" bellowed the Hollow, opening his mouth.
"The only thing you're going to be eating tonight is my blade!" exclaimed a voice.
"Huh?" asked the Grand Fisher.
Suddenly, he found himself being attacked by Nami.
Curious, Ichigo noticed that Nami seemed furious about something.
As it turned out, she had witnessed Grand Fisher using her as a lure to seduce Ichigo. She was not amused.
Though the Grand Fisher assured himself that he would not lose to a Soul Reaper that he had not even heard of before, he noticed that Nami did not seem to be a typical Soul Reaper. In fact, she had a rather different fighting style than most of the Reapers that he had seen.
As such, he was unable to find a way to properly defend himself.
"This isn't good..." thought the Soul Reaper. How was he going to defend against such an improvised fighting style?
At that very moment, Rukia decided to stop by. She had realized that there was yet another Hollow in the area, and a rather strong Hollow at that. She wanted to tell Ichigo the bad news.
Curious, she noticed that Ichigo appeared to be already fighting that same Hollow.
"Huh. I guess I don't need to tell him then..." stated Rukia.
However, taking a closer look, Rukia noticed that someone else was fighting the Hollow entirely.
As it turned out, it was Nami, who was wielding a blade similar to Ichigo's...
"Wait a minute..." stated Rukia.
Suddenly, Nami stabbed Grand Fisher in his face mask, causing him to scream. It looked like she had wounded him.
"Someone's got some explaining to do..." said the former Soul Reaper.
Immediately, she began to head to where the fighting was, looking for Ichigo. She wanted to have a talk with him.
Nami smirked in satisfaction, happy that she had successfully wounded the Hollow that was attacking Ichigo...and for some strange reason flirting with him.
"Another hit like that and you're a goner!" exclaimed Nami.
"You're right! I need to make a run for it!" bellowed Grand Fisher.
Immediately, the fisher ran away, screaming like a Muppet as he did so.
"Darn it! He got away!" bellowed the pirate girl.
"At least you managed to defeat him..." stated Ichigo.
"Yeah...I suppose. But he's probably going to be back..." said Nami.
At that very moment, Rukia approached them.
"Hey there, Rukia...what a surprise!" exclaimed Ichigo.
"Is there something you would like to tell me, Ichigo?" asked Rukia.
Ichigo sighed. It looked like he was going to have to tell Rukia what had happened.
"I tried to transfer half of my power to Nami to keep her safe from the Hollows...but unfortunately I gave her all of it instead. Nowadays I'm only at half power..." stated the Soul Reaper.
Rukia sighed.
"I'm sorry..." apologized Ichigo.
"Well, it's not me who you should be worried about it. It's Soul Society..." said the former Shinigami.
"Huh?" asked the human Soul Reaper.
"You see...back in my world, transferring Shinigami powers to another human being is illegal...in fact, it's a capital crime..." stated Rukia.
Ichigo gasped in shock.
"Yeah...I know." nodded the teenage girl.
"I don't get it...if transferring power is illegal, then why did you do it?" asked Ichigo.
"I was rather...desperate...at the time." explained Rukia.
Ichigo sighed. He got the feeling that he and Rukia were not in for a good future.
"Anyways, I suggest that you head back home for now. I bet your father is worried about you..." stated Rukia.
"There you are!" exclaimed Isshin Kurosaki.
Ichigo, Yuzu, and Karin gasped in shock.
"Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you!" bellowed Ichigo's father.
"Sorry, dad...we got attacked by a Hollow." apologized Ichigo.
"Oh, alright then. Is it gone now?" asked Isshin Kurosaki.
"Yeah...my friend Nami managed to wound it...it wasn't just any Hollow though...it was the one that killed my mother...and by extension your wife..." stated the Soul Reaper.
"Nami was awesome!" exclaimed Yuzu.
"And so was Ichigo I suppose..." answered Karin.
"I want to be just like Nami when I grow up!" bellowed Karin's younger sister.
"But I'm a pirate..." pointed out Nami.
"Avast, matey!" bellowed Yuzu, putting on a pirate hat.
Ichigo shrugged.
Speaking of pirates, Nami wondered how Luffy and his crew were doing without her. Granted, they now had Orihime, but still.
Meanwhile...
As it turned out, Luffy was already at the gallows, and was about to be executed for horrible, horrible, crimes...like the time where he had taken a dump in a marine officer's hat.
"I really needed to go!" exclaimed Luffy.
"Whatever..." answered the executioner.
"Well, Luffy...you've been a worthy adversary...but I think it's time we put an end to this...wouldn't you say?" asked Smoker the White Hunter.
"I suppose..." stated the pirate.
"By the way, a diver gave me this coin...he said that it was rather special and that he wanted me to have it..." stated the marine vice admiral, pulling out said coin.
Luffy gasped in shock.
As it turned out, it was the exact same coin that he had used to travel worlds. As it turned out, Smoker had not yet flipped the coin, so it appeared he was not traveling anywhere.
"If I can just reach the coin..." thought the pirate.
Immediately, he began to stretch out his arm to grab it.
Successfully, he managed to do so.
"Got it!" bellowed Luffy.
"Hey!" exclaimed Smoker.
Now all Luffy had to do was to flip the coin and then he would able to escape.
Of course, someone else would end up on the noose...but surely the marines wouldn't execute a non-criminal...right?
However, as he went to flip the coin, something unexpected happened.
Suddenly, Orihime ran towards Smoker, hoping to prevent the execution.
"Take me instead! Take me instead!" exclaimed Orihime.
"Huh?" asked Smoker.
Immediately, Orihime tackled Smoker to the ground.
Surprised at the occurrence, Luffy dropped the coin...
...and it ended up flipping over as it fell to the ground.
Immediately, Luffy and Orihime disappeared. They were both heading back to the World Of Shinigami.
"What's going on?" asked Smoker.
Meanwhile...
"It's so good to be home, isn't it Karin?" asked Yuzu.
"It sure is...I'm just glad that there aren't any more Hollows trying to eat our souls..." stated Karin.
"Yeah...things have been awfully quiet lately..." acknowledged the youngest child of Isshin Kurosaki.
Suddenly, they found themselves being whisked away from home.
"Where are we going?" inquired the youngest child.
"You have got to stop eating so much ice cream before bedtime..." noted Karin.
Then again, why would she and Yuzu be having the exact same dream? Was it because they were sisters?
A few minutes later...
"That was really, really strange..." stated Smoker.
Unfortunately, it appeared that he would not be able to execute Luffy after all.
"Well, my marines are going to be awfully disappointed...I heard one of them tell me that Luffy bit off his brother's head...though I suppose he could have been exaggerating..." noted the vice admiral.
Suddenly, Yuzu and Karin appeared, with the noose being around Karin's neck.
"Where are we?" asked Yuzu.
"I don't know...wait, why the heck am I being hanged?" inquired Karin.
"Maybe you kicked a soccer ball into a building so hard that it exploded?" questioned the young girl.
"But I'm not a terrorist!" bellowed the middle child of the Kurosaki family.
"You once told me that you once dreamt about chopping down a door while Ichigo was in the bathroom and yelling "Here's Johnny!"...maybe you went psycho?" questioned Yuzu.
"Don't be ridiculous! I am not an axe murderer! And besides, Ichigo needs his privacy when he's in there!" bellowed Karin.
At that very moment, the marines came in.
"Perfect! Now we can finally watch Luffy die and-"
The marine stopped speaking when suddenly they noticed that Luffy was not at the gallows.
"I thought you were saying that you were going to execute Luffy! You lied to us!" bellowed one of the marines.
"I'm sorry! He managed to slip away from me and-"
Suddenly, one of the marines noticed Yuzu and Karin, the latter of which still had the noose around his neck.
"You're hanging children? You sick monster!" bellowed another marine.
"No! This is all one big misunderstanding! I can explain everyt-"
"That's it! We're quitting the marines!" exclaimed yet another marine.
Immediately, the marines discarded their uniforms (leaving them in their underwear), and drove away on their boat.
"Well, that was quite a show..." stated Yuzu.
"It looks like your crew has decided to leave you..." acknowledged Karin.
"I don't see how this can possibly get worse..." said Smoker.
"Would you like to find out?" asked the older of Ichigo's sisters.
At that very moment, Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji came in, letting out a war cry.
"Yah!" bellowed the trio.
Shortly afterwards, they began to beat the crud out of Smoker, angry at him for trying to execute their captain.
"Ouch! Ow! Ooh! Mother! Oh god!" screamed Smoker.
Immediately, Smoker collapsed in a heap. He was off to the hospital.
"Can I have his cigar?" asked Usopp.
Zoro proceeded to cut the noose so that Luffy wouldn't be hanged...unaware that he wasn't actually saving him.
He proceeded to give "Luffy" a hug.
"Thank God! I thought we lost you..." said Zoro.
"Um, OK..." answered Karin.
"I know! Why don't I whip up a meal so that we can celebrate your r-"
Sanji stopped speaking when suddenly he noticed something important.
"Wait a minute! You're not Luffy!" exclaimed Sanji.
"I have no idea why you would mistake me for him..." answered Karin.
"Well, you have the same hair color..." noted Yuzu.
"Where is he? Have you seen him? We need to find him before he gets executed!" exclaimed Usopp.
"I guess he must have flipped that coin of his...he's in our world now..." stated the middle Kurosaki child.
"Finally! Now I get to be a pirate just like Nami!" bellowed Yuzu.
"Well, at least he's safe..." noted Sanji.
"Where's Orihime?" asked Usopp.
"I'm not sure...she ran so fast that we lost track of her...seems that she really didn't want Luffy to be executed..." answered Zoro.
"I'll say!" bellowed Sanji.
"What should we do now?" inquired the sniper.
"Can we go onboard your ship? I'm just dying to be part of a pirate crew!" exclaimed Yuzu.
"I suppose I'll go with her since I'm her sister..." agreed Karin.
Shrugging, the three remaining members of the Straw Hat Pirates agreed to their terms.
They just hoped that wherever Luffy and Orihime were, they would be safe.
As they did so, Smoker was left alone at the gallows.
"Um...is anyone going to help me...I thought I broke my back...anyone?" asked Smoker.
Meanwhile...
In Karakura Town, two Soul Reapers were ready to deliver some justice.
As it turned out, they were under orders to arrest two specific individuals...specifically, Rukia Kuchiki and Ichigo Kurosaki. Both of them were wanted for transferring their powers to a normal human being...an unforgivable offense.
One of them had red hair, while the other had black hair.
"They think that they can get away with this, can't they?" asked the Soul Reaper with red hair.
"We'll just have to prove them wrong..." answered the Soul Reaper with black hair.
Together, the duo began to search for Rukia and Ichigo. They both had a lot to answer for.
Would Soul Society ever be happy to get their hands on them...
Oh dear...it looks like we have a cliffhanger...Yuzu and Karin are now in Luffy's world...but on the plus side, Orihime's back home and Luffy's safe from the Marines...
But unfortunately, not everyone's safe from the authorities...as Ichigo and Rukia are about to find out...
I hope you enjoy this chapter, because you're probably not going to have the same thoughts about the next chapter...in the next chapter, Ichigo and Rukia are going to get arrested! Oh dear...
I'll see you later then.