Chapter 28: Inner Hollow rampage
On the outside Mitch had no possession of his body as Shinji now tangled with the giant white werewolf. His entire torso was now a myriad of white with black streaks through it and he had grown a long tail at the back that had spikes growing up on it. His shoulders had huge spikes jutting out from the back as his legs were slowly turning white.
Shinji blocked a slash from Ashura as he leapt back and gazed up at the huge beast "My, my I'll give you this your hollow form looks impressive" the huge beast began to glow a bright red colour as he unleashed a huge fireball that Shinji only just managed to avoid before a myriad of them rained down towards him. "Darn if I don't turn into a vizard I'll get owned here" he said sighing as he placed his hand at the top of his face and raked it down to the bottom as his hollow mask was formed. Shinji's mask looked like something from Ancient Egypt that a Pharaoh would wear over his face. It was a dark grey like colour and his eyes turned to a black colour with yellow iris.
In this form he merely swatted the fireballs away as he vanished and re appeared in front of the hollow as he slashed four cuts across it's chest only them to heal right away. "Damn you sure are a tough son of a bitch" he said in his husky hollow voice while he blocked a hard-hitting strike from the werewolf who roared out in anger as he pushed Shinji's blade slowly back down towards his mask.
With his free hand a bright red light began to glow from Shinji's hand as he fired a bala blast straight into the creature's face who reeled back from the impact roaring out in pain as Shinji managed to leap free from the encounter and begin charging up a cero blast as he unleashed it on the unsuspecting hollow.
The huge explosion created a large cloud of dust and through the shadows the outline of Mitch's hollow could be seen as Shinji could hear the hollow let out an ear-splitting howl that caused everyone to cover their ears. The force of the creature's roar had thrown Shinji clean off his feet as was sent crashing onto the dirt ground but only had a second to leapt forward and grab his zanpukto to deflect a violent slash from Mitch who reigned another devastating blow that Shinji now parried away with ease and grace as he used the opening created to slice off one of his arms.
Due to hierro a type of armour hollow's possess though the blade only went halfway through and then stopped "Damn hierro on these things" Shinji grunted as he ripped his blade out of the arm which instantly healed back over. "Hey Yoruichi, you ready yet?" Shinji called back as she stood up and stretched out like a cat "You bet I am". Tessai created a tiny little door that she raced through faster than anyone could see while Shinji was readying himself for a brutal attack as the hollow had leapt high into the air and was swinging Ashura down.
Out of nowhere Yoruichi appeared as she unleashed a brutal kick to his face sending the hollow sprawling into the dirt and giving Shinji enough time to race free from the barrier which closed up the second he was free from it leaving Yoruichi standing there in her combat uniform and assuming a battle stance as the giant hollow lumbered to his feet and growled at the new intruder. "I think you won't even be able to lay a finger on the goddess of flash" Yoruichi said with a grin as she vanished and reemerged behind landing four rapid punches to the creatures face and a hard kick to his torso. Now for most men that would have knocked them out, but the hollow grabbed her leg and then stabbed Ashura through her chest as he smiled wickedly thinking he had caught her.
Tom sat down on a bed in the 4th squad barracks as two medics went to work healing the slash across his chest while he sat there watching Ania tending to her own wounds. Looking up she saw Tom was staring "I decided it would be a wise idea to learn healing as to help out in our team" "True that is a smart idea considering Mitch knows no form of healing kido and I'm yet to try and learn any". After all their wounds had been healed they both parted ways back towards their barracks to have a good rest.
Walking on the way back Tom was busy thinking about this upcoming war and thought to himself just how much of a bloody conflict it was going to be. Deep down he hoped that it didn't cause too much blood shed but then guessed the other side would stop at nothing to destroy Seireitei so the shinigami here would be thinking the same as well. Sighing he wondered how all this blood shed would be able to resolve the conflict but eventually realized he couldn't change what was going to happen so he best accept the fact, though he vowed to himself to never shed blood unless it was absolutely necessary during combat as he didn't want to reduce himself to a battle crazed blood lusted warrior that loved to fight and hack their enemies to pieces.
Ania collapsed onto her bed and let the soft pillow cushion her head while every muscle in her body relaxed and her mind began to wander. Thinking of the upcoming battle in the back of her mind she wondered if Tom and herself would be ready and trained enough to not be a burden on Mitch and the other members of her team . "No matter what happens I swear I won't become a burden on anyone" she muttered to herself and decided that when Mitch returned from whatever he was doing she was going to train with him until her body couldn't move. "Hmm I wonder what he's doing right now… Go figures he gallivants off to do something else leaving us with no word" she grumbled realizing this was typical of Mitch acting on his own as sleep finally came to her while she drifted off into a deep slumber.