Welcome back to the fourth chapter everyone and hope you all are ready. Previously on the last chapter we saw the debut of my OC Isamu Ishida. At least, re-debut since he made his appearance in the first original Teen Reaper story. Still, hope you all liked this debut and how he ended up saving Raven from a Hollow.

What is a Hollow? Hollows are creatures that were born once human souls. However, when they did not cross over and spend too much time in the human world, they become corrupted. Transforming into Hollows that don't holes in their chest where their hearts used to be.

There are those that have memories of their past, but there are others that lose who they are and become animalistic. They only have one goal. To devour the souls of the living or even the dead. Like Soul Reapers they live in another world that is connected to the human world.

More will be explained today as Isamu will tell Raven about what he is and what he is doing. So, please read on to find out more today about what happens. Again, thank you to General Maraxus for his help and go check out his amazing stories if you are interested. Now, on to the disclaimer.

I don't own anything from the DC universe, Bleach universe, and Star Wars universe, just my OCs. All except the general's OCs, he owns them, enjoy!

Chapter IV

Titan's Tower

Raven began waking up as her eyes gently opened. Her vision was blurry at first and she didn't know where she was. Soon though she found herself in her bedroom. She didn't think anything of it at first, until she realized something.

"I'm in my room…but how did I get here?" she recalled being on the roof earlier and was meditating. She looks over to her clock and shot off from her bed when she saw the time. "I-its morning? How?"

It was indeed morning. Nearly 7:30 am actually. She tried to remember what happened and how she ended up here. For some reason though she couldn't remember a thing.

Her memory of last night seemed blurry, but soon bits and pieces were coming back. She remembered hearing a loud roar. It got closer the more she tried to meditate and then suddenly something attacked her. But if that is true then was, she knocked out?

If so, then how did she end up here? "Wait a minute, there was a boy," yes, she remembered a boy had saved her. But who was he? And why couldn't she remember?

She tried to leave her bed but groaned loudly when she felt her right side hurting. "I wouldn't do that if I were you," she gasped when she heard a familiar voice.

Looking over she sees someone sitting in the dark corner of her room drinking from a small cup. "You have a bruised rib, and it will take a while to heal. I say some time in bed will help heal that up."

Raven's eyes glowed brightly as she summoned her magic. She was hurt, but she isn't hurt enough to defend herself. "You have five seconds to tell me who you are before I end up sending you to another dimension," she threatened.

The boy though seemed unfazed by her threat and gave her a deadpan look. He sets his cup down and walked over to the curtain.

"First of all, is that any way of thanking the guy that saved your butt?" he asked as he opens the curtain to let some light in.

This blinded Raven for a second but could sense the boy didn't attack her. Instead, once her vision came back, she saw he was standing by the window. There, she got a good look at him.

He looked to be around her age, while having short black hair, light blue eyes, tan skin, and is wearing some street clothes. He has on blue jeans, black shoes, black t-shirt, and a black jacket.

"You saved me?" she asked when her memory was starting to come back.

She remembers a monster attacking her, how it tried to kill her, and then a boy appeared. The same one who is in her room and who ended up killing the monster. Saving her life in the progress. She even remembers his name.

"Isamu, that's your name, right?"

Isamu nods as his expression changed and he gave her a small smile. "I'm glad you remember my name, Raven. I'm sorry we didn't get much of a chance to talk. After the fighting you were hurt badly. So, I took you to your room and began trying to heal your injuries."

Raven moves her hand up to her head where she found a bandage wrapped around her. She looks down to her side and notice her someone cut through her outfit to wrap around her ribs. She began blushing a little and turned to Isamu with her eyes glowing brightly. Isamu noticed this and tried to explain himself.

"W-wait a minute. Hold on! I didn't do anything bad or perverted I swear," he replied trying to quickly calm her down. "I cut your outfit, yes. However, I only cut around that area to wrap the bandage. I swear, I did not do anything else after that. You know, except tucked you in and kept an eye out on you to make sure you wake up."

Raven couldn't sense any lie from him, and he did seem be telling the truth. She soon recalls passing out from the pain and hearing him say to her he would take care of her. Looking back at her bandages and how careful he was to make sure he didn't hurt her. Much less even try anything while she slept.

As much as she hates that someone is in her room without permission, for now she would let this go. She lies back on the bed and lets out a small sigh. "All right. Since you are being truthful, can you tell me what that thing was?"

Isamu sighed in relief that Raven believed him. He was really worried she might try attacking him in the condition she is in. He then hears her asking him a question. A question regarding the monster that they saw last night.

He grabbed the chair he sat on in the corner and pulls it near her bed. He sits down and begins explaining everything. "That thing, was a Hollow."

Raven listened carefully to his explanation, while noting the seriousness in his tone.

"Hollows are creatures that were once human souls that were unable to cross over to the other side. They stayed in the world of the living and over time became corrupted spirits. They don't become monsters right away though. This only happens after the chain that binds them to this world is destroyed and a hole is formed in their chest."

Isamu showed a graphic picture of the transformation. Although, they looked a little childish, especially with the Hollow picture.

"Are you following all of this?"

"Sort of, but could do without the bad drawing," Raven replied.

Isamu sighed softly and held back any temptation to draw on her face. So, he puts his drawing down and spoke up in a calm tone. "Not really a nice thing to say to the guy who saved your life, you know?"

Raven knew what she did say was rude and she shouldn't have said what she said, especially since it's not really a priority if he can draw well or not. "Apologies. Please continue with your explanation."

Isamu nods and focused on finishing his explanation. "As I was saying. Once the soul become Hollows, they have only one goal on their mind…to devour the souls of the living."

Raven stopped rubbing her face when she heard what Isamu just said. "D-devour the souls of the living? W-why?"

Isamu sighed as he sat back in his seat. "Perhaps to fill a void that was caused when it became a Hollow or maybe to feed to stay alive. Who knows? I do know is you were very lucky I was there to help you since they usually go for souls that have a strong spiritual energy that are very tasty to them."

"Spiritual energy?" she asked wondering by what he meant. "Like, it can sense my soul?"

Isamu nods in response. "I came to this city two days ago and went around the city so I can get an idea of who here has a strong spiritual energy. If any Hollows came around those would be the most likely targets. Good thing for you this Hollow didn't go after your friends. Otherwise, it would have caused some trouble for them, but if they can see it."

"What do you mean? If they can see it? Kind of hard not to be able to see a large, white-masked monster coming towards you," said Raven as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Not everyone can see the Hollows," said Isamu as he continued to explain. "Those with weak spiritual energy like the people of this city can't see anything spiritual like ghosts. Only those with strong spiritual energy can see and hear the Hollows. This allows them to easily attack their victims and devour their soul. I don't doubt your friends would have been able to see the Hollow, but if they didn't it would be bad."

Raven knew her friends could handle themselves, even if they couldn't see the Hollow. But then she remembered they went to the movie theaters that was full of people. If they fought an enemy the people couldn't see that would have been bad, especially if the people think they went crazy. Not to mention someone might have end up getting hurt.

"Is there any way to return the Hollows to normal? Like make them human souls again?"

Isamu shook his head in response. "No. Once they transformed there is no way to come back. They might have some memories of their past selves, but if they go after the people, they cared about then that is it. They would become mindless animals that have one thing on their mind."

Isamu pulls out his sword and lifts it up for Raven to see it. To her it looked like a normal katana sword, but upon a closer inspection she can sense something coming from it.

"This is a Zanpakutō. It is the weapon that we use to kill Hollows and purify them," he replied as he hands the sword to her so she can look at it.

Raven did just that as she carefully took the sword and looked at it. "You said 'we', what do you mean by that? Is there a group that helps fight these Hollows?"

Isamu nods in response. "They are called, Soul Reapers."

Isamu began drawing what a Soul Reaper looks like and what their jobs are. "They are considered the guardians of souls that exist in another plane where all souls go when they pass on. Their job is to help protect and guide the souls to the other side. Even purify the Hollows that are trying to harm the souls of the living and the dead."

Raven sees the drawing that looks childish, but she didn't say anything about it. Instead, she hands the sword back to Isamu and asks some more questions.

"So, you all exist in another plane then. Are you all…souls too?" she asked guessing that is why they have their first name 'soul'.

Isamu nods in response. "Yeah, but not me. I was born in this world. I was trained by my sensei to become a Soul Reaper though and help protect the innocent."

Raven could tell he was being truthful and is glad that he came by to help her out last night. "Thank you for helping me and I appreciate all you did. Although, if you don't mind me asking. I take it you didn't just come here to help fight against these Hollows. I mean, we never had this kind of problem before so I'm assuming something changed that?"

Oh, if only she knew. "Well, Hollow problems in this part of the country was never an issue before since they rarely appear here. However, something happened to change that and I think it is the emergence of more super-powered people. All of which seem to have strong spiritual energy. This could be the reason why, but all I know is my sensei asked me to keep an eye on things here for a while."

"I see," Raven knew that what Isamu said is true and this could be causing more Hollows to appear in other parts of the world. "Well, if you are planning to stay here then I'll talk to my friends to see if they will let you stay."

Isamu's expression turned to a surprised one with what Raven said. "Whoa, wait seriously? You would let me stay here?"

"Yeah," she replied as she pulls back the covers to get out of bed. "I'll just tell them what you are here for and…"

Isamu however interrupted her. "Whoa, hold on a second. I appreciate the offer, but um I don't want you telling them what I do. I have been tasked to stay out of the way of the hero work you guys do here and focus on the Hollows."

"We can tell them about it and I'm sure they will understand," said Raven who figured Robin and the others wouldn't mind having him around.

"I don't doubt that, but for now I'm not ready to speak with them. Please, do not tell them about me, okay?" he asked wanting to keep his identity and what he does a secret.

Raven wanted to protest and reassure him her friends would be understanding, but she did owe him for saving her life. However, another reason she wanted him to stick around is to keep an eye on him and figure out if he can be trusted to be on his own in the city.

"How about this. I'll tell them you are a friend visiting from my home and that I am letting you stay here. That way they won't know what you are and you can do your Soul Reaper work without them knowing about it," Raven suggested hoping this will work, even though she hates lying to her friends. "What do you say?"

Isamu didn't mind that idea. In fact, it actually sounded good, especially how he will be able to get some sleep in a nice comfortable bed.

"All right. Sounds like a plan," said Isamu as he got up from his seat. "So, when do we go tell them?"

"After I take a shower," Raven gets up from the bed and begins using her powers to float. "Wait here and don't touch anything, got it?"

Isamu gives her a small salute as Raven grabs her things and phases through the wall. She goes into the shower and begins removing her clothes. She didn't care if she tore her suit a little more since she was throwing it away. She carefully removes the bandages and uses her magic to heal her injuries as she gets in the water.

She found that her injuries were already healing well. She wonders if Isamu healed some of her injuries and left the rest to heal on their own. She would have to ask him about that to see if that is another skill he has. This also gave her a chance to recall back everything he said and how she is going to assess this.

She has a guy I her room who saved her life, fights spiritual monsters, and doesn't want the others to know about him. For Raven she feels that either there is more to why he is here and that would mean he is lying to her. The other though could be he is nervous about meeting her friends.

In any case, she needs to keep him around. Just to keep an eye on him and make sure he isn't up to something. After what happened with Terra and…she can't risk letting this guy go. If he is up to something she needs to figure out what it is and stop it.

Once she finished getting cleaned up, she puts on some new bandage around her ribs, followed by her new clothes, and made sure her old one is destroyed so no one finds them. She heads back to her room and finds that Isamu is gone. She began panicking a little as she looks around for him wondering where he just went.

"He better not have left the tower," she replied as she began looking around the tower for him.

She heads to the Common Room where her expression turned to shock. He was there all right. In the kitchen talking and laughing with her friends. All who are awake and are having a good time with the guy they just met.

"Oh man that was so funny dude," said Beast Boy as he fell off his seat, while laughing at Isamu's joke.

"No doubt there. You're all right," said Cyborg as he gives his approval to the young man.

"Oh yes, the joke was very funny, and I am glad to be able to meet a friend of Raven," said Starfire as she sat next to Isamu.

"She hardly tells us about her home or anyone from there. Do you know why?" Robin asked as he sat on the other side.

"Well, mostly because I don't think she is shy and doesn't want to be embarrassed," said Isamu as he leans in to the others and whispers to them. "Like this one time she came to class wearing a pink dress and looking so cute."

This caused the four heroes to imagine Raven wearing a pink dress and trying to look cute. They all soon began to laugh as Raven approached the five teenagers with a dark aura glowing brightly.

"May I ask what is so funny?" she asked in a dark and threatening tone.

The four heroes jumped off from their seat and hid behind the counter. All while Isamu turns towards Raven and smiled at her.

"Oh, just telling your friends some funny stories from our past. How are you, sleepy head?" he asked getting a death glare from Raven.

"Oh yes, your friend is telling us so many funny stories," said Starfire as she flew from behind the counter and got near her friend. "Why did you not tell us your friend was visiting, Raven?"

"Yeah, Rae. Would have been cool to get a heads up. The guy is hilarious," said Cyborg as he pats Isamu on the back.

"Yeah! He made me laugh so hard milk came out of my nose when I drank from my glass," said Beast Boy as he shows the glass.

"I guess…I wanted it to be…a surprise," Raven replied trying her best not to kill Isamu.

"Well, no harm in that I suppose," said Robin as their communicator began to go off. "Titans! Trouble in the city. Raven, stay here with your friend until we get back. Titans go!"

Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy all ran out of the room, while Raven turns towards Isamu with her eyes glowing red.

"Give me a reason why I shouldn't kill you right now," she asked in a demonic tone.

"Because A. you are injured and wouldn't be good to put a lot of strain on yourself," Isamu pointed out as he picks up his glass of orange juice. "And B. I thought it would be good to meet with your friends to get in good with them. I succeeded and now we can relax."

Raven hated to admit it, but it was true. Her friends seem to like Isamu and are okay with him. Still, she had to be careful, so he doesn't go off on his own like that. Just in case he does something stupid.

"So, where am I staying?" he asked wondering what room he will be using.

*Five minutes later*

Raven is in her room resting up, while drinking some tea and reading a book. All while she hears a knock coming from her closet.

"So um, what if I get hungry?" Isamu asked from behind the closet door.

"I'll leave you a piece of bread," she replied as she looks at her clock and knew the day has just started for them.

That's the end of this chapter and hope you all liked it. Yeah, Isamu and Raven are now bonding…somewhat. At least, she is giving him a place to stay. That's a good start for them.

So, what is going to happen next time? Will they find a way to become better friends? Will the others find out the truth about Isamu? And is this a lot like how two certain other characters from Bleach met?

Well, check out the next chapter to find out the answers to the other questions. Please leave some reviews and let me know what you all thought of the chapter. Nothing negative please. If you didn't like this chapter then don't leave a review.

That's it everyone. I'll see you all next time and take care.