"...Oh. My. God. This can't really be happening, can it?! I mean, not that I ever thought that my friends weren't strong or powerful, but out of all I can imagine, I never suspected this! But, I suppose I should be somewhat relieved that it's her, not someone that I might have to worry about like Virginia or Kayla. Though, that fact still doesn't change our situation at the moment. Oh, yeah, one more little question that I have yet to answer. WHY THE HECK IS THERE A HOLLOW IN THIS WORLD?! Did it follow Toshiro and I, has it been here for a while, or did it just magically appear out of thin air?! Though I strongly believe it's not the last one, there's now so many new questions that I have to answer. And it starts with how I explain to Cree that well, I can travel to the world of Bleach. This should be interesting..."
December 16th, 2010
OUR WORLD
4:15 p.m.
Toshiro's (Tomas's) Perspective
Toshiro grins as Yattamori and he think back to the funny accident during band (he's been order to learn how to play saxephone, ugh), their last hour, involving Virginia and two clarinets. As the two laugh, pronounce footsteps seem to begin to grow louder as they walk down the cobble ailey towards Madison's pick-up destination, Bev's Restraunt (He likes their Angus Burger). Yattamori pauses slightly before him, seeming to reconginize the steps.
"Cree, why are you stalking us?" Yattamori asks.
Toshiro turns like Yattamori and is surprised to see that Yattamori had been right about it being Cree, carrying her math book under the leather arm of her coat. She walks directly towards them, seeming to have buisness with them.
"Ok, what's up?" Cree asks.
Yattamori's and his eyes widen, surprised by the question.
"Huh?" Yattamori says.
"What are you two hiding from me?" Cree asks.
Their eyes widen even more.
"What do you mean?" Toshiro asks.
"You two are hiding some secret from me. I know it. And, as Madison knows well, I'm not a fan of being kept in the dark. I want to know what's goning on." Cree explains.
Toshiro's breath catches.
...She's on to us...
Yattamori seems to sense his tention.
...Calm down, there's no way she'd guess about the Soul Society, we just need to give her a fake secret big enough that she'll no longer expect anything from us...
Cree notices their silence.
"Well, tell me!" Cree commands, sounding a little angrier.
Yattamori sighs.
"Listen Cree, you're right, we are keeping something. Though, we wanted to keep it from you guys until we knew it was final." Yattamori says, sounding smooth as glace.
"What?" Cree asks.
"Do you want to tell her, or me?" Yattamori asks, taking Toshiro by surprise.
"Uh, you can tell." Toshiro answers.
"Alright. Well, Toshiro might be moving into my neighborhood!" Yattamori says, smilng.
Toshiro smiles.
That is smart.
Cree blinks a few times.
"Seriously?" Cree asks.
"Yepe, we didn't want to say anything until everything was signed on the house." Yattamori explains, lying like an expert, but also like a housewife.
Cree shrugs.
"Alright then. If that's what you say." Cree says.
Toshiro sighs, relieved.
After they finally get passed the awkward zone of the secret confrontation, the trio find themselves laughing their heads off as Yattamori tells the funny story about Virginia. When they get halfway there, as they come to be inbetween the usual off white and dark blue houses, a sudden feeling of ominous intentioins sparks from the Earth below them. Toshiro and Yattamori stop instantly, knowing the nostalgic spark well. But, it's how Cree reacts that puts them over the edge.
"Wh-What's that?!" Cree yells, before looking looking over at them, "Do you know what that is?!"
Toshiro looks over at Yattamori for a hint of how to explain what's going on, but nothing seems to come to Yattamori's mind. Sweat seems to go down both of their faces as they try to explain.
"Do you?!" Cree yells again.
Yattamori finally seems to give in.
"Cree, you need to-" Yattamori starts.
"Well, what do I have here...? A few...appetizers..." a dark voice says from behind them.
Toshiro and Yattamori whip their heads around to see a gigantic hollow, about the size of at least three school busses stood up on their ends.
"Oh no..." Yattamori whispers.
"What...is that...thing?!" Cree yells, the color in her face fading.
Toshiro's eyes widen
...SHE CAN SEE IT?!...
"Ma-Madison! What's going on?!" Cree yells, running to Yattamori's side.
Yattamori looks away.
Suddenly, Toshiro sees a tenticle rush towards Yattamori.
"Yattamori, look out!" Toshiro yells.
Yattamori turns and flashsteps out of the way just in time, just missing the tenticle as Cree stands in shock. For a moment, she looks at the spot where Yattamori had just been, shaking.
"Cree! Are you alright?!" Toshiro yells, running towards Cree.
"What the...how did she...where did...?" Cree mutters, unable to finish a thought.
Toshiro's expression turns to that of concern.
"Toshiro, I think I'll have to take care of this one." Yattamori says as she reappears right in front of them, taking Cree by surprise.
"What do you mean "take care of it"?! It's 4 stories tall! It'll kill you Madison!" Cree yells, tear coming to her eyes.
Yattamori chuckles.
"You know Cree, there are a few reasons why I took such a liking to you when first met. But one of the main ones was that you were never one to show fear, never once showing a tear in my pressence, or any one else's infact." Yattamori starts, "So, please Cree, don't break that record here, it's not worth it. Hollows like this one aren't worth crying over, trust me. Just stay out of the way so you don't get hurt, I wouldn't forgive myself if it came to that."
The hollow begins to laugh in it's dense, dark voice.
"What's this? It seems that my prey is thinking too much of itself. Well, I'll change that!" the hollow yells.
It's Yattamori's turn to laugh, silencing the hollow for a moment.
"Why are you laughing, girl...?" the hollow asks.
"Because, it seems like the rest of the brainless hollows out there, you're too dumb to realize that I'm not a regular human." Yattamori says, beginning to glow a lime green.
Cree's eyes widen.
"Ma-Madison..." Cree whispers.
"Cree!" Yattamori yells, taking Cree by surprise, "Don't worry. Madison Yattamori can take care of this. Just trust me."
"Madison...Yattamori...?" Cree restates.
Toshiro looks back down at Cree. She looks up at him, confusion in her eyes.
"Tomas...who's Madison Yattamori?" Cree asks.
He grins.
"Just look, she's standing right in front of you." Toshiro answers, "Madison is Yattamori, the lost Captain of the 13 Court Guard Squads."
Cree's eyes widen in alarm.
"What?!" Cree yells, "What are you saying Tomas?!"
"Oh, my name's not Tomas." Toshiro starts.
Cree's eyes widen even more then before.
"What?..." she mutters.
"Call me Toshiro, Toshiro Hitsugaya." Toshiro says as he feels his disguise fading, his spiritual pressure returning as his silver hair and turquiose eyes become dominant.
Cree just stares at him for a moment, not believeing what she's seeing. After finally getting over his appearance, she looks back over at Yattamori. She's glowing stronger then ever, finally beginning to transform. Soon, she will not be Madison Shecker, the person Cree has come to love, but Yattamori.
"C'mon Yattamori, don't keep us waiting!" Toshiro yells.
Yattamori nods.
"MAMORI KOUDOUTAI!"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cree's Perspective
She watches in shock and disbelief as Madison begins to morphe into someone else, into a girl that looks very similar to the original Madison. Her hair is still chestnut brown and wavy, but it's four or five times longer, and it's held up in a high ponytail by a lime green ribbon, her bangs now covering her right eye and thick strands of hair are all that hang down now, covering both her ears. Her eyes are glowing a slight blue. Similar to what Madison's have looked like in past circumstances. She's has a leather string necklace with a green, quarter-sized pendant hanging about six inches from her neck, along with a pink ribbon choker with another lime green gem attached to it around the base of her neck. She wears a pink, sleeveless, over-thing over a kimono with black curly-lined designs and black trimming, lime green arm bands transending from underneath the sleeves of the kimono, along with sandals worn over white sock-like things on her feet.
Cree's eyes widen in surprise.
...She's the girl from that vision in the middle of Madison's and my first duel!...
Madison, uh, Yattamori soon becomes encased in the lime green light, revealed moments later with wings, like that of an angel's. In her hand is a bow n' arrow, already strung and ready. Grunts in alarm take Cree's attention back to the colossal creature, seeming now to tremble in fear.
Unbelievable.
"Y-You! You're a Soul Reaper?!" the thing yells.
Madison grins.
"Unfortunate, isn't it." Madison says as she pulls her arrow back even farther, "Now die."
She releases, and in blinding moment, what looks like thousands of arrows shoot from Madison's one bow, hitting the thing square in the face with deadly prescision.
"AGHHHHHHHHHH!" the beast screams as it turns to dust, ultimately being defeated.
For a moment, they all stand silent, unable to break any tention. But, finally, Madison resheathes her sword in a sheath tied to her back, something that hadn't been there a moment ago. As she releases it, it disappears once more, stunning Cree even more.
"H-How did you...?" Cree mumbles.
Madison responds to her mumbling and turns around to face her, a look of an experienced trained fighter pasted to her face, though it somehow is still content.
She sighs as she comes to stand over Cree.
"Oh Cree, I wish that you wouldn't of seen that. It would of made it so much easier on all of us, especially Toshiro and I." Madison says.
Cree blinks a few times, trying to to break down entirely.
"Wh-What's going on?! Why does Tomas look like your character?! Why do you look like you just stepped out of Bleach?! What was that thing?! How did you-?" Cree stammers.
"-Whoa, whoa, calm down Cree. One question at a time, please." Madison instructs, kneeling at Cree's side.
"Maybe you should start at the beginning, just so she understands everything clearly." Tomas, no, Toshiro suggests from nearby.
Madison nods and turns back towards Cree, sighing as she scratches her head.
"Alright, this is what happened. From the beginning, so listen carefully." Madison starts.
For about the next 20 minutes, right after Madison called her mom to tell her she was hanging out with Cree, Madison and Toshiro explain the whole to story behind their situation. From the first time they met, to the Soul Society and the World of the Living with Hollows, Soul Reapers, and zampakutous, and the whole two worlds plus two identities thing. Though, as she listens, she can sense just by the way they tell the story that they're leaving something out of this explanation. And all this causes her to just become more curious by the second.
"Do you understand, Cree?" Madison, no, Yattamori asks.
Cree comes back to reality.
"Y-Yeah, but one more thing." Cree says.
Madison and Toshiro blink in surprise.
"Uh, what?" Toshiro asks.
Cree gulps, hoping that she doesn't hit a sour note with her question.
"I understand how you were there, then went back after you saw "Bleach" during your birthday party. But, why did you, Yattamori, leave in the first place?" Cree asks.
Madison's and Toshiro's eyes widen in alarm. It's what Cree dreaded, she hit the sour note.
"Uh..um, well..." Madison starts, kinda loosing the color in her cheeks.
"W-What?" Cree asks.
"The reason why Yattamori left is because she-" Toshiro starts.
Suddenly, Madison goes flying into the air, hitting a nearby fense with bone-snapping intensity.
"AAAHHHHH!" Madison screches from the dust cloud, obviously in agonizing pain.
"Madison!" Toshiro and Cree yell.
From behind, a nostalgic tentacle zooms past Cree as she's pulled away by Toshiro, ultimatly being saved from Madison's fate. She opens her eyes to see that Toshiro seems to be running away from the probable Hollow, angering her.
"What are you doing?! We have to help her. She's seriously wounded!" Cree snaps.
"I know that! But you need to be taken someplace safe so you don't get involved, or else you'll be wounded. Heck, maybe even worse!" Toshiro counters, silencing her for a moment.
He stops and pushes her in the shadows of a tree, hiding her behind some limbs.
"Stay here, I'll take care of the Hollow." Toshiro orders, turning away from her.
"Toshiro wait." Cree says.
He turns back.
"What?" Toshiro asks.
"You never answered my question. Why didn't Yattamori stay?" Cree asks.
Toshiro's eyes widen, before he turns back.
His silence tells her that he'll probably not answer, causing her to look off herself.
"She was killed. Stabbed through the heart." Toshiro says, before disappearing.
Cree gasps and turns back to see where Toshiro once was.
...Madison was...what?!...
She watches as Toshiro reappears near the place Madison is, before disappearing once again.
Then, before she can blink, Toshiro is back in front of her, Madison cradled in his arms, unconscious and severely injured. He hands Madison over to Cree, taking her by slight surprise.
"Protect Yattamori until I get back." Toshiro says as he stands back.
"Uh, alright." Cree says as she nods.
She then looks down to see just how much damage she has taken from the blow. Externally, she has a few gashes along her body, a blood trail running from the corner of her mouth, meaning she has some internal damage. Though, when it does come to the internal damage, Cree can just tell that it probably isn't that pretty. Madison struggles to breath normally, seeming to go in and out of consciousness as she lies on Cree's thigh. Suddenly, she wakes up with a big cough. Her eyes seem slightly glazed as she looks around, finally landing on her after a few moments.
"C-C..ree." she mumbles, her voice cracking.
"Try not to move or speak Madison, you're serverely injured." Cree says.
Sudden snapping noises coming from nearby cause Cree to whip her head up. Her eyes widen in alarm as she sees Toshiro try to fight off the many tentacles of another Hollow that closely resembles the other that Madison had defeated easily. After a few moments, Toshiro gets his arm caught.
"To-Toshiro!" Madison screams, cringing seconds after.
"Madison, stay still!" Cree yells.
"B-But Toshiro. He's in trouble!-" Madison shouts as she sits up, or attempts to.
"And what do you think you can do in your condition?!" Cree snaps.
Madison falls silent, not enjoying being helpless. Cree looks back up to see that somehow Toshiro escaped, though the Hollow seems angrier because of it. Though, a light from below steels her attention. She looks back down at Madison to see a yellow light surrounding her midsection.
"What the heck are you doing?" Cree asks.
"I-I'm healing myself." Madison answers, panting slightly.
Cree's eyes widen.
"You can heal yourself?!" Cree asks.
Madison nods.
"But since I'm more injured then normal, it's gonna take it longer to heal. So, if Toshiro can't hold himself for the next 15 to 20 minutes, he's dead." Madison explains as Cree helps her up to lean against the tree.
Suddenly, Toshiro's pained grunt rings from behind them. They both whip their heads and gasp as Toshiro looses his sword.
"Oh, no!" Madison yells, "Toshiro, get out of there!"
But it's too late, the tentacle takes advantage of Toshiro's predicament and wraps tight around him.
"AGH!" Toshiro yells as it squeezes him.
"Toshiro!" Madison yells as she tries to stand, only to crumble to the ground.
Cree feels sweat begin to group on her face.
...What do I do?! Madison is too injured to fight and Toshiro's captured!...How can I help?!...
"...Use me...Cree..."
Cree's eyes widen in alarm as the man's voice crosses her mind.
...What was that?...
"...Cree, summon me, and defeat the Hollow..."
She turns around to find herself in a world she's never seen before. The void is a lighter green, pipes running from unknown shadows. She looks down to see herself standing over clear water, the bottom unseen.
...Cree...
She whips her head around in reponse to the voice.
"Who's calling me?! Who are you?!" Cree yells.
"Cree...do you want to save your friends...?" the voice asks.
"Yes, of course!" Cree responds.
"Then call my name, and I shall give you strength!"
Suddenly, wind blows strong from behind her. She squeezes her eyes shut, only to open them to amazement. Hanging high above her is a great, colosal, yellow serpent, it's tail wrapped tight around one of the pipes. It's body body shines like glass, though as she watches, sparks of electricity seem to spit from the snake's body, taking her by more surprise.
"Call my name, Master!" the serpent yells.
Without reason, a name nostalgic to a few days ago pops back into her head, though she once thought it lost. She turns away to face the wind, whiping her hair wildly as she feels the water beneath her feet ripple with each of her steps.
"You're my zampakutou, aren't you?" Cree asks.
The serpent doesn't answer for a moment.
"That is correct, Cree." it finally answers.
Cree chuckles, before turning back to face the snake.
"Then return, HEBI DENKOU!" Cree yells.
Instantly, the world around her disappears, returning her back to the alley. She opens her eyes to see that the Hollow, along with Toshiro (who's still captured), is staring at her. She looks around and catches a glance at her outfit, which has changed. Now, she wears a kimono similar to Toshiro, full black, though the trim is kinda like Madison's. Though, she soon forgets about it as she comes to stare down the Hollow.
"What?" the Hollow says, a little taken back by Cree.
"Strike," Cree snaps, holding her arm out to her side,
"She isn't..." Toshiro mumbles.
"HEBI DENKOU!"
Yellow light begins to spark and snap around her, surrounding everything in sight, scaring the Hollow slightly. In her palm, Cree senses the hilt of her sword morphe from the air, causing her to grin.
"Hanta-Dendou (Lightning Hunter)!" Cree yells, pulling her sword across her arm.
Suddenly, the blade begins to spark and glow, until suddenly the katana is a full out lightning bolt, reminding her of Zeus, for some odd reason. Without remorse, she takes all of the force in her arm and throws the bolt straight for the Hollow, hitting it's mask with deadly precision.
"ARGGGGGGGG! H-How?! How could...a weak brat..like you..kill me?!" the Hollow scretches, releasing Toshiro as it flails it's body back and worth in insane bends and twists.
Cree chuckles.
"Madison was right, you Hollows need to acquire some knowledge, because you're too brainless to be able to ravage as you do," Cree says as she turns away from the dying Hollow, "Now Die, HEBI DENKOU, RIMEN (Reverse)."
Without a second to spare, the lightning bolt stabs through the Hollow, coming out through the front of the Hollow's mask, flying at such tremendous speeds, to only stop only about a foot behind Cree.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" the Hollow yells, finally fading to dust in the wind.
For a few minutes, the three don't move, until finally Cree turns and takes grasp of the bolt, the electic currents disappearing instantly as she wraps her hand around the hilt. Though, the grasp is short, as like the Hollow, Hebi Denkou vanishes. Kinda like how Madison's disappears. Her eyes widen in alarm as Madison reenters her mind. She whips her head around to see Madison still leaning against the same tree, her pained expression changed to that of astonishment.
"Madison-!" Cree starts as she begins to run towards Madison.
Suddenly, her legs give out beneath her and she watches as she fall to the Earth, the world going back as Madison's voice rings through her mind.
"CREE!"
December 16th, 2010
OUR WORLD
4:15 p.m.
Toshiro's (Tomas's) Perspective
Toshiro grins as Yattamori and he think back to the funny accident during band (he's been order to learn how to play saxephone, ugh), their last hour, involving Virginia and two clarinets. As the two laugh, pronounce footsteps seem to begin to grow louder as they walk down the cobble ailey towards Madison's pick-up destination, Bev's Restraunt (He likes their Angus Burger). Yattamori pauses slightly before him, seeming to reconginize the steps.
"Cree, why are you stalking us?" Yattamori asks.
Toshiro turns like Yattamori and is surprised to see that Yattamori had been right about it being Cree, carrying her math book under the leather arm of her coat. She walks directly towards them, seeming to have buisness with them.
"Ok, what's up?" Cree asks.
Yattamori's and his eyes widen, surprised by the question.
"Huh?" Yattamori says.
"What are you two hiding from me?" Cree asks.
Their eyes widen even more.
"What do you mean?" Toshiro asks.
"You two are hiding some secret from me. I know it. And, as Madison knows well, I'm not a fan of being kept in the dark. I want to know what's goning on." Cree explains.
Toshiro's breath catches.
...She's on to us...
Yattamori seems to sense his tention.
...Calm down, there's no way she'd guess about the Soul Society, we just need to give her a fake secret big enough that she'll no longer expect anything from us...
Cree notices their silence.
"Well, tell me!" Cree commands, sounding a little angrier.
Yattamori sighs.
"Listen Cree, you're right, we are keeping something. Though, we wanted to keep it from you guys until we knew it was final." Yattamori says, sounding smooth as glace.
"What?" Cree asks.
"Do you want to tell her, or me?" Yattamori asks, taking Toshiro by surprise.
"Uh, you can tell." Toshiro answers.
"Alright. Well, Toshiro might be moving into my neighborhood!" Yattamori says, smilng.
Toshiro smiles.
That is smart.
Cree blinks a few times.
"Seriously?" Cree asks.
"Yepe, we didn't want to say anything until everything was signed on the house." Yattamori explains, lying like an expert, but also like a housewife.
Cree shrugs.
"Alright then. If that's what you say." Cree says.
Toshiro sighs, relieved.
After they finally get passed the awkward zone of the secret confrontation, the trio find themselves laughing their heads off as Yattamori tells the funny story about Virginia. When they get halfway there, as they come to be inbetween the usual off white and dark blue houses, a sudden feeling of ominous intentioins sparks from the Earth below them. Toshiro and Yattamori stop instantly, knowing the nostalgic spark well. But, it's how Cree reacts that puts them over the edge.
"Wh-What's that?!" Cree yells, before looking looking over at them, "Do you know what that is?!"
Toshiro looks over at Yattamori for a hint of how to explain what's going on, but nothing seems to come to Yattamori's mind. Sweat seems to go down both of their faces as they try to explain.
"Do you?!" Cree yells again.
Yattamori finally seems to give in.
"Cree, you need to-" Yattamori starts.
"Well, what do I have here...? A few...appetizers..." a dark voice says from behind them.
Toshiro and Yattamori whip their heads around to see a gigantic hollow, about the size of at least three school busses stood up on their ends.
"Oh no..." Yattamori whispers.
"What...is that...thing?!" Cree yells, the color in her face fading.
Toshiro's eyes widen
...SHE CAN SEE IT?!...
"Ma-Madison! What's going on?!" Cree yells, running to Yattamori's side.
Yattamori looks away.
Suddenly, Toshiro sees a tenticle rush towards Yattamori.
"Yattamori, look out!" Toshiro yells.
Yattamori turns and flashsteps out of the way just in time, just missing the tenticle as Cree stands in shock. For a moment, she looks at the spot where Yattamori had just been, shaking.
"Cree! Are you alright?!" Toshiro yells, running towards Cree.
"What the...how did she...where did...?" Cree mutters, unable to finish a thought.
Toshiro's expression turns to that of concern.
"Toshiro, I think I'll have to take care of this one." Yattamori says as she reappears right in front of them, taking Cree by surprise.
"What do you mean "take care of it"?! It's 4 stories tall! It'll kill you Madison!" Cree yells, tear coming to her eyes.
Yattamori chuckles.
"You know Cree, there are a few reasons why I took such a liking to you when first met. But one of the main ones was that you were never one to show fear, never once showing a tear in my pressence, or any one else's infact." Yattamori starts, "So, please Cree, don't break that record here, it's not worth it. Hollows like this one aren't worth crying over, trust me. Just stay out of the way so you don't get hurt, I wouldn't forgive myself if it came to that."
The hollow begins to laugh in it's dense, dark voice.
"What's this? It seems that my prey is thinking too much of itself. Well, I'll change that!" the hollow yells.
It's Yattamori's turn to laugh, silencing the hollow for a moment.
"Why are you laughing, girl...?" the hollow asks.
"Because, it seems like the rest of the brainless hollows out there, you're too dumb to realize that I'm not a regular human." Yattamori says, beginning to glow a lime green.
Cree's eyes widen.
"Ma-Madison..." Cree whispers.
"Cree!" Yattamori yells, taking Cree by surprise, "Don't worry. Madison Yattamori can take care of this. Just trust me."
"Madison...Yattamori...?" Cree restates.
Toshiro looks back down at Cree. She looks up at him, confusion in her eyes.
"Tomas...who's Madison Yattamori?" Cree asks.
He grins.
"Just look, she's standing right in front of you." Toshiro answers, "Madison is Yattamori, the lost Captain of the 13 Court Guard Squads."
Cree's eyes widen in alarm.
"What?!" Cree yells, "What are you saying Tomas?!"
"Oh, my name's not Tomas." Toshiro starts.
Cree's eyes widen even more then before.
"What?..." she mutters.
"Call me Toshiro, Toshiro Hitsugaya." Toshiro says as he feels his disguise fading, his spiritual pressure returning as his silver hair and turquiose eyes become dominant.
Cree just stares at him for a moment, not believeing what she's seeing. After finally getting over his appearance, she looks back over at Yattamori. She's glowing stronger then ever, finally beginning to transform. Soon, she will not be Madison Shecker, the person Cree has come to love, but Yattamori.
"C'mon Yattamori, don't keep us waiting!" Toshiro yells.
Yattamori nods.
"MAMORI KOUDOUTAI!"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cree's Perspective
She watches in shock and disbelief as Madison begins to morphe into someone else, into a girl that looks very similar to the original Madison. Her hair is still chestnut brown and wavy, but it's four or five times longer, and it's held up in a high ponytail by a lime green ribbon, her bangs now covering her right eye and thick strands of hair are all that hang down now, covering both her ears. Her eyes are glowing a slight blue. Similar to what Madison's have looked like in past circumstances. She's has a leather string necklace with a green, quarter-sized pendant hanging about six inches from her neck, along with a pink ribbon choker with another lime green gem attached to it around the base of her neck. She wears a pink, sleeveless, over-thing over a kimono with black curly-lined designs and black trimming, lime green arm bands transending from underneath the sleeves of the kimono, along with sandals worn over white sock-like things on her feet.
Cree's eyes widen in surprise.
...She's the girl from that vision in the middle of Madison's and my first duel!...
Madison, uh, Yattamori soon becomes encased in the lime green light, revealed moments later with wings, like that of an angel's. In her hand is a bow n' arrow, already strung and ready. Grunts in alarm take Cree's attention back to the colossal creature, seeming now to tremble in fear.
Unbelievable.
"Y-You! You're a Soul Reaper?!" the thing yells.
Madison grins.
"Unfortunate, isn't it." Madison says as she pulls her arrow back even farther, "Now die."
She releases, and in blinding moment, what looks like thousands of arrows shoot from Madison's one bow, hitting the thing square in the face with deadly prescision.
"AGHHHHHHHHHH!" the beast screams as it turns to dust, ultimately being defeated.
For a moment, they all stand silent, unable to break any tention. But, finally, Madison resheathes her sword in a sheath tied to her back, something that hadn't been there a moment ago. As she releases it, it disappears once more, stunning Cree even more.
"H-How did you...?" Cree mumbles.
Madison responds to her mumbling and turns around to face her, a look of an experienced trained fighter pasted to her face, though it somehow is still content.
She sighs as she comes to stand over Cree.
"Oh Cree, I wish that you wouldn't of seen that. It would of made it so much easier on all of us, especially Toshiro and I." Madison says.
Cree blinks a few times, trying to to break down entirely.
"Wh-What's going on?! Why does Tomas look like your character?! Why do you look like you just stepped out of Bleach?! What was that thing?! How did you-?" Cree stammers.
"-Whoa, whoa, calm down Cree. One question at a time, please." Madison instructs, kneeling at Cree's side.
"Maybe you should start at the beginning, just so she understands everything clearly." Tomas, no, Toshiro suggests from nearby.
Madison nods and turns back towards Cree, sighing as she scratches her head.
"Alright, this is what happened. From the beginning, so listen carefully." Madison starts.
For about the next 20 minutes, right after Madison called her mom to tell her she was hanging out with Cree, Madison and Toshiro explain the whole to story behind their situation. From the first time they met, to the Soul Society and the World of the Living with Hollows, Soul Reapers, and zampakutous, and the whole two worlds plus two identities thing. Though, as she listens, she can sense just by the way they tell the story that they're leaving something out of this explanation. And all this causes her to just become more curious by the second.
"Do you understand, Cree?" Madison, no, Yattamori asks.
Cree comes back to reality.
"Y-Yeah, but one more thing." Cree says.
Madison and Toshiro blink in surprise.
"Uh, what?" Toshiro asks.
Cree gulps, hoping that she doesn't hit a sour note with her question.
"I understand how you were there, then went back after you saw "Bleach" during your birthday party. But, why did you, Yattamori, leave in the first place?" Cree asks.
Madison's and Toshiro's eyes widen in alarm. It's what Cree dreaded, she hit the sour note.
"Uh..um, well..." Madison starts, kinda loosing the color in her cheeks.
"W-What?" Cree asks.
"The reason why Yattamori left is because she-" Toshiro starts.
Suddenly, Madison goes flying into the air, hitting a nearby fense with bone-snapping intensity.
"AAAHHHHH!" Madison screches from the dust cloud, obviously in agonizing pain.
"Madison!" Toshiro and Cree yell.
From behind, a nostalgic tentacle zooms past Cree as she's pulled away by Toshiro, ultimatly being saved from Madison's fate. She opens her eyes to see that Toshiro seems to be running away from the probable Hollow, angering her.
"What are you doing?! We have to help her. She's seriously wounded!" Cree snaps.
"I know that! But you need to be taken someplace safe so you don't get involved, or else you'll be wounded. Heck, maybe even worse!" Toshiro counters, silencing her for a moment.
He stops and pushes her in the shadows of a tree, hiding her behind some limbs.
"Stay here, I'll take care of the Hollow." Toshiro orders, turning away from her.
"Toshiro wait." Cree says.
He turns back.
"What?" Toshiro asks.
"You never answered my question. Why didn't Yattamori stay?" Cree asks.
Toshiro's eyes widen, before he turns back.
His silence tells her that he'll probably not answer, causing her to look off herself.
"She was killed. Stabbed through the heart." Toshiro says, before disappearing.
Cree gasps and turns back to see where Toshiro once was.
...Madison was...what?!...
She watches as Toshiro reappears near the place Madison is, before disappearing once again.
Then, before she can blink, Toshiro is back in front of her, Madison cradled in his arms, unconscious and severely injured. He hands Madison over to Cree, taking her by slight surprise.
"Protect Yattamori until I get back." Toshiro says as he stands back.
"Uh, alright." Cree says as she nods.
She then looks down to see just how much damage she has taken from the blow. Externally, she has a few gashes along her body, a blood trail running from the corner of her mouth, meaning she has some internal damage. Though, when it does come to the internal damage, Cree can just tell that it probably isn't that pretty. Madison struggles to breath normally, seeming to go in and out of consciousness as she lies on Cree's thigh. Suddenly, she wakes up with a big cough. Her eyes seem slightly glazed as she looks around, finally landing on her after a few moments.
"C-C..ree." she mumbles, her voice cracking.
"Try not to move or speak Madison, you're serverely injured." Cree says.
Sudden snapping noises coming from nearby cause Cree to whip her head up. Her eyes widen in alarm as she sees Toshiro try to fight off the many tentacles of another Hollow that closely resembles the other that Madison had defeated easily. After a few moments, Toshiro gets his arm caught.
"To-Toshiro!" Madison screams, cringing seconds after.
"Madison, stay still!" Cree yells.
"B-But Toshiro. He's in trouble!-" Madison shouts as she sits up, or attempts to.
"And what do you think you can do in your condition?!" Cree snaps.
Madison falls silent, not enjoying being helpless. Cree looks back up to see that somehow Toshiro escaped, though the Hollow seems angrier because of it. Though, a light from below steels her attention. She looks back down at Madison to see a yellow light surrounding her midsection.
"What the heck are you doing?" Cree asks.
"I-I'm healing myself." Madison answers, panting slightly.
Cree's eyes widen.
"You can heal yourself?!" Cree asks.
Madison nods.
"But since I'm more injured then normal, it's gonna take it longer to heal. So, if Toshiro can't hold himself for the next 15 to 20 minutes, he's dead." Madison explains as Cree helps her up to lean against the tree.
Suddenly, Toshiro's pained grunt rings from behind them. They both whip their heads and gasp as Toshiro looses his sword.
"Oh, no!" Madison yells, "Toshiro, get out of there!"
But it's too late, the tentacle takes advantage of Toshiro's predicament and wraps tight around him.
"AGH!" Toshiro yells as it squeezes him.
"Toshiro!" Madison yells as she tries to stand, only to crumble to the ground.
Cree feels sweat begin to group on her face.
...What do I do?! Madison is too injured to fight and Toshiro's captured!...How can I help?!...
"...Use me...Cree..."
Cree's eyes widen in alarm as the man's voice crosses her mind.
...What was that?...
"...Cree, summon me, and defeat the Hollow..."
She turns around to find herself in a world she's never seen before. The void is a lighter green, pipes running from unknown shadows. She looks down to see herself standing over clear water, the bottom unseen.
...Cree...
She whips her head around in reponse to the voice.
"Who's calling me?! Who are you?!" Cree yells.
"Cree...do you want to save your friends...?" the voice asks.
"Yes, of course!" Cree responds.
"Then call my name, and I shall give you strength!"
Suddenly, wind blows strong from behind her. She squeezes her eyes shut, only to open them to amazement. Hanging high above her is a great, colosal, yellow serpent, it's tail wrapped tight around one of the pipes. It's body body shines like glass, though as she watches, sparks of electricity seem to spit from the snake's body, taking her by more surprise.
"Call my name, Master!" the serpent yells.
Without reason, a name nostalgic to a few days ago pops back into her head, though she once thought it lost. She turns away to face the wind, whiping her hair wildly as she feels the water beneath her feet ripple with each of her steps.
"You're my zampakutou, aren't you?" Cree asks.
The serpent doesn't answer for a moment.
"That is correct, Cree." it finally answers.
Cree chuckles, before turning back to face the snake.
"Then return, HEBI DENKOU!" Cree yells.
Instantly, the world around her disappears, returning her back to the alley. She opens her eyes to see that the Hollow, along with Toshiro (who's still captured), is staring at her. She looks around and catches a glance at her outfit, which has changed. Now, she wears a kimono similar to Toshiro, full black, though the trim is kinda like Madison's. Though, she soon forgets about it as she comes to stare down the Hollow.
"What?" the Hollow says, a little taken back by Cree.
"Strike," Cree snaps, holding her arm out to her side,
"She isn't..." Toshiro mumbles.
"HEBI DENKOU!"
Yellow light begins to spark and snap around her, surrounding everything in sight, scaring the Hollow slightly. In her palm, Cree senses the hilt of her sword morphe from the air, causing her to grin.
"Hanta-Dendou (Lightning Hunter)!" Cree yells, pulling her sword across her arm.
Suddenly, the blade begins to spark and glow, until suddenly the katana is a full out lightning bolt, reminding her of Zeus, for some odd reason. Without remorse, she takes all of the force in her arm and throws the bolt straight for the Hollow, hitting it's mask with deadly precision.
"ARGGGGGGGG! H-How?! How could...a weak brat..like you..kill me?!" the Hollow scretches, releasing Toshiro as it flails it's body back and worth in insane bends and twists.
Cree chuckles.
"Madison was right, you Hollows need to acquire some knowledge, because you're too brainless to be able to ravage as you do," Cree says as she turns away from the dying Hollow, "Now Die, HEBI DENKOU, RIMEN (Reverse)."
Without a second to spare, the lightning bolt stabs through the Hollow, coming out through the front of the Hollow's mask, flying at such tremendous speeds, to only stop only about a foot behind Cree.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" the Hollow yells, finally fading to dust in the wind.
For a few minutes, the three don't move, until finally Cree turns and takes grasp of the bolt, the electic currents disappearing instantly as she wraps her hand around the hilt. Though, the grasp is short, as like the Hollow, Hebi Denkou vanishes. Kinda like how Madison's disappears. Her eyes widen in alarm as Madison reenters her mind. She whips her head around to see Madison still leaning against the same tree, her pained expression changed to that of astonishment.
"Madison-!" Cree starts as she begins to run towards Madison.
Suddenly, her legs give out beneath her and she watches as she fall to the Earth, the world going back as Madison's voice rings through her mind.
"CREE!"
No comments:
Post a Comment