Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ An Arrows Wind ❯ The Good and Troubling ( Chapter 9 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
By: hinatastar
Ichigo is stuck in a world far from home and is forced to...wait!?
Meanwhile Chad and Orihime check an abandoned house out, only to discover it isn't abandoned...
Uryu and Aneko then become restless and stressed from their unsuccesful search.

Anime/Manga: Bleach Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.18.2008 | Pages: 4 | Words: 6.3K | Visits: 177 | Status: Work In Progress

I do NOT own Bleach or the names/places/things in it. Only the OC.

Ichigo continued to wait for the portal to finally open, allowing him return to earth. He sat on a rock waiting and waiting. He counted 50 butterflies passing by, and slept twice…
“HOLY CRAP! IT'S ALMOST BEEN TWEENTY-FOUR HOURS!!!” Ichigo then yelled sudden, losing his patience, “WHERE THE HELL IS THE DOOR!!!”
Zangetsu then glared at him. He wasn't the type to lose patience or anything at the sort, but Ichigo and his whining were beginning to take affect on it. “Ichigo…” His voice was clam but still held anger in it.
Ichigo stopped glaring at the sky and glanced at him, “Humm…?”
“Stop…” Was all he said, it was all he needed to say. Ichigo sighed and continued to glare at the sky, “Gezz…”
“It seems that since we've yet to see the door, chances are that we are destined to stay here for awhile…”
“W-what?!” Ichigo couldn't take it, the meter exploded, “How the hell can you stay so calm about this?! I have a family back home, friends, and people to protect and see again! In other words I have a life!”
“Well…” Zangetsu then glanced at Ichigo with a simple expression, “We can always get someone to pick us up…”
“W-what…?”
He then got up and levitated towards the centre, “itssimple really…call for help…”
“You know…for someone who never makes sense, you really aren't changing the reputation,” Ichigo walked up to him scratching his head in confusion.
“Just listen you fool,”
“Alright…!” He placed his Zanpakuto over his shoulders and paid attention.
“Our only option to return back safely was this world…but seeing how you desperately need to get home…”
“I don't DESPERATLY need to get home!”
“Ichigo!”
“S-sorry sir!” Ichigo stood straight and feared for his life.
He sighed and continued, “…Like I was SAYING...Ichigo…the only option we had for a safe return was this world…but seeing how you need to return now, I've come up with another theory…a dangerous one,”
“Oh yeah…? What is it?” He then asked with interest, though he figured it was a pointless one like all his other ones had been.
“We can return to hell and have someone pick us up…if a Shinigami from the other side where to open the gates of hell, it would allow us to exit and return back.”
“Uh…” Ichigo looked at him blankly, “And how is that exactly dangerous?”
Zangetsu then glared at him, “Hollows from hell would be able to enter your world as well.”
“But…? I still don't get it…? Hollows from hell do come to my world regardless…”
“This is true; think about it this way…you have a tap in the sink. When the tap is finished being used little drops of water drip in the sink. Once the time comes, the user opens the tap up again…allowing all the water to flow at once. It's like that…hollows naturally come out of hell, but one by one…not as much…but when you open hell, when not supposed to, it allows more hollows to come out. Just like the tap water…do you understand, Ichigo?”
“Uh…? D-do you have a pen and pad I can borrow…?”
“ICHIGO! This isn't difficult!” Ichigo jumped from startle, nodding, “R-right!”
Zangetsu then walked towards Ichigo, “Listen…just think of it this way…if we open hell for the purpose of letting out…you're going to let out more than we can handle.”
Ichigo nodded, “I get it…I think…so what should we do then?”
“That is for you to decide, for you to choose and doing it wisely...”
“Damn it! Why does this have to happen to me!? I don't know what the hell to do!”

Meanwhile, Orihime and Chad wondered into an abandon house. It was dark and filled with spider webs, in fact Chad felt it was probably one of the stupidest decisions Orihime had ever made. If it could be described in the best way…it looked like a horror house.
“Isn't this place incredible?!” Orihime then asked as she walked in looking at the home in awe.
“Uh…it's…unique,” Chad then noticed a spider hanging over Orihime's head, “Uh…O-Orihime…?”
“Humm…?” She glanced at him with a smiled planted on her face. She was clueless of the creature, which was now crawling on her head.
He pointed at the spider, “There's a spider on you…”
“W-wha…?” She touched her head gently until she felt a very soft, yet hairy thing crawl on her hand, “AHH!” She screamed and ran across the room waving her hands in the air, as if some lunatic was let loose.
“O-Orihime!” Chad tried to calm her down before she hurt herself, but failed as she tripped over a carpet.
“Ouchy'…!” She sat on her rear and rubbed her head. Chad approached her and sighed, “Sorry…but I tried to warn you.”
“Uhh…sorry…” She smiled up at him nervously and a bit humiliated. Once he helped her up they heard the sound of running. It was coming from the second floor.
“What was that?!” Orihime then asked with caution. Chad looked around their surroundings and noticed something big coming from over them, down towards them.
“L-look!” They both noticed the closer it got the more it was revealed. “W-what is that?!”
“I don't know! But whatever it is, it has a strong spiritual power…!” Chad then stated.
Suddenly laughter could be heard from it. The light revealed it to be a hollow which looked like a giant spider. Orihime gasped at the sight and Chad stared down at it shocked.
“WELL, WELL…WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?” It then asked. Its voice seemed feminine and deep. Orihime stood behind Chad; he noticed the mask on its face was darker than the usual white ones.
“What are you?” He then demanded curiously. Its eight piercing yellow eyes then gazed at him with interest, “HUMM…YOU LOOK DELICIOUS!”
“L-look's like it's much more interested in eating us then answering your question!” Orihime then stated with fear and nervousness in her voice.
Chad glanced back at Orihime, “Get the jar ready…!”
“U-uh…O-ok!” She placed the box down and placed the jars down, “Uhh…which one?”
They both had different symbols on them. One had a symbol of a flower and the other had a symbol of a star. Chad glanced back every chance he got but didn't want to leave him or Orihime off guard. “Uhh…”
He then quickly glanced back at the Hollow making sure it wasn't trying anything funny.
“COME ON…LET ME EAT YOU AND STOP WAISTING MY TIME WITH CHILDISH GAMES!”
It then shot a web from its mouth. Chad quickly grabbed Orihime and jumped out of the way.
“The jars!” Suddenly both jars were stuck against the wall from the web.
“HEH, NOW YOU'LL PAY ATTENTION TO ME!” It then began to quicken its pace and head towards them. Chad revealed his armored arm and readied for an attack, “Stay back Orihime!”
“R-right! I'll get the jars!” With that she ran towards the web and tried to pull it off the jars. It was no use, they were stuck. The Hollow then paused and glanced at Orihime, amused. “IT'S NO USE…MY WEB IS TEN TIMES STRONGER THAN ANY OTHER MATERIAL!”
Chad then took advantage of the fact it wasn't paying attention to him and ran towards it smacking it across its mask. “Got cha'!”
“GAHHHHHHHHHH!” It was sent flying towards the wall. Chad then ran a few feet closer to it. Once the smoke cleared the hollow was back on its legs, “W-what?! It's not dead?!”
“YOU THOUGHT…THAT YOU'D KILL ME SO EASILY WITH ONE BLOW?! I'M INSULTED!” Suddenly with a great amount of speed it raced towards him with its sharp teeth, ready to bite him.
Chad then jumped out of the way and smacked it to the ground hard. Once again it made a horrible cry from pain.
Suddenly wind began to form from the hollow as it slowly began to dissolve into the air, “O-Orihime! Do you have the jar?”
Orihime just finished using her Shun Shun Rikka to cut through the web and ran towards Chad with both jars, “Y-yeah…! B-but which one do we use?!”
The wind began to suck harder as the black hole was revealed in the open. Chad glanced at both jars and studied each symbol. 'Which one do we use? Kisuke never mentioned anything like this!'
“Chad!” Orihime's voice then broke his concentration. He noticed the worried look in her face as the hole was getting bigger. “Uhh…!” He then grabbed the jar with the star symbol on it and threw it in. Once it was thrown in a giant star symbol appeared over it and with one flash the hole, along with the star disappear in thin air. Both Orihime and Chad covered their eyes. Once it was quiet Orihime opened her eyes, “L-look!”
Chad then slowly opened his eyes and noticed Orihime was pointing at something which caught her attention, “Huh…?”
He noticed a beautiful woman, her olive coloured skin glowed with the light giving off more beauty then man himself could witness. She looked down, her gorgeous hazel eyes stared at them.
“Thank you…” Her voice was soft and filled with such sadness.
“W-who are you?” Orihime then asked, still amazed by her presence.
She glanced at her and gave a sweet smile, “My name is Anna…I was an astronomer in my life time…I always enjoyed seeing stars…but one day while in my studies…I was killed by a murder…it was tragic yes, but it also taught me a lesson…only thing is once I had figured it out…I became such a horrid monster…for the things I've done…I can never forgive myself…I was weak…” A tear was then showed in her eye. It gently slipped from her cheek and fell on the ground.
“But…it wasn't you who was in the Hollow! In fact…you were being possessed! I'm sure if it was you…you'd stop yourself and…” Orihime then stopped as she noticed the spirit smile, “Thank you…but the truth is…I wasthe hollow…my personality created it and brought it to life…the part of me that wanted revenge. I was such a fool…and because of it I was foolish enough to get cursed…I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from doing something so wrong and sinful…please…take this,” She pulled out a locket; it was a symbol of a star. Orihime received it and looked at it, “What is this…?”
“It was my daughters…it gave her good luck…I'd like you two to have it. Take it…it will give you such luck even the gods would pray for. I can see you two have quitethejourney ahead of you…so take it and go save the world. Everyone is counting on you and your friends.” She then began to disappear.
Orihime looked at her with a serious expression and nodded, “Yes…I'll keep it by me at all times…” Anna then glanced at Chad and smiled. Her beauty caught him by surprise, “Thank you…young hero…” She then disappeared completely; she left the room with a peaceful and warm feeling though.
Chad glanced at Orihime who was looking at the star locket, “We should go…we still have one more hollow to take care of…”
She glanced at him and nodded, “Right…”

Uryu and Aneko didn't get far. They still searched for a Hollow. “One freakin' Hollow! ONE!” Aneko whined as they walked in the park. Uryu sighed and continued to listen to her complaints. Sure, she had a reason to complain, in fact he didn't blame her but it was pointless.
“I mean, it wouldn't hurt to have one Hollow show themselves! Besides…! Weren't they the ones supposed to track us down?!” She then walked towards a tree and sat down, “Ugh! Why is this so damn difficult!?” Uryu just stood and shook his head at her. She was attracting an audience.
Mama…why is she yelling at the boy?”
“Just ignore her and walk away, honey!”
Uryu then walked in front of her and glanced down at her. She noticed and gave him a confused glare, “What…?”
“You know…instead of complaining and whining…plus making a scene…why not just continue looking?” She looked away and noticed the people looking at her whispering, “Ugh…fine!” She got up and sighed, “But it's almost night time…! I wanna get this over with!”
“What are you talkin' about? It's not even 5:00 in the afternoon!”
“Well…I'm exhausted!”
“From what?”
“Walking!”
“Walking…!? We pretty much shopped the whole day and walked to the park…!”
“So…?”
“That's it! That's all we did today!” He began losing patience with her.
“Mama…! W-why is the boy now yelling at the girl?”
“I dunno honey…let's just go home, now…!”
“Gezz! If I was such a pain in the ass why don't YOU go on your own and I'll go on my own!” Aneko then threw the box with the jars in them at Uryu.
“H-hey…! You can't do that!”
“Say's who?!”
“W-well…what will Kisuke think?!”
“I don't give a damn! I'm gonna find Hollows on my own!” She then began walking off.
“Y-you don't even have a jar!”
Aneko stopped walking and glanced back, “Right…” She walked up to him and took the box back from him.
“Aneko…”
She opened the box and took two jars out, ignoring him, “I'll take two and you can take one…”
“W-what?!” He looked at her shocked and once again offended, “Don't assume I can't take care of Hollows, Aneko!” He then grabbed one from her leaving her with one jar and him with two, “I'll take two…YOU take one.”
“No!” She then grabbed them both from Uryu, “I'll take them all! You can go home and rest!”
“Ok, now you're being stupid!”
“No, I'm just trying to give you a break!”
“From what?!”
“From me!”
“What the hell does that mean?!”
“You tell me! You're the one who said I complain and whine too much!” She then began to walk away with all three jars in her arms.
“A-Aneko!” Uryu then caught up to her and ran in front of her. “Get out of my way!”
“This is my mission to Aneko!”
“Well it's mine to!” She then replied back, trying to get away from Uryu but he kept getting in her way, “Uryu get the hell out of my way!”
“I'm sorry!”
“I said get the hell out of…!” She stopped and looked at him shocked, “…way?”
“Listen…why don't we just work together…?” He grabbed the jars from her grasp and placed them in the box, “Ok…?”
She looked at him dumbstruck and nodded, though she didn't look like she meant it, “W-wait a minute! Why are you apologizing all of a sudden!?”
“Wha…? What do you mean?” He gave her a confused expression.
'W-wait a minute! Why am I trying to pick a fight with Uryu anyways…?'She then asked herself looking away.
“Aneko…? Hello? Are you still there?”
She shook her head and looked at him, “Y-yeah…! Umm…come on! We should hurry up and go look for Hollows…” She then walked past him and quickened her pace, 'Why…why is it I act so…so different around him?' She then glanced back at him and noticed him catching up to her, 'I wish I knew…'

Alrighty! What the heck is going on here?! I'm gettin' no comments...Oh well...i know it's probably not as worthy of comments...but I did get one, so I'mpretty happy about that! Yes, I'mjust a happy person.
Anyways, so what did you guys think?? Next Chapter Ichigo will return and he'll be ready to kick some ass! Whoot! Plz, Plz comment! I'm not gonna stop writingif i don't get any comments or anything...but I'dbe really gratefuland it be much appreciated if i got a couple more. After all...I'dlike to hear your opinions on it.