Alright, I got the first two chapters done for how I think Bleach should have gone. These chapters take place after Ishida and Ichigo fought the Menos Grande. The only big piece of information that's different in this than what Kubo did before this stuff is that Quincies don't destroy hollow souls. These first two chapters are to set up how things will be done overall. I hope you enjoy! Criticism is welcome and highly appreciated.
! Ch.1 New resolves
! A week has passed since Ishida challenged Ichigo to the hollow slaying competition. Classes had ended for the day and Orohime was hoping to finally spend time With Tatsuki again. Tatsuki was heading for the door when Orohime called out to her.
“Would you like to go somewhere Tatsuki-chan?”
Orohime looked at her hopefully. Tatsuki avoided looking at her replying
“Sorry, but I got other stuff planned today.”
Before Orohime could say another word she left. Tatsuki had been acting different ever since the incident. She kept to herself and kept staring out the window, instead of focusing on class. She was less energetic with her friends, and was always in a hurry to leave school. Orohime sighed, wishing she could do something to help her. As she was pondering Ichigo came up from behind and began talking to Orohime, which surprised her.
“Don’t worry about her. She’s always been a tough one. She just needs a little time to sort through everything”
“I’m not worried” replied Orohime “I just been wanting to hang out like we usually do”
Ichigo looked at Orohime with a hint of sorrow, after a few seconds he remembered what he cameto talk to her about.
“Inoue-san, we need to talk about what happened, can you meet up with me, Chad, and Ishida-kun”
Orohime perked up a little at that and agreed.
! They met up with the others behind the school, where the others were waiting. There was an awkwardness in the air with and nobody wanted to talk. The events that had happened the week before had left them confused, especially Ishida, who didn’t think things would’ve gotten that out of hand. After a few minutes of silence, Rukia was getting annoyed and decided to get things started.
“Nothings going to be accomplished just standing here, Inoue-san, Sado-chan, how have you been feeling since the incident”
Chad just game a thumbs up, which Ichigo just sighed at
“I’d be surprised if Chad wasn’t fine, seems like he can take anything”
Chad nodded in agreement. Orohime was thinking deeply when she noticed everyone was looking at her. She was startled.
“Oh, I’m fine. Nothing to worry about. I’ve never felt better”
Everybody looked at her for a few seconds, and decided not to press any further with her. Ishida decided to speak up.
“I must apologize, I’ve baited hollows before but I’ve never seen them come in those numbers.”
Rukia glared at Ishida, and rose her voice at him.
“Sorry isn’t gonna cut it. Soul Society is calculating the damage that was done. People were put on the line because of your stupid fued against both hollow and shinigami. If Sado-chan and Inoue-san hadn’t gained powers, who knows what could’ve happened”
Ishida stared at the ground, silent, while Chad and Orohime were shocked, having never seen this side of Rukia. Ichigo tried to calm Rukia down.
“Getting angry at this point won’t do anything. Ishida clearly regrets what he did, and I’m sure he will take any punishment that will come along with it, but we have more important things to discuss, right Rukia?”
Rukia sighed and went back to her calm demeanor again. After gathering her thoughts she started to speak.
“For Sado-chan and Inoue-san, I’ll give you a brief rundown of what happened. Those things you fought were hollows, souls that left behind regrets, and since were not purified, lost their morality. They are monsters that crave souls. Ichigo and I have been fighting them for a while now. Ichigo usually fights them alone, but the greater numbers we have, the more we can minimize damage. I ask if you would lend us your help.”
Everyone stood in silence for a moment taking everything in. Ishida was the first to speak up.
“I have dishonored the name of the Quincy, to restore it I must atone for what I did, I will as much as I can”
Rukia smiled at his response. She respected him a little more. Chad surprised everyone by speaking up.
“My Abuelo taught me to be a protector, and that’s what I shall do.”
Orohime didn’t miss a beat and spoke up right away.
“If I have this power than I can’t just sit around and do nothing. After seeing my friends in danger, I can’t just ignore this.”
Rukia smiled, thinking how great it was to have some new comrades.
“Great, now let’s-“
Before Rukia could begin talking her soul phone began ringing, she answered it quickly. Everyone watched her as she was talking. After she hung up, she stood there silent, deep in thought. After a minute she spoke up.
“We must get going, there is someone that wants to meet us”
Everyone looked at Rukia with interest, wondering what was going on. Rukia replied to those stares.
“Someone from Soul Society will be coming to talk to us, I don’t know what it’s about but it is urgent that we all go.”
Everyone nodded their heads and they were on their way.
! Tatsuki was walking briskly through the street. She was in a hurry to continue her training. She thought about how she brushed off Orohime
“I should;ve just explained to her what’s going on, but she would worry either way”
Tatsuki used to have to use a map to find her way around, but the last few days she learned the way to go without using a map. She sighed, and then her eyes became focused and fierce.
“Don’t worry Orohime, soon things will be back to normal. You and me, hanging out, watching out for each other. Before I can do that again, I have to finish this.”
She finally got to her stop, the Uruhara shop. Kisuke Uruhara was standing outside already. He looked at Tatsuki and smiled.
“I like the look you have, hopefully you can keep that look, for today will be the day which will determine whether you will be able to fight hollows or not.”
Tatsuki smiled back.
“No matter what you throw at me, I’ll take it. Whatever it is will be nothing compared to the other things I’ve been through.”
With that, They both entered the shop.
! To be continued.
! Ch. 2 Unexpected Developments
! As Ichigo and the rest of the group headed out, Keigo slipped out from behind where they were talking just moments ago. He looked at the group with a frown.
“Mizuro just leaves me behind, and Chad and Ichigo join a new group of friends, except they are up to something.”
Despite having no idea what they were talking about, he was interested to find out why they were all of a sudden talking to Uryu Ishida, and how a girl like Orohime would talk to them.
“This is my chance, get in with them, and I can get close to a piece of Heaven”
Kiego kept a steady pace behind them, but stayed far enough away so he wouldn’t draw attention. Eventually they came to the river bank and stopped at the edge of the water, where they stood waiting. Keigo got behind a trash can, thankfully they were close enough to hear, and were too distracted to notice him at all. He listened intently to what was going on.
Ichigo: “What give Rukia, I thought we were going to meet someone”
Rukia: “Can’t you wait even a minute after arriving, look there, he’s arrived”
Keigo peaked around the trashcan to see what was going on. A door appeared right beside the river bank. The door slid open and a figure appeared. He wore a black robe with a white sash. In his right hand he held a spear. The man was completely bald and had red around his eyes. Keigo had no idea what was going on and was freaking out, but the other people nearby didn’t seem to care, or rather, they didn’t notice. The bald man began to speak.
“Ikkaku Madarame, part of the South America hollow extermination team”
Rukia: “Rukia Kuchiki, part of the East Asia hollow extermination team”
Ikkaku took a few moments to inspect the people in front of him. After a bit he glared at Chad and Ichigo.
Ikkaku: “Which one of you two punks caused the outbreak. Be upfront and I might be a bit more kind.”
Chad stood there confused while Ichigo stared at Ikkaku with contempt.
Ichigo: “What makes you think we did any of this, besides, Chad here was almost one of the victims.”
Ikkaku: “So, it was you then, huh. What do you have to say about that?”
Ichigo was getting pissed off, but before it could get bad, Rukia intervened.
Rukia: “Madarame-san, despite his appearance, I can personally vouch for him. The one who caused all of this was this guy over here.”
Ikkaku looked towards Ishida with a sour expression
Ikkaku: “So it was you eh? As much as I would love to give you a beating for what happened, now’s not the time. The situation with the hollows has changed dramatically recently, and we are going to need all the help we can get”
Everybody tensed up, wondering what he meant. Ishida knew that something was going on, with all the Hollows that had come up from that bait. After letting it sink in a bit Ikakku continued.
Ikkaku: “It has been determined that hollows are adapting against us. Recently, there have been a number of instances where hollows attacked but weren’t detected before it happened. It’s predicited that soon, all Hollows with be able to come and go without us knowing.”
Rukia did not like the sound of that. Fighting against the hollows was hard enough as is, but this made things bad.
Ikkaku: “The good news is that they seem to be concentrating into smaller areas, so at this time Soul Society is trying to reorganizing its forces.”
Ichigo: “Isn’t that a good overall, you can concentrate all of your forces into smaller areas”
Ikkaku: “I guess you don’t know much. Very few souls have the ability to become a Soul Reaper. Out of every few hundred million souls that come through, we are lucky to even get 10 souls that have the potential. Even those Souls might not be strong enough to actually take on hollows. Things will be harder, because besides not being able to detect them, they are getting stronger and smarter. And I haven’t even got to the worse part.”
Ikkaku took a deep breath and exhaled. He glared at Ishida for a bit before continuing.
“The worst news is that the Menos got away.”
Rukia went pale at the news of that, while Ichigo was oblivious to what the problem of that was.
Ichigo: “Who cares, I got it to back away, next time it comes, I’ll get rid of it!”
Ikkaku decked Ichigo across the head with the butt of his spear.
Ikkaku: Your best chance was beating it then and there, but you made it run away instead. Shut up and listen to what I have to say before you spout more nonsense. The Menos you fought was in it’s new born stage. Usually we would send back-up to make sure it was exterminated, but at the time it happened, hollow numbers exploded everywhere, as if to make sure it didn’t happen. When it is new, it is more powerful, but stupid. That’s because all the hollow personalities are fighting for control. It won’t return until one becomes dominant. That means next time, it will come back not just stronger, but smarter, and who knows what kind of ability it will have. If your thick head processed all that, this means trouble.”
Everyone was frightened by the news after hearing that. If things kept getting worse, everyone they know could get eaten. Ikkaku sighed and went on.
Ikkaku: “The bright side is, we have people here who have powers to fight off hollows, which is good since it became a hot spot for hollows. Kuchiki-chan here told me all of you agree to fight the hollows, which is good. That means we don’t have to spare people for this area. Someone will come when possible to give any updates. Don’t die on us, just losing one person is a detriment to our cause.”
Ikkaku sighed at the relief he was done. He was ready to go back but had one question he wanted to ask before he left.
Ikkaku: “Why is one of your buddies hiding behind that can over there?”
Keigo was so intent on listening he was surprised. Everyone looked back and was staring at Keigo. Ichigo frowned at the sight of him.
Ichigo: “What the hell are you doing?”
Keigo: “Uh, oh… Um, I was just resting a little bit, I didn’t know the five of you were here. I’ll just be going now.”
Before Keigo could get up, Ikkaku was towering above him.
Ikkaku: “This is good, one more that can help fight”
Ikkaku gave a big grin, which scared Keigo more than his sister.
Keigo: “I swear I didn’t hear anything, please don’t make me fight.”
Rukia had an idea and whispered into Orohime’s ear. After that, Rukia began talking.
Rukia: “That’s too bad, I was hoping to train you and Orohime myself.”
Keigo perked up at the sound of that.
Keigo: “Really?”
Rukia: “Of course, isn’t that right Orohime”
Orohime: “Of course, the more the merrier right?”
Keigo was no longer scared but excited. Finally, he could get close to two ladies. He’s show his sister and Mizuro.
Keigo: “If that’s the case, I can’t refuse. Keigo the brave at your service!”
Orohime and Rukia clapped while others sighed with how gullible he was.
Ikkaku: “Alright, that takes care of everything, you should all start getting used to this, or you won’t survive long.
At that, Ikkaku went back through the door.