Hollow Hunter: a Bleach Fan Fiction

5: Mysterious Attacks. Possibly?

Yajimaru was walking through the Seretai, heading to the Captain of Squad 13, Jushiro Ukitake. It was about midnight in the Soul Society, so he only saw a few soul reapers. When coming close to them, Yajimaru would lower his spiritual pressure to nothing, avoiding confrontation. He wanted to avoid involving the Soul Society with his plans if it was possible. At least, for now. He only wanted one soul reaper involved at this moment, and he was already in the World if the Living.

When he got to the Jushiro's room, he slid open the door and walked in. Yajimaru walked to the wall that would allow the shadows to prevent his face from being seen. He leaned against the wall and raised his spirit energy, waiting for the Captain to notice and wake up.

Within a couple of silent minutes, the Captain began to stir. He sat up and saw the silhouette that belonged to the unfamiliar spiritual energy.

"Who's there?" Jushiro said as he started to slowly reach to his right where his Zanpakuto laid on the ground.

Yajimaru stepped out from the shadows and quickly placed his hand in front of Jushiro's face in a way that curved his hand and forced Yajimaru's fingers to be spread out like a spider. The Captain froze.

"In the morning," Yajimaru started in a hypnotic voice. "you will tell Lieutenant Kuchiki to come back to the Soul Society. You will now go back to sleep and forget your encounter with me." Yajimaru pulled his hand away and Jushiro lied down and fell back asleep. Yajimaru straightened up and left the room, not even leaving a trace of his spirit energy behind, as if he was never there.

~ ~ ~

This time, Yajimaru was heading to the Captain of Squad 6, Byakuya Kuchiki, with the same goal in mind. He would've preferred to teleport, like he did in the World of the Living, but he decided that was a bad idea. When he teleports, Yajimaru's entire body literally turns into Reishi, and it allows him to move anywhere with ease. He calls this teleporting because in this form, no one can sense any of his spirit energy. Yajimaru refuses to teleport in the Soul Society, for he fears that, since the entire place is made of Reishi, he will end up merging with buildings and other things.

Again, when Yajimaru got to the Captain's room, he brought himself to the wall that had the shadows covering his face. Then he started to raise his spirit energy.

Byakuya reacted quicker than Jushiro. He woke up almost immediately and noticed the silhouette. Quickly, Byakuya reached to the right and held his Zanpakuto. "State your name and business," the Captain demanded in a monotone voice.

Yajimaru quickly came out and placed his hand in front of Byakuya's face. The Captain's Zanpakuto was almost out of his sheath when he froze.

"In the morning, you will tell Lieutenant Abarai to return to the Soul Society immediately," Yajimaru said in the same hypnotic voice that he used against Jushiro. "Now, you will fall asleep and forget your encounter with me."

Byakuya lied down and fell asleep. Yajimaru left the room, not thinking that the Zanpakuto that Byakuya was still holding mattered.

~ ~ ~

Morning had finally arrived and Yajimaru was watching the Senkaimon to make sure that Rukia and Renji would return. Within half an hour, they both returned, surprising the guards.

"What are you doing back, Lieutenants?" one of the guards asked.

"We received orders to return immediately," Renji replied.

"Are you sure?" the other guard questioned them. "We weren't told to expect you back."

Yajimaru tuned out their conversation, not caring about how it went. He just had to wait.

It took a while, but finally the two Lieutenants left the Senkaimon.

Yajimaru went to the Squad 1 barracks. Within an hour, a Captain's meeting began.

"Captains Kuchiki and Ukitake," Head Captain Yamamoto began. "Explain why you ordered Lieutenants Kuchiki and Abarai to return to the Soul Society."

"Well, Head Captain," Jushiro began. "I-" Then he faltered, a confused look came across him. "That's strange. I had this feeling this morning that I needed to ask Rukia to come back..." he trailed off.

Byakuya had a confused face that mirrored Jushiro. "I, too, had that feeling."

"What caused this feeling?" the Head Captain took notice of their sudden strange behaviour.

"Last night..." Byakuya and Jushiro mumbled, just barely loud enough for everyone to hear.

"What happened last night?" Captain Unohana's soft voice spoke up.

Both confused Captains knit their eyebrows together, trying to remember.

But they can't, Yajimaru thought to himself. I made sure of that.

Suddenly, Byakuya and Jushiro collapsed to the ground, holding their heads in pain.

Captain Unohana knelt next to Byakuya, who had been standing next to her.

"Everything seems fine," she declared. "The only problem I'm detecting seems to be a block on Captain Kuchiki's mind." She rushed over to Jushiro. "Captain Ukitake has the same mind block. They feel similar, so I fear that they were attacked by the same enemy. I must take them to the Squad 4 barracks immediately and see if I can remove the mind blocks."

Captains Ukitake, Kuchiki and Unohana were quickly dismissed from the meeting.

"It seems that we have a Ryoka in the Soul Society," the Head Captain said.

"I wonder if it's the half-being Lieutenant Kuchiki was talking about," the Captain of Squad 10, Toshiro Hitsugaya, mused.

"That seems the most likely answer," the Captain of Squad 8, Shunsui Kyōraku, said.

"Captain Hitsugaya, you are to go to the World of the Living and question the Hollow Hunter that Lieutenants Kuchiki and Abarai met and see if she knows anything. The lieutenants will follow you shortly."

"Yes, Head Captain," Toshiro said and started to walk out.

Yajimaru didn't care about the rest of the meeting. He got up from where he was sitting underneath one of the windows and started running. He was determined to beat the Captain to the Senkaimon.

When he got there, Toshiro was already walking into the Presipice World, to the World of the Living. "Dammit," Yajimaru mumbled to himself. "I don't have a choice." He waited five minutes, than Yajimaru walked to the Senkaimon. The two guards went into defensive. "Who are you?" The one on the left demanded.

Yajimaru placed his hand in front of the guards face. "Sleep and forget about me." The guard collapsed instantly.

"What did did you do to him?" the other guard asked. He was slightly shaking, fearing the stranger's strange power.

Yajimaru put his hand in front of the second guard's face. "Sleep, and forget about me." The guard collapsed. Then Yajimaru walked into the Senkaimon, locking the soul reapers in, and preventing anyone on the outside from helping.