Hollow Hunter: a Bleach Fan Fiction

19: Sticking to the Plan! ...Harder than it Looks...

Evie's Point of View

"Welcome," Yajimaru said, facing us. "Hanbu Ariamasu. Ichigo Kurosaki. Evie Ressello."

I growled and moved into a fighting position, getting ready to grab Zangetsu.

"Evie," Ichigo warned. "Remember the plan."

I straightened. "Right..."

Hanbu looked between the two of us, a confused expression on his face. "What plan?"

"Enough!" Yajimaru snapped already.

"Woah," I said, putting my hands up. "Calm down. Did becoming a perfect being give you some anger issues?"

Hanbu and Ichigo snorted at my childish behaviour.

Yajimaru scowled and stood up. "Let's get this over with."

Ichigo stepped forward, summoning Michelle. He was already in the white kimono, but Michelle was only now being shown in his hand, a red sword coming with her.

Yajimaru raised an eyebrow at Ichigo, but made no comment.

"Seriously? What plan?" Hanbu asked, looking between the three of us.

"When you get to the Soul Society," Kisuke started. It was the second day of the two having their powers switched and sparring with each other, and Ichigo and Evie were anxious to defeat the perfect beings and bring everything back to the way it was before. "Hanbu is going to help you find Yajimaru."

Evie nodded, not surprised.

"When you find Yajimaru, Ichigo is going to fight him."

"What?!" Evie exclaimed in outrage. "Why can't I? He's been my enemy longer than yours or anybody else here!"

"Evie," Kisuke tried to calm her down. "Ichigo has adapted to his new powers a lot better than you have. He has a greater chance of defeating Yajimaru than you do."

Evie grumbled, crossing her arms.

"What makes you think I adapted better than Evie?" Ichigo asked.

"You've had practice with swords coming directly at your arms."

Kisuke sighed at both Evie and Ichigo's confused faces. "Mugetsu? Fullbring?"

Realization dawned on Ichigo's face. "Right."

Evie ignored this, not liking that she can't fight Yajimaru.

"Don't forget. Yajimaru has to come back alive."

Yajimaru pulled out a katana and blocked Ichigo. The blade was silver and the decorated handle was white. He yawned, bored. "Is that all you've got, Kurosaki?" He asked.

Ichigo furrowed his eyebrows and tried to force his way through the sword.

I crossed my arms as Ichigo suddenly jumped back, seeing that Yajimaru was about to fight back. "He's gotten stronger," I commented.

Hanbu nodded. "All of us have. It's one of the positive effects of becoming a perfect being."

Ichigo grabbed onto reishi and pulled himself behind Yajimaru, summoning zaiphion at the same time. Yajimaru turned around-almost too slow-and used the hilt of his sword to push Ichigo's hand away.

"Positive effects? You mean there are some negative effects too?"

Hanbu nodded. "Yeah. We lost speed for example. Speed and agility."