"I wish they would just act natural", said Ichigo out loud. 'I know they feel bad that I lost my Shinigami powers but they don't have to act all secretive'.
Ichigo knew that something was going on that Uryuu, Orihime and Chad weren't telling him. They seemed so distant now, they didn't talk as much around Ichigo about hollows or anything to do with Shinigami even when he asked, they tried as best they could to avoid it. Right now he could probably guess they were at Urahara's discussing something important.
'Not that it's any of my business anymore...I got school to focus on now'
It's the end of the 1st term of Ichigo's final year of high school, a year and a half since he lost his powers and honestly he thought it had never felt so calm and...normal, of course because he got so used to his duty as the substitute soul reaper he forgot what it was like to just be normal.
However he felt irked, uneasy, like there was something ominous about the setting sun that shone on the river before him, where his mother died. Ichigo stared pupils dilated at the smooth current of the clear waters reflection of the rippling sun. His fingers laced through the stems of grass on either side of him as he propped himself up onto his elbows to sit cross legged. A cool breeze blew through long strands of orange locks. He imagined the grandfisher's lure, the bait he thought was a girl drown suddenly appearing out of the waters and remembered his mother's scream as he ran to hep the drowning girl.
Ichigo's mind suddenly snapped in an attempt to clear his mind of what he had remembered and just then where he had imagined the lure, the water suddenly became rough and untamed.
He stared at the spot where he thought the water had moved. ' My mind must be playing tricks on me',thought Ichigo after watching for a few minutes. He sighed, ' Honestly, it's like you wish something would happen'.
He slowly stood and began to stretch before making his way home. 'Let's see...Dads gonna be busy with clients tonight and won't be home until late, Karin's said she's staying at a friends house with Yuzu...so I guess it's just gonna be me...' Ichigo opened the the front door and set aside his shoes. 'I'm kind of thirsty so maybe a nice glass of ...' he thought as he reaches for a glass, then suddenly as he held it, it shattered in his grip.
"Ahhg! WHAT THE HELL!?" Shouted a shocked Ichigo who stared wide eyed at the mess on the floor and the blood on his hand from having been cut. "Damn goat face and his cheap cutlery..."
After removing the shards of glass from his palm and bandaging it with what he found in his fathers clinic he then cleaned up the remaining glass scattered on the floor and table. Sighing Ichigo grabbed the carton of milk put it on the table and went to get the cookie jar from the cupboard where Yuzu had said she put it. He grabbed the jar with both hands and didn't even make it back halfway to the table when the whole thing shattered with the cookies in it and it decorated the floor. " OH COME ON!!!" Ichigo screamed and then suddenly he was blasted by a screeching ringing in his ears that was so painful he gripped the sink for support to keep himself from p collapsing on the dining room floor. "Ughh Dammit...what the hell is going on?" And then just as quickly as it came the pain subsided.
Ichigo checked his arms for any new injuries but found none. He cleaned up the mess and then proceeded straight upstairs to his room not noticing the dent mark that was left on the metal sink.
He was just so unnaturally tired that he forgot all about his previous hunger and went straight to bed. Landing face first on the pillow, Ichigo curled up and hugged his knees to his chest and closed his eyes as he fell into a deep sleep
Meanwhile at Urahara's...
"These are not normal killings." said Urahara in a serious tone which caught everyone in the room which included Orihime, Chad, Uryuu, Jinta, Ururuu and even Yorouichi off guard.
"The newspapers say it's a serial killer on the loose but have no proof..." said Uryuu thoughtfully
" That could be the case...if these people had been killed and souls released but...there's not one trace of any of their souls anywhere, it's like they completely disappeared right after they died.
Everyone gasped as they thought of the possibilities.
"Couldn't it be that a hollow ate their souls straight after they were murdered ?" asked Orihime hesitantly. "The same hollow killing 9 humans in a row perfectly leaving no trace, I don't think that's possible at least not for any kind of hollow and even if it was it would have been detected on the rietsu scanner."said Uryuu tensely.
"But that would leave only a Shinigami since they deal with souls..."said Chad who had been quietly observing. "Hmmm... said killer also attacked the Shinigami on duty as he was nearby the area when the 7th death occurred..."said Kisuke. "Were they able to get anything out of him?" Asked Yorouichi with a solemn look.
Kisuke's eyes were shrouded in darkness and his expression became unreadable. " The Shinigami on duty was barely left alive with only 7% of his soul intact, he is unable to perform the duties of a Shinigami as his Zanpakuto was destroyed and his soul barely left intact. With the last bit of his mentality he said it was not a hollow or Shinigami, he just kept screaming monster until he had to be restrained... because he went mad. The thing is whatever did this left him alive on purpose, the reason... I know not ...but how I know this, is because it took exactly all the reiatsu required or the amount of power a Soul needs to have in order to be recognized as a Shinigami and just left the shell of a man. It was executed to perfectly to have been unintentional "
Fear and anxiety filled the room as it's occupants began to mull over the horrific information.
"In all the years that I've been a scientist, I've never heard of this happening, so I honestly can't tell you what I think this could be..."
Meanwhile in the Seiretei...
" Unohana Taicho...is there nothing we can do for him?" Asked a concerned Isane.
"I'm afraid not...there's nothing I can do to restore his reiatsu...and the way his health is now...he won't make it till morning if his state keeps declining."
'Whatever did this...I have a feeling we won't be prepared enough....'Unohana though solemnly
The ominous light of the moon shone on the Seiretei as a single figure stood out on one of the roof tops"
A pair of dangerous slits and a cruel smile was displayed on the masked face. "Now on to the actual mission." The figure chuckled and a mad sadistic grin formed on his face as he thought about the fun he was going to have.
"Mission: Capture Sosuke Aizen...alive...huh, what difference does it make if he's dead? Oh wait I need him alive...haha..ha...piece of cake."
End of chapter 1
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Treachery of the past
FanfictionIchigo has lost his Shinigami powers and it has been like that for a year...until he discovers a power he had or that he never lost , a power which has been hidden from himself by himself and once he remembers it could change future events greatly...
