Force Against Sanity - A bleach story-

Chapter seven - "Smile"

Ichigo stands in Orihime’s apartment with the hollow right in front of him and Orihime and Tatsuki beside him.

‘He’s not… Attacking…’ Ichigo thought to himself. ‘Did my cut scare him? Please just run… Fat chance of that.’ Ichigo looked beside him and saw Tatsuki lying on the floor, blood seeping from her shoulder to the wooden floor. ‘Is that t-Tatsuki?’ he asked himself, ‘She was at the wrong place at the wrong time!’ Ichigo the noticed a person lying lifelessly on the ground,

          Suddenly Ichigo recognized the brownish orange hair that the person had, ‘Orihime?! But… She’s standing behind me!’

“Hey!” Orihime shouted, “I knew it!” Orihime smiled happily, “It’s you, Ichigo!!”

“Why are you sulking like that?” Rukia asked Ichigo as her hid behind an electric poll.

“Why?” Ichigo asked, “What choice do I have! If anybody sees me like this I’m history! They’ll haul me off to movie village!”

“Fool! Do you think normal people can see a soul reaper? A soul reaper is a spiritual entity! You can only be seen by other spiritual entities!”

‘Then why…’

“How Can you see me?” Ichigo asked Orihime.

“huh? Um… How?” Orihime asked confused,

 “Isn’t it obvious?” The hollow asked his head right behind Ichigo’s, “She’s a spirit! I’m sorry but… Orihime is already… DEAD!!” The hollow shouted as Ichigo tried to cut the hollows mask, but failed because the hollows tail whipped towards Ichigo and blocked the incoming sword.

“Scales?!” Ichigo’s eye’s widened, ‘The blade can’t cut them!’

The hollow then threw Ichigo thru the wall and caused Ichigo’s forehead to start bleeding.

“What’s wrong?” The hollow asked Ichigo. “You talk tough but… You’re far too slow…” The hollow then opened his mouth with his front to teeth separated, “Is it… So shocking that Orihime’s soul has been forced from her body? Huh?! Ichigo Kurosaki!!”

A green colored liquid shoot from the hollows mouth and the liquid landed on the hand that held Ichigo’s Zanpakuto, burning it greatly.

“Acid?!” Ichigo shouted as he dropped his sword to the ground.

SWAP

Ichigo got swatted to the streets below by the hollow’s long and scaly tail.

“Ichigo!!” Rukia shouted as she ran towards the roughed up boy.

Inside her apartment Orihime remained speechless for a moment, “Ich… Ichigo…” Suddenly the hollow grabbed Orihime with his gigantic hand. “Let me go! Let me go!” Orihime cried. “Ichigo’s…” The hollow didn’t let her go, so she started biting its hand.

“Orihime… Have you… Really forgotten me?” The hollow asked, “It’s me! Orihime!!” The hollow lifting his black hair off his face where his mask was cracked showing Orihime his face.

“S…Sora?!” Orihime’s eyes widened.

*Ryu*

I turn a corner where I hear shouting coming from but I stop dead in my tracks, I see Ichigo sitting on the ground, blood running down his forehead, and a gigantic hole in what I believe to be Orihime’s apartment. After a minute Ichigo jumps up and into the hole in the building beside me,

“Rukia!” I shouted towards the black haired teen who was just recently talking to Ichigo.

“Ryu?!” Rukia asked in shock, “Why are you here?! You promised Ichigo that you’d stay home!”

“I know…” I pant resting my hands on my knees trying to catch my breath. “Rukia, I know I’m not supposed to be here… But… I couldn’t just leave Ichigo to this Alone… I can’t lose him…” I pause for a second, “At least, not yet.”

          And with that I sprinted up the stairs heading towards Orihime’s apartment.

“Ryu…” Rukia muttered quietly, “Please be careful…”

Now standing in front of Orihime’s apartment door I turn the handle only to find it locked. An annoyed look crosses my face, ‘Really Ichigo? You couldn’t just unlock the door before doing all this fighting? You could have at least knocked it down.’

I reach into my pocket and take out my favorite Pocket knife I bought recently. It looked like a regular one but it held lots of gadgets. Not that I’ll explain them all but I pulled out a bobby pin and a sewing needle. I then got down on my knees trying to pick this lock… Even though I had no I had idea what the Furk I was doing.

(Puppet: Ha ha! Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged, Marik! I luff juu!)

When the door didn’t open after a minute I just got frustrated, and put my pocket knife back together and in my pocket.

 Because it’s a pocket knife, thus it goes in my pocket and not my shoe because that would hurt.

Anyway, I backed away from the door and kicked it down in one swift moment.

“Then she will die for me!!” I looked up and what I saw seemed to be moving in slow motion. The hollow that appeared in Ichigo’s room was now lunging towards Orihime with its mouth wide open, preparing to eat her.

That’s when without my knowing my body moved on its own, acting on its own accord.

“NO!!” Ichigo Cried as the hollow neared Orihime, knowing fully well of what I was doing. And then that slow motion faded to a quick instant.

CHOMP

There I stood right in front of Orihime, arms stretched wide as blood poured heavily down my body. The hollow never got to taste Orihime’s blood for his mouth was clamped tightly in my shoulder and torso.

“What…?” Orihime asked as she noticed for the second time that evening that no pain coursed thru her body. She looked up and saw a boy with neon blue hair standing in front of her taking the hollows blow.

I smile and say in a raspy voice, “Orihime, Ichigo… I’m sorry I couldn’t have gotten here quicker, but I’m not letting either of you die right now. So I just want to say this now… Good…Bye.”

The hollow unhooked his mouth from my body and I collapsed to the ground a smile on my face.

‘I guess I got to live my life with no regrets, well there is one thing I wish I could have done… Tell Ichigo that I think I… L-- him… goodbye… Strawberry.’ I slowly shut my eyes as my blood pools under me, a smile still on my face.

Goodbye… Ichigo… I’ll miss you.

 “NOO!!” Ichigo screamed.

          “RYU!!!”

Finally this is finished!!

Puppet: I’m sorry that I had to do that to you Ryu!

Ryu: That’s fine… I’m… not really dead am i?

Puppet: Umm…About that… Hehe…

Ryu: O-O YOU KILLED ME OFF!?!?!

Puppet: Wha!! Run away!! Old man Kuro save me!!! I don’t wanna die yet!! *Runs away from Ryu crying my eyes out*

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