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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 19, 2009 16:36:35 GMT -5
Roy came running in with Riza trailing behind. She knelt down next to Ed to check to see if he was okay. Roy stood before the hollow, ready to snap, but the hollow swung his good hand at him and knocked him into the wall.
"COLONEL!!" Riza yelled, seeing Roy get knocked out by the hollow's attack. She trembled and clenched her teeth, wanting to shoot the damn thing so badly, but since she couldn't see it, she didn't want to start shooting blindingly.
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 19, 2009 16:50:23 GMT -5
"DAMMIT, KUROSAKI!" Renji screeched, "THE MASK! LIKE YOU DID BEFORE!!"
But Ichigo didn't hear him. He was simply in a trance of fury, wildly coming at the beast with Zangetsu continously. Rukia senced there was a problem and lept into the fray, tackling her comrade and slapping him across the face.
"Focus, Ichigo, come on now! Don't blank on us now!" She knew the Hollow, or whatever it was that was inside him, was fighting its way out.
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 19, 2009 16:55:31 GMT -5
Ed stood up, holding his chest from the blow he received before and clapped his hands.
Riza grabbed ed's arm. "No, Edward! You're hurt. Stay down," she said but knew it was useless to try and convince him.
Ed shook his head. "I have to do something! It's me it's after," he said and slapped the ground with his palm, a long metal lance shaped from the floor into his hand. "Let's go!"
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 19, 2009 16:59:59 GMT -5
"ROAR, ZABIMARU!" Renji hollared, launching his sword to get the Hollow's attention. It worked as the ugly thing turned its head toward its attacker.
"FOOLISH SOUL REAPER!! I'll kill you and those pesky humans too! DAMN ALCHEMISTS!!"
"Alchemists?" Rukia asked herself as she cradled a now passed out Ichigo, "Is that what they are!?"
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 19, 2009 17:54:47 GMT -5
"RAAAAAH!!!" Ed yelled, charging forward with his lance. He struck for the hollow's mask, but the thing moved aside and it only hit it's neck. The hollow screeched in pain and scratched at it's neck as Al sent another stone lance at it's back.
"YOU!" the hollow yelled and grabbed Ed. "I'LL FINISH YOU OFF FIRST!" it said and opened it's mouth, ready to eat him.
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 19, 2009 18:15:20 GMT -5
"WAKE UP ICHIGO!!" Rukia screamed.
It certainly worked as Ichigo's eyes shot open and he raised his sword. "Getsuga... TENSHO!! DIE YOU BASTARD!!"
The Hollow was cleaved right down the middle. Before it could fall apart, it disinagrated, desperately trying to get at the Elric brothers one more time.
Renji, who had his hand clutched to his chest, relaxed and collapsed on his rear. "I really hate you sometimes, Ichigo Kurosaki..."
Rukia and the injured Soul Reaper stood up, hobbling over to the Amestris natives. "Colonel... you certainly worked your 'alchemy' with that other Hollow, but why didn't Edward's attacks work on this one?"
"It wasn't a @#$%ing Menos either," Ichigo added under his breath, upset that he was beaten to a pulp before killing the damn thing.
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 19, 2009 18:50:09 GMT -5
Ed let out a sigh of relief as he sat on the ground. "I think my legs just gave out..." he said and sweat dropped.
Al ran over to his brother in a panic. "Brother! Brother! Are you okay!?"
Ed grinned. "I'm fine, Al! Never better."
"Colonel! Colonel!" Riza said, running over to where Roy was knocked out.
He began coming to and looked up at Riza. "Lieutenant. What happened?" he asked, rubbing his head.
Riza let out a big sigh. "Thank goodness," she said and looked back up at him smiling. "That's the first time."
"Huh?" Roy asked and blinked.
"Back at the office. That was the first time you said my name instead of lieutenant," she said, blushing a bit.
Roy blushed as well. "Oh...really?" he asked and let out a 'heh' while rubbing the back of his neck.
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 19, 2009 22:13:41 GMT -5
During the recovery process, Rukia's phone buzzed. She answered it in confusion, "Hello?"
"RUKIA, RUKIA!!" came the shaky voice of Kotetsu Kiyone, co-3rd seated officer and acting lieutenant of the Thirteenth Division, Rukia's squad.
"We saw you ordered a distress signal!" came another shaky voice, Kotsubaki Sentaro, the other 3rd seat and acting lieutenant of the Thriteenth Division.
"Are you okay!?"
"Do you need back up!?"
"PLEASE TELL US YOU'RE ALIVE!!"
Rukia sighed and laughed, "I'm fine! I wasn't the one who sent the signal."
"Ehh!?" both of them said in shock.
"Yes, it was my phone, but you're calling me from my spare. I gave one to a Colonel."
"Colonel? We don't have that rank in the Court Guard Squads... do we?" Kiyone asked.
Kotsubaki had cleared his throat, "N-Not that I know of! What kinda Colonel!?"
"The human kind." Rukia tried to hush her squad's yelps.
"AGAIN!? Rukia, you were almost KILLED for what you did for Ichigo-san!"
"Yeah, Rukia, you tryin' to get in trouble or somethin'!?"
She sighed. "I know, I know, but where we are... it's not like Karakura Town or anyplace we've ever been to. There are people here who know 'alchemy' and somehow can see us and Hollows. We have no idea what's going on here either."
Silence, then: "Well, that sounds interesting. Maybe I should talk to Captain Kyôraku and Captain Kurotsuchi about this... *cough cough*" It was the voice of her Captain, Ukitake Jûshirô, a sickly man diagnosed with Tuberculosis.
Rukia's face turned pink as she realized her Captain had heard the whole thing himself, "Uh- Thank you sir! I'm looking forward to your answer!"
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 19, 2009 22:31:51 GMT -5
Ed looked up at Rukia and blinked. "Who was that?" he asked, managing to find the feeling in his legs again.
Al helped support his brother. "There isn't more danger, is there?" he asked worriedly.
Riza looked at Ed and Al. To her, it looked like they were talking to themselves. She then turned her head to Roy who had a smirk on his face.
"They're talking to Soul Reapers. The ones who helped us get rid of the hollow. They make sure that the souls of the dead pass safely to the other side and out of this world," he said like he knew everything about them.
Riza sighed. "This is still so hard to believe. I'm still trying to get over what just happened."
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 21, 2009 13:37:08 GMT -5
Rukia shook her head. "No, that was my captain who called."
"Ukitake-sama?!" Renji asked in shock. He really hoped that his captain wouldn't call him.
"What did he want?" Ichigo asked, "Are you in trouble?"
"No, he called to check up on me. I told him about the situation here in this city, and he and Captain Kyôraku are going to investigate along with Captain Kurotsuchi."
"When will they contact us again?" Renji wondered.
"Hopefully as soon as possible. In the meantime, you guys stay here and help them. I'm going back to Karakura to tell Urahara and get our bodies. I'll be back hopefully with new information."
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 21, 2009 17:09:31 GMT -5
Ed sighed. "Is there anything we could do?" he asked and looked around the room. "After what happened, I don't think I could go back to sleep."
Roy rubbed his head and groaned. "I'm going to have to report to General Hakuro what happened. Bastard won't believe a word I say..."
"We could tell him it was another chimera attack," Hawkeye said while helping Roy up.
"Yes, but if we keep up this charade, he'll suspect something. No doubt he'll tell the Fuhrer, too," he said and sighed.
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 21, 2009 20:10:16 GMT -5
When Ichigo heard the word 'fuhrer' the first image that popped into his mind was a dark-haired stout man wearing a beige uniform and Charlie Chaplin mustache.
"Well then, I'll be back soon. Don't die on me now!" Rukia mocked as she saluted before disappearing into the darkness.
Renji sighed, "Alright, I guess the Colonel's in charge now, right Ichigo?"
The Strawberry was pulled back into reality. "Huh? Sure, right..."
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 22, 2009 18:14:03 GMT -5
Roy walked over to the two boys. "What will you two be doing now? Do you plan on hanging out around here?"
Ed sweat dropped. "I'm sure we have some extra dorms you guys could stay in. Ours might be a little small for more than two people," he said and looked to Al who nodded in agreement.
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 22, 2009 23:10:52 GMT -5
"Thanks, appreciate it," Ichigo replied.
Renji nodded to the Colonel, "Well, yeah. We have nothing else better to do until Rukia comes back or if there's another Hollow attack. I hope we're not getting in your way..."
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 23, 2009 11:58:53 GMT -5
Roy shook his head. "Not at all! You guys are saving me the trouble of doing more paper work."
Ed smacked his forehead. "Colonel, you lazy a--"
Al quickly covered Ed's mouth and sweat dropped. "We appreciate you guys staying here with us in case more danger comes."
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