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Walking beside his newest friend, Herieo could be seen smiling and staring down at the inward sections of his forearms. They'd just come from a party, one Herieo never wanted to really go too for that matter. The evening did, however, turn out good for him! On his forearms, jumbles of numbers in ink were lined everywhere. if one looked closely, there was a cellphone number on his cheek, a little heart beside it. He was slightly flustered in the face, his eyes widened and like chibi-saucers as they stared down in amazement. "Hey.. Tetsuya! How many girls wrote random numbers on your arms! I wonder if there, like, cheat codes for some game.. heaven knows I didn't pay attention to a word they were sayin'! I was having too much fun eating ice cream!" Now it was obvious how oblivious and dumbfounded he truly was while associating with certain types of people; Innocence made him seem like a retard in this day and age. ".. Maybe we should get home though! It's gettin' really late.. heck, it's almost ten thirty! The hotel locks up for occupants at one o'clock, unless you tell'em otherwise! We have three hours to get back!" It seems the boy was treating this as if it were really a serious 'Late Reaching The Deadline' situation. One could tell by the new emotion plastered upon his face, the cute eyes growing full and near-liquid filled; His lips were pouted down when not speaking, making such a cute sight. The same sight was what got all those damn numbers on his arms.. "So.. We gonna haul tail it or what! Lets take a short cut through the park.. maybe we'll see a few spirits with there chains and stuff!" Still motor-boating on with his rant, he would suddenly break off from beside his friend, sprinting across the street and into the park's open lot. He only turned to summon his friend, wavering both arms above his head then continuing on his way..

Herieo would soon reveal his location, thought to be in the center of the park. "YAHH!" His voice echoed several times, being followed by the squawking of sleeping newly awoken birds! From the dark trees came masses of shadows, flying in every which way.. Oddly enough, it wasn't actually Herieo's fault. Little did he know, a strange pitch black portal was slowly ripping it's way open; Large, thick fingers slid between the newly forming slit. Low growls echoed silently amongst the masses, ignored however. The child was having a bit of fun right now. Sidetracked quite easily, he found himself near the swing set, hopping to stand on the seat and sway slowly. He only did this to await the arrival of his friend, hoping to have some fun in the process; Large blank eyes, and a straight face said different however. Unmoving, he seemed to be in deep thought.. Something was happening.. Something was near. An oddly familiar feeling began to elevate his other senses, the sixth as some would call it. "It's.. It's a monste-.." the thought had no time to fully compute in his head, the entire swing's frame turning sideways. A large, charging, shadow had directed itself at the swing-set; Easily, it'd thrown both Herieo and the swing itself a good several yards away.. Limp and unmoving, Herieo rolled lifeless on the wood shavings, stumbling to react to what had just went on. His vision blurry, he could only see the hazy beast charge at him! Through self conscious movements only, he shifted to perform a continuous rally of stealth rolls, managing to barely evade the attack. "TETSUYA!" He called out quickly, shouting towards the sky in a startled voice. "We got trouble..!" Lip syncing the phrase, he would take a very unfamiliar stance, spreading his legs shoulder width apart. Throwing his right hand upwards, he would abruptly bring it down, the fist area igniting with a blue spiritual aura.. In a show of athleticism, he rushed the rather large shadow, slamming his fist forward. Upon reaching the target, it's body would contort about the shape of his fist and then fling back, regaining it's stable standing position while revealing it's appearance. It was at least fourteen feet tall, black and more round then usual. It showed absolutely no human traits, just like all the others he'd seen; It seemed just as weak and stupid as the others too.

"WA-WAHH..?! You don't have super powers!? But you can see'em..? That's kinda messed up! We better do somethin' bout' this problem soon!" Turning as if to forget the monster, he began to wave the blue hand at his friend. Unbeknowst to him, the creature became a human pinball while he was distracted! Ducking it's head in, and all other limbs it would become a pitch black bowling ball, bouncing twice and then charging at high speed. Herieo turned abruptly, repeating his actions from earlier, and threw out another fist. Friction and whatnot produced different effects then the last time however, resulting in him being flung off in one direction, while the ball was ricocheted in another. Grunting silently, he went to a new stance, down on one knee. Positioning his fingers as if to fire a "Spirit Gun", he winced and closed his eyes as his arms and body proceeded to recoil, following the smallish blue blast that erupted from his right hand index finger. Like a speeding projectile, the blast crashed into the beast and exploded, producing a small mass of gray spiritual fog from it's impact point. The beast seemed disoriented for a while, falling sideways as it's body parts protruded. Shaking for a while, it seemed to be wounded greatly! Herieo took the time to sprint towards Tetsuya, sliding beside him and pointing at the beast. "Um.. Punch it..?!" Spoken as bluntly as could be, the words escaped Herieo's mouth in a quick burst. "If you can see it as clearly as me, you should be able to touch them like I can..? Just um.. Hit it..? Gah, I don't know. Maybe you need to.. Dangit, I un'know!" Not knowing what else to say, he took on his previous pose, firing another shot; This one was bigger and proceeded to disintegrate the monster's remains upon contact. "Just try!? I can feel somethin' else closin' in! Might be another one!" Confused, and seemingly paranoid, Herieo stayed close to his friend, almost staying back to back with him.

Facepalming himself, he turned fully to Tetsuya, lip syncing a slow 'Sorry'. His head went down, along with the aura consuming his right hand. He looked up slightly, full eyes gleaming with the half moon above. He seemed to be looking past Tetsuya, not exactly at him! In a swift, action-movie like, show of events, Herieo flung both his left and right arms over his friends shoulders, keeping them stiff as he balanced his forearms horizontally on his friends shoulders. Grimacing, he winced as the duel-fired blast would suddenly propel themselves at high speed, making full-on contact with two separate beast, one blast for each. It was only to disorientate however; They'd merely fell from there charge, sliding towards the two. As they came, Herieo would proceed to maneuver himself to a crouch. In a show of might, he would tackle his friend close range, using the momentum to carry the two a short range. Once out of harms way, his strength seemed to fade and his body gave, making the two fall. (Hope you don't mind a Life-Saving, Epic-Puppet!) Sighing, he watched from the ground as the beast stood slowly beside each other. Both were smoking near the center of there mask, small cracks expanding but stopping short; They weren't dead. "Ok.. Quick lesson! These things are intimidating, big, and scary as.. Heck! They eat souls, and only like human bodied ones if there really really 'Thick' you could say.. T-They tend to follow people with powers and energy, or whatever.. That means people who can see them clearly, and interact! Our souls seem to be there food source! I don't know where they come from, what they are or anything but.. I gotta use this weird power of mine to fight'em or else innocent souls die!" Stopping short mid-speech, he would aim his gun-shaped right hand towards the two, shooting the ground with a smallish barrage of large bullets. These missed, probably due to his frightened state, but were enough to create rivets in the ground before them; They were slowed. "Me and you have a lot alike, but these powers come individually.. Maybe your..um.. A late bloomer..?! You might develop something, but till then.. Bare the ******** with me!" Startling himself, the boys hands shot to his mouth, covering it as his eyes widened. Shaking it off, he stumbled towards the two struggling beast, both stuck in there smallish crater. He suddenly screamed something out, switching from using his right hand to his left; The stronger one. Within a seconds notice, he'd made contact with the ground before the two, an eruption of spiritual pressure emitted from his impact. This large mass of blue energy seemed to envelope all three of them, disintegrating them as the light began to consume there entire frames. The end result was a slightly panting Herieo, crouched with a smoking left hand. He raised his head slowly, noticing several large holes begin to rip themselves open.. He was evident to the large fingers, prying them open slowly.. Growls came from nearly every direction now. "New lesson learned: Using lots of power attracts more. it just makes you look more tasty.." Sarcastically he spoke, scoffing afterwords as he caught his breath.
(Note; He screamed out "Heroic Effort", but the attack's sound blocked eet out!)

"RAHH, WHATEVER YOU SAY BUDDY!" Overexcited at having seen his friend shoot his own energy attack, Herieo found himself sparkling and harboring a newfound source of confidence. He glared towards the sky suddenly, his twinkling orbs beginning to glow with a light blue aura. Both his hands began to build up power, Herieo being an idiot as they did this. He struck a mad pose, spreading his legs and holding his arms in; The palms were facing the sky, his fingers cringed like a mad man gone even more insane. As he looked towards the sky, hoping at this point he would go super saiyan with such an ironic and classic form, his spiraling energy began to fluctuate. The numerous beast, attracted to this, began to charge together in wild rampages. Two and three at a time, the giants flung themselves at the glowing boy. Upon reaching his immediate area, they were blown back.. The sound of heavy physical blows rang throughout the once-silent park. His fist prints were abundant on the face of each hollow, making it seem as though they were stamped by the teacher's largest 'YOU DID GREAT!' marker. Herieo, panting and smiling, broke into his own wild rampages, moving from beast to beast with glowing hands. He never repeated actions however, deciding to mix it up on each defeated foe; The nearest hollow, as of now, was the unluckiest however. Herieo, at the moment, could be seen flying through the air his legs crouched in as he became eye level with an eight foot tall monstrosity! Unaffected by it's rather large appearance, Herieo showed no fear in punching it's mask dead on and above the nose area. His fist lodged itself into the monster's face, causing an abrupt crater to form, followed by the sudden release of numerous cracks. The entire beast, from that point, shattered! Near instantaneously, it's body had become black marbles floating towards the sky then evaporating. "Ok..Um.. One more do- Sheetrock, these things are multiplying like flies on my pet gerbil! That reminds me.. Tetsuya, have you seen him lately..?! He got loose from my jeans pocket this morning when I was at your place.. I forgot to tell ya'!" Acting as if the battle was already over, he casually spoke to his friend. That was until he was rudely interrupted, a rather large claw making it's way down towards his head. He countered by becoming a living blur, moving to the right of the arm as it planted itself firmly into the park floor. Herieo, still being at such a close range, placed his right hand index finger against the thing's forearm where it was supposed to bend. Making the shape of a gun with it, he would suddenly fire off one of his odd bullets, obliterating the things arm then making his quick retreat backwards. He slid back in time to watch the arm roll off on the ground, blood spurting from it and the ripped area of the monster's body. Covering his ears as it screeched at him, Herieo would whimper and then rush the thing, both hands still over his ears. Upon nearing it, his image faded.. It reappeared on the opposite side, Herieo having slid between the things legs and out of it's peripheral vision. Hitting from it's blind point, Herieo managed to obliterate the monster from the small of it's back with another quick shot from his gun-shaped hand. "RAHH, I'M SO ELITE! THIS IS LIKE SO MUCH FU-" Fun over. Pain time.

"G-Gah!" Herieo was bumrushed suddenly, a single hollow catching him as he was completing his slide. Before a reaction could be made, he was ran into and flung across the park, sent back a good eight yards while hovering over land; The roll upon landing lasted another seven feet! He was hit pretty hard by this thing, his eyes blurry as he attempted to shake it all off. He only could make out the image of a black and white glob, growling and with its arms raised. Managing not to flinch in response to this attack, he stumbled to stand then held both glowing arms above his head. In a show of pure might, he held back the large and heavy fist of the creature. This, obviously, wasn't his own physical strength but the buffer of his spiritual power! "D-Dangit.. I forgot.. This wasn't supposed to be fun!" Ending the short phrase abruptly, he would grunt and throw his arms out on either side of his body; As they outstretched, so did the beast's fist, being ripped in half by the searing blue spiritual energy. As it howled in pain, Herieo put both hands together into one gun-shaped formation. Slowly, on his right hand's index finger, a blue orb charged with energy. In sync with Herieo closing his eyes, the ball would propel itself forward. This single attack ripped through not only the monster in front of him, but the two behind it, attempting to launch a sneak attack. A huffing Herieo was left standing with a half smile on his face, index finger smoking and shoulders rising up and down. His full image was visible once more, blood coming down from above his temple at the hairline. It'd managed to drip down to his eye, curving around and going all the way to his chin; The classic beaten up manga guy look. Turns out blood really did do that if it came from that area. Other wounds and physical alterations to his outfit included his hoodie, ripped along the center; His jeans, diced on more then just the knee caps. He, deciding it was just too much of a hassle, began to rip and pull off his jacket. Beneath it was a simple T-Shirt, also removed to reveal a slightly toned body. Scratches were abundant around the center, fresh and newly formed. His arms, now completely visible, also were quite torn up. "I bet I look so cool right now.." Commenting to himself, the weary boy raised his glowing fist once more.. Ready to take on some more of the ever-growing horde. "How ya' holdin' out Tetsuya! Got any more Sith juice left..?! Can ya' kinetically call back a light saber now..?!" Screaming towards his comrade, the boy seemed pretty beaten down from the past interactions; As he spoke, he was dodging claws and large fist, shooting out blast and punching when the range was close enough. All in all, he was holding up fine; One thing for sure was the fact he wasn't runnin' outta juice just yet!

((Not really help, but ah well.))

This is the start of a young boy's story. His name is Soujirou Hitsugaya. And unfortunately, he sucks with directions. "Oh jeez. I should have known not to take this stupid shortcut. I mean, just because a place looks familiar, it doesn't mean that it is." He said, while trudging through the bushes. "These bushes are pissing me off." He mumbled to himself as he continued to try and find his way home. He couldn't really handle the fact that he had gotten himself lost in a small town, in a small park. The park that he used to play in when he was smaller, in fact. "I should know this place better than I know the back of other peoples hands by now. I mean, I've been slapped hundreds of times!" He exclaimed.

Eventually, he couldn't quite take it anymore, and kicked a bush. Yes. A bush. He needed an outlet to concentrate his anger on, and the bush just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. As he kicked it, he started to feel a little bit better....until his foot got caught in the branches. He thrashed about until he finally managed to free his foot from the grasp of the bush. "...Right, I hope no one saw that." He continued to wander through the bush, so that he could try and find a way to the street.

He kept walking, until he started to hear strange noises. He paused for a second, so that he could hear better. "Hm? Is that...roaring? What?" He asked himself. "And...there are voices. I think...two." To make sure, he closed his eyes so that he could concentrate better. "Yeah. That's right. Two voices, multiple things roaring. What's going on over there?" He shook his head side to side. "No. I'm not going to go over there." He said to himself. While he was saying that to himself though, he was walking in the direction of the sounds. "I will not go over there. I will not go over there. I will not go over there." It was no use though, he was just way too curious for his own good.

So he kept walking, all the while telling himself that he wouldn't go over there. He was heading right for the noises, even though he was saying he didn't want to. "Oh, what am I going to get myself into? He said as he touched a nearby tree. It has large gashes through its bark, like a huge claw had cut through it. That, or a small bulldozer. "...I hope it's the bulldozer." He continued to walk, as he found various signs of monsters and death. He squeezed his eyes shut as he could hear the noise right in front of him. It wasn't going to be good.

He heard a roar coming from less than ten feet away from him. He forced himself to open his eyes just in time, as he saw a large tree flying towards him. He rolled to the side, and almost broke down with laughter as he saw what it was. It wasn't a bulldozer. It was...a monster. "That explains the roaring. Now where are those voices I heard?" That's when he saw someone getting thrown into a tree, and another person shooting lightning out of their hands. "...Right. Those are the people. Is it too much to ask for this to be a bad dream?" He asked himself. But as he asked this, he knew that it was all real.

"...Never take this shortcut again." Was all he could say of the matter. He would have pissed his pants and ran away, but something was telling him to stay here and try to help the men fight. And the voice just happened to sound like his grandfather's. "Grandpa?" Soujirou asked himself. He was probably hallucinating, but he heard his grandfather say the words, "Fight, Soujirou! And don't be a disgrace to the Hitsugaya name by pissing your pants!" Soujirou smiled at those "inspirational" words, and went into a fighting stance. "Well, all or nothing." He said out loud, hopefully loud enough for the other two to hear him.

Soujirou's jaw dropped as the hollow was blown back by some awesome technique of mightiness. "Wow." Was all that he could say. He turned to see who had done it. It was a strange man that was cut up....probably from all of the monsters in the area. He shook his head side to side, and said, "I REALLY shouldn't have come here. Sorry to disappoint you grandpa, but I still may piss my pants yet." He looked over his shoulder, and saw the other man. He wasn't in a much better shape. In fact, it looked like he was worse off than the guy that just saved him. "What have I gotten myself into?" He said to himself.

Soujirou twitched. "Mister short person? It's Hitsugaya Soujirou!" He yelled. His short outburst had attracted a few hollow to his vicinity. "Riiiight then. Screaming is a no no." He murmured. "Well, Here goes nothing!" He exclaimed. He crouched down low, to dodge the first attack from a hollow, and to get ready for an attack of his own. "Hitsugaya...KIIIICK!" He screamed as he leaped up into the air, and swung out with his right leg. It kicked the monster right in the face....and actually made it stagger. "....What?" He asked himself, as he saw the monster fall back. "Did I just do that?" He asked himself. "Well, Here goes nothing! AGAIN!" He sprinted and jumped up into the air, this time deciding to do a flying sidekick right into the monster's mask thing.

Crack! The monster's mask broke in half, showing some man's face. The monster went crazy, and ran away. "Nice~!" He exclaimed with much joy. But there were still more to go. As soon as he made that monster run away, another popped up from behind him and swiped his back. The power made him fly forward, landing in a nearby bush. He cringed from the pain, but managed to get back u. "Man, monsters are strong, aren't they?" He just said the most obvious thing he's said in his entire life.

He was about to go back to where he was, to attack that monster that swiped him, but the other two men were trapped by a horde of monsters. "s**t!" He cursed. "I can't do anything!" He yelled at himself. He squeezed his eyes shut. "I hope someone saves us!" He exclaimed as he sprinted to help the man that saved him. "Hyah!" He screamed, as he jumped up into the air and side kicked the monster closest to his savior. The monster reeled backwards, and ran away. There was still a sea of monsters to deal with.

Soujirou was kicking and flailing everywhere, trying to keep the monsters at bay, but a 12 year old can only do so much, eventually, he fell into a crouched position near the other two. He was panting heavily, and sweat was affecting his vision. "Sorry I didn't take the chance to escape." He said with a small grin. He closed his eyes, and waited for what was to come.