The Day of the Hollows

Forty-five minutes have passed since Uryu embarked on his journey back to his home after a long day of school. He walks up a flight of stairs until he hears a noise. He turns around and sees no one behind him. He continues to walk until he senses a familiar spiritual pressure.

"You can come out, Kuroi Hono," said Uryu.

Kuroi stops leaning on the wall and walks towards Uryu.

"You finally found me. I could've killed you if I was a serial killer. You act so high and mighty, but you couldn't even notice someone following you," said Kuroi.

"I saw you staring at me in the doorway, so I already knew that you were spying on me," said Uryu.

"I wasn't spying. I'm just making sure that you aren't a threat to my home," said Kuroi.

"Why would I be a threat? I may hate soul reapers, but I wouldn't harm an innocent person," said Uryu.

"What are you? You're strong enough to kill Hollows in one strike. The only people that I know that hunt Hollows are soul reapers," said Kuroi.

"I'm a Quincy," said Uryu.

"What's a Quincy?" asked Kuroi.

"You don't deserve to learn anything about my clan," said Uryu.

"Ok. Ok. Why did you start killing Hollows all of a sudden?" said Kuroi.

"I wanted to showcase how superior Quincies are to soul reapers," said Uryu.

"It sounds like your clan and soul reapers have a long rivalry," said Kuroi.

"We do, so let's end it right now. Won't you fight me, Kuroi Hono? I'll make you understand why soul reapers are unnecessary in this world," said Uryu.

"Why would I compete against you? I don't care about the grudge that you have against soul reapers. I just became one a year ago, so whatever grudge that you have doesn't involve me. Deal with your problems by yourself," said Kuroi.

Kuroi turns around and starts to walk away.

"Are you going to run away like a coward?" asked Uryu.

"You can't provoke me, Quincy," said Kuroi.

"Are you walking away because you're weaker than me?" asked Uryu.

Kuroi turns around.

"Weaker? You must be high. You aren't even a threat to my pinky," said Kuroi.

"If I'm so weak, why won't you fight?" asked Uryu.

"I don't want to fight you because I don't want to accidentally kill you. You're smart, so you should focus on school instead of trying to fight me," said Kuroi.

"I guess that this won't be easy. I will have to try another persuasion tactic," said Uryu.

Uryu pulls out an object from his pocket that looks like a coin.

"What is that?" asked Kuroi.

"Hollow bait. If I crush and scatter this, Hollows will gather in this town," said Uryu.

"Huh! You're going to kill many innocent people if you crush that! What's wrong with you!" exclaimed Kuroi.

"Whoever kills the most Hollows in twenty-four hours wins. The rules are easily understandable," said Uryu.

"I thought that you were a good person! Are you going to let a stupid grudge push you to the point that you would rather have thousands of people die, so you can beat one soul reaper!" exclaimed Kuroi.

"Keep your morality to yourself!" exclaimed Uryu.

Uryu crushes the Hollow bait.

"Saving other people is unnecessary! I will kill every Hollow and leave not one survivor! If you want to protect this town, you should have no problem with accepting this challenge," said Uryu.

"You're crazy!" exclaimed Kuroi.

"I'm not crazy. I'm just proving a point," said Uryu.

Uryu turns around once he senses the first Hollow. He creates his bow and shoots an arrow. The arrow hits the Hollow, killing it.

"The first one is down," said Uryu.

Unbeknownst to Uryu, Kuroi charges at him and tackles him.

"What's with the face, Kuroi Hono?" asked Uryu.

"Don't be a smartass! Send the Hollows back to Hueco Mundo before people die!" exclaimed Kuroi.

"Don't speak rashly. Hollows will flood this town in minutes. As the protector of this town, you should be killing the Hollows instead of holding me on the ground. You should already know that Hollows love to target people with high spiritual pressures," said Uryu.

"If anyone dies today, you will end up like the Hollows that you will slay," said Kuroi.

Kuroi gets off the ground and starts to run in the direction of the Hollows. He pulls out his phone and calls Ichigo. Ichigo answers very quickly.

"What's going on?" asked Ichigo.

"Uryu's flooding the town with Hollows. Get down here and help as quickly as possible. The Hollows may be going after your family," said Kuroi.

"That bastard's dead," said Ichigo.

"I was thinking the same thing," said Kuroi.

"Rukia and I will be there in a few minutes," said Ichigo.

"Thanks," said Kuroi.

Kuroi pulls out the mod soul and places it in his mouth. His soul is ripped out and Meinu takes control of his body.

"Meinu, find Rukia and Ichigo," said Kuroi.

"What are you going to do?" asked Meinu.

"I'm going to defend the town. I can't let Uryu get people killed," said Kuroi.

"Ok. Stay safe," said Meinu.

Meinu turns around and starts running in the other direction. Kuroi starts to flash step all around the town. He kills countless amounts of Hollows on his venture around the town. As he brings his Zanpakuto down on one more Hollow, he senses Ichigo's spiritual pressure. Once he senses the familiar spiritual pressure, he flash steps in the other direction, looking for his friend. He finally finds him and his prey a couple minutes later.

"It looks like I have found you, Uryu. Any last words?" said Kuroi.

"It looks like you've found me very quickly," said Uryu.

"I'm done playing your stupid game. I don't want to hear how many Hollows you killed," said Kuroi.

"Have you noticed the cracks in the sky?" asked Uryu.

"Wait. There's a crack in the sky?" said Kuroi.

"I'm afraid that's not all. All of the Hollows are heading to that one point," said Uryu.

Kuroi looks up and sees a large number of Hollows circling a crack in the sky. Uryu creates his bow and kills one of the Hollows.

"You can't just kill them. We have to come up with a plan," said Kuroi.

"Are you afraid, Kuroi?" asked Uryu.

"No. We have to play smart," said Kuroi.

Uryu runs up the stairs and towards the Hollows.

"I will win this battle! Hollows, I am your opponent! You will be destroyed by Uryu Ishida, the last Quincy!" exclaimed Uryu.

"What's wrong with that guy?" asked Ichigo.

"I understand why he hates soul reapers," said Rukia.

"Why?" asked Kuroi.

"Majority of the Quincy were killed by the soul reapers 200 years ago," said Rukia.

"Why would Yamamoto order for the Quincy to be genocided?" asked Kuroi.

"It's not like soul reapers wanted to kill the Quincy. They were out of options. The Soul Society's soul reapers are known as balancers. The number of souls in this world and the Soul Society is always being evened out. If that is not done, both worlds would be destroyed. Our job is to regulate the number of souls in this world and the Soul Society. The Quincies threatened the balance because they killed Hollows instead of purifying them and sending them to the Soul Society. If they weren't annihilated, the two worlds would collapse," said Rukia.

"Sometimes messed up things have to be done to protect the world, but we have no time to dwell on that. We have Hollows to take down," said Kuroi.

Kuroi, Rukia, Ichigo, Meinu, and Kon run after the Quincy. They run until they reach a construction site. Kuroi jumps on top of one of the Hollows circling Uryu.

"Uryu, I heard about your reason for fighting! I don't care about if the soul reapers or the Quincies are right! The only thing that I care about is that what you're doing is-," said Kuroi.

"That's old news," said Uryu.

"What?" asked Kuroi.

"I don't care about what happened to my clan 200 years ago. My sensei told me that years ago. I believe that the soul reapers were right, but that's not why I fight. I fight because my grandfather was killed right in front of me. My sensei tried to persuade the soul reapers to work with us, but they refused to. He was killed by Hollows and the soul reapers didn't save him even though that had him under tight surveillance. Don't you understand, Kuroi? I don't want your help. I want to showcase my strength," said Uryu.

"I never met your sensei, but I understand what he was trying to say. He wanted to work with soul reapers, not try to showcase his strength. You can help him achieve his final wish by working with me to destroy the Hollows that stand before us," said Kuroi.

Kuroi jumps off the Hollow and lands behind Uryu.

"Let's fight back to back to show our ancestors that Quincy and soul reaper can work together to win battles," said Kuroi.

"Don't forget about us. We can help too," said Ichigo.

Kuroi and Uryu turn their heads to see Rukia, Ichigo, Meinu, and Kon standing behind them.

"I guess we won't be fighting back to back, but at the end of the day, we will destroy these Hollows," said Kuroi.

"Let's get started!" exclaimed Rukia.

"Yes, ma'am!" exclaimed everyone else.

"Burn this world to ashes, Kurayami Nokiribi!" exclaimed Kuroi.

Kuroi's Zanpakuto enters its Shikai state. Kuroi jumps into the air and prepares an attack.

"Jigoku Piasa!" exclaimed Kuroi.

Kuroi brings his blade down and takes out a large number of Hollows with the hell cutter. Ichigo jumps up and also prepares a familiar attack.

"Getsuga Tensho!" exclaimed Ichigo.

Ichigo brings his blade down and destroys many Hollows with his moon cutter. Rukia walks up a few feet and puts out her hand.

"Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws. Hado Number 33: Sokatsui!" said Rukia.

A blue ball of spiritual energy appears in front of Rukia's hand and she shoots it at a large group of Hollows. The blue ball of spiritual energy explodes and kills the group of Hollows. Meinu picks up a metal beam and runs towards a Hollow. Kon jumps up and kicks the same Hollow that Meinu is charging at. Meinu slams the Hollow with the metal beam and destroys it. Uryu uses his bow to snipe the Hollows circling him. A few minutes pass until the sky starts to crack. The group looks up and sees a giant Hollow sticking its face out of the crack.

"What is that?" asked Uryu.

"It's a Menos Grande and it's very dangerous. It's our primary target now," said Kuroi.

"Who said that you could order me around?" asked Uryu.

"Do you want to die?" asked Kuroi.

"No," said Uryu.

"Good. Now, protect the rest of the group" said Kuroi.

Kuroi charges at the Menos Grande. The Menos sees this and starts to slowly move out of the crack. It opens its mouth and charges an attack. As Kuroi gets closer to the giant Hollow, he starts to run faster and faster. The Menos launches its attack and Kuroi tries to block it, but Ichigo appears in front of him and blocks the Cero.

"Ichigo?" asked Kuroi.

"Stop worrying about me and go kill this thing!" exclaimed Ichigo.

"Ok. First Ember: Kuchiku!" said Kuroi.

Kuroi jumps and rockets towards the Menos. The Menos tries to swipe at him, but Kuroi easily dodges the giant hand.

"Time to die, monster. Jigoku Piensa!" exclaimed Kuroi.

Kuroi brings his blade down and uses his hell cutter to slice the head of the Menos in half. The two halves of the Menos Grande fall to the ground as his body slowly disintegrates. Kuroi lands softly on the ground. He turns around and sees Uryu standing behind him.

"What do you want?" asked Kuroi.

"I wanted to apologize. I let my grudge get in the way of being a good person and I almost allowed many people to nearly die," said Uryu.

Kuroi places his hand on Uryu's shoulder.

"I accept your apology," said Kuroi.

Kuroi punches Uryu in the stomach. Uryu kneels in pain and spits out a little blood.

"What was that for?" asked Uryu weakly.

"You should be glad that I don't kill you for endangering everyone here. I let you off easy, so don't complain," said Kuroi.

"Damn you, soul reaper," said Uryu.

"Right back at you, Quincy," said Kuroi.