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Chapter 15 - Chapter 14: Awakening out of desperation

My body can't move because of the pain, and my head is bleeding.

Hollow1: "Hehehe, this human really smells like us, and yet he is very weak."

Hollow2: "Don't underestimate him. I heard that he shoots cero out of his mouth when he gets cornered."

Hollow3: "Is that so? I bet you are bluffing; there's no way this human can do that."

They started arguing just like a comical character. A comic waterdrop showed on my forehead as I looked at them like I was looking at idiots.

Hollow6: "Enough! There is no point in this argument; the human is here, and that's all, let's eat him and eat the other two."

The Hollows ' argument turned to me. One of them started reaching out to me to hold me off, but then an arrow came out and killed that hollow.

Hollow4: "What the­­­–"

Hollow5: "Who did that?!"

Hoshito: 'Thank god, Ishida is here.' I thought with relief in my mind.

I turned my head to where the arrow came from and saw Tensa Zangestu holding a blue bow in his hand.

Hoshito: 'Tensa Zangetsu?! Why is he here? Wait, that appearance, it looks like young Yhwach when you look closer to it… could it be….'

V: "Sorry, but I can't let any of you eat this person."

Hollow2: "Who the hell are you?!" the Hollow shouted at him with an angry expression.

V ignored Hollow's question and started shooting at them. The hollows dodged V's arrows and started attacking him. Me in other hand, started crawling towards the house to get near my body and Yui.

But a Hollow noticed and stomped on my body.

Hollow3: "Don't move if you cherish your soul, we don't want our food getting more dirt than this."

Hoshito: "aaaarrrrrgghhhh!!"

V shot an arrow at the hollow to release me. My body became painful when moving my arm, causing so much pain.

I glanced back to see how the fight was going and saw V holding himself somehow against those Hollow.

Hoshito: 'V can't hold them off for long… I need to do something or else…'

My mind went to recall the early episodes of Bleach, trying to find a way to awaken my power and help V.

V is shooting at them and dodging their attacks somehow. One of Hollow's attacks hit V on the back and sent him near me.

Hoshito: "V!!"

V gets up with an empty look in his eyes. There was some blood sliding from his head.

Hoshito: "V, you can't fight those Hollows alone. You need to get out of here and bring Ichigo and others to get help!"

V: "Are you a fool, Hoshito? You and I both know that's impossible without losing someone here." — he looked at me in his eyes with his expressionless face — "and there is another problem here…"

Hoshito: "The fog, right?"

V: "Right, I don't know how, but because of this fog, we can't sense their reiatsu, nor see things clearly."

One of the Hollows laughed rudely at us, mocking us.

Hollow3: "Bingo~ correct~"

V shot the Hollow, but he dodges it and kicks V in the back.

Hoshito: 'Damn it… I need to do something… wait, there is a way!' — my thought recalls a clip about the way Ichigo awakened his Shinigami power, and I looked at my hand — 'that time Ichigo had to visualize ribbons or robes to pull out his Shinigami power. I can do the same thing to awaken mine!'

I closed my eyes and started to relax to sense anything. The sound of V getting up and continuing to fight reached my ears, but I ignored it and focused on visualizing the ribbons.

Even so, I relax my muscles, my body still feels sore, and because of that, I couldn't keep my eyes closed after a few moments. When I opened my eyes, I saw vaguely white ribbons; my eyes went to search for a ribbon connected to me.

At that time, V killed one of those Hollows, and the remain gets angry. But then one of them ran from the fight and went straight to Kasami and Yui.

Hollow3: "That's it! I don't want to fight this guy! I will eat those two and then finish him off!"

I saw him go past me, and out of desperation, I grabbed a ribbon that was mostly close to my chest and pulled it out.

The hollow's hand was near to reach Yui and Kasami, but it stopped by a blade. The hollow turned to see who stopped him, and he saw me. His eyes are wide like recognized something.

I put my hand on my face and felt something, then realized that I'm wearing a mask. I glanced back and saw the shape of the mask. The mask was smooth, and the eyes were narrowed as if glaring at someone, the mouth had a crack on and it seemed to be supposed to be closed. There was also a dark streak coming from the mouth to near the eyes.

Just when I let go of my hand, the mask suddenly breaks into small pieces and disappears. For a moment, I was confused, but I brushed it off. I looked down and saw that I'm wearing the same shihakusho Shinigami wears.

I turned to the Hollow with determination in my eyes and a pissed expression on my face.

Hoshito: "You bastards will never reach my sister EVER."

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