The hollow step backed with a puzzled expression on his face. The other hollow stopped fighting and turned to me with a confused expression.
Hollow5: "The hell?! How did that boy turn into Shinigami?!"
Hollow6: "It doesn't matter either way, he only adds more flavor to his soul…"
I ignored them and looked at V.
Hoshito: "V! I will take care of this guy and join you! In the meantime, hold on and find the hollow who caused this fog!"
V: "Say easier than done… but I can do that, and I have a clue to who he is."
One of the hollows twitched and went flying up. The other hollow screamed at me and started attacking me aggressively, and one of the hollows joined him, leaving me and V against two hollows each.
# Kurosaki's Clinic/ Ichigo's room #
Ichigo: "It doesn't seem the fog will end soon…"
Ichigo glanced at the window and saw how thick the fog was. He turned to his friends who were sitting in his room.
Orihime has a concerned expression on her face, thinking about what's happening to Hoshito right now. Ishida was standing leaning on the wall. He didn't detect anything; he only sensed the reiatsu in Ichigo's house, which made him feel something off.
Ishida: "Kurosaki, you know this fog isn't normal, right…?"
Ichigo: "Right, this fog doesn't feel normal," he said with suspicion in his voice and started thinking about Hoshito — "… damn it, I can't sit here worried about that idiot, I will go to his house."
Ishida: "Stop Kurosaki, you can't go outside in this fog, you will get lost."
Ichigo: "Then what are you suggesting?" he said with an irritated expression on his face.
Orihime stepped up to calm both boys down, but neither of them was stepping down. Chad holds Ichigo's shoulder with a calm expression on his face.
Chad: "Calm down, Ichigo. We can't run blindly outside."
Ichigo looked at Chad for a moment and calmed down, then he turned back to Ishida. Ishida adjusted his glass; his expression was mixed, calm, and concerned.
Ishida: "Kurosaki, I understand your concern, but you don't have to worry about Hoshito," he said with a calm voice and added, "There's someone with him who can help him."
Ichigo: "What?! Who?!"
Ishida: "I don't know who he is, but he was hiding in Hoshito's shadow… I sensed his reiatsu there. It was small, but I knew he suppressed it so no one could detect him."
Ishida: 'Not only that, that person's reiatsu… it was Quincy..!'
# Hoshito's House #
I swung my blade against Hollow's body, and it only left a scratch on it. The other Hollow attacked me from my side, but I blocked it. I jumped up near V as the Hollows surrounded us.
Hoshito: "Hey, V, isn't there a way to kill that Hollow?"
V: "No, there's only the old-fashioned way… and you are really not bad with your zanpakuto, but you are still very bad at moving your body and swinging."
Hoshito: "Was that a complaint?! You know this is my first time fighting against Hollow!"
V ignored it and jumped up.
V: "Create an opening for me to shoot at that hollow."
I got irritated by his command sound. I went straight to one of the Hollows and jumped at his face. The Hollow covered his face except for his eyes, and I took that opportunity to stab his eye.
The hollow screamed out of pain, and others were taken back from the unfolding. With a jumping motion, I went straight up to the flying Hollow. I swung to kill him, but he flew back to dodge it.
Then V appeared behind and, with cleaned shot, killed the Hollow.
Hoshito: 'Those reishi on his feet… It's Hirenkyaku…!'
For a moment, I was amazed by V speed, but then again, there was no time to be amazed. A Hollow jumped at V, angry from the death of his comrade; he struck at V. Thanks to Hirenkyaku, V easily dodged the strikes and landed near the house.
Hollow5: "Curse you! You piece the shit! Because of you, things will get difficult for us!!"
Hoshito: 'Right… they normally don't care about their comrades…' I thought awkwardly since, for a moment, they cared about others, but I was wrong.
After the Flying Hollow died, the fog began to clear slowly. The Hollows were furious from this outcome, except for one, who was very calm from the beginning.
Hollow6: "Fools, we should focus on that archer since he seems to be the strongest between both of them. And don't forget it takes time for others to arrive here to help them."
The hollow stepped closer to us with coldness in his eyes.
Hollow6: "This time… they won't trick us again…"