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located in Rukongai, a part of Bleach: A New Era, one of the many universes on RPG.

Rukongai

The place where the regular folk reside.

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Characters Present

Character Portrait: Ryuu Shosuke Character Portrait: Tenshin Shonsuke Character Portrait: Shizuna Kurotsuki Character Portrait: Naratsuki Kuroikiri Character Portrait: Joel Hiataka Character Portrait: Reika Shinosaki
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"Damn.... This really sucks." Reika managed to mumble under her breath as she stumbled along amongst her group of classmates who were headed towards a dark forests of Rukongai. Already the sun was dipping below the horizon and the darkness of night was coming on very quickly. As the group of young Shinigami ventured even deeper into the forest, the tall trees cast their shadow along the narrow path they had taken as if to snag them into the deep brush. The deeper they went, the darker it got and soon it was getting hard to see. As if Reika wasn't already struggling to keep her vision. Though she was managing to keep up with the rest of the group, the tipsy girl found herself straggling behind a few feet and told herself not to get separated.

The little group suddenly found themselves in a large clearing in the trees and Reika breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps she would ask them if they could take a little break, just in case her legs decided to give out. But before she could ask anything, her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a low, harsh growling noise. Everything that happened next was a blur. Suddenly, Tenshin was thrown back by a large black blur that had swooped out of the darkness before any of them had time to react in any way. Reika now felt the spiritual pressure of six five others deep in the darkness and she could tell by the murkiness of their energies that they were, without at doubt, hollows.

'Shit.... Can I fight like this?' Reika impulsively reached for her Zanpakuto. Six of them and six hollows. Surely the others would be better off than her at this time. She had to worry about herself and think about how to get out of this alive. The other six creatures had shown themselves and through her blurry vision, Reika could just barely make out the grotesque masks that covered each of their faces. Looking to her left and right, it seemed that the others jumped straight into battle. This was not going to be good. Even though these were considered "small fry" to veteran Shinigami, for a ragtag group that was fresh from the academy, this would be more than a challenging fight. Sure each of them had gone on small raid parties to exterminate hollows but at that time, seated officers and instructors were there to back them up. At this very moment, they were on their own.

Without warning, one of the hollows had broken off from the group of six and charged at Reika who was still stuck in her own head while trying to gain her composure. Only noticing it at the last second, she made an attempt to dodge out of the way, but by that time the hollow was already right in her face. It was so close that she could finally see its ugly masked face clearly. Random black lines seemed to be racing randomly across the white face of the mask. Two small white bulges protruded from the hollow's forehead and two large fangs were attached to the top part of the mouth of the mask that extended all the way below the chin. She had no time to react. 'Geez.... Is this going to be over already?'

"REIKA!!!" In an instant, Reika's vision was blocked by a black figure. The sensation of her being lifted off the ground took her by surprise and before she could blink, she was flashed quite a ways away from the attacking hollow who looked extremely confused that it's prey had vanished. Reika blinked and looked up into the face of her rescuer. It was Joel. "Trying to be my knight in shining armor are we? At least take me out on a date before you start risking your life for me." Reika teased softly. Though it was just a joke, her heart was pounding and sweat trickled down her open palms. She had almost taken a lethal blow which would have taken her life. That was nothing to joke about. "Reika? You okay?" Joel seemed to ignore her comment. "If you're still feeling off, you have to focus and fight now."

"I'm okay now thanks to you. Just caught me off guard." Joel set her down and it seemed the sudden adrenaline rush had cleared her mind just enough so that she could stand with certainty again. "I owe you one. I'll buy you a drink sometime. But instead of worrying about me, I think someone else wants your attention." Reika eyed the other hollow that appeared to have Joel in it's sights. "Go get em. I got this."

The young blonde turned back towards her opponent. "It's quite rude to come on to a lady without getting her attention first. You've got a lot to learn." The hollow didn't seem amused as it let out a piercing howl out of frustration that it's prey would be putting up a fight. The noise rocked Reika head. It seemed that her headache hadn't subsided though she could at least stand on her own now. "OOoowww!! SHUT YER TRAP!!" Reika yelled back at the hollow in frustration. "Geez.... Pipe down... People are trying to sleep." The beast ignored her requests entirely and growled at her in defiance. Now that Reika could finally see, her instincts kicked in an she began observing her opponent. She wasn't the strongest fighter out there so she had to rely on killing her target swiftly without drawing the fight out for too long. From what she could see, the hollow was pretty lean. Lanky arms and legs, her opponents seemed to be very quick. At the ends of it's long arms, there were single long blade like appendages that had taken the place of it's hands. A circle of small sharp spikes encircled the empty hole at the center of it's chest and as Reika observed further, it had no feet and instead it's long legs ended with round stubs at the ends.

Reika unsheathed her short Zanpakuto and took her fighting stance. She had to end this quickly. There was no telling what this creature could do and she was not eager to find out. It was time to get this over with. Mustering all the strength she had, Reika charged at the hollow. She would keep it simple so there was no room for screw ups. The hollow howled once again and answered Reika charge by bolting forward as well. Reika grinned. It took the bait. Right before the two were about to clash, Reika performed Shunpo at the very last second and popped right behind the hollow. Making a swift 360 turn, she brought her blade up and launched herself at the back of the hollow's head. "YER MINE!"

The blow never came. Reika found herself suspended in mid air, her blade, inches away from the head of the turned hollow. "Wha....." Why did she stop? The hollow was still turned. Reika felt something warm coming up her throat and suddenly found that she couldn't breathe. She opened her mouth and attempted to get rid of whatever was restricting her breathing. A familiar red liquid seeped from her mouth. 'Blood? But when did-' Reika managed to look down. A dozen of long spikes had impaled her stomach and pierced through her body. Confused, she realized that there was also a circle of spikes on this side of the hollow's chest hole. It seemed to have the ability to extend them at will and as Reika was just about to land her blow, it got her. The hollow's head began to turn around it's body in a sick manner and it's legs and arms followed so that it's back was now it's front. The dark evil eyes of the thing seemed to smirk tauntingly at Reika and the hollow raised it's bladed arms to finish the job. Still suspended in the air, the helpless girl's vision began to fade to black and she coughed up more blood. The pain finally caught up to her brain but it was too unbearable to even cry out. She couldn't move. Was this it? Move! Move damn it! MOVE! It was no use. Her vision faded the more she struggled. This couldn't be happening......