BLEACH: The Dusk In Red

The next day

Kai sat at his desk surrounded once again by his fellow class men, unlike last break this room was filed with students who formed their own cliques. Interestingly the hooded student was missing.

"Pfffftt"

Kai was struggling to contain his laughter while pointing at the bandage which surrounded Mikoto's head.

"You got your ass kicked by Yasutora didn't you?"

"Shut up, you don't look all that unharmed either?", Mikoto said as he pointed out the cut on Kai's neck.

"I just fell down some stairs....", Kai responded.

Yukiko cheekily said, "You're no good at lying."

A small vein popped out of Kai's forehead as he pulled out his phone.

"Speaking of lying, check out what I found while I was watching Don Kanonji the other day."

He proceeded to show the two a picture of Yukiko performing Don Kanonji's signature laugh and pose, causing her to squeal from embarrassment. She grabbed the phone before quickly throwing it out of a window shocking the two.

"If you wanted me to delete it, you could've just asked... My mom is gonna kill me now."

He quickly scanned the room to identify everyone who was in there, and realised the lack of his hooded assailants presence.

"That's odd? That guy ain't here? The hoodie."

Yukiko out of interest asked, "Why would you be looking for that guy right now?"

"He was standing outside my house the other day... it didn't look like he broke in, however he was acting very strange. And he kept holding that book as well."

"Did you notice anything else about him? Any thing odd or strange?"

Kai thought about it hard, however he could only remember the odd green light which he saw the other day. Upon hearing this, Yukiko quickly got up and left the room with a dark expression on her face.

"You reckon she's still mad?", Mikoto asked him.

"I don't think that's it? She hasn't made that face since junior high."

Suddenly a light bulb flicked within Mikoto's brain as he recalled some insightful knowledge.

"I just remembered where I saw that Xcution book! Did you hear about that cult from 8 years ago? The one that appeared right after the earthquakes."

"The people who were on about the end of the world? I remember them preaching about some pretty weird stuff."

"Their leader was hot. She had the biggest pair."

Kai's face flinched upon hearing that. "I don't think you should be saying that about a dead person... Especially if it's Aura Michibane. She might try to haunt you for that."

Suddenly a chill ran down Mikoto's spine after hearing that.

"You really think so??? I won't die in my sleep will I??"

The second he said that, the window in which the stood next too mysteriously opened.

Standing on the window seal now, was the hooded student who was crouching. Despite being as close that Kai could get to him, a heavy shadow still covered his face preventing his identity from being revealed.

Suddenly he kicked Kai causing him to fall out his seat, grabbing the attention of everyone in the room.

"What are you doing??"

Mikoto shouted as he extended his hand out to grab the hoodie student. Then suddenly, an invisible force pushed Mikoto across the room, sending him flying into a wall.

All the students that witnessed the events screamed, with some even trying to leave to call for help, however as they tried to pull the doors open, they discovered they were locked tight.

The hooded student then said,

"Sorry about this, but I need you all to become food for this guy."

After 15 minutes passed, Kai weakly awakened back to conscious finding his body collapsed on the floor. As he stood up he felt unusually light, but this sense didn't last long when he saw the entity in front of him.

It was tall and big, with it taking up around 1/3 of the classrooms space. It was surrounded with the unconscious bodies of several students which all laid unharmed below its feet. Its black skin was covered in green tattoos, and it bore a white mask mimicking the shape of a serpents head.

The thing grabbed the heads of one of the students, and then pulled out an almost spectral copy of them. Strangely they had a chain which connected them to their physical body.

The jaw of the demons mask opened revealing a bottomless pit, which was big enough to stuff the entire student inside causing their chain to snap and break. As all this took place, the hooded student was busy reading their Xcution bible.

Kai weakly got up, and saw the unconscious Mikoto who was still slumped on the floor. He tried to quietly drag himself towards him before patting his shoulder, without drawing the attention of the two predators.

He whispered, "Psssht, are you awake??? We gotta get outta here."

Mikoto groaned as Kai quickly put his hand against his mouth, urging him to keep quiet.

The demon and hoodie were still to busy indulging in their own activities to notice the two.

Suddenly Mikoto made a frightful face as he pointed towards one of the unconscious bodies towards the back. Kai turned around to see what made him so worried, only for a grim fear to spread through him.

He saw his own body with blood dripping from its skull. A chain that was around the size of the width of the room extended from it, reaching to his own chest.

Eventually the hooded figure noticed the two on the floor causing them to slam their book shut, and then he approached them.

"It appears my kick from earlier, knocked your soul out of your body, although your chain of fate appears to have stayed intact. Your body must still be alive."

"What the hell is this?", Kai screamed at him, however his outlash drew the attention of the hollow that was still feasting. It turned around revealing its full form, as well the the empty hole in its chest.

It slowly began approaching Kai and Mikoto while, saliva dripped from its mouth. 

"Devour them."

The demon stretched out its arms, aiming to grab Kai whose soul had already been exposed but then Mikoto quickly pushed him away surprising the hooded student.

"You can touch it??"

The hollow instead grabbed Mikoto by the head, and then raised its arm causing Mikoto's body to collapse to the floor, leaving his soul behind in the grip of the demon.

Mikoto desperately tried to fight back, by even punching and kicking the demon, but it was all futile. It slowly opened its mask almost forcing Mikoto in, until Kai attempted to drop kick him, distracting it for only a second. As all these events took place, the hooded student only watched out of pity for the two struggling humans.

"That thing is called a hollow. No matter what you try do, if you lack substantial Reiatsu or a Zanpakutō, you'll never be able to beat it. And even then that hollow is a pet which my father had been raising personally so it won't go down without a fight. Not that you would understand any of what I've been saying."

The hollow grabbed on Kai's attacking leg, before whacking him against the ground. It then stood on top of his chain of fate, threatening to sever it. He attempted to break himself free while reaching for his main body, but alas he was too weak.

The hollow then prepared to fit Mikoto in his mouth once more, while he struggled to fight back.

Suddenly the glass of the windows broke inwards as a familiar girl wearing a black baggy kimono armed with a katana, broke into the room. She sheathed her sword, and sliced the hollows arm freeing Mikoto. It also caused it to fall back a little, freeing Kai.

"Yukiko???" , Kai said in confusion.

The hooded student laughed as a long smile spread across their face. They had beast like teeth which all resembled a canines.

"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?? I PREPARED THIS WONDERFUL STAGE JUST FOR US!"

Space curved and bent around Yukiko, forming into what seemed to be the palm of a hand, slapping her out of the classroom. She managed to land outside on her own two feet and then she quickly dodged a multitude of floating debris and desks being chucked at her. Each of the objects emanated the same green light before being destroyed.

The hooded student jumped out of the hole created by the earlier explosion, and landed on the floor. The roofs and other brick walls, began to deconstruct and rip apart as it followed him, eventually manifesting a lance made out of construction material.

The weapon fired at Yukiko, which she attempted to parry with her Katana, however it completely overwhelmed her, and instead blew her further back, while injuring her left shoulder and ripping the sleave of her kimono.

Kai shouted from the opening, "WHATS GOING ON HERE??!"

"GET AWAY FROM THERE!", Yukiko called out, but it was too late. The Hollow that was missing a limb, barged into Kai, making him fall. Eventually his descent stopped before he hit the ground. His chain of fate which was still attached to his body in the destroyed classroom, was saving him.

The hollow seeing an opportunity, grabbed onto his chain, and began to pull on it while widening its mouth, preparing to devour him whole. Yukiko seeing this, tried to jump towards it and finish it off, but the hooded figure blocked her path and punched her instead.

Yukiko engaged with them using Zanjutsu by sending a multitude of sword strikes towards them, however they were dodged and avoided with ease. 

While her strikes were being avoided, she pointed a finger at the hollow and chanted,

"Hado #1: Shō"

A small blast of bright blue light emerged from her finger, and flew towards the hollow at astonishing speeds. It hit the hollows mask creating an explosion that blinded it, causing it to fall from the building, into the ground.

"Thats odd?", the hooded figure said. "I don't recall Ichigo Kurosaki knowing any Kidō techniques? Where did you learn that?"

"You think Kurosaki is the only one teaching me? I have other sensei's that help me out too."

She then performed a powerful yet fast, horizontal strike which the hooded figure narrowly avoided, making them fall back. As they rested, a piece of their hood ripped and small amounts of blood fell from hidden head.

"I'm Yukiko Himeno, the stand in substitute Soul Reaper for Karakura town. If you think I'll let you harm my friends Infront of me, I'll cut you down a thousand times."

Kai upon hearing this said in confusion as Mikoto helped pull him back up,

"Stand in substitute? So you're the substitute for a substitute?"

Yukiko's expression turned into one of anger,

"How about I shoot you too?"

Panicking, Kai quickly climbed up his own chain of fate even faster than before, just as he did a piercing green light snapped his chain causing him to fall on top of the fallen hollow below.

As Kai stumbled to the ground Yukiko shouts, 

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!"

But the hooded figure just laughed hysterically.

"I came here today just to torment you. Even if you believe you can still reattach his chain of fate to his body, your going to be in for one hell of a surprise."

Out of rage, she began to recklessly swing her sword at hoodie which he continued to dodge with ease as he continued to laugh.

"I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL DEFFINATELY KILL YOU!"