Hollow, Hell

Rangiku placed the dango and the cup of tea next to his seat.

"Here you go. That will be 20 mon."

Seimei nodded as he pulled out 2 10 mon coins from within his pouch. He handed it over to Rangiku with a smile. She nodded back to him with a smile and walked back into the house.

Seimei grabbed one dango skewer and took a bite. It was soft and chewy but at the same time it was slightly firm. A side of sweet soy sauce was placed next to the dango. Seimei dipped the dango within the sweet soy sauce, and took another bite. It tasted even more delicious after that.

Seimei let out a sigh of contentment as he took a sip of the tea.

But the tea wasn't as good as he expected. Perhaps it was because of the delicious tea Mushashi had been feeding but it tasted a little bland compared to the one he'd been drinking upto then.

Seimei shook his head and finished the tea and dango in happiness and stood up from his seat.

He pulled back his bamboo hat and decided to look over Rangiku while he could.

But he couldn't be lurking around her shop every second, that'd just make him seem like a stalker.

'Guess I'll buy a house around here.'

Seimei decided as he stood up. Just then, Rangiku came out of the house.

She looked at Seimei who had already stood up and slightly bowed to him, before getting to leave.

"Little girl, excuse me but could I ask you a question?"

Rangiku stopped in her movements as she looked at Seimei.

"Yes?"

Seimei looked her in the eyes and said, "Is there a house nearby which I could possibly buy?"

Rangiku stopped in her movements and put her hands on her chin, making an expression of thinking.

"I don't think there are any houses available to purchase. I'm sorry."

Rangiku shook her head and apologized slowly.

"Its fine, don't worry. I'll just search for a house at another area."

Seimei smiled at her and decided to find a paly somewhere close to the shop even if he'd have to search for some time.

Rangiku nodded as she bowed to him and walked away, seeming as though she was in a hurry.

Seimei looked at her walking away as he turned the other direction and walked away.

***

"Why the hell is medieval Japan so populated?!"

Seimei was sitting on the rooftop of a building that he'd climbed.

He'd been searching all day for a house to stay but every single one had been either already taken or wasn't for purchase.

"Am I really going to be homeless for the first time after reincarnating?"

Seimei sighed as he stood up. He guessed that he'd have to spend the day at a ryokan.

He jumped down from the roof, landing down smoothly.

"Meow!?"

Just as he landed, he heard a cat screech.

He looked around, but to no avail.

'Perhaps it ran away.' Seimei shook his head.

Just as he walked out into the main road, Seimei heard a noise come from within his sleeve.

It was his denreishinki, the original gray screen was now purple, showing two reishi signatures.

Once was Seimei's own reishi signature, shown as a red arrow while the hollow was marked in blue.

Seimei moved towards the sign that was shown within the screen.

***

Woosh!

ROAR!

A shockwave moved through the air as a monster with 3 legs, moved towards a Plus.

It was a young boy, whose body was lying near him.

Well, it wasn't a body. The "body" had already turned into mush, after being crushed by a tree which had fallen over due to the hollow.

Nearby, many horses and men were being attacked by the hollow.

Unfortunately, they couldn't even see the hollow, running around blindly.

It was perhaps a very tragic coincidence.

The man who first died had died due to cardiac arrest. His Plus having attracted the hollow.

After the hollow devoured the Plus, the simple movement, caused by the hollow killed another man, giving it another plus to devour.

It became an almost domino effect, with the Hollow aiming to devour the whole convoy.

***

"HELP! HELP! AAAH!"

A samurai had his head pierced, the claw of the hollow opening out through his head.

The eyes of the Shinigami bobbed out its head, blood dripping down the body.

Crunch.

Crunch.

Crunch.

The body of the samurai was devoured by the hollow, and once the hollow devoured the soul, it spit out the body out, now having turned into an unrecognizable mush.

"AAAH! MURASAKI?! WHAT HAPPENED TO MURASAKI?!"

Another samurai shouted out in fear.

He couldn't see the hollow, but felt a large figure standing in front of him.

He ran in horror and terror, his pants having a bright yellow stain on them.

But the speed of a human was nothing in front a hollow.

The white mask of the hollow dripped with blood, its scarlet eyes shining in merciless brutality.

As the hollow felt the samurai's gaze towards it, it ran towards the samurai, its 3 legs creating giant depressions within the field.

'I don't want to die.'

'I don't want to die.'

'I don't want to die.'

'I don't want to die.'

The samurai chanted in his heart as he ran. The memories of his wife and son played within his heart.

Slash!

The claw of the hollow sliced downwards towards the samurai.

His armor broke down and got crushed under the claw of the hollow.

The open flesh of the samurai got sliced under the hollow's claws, its spine being exposed under the claw.

The spinal fluid got exposed and splashed on the grass.

The samurai crashed on the floor, his body no longer moving due to the injury on his spine.

'Ah, guess I'll be dying.'

The pain took over the mind of the samurai as he lied on the ground, as the blood of the samurai slowly ran out the field.

Stab.

"Ah shit, I was too late."

Seimei looked at the hollow whose claw had been cut off by him and was roaring at him, its mask baring its teeth at him.

Seimei looked at the samurai who had already bled to death, his plus looking at his own body in confusion.

Seimei shook his head and sighed and decided to take care of the hollow first.

"Bakudo #1, Sai"

The hollow felt a sudden force act upon its body, as its 3 arms moved backwards into its back. The hollow fell down from its back, as its face and its mask directly faced Seimei.

Seimei looked at the carnage and destruction caused by the hollow, feeling disgust and anger in his heart.

Yet he didn't feel any sort of nausea.

He had the memories of his past life yes, but it was as though his mind had already gotten used to being a Shinigami.

He'd already thought of himself as a Shinigami, and no longer as a human.

As such, feeling familiar looking figures dying made him feel uncomfortable, but nothing too emotionally burdening.

It was like a human seeing a dead chimpanzee or a gorilla. He'd feel disgusted and uncomfortable, but his mind wouldn't be as affected as him seeing a dead human.

Seimei sighed as he faced backwards towards the Plus of the samurai, as he spoke.

"I am sorry that I couldn't come quicker. I hope you can have a better life."

Seimei bowed slightly to the plus and hit it on the head with the hilt of his Zanpakuto.

An emblem was imprinted on the point of impact on the samurai's forehead. The emblem started shining brightly as the Plus proceeded to sink into the ground in a pool of blue.

After the Plus disappeared. Seimei faced the hollow, and gripped his katana in front of the hollow.

He raised his hands upwards and faced the blade of the Zanpakuto towards the hollow's mask. The character of 'Koshirae' gleamed brightly as Seimei noticed it surprisingly for the first time.

He felt something feeling more "complete" inside him, as he read that.

'Since you haven't given me any hints about my Shikai, I'll create one myself. Even if its not the real one.'

Seimei smirked as his red eyes gleamed in the moonlight.

The blade of his Zanpakuto slowly moved downwards as Seimei spoke a sentence.

"Cut, Koshirae."

The blade sliced through the Hollow. Not just the hollow mask but the whole hollow was cut in half.

Seimei watched as the hollow slowly disintegrated into nothingness, leaving nothing behind as though it didn't exist.

He sheathed his Zanpakuto and walked to his gigai, jumping into it as it sprung back to life.

Seimei sighed and shook his head in disappointment as he pulled his bamboo hat down, and walked away from the field.

***

"What?! The convoy of the Nobunaga clan was intercepted?!"

A middle-aged man banged his hand on the table, his ink spilling on the letter of information.

The convoy sent by the Nobunaga clan was a major part of the ally between the Tokugawa clan and the Nobunaga clan.

But it was intercepted and most of the samurai within the convoy had either disappeared or were dead.

"The ones who can do this are only those bastards!"

The middle-aged man gripped his sword as his veins bulged, blood rushing to his head.

"You want another Battle Of Sekigahara?"

He looked at the tapestry hanging at the wall which depicted the victory of Tokugawa Ieyasu as stood up.

"Then you get it."

And so, without realizing, Seimei had become the part of the uncertain future of many, many people.

***

"Why does this Hollow have the aura of hell?"

A young man with black markings all over his face looked at the hollow who had been killed by Seimei.

He looked at the black vapor that was arising from the hollow. It slowly sank down into hell as the ground opened up.

"The aura of an Oni…"

The young man frowned as he looked as the black aura disappearing into the ground.

"Close the gates." The young man instructed a Kushanada as it slowly closed the door.

Yet in another corner, a small part of the vapor rose up and moved out the hell door without anyone noticing.