CHAPTER-2 PAY OR PLAY

It was 7:00 am when Ichigo fell on the ground and woke up from his never ending sleep. His father jumped upon him in order to make Ichigo down on his knees but unfortunately Ichigo blocked his attack and pushed him towards the door. Ichigo then asked him that how’s the injury of Karin and Yuzu. On that he replied sobbing that they are all fine. The house has been hit by a truck which abrupt the backside of the house.
Ichigo was astonished that how Karin’s and Yuzu’s wounds are healed and how they don’t remember about what just happened last night. He then thought that maybe that soul reaper Rukia has erased the memories of the last night. He took the breakfast and walked out towards his school.
His school was huge and has spread in about 10 acres. As he entered his school, his friend came running towards him in order to hug him but as usual Ichigo kicked his butt and he fell on the ground. When Ichigo was walking in the corridor he made a clash with a girl. The girl has a shy nature. Her friend asked Ichigo to pick her bag, the girl smiled and walked back. When Ichigo and his friends were gossiping a girl came and asked Ichigo can I sit with him, but as he looked back he was astonished when he saw the face of the girl because the girl was Rukia the soul reaper. He started shouting at her that why you came here? And why she is wearing school dress? Rukia asked him to come along with her outside the school. She then told him that she is no longer a soul reaper and that’s why she is not able to go back to soul society. She also told him that from now onwards he has to take her job as a soul reaper. He instantly refused to do the same he said that his monster fighting days are over. Rukia told him that he has done fine on that day. On this he replied that he did fine that day because his family’s life was in danger. She became angry and wore a red color glove and said that she has no choice but to force him to do the job. She gripped his collar and dragged his soul out of his body. He was shocked as how he came out of his body. She now told him to follow her towards the park. As they reached the park he saw a spirit of a boy was running towards them. He was frightened and fainted. A huge and ugly hollow was chasing after him for devouring his soul. The boy slipped and fell on the ground. As Ichigo was trying to climb the boundary of the park in order to save the boy, Rukia stopped him and said that if he tried to save him then he has to save the rest of the world from these hollows with his own life. He made him free from Rukia and jumped to save him. As hollow brought his hand near to the boy, Ichigo slashed his hand and said I will help all of them. And made a cut on the hollow’s mask with his zankpakto .Ichigo then put the hilt of his sword on the boy’s forehead to do the console. Rukia told him that he has done it nicely. After it he walked away towards his school. Rukia gave him a smile.
The girl, whom he met and clashed in the morning, was reading in her house beside the window. Her name was Orihime Inoue. She used to live all alone. A spirit of a man was continuously watching her. His eyes were filled with sorrow and abash. He was looking very sad. As he turned back two hollows came in front of him and vanished into thin air with him.
He reached to an abandoned and lonely place where darkness was all around. He was wandering around with fear. Suddenly a group of hollows jumped upon him. He cried, but no one was there. His cry was filled with abhor and gloom which reverberated all around.
Meanwhile when Rukia and Ichigo were walking down the street, they heard screeching sound of a car’s tire. As they reached near it, they saw the car was gone far away and a girl was lying on the streets. When Ichigo lift her he saw that the girl was Orihime. As she saw Ichigo she smiled. When Ichigo asked her that HAVE SHE MET WITH AN ACCIDENT JUST NOW? To which she replied MAYBE! Ichigo proposed her to drop her to her home? She replied that I am fine. By the time Rukia suspected a bruise on her left leg. It was creepy. Rukia asked her about the bruise. Orihime said that it just happened now. Orihime then went towards her home.
Rukia asked Ichigo on the way about Orihime. He told that she was living with her brother, Sora two years ago. Sora died in a car accident and from that time she is living alone in her house. After hearing this Rukia left the place. Ichigo also left her and walked towards his home .Yuzu came into Ichigo’s room and asked about her “Pajamas”. Ichigo replied that I don’t care, never come back again without knocking the door. On the other hand as Rukia was thinking about the bruise of Orihime, her hollow detector rang and she jumped out and opened her door. Ichigo astonished by seeing her out of his cupboard and as seeing her wearing his sister’s pajamas. As ichigo was asking something, Rukia wore her red glove and dragged Ichigo out from his body as a soul reaper.
With a fraction of second a hollow’s hand came from the wall and broke ichigo’s bed from behind. The hollow seemed stronger and bigger. Ichigo stroked him with his zankpakto, but the hollow threw him on the ground. Then the hollow used his acidwire tail to push him but Ichigo dodged and stood up while raising his sword for tearing him apart but hollow grabbed his sword. Ichigo applied force to get rid from his grip and hence able to make a crack on his mask. The hollow screamed and shook his head in pain. He then vanished into thin air. The hollow again reached to the place where darkness was all around and as he touched his mask, he regains the broken portion of the mask. On the other hand Ichigo was shocked by seeing the face of the hollow. Rukia told Ichigo that when a hollow attacks from behind then the soul reaper must blow them in one stroke. It avoids to seeing the identity of the hollow. Ichigo asked what Identity? Rukia said that the hollows were the human spirits once but due to having regret or love for someone they either turned into hollow or devour by the other hollows. Ichigo replied, “But why to kill them; they were also a human once”. It doesn’t matter because when a spirit becomes a hollow they don’t have heart and hence they don’t have feelings.
Meanwhile Orihime’s friend came in her house with delicious food in her hand. Her name was Tatsuki Arisawa. She was Orihime’s best friend and a former partner of Ichigo in karate. By the time they were busy in gossiping, they heard a thud like sound accompanied by the trembling of roof and floor. Orihime became scared, her eyes grew wider and her face became pale. There was continuously thud like sound. It was really scary. Her teddy fell from height. Orihime and Tatsuki came closer to each other. THE SOUND GREW LOUDER AND LOUDER.....................