I felt lost as I floated in an abyss of darkness, devoid of any light or form, surrounded by nothingness.
In the distance, I heard the sound of raindrops, and a little girl's cries filled the void.
"Brother, why did you leave me?" She wept.
I recognized her voice instantly, I had once been obsessed with her as his brother, watching over her even in death. But at the same time, she was a stranger, someone I only knew from an anime.
The rain continued to fall, and the girl's cries grew louder. "Brother," she called out, her voice echoing endlessly in the vast nothingness that surrounded me.
A sharp cry pierced through the darkness, echoing in my mind. "Don't leave me alone!"
Suddenly, a bright, warm light began to fill my surroundings, clarity returned to me, pulling me out of the abyss. I clenched my imaginary fists. My journey couldn't end here. I had to survive, to become the amazing being I had dreamed of in my past life. I needed to protect Orihime.
My senses came back to me, and I found myself surrounded by countless hollows. They were all trying to restrain my will, but I refused to let them overwhelm me again.
Feeling my change, the hollows became frenzied, their eyes glowing with a menacing orange light. They lunged at me from all sides, trying to overwhelm me.
One of them, a deranged creature with a shrill voice, lunged at me while screaming, "Mine, mine, mine!"
I refused to let myself be consumed by them. With a swift punch to its mask, I sent the hollow flying, and it crashed into three others. Their bodies made a sickening cracking sound as they crushed under its weight.
"You are weak." The next hollow to attack was the grotesque whale. Its voice was a sickening gurgle, just as I remembered.
I envisioned my powerful tail again, willing it into existence, and it appeared sharper than ever. I used it to slice through the whale's massive body as it swung its mighty fist at me.
"Whahh!" I shouted with newfound strength as my will grew even stronger. I unleashed a flurry of punches and tail strikes, cutting down dozens of hollows with every move.
After what felt like an eternity, the last hollow crumbled under my palm, its body cracking between my fingers. I didn't feel tired, on the contrary, I was calm. A heavy, but comfortable weight surged through my body as my power increased.
The world around me shifted, and in the distance, I spotted a group of behemoths, black robes covering their bodies while white masks were donned on their faces, Gillians.
It seemed I was inside the Menos Grande Forest, but I didn't have the time to ponder about how I had gotten there or how much time I had been trapped inside my soul.
My stomach growled, an extreme hunger spreading through my body as I eyed the group of gillians ahead of me.
"whaah" with another mighty roar, I charged at the group, my maw opening wide.
I felt lost as I floated in an abyss of darkness, devoid of any light or form, surrounded by nothingness.
In the distance, I heard the sound of raindrops, and a little girl's cries filled the void.
"Brother, why did you leave me?" She wept.
I recognized her voice instantly, I had once been obsessed with her as his brother, watching over her even in death. But at the same time, she was a stranger, someone I only knew from an anime.
The rain continued to fall, and the girl's cries grew louder. "Brother," she called out, her voice echoing endlessly in the vast nothingness that surrounded me.
A sharp cry pierced through the darkness, echoing in my mind. "Don't leave me alone!"
Suddenly, a bright, warm light began to fill my surroundings, clarity returned to me, pulling me out of the abyss. I clenched my imaginary fists. My journey couldn't end here. I had to survive, to become the amazing being I had dreamed of in my past life. I needed to protect Orihime.
My senses came back to me, and I found myself surrounded by countless hollows. They were all trying to restrain my will, but I refused to let them overwhelm me again.
Feeling my change, the hollows became frenzied, their eyes glowing with a menacing orange light. They lunged at me from all sides, trying to overwhelm me.
One of them, a deranged creature with a shrill voice, lunged at me while screaming, "Mine, mine, mine!"
I refused to let myself be consumed by them. With a swift punch to its mask, I sent the hollow flying, and it crashed into three others. Their bodies made a sickening cracking sound as they crushed under its weight.
"You are weak." The next hollow to attack was the grotesque whale. Its voice was a sickening gurgle, just as I remembered.
I envisioned my powerful tail again, willing it into existence, and it appeared sharper than ever. I used it to slice through the whale's massive body as it swung its mighty fist at me.
"Whahh!" I shouted with newfound strength as my will grew even stronger. I unleashed a flurry of punches and tail strikes, cutting down dozens of hollows with every move.
After what felt like an eternity, the last hollow crumbled under my palm, its body cracking between my fingers. I didn't feel tired, on the contrary, I was calm. A heavy, but comfortable weight surged through my body as my power increased.
The world around me shifted, and in the distance, I spotted a group of behemoths, black robes covering their bodies while white masks were donned on their faces, Gillians.
It seemed I was inside the Menos Grande Forest, but I didn't have the time to ponder about how I had gotten there or how much time I had been trapped inside my soul.
My stomach growled, an extreme hunger spreading through my body as I eyed the group of gillians ahead of me.
"whaah" with another mighty roar, I charged at the group, my maw opening wide.
