"Alex! Somebody's here to see you!" I heard Mom call from the front entryway as I finished another episode of my favorite anime, Bleach.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH02OERf9ou
I closed my laptop and started walking toward her. "Who is it?" I asked her.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lWyu2DKxw
"He says that his name is 'Toshiro Hitsugaya'," she replied. "Do you know him?"775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAw1KwM6nz
I froze. Toshiro Hitsugaya, Captain of Squad Ten? Why would he be here? Most of all, how could he be here? He's only a fictional character.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw6IYslHvS
"Um...yeah, I do," I replied, continuing on my way to the front door, freezing when I saw a head of silvery-white hair that was slightly spiked in a style I know too well. "You can go finish what you were doing, it's okay," I told Mom, still stunned as she walked away. He wasn't in his shihakusho, but was instead wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt and normal blue jeans, but I could tell that it was Toshiro anyway.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKZCiDjkNP
"Wha-What are you doing here?" I demanded. "I thought you existed only in the anime!"775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksO6XyAQr0
He shrugged. "The producers of the show noticed your dedication, so they sent me to thank you and spend the day with you," he explained casually. "So, what's on the agenda?"775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2fkfxeMaG
Still stunned, it took a few seconds for the question to sink in. "Um...let's just go for a walk so that I can clear my head," I suggested.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OuOp0dvy0
He nodded. "Sure, I'm game," he replied, so I let my mother know that I would be gone all day before we walked out, walking down a path beside the river. "So, how long have you been watching Bleach?" he asked me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lW5D83gCH
I shrugged, counting the time. "About...a few months. I'll find one site that has the video from a reliable source for a few episodes, then I'd have to spend a few more days looking for a new site, and the process would repeat itself," I explained.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7qyQbguAt
His eyes widened suddenly at a memory. "Oh, yeah, I forgot. I'm supposed to give you this," he told me, holding out a card, similar to a gift card. "Enter this code at the original site for Bleach, and you'll get unlimited access to all episodes and a complete digital library of all the manga."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbncOUKwJK
My eyes grew to the size of coins as I pocketed the card. "Thank you so much, you've no idea what this means to me," I told him.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMMX6BxTF6
He shrugged. "It's no problem. So, what next?" he began to ask me when a pebble flew in from out of nowhere and struck me on the side of the head, stinging painfully.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYKOkEBUkI
"Oh, look who it is!" a dreadfully familiar voice called from ahead of us. We looked toward the source and found three large kids, all my age, on skateboards. The one that launched the pebble was the leader of the bullies, holding a slingshot in his hand. "It's the little nerd who couldn't!"775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WbWM1SOUI
"Who're they?" Toshiro asked me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWhV4FFFTN
I frowned. "Bullies. I never learned their names, but they always mess with me when I come this way. I forgot about them," I explained.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24CjKC4xxy
"Aw, he even has a little friend with him!" the leader exclaimed.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRxLt02LOf
"Looks like he dyed his hair white or something," one of the guys behind him said.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqqnMsQCSk
"Wow, he's short. He looks like he could still be in elementary school," another hissed.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZVI06xlT4
"Well, it looks like we'll have to teach his little friend to fear us," the leader added, grabbing another rock and launching it at Toshiro. In the blink of an eye, though, he caught the pebble.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzGQnquEW7
"What big words for somebody so weak," Toshiro muttered, turning to me. "Would you like me to take care of them?"775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4RbZBVqMg
I nodded. "S-Sure," I replied, startled.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoaKlpMIzG
He nodded back at me and turned toward the bullies, cracking his knuckles.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jHwR2fSZX
"Aw, the little kid is gonna try and beat us up!" the leader said in a voice you'd use to talk to babies.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbtvoHhGMO
Toshiro glared at them. "I." He kicked one of them in the gut. "Am." Punched another one in the face. "Not." Crushes the skateboards with his bare hands. "A." Chases down the leader. "KID!!!!!" He knocks out the leader, sending the others running before he returned to my side.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06KLLYpDnC
"That was...awesome!" I yelled excitedly as the bullies ran away.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJXoyniNQv
Toshiro simply shrugged. "It wasn't that good," he told me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzRqu0L2P6
I raised an eyebrow at him. "Seriously? You were the only person to ever fight back against them," I told them.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTAJOYkV9R
He shrugged again. "Whatever. Anyway, what now?" he asked me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccBILVFQsV
Caught by his act, I was filled with sudden courage. "I want you to teach me how to fight!" I told him, saying it before the courage left me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10Xd0TAXlM
He raised an eyebrow at me. "Why do you want to learn how to fight?" he asked me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcapcUBPvXD
I gulped nervously. "I...I'm always bullied at school," I explained. "I want to be able to stand up for myself so that I won't spend the rest of my time in high school in fear of bullies."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsM3nTyeACv
He nodded undertandingly. "That's a good reason to learn how to fight, to protect yourself," he muttered. "Okay, I will teach you as much as I can in the time I am here," he told me. "Is there a place where we can do this without disruption?" he asked me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTmResrJPz
I nodded, turning toward the park. "Yeah, follow me," I told him, walking into the park's small forest. I spent most of the time that I wasn't at school or watching Bleach wandering the forest, learning all the trails. I also found a few good clearings to just sit in and relax. I led him to one such place, where he taught me how to take a proper fighting stance.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Sr3I50isb
"Now, try to attack me," Toshiro told me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jBB1ZCyAn
I nodded and brought up memories of every fight he had been in, and all of the tactics he used. I tried to convert it into my own fighting stlye, so I ended up jumping at his left side, swinging at his chest. He just ducked under the attack and used my momentum to send me flying.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFn9NRka0B
"When you're fighting somebody that is larger than you, use their size to your advantage," he told me as I rose to my feet and leaped at him. He simply repeated the technique, although I latched onto his wrist. He stayed standing, though, so I used it to my advantage, keeping my body upright and using my grip on him to try to punch him in the face, but he quickly jerked his hand from my grip by twisting it behind my back in a flash, causing me to step back.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4325tmcGH
We spent the next few hours fighting back and forth. I began using techniques he used, although he continued to beat me repeatedly.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYfJ2D1aX2
"You've gotten much better," Toshiro complimented when we stopped. I was almost dripping with sweat, but he looked fine. "Against a less powerful opponent, you may have won."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJS2KbomIrL
I nodded, accepting the compliment. "Thanks," I replied, sitting on the grass to rest momentarily.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSTUnF8uS7
"Here, let me help you," Toshiro stated, placing a hand on my shoulder and using healing energy, healing any aches and refilling my energy reserves.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHL8W2zfLsq
"Thanks," I replied. "C'mon, let's get some lunch," I told him, for it was only noon.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7q5zlDhwC
He nodded and I led him to a nearby food truck that serves amazing food. I ordered a few burgers and some bottles of water as Toshiro waited at a nearby picnic table.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMBazblN2F
"Here you go," I told him a few minutes later, walking up to him with some burgers and bottles of water. I set one of the burgers and bottles in front of him and sat down with my own.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CZWI3oxzE
"This isn't half bad for human food," he commented as he ate the burger.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSD2ihBqtdY
I nodded. "Yeah, this place has the best burgers ever," I replied as I drank my bottle of water.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bshY1UHAm
"So, what would you like to do after this?" he asked me. "We still have roughly eighteen hours left."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHGELNWOKo
I shrugged. "I don't know, what do you want to do?" I asked him.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOWWEnBIhz
He shrugged as well. "I haven't trained in a while," he muttered.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5ztBnR6Gb
My eyes brightened with an idea. "That's it! You can show me your Shikai and Bankai in real life!" I told him. "I've always been interested in your Zanpakuto."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ7CDXrxRl
He shrugged. "Sure, follow me," he said once we finished eating. We took care of the bottles of water and returned to the learing in the forest, when he left his Gigai and drew his Zanpakuto.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0h9BvV8V93
"Stand back," he told me before holding his Zanpakuto in front of him. "Reign over the Frosted Heavens, Hyorinmaru!" he commanded, an ice dragon erupting from the tip of his sword as a hooked blade became attached to the end via a chain. He began launching numerous ice attacks into the empty air before focusing. "Ban...kai!" he roared, erupting in a fountain of energy. When it faded, his right arm was encased in a dragon's head, and ice wings had sprouted from his back while three purple ice flowers appeared behind him.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3QQW87Bml
"So cool..." I whispered in awe as he landed in front of me. The grass he stepped upon became coated in frost.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1fvKD2kWI
He nodded and began launching attacks at numerous imaginitive enemies for a full hour before he dropped to the ground, back to normal. "Satisfied?" he asked me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuX4zSkA32
I nodded, dumbstruck by the show of pure power. "Um...yeah," I whispered before pulling myself together. "I wish I could be that strong," I muttered as I approached him. "Now, how about we hang out at the beach and talk?" I told him.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjkYkMTHjp
He nodded, so we returned to my house, where I changed into swimming trunks and gave Toshiro a pair that would fit him before we went to the beach, setting out towels to sit on.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOki13COfwQ
"So, what did you want to talk about?" he asked me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoeby0JvFe
I shrugged. "What's it like, being a Captain and having so much power?" I asked him.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAGDU50I0t
He shrugged. "Kinda boring. There's a bunch of paperwork that needs to be filled out, and I always have to deal with Rangiku's antics as well as everything that goes on," he explained. "Plus, there are a bunch of regulations I need to follow, and I have to do my best to be a role model for my Squad."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSstxRwfeZ
I nodded and asked him a few more questions, like why he became a Captain, his favorite part of being a Captain, his opinion on some of the other characters, and what he thinks of the other Captains.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcwGkWF24R
"What do you think of Ichigo Kurosaki?" I asked him. "After all, he saved the Soul Society, like, a bunch of times."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryL05KkYi8
He shrugged. "Ichigo Kurosaki shows a blatant lack of respect for authority, referring to everyone by their last names and Captain Yamamoto as 'Old Man'. However, he is very powerful, and I respect that aspect," he replied.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TVjAFZyfh
I nodded in understanding and proceeded in my Q & A with him, asking whichever questions came to mind.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKmGtoWZRy
"Well, I should probably get going," I told him at the end of the day, after too many questions to count, a swimming race (which he won, of course), and some beach volleyball against another pair of guys that challenged us. Thanks to Toshiro, we crushed them. "It's getting late," I added as we walked back to the house.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIVOECkg2N
He nodded. "Today has been a nice day," he replied.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmpld4eUpV
I nodded. "Thank you for today, it's been awesome," I told him. "I wish we could do this again."775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJ6CA9fwfs
He shook his head. "Sorry, but this is a one-time-only sort of thing. Don't forget about that card, though, and we'll see each other soon," he added before fading away outside the door to my house.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhizV6vhyPJ
"Hey, how was your day?" Mom asked as I walked in.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94jcUUbahx
I smiled. "Good, thanks," I replied.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv62IYFvki
"Your friend looks like a nice guy, when will you get to hang out with him again?" she asked me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4hKFqv1J7
I grinned. "Soon," I stated simply as I walked up to my room and powered on my laptop, entering the code given to me and opening the next episode for Bleach.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGUe1QO5zB
In that episode, I swear I saw Toshiro look at me and wave.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWI1TY4hrA
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