“Hollows?” Fuji hums. A name for these poor souls. She wouldn’t call them malevolent if they lost their way. Maybe corrupted? Yes…that makes sense given what Ichigo described. Now what sort of person is Ichigo Reaper that made his mission to slain such creatures and take them to the afterlife.
A Soul Reaper. He answered.
A Soul Reaper? That’s new to her. As someone in charge of this sanctuary ever since a child, she learned there were legends and myths of beings guiding souls to the other side.
Maybe a Soul Reaper fits the description of that or exact like that…
“How interesting.” She muses. “You’re a Soul Reaper.” She nods, accepting that without question. Then it’s Ichigo’s turn to ask her a question to which he asked if she’s a spirt herself.
“Hm?” Fuji-hime blinks before she threw her head back and she laughs while hiding her mouth with her long sleeve. “Me? A spirit???” She chuckles. That’s funny. It’s the first time anyone said that to her. People came to her as she is claimed reincarnation of a goddess. So hearing that is pretty funny.
“Why? Is it because of my appearance or the ears? Must be the ears, yes?” She refers to her fox ears as they wiggle a bit. “I don’t mind the question though. Hmmm……I guess you can think of me someone in charge of this haven. A Kitsune, perhaps? Just a simple shrine maiden and a head guardian at that.” She added.
“But that aside, I must thank you for purifying that lost corrupted soul and guided it to the afterlife properly. It sounds like a honorable duty bestow upon you if I said so myself.” Fuji chuckles airly. “Would you like to come inside and talk? I can make some tea for you if you like, Ichigo.”
The Hollows were corrupted and oftentimes evil due to stronger, hungrier Hollows consuming them for power which corrupts their personalities. There were very few that were docile and didn’t hunger for human or other souls.
“Yes, Hollows are… well, an amalgamation of souls that have been consumed by other Hollows. Sometimes it’s a soul that’s soulchain hasn’t yet ended that gets attacked and consumed by a Hollow. The dominant personality is always the strongest soul within,”
Ichigo wasn’t the best at describing or explaining but he hoped that she was getting the gist of what he meant at least. He was going to have to explain that there were evil Hollows that even went as far as to attack humans in an attempt to gain more power by consuming their soul. Those were the Hollows that needed eradication and the one that had been here wasn’t a nice Hollow by any stretch of the imagination.
“Hollows that arrive here in he World of the Living are most often those that target anyone with any Spiritual Pressure in an attempt to gain even more power. They’re trying to evolve into stronger forms.”
At her mentioning her ears, which, he’d honestly not really noticed before he was ,mostly going by her appearance as he’d never met someone like her before and no one knew this place even existed so he felt that she had to have some sort of power or be some sort of spirit. When she said Kitsune he’d loft a brow he’d heard of those creatures but never seen one, at least, not until now.
“A Kitsune, hm? Well, I’ve heard of them but never seen one before, I suppose that’s not true now,”
At her thanking of him and offer of tea he’d think for a few moments before deciding that he could use a small break. He’d helped no less than five souls go to the Seireitei already and there were other Soul Reapers that were patrolling so he wasn’t the only one on duty.
“Tea and a small bit of talking should be fine. I’ve already met my quota for the night but there’d bound to be one or two more souls I come across prior to getting home that I’ll help before then.”
