The Last Days Part 1

Katsurou Watanabe pulled into his two story six bedroom, three bathroom house happy after a long day of working on one of his latest ideas. Katsurou got out of the car, leaving it runing and opened the garage, unleashing the dust that has been piling to become a cloud. In response, he started to cough and squint his now burning eyes as he stood in place for a few seconds before realizing he shouldn't waste any time parking the car and walked back to his car, still coughing and got in. He pushed on the peddle gentle and watched, his eyes still squinted as the car moved closer to the garage door and stopped about three meters away from the wall, not because he could see that he was close but because his instincts told him the right time to stop. Katsurou turned the car off and took out the keys, opened the car door and got out and started to cough worst than when he opened the garage door. He had forgotten to dust the garage, having been too busy the last week with everything else. He was forced to wipe his eyes so he could see long enough to get into the house and when he got as much as he could Katsurou closed the door, went behind the car and closed the garage door, holding his breath with his eyes closed so that his dust problem wouldn't be worst.

As he closed the garage door, he tried not to cough, a difficult feat that only partially succeeded as the cough would die in the middle of his through and simple not happen. With the garage door closed, he turned around and walked towards the door, still holding his breath with his eyes closed but his breath was about to run out and Katsurou was forced to sprint towards the door as soon as he went around the car and opened the unlocked door, closing immediately after he went through and exhaled. Katsurou was never very good at holding his breath and he had to inhale and exhale deeply for about ten seconds before his breath was normal again. He opened his eyes and walked to the bathroom, his eyes still burning and washed out his eyes and dried his face. As he walked to his bedroom, he realized he forgot to take his shoes off and sat down and took them off then walked through the living room to the front door and put them down in their usual place and headed back to his room where he got out a set of casual clothes, a t shirt and shorts and put it on the bed and walked to the connected bathroom, still happy despite having been covered in dust only minutes before.

Katsurou spent about thirty minutes in the shower, having easilylost himself to how good the water felt before he realized that he had been in there far too long as usual and forced himself to turn it off. He pulled down the blue towel hanging on the sliding glass door and dried off as best he could, not quite drying his hair well enough and put the towel back in it's place but hesitated to open the sliding glass door as he didn't like the feel of the cold air that always follows. After a few moments, he sighed and opened the door, stepping out quickly and carefully then turned around, closed the sliding door and quickly walked back into the bedroom and got dressed, minimizing the time he felt so cold. Once dressed, he gave a sigh of relief as he quickly warmed up and sat on the bad, turning the television on and looked for a show to watch, finally finding one after looking through a dozen channels. Katsurou spent the next couple of hours watching television but wasn't able to get fully into the shows as his mind was thinking about playing the games he was developing. While his mind was still immersed in the thought of playing the games he was developing, a memory suddenly sprang up from the back of his mind and reminded him that he was suppose to meet his friend Junsui Nakazora after work and play some video games with him. Katsurou quickly turned the television off and headed towards the front door where he put on his shoes then went to the back door and headed into the backyard where he got his bike from the shed and rode it to the street and from there, to his friend's house.

Meanwhile a young man with black hair and brown eye's is in a small grocery shop called The Fresh, he is the cashier helping customer's as he scan each item and then place's it in the bag. "That will be twenty-three dollars and fifty six cent's" the young man says to his customer. The customer who is an elderly lady with white hair and glasses begins to give him the money after that he say's "Ill carry your bags out for you miss" she replies with "Awww while thank you young man" as she says this she looks at his name tag. "Junsui what a nice name you have." "Why thank you it's my father's name as well my full name is Junsui Nakazora" he tells her. As he begins walking with her to her car with the bag's she says "Reminds me of my husband and son they have the same name as well, what does your father do." Junsui face suddenly change's as his smile vanished and a look of seriousness reveals it self. He looks down at the street as he say's in a soft tone "He..... he passed away three year's ago." As they arrive at the elderly woman's car she responds with "Im so sorry young man i didn't mean to bring up your past" he replies with "No it's ok i shouldn't try and forget about it, i like that im thinking about it now well anyways miss i hope you have a great day". He then waves to her car as it begins driving away. "Alright Junsui" a voice says from inside the store, "You can go home now ill close up" Junsui then says "Thank you sir" he says as his manager walks outside.

Junsui then appears walking down a sidewalk as the street is full of traffic. It is beginning to get dark out, as he hurries home holding a plastic bag full of item's from his store. He takes out his cell phone and dials a number, he then place's it next to his ear as it is ringing. "Hey Yuru how are" he says to his girlfriend over the phone. "Good i just finished showering, are you out of work already" she says. "Yes a good thing too im going to have a game night with Katsurou tonight is that fine" Junsui Replies. "Of course im going to bed early anyway's i have to go to college in the morning". As they continue talking Junsui arrives at his apartment complex he sits on the stairs in front of the building. "Whats wrong" Yuru say's to the silence that has just dropped in the conversation. "A customer reminded me of my father today, I.... I miss him a lot today, but i guess that's understandable since today is his birthday after all" Junsui say's. " Im so sorry honey but you need to be strong it has been three years so you need to move on" Yuru replied. "I know but its just so hard I......... never mind well im going to let you go now i promised Katsurou that i would bring the food today. I love you" He say's as she replies the same words back, he then hangs up the phone and walks inside the building.

As the door unlocks he walks inside and closes the door leaving the room pitch black, then in an instant he flips a switch and the lights turn on to his small one bed room apartment. Still with his bland look on his face he sigh's then put the bag of food on the table as he goes to take a shower. He then soon leaves the bathroom now clean and fresh wearing a long sleeve grey shirt and black pants. He turns on the stove and takes out meat, several minutes later four round patties are on there sizzling as they cook. He then turn's on the oven and places frozen french fries inside, several more minutes pass as he opens it and takes the now cooked fries on the counter. As his burger are now ready he puts them on there plates with burgers for each person, he then takes out two soda can's and places them on the small table in the living room. He then plugs in his game system into his flat screen television as he does this he here's a buzz at his door. As he begins walking to the door he places his hand in front of the door knob but hesitates to open, then he changes his face again to a smile and grabs the knob and opens the door.

Katsurou smiles when his friend opens the door where as he had only an expressionless look on his face as he thought about what game they should play. "Good evening Junsui. I hope you don't mind but I parked my bike around back so that no one got the idea that they could steal it. May I come in?" "Of course come in and well you should really buy a bike lock, but anyways I have food ready and a bunch of games we can play" Junsui says to Katsuroi. He closes the door behind Katsurou and walks to his closet where he pulls out of whole pile of games. Soon both friends are enjoying a game while eating the food Junsui prepared it would seem like life could not get any better. After many rounds of various games, midnight came around and reluctantly, Katsurou told his friend that he had to go home and get some sleep as he has work tomorrow. As Katsurou stood up, Junsui said that he has work tomorrow too and set their next game day then the two said goodbye and Katsurou went out the front door, closing it behind him and looped around the back and unchained his bike. He then started riding his bike home in the dark, making sure to ride where there was light for him to see but in doing so, he had to take the long way home. As he rode back, he heard a quite engine behind him, barely audible but somehow, he could hear it though it was careful to stay out of view, he could also sense it but just barely. His senses, despite his interest in the sixth sense are not very well honed. Katsurou started to ride faster, going down unnecessary roads and alleys in an effort to ditch his pursuer.

Back at home Junsui was washing the dishes he had used for the food and sat on his couch relaxing for a few minutes before he went to bed. As he looks up at his ceiling he begins to think about his life and how meaningless it all is something he does often. He thinks about how everyone in life eventually ends up dead so what is the point of doing anything at all. As his concentration on this turns into frustration he remembers Yuru the love of his life and the one thing he truly loves in life. Suddenly there is a knock at the door, Junsui thinking its is Katsurou walks up to the door and begins to open it. As he does he states "What is it are you to scared to go home alone". With the end of that sentence he goes quiet as there is no one at the door. He peeks his head outside to the see that no one is on the floor of his apartment. "Uh weird" he says aloud to himself. As he shuts the door and starts walking to his room he hears another knock at the door. He turns around facing the front door with an ounce of fear in his heart. He slowly moves to the door and grabs the knob. He opens it and again nothing, however this time he steps out and takes a look around the floor. As he comes back to his apartment he notices that his door is locked and that he left his key's inside. Now locked out he takes out his cell phone and call's Katsurou.

At the same time Junsui was answering his door, Katsurou was lying in an unmarked grave that had been professionally done while his spirit was waking up in an alleyway and his bike had been thrown to the bottom of the local river several minutes before and at the same time that he was being buried. Meanwhile, Katsurou was groaning as he got up and looked around. There was obviously no sign of those who followed him or any sign that he was followed however, there was also no sign that he had been riding a bike before he lost consciousness. The lack of a bike puzzled him, as did the lack of a trace of his followers. He immediately thought it was a good idea to get a ride and reached into his shorts for his cellphone, remembering he had left it at home when he rushed out of the house so sighing, he continued to walk home. As he did, he saw some odd things, people with fatal injuries standing or walking as if their injuries were nothing and all of which had a chain attached to the middle of their chest. Never having seen anything like this before, he stopped and stared for a minute but the people didn't seem to notice him, they were caught up in their own situations.

After about twenty minutes of trying to call Katsurou, Junsui finally gives up and walks outside of the apartment complex as he contemplates on what to do. He then calls Yuru however there is also no answer from her phone as she is probably asleep. He sighs then begins to walk to Katsurou's house planning on staying the night until he figures out what to do in the morning. On his walk he has a feeling like he is being watched and that someone is watching him so he starts walking faster. "Oh Katsurou why do you live so far away" he says aloud to himself as he starts to worry that someone is actually following him. As Junsui made his way to Katsurou's house, Katsurou was about halfway home, having broken out of his daze when he sensed something, he couldn't clearly sense what but he didn't feel that it was something that would be good for him so he started to sprint, hoping his luck would allow him to get away from whatever it was however, he had no such luck, coming face to face with a Hollow. Even as much as Katsurou watched television and played fantasy games, he had never seen anything quite like it. Just the sight of it paralyzed him in fear. Seeing an easy meal, the Hollow lunged forward mouth first with the intent to eat Katsurou and bringing it's right hand with it to grab him should he try to get away however, it was stopped by a man in a black kimono wielding a traditional katana. Katsurou knew subconsciously that he shouldn't have put himself in a position where he needed to be saved, he wasn't so weak and cowardly as this but Katsurou has only scratched the surface in his attempt to conquer fear.

"I know your scared but listen to me you probably don't know whats going on and that is normal. I dont have time to explain so your going to just have to trust me, this thing it's not going to let you go so im going to stop it but you need to run for now. You might get caught in the battle so please ill find you after i deal with this" the man in the black kimono says to Katsurou. Suddenly another hollow appears behind them this one smaller then the first and appears similar to a reptilian animal. On the building on there right towards the top another hollow appears as it looks down on them. the man looks at all three with a serious look on his face. "Why did three hollows appear, this usually doesn't happen. Is something about this guy that is attracting them, or is it just a coincidence" the man says to himself. "You see that alley on the left side side of us, on the count of three i need you to run in there as fast as possible and keep running no matter what. If you dont trust me then fine die right here forever, otherwise get to safety" the man Says. "One..... Two.......(Short Pause as the hollows slowly move towards them) Three!!!" he shout's as the hollows jump at them.

Not saying anything, Katsurou forced himself to jump up when the man said three and run down the side alley, ashamed of his cowardness but having no idea what is going on and no idea how to beat something like that, he had to acknowledge to himself that there is nothing he can do to help, leaving it up to the man. As he ran, Katsurou's mind raced and a series of images flashed through his mind. The people with the chains, the monster that tried to attack him and his life as a Human, ending with a uncomprehensiable at the time scene of his vision growing blurry as he in the vision fell forward on the pavement. Katsurou continued to run and run, ignoring everything and everyone around him until he finally made it home where he went into the living room and wedged his fingers between two cracks in the middle of the floor and slide it to the side,  revealing the entrance to his basement which is actually seldom used as it was modified to be a place of shelter should the house not be safe. Quickly descending, he slid the hidden door back into place and went down the stairs, turning on the light and sat down on a brown fold able chair down there, his mind still racing. As he sat down, he noticed that he was shaken. He's always thought that after everything he has gone through that he was tough, that nothing would get to him and the realization that he wasn't sent him deeper into fear. Katsurou always liked about himself that he was honest with himself or so he thought but this event showed that he really knew nothing about himself at all, he lied to himself and the realization of that sent him into tears.

After what felt liked ages of walking towards Katsurou's house Junsui had finally arrived. He walked up to the front door, and moved how hands slowly towards it to knock. He then has a weird feeling like something is off he then moves his hand away from the door, he just cant seem to shake this feeling like something is wrong and he becomes scared to knock as he knows something inside is not right. "Why am i scared" Junsui says to himself as he realizes that the whole time he has been walking towards Katsurou's house he has been scared that something has followed him. He then shrugs it off knowing that its stupid and there is nothing to be scared of as that nothing is wrong. He then proceeds to knock on the door but as his hand is inches away from it he is stabbed by something from behind. The sound of blood gushes as it is sprayed all over the front of Katsurou's front door. Junsui's eyes are opened wide both in shock and in pain "What...... what happened" he says aloud as he falls and hits the door and slides down towards the floor as he dies.

In the room around him are posters created by Katsurou as a way of reassuring himself and others taking refuge there that things would be okay made on blank, line less stationary that had different decoration to them ranging from forests to the ocean and animals playing. The floor is painted to look like waves crashing onto a share, the walls around the stationary were pained to look someone was looking onto an endless horizon and the ceiling was painted to look like an endless blue sky. But he noticed none of that as he was lost in himself. He had hit rock bottom, the worst point in his life he has ever been in. As he sat there with his head drooped down, his hands trying to clutch his legs and tears streaming down onto the floor, his trip home once again flashed through in his. He spent what felt to him like forever like that but in reality, it was only an hour before the tears stopped and his heart hardened and his mind blocked most of the pain but that which it couldn't block still nagged at him, keeping him in a depressed state as he stared at the floor, something that would normally make him at peace no matter what. Who was he really? What really was his life? These questions hanged in his mind through the entire time as he sat there, impossible for him to answer it himself. Suddenly, he felt pain on most of his body as if he has been run over or at least that is what he thought at first but he realized that he had felt it all along but just didn't notice it because of everything that was going on. With a sudden realization, he looked down at his chest and saw a chain coming from it like he saw on the other people, sending him further into confusion.

Junsui opens his eyes as it felt like he was daydreaming, he awakens to an unknown street with many people. He is confused as he thinks about what he had experienced, he checks to see if he has an blood but does not find anything. He then ponders on weather that was just his imagination. He begins walking trying to find out where he is, as he does this he tries to grab his phone but realizes its not in his pocket anymore. Not knowing what is going on he decides to try to get to Katsurous house again he needed to see someone he knows so they can help him in his confusion. During his trip the incident with him being stabbed continuously plays throughout his head as he tries to justify if it really was a dream or not. He is in a daze as he walks, not noticing the people with chains coming out of there chest as they walk past him. To him it feels like if everything that happened has been a dream, he then wonders if he is currently dreaming at this moment. He then hears a monstrous growl which stops him in his place and snaps him our of his thoughts. The growl seemed to be coming from the other side of an alley, he steps in front of the alley but doesn't go in as he fears what might be inside. As he turns away to leave he hears a man yell and the sound of something being cut. Even though he was scared he turns back towards the alley and out of curiosity he slowly walks into it. The monstrous sounds have ceased and a bright blue light shines from the deepest part of the alley, and soon fades away. Junsui begins to walk faster as he becomes more and more eager to see what is happening. Another light flashes and then again disappears. As he reaches the far side of the alley he finds that it leads to another street. He notices two people are at the center of the road, and that one of them looks like some sort of samurai. He doesn't come fully out as he wants to stay hidden and watches. "No No No please i am not ready i want to stay LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!" the second person who is a child yells to the man in the kimono. Junsui looks on in shock as the man in the kimono forcefully taps the bottom of his blade on the head of the kid. As he does this the boy turns into a blue energy sphere and starts floating towards the sky.

Junsui looks with disbelief as this energy dissipates into nothing once it reached the sky. As he prepares to run away he accidentally steps on a beet bottle which rolls away earning the attention of the kimono man. "Another one wow what is with today, i mean how many people can die in one day" he says to himself as he walks towards Junsui. "What....... did you do to that boy" Junsu says in a frightened tone. "Oh him i just sent him to what you people call heaven" The man says, Junsui replies with "You killed him you killed a child what are you, how could you, how did you.....". "Hey i can't answer all of your questions if you dont give me time to respond, now come on its your turn" The man says as he points his sword towards Junsui. Without any warning Junsui runs back through the alley as fast as he can "No way this cant be real that boys just vanished" he says to himself as he heads towards Katsurou's house at his top speed. Upon arriving he starts towards the front door but stops, as he stares in shock. The door is covered in blood but there is no body or any sign of a person around. Again the events which unfolded play through his head, all of it from being stabbed to the black kimino wearing man. He grabs his head with boths hands as he squeezes it "Am i going crazy, what is happening to me!!!!!" Junsui says aloud to himself. He then beats on the door repeadlt with all his might "KATSUROU KATSUROU KATSUROU KATSUROU KATSUROU!!!!!!! OPEN THIS DAMN DOOR" he says while screaming at the tops of his lungs as he is going crazy in his head. "Some people cant handle death well, huh what a cry baby" The man from earlier says to himself as he watches Junsui from a nearby rooftop.

Meanwhile, Katsurou started to get hungry and remembered that the basement sanctuary has a pantry so he got up and walk to the back of the room, directly across from the stairs and opened the pantry and sighed with annoyance when he saw there was only a few things in there, most of which would not be edible any longer and silently cursed himself for neglecting the pantry here. Closing the pantry door, he turned around and walked back to the stairs, walking around the chair but as soon as he got to the stairs something stops him, a realization that maybe the creature that tried to attack him may be up there but he was hungry and had no choice to go up the stairs and head for the kitchen, remembering to close the entrance once in the living room.

The Shinigami then appears behind Junsui "Hey i dont think your friend is home so how about you calm down" he says. "I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUT LEAVE ME ALONE" junsui screams. The Shinigami sighs, "I am what you call a shinigami, my job is to see the dead to the after life in otherwords you are dead. Right now all you are is just a soul that needs to be sent to rest now let me perform the Konsō ritual and send you where you belong. Trust me you dont want to dwell here in this world for to long as a soul" The Shinigami explains. As those words are said Junsui yet again remembers how he was stabbed through the back and how right now he is dead. "NO YOUR LYING TO ME, IM STILL ALIVE AND BREATHING LOOK AT ME IM TALKING I COULD NOT BE TALKING IF I WERE DEAD NOW JUST LEAVE ME ALONE" but before he could say another word he was hit in the throat by the Shinigami which pushed him into the door making a large noise and knocked him unconscious. "Im real sorry but i dont have time for this today, there are to many things to deal with" he says to the unresponsive Junsui. He then takes out his sword and prepares to perform a soul burial.

Moments later, Katsurou opened the door, having slammed the frige door and ran through the house in a hurry to see what was going on despite his better judgement. When he saw the Shinigami holding his unconscious friend, Katsurou lost his temper and any sense of fear he had and yelled at the Shinigami. "HEY, GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY FRIEND! I DON'T CARE IF YOU DO HAVE A SWORD, I'LL KICK YOUR ASS WITH MY BARE HANDS!" As he began to talk, Katsurou balled his fist, ready to attack at a moment's notice. Whatever was going on, Katsurou knew that he had to protect his friend, even if it is from the guy who saved his life earlier.