Such a curious concept really. If Heartless expelled hearts when defeated, then were they really 'Heartless.' Not really no. So maybe when the heart was awakened and new enough and stayed in a hollow's body would something happen. I believe now after a period of thought that this was how Nobodies were made. And since Nobodies and Heartless are from the same creature this explains why heartless obey Nobodies. Since this was the case then the world of Bleach was similar to Kingdom Hearts in this aspect. Zanpakutos and Keyblades released the soul to freely travel to its next life. Hollows also then made sense in the aspects that they were actually Heartless. Likely even at the half step of becoming a Nobody.
Truly Fascinating to think about. Still, this made me ponder. As a being able to make heartless could I make Nobodies? The answer I came to was surprisingly yes. I had been experimenting with my skills for a few days stuck inside whatever shadowy void I was in when I finally got around to the bond-based skill. I wasn't sure where the power came from, since I clearly didn't feel anything from my body it provided me with a connection to a place outside my realm.
Using the mechanic, I found my old Identity of Michael and my family. The name seemed to pain me somehow, so I gave up using it for now but the connection to people was valuable. It was thanks to that connection that I realized I could connect with more people through that one. Bonds connected people from all over together and so when I tugged on that connection, I was able to form a new one with any previous connection stream I came across. Truly my skill was a real of example of I knew a guy that knew a cat that knew a dog that knew a lady that's friends with the fireman that I actually wanted to learn about.
From that connection I found I could send Shadows across, but I didn't exactly feel like killing them if that made any sense. I didn't feel an aversion to death, but I felt this weird feeling like everyone had a time they were supposed to go. Still, I did find loads of entertainment in creating scares. People waking up thinking they saw ghosts of 'evil spirits.' Honestly it was worth recording into a movie if I had a way of doing it.
I was already about halfway to level 2 from what I could tell. That's however when things went downhill. I was scaring a couple that was way too young to being anything to intimate only to be stopped by some weird man dressed up like an 80s Funky Afro wearing hero. The man pulled out a key blade out of quite literally nowhere and slashed a couple Shadows I had hidden in the bushes. When the act was done, I felt an anger I hadn't felt towards anything else. I felt the 'Man' and felt the wrongness of him. He was too bright. It was unnatural. Like the man had all his desired replaced only with the ability to feel joy. The man was basically a puppet, and the Darkness. No, we didn't like a space with only light. For a shadow could only grow from where light could not reach, but if no area was left for darkness where then could darkness grow? How then could balance be achieved.
The encounter told me something special. The reasons Heartless attacked people weren't because they wanted to. They attacked for fear of being erased and forgotten. Nobody wants to disappear even if it's just their memory. And maybe just maybe that same desire, that deep dark desire was where Nobodies came from.