Kurosaki Clinic
Ichigo sat at his desk and slowly progressed through his homework. "Finally...I'm done" He said, closing the book and leaving the pencil inside. He jumped onto his bed and landed on his back, putting his hands behind his head and staring up at the ceiling. Ichigo was tired, but he refused to go to sleep. He'd been fighting hollows almost all day, so he'd started to like it a little. The intense rush of killing...slicing through things...sending them to the other world. It was exciting beyond all feelings. "What the hell??" Ichigo Thought "That's Hichigo talking..." Ichigo wore a yellow T-shirt with red sleeves that had "Nice Vibe" printed on the front in black letters. His pants got kind of dirty since he let Kon run around using his body. He chose not to think about what Kon was doing when he was off at the Soul Society. Rukia had always made fun of his shirts, but since she's not here, Ichigo didn't have to hear her constant ridiculing of his attire. There was a knock at his bedroom door. Ichigo sighed and said "S'open". Just what he needed: A redheaded shinigami with an overinflated ego walking around and telling him what to do. "Hey Ichigo. Nice room ya got here" Renji said, plopping down on a chair. Ichigo looked irritated when Renji made himself comfortable on the chair. "What do you want, Abarai?" He said, brown eyes locking on the cocky lieutenant. "I just wanted to come by and say hello, Ichigo. Don't get your panties in a twist." Ichigo closed his eyes and shifted a little on his bed. "Hello Renji. Glad you're here. Whoop-de-fucking-do. Now will ya get yer ass outta here? I gotta get some sleep!" Ichigo said, Clearly annoyed. Renji laughed, though the vein came up on the side of his forehead, and said "You really should respect your elders, kid." Renji got up from the chair and opened the window, then continued speaking. "I heard you like that little Grace girl" Ichigo's face turned red as he got up and grabbed Renji by the front of his uniform and said "Who the hell did you hear that from?!"
Kara's house
Grace went into the kitchen and grabbed Kara a can of soda. "I don't think he likes me, Kara-chan" Grace said, practically falling onto the recliner, soda in hand. Kara looked at her and rolled her eyes "I don't think he likes anyone. He just lives to protect people..." Kara said "I mean, it IS Ichigo we're talking about. But that one lieutenant, Renji, he's the one that I can't keep my eyes off of!!" Kara squeeled and opened her soda. Grace smirked "I don't know why you like him. you're wasting your time. Can't you see that he'd never pay any attention to people like you or me?" Grace said without taking her eyes off the flickering TV. Kara stopped drinking and sneezed. "Weird..." Grace said "Some dude must be talking about y-" Grace sneezed as well. Both girls looked at eachother and laughed. They didn't talk for the next 30 minutes. They gave all of their attention to the Tv. Kara wore a black shirt that said "Good Charlotte" in white letters on it, Along with pants that were a mixture of blue and silver. She donned a black zip-up sweater that had a big, white broken heart on the back. Her hair hung freely on her back and over the hood of her sweater.
Grace wore a black zip-up as well. Her hair was fasioned in a pony-tail that hung over her left shoulder. Her skintight jeans and converse made her almost look girly. She wore an orange shirt underneath her sweater that had "Boys Like Girls" on it in black letters. Her sweater was big enough to fit Ukitake or Kisuke, but on her or Kara it was oversized. Both girls suddenly heard a loud banding noise. Kara looked at grace and said "A hollow?" Grace shook her head. "It's gotta be bigger than that. Should we give the zanpakutos some Menos Grande for dinner?" She said smiling. Kara grinned and followed Grace to the hallway closet. Kara opened the door and grabbed her zanpakuto and Grace did the same. They switched to their uniforms and ran outside. Kara nodded at Grace as if to say "You take ground level. I got rooftops." Grace nodded and they began their hunt.
Ichigo and Renji ran faster and faster with every sound that the Menos Grande made. "It's THIS WAY, DOBE!!" Ichigo said, turning and running down an alley. Renji caught up with him and pushed his body against his. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING DOBE, TEME?!" He said as the Menos Grandes roar increased. Ichigo stopped running when they'd finally spotted the Menos Grande. Renji looked farther and saw that there were two figures in front of the monster; one on the ground, and the other standing up.
Grace held her zanpakuto with both hands as the Menos Grande cried out. Her eyes went from the monster to Kara, on the ground laying in a pool of ruby, back to the monster. She saw an orange flash and she knew at that moment, Ichigo was there. Grace waved her hands and shouted his name, which only made the Menos Grande bring his hand up and turn it into a fist. "KUROSAKI-KUN!! HELP!!" Grace screamed at the top of her lungs. Ichigo ran fast as the Menos Grande's fist started to come down...
Renji saw Kara laying there, not moving an inch. "I've got to save her... I've got to save Kara-chan!!"Renji thought as he saw Ichigo running to save Grace. Everything seemed to be going in slow motion to the redhead. He stood up as the Menos Grande's hand was 6 feet from killing Kara. The next thing everyone knew, they all heard Renji yell something from behind the monster.
