The Light in their Hollow Lives
Summary: AU. When Ichigo's mom died, he is found by Shinji who was taking a walk in his gigai. Shinji senses Ichigo's hollow but takes him back to his family anyways. A few weeks later, another hollow attacks and Isshin, Yuzu and Karin die. Urahara gives Ichigo to Shinji and the Vizards, not knowing what else to do. He does however, know that if a Shinigami found Ichigo there would be trouble. But, when Captain Ukitake, Rukia and Renji visit Urahara's shop later on, Ichigo is visiting with Mashiro and the latter two shinigami suspect something's up.
Rating: T
Pairings: None so far besides a Ichigo/Rukia bromance.
Prologue: White
Kurosaki Masaki stood by a river bank, a bow drawn and aimed; This bow was blue and seemed like you could pass through it if you tried. It was a Quincy's bow, for Masaki was a Quincy.
It was aimed at a ferocious creature called a Hollow. This Hollow had two horns, blonde hair going down to its back, and two blades for arms. This specific hollow was called White. White is-was- a experimental hollow created by a man called Sosuke Aizen; But we'll get to that later.
Masaki's breath seemed to quicken. Three...Two...Fire! She fired the bow at the same time White lunged. White's teeth bit her shoulder as the arrow lodged in his(or it's, she couldn't tell that much) stomach.
She screamed. Her shoulder felt like it was melting from a giant inferno. White self destructed, leaving her to tend to her wounds. Masaki sank to her knees. Her shoulder was cooling down a bit after White's teeth had left, but it still throbbed in agony. Shakily, she got to her feet, clutching her shoulder. Her boyfriend Isshin had opened a clinic earlier that week. She could get help there.
As she limped down the street, questions raced through her mind like bullets from a gun-only the ammo didn't seem to run out. Why did the creature self destruct? A normal Quincy would've thought that the arrow made it destruct, but Masaki knew better. The hollow had obviously self destructed, for she hadn't hit it's mask. She was pretty sure the arrow hadn't gone that deep in. Also, how come it bit her? Sure, it could've been to kill her, but...
Masaki felt like it hadn't meant to kill her, just bite her. But why? She was jolted from her thoughts as she recognized the familiar door of the clinic. She knocked on it, black spots dancing across her vision. "Isshin..Help.." She croaked out. The last thing she remembered was Isshin opening the door, a look of shock on her face.