I don't own Bleach or the Backyardagins.

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Prologue

Kariya is lying on the ground.

He did not die.

He was not defeated.

His eye opens.

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"Vroom! Vroom! I'm a racecar driver!" A blue penguin is running around with his arms in front of him, swerving as if he were driving an automobile.

"Pablo!" whines an orange elk, "We already WERE racecar drivers!"

"Hmm…" Pablo put the tip of his wing to his mouth in thought, "I know! I'm a tax collector!"

"Hey everybody, what are you doing?" a uniquely nasal voice came from Uniqua.

"I'm a tax collector!" shouted the hyper penguin.

"Flax protector?"

"No, tax collector!"

"Shaq's molester?"

"No, not basketball abuse, woman! TAX COLLECTOR!"

"Oh…Wax of Hector? Why would you be wax? And who's Hector? Can I meet him?"

Everyone shouted at Uniqua, "TAX-KO-LECT-TER!"

"Oh! Tax collector? I thought those were extinct!"

Austin, sitting on the table, pitched in, "I thought they were a myth!"

"Shut up, Austin, no one likes you!" Tasha yelled

"And you people wonder why I'm shy!" Austin shot his head toward the animals in tears and ran away.

"Uniqua, you really need some hearing aids!"