Four days later it was FINALLY Friday. Everyone was at school sitting in their seats in their costumes. Angel and Chad came to school in Tiger costumes which she had made herself. This one Friday was the ONLY day they didn't have to ware their school uniforms to school. Ichigo came as a Tiger Taimer, Rukia came as a rabbit, Uryu didn't really ware a costume he said that he would ware his at the party, Orihime came as a robot monkey ninja fighter. You know Orihime she can never choose just one so she chose all four, Some kids came as Vampires and warewolves, some came as robots, some came as ninjas, but others came as princes, princesses, dragons, feiries, knights, sports players, and cowboys or bull riders. Sadly that Friday was a bad one for Angel. It was storming and it will storm all day. No one but Chad knows about her fear of storms. During the week after they have finished their portions of the maze they would see the souls of the kids and teachers from the school that once stood where theirs now stands pass by many feet away. When they would see them with others around they would look around at them to make sure that no one else saw them. Not even Ichigo and the others. When everyone was walking to school that morning Angel was looking up at the dark clouds in the sky. Chad looked over and noticed something white on her right eye. He was walking becide her on her left side. His eyes widened and began to worry.

'Did he hurt her...I'll have to find out when we're at school if she won't tell me then maybe the souls can' He thought to himself. When they were finally at school Angel was finishing up her drawing of the tiger family. He glanced at her and noticed that she was hiding her right eye with a bandage but was covering the bandage with her long brown hair. he worried for her even more. "What happened" He asked.

"Huh what do you mean" She asked not looking at him.

"Your eye...It's covered with a bandage...What happened...Were you attacked by a Hollow" he asked.

"No I wasn't...You were right...about Jesus I mean" She said.

"What did he do" He asked quietly but angerly.

"We were talking last night...more like arguing really...about how We agreed that you are a part of our family but he doesn't agree...he said that you were only a friend of the family but I knew the truth...Mother herself told all of us that you are a part of our family wether if you're by blood or not...Well the argue grew and he begame more angery...and he...He punched me in the eye...B-But I'm sure it was on accident really" She explained as she looked at him. When she looked at him his hand was clinched into a fist and he was gritting his teeth. "Tora...Tora it's alright I'm alright it was just and acci-" She put her hand on his fist.

"You're NOT alright Angel...he hurt you...the one thing I DIDN'T want to happen to you...The person that I'm supposed to be protecting you from hurt you...He seriously hurt you" He said as he looked at her with an angered and worried look in his eyes. She looked closely at them and noticed that they were starting to tear up.

'I've never seen him cry since we were children...he must really care for me a lot' She thought to herself as she dried his falling tears. "Don't worry about me I'll be alright it'll heal in a week" She said.

But the time it got to be lunch time the storm had begun. Everyone was eating in the classroom. Ichigo and the gang were sitting around Angel's and Chad's desks on the floor. Angel was hugging her legs to her chest trying to hide her fear of storms in front of her other friends. Ever since that morning when he found out about Angel's black eye, Chad has been more quiet than usual and has been hiding his eyes as usual. Now Angel was beginning to worry about him. When lightning cracked and thunder boomed she hid her face in her chest. then she heard all the girls scream as all the lights in the school went out. When the lightning and thunder cracked and boomed again She tried to latch onto Chad's arm. But all she could feel was fur. She looked around the room as everyone was beginning to ajust their eyes to the dark. She was scared at first but then she noticed that everyone had turned into the costumes they were warring.

'What's going on' She thought to herself. She looked around the room but she coudln't find chad. "Tora...Tora where are you" She quietly called out as she began to worry.

"I'm right here becide you...Where I've always been" She heard him call out from above her. She looked up and seen an adult tiger sitting becide her.

"What happened how come everyone is their costumes" She asked.

"I dunno...but we somehow transformed into what we wore as well...You did call yourself a tiger cub...right" He asked her.

"I did but-...I'm a cub aren't I" She asked.

"Yup" He said. 'But a georgeous one at that' He thought to himself. Just then They all hearned lightning crack and thunder boom once again. Then he felt her crawl between his front paws. He smirked. "It's alright Angel...I'm right here" He said.

"Gee for a Tiger you sure are a scardycat" They heard Ichigo laugh.

Angel growled at him and Lunged at him but was caught by the scruff of her neck by a pair of sharp fangs. "Lemme at im Lemme at im I'll tear him to SHREDS" She said angerly as she struggled in the fangs cluches. When she stopped struggling she looked up to see that Chad had her in his teeth. He set her by his stumich. He had laid down as she was trying to lunge at Ichigo.

"You need to calm down...You know they were bound to find out sooner or later" He said as he looked at her. He looked at her eyes and seen that in her tiger cub form she didn't had her black eye. He sighed quietly in releif.

"So what's wrong with her Chad...why does she act like that whenever we see and hear lightning" Ichigo asked.

"She's scared of thunderstorms like this one" He said. He heard Ichigo laugh again. He glared at him meanly as if giving him the death glare.

"So that's why she acts like a big baby" Ichigo said as he laughed. He looked at him and noticed that he was giving him a mean look. He looked closely in his brown eyes and seen much anger in them. "Dude I'm sorry I didn't mean that you know I'm only kidding around" He said.

"Ichigo...I've noticed that Chad's been on edge since this morning so I woudn't get on his bad side right now" Uryu said.

"Dude what's wrong why do you look so pissed" He asked.

"Didn't you notice the bandage on Angel's right eye this morning" He asked angerly.

"Yeah but we thought it was part of the costume" Rukia said.

"Well it's not...She got punched by Jesus last night so now she has a black eye because of him" he said angerly but then tried to calm down a little.

"You mean that guy that she lives with...The one that's Maria's Husband" Orihime asked.

"That's him...I was right about him all along...I KNEW he would hurt her one day...I just wish I was there to stop him" He said. He laid his head down between his paws.

"Dude...It couldn't have been helped So what if you weren't there you can't protect her from every little thing Chad You of all people should know that by now" Ichigo said.

"It could have been helped if I was THERE Ichigo" Chad said angerly.

"You didn't know that it was going to happen" Ichigo said also angerly.

"If I had known then I would have stopped him and She wouldn't have gotten hurt so badly" He yelled. He got up and left the room. Angel fallowed him close behind.

"You didn't have to take it out on them 'Yasutora' The situation COULD HAVE been handled a different way" She said. She only calls him by his full first name if she was mad at him.

He looked at her then looked down in sadness. "I'm sorry Angel...It's just that I'm so pissed off at Jesus and right now you don't even know how pissed off at him I truely am" He said.

"But why...Why are you trying so hard to protect me from him" She asked in an Angered tone.

"I'm only trying to protect you from not only him but hollows, Arrancars, AND espadas as well and I only do it because I care for you I only do it because I-..." He looked down in sadness. 'Because I love you Angel' He said very quietly. Sadly she didn't hear him.

She looked down and away in sadness. "Just leave...Go back to class I don't want to look at you right now...I'm glad that you care for me so much but you don't have to take your anger out on our friends just because of some stupid black eye" She said as she started walking away. "I don't want to be around you right now"

"I care for you more than you'll ever know Angel...But what about the storm" He asked.

"I'll find some other way to overcome my fear of it without you" She said as she kept on walking then turned the corner.

"How could I have been so Stupid" He told himself sadly. "I shouldn't have taken my anger out on Ichigo and the others...I'll bet Angel hates me now"

'She's not mad at you Yasutora Just upset of how you acted around your friends' A girls voices wispered around him.

He looked around and sees the soul of the girl that stood in front of him in the auditorium the other day but she isn't a black mass. "It's you" He said.

'Go to her and talk to her...Tell her how you truely feel about her...I know you tried but she didn't hear you because you were scared of how she would respond to it that's why you wispered it to yourself...Go to her I fear that She is confronting a hollow right now...the hollow she's confronting with is one of my classmates who is the first one of us to turn into a hollow' She wispered.

He looked at her eyes widened. "She's being attacked by a hollow" He said to himself. The girl noded her head yes. He looked at her and noded his head. "Thank you...For making me realize what I have to do" He said before he ran off. When he saw the hollow he looked around and seen Angel knocked out. He growled lowly in anger and charged after the hollow. As Angel was waking up She's seen him lunge over her and bitting the hollow but was thrown off landing on his back but quickly stood right back up and charged at him again. After the battle between Tiger Chad and the Hollow it was finally clensed as Chad was laying down on the side of the hallway. She ran to him.

"TORA" She said frantically as she ran to him. "Tora are you alright" She asked.

"I'll be fine don't worry about me What about you Are you alright" He asked.

"I'm fine...I thought you left" She asked.

"I never left...Becides I would never leave you Angel" He said weakly but sweetly as he smiled.

She looked at him as her eyes began to get watery. Then she licked his mouth and nose which made him blush madly. "Just rest Tora...You've earned it" She said.

He looked at her and smiled then touched his nose with hers which then made her blush madly. "I love you Angel" He said just loud enaugh for only her to hear.

Her eyes widened as she looked deep into his eyes. She smiled and Gently rubbed her face aguinced his. "I love you too Tora" She said as she began to purr.

He smiled and gently rubbed his cheeck to hers as he too began to purr. After a while he then slowly struggled to get up. Once he was up he gently picked her up by the scruff. "Come on we should get back to Ichigo and the others" He said as he held her in his teeth then started walking back to the classroom. When they got back into the classroom Ichigo and the others were talking to each other. He walked over to them and laid down gently setting angel between his front paws.

"Dude you okay now" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah I'm alright now...I'm still mad at Jesus though Sorry I took my anger out on all of you" He said.

"Hey it's alright sometimes that happens It's not your fault" Ichigo said as he ruffled the fur on his head.

"If your a Tiger taimer shouldn't you be trying to taim us" Angel teased.

"I've already taimed him I just need to taim you" Ichigo said.

"And just how are you going to tai-" She said before she seen the flash of lightning and heard the boom of the thunder. She moved as close to Chad's chest as possible.

He looked down at her and smiled sweetly then gently rubbed his face to hers. "It's alright I'm here...I won't let the storm hurt you" He purred.

Their friends watched them closely then Ichigo smirked. "It's about time you two became a couple I was beginning to worry You were never gonna tell her" He said.

"But you did always gave her hints" Uryu said.

"Hints" Angel asked questionably.

"The promise he made to you years ago that was a hint that he liked you but then saying that he'll always protect you and telling you that he doesn't want you, Alejandra, or the baby to get hurt AND Always telling you to stay close to him if he thinks something isn't right and is always worried for you when you do get hurt" Orihime explained.

"I...I never noticed that he was giving me clues that he likes me" She said.

"Girl he loves you" Orihime said.

"But the question is 'Just how much' Does he love her" Uryu said. Everyone looked at Chad and Angel. She looked up at him as he looked down at her.

He smiled and cuddled his nose into her stumich. "More than anything" He said sweetly.

Everyone awed. then Ichigo spoke up. "Now that the love birds are finally together we need to figure out WHY everyone that wore animal costumed Turned into that animal" He said.

"Plus I've been hearing the other kids saying that they've seen black masses in classrooms and the bathrooms" Orihime said.

"Remember that Story Miss Ochi told us this morning" Angel asked. Everyone looked at her then noded their heads yes. "Well that story is true there just aren't any records to show that it is...The black masses the other students see are the Souls of the school that burned down in 1964 but they're under a curse which forces them to turn into the black masses you see in the rooms but when they're out into the hallways they're just normal souls" Angel explained.

"How do you know all this" Ichigo asked.

"Because Tora and I have seen them and they told us what really happened the day the school was burned to the ground" She said.

"Alright then Tell us what DID happen on that day" Ichigo asked.

Angel repeated what the female tearcher had said on the day Angel and Chad fallowed the girl soul to the auditorium. When she was finished telling them the story everyone but Chad looked at her with dumbstrucked eyes.

"So they're under this curse and they don't know how they got it" Rukia asked.

"Yes but I wanna try and figure out what's causing the curse in the first place and why does it only turn them into black masses when they enter rooms and not when they're in the school's hallways" orihime asked.

"Do you think Kuiske might know something about this" Chad asked.

"I'm not sure but even if he did We wouldn't be able to talk to him because we're animals" Rukia said.

"We can't...But Maybe Ichigo or Uryu can" Angel said as she stared at the three of them.

"Why us" Uryu asked.

"As you can see we are animals and you two are still human" Rukia said.

"Fine though we aren't supposed to leave the school grounds since school's still in session" Orihime said.

"Oh dammit that's right" Angel said.

"One of us will have to sneak out then try not to get caught by the cops" Ichigo said. Everyone looks at Uryu.

"Why's everyone looking at me" Uryu asked.

"You are the only one who can sneak past the cops and get to Kuiske's without anyone noticing" Ichigo said.

"How am I supposed to sneak past them" He asked.

"You're the brains of the group Can't you figure that out on your own" Ichigo said.

Uryu sighed. "Fine I'll do it but if I get caught I'm blaming you Ichigo" uryu said as he stood up and walked out.

"Hmmmm..." Chad thought.

"What's wrong Tora" Angel asked as she looked up at him.

"Ever noticed that since we turned into what we dressed as we haven't seen any teachers in the building not even in the classrooms" He said as he looked at everyone.

"Now that you mention it I haven't seen any teachers since this morning" Angel said as she looked down in thought.

"Do you think this curse might have something to do with their disappearance" Rukia asked.

"I'm not sure next time me or Tora see one of the souls we'll ask them" Angel said.

"There are some already here Look" Chad said as he pointed to the front of the classroom with his paw.

When everyone looked at the front of the room they saw two black masses standing infront of where the teacher would normally be. One was as tall as Miss Ochi while the other was as slightly taller than Rukia. The tall one was the Male teacher while the other was a girl. The black masses walked toward them. Orihime backed away as they walked closer to them.

Angel looked at her. "Orihime It's alright they will not hurt us they are just souls but the curse turns them into black masses when they enter rooms such as a classroom but when they're in the Hallway they look like normal souls" Angel explained.

"How do you know" Orihime asked.

"Because we were the first ones that met them That's how we learned that the rumor about the old school being real" Angel said.

"But then how did you meet them" She asked.

"I think they called me somehow...Remember when I Looked back at the school a couple weeks ago" Angel said.

"How could you have heard them that day and not us" Ichigo asked.

"I'm not really sure I heard wispering around me though I glanced at all of you guys though none of you heard them...They were all saying help us, Free us, and Save us" Angel said.

"So the souls need help to cross over to the Soul Society" Rukia said.

"That's what I'm thinking but before they're able to pass on we need to help them with this curse cause unless this curse is lifted they cannot pass on" Angel said.

"They say that if we break this curse that's on them then that'll bring back the teachers...problem is...the curse can only be broken on Halloween night" Chad said.

"And that's tonight" Ichigo said.

"That's not all..We cannot transform back to our original selves untill this curse is lifted" He said.

"How do you know what they're saying I can't hear anything" Rukia said.

"When they're in their Black mass forms no one can hear them They can only choose who can hear them" He said.

Orihime looked closely at the black souls and seen the chain of fates on their chests. "They really are just souls" she said. The two black masses noded their heads yes.

"How many souls are here" Rukia asked.

"Let's see I know that there are four teacher souls since the girl teacher told us that there were four classes that died in the fire but i'm not sure how many kids" Angel said.

"Four teachers and eighty students...twenty students per teacher But the Hollow that we faced not too long ago was one of the students so that leaves only seventy-nine students and four teachers...If we don't help them soon then it's likely possible that more of these souls will turn into hollows" Chad said as he looked at the two black masses. "Is that right" The adult male black mass noded his head yes.

"So all together there's eighty-three souls in this school alone" Rukia said. She turned to Ichigo. "Sounds like we have a lot of cleansing to do tonight Ichigo"

"Great then we'd better start cleansing them before they turn into hollows sadly we'll have to wait till tonight to do the cleansing after we've broken this damn curse" Ichigo said. Just then Ichigo's cell phone rang. he looked at the caller ID and it said Ishida. "what's up uryu" He said as he answered it then put it on speaker so that everyone in the group could hear.

"Kuiske's not at the shop Yoruichi said that he hasn't been at the shop in a while and had left her and Tessai in charge...she told me that he's been gone for at least a month now working on some sort of contraption somewhere but he didn't say where I'm going to pick up Alejandra from school for Angel and Chad then come back to the high school" Uryu said.

"Thanks for picking Alejandra up for us Uryu" Angel said.

"It's not big deal becides I know that neither of you guys can do it and I'm out of the school right now so I may as well" Uryu said.

'now that he mentions it we have been seeing someone beneath the school working on something...but I'm not sure if it's the man you're looking for' the girl black mass wispered. Angel and Chad looked at them with wide eyes.

"Are you sure" They both said as they looked at her. She noded her head yes. they looked at eachother. "Think it could be him"

"I'm not sure we may have to check it out" She said.

"What are you guys talking about" Orihime asked as she, Ichigo, and Rukia saw Chad get up.

"We'll be back we have to check something out" he said just before he picked Angel up by her scruff and ran out the door with the black masses fallowing close behind them.

"What's their problem" Ichigo said.

"the souls must've been telling them something and we just didn't hear them" Rukia said.

"I don't get it why does he pick her up like that if she can walk on her own" Orihime asked.

"Younger tigers can't run as fast as adult tigers can Orihime" Ichigo said.

"Oh" she simply said.

As Chad was running down the hallways he noticed that all the students that came dressed as Zombies were not anywhere to be seen. He stopped to take a quick rest. "Where's Keigo and the other students that dressed as Zombies" Angel asked herself. She looked up at Chad. "Tora I can run on my own y'know" She said.

He gently sets her down between his front paws. "In your condition you won't be able to keep up with me So I have to" He said as he looked at her. he gently snuggled his nose to her cheek. "Becides I don't mind carrying you like that anyway" He said sweetly.

'When everyone started turning into their costumes much like you guys for some reason but the ones that dressed as Zombies started gathering around in the auditorium apparently from what I've heard from my friends they've been starting to act like Zombies' the girl soul wispered.

'Hmm then I guess I'm gonna have to watch out for them' Chad thought to himself.

"What about the kids that dressed as Robots are they starting to act as what they wore as well" Angel asked.

'No them and most everyone else is still the same however you animals are starting to act as your animals' the male teacher said.

"How would that be" Angel asked.

'Well It's just as how he had said He doesn't mind carrying you in his mouth and that's something the mother or in this case a father figure tiger would carry their young and when he saw the hollow he growled lowly as if he was stalking his prey and when he attacked the hollow a while ago he roared when he lunged at it from what I've heard' the girl soul wispered.

'But Susie just because he did all those things when he attacked Simon as a hollow doesn't mean he's acting as his animal form' The male teacher soul said to the girl soul.

"I did it to protect her...I just...I can't bare to see her hurt and I hope to never see her hurt ever again" He said.

"I don't want to see you hurt either Tora" She said as she looked up at him.

He looked down at her and smiled and touched his nose to hers.

"Come on let's get to the bacement as see what's down there" She said as she started runnin off but then stoped when she was only a few feet away from him. "Come on what are you waiting for Tora I wanna find a way to break this curse as soon as possible" she turned around and started running again.

"Angel don't go too far from me" He said just before she turned the corner. He sighed. 'Angel I wanted you to stay close to me so that I could protect you' He thought to himself. Just then he heard her growl and roar...or at least...tried to roar. He ran and turned the corner and about ten feet away from him was angel with her fur spiked up and fangs bared. then about five feet away from her were a whole bunch of zombie students slowly walking toward her. 'Susie wasn't kidding when she said that we were starting to act as what we dressed as' He thought. He Ran until he Stood above her and growled and roared at the Zombie students.

The students backed away then started walking past them heading towards the Classroom. "That'll teach ya to mess with a Tiger cub" Angel said Triumphantly.

He looked down at her in surprisement then he smiled sweetly. "Come on we've gotta get to the school's bacement...And This time don't run off like that again you had me worried." He said just before he picked her up by her scruff again.

"Thanks Tora...That's twice today that you've saved me Tora" She said as she looked around. She noticed that the two souls were gone.

"If you're looking for the souls I'm not sure where they went but pribibly where their friends are" He said as he continued to walk towards the bacement door.

"Do you think we should warn the others about the Zombie kids" Angel asked.

"One of the Souls is on look out she'll let one of them know about them" Chad said as he ran.