Same deal as last time, I own nothing. Bleach is Tite Kubo's. All brands are property of their respective owners. I would of left one, but this guy in a fancy suit showed up next to me with a fancy worded document.

Ichigo moved to protect Rukia if Hoss was to start shooting, but it never happened. Instead Hoss looked tired and disappointed as he took the paper from Rukia.

"Remember how I told you that everyone had to do another job to help out on the farm? Well, I was put on a work blacklist my the governor. He used to live next to me, just up the road. For some reason the man always hated my guts and when he got the office of Governor, his political power went to his head." Setting the paper down on the trunk lid, Hoss looked at the two. "What do you say to going in and getting you two settled?"

Ichigo and Rukia walked outside. Instead of the slightly cloudy sky when they went into the barn, the sky was dark and rain had started to fall. Hoss instantly swore and took off to his truck, pulling it into a barn with a squealing of tires. Hoss soon flagged them over to the house after his truck was in. Leading them down a flight of stairs, they came to a very nicely finished basement. In the center was another table and a small kitchen. On the other side of the kitchen was a hallway with doors. Hoss led the duo through and pointed out various rooms.

"Storage closet's here, bathroom, Rukia, your room's here. Feel free to decorate it how you wish, just don't tear up the walls too bad. Ichigo your across the hall. Mine's at the end, feel free to knock if you need anything. Rec room and a guest bedroom are at the other end." He stopped before turning to Ichigo. "We can't go to the elevator tonight. You go ahead and get a shower, your bags are in your room. There's a pair of my old redwings in there. Regular shoes don't fly around here." No sooner than he walked back upstairs, Rukia turned to Ichigo.

"Think we should check out that Copperhead road tonight?" Ichigo said looking straight ahead

"No way. What if he wakes you up earlier than he said he would, more importantly, do you even know where Copperhead road is?" Rukia yelled at him.

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Hoss stood upstairs listening to the antics in the guest rooms. His parents had already picked up his sister earlier that day so he was off for a shine run.

Rain beat down on the roof of the barn housing his Camaro, Black Widow, and started prepping for the trip. The tank was full of his own blend of fuel grade moonshine, the suspension was dialed up and everything was adjusted for a rainy run. Just as he finished loading up the crates of shine into the trunk, shutting it with a slam.

"What are you doing?" He turned around on a dime and saw Rukia in the barn's light.

"Rukia, what are you doing out here? And no jacket. That rain's killer this time of year." But before he could say anything else, the phone rang. Hoss picked it up in a hurry

"Hello?"

"Hoss? It's me, we got a problem, get over here and keep the cops busy while we get out the last of this batch of shine. Cops are coming your way." With that, the line went dead.

Hoss swore under his breath. Faced with a catch 22, he made a choice for the best decision.

"Rukia, get in the car, and hurry." The petite girl ran and jumped in the car as Hoss opened the door. Forcing the door open with a shove, all the lights were put out with the flick of a switch and he was back in the Camaro. Turning the key, a deep rumble filled the room. The transmission was dropped into first gear and the parking brake was off just as the blue and red lights of the police came into view. He popped the clutch as the wheels spun and bit into the concrete floor providing a hard launch. Once away from the farm, he flipped the master switch for all the lights.

Rukia held on tight as Hoss messed with the pedals on his side and the lever in between them. The rumble turned into a roar with a screaming behind them and blue and red lights. Rukia knew from some of the movies Ichigo watched that they were American police. Hoss showed no intentions of slowing down. The rain blew down hard on the windshield as he slid sideways around a gravel corner.

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Ichigo paced around the room. Rukia said she was going to try and talk to Hoss for a map or something of the area. That was 15 minutes ago. That was it, he decided to take matters into his own hands. Unzipping his bag, a yellow lion plushie

"RUKIA!" The plushie yelled out as it shot out of his bag, only to realize Rukia wasn't there. Flapping his arms wildly, he hung in the air for a second before landing on the carpet with a squeak.

"Damnit Kon. You suck worst at detecting spiritual power more than me." Ichigo replied with a sigh before picking the mod-soul up by the head and fishing the pill out of the body. "I need to search for her." He swallowed the pill and was forced out of his body. "So keep tabs on everything while I'm out. And don't screw anything up." With that, Ichigo launched himself into the fastest shunpo he could without Banki.

He soon found the flat black muscle car flying down a blacktop road. Rain fell onto the windshield and blew off from the force. Running along side, he could see the brake rotors glowing cherry red as Hoss headed into a corner. Police cars slid off the road behind him. Ichigo watched from his perch. Rukia was sitting in the passenger seat holding onto the belts for dear life.

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Hoss had his hands full, a whole heard of cops were nipping at his heels, one screw up and he was spending 5 years at least in Federal prison. A head of orange hair caught his eye and running along side the car was Ichigo. Thing was Ichigo was wearing black robes and had a huge sword on his back. Of course the lack of concentration meant that he had lost time to set up for the corner coming up. All he could do now was lock up the rear brakes and ride out the slide with the throttle. The GM rear axle turned loose the power from the 454 through the locker and to the tires that squealed in protest. Rukia was thrown against the side of the car. More police slid off the side of the road and into ditches now full of water from the rain. The tires hooked back up, no police and clear sailing to the drop off after Rukia was back at the farm.

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Hoss rolled the Camero into the driveway. Rukia climbed out, very shaken up, but alright none the less. No sooner than she was in, he did a smokey doughnut to turn around and flew down the road, en route to a building 100 miles away. With his foot hard down on the throttle, the 454 roared in protest and bellowed, forcing the Camero to its top speed of 175 miles an hour. Before long, Hoss had another flat black car, a 2009 Dodge Charger came right up behind him, bump drafting before pulling out to pass.

"Hey Black Widow, hey Black Widow,. Got a copy come on?" Hoss grabbed onto a CB mike.

"I got a copy on ya Black Betty come on."

"Smokys are incoming on our back doors. So petal to the metal and foot to the floor." On cue, another thunk came from the back bumper and the black Charger came past just as a cop came up. Both cars swerved, but the cop went right behind Hoss as the Charger, Black Betty shot off the road, bounced up a road at a 90 degree crossing, sliding sideways, and then sliding off the side before rolling and the car catching on fire. Hoss watched the fire, praying the driver could crawl out. But he couldn't stop and help because the police would arrest and incarcerate him on several accounts of moon shining and numerous others he didn't even commit.

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Ichigo and Rukia had looked all over the house for a map of the area before going Soul Reaper and planning to navigate by feeling only. Rukia's Soul Pager and Ichigo's badge didn't go off, however the phone in the house went off and Ichigo got back in his body and answered. His face palled considerably while listening to the message.

"Rukia, someone just died in a car accident."

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Hoss backed Black Widow into her stall in his barn and shut off the engine. He had seen car accidents before, but people usually could escape from the cars. Moonshining was dangerous, and the cars he and his fellow shiners were running were pushed to the absolute limit. Chrome molly shafts, Detroit lockers, heavy duty parts all the way around, heck, the engines they ran were basically drag race engines with F-1 style transmissions. Unspoken rules were that they all had full roll cages. Appearently there was not much that could be done after Tom's car flipped after jumping Copperhead Road.

With a heavy head and heart, he headed into the house, knowing he had to find another driver for shine runs.

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Ichigo snored softly, that was until a loud electric guitar riff shook his room. Kon came running out from under Ichigo's bed yelling. Running directly into Hoss in the process.

"Ichigo, why the hell did that stuffed lion run at me?"

"Busted Ichigo!"

"Kon, SHUT UP!"