Sorry for the wait, I had to do like 10 different tests and quizzes in 1 week from Mon. to Thurs. for school and University classes. Also, a few other big test the week after. I just gotten a little spare time now but then back to work on senior stuff like applications for colleges and scholarships stuff.

I'll be very busy this year and I'll update when I can. Let me know on an idea you might want me to place in the story or another story. And yes, the rating did go up to a T for now.

Here's the next chapter for you guys! Have fun, read and review please!


Chapter 3

Ichigo awoke from his sleep. He groaned as he sat up feeling very groggy and hazy. He sat in that spot trying to remember what happened to him. "Ugh, what happened to me, I feel very sore and tired."

"You kinda passed out."
"Huh?"

Ichigo looked to his left and Kon was sitting there, still in his body, looking concerned. "Huh, passed out? How?"

"You don't remember? When your soul left your body with me in control, you suddenly lit up into a glowing white light and screamed like you were in pain. Though it only lasted a couple of seconds, you fell to the floor, then you passed out shortly after. I carried you to this room and stayed ever since." Kon explained calmly.

"Oh, and two people cam out of you while you were still glowing."
"Two people came out of me!? How? Who? Why?"
"I don't know how or why, but on the who part, you will just have to see yourself. "

Kon stood up and walked over to Ichigo with his hand outstretched, "Mr. Hat & clogs told me to bring you to the training room as soon as you awoke and felt better."

Ichigo took Kon's hand and slowly stood up. The two left the room and headed to the training grounds under the shop. Once they got off the very long ladder, they both spotted Kisuke's stripped hat and carefully approached him. As Ichigo and Kon got nearer they could see that Kisuke was talking to someone.

"Hey Kisuke!" Calls Ichigo, "What's going on here?"

Kisuke turns and automatically opens his fan and smiles. "Hey there Ichigo! Feeling well?"

"Yeah, I guess. I want answers. Kon filled me in a little on how I collapsed but didn't tell me on who came out of me."

"Oh well, that is where the fun begins, correct?" Says Kisuke while covering his face. He turns to his left and calls out, "Come on out you two and no fighting." After he finished, two people came out and stood behind him.

The first person on Kisuke's left was the same height of Ichigo and Kon but looked more similar to Ichigo while in his soul reaper form, just less coloring. The figure was an albino with piercing golden eyes surrounded in black and smiling, "Hi ya, King." Shiro said in an excited, watery voice.

The other person was a good bit taller than Ichigo, Kon, Shiro, or Kisuke. He had blue hair with matching eyes, wearing a loose white jacket, open to show a scar running down from the left side of his chest to the top right of his rib cage. On his abdomen was a hollow hole. "Hello there soul reaper. Long time, no see." Grimmjow said with a grin.

Ichigo froze with shock at the sight of his inner hollow and enemy espada. "What what what…"

Grimmjow's grin grew bigger and Shiro chuckled, "What the hell are you two doing here!? Especially you!" Ichigo pointed towards Shiro, "How the hell did you get out of my inner world?"

Shiro shrugged, "Who knows, King. I just got here somehow. Dragging this useless bag of kitty litter with me." Indicating toward Grimmjow.

"What did you call me, whitey?" Growling Grimmjow.

"Gah!" Kisuke pulled Kon in between the two hollows. "Enough, Ichigo you said you wanted to know how they got out from inside you? Zanpakutō spirits can materialize out of soul reapers sometimes, like the Muramasa incident but only with their free will. I can guess that your inner hollow can do the same." Explained Kisuke. "Is that understandable?"

"Yeah, I guess it is. Wait? You mean my inner hollow can come out whenever it wants?"

"I like the idea," Shiro grinned. "But I'm not an 'it'. I have a name now, Zangetsu gave me one."

"Oh yeah, what is it then?" Kon asked.

Shiro turned to Kon, and Kon tensed up realizing he said that with a cockyish attitude. Shiro's piercing eyes aligned with Kon's terrified brown ones, they held contact for a few seconds, then spoke. "My name's Shiro, Hichigo Shirosaki." Shiro replied. "You got a problem with it?"

"No but," Kon replied trembling.

"But what?" Drawled Shiro.

"But why does your name sound very similar to Ichigo's name?"

Shiro goes to open his mouth to reply, instead Ichigo got there first. "Is it because we look so alike except our personalities; Hichigo is a combined name by using 'hollow' and 'Ichigo'. The last name was to help not getting confused on the two of us. I am correct, right?"

"Tch, you sure do pride yourself in thinking too much."

"Okay, I get how my inner hol-" "Shiro!"

"Ok then, Hichigo." Shiro glared. Ichigo continued on, "Hichigo can materialize out of my inner world to the World of the Living anytime he wants. But how did Grimmjow get in there?"

Kisuke takes sometime to think while fanning himself, then says, "Well, I guess something happened in between the time he left Hueco Mundo to when he was headed to the World of the Living."

"Yeah, that's probably it." Grimmjow said.

"How did you get into my inner world in the first place?" Asked Ichigo.

Grimmjow explained the same way he did with Shiro and Zangetsu. After he finished, Kon spoke up,

"So, when Ichigo was having a headache the first time back in the bedroom, more than likely you appeared in his inner world."

"That could be very possible and it makes sense a good bit too." Kisuke said.

"But wait? Why didn't Zangetsu answer when I called after the headache left?"

"Who knows, do you two?" Kisuke asked Grimmjow and Shiro.

Both shook their heads no. "Could have been that he was busy talking to me and Kitty here," thinks Shiro. "Call me kitty one more time whitey and I'll send a cero after you."

Shiro shrugged, not really listening, turned towards Kisuke. "So what happens now? Are we free to wander around the place?"

"No way in hell! You two will just destroy the whole town if you were left loose." Says Ichigo, Kon agreed.

"I agree too, but if we can keep you two under control for the next few weeks, we might be able to settle things and get everyone back home." Kisuke says, "In the mean time, Grimmjow can stay with us and I can give him the proper clothing and necessities of the World of the Living."

"What about him?" Ichigo asks, pointing to Shiro.

"Tch."
"He can stay with you of course. He is your inner hollow, right?"
"Yeah but he doesn't know how to behave or how to be nice."
"Hey, I can be nice," Shiro said.
"I mean be nice to others, I have two little sisters and I don't wish for them to be upset or injured."
"Ichigo has a point, you would have to be very careful around Ichigo's family, Shiro." Kisuke said fanning himself.

"Tch, fine. I'll show you how I can behave." Shiro's eyes were gleaming at the excitement in the atmosphere. "I do need to change into the proper clothing of this world though." "I have a change of clothes with me and Kon, I need my body back now."

Ichigo went over to Kon, sank back into his body, the mod soul's pill popped out of his mouth onto the ground. Ichigo picked it up and turned to Shiro, "Come on Hichi, let's go and get you changed. Then we'll head over to my place."
"Don't call me Hichi, I prefer Shiro."
"Nah, Hichi fits you better."

Ichigo said with a laugh, he then headed back to the ladder with a fuming Shiro tailing him, and went up the ladder and out back into the shop.


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