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Chapter Three

Ichigo and Rimaero were facing each other for the first time. The both of them had their Zanpaku-tô unsheathed, both of them were ready for battle. Ichigo noticed the piece of a hollow mask covering the top left side of Rimaero's face. The mask only looking like a quarter piece of a hollows' mask.

"An arrancar huh?" Ichigo said as he glared and lowered his Zanpaku-tô with both hands. "..I guess I've found you pretty early."

Inuyasha sat up and gripped onto Tetsusaiga. "Who the hell is this guy? He seems to know an awful lot about this 'arrancar' guy.. Maybe a little too much." Inuyasha though to himself as he shook himself a bit to get the dirt off and decrease the pain.

"..A shinigami? By themself..? How foolish of you to face me alone boy!" Rimaero mocked as he swung his Zanpaku-tô in the air once and stepped back to ready himself. "Your insolence will be your downfall.."

Ichigo swung back Zangetsu and cracked his neck a bit as he glared at Rimaero. "..Don't get too cocky. You guys are always full of it!"

"..Such talk coming from a lone shinigami.. Let's see how you best.." Rimaero smirked and appeared next to Ichigo, swinging his blade towards the strawberry head's neck.

Ichigo jerked around and caught the Zanpaku-tô with his own before it had even moved an inch. He put a bit of force on it as the blades slid against one another and both wielders were pushed back a little. "Is that it?" Ichigo scoffed.

"..You may be fast, but you have no room to 'get cocky' either, boy." The arrancar retaliated. "..We all make mistakes... Your first one, was facing me."

"..Your mistake was wasting my time!" Ichigo shouted as he lunged forward and swung Zangetsu at Rimaero.

The attack was successful as it made a clear horizontal slice across the enemy's torso. Rimaero glared as he slammed the hilt of the blade into the side of Ichigo face and knocked him out of the way.

"..Obnoxious brat!!" Rimaero shouted as he used his left arm to cover the cut and stop the bleeding at all costs. He flipped his Zanpaku-tô around in his hand so the hilt was facing outward, only seconds later her thrusted his hand forward to hit Ichigo in the face.

Ichigo's eyes shot open as he rolled across the ground and then used his left foot, slamming it in Rimaero's side. Rimaero winced and stepped back, allowing Ichigo enough time to stand up. By the time Rimaero looked back to Ichigo, Zangetsu was already in mid-swing.

"Getsuga Tensho!" Ichigo screamed as a blast of spiritual energy sprung forth from the Zanpaku-tô's blade.

"I won't fall for the same trick twice!" Rimaero shouted as he used his sonido to move himself out of the blast's range.

As the arrancar and shinigami continued their battle. Swords clashing against each other repeatedly, Kagome stood there with her eyes open. She couldn't seem to gather what was going on at all.

"...I've had enough of this.." Inuyasha snarled as he stood up. "I want answers now!"

Kagome turned to him as she gaped toward him a bit. "What are you doing Inuyasha?!"

Tetsusaiga was held high and swung back down. "Adament Barrage!!" Inuyasha shouted as he slammed Tetsusaiga on the ground. The attacking shards fire out toward both the shinigami and arrancar.

Rimaero glanced to the side and saw the approaching shards. "..Damn.." He jumped back in the air and glanced down at Ichigo. "..It seems like I'll have to say my farewell for now.. This isn't the end.. 'Ichigo'.." He smirked a bit and vanished as his spiritual pressure was nowhere to be found right now.

Ichigo glared for a minute. "..The hell was he running from?" He turned towards Inuyasha and Kagome as the only thing he could see was the shards heading towards him. With little time to react, Ichigo was struck by a small number of the shards.

"At least I got one of them.." Inuyasha thought to himself as he sought an advantage and leaped out toward Ichigo. He swung Tetsusaiga at Ichigo, but by then Ichigo was alert, and Zangetsu clashed against Tetsusaiga's blade.

"What the hell are you doing?! I'm on your side!!" Ichigo shouted.

"Yeah, like I'd fall for that!" Inuyasha retaliated as both of them were pushed back by the forces of their swords. He swung Tetsusaiga again, but failed.

Ichigo held up Zangetsu like a shield as Tetsusaiga's tip scraped against the side of Zangetsu's steel.

Ichigo glared a bit as he stepped back. "..You really don't want to piss me off!"

"Well you already pissed me off, so get over it!" Inuyasha shouted as he jumped up and swung Tetsusaiga down on Ichigo's position.

Ichigo used his shunpo to move behind Inuyasha as he slashed him across the back. Inuyasha winced a bit and spun around as he slammed his fist in Ichigo's stomach. The both of them jumped back and glared, both of them began to raise their swords in the air.

The only sounds after that were the two of them shouting. The words "Wind Scar!!" and "Getsuga Tensho!!" echoed out across the construction yard as both waves of energy shot forth. Moments later there was a white flash and then the rushing force of a pressurized explosion.

Kagome threw her arms back as dust and dirt blew away from the scene. Dust had covered the entire area and when it cleared, both Ichigo and Inuyasha, were still standing, although their outfits had been tattered. Huffs and heavy breathing ecaped the both of them as they stood there and glared at each other.

"..Not gonna make this easy are you?" Inuyasha snarled as he stood up straight.

"What the hell are you talking about?!" Ichigo shouted back. "What are you, crazy?!"

Inuyasha grabbed onto Tetsusaiga again and launched himself into the air, coming down on Ichigo as he held his sword out infront of himself. Ichigo threw Zangetsu up to block as the swords again clashed each other.

Inuyasha jumped back and glared. "Damn! I never figured that these guys would be so strong.. I can't let my guard down!"

"Just stop! Jeez, I'm not here to fight you!!" Ichigo shouted as he held Zangetsu in a defensive stance.

"Whatever you want to say!! I won't fall for it!" Inuyasha snapped at him.

"..He's giving me no choice.." Ichigo thought and he opened his mouth wide to shout out. "..Ban.. ..k-!!"

Then a large blast of ice landed between the two of them. The ice glistened in the cloudy sunlight, and despite the temperature, it didn't seem to melt. The three of them; Kagome, Inuyasha, and Ichigo looked to the top of the structure to see a figure standing on top of it with a cloak that blew in the soft breeze that followed.

"..That's enough.." Toshiro's voice came from the top. "Stand down.."