Finally it's the last chapter. I should have posted this on the weekend but I ended up getting really sick and then I had a whole bunch of homework and assignments to worry about so it had been stalled until now. So very sorry about that.

For my reviewer that had asked me why didn't the boss pull out the gun sooner, here is my explaination. Choose which one you perfer.

1. I'm the author and if I want to make the boss pull out the gun later, then I can do that. (Plus if it was sooner, I wouldn't have much to write on that chapter.

2. [situational If somebody hears the gun shot, then they will definately alert the police and that wouldn't go as planed by the boss. Also if he just killed them all, then there will have to be a body dump and that will take too much energy. It also doesn't guarntee that that the bodies won't be discovered.

3. Sure he could have just killed Hitsugaya with the gun earlier but he'd still have his reputation ruined because then it will just show that his men aren't tough and depend on guns. (And some weird logic in the boss' mind having to do with reputation, Hitsugaya's fighting skills, and his own amusment.)

Chapter 4

A huge explosion took place on the roof of the right building. Pieces of debris fell and the men scrambled as so not to get crushed. Several screamed as they were almost crushed by a large chunk of concrete. As the dust cleared a hollow was revealed.

It was lizard-like with the exception of its eight legs and scorpion tail. Even with the white porcelain mask, there was no mistaking that the hollow was grinning from ear to ear. Its eyes scanned its numerous preys with joy.

"Well lookie here," the hollow hissed happily. "It seems I've hit the jackpot."

It finally set its eyes upon Mina and the man holding her. Taking a giant leap, he landed on the roof of the small house, alerting the man who was unaware at what was going on. He quickly dropped Mina and ran.

"Mina-chan!"

The old woman ran to the girl. At the same time, the hollow whipped its tail right at the two, knocking both of them hard onto the brick wall.

"Two down, more to go!" the hollow said with glee. But its joy was cut short when several shots were fired towards it. The hollow knocked it aside with its tail, and turned angrily towards the direction it came from. "Which one of you humans dared to fired at me!"

The answer was the boss. Four more men had gotten out of the unlicensed car, each caring heavy machinery and were pointing towards the hollow's general area. The boss, himself, was holding his revolver up.

"Y-you, wh-whatever you are, I'm-m not go-ing to let y-yo-u d-do whatever you want!"

Men began to fire at will. The hollow easily dodged the bullets and those that it wasn't able to dodge, were swiped away by its tail, or ricocheted off of the mask. It leaped off of its perch on the house and began advance toward the boss, knocking out every man in its path at the same time.

Dust was stirred in the air by all the activity, creating a fog of confusion. The hollow circled around the lot, provoking them to fire. The men pointed their guns wherever they wanted, firing wildly with nothing to hit. Bullets rained everywhere, and sparks flew when it came in contact with metal.

Finally, the hollow landed on top of the cars; crushing it under its weight, the sound of metal compressing beneath it. Its tail swayed violently behind it; men scrambled as the cars were brushed away by it, while others were left unconscious.

Beads of sweat rolled down his face as the boss stared at the pearly whites bared at him. His feet refused to move, not that it would do him any good now, and were rooted to the ground. The hollow howled as it prepared to devour its first victim, while the boss covered his eyes and raised his arm up for his untimely death.

It never came.

"Just to let you know: I'm not like a shinigami; I am a shinigami.

Hitsugaya had made it just in time; he now stood in between the boss and the hollow. His zanpakuto wedged in the hollow's mouth to prevent it from closing. Using pressure, the blade slowly sank deeper into the bottom of the mouth; the hollow howled in pain and moved back, ripping its bottom lips at the same time.

"Sh-shinigami!?" the hollow shrieked from its perch back on top of the small house.

"You've picked the wrong place to hunt tonight, hollow." Hitsugaya stated, raising his blade. "Soten ni zaze, Hyourinmaru!"

Upon command, dark clouds rolled in as if a freak storm was brewing. A chain with a crescent-blade dropped from the pommel of Hitsugaya's zanpakuto. Using the chain, he threw it at the hollow's legs, freezing it in place. Then in one swift motion, Hitsugaya sliced the mask in half and the hollow disintegrated as it howled one last time.

Seeing that there were no more threats, Hitsugaya sheathed his sword and walked over to where the old woman and mina were. To his surprise, he found the old woman's soul's soul knocked out. She was fully conscious, kneeling beside her body and Mina, her chains still attached. She was staring wide-eyed.

"So you really are…"

"No," Hitsugaya stopped her. "I'm not. I'm a shinigami."

"Shinigami? So you're of the dead?"

Hitsugaya nodded.

"Then am I dead?"

"Fortunately no," was the answer. "Your chain of fate is still connected to your body. What you're experiencing now is what you would call a near-death experience."

"I see." The woman became silent, the she smiled. "Arigatou, Shinigami-san…"

"No you—" Off in the distance, sirens could be heard along with flashes of red light. "It looks like the authorities are here. Tell them what happened, there's no way that those guys can cover this up." Hitsugaya glanced at the unconscious boss (he still couldn't believe someone like him had spiritual energy) and his men. "I'm sure there will be some compensation with what they did… You should also go to the doctor sometime soon. You're not going to be able to hide it forever."

For a moment her eyes widened, but then it was replaced with a warm smile and tears started to form. "Arigatou…hontou… arigatou…"

Epilogue

Several days later…

Hitsugaya did his best to try to ignore the threesome behind. Apparently, Matusmoto, Ikkaku, and Ayasegawa had found something quite interesting to talk about that they just had to say it so loudly for everyone to hear. They're loud chatter was really grinding down on his nerves. Just when he was about to tell them to 'shut up', a bouquet of white flowers were shoved into his hands.

"What the—"

"Arigatou, Angel-sama!" Mina happily waved, before skipping down the street.

There was an awkward silence after that. Even the three behind him stopped their talking. The sweet scent from the flowers started to fill the air.

Hitsugaya mentally counted. Three… Two… One…

"What the fck was that about?"

"Why would she give them to you? Didn't she notice that there was someone more beautiful standing right here?"

"Taichou!" Matsumoto did her best to suppress her giggles. "Did she just call you an angel?"

Under the wave of questions being thrown at the said captain, a vain popped on his head. Only one word came to mind:

"URUSEI!!!"

Well, that's the end of my first fanfic. I'm kind of disappointed with the last chapter. I half blame the fact that I stalled to long to write this so my mind is already on something else and I'm really tired as well.

My thanks to all that have my fanfiction and stuck with it. My next fanfic should come out by Christmas (yay!) but until then, review!