Note: Sorry this took so long, school and stoofs were making me very busy.

~CHAPTER THREE~

The group sat around the table in the Urahara-shoten in silence. 'The group' consisted of Yumikou, with a bandaged head, Yumichika, with a band-aid on his face, Kaoru, only with a band-aid on her cheek, Byakuya, unscathed, Ichigo, with bandaged arms, Aika, who was getting her arm bandaged by Shuuhei, and Mikazuki and Kisuke, unscathed. Kisuke picked his white fan and started waving it in front of his face.

"Alright, to get a better picture of what happened exactly, we'll need to know what happened to everyone. Tessai will record important tidbits." The giant walked in and sat in the corner and nodded. "Mikazuki darling, I think you should start us off!!" Mikazuki gave the best dirty look she could.

"Why do I have to tell it? You were there too, you know!" He laughed.

"Yes, but the story sounds so much better when you tell it!" She slightly blushed.

"Well, fine…"

----------------------------------Mikazuki's (and Kisuke's) Story-----------------------------------

"KISUKE, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?!?" A flustered and madly blushing Mikazuki came storming to the front of the store, where Kisuke calmly sat drinking tea. She held in her hand a frilly maid outfit.

"Oh that! I thought since you clean so much around here and such, that you should dress the part! The fact that you also will look absolutely adorable in it!!" She had to debate whether or not to kill him, but she figured that he had to sleep sometime. The perfect time for revenge.

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"Wait?! He bought you a maid's outfit?!" Kaoru asked, but immediately started to laugh uncontrollably.

"Kaoru, you are SO dead!!!" Even though she didn't mean it, that didn't mean that she wouldn't do something mean.

"Alright, alright, you can continue. I won't laugh anymore……at least very loud…." Mikazuki's eye twitched.

"Anyway…"

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Zooming back to reality, she threw the horrendous dress on the shop counter and sat at the table with him to drink tea. The sat there for a good twenty minutes, pointlessly chatting. A sudden spiritual pressure was released and Mikazuki popped out of her gigai immediately. She ran to the door to look outside, where massive Hollow formations were all heading north, as if drawn by something.

"What the hell?!" She jumped up to the roof to look at where they were going. A giant ice formation came above the trees in the distance.

"That pressure, it's Toshiro, some others are there too. Kisuke!" She was ready to jump down to talk to him, but he was right next to her. She jumped and hit him the shoulder.

"I told you not to do that!" she got serious again. "What should we do? I'll go find Yu…" Kisuke interrupted her.

"We should help Toshiro, Yuki will be fine." She looked at him with a strange expression.

"Alright." They flashed-stepped towards the Hollows, hurrying to their aid.

--------------------------------End of Mikazuki's (and Kisuke's) Story----------------------------

"I see." Toshiro said calmly at the end. Everyone was quietly nodding in approval. Aika sighed; Shuuhei had finally finished bandaging her.

"I suppose we could go next." She said, unenthused. Shuuhei nodded; it wasn't like he said much anyway. She rubbed her arm and smiled at Shuuhei.

----------------------------------Aika's and Shuuhei's Story----------------------------------------

"Ugg, the human world is just as boring!! There's NOTHING going on." Aika groaned as her and Shuuhei wandered the streets in Karakura.

"It is abnormal. Captain Hitsugaya said there was a lot of activity lately." He observed.

"I know Shuu-chan, but NOTHING'S HAPPENING!!!!" He blushed ever so slightly at Aika's nickname for him. She stormed ahead and looked into a restaurant.

"Hey! This place looks like it has good food! Let's have lunch her!" Shuuhei sighed.

"Alright, but let's not…!" A sudden spiritual pressure was released, and it wasn't far.

"The park!" Shuuhei stated intensely, popping out of his gigai at the same time Aika did. They flash stepped to the park to see a group of Hollows.

"Easy peasy!" Aika said, drawing her sword. "Break their hearts, Kouchou! 1st act: Celebration!" Ghosts came out of her sword and began to munch on the Hollows while Aika and Shuuhei slashed and killed them.

"See, not a problem." She stated, sheathing her sword. Just then, the Hollows began to reform and reappear.

"Aika, look out!" She turned around and pulled her sword out just in time to block a back attack. Her sword dug into her arm as the Hollow pushed her back. Shuuhei flash stepped and quickly cut the Hollow's arm off. He howled in pain as he checked on Aika.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, but we need to focus Shuu-chan!" She said as she pushed him to the side to slash a Hollow charging at the two. Every time they attacked though, the Hollow's kept regenerating. Shuuhei sighed; it can never be easy he thought. The Hollows started closing in on them, when they suddenly froze.

"How ugly…" The feminine looking man said, disgusted.

"What's going on here?" The short captain asked.

"Captain Hitsugaya! Yumichika! The Hollows aren't normal!" Shuuhei said. They burst from their icy shell and yelled, calling for more.

"What the hell is this?!"

-----------------------------------End of Aika's and Shuuhei's Story-------------------------------

"It was ugly, and you're just jealous that I'm the best looking out of all of us…" Yumichika trailed on.

"Dream on! Honestly, the way you do your hair, all of it's gonna fall out!" Yumikou scoffed. Everyone ignored the twins as they broke into a random brawl.

"The short captain?" Toshiro asked behind an eye twitch while Aika giggled.

"I outrank you, no matter my height!" He yelled frustrated. He cleared his throat before continuing. "That is essentially what happened to me; nothing significant happened along the way. We just continue to fight them until they vanished." Kaoru sat up, finally ready.

"Alright, we're ready to tell what happened, but the mental scarring is a possible side effect." She flashed a smile as everyone gulped.

---------------------------------------Kaoru and Byakuya's Story-----------------------------------

She wandered the dull streets, bored out of her mind. She suddenly stopped and ran up to a gate that had caught her eye. A big fancy gate, full of wrought iron floral designs stood over a deluxe mansion. On a tiny name plate, it read:

Kuchiki Residence:

Byakuya and Rukia

NO SOLICITING

She stood there with her mouth open.

"I knew he was rich, but this is ridiculous!" She searched for a buzzer so someone could open the gate, but didn't find one. She sighed and started climbing the gate. His own freakin girlfriend has to sneak into his place! After reaching the top, she jumped down, looking around. Walking up to the door, she knocked and waited as patiently as she could, which wasn't for very long. She walked along the side to find a window conveniently open. She crawled in and found Byakuya sitting with his back turned, sitting at a desk.

"It's rude to trespass." He bluntly stated.

"Well, maybe someone should answer the door!" He turned and smiled.

"Sorry, I had this paper work I got caught up in and Rukia went shopping for some food." The window behind Kaoru suddenly broke and a Hollow hand came and grabbed her, pulling her back. What the hell?! I didn't even feel its presence! Byakuya popped out of his gigai and jumped out the window. He flashed stepped and cut the Hollow's arm off, releasing Kaoru. She popped out of her gigai and charged at the Hollow, angry. She split the Hollow in half as it vanished. Kaoru ran next to Byakuya, who was calmly standing there.

"You owe me a new window." Kaoru started twitching.

"You cheap bastard! I was attacked and all you care about is your dumbass window!" He laughed, but his face went serious as Kaoru froze in horror.

"Those spiritual pressures!" The couple started flash stepping towards the group, hoping to get there in time.

------------------------------------End of Kaoru's and Byakuya's story----------------------------

"Are you serious?!" Yumikou asked. "You two got the only NORMAL Hollow that showed up?!" Kaoru laughed at her friend's frustration. Finally, everyone looked at Ichigo. He was the only conscious person throughout the rest of the attack on Yuki. Yumikou had already told everyone what had happened to her and her observations, but Ichigo was the only one who knew the rest. He starred off, recounting the events.

----------------------------------------------Ichigo's Story---------------------------------------------

Looking at the large man, he could tell he was a formidable foe. He's strong, but he's fat and slow. Yuki was looking up at him with a mixed facial expression of happiness and pain. She was next to Yumikou, who lying below him, bleeding at the head and unconscious.

"Yuki!" he shouted. She looked at him longingly.

"Go find Kaoru and make sure she's okay." She stated calmly. She was ready for bloodshed. She usually had that looking when she was sick of things being out of control. If the house was messy when she got home, she would use that look, but this had more depth to it. Ichigo charged at the man, ready to kill him. Who was he to just waltz in and decide that he could run this place or put everyone in pain? She still stood down, looking at him.

"Ichigo, please!"

"No can do. I'm not gonna let ya fight this alone. Besides, she probably just yell at me and Byakuya was with her." That girl was scary on her own, but throw Byakuya in the mix and it was freaky.

"Fine, just don't get in the way." He smiled. For once she wasn't being as stubborn as her brother. They charged at the same time, but they were swatted away. He stumbled back before catching his footing again. The large man was emanating a dark spiritual energy. It felt exactly like his Hollow's energy. There's no way he's a Vizard! Yuki was clutching her head in pain, whispering something.

"Yuki? Are you okay?" She was starting to double over in pain, which pissed him off. "You bastard! What are you doing to her?!" He was ready to charge when a burst of energy came, blasting Ichigo and the man back. He put Zangetsu and his arm up in defense, but the force was over-whelming, like it had been held back for a long time. When it was over, Ichigo's arms dripped with blood and torn flesh and man just stood there, with slight scuff marks. He looked over at Yuki to see her not looking like herself, but more like a Vizard. She was wearing an almost full Hollow mask, which looked like bandages around her head with two horns coming out the sides and curling around her head. The only difference was the fact that she had holes in her hands, which he had never seen any of the other Vizards have. She let out a deafening scream and appeared behind the man. He gushed blood and fell to his knees, not knowing what happened. Ichigo was frozen; he didn't know what to do. The large man retreated into a portal and disappeared. Yuki then glanced over at him as her black eyes glinted with excitement. Oh you're a strange one, but you don't look like any fun to kill. She said in a voice that sounded like hers, but wasn't quite it. It was exactly like his Hollow and he knew it. He pointed his sword at her and braced his arm. "Bankai!" He then flashed stepped next to her and broke her mask. The holes in her hands disappeared and her eyes returned to normal. Before collapsing, she whispered, "Thank you Ichigo." He caught her as the others showed up.

-----------------------------------------End of Ichigo's Story-----------------------------------------

They sat in silence, taking in what had happened. In the room next to them lay an unconscious Yuki, who hadn't woken since the event earlier that day. Realizing that outside help was needed, they turn to the Vizards.