Title: Fated Souls

Rating: T

DISCLAIMER: Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Bleach belongs to Tite Kubo. Two respected mangaka! I do not own the characters in any way nor the story plot only the idea of this fanfiction!

Mizuki Tsukiyomi Notes: Hello! It's been awhile since I updated but this month really is hectic for me! I finally found time to type something for my stories and right after this I am going to go eat while doing homework and study for my ACT testing. Ugh! Stressful! Oh well, I can manage. I even have my dance recital coming up and dance rehearsals really drain my energy at the end of the day he-he.

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Chapter 4: Clawing Fears

'So she ran away, huh?'

A sigh passed his lips after finishing his bandaging on Kagome's wounds. Standing up straight and opening his eyes, he began to speak: "Yeah. I'm sure my family won't mind. Besides, you're hurt."

Kagome looked down: "Thank you. I owe you."

Ichigo nodded slowly and walked over to his desk. Lightly putting the first-aid kit down onto the desk, he took a deep breath while starring at the cherry colored box in front: "Why do you say you are in danger?"

Catching Kagome's full attention, she looked up – sadly. He heard a light sigh from her but still didn't look back. When he thought that she wouldn't reply, he stopped his thoughts on turning around and heard her voice.

"I am not sure. But," she looked back down to stare at her own feet, "I heard people from my family I guess you could say, that they wanted to use me."

"Use you?" That instant, Ichigo fully turned around to see Kagome's arms wrapped around her. "What do you mean?"

She shook her head: "I-I don't know the details but I heard them talk in my…house with other people." Her slender hands came up to each side of her head: "I'm….scared…"

He wasn't going to say anything but, he was sure he had seen one small tear run down her cheek and onto his flooring. Coughing, he walked towards his door and opened it: "I'll go tell my father that you will be staying. I'll comeback with a pair of pajamas for you."

Before closing the door, he gave his back to her: "I might not know your whole situation but, it's going to be okay. Cry if you need to. Don't hold it in."

Kagome quickly looked up only seeing the door close. 'H-He knew I was crying?' Her knuckles brushed off the droplets that hung on her cheeks and gracefully stood up on her feet. Looking outside the window from her spot she could see the moon coming to a full moon.

'Full moon tomorrow, huh?' She closed her eyes: "Not even knowing, he had already become involved into this dilemma. If they come to find me I am afraid it will put him and his family in danger."

She shook her head for the second time and looked up once again at the enormous silver sphere floating in the sky: 'I miss living in the Rukongai.'

Hearing the sudden sounds of giggling early in the morning as Ichigo walked down the stairs his eyes caught the sight of Karin watching his other sister Yuzu and the mysterious girl making breakfast.

He watched back to Karin and also noticed the TV was on. Usually she would be sitting in front of it and watching but this time it seemed like all three girls were having a fun-casual talk.

He blocked the sunlight hitting his eyes with his hand after buttoning his last button and walked over to the toaster.

Looking up from her duties, Kagome's cerulean eyes watched as Ichigo sat on his chair after grabbing a piece of toasted bread and sat watching the news. A small smile crept up her face and continued.

"Oh! Onii-chan! Ohiyo!" waved Yuzu.

Ichigo's waved back: "Ohiyo, Yuzu, Karin," his eyes landed to Kagome cutting the cucumbers: "Kagome."

Her eyes meet his and she nodded: "Ohiyo, Kurosaki-san."

Walking over with our plates in a tray filled with cucumbers and seaweed in each, she placed each plate on each side where Ichigo's family would sit. He watched her movements and realized she wasn't going to eat.

"You aren't going to eat?" he asked as his eyebrow crooked.

Kagome shook her head: "Don't worry. I'm not hungry."

"Psh, whatever," he glared. "You got to eat, don't you? Didn't you tell me you ran away?"

Glaring back, Kagome sighed: "Like I said, I'm not hungry."

"Aw, onee-san! It's not healthy to skip breakfast!" scolded Yuzu.

"You heard her," Kagome's attention came back to the orange top. "Eat."

He gave her a smirk and turned his attention back to the TV as he stood up. "I am going to school today, so, I probably won't be back until after 5."

"Do you walk there?" she asked.

"Yeah."

"Can I walk you?"

Stunned by her sudden offer, he looked at her with confusion. "Walk me? To school?"

She nodded: "Yeah, why not? I want to see and explore um… 'Karakura Town' and see what this 'school' thing looks like."

Ichigo's eyebrow crooked up again: 'She made it sound like she has never been to school. Where exactly did she come from?'

"Um, sure."

She nodded with a smile but there talk was soon cut short as Karin came to stare at the TV: "Wow, seems like someone or something really got angry. Look at all that destruction and it's near here too. People these days," she gave a sigh out.

All eyes landed to the screen and noticed the busy city with gathered people around this huge hole carved into the streets along with scratches on every building with a few cars turned upside or squashed like ants. Broken glass laid everywhere while the news reporter spoke.

"That's horrible!" shouted Yuzu worriedly. "Who could of done such a thing?"

Kagome's eyebrows tightened as she noticed the huge claw scratches displayed upon the buildings. 'But I didn't sense one yesterday…'

As Karin helped Yuzu with breakfast, Ichigo sighed: "Aren't you afraid that your family might find you here?"

Tensing up at his words, she looked at him: "I…don't know."

Silence took over the area and the only noise was made by Yuzu cooking.

Walking side to side, Ichigo and Kagome never spoke after his question. In some weird way, it bothered Ichigo of Kagome's mysteriousness yet he felt he shouldn't know.

Meanwhile, Kagome was sucked into her own thoughts and thinking of ways to run away or even return to her original home and maybe get help there.

'I don't know what to do…' Kagome looked at Ichigo's back as he carried his backpack over his shoulder. 'But that is a good question. I am afraid that they might find me…but the better question would be on what would I do after they do find me?'

Stopping, Ichigo soon noticed the news reporters still airing the destruction while other people lingered around. He shook his head and looked at the hole: 'That is weird. What made such a huge hole?'

Seeing his eyes fixed on the hole, Kagome took the time to look up at the claw marks once again and narrowed down her eyes. 'I can sense reiatsu out of those marks. But why didn't I sense the hollow alone?'

"Kurosaki-san," catching his attention, Ichigo turned around and saw her eyes trailing the scratch marks. "You didn't hear a big bang or anything last night, right?"

"Nope. Why the question?"

"It just seems weird that with all this destruction, many still didn't witness this," her eyes tightened more. "Even if it wasn't visible to the naked eye."

"Even if it wasn't…visible?" he repeated. "What do you me-?" He was soon cut off by a sudden blast coming from the buildings as more shattered glass came down like rain. People ran towards them as they stood still and watched the smoke subside.

Citizens continued to push away only leaving Kagome and Ichigo in awe at the sight that was coming out of the smoke. Ichigo's eyes widened: "W-What is that?"

Kagome's fist shook: 'Damn! How come I didn't sense it coming?'

Ichigo soon noticed the small girl that Kagome and he had seen yesterday running away from the huge monster that wore a white mask that was worse than wearing any regular Halloween costume. He cursed under his breath and ran towards her after seeing the fear spread out on her face.

Surprised by his sudden action, Kagome shook her head: "K-Kurosaki-san! Hold on!"

Running after him, she stopped dead in her tracks as her eyes opened wide at the sudden familiar reiatsu coming to them. 'T-This reiatsu…'

MizukixTsukiyomi's Notes: Well that wraps up Chapter 4! I know, short but next chapter is where everything really starts! Can you guess who came? You all probably can! It's easy, he-he. I just can't wait to type the scenes in Soul Society! The action scenes...oh! I love typing them and even drawing them.

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