Chapter 4:
"I got a surprise girls. Girls, Grandma and Auntie are coming over this weekend." says Isshin
The three sisters drop their forks, look up at each other, then look at Isshin.
"What did you do this time, Dad? That they know about?" they ask
Isshin thinks for a minute.
"Nothing, ….Yeah, nothing." he says
"Did Grandma and Grandpa get another divorce?" Ichigo, Yuzu, and Karin ask
"No, in fact Grandpa warned me." says Isshin
"Did Auntie and Uncle get another divorce?" the three sisters ask
"No, no he warned Grandpa." says Isshin
"...Oh! Isn't your guys show Wednesday, and final rehearsal Tuesday?" asks Ichigo
"Yeah, you and Yoshi are coming Monday, right?" asks Karin and Yuzu
"Wouldn't miss it." says Ichigo
"She begged and you caved?" asks Karin
"Yep" says Ichigo
"What the hell are you guys talking about?" asks everyone else
"You guys knew I can sing and dance, right? Well I had to learn how to dance somewhere, mainly because sensei from the dojo said it should help with our techniques. Don't ask, all though in a weird way it did help. I did get better, but I still got my ass kicked. Anyways that was before I was nine and mom died. Anyways, the girls had to do the same dance classes because of Grandma." says Ichigo
"So, she got you two?" asks Sachi
"You guys got begged into it?" asks Ichigo
"No, more like her crocodile tears." says Kako
"She got you at crocodile tears?" asks Ichigo
They all nod and Ichigo sighs.
"Oh well, what can you do? What parts do you guys do in the show?" asks Ichigo
"Beginning, End, and Twins." says Karin and Yuzu
"That's great." says Ichigo
"Thank-you" says Yuzu and Karin
"Madame wants us to work together with my skill of tap and Yuzu's skill of Ballet." says Karin
"That's cool, can't wait to see it." says Ichigo
Everyone goes back to eating and everyone not from the soul society go home. Ten minutes have passed and Isshin puts his head up.
"Ichigo?" asks Isshin
Ichigo still with a mouth full of food, lifts her head.
"Hmm?" she asks
"First swallow," says Isshin, Ichigo does. " Second, did you get your stuff off the roof?"
"No, I'll do it now." says Ichigo
She leaves and goes into her room.
"There's a ladder in her room?" asks Rukia
"No, she climbs up from her window." says Yuzu
She and Karin get up and start cleaning up from dinner.
"Thank-you for the food." says Everyone else
Five minutes later everybody is in the living room watching tv, and it is now commercial. Isshin sits up and turns to his girls.
"So who's room is your Grandma and Auntie staying in?" asks Isshin
The three girls panic and point at each other.
"Her/ Their room! No! Their/her room!" all three yell in unison
The three girls get up and argue back and forth with each other.
"Girls! Knock it off, now! Who ever's room Grandma and Auntie stayed in last time doesn't get them this time, simple." says Isshin
"Woo-hoo!" says Ichigo
"Alright, I'm leaving see you guys in the morning, night." says Isshin, he heads for the front door.
"Night." says Ichigo, Yuzu and Karin
A few hours have passed since Isshin went out, everybody is at home and in bed. It is now around 12:30. Yuzu and Karin walk to Ichigo's room and knocks on Ichigo's door. Yuzu opens the door quietly.
"Ichigo" says Yuzu
Ichigo wakes up, and turns toward the door.
"Yeah?" asks Ichigo
"Can we sleep in your room? We can't sleep." asks Yuzu
"Afraid about what Grandma's and Auntie's attentions are in this stay?," asks Ichigo, they nod. "I understand come here."
She scoots over and taps the bed beside her. The girls climb into bed next to her and she pulls the covers around all of them.
"Thank-you Ichigo." they say
"No problem." says Ichigo
They fall asleep and an hour later there is a loud noise. that wakes them up.
"Ichigo." says Yuzu
"It's probably nothing." says Ichigo
She opens the curtain to her window and sees their dad fighting off a hollow. She waves at him and he waves back. Before he goes back to fighting the hollow. She closes the curtains and turns back to her sisters.
"You can't see him, but Dad is out there." she says
Ichigo opens the curtain and the girls look out the window.
"Where's goat-chin?, " asks Karin, Ichigo points him out. "Next to the blurred object?"
"Yep, he's fighting it. Come on let's go back to sleep." says Ichigo
"Can you sing Mama's lullaby, this one time, please Ichigo?" asks Yuzu
"Alright lay down." says Ichigo
The girls lay down, and Ichigo sings an old Japanese lullaby. She hears a roar, and sees the claw heading toward her window.
"Get Down!" she yells
She grabs Yuzu and Karin pulling them both to the ground just as the claw comes through the window. They cover their heads as glass shatters.
"What was that?!" yells Karin
"Hallow! Now shh! Listen to me, I'm going to get my cellphone, and my badge. While I do that I want you too to quietly and quickly go for the door and duck behind the door frame. Understood?," asks Ichigo, they nod. "Good! Now go! Kon!"
They stand up, Karin grabs Yuzu's hand and they run for door, ducking behind it. Kon leaps for Ichigo.
"Ichigoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" says Kon, Ichigo catches him.
"I need you to stay with my sisters, okay?" asks Ichigo
"Got it!" says Kon
Kon leaps to where her sisters are, and Ichigo grabs her cellphone and badge on the instand by her bed. Ichigo runs down stairs not caring that she's only in pajama shorts and a tee shirt. She runs out the door and yells up.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?! THAT THING CRASHED INTO MY WINDOW?!" yells Ichigo
Isshin comes down to the ground where Ichigo is.
"What were you doing at the time?" asks Isshin
"Huh? I was singing that old lullaby Mom use to sing. Why?" asks Ichigo
"That thing hates music." says Isshin
"Can you help us get this big guy to the river? By running around and singing? We'll handle the rest, just get him to the river." says Jushiro
Ichigo grabs shoes and puts them on her feet. She ties her hair up on top of her head in a ponytail.
"Laying the options sure." says Ichigo
She makes a note saying to stay near the phone and where she was going. She lays it on the couch and grabs the house keys.
"Hey Big and Ugly!" she calls
"Huh? Oh it's a human with a delicious soul. You can hear and see me?" asks Hollow
"Yeah. Anyways I hear you hate people singing and music in general." says Ichigo
The hollow roars in response.
"That's too bad, cause I love to sing especially when I jog." says Ichigo
"I'll rip you to shreds before one note comes out of your mouth. " says the Hollow
"Sure, if you can catch me." says Ichigo
She starts running and singing. The hollow and soul reapers follow behind her. One hour later Ichigo runs out of Japanese songs that she knows well.
"You guys, I'm out of songs, now what?" asks Ichigo
"Keep singing!" orders everyone else
"Sing what?" asks Ichigo
"Sing those one cd's you got." says Isshin
"...I'll see what I can do." says Ichigo
She starts singing Now cd's and running. Another hour passes and Orihime notices Ichigo before Ichigo sees them.
"Look out!" she yells
"Huh?," says Ichigo, she hits into Chad. "Ow"
She looks up, and sees Chad
"Oh hey Chad, Orihime, Uryu," she says, she sees a similar looking hollow following them. "Hey, what the hell? There's two of them?"
"Two?!" says all three of them
"Yeah, the same one is chasing me. Apparently it hates music. I've been leading him to the river. Toshiro's waiting there, they told me while I was running. " says Ichigo
"I got an idea." says Chad
He whispers it to Ichigo, given she's the only one who'd understand.
"You sure it'll work?" asks Ichigo
"Yeah" says Chad
"Alright, Orihime I need you to sing while you run, it'll get the hollow to follow you." says Ichigo
"O-okay, then how about the other one?" asks Orihime
"Don't worry about him, I'll handle him. Now- oh idea." says Ichigo
She whispers it to Orihime.
"Okay um...oh I know." says Orihime, she whispers to Ichigo
Ichigo feels reluctant but agrees to it.
"Okay." says Ichigo
"What the heck is going on?" asks Uryu
"Nevermind! Just come on!" says Ichigo
She grabs his arm and pulls him in one direction and Chad pulls Orihime the other direction. The hollows and soulreapers separate and follow either of the two.