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LAST CHAPTER!

"What do you want me to do, Lord Aizen?" Ulquiorra asked

"For now nothing," He paused for a second "once they reach their full strength then you can bring the girls to me. Ulquiorra I want you to follow Kori around, and Yammy I want you to watch over Shizuka."

Yammy and Ulquiorra left and returned to the world of the living on their new mission.

xXx

~At the Urahara Shop~(oh no...)

xXx

"How dare you knock me out, Ichigo?" Kori yelled, the four of them were around the table, but Ichigo and Kori were standing up and shouting at each other. Kisuke and Shizuka just looked at each other.

"For the record, Mr. Urahara, I was afraid that this might happen. Those two have very similar personalities." Shizuka sweat-dropped.

"DON'T COMPARE ME TO HER/HIM!" They shouted at once.

"It's no problem, Shizuka." Mr. Urahara fanned himself.

Shizuka went several minutes, just sitting there, listening to their bickering until a tick mark appeared and she shot up, "BOTH OF YOU, JUST SHUT THE HELL UP!" She shouted.

Ichigo and Kori huffed and sat back down, and Shizuka sighed heavily.

"Shizuka?" Ichigo looked at the brunette.

"Yeah, what's up, Ichigo?" Shizuka asked.

"Do you hate me, 'cause if you do, I want to know why."

Shizuka gave him a blank look, "I don't hate you, who said that?"

Almost imediatley, Ichigo pointed an accusing finger at Kori.

"WHAT! KORI, what made you think you could handle my own matters?" Shizuka started to argue with Kori.

"When you decided to leave me alone with the asshole!" Kori paused, "Who didn't even remember my name!"

"That wouldn't be so hard, Kori. He's only known us for about an hour, and school doesn't count." Shizuka said calmly.

"He remembered you."

Shizuka felt her face grow hot, Damn it, I can't use that excuse, time to get her to shut up. "Kori, just, shut up. We're here for a reason, and that's not to fight." She stated cooly.

"So, Shizuka. I hear that you and your friend both went through the Academy in six months, is that correct? And that you're the tenth seat of squad 5?" Kisuke asked.

"Oh man, don't bring that up." She groaned.

Kisuke gave her a questioning look, "Why?"

"'Cause Kori will go on and on about how she made eighth seat on squad 10. Which I think is because she also holds Hyornimaru." She said plainly.

"I will not!" Kori disagreed.

Shizuka ignored her and continued, "But, that's right. After we left the World of the Living, we woke up in Seireitei. And met Renji Abarai, Izuru Kira, and three Captains: Hitsugaya, Ukitake, and Kyoraku. They were talking about how high our Spiritual pressure was until Head Captain Yamamoto came in and talked with us, saying how we're to join the Shinigami Academy. He also had Captain Hitsugaya train us so we could control our reatsu output and get in. But the same night we were in the Soul Society, we had obtained our Zanpakuto. Then, six months later, we graduated, and now we're here."

"Wow, six months. You must be powerful." Ichigo had a sliver of admiration in his tone.

"But, we're still unskilled. When we gain experience, we should be even more in control of our high Spiritual powers." Shizuka laced her fingers together, not wanting to meet his gaze.

"I'm pretty content of where I'm at." Kori interuppted.

"Kori, no one cares that you're a higher rank than me." Shizuka glared at her.

"I do, and that means you have to listen to me."

"Fat chance." Shizuka looked at Ichigo and shook her head, "The nerve of some people."

"I know, tell me about it."

An alarm went off in the store just then, "What the hell?" Shizuka stood up.

"That's the Menos alarm." Kisuke left the room while the rest of them got to their feet as well. he came back, "There's one by the river, you need to get there as soon as possible."

"Don't need to tell us twice." And with that, the three of them left.

xXx

A Menos? I don't know much of those Hollows. But I do know that to defeat one, we'll probably need to release our Zanpakuto. Kori thought as they made their way to the river. She stole a glance at Shizuka and Ichigo. Ugh, why am I even bothering? They're not going to say anything to each other. I'll just have to wait for the opportunity to present itself.

"Look alive, Kori. See that?" Shizuka pointed off to a large black mass in the distance. "That's Menos."

"Damn, that thing's huge."

"I really can't see how you graduated. You never did your work." Shizuka shook her head.

"Ignoring that and focusing now." Kori growled as the three Shinigami landed a few meters away from the menos.

Shizuka and Kori both unsheathed their Zanpakuto's, while Ichigo just grabbed the large sword off his back.

"Flames rain from the Sky and Burn, Takitsukeru!" Shizuka roared, the Zanpakuto sparked and the blade melted and became a flame-shaped blade.

"Rain over the Frosted Heavens, Hyōrinmaru!" Kori also activated her Shikai. Both of them slashed the air and a Giant Dragon and Pheonix came out of the Zanpakuto. One froze an arm and it broke off, the other burned it off.

"Ichigo, the killing blow! Now!" Shizuka shouted.

"Don't tell me to do my job!" Ichigo's eyes glowed white, "Getsuga...Tensho!" He swung his blade and an amplified beam of spiritual energy flew from it, cutting the remaing Menos in half. The rest of it turned into smaller Hollows, for that was what Menos were made of.

"Damn, I forgot about that." Shizuka swore.

"Well, maybe you should have paid more attention in class." Ichigo shouted at her.

"FYI, I had top marks. I doubt you could do any better." Shizuka growled.

"Why you..." Ichigo growled.

The Hollows and Kori just stood their as they bickered. And she says that Ichigo and I are alike. Kori sweat-dropped. "Uh, guys, you can resume your argument later. We have a situation on our hands."

'Are they always like this?" A Hollow asked.

Kori looked at the Hollow and shrugged, "As of today, yeah."

"You know what, we'll talk later, First we need to get rid of these Hollow." Shizuka huffed and flash-stepped to a group of Hollows. "You'll be glad that I did this with my Zanpakuto." Shizuka closed her eyes briefly before opening them again, "Kaiten Kokoro-hi!(1)" She shouted. Hundreds of fire arrows shot out of her Zanpakuto and destroyed the Hollows surrounding her, flames caught on the ground and the heat waves acted like a slight breeze waving her hair and clothes around.

"Don't upstage me!" Ichigo shouted, he let loose another one of his Getsuga Tensho attacks and it destroyed his share of the hollows.

"At least they're using their Zanpakuto's to destroy the Hollows, and not each other." Kori sweat-dropped as she used Hyōrinmaru to destroy the last of the Hollows.

"Now that, that's over with. I'll race you back to Urahara's shop, and whoever gets there first, has to admit to the other that he or she is smarter." Ichigo challenged.

"You're on, Kurosaki!" Shizuka grinned and they flash-stepped away.

"This is going to be a long week." Kori sighed as she walked in the direction of Urahara's shop.

(1) Kaiten Kokoro-hi: means Spinning Spirit Fire.

Hoped you enjoyed this little filler chapter. I did.