Orihime stood watching as her bother took on a group of thugs. The punks had knocked over a flower vase that belonged to a fallen soul. The little spirit girl looked up at Orihime.

"You brother sure is nice."

Orihime nodded at the small girl. Once Ichigo was finished he walked over to the two girls.

"There that should keep those punks from showing there ugly faces for a while. Sorry about that."

Orihime nodded to the little girl.

"We'll bring you by some more flowers tomorrow"

"Thank you for coming to my defense. I think now I'll finally be able to rest peacefully."

Ichigo smiled

"It's no problem. It's the least I could do. After all, you deserve to rest in peace."

The twins waved to the little girl and continued on their way home.

"It was really nice of you to stick up for her Ichi."

"Yea well. If that were you, Karin or Yuzu, I would want people to respect you as well."

She nodded and as they kept walking home.

When the got to the clinic they went inside. Orihime backed up slightly as Ichigo walked in front of her.

"We're home!"

He was swiftly kicked in the face. Orihime smiled and joined her sisters at the table. The three girls sat listening to the men of the house bicker. Karin looked to her older sister.

"Helping ghost again huh Hime?"

She smiled and nodded. They sat and listened as the boys continued to argue. Finally Yuzu spoke up

"Hey, stop fighting you two. Come over here and eat your dinner."

Karin looked at her

"let 'em fight, more rice for me."

Orihime gave her sister a high five

"You're right Karin."

Yuzu looked at the two of them

"That's not very nice you two."

Both girls just shrugged. They turned to see the fight end with their father on the ground. Ichigo was busy yelling about how uncool a seven o'clock curfew is when Orihime giggled and tapped Karin on the shoulder.

"Look Ichi have a new friend"

"Speaking of uncool, you have a new one."

Ichigo looked over his shoulder.

"Hey how long have you been there?"

He stared swatting as the ghost as the girls continued to eat their meal. Karin shook her head

"Poor Ichigo, dad or ghost. It's always something."

Orihime nodded and Yuzu smiled

"I think he's kinda lucky to be able to see ghost. I can kinda sense their presence, but that's it. You can see them too can't you Hime?"

"Yup I sure can."

Karin looked over at their brother

"I don't see what the big deal is with ghost. I don't even believe in them."

"Karin I don't see how you could say something like that. I thought that you have the power to see spirits too."

"I'm in permanent denial. Just seeing them doesn't make me believe in them."

The ghost stopped fighting with Ichigo and looked over at Karin.

"That's really cold."

Ichigo sighed

"Like my dinner."

At that point Orihime couldn't help but to bust up laughing. Yuzu frowned at her

"Hime, that's not very nice"

She tired t stop laughing

"Sorry, sorry I'll stop."

Another fight ensued between their father and brother. Once it ended Ichigo looked over at the girls.

"Never mind dinner. I'm going to my room."

Yuzu watched as he was leaving

"Wait Ichigo."

Orihime stood up and put her hand on Yuzu's shoulder.

"He'll be fine don't worry."

The younger girl nodded her head. Orihime finished her dinner as she listened to Isshin and Karin bicker. By the time they were finished with dinner their father had once again ran sobbing to the poster of their mother. Orihime helped Yuzu with the dishes and made her way upstairs. She got to her brother's room and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

"You okay Ichi?"

"Yeah, I'm good."

"Okay good night."

"Night Hime."

The next morning started out like any other morning in the Kurosaki home. Orihime got up and got ready for school, them headed down stairs for breakfast. The girls were watching the morning news. There had been a gas explosion a little earlier that morning. All three girls were eating when Ichigo came in. They continued their morning chatter as Ichigo grabbed a piece of toast and looked over at the tv.

"That's near here."

Orihime looked up at her brother. She knew that he was thinking about something. They finished eating and Ichigo looked over at her

"Ready Hime?"

"Yeah just give me a sec."

She grabbed her school bag and hugged the girls

"See you guys when we get home. Okay?"

Both girls nodded and Orihime let them go as she followed Ichigo out the door. Once they got way from the house he looked at her

"I know it's a little early, but I want to see that explosion site"

"That's fine, we should get going then."

They walk to where the explosion was and kept going to where the little girl from yesterday was. When they arrived at the spot Ichigo called out

"Hello?"

There was no answer. Orihime looked around.

"Hm, I wonder where she could be?"

All of a sudden they heard a loud noise that they had never heard before.

"What the hell was that?"

"I'm not sure Hime. Come on"

They took off in the direction they heard the sound come from. They continued running until the were suddenly hit with a cloud of dust and debris. Once all the dirt settles they were lest staring at a large monster with a with mask on. Ichigo looked at it

"What the hell is that thing?"

"I have no idea, but there's the little girl from yesterday."

She came running to them

"Help me!"

Ichigo looked at both the little girl and his sister.

"Run, Hurry!"

The three of them took of with the monster chasing after them. The little girl asked

"What is that thing?"

"We don't know"

As they were running the little girl fell to the ground. Orihime stopped

"Ichigo!"

He turned around to help her.

"Come on we gotta move."

The monster was getting closer and closer. Before they could help the girl off the ground, the monster was right on them. Ichigo looked up to see a black butterfly right in front of his face. Orihime finished helping the girl and noticed the butterfly as well. The next thing she knew there was small woman with a sword attacking the monster. They watched as she skillfully cut the beast in half and it disappear. All either of them could do was watch wide eyed. Orihime let out he breath that she didn't realize she was holding.

"What the hell!"

Ichigo could only shake his head

"I don't know Hime"

The small woman sheathed her sword, looked and them and them was gone.

"Hey hold on!"

Ichigo tried to stop her but a crowd gathered rather quickly. Orihime grabbed his arm get his attention.

"Come on Ichi, we'd better go."

"Yea, come on then."

They made it to school and the rest of the day was the same as any other day. After school they went home and ate dinner. Same as every night Orihime helped Yuzu clean up and made her way upstairs. Like every other night she knocked on her brothers door.

"Come in."

He was laying on his bed.

"Can I hang out with you for a while?"

"Sure"

She sat down in the desk chair next to his bed

"Hey Ichi, what do you think that this was this morning?"

"To be honest I have no idea."

He sat up

"What I want to know is about that girl. Who was she? I can't make any sense of what happened out there today."

"Me either but I'm sure we'll, wait look at that."

She pointed to the window. There, was a black butterfly

"Hey I saw one of those this morning before..."

Before he could even finish his sentence, the small woman in the black uniform stepped through the wall and was standing on Ichigo's desk right in front of Orihime. She didn't seem to pay any attention to either one of them. Ichigo looked at her.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

She continued to pay them no mind. She them moved to put her hand on her sword.

"Hey put that thing away, you're not slicing me up!"

She jumped down from the desk and Orihime huffed

"Calm down spaz. I don't think that she can hear you."

He then yelled at the girl

"Hey!"

She continued to ignore him, but spoke

"I feel it."

"See Hime she's ignoring me!"

He got off the bed and kicked her in the back

"Hey who are you and what do you want!"

The girl tumbled to the ground as Orihime jumped up and smacked Ichigo on the arm

"Ichigo what the hell! You can't just go around kicking people."

He ignored his sister and yelled at the girl.

"IF you think your a burglar your not a very good one. For starters you shouldn't talk to your self!"

The girl looked at him form the floor

"You kicked me. But I can't be seen by ordinary humans. Are you saying that you can see me?"

"I wouldn't say that my brother is ordinary."

She looked over at Orihime

"You can see me too?"

Orihime nodded. Ichigo finally answered

"Tch, well considering that was my foot I just planted in your behind you tell me."

She looked back and forth between the two orange headed twins.

"You guys are the ones I saw in town earlier, I remember."

"Boy, nothing gets by you."

Orihime laughed as the small girl got up and grabbed Ichigo by his chin and started to examine him.

"How very strange. You look normal but you must be defective in some way."

Orihime fell to the ground laughing

"Oh wow, and I thought that I was the only one who noticed!"

He growled

"Shut it Hime."

He swatted the girls hand away from his face

"I'll show you defective!"

Orihime kept laughing as her brother then tired to kick the girl a second time She evaded his attack, causing him to end up face down on the ground. This further fueled Orihime's laughter.

"Shut up Orihime!"

he looked back at the girl

"Who are you?"

"You want to know, them I'll tell you, I am a soul reaper."

She the proceeded to give a quick explanation what her job was.

"Okay so you're a soul reaper, and you were sent here on a mission by something called the soul society to deal with demons like the one we saw on the street today. Which was chasing after that little girls soul. That's all believable to me, along with flying pigs and the tooth fairy!"

Orihime was looking between the girl and her brother. The girl yelled

"How dare you! Why wouldn't you believe in soul reapers when you've just admitted that you can see spirits?"

The two continued to bicker back and forth. Orihime had tuned them out for the most part. When she decided to pay attention again she heard Ichigo say.

"Why don't you go play your soul reaper game somewhere little brat, now run along."

"I'm a brat am I? Bakudo number one, Sai!"

Next thing she know Ichigo was on the ground with his hand behind is back unable to really move. She looked over at the girl

"What did you do to him?"

"I can't move!"

"Is he going to be okay?"

"I've used whats called a kido on him. It's a high level incantation that only we soul reapers can cast. It's useless to struggle against, you're only wasting your energy"

Orihime was so busy laughing that she only caught bits and pieces of what was said. She did manage to get the this girl was about ten times their age. The next thing she know the soul reaper had her sword drawn.

"Wait! I know my brothers a jack ass but..."

The soul reaper brought her word down but not on Ichigo. Hime had been so caught up in everything else that she didn't even notice the ghost from yesterday. The soul reaper touched touch the hilt of her sword to the frightened spirits forehead. As she did he told her that he didn't want to go to the underworld. She them reassured him that he was going to a better place. He was headed for the soul society. Orihime looked back at the soul reaper.

"So that's what you do? Where did he go?"

"We soul reaper send lost souls the soul society. It's what people sometimes refer to as passing on. Now I'll explain to you why I'm here and I'll use small words so you can understand it."

At that point Orihime knew that the soul reaper was once again talking to her brother. The girl pulled out a sketch pad and drew some pictures explaining the two different types of spirits. She called them wholes and hollows. To explain she use bunnies and bears.

"Any questions before I go on?"

Ichigo looked at her form his spot on the floor

"First of all, why do your drawings suck so bad?"

Hime looked at girl

"I like your drawings!"

"Thank you, Hime, is it?"

She jumped up and drew a mustache on Ichigo's face. Orihime went into another fit of laughter. Ichigo yell

"Some sister you are! You are suppose to be on my side. Just wait you'll pay for this!"

She continued to laugh as the soul reaper admired her handy work

"Let us continue monsieur ."

She went on to continue her explanation of what a soul reaper does. Orihime looked at the window as both she and Ichigo heard the same type of howl from earlier that morning.

"What was that?"

"Normally I can sense a hollow if it's near. But here, it's as if my senses are being jammed by some powerful force."

Ichigo looked at her.

"What are you, deaf? There's something huge howling out there. That sound has to be a hollow."

"Something howling?"

All of a sudden she heard it. After there was the sound of a loud crash and a little girl yelling. Orihime looked at Ichigo

"That's Yuzu!"

The soul reaper took off running for the door as Ichigo called after her.

"Hey untie me!"

She threw the door open and was hit with overwhelming spiritual pressure. As she stepped into the hall Yuzu collapsed at her feet.

"Ichigo, Orihime"

"Yuzu what happened!"
"Ichigo, Karin's been. Ichigo you gotta save her!"

As she finish speaking she fell unconscious. The soul reaper was checking to make sure she was okay when they heard Karin scream. The soul reaper looked back at them.

"Hime. Take care of your sister"

"Right."

The soul reaper took off in the direction that she heard the scream come form. Ichigo was trying to get off the ground as Orihime was going to tend to Yuzu. She bent down and picked the smaller girl up. She carried her to the room that she shared with her twin and placed her the bed. As she put her down she heard a loud thump and knew that it had to be her brother falling down the stairs. She ran to the bathroom to get a wet rag. She went back to her sisters room to clean her up. As she cleaned Yuzu's face she could hear yelling from down stairs. The younger girl began to whimper as her sister continued to clean her up

"Don't worry Yuzu, everything's going to be okay."

As she was finishing with Yuzu she could still hear a lot of noises down stairs. When she was satisfied she lest the room closing the door behind her and ran down the stairs. What she was a little scary to her. The hollow was closing on on the injured soul reaper and Ichigo was standing in front of her blade to his chest.

"My name is Rukia, Rukia Kuchiki."

"And my name is Ichigo Kurosaki."

Before Orihime could say or do anything, the blade was pushed into her brothers chest and the was a huge flash of blue. She turned her head to shied her eyes. When she looked back her bother was standing there unharmed wearing the same clothes that Rukia had been wearing. The other thing that she noticed is that he was also holding a huge sword. She watched as her bother then attacked and killed the hollow withing seconds. When it was all said and done she walked over to where he was standing.

"Wow, Ichigo."

"Come on, lets go check on Rukia."

"Rukia?"

"Yea,that's the soul reapers name"

"oh'

They walked over to the soul reaper whom they now knew as Rukia. Orihime sat down next to her

"Rukia, are you okay?"

She nodded

"I'll be fine."

Ichigo looked at the two girls.

"What now?"

"You two go ahead and get some rest, I'll take care of everything else."

Orihime looked down at her

"Are you sure you don't need help?"

"I'll be fine, you just take care of your sisters"

The twins nodded. Ichigo walked over and pick up Karin. He turned back to look at the injured girl

"Hey, Thank you Rukia."

"Fool, It's my job."

Orihime touched her brothers arm

"Come on Ichi"

He nodded and followed his sister inside. They took Karin in to the room that she shared with Yuzu. Ichigo put Karin in her bed and turned to leave he noticed that some thing was bothering his twin

"What's wrong?"

"Are you sure they are okay?"

He nodded

"Rukia checked them, she said they'll be fine."

"Alright then."

They walked out into the hallway towards their own rooms. When the got to Ichigo's room he looked at his sister.

"Hime, try and get some rest."

"Yeah, yeah you to Berry."

She laughed as he scowled at the nickname.

"Night Ichi"

"Night Orihime"

She then headed to her own room for the night. When she got inside she flopped down on the bed and thought,

"Man I can't believe everything that's happened. Oh well at least it's done and over with."

With that thought she let herself drift to sleep.

If she only knew...