Hey people. Sorry for the late one. Anyway. A quick something before you read.

You all know that I need Arrancars if you have read the earlier chapters and it's nice that you like this story and all. But please, a little help would be nice. I only got one Arrancar from my usual, Turtle-chan and I thank him for that. So, a few more please from the rest.

Now you can start reading.

I don't own Bleach.

Chapter 8

Senna was searching through the woods along with Rebecca to find some evidence as to why hollows are making a huge come back all of the sudden. There can't be many reasons other than to eat the souls of others. There must be something else. Luckily for them, they found a spot where some hollows have gathered. In a small cave, they can sense them and it was growing stronger.

"Lieutenant, are you sure about this?" Rebecca turned to her superior. "I mean, it seems that the hollows here are stronger for some reason. Wouldn't it be best to have some extra help on this?"

"I understand why you think so but this is our only lead so for now. If we wait, we'll lose it."

"I guess." Rebecca unsheathed her katana.

Senna also quickly got ready. They both walked into the cave, ready to battle the hollows within.

Returning to the Kurosaki household, Karin was staggering down the stairs and heard the sounds of battle against her brother and father, again. She just walked in normally and sat at her spot for breakfast.

"I'm not telling you what happened last night!" Ichigo placed his dad into a dead lock.

"Oh come on son, it's only going to be between men! At least tell me what was the foreplay~" He puffed out steam from his nose and was rewarded with a fist in the face, and maybe a few missing teeth.

Ichigo breathed heavily after that fight. He finally walked to his place at the table, opposite his younger sister. Ichigo was about to take a bite out of his toast, only for Karin tell him a little something.

"You know, what you two do is none of my business but please keep it down. Our rooms are close together remember?" Ichigo turned red quickly and glared at his little sister. She kept pretending as if it didn't happen. "Where is Orihime anyway?"

"I let her sleep. She seemed pretty tired."

"I bet." Karin smirks as she watched her brother turn red. "Anyway, I'm planning to have some training at Urahara's place. Wanna join me? Yuzu is also needs to get to know her Zanpakutou as well."

"Sure thing just let me get my stuff." Ichigo looked at the man crawled up in a ball on the floor. "Dad, interested in training yourself?"

Isshin quickly got up when he heard that. "Of course I am! I haven't been doing much anyway."

"That's because you never bother to in the first place." Karin and Ichigo said at the same time.

Karin would have thought that after the war, her father would be more reliable. Instead, he decides to act like how he always is. It didn't matter anymore. At least he is reliable as a trainer. And with Yoruichi and Urahara around, it makes the training even better.

Rebecca and Senna had been in the cave for more than an hour since they started. The hollows here are stronger than what they had to deal when the Menos made its appearance. The smell of sweat and blood polluted the air. The last of the hollows had been killed, disappearing into the air. The battle was over for them.

"What the hell is going on?" Rebecca dropped to the floor, tired.

Senna placed her sword back into the sheath. "They gathered around here for something. What is it would be the question." Senna looked around the ground to find something. "Becca-chan, try helping out a little will you?"

"Ok." Rebecca got up from the ground only to see something shine. She came up to it and picked it up. It was like a crystal or a shard of it at least. There was something about it that was eerie to her.

Senna came up to her, looking at what is in her hand. "What is it?"

"I don't know but, something about it is giving me the creeps." Rebecca turned to her lieutenant.

"But why would hollows gather around a shard of a crystal?"

"Who knows but this could be to why the sudden increase of hollows. Let's take it back to Hat n' clogs. He my know something."

"You're calling him Hat n' clogs too?"

Senna giggled. "I'm starting to pick up a lot of Ichigo's habits. But at least I got company when I'm on the roof."

Rebecca never did understand why her lieutenant loves going up to the roof of the 5th squad barracks, or anything tall for that matter. She once thought that it had something to adrenaline rush or something but now, she's not so sure.

"You're wondering why I always go up high places aren't you?" Senna could read her face too easily. "I'll tell you some other time. For now, let's head back."

Rebecca nodded and shunpoed off along with her Lieutenant.

Back at Urahara's basement, Yoruichi was sitting on top of Leon who was turning as white as a sheet of paper. He was beginning to smell like a rotting corpse as well. It was such a sad site that by the time Ichigo, Karin, Yuzu and Isshin got there, they thought he died.

"Is that what you have left Leon?" Yoruichi taunted the poor boy underneath her. "Man this is pathetic."

"…Please… I beg you… Lady Yoruichi… no more…" Leon cried is eyes out from the torture she put him through.

Yoruichi sighed. "If this is all you got, then the little bee would be disappointed." She got up from the boy.

Leon was unable to get up at all. He had spent 24 hours of nothing but training to resist his feelings even by the mere mentioning of his Captain. So far, his focus shatters once he hears her name, look at the direction where she supposed to be or even hear something that insults her. Now, he can't seem to care anymore and soon lost consciousness.

"Well, that's enough for today." Yoruichi walked towards to the place where the Kurosaki family should be training by now.

Once she got there, she can see Yuzu and Karin going up against their father and brother. Karin was quick on her feet, able to dodge Ichigo whenever he attacked. Yuzu seems to use a more strategic way, mixing both Kidou and swordsmanship against her own father. Yoruichi can see that the girls have a lot of potential in them. Just like their brother.

Yuzu came to a stop as she saw Karin use Hoshi Suraisa against Ichigo. Ichigo battled that with his own, using Getsuga Tenshou against it. Every time she sees it, it makes her wonder.

"You know, I've been wondering something." Yuzu looked at the rest of her family. "How do you learn attacks like Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshou or Karin's Hoshi Suraisa?"

"Well, I had to learn it from how Urahara thought me." Ichigo remembers that time. He also remembered almost dying while learning it.

"Well Yuzu, to fully learn it, you need to learn more about your zanpakutou." Karin remembers how she learned her attack.

"Really…" Yuzu looked at Kuronosuno Wa. She tries to remember how she once communicated with it. She was soon off to her own world.

Isshin tapped her on the shoulder and snapped her out of it. "It's best you sit down somewhere while you do that."

Yuzu nodded her head and followed her father to somewhere safer. Ichigo and Karin on the other hand, proceeded to continue their training where they left off. Yoruichi is quite impressed with how much stronger Ichigo have gotten. It made her proud that she was a teacher to the carrot top. She decided to climb out of the basement and have a well earned rest; a long hot bath should come first.

Once she got back up, the first thing she did was turn back into a black cat. She just likes to feel free. Clothes were always a pain to her anyway. Now that hot bat sounds really good. But a sudden rise of spiritual energy began to peak. Everyone but Leon quickly ran out of the building to see where it came from. They saw Rebecca flying across and slammed into a wall. Senna appeared before them with her sword drawn, with blood running down her head and arm.

"Give me the shard." A cero came down at Senna. She quickly dodged the attack, hitting the ground.

Ichigo and Isshin quickly got in front of the cloud of dust. When it began to clear, a figure appeared. It was a person, roughly the height of Ichigo with brown hair done in spikes and matching eyes. He had a skull like mask extending from the back of his neck and across his cheeks, ending with pincer-like curves in front of his mouth. He wore a shirt with a coat that reached down to the ground and was white enough to make you blind.

"An Arrancar?" Ichigo was surprised to see one in the world of the living again.

The Arrancar looked at the one who called him. "Ichigo and Isshin Kurosaki I presume?"

"What are you doing here? There's a treaty remember?" Isshin barked orders at the Arrancar.

"Who gives a shit about it? I'm only here for that shard that woman has. Now get out of my way and I won't have to kill you."

"Like we're going to let you!" Karin joined in with her brother and father.

The arrancar sighed as three Kurosaki's stands before him. "My orders were to not to get into conflict with you people but, I guess it can't be help now. Besides, I was getting tired with the bitch anyway." He smirked when he finally have some fun. He dug his coat and pulled out a sword. "I'm Dinango Fu Miinnao. I'm going to enjoy this."

Ichigo went and charged at the Arrancar coming in with a slash towards the shoulder. Dinango blocked the attack and pushed Ichigo away. Isshin came next, trying to strike him from behind, only for Dinango to quickly move out of the way of the blade. He used sonido to appear up to the air and charged a cero at Isshin. Karin quickly appeared before him and tried to cut his arm off. He quickly moved his hand and proceeded to slicing across her chest.

"Karin!" The Kurosaki families called at the girl. She was starting to fall towards them. Ichigo caught her and settled her down on the ground.

"Damn it!" Karin murmured as it was beginning have a burning effect on her.

"How weak. I thought that the Kurosaki family is stronger than this." Dinango laughed as he looked at the blood on his sword.

Ichigo got up and turned to the Arrancar. "Dad, stay out of this, I'll deal with him."

"Fine by me." Isshin nodded his head and used what knowledge he has on healing Kidou to heal his daughter.

Ichigo removed his Captain's cloak away and faced the Arrancar. He soon raised his right arm holding Zangetsu and then a sudden rise of spiritual energy that could be felt at a 5 km radius. He stuck it out at the Arrancar and placed his left arm on his right arm.

"BANKAI!" A beam of light soon was shot out of his blade and he was fully covered in a cloud of dust.

The dust soon cleared and there stood Ichigo with a full black coat, covering his arms down to his legs, looking like he was part of a street gang. The end of the coat was flaying that acted like fire. His sword took a form of a normal katana and was fully black from the blade to the hilt.

"Tensa Zangetsu!" Ichigo soon disappeared and was behind Dinango.

Dinango only had a small glimpse of where he was about to appear and barely dodged the sword trying to slice his stomach open. Dinango soon quickly tried to attack him with a thrust into the chest. Ichigo parried the attack and soon came down with an overhead slash. Dinango took the blow but wasn't going to stop there. Dinango got angry fast and soon tried a different tactic. He came at Ichigo with a fury of sword attacks. Ichigo only kept dodging each of the attack and soon countered with his own. An endless fury of slashes faster than anything Dinango had ever faced. Dinango was caught in it, unable to avoid at all. Once it ended, Dinango was now on the ground, feeling his blood rush to all out of his wounds.

"Now to end this." Ichigo raised his sword above him and started to charge up. He then brought it down. "Getsuga Tenshou!"

A black wave came down at Dinango. He raised his sword to block the attack only for something to come in front of him. Ichigo was shock to find someone block his attack and waited to see who blocked it.

It was another Arrancar. He wore the same attire that any Arrancar would wear but it was a little more formal than normal. His right upper part of his face was had a mask that was once a human skull. His one free eye was black and matching black hair. The only thing he had was arm raised to block the attack that Ichigo sent at them.

"Who are you?" Ichigo barked at the person looking at him.

"I'm Casai Legazria. It seems that my subordinate caused you trouble. All we wanted was the shard the young lady held in her hand." Casai gave a simple smile.

"That didn't mean that he had to attack me!" Senna barked at the Arrancar with rage.

"I assure you, he misinterpret my orders. Now please, give us the shard, we need it."

"I'm sorry but this is our only evidence we have to why hollows are appearing here." Urahara came from behind from the side of the building. "We're going to look into why is that. If it's that valuable, you can have it after we learn more about it."

Casai looked at him and sighed. "Is that so? How regrettable. Very well. Dinango, let's go."

"But-" Dinango felt a sudden rise for spiritual energy so powerful that it felt like it was crushing him.

"You were saying?" Casai looked at him with a smile.

"N-nothing sir…" Dinango finally replied despite feeling weak.

Casai smiled and opened the doors to Hueco Mundo. Dinango followed after and the doors closed on them.

"What was that about?" Ichigo looked at Senna. "Let's see what that shard is."

Senna gave Ichigo the shard that they found. She decided to quickly get Rebecca up and get her into the building to get medical attention. Ichigo had a look at the shard and noticed how familiar it was. It was all too familiar to him and feared the worst. He quickly ran up to Urahara and had him look at it. Karin was cleaned up thanks to her father and Yuzu working alongside him. She wanted to know what Ichigo found so shocking about that shard.

"Ichi-nii, what is that thing anyway?" Karin slowly came up to her brother.

"I'm not too sure but, it's something I thought I would never see again." Ichigo answered as he looked at his father. Isshin picked up what was in his eyes.

"Ichigo, I think we should head back home. We can discuss more about it later." Isshin got up quickly. "When you're done researching tell us as soon as possible."

Urahara agreed and looked at the black cat with serious eyes.

Karin didn't like the sound of his voice. What could the shard be? Whatever it is, all she can hope that it's nothing to worry about. As for the Arrancars, she highly doubted that she had seen the last of them, especially Casai. That Arrancar gives her the creeps.

"Karin, let's get going." Yuzu called out to her twin.

Karin nodded and soon followed the rest of her family home.

Don't think for a second that the Arrancars here were straight from my mind. These were based on my old friends. None of the people I made friends here have that same quality.

So, if you can, thank you for helping.