I could hear a slow soft thumping it sounded nice. I could feel something warm wrapped around my shoulders and the slow rise and fall of my head. Slowly opening my eyes I seen that I was laying on Ichigos chest, I blinked a few time thinking I was still a sleep. As I quickly sat up knocking his arm to the floor, a sharp pain ran through my head. I winced at the pain closing my eyes and rubbing my temples after a few minutes the pain stopped, opening my eyes I was facing the floor. How did I end up sleeping like this? I thought to myself as I rose from the floor. I looked over to the bed and seen both girls still fast asleep, not wanting to wake them I left the room.

Coming down stairs I heard something slam close. Could they be home? I jumped down the last two steps and rushed to the kitchen, I suddenly slid to a stop when I heard talking. "Telling you does nothing, the only thing that I want is her." Was that Grimmjow what was he talking about? "I believe you and I do not doubt you for a second. I just think its sweet how worked up you get over her." I knew that voice well it was Nelliel. "Shut up." Were they talking about a girl, I couldn't believe it he has a girl he likes. I wonder who it is, could it have been that person that texted him that time. Suddenly I started shaking my head, I didn't want to be a busy body and besides who cares. I walked into the kitchen and seen them at the island drinking what I guess to be coffee.

"Morning Faith." Nel said beaming a smile at me. "Morning" I said to the two but it seemed like Grimmjow was ignoring me. He rose from his seat grabbed his cup and headed into the basement. What was his problem? He could have at least say hi. I sat down at the island and crossed my arms "Don't worry about him, he's just a little cranky from yesterday and" "and what?" I said wondering why she stopped there. The expression on her face looked like she knew what she wanted to say but was holding her tongue. "Well it's not my business to tell, if you want to know ask him." She smirked I opened my mouth to ask why when I was cut off. "Morning Nelliel." Orihime and Rukia already changed came walking into the kitchen. "Hi" she smiled at them.

The girls sat to the right of me "so how was the little get together?" Orihime was the one to answer her. "It was nice we had a fun time. Thanks for letting us stay the night." She didn't sound like her usual up beat self. "Thanks for keeping Faith company while we were away." I got up from my seat and walked over to the fridge. "I'll make some breakfast" I reached into the fridge to pull a carton of eggs and a pack of turkey bacon when I noticed a bruise on my arm. How in the world did I get this, I poked at it but it didn't seem to hurt. "Here" Nel said pulling two pans out for me and then a bowl, I take my attention away from the mark I grabbed the food. Maybe I got it last night I thought as I cracked the eggs and poured them into the bowl, they could know how. I glanced up from the bowl to see Rukia staring at me, but when we made eye contact she dropped her gaze. That was weird, I glanced over to Orihime but she kept her head down, this was so not like them.

"Hey do you guys know how I ended up sleeping on the floor?" I asked getting a spatula from the drawer. I thought it would be a funny story but the looks they gave made me reconsider. "What happened?" Nel asked looking from me to them. Rukia hesitated before speaking "In the middle of the night you started sobbing then your sobbing turned to crying. We tried to wake you but we couldn't and when you stopped crying you began yelling and thrashing about." Could that have been the reason for the bruise on my arm, but I couldn't remember any of this. "What did she say?" They looked to each other " you were saying stuff like I won't forgive you, but we could of miss heard you."

"Ichigo did however managed to calm you down. He held you till you were silent and sound asleep, however when he moved away from you the actions repeated themselves so he had you sleep next to him for the remainder of the night." Rukia said. I stood there quietly as I tried to remember the dream I had last night. I closed my eyes tight trying to remember what could have had me act out that way but the only thing I could remember was a reddish orange or maybe amber oval. A surge of pain like a headache ran through my head. "Faith!" All 3 girls yelled pulling away from my thoughts I opened my eyes to look at them. Nel came up to me and quickly placing a cloth under my nose "your nose is bleeding." I pulled at the cloth that she held to my nose with my free hand and seen spots of blood on it along with my shirt. I sat the bowl down on the counter, Nel lead me to the table and I sat there pressing the rag up against my nose.

"What's going on?" I turn my head to the hall and seen Ichigo walking in yawning, scratching his head he looked extremely tired. "Faith had a nose bleed." His relaxed expression changed "her nose was bleeding again." Nelliel looked over to him "this happened last night as well?" He nodded to her as he came over to me. As he lifted my chin up I moved the rag away and that's when I noticed a mark peeking out from the collar of his shirt. "I take it that you never seen this happen before." Nellie shook her head I push his hand away "it's just a nose bleed guys, I'm okay no need to freak out." I rose from the chair, could I have hurt him in my sleep I thought "see it stopped. I'll go and clean up then make us some breakfast." I walked out of the room and headed for my bedroom.

As I got to the top of the stairs I felt tired and dizzy. Maybe it was because of the nose bleeds I thought since I couldn't think of any other reason for it. Walking into the room I looked around my room for evidence of what happened but everything looked fine I yawned dragging myself over to my bed to sit down. Why was I tired I didn't feel tired at all when I was down stairs. I laid across my bed with my feet hanging off. I guess I didn't get a good night's sleep after all from what they told me, my mind went to the bruise on Ichigo. Did I really hurt Ichigo and if I did, did I also do the same to Rukia and Orihime? Maybe that's why they acted weird. My eyes felt heavy I moaned I can't fall asleep I need to change my shirt then go make breakfast. Even though my mind protested my body was wining I found myself falling fast asleep. But before I closed my eyes I could hear someone whispering "Awaken"

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I stared at the three people in front of me wondering what they had seen last night. "Now tell me." I said to them not needing to say more than that for them to know what I ask for. Orihime didn't seem like she was comfortable with the topic I wanted to discuss. "Rukia, Ichigo." I said letting my annoyance and worry slip through. "It happened just as I said." Rukia said keeping her eyes on her hands. "What else happened? The looks on your faces tells me that you know something so don't tell me otherwise." Rukia clenched her fist around each other then looked up at me, she opened her mouth to say something, but was cut off when her cell phone rang. She pulled her phone out of her pocket and walked out of the kitchen. Orihime had lowered her head to me to excuse herself then walked out of the room. I turned my gaze to Ichigo who for some reason looked exhausted. "Ichigo tell me." He leant back in his chair and closed his eyes as he let out a deep sigh. "What we felt."

"Felt?" I wasn't understanding what he meant, "What do you mean?" He looked to the hall then back to me "at first I would of just ignored it, past it off as I do with some of my friends." I still didn't understand what he was getting at. He seen the confused look on my face. "Last night Faith let loose an abundance amount of Reiatsu." Even with his answer I was even more confused. "All living beings have some amount of spiritual power." He shook his head "not like this." "How much more are we talking about?" "Enough to draw in the attention of hollows." How was that possible Faith isn't like us she shouldn't have that amount of power she's human. "Did she?" I asked him but he shook his head. "At first I thought it could of been from the effects of me being around her, but" he grew silent "but what?" I asked "how long have we been friends?" He said mostly to himself, what kind of question was that "what!?" He shook his head "nothing forget it." Why would he even ask a question like that, could there be something he's not saying? "I don't know how she's come to possess such a large amount of it but I think I might know someone that may know more." He rose from the chair "I'll call you when I find out more." He walked out of the kitchen. What was going on all I wanted to know was what happened last night and it seems as if none of them will explain properly.

I walk out into the living room and see the 3 getting ready to leave. "Are you two going as well?" "Yes, thank you for letting us stay the night." Rukia said as she walked out of the door. Orihime nodded then quickly followed after her. What was that look, it looked like she was ...scared. As Ichigo was about to leave I grabbed on to his arm. "Ichigo, what the hell was that?" He looked down at me confused. "What?" "What the hell was with that look Orihime had? It looked like she couldn't wait to get out of here." He tried to pull his arm free but I wasn't going to let go. "I don't know." "What do you mean you don't know?" I raised my voice. He broke free from my grip. "Like I said I'll tell you when I know more." He then turned his back to me and walked away. I slammed the door closed and huffed. What the hell, why won't they tell me.

I sat down stairs in the living room calming myself, I knew if I got any angrier I'd let my reitasu slip out and I didn't want that. An hour had past and Faith still hadn't come back down. Maybe she's doing her homework she did have a lot of it after all. I cleaned up the supposed to be breakfast then I made me a quick snake and went back into the living room and found something to watch while I ate I loved how there was always something to watch. However I found my mind going back to yesterday, we spent the whole day searching for Starrk while Harribell looked for a way on to the last floor. Ulquiorra and Grimmjow were at each other's throat the entire time and it really got on my nerves. I was glade those two had sent me and Grimm back to the house, it wasn't like I didn't trust Ichi and the others, it was just that I wanted us to watch over her. But with an unknown event that they witnessed and refused to talk about it has made me grow a little agitated with the 3. I closed my eyes and laid my head on the arm of the couch thinking and before I knew it I had fallen asleep.

I woke to the sound of loud booming and seen that the TV was playing a movie with people shooting at each other. I stretched as I got to my feet, I must have been asleep for a couple of hours. I should go check on Faith "so what was that about." I turn my head and see Grimmjow coming into view from the hall way not a single light on. "Maybe if you were up here you'd know." He shrugged "Maybe." I sighed "faith had a nightmare and apparently something else happened but those three won't tell me a thing." He moved closer to the stairs "what did they tell you?" "They only said she was yelling and thrashing around. Also Ichigo said that Faith had released a large amount of spiritual presser." He didn't seem confused as I was when I heard it, he seem surprised more than anything.

"Was he sure it was coming from her?" I nodded "he said it was different and then he went to go gather some information." I yawned He crossed his arm and let out a deep breath "that seems to be the thing now a days, no one seems to know what's going on these days." I nodded in agreement "yeah" "is she upstairs?" I looked up the stairs "yeah, she went to change her close but that was hours ago and I fell asleep so I have no idea if she up or not" "Want me to go wake her up?" He said grinning "No, I can do it myself." I laughed "you know pranking her isn't going to get you on her good side." I said as I started climbing the stairs, he chuckled "as long as I'm on her mind that's all that matters."

Shaking my head I made my way to her bedroom "Faith." I knocked, I waited a minute before I knocked again. "Faith, I'm coming in." Opening the door slowly I seen her laying across her bed still in the close from earlier with her feet dangling over the edge. "Don't you think you slept enough lazy bones?" I tugged her foot, but she didn't respond. I looked over to her dresser and seen her homework still in a pile. "Faith are you ignoring me for not telling you we weren't going to be home yesterday." I grabbed her foot and shook it and yet she did not respond. "Faith don't make me get Grimmjow to dunk you again." I climbed onto the bed and started to tickle her, but she still was motionless. "Faith...faith? Hey." I shook her gently "Faith, Faith!" My gentle shaking became frantic. "Faith wake up. Grimmjow!" I yelled, if this was a joke it was so not funny.

"Nel?!" I turn my head to face Grimmjow who was standing at the door. "She's not waking up no matter how much I shake her." I could hear the panic in my voice so I knew he could hear it too. He rushed over to us and turned Faith over on to her back. He placed his ear on her chest "her hearts still going." He held her face in his hands and gently slapped her but nothing happened. He pulled her onto his lap and shook her "Nelliel what the fuck happened!" The look on his face was beyond pissed and worry. I shook my head "I came up here and seen her like this I thought she was sleeping." What the hell, she was fine earlier what could have happened, dear god what could have happened. I stare at faith I could feel tears falling down my face and that's when Ichigo, Rukia and Orihime's face's popped into my mind.

"I may not know what's happening but I'm going to find who does." Grimmjow looks to me "Ichigo" I nodded as I slowly rose from the bed. "Stay with her." I pointed to her. He opened his mouth to shout but I cut him off "I know but just stay with her." I said as I was leaving the room. I wasn't going to let him loose on Ichigo, but I sure as hell wasn't going to let him off easy. He was going to tell everything even if I had to beat it out of him.

After we left Faiths house me and Rukia walked Orihime home, for the whole walk none of us spoke a word, I didn't know if they kept quite because they were scared of what they found or they didn't know how to discuss it which was how I was feeling. When Orihime was home safely, Rukia told me she had some where she needed to be. I wanted to talk at least with her about it but she refused to admit that she seen anything. For an hour I had wondered around town not knowing what to do about the image floating in my head I figured that talking to Uhrahara would help after all he knew almost everything and beside I needed information to give to Nel or she was going to rain hell down on me.

I went straight to Uhrahara's shop, when I arrived I walked right on in "hey Uhrahara." I said as I slid the door open. I stepped and was about to remove my shoes when Ururu had appeared from one of the other rooms with a broom. "Ichigo, hello." "What are you doing here?" I heard someone say from behind me." I glance back to see Jinta coming in to the store with his bat. "Hey Ururu, is Uhrahara busy I need to talk with him." I said ignoring the red head. "Don't tell him any-" "No, he left." I watched jinta hit Ururu on the crown of her head "why can't I" she said with little tears in the corner of her eyes. "We don't need to tell this idiot anything." He grunted and walked out of the hall way into the room she had just came out from. "How long has he been gone?" She thought to herself, bringing the handle of the broom to her chin. "I'd say an hour or so." "Did he say how long he be gone for?" She shook her head, I sighed he had to pick today to go off and walk the town. "Did he say where he was going?" She shook her head once more "no, someone that looked like Mr. Starrk just showed up and Mr. Uhrahara just left with him." I raised my eyebrow "someone that looked like Starrk?" Ururu nodded "yes, he looked like him, but he acted different and the atmosphere around him was quite different as well."

I had thought about what she said but couldn't really concern myself with it, not when my mind was already crammed with other thoughts. "Well tell him I stopped by." I waved to the girl and headed out the door. "Ichigo" I turned to see Ururu coming up to me "be careful out there Ichigo." I tilted my head to the side could she be worried about the hollows. "Be careful of what? The hollows" she shook her head "no, not the hollows, the Anhelo's" "The what?" I walked a little closer to her "they're far more fearsome then any hollow. Each act they make is never a wasteful one." She clenched the broom tightly, not breaking eye contact. "they're the apex predator, when they don't eat they kill, what they don't kill they mark as theirs and they're nearly impossible to kill." Just as I was about to ask more a bat came crashing down over her head. "Oww" she held her head in her hands "don't run your mouth to him, idiot." Jinta glared at me. "I just want him to be safe." Ururu said looking up to the annoyed red haired boy. He grabbed her by the arm "if he gets hurt that's his own problem." She looked from him to me. I sighed as I watched him drag Ururu by the arm " Ichigo whatever you do don't stare into their eyes." She yelled "shut up." He hit her again as he pulled her back into the shop.

With nothing to do and no one to discuss this with I headed home with the warning Ururu gave me stuck in my head. Maybe Dad might know something about these Anhelo's she warned me about. As I walked in to my house I braced myself for one of my old mans surprised attacks, but to my surprise he was helping Yuzu cook. "Ah, Ichigo welcome back, so how's your girlfriend doing?" I hung up my jacket "She's fine- She's not my girlfriend!" I yelled " you sure?" He whipped his hands with a towel. "She's not." I took my shoes off "she's just a friend just like Orihime, Rukia, and Tatsuki." He shrugged his shoulders "my bad, it's just you two only know each other how long and your already this close." I looked at him, the two of us had been friends for a very long time how could dad not know that. "Dad how long have you known Faith?" I know it was a stupid question but I had to ask. "Hmm I'd say as long as you have given or take a month." He scratched his beard.

"So are you ever going to make a move?" He grinned at me. "Dad leave him alone." Yuzu said waving a spoon at him "but it's time for him to become a man." I through my shoe at the back of his head "what's that supposed to mean." I yelled, he picked up my shoe and pointed it at me. "Exactly as I said." "Cut out all the yelling! I'm trying to study!" Karin had yelled from upstairs. "Why is she so mean to me." He cried, I sighed and headed up the stairs suddenly I stopped and remembered what I wanted to ask him "dad" he looked up to me letting me know I had his attention. "What's an Anhelo?" He gave me a blank stare before giving me a stupid look. "Is that some kind of new slang kids are saying these days?" I shook my head "never mind." Of course he wouldn't know he may have been a soul reaper but he was still an idiot. I climb the stairs and headed to my room. Closing the door behind me I plopped on to my bed, rolling over I stared at the ceiling while I remembered last night. I press the palms of my hands on my eyes as I let out a deep breath.

I heard a knock on my door then it opened, removing my hands from my eyes I seen Karin walk in with the arrancar boy right behind her. I had almost forgotten about him staying here. He had said he would we would barely notice him and he was right. I felt a small burning in my shoulder "Ichigo, Yuzu needs you to pick up milk." I propped myself up on my arms "why not ask dad." "He left to do something and I'm studding, that's why she's asking you." I sighed and sat up. "Sure." I rubbed my hand across my face and let my hand drop onto my knee. As Karin was half way out the door she stopped to look at the boy, he was standing there staring at me. "Hope" she said, he walked up to me and placed a hand on my knee and frowned. I looked down at the boy, gazing into his amber eyes and found myself getting tired. "Ichigo" I looked up to see Yuzu walking in "I need you to go to the store for me." I nodded, I glanced back down to where the boy was but he was gone and so was Karin

I rose from the bed and headed down stair. Once my shoes and jacket were on I headed to the store. I used the walk to go through the image again, I knew what I seen was real but a piece of me doesn't want it to be. It feels like if it was real then everything else will disappear. I walked into the store and headed straight back to the freezers. As I opened the freezer door to pick up the milk I heard someone come into the store. I went to the front to pay when I seen Keigo reading some magazine. "Keigo." I said to him as he lifted his gaze from what he was reading. "Ichigo" he smiled putting one of the magazines back on the rack and walked over to me. I handed the man at the register a bill "what are you doing Ichigo." Keigo asked "nothing really just getting milk. What about you?" The man handed me my change and went to ring up the magazines Keigo had placed on the counter. "Nothing much." I nodded as I glanced down at the two he bought. We left the store instead of heading straight home we stopped at the park.

"So what did you guys talk about last night?" He asked leaning on the pull up bars. I leaned back on them with my head looking up to the sky. "Nothing much really, just eating popcorn and watching a movie that's all." I could feel him looking at me "so nothing happened last night." After hearing his question my mind replayed what I saw; amber changing to purple, blood soaked hands, the desert filled with smoke, fangs, corpses, purple changing to amber. I felt myself being pushed I snapped away from my thoughts and looked to Keigo, who had a determined look on his face. "Nothing happened right?" He asked "of course nothing happened." I said, it was true nothing that he's worried about happened so I wasn't truly lying to him. He nodded his head as he walked away from me "last night I asked Faith out." I pretended to act surprised since I already knew. "Nice." "Were going out this Wednesday." "Tell me how it goes." He put his hands deep into his pockets and turns to look at me. "Do you think I have a shot?" I couldn't really tell him because I didn't know. "To be honest, you have a better shot then most guys and you have an equal chance with some." He nodded " yeah, I huh." I laughed "Faith doesn't have a type and she doesn't really care about dating. So her agreeing to one with you is a good thing for you." He smiled

We stood there and talked for a while, I wasn't worried about the milk since the weather was cold. We talked about where to go for a date and the rest on the usual, after a while the two of us headed our separate ways. When I got back to the house, I noticed that our dad wasn't back yet. I put the milk in the fridge and left the kitchen. Opening my door I seen Karin and Hope pulling on Kon each holding a leg and an arm. "Ichigo save me!" He yelled "what he do this time." I asked closing the door. "He was being rude to Hope." She said pulling a little harder. Sighing I grabbed the doll from the two and tossed him on the floor. "Now what do you two want?" I said shooing them off my bed. "Nothing." She said sitting on the floor leaning against my closet door. "Don't you have studding to do?" I asked her, she shrugged her shoulders "taking a break." I shook my head "in my room?" "Cause I feel like it." She grinned a little. Hope moved closer to Karin and started to pull on her arm "what's wrong." She said but he said nothing and kept pulling on her arm more frantically.

"What's up with him?" I asked "I don't know" maybe he had to pee I thought, but he didn't need her for that. "Ever since last night he's been edgy of late." He grabbed her arm and pointed to the door. "Okay, okay." She said as she got up. But as soon as she got to her feet I felt a huge amount of spiritual presser, I knew she felt it too because she froze and turned to me. Knowing it wasn't me she was actually looking at I quickly turned to look out of my window but it was too late. I heard glass breaking and found myself hitting the floor with something heavy pinning me down. I felt a hand grip tightly at my throat.

"Well, well isn't this disgustingly rare."