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Ok, yeah…that doesn't look good…

Although they had sensed it…no, expected it, the attacking Hollow still managed to take them off guard. For such a huge monstrosity, it was surprising how it just dropped in from the tree tops. Despite never really facing off against one, Aiko reactively guarded from the razor sharp talons with her Zanpakuto.

Before she could mark up her first kill, a bolt of light struck the beast, and dissipated it from existence.

"Hey! Kill-stealer!!" The small maroon haired girl ignored the teen's whines, and jumped away from a second Hollow's attacks. Without even trying, she turned in midair, and shot it right between its eyes.

"Not now Kurosaki!" Aiko grumbled from Setsuko's remark as she narrowly dodged a third Hollow's attacks.

"Whoa! I didn't even sense that one!!" She loped off its hand at the wrist, and jumped to the side as the Hollow attacked teeth first.

"They must have been suppressing their reiatsu." Setsuko shot a bolt into a third Hollow. "We've stumbled into a trap!" Aiko was too busy fighting off her opponent's teeth that she did not have enough room to maneuver away from its left claw. A bolt shot through its raised arm, giving the Shinigami a chance to slice through its blood red neck.

"Haha! I got one!!" She celebrated.

"Big deal…" Setusko shot yet another Hollow. "That's my fourth for the day." Behind her, the same Hollow angrily stood up, and prepared to swipe at the small girl. Even she was surprised when Aiko had crossed a distance of ten feet in the blink of an eye, and swiftly sliced the monster in twain.

"Oops…looks like its three to two now…" Aiko mocked, and she blocked against another Hollow's claws.

Minutes had passed since the girls engaged in battle, and there was no end in sight of the Hollow horde. "This is ridiculous!! I actually probably killed up to ten of them, but they won't stop coming!" The two had retreated three times from three consecutive areas, in an attempt to take out the fastest before the slower ones caught up. "What's worse is that I think I lost count after eleven! They all look the same to me!!"

"They all look the same?" The young Quincy darted her eyes between the four Hollows quickly approaching them. "They are the same!" Halting in her tracks, Setsuko focused on the cylindrical pipe and aimed her bolt carefully. She actually ignored the first three to attack her, despite Aiko appearing to cut up two of them, but nothing happened.

The third Hollow's claws passed right through her, as if it was never there in the first place. The fourth Hollow ran towards them, and Setusko finally let loose her arrow. The beast attempted to dodge the bolt, but was soon struck by a second connecting with its ankle, and it collapsed into a roll on the ground.

"Very good little girl…" The Hollowed growled. It stood up despite its injury, and smiled its bleached face towards his opponents. "How did you know?"

"I know my colors." The girl replied and readied a third arrow. "Unlike all of the other Hollows, you were a much darker shade of red, and you had several distinct markings around your skin." The Hollow smiled another smile, genuinly impressed by her powers of observation, but disappeared out of sight only to reappear just inches away from her.

"Well that's good, so I hope you like the color of blood!!" Throwing its massive claw down towards the girl, the beast strained and groaned against something pushing back. "What?" Looking down, the raven haired teen was fighting a battle of mercy using her blade against his claw. He struck down with his other hand, only to have it blocked by the same blade. "How can you be so fast!?"

"I play video games…" Aiko replied, and smirked at her own witty remark. A glow brought the beast's unseen eyes even lower towards the ground, to see the small maroon haired girl armed with a glowing arrow. Without saying a thing, she shot point blank and pierced through its teeth. The arrow continued through the back of its head, and flew off into the sky like a missile.

Groaning, the Hollow slumped towards the ground, but dissipated before it dropped. The spluttering blood disappeared as well, just before splattering over the two girls.

"Are you ok, Kurosaki?" Setsuko turned towards the taller girl, not being able to hold back a smirk. "You were actually pretty-" the small girl rushed to grab Aiko's black kimono, and strained to let her down to the ground slowly. "Kurosaki!?"

"Ne, daijoubu, squirt…I just never really…fought like that before, you know?" She managed a smile and wiped away sweat running down her forehead. Traces of blood stained her hands, answering her question as to why her hands throbbed so much.

"You're bleeding!! You need help!"

"Nah…I guess I just grabbed the hilt too hard, huh?" Aiko was all too aware that Setsuko was generally scared for her. Hisana was the same way when she witnessed her big sister accidentally fall down a steep hill while rollerblading. It wasn't too bad, but pads would've helped protect her from scraping her skin. Kai would've been worried for her the same way, but he was too busy berating her on what mom and dad said about wearing pads. "Say, I guess that the count's only one – zero, huh?"

Setsuko was taken back by that, but she guessed that it was true. "Hai… one – zero…"

Some words from the Typewriter:

Not even I expected things to happen the way they did...I mean, what are the chances that his happens to be chapter 10!? Still though, those girls are tough!

Thanking all of you who've read, but even more for reviewing!

Fun Facts:

-Daijoubou means "I'm ok." or "I'm fine"

-Have you noticed all the "ko's" going around? Emiko, Aiko, and Setsuko...wierd coincidence, don't you think?

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Aiko Kurosaki created by RadiantBeam

Setsuko Ishida created by Typewriterman