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Sorry for the late update. I had a lot of things going (won't name any in particular). Besides that, late happy birthday to me! XD It was last tuesday. Anyway, thank for reviewing. I really do appreciate it.

Disclamer: I do not own bleach or its characters in any way.

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Chapter 9: Hollow Attack

As the sun began to set, gray storm clouds started to rolled over it's brilliant rays of light.

"It's about to rain." Said Rukia as she looked out of Ichigo's window as she set on his bed, "I think you should get ready to go home, Shiyori."

"Huh? I can't leave just yet! I haven't finished all my homework yet!" said Shiyori troubling as she scrambled for the papers she had on the floor.

"I guessed you want to be showered on." Rukia said teasing.

"What! Heck no!" exclaimed Shiyori, "It's just that, I can't understand the work."

"You can come early to school tomorrow, Shiyori. I can help you there." Suggested Ichigo as got up from his desk.

"I guess I can do that…" said Shiyori as she rubbed her head with her hand. She sat on the floor and began to gather all of her paper off the floor and stuffed them into her handbag. She got off the floor and said "I guess I'll be on my way."

"Let me walk you out." Said Ichigo as he walks over to Shiyori.

"Okay. Well, bye Rukia!" said Shiyori

"Bye, Shiyori!" said Rukia.

They quietly made their way downstairs and Shiyori said her goodbyes to Yuzu and Karin who was sitting in the living room. Ichigo opens the door and as Shiyori walked outside, she said "Thank you, Ichigo. Well, I'll see you at school!"

"See you later!" said Ichigo as he waved goodbye to her. Shiyori walked slowly down the road but sped up because the skies were getting darker by the second. A drop of rain fell upon Shiyori's head. Then another drop fell and then another one. She quickly took out her umbrella out of her handbag and opened it before the rain could get bad. Before she knew it, it began to pour down raining. She was glad she had put her umbrella up just in the nick of time. She slowly began to walk as she started to ponder. The rain was something that always made her think. She wonders why some people always thought of the rain as such a sad thing. To her, it made her feel renew, clean, and wonderful. She loved the way it sounds and the way it felt. She gradually came to a stop as she put her hand out in the rain. Suddenly she heard a low deep growl. She quickly turns her head and as her eyes widened, she saw a large hollow with an ugly mask standing a few steps away from behind her. She quickly turns the rest of her body to face the hollow.

"Are you the princess?" asked the hollow with an eerie tone.

"Wh-What are you talkin' about?" Shiyori questioned in a frightful way as she began to take a few steps back.

"Aizen's daughter, Shiyori?"

"How do you know my name?" asked Shiyori

"So you're his daughter?"

"What!? Never will I be related to a bastard like him!" angrily shouted Shiyori

"How dare you disrespect our leader! You may look like her but you deserve to be killed!" furiously said the hollow as he threw a punch at Shiyori. She luckily dodged it but in the process, she dropped her umbrella. Still terrified, she did the first thing that came to her mind, run. She hastily began run, trying to create a distance between her and the hollow. After some time of running from the hollow, it became harder to run as the rain started to soak her clothes, weighting her down. She tried harder to run but the hollow quickly catch up to her. Suddenly she trips, hitting the hard, cold, wet ground. With the hollow close to behind her, she swiftly turns her body around to face the hollow, still lying on the ground. Froze in fear, she closed her eyes as the hollow was about to throw it final attack. She waited for fate to come but it never did. She slowly opens her eyes and to her surprise, saw Ichigo, in shinigami form, standing before her, blocking off the hollow behind him.

"You know what Shiyori, you're an idiot. Why didn't you use your powers?" asked Ichigo irately

"For you information, just because I have them doesn't mean I know how to use it yet!" argued Shiyori.

"What about Urahara's training?" asked Ichigo curiously.

"Oh, shut up, Ichigo." Said Shiyori irately as she turn her head. From her side vision, the hollow was about to strike again. At once, she yelled, "Watch out, Ichigo!" pointing at the hollow. Ichigo cut off the arm it was attacking with, then picked up Shiyori, and shunpo to a top of a building. Before Ichigo could go back to finish off the hollow, Sora had appeared out of nowhere and killed it. Before he knew it, Sora had shunpo up to the top of the building.

"Is Shiyori okay?" asked Sora with great concern on his face.

"Yeah, she's fine." Replied Ichigo. Sora walks over to Shiyori, who was on the ground, and help her up to her feet.

"What were you doing out here?" he asked

"Walking home. That was all I was doing." Replied Shiyori.

"Well, did it hurt you?"

"No, but I do have a major headache after falling on the ground. However, that hollow was rumbling about me being the princess and how I looked like her and me being Aizen's daughter." Explained Shiyori

"It said that?" said Sora curiously without trying to be too surprised of the infomation.

"Um, yeah, but I wouldn't care too much about it. I mean do I look like am related to Aizen?"

"No."

"Okay, then stop worrying about it."

"We probably need to see Urahara, but first you need to get some dry clothes on you before you get a cold." Suggested Sora

"Well, thank you for noticing." She said sarcastically, "I guess when you stand out in the rain you would get wet."

"I was only offering. You can stand in the rain and get wet all you want." Said Sora as he began to walk away.

"Hey! Stop walking away!" yelled Shiyori, which only made Sora walk faster. "Wait! Don't leave me in the rain!" she hastily said as she began to run after him.

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