Title: Fated Souls

Rating: T

DISCLAIMER: Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Bleach belongs to Tite Kubo. Two respected mangaka! I do not own the characters in any way nor the story plot only the idea of this fanfiction!

Mizuki Tsukiyomi Notes: Hello! Yeah...long time no update huh? Sorry about that. I have a dance concert coming up and well...rehearsals take a toll on my poor little body he-he. But anyways, here is an update to Fated Souls and don't worry, an update to Remember is coming up!

This chapter doesn't hold a lot of interaction between Rukia, Kagome, and Ichigo, but I promise future chapters will not be disappointing! This story needs to be taken slow...my old readers and reviewers know exactly how I do my stories haha.

Anyways, here we go! Enjoy!

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Guest, Joker2113, xXSasuHinaXx, Killercandycane, starmienight, Guest (2), xlove-kawaix, and Soul Titan!

Enjoy!

Chapter 13: An Invisible Truth?

Rukia looked at the orange head across from the room after the snake hollow had disappeared from a shallow slice of Ichigo's Zanpakuto. Her eyes narrowed down: "All hollows were once normal people."

Ichigo's eyes widened at the news. He didn't expect that to come out. All this time he had thought-

"Wha-," Ichigo took a step forward, making Kagome move out of his way as soon as he rushed forward and grabbed Rukia by the collar of her shirt: "Normal!? You didn't...! I thought they were monsters! And I have to kill them!?"

"That's right!" she shouted back, looking at him dead in the eye as she was brought up higher from his grab. Rukia slapped his hand away, making a deeper distance between them: "They are monsters now and we must kill them!"

Ichigo's glare tightened: "So...! So the ones I whacked used to be...!"

Kagome shook her head and stepped in between the two, catching both of their attentions: "This is no time to argue you two!" she exclaimed. She quickly turned her head towards the tall Shinigami: "If we don't leave soon...that girl will die!"

'Girl?' Ichigo looked at her worried expression. 'What girl?'

"Are you freaking stupid!?" exclaimed a girl with short spiky black hair as her glare targeted the strawberry head girl sitting with her on the floor.

The strawberry head pouted at the insult: "Don't be rude, Tatsuki! I'm totally not stupid!"

A small sigh passed Tatsuki's lips as her eyes closed the sight of Orihime's house: "Why, Orihime? Why would you blow a chance like that!?"

Orihime's body shyed away as a small blush appeared on his cheeks. She had invited her friend over to tell her what happened with Ichigo at the park and the last thing she expected was her friend to scold her. Orihime locked eyes with Tatsuki: "I...blew something?"

"Uh...yeah!" Tatsuki slammed her hand on the table in between them: "You have to reach out and grab it!"

Grabbing her cup of tea, Orihime slowly brought it up to her lips: "Grab...it?"

"Yes!" Tatsuki's index finger came up: "If he asks if you want him to walk you home, you say 'oh yeah!' and then pretend your leg is killing you and hang on his arm!" A small blush appeared on Tatsuki's face as she inched her face closer to her friend: "Then, when you come to a nice secluded spot along the way...shove him into the shadows and...throw him to the ground!" Her eyes turned to a firey glare, surprising Orihime by making her spit out her tea from the sudden yell Tatsuki gave out.

Bringing her cup down with the liquid running down her chin, she screamed out: "Tatsuki!"

Tatsuki gave her wink by bringing her hands up to cup her invisible huge breasts that pictured Orihime's size: "Hmm, actually, you could just shove those magnificent boobs in his face and let him attack you! Then it's all his fault!" Bringing her hand up to her chin, she looked away: "But he's already getting pretty chummy with those new girls...that Ichigo is no slouch."

Orihime caught Tatsuki's attention as she crossed her arms on the table and gave her friend a smile: "Oh, I just saw them in the park together."

"Have you ever been to the park with Ichigo?" asked Tatsuki with a playful glare. "We actually went to the arcade once..."

"Me?" blushed Orihime with a blink: "And Kurosaki-kun? Alone...in the park..."

Their conversation stopped as soon as they heard a big sound coming from room. Looking behind her shoulder, Orihime's eyes widened along with Tatsuki. Tatsuki watched as their attention went over to see a teddy bear over Orihime's shelves slowly coming down to the ground: "What...was that...sound?"

Orihime quickly got up from her spot and ran over to grab her small bear: "Oh no! Enraky fell down! Enraku! Speak to me!"

"Oh, it's just Enraku," sighed Tatsuki. "Seriously?"

"Hey!" exclaimed Orihime as she noticed a rip near the teddy bear's ear all the way down to the side of his left eye. "Oh no! How did you get torn!?"

Tatsuki walked over to look at the bear over Orihime's shoulder: "Whoa. Maybe the fabric is rotting?"

"That can't be...," Orihime once again gave a pout. Her eyes caught something red on her hand, the one behind the bear's head. Blinking, an eye brow came up: "What's this? It looks like...blood..."

In a blink of an eye, Orihime's eyes widened as she felt something pierce into her chest. The pain was unbearable and she was sure she saw a huge clawed hand coming out from the bear's face and into her chest. Letting go of the bear, her body fell back onto the floor, taking Tatsuki by surprise.

"Hey! Orihime!? What's wrong!?" Her eyes tightened, unsure what was going on: "What happened!?"

"Hollows attack their own family!?" exclaimed Ichigo as he looked over his shoulder to see Kagome nodding at his response. As they jumped from house to house, Kagome was on Ichigo's back, along with Rukia. He had been against the idea of him carrying them but Kagome was able to convince him and they weren't really heavy...especially the petite one.

"Yes," answered Kagome in a low voice.

"How come!?" he shouted again, concentrating on the road ahead. "Hollows eat souls because they are hungry, right? I thought they attacked randomly?"

A sigh passed Kagome's lips: "Hollows attack humans and ghosts randomly after they have eaten their own families."

Ichigo's eyes widened, looking back at Kagome once again: "No...way..."

"One more thing," Rukia cut in, her eyes turning into a glare: "They don't eat souls because they are hungry. They eat souls to ease their pain. Hollows are fallen souls. Souls that were not admitted to the Soul Society by a Shinigami. Souls that were left behind. Souls that weren't saved from other hollows. These fall, lose their hearts, and become hollows themselves. Then the hollow soul forever strives to fill the emptiness inside. It stalks the people it loved the most in life."

Rukia took a small pause before continuing with an example to match her explanation: "You've heard of widows who soon their husbands to the grave? Their husbands ate their souls."

Kagome sighed and gripped onto Ichigo's shoulders. Narrowing her eyes, she spoke out: "Today…at the park…when we saw Orihime-chan, she had a large bruise on her leg." She looked away and into the building lights: "Where a hollow grabbed her."

Ichigo couldn't help but have his own eyes widen at the news. That bruise had not been from accident with the car but with a hollow. Something so simple…was actually from that monster. He heard Rukia speak next: "Kagome-chan is good with sensing reiatsus and mostly never is mistaken on who they belong to. That's why I asked about her family at the park."

"You said she had an older brother," added Kagome. "If he was her only family…then we are certain he will come for her."

Thrown to the wall, Tatsuki's blood sprayed out of her shoulder after feeling a sharp injury coming down. Resting her back on the wall behind her, her eyes slowly glided over to look at the wound that had come from an invisible force. Blood dripped drop by drop. Her eyes filled with nothing but fear and confusion.

"What hit me?" she whispered in question. "I…I'm bleeding? What on earth-!?"

She was quickly thrown to the ground while holding the wound with her free hand.

"Ugh!" she grunted her pain out.

Out in the corner of the room, gray eyes shook with fear as she saw the horrendous snake monster above her friend Tatsuki. She crouched in fright, looking at his enormous size. Her hands trembled while covering her mouth from gasping and screaming.

'Wh-What!? What's happening!? That thing…' she scanned the creature once again, 'is it a monster?' Her eyes landed on a body that laid unconscious on the floor. Head down and weak. It was her own body with a chain attacked to her chest and connected back to her chest that she looked down on.

'My body…what's it doing over there? What…what's happening to me? Am I dead? I feel dizzy…,' she tugged and pulled on the chain, wondering about the object: 'A chain? I'm chained up? I can't…breathe…' She tugged on it harder: 'I don't like this!'

Her ears picked up the sound of her friend suddenly begging and choking for air. A large clawed hand had wrapped itself around Tatsuki's small thin neck, her eyes ready to give up. Orihime's eyes widened: "T-Tatsuki!"

'Am I…I can't be daydreaming…,' she told herself. Quickly, she got on her two feet and ran towards the monster: 'I've got to save Tatsuki!'

The hollow immediately felt his arm being pushed back by a body. Looking down, he noticed the orange head girl pushing her own weigh onto his arm to get his off. Tripping, she landed near her friend and tried to help her regain her breath: "Tatsuki! You okay!? Run for it!"

Her friend continued to desperately gasp for air and huff quickly. Orihime shook her shoulders: "Tatsuki! What's wrong!? Say something!"

"It's no use, Orihime."

Slowly, Orihime looked up at the horrible creature above them.

"She can't hear us," he continued. "She can't see us either."

"How…do you know…my name?" she whispered loudly to him.

The glowing eyes behind the monster's mask narrowed down angrily: "…Have you forgotten my voice?" Orihime caught his clawed hand coming down on her, making her freeze in her spot: "That wounds me, Orihime!"

Orihime quickly closed her eyes, waiting for the impact. Waiting for her death and to feel the pain but nothing came. No pain. No tears. No blood. Slowly, she opened her eyes little by little and noticed a black fabric flowing with the breeze that came in. Looking up, she was surprised to see a familiar orange head boy holding a huge sword that currently blocked out the monster's hand from attacking her.

"Ichigo?" she whispered.

MizukixTsukiyomi's Notes: Once again, I am sorry about the small chapter and not the very good interaction between Rukia, Ichigo, and Kagome. Again, sorry! Promise the following chapters will be so much better! Especially after this part of the story!

Please tell me what you think? I've been needing motivation ha-ha.

Thank you for reading!

Ja~ne!