"No way in Hell Ichigo, there is no way that you are going to that bar! That's set in concrete and final." Hoss bellowed. Both of them knew that Ichigo was not getting allowed into a bar after 9 without an ID stating he was over 21. The Substitute Shinigami went as far as to try and get a fake from one of the dealers around the county. Seeing as the local police were already keeping an all too close and too personal eye on the group.
Ichigo's bright orange hair served rather poorly as a target. Making the whole group stand out was a problem.
Turning around, Hoss moved outside to finish repairing his Mack truck. Even with everything going on, he knew that maintenance was key to the commercial truck's live span.
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Ichigo looked around the dark house. In fact it was rare, from what he heard Hoss was in bed before midnight. A loud thud came through the hall and Ichigo froze.
Nothing happened, so he passed it off as Hoss shifting in his sleep.
Closing the back door and locking it with a spare key, Ichigo moved outside to the barn that his car was stored in.
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Hoss stirred, then awoke with a start. At first he passed it off as a bad dream, but then he heard the rumble of Ichigo's chevy 454. When he heard that sound, he shot out of bed and grabbed his rifle.
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Hoss ran out of the door to his house just as Ichigo hammered the throttle.
"Ichigo, get your damned ass back here!" Hoss bellowed as he cocked his rifle and fired a shot in the air.
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Chad, Rukia, Orihime, Uryu and Urahara awoke with a start at the sound of the shot. Shunsui was hung over and crashing on the couch. Rolling off the couch in agony.
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Hoss ran in the house. He threw on his jeans and a t-shirt and grabbed his keys and wallet. As he was running out the door, he was getting on his boots and had his Colt Single Action Army pistol hanging out in the open off of his belt. He stopped for a moment as he saw Rukia, looking shaken, standing by the door.
"Rukia, did Ichigo say where he was going?" Hoss asked at her as he was getting his second boot on.
"No."
"Did he say anything at all?"
"He said something about meeting a guy. Someone with a weird name. Je Dee."
"THAT DUMBASS!" Hoss bellowed. "Rukia, get in your truck and take Chad with you. Go look for Ichigo."
With that, Hoss ran out of the house, fired up Black Widow and tore off after the orange haired substitute shigigami.
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Ichigo walked down dark alley. If he could have had his zanpackto out, he would of.
At the end of the alley, there was a man with a long trench coat.
"You got the money?"
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Hoss planted his foot hard on the floor. Even though he knew that it was the worst thing he could do for the transmission and gears, he did it anyway.
Police started blaring behind him and he started driving harder.
"I've got to find Ichigo." His mind knew what he had to too.
A guitar riff came over the radio he barely had on and he turned it up.
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Rukia had a lock on Ichigo's spiritual pressure and was following it. When she was within a block, it started moving quick. Chad was quiet as normal, but he seemed to be analyzing something. Rukia put her foot down in the truck and the turbocharger screamed.
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Hoss was driving hard and managed to loose the police. Moving through town, he was passed in the opposite direction by a Nova with a blower sticking out of the hood. Slamming on the brakes, he whipped the back end around. Rukia screamed by in her semi as he slammed the throttle to the floor. Tires squealed in protest as the 502 bellowed and forced the stationary Camero up to speed.
Even though Ichigo had a supercharger, Black Widow was able to catch up easily with the naturally aspirated engine. Hoss tried to get in front but somehow Ichigo was able to get in front of him. Hooking a sharp left, Ichigo was able to loose his instructor and ally.
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Ichigo began to feel bad, he ditched Hoss and Rukia, all for going to see a band. Getting out to go check on them, he was soon grabbed on the shoulder by a burly man.
"Oh, you're just in time." The man shoved Ichigo into the building behind him.
Inside was a bar with loud guitars, rowdy crowds and the smell of tobacco smoke heavy in the air.
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Hoss growled. Ichigo was in the club, so he had to go in there after him. He parked Black Widow a block away and left the doors unlocked. Reaching in the trunk, he grabbed a gun belt and a canvas bag from inside, slamming the trunk, he started to the bar only to be stopped by Rukia and Orihime.
"You two head back to the farm. I've got this." With that he strode past them, both confused.
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Hoss clung to the wall, for some reason his gut kept telling him that he needed to keep low. Looking up he saw a bathroom window open, he jumped up, grabbed onto the ledge and pulled himself up.
Dropping down, he saw that he was in a storage room. Even if the door was locked, he had a master key to get out and along with his shaky kido. Sneaking around the crates, he got to the door and tried it.
"Open, sweet." he mumbled and snuck out.
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"So, are you sure that we can move forward?"
"Of course, Hoss is in the club without a doubt. That Ichigo kid is there, so let them in." JD gave the order.
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"We got our orders, move, move, move."
With precision of a Swiss watch, the swat team converged on the club.
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Hoss was now mixed into the crowd, that was until shouts of police entering the building. Without thinking, he used a quick and effectively fast shunpo, confusing people nearby in the process but no attention was paid. Hiding behind a corner, a swat team member looked at him long enough to see a fist coming at his face and knocking him out.
"Hate to do that to you dude, no hard feelings." Hoss muttered as he pulled rope out of the canvas bag and tied the man up, relieving him of the gun, shield and pepper spray on him, setting them on the pile, taking only the ammunition out of the man's firearm.
"Remington .223s. Damn." Hoss muttered as he emptied the clip into the ground. Even though the ammo was still good, the swat team wouldn't waste time reloading clips.
The now empty clip was thrown over his shoulder as he shunpoed away to find Ichigo.
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Ichigo was slammed against the wall and handcuffed. The police instead of taking him to the waiting cars took him to an office. Inside sat a man with a black cowboy hat and black overcoat.
"Come in, sit."
Ichigo was more or less forced into a seat as the officer escorting him left the room.
"Ichigo Kurosaki, am I correct?" the man turned around, his face couldn't be seen from under his hat
"You might." Ichigo's reply was short and sweet, his scowl present the whole time.
"Yes, Ichigo Kurosaki, Substitute Soul Reaper, you received your initial powers then obtained your true powers to invade the afterlife, correct?" the man's voice had a smug tone to it.
Reaching for his badge, the thought crossed his mind that this guy knew more than he was letting on.
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Hoss felt the sheer weight with no control that was Ichigo's spiritual pressure, for some reason now, it felt darker and more… heartless if it was possible.
Tracking the pressure was no issue. Getting to is was.
Several armed police and security guards stood in front of the door, which was presumably locked.
"Hate to have to use her, but I have no choice." As quietly as he could, Hoss drew his Colt pistol that was also his zanpackto and put 6 copper jacketed 45 caliber rounds in the revolver.
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"YEEEEE HAAAAAW!"
The southern yell broke through the quiet of the room and hallway.
Ichigo knew who was there, it was someone to help him out of this bind.
The door was blasted off of its hinges and a white jacket and Stetson hat wearing figure rode the door in.
The white hat covered the wearer's face, but Ichigo knew who it was.
Without as much as a second to let the shock of his entrance fade, he pulled out his revolver and fired two shots. Both were accurate enough to break the handcuffs off of Ichigo's wrists.
"Hoss!" Ichigo and the man in black spoke in tones with the gunslinger that they associated him with.
"Let him go JD. Ichigo's not your man, if you have a bone to pick, pick it with me."
Loud shots echoed in the room, Ichigo covered his ears.