When I came to, I was back in my physical body, in a bed somewhere. I didn't immediately recognize where I was and that scared me half to death. But then I realized I was back in the Shoten. How did I get back here? I was confused and I sat up really fast, and the underground training room spun around me really fast.

Ichigo suddenly looked at me. "Hey you're awake!"

I looked at him. "I remember the fight, but then I blacked out. What the heck happened?"

He was hesitant to answer, but at least he did. "Well, you had completely hollowfied while you were fighting me, then suddenly the whole shell just burst and you collapsed. You've been out for days now."

I blinked in surprise. "Days?"

"Yeah, you had severe burn injuries and one of your internal organs burst from close contact with something explosive…but Orihime took care of it." He said, forcing a smile.

I finally noticed the girl sitting next to Ichigo. She looked exhausted but had a smile on her face, and I noticed there was worry on her face, matching Ichigo's expression.

"We weren't sure when-or if-you were going to wake up. You were in a coma like state." Orihime let out a sigh of relief then frowned. "How did you get such severe burns to the point muscle was showing?"

I instantly remembered all of the lightning. "There was a lot of electric reitsu attacks being used. Mainly on me. And the one that caused an organ to rupture was probably when she was basically standing in front of me and blasted me with lightning."

Ichigo looked confused. "How the crap did that get involved?"

I shrugged. "I dunno, my hollow used it first, and then Yoso taught me everything else while I was fighting. It was like we'd become one person."

Ichigo frowned. "I'd never heard of anyone having an electric reitsu before…that is interesting stuff. I'll need to let Urahara know."

He started to stand up, but Orihime jumped to her feet. "I can do it! You stay here with her Ichigo." She ran off before either one of us could say anything.

"That works." Ichigo snorted and then looked at me, the worry returning. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine now." I said to him, taking his hand. "Really, I'm fine now."

I could tell he didn't believe me. But if I was being honest, I was only physically fine. Emotionally, I wanted to break down. I had honestly thought I was going to die when I had been fighting with my Hollow. I had gotten so close it was a very real danger. But I didn't want to upset Ichigo more by saying that emotionally, I was drained and scared.

He was staring at me and I realized I should probably keep telling him I'm fine except now I'm shaking so now I really won't be able to convince him. I sighed.

"I'm not that great, but I'm better than I was." I sighed.

He stared worriedly at me, obviously not believing me at all, which I guess he had a reason to, as I hadn't woken up for days. So it clearly wasn't the smart thing to do was wake up suddenly and tell him I was fine. In reality, nothing was okay, except for the Hollow finally being under control. That was the only thing I was okay with.

Subject change time. "So, what did I look like all hollowfied?"

He frowned. "Some type of bird. A falcon maybe. The talons were the scary part because you had them on your hands and feet and you kept trying to swipe people with them, which would've been bad because they were so sharp they were deadly."

I felt a small amount of sheer horror spread through me. "It was bad."

He shrugged, and I knew that he wasn't going to tell me the entire truth. "Not that bad."

Then Orihime shouted from upstairs. "Come up here!"

I slowly stood up, and very nearly collapsed again. My leg muscles were sore and fairly weak. Ichigo grabbed a hold of my arm to support me, as I could hardly walk on my own. The fight had occurred days ago, and I was still this weak? I wondered how I must have looked after the initial fight, with all those injuries. I probably looked pretty bad.

We made slow progress over to the ladder and then I realized there would be a problem. I wouldn't be able to climb up the ladder myself, or I would more than likely fall off. That wouldn't be much fun for me, considering how sore I still was. But I knew I had to try to get up, regardless of soreness, or weakness. I was going to do it, even if I was dead tired at the top—although that would be pretty pathetic if I was.

I put my hands on the ladder and hefted myself high enough to put my feet up. My arms were already shaking and it felt like my legs couldn't handle much of this. I gritted my teeth and slowly started climbing up. It was getting painful half way up, which I thought was ridiculous, by the time I reached the top, Orihime had to help me get off, as I was in absolute agony by then. I wonder how long it was going to take me before I'd be completely recovered.

Orihime helped me go over to the couch and she said to Ichigo. "You're dad's out front."

Ichigo sighed and I jumped. I hadn't realized he'd gotten up here. "And he doesn't know anything about Saru…fantastic."

He walked out to the front while I just sat on the couch, relaxing, the agonizing pain slowly subsiding back into moderate soreness. That felt ten times better if I was being honest.

Orihime sat next to me. "Are you still really sore?"

I nodded and then I had to ask. "How bad did I look after I had finished?"

Orihime's face went blank. "Really bad. You actually scared Ichigo half to death because he thought you and your Hollow might have simultaneously killed each other. I saw why he thought that. You were severly burned all over, and your muscles were showing in several different places. You also had a ruptured liver, which I was able to heal quickly, otherwise you would have died. And you were a bloody mess."

I shuddered at the thought, although I couldn't really imagine it. "I didn't realize I got that banged up."

Orihime winced. "Ichigo seemed like a mess himself when he brought you to me."

I winced at that but didn't say anything more. If Ichigo thought I was dead, that would explain why he was freaking out about wether or not I was lying about being okay. I wish I would have known that sooner. Now I felt like an idiot.

Ichigo suddenly returned a few minutes, sounding strained. "Saru can you come with me outside?"

"What for?" I internally cringed at having to walk.

"My dad wants to meet you."