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Ichigo was walking with his siblings Shiro and Brielle. It's night out, and they wanted to get some fresh air. Kikoo and Zangetsu were within Ichigo's inner world taking a nap while it's finally quiet.

Ichigo spots someone up ahead and recognizes him as Ikkaku. "Hey, Ikkaku," He called out.

The bald-headed man turns to see who called him. "Yo, Ichigo. What are you doing out here?" He asked.

"Nothing much, just getting some air," The teen replied.

"It's quite stuffy in the 4th division," Shiro stated.

"We've been in there all day. If we stayed there any longer, I would've lost whatever sanity I have left," Brielle muttered.

"Yeah, I feel ya. I'm surprised that you didn't go crazy being there for that long," Ikkaku said with a raised eyebrow.

"So how about you; why are you out?" Ichigo asked.

"Hoping to run into my Zanpakuto. I've been itching to fight someone strong. Who better than my own sword, right?" The bald man answered with a giant grin.

Ichigo chuckled, "Good point. I fought Shiro and Zangetsu not too long ago, but I wouldn't call that fun."

"We should a had Brielle in the fight as well. That would a been an awesome fight!" Shiro exclaimed with an insane grin eating his face.

Ichigo turned to his Hollow-Zanpakuto. "No, it's not ever going to happen. I don't have that much of a death wish," Ichigo said firmly.

"Not only that but the Seireitei would be annihilated," Brielle pointed out.

Shiro cackled, trying to think of a way to get his king in one of their fights without him noticing. 'Brielle should be able to come up with somethin',' He thought.

{It would have to be somewhere where no one would get killed.} The feather-winged dragon read her Hollow brother's mind.

They spoke for a little while when they all heard two voices coming from the other side of the wall next to them.

"Who's that?" Ichigo asked.

Shiro sniffed the air and said, "There're Zanpakuto over there. I also smell some Shinigami, but I don' know any of 'em."

"The one smells like rice crackers I think…" Brielle said.

Ichigo turned to Ikkaku. "Know anyone that might have that scent?" He asked.

"I think Omaeda. He eats rice crackers all the time," Ikkaku stated.

Shiro laughed, "I guess he ate so much of them that his scent changed."

Ichigo walks over to the wall, lifts his foot up, and kicks a chunk of the wall off; hitting Omaeda in the process. "Oops, I missed." Shiro and Brielle start laughing uncontrollably.

"Oh my Hollow King, I wish I had a camera!" The Hollow-Zanpakuto shouted between laughs.

"Ichi, your either bad at aiming, or…!" Brielle started.

"You did that on PURPOSE!" Shiro finished.

Ichigo didn't bother answering his siblings and let them die laughing.

{You're so nice, King/Ichi,} They said simultaneously. The hybrid still didn't say anything.

"Who are you guys?!" A big, fat looking Zanpakuto spirit demanded.

Ichigo turns to answers, but Ikkaku and other Zanpakuto that looks like an orange beast charge at each other. 'I'm guessing that's Ikkaku's Zanpakuto,' Ichigo thought.

"Hey, partner. This must be my lucky day," The orange beast said.

Ikkaku looked confused for a moment, but then he saw the blade that the beast is wielding. "So, you are my Zanpakuto. You're right today is a lucky day. Lucky for me that is!" The two of them start fighting.

Shiro looks a bit disappointed that he can't fight the beast Zanpakuto; he doesn't want to fight the big one because he looks weak. And he was right when he saw him attack his king and Ichigo knocks the guy out when he split the spike ball and chain and send the attack right back at him; the two halves of the weapon hitting him in the face.

Ichigo brings the Zanpakuto back to Brielle so she can tie the spirit up.

Brielle, Shiro, and Ichigo watch Ikkaku fight his Zanpakuto when Brielle was done. Hozukimaru was in bankai, which doesn't surprise them at all. Just because the Shinigami didn't learn it doesn't mean the Zanpakuto can't use it. What they didn't know is that Ikkaku did learn it.

Ikkaku was getting his butt kicked when the 2nd division appeared along with Ukitake and Kyoraku.

"Don't move, Zanpakuto. You're surrounded," Soi-fon demanded; all of her men around the Zanpakuto and Ikkaku.

Brielle grabs hold of the big Zanpakuto and hands him over to Soi-fon. She said a few things about that the Shinigami of the Zanpakuto have to be the ones to defeat it for them to return or else it will just kill them.

The dragon-Hollow turned to walk back over to Ichigo and Shiro when she finds out that they are both missing along with Hozukimaru. 'Where did they go?' She sighed. Brielle returns to Ichigo's inner world and comes back out next to her soul brother. "Why did you run off?" She asked.

Ichigo turns to Shiro. "You did see that, didn't you?" He asked.

Shiro nodded his head. "Yeah, but it was like he was helpin' the Zanpakuto get away."

"Guys, what happened?" Brielle asked.

Ichigo turned to face his soul sister. "I ran after Hozukimaru, but I lost him because Byakuya stopped me," Ichigo explained.

Brielle looked confused. "You sure it wasn't his Zanpakuto that did that?"

"Well, I saw him standing right over there." Ichigo pointed to the roof where he saw Byakuya standing.

"And I didn' smell any other Zanpakuto except Ikkaku's," Shiro said. "So it had to have been the flower guy."

Brielle grabbed her head with both paws. "Why would he do that? I don't understand idiots," She mumbled to herself.

"We got to tell the others. Come on," Ichigo said while turning to go back to the 4th.

TBC

Oh god, it's so SHORT! Don't worry, the next one will be longer. *sigh*

Shiro: Hey, King, look. :)

Ichi: *looks at the picture that Shiro is showing him* What the... O_O Is that...?

Shiro: That's you. :3

Ichi: Is that still Shikai or Bankai?

Enj/Bri: God only knows. That might still be Shikai. You didn't say Bankai, just waking this one up. *pointing at Shiro*

Ichi: Hey, Soul King, what happened here?

Soul: How should I know? I'm dead, if you forgot! DX

Ichi: Oh, right, sorry. ^^'

Enj/Bri: Aizen, if you will.

Aizen: Please review... -_-

Enj/Bri: See? Now, was that so hard? :)