--MY LIFE IS A LIE!!! All this time, I thought that Rangiku (from Bleach) was a blonde…but in reality…she's a red-head! (breaks down in a corner)

Yeah, I wrote the above comment, like, a week ago…My friends and I have already established that I'm color-blind. More importantly…I gave up chocolate for Lent. Somebody shoot me. TT

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or Furuba.

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-Chapter Thirty-Five-

As the blast hit Godo, and he flinched to block it, Skye shook her head, snapping out of her shock.

"Ichigo! Now!" she shouted.

Suddenly, Ichigo appeared behind the Hollow, sword raised. Godo turned his head slightly, wide-eyed, but it was too late. Ichigo's sword came down.

Godo stood still, slowly disintegrating. Slowly, he turned to Skye. "You were right. You did do a better job of entertaining me together.

"And you." He turned to Emily. "Whether you meant to or not, you hid an incredible amount of spirit energy. I never suspected…never sensed…" He shook his head. "Incredible…" He trailed off, finally disappearing completely.

Everyone was silent for a minute.

"Emily-san…That was amazing," Uryû said. Chad and Ichigo nodded in agreement.

Skye was almost bouncing. "That was so sick! Do it again."

"I…I'm not sure how…" Emily stared at her hand.

"Well, we can figure it ou…"she trailed off, eyes focused on nothing.

"Skye? What's…?" Emily, too, trailed off.

"Hey, what's up?" Ichigo asked.

"What's wrong?" Uryû questioned.

Yoruichi and Chad watched, concerned.

After a moment, Emily blinked. "Whoa. What was that? Weird…" She looked at Skye, who was still staring into space. "Hey. Skye. I think that was from out world. We can sense stuff across dimensions!"

Skye's mouth worked to mouth silent words. She didn't blink or turn her head.

Emily's eyebrows furrowed. "Skye?"

Slowly, Skye turned to her. She smiled, slowly at first, then bigger to a version of her normal grin. "Yeah, I guess we can."

"You mean, you can sense things that are happening in your world?" Ichigo asked. When they nodded, he said, "Cool! What'd you see?"

Emily shrugged. "Nothing much is going on, I guess. All I got was static, and some random voices I couldn't understand." She turned to her friend. "What about you, Skye?"

Skye turned to her distractedly. "Huh? Oh, yeah. Right. Me, too."

Emily peered at her, confused.

Then Yoruichi spoke up, "We should head back." They all nodded in agreement.

As they headed back, thunder rumbled from high above. A raindrop fell on Skye's nose. She flinched.

"Chill out, Skye," Emily said, opening her umbrella. "It's normal rain this time." She paused. "Guess you were right. This umbrella did come in handy." She looked over at her friend.

Skye stared straight ahead, not saying a word. She didn't respond.

Emily gazed at her, worried, but didn't speak. It's probably best if I don't interrupt her, she thought. Then she smiled to herself. Skye doesn't get a good chance to think very often.

And so, the group continued down the peaceful road, back to the waiting house. Until Yoruichi started complaining about the rain. And Ichigo yelled that they should have brought an umbrella. And Uryû freaked out because his Quincy uniform was white. But at least Skye and Emily, who did bring an umbrella, walked quietly and peacefully.

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(The next day…)

"Hey, guys! Portal's here!" Ichigo yelled from the front lawn. "C'mon! We gotta go save Rukia, remember?!"

"Calm down, Kurosaki," Uryû said.

"Don't get your panties in a bunch, Ichigo," Yoruichi muttered.

"Why're you so disagreeable?" Ichigo asked, surprised.

"Maybe because it's 6'o-freakin'-clock in the morning," Skye groaned. "On a Saturday. Some people like to sleep, y'know. So, shut up." She turned on her heel and went back inside.

Ichigo blinked. "What's her problem?"

Emily walked outside. "It's her T.O.M.."

"Eh?"

"Oh, poor Skye-chan," Orihime said.

"What's a T.O.M.?" Ichigo wondered.

"It's a girl thing," Emily told him.

"You're so clueless, Kurosaki," Uryû said.

"Wait. You know, Ishida?"

"Okay…changing the topic," Emily said. She looked around for a distraction. "Portal! The portal's here! Heh heh…Time to go, guys. Bye!"

"All right. See ya," Ichigo muttered, turning to the portal.

"Ah! Wait!" Tohru ran out of the house. She put her hands on her knees, panting. "I…wanted to…say goodbye."

Ichigo and the others stared at her, waiting.

"Oh! Tohru-chan!" Orihime cried, running to her. The two girls hugged, sobbing. "I'm going to miss you!"

"I'll miss you, too!" Tohru sobbed. "I'll think about you every day."

"Okay," Emily muttered under her breath. "That's not slightly creepy."

"Bye!" Orihime cried, turning around again.

Ichigo and Uryû rolled their eyes.

"Let's go, Orihime!" Ichigo said. "We gotta go save Rukia!" He was practically bouncing.

"Shut up!!" Skye yelled from the second story window.

"You shut up!!" Ichigo yelled back. Emily facepalmed.

"Fuck you!!!"

"Ichigo," Emily said quietly. "You're gonna want to stop arguing. Skye can actually be pretty scary when she's mad. Just go."

Everybody waved, then the Bleach crew left.

And that was it.

-End-

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--And that's that. I'm going to leave you to contemplate how Uryû knows about…that. Heh heh…

I've currently fallen in love (for the 3rd time) with the My Chemical Romance album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. Also, I've discovered a hilarious singer/comedian named Stephen Lynch. I have "Beelz" and "Voices In My Head"…stuck in my head.

Okay. Review, review, review!! Danke. Ja ne!