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Hollow speaking or thinking

Zanpakuto Spirit speaking or thinking

Normal speaking or thinking

Randy sprinted in the night, hoping he wasn't too late. Rukia was situated on his back, holding onto his shoulders, which slowed him down a bit. He realized this and began picking up speed to cancel out the extra weight and not lose time.

While he ran, he thought about Nel and the new information he had received from the diminutive Soul Reaper. Thinking back to the green-haired girl's mask fragment on her head, he had to wonder if the fragment used to be part of a Hollow mask. Did his soulmate used to be a Hollow? If that was the case, how did she gain a human form? From what Rukia had told him, Hollows were dead souls that never passed on to the Soul Society, and he saw that they had forms that didn't resemble humans. 'It doesn't matter, I don't care if Nel used to be a Hollow, I still care for her and that's not going to ever change.'

They finally came up on Orihime's residence and saw the twisted version of Sora Inoue prowling around the area. The Hollow that used to be Orihime's brother was salivating and evil red eyes were peering into the window with its clawed hands making its way through the wall of the house slowly toward the unsuspecting girl.

Rukia got off Randy's back and said, "We're not too late. Randy, stop him before he consumes her!"

"On it!" He leaped off the roof he was standing on and brought his sword down in a stabbing motion into the back of its shoulder. The Hollow roared in pain and quickly pulled out of the wall and stumbled into the street, swinging wildly to get the blond off of his back. Randy fell off onto the ground from not being able to hold on tightly.

"Ugh, remind me never to try bull riding professionally like I did just now. That hurt." he groaned and got up after a few seconds. Grabbing his weapon, he squared off against the monster. The Hollow lunged and he jumped out of the way.

"RAHHHH! She forgot about me! You won't keep me from her, not my Orihime!"

"I'm gonna do just that, so don't even think about eating her!" shouted Randy as he deflected another swipe with his Zanpakuto.

The battle raged on for some time. The Hollow slashed and grabbed at Randy, hoping to kill him to progress forward in its goal, but he just kept fighting back, hacking off multiple claws on its hands to prevent other injuries from occurring on his body. He then slashed off the tail and his hands so he could not attack him again. However, the Hollow decided to keep from getting more injuries by avoiding the attacks.

Randy panted. 'This is getting nowhere. He won't let me get close enough to finish him off. Sora said Orihime forgot about him. Maybe, if I talk to him and show him differently, he will understand that he doesn't have to suffer any longer and let me send him on.' "HEY! You said Orihime forgot about you. You're her brother, Sora, right? She looked up to you, if I'm not mistaken. So why are you saying this? How did she forget you?" he shouted.

The Hollow stopped in his tracks for a minute, just standing there with his eyes staring at Randy. A low rumble came from his throat. "After I died, I watched over her daily, even if she couldn't see me. She always prayed for me at night before she slept. Unfortunately, Orihime eventually became friends with another girl and started spending more time with her. I watched this happen, and eventually, she began praying for me less and less over time, wanting to hang out with that girl more often."

Randy knew who the former human was talking about. "Tatsuki, you're talking about Tatsuki, aren't you?"

"Correct. My sister soon stopped praying for me entirely. It's agonizing to think the one you cared for the most in your life forgot about you. I want my Orihime back! If it weren't for that Tatsuki girl, she would have never stopped praying!"

The hybrid sighed. He could understand how Sora felt. "Maybe the reason she stopped praying for you was because she finally moved on and stopped grieving."

"What?"

"I know what it's like to lose a family member. When we lost our mother, it hit us hard. My brother, Ichigo, was with her when she died, and it tore him up inside. But he was able to get past it because he accepted she was gone, and instead of grieving forever, he made sure to always remember her and honor her memory, all of us moved on and did that. Look, my point is that your sister likely never did forget you, she probably didn't want to spend the rest of her life mourning you when it wouldn't bring you back or her any happy memories."

Randy then heard words being spoken by the girl inside the house, and the exact words couldn't have come at a better time. He motioned for the Hollow to look inside the house and hear what Orihime was saying. They both looked and saw her looking at an old picture of Sora and her at a younger age.

Orihime sighed quietly. "Sora, the day you died was the worst day of my life, it felt like my heart was ripped in two. I only had the hairpins you gave me that day to remember you by. But I have worn them everyday to remember what you meant to me. You don't have to protect me any longer, I'm old enough to do so myself, but I will always cherish the thought of you doing so. And I will always love you, my brother. Don't you ever forget that, wherever you are." She lightly kissed two of her fingertips and pressed them to Sora's face in the picture. Then she retired to her room for the night.

The Hollow pulled away from the window slowly and sat there for a moment. The mask began to recede bit by bit until Sora's face could be seen. He was crying. What Orihime said really hit home for him, but he knew it was true. She had grown up into a fine young woman, even though he wouldn't be there to see her grow up all the way. "Kill me... please."

"Excuse me?" blurted out the replacement Soul Reaper.

"She would not have wanted me to suffer anymore since I know she loves me. I need to move on as well, if Orihime has done so, then I shall do so too. Kill me before I revert back." pleaded Sora.

Randy readied his Zanpakuto and answered the man's cries, "Sora Inoue, I wish you luck and may you find peace in the next life." Then he slashed through his head, though no blood came out. Instead, Sora's entire being began dissolving into thin air, leaving behind no trace. All that was left was his head with a smile on his face before that dissolved too.

Randy let out a shaky breath he didn't know he was holding in. It was over, finally...

"Good job, Randy. You did well."

He whirled around to find the Kuchiki heiress standing beside him. He gritted his teeth. "No thanks to you! You didn't do jack shit, you just stood there while I was dealing with the Hollow!" Randy shouted.

"I was supervising to make sure you didn't screw up my job." Rukia calmly worded, staring at him with a stoic gaze. Her eyes softened as she remembered what he had said to the now-departed Hollow. "Randy... I heard what you said to him... I didn't know this would be a touchy subject for you. I know it may not make you feel better, but for what it's worth, I am sorry about your mother."

"It's fine, you didn't know. Right now, I just want to go home. It's been a long day and I would like to get some rest." Rukia got up on his shoulders again and they quickly moved back to the house without talking to each other.

"I can't believe it. You were telling the truth all along... and here I was thinking you three were crazy." Tatsuki Arisawa slumped down against a fence in defeat. She may not have believed her friends' story at first, but seeing was believing apparently.

When the Hollow that had been in Tatsuki's neighborhood attacked her, she tried fighting back without success. Then she started running, but it caught up to her. Tatsuki thought for sure that she was going to die. Then Ichigo appeared in a flash, scooping her up and carrying her out of the way.

He made quick work of the Hollow and killed it without hesitation. He asked if she was okay since he could tell that she was able to see it. Then began their discussion.

Finally, she accepted that he and his brothers were not lying to her, which shook her a bit. The afterlife actually existed. Great, what was next, was Bigfoot real too?

"Does Chad know too?" she asked.

"He may after tonight, I mean, he already believed us, so if he sees a Hollow, it will confirm our story. Bennett's taking care of one by his house," confirmed Ichigo. "You should go home, Tatsuki. It's late and I'm not sure how many more of those things will show up."

She nodded and went to her door. The martial artist was about to open it when she stopped. "Ichigo?"

"Hmm?"

"Thanks for saving my life. I'm sorry I didn't believe you guys at first." Tatsuki whispered.

"No big deal."

She went inside and shut the door. Then Ichigo Flash Stepped away after a moment, not waiting any longer to get back home.

Meanwhile, on the other side of town by Chad's house, Bennett was dealing with a little "visitor" in the area. The fish-like Hollow was starting to become irritating for him because it kept trying to go after Chad and he was on the defensive for the most part since he could not attack it and protect Chad from getting consumed.

However, something strange happened. Chad was trying to help out a little by blocking all the attacks thrown his way and attempting to counter its attacks, and somehow, when he threw a haymaker with his right arm, he hit the Hollow straight-on and it flew back from the sheer power of the punch and crumpled to the ground, struggling to get up.

Bennett saw his opening and charged it head on, not allowing the Hollow to gain any ground against him. Bennett cut through the creature, ending its existence as a Hollow and purifying it. He sheathed his katana and dusted himself off.

"Thanks, Bennett." rumbled the young giant.

"No problem, Chad," responded his fellow giant. "Though why did the Hollow take that much damage from your punch? I know your freakish strength is comparable to ours, but that's because of our heritage, so how come it basically fell apart with a single heavy punch?"

"I don't know, but my arm feels strange though, like it received a boost of strength behind that one punch. And strangely enough, the power also felt similar to that monster we were fighting just now, as if it was the same."

Strange indeed, but they couldn't dwell on it now. They bid each other goodbye and parted ways for the night.

A few weeks passed after the incidents involving the three separate Hollows. While the boys fell into a steady rhythm of dealing with Hollows and helping souls pass on, Tatsuki and Chad were able to make excuses for them to get out of class to handle their duties. Unfortunately, it happened somewhat often, much to the brothers' irritation.

Of course, Rukia figured it out quickly that their two friends knew about their "extracurricular obligations" and confronted them about it. Not wanting to get her mad by lying about it, Ichigo and Bennett explained that they had told their friends the day directly after they first experienced the Hollow attack on their house and that Ichigo's old sparring partner hadn't believed them originally, but the tall mixed boy did, frankly because of him having trusted them for so long. The second part of the explanation consisted of the ginger and the punk fighting the Hollows Kuchiki had sent them after as well as the two spiritually-aware humans that they had protected, which got Tatsuki to concede that she believed their story.

The powerless Soul Reaper at first wanted to scold the two for not being careful enough and giving away a massive secret before they told her that they had been good friends for quite some time and this meant that if they could see ghosts, they had been spiritually-aware for longer than the two had figured. She then admitted defeat and stopped pursuing the topic as she realized that their help getting them out of class could come in handy.

During the weeks that passed, Bennett and Randy talked extensively with their soulmates in their Inner Worlds. Both of them told their other half about being hybrids of Quincies, Hollows, and Soul Reapers. Both Tia and Nelliel accepted them regardless (considering that the two females were half Soul Reaper and half Hollow), and inwardly, both hoped that in the future, they could tell the boys what they were and Bennett and Randy would accept them and not reject them for just being evolved Hollows.

Despite the short amount of time spent together, each of them could safely see they loved one another without a doubt. And a couple of days previously, Bennett had suggested that Tia get her friends and Nel and come visit them in Karakura Town someday. That got her to blush and fantasize about her and him doing all sorts of things when they finally met in person, some of those thoughts turning dirty.

The brothers also spent some of their afternoons at the Urahara Shop training and communicating with their Zanpakutos. Kisuke and Yoruichi would personally train them in combat skills, the crafty shopkeeper in swordsmanship and the werecat in Flash Step and other techniques. Unfortunately, Ichigo was the victim of a merciless prank from the Flash Master herself, which involved her transformation from a black, golden-eyed cat into her true form. She would appear as a cat and then transform into her human form, completely nude, trying to tease him by pressing her body and well-endowed chest against the poor kid, hoping for a reaction, the reaction being Ichigo yelling at her to put some clothes on. She was initially surprised at that, but found it cute and a welcome change from the disgusting nobles back in the Seireitei that leered at her.

Right now, however, Chad, Rukia, Randy, Ichigo, and Bennett were running from a particularly sadistic and vicious Hollow flying overhead and spitting out leech bombs that detonated at the command of the monster. They had already been hit several times by the disgusting things and were attempting to avoid more hits if possible.

It started when Chad had brought a talking pet bird along with him to school. It talked too intelligently when someone spoke to it to be a normal bird, which caught Randy's attention. He got Rukia to take a look at the bird and she discovered the soul of a young boy trapped inside of the animal. They decided to take the parakeet to Urahara to see if he could figure something out.

The perverted businessman actually struck up a small conversation with the poor trapped soul and learned from him that the boy's name was Yuichi Shibata and he had belonged to several different owners before those previous owners had each met their untimely demise from accidents. Of course, Kisuke found that suspicious and gently coaxed the boy for more information, but Yuichi wouldn't say and apologized for it. So the former captain took a look into the accidents and revealed to the five that the deaths were not simply accidents, but instead the results of someone killing those who had possession of the parakeet. He surmised that the soul was the target itself, not the people that owned the avian creature, and that the accidents could not have been orchestrated by a human, so it had to be a Hollow.

The five decided to leave the shop with Yuichi to draw out the attacker by being out in the open. Sure enough, a Hollow slithered out of its hiding spot and went after them. Rukia then hit the brothers with her special glove, putting them into their soul forms. Unfortunately, Randy, Ichigo, and Bennett did not know about its leech bombs and got a couple on them, which exploded and injured them. They had to start running to avoid the explosives completely and not get hurt anymore.

"HAHAHAHA! You can run from me, but I will find you miserable Soul Reapers!" cackled the malicious beast known as Shrieker.

"Damn, this guy's annoying! He's a pest!" yelled a pissed Ichigo as he dodged a leech flying down from the sky, then turning around and slicing another as it nearly smacked him in the back.

Bennett shouted back, "We can't keep running forever, we'll just tire ourselves out! And then we won't be able to fight back!"

"Yes, but why does he want this kid so bad? It makes no sense." said Sado. He was carrying the bird cage with the animal inside, careful to make sure the bird wasn't subjected to damage from the bombs.

Finally, Randy snapped after getting pelted one more time with a leech and it exploding on them. "AAARRRGGGHHH! That's it, I'm gonna gut this son of a bitch like a damn fish!" he roared in fury. The false delinquent turned around and leapt into the air, charging straight for the Hollow and catching him off guard. Randy then sliced off both of his wings in his crazed state and the heartless monster fell to the ground in a heap.

"You bastard... that hurt. I am going to make you suffer for that, you twerp. Just wait until I get my hands on all of you and that worthless runt of a kid!" Shrieker stood up and glared at them for ruining his fun with the Shibata child. How dare they get involved and end his game!

Rukia questioned, "Just why do you want Yuichi so bad anyway? He did nothing to you, he's just a young child!" She didn't understand what was motivating this Hollow to go after this Plus so much. Did he have a grudge from when he was still a human?

He chuckled menacingly. "Oh, there's a reason. When I was still alive and kicking, I was a notorious murderer, I had never been caught and no one ever would catch me. I was that good at doing it! That is, until the day I showed up at that brat's house. I tried to kill his mother, but I made a critical mistake. She protected him from me and both fell out into the balcony. Once I finished her off... that's where it gets sticky. The little shit knocked me over the railing to protect her from me and I fell to my death... but not before I took him with me!"

All three brothers' Spiritual Pressures increased in strength and density in response to the Hollow's story and their faces darkened visibly, but Shrieker either didn't notice or care. He just kept on smugly gloating. "After I died, I found his soul wandering around looking for his precious mommy. Placing him into the body of a bird, I gave a proposition: Avoid capture by me for three months and I would revive her. Of course, I never had the intention of doing so and I never could do so in the first place. HA! He was so gullible. And each time I caught him, he wanted to give up when I killed his owners, but each time I persuaded him to continue because I told him his mommy was waiting for him! HAHA!"

At this point, Ichigo couldn't take it any longer. "YOU BASTARD! YOU ARE PSYCHOPATHIC AND DEMENTED! ALL YUICHI DID WAS TRY TO PROTECT HIS MOTHER! HE DID NOTHING TO YOU! YOU DESERVE TO BURN IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL FOREVER!" he screamed. This Hollow was pure evil! They needed to purify him quickly so Yuichi would not have to suffer this torture any longer.

"Randy, he doesn't even care who he hurts as long as he has his fun. This Hollow has to be killed! Let me reap his worthless soul!" Randy's Hollow side of his Zanpakuto thrashed about in his mind, screaming bloody murder in response to the despicable actions done by Shrieker. Similarly, his fellow Hollow Zanpakuto were in a similar state in their master's mind. Not only that, but their Quincy counterparts were angrily voicing their displeasure with the monster.

"As if I care what you Soul Reapers think! I am going to continue this little game for as long as I want and none of you can stop me!"

Bennett turned to his friend and said, "Chad, take Yuichi and get somewhere safe. This will get messy... really messy." Chad nodded and ran off. The punk Kurosaki turned back around and faced down the Hollow as he and his brothers gripped their weapons. "You say that we cannot stop you from continuing this psychotic charade? Think again, you twisted psychopath! We will send you to Hell and you will burn for the rest of your afterlife! Randy, Ichigo, let's rip apart this jackass." In response, each of their spiritual pressures started becoming dark and Hollow-like and their eyes turned gold and black, which Rukia noticed but didn't comment on.

"Right." his brothers replied simultaneously. Along with Rukia, they leapt into action, intent on destroying the cruel Hollow for good.

If someone said that Shrieker had a chance of surviving the fight and winning... they would be wrong.

Frankly, it was nothing short of a brutal and bloody slaughter.

Each brother would leave large gaping gashes and wounds from their swords on his arms and legs, blood seeping out in puddles on the street. It wasn't enough to be lethal, but was rather intended to be serious enough to cripple him and stop him from moving anymore. In addition to the wounds, they would gore him head-on in his body using the sharp Zanpakutos, leaving Shrieker in searing pain and agony.

He tried to launch his leeches, but was stopped by Rukia blasting him with multiple Byakurai and Shakkaho. He had no defense and no offense and they did not let up for one second.

After a bit, he collapsed, drained of his energy, no longer able to fight back or defend himself. He was breathing heavily and not getting enough oxygen with every breath he took. "Damn you... you won't get away with this..."

Randy grabbed hold of the Hollow's bone mask and growled in his face, "I want you to think long and hard about what we did to you, think about how excruciatingly painful it was for you. Never forget that and the next time you try something like what you did to that boy again, we will hunt you down and there will be no mercy from us. Are we clear, you bastard?"

The Hollow didn't answer, he simply glared at the four Soul Reapers in anger. Ichigo, Bennett, and Randy each gripped their swords and thrust through his mask, signalling the end of his terror.

A large set of hellish doors popped up from the ground and loomed ominously from behind the monster. He looked back and immediately felt fear like never before. The doors opened up and chains began encircling his body, wrapping around Shrieker's body and limbs and pulling him into the fiery depths of the Netherworld reserved for the evilest of people.

He screamed in horror, "No, no, no, no! I don't want to go there, you can't make me! NO! All of you will pay for this!" He tried to keep hold of the street to keep from getting pulled into Hell, but to no avail. He lost all of his strength and the chains dragged him in, cursing up a storm. The doors slammed shut and they began slowly sinking back into the earth, leaving no trace that they were ever there to begin with.

All of the present Soul Reapers let out a sigh of relief. They would not have to deal with him ever again...

"Look out!" shouted Yasutora Sado as he was coming back from his hiding spot, holding Yuichi. There was a second Hollow leaping into the air, ready to devour them as its next meal. The three brothers and Rukia were surprised at the sight and couldn't react in time.

A blue light arrow shot out from the distance and vaporized the monster, destroying it and ending its life in the Cycle of Rebirth. Shocked, the five scanned the area for the shooter but couldn't find them. Most likely, they had fled the scene immediately after confirming the kill.

Rukia asked, "Did anyone see where whoever shot that arrow came from?"

"No." the boys responded.

"Well whoever they were was spiritually aware because they had to have seen the Hollow to destroy it. Who could it have been though?"

Unknown to both Chad and Rukia, Randy, Ichigo, and Bennett knew exactly who that person was: One of the two remaining Quincies in Karakura Town. Knowing that, the only person possible was the younger of the two since the elder Quincy refused to use their powers. "Looks like your cousin finally showed after all this time, Ichigo. It's safe to say he already knows of you and your brothers' temporary occupation." stated the calmer of the two presences in Ichigo's mind.

'Let's play it cool for now, if what my old man says is true, then he will have a grudge against all Soul Reapers.' he answered. "Don't know, but we can ask Kisuke if he knows anything. We need to finish our job here anyway." He nodded at the dark-skinned teen and the giant set down the cage on the ground.

"Thank you for freeing me from his clutches, but can I ask you something?' said Yuichi happily.

"Ask away." replied Randy. 'But I have a feeling that we all know what you will ask of us, kid.'

"Can you revive my mother please? I really miss her."

Rukia sighed sadly. She gently broke the news to the boy, knowing it would break his heart. "Yuichi... once a soul dies, there is no bringing the person back to life. Shrieker was stringing you along for his own sick purposes. There is no way to bring back your mother, I'm sorry."

He looked down in sadness. Deep down, he figured that was the case, she just confirmed it for him. "It's okay. I know you can't, but I just wanted to be with her again."

"But you can be with her again. A Soul Reaper's job is to send souls to the next world, the Soul Society. It's a place where the deceased live on, and your mother may be there as well. You can be happy with her in the afterlife. To get there, we need to perform a Konso on you, the ritual that sends your soul to the Soul Society. Do you really want to possibly see her again?"

The bird let a lone tear trail down its cheek. "I really do, it's all I want. Please send me on, Miss Rukia."

She smiled in response. "Then let's begin."

A black-haired, glasses-wearing figure in the Karakura High uniform walked away from the area after viewing the confrontation and intervening, leaving no trace he was ever there. He quickly made his way through the town, walking with the crowd to avoid suspicion.

He had to since almost all of the Quincies had been slaughtered by the Soul Society and very few were left alive. If the Soul Reapers found out there were still a few of them left, they may come back to wipe them out completely. He had his pride as the "Last Quincy" to preserve and he wouldn't allow it to happen.

Still, his actual reason for hating the Soul Reapers was not the near-decimation of his kind, but what a couple of them did, or rather failed to do. He would always remember the sight of that day, his lifeless body laying on the grudge, mutilated, and the regiment of Soul Reapers standing around the body arriving too late to save him.

The male reached the residence he lived at, a large mansion that could be afforded due to his father's job at the local hospital. He walked in the door and took his shoes off. Immediately, he went up the stairs and froze when the patriarch called out to him, "You just couldn't help yourself, could you, Uryu?"

The teenage boy, Uryu Ishida, sighed in frustration. "Hello to you too, Ryuken." Why couldn't his father take pride in his son's Quincy abilities or his own? It was who they were and they couldn't run away from that. Time and time again, Uryu would try to convince Ryuken to use his skills to protect their hometown, but he flat-out refused every time.

"Must you always address your father by his first name? What have I told you about this Quincy business and getting in the way of the Soul Reapers' work? And you never listen to me. So what was it this time, hmm?" scolded the snow-haired clone of the younger Quincy as Uryu walked into his father's study.

"The Soul Reaper in charge of this town was not able to handle a hollow that attacked them out of the blue, so I destroyed it. It turns out there are a trio of new Soul Reapers in this town, but it seems the first one can't access their powers and the new three are fellow classmates of mine, brothers actually." calmly explained Uryu.

The elder Ishida knew who his son was talking about. Isshin had contacted both him and the shady shopkeeper and explained the situation and what the triplets knew, so he made the decision to deal with his son soon so Uryu would be able to fight alongside his cousins without issues arising between them. Lord knows they would need to in order to defeat Aizen. 'I'm sorry your sons and nephew got dragged into this world, my dear cousin. Unfortunately, they most likely would have been involved at some point in their lives, and that may be my biggest regret of all. Damn that bastard Aizen.'

It would take time to explain to Uryu, but he promised Masaki that their children would one day be like brothers, support one another, and watch each other's backs against all threats. "We need to have a long chat about some things that need to be discussed, my son." he said.

The fledgling Quincy wondered, "What kind of things?" Why was his father sounding so depressed suddenly?

"Our family, Uryu. Our family."

"Nel, are all Hollows like Shrieker or are some good and they do not harm humans while some are bad? I mean, with humans there are some good ones and some bad ones, so does that mean it's like that with Hollows as well?" Randy asked his soulmate in his inner world that night, a little upset from what the vicious and evil Hollow had done to Yuichi Shibata.

After Randy sent him on using a Konso, Chad went back home and the rest returned to the Kurosaki residence, Rukia quickly getting back up to Randy's closet without anyone noticing and the boys walking through the front door and greeting Karin, Yuzu, and their father. But they didn't feel like eating the dinner that was set out due to the events of the day. They were too disgusted with the actions of the dead murderer to have an appetite so they just went upstairs to their rooms to rest.

Randy talked a little bit with his Arrancar soulmate about what happened that day. He was quite distressed and needed someone to talk with to wrap his head around the events of the battle and revelations by Shrieker, just to understand what basically motivated him to do what he did.

Nel sighed. "You're right on the second guess. Some Hollows want to stay in Hueco Mundo where they simply want to live out their lives without being in fear of Soul Reapers coming after them and purifying them. They don't devour humans or their souls like others do. Unfortunately, there are bad ones as well, they consume humans and souls with pleasure and without remorse. Those ones give the peaceful Hollows a bad name." 'And many of the Arrancar like Nnoitora are like those Hollows as well.' she mentally added at the end.

"I figured it was like that. People aren't necessarily good or bad, it depends on the individual. You can't judge a person simply from another's actions or species. I guess it's like that with Hollows and Soul Reapers too." Randy said.

"Yeah, I guess so," she paused and put her delicate hand on his, making him look up at her and blush at the gesture. "It's nice just sitting here and talking with you, it makes me feel happy."

"I feel the same way." They sat there enjoying the peace and quiet of the male hybrid's Inner World. "Hey, I never told you this but my brother, Bennett, also talks with a girl in his Inner World. He feels the same way about her as I do you. He's in love with her. Him, Benetto Kurosaki, one of the toughest high school students around, in love with a girl. It's funny really because he's this tough-as-nails badass and he has a soft spot for her and—"

"Randi?" she cut him off.

"Yeah?"

"Just shut up and enjoy the quiet."

"Okay."

The punk Kurosaki was talking with his soulmate and laying on the grass holding her hand when he looked around the mountains in his Inner World. "Odd, why do I have the feeling to kick Randy's ass?"

Tia shrugged. "Who knows." She smiled under her jacket at the feeling of his hand. 'I wish this could last forever.' Sadly at that moment she woke up.

Tia Halibel opened her eyes and looked around her chambers in her palace in Las Noches. She looked at her hand and blushed. 'How I wish I could finally be with Bennett in person. But Aizen has a massive interest in him, Randy, and Ichigo. I need to find an opportunity to get my Fracciones and I away from that man for good. Not only that, I have to find Randy's soulmate, Nelliel, outside of Las Noches and also get her out of here,' she mentally sighed. 'It will take time, but I will make it happen.'

"Master Halibel, are you awake?" called out her Fraccion, Sung-Sun from the door leading to her room.

"I am now, Sung-Sun." the Beauty of Hueco Mundo answered to her subordinate/friend. The snake Arrancar opened the door and came in. Unfortunately, a small scuffle between her two other Fracciones, Mila Rose and Apacci, could be heard outside the room.

"You cow! What man could resist this body?!" shouted the red-and-blue-eyed woman.

"Any sane one since you're so flat chested, bitch! They'd want a real woman... me!" argued her big chested rival.

Tia sighed. This always happened between them; Mila Rose and Apacci would get into an argument about something and Sung-Sun would insult them both, causing the two to get mad at her. This time, they were arguing about their looks and who could get a man, although the serpent had not interjected just yet...

"I don't think any man would want either of you two because of your personalities."

"SHUT UP, SUNG-SUN!"

And there it was.

"Ladies, enough. There's something we need to do today. Meet me outside Las Noches." Tia put her foot down to silence any more fights. She went to her personal bathroom to clean up. She stopped when she saw the bone mask fragment covering her large breasts that went up to her jaw and framing her face in the mirror. She sighed, this time in disappointment. She was an Arrancar, an evolved Hollow, and that was all she was ever going to be, no matter how much she wanted to be complete. 'I don't want him to hate me because of what I am, although I get the feeling he doesn't care about that. But I just wish I was whole again.'

After cleaning up and changing into her Espada clothes, Tia walked out of the huge dome of Las Noches where her Fracciones were waiting. "What are we doing here, Master Halibel? What could be so important that we left the fortress?" asked Apacci in an attempt to learn what her superior's goal was.

"Not here, we need to get out of the area and away from any prying eyes, then I shall tell you." the Espada answered, forcing the curiosity of her friends to come to the surface of their emotions. Okay, now she had their attention.

They disappeared in a buzz of static across the sands of the desert far away from Las Noches. Once they had moved a considerable distance to a quiet spot, they stopped. "Ladies, I need to tell you something. Aizen cannot know this because I have never trusted him and I never will because we are all expendable pawns to him and he will just use all of us to further his goals until the Arrancars are no longer useful to him. I have a soulmate in the World of the Living and I am in love with him." Tia revealed to her comrades.

"WHAT?! How is that even possible?! We've never left Hueco Mundo!" They were shocked. This was something her friends were not expecting at all.

"We are connected through his Inner World. We have been meeting there each night and we talk about... well, everything, but I have never met him in person. But someday I would like to be with him."

"Inner World, huh? So this guy's a Soul Reaper. They're all alike, hunting us Hollows down like animals." Apacci gnashed her teeth in fury.

Tia cut her off there, "Stop it, Apacci. Bennett's different and for good reason. He and his twin brothers' are naturally made hybrids of a Soul Reaper, Quincy, and Hollow, all while still being human at the same time."

'Woah. We knew that Hollows could gain Soul Reaper powers, but a Soul Reaper having the abilities of a Hollow? That's new.' Her followers were in awe at what she told them. Maybe they had finally found a Soul Reaper that would accept Hollows.

"His brother, Randy, is in a similar situation with another female Arrancar, Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck." the only female Espada commented.

"Your predecessor, the former Third Espada? Didn't she disappear after that misogynistic asshole, Nnoitora, attacked her and left her in a weakened state?" questioned Mila Rose. She knew that Master Halibel had heard stories about Nelliel's exile and overheard the current Fifth Espada gloating how he had gotten rid of her and caused her to turn into a small child for unknown reasons.

"Yes, we need to find her in the desert and see if she can come with us when the time comes to leave Aizen's army. That's another reason I never trusted him, Nnoitora Gilga was never punished for his actions and Aizen allowed it to happen to Nelliel. Come on, we need to get moving." Tia instructed them to get going, she didn't want to get caught doing this by Aizen, even though she knew there was a high probability of that happening anyway. Sosuke Aizen seemed to know everything, but he was in the Soul Society right now so there was a tiny chance they could pull this off.

In a nearby area of Hueco Mundo, a small, green-haired Arrancar was waking up from her sleep. Her "brothers" were still sleeping next to her, along with their pet Hollow. She rubbed her eyes with her tiny fists and looked around.

In the back of Nel Tu's mind, a name kept repeating over and over until it came bubbling to the surface.

A name that her adult form loved and cherished.

The name of her soulmate.

"Randy..."

And that chapter is done. As always, read and review. And no flaming, please.

So a couple of days ago, I was surfing the web for nothing special, I just was bored. And I remembered that one of my favorite authors was at the Disney HQ talking with executives about possibly adapting his books into a series. Now, he had been in talks with them for a while, but nothing had come of it yet. So I searched up for any updates or news about the talks... and then I found it...

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S OFFICIAL! PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS IS OFFICIALLY BECOMING A TV SERIES! NOW I CAN DIE HAPPY!

That's the news I found, I had been checking up on it regularly ever since there were those Percy Jackson CW TV series rumors which sadly were only rumors. Ever since the 20th Century Fox and Disney deal, I was really hopeful that Percy would finally get his adventures continued.

Now I know that some people don't like the two movies that came out some time ago. But I did. Yes, they weren't true to the books, but I liked them regardless. I don't care if you hated them or not, it's your opinion. I'm just saying that some people did like the movies, so clearly some things did get done right (not all things, but some).

One thing I didn't like though in the books was that Uncle Rick paired Percy with Annabeth. I'm not hating on her, but I always felt that Thalia would have made a better love interest than her. Thalia and Percy just fit better as a couple because they have those similarities that can tie them together. I'm a massive Perlia shipper if you can't tell. But seriously, Uncle Rick could have still written a great series and gotten Thalia to interact with Percy more and make them really like each other. Not only that, but he's the only respectable male in the world according to Artemis and Thalia could have left the Hunters with her blessing to be with him after the Titan War.

Sorry, I'm ranting again. Anyways, I'm happy that one of my favorite book series is finally getting the recognition it should be getting.

Now, if only there was some current news on whether the Michael Vey TV Series is getting filmed or not...

Crash, out.