Basically, this is gonna be my first long story. I hope this first chapter will be tantalyzing enough to make you all want some more! I'll tell you right up front, though, this is gonna be an ichiruki. Those who know me know that's not unusual.

Disclaimer: Not just anyone can make up the hotness that is Rukia, definitly not me, that's for sure!


Hollows Haunt Us

"Oi, Ichigo!" Rukia, still in her pajamas, pushed open the door to the closet. She had that same annoyed look on her face.

It was a normal hollow hunt.

Slamming her hand into my forehead, she pushed out my shinigami form.

It was a normal night, under a normal sky. Everything was going just as it should have.

She climbed up on my back and we were off. Under the moonlight, we were silent, except for the occasional shouts to each other over direction. These were the moments I found out I cherished more than anything. The understanding between us. How we never needed words to talk.

"Kakura park, down there, Ichigo!" She leaned down towards my ear so I could hear, giving me a well-used-to shiver down my spine.

I jumped off the roof I was running on and landed in the middle of the park. I looked over to Rukia as she clamored off my back. Her cell phone had stopped beeping. We looked around, expecting the hollow to be there, to only find darkness and shadows.

"Oi, is that thing broken?" I asked. For some reason, something didn't feel right. I unsheathed my sword and looked around, expecting something to jump from the bushes. A small voice in my head whispered, stay on your guard.

"It was working just fine earlier today!" Rukia answered the exasperation apparent in her voice. She proceeded to bang it on the ground.

I couldn't bring myself to concentrate on her tiny form for very long due to the unsettling feeling that kept arising in my stomach. I listened for anything that sounded like a shriek of a hollow. All I could hear were engines running and one possibly a diesel truck. I listened closer. The truck sounded like it was coming closer.

I looked in the direction I could hear it coming from. We were too deep in the park to have a truck that close to us…

Before I could ponder much longer, the truck smashed through the trees and headed straight for us. Rukia, too busy with her phone, just looked up. There wasn't enough time…I had to get her out of the way…

Leaping towards her, I managed to push her out of the way of the oncoming truck. Before I could blink, the bottom half of my body was hit and I was separated from her in an instant. Pain shot through my legs then to my back as my momentum was stopped by a tree. For a while I couldn't move. I could see her face running towards me, fear and…were those tears? Nah, not Rukia. She wouldn't…would she? Not unless…

I couldn't bring myself to think any longer. The pain took over my entire mind. The last thing I felt were her cold hands gently touching my face...

End of Chapter 1


Okay, that's the best place I could find to stop it for now. The other chapters will be longer. Hope you enjoy, and please review!