Chapter 14: Hollow No More

Shiro didn't like to brag; often, but he and Ichigo were some of the smartest kids in school. Ichigo usually ranked near tenth, but Shiro almost always was near the top of the class. So it was no surprise to some that Shiro was in an advanced class while Ichigo stayed in his normal classes. So when lunch came around that afternoon it was Shiro who was pissed off at the sight of Rukia standing next to his brother on top of the roof. "What the hell are you doing here bitch!" Shiro hissed as he pointed his finger at him.

Ichigo, meanwhile had been trying to deal with her quietly all morning long. He recalled her alright and she was beginning to really annoy him. She kept saying he and his brother had powers. Okay, sure, Shiro did; but him too? The girl was crazier than his old man. A look of annoyance was permanently etched onto his face. Looking over his shoulder at Shiro, he grinned. Finally! Some back up. he thought as Rukia glared at Shiro.

"Hollow." She mumbled under her breath and before Ichigo to yell out she'd spoken a kido spell. "Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini! Look upon yourself with horror and then claw out your own throat! Bakudo number nine: Geki!"

"Huh?" Shiro said with confusion when suddenly he was engulfed in a red light, completely paralyzing him.

"What are you doing!?" Ichigo yelled at her. "That's my brother!"

"Brother?" Rukia inquired before frowni ng at Ichigo. "That thing is a hollow!"

"Grrr..." Shiro growled out as suddenly the red light evaporated into nothing.

"I-Impossible." Rukia muttered in shock and a bit of awe. Her kido incantations were perfect. She was always able to hold back low class hollows with them easily. Could it be he's of a different class of hollow than I thought?

"Now yer really starting to piss me off ." Shiro grumbled as he stalked towards the woman. "Who the hell do ya think you are?" He grasped her by her school uniform. "Listen up and listen good, I ain't the bad guy here! I'm flesh and bone bitch! A human!"

"You're eyes give you away hollow." Her eyes narrowed at him. "So does you reiatsu."

He released her, causing her to stumble backwards away from him. "Yet yer only half right." he admitted before looking at Ichigo guiltily. "I was a hollow, but I was reborn a human. My zanpakuto explained it to me awhile back. I was something called white. I attacked Pop while a hollow, but Mom got in the way. I don't know how but I ended up inside of her." He leaned back against the stairwell. "When Ichi was created, so was a body for me. Eventually I forgot what I was and became human; but Pops didn't forget." He looked Ichigo over. "That's one of the reasons he's always hated me. The other is because I have such high reiatsu I attracted other hollows. Mom got hurt because of me Ichi. I've always known, but when it was confirmed by my zanpakuto, it made me want to get stronger in order ta protect everyone. Weirdly, I don't hate Pop for hating me. I am a monster; just not the one everyone thinks I am."

Rukia went to open her mouth only for Ichigo to speak up first. "It doesn't matter." he stated surprising his brother by the look on his face. "What you were is in the past, what you are is what matters right now." He stepped forward towards him. "You've never hurt Yuzu or Karin and from what I remember, you protected me last night." He glared at Rukia. "He's not a monster, he's my brother and if you try to hurt him," he cracked his knuckles. "I'll be forced to fight you."

H-He's serious. Rukia thought as she felt surprised by this. Though there's no law saying a reborn hollow has to be killed, I'm sure it's because it's never actually has happened before. "As long as he hasn't tried to eat Souls, I can't really do anything. I 've never even heard of a hollow named White before."

Shiro grinned. "That's because someone created me." he stated surprising her. " Don't ask who, 'cause I don't know. I do know that I was created from thousands of souls put together and not just any souls, but Shinigami ones. It's why I'm so fucking strong."

Ichigo shook his head. "So somebody is going around killing Shinigami and making them into hollows?" he asked gaining a shrug from his brother.

"Truthfully?" he asked Ichigo. "I don't know. I just know what my zanpakuto tells me. He also told me that yer just as powerful but I think that's fer another reason."

"Great." Ichigo said this with great annoyance in his tone.

This looked between the two brothers. Sighing, she knew that she couldn't take Shiro on in the condition she was in. Without her powers she'd be minced meat before she even was able to call upon a powerful enough kido spell before he killed her. She had already seen that he could disspell low level bakugo. She needed to analyze the situation and if it was called for, she would destroy this hollow/human hybrid. "Very well," she announced, gaining their attention. "I will concede, but don't think I'm not going to be keeping an eye on you from now on." As she said this she suddenly pointed at him. "Since you are responsible for me loosing my powers, you will now take over my shinigami responsibilities."

Shiro raised a pale eyebrow at her in confusion. "Huh?" he asked. "Why is it my fault that you couldn't fight correctly against a weak assed hollow?"

Rukia glared at him. "You distracted me." she stated with an annoyed look.

Shiro crossed his arms over his chest. "You should have paid attention!" he countered.

Ichigo looked between the two as a grin slowly began to spread across his face. The two were arguing over something so stupid. It was actually kind of cute. "How about both of the boys help our until your powers have returned?" A deep voice said causing Everyone to look for said voice.

Everyone looked towards the roof ledge and saw a black cat sitting there looking all so innocently. "Who said that?" Ichigo asked as he looked around for the owner of the voice.

"I did." the cat answered, looking all too smugly now as it jumped down from the ledge and sauntered towards them.

"T-The cat talked." Ichigo stuttered as he pointed at the black cat as it stood before them shock evident in his features.

Shiro wasn't as affected as Ichigo was, only because in the last several years he had seen a lot of weird shit, but this was actually a first for him. Bending down he eyed the cat suspiciously. "Yer with the weird guy, aren't ya?"

The cat smirked at him. "Perhaps." it answered as it tried to stay away from that subject. "My name is Yoruichi and as Urahara helps Ichigo gain his powers, I'll be testing your strength in order to determine how we should approach your training." She looked Rukia over who was staring at her like she was a ghost. "Is something wrong?"

"No. " Rukia answered quickly before looking away. Brother talked about a Yoruichi before, but she wasn't a cat. She eyed the feline over from the corner of her eye. Or was she? I must keep track of her and see exactly what she is planning. According to brother she is a traitor worse than Urahara. "I'll be joining you."

"Humph." the cat snorted softly. "Suit yourself." Turning it's gaze back at Ichigo it narrowed it's eyes at him. He doesn't feel like a human boy. Urahara was right in contacting me. These two will be targets of we don't act now. "Find me at Urahara's shoten after school. Your training begins immediately." With those final words the feline jumped into the air and vanished just as the lunch bell rang signalling that lunch was over.

M-Angel: Sorry for not updating this story sooner. I have been extremely busy this month. Hopefully things calm down a bit for me to continue writing my stories.