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Chapter 3:

-Ash and Tōshirō's home-

As the opposite brothers began to prepare themselves for what would surely be an interesting evening, the feeling of being watched set in again, but this time it felt as though the pair of eyes were closing in on them. Thinking quickly, Ash got into a fighting stance and began to glare furiously at their backdoor.

"Should we go check it out or wait until we get back?" Ash asked as he noticed Tōshirō's calm composure. Tōshirō appeared to be completely ignoring the feeling and just waved Ash off.

"Leave it. We won't be gone to long. Just make sure lock up." Tōshirō stated as he put on his trench coat over his long sleeved, fully buttoned up shirt and his long dark blue jeans. He wore plain white shoes that matched his hair. "You ready?"

"Yeah." Ash said finally letting his guard down. He wore a black button shirt, with long sleeves rolled up to his elbows. He wore long dark jeans with black and white shoes. Ash brought two extra scarves because it was going to be very cold on this November night. But before leaving Ash, did a double take at the backdoor giving a silent warning to anyone there.

-Kurosaki Residents-

Whilst Yuzu was beginning to set the table and Isshin helped to clean the dishes, Ichigo pulled Karin aside and into her room. He gave her the typical disapproving big brother look before beginning his interrogation.

"So who's coming over?" He began smoothly.

"Two friends from school." Karin replied without missing a beat.

"What are their names?"

"Ash and Tōshirō."

"So they're boys. I'll be watching you four tonight." Ichigo finished, staring suspiciously at Karin as he backed away slowly. She was kind of hoping that he trip and fell on that lion plushy that suddenly appeared there but he had the presence of mind to avoid it.

The very second Yuzu had finished setting the table, there was a knock on the door. Yuzu suddenly became very nervous and even Karin had to admit that being embarrassed here would probably kill her. When Ichigo opened the door to reveal the brothers, both Karin and Yuzu began to blush slightly, to where as Yuzu thought her face was ablaze.

"Good evening Kurosaki-san." Tōshirō said politely. Isshin was literally floored by the formality and began sobbing tears of happiness.

"Oh my dear wife, not only did our girls pick two good looking boys but their so polite!" He sobbed hysterically a he slammed himself into the poster of his dead wife.

Ash, Tōshirō and Ichigo just stared blankly at the display until Ichigo signaled for everyone to be seated. Tonight Yuzu held nothing back, cooking all of her best dishes all in hopes to impress the raven-haired teen and his brother, who in all honesty was already quite impressed that they would go this far just for them. "Alright everyone. Eat up!" Ichigo said with his eyes firmly glued to Ash and Tōshirō as if they terrible prisoners.

Yuzu waited patiently for Ash to take his first bite, as did Karin for Tōshirō. What took less than a second, felt like decades to the twins but it was all worth it when Tōshirō took his first bite and smirked. "Wow. This is great. You made this?" He said gesturing to the silent Kurosaki.

"Y-yes I did." She responded, unable to keep the happiness out of her voice.

"It's really good." Ash added shortly after his brother, which made the Yuzu feel as though she ha won the lottery twice in a row. Ash gave a small smirk to the girl's happiness, something Tōshirō didn't miss. He would be sure to taunt his brother about this later but chose not to ruin the mood.

"So are you two related?" Isshin asked once everyone settled down. A bit of discomfort flashed in both Tōshirō and Ash's eyes before leaving nothing but ice.

"Well not by blood." Tōshirō answered. "Ash's older sister adopted me…" He trailed off showing he didn't want to say anymore than he already did. Isshin wanted to ask more but saw the sadness in the boys' eyes and swallowed his questions. Not wanting to upset the boy, the Kurosaki father changed the subject.

"So when are you going to marry my daughters?" Isshin said with a hearty laugh. Tōshirō began to blush profusely and Ash fell out of his chair, all while both were chocking on their food.

-Two hours later-

"Bye guys!" Karin exclaimed with a large smile on her face. "Are you sure you don't want my Dad or Ichigo to carry you guys home?" She asked for the fifth time since they announced that they were leaving.

"We're sure. Thanks again." Tōshirō said in response. Just as he and Ash began walking away, Ash looked back and gave Yuzu a glance of interest, but the very second Yuzu looked eyes with the mysterious teen, he had already begun turned back around. Once the brothers were sure they couldn't be seen anymore, Tōshirō let out a sigh of relief.

"We should do that more often." He said to his brother with a smirk. Ash merely nodded in agreement before his eyes widen tremendously. Alarmed, Tōshirō looked forward and glared at the thing that just appeared in front of them. The creature was about twenty feet tall and had a very large upper body. It had a diabolical white mask with no eyes or a visible nose.

"Ahh what amazing power you two have. I can't wait to take it!" The creature said in a scary calm, deep voice. He jumped at the startled brothers with sharp fangs, primed to strike. He got about five feet away before Tōshirō snapped out of his daze. He shoved Ash aside and braced himself for a lot of pain. But he never felt it as Ash grabbed his arm on the way down and removed him from danger.

"Tōshirō. Reach into your coat pocket. I put your sword in there. I felt like whoever was watching us was about to finally move and it appears I wasn't wrong." Ash spoke silently, somehow managing to keep the fear out of his voice. At the same time as Tōshirō unsheathed his long sword, Ash reached into his own pockets to reveal two spiked brass knuckles.

The beast swiftly turned around and appeared directly in front of the boys once again, but instead of a bite, he came down with one of his massive hands. Tōshirō did the most logical thing and pointed his sword high into the air, causing the monster to impale his hand. Trembling slightly under the large appendage, Tōshirō signaled Ash to strike with a simple eye movement.

Ash jumped as high as he physically could and, with a short battle cry, he threw a punch at the hollow's forehead with every once of strength he possessed. And apparently it wasn't enough because all it did was make multiple cracks on the mask. The beast roared in pain before stepping back a bit. This gave Tōshirō a wide open shot at the beasts chest.

Blood spilled for the massive cut the monster had received but it wasn't enough to kill it. Using an unknown technique, he appeared once again in front of the boys, but his sudden speed allowed him to grab Ash and Tōshirō in his massive fists. "You cut through my hierro like nothing. For that you must die!" He yelled angrily.

He slammed both boys into the concrete below him with such a force that his heavily cracked the road. Both boys lost consciousness almost instantly but when the hollow began to charge a cero, it's head was quickly cut off.

"Wow. They managed to badly hurt a hollow with that much power. That's beyond impressive. You're right, undeveloped power like this shouldn't be left alone." A black cat said as it emerged from the shadows.

"Not only that but did you feel that reiatsu burst? They're very interesting. Come bring them back to the shop before they die out here." The jolly shopkeeper said with an excited grin.

"Ash Kita and Tōshirō Hitsugaya. Very interesting indeed." The cat said as two young children picked up the unconscious brothers and vanished.

A/N: Well that was unexpected wasn't it. Looks like Ash and Tōshirō won't be to school for a few days. If you enjoyed leave a review. ^^ Rebel signing out.