Authors note: Well I was going to title this chapter hollows, but it was running longer then I anticipated and I am so OCD that I Decided to break them up into two chapters. I will be calling the next chapter hollows so wait till the next chapter - anyways bye bye for now!

Chapter Four

Use Your's Only

Raika woke in her room she sat up and yawned her slender childlike frame was still clothed in the white beginners robes. Ichigo must have taken her to her room. As she sat there she looked around the room thats when she spotted, behind her, new robed these where black and on top of them where two swords one was her small Zanpakto the other was Zabimaru. She suddenly lunged for them and pulled the robes out of the pile first as she did a note fluttered down in front of her. She grabbed the note up before it reached the ground and looked at it slowly.

Here Raika. Thought you might like your Shigami robes also I am loaning

Zabimaru to you theres no reason for me to keep him on my desk when he

seems happy with you.

Ichigo

Raika grinned brightly as she picked up Zabimaru. She clutched it to her hugging it.

"Thanks Ichigo-sensi..." she said to no one, as she sat there holding it. She then laid it down softly onto her bed and stood up. She grabbed her robes again and got dressed quickly in her rush she forgot to pull her hair up. A piece fell right into her face as she tucked both swords into her sash around her waist she looked down at her own Zanpakto with a smile. She was proud that she finally had one hers may have been small but it was still hers. As she stepped out of her room another Soul reaper who had been in her group until a few days ago gaped at her. The other was a tall and slender woman with black hair tied up into a Japanese style bun. She was one of the already dead spirits that they often made into soul reapers. She suddenly tackled the little nine year old hugging her.

"Raika-chan! YOU FINALY DID IT!!" she said brightly. This was one of the few people whom Raika had gotten along with. Even when she didn't have her Zanpakto the woman had always been there for her. The woman had her Zanpakto on her back in a sheath very much like there leader held his. Hers however was a normal sized one. She claimed it was easier for her to pull that way.

"Hey Setsuna..." she smiled as the woman stood up again. "Ya...I have a Zanpakto now" she put her hand on her little blade. The woman blinked slightly and then pointed to the larger Zabimaru.

"Isn't that your Zanpakto...whats that little dagger" she looked somewhat confused. Raika frowned and then sighed.

"No...thats Zabimaru...he's a blade I am holding for Ichigo-sensi" she said lightly. The woman blinked again looking even more confused.

"You mean Kurosaki-san? I heard rumors he was teaching you but...you mean its true.." she then grabbed the girls hands and clasped them in hers. "Can you introduce me to Kurosaki-San!" she said with puppy dog eyes. She had only ever seen there leader from afar but she held him in high regard just like most of the other newer Shigami.

"Uhh...I..um don't know..." Raika frowned. She didn't know Ichigo-sensi that well she looked reproachful as she imagined Ichigo yelling at her for bringing someone else to there training session. "Not this time Setsuna..." she said to the older woman. The woman pouted slightly but then nodded.

"I understand Raika-chan...hes only been training you a few days right...so you don't know him to well and don't want to make him mad...man I wish he would of trained me hes so handsome" she said dreamily. Raika sweatdropped slightly.

"umm..I think hes probably already taken Setsuna..." she grinned lightly. Setsuna looked at her and whimper.

"Your right...someone like him doesn't say unattached for long...but..." she trailed of into her own thoughts with a sigh. As they stood there Raika heard foot steps behind her when she turned to look at who it was she gulped slightly. It was one of the captains he was probably the tallest of the soul reapers his hair was spiked up with bells at the tips of each spike. Raika had seen him before from afar when she had been first brought to the Seireitei. He had been fighting with another captain. Setsuna looked at him and then stood up straight.

"Captain Zaraki-san!" she said. Raika looked at her.

"Hes your captain..." she whispered to her friend who nodded.

"Hes nicer then he looks" she whispered back.

"Ichigo...Is looking for you" the man said in a gruff voice as his eyes fell on young Raika. His eyes slowly fell to her sash where she had Zabimaru tucked. "He said bring both blades...What ever that means" Raika nodded. As she looked at Setsuna. The woman smirked and then pushed her forward.

"Go on don't leave him waiting!" she said brightly. Raika laughed and then started to walk towards the leaders office.

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Ichigo sat in his office waiting for Raika. He figured now was better then ever to get her some real world training the leader of the Shigami looked down at his desk and frowned he almost missed having Zabimaru there he shrugged slightly as he then heard a knock at his door

"Come in..." he said lightly as he did a girl pushed open his door her hair was out of its normal ponytail he looked at her why did she look so familiar "Ahh...I see Zaraki found you" he said lightly as he stood up. Raika nodded slowly.

"ya...hes kinda scary..." she said. Ichigo laughed slightly as she spoke.

"Hes a battle whore...but other then that hes a nice guy" he smirked. Raika blinked slightly then nodded. " I wanted to take you to the human Realm...and get some training with hollows..." he said lightly to her. Her expressive eyes widened as he said that.

"h-hollows...I don't like that idea" she said. Ichigo shook his head.

"I'll be right there to help if anything goes wrong" he laughed ruffling her hair. She sighed slightly and nodded.

"Alright." her voice didn't sound to willing but as long as she knew she wouldn't get killed.

"Oh and I want you to only use your Zanpakto...its not training if you rely on Zabimaru...he is not your Zanpakto so you will not get stronger if you use him." he said lightly. Her eyes widened even more as he said that

"B-but Ichigo-sensi I don't know how to use that blade..." she said lightly. Ichigo looked at her and then smiled but the smile was far from comforting.

" well your going to learn then" he laughed. She sighed slightly and then nodded he was the leader after all if he didn't know what was good for her he would of never suggested it.