((AN: Alright peoples! Sorry for the kinda long wait, I was distracted by school, work, and other fanfic's written by awesome people. OH! Not only am I bipolar, but apparently I'm also Schizophrenic! Or so say's my friend…who really isn't a friend…but an acquaintance? I dunno.))

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or xxxHolic; if I did I would be stinkin' rich.

"Zidyl, oh Zidy-poo, wakey wakey!"

"Go to hell in a hand basket. " Zidyl mumbled through her pillow.

"Oh no, this is my revenge for you trading my last bottle of Sake."

Zidyl let her arm dangle over the edge of the bed, reached and found her red baseball bat that the witch gave her along with the fox, and smacked Dolf in the face with it.

"OW!!! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"

"FOR WAKING ME UP DAMNIT!"

Dai sighed; she sat at the small kitchen table of the small apartment that the three of them rented. Sense there probably will be more Ko around, Rose suggested that they stay until further notice and keep an eye on things.

Zidyl sleepily wandered in, the pipe fox tightly wrapped around her neck.

"There's coffee in the pot, I highly advice you to drink some." Dai said.

"I plan to."

Dolf walked in, a bruise forming over his left eye.

"I take it she did not miss?"

"When does she ever miss Dai?"

"Oh she misses, a lot. But when it comes to you she never does."

Dolf sat down, the three were clad in there school uniforms. Zidyl fidgeted in the short skirt.

"Leave it alone."

"But do they have to be so damn short? I swear, if I bend over or the wind blows the wrong way everyone will be able to see my underwear!"

"Hmmm, I don't think I would mind the view."

Zidyl gave Dolf a look, "It's not like you have not seen my underwear before."

"True."

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"I thought I told you to stop fiddling with it?"

"Sorry, I'm not used to short damn skirts."

"Well I'm comfy."

"That's cuz you're wearing pants."

"Yeppers."
"I'll trade you."
"Hell no, like hell am I wearing a skirt!" Dolf said, glaring at Zidyl.

A small furry fox head poked out of the neck of Zidyl's shirt.

"I thought I told you to leave him at home." Dai said.

"I DID! But he some how got on me." Zidyl said, trying to push his head back down.

"Named it yet?"

"No…maybe Mr. Wuggles."

"That's stupid."

"And you think Dolf is a good name."

Dolf glared at her.

"Alright fine it's Wuggles."

Wuggles gave the two a look, and cuddled back around Zidyl's neck.

The three separated; sense there lockers are not located together. Zidyl just grabbed her books when someone yelled out her name. She looked over and noticed it was one of those shinigami from yesterday, the one with the big breasts who also abducted her yesterday too.

"Uh…hi?"

"WONDERFUL! You guys are still here?" she said walking over.

Zidyl gave her a strange look.

"Oh, my name is Rangiku." She said while smiling.

"Okay."

Rangiku linked arms with her and started dragging Zidyl after her, "Come along, time to properly introduce you to the rest of the group! Yeah I know there is some tension between Crimson and the Soul Reapers but hey, I think we can ignore that off of work!"

Zidyl sighed, "Okay then, why not! It's not like I have class or anything."

Wuggles chose this time to poke his head out from underneath her shirt.

"AW! This must be the pipe fox, he's so cute." Rangiku said tickling him under the chin with her index finger.

Rangiku lead Zidyl into her classroom, in which Ichigo jumped up from his seat and pointed at her, "YOU!"

"Me?" Zidyl said pointing to herself.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE?!"

"Obviously, I'm here for school."

"Now Ichigo, that is no way to great someone, now sense you know who he is, the other two there are Ikkaku and Yumichika, now where is Renji and Toshiro?" Rangiku said.

"Renji is the tattoo guy, not the shorty?"

"Yep."

Ikkaku and Yumichika looked over there shoulders, they were facing Ichigo, Ikkaku snickered and Yumichika glared, she looks nothing like me.

The pipe fox poked his head up and looked around, until Chad magically appeared out of no where, probably because his "Cute Creature" senses were tingling.

The pipe fox seemed to regard him, until Zidyl grabbed him and pulled him out and handed him to Chad, "Meet Wuggles hold him for awhile." She said.

"What is it?"

"Pipe Fox."

Ichigo continued his stare, Renji walked in…well more like tried sense Rangiku still stood in the doorway.

"Hey…oh crap their still here." He said taking notice of Zidyl.

"And a big fat sappy hello to you too," Zidyl retorted, "god, if I wanted to be glared at I would have stayed at the main building and hung around Ter."

Ichigo rolled his eyes, he had a few questions for these guys about whatever Ko are, and a few about this little Crimson organization, but he was going to start with the basics.

"What are you still doing here if? You got rid of that Ko thing." Ichigo said.

Zidyl sighed, "They tend to roost in small groups from 4 to 6 per group."

Ichigo's eyes widened, "So there's more?"

"Well, that just means there will be something a bit more challenging here." Ikkaku said grinning.

His grin disappeared when Zidyl smacked him on the head with her binder.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"

"I told you, if you didn't thank me then I'd put you on my 'Hit Whenever I see You' list."

Ikkaku growled and reached for his wooden sword, Zidyl rolled her eyes, "Are you really sure you want to do that?"

"Is that a challenge?" Ikkaku grinned.

"Hmm, let me think…no." she said looking around the class room with a bored look on her face.

Ichigo then asked, "Okay, where do they come from, are they some kind of hollow?"

Zidyl gave him a blank look, and then laughed. Rukia walked in and noticed the laughing Crimson Initiate. "Okay what did I miss?"

"Oh my god, do you Soul Reapers really thing Ko are Hollows?" Zidyl asked.

Rukia gave Ichigo a looked, "Apparently they are quiet similar, and they both feast on souls."

"No, Ko don't 'feast on souls'." Zidyl said, "They take them, and anyways should we be even talking about this in a class room? Wouldn't want anyone knowing about you Soul Reapers." Zidyl winked, and moved to leave, only sticking her head back in to retrieve Wuggles from Chad.

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During lunch, Ichigo walked around looking for those three Crimson members. He leaned against a tree outside and sighed.

"Hey look it's the amazing fruit boy!"

"Dolf, you are an idiot."

Ichigo looked up, seeing Dai and Dolf both sitting on separate branches.

"You've been here all along!"

"I would think so…unless I've been walking around without myself knowing again." Dolf said.

Ichigo climbed up the tree and turned to Dai, "You smart right?"

"If you mean smarter than the other two, then you are correct."

"Why do Ko collect souls?"

"Why would you like to know?" Dolf asked.

"Yes, you Soul Reapers should just concentrate your energies on Hollows and leave the Ko to us." Dai said.

"Oh sure, I would just love to do that, but this is my home town and I will do whatever is in my power to protect it." Ichigo countered.

Dai sighed, "Ko are created by a powerful being to collect souls."

"So they're made?" Ichigo asked a bit surprised.

"Yes."

"But why would someone make one?"

"How should we know? Maybe the guy or girl is starting a collection of souls or something?" Dolf said.

"Well don't you figure it out?"

"We try, it is almost impossible to track one back to its main source. The most we can do is trace it back to its roost, which is never in the same place as the creator." Dai said.

"Well wouldn't he be looking after them or something?"

"So far, we have captured and interrogated care takers for them, and none of them have given up there masters name." Dai said.

"How about you just let us help?" Ichigo said.

Dai shrugged, "If you're on scene you can do whatever you want."

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Zidyl sighed, Dai told her that they were to meet for lunch in a tree….but which tree she failed to mention.

DAMNIT! WHY DOES THIS SCHOOL INSIST ON HAVING A MILLION TREES!!! She thought.

She gave up and sat down against the fence that surrounded the school property. She moved her head to the side, missing a rock as it hit the fence.

"DAMNIT!"

She looked over and shielded her eyes, "For a minute there I wondered 'Who would do that?' then I got blinded by your bald head and realized who it is."

Ikkaku glared at her, Yumichika rolled his eyes.

"I was hoping to repay you for that smack!"

"Gonna have to try harder than that."

Ikkaku crouched down in front of Zidyl…big mistake. She crouched and pivoted with her one leg and kicked him on the side of his head with the other, knocking him over.

"And that would be for almost hitting me with a rock." Zidyl said with a smile.

"WHY YOU!"

And the chase began.

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"Find them?"

"Yeah."

"Well?!"

"Dai said they were made by someone, that's all they really know." Ichigo said.

Rukia thought for a minute, "They'll figure it out."

"WHAT ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" Ichigo yelled, until he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked just in time to see Zidyl jump in between them, over Rukia who was standing beside him. When she landed she darted for the doors that led into the school.

"What was that about?"

Ikkaku then came running and shoved Rukia and Ichigo aside, chasing after Zidyl.

Awhile later Yumichika calmly walked over, "Have you seen Zidyl and Ikkaku run by?"

"In the school." Ichigo said pointing at the building.

Yumichika sighed and just walked around the building.

But inside, Zidyl bolted up a flight of stairs to the second floor, Ikkaku hot on her heels cursing her. She bolted down a hallway and stopped in front of a classroom, she turned around to see Ikkaku leaning against a wall panting and cursing about something called a giga? She couldn't really hear clearly.

The two made eye contact, then Zidyl darted into the class room and Ikkaku dashed after her, of course Ikkaku was not really expecting Zidyl to shut the door. She heard a THUNK then a THUD.

She casually walked across the class room; some students were sitting around, with confused looks on their faces. Some wondered what made the THUNK noise and some really did not want to find out.

She calmly jumped out the open window, landed on her feet and leisurely walked over to a tree.

That is until she saw a familiar looking feather wearing person.

"Hey! If it isn't pretty boy! Wait…or is it…Yumichika? Man I'm actually remembering peoples names now."

Yumichika looked behind her, "Where's Ikkaku?"

"Well, he would be chasing after me if he did not have a run in with a door." Zidyl said walking by him. After about 5 minutes she turned around and yelled, "WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?!"

Yumichika just eyed her, "What?"

"You look nothing like me."

Now it was Zidyl's turn to roll her eyes, "Well duh."

Yumichika nodded and began to walk away, "Now, if I where to lend you my boobs for a day that could be debatable."

"WHAT!" he yelled whipping around.

"It's true, from what I can see you seem to have a girly figure…hell you could probably fit into some of my clothes!"

Yumichika was about to retort when the bell rang, "Oops, time for class buh-bye!" Zidyl waved and bolted.

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Now if Zidyl was actually thinking straight, she would have remembered that this class she shared with Dai, Ichigo, Rukia, and Yumichika.

She could practically feel him glaring at the back of her head.

"Hmm, seems like you have a new friend." Dai whispered.

"More like a new member of the 'Kill Zidyl' club."

The teacher had yet to arrive, some of the students where buzzing about what happened to Nekoi.

Rukia wandered over to Dai and Zidyl.

"So what do you three plan on doing?"

"Well I plan on sleeping after this, maybe a bit during to." Zidyl said.

Dai rolled her eyes, "If we can't track one, then we'll have to go to the Dimensional Witch."

"This means that after school I'm going to the booze store." Zidyl groaned.

Rukia sighed, "How many do you suspect being here?"

"Maybe two roosts, if we are lucky one sense this is a somewhat small town." Dai said, leafing through a book.

Rukia looked at the row of empty desks behind the two, and sat down behind Dai, she then motion to Ichigo and Yumichika to follow suit.

Zidyl groaned, "You know, a whole won't form in my head the more you glare at it."

"Maybe if I try hard enough one will." Yumichika retorted.

"Well, here's a difference for you, I've probably kissed more guys then you."

"Pfft, I'm not gay!"
"Okay sorry, I've kissed more girls than you."

"WHAT?!"

Dai sighed, and acted like she didn't know who this girl was who is sitting beside her.

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An old man, hunched over and holding a walking cane, walked into an old abandoned ware house. He wandered over to a back room and entered.

"Hello my dears, is everyone here?" he asked as he walked down a walkway, on either side where perches that looked like something for a giant parrot. What sat on them were not parrots, long tendrils curled around as the Ko propped themselves up.

"Let's see, 1…2…3…4…6." The old man counted, but stopped at an empty perch.

"Now, where did 5 go?"