NarutoBleachMon 6

Ash, Angie, Naruto, Hinata, Ichigo, Orihime, Chad, Pikachu and Shinx enjoyed bowl after bowl after bowl of ramen. Okay, Ash and Naruto more. As the night settled in, Orihime and Hinata were doing some late grocery shopping before the store closed. "I think I can do something decent with the ingredients," Orihime harped with glee. The two exited when Hinata had a question to present.

"Is it alright if we stop by the clinic and talk to Ash?" she requested. Orihime seemed to scoff the idea.

"That's actually where we're going. I wanted to study with Ichigo and prepare for a test next week." Her plans involved the Kurosaki clinic? Talk about coincidence. As they journeyed to the clinic, something caught Orihime's eye. There was the little violet-haired girl in the summer dress. Orihime stopped and turned to the little kid. It would take Hinata a few steps for her to notice that Orihime wasn't moving and turned to her.

"What's wrong?" Orihime blinked...and she wasn't there. Did she just see a girl? Did she just imagine it? "Earth to Orihime!" Hearing her name, Orihime snapped loose her distraction and turned to Hinata.

"You say something?" Yeah, you.

"What stopped you?" Orihime looked back at where she believed the kid stood. Did she see something that wasn't actually there? She shook her head to snap out of her delusion.

"Sorry about that. Let's go." She walked onward to the clinic and Hinata followed, though still wondering what distracted Orihime for those few seconds. As the girls continued, the little girl popped her head back out, a sinister grin on her partially hidden face.

"I want to play with you soon~" the girl flirted. Oh, that would bring shivers down someone's spine. At the clinic, there was a knock on the door. Ash opened it like it was his home and was a little surprised to see Orihime and Hinata.

"Hey, Ash. Is Ichigo and Rukia around?" Well, Ash?

"Yeah, they're in the living room," he replied. "And so is Chad." Chad's here? If that's true, Angie had to be there as well. Orihime entered and spotted the teens, attending the study session.

"Hey, you made it," Rukia cheered softly. Although Hinata was allowed in, she chose to tap Ash's shoulder. Ash twisted around and wondered what she wanted.

"Hinata, what is it?" Hinata stuttered for a second before straightening out.

"Um, is it alright if we walk around?" she asked. "There... um, there's something I wanna talk about." Needed a little more time to straight out. Angie, coming from the other room with Yuzu, heard the request.

"Is something the matter, Hinata?" she questioned. Hinata's attention was now on Angie.

"I-I-I was wanting to ask Ash a few questions in private. We're only walking a block." Angie and Yuzu glanced to each other, then at the two in question. Yuzu didn't seem to mind.

"I think we can let you walk for a while," she obliged. "I've just started dinner and it won't be ready for about an hour." Both nodded and headed out. Angie still questioned Hinata's offer of having Ash for the little while.

"You sure it's okay?" she murmured.

"Yeah. Is there a problem?" Oh, no problem at all other than when Hinata stumbled onto Ash and accidentally kissed him. The two returned to the kitchen but a doll sneaked out of the house in a flash. That's right, a plush lion doll! He spotted the two walking off and chose to pursue. A little ways away, Ash and Hinata stopped by a kiddie park. No one was around so Hinata straddled onto a swing. No harm, Ash sat on the neighboring swing.

"So, what do you wanna talk to me about?" he started. Hinata was hesitant. Was it Ash? Was she scared of a reaction he would partake?

"I...I like Naruto," she confessed. Was Ash jealous? If he was altered emotionally when Ichigo kissed Angie, there's no chance he'd be upset about this news.

"Okay..." He apparently forgot about when Naruto broke the four out of the chambers back in the Seiretei, when she rode on the back of a clone and fainted, leaving poor Ash to carry her on his back.

"But...but I get highly frightened and unable to react when Naruto's close. I lose my thoughts and blackout. My father...he wanted to disown me due to my frail structure. I was the first born and elder sister to Hanabi, meaning I was heir to the Hyūga clan. It was too much and I wasn't sure I could handle the responsibility. And one day, I ran." A sorrowing past. Hinata was shown to have a lot on her plate, maybe too much to handle. Ash huffed a grit, disbelieved that someone would discard a child due to a "frailty." Yet, a question began to linger in his head.

"Because of your weak body structure, your dad didn't want a weakling running the clan and the practice of the Byakugan?"

"It's more than the Byakugan. However, it seemed to point in that favor. My father was already disappointed in me. When I was outside, I was alone, distant from the other kids as if I was an outcast. That's when I saw Naruto, who was an outcast to begin with. I didn't understand it at the time but I got wind that Naruto was some sort of reincarnation of a demon, a legendary nine-tailed fox which terrorized villages years prior. One of the Hokage sacrificed his life and sealed in within Naruto's mother. It may have been the fact that Naruto was a reincarnation that made him an outcast. Nevertheless, Naruto persevered in trying to be known and to rise the ranks of becoming a Hokage himself." Ash listened, feeling overwhelming sympathy for the young chunin. Not only was Hinata considered an outcast but Naruto as well and also harboring a demon inside like when he demonstrated his power on Momo.

"Oh, man." He couldn't fathom how it felt to be left alone. "I'm sorry you had to be put through all that emotional torture." Hinata nodded, understanding Ash's care.

"I really felt safe with him when kids came around and started to harass me. Naruto saw this and came to my rescue...that is until he was knocked out cold. Regardless of his defeat, I was inspired to chase my meaning to be known like Naruto wanted." Naruto became Hinata's inspiration. It was nice to have someone to look up to. Ash was rather awed.

"You admire him, don't you?" Hinata snapped a hiccup. Was it admiration? Her cheeks flared up red, blushing at the possibility that it was as Ash guessed...or was it more?

"I-I do. I want to say it but-" She began to choke in some fear. Ash was ready to speak some piece to Hinata's thought process, but...

"Little Silver Eyes has a demon close to her heart, right?" spoke...the plush doll? Ash and Hinata jumped hearing the doll, nearly falling over the wooded seats of the swing. Ash was ticked at the rudeness of the moving sack of cotton stuffing.

"Kon!" he shouted. "What the heck are you doing here?" The little teddy lion had a name? Did Ichigo have that since he was little? Was it automated?

"Come on, Ash. You know she has the hots for blond boy back at the pad and I ain't talking about Ichigo on that extent." Ash grumbled at the callous act of Kon.

"What is that?" Hinata wondered. Ash had to clarify.

"Kon is a Mod Soul that resides with Ichigo in case he needs to change into a Soul Reaper while he inhabits his body," he explained. "Still, why did you come with us?" Kon smirked. He seemed to have a plan.

"I've been overhearing your explanation of aura from Rukia and I wanted to volunteer my pill into you and see what you look like," he plotted. A pill? "But heck, I could be in her body and force her onto him if you like." Him in Hinata? Not right. "I mean, from your explanation, sugar, he's the one who doesn't get your feelings." It was a moment of irony realization. Ash was questioned about his manhood by Naruto when Naruto had no clue about Hinata's feelings. It made Ash scoff at the position he was in.

"Go figure. He thinks he knows love when he had none himself." That's when Ash had an idea. "Well, here's what I think: you need to piece yourself and swiftly attack Naruto." Attack Naruto? Was Ash crazy? Even Hinata wondered about Ash's train of thought.

"But I don't wanna hurt Naruto!" she frighteningly yelled. Ash tried to clear the reason.

"I said attack. I did not say harm. Besides, I figured out the reason you have a hard time." Hinata became intrigued. He knew why Hinata had troubles around Naruto? "I realize that you're a very smart girl. Maybe a little too smart around Naruto that you have these moments where you want to escape from him, and I think that's what holds you back. You're afraid of Naruto's reaction when you actually want to tell him." Her own thoughts were her enemy? Hinata lowered her hung head, realizing that he had figured her out. Kon shot a look at Ash, thinking about how smart he was.

"For a kid your age, you seem to know more about the compassion for one person to another," he awed. Was it really something Ash was impressive with?

"Well, I've had help with it. A few of my Pokémon had that experience and saw a pair of Nidoran who fell for each other while their trainers had a hard time accepting it. That and Misty really understood the concepts of love." A little help here and there couldn't hurt. Ash found a clock which appeared to have read 5:55. The small hand was almost point at the 6 and the big hand was on 11. "We should probably head back and eat. No doubt-" Suddenly, a rush of pain hit Ash. He crumpled down to a knee and grasped his head.

"Ash!" Hinata cried out. After a minute, Ash started to regain his footing and the pain subsided. What was that? Then, Ash looked...at the girl! He began to seethe.

"It's her!" That's the girl who transported Ash and Angie to the Soul Society from the Summer Academy? The girl levitated to the three but focused on Ash.

"Let's play!" she teased. Ash was the one who hesitated to be approached like so. Kon jumped in, ready to guard the humans.

"Just who the hell allows you to simply ask a kid to play with a ghost?" he argued. The girl seemed to ignore and gaze at Ash.

"Do you want to play~? I'm a lonely little girl." That sounded like she was hitting on Ash. Ash wanted to deny but he was so rattled with seeing her again, the words bounced away from him. Suddenly, there was another shot of pain. He grasped his head once more and getting the girl worried. "Are you okay?" The pain was longer...and stronger.

"What...what is this?" he strained in agony. He twisted his head to the entrance of the park. Was someone coming? "I...hear...footsteps!" Hinata, Kon and the girl turned to the entrance.

"I don't hear anything!" Hinata disagreed. Ash knew something was there. She had to trust Ash so she activated her Byakugan. Her Byakugan couldn't find anything out there. That's when her hand rested on his hair. For some reason, the aura phased into her Byakugan, the "veins" glowing a blue color. That's when she saw a large creature in a blue veil. There was no make of what it was. The veil wasn't transparent.

"Ah, I smell tasty souls around this park," the creature sneered. The kids and Kon were in trouble. Meanwhile, Angie studied the clock back at the clinic. It was 5:59. Ash and Hinata should be back any minute. That didn't stop Angie from getting worried about Ash. Naruto swooped into the living room, noting that Ichigo, Rukia, Orihime and Chad were there, meaning that Angie and Hinata were also among the party in the household. Pikachu came into the kitchen but food wasn't on his mind when he got to Angie.

("Angie, where's Ash?") it asked. Angie looked at Pikachu with the same concern.

"He said he'd be back by now," she replied with a halfhearted smile. "I hope that Ash isn't doing anything to Hinata for him to regret in the future." Being what, the two getting hot under the street lamps and...?

"He's with Hinata?" Naruto shouted. The girls turned to reincarnation of the nine-tailed fox as he ran out the door, chasing after Hinata and wanting to give Ash a piece of his mind. Rukia and Chad came by where Naruto stood for only a second then bolted out the door.

"What was that all about?" Rukia wondered. Not sure but wanting to protect Ash, Pikachu dashed out in pursuit. He'd better hurry. Rukia and Chad darted a look to each other before running out. Ichigo was a bit stunned with the breakup of the session. Something was wrong. Something was very wrong. They didn't know how wrong it was.

TO BE CONTINUED...