Starr: Did ya miss me?

Emi: No.

Starr: I wasn't talking to you! I was talking to my—

Emi: Our

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Emi: You guys rock!

Starr: WARNING. There is cursing in this chapter. Also, I attempted to write a fight scene and that's dangerous on its own. Emi, will you do the honors?

Emi: Starr does not own Bleach; it belongs to Tite Kubo (lucky little bastard). Now, read on!

The school day was almost over and, unfortunately, Emi had absolutely nothing to do. For the past week her life has been so uneventful she did extra homework for fun. Of course there's always Ichigo to annoy, but that could only entertain her for so long.

"Well, time to go!" Ochi-sensei announced. The students migrated out of the classroom after collecting their things.

"Emi-chan would you like to come over to my house?" Orhime asked. Emi was compelled to answer 'yes', but she just felt like sleeping for the rest of the day.

"Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll go straight home. See you tomorrow Ori-chan."

Emi usually walked home with Ichigo, but today she felt the need to be alone. Uhg, I hate being like this! It's probably because tomorrow's the day that they died. No, that can't be it, that day hasn't bothered me for a while. Maybe it's because… oh kami, I don't know!

Emi sensed something similar to what she felt when those monsters were near except this time it was much stronger and even more terrifying. What the hell?

Emi raised her hands so that they were in front of her with her palms facing out and concentrated on where the unsettling force was coming from. At that moment a pitch black, entrance appeared in front of her and she stepped inside.

When Emi stepped out, only seconds after she walked in, she was shocked with what she saw. She was in a park and she saw Orihime with a glowing, orange shield in front of her and there was a matching one over Chad's arm, or what Emi thought was Chad's arm. Emi looked to the ground and saw many bodies lying there; amongst those bodies was a familiar face.

"Arisawa-chan?"

"A-Akiyama-chan? Get out of here! I don't know who or what they are, but they're dangerous!" Emi looked up and saw what she was talking about.

Not to far away there were two strange looking men. One was quite large while the other was of average height. Now, they both looked strange, but what had Emi shocked was that they both had bones on their head.

"What the hell?" Emi pulled Tatsuki into the trees, "Stay here."

Tatsuki gave a weak smile "Considering I don't have much of a choice…" Emi smiled back, happy that Tatsuki was well enough to make jokes.

Emi walked over to Orihime and tapped her shoulder. "Emi-chan? Get away from here! It's dangerous!" Emi boldly stood in front of her, and with her back to Orihime's face she smirked and replied, "Funny, that's what I was gonna say to you."

Emi cocked her head at the strange looking man, but before she could say anything he yelled, "What the hell are you lookin' at?" Emi, ignoring his question, just looked harder. He snorted and asked, "Hey Ulquiorra, is this the one?" The other male stood there with a melancholic look before replying, "Obviously, Yammy, she is just more trash."

Emi raised an eyebrow at the 'trash' comment. "Trash? Ouch."

"That means I can kill her right?"

"Yes, Yammy, you can."

Yammy punched at her, but before the deadly fist could make contact, Emi raised her hands, palms facing outward, and created another black portal. Yammy's fist went straight into it. "The hell?"

"Can't kill what you, can't hit." Emi said in a singsong voice.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY HAND?" Yammy yelled.

"At this point, nothing. Punch me again and I'll show you what else I can do." Emi replied, surprisingly excited.

Yammy, taking that as a threat made another fist and swung much harder and faster than his last punch. Another portal opened faster than before and Yammy's fist went into it again. But unlike before, as soon as his fits went into the portal, an additional one appeared in front of Yammy's stomach, and out came the fist, resulting in Yammy punching himself.

Emi, proud of her work, smiled. "Orihime-chan, you ok?"

"…. Yeah… since when could you—" Before Orihime could finish, she was interrupted by a furious Yammy.

"YOU LITTLE BITCH! I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHO TRICK ME!" Before Emi could respond, she felt the familiar reiatsu.

"Although I'd love to stay, it looks like its time for me to go! Ja ne!"

Emi opened another portal and stepped through, disappearing from sight. When Emi reappeared, she was at the Kurosaki residence.

I have a feeling I'm gonna have a LOT of explaining to do when Ichigo comes back.

Emi, exhausted, sat down on her bed. That 'fight' really took a lot out of her. She could barely open the last portal to get her home, if Ichigo hadn't shown… well Emi didn't want to think about what might have happened if he didn't. She lay down and held her hands over her face. Emi noticed how much they shook. Whether from exhaust or exhilaration she didn't know. Actually she did know, she knew it wasn't either of those. "Fear." She scoffed.

Emi hated being afraid, out of every emotion she's ever felt fear was the worst. Fear only brought pain. Fear only made things worse.

If I hadn't been afraid that one time, things might have— no. Things would have been different.

Emi took a deep, calming breath and grinned. When Ichigo got home she was going to have a blast. She tried to stay up, she really did, but it was getting late and she was exhausted. Emi closed her eyes for what seemed like a few minutes, but when she reopened them, it was around 3 AM.

Emi thought of the silence as a blessing and decided to say a prayer, like she did every year when this day came around. Once she was finished, Emi got out of bed and tiptoed to Ichigo's room. She was planning to scare him, but that changed when she saw him all bandaged up. She walked over to the side of his bed and, "Hey, Ichigo? What happened?" Ichigo, who was already awake, replied with a simple "Got in a fight with some kids on the way home."

She raised an eyebrow that couldn't be seen in the darkness. Technically, Ichigo wasn't lying, but he wasn't telling the whole truth. Because he was still hiding things, Emi deduced that Orihime hadn't told him about what happened. "Must have been some fight…"

"Yup."

"Well, get some rest. Something tells me your dad's going to make you go to school anyway."

Emi left his room and returned to her. Yeah, he'll tell me when the time comes.

Emi: Ooooh! I like my powers.

Starr: That's good, other wise I'd have to deal with you bugging me for the rest of the story. You're quite annoying sometimes…

Emi: No I'm not.

Starr: Yes you are.

Emi: No I'm not.

Starr: Yes you are.

Emi: No I'm not.

Starr: Anyway, next chapter is when Shiro-kun arrives so get ready! Thank you for reading and please review! Until next time my pretties! Oh and one last thing: yes you are.

Emi: N—