Chapter 2 down! . Yay!

Sidenote: Kurai Haku has made a bit of a ... disappearance until this time-zone in the fanfiction.

Well .. that's it! I hope you enjoy reading this chapter! ^^

Chapter 2:

About 1 Month Later:

Regular POV:

Kurai stood atop a telephone pole, looking down at the fight between Abarai Renji and Kurosaki Ichigo go on. She already knew that Kuchiki Byakuya had seen her, but he had payed no attention to her.

"Fuck this, " the dark-haired teen thought as the fight ended, Ichigo falling to the ground extremely slowly because of a swipe of Byakuya's Senbonzakura.

Once Byakuya and Renji had left with Rukia, she jumped down off of her perch, landing near Ichigo.

It began raining as she stood over him, the blood mixing with the rain.

"Kurosaki, …. you're going to kill yourself one day, " she murmured as Urahara Kisuke walked up.

"He went against Kuchiki and Abarai, hm?" Urahara asked Kurai. She just nodded.

Around 2 Hours Later:

Ichigo's POV:

I felt warm ….. but earlier I felt …. cold and dead – unable to move. I dared to open my eyes.

All I saw was Tessai …. TESSAI?

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING WITH ME UNDER THE COVERS?" I yelled, scrambling back as far as I could before my wounds began hurting like hell.

I saw Kurai standing in the corner of the room – eyes closed, arms crossed over her chest, and her right foot against the wall. "Real smooth, Kurosaki. I had to haul your ass here because Urahara was too lazy to do it." she ground out, a tone of irritation in her voice.

"Well, don't blame me if I almost died! I couldn't move!"

"What ever, … you were being lazy, too, ya' dork."

"Did you just – ?"

"Yes, I called you a 'dork.' Got a problem with that?"

"As a matter-of-fact, – "

I saw Urahara open a sliding door and walk in. "What's all the commotion in here?"

"Konpaku-chan called Kurosaki-kun a 'dork.' " Ururu spoke up.

"Kurai? Why'd you do that? That isn't very nice!" Urahara spoke up.

Kurai's POV:

I rolled my eyes at Urahara's statement. "I felt like it, that's why."

I noticed, out of the corner of my left eye, Ururu leave the room silently. Several moments later, she returned with a tray with 5 cups of tea on it.

Ururu walked up to me as I let a small smile slip. "Tea?" she murmured. "Yes, thank you." I carefully took a steaming cup of tea from the tray. I took a sip of the sweet-scented liquid.

"Peppermint tea, eh?" I thought, the minty tang soothing my rather sore throat.

"Ichigo, you will be regaining your Shinigami powers and going to Sireitei – with a few others – to save Rukia." Urahara broke the silence.

I nodded silently, avoiding the orange-haired teen's gaze, that was currently in my direction.

"Why must I be the one he looks at?"

"Maybe he thinks you're pretty, Queeny."

"Shut it, Howatioaisu."

"Aw, … why?"

"Cuz you're annoying, that's why."

"Fine, .."

That was Nikushimi Howaitoaisu – my annoying Hollow. Yes – I have a Hollow. She, truly, doesn't have a name, but I call her Nikushimi Howaitoaisu.

Howaitoaisu – meaning "White-Ice" – is her first name, while Nikushimi – meaning "Hatred" – was her last name.

White-Ice Hatred.

My name – Konpaku Kurai Haku – meant Dark-Night Spirit. I have no idea how my mother came up with it ….. What the – why'd I start rambling about names? I'm going mad –

"Kurai, … would you be kind enough to help me train Ichigo?" Urahara broke my inner-rambling.

"Um .. uhh – Sure. Yeah, .. I'll do that …" I managed to say, feeling a bit embarrassed that I zoned-out like that.

R&R. Sorry if these chapters are short. I might be editing here and there and changing the chapters up in the future ... . Well, I hope that you're at least enjoying reading my fanfic.

[I may be uploading the old version – if not, I may be putting the link on here in the future.]

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