DISCLAIMER: Bleach belongs to Kubo Tite, Ouran High School Host Club belongs to Bisco Hatori. I like pie.

A/N: Bonus chapter! Yaaaaay!

Chapter 5: That, My Friend, is the Sound of All Hell Breaking Loose

Kyoya rounded them up once he deemed that enough energy had been burned off. Tamaki grumbled as he made his way back to his guests. At least Kyoya had enough place of mind to give Haruhi something to do, keep her away from Ichigo. It wasn't that he thought Ichigo might try to take advantage of her, it was both of them were clueless in so many of the same ways that something was bound to happen. A small part of him realized that this particular bit of logic was off by a longshot but he chose to dismiss that little voice.

That little voice would not be subdued, however. When it piped up a second time, it caused the grumpy scowl to melt off his face, his expression turning into something more thoughtful. That was an interesting bit of interaction between Ichigo and Rukia earlier. He knew she was simply playing the damsel in distress but there was no mistaking the blush she wore when Ichigo took his body back (now there was an odd thought). She'd been perfectly fine when she'd been hanging on to Kon, although she'd had a hard time keeping her laughter quiet.

Then of course, there was Ichigos reaction to Kon holding Rukia – definitely a bit of territorial behavior there. Very interesting. Tamaki gave the voice that one; although Ichigo and Haruhi had a bit in common, and seemed to have hit it off, there wasn't anything to worry about.

Something roared in the near distance, causing Tamaki to freeze in his tracks, a cold chill creeping its way down his spine. He swallowed and flicked his blue eyes to Ichigo, who had just straightened up out of his uncomfortable slouch (he'd been sent back to his guests as well). Rukia stood abruptly, making her apologies as she headed towards the staging area which Renji had just dashed out of. She threw a glance at Ichigo as she went, their eyes met for a moment. It was kind of surreal, Tamaki observed, almost like an entire conversation passed between the two in one glance. Interesting indeed.

Suddenly, Ichigo was off the couch. "Souh!" He barked, sliding across the floor, scooping up a little green pill that had been forgotten in the shuffle.

"What? Was that a –" A second roar rattled the window panes. Tamaki felt himself go pale, he wasn't sure what was worse; knowing that there was a monster out there, or being the only person in the room who knew it (aside from the shinigami). Ichigo met his gaze with a fierce glint in his brown eyes; all evidence of the nervous, awkward boy were gone. It was a good thing Renge wasn't here today.

"Get everyone out of here!" He pointed towards the door with one hand, wiping that little green pill off on his shirt with the other. "Lead them out the back, take the emergency exit. K - I'll bring up the rear." And then he was dashing back to the staging area, passing Rukia and Renji as he went.

"We'll meet you outside!" Renji grunted to him as they passed.

"Tamaki-san! Stay close to Kon!" Rukia instructed before she darted out the doors her dark kimono fluttering, Renji hot on her heels.

The temperature in the room dropped a bit as Ichigo bolted past, already lifting that oversized sword off his back, the white ribbon slipping free to allow sunlight to glint along its keen edge. Then Tamaki felt the flair of reiatsu, a dark, twisted thing that he was sure was far too close. He started to turn his head towards the window…

"Come on!" Kon slid in front of him, blocking his view outside.

"What's wrong Tamaki-senpai?" Some of the girls asked.

Tamaki opened his mouth to reply but Kon butted in, doing the best Ichigo impression he'd seen yet. "Ghosts, bad ones. We have to get out now!"

There was something in his voice, in his eyes, in the set of his jaw that brought the fangirls to their knees, swooning even as they shook in fear. It set off the rest of the girls too, set them to murmuring.

"This way." Mori said, calmly leading the way. The girls crowded around he and Hunny, who had slid into his karate mode. The room was all but empty moments later, the twins and Kyoya having evacuated with the girls.

"There's really something bad isn't there?" Haruhis voice had an uncharacteristic quiver to it. Tamaki wondered for a wild instant if she could sense this… wait...

"What… what are you still doing here!?" Tamaki blurted, suddenly realizing that she hadn't evacuated yet. He reached out and shook her gently. "Haruhi!? We have to leave now!"

"We should have left two minutes ago," Kon sighed, shoving them away from the windows. Not a moment too soon; Ichigo crashed through the window a split second later in a rain of shattered glass. He rolled, bounced upright and slid to a stop… two feet off the ground. Tamaki clung to Haruhi (whom he'd snatched out of the way just in time) as the shinigami regained his composure, stepped lightly to the floor as if he'd simply been on a stair, cursing vehemently under his breath. He looked around then trotted back to the wall, yanked his sword free of where it had gotten stuck with a casual jerk.

"What the hell are you idiots still doing in here?" He barked as he spotted them huddled behind a pillar.

"We were making sure everyone was out…" Tamaki muttered lamely.

"That's… that's Ichigo-san isn't it?" Haruhi asked, squinting.

Ichigo straightened up. "Crap, not her too." He sighed, shouldering is sword and stalking back to the windows. "Really need to learn to suppress my spirit pressure or somethin' 'cause this is just getting ridiculous…"

"Can you see him, Haruhi?" Tamaki asked. He had two reasons; one was the obvious, the other… well… Ichigo had lost a good portion of his gi when he came through the window; while not seriously hurt, one now had a very good view of his rather impressive musculature. Tamaki had a swimmers build, he was not without muscle, but the shorter boy had that whole rugged thing going on that was, frankly, worrisome.

"Not… not really. I mean, I almost see something…" Haruhi shook her head. "I just get the sense that he's there."

"It's a start." Kon sighed.

Ichigo shoved Kon in their direction. "Get them out of here!"

"Right! Right! Sorry! Geeze, somebody's cranky today…"

"ICHIGO!!!"

Everyone snapped their heads up; there was a hollow in the window. A big one. "Shit!" Ichigo snapped appearing between Tamaki, Haruhi, Kon, and the window, sword at the ready.

They could barely take two steps before the hollow reached a massive hand in. It snarled as it was met with the shinigamis sword, was unable to push past it. Ichigo let out a feral cry and pushed, flinging the hollow back before disappearing again, out the window, presumably.

Tamaki had known he was strong but that was insane. The next thing he knew, he was running down the hallway, Haruhi ahead of him, Kon darting along beside him, running almost effortlessly. Kon caught Haruhi as she stumbled, got her back on her feet without breaking stride. "Thanks!" She panted.

"No prob!"

And then… "Whoa! Hold it!" Kon yelped, snagging Haruhis collar and pulling her back, letting her fall into Tamaki who had also felt the flare of reiatsu and had started to stop. The temporary soul placed himself between the Ouran students and a rip in reality. A small hollow poked its head out. Before Tamaki could blink, Kon had struck, kicking it squarely in the face. The monster let out a surprised squeal and darted back into the rip in reality. The space ahead of them rippled once then smoothed over, back to normal.

They were running again a moment later, back the way they'd come; a much bigger hollow had lumbered down the hallway, one too big for Kon to deal with, apparently. For a few minutes, all they knew was the blur of hallways, the cries of hollows and far too many stairs to count. Finally they found themselves outside. Haruhi darted into the hedge maze; there were plenty of places to hide there. For hiding was their only option now, the hollows had herded them into the rear courtyard of the school – where the shinigami were in the midst of battle with a massive hollow. There was no safe way out.

Tamaki was almost instantly lost but Haruhi seemed to know where she was going. The maze was confusing enough as it was but it was even more so with trampled patches, swaths of melting ice and small, sizzling craters.

"Keep going! I'll catch up!" Kon shouted as a hollow roared far too close, he changed direction with grace and speed that Tamaki could only envy, was out of sight a split second later. Tamaki caught up to Haruhi easily, his longer legs enabling him to keep pace with her with little effort.

"Left!" She yelped, skittering around a corner…

Tamaki wasn't sure where the burst of speed came from but he didn't question it; shifted his weight back into a baseball-slide, knocking Haruhi off her feet as he brought his right hand up and screamed. The hollow that she'd almost run smack into reared back as blue white light shot from his hand. The hollow took a few startled steps back, shaking its horned head furiously, trying to escape the little rivulets of energy that crawled over its skin.

Tamaki scrambled back. "What the -!?"

"Huh!?" Haruhi yelped, scrambling with him.

"It's kidou! Try it again!"

Tamaki didn't risk glancing back, he knew Rukia was behind him. "What!? I can't I –"

"Nevermind!" The dark haired shinigami swept in, deftly dispatched the hollow before it could recover. She half turned, bright red blood marred her perfect white blade but it dissolved quickly.

"Why are you two here? Where's Kon?"

"Hollows herded us out here! And, there was a hollow behind us so Kon -"

"Damn!" She spat, leaping away, presumably to help Kon. "Find some cover!"

Tamaki stared a the space she'd just been in, then shifted his gaze down to his hands. "How'd I do that?"

"Is – is it safe now? Did Rukia-san say it was safe?" Haruhi asked, climbing cautiously to her feet.

"Uh, yeah – er no, I mean, not really. We need to hide."

Haruhi nodded and offered a hand to him. He took it happily, let her pull him to his feet.

Rukia wasn't sure if it was lucky, or unlucky that Tamaki had managed to defend himself just now. On the one hand, yes; for she wouldn't have been able to pinpoint his location had he not, on the other no – his spirit pressure was stronger now, he'd be easier for anyone to find, hollows especially. Then again, the hollows didn't seem to have trouble finding him in the first place, were actively hunting him down. What the hell was going on here? She was sure he wasn't particularly strong, certainly not worth the attention he was getting now.

A slash of baby blue and orange caught her eye, made her change direction mid air. Raising Sode no Shirayuki over her head, she came down full force, slicing the hollow neatly in two. Kon slumped gratefully to the ground, breathing hard.

"Thanks Nee-san!"

She nodded. "Tamaki and Haruhi are back that way, try not to get separated. Tamaki can perform kidou on instinct and his spirit pressure spiked."

"Oh lovely." Kon grunted, climbing to his feet, dusting off his pants. "Don't suppose you have time to teach him a couple spells so he doesn't hurt himself?"

Rukia shook her head. "Sorry."

"Didn't think so. Well, be careful Nee-san!"

"You too!"

They darted away from one another, Kon towards the Ouran students, Rukia back towards the main battle. She didn't feel right leaving them alone over here but the main event was proving difficult. It was quite large, it wasn't particularly intelligent but it was absurdly fast for its size. And more hollows were coming by the minute, making them hesitant to release any seriously powerful attacks - especially since they'd likely demolish the school. Rukia had seen Soul Society do some fast work but it was unlikely that they'd be able to rebuild the school before anyone noticed it had been demolished.

She arrived just in time to nearly be taken out by a cero. Dodging at the last moment, she found herself wedged upside down in a tree.

"Oh that's it…" She heard Ichigo snap from somewhere up ahead.

"Oi! Don't go bankai! I'm going bankai!" Renji replied from somewhere to her left.

"Shut up! I'm ending this now!"

"No way, I'm ending this now!"

Rukia sighed. She really ought to end this now… she smirked as she imagined the look on their faces if she released bankai. And she was so close too… Twisting, she broke loose, tucked into a summersault then landed in a crouch. Drawing her zanpakutou, she charged, unleashing a wave of ice that completely engulfed the lower half of the hollow. It let out a piercing cry and started chipping away at the ice.

"Listen up!" She barked, catching Ichigos eye. "Ichigo, release bankai and take care of the rest of the hollows – there's more than we thought and they're still coming; Renji and I will keep this one busy!"

He opened his mouth to argue, scowled deeply, then nodded.

"And try not to cause any more damage then we already have!" She added as he flash stepped himself out of range.

There was a duel flare of energy as both men unleashed bankai. Just as she'd suspected, another wave of hollows swept in. Locking gazes with Renji, Rukia rose Sode no Shirayuki and charged as Zabimaru darted out, latching itself onto the hollows forearm, yanking it around, forcing it to turn its back on Rukia.

"Second dance…!"