Theme song: Mercy By: One Republic .com/watch?v=XWFxW9-9HSg

"I had six really good friends…they were my family…I'd die for any of them any day I loved them…but there was one…who…was more then family…at least that's what I thought…he jumped in front of a hollow to save me…he erased my memory of that night and put me into a coma…" Damn you Shinji…stupid, stupid Shinji…

"I woke up a year later…not knowing anything…but more then half my family was missing…no…they weren't missing…they had disserted me…I hated them…" I still did, "I was selfish and I didn't realized how sad I made the other people who cared about me…finally one of the two remaining family members I had left confronted me." I missed Kaien…so much… "Fifty years later he died…because I did something unforgivable. I killed his wife she was possessed by a hollow and I killed her but turns out…I didn't kill the hollow I just killed her…he found out and tried to kill me I would've let him too…but I ran." I'm so stupid…running is the only thing I know how to do…

"I was scared he'd hate me, he was like a brother to me and I had betrayed him…he was always there for me I took advantage of him I thought he'd always be there…when I returned I found out he'd died…"

ICHIGO KUROSAKI'S POV.

"That's not fair…" I said, she didn't understand, "That they left you…but at the same time…they probably only did it to protect you," I said, she sighed, being hated and left behind…now that I thought about it, it was scary…I couldn't imagine being left behind…and hated by someone you loved…

"Thanks for listening…" she said as she stood up.

"Yeah…thanks too…" I managed a small smile.

"Don't think this changes anything Strawberry!" She said standing up stretching back like a cat. SHE JUST HAD TO RUIN IT!

"Pft! Yeah right!" I retorted as she left…I smiled despite myself…as I heard my dad's chicken whistle…better find goat chin and make him shut up…before he annoyed the hell outta everyone to no end.

KURENAI URAHARA'S POV.

I suddenly felt the hollow! I found Ichigo and we found Rukia…we found the hollow beating Ichigo's little sisters up! The hollow was about to eat Yuzu when! Ichigo appeared and slashed the hollow…saving Yuzu. Rukia took Ichigo's little sisters as I took Ichigo's body and put them at a safe distance…I saw Ichigo…he looked like he was in shock…I went to join him…

"Wh-what the…what are you?!" he stuttered,

"Incredible…you actually saw me and lived…" said a girl who's skin, hair attached, slides further down a bone-white sphere, she answers with a question of her own, still smirking even as the other side starts peeling as well, so that half of her skull is showing.

"You're lucky," she tells Ichigo. Without warning, a thick, noodle-like reddish-brown projection shoots out of the hole and the split travels all the way down the length of the girl's body as the skin zips loose around a skeleton-like thing. The projection flies back into the top of the Hollow's head, where it is sucked with a slight slurping noise into a hole on top of the creature's mask.

Voicing my own thoughts, Ichigo cried, "What is that?!"

The hollow then said, "But your luck's run out, sonny. You've seen me…twice! I have to eat your soul!"

Ichigo was shaking as he asked, "What is this? That girl…is part of you?"

Rukia's voice suddenly snapped me out of my own thoughts, "Grandfisher, that's his code name. The bait decoy that sprouts from his head disguises itself as a person. When someone sees it…well…he only goes after those with especially strong spiritual energy. And absorbs their power. He's managed to outwit or outfight the soul society for fifty four years…" she came to stand next to us.

"That's him all right…a well-known lowlife. Here's his record from the soul society's database. He's a real piece of work," the hollow then said, "Your hurting my feelings girl…" it began laughing as Ichigo finished reading the record and crunched it up, he attacked the hollow.

The hollow fought well as I yelled, "Ookami-no-sono-kurai!" releasing the Zanpaku-to I was about to slice the hollow when Ichigo blocked me!

"NO! Stay out of this one!"

Rukia heard this and protested, "Ichigo! This hollow is too strong! Let Kurenai help!"

He shook his head and said, "No…this one is personal! Go take care of Yuzu and Karin!" Personal huh? So this was the hollow who killed his mother…Rukia, Kon, and I {Kon in Ichigo's body} took Yuzu and Karin back…please don't die Ichigo…

I muttered, "I'm going to go watch Ichigo…" I told Rukia as she reminded.

"Don't interfere…" I gave her a look that said, 'Like I would'…Ichigo sliced the hollows arm off. They were both bloody messes…the hollow was gasping, I hopped down from my tree.

"Ichigo! So, how does it feel to be half dead?" I greeted grinning.

"Surprisingly…numb." he greeted leaning on his sword for support, I rolled my eyes. "What took ya so long?" he asked with a smile I was surprised he could manage, "I already beat him!" he said,

"You idiot! You told me to stay out of it!" I told him a bit arrogantly.

"You thought I was serious…?" he smirked and said in gasps.

Rukia suddenly rushed up and yelled, "ICHIGO! Kurenai! BEHIND YOU!" we dodged last minute I turned to look at my opponent. I gasp. A person! A reddish-brown antenna sprouts from the top of her head and ends at the hole on top of the Grand Fisher's mask. The woman has long, flowing brown hair, large brown eyes and a serene smile.

I didn't know who it was but Ichigo did as he muttered quietly, "M-Mom?!" What would Ichigo do now?

The hollow explained as it asked "Has the sight of her paralyzed you?" they fought but in the end the hollow ran…I stopped Ichigo from chasing after it, but he collapsed I caught him right in time!

"Ookami-no-sono-awai Zai-no-ato-hi-tentei!" I muttered as I healed Ichigo…I wasn't able to heal him entirely but what I wasn't Rukia was… "Least he didn't go and die on us."