Here you guys go! Chapter 3!

The next day, I woke up and got ready to start my first day of work as a soul reaper. After facing some easy hollows, we got a call for the really experienced hollow that has defeated 100 soul reapers with a swoop of its tail. Its name, Deadly Sweep.

"We are going to the site now." Ukitake reported to Yamamoto.

"Good." The old man responded.

"Squad three is there also, but most of them are wounded and with captain Unohanna for treatment."

"Wow, Deadly Sweeper is more deadly than before now…"

"Yes, now hurry along. Lieutenant Kira will meet you there. Good luck squad." We soon arrived at the scene, with lieutenant Kira and a few other squad members still standing. Izuru ran up to us.

"About time you squad thirteen got here! Most of us were wiped out already!"

"Sorry, we were late." I said and stepped out next to the captain. Deadly Sweeper roared and headed towards us. "Woah, that's one big hollow" I said, surveying it.

"Yeah, and a deadly one too" mentioned Ukitake.

"Took out most of my squad already. They had to be taken for emergency care at squad four. I'm lucky that I even have men left. Then again, those are our best in squad three." Spoke Izuru. Deadly Sweeper took a swing at us. Others in the squad got hit, but me, Ukitake, Izuru, and the other two lieutenants, managed to flash step away too. The deathly hollow roared again and headed towards us for a second time. The hollow swung, and when I realized it swung, it was too late. The others flash stepped already.

"Patrina!" Ukitake yelled.

"Watch out!" yelled Izuru. But then, the tail, as hard and spikey as could be, hit me.

"Patrina!" Izuru and Ukitake yelled simotainiously. My cloak, stained with my blood, me, lying on the ground. Losing consciousness, I saw blurs.

"Raise your head! Wabiske!" yelled Izuru. He hit Deadly Sweeper's neck and tail, making them fall to the ground.

"Ukitake, you take care of this hollow! I'll help out your squad members. I will bring Patrina to get emergency care. Good luck captain, take care." Izuru said, as he picked me up and ran, with me, losing consciousness in his arms.

"I-i-izu-ru" I stammered out and reached up to him.

"Don't waste your energy." He grabbed my hand.

"K-k-kay." It came out in a whisper, and I completely lost consciousness. My heart rate was slowing down. "I'm gonna die" I thought, through my loss of consciousness. "Goodbye everyone." I thought passed out of consciousness.

"P-Patrina!" Izuru cried out. "Hang in there! I know you can. You brought a lieutenant to the floor!" He was going to squad four still running for my sake.

Back at the scene, Ukitake was fighting the persistent Deadly Sweeper. It didn't take long for Wabiske's powers to wear off, so the tail and head could move as fast as the body can. It jumped up, then down, but Ukitake avoided. Deadly then stepped where Ukitake went. All looked lost, but when you see the leg lifted, you know Ukitake survived. He was standing there, his zanpakuto duplicated into two. Deadly Sweep went to use a cero on Ukitake, and in the middle of the cero, it was all over for the deathly hollow.

"This is what you get for injuring my new recruit!" he cried out. The swords came down, splitting his long neck in half. Ukitake flashed stepped away while the gates of the underworld took Deadly Sweeper away.

Meanwhile, Izuru finally arrived to the squad four barracks. The captain met him at the door.

"My my Izuru, you have your handful"

"Captain Unohanna, we need emergency care for her. She got hit bad by the tail of Deadly Sweeper. There are others at the scene but she got hit the worst… Like really really bad."

"I'll give orders for the other members. As for her, I'll take her." Unohanna held out her arms. Izuru gently handed me over to her and I was taken into a different room. She examined my wounds then got right to work. "You were lucky. A lot of soul reapers died facing Deadly Sweep." I was cringing when she was doing the operation. "Some wounds…. Lucky, you were to live." She finished. "There. Now don't move or your bandages will come undone." She said and stepped out.

"How is she?" Izuru asked Unohanna.

"She'll be fine. She should make a full recovery in no time. It will take a while though, she's probably going to have to stay here for a bit. After that though, she will be fine. There will only be some scars after which might hurt for a while." mentioned Unohanna. "I'll have to talk to her captain sometime. Who is she and what squad? Do you know?" she asked going through files.

"Her name is Patrina. Patrina Leeon from squad thirteen." responded Izuru.

"New recruit in Ukitake's squad then?" Unohanna pulled out a file.

"Correct." Ukitake said, breathing hard from running at top speed to squad four barracks. "How is she?" he asked.

"Hello captain Ukitake." Said Unohanna. "She will have to stay here for a while. She will only have small scars after. But those scars will be painful."

"Okay Unohanna. Thank you for caring for her."

I was sleeping peacefully in my room. A bluish-blackish haired boy was watching me.

"Just like Unohanna said, you were lucky. I went to a site that Deadly Sweep reigned before and treated some soldiers that were there, but almost all of them were dead at the spot." He said. He was watching me under Unohanna's orders, but he talked to me when I was sleeping in the room. Six hours it was before I woke up. "Oh!" The bluish-blackish haired boy said. "Unohanna! Ms. Patrina's awake!" he called out.

"Ms. Patrina?" I thought.

"Oh hello there Patrina." Unohanna walked in. "I hope Hanataro didn't make you uncomfortable." She said.

"I'm sorry if I did….." Hanataro said and bowed with shame.

"No it's fine you didn't" I said.

"There are two people out there who are worried about you. You were sleeping so long, they thought you were dead!" mentioned Unohanna. I laughed a little.

"Dead? Please like that would kill me."

"Well you did take a dangerous blow so don't joke about it" said Ukitake looking through the crack of the door.

"Captain!" I said as I jumped a little.

"Hey there Patrina" he said, after he laughed at my expression. He walked in and smiled at me. "That six hour nap made you better huh?"

"A little….. It hurts…."

"You're gonna have to stay here for a while."

"Bummer."

"Yeah." He responded to every one of my questions such as why I needed to stay and how long.

"But not to worry, it will only be a week and a half." Said Unohanna.

"A week and a half? That's a bit long…."

"Yeah, well you need to recover Patrina….." said Ukitake.

"Well, who else is here?"

"Well, who carried you here?" asked Ukitake.

"Izuru! Wait…. He's still here?" I was shocked and surprised that he was still here.

"Yes, he's still here, he was quite worried! As was I, but he was worried out of his mind. He was glad when we heard Hanataro say you were awake." Ukitake mentioned.

"Oh. Well, let him in!"

"It depends if he wants to come in or not. It may be hard to see you in pain right no-"

"What pain? I'm not in pa-"I jerked up but flinched. I was in pain, I knew that, I just wanted to be strong for Izuru, but I guess not. Next thing I knew, that blonde haired boy was standing in the corner.

"Who said I didn't want to come in?" he asked. "Lay down if you're in that much pain." He told me and pat my head.

"Okay…" I said, wincing in pain. I sunk down on the bed and Izuru sat beside me on the edge of the bed.

"So besides that how are you feeling?"

"Pain. Sorta miserable. Nya… More pain….. This sucks…."

"Aww sounds miserable."

"Yeah." I propped myself up a little. I flinched again.

"Patrina….. You should really lay down…." Said Ukitake with a voice of worry.

"I'm fine captain don't worry."

"Are you sure?" Asked Unohanna, also worried.

"Sure."

"Just don't move a whole lot or all of your wounds will open and you won't be happy." mentioned Hanataro.

"I won't…"

"Okay, well, Unohanna and I are going to have a talk. So, Hanataro can stay here with you two." Said Ukitake, as he walked out.

"See you later Patrina. I will check on you in the morning." Said Unohanna as she walked out to talk to Ukitake. For the next three minutes, there was silence.

"So…. What exactly happened to you Ms. Patrina?" asked Hanataro.

"Well there was this really deadly hollow named Deadly Sweep. Maybe you've heard of it?" Hanataro nodded yes. I continued "Well, we were assigned there with squad three who was already there, and fighting it, I got hit hard with the tail. So….. Yeah."

"Ah."

"Yeah."

"But somehow she made it. It surprises me that she survived." Said Izuru

"Gee, that makes me feel so much better" I said, sarcastically.

"I'm sorry if I offended you." He said and pat my head. I flinched again.

"Miss. Patrina, what's a matter?" Hanataro looked at me with concern.

"It's a little headache, that's all."

"Okay" Hanataro said.

"If it hurts, maybe you should sleep…" suggested Izuru.

"No! I don't want t- Ow! Ow!" I said and flinched more.

"You should rest if it hurts that much Ms. Patrina,"

"No Hana- Ow…. Ow… OW!"

"Patrina! Rest! Now! You are hurting and need rest!" scolded Izuru.

"But Izuru….." I protested.

"No buts. You need rest."

"No I don- Ow….." I basically curled up in a ball.

"See Patrina, you need rest." Izuru's voice changed. Now his voice was gentle and kind.

"Oh… Okay…." I gave into his sweet voice. "But I am not laying down."

"Okay you can lean on me if you want." He said. "It is sorta not awkward because we're friends …. Right?"

"Right." I said and leaned on his shoulder. I closed my eyes, and fell dead asleep.

"That's my little fighter." Izuru whispered and sweeped my bangs back once again.

"Izuru, how did Ms. Patrina survive the Deadly Sweep?"

"Hanataro, Patrina's a fighter. She will never give up. For a lot of things." Izuru put his arm around my shoulder. "She hasn't really been through much. Though she did pin a lieutenant to the ground." Hanataro laughed and Izuru joined him.

"Izuru, do you like Ms. Patrina?"

"As a friend."

"I meant more than that."

"Maybe."

"You sure make her happy though."

"Yeah." Izuru set me laying down and got up to leave. "Bye Hanataro."

"Leaving so soon?" asked Hanataro.

"Yeah. See ya." He said and left. He was heading to squad nine barracks. Shuhei greeted him at the door.

"I heard what happened to Patrina. She okay?"

"She's fine. Just fell asleep. Hey, I have a favor to ask."

"Huh?"

"Let me borrow your guitar."

"Why?"

"Because Patrina is going to be there for a week and a half. She will need something to do."

"Fine. It's just around the corner."

"Thanks." Izuru grabbed it and left to the fourth squad barracks. I was half awake when he returned.

"Hey, how are you feeling?"

"Better." I said with my voice cracking.

"That's good. Are you losing your voice?"

"Yeah. For some reason."

"You sound horrible! Sure you're okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine don't worry Izuru."

"Whatever you say. Guess what, guess what!"

"What?"

"I have a surprise for you!" Izuru pulled out the guitar.

"Shuhei's guitar!"

"Yeah, I thought you could play it at some time. After all, you're here a week and a half."

I looked down. "Yeah…"

"Hey, cheer up though, I'll visit you once in a while."

"Promise?"

"Yep."

"Yay!" I hugged him. He hugged me back. "Thanks friend."

"No problem. I would love to spend time with you Patrina."

"Thanks Izuru. I can't possibly thank you enough."

"Don't mention it. Now get some more rest."

"Kay….." I leaned against him with heavy eyes. Izuru watched me as I drifted off to sleep and even after that. He was there until Unohanna came in to see if I needed anything.

"She all fine?" Unohanna questioned.

"Yeah, she has been all good so far.

" "You can leave now Izuru. You don't have to stay."

"Thank you Unohanna for taking care of her."

"Don't worry about it Izuru. She'll be fine. You go and get rest yourself."

"Okay." Izuru left to his barracks. He arrived and sat down. "Good luck staying there Patrina, little fighter there." He fell asleep.

Hehehe chapter 3 done!

Patrina: Done already? What?

Me: . Patrina, NO COMPLAINING!

Patrina: Well just leave me injured to end it .

Me: Hehehe . I think Izuru likes you~

Izuru: DO NOT!

Me: Do too~ Well, Bye!

Izuru and Patrina: *Glaring at me*